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ROGETS 21ST CENTURY THESAURUS

IN DICTIONARY FORM

Third Edition
The Essential Reference for Home, School, or Ofce

EDITED BY THE PRINCETON LANGUAGE INSTITUTE

Barbara Ann Kipfer, Ph.D., Head Lexicographer

Produced by The Philip Lief Group, Inc.

ROGETS 21ST CENTURY THESAURUS, 3rd EDITION A Delta Book / May 2005 Published by arrangement with The Philip Lief Group, Inc. Published by Bantam Dell A Division of Random House, Inc. New York, New York All rights reserved Copyright 1992, 1993, 1999, 2005 by The Philip Lief Group, Inc. Delta is a registered trademark of Random House, Inc., and the colophon is a trademark of Random House, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication data on le with the publisher.

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CONTENTS
Preface Introduction A THESAURUS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE How to Use the Concept Index Quick Reference Guide to Concepts CONCEPT INDEX vii ix 1 923 925 927

PREFACE
More than ever before, our language and our ideas about language are changing as rapidly as the world around us. Our Information Age has been made possible, of course, by the ever-expanding technology of computers and the extraordinary explosion of information from the Internet and World Wide Web. We are receiving more information than we had ever imagined possible. But how do we process this informationand articulate it in speech and writing? With expanded research and development of articial intelligence systems, we have been able to examine more closely the complex cognitive relationships human beings form between their ideas and the words they choose. We now know more about how this process works, and how it can be re-created. Learning from this, current lexicographical research must go beyond traditional methods and techniques to develop effective and contemporary reference materials for students, linguists, and writers. Most people learn a new word by guessing, based on context, what that word means. Recent studies on students ability to develop reference skills bear this out. Combining this proven pattern with the advanced theories of language gained through electronic media, we have arrived at an onomasiological approach to understanding American English. That is, we are capable of traveling successfully from a meaning to a word instead of the straightforward dictionary approach of going from word to meaning. Onomasiologically, readers move from the concepts of yellow and ower to a selection of words that describe the combination, or from the notion of a positive state of mind to its qualities, actions, and conditions. We have searched for a method of presenting this lexical theory in a format that provides diversied access to words within one resource. In Rogets 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition, the text is designed to do just that: allowing users to search both from word to meaning and from meaning to word. The dictionary format is familiar to use, and the Concept Index provides helpful links between words as it illustrates the languages semantic structure. The A-to-Z listings further amplify the resonances between words with their parts of speech and different sense divisions. This third edition of Rogets 21st Century Thesaurus has been greatly expanded with the addition of antonyms and several hundred new headwords reecting the dynamic changes in our language and the fabric of our lives. It is the most complete and comprehensive selection of synonyms and antonyms published today.

Barbara Ann Kipfer, Ph.D.

INTRODUCTION
The history of Rogets Thesaurus is a long and fascinating one. It began in 1805, when P. M. Roget, a British surgeon and inventor, took up a peculiar hobby: the classication of words according to ideas. He hoped to create a kind of verbal catalogue that would assist writers and linguists in their search for the right expression. His work was perhaps inspired by two earlier texts: the ancient Sanskrit Amarakosha, arguably the rst arrangement of words by subject, and the French Pasigraphie (published in 1797), which was an attempt to order words so they could be understood universally, without translation. Roget called his own work a thesaurusa Latin word meaning treasury or storehouse of knowledge. Gradually, Rogets casual pastime became his lifelong passion. In 1852, some forty-seven years of work culminated in the publication of Rogets Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases, Classied and Arranged so as to Facilitate the Expression of Ideas and Assist in Literary Composition. This new reference book (published when Roget was seventy-three) became enormously popular, and a second edition was published only a year after the rst. By the time of his death in 1869, there had been twentyeight editions and printings. Today, his name is literally synonymous with the thesaurus. RENOVATING THE ORIGINAL THESAURUS Although Rogets original idea was brilliant, his thesaurus assumed that all users shared the compilers ideas about language. Its classications and indexes presented a labyrinth of possibilities in which each route could end in a disappointing or inappropriate selection of synonyms. The classication of terms made the text almost impenetrable and forced the reader to rely on the index, which did not even include every synonym. All too often, the right word remained elusive, or the thesaurus remained on the shelf. And today, Rogets nineteenth-century thesaurus is difcult for many twenty-rst-century readers to use or even understand. For over a century, thesaurus editors have strived to redene the nature and function of the thesaurus. Essentially, their goal has been to present accurate information in a highly usable format. Attempts to improve Rogets thesaurus began with Rogets own son, John Lewis, who expanded the selection of synonyms. Later, Thomas Y. Crowell acquired publishing rights to the thesaurus. His 1886 edition of Rogets provided a clearer page design and format that enhanced the books readability. Subsequent generations of Crowells have added Americanisms, foreign expressions, slang and nonstandard speech, prexes, sufxes, and

quotations. Although these changes were indeed improvements, Rogets original structure of categories, cross-references, and indexes actually became more complicated by the addition of an elaborately conceived type design, boldface entries, numbered paragraphs, and a decimal system that required an explanatory diagram. One of the most important breakthroughs in the evolution of the thesaurus came in the early twentieth century when C. O. Sylvester Mawson attempted to simplify and reorganize Rogets Thesaurus into a dictionary-like format. Rogets original work and the early revisions had not been arranged alphabetically. In 1911, Mawson radically changed the books organization by issuing his alphabetical presentation of the famous Roget system. Twentieth-century editors quickly followed his lead, eager to nd an easier method for frustrated thesaurus users. Even with this improvement, the thesaurus still lacked something, for it did not suggest any relationships between words beyond the simple group of synonyms listed with a main entry. Although it did offer a more straightforward presentation than the index-reliant Rogets, it neither helped users organize thoughts nor provided broad conceptual links between ideas as expressed through language in words. A THESAURUS FOR TODAYS WORLD Rogets 21st Century Thesaurus achieved what no other thesaurus has been able to do: combine the simplicity of the dictionary format with the utility of arranging words according to ideas. This revolutionary design has become the new standard for thesaurus users. It is, simultaneously, a fast and efcient handbook for writers and a medium to facilitate the expression of ideasboth of Rogets original objectives brought forward and reinterpreted for the twenty-rst-century user. This third edition of Rogets 21st Century Thesaurus has been electronically compiled using state-of-the-art techniques. It lists over 20,000 main entries, or headwords, in alphabetical order. These generate over 500,000 synonymsmore than any other thesaurus in dictionary form. Reecting the most recent changes in language, Rogets 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition is the most contemporary and useful thesaurus in history. The nal selection of main entry words and synonyms was derived with todays practices of speaking and writing in mind. Reecting contemporary usage, obsolete terms have been replaced by timely words and phrases. You will nd terms from all areas of our experience, particularly the high-tech world of computers (such as articial intelligence, computerese, hacker, and on-line), the Internet and World Wide Web (bootleg, chat room, cyberpunk), video and multimedia (digital library, telecast, TV), medicine (additive, AIDS,

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attention decit disorder, facelift), political and civil spheres (afrmative action, out of the closet, politically correct, right-wing), the environment (ecosystem, recycle), and money and business (desk jockey, mutual fund, shopping center, white-collar). A nonsexist, nonracist approach to language replaces outmoded epithets. Foreign words and phrases that reect our global consciousness have been included (au pair, clat, kibosh, schlemiel), as well as hundreds of Americanisms (foodie, pot belly, psyched, puke, rubberneck). Synonyms that represent colloquial or slang terms are marked with an asterisk. Rogets 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition is not just ultracontemporary but also eminently usable. Drawing upon computer technology and recent innovations in typesetting and design, the pages are printed in a highly readable and contemporary format so the reader can make quick and effective choices. The synonym lists are not littered with crossreferences, usage labels, or abbreviations, all of which can come between the user and the words themselves. Like main entries, the synonym lists are arranged in alphabetical order, completely objective, and not prescriptive, leaving the user to choose from the wealth of synonym choices available. USING ROGETS 21ST CENTURY THESAURUS, THIRD EDITION The books sensible format ensures swift access to the right alternatives. For quick identication, each headword in the A-to-Z listing is printed in boldface; its part of speech follows in bracketed italics. Some headwords have more than one listing; separate entries are included for each different part of speechadjectives, nouns, and verbs, as well as adverbs, conjunctions, and prepositions. Pass, for example, has thirteen entriesfour noun forms and nine verb forms. Each sense of the word pass is treated individually to help writers pinpoint the precise sense of the word desired. Concise denitions accompany the headwords, supplying users with a basic reference point and helping them to evaluate synonym choices. Semicolons sometimes appear within denitions to denote ne points of sense for a words particular usage when the differences are too subtle to warrant a separate entry. Remember that no two words mean exactly the same thing. No two words are directly interchangeable. It is the subtle nuance and avor of particular words that give the English language its rich and varied texture. We turn to a thesaurus to nd different, more expressive ways of speaking and writing, but we must turn to a dictionary, a sophisticated semantic tool, to determine meaning. Always consider synonyms in their desired context and consult a dictionary if you have any doubt about the application of a word or phrase.

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USING THE CONCEPT INDEX The entries in Rogets 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition are enriched by directing users to related concepts in the Concept Index. This unique index offers users an up-to-the-minute language hierarchy that bridges the gap between thought and expression. The Concept Index actually helps writers organize their thoughts by generating possibilities for millions of word choicesfar beyond the capabilities of a traditional thesaurus. Each of the books approximately 20,000 headwords is referenced to at least one of the 837 individually numbered concepts in the index. The words CONCEPT(S) appear in small caps at the end of a main entry, followed by the numbers for all relevant concepts for that word. When an initial search does not yield the desired results, the Concept Index automatically provides users with alternative places to look. For example, if none of the synonyms listed with the word scintillating seems appropriate, the Concept Index directs the writer to concepts #401, attributes of behavior; #529, cognitive qualities; and #617, visual brightness. Each concept gathers together scores of headwords that share the same characteristics. Persistent writers or linguists can turn back to the A-to-Z listing to nd the synonyms for any of these headwords, allowing them to locate even more word choices. The Concept Index follows the alphabetical listing of headwords and begins with a reference key. The concepts appear in the index in numerical order and are divided into ten overarching categories of interest: Actions, Causes, Fields of Human Activity, Life Forms, Objects, The Planet, Qualities, Senses, States, and Weights and Measures. All headwords grouped under a specic concept are ordered alphabetically and by different parts of speech, if applicable. The most advanced theories of communication and learning available have been used to determine concept names and classications. The word hierarchies in Rogets 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition have been streamlined into categories that reect contemporary ways of thinking. It is clear what concepts mean and how they are organized. Whether performing a speedy search through the concepts or entering the index with just a vague notion in mind, users will nd the Concept Index to be a fast and reliable research tool. A CLASSIC FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW In the minds of writers and linguists, Roget has always been the trademark of a dependable thesaurus. As we are in an era unimagined by P. M. Roget two hundred years ago, Rogets 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition upholds that reputation. Adapting Rogets thesaurus to reect todays concerns, this new text represents a fresh and vital reference of American English.

ROGETS 21ST CENTURY THESAURUS Third Edition

ABACK / ABERRATION

aback [adv] taken unawares confused, surprised, thrown off, thrown off guard*; concept 403 abaft [adj] to the rear astern, back, behind, rearward; concepts 586,820 abandon [n] careless disregard for consequences disregard, freedom, impulse, licentiousness, recklessness, spontaneity, thoughtlessness, uninhibitedness, unrestraint, wantonness, wildness; concepts 633,645 Ant. restraint, self-restraint abandon [v1] leave behind, relinquish abdicate, back out, bail out*, bow out*, chicken out*, cop out*, cut loose*, desert, discard, discontinue, ditch*, drop, drop out, duck*, dump*, dust*, ake out*, y the coop*, give up the ship*, kiss goodbye*, leave, leg it*, let go, opt out, pull out, quit, run out on, screw*, ship out, stop, storm out*, surrender, take a powder*, take a walk*, throw over*, vacate, walk out on, wash hands of*, withdraw, yield; concept 195 Ant. cherish, defend, keep, pursue, retain, support abandon [v2] leave in troubled state back out, desert, disown, forsake, jilt, leave, leave behind, quit, reject, renounce, throw over*, walk out on; concepts 7,19,195 Ant. adopt, assert, favor, uphold abandoned [adj1] left alone, deserted alone, cast aside, cast away, deserted, discarded, dissipated, dropped, dumped, eighty-sixed*, eliminated, empty, forgotten, forsaken, given up, godforsaken*, jilted, left, left in the cold*, left in the lurch*, neglected, on the rocks*, outcast, passed up*, pigeon-holed*, rejected, relinquished, shunned, sidelined*, side-tracked*, unoccupied, vacant, vacated; concept 577 Ant. adopted, cherished, defended, maintained, supported abandoned [adj2] free from moral restraint; uninhibited corrupt, depraved, dissolute, immoral, incontinent, incorrigible, licentious, proigate, shameless, sinful, uncontrolled, unprincipled, unrestrained, wanton, wicked, wild; concept 545 Ant. chaste, innocent, moral, pure, restrained, virtuous abase [v] deprive of self-esteem, condence belittle, debase, degrade, demean, diminish, disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, lower, mortify, reduce, shame; concepts 7,19 Ant. cherish, dignify, exalt, extol, honor, respect abasement [n] disgrace degradation, dishonor, downgrade, humiliation, shame; concept 388 abashed [adj] exhibiting mental discomfort, ill at ease ashamed, bewildered, bugged*, chagrined, confounded, confused, crushed, discombobulated*, disconcerted, embarrassed, fazed*, fuddled, humbled, humiliated, in a tizzy*, mortied, rattled, shamed, taken aback; concept 403 Ant. at ease, composed, emboldened, proud, reassured abate [v] lessen, grow or cause to grow less allay, chill out*, coast*, cool, cool it*, decline, decrease, diminish, dull, dwindle, ebb, go with the ow*, hang easy*, hang loose*, lay back*, let go, let it all hang out*, let up, mellow out*, moderate, quell, recede, reduce, slacken, slow, subdue, subside, take it easy*, taper, taper

off, unlax*, wane; concepts 240,698 Ant. amplify, enhance, enlarge, extend, increase, intensify, magnify, prolong, revive, rise abbey [n] building that houses monks, nuns, or priests; church cloister, convent, friary, ministry, monastery, nunnery, priory, temple; concepts 368,439 abbreviate [v1] shorten abridge, abstract, boil down*, clip, compress, condense, contract, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off, cut out, digest, encapsulate, get to the meat*, pare, prune, put in a nutshell*, reduce, summarize, take out, trim; concepts 236,247 Ant. amplify, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen abbreviate [v2] cut short an activity abort, curtail, restrict, stop short, truncate; concept 234 Ant. expand, extend, increase, lengthen abbreviation [n] something shortened abridgement, abstract, abstraction, clipping, compendium, compression, condensation, contraction, digest, outline, precis, reduction, sketch, summary, syllabus, synopsis; concepts 283,652 Ant. augmentation, enlargement, expansion, extension, increase abdicate [v] give up a right, position, or power abandon, abjure, abnegate, bag it*, bail out*, cede, demit, drop, forgo, give up, leave, leave high and dry*, leave holding the bag*, leave in the lurch*, opt out*, quit, quitclaim, relinquish, renounce, resign, retire, sell out*, step down, surrender, vacate, waive, withdraw, yield; concepts 133,298 Ant. assert, assume, challenge, claim, defend, defy, hold, maintain, remain, retain, treasure, usurp abdomen [n] the stomach and area directly below in an animate being bay window*, belly, bowels, breadbasket*, corporation, gut*, guts, intestines, middle, midriff, midsection, paunch, pot*, potbelly*, spare tire*, tummy, venter, viscera; concept 393 abdominal [adj] concerning the stomach and the area below it belly, duodenal, gastric, intestinal, stomachic, ventral, visceral; concept 393 abduct [v] take by force and without permission carry off, dognap*, grab, kidnap, make off with, put the snatch on*, remove, seize, shanghai*, snatch, sneeze*, spirit away*; concept 139 Ant. give up, let go, release abducted [adj] taken away by force appropriated, kidnapped, seized, snatched, stolen; concepts 90,139 abduction [n] taking away by force appropriation, kidnapping, rape, seizure, theft; concepts 90,139 abend [n] abnormal end of task abort, crash, loss; concepts 658,674 aberrant [adj] not normal; varying from the usual abnormal, atypical, bizarre, deviant, different, aky*, mental*, nonstandard, odd, off-base, off-color, out of line*, peculiar, psycho*, strange, unusual, weird; concept 547 Ant. normal, same, true aberration [n1] state of abnormality delusion, eccentricity, oddity, peculiarity, quirk, strangeness, weirdness; concept 647 Ant. conformity, normality, regularity, soundness aberration [n2] different from that expected departure, deviation, difference, distortion, divergence, diversion, irregularity, lapse,

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ABET / ABNEGATION

straying, wandering; concept 665 Ant. conformity, sameness abet [v] assist, help in wrongdoing advocate, back, condone, egg on*, encourage, endorse, goad, incite, instigate, prod, promote, provoke, sanction, spur, support, urge; concepts 14,110 Ant. counter, deter, discourage, frustrate, hinder, hurt, impede, obstruct, resist abettor [n] assistant accessory, accomplice, co-conspirator, confederate, cooperator, helper, partner in crime*, second, supporter; concept 348 abeyance [n] being inactive or suspended temporarily deferral, discontinuation, dormancy, inactivity, intermission, latency, postponement, quiescence, recess, remission, suspension, waiting; concepts 681,705 Ant. action, activity, continuance, continuation, operation, renewal, revival abhor [v] regard with contempt or disgust abominate, be allergic to*, be down on*, be grossed out by*, despise, detest, hate, have no use for*, loathe, scorn; concept 29 Ant. admire, adore, approve, cherish, desire, enjoy, like, love, relish abhorrence [n] disgust detestation, enmity, hate, hatred, horror, loathing, malice, odium, repugnance, revulsion; concepts 410,720 abhorrent [adj] disgusting despicable, detestable, execrable, loathsome, offensive, repulsive, revolting; concepts 485,548 abide [v1] submit to, put up with accept, acknowledge, bear, bear with*, be big about*, concede, consent, defer, endure, hang in*, hang in there*, hang tough*, live with*, put up with*, receive, sit tight*, stand, stand for, stomach, suffer, swallow, take, tolerate, withstand; concepts 23,35 Ant. despise, dispute, pass, quit, reject, resist, shun abide [v2] live in a certain place bide, bunk*, bunk out*, crash*, dwell, hang out*, inhabit, lodge, nest, perch, reside, room, roost, settle, squat, stay; concept 226 Ant. depart, go, leave, migrate, move, reject, resist abide [v3] remain or continue in a state continue, endure, keep on, last, persevere, persist, remain, survive; concepts 23,239 Ant. leave, quit, refuse, stop abide [v4] stop temporarily and wait for anticipate, bide, expect, linger, pause, remain, rest, sojourn, stay, stick around*, stop, tarry, wait; concept 119,681 Ant. carry on, continue, go, move abiding [adj] continuing or existing for an indenite time constant, continuing, enduring, eternal, everlasting, fast, indissoluble, lasting, permanent, perpetual, persistent, persisting, steadfast, steady; concept 551 Ant. ephemeral, eeting, transient ability [n1] power to act, perform aptitude, capability, capacity, competence, competency, comprehension, dexterity, endowment, facility, faculty, intelligence, might, potentiality, qualication, resourcefulness, skill, strength, talent, understanding; concept 630 Ant. impotence, inability, limitation, paralysis ability [n2] natural or acquired power in a particular activity adeptness, adroitness, bent, capability, cleverness, command, craft, deftness,

expertise, expertness, nesse, air, genius, gift, handiness, ingenuity, knack, know-how, mastery, mind for, prociency, savvy, skill, skillfulness, strength, talent, the goods*, the right stuff*, what it takes*; concept 706 Ant. clumsiness, ignorance, inability, inadequacy, inanity, incompetence, stupidity, weakness abject [adj] hopeless and downtrodden base, contemptible, degraded, dejected, deplorable, dishonorable, fawning, forlorn, groveling, hangdog, humiliated, low, miserable, outcast, pitiable, servile, submissive, worthless, wretched; concept 571 Ant. commendable, exalted, excellent, magnicent, noble, proud, worthy abjure [v] give up abstain from, forswear, recant, renege, renounce, retract, take back, withdraw; concepts 30,54,195 ablate [v] wear away erode, evaporate, melt, vaporize; concepts 252,469 ablaze [adj1] on re are, aame, alight, blazing, burning, conagrant, ery, aming, aring, ignited, lighted; concepts 485,605 ablaze [adj2] very excited are, angry, aroused, enthusiastic, fervent, frenzied, fuming, furious, heated, impassioned, incensed, intense, on re, passionate, raging, stimulated, vehement; concept 550 Ant. dull, unexcited ablaze [adj3] brightly illuminated aame, aglow, brilliant, ashing, gleaming, glowing, incandescent, luminous, radiant, refulgent, sparkling; concept 617 Ant. dark, dim able [adj1] capable of performing; having an innate capacity adept, adequate, adroit, agile, alert, apt, bright, capable, competent, cunning, deft, dexterous, easy, effortless, endowed, equipped, facile, tted, good, intelligent, knowing, powerful, ready, smart, strong, worthy; concepts 402,527 Ant. ineffective, inept, inrm, powerless, unable, useless able [adj2] able to perform well; having a proven capacity accomplished, adroit, agile, artful, au fait, brilliant, capable, clever, deft, dexterous, effective, effectual, efcient, equal to, experienced, expert, facile, gifted, ingenious, intelligent, keen, know backwards and forwards*, know ones onions*, know the ropes*, learned, masterful, masterly, powerful, practiced, prepared, procient, qualied, responsible, savvy, sharp, skilled, skillful, smart, talented, there*, trained, up to it*, up to snuff*, up to speed*, with it*; concepts 402,528 Ant. delicate, feeble, inept, stupid, weak able-bodied [adj] physically strong and capable rm, t, hale, hardy, healthy, hearty, lusty, powerful, robust, staunch, stout, strapping*, sturdy, vigorous; concepts 314,489 Ant. delicate, inrm, weak ablution [n] washing bath, cleansing, decontamination, lavation, purication, shower, showering; concepts 161,165 ably [adv] capably adroitly, capably, competently; concept 527 abnegate [v] renounce abstain, decline, forbear, forgo, give up, refrain, reject; concepts 30,54,195 abnegation [n] denial, renouncement of something abandonment, abstinence, eschewal, forbearance, giving up, nixing, refusal, rejection, relinquishment, renunciation, sacrice, self-

ABNORMAL / ABOUT

denial, stonewall*, surrender, temperance; concepts 18,25 Ant. acquiescence, admittance, surrender, yielding abnormal [adj] different from standard or norm aberrant, anomalistic, anomalous, atypical, bizarre, curious, deviant, deviate, deviating, divergent, eccentric, exceptional, extraordinary, fantastic, funny, grody*, gross, heteroclite, heterodox, heteromorphic, irregular, odd, off-base, off-color, out of line, peculiar, preternatural, queer, screwy*, spastic*, strange, uncommon, unexpected, unnatural, unorthodox, unusual, weird; concept 547 Ant. customary, normal, standard, straight, usual abnormality [n] being different from standard or norm aberrancy, aberration, anomalism, anomaly, atypicalness, bizarreness, deformity, deviance, deviancy, deviation, eccentricity, exception, extraordinariness, aw, irregularity, oddity, peculiarity, preternaturalness, singularity, strangeness, uncommonness, unnaturalness, unusualness, weirdness; concept 647 Ant. normality, normalness, sameness, standard aboard [adj] on or in a transportation object boarded, consigned, embarked, en route, in transit, loaded, on, on board, traveling; concept 583 Ant. not on, off abode [n] building or place where one resides address, apartment, base, casa, condo, co-op, crash pad*, crib*, den, digs*, domicile, dwelling, at, op*, habitat, haunt, headquarters, hearth, hole*, home, homestead, house, joint*, lodging, pad, quarters, residence, roost*, sanctuary, seat; concept 515 abolish [v] do away with or put an end to abate, abrogate, annihilate, annul, call off, cancel, destroy, disestablish, dissolve, end, eradicate, erase, expunge, extinguish, extirpate, nish, inhibit, invalidate, kill, negate, nix, nullify, obliterate, overthrow, overturn, prohibit, put an end to, put kibosh on*, put the kibosh on*, quash, repeal, repudiate, rescind, revoke, scrub*, set aside, squelch, stamp out, subvert, supersede, suppress, terminate, undo, vacate, vitiate, void, wipe out, zap*; concepts 121,252,298 Ant. conrm, continue, enact, establish, institute, legalize, promote, ratify, support, uphold abolition [n] formal act of putting an end to, annulling abolishment, abrogation, annihilation, annulment, cancellation, destruction, dissolution, elimination, end, ending, eradication, extirpation, invalidation, negation, nullication, obliteration, overthrow, overturning, quashing, repeal, repudiation, rescinding, rescindment, rescission, revocation, subversion, suppression, termination, voiding, wiping out, withdrawal; concepts 121,252,298 Ant. conrmation, establishment, establishment, institution, legalization, promotion abolitionist [n] person wanting something ended activist, advocate, opponent, revolutionary; concept 366 A-bomb [n] atomic bomb nuclear bomb, nuclear weapon, physics package*, thermonuclear bomb; concept 500 abominable [adj] awful, detestable abhorrent, atrocious, awful, bad, base, beastly, contemptible, cursed, despicable, disgusting, foul, grim, grody*, gross*, hairy*, hateful, heinous,

hellish, horrible, horrid, loathsome, lousy, nauseating, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repellent, reprehensible, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, sleazy*, stinking, terrible, vile, wretched; concepts 29,544,571 Ant. alluring, appealing, delightful, desirable, enjoyable, likeable, lovable, pleasant, sweet, wonderful abominate [v] detest abhor, despise, dislike, hate, loathe; concept 29 abomination [n1] object of extreme dislike, hate anathema, aversion, bother, curse, detestation, evil, horror, nuisance, plague, shame, torment; concepts 29,666 Ant. beauty, blessing, delight, enjoyment, esteem, joy, love, treat abomination [n2] wrongdoing crime, offense, wrong; concept 691 Ant. benet, right aboriginal [adj] belonging to one, existing in a place since prehistory ancient, earliest, endemic, rst, indigenous, native, original, primary, primeval, primitive, primordial; concept 549 Ant. foreign aborigine [n] rst inhabitant aboriginal, autochthon, bushman*, indigene, native, primitive; concept 413 abort [v1] stop or cancel something arrest, break off, call it quits*, call off, check, cut off, drop, end, fail, halt, interrupt, knock it off*, lay off*, nullify, scrap, scratch, scrub*, terminate; concept 121 Ant. continue, keep abort [v2] terminate or fail to complete pregnancy miscarry; concepts 121,304,308 Ant. carry to term, keep abortion [n1] expulsion of fetus aborticide, feticide, misbirth, miscarriage, termination; concepts 230,699 abortion [n2] failure disappointment, disaster, asco, misadventure, premature delivery; concepts 304,308,674 Ant. continuation, success abortive [adj] failing to achieve a goal failed, failing, fruitless, futile, ineffective, ineffectual, miscarried, unavailing, unproductive, unsuccessful, useless, vain, worthless; concept 528 Ant. complete, consummated, effectual, efcient, fruitful, productive, successful abound [v] exist in abundance be alive with, be all over the place*, be knee deep in*, be no end to*, be plentiful, be thick with*, be up to ones ears in*, crawl with*, crowd, ourish, ow, have a full plate*, infest, overow, proliferate, swarm, swell, teem, thrive; concept 141 Ant. decient, fail, lack, need, short, want abounding [adj] plentiful abundant, bountiful, copious, lled, ush, plenteous, prodigal, profuse, prolic, replete, teeming; concepts 762,781 about [adv1] in an opposite direction around, back, backward, in reverse, round; concept 581 about [adv2] lying anywhere without order, arrangement anyhow, any which way*, around, here and there; concept 583 about [prep1] near an amount, quantity almost, approximately, in general, in the ball park*, in the neighborhood*, nearly, practically, pretty nearly, roughly; concept 771 about [prep2] concerning, relating to apropos, as concerns, as respects, dealing with, in

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ABOUT / ABSENT

connection with, in relation to, in respect to, referring to, regarding, relative to, touching, touching on; concept 532 about [prep3] near or close to in position adjacent, beside, nearby; concepts 586,778 Ant. afar, away, distant, far, remote about [prep4] on every side, in every direction around, encircling, round, surrounding, through, throughout; concept 586 about-face [n] change in direction changeabout, double, doubleback, reversal, reverse, turn, turnabout, volte-face; concept 697 above [prep1] higher in position aloft, atop, beyond, high, on high, on top of, over, overhead, raised, superior, upon; concept 752 Ant. below, under above [prep2] more, higher in amount, degree beyond, exceeding, greater than, larger than, over; concept 793 Ant. below, decient, fewer, less above [prep3] superior to before, beyond, exceeding, prior to, superior to, surpassing; concept 567 Ant. inferior, under aboveboard [adj] candid forthright, frank, honest, open, overt, right on*, square, straight, straightforward, straight from shoulder*, true, trustworthy, truthful, up front*, veracious; concept 404 Ant. deceitful, devious, lying, shady, underhanded aboveboard [adv] candidly frankly, honestly, on the up and up*, openly, overtly, truly, truthfully, veraciously; concept 404 Ant. deceitful, devious, lying, shady, underhanded above suspicion [adj] innocent above reproach, blameless, guiltless, having clean hands*, inculpable, irreproachable, scrupulous, sinless; concept 545 abracadabra [n] magic word hocus-pocus, incantation, invocation, mumbo jumbo, open sesame, spell; concepts 370,673,689 abrade [v] scrape chafe, erode, grate, rub, rub off, scuff, triturate, wear, wear down; concepts 165,186,215 abrasion [n1] scraped area chafe, injury, scrape, scratch, scuff; concept 309 abrasion [n2] scraping or wearing down by friction abrading, chang, erosion, grating, rubbing, scratching, scufng; concept 186 abrasive [adj1] irritating in manner annoying, biting, caustic, cutting, galling, hard to take*, hateful, hurtful, nasty, rough, rubbing the wrong way*, sharp, spiky*, unpleasant; concept 404 Ant. likeable, pleasant, pleasing abrasive [adj2] scraping or wearing cutting, erosive, grinding, polishing, rough, scratching, scratchy, scufng, sharpening, smoothing; concept 606 Ant. smooth, soft abreast [adv1] next to, alongside beside, equal, in alignment, in line, level, opposite, shoulder to shoulder, side by side; concept 586 abreast [adv2] up-to-date acquainted, au courant, au fait, contemporary, familiar, informed, in touch, knowledgeable, up*, versed; concept 402 Ant. lost, out of touch, unaware abridge [v] shorten abbreviate, abstract, blue pencil*, chop, clip, compress, concentrate, condense, contract, curtail, cut, decrease, digest, diminish, downsize, lessen, limit, narrow, put in

nutshell*, reduce, restrict, slash, snip*, summarize, trim, truncate; concepts 236,247 Ant. add, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen abridgement [n] shortening, summary abbreviation, abstract, brief, compendium, condensation, conspectus, contraction, curtailment, cutting, decrease, digest, diminishment, diminution, lessening, outline, precis, reducing, reduction, synopsis; concepts 283,652 Ant. addition, enlargement, expansion, extension, increase, lengthening, padding abroad [adj] in a foreign country away, elsewhere, in foreign lands, in foreign parts, out of the country, overseas, touring, traveling; concept 583 Ant. at home abrogate [v] formally put an end to abate, abolish, annul, cancel, dissolve, do in*, end, nish off*, invalidate, knock out*, negate, nix, nullify, quash, reject, renege, repeal, retract, revoke, scrub*, torpedo*, undo, vacate, vitiate, void; concept 121 Ant. approve, establish, x, institute, legalize, ratify, sanction, support abrogation [n] cancellation annulment, discontinuation, ending, invalidation, quashing, repudiation, rescission, retraction, reversal, voiding, withdrawal; concept 119 abrupt [adj1] rude or brief in manner blunt, brusque, crude, crusty, curt, direct, discourteous, gruff, impetuous, impolite, matter-of-fact, rough, short, snappy, snippy, uncivil, ungracious; concept 542 Ant. calm, kind, nice abrupt [adj2] happening suddenly and unexpectedly hasty, hurried, jerky, precipitate, precipitous, quick, rushing, sudden, surprising, unanticipated, unceremonious, unexpected, unforeseen; concept 820 Ant. at ease, deliberate, expansive, gradual, leisurely abscess [n] swelling boil, carbuncle, pustule, ulcer; concepts 306,309 abscond [v] run away, depart secretly beat it*, bolt*, break, clear out*, cut and run*, decamp, disappear, dog it*, duck out, escape, fade*, ee, y the coop*, get, go AWOL*, go south*, hightail*, jump*, leave, make a break*, make off, make scarce*, pull out, quit, run off, scram*, skedaddle*, skip out*, slip, sneak away, split*, steal away, take off*, vamoose*, vanish; concepts 102,195 Ant. abide, continue, endure, give up, remain, stay, stop, yield absconder [n] person who escapes absentee, bolter, escapee, quitter, truant; concepts 403,583 absence [n1] state of not being present absenteeism, AWOL*, cut*, French leave*, hooky*, nonappearance, nonattendance, no show*, truancy, vacancy; concept 746 Ant. existence, presence absence [n2] state of lacking something needed or usual dearth, deciency, drought, inadequacy, insufciency, lack, need, omission, privation, unavailability, void, want; concept 646 Ant. abundance, enough, plenty absent [adj1] not present astray, away, AWOL*, elsewhere, ghost, gone, hooky*, missing, nobody home*, no-show*, removed, vanished; concept 583 Ant. attending, existing, present absent [adj2] decient in something needed or usual bare, blank, devoid, empty, hollow,

ABSENTEE / ABSTAIN

lacking, minus, missing, nonexistent, omitted, unavailable, vacant, vacuous, wanting; concept 546 Ant. sufcient absentee [adj] not being present absent, distant, oblivious, remote; concepts 403,583 absenteeism [n] state of not being present absence, defection, desertion, skipping, truancy; concept 746 Ant. attendance, presence absent-minded [adj] unaware of events, surroundings absent, absorbed, abstracted, airheaded*, bemused, daydreaming, distracted, distrait, dreaming, dreamy, engrossed, faraway, forgetful, goong off*, heedless, inattentive, inconscient, lost, mooning*, moony*, oblivious, out to lunch*, pipe dreaming*, preoccupied, remote, removed, space cadet*, spacey*, unconscious, unheeding, unmindful, unobservant, unthinking, withdrawn, woolgathering*; concept 403 Ant. alert, attentive, aware, aware absent-mindedness [n] preoccupation absorption, abstraction, distraction, dreaminess, forgetfulness, heedlessness, inattention; concepts 293,410,532,690 absolute [adj1] without limit complete, consummate, downright, entire, at out*, free, full, innite, no catch*, no ne print*, no holds barred*, no ifs ands or buts*, no joke*, no strings attached*, outright, plenary, pure, sheer, simple, straight out, supreme, thorough, total, unabridged, unadulterated, unconditional, unlimited, unqualied, unrestricted, utter; concept 554 Ant. accountable, circumscribed, limited, restricted, tractable absolute [adj2] in control or complete authority absolutist, arbitrary, authoritarian, autocratic, autonomous, despotic, dictatorial, full, monocratic, preeminent, sovereign, supreme, totalitarian, tyrannical, tyrannous; concept 536 Ant. accountable, complaisant, compliant, restricted, submissive, yielding absolute [adj3] certain actual, categorical, conclusive, consummate, decided, decisive, denite, exact, factual, xed, genuine, infallible, positive, precise, sure, unambiguous, undeniable, unequivocal, unmitigated, unquestionable; concept 535 Ant. conditional, dependent, limited, partial absolute [adj4] excellent, perfect categorical, complete, faultless, awless, ideal, impeccable, thorough, ultimate, unblemished, unawed, untarnished; concept 574 Ant. awed, imperfect absolutely [adv1] certainly, without question actually, categorically, come hell or high water*, conclusively, decidedly, decisively, denitely, doubtless, easily, exactly, for sure*, no ifs ands or buts*, no strings attached*, on the button*, on the money*, on the nose*, positively, precisely, really, right on*, straight out*, sure as can be*, sure as hell*, sure enough*, surely, sure thing*, the very thing*, truly, unambiguously, unconditionally, unquestionably; concept 535 Ant. doubtful, indenite, not certain, not sure, questionable absolutely [adv2] in a complete manner, degree completely, consummately, entirely, fully, thoroughly, utterly, wholly; concept 531 Ant. incomplete, partially

absolution [n] forgiveness acquittal, amnesty, compurgation, exculpation, forgiveness, mercy, pardon, release; concepts 685,689 absolve [v] free from responsibility, duty acquit, bleach, blink at, clear, discharge, exculpate, excuse, exempt, exonerate, forgive, free, go easy on, launder*, let off*, let off easy*, let off the hook*, let up on*, liberate, lifeboat*, loose, pardon, release, relieve, sanitize*, set free, spare, spring*, vindicate, whitewash, wink at*, wipe it off*, wipe the slate clean*, write off*; concepts 83,317 Ant. bind, blame, charge, condemn, convict, hold, impeach, incriminate, obligate, punish, sentence absorb [v1] physically take in a liquid blot, consume, devour, drink in, imbibe, ingest, ingurgitate, osmose, soak up, sop up*, sponge up*, suck in*, swallow, take in; concept 256 Ant. disperse, dissipate, eject, emit, exude, spew, vomit absorb [v2] mentally take in information assimilate, comprehend, digest, follow, get, get into*, grasp, incorporate, latch onto, learn, sense, soak up, take in, understand; concept 31 Ant. misunderstand, not get absorb [v3] occupy complete attention captivate, concern, consume, employ, engage, engross, fascinate, ll, hold, immerse, involve, monopolize, obsess, preoccupy, rivet; concept 17 Ant. distract absorbed [adj] being completely occupied mentally captivated, consumed, deep in thought, engaged, engrossed, fascinated, xed, gone*, head over heels*, held, immersed, intent, involved, lost, preoccupied, rapt, really into*, up to here*, wrapped up*; concept 403 Ant. bored, disinterested, distracted, indifferent, uninterested absorbent [adj] capable of physically taking in a liquid absorptive, bibulous, dry, imbibing, penetrable, permeable, porous, pregnable, retentive, spongy, thirsty; concept 603 Ant. impermeable absorbing [adj] holding ones attention arresting, captivating, consuming, engrossing, enthralling, exciting, fascinating, gripping, interesting, intriguing, monopolizing, preoccupying, riveting, spellbinding; concept 403 Ant. boring, irksome absorption [n1] assimilation, incorporation consumption, digestion, drinking in, exhaustion, fusion, imbibing, impregnation, ingestion, inhalation, intake, osmosis, penetration, reception, retention, saturation, soaking up, suction, taking in; concepts 169,256 absorption [n2] total attention toward something captivation, concentration, engagement, engrossment, enthrallment, fascination, hangup*, holding, immersion, intentness, involvement, occupation, preoccupation, raptness; concept 410 Ant. boredom, distraction abstain [v] hold back from doing abjure, abnegate, avoid, cease, constrain, curb, decline, deny oneself, do without, eschew, evade, fast, fence-sit*, forbear, forgo, give the go by*, give up, go on the wagon*, keep from, pass, pass up, quit, refrain, refuse, renounce, shun, sit on ones hands*, sit on the fence*, sit out, spurn, starve, stop, take the cure*, take the pledge*, withhold; concepts 25,121 Ant. indulge, use

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ABSTEMIOUS / ABUSE

abstemious [adj] restraining behavior or appetite abstinent, ascetic, austere, continent, frugal, moderate, moderating, restrained, self-denying, self-restrained, sober, sparing, temperate; concept 401 Ant. gluttonous, greedy, hungry abstention [n] refraining abstaining, abstinence, avoidance, non-indulgence, self-control, self-denial, self-restraint, sobriety; concept 633 abstinence [n] restraint from desires, especially physical desires abnegation, abstaining, abstemiousness, asceticism, avoidance, chastity, continence, fasting, forbearance, frugality, moderation, refraining, renunciation, self-control, self-denial, self-restraint, soberness, sobriety, teetotalism, temperance; concept 633 Ant. drunkenness, excess, indulgence, intemperance, intoxication, revelry, self-indulgence abstract [adj] conceptual, theoretical abstruse, complex, deep, hypothetical, ideal, indenite, intellectual, nonconcrete, philosophical, recondite, transcendent, transcendental, unreal; concept 582 Ant. actual, concrete, factual, material, objective, physical, real abstract [n] short document prepared from a longer one abridgment, brief, compendium, condensation, conspectus, digest, outline, prcis, rsum, summary, synopsis; concept 283 Ant. document, manuscript abstract [v1] take away from detach, disconnect, disengage, dissociate, extract, isolate, part, remove, separate, steal, take out, uncouple, withdraw; concepts 135,211 Ant. add, combine, ll, insert, introduce, unite abstract [v2] prepare short document from longer one abbreviate, abridge, condense, digest, outline, review, shorten, summarize; concepts 79,236,247 Ant. complete, expand, insert, lengthen, strengthen abstracted [adj] preoccupied absent-minded, daydreaming, inattentive, lost in thought, out in space*, out to lunch*, remote, withdrawn; concept 403 abstraction [n] state of being lost in thought absorption, aloofness, brooding, cogitation, consideration, contemplation, daydreaming, detachment, engrossment, entrancement, musing, pensiveness, pondering, preoccupation, reecting, reection, remoteness, reverie, ruminating, thinking, trance; concept 410 abstruse [adj] difcult to understand abstract, clear as dishwater*, complex, complicated, deep, enigmatic, esoteric, Greek to me*, heavy*, hidden, incomprehensible, intricate, involved, muddy, obscure, perplexing, profound, puzzling, recondite, subtle, unfathomable, vague; concepts 402,562 Ant. clear, concrete, easy, lucid, obvious, plain, simple absurd [adj] ridiculous, senseless batty, campy, crazy, daffy, dippy*, aky*, fooling around, foolish, for grins*, freaky, gagged up*, goofy*, idiotic, illogical, inane, incongruous, irrational, jokey, joshing, laughable, loony, ludicrous, nonsensical, nutty, off the wall*, preposterous, sappy*, screwy*, silly, stupid, tomfool, unreasonable, wacky; concepts 544,552,558 Ant. certain, logical, rational, reasonable, sensible, wise absurdity [n] ridiculous situation or behavior

applesauce*, BS*, bull*, crap*, craziness, farce, apdoodle*, folly, foolishness, hot air*, idiocy, illogicality, illogicalness, improbability, inanity, incongruity, insanity, irrationality, jazz*, jive*, ludicrousness, ridiculousness, senselessness, silliness, stupidity, unreasonableness; concepts 650,656 Ant. logic, reason, reasonableness, sense abundance [n] great amount or supply afuence, ampleness, bounty, copiousness, fortune, myriad, opulence, plenitude, plenty, plethora, profusion, prosperity, prosperousness, riches, thriving, wealth; concepts 710,767 Ant. dearth, deciency, inadequacy, lack abundant [adj] plentiful, large in number abounding, ample, bounteous, bountiful, copious, crawling with*, cup runs over with*, eco-rich, exuberant, lled, full, generous, heavy, lavish, liberal, lousy with*, luxuriant, mucho*, no end of*, overowing, plate is full of*, plenteous, plenty, profuse, rich, rolling in*, stinking with*, sufcient, teeming; concept 781 Ant. lacking, rare, scarce, sparse abuse [n1] wrong use corruption, crime, debasement, delinquency, desecration, exploitation, fault, injustice, misapplication, misconduct, misdeed, mishandling, mismanage, misuse, offense, perversion, prostitution, sin, wrong, wrongdoing; concept 156 abuse [n2] physical hurting, injuring crime, damage, delement, harm, hurt, impairment, injury, malevolence, maltreatment, manhandling, misdeed, offense, pollution, violation, wrongdoing; concept 246 Ant. aid, help, preservation, respect abuse [n3] verbal attack bad-mouthing*, blame, castigation, censure, curse, curses*, defamation, derision, hosing*, insults, invective, kicking around*, kning*, libel, obloquy, opprobrium, pushing around*, put-down, quinine*, reproach, revilement, scolding, signifying, slander, swearing, tirade, upbraiding, vilication, vituperation; concept 54 Ant. acclamation, adulation, approval, commendation, plaudit, praise abuse [v1] physically hurt or injure bang up*, beat up, bung up*, corrupt, cut up*, damage, dele, deprave, desecrate, harm, hose*, ill-treat, impair, maltreat, mar, mess up*, mishandle, mistreat, misuse, molest, oppress, persecute, pollute*, roughhouse, rough up, ruin, shake up*, spoil, taint, total*, victimize, violate, wax*; concept 246 Ant. cherish, defend, help, preserve, protect, respect abuse [v2] use wrongly dissipate, exhaust, misemploy, mishandle, misuse, overburden, overtax, overwork, prostitute, spoil, squander, taint, waste; concept 156 Ant. benet, care for, esteem, prize, respect, revere abuse [v3] attack with words backbite, badmouth, bash, belittle, berate, blow off*, calumniate, cap*, castigate, cuss out*, cut down*, cut to the quick*, decry, defame, derogate, discount, do a number on*, dump on*, give a black eye*, hurl brickbat*, insult, knock*, minimize, nag, offend, oppress, persecute, pick on, put down*, rag on*, reproach, revile, ride*, rip up*, run down*, scold, signify, slam*, slap*, sling mud*, smear*, sound*, swear at*, tear apart*, trash*, upbraid, vilify, vituperate,

ABUSE / ACCEPTABLE

zing*; concepts 52,54 Ant. acclaim, adulate, approve, commend, compliment, praise abuse [v4] take advantage of do an injustice to, exploit, impose on, use, wrong; concepts 156,384 Ant. cherish, esteem, honor, respect, revere, treasure abusive [adj] exhibiting unkind behavior or words calumniating, castigating, censorious, contumelious, defamatory, derisive, disparaging, insolent, insulting, invective, libelous, maligning, obloquious, offensive, opprobrious, reproachful, reviling, rude, sarcastic, scathing, scolding, scurrilous, sharp-tongued, slanderous, traducing, upbraiding, vilifying, vituperative; concept 267 Ant. complimentary, kind, respectful abut [v] touch or be next to something adjoin, be adjacent to, border on, butt against, join, neighbor; concept 749 abutment [n] masonry mass arch end, bridge end, end piece, jutting piece, support, vault end; concepts 745,827,833 abysmal [adj1] great extent; immeasurable bottomless, boundless, complete, deep, endless, extreme, illimitable, incalculable, innite, profound, thorough, unending, unfathomable, vast; concepts 772,793 Ant. innite abysmal [adj2] extending deeply bottomless, fathomless, plumbless, plummetless; concept 777 Ant. low abyss [n] something very deep, usually a feature of land abysm, chasm, crevasse, depth, ssure, gorge, gulf, hole, pit, void; concepts 509,514 academia [n] scholarly world academe, academic community, academicians, college, savants, school; concepts 287,288,289 academic [adj1] relating to schooling, learning bookish, book-learned, college, collegiate, erudite, intellectual, learned, pedantic, scholarly, scholastic, studious, university; concept 536 Ant. ignorant, untaught academic [adj2] relating to theories, philosophy abstract, closet, conjectural, formalistic, hypothetical, notional, speculative, theoretical; concepts 402,529 Ant. ordinary, plain, practical, simple academic [n] scholar or university/college teacher academician, lecturer, professor, pupil, scholar, scholastic, student, tutor; concept 350 Ant. ignoramus academy [n1] school, especially for higher education boarding school, brainery*, nishing school, halls of ivy*, institute, military school, preparatory school, prep school, secondary school, seminary; concept 289 academy [n2] society or institution interested in learning alliance, association, circle, council, federation, foundation, fraternity, institute, league; concept 288 accede [v] agree or consent accept, acquiesce, admit, allow, assent, be game for*, cave in*, comply, concede, concur, cooperate, cry uncle*, endorse, enter into, fold, give the go-ahead*, give the green light*, go along with, grant, let, okay, permit, play ball*, roll over and play dead*, subscribe, throw in the towel*, yield; concepts 8,50,82,88 Ant. condemn, demur, denounce, denounce, deny, protest, refuse accelerate [v] increase speed, timing advance,

drive, dust*, expedite, re up*, forward, further, gun*, hammer on*, hasten, hurry, impel, lay a patch*, lay rubber*, make tracks*, nail it*, open up*, peel rubber*, precipitate, put on afterburners*, put pedal to metal*, quicken, railroad*, rev, rev up, roll*, speed up, spur, step on gas*, step up, stimulate, tool*; concepts 234,242 Ant. decelerate, defer, hinder, impede, postpone, retard, slow down acceleration [n] increasing speed, timing dispatch, expedition, hastening, hurrying, quickening, speeding up, spurring, stepping up, stimulation; concept 234 Ant. deceleration, deferral, hindrance, retardation, slowing down accent [n1] importance, emphasis signicance, stress, weight; concept 668 Ant. unimportance accent [n2] stress or pitch in pronunciation accentuation, articulation, beat, cadence, emphasis, enunciation, force, inection, intonation, meter, modulation, pronunciation, rhythm, stroke, timbre, tonality, tone; concept 77 accent [v] place emphasis, importance accentuate, draw attention to, emphasize, highlight, intensify, stress, underline, underscore; concepts 69,243 Ant. disacknowledge, minimize accentuate [v] focus attention on accent, bring attention to, call attention to, draw attention to, emphasize, feature, give prominence to, highlight, point up, spotlight, stress, underline, underscore; concept 77 Ant. divert attention from, mask accept [v1] receive something given physically acquire, gain, get, obtain, secure, take, welcome; concept 124 Ant. deny, discard, refuse, reject accept [v2] allow into group admit, receive, welcome; concept 384 Ant. blackball, decline, deny, reject accept [v3] believe the goodness, realness of something acknowledge, afrm, approbate, approve, buy*, countenance, fancy, favor, go for*, hold, hold with, like, recognize, relish, swallow*, take as gospel truth*, take stock in*, trust; concept 12 Ant. disagree, dispute, reject, renounce, repudiate accept [v4] put up with acknowledge, acquiesce, agree, assent, bear, bear with, bow, capitulate, defer to, dont make waves*, dont rock the boat*, endure, t in, go along with, live with, play the game*, recognize, respect, sit still for*, stand, stand for, stomach, submit to, suffer, swallow, take, tolerate, yield to; concept 23 Ant. demur, disallow, reject accept [v5] receive by agreeing, consenting accede, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, adopt, afrm, agree to, approve, assent, assume, avow, bear, buy, check out*, comply, concur with, cooperate with, give stamp of approval*, give the go-ahead*, give the green light*, give the nod*, go for*, lap up*, okay, recognize, rubberstamp*, set store by*, sign, sign off on*, take on*, take one up on*, thumbs up*, undertake; concepts 8,82 Ant. decline, disagree, refuse acceptable [adj] satisfactory, agreeable adequate, admissible, all right, A-OK*, average, big*, common, cooking with gas*, cool*, copacetic, decent, delightful, fair, hep*, hip*, hunky-dory*, in the swim*, kosher*, large,

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ACCEPTANCE / ACCOMMODATE

okay, on the ball*, on the beam*, passable, peachy keen*, pleasant, pleasing, respectable, right on*, standard, sufcient, swell*, tolerable, trendy, unexceptional, unobjectionable, up to code*, up to snuff*, welcome; concepts 533,558 Ant. disagreeable, disturbing, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, unwelcome acceptance [n1] agreement, taking accepting, acknowledgment, acquiring, admission, approval, assent, compliance, consent, cooperation, gaining, getting, go-ahead*, green light*, nod*, obtaining, okay, permission, receipt, receiving, reception, recognition, securing, taking on, undertaking, yes; concepts 8,124 Ant. disagreement, dissent, refusal acceptance [n2] belief in goodness of something accedence, accession, acknowledgment, acquiescence, admission, adoption, afrmation, agreement, approbation, approval, assent, concession, concurrence, favor, recognition, seal of approval; concepts 12,32 Ant. disbelief accepted [adj] generally agreed upon accustomed, acknowledged, allowed, approved, arrived at, authorized, card-carrying*, chosen, conrmed, conventional, credited, current, customary, endorsed, established, fashionable, in vogue, kosher*, legit*, normal, okayed, orthodox, passed, popular, preferred, received, recognized, regular, sanctioned, standard, straight*, time-honored, touted, universal, unopposed, usual, welcomed; concepts 547,558 Ant. irregular, questionable, unconventional, unorthodox access [n] admission, means of entry, approach admittance, approach, avenue, connection, contact, course, door, entrance, entree, entry, in, ingress, introduction, key, open arms*, open door*, passage, path, road, route, way; concepts 501,631 Ant. egress, outlet accessible [adj] approachable; ready for use attainable, available, doors always open*, employable, exposed, getatable, handy, near, obtainable, open, operative, possible, practicable, public, reachable, susceptible, unrestricted, usable; concept 576 Ant. inaccessible, limited, restricted accession [n1] something that augments, adds to accretion, addition, augmentation, enlargement, extension, increase, increment, raise, rise; concepts 700,775 accession [n2] coming to power assumption, attainment, inauguration, induction, investment, succession, taking on, taking over; concepts 133,298 Ant. decline, fall accession [n3] agreement accedence, acceptance, acquiescence, assent, concurrence, consent; concepts 8,410 Ant. disagreement, dispute, repudiation accessorize [v] add ornament accent, add on, adorn, equip, supplement; concepts 162,177 accessory [n1] ornament; accompanying item; supplementary part accent, addition, adjunct, adornment, appendage, appendix, appliance, appurtenance, attachment, component, decoration, extension, extra, frill, help, supplement, trim, trimming; concept 834 Ant. principal accessory [n2] person peripherally involved in illegal activity abettor, accomplice, aid, aide, assistant, associate, co-conspirator, colleague,

confederate, conspirator, helper, insider, partner, plant*, ringer*, shill*, stall*, subordinate; concept 412 accident [n1] unexpected, undesirable event; often physically injurious blow, calamity, casualty, collision, crack-up*, disaster, fender-bender*, uke*, hazard, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, pileup*, rear ender*, setback, smash*, smashup*, stack-up*, total*, wrack-up*; concept 674 Ant. intent, intention, necessity, plan, provision accident [n2] chance event adventure, circumstance, contingency, fate, uke*, fortuity, fortune, happening, luck, occasion, occurrence, turn; concept 679 Ant. calculation, decision, decree, plan accidental [adj] happening unexpectedly adventitious, casual, chance, coincidental, contingent, uky*, fortuitous, inadvertent, incidental, random, uncalculated, unexpected, unforeseen, unintended, unintentional, unplanned; concepts 530,552 Ant. decided, designed, essential, intended, intentional, planned, premeditated accidentally [adj] by chance by mistake, fortuitously, haphazardly, unintentionally, unwittingly; concepts 548,552 accident-prone [adj] clumsy all thumbs*, bungling, inept, klutzy*, two left feet*; concepts 401,402,584 acclaim [n] expression of approval acclamation, acknowledgment, applause, approbation, celebration, cheering, clapping, commendation, eulogizing, exaltation, honor, kudos, pat on the back*, pat on the head*, plaudits, PR, praise, puff, pumping up*, rave, recognition, strokes*, stroking*; concept 69 Ant. beratement, criticism, disapproval, jeering, vituperation acclaim [v] give approval applaud, approve, blow horn*, boost, celebrate, cheer, clap, commend, compliment, eulogize, exalt, extol, give a bouquet*, give a posy*, give kudos*, hail, hand it to*, hear it for*, honor, laud, praise, puff up*, push*, rave, recommend, root, salute, stroke*; concept 69 Ant. berate, censure, damn, denounce, disapprove, dishonor, vituperate acclaimed [adj] praised cheered, extolled, hailed, lauded, renowned; concepts 568,574 acclamation [n] enthusiastic expression of approval acclaim, adulation, applause, approbation, big hand*, cheer, cheering, cheers, hand, honor, jubilation, laudation, ovation, plaudits, salutation, standing O*, tribute; concepts 69,377 Ant. disapproval acclimate [v] make or become adjusted, adapted acclimatize, accommodate, acculture, accustom, climatize, conform, get used to, habituate, harden, season, toughen; concepts 202,701 accolade [n] strong praise, recognition of achievement approval, award, badge, decoration, distinction, honor, kudos*, laurels; concept 69 accommodate [v1] make room, lodging available board, contain, domicile, entertain, furnish, harbor, hold, house, put up*, quarter, receive, rent, shelter, supply, take in, welcome; concept 226 Ant. turn away, turn out accommodate [v2] make, become suitable for

ACCOMMODATE / ACCOUNT

something accord, accustom, adapt, adjust, agree, attune, bend over backwards*, comply, compose, conform, coordinate, correspond, dont make waves*, dont rock the boat*, t, go by the book*, go with the ow*, harmonize, integrate, make consistent, modify, play the game*, proportion, reconcile, settle, shape up, suit, tailor, tailor-make, tune; concepts 23,126 Ant. disarrange, unsuit accommodate [v3] perform service afford, aid, arrange, assist, avail, benet, bow, comfort, convenience, defer, favor, furnish, gratify, help, humor, indulge, oblige, pamper, please, provide, serve, settle, submit, suit, supply, support, sustain, yield; concept 136 Ant. bar, block, frustrate, hinder, impede, limit, obstruct, prevent, stop accommodating [adj] willing to help considerate, cooperative, friendly, generous, handy, helpful, hospitable, kind, neighborly, obliging, on deck*, on tap*, polite, unselsh, user friendly*; concepts 542,555 Ant. alienating, disobliging, estranged accommodation [n] adjustment for different situation, circumstances adaptation, compliance, composition, compromise, conformity, fty-fty deal*, tting, modication, reconciliation, settlement; concept 697 accommodations [n] place of residence, usually temporary apartment, board, boardinghouse, crash pad*, crib*, digs*, hotel, house, housing, lodging, motel, pad*, quarters, roof, room and board, rooming house, rooms, shelter; concept 516 accompaniment [n1] necessary part or embellishment accessory, adjunct, appendage, appurtenance, attachment, attendant, attribute, augmentation, complement, concomitant, enhancement, enrichment, supplement; concepts 834,835 accompaniment [n2] music that supports a theme or performer in a composition back, background, backing, back-up, harmony, instrument, part; concept 262 accompany [v1] go or be with something associate with, attend, chaperon, come along, conduct, consort, convoy, date, dog*, draft*, drag*, escort, follow, go along, guard, guide, hang around with*, hang out*, keep company, lead, look after, shadow, shlep along*, show about, show around, spook, squire, stick to*, string along*, tag along*, tailgate*, take out, usher; concepts 113,224 Ant. abandon, desert, leave, withdraw accompany [v2] occur with something add, appear with, append, be connected, belong to, characterize, coexist, coincide with, come with, complete, co-occur, follow, go together, happen with, join with, occur with, supplement, take place with; concept 643 accomplice [n] helper, especially in committing a crime abettor, accessory, aid, aide, ally, assistant, associate, co-conspirator, collaborator, colleague, confederate, conspirator, insider, partner, plant*, stall*; concept 412 Ant. adversary, enemy, opponent accomplish [v] succeed in doing achieve, arrive, attain, bring about, bring off, carry out, conclude, consummate, do, do a bang-up job*, do

justice*, do one proud*, do the trick*, effect, nish, fulll, gain, get someplace*, get there*, hit*, make hay*, make it, manage, nail it*, perform, produce, pull off*, put it over*, rack up*, reach, realize, score*, sew up*, take care of, win; concepts 91,706 Ant. abandon, fail, give up, not nish, nullify, relinquish accomplished [adj] skilled in activity able, adept, brainy, consummate, cool*, cultivated, expert, gifted, hep*, hip*, masterly, polished, practiced, procient, savvy, sharp, skillful, talented, wised up*, with it*; concepts 326,528 Ant. inept, inexpert, unable accomplishment [n] something successfully done, completed ability, achievement, act, art, attainment, bringing about, capability, carrying out, completion, conclusion, consummation, coup, deed, effecting, effort, execution, exploit, feat, nish, fulllment, performance, production, prociency, realization, skill, stroke, talent, triumph; concept 706 Ant. defeat, failure, frustration, nullication accord [n] agreement, mutual understanding (often written) 10-4*, accordance, concert, concord, concurrence, conformity, congruence, correspondence, deal, good vibes*, good vibrations*, harmony, okay, pact, rapport, reconciliation, sympathy, treaty, unanimity; concept 684 Ant. antagonism, denial, disagreement, dissension, opposition, refusal accord [v1] give approval, grant accede, acquiesce, admit, allow, award, bestow, concede, confer, endow, give, present, render, tender, vouchsafe; concepts 50,83,88 Ant. argue, challenge, deny, disallow, disapprove, oppose, question, refuse, withhold accord [v2] come to agreement afrm, agree, assent, be in tune, concur, conform, correspond, t, harmonize, jibe, match, square, suit, tally; concepts 8,664 Ant. contest, deny, disagree, withhold accordant [adj] in agreement agreeing, conforming, congruous, harmonious, in concert; concepts 558,563 accordingly [adv] in an appropriate, suitable way appropriately, as a consequence, as a result, consequently, correspondingly, duly, equally, ergo, tly, hence, in consequence, in respect to, in that event, properly, proportionately, respectively, resultantly, so, subsequently, suitably, then, therefore, thus, under the circumstances; concept 558 Ant. inappropriately, unsuitably accordion [n] musical instrument concertina, groanbox*, melodeon, squeezebox*, stomach Steinway*, windbox*; concepts 463,499 accost [v] approach for conversation or solicitation address, annoy, bother, brace*, buttonhole*, call, challenge, confront, cross, dare, entice, face, ag, greet, hail, proposition, run into, salute, welcome, whistle for*; concepts 48,51 Ant. avoid, dodge, evade, ignore, scorn, shun account [n1] written description of past events ABCs*, annal, blow by blow*, bulletin, chronicle, detail, explanation, history, lowdown*, make*, narration, narrative, play by play*, recital, report, run-down, score, story, tab, take, tale, the picture*, the whole picture*, version; concept 282

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account [n2] record of nances, fees, or charges bad news*, balance, bill, book, books, charge, check, computation, cuff*, grunt*, inventory, invoice, IOU*, ledger, reckoning, record, register, report, score, statement, tab, tally; concepts 331,332 account [n3] basis or consideration for action cause, ground, grounds, interest, justication, motive, rationale, rationalization, reason, regard, sake; concept 229 accountability [n] responsibility answerability, blameworthiness, liability; concept 645 accountable [adj] responsible for having done answerable, charged with, culpable, liable, obligated, obliged, on the hook*; concept 527 Ant. blameless, innocent, irresponsible, unaccountable, unreliable, untrustworthy accountant [n] person who maintains nancial accounts of a business actuary, analyst, auditor, bookkeeper, calculator, cashier, clerk, comptroller, CPA, examiner, public accountant, reckoner, teller; concepts 348,353 account for [v] offer reason, explanation answer for, clarify, elucidate, explain, illuminate, justify, rationalize, resolve; concept 57 Ant. underestimate accounting [n] keeping nancial accounts auditing, balancing the books*, bookkeeping, calculating, computing, reckoning; concepts 28,764 accredit [v1] attribute responsibility or achievement ascribe, assign, charge, credit, refer; concepts 49,69 accredit [v2] give authorization or control appoint, approve, authorize, certify, commission, empower, enable, endorse, entrust, guarantee, license, okay, recognize, sanction, vouch for; concepts 50,88 Ant. deny, disapprove, reject accretion [n] gradual growth, addition accession, accumulation, augmentation, build-up, increase, increment, raise, rise; concept 780 Ant. decrease, deduction, shrinkage accrual [n] growth accumulation, amassing, amassment, buildup, increase; concepts 432,780 accrue [v] increase by addition or growth, often nancial accumulate, amass, build up, collect, enlarge, ow, gather, grow, increase; concepts 763,780 Ant. decrease, lose acculturation [n] adjustment to culture acclimatization, assimilation, culture shock, nationalization, naturalization; concepts 202,701 accumulate [v] gather or amass something accrue, acquire, add to, agglomerate, aggregate, amalgamate, assemble, bring together, cache, clean up*, collect, collocate, compile, concentrate, cumulate, draw together, expand, gain, gather, grow, heap, heap together, hoard, incorporate, increase, load up*, lump*, make a bundle*, make a killing*, mass, pile*, pile up*, procure, prot, rack up*, roll up*, round up*, scare up*, stack up, stockpile, store, store up, swell, unite; concepts 236,245 Ant. disperse, dissipate, dwindle, lessen, lose, spend, squander, waste accumulation [n] gathering or amassing accession, accretion, addition, agglomeration, aggrandizement, aggregation, amassment, augmentation, build-up, chunk, collecting,

collection, conglomeration, enlargement, gob, growth, heap, hoarding, hunk, increase, ination, intensication, mass, multiplication, pile, quantity, stack, stock, store, trove, up, upping; concepts 432,780 Ant. dispersal, dispersion, dissipation, scattering accuracy [n] precision or correctness accurateness, carefulness, certainty, closeness, deniteness, denitiveness, denitude, efciency, exactitude, exactness, faultlessness, incisiveness, mastery, meticulousness, preciseness, sharpness, skill, skillfulness, strictness, sureness, truthfulness, veracity, verity; concepts 638,654 Ant. erroneousness, falsehood, inaccuracy, mistake accurate [adj1] precise authentic, careful, close, concrete, correct, dened, denite, deft, detailed, discriminating, discriminative, distinct, exact, explicit, factual, faithful, genuine, judicious, just, literal, matter-of-fact, methodical, meticulous, on the button*, on the money*, on the nose*, particular, proper, punctilious, punctual, regular, right, rigid, rigorous, scientic, scrupulous, severe, sharp, skillful, solid, specic, strict, systematic, true, ultraprecise, unerring, unmistakable, veracious; concept 535 Ant. careless, faulty, inaccurate, lax, vague accurate [adj2] correct, without error absolute, actual, authentic, authoritative, certain, conclusive, denite, denitive, errorless, exact, factual, faultless, nal, awless, genuine, infallible, irrefutable, ofcial, perfect, right, straight, strict, true, truthful, undeniable, undisputed, unimpeachable, unquestionable, unrefuted, valid, veracious; concept 557 Ant. doubtful, erroneous, false, inaccurate, misleading, mistaken, questionable, untruthful, wrong accurately [adv] correctly exactly, awlessly, meticulously, precisely, scrupulously, veraciously; concepts 535,557 accursed [adj] cursed bedeviled, condemned, damned, done for*, doomed, hexed, ill-fated, star-crossed, unfortunate; concepts 548,571 accusation [n] charge of wrongdoing, fault allegation, arraignment, attribution, beef*, blast*, bum rap*, censure, citation, complaint, denunciation, dido, expos, gripe, impeachment, imputation, incrimination, indictment, insinuation, recrimination, roar*, rumble*, slur, squawk*, stink*; concept 54 Ant. exculpation, praise accuse [v] place blame for wrongdoing, fault allege, apprehend, arraign, arrest, attack, attribute, betray, blame, blow the whistle*, brand, bring charges, censure, charge, cite, complain, criminate, denounce, le claim, nger*, frame, hang something on*, hold accountable, impeach, implicate, impute, incriminate, inculpate, indict, lay at door*, let have it*, libel, litigate, lodge complaint, name, pin on*, point nger at*, prosecute, recriminate, serve summons, slander, slur, sue, summon, tax; concept 44 Ant. absolve, exculpate, exonerate, praise, vindicate accuser [n] person laying blame indicter, informer, prosecutor, rat*, tattletale*; concepts 412,423 accustom [v] get used to acclimatize, acculturate, acquaint, adapt, familiarize, habituate, season; concepts 35,202 accustomed [adj1] be or become prepared,

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used to acclimatized, acquainted, adapted, addicted, conrmed, disciplined, familiar, familiarized, given to, grooved*, habituated, habituated in, in the habit, inured, seasoned, settled in, trained; concept 403 Ant. unaccustomed accustomed [adj2] normal, usual accepted, chronic, common, conventional, customary, established, everyday, expected, general, habitual, ordinary, orthodox, regular, routine, set, traditional, typical; concept 547 Ant. abnormal, unaccustomed, unusual AC-DC [adj] bisexual ambidextrous, androgynous, bi*, double-gaited, epicene, gay, gynandrous, hermaphroditic, hits both ways*, intersexual, monoclinous, swings both ways*, switch-hitting*; concept 372 ace [adj] exhibiting expertise in some activity brilliant, champion, distinguished, excellent, expert, rst-rate, great, master, outstanding, superb, virtuoso; concept 528 Ant. inept, unskilled ace [n] expert in some activity champion, genius, master, pro, star, virtuoso, winner, wizard; concept 416 Ant. clod, ignoramus ace in the hole [n] secret weapon card up ones sleeve, reserve; concepts 274,340 acerbate [v] exasperate aggravate, annoy, disturb, perturb, provoke, rattle ones cage*; concepts 7,19 acerbic [adj] bitter, sharp, or sour acidic, acrid, astringent, caustic, harsh, sharp, tart; concept 613 acerbity [n1] bitterness of taste acidity, asperity, astringency, mordancy, sourness, tartness; concepts 462,613 Ant. mellowness, mildness, sweetness acerbity [n2] harsh speech, behavior acrimoniousness, causticity, ill temper, irritability, rancor, rudeness, sarcasm, sarcasticness, vitriolicism; concepts 267,401 Ant. kindness, sweetness aces [adj] great excellent, fabulous, peachy, wonderful; concepts 527,528,574 ache [n] sore feeling; dull pain anguish, hurt, misery, pang, pounding, smarting, soreness, spasm, suffering, throb, throbbing, throe, twinge; concepts 316,410,728 Ant. comfort, ease, health, relief ache [v] feeling soreness or dull pain, often physical be sore, hurt, pain, pound, smart, suffer, throb, twinge; concepts 13,17,303,308,313 achievable [adj] doable attainable, feasible, obtainable; concepts 528,552,558 achieve [v] bring to successful conclusion; reach a goal accomplish, acquire, actualize, attain, bring about, bring off*, bring to pass, cap, carry out, carry through, close, complete, conclude, consummate, deliver, discharge, dispatch, do, earn, earn wings*, effect, effectuate, enact, end, execute, nish, follow through, fulll, gain, get, get done, manage, negotiate, obtain, perfect, perform, procure, produce, rack up*, reach, realize, resolve, score, seal, see through, settle, sign, solve, win, wind up, work out; concept 706 Ant. fail, lose, miss achievement [n] something completed successfully; goal reached accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, act, actualization, attainment, completion, conquest, consummation, con-

trivance, creation, deed, effectuation, effort, enactment, encompassment, execution, exploit, feat, fulllment, hit, masterpiece, performance, production, realization, stroke, success, tour de force, triumph, victory; concept 706 Ant. defeat, failure, forfeit, injury, miscue, misfortune, neglect, negligence Achilles heel [n] vulnerability chink in the armor*, deciency, frailty, handicap, soft underbelly*, susceptibility, weakness; concepts 101,230,411,580 acid [adj1] bitter, sour in taste acerbic, acidulous, biting, piquant, pungent, sharp, tart, vinegarish, vinegary; concept 613 Ant. bland, sweet acid [adj2] having acidic, corrosive properties acerbic, acidulous, acrid, anti-alkaline, biting, bleaching, corroding, disintegrative, dissolvent, eating away, eroding, erosive, oxidizing, rusting; concept 485 Ant. basic acid [adj3] bitter in words or behavior acerbic, biting, caustic, cutting, dry, harsh, hateful, hurtful, mordant, nasty, offensive, sarcastic, sharp, stinging, trenchant, vitriolic; concepts 267,401 Ant. kind, nice acid [n] lysergic acid diethylamide, LSD black tabs*, blotter*, blue acid*, blue dot*, blue Owsley*, California sunshine*, candy*, cubes*, dot*, electric Kool Aid*, green dragon*, hallucinogen, instant Zen*, Lucy in the sky with diamonds*, magic mushrooms, mescalin, microdots*, mushrooms, orange sunshine*, Owsleys acid*, peyote, purple haze*, strawberry elds*, sugar cubes*, yellow sunshine*; concept 307 acidity [n] bitterness acerbity, acridness, astringency, causticity, pungency, sourness, tartness; concept 614 acid test [n] test of value, genuineness proof, proving ground, substantiation, trial, verication; concepts 87,290,291 acidulous [adj1] bitter, sour acerb, acerbic, acetose, dry, piquant, sharp, tart; concept 613 Ant. sugary, sweet acidulous [adj2] bitter in speech biting, cutting, ironical, mocking, sarcastic; concept 267 Ant. kind, nice, sweet acknowledge [v1] verbally recognize authority accede, accept, acquiesce, agree, allow, approve, attest to, certify, defend, defer to, endorse, grant, own, ratify, recognize, subscribe to, support, take an oath, uphold, yield; concepts 8,50,88 Ant. forswear, ignore, refuse, renounce, repudiate acknowledge [v2] admit truth or reality of something accede, accept, acquiesce, allow, avow, come clean*, come out of closet*, concede, confess, cop a plea*, crack*, declare, fess up*, get off chest*, grant, let on*, open up*, own, profess, recognize, yield; concepts 12,49 Ant. abjure, contradict, disavow, renounce acknowledge [v3] verbally recognize receipt of something address, answer, greet, hail, notice, react, remark, reply, respond, return, salute, thank; concepts 38,45,51,60 Ant. disregard, ignore acknowledgment [n1] act of recognizing authority or truth of something acceptance, accession, acquiescence, admission, admitting,

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afrmation, allowance, allowing, assent, assertion, asservation, avowal, compliance, conceding, concession, concurrence, confession, conrmation, corroboration, declaration, profession, ratication, realization, recognition, yielding; concepts 8,50,88 acknowledgment [n2] physical symbol of recognition acclamation, addressing, answer, apology, applause, appreciation, bestowal, bow, card, confession, contract, credit, gift, gratitude, greeting, guarantee, hail, hailing, letter, nod, notice, reaction, receipt, reply, response, return, salutation, salute, signature, statement, support, thanks, token; concepts 595,628 acme [n] pinnacle of achievement or physical object apogee, capstone, climax, culmination, height, highest point, high point, meridian, optimum, peak, summit, top, ultimate, vertex, zenith; concepts 706,836 Ant. nadir acne [n] blemishes blackheads, pimples, pizzaface*, pustules, rosacea, skin inammation, whiteheads, zits*; concept 580 acolyte [n] attendant, usually in a church aid, assistant, follower, helper; concept 361 acoustic [adj] sound audile, audio, auditory, aural, hearing, phonic; concepts 591,594 acoustics [n] sound quality echo, noise, sound, sound properties, sound transmission; concept 595 acquaint [v] inform oneself or another about something new accustom, advise, apprise, bring out, clue, come out with*, disclose, divulge, enlighten, familiarize, ll in, x up*, get together*, habituate, inform, intro*, introduce, knock down*, let know, make familiar, notify, post, present, reveal, tell, warn; concepts 31,60 Ant. conceal, deceive, falsify, hide, hold back, mislead, misrepresent, withhold acquaintance [n1] a person known informally associate, association, colleague, companion, contact, friend, neighbor; concept 423 Ant. stranger acquaintance [n2] knowledge of something through experience awareness, cognizance, conversance, familiarity, fellowship, grasp, intimacy, ken, relationship, understanding; concept 409 Ant. ignorance, strangeness, unfamiliarity acquainted [adj] aware abreast, advised, apprised of, clued in*, conversant, enlightened, familiarized, familiar with, informed, in the know*, versed in; concept 402 acquiesce [v] agree with some reluctance accede, accept, accommodate, adapt, adjust, agree, allow, approve, bow to, buy, cave in*, come across, come around, comply, concur, conform, consent, cry uncle*, cut a deal*, ditto*, give in, give out, go along, jibe*, okay, pass, play ball*, reconcile, roll over and play dead*, say uncle*, set, shake on, submit, subscribe, yes, yield; concepts 8,10,23,82 Ant. disagree, dissent, object, protest acquiescence [n] reluctant agreement acceptance, accession, approval, assent, compliance, concurrence, conformity, consent, giving in, obedience, permission, resignation, submission, submissiveness, yielding; concepts 8,10 Ant. disagreement, insubordination, rebellion acquire [v] obtain or receive access, achieve,

amass, annex, attain, bring in, buy, catch, collect, cop*, corral*, earn, gain, gather, get, get hands on, get hold of, grab, have, hustle, land, latch onto, lock up, pick up, procure, promote, rack up*, scare up*, secure, snag*, take, take possession of*, wangle*, win; concepts 120,124,142 Ant. fail, forfeit, forgo, lose, relinquish, surrender, yield acquisition [n1] obtaining or receiving accretion, achievement, acquirement, acquiring, addition, attainment, buy, gain, gaining, learning, obtainment, possession, prize, procuration, procurement, procuring, property, purchase, pursuit, recovery, redemption, retrieval, salvage, winning; concepts 120,124,142 Ant. dearth, lack, loss, need, want acquisition [n2] something obtained, received accomplishment, achievement, allowance, annuity, award, benet, bonus, commission, dividend, donation, earnings, fortune, gain, gift, grant, income, increment, inheritance, net, premium, prize, proceeds, prot, remuneration, return, reward, riches, salary, security, wages, wealth, winnings; concepts 120,337,710 acquisitive [adj] eager to obtain knowledge or things avaricious, avid, covetous, demanding, desirous, grabbing, grabby, grasping, greedy, predatory, prehensile, rapacious; concept 542 acquit [v1] announce removal of blame absolve, blink at*, clear, deliver, discharge, disculpate, exculpate, excuse, exonerate, free, let go, let off, let off the hook*, liberate, release, relieve, vindicate, whitewash*, wink at*, wipe off*; concepts 50,83,88,317 Ant. blame, censure, condemn, convict, damn, denounce, doom, sentence acquit [v2] behave some way act, bear, carry, comport, conduct, deport, perform; concept 633 acquittal [n] declaration removing blame absolution, acquitting, amnesty, clearance, deliverance, discharge, discharging, dismissal, dismissing, exculpation, exemption, exoneration, freeing, letting off, liberation, pardon, release, releasing, relief from, reprieve, vindication; concepts 127,317,318 Ant. blame, censure, conviction, denunciation, doom, sentence acre [n] piece of land, unit of area acreage, bit, estate, grounds, manor, plot, property; concept 792 acreage [n] land back forty*, expanse, holding, parcel, plot, property, real estate; concept 509 acrid [adj1] bitter, sour to taste acid, amaroidal, astringent, biting, burning, caustic, harsh, irritating, pungent, sharp, stinging; concept 613 Ant. delicious, savory, sweet acrid [adj2] nasty in behavior or words acrimonious, austere, biting, bitter, caustic, cutting, harsh, mordant, sarcastic, sharp, trenchant, vitriolic; concepts 267,401 Ant. complimentary, kind, nice acrimonious [adj] nasty in behavior, speech acerbic, acid, angry, astringent, belligerent, biting, bitter, caustic, censorious, churlish, crabby, cranky, cross, cutting, indignant, irascible, irate, ireful, mad, mordant, peevish, petulant, rancorous, sarcastic, sharp, spiteful, splenetic, tart, testy, trenchant, wrathful; concepts 267,401 Ant. kind, kindly, peaceable

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acrimony [n] nasty behavior, speech acerbity, animosity, antipathy, asperity, astringency, belligerence, bitterness, churlishness, crankiness, harshness, ill will, irascibility, malevolence, malice, mordancy, peevishness, rancor, rudeness, sarcasm, spite, tartness, unkindness, virulence; concepts 633,657 Ant. civility, courtesy, diplomacy, attery, kindness, politeness, sweetness acrobat [n] performer who does tricks, physical feats aerialist, artist, athlete, balancer, clown, contortionist, dancer, funambulist, gymnast, performer, stunt person, trapezist, tumbler; concept 352 Ant. clod acrobatics [n] athletic oor exercises balancing, feats, gymnastics, somersaults, stunts, tumbling; concept 363 across [prep] traversing a space, side to side athwart, beyond, cross, crossed, crosswise, opposite, over, transversely; concept 581 across-the-board [adj] all all-inclusive, blanket, complete, comprehensive, everything, sweeping, total; concepts 513,772 act [n1] something done accomplishment, achievement, action, deed, doing, execution, exploit, feat, move, operation, performance, step, thing, undertaking; concept 1 Ant. cessation, idleness, inactivity, inertia, quiet, quiet, repose, rest, stoppage, suspension act [n2] legislative document amendment, announcement, bill, clause, code, commitment, decree, edict, enactment, judgment, law, measure, order, ordinance, resolution, statute, subpoena, summons, verdict, warrant, writ; concepts 271,318 act [n3] part of a performance bit*, curtain, epilogue, gag*, introduction, number, piece, prologue, routine, scene, schtick*, show, sketch, spot, turn; concept 264 act [n4] pretended behavior affectation, attitude, bit*, chaser*, dissimilation, fake, false front*, feigning, front, performance, phony, pose, posture, pretense, put-on, sham, show, shuck and jive*, simulation, soft soap*, stall, stance, stunt, sweet talk*; concept 633 act [v1] do something accomplish, achieve, begin, carry on, carry out, consummate, cook, create, develop, do, do a number*, do ones thing*, enforce, execute, function, get in there*, go about, go for broke*, go for it*, go in for*, go that route*, go to town*, intrude, knock off*, labor, make progress, maneuver, move, ofciate, operate, percolate*, perk*, perpetrate, persevere, persist, practice, preside, pursue, respond, serve, take effect, take part, take steps, take up, transort, undertake, work out; concepts 1,4 Ant. abstain, cease, discontinue, give up, halt, hesitate, idle, refrain, stop act [v2] behave in a certain way appear, behave, carry, carry oneself, carry out, comport, conduct, do, enact, execute, exert, function, give the appearance, go about, impress as, operate, perform, play part, react, represent oneself, seem, serve, strike, take on; concept 633 act [v3] entertain by playing a role be on*, bring down the house*, burlesque, characterize, do a turn*, dramatize, emote, enact, feign, go on, go over, ham*, ham it up*, impersonate, lay an

egg*, make debut, mime, mimic, mug, parody, perform, personate, personify, play, play act, play gig, play part, play role, portray, pretend, put it over*, rehearse, represent, say ones piece*, simulate, star, stooge*, strut*, take part, tread the boards*; concept 292 acting [adj] substituting in a role ad interim, adjutant, alternate, assistant, delegated, deputy, interim, pro tem, pro tempore, provisional, surrogate, temporary; concept 560 Ant. permanent acting [n] entertaining, performing assuming, characterization, depiction, dramatics, dramatizing, enacting, enactment, feigning, hamming*, histrionics, imitating, imitation, impersonation, improvisation, mime, mimicry, pantomime, performance, play acting, playing, portrayal, portraying, posing, posturing, pretending, pretense, putting, rendition, seeming, showing off, simulating, stagecraft, stooging*, theatre, theatricals; concept 292 action [n1] something done activity, agility, alacrity, alertness, animation, bag*, ballgame*, big idea*, bit*, business, bustle, commotion, dash, deal, energy, enterprise, urry, force, functioning, game, going, happening, haste, hoopla*, hopper*, industry, in the works, life, liveliness, motion, movement, occupation, operation, plan, power, process, proposition, racket*, reaction, response, rush, scene, spirit, stir, stunt, trip, turmoil, vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity; concept 1 Ant. cessation, idleness, inaction, inactivity, inertia, repose, rest, stoppage action [n2] individual deed accomplishment, achievement, act, blow, commission, dealings, doing, effort, enterprise, execution, exercise, exertion, exploit, feat, handiwork, maneuver, manipulation, move, operation, performance, procedure, step, stroke, thrust, transaction, undertaking; concepts 91,706 action [n3] a legal process case, cause, claim, lawsuit, litigation, proceeding, prosecution, suit; concept 317 action [n4] an aggressive military deed battle, combat, conict, contest, encounter, engagement, ght, ghting, fray, skirmish, warfare; concept 320 activate [v] initiate something; start a function actify, actuate, arouse, call up, energize, impel, mobilize, motivate, move, prompt, propel, rouse, set in motion, start, stimulate, stir, switch on, take out of mothballs*, trigger, turn on; concept 234 Ant. arrest, stop active [adj1] having movement alive, astir, at work, bustling, effective, efcacious, exertive, owing, functioning, going, hasty, impelling, in force, in play, in process, mobile, movable, moving, operating, operative, progressive, pushing, rapid, restless, rolling, running, rushing, rustling, shifting, simmering, speeding, speedy, streaming, swarming, traveling, turning, walking, working; concept 542 Ant. abeyant, dormant, immobile, inactive, inert, lazy, sluggish active [adj2] very involved in activity aggressive, agile, alert, alive, animated, assiduous, bold, brisk, bustling, busy, chipper, daring, dashing, determined, dexterous, diligent,

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dynamic, eager, energetic, engaged, enlivened, enterprising, enthusiastic, eventful, reball*, forceful, forcible, fresh, frisky, hard-working, high-spirited, hyper*, industrious, intense, inventive, jumping, keen, lively, nimble, on the move, perky, persevering, purposeful, pushing, quick, rapid, ready, resolute, sharp, sprightly, spry, whiz*, zealous; concepts 401,542 Ant. disinterested, idle, indifferent, lazy, quiescent, quiet activism [n] action for change advocacy, boycotting, championing, effecting change, inuence peddling, involvement, logrolling, militancy, moving and shaking*, picketing, striking; concept 689 activity [n1] state of being active action, activeness, animation, bustle, enterprise, exercise, exertion, hustle, labor, life, liveliness, motion, movement; concepts 1,748 Ant. idleness, immobility, inactivity, indolence, inertia, laziness, sluggishness activity [n2] special interest or pursuit act, avocation, bag*, ballgame*, bit*, deed, endeavor, enterprise, entertainment, game, hobby, job, labor, occupation, pastime, project, racket, scene*, scheme, stunt, task, trip, undertaking, venture, work, zoo*; concept 32 Ant. hate act of God [n] natural disaster accident, earthquake, freak accident, hurricane, tornado, unforeseen event; concepts 674,675 actor [n] person who performs, entertains by role-playing amateur, artist, barnstormer, bit player, character, clown, comedian, entertainer, extra, foil, ham*, hambone*, headliner, idol, impersonator, ingnue, lead, mime, mimic, pantomimist, performer, play-actor, player, soubrette, stand-in, star, stooge*, straight person, thesp*, thespian, trouper, understudy, ventriloquist, villain, walk-on; concept 352 Ant. audience, fan actress [n] woman actor diva, ingenue, leading lady, prima donna, starlet; concept 352 actual [adj1] truly existing, real absolute, authentic, categorical, certain, concrete, conrmed, denite, factual, for real*, genuine, hard, honest injun*, honest to God*, indisputable, indubitable, kosher*, physical, positive, realistic, substantial, substantive, sure enough*, tangible, true, truthful, undeniable, unquestionable, veried; concept 582 Ant. counterfeit, false, ctitious, imaginary, legendary, pretended, unreal actual [adj2] existing at the present time current, exact, existent, extant, live, living, original, prevailing; concept 799 Ant. hypothetical, imaginary, nominal, past, reputed, theoretical, unreal actuality [n] something that truly exists, is real achievement, actualization, attainment, brass tacks*, fact, materiality, materialization, reality, real world*, straight stuff*, substance, substantiality, truth, what it is*; concept 725 actualize [v] make real accomplish, bring about, engineer, produce, realize; concept 91 actually [adj] truly real, existent absolutely, as a matter of fact, de facto, genuinely, indeed, in fact, in point of fact, in reality, in truth, literally, really, veritably, very; concept 582 actuate [v] start a function or action, motivate

activate, animate, arouse, cause, drive, egg on*, energize, excite, re up*, impel, incite, induce, inuence, inspire, instigate, key up*, mobilize, motivate, move, prompt, propel, put up to*, quicken, rouse, spur, stimulate, turn on*, work into lather*, work up*; concepts 221,234 Ant. impede, stop act up [v] misbehave act out*, carry on, raise hell*, rebel, sow ones wild oats*; concepts 106,633 acumen [n] ability to understand and reason acuity, acuteness, astuteness, awareness, brains, brilliance, cleverness, comprehension, cunning, discernment, discrimination, farsightedness, good taste, grasp, guile, ingenuity, insight, intellect, intelligence, intuition, judgment, keenness, perception, percipience, perspicacity, perspicuity, renement, sagacity, sensitivity, sharpness, shrewdness, smartness, smarts*, understanding, vision, wisdom, wit; concept 409 Ant. denseness, ignorance, inability, ineptness, obtuseness, stupidity acute [adj1] deeply perceptive astute, canny, clever, discerning, discriminating, incisive, ingenious, insightful, intense, intuitive, judicious, keen, observant, penetrating, perspicacious, piercing, quick-witted, sensitive, sharp, smart, subtle; concept 402 Ant. dense, imperceptive, insensitive, obtuse, slow, stupid acute [adj2] very important afictive, critical, crucial, dangerous, decisive, desperate, dire, essential, grave, serious, severe, sudden, urgent, vital; concept 568 Ant. not serious, unimportant acute [adj3] severe, intense cutting, distressing, excruciating, exquisite, erce, keen, overpowering, overwhelming, piercing, poignant, powerful, racking, severe, sharp, shooting, stabbing, sudden, violent; concept 569 acute [adj4] having a sharp end or point acicular, aciculate, acuminate, acuminous, cuspate, cuspidate, knifelike, needle-shaped, peaked, piked, pointed, sharpened, spiked; concept 485 Ant. blunt, dull adage [n] saying or proverb aphorism, apothegm, axiom, byword, dictum, maxim, motto, precept, saw; concept 276 adamant [adj1] unyielding determined, rm, xed, hanging tough*, hard-nosed, immovable, inexorable, inexible, insistent, intransigent, obdurate, pat*, relentless, resolute, rigid, set, set in stone*, standing pat*, stiff, stubborn, unbendable, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unshakable, unswayable; concept 401 Ant. exible, pliant, submissive, yielding adamant [adj2] hard like rock adamantine, inty, impenetrable, indestructible, rock-hard, tough, unbreakable; concept 604 Ant. exible, soft, supple adapt [v] adjust to a different situation or condition acclimate, accommodate, accustom, alter, change, come around, comply, conform, familiarize, fashion, t, get act together*, get used to, grow used to, habituate, harmonize, make, match, modify, play the game*, prepare, qualify, readjust, reconcile, remodel, revise, roll with punches*, shape, shape up*, square, suit, tailor; concepts 232,697 Ant. disarrange, dislocate, disorder, disturb, unt

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adaptable [adj] able and usually willing to change AC-DC*, adjustable, all around, alterable, can-do*, changeable, compliant, conformable, convertible, ductile, easy-going, exible, hanging loose*, malleable, modiable, moldable, plastic, pliable, pliant, resilient, supple, switch-hitting, tractable, variable, versatile; concepts 550,576 Ant. inexible, intractable, nonconforming, unadaptable adaptation [n1] act of adapting adjustment, adoption, alteration, conversion, modication, retting, remodeling, reworking, shift, transformation, variation; concept 697 adaptation [n2] condition of something resulting from change acclimatization, accustomedness, agreement, compliance, correspondence, familiarization, habituation, naturalization; concept 230 adaptive [adj] adjusting exible, modifying, robust; concepts 314,489,613 add [v1] simple arithmetical process of increase; accumulation calculate, cast, compute, count, count up, do addition, enumerate, gure, reckon, reckon up, sum, summate, tally, tot*, total, tote*, tot up*; concept 764 Ant. subtract add [v2] adjoin, increase; make further comment afx, annex, ante, append, augment, beef up*, boost, build up, charge up, continue, cue in*, gure in, esh out*, heat up*, hike, hike up*, hitch on*, hook on*, hook up with*, include, jack up*, jazz up*, join together, pad, parlay, piggyback*, plug into*, pour it on*, reply, run up*, say further, slap on*, snowball*, soup up*, speed up, spike, step up, supplement, sweeten*, tack on*, tag; concepts 51,113,236,245 Ant. decrease, deduct, diminish, lessen, reduce, remove, withdraw addendum [n] something conjoined, added addition, adjunct, appendage, appendix, attachment, augmentation, codicil, extension, extra, postscript, rider, supplement; concepts 270,827 addict [n] person who has compulsion toward activity, often injurious acionado, buff, devotee, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, end, follower, freak*, habitu, hound*, junkie*, nut, practitioner, zealot; concepts 412,423 addicted [adj] dependent on something, compulsive absorbed, accustomed, attached, dependent, devoted, disposed, fanatic, fond, given over to, given to, habituated, hooked, hyped*, imbued, inclined, obsessed, predisposed, prone to, spaced out*, strung out*, under the inuence, used to, wedded to; concept 542 Ant. disinclined, independent, opposed, unaccustomed addiction [n] a habit of activity, often injurious bag*, bent, craving, dependence, enslavement, xation, hang-up*, hook, inclination, jones*, kick*, monkey*, monkey on back*, obsession, shot*, sweet tooth*, thing*; concepts 20,316, 709 addictive [adj] habit-forming enslaving, hooking, obsessive; concepts 530,547 addition [n1] process of conjoining, adding accession, adding, adjoining, afxing, annexation, attachment, augmentation, enlargement, extension, inclusion, increasing; concepts 236,245 Ant. decrease, deduction, lessening, loss, reduction, shrinkage, subtraction, withdrawal

addition [n2] something conjoined to or enlargement of something accession, accessory, accretion, accrual, addendum, additive, adjunct, aggrandizement, annex, appendage, appendix, attachment, augmentation, bonus, boost, commission, dividend, enhancement, enlargement, expansion, extension, extra, gain, hike, increase, increment, option, prot, raise, reinforcement, rise, supplement, wing; concepts 640,835 addition [n3] arithmetical process of augmentation accretion, accruing, adding, computing, counting, enlarging, expanding, increasing, reckoning, summation, summing, tabulating, totaling, toting*; concept 764 Ant. subtraction additional [adj] extra, supplementary added, afxed, appended, further, increased, more, new, on the side, option, other, over-and-above, padding, perk, spare, supplementary; concept 771 Ant. necessary additive [n] added ingredient accompaniment, addition, add-on, extra, avor enhancer, preservative, supplement; concepts 640,835 addled [adj] confused balled up*, befuddled, bewildered, fouled up*, gone*, mixed up, out of it, punchy, rattled, shaken, shook, shook up, slap-happy, thrown, unglued*, woozy*; concept 403 Ant. clear, understanding address [n1] place of residence or business where one can be contacted abode, box number, direction, domicile, dwelling, headquarters, home, house, living quarters, location, lodging, number, place of business, place of residence, street, whereabouts, zip code; concept 516 address [n2] speech given to formal gathering chalk talk*, discourse, dissertation, lecture, oration, pep talk*, pitch, sermon, soapbox*, spiel*, talk; concept 278 address [v1] write directions for delivery consign, dispatch, forward, inscribe, label, mark, postmark, remit, route, send, ship, superscribe, transmit; concepts 60,79 address [v2] speak to a formal gathering approach, bespeak, call, deliver speech, deliver talk, discourse, discuss, get on a soapbox*, give speech, give talk, greet, hail, lecture, memorialize, orate, pitch, ponticate, root for, sermonize, spiel*, spout, stump*, take the oor, talk; concepts 60,266,285 address [v3] devote effort to something apply oneself to, attend to, concentrate on, devote oneself to, dig, direct, engage in, focus on, give, go at*, go for*, hammer away*, have a go at*, have at*, knuckle down to*, peg away*, pitch into*, plug away at*, take care of, take up, throw oneself into, try, turn, turn to, undertake; concept 100 Ant. avoid, cut, disregard, ignore, overlook, pass, shun, slight adduce [v] afrm cite, illustrate, point out, prove, show; concepts 49,50,88 adept [adj] very able accomplished, ace*, adroit, brainy, capable, clean*, crack*, crackerjack*, deft, dexterous, expert, hot*, hotshot*, know stuff*, masterful, masterly, nobodys fool*, no dummy*, no slouch*, on the ball*, on the beam*, practiced, procient, quick, savvy, sharp, sharp as a tack*, skilled, skillful, slick, smooth, there*, up to speed*, versed, whiz*, wizard; concepts 402,527 Ant. awkward, clumsy, incompetent, inept, unskilled

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adequacy [n] ability, competency in some action capability, capacity, commensurateness, competence, enough, fairness, plenty, requisiteness, satisfactoriness, sufciency, suitableness, tolerableness; concepts 636,656 Ant. inadequacy, inadequateness, insufciency adequate [adj] enough, able acceptable, all right, capable, comfortable, commensurate, competent, decent, equal, fair, passable, requisite, satisfactory, sufcient, sufcing, suitable, tolerable, unexceptional, unobjectionable; concepts 533,558 Ant. inadequate, inferior, insufcient, unequal, unt, unqualied, unsuitable, useless adequately [adv] sufciently abundantly, acceptably, appropriately, capably, competently, copiously, decently, fairly well, ttingly, modestly, pleasantly enough, presentably, satisfactorily, sufciently, suitably, to an acceptable degree, tolerably, well enough; concepts 558,560 Ant. inadequately, insufciently, unequally, unsatisfactorily, unsuitably adhere [v1] conform to or follow rules exactly abide by, be attached, be constant, be devoted, be devoted to, be faithful, be loyal, be true, cleave to, comply, follow, fulll, heed, keep, maintain, mind, obey, observe, practice, respect, stand by, support; concepts 87,636 Ant. disjoin, not conform adhere [v2] stick or become stuck to, either physically or mentally attach, cement, cleave, cling like ivy*, cohere, fasten, x, freeze to*, glue, hold fast, hold on like bulldog*, paste, stay put, stick like a barnacle*, stick like glue*, unite; concepts 85,113,160 Ant. loose, loosen, separate, unfasten adherent [n] supporter or follower advocate, acionado, backer, believer, card-carrying member*, devotee, disciple, enthusiast, fan, hanger-on; concepts 352,366,423 adhesion [n] holding fast adherence, adhesiveness, attachment, bond, cling, grip, stickiness, sticking; concepts 85,160 adhesive [adj] sticking adherent, adhering, agglutinant, attaching, clinging, clingy, gelatinous, glutinous, gooey, gummed, gummy, holding, hugging, mucilaginous, pasty, resinous, sticky, tenacious, viscid, viscous, waxy; concepts 488,606 Ant. inadhesive, loose, open, separated, unattachable ad hoc [adj] for a specic purpose impromptu, provisional, special, specic, specied; concepts 535,557,564 adieu [n] parting remark or action adios*, cong, farewell, goodbye, leave-taking, parting, so long, valediction; concept 276 Ant. greeting, hello ad innitum [adj] neverending ceaselessly, endlessly, forever, perpetually; concept 798 adjacent [adj] next to, abutting adjoining, alongside, beside, bordering, close, close by, contiguous, near, neighboring, next door, touching; concept 586 Ant. apart, away, detached, disconnected, distant, far, faraway, nonadjacent, remote, separate adjective [n] word that modies a noun accessory, additional, adjunct, adnoun, attribute, attributive, dependent, descriptive, identier, modier, qualier; concept 275

adjoin [v1] be next to abut, approximate, be adjacent to, border, butt, communicate, connect, join, lie, lie beside, link, neighbor, touch, verge; concept 747 adjoin [v2] attach add, afx, annex, append, combine, connect, couple, interconnect, join, link, unite; concepts 85,113,160 Ant. detach adjoining [adj] being next to abutting, adjacent, approximal, bordering on, connecting, conterminous, contiguous, coterminous, impinging, interconnecting, joined, joining, juxtaposed, near, neighboring, next door, touching, verging; concept 586 Ant. detached, divided, separate adjourn [v] stop a proceeding curb, defer, delay, discontinue, hold off, hold over, hold up, postpone, prorogue, put off, recess, restrain, shelve, stay, suspend; concepts 121,234 Ant. begin, convene, convoke, encourage, further, keep on, open, rally, stimulate, urge adjournment [n] discontinuation or delay of a proceeding break, deferment, deferral, intermission, interruption, pause, postponement, prorogation, putting off, recess, stay, suspension; concepts 121,703 Ant. beginning, commencement, continuance adjudicate [v] formally judge adjudge, arbitrate, decide, determine, mediate, referee, settle, umpire; concepts 18,317 Ant. defer, dodge, ignore, not judge adjudication [n] judgment conclusion, decision, determination, nding, pronouncement, ruling, settlement, verdict; concepts 103,689 adjunct [n] addition; help accessory, addendum, appendage, appendix, appurtenance, associate, auxiliary, complement, detail, partner, subordinate, supplement; concepts 484,835 Ant. detriment, lessening, subtraction adjure [v] command beseech, charge, entreat, implore, obligate, order, require, supplicate; concept 53 adjust [v1] become or make prepared, adapted acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, adapt, alter, arrange, compose, conform, dispose, do as Romans do*, doctor*, ddle with*, ne-tune, t, x, x up, get act together*, get it together*, grin and bear it*, habituate, harmonize, make conform, modify, order, quadrate, reconcile, rectify, redress, regulate, remodel, settle, suit, swim with the tide*, tailor, tailor-make, tune; concepts 35,232,697 Ant. confuse, derange, disarrange, disorder, disorganize, upset adjust [v2] mechanically alter, especially to improve accommodate, align, balance, bring into line, calibrate, connect, correct, netune, t, x, focus, grind, improve, mend, overhaul, polish, put in working order, readjust, rectify, regulate, renovate, repair, service, set, sharpen, square, tighten, troubleshoot, tune up; concepts 202,212 Ant. derange, disarrange, unsuit adjust [v3] bring into agreement or to a standard accord, allocate, arrange, clarify, conclude, conform, coordinate, doctor*, ddle with*, netune, x up, grade, methodize, modify, organize, reconcile, regulate, settle, sort, standardize, straighten, systematize, tally; concepts 84,117 Ant. confuse, derange, unt, unsuit adjustable [adj] alterable accommodating, adaptable, changeable, conformable, exible,

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malleable, modiable, pliable, tractable; concept 534 adjustment [n1] adaptation acclimation, acclimatization, alteration, arrangement, balancing, conformance, correcting, tting, xing, improvement, mending, modication, ordering, organization, organizing, orientation, readjustment, redress, regulating, regulation, repairing, setting, shaping, standardization, turning; concept 697 adjustment [n2] nancial retribution, payment of claim agreement, allotment, apportionment, benet, compensation, compromise, pay, reconciliation, reimbursement, remuneration, settlement, share, stake, stipulation; concept 332 adjutant [n] assistant aide, auxiliary, helper; concept 348 ad-lib [adj] improvised extemporaneous, extempore, extemporized, impromptu, madeup, off-the-cuff*, spontaneous, unprepared, unrehearsed; concept 267 Ant. deliberate, planned, prepared, rehearsed, written ad-lib [adv] in an improvised manner extemporaneously, extempore, impromptu, off the cuff*, off the top of ones head*, spontaneously, without preparation, without rehearsal; concept 267 Ant. deliberately, planned, prepared, rehearsed, written ad-lib [v] improvise speech extemporize, invent, make up, speak extemporaneously, speak impromptu, speak off the cuff*; concept 266 Ant. plan, prepare, rehearse, write administer [v1] manage an organization or effort administrate, be in the drivers seat*, be in the saddle*, boss*, carry out, conduct, control, crack the whip*, direct, execute, govern, head, head up*, hold the reins*, oversee, pull the strings*, pull the wires*, render, ride herd on*, run, run the show*, sit on top of*, superintend, supervise; concepts 117,298 Ant. forego, mismanage, neglect administer [v2] dispense something needed apply, apportion, authorize, bring, contribute, deal, deliver, disburse, distribute, dole out, execute, extend, furnish, give, impose, inict, issue, measure out, mete out, offer, perform, portion, proffer, provide, regulate, serve, supply, tender; concepts 108,136 Ant. deny, frustrate, refuse, withhold administration [n1] management of an organization or effort administering, agency, application, authority, charge, command, conduct, conducting, control, directing, direction, dispensation, disposition, distribution, enforcement, execution, governing, government, guidance, handling, jurisdiction, legislation, order, organization, overseeing, oversight, performance, policy, power, provision, regulation, rule, running, strategy, superintendence, supervision, surveillance; concepts 117,298 administration [n2] human or group who manages effort of an organization admiral, advisers, board, bureau, cabinet, chair, chairperson, charg daffaires, command, commander, committee, consulate, department, directors, embassy, executive, executives, feds*, front ofce*, general, governing body, headquarters, legislature, management, ministry, ofcers, ofcials, powers, presidency, president,

presidium, stewards, superintendents, supervisors, top brass*, upstairs*; concept 299 administration [n3] period during which a particular human group is in power dynasty, incumbency, presidency, regime, reign, stay, tenure, term; concepts 298,816 administrative [adj] involved in managing or using power authoritative, bureaucratic, central, commanding, controlling, deciding, decisive, departmental, directing, directive, directorial, executive, governing, governmental, in charge, in control, jurisdictional, legislative, managerial, ofcial, organizational, policy-making, presiding, regulative, regulatory, ruling, superintending, supervising, supervisory; concepts 319,536 administrator [n] person who manages organization ambassador, authority, boss, bureaucrat, captain, CEO, chair, chairperson, chief, commander, consul, controller, custodian, dean, director, exec*, executive, front ofce*, governor, head, head honcho*, head person*, inspector, judge, leader, manager, mayor, minister, ofcer, ofcial, organizer, overseer, person upstairs*, premier, president, prez*, producer, superintendent, supervisor; concepts 347,354 Ant. employee, worker admirable [adj] held in great respect A-1*, ace*, A-OK*, attractive, best ever, cats pajamas*, choice, commendable, cool*, copacetic*, crackerjack*, deserving, dream*, estimable, excellent, exquisite, ne, good, great, greatest, hunky dory*, keen*, laudable, meritable, meritorious, neat*, out of sight*, out of this world*, peachy*, praiseworthy, rare, solid, super, superduper*, superior, unreal*, valuable, wicked*, wonderful, worthy, zero cool*; concepts 572,574 Ant. contemptible, despicable, detestable, hateful, loathsome, repugnant, repulsive, shameful, unworthy admiration [n] great respect account, adoration, affection, applause, appreciation, approbation, approval, deference, delight, esteem, estimation, favor, fondness, glorication, homage, honor, idolatry, idolization, liking, love, marveling, obeisance, pleasure, praise, prizing, recognition, regard, reverence, valuing, veneration, wonder, wonderment, worship; concept 32 Ant. aversion, contempt, disapproval, disgust, dislike, disregard, hate, hatred, loathing admire [v] hold in high regard adore, applaud, appreciate, approve, be crazy about*, be crazy for*, be crazy over*, be mad about*, be nuts about*, be stuck on*, be sweet on*, be wild about*, cherish, commend, credit, delight in, esteem, eulogize, extol, fall for*, get high on*, glorify, go for*, groove on*, hail, hold in respect, honor, idolize, laud, look up to, marvel at, moon over*, pay homage to, praise, prize, rate highly, respect, revere, take pleasure in, think highly of, treasure, value, venerate, wonder at, worship; concept 32 Ant. abhor, condemn, despise, detest, dislike, execrate, hate, scorn admirer [n] person who holds someone in high regard adherent, beau, believer, booster, boyfriend, buff, bug*, cat*, devotee, disciple, enthusiast, fan, fancier, end*, follower, freak*, girlfriend, groupie*, hound*, junkie*, lover, nut*, partisan, patron, rooter*, suitor, supporter,

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swain, sweetheart, wooer, worshiper; concept 423 Ant. critic, enemy, opponent admissible [adj] able or deserving of consideration; allowable acceptable, allowed, applicable, appropriate, concedable, fair, tting, just, justiable, lawful, legal, legitimate, licit, likely, logical, not impossible, not unlikely, okay, passable, permissible, permitted, pertinent, possible, probable, proper, rational, reasonable, relevant, right, suitable, tolerable, tolerated, warranted, worthy; concept 533 Ant. illegitimate, inadmissible, inapplicable, irrelevant, unfair, unjust, unsuitable, wrong admission [n1] entering or allowing entry acceptance, access, admittance, certication, conrmation, designation, door, entrance, entree, ingress, initiation, introduction, permission, reception, recognition, way, welcome; concept 83 Ant. denial, exclusion, expulsion, refusal admission [n2] confession or acknowledgment accession, admittance, afdavit, afrmation, allowance, assent, assertion, attestation, averment, avowal, concession, conrmation, declaration, deposition, disclosure, divulgence, profession, revelation, statement, testimonial, testimony; concept 57 Ant. denial, disallowance, refusal, repudiation admit [v1] allow entry or use accept, be big on*, bless, buy, concede, enter, entertain, give access, give the nod*, give thumbs up*, grant, harbor, house, initiate, introduce, let, let in, lodge, okay, permit, receive, shelter, sign*, sign off on*, suffer, take, take in; concept 83 Ant. debar, deny, dismiss, eject, exclude, expel, oust, refuse, reject, repel, shut admit [v2] confess, acknowledge accept, accord, acquiesce, adopt, afrm, agree, allow, approve, avow, bare, bring to light*, communicate, concede, concur, conde, conrm, consent, cop a plea*, credit, declare, disclose, divulge, enumerate, expose, go into details*, grant, indicate, let, let on, make known, narrate, number, open up, own, own up*, permit, proclaim, profess, recite, recognize, relate, reveal, spill*, subscribe to, talk, tell, tolerate, uncover, unveil, yield; concept 57 Ant. confute, deny, dispute, dissent, gainsay, refuse admittance [n] permission to enter access, entrance, entre, entry, ingress, pass, passage, reception; concepts 388,685 admixture [n] blending amalgamation, blend, combination, commixture, compound, fusion, mlange, mingling, mixture; concept 432 admonish [v] warn, strongly criticize advise, berate, call down, call on the carpet*, censure, check, chide, come down hard on*, counsel, ding*, draw the line*, enjoin, exhort, forewarn, give a going over*, give a piece of ones mind*, glue*, growl*, hoist*, jack up*, notice, rap*, rap on knuckles*, rebuke, reprimand, reprove, scold, sit on, slap on wrist*, speak to, talk to, tell a thing or two*, tell off*, upbraid, warn; concepts 52,78 Ant. applaud, approve, commend, compliment, extol, atter, laud, praise admonition [n1] caution advice, apprisal, counsel, forewarning, warning; concepts 78,274 admonition [n2] scolding berating, dressing down*, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reproval, talking to*, upbraiding; concepts 44,52

ad nauseum [adv] to the point of illness more than one can stomach, to a sickening degree, too much; concepts 529,571 ado [n] fuss bother, confusion, excitement, urry, hubbub, to-do*, travail, trouble, turmoil; concepts 46,106,388,633 adolescence [n] state of puberty, preadulthood boyhood, girlhood, greenness, juvenility, minority, pubescence, spring, teens, youth, youthfulness; concept 817 Ant. adulthood, infancy adolescent [adj] preadult or immature boyish, girlish, growing, juvenile, pubescent, puerile, teen, teenage, young, youthful; concepts 401,578,797 Ant. adult, infant adolescent [n] person in puberty, preadulthood juvenile, minor, stripling, sweet sixteen*, teen, teenager, teenybopper*, youngster, youth; concept 424 Ant. adult, infant adopt [v1] choose or take something as ones own accept, adapt, afliate, afrm, appropriate, approve, assent, assume, borrow, embrace, endorse, espouse, follow, go down the line*, go in for*, imitate, maintain, mimic, opt, ratify, seize, select, support, take on, take over, take up, tap, use, utilize; concept 18 Ant. disown, leave alone, reject, repudiate, repulse adopt [v2] legally care for anothers child choose, foster, naturalize, pick, raise, select, take in; concept 317 adoption [n1] choosing or taking something as ones own acceptance, approbation, appropriation, approval, assumption, choice, conrmation, embracement, embracing, enactment, endorsement, espousal, following, maintenance, ratication, selection, support, taking on, taking over, taking up; concept 18 Ant. pass, rejection, repudiation adoption [n2] legal taking of anothers child adopting, fosterage, fostering, naturalizing, raising, taking in; concept 317 adorable [adj] cute, lovable ambrosial, appealing, attractive, captivating, charming, cute, darling, dear, delectable, delicious, delightful, dishy*, dreamy*, fetching, heavenly, hot*, luscious, pleasing, precious, sexy, suave; concepts 579,589 Ant. cursed, despicable, detestable, hateable, hateful adoration [n] intense love admiration, amore, ardor, attachment, crush, devotion, esteem, estimation, exaltation, glorication, hankering, honor, idolatry, idolization, infatuation, pash*, passion, puppy love*, reverence, shine*, veneration, weakness*, worship, worshipping, yen*; concept 32 Ant. abhorrence, detestation, disrespect, hate adore [v] love intensely admire, be crazy about*, be gone on*, be mad for*, be nuts about*, be serious about*, be smitten with*, be stuck on*, be sweet on*, be wild about*, cherish, delight in, dig*, dote on, esteem, exalt, fall for, ip over*, glorify, go for*, honor, idolize, prize, revere, reverence, treasure, venerate, worship; concept 32 Ant. abhor, condemn, despise, detest, hate adorn [v] decorate array, beautify, bedeck, deck, doll up*, dress up, embellish, enhance, enrich, x up, furbish, garnish, grace, gussy up*, ornament, spruce up, trim; concepts 162,

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177 Ant. damage, deform, hurt, leave plain, mar adornment [n1] decorating, enhancing beautication, decoration, embellishment, gilding, ornamentation, trimming; concepts 162,177 Ant. plainness adornment [n2] a decoration accessory, dingbat, doodad, embellishment, fandangle*, oss*, frill, frippery, furbelow*, gewgaw*, jazz*, ornament, thing, trimming; concepts 446,484 adrift [adv1] oating out of control aoat, drifting, loose, unanchored, unmoored; concept 488 Ant. anchored, stable, tied down adrift [adv2] without purpose aimless, directionless, goalless, purposeless; concept 542 Ant. determined, purposeful adrift [adv3] off course amiss, astray, erring, wrong; concept 581 Ant. on course, on target adroit [adj] very able or skilled adept, apt, artful, clean, clever, crack*, crackerjack*, cunning, cute, deft, dexterous, expert, foxy*, good, handy, hot tamale*, ingenious, masterful, neat*, nifty*, nimble, on the ball*, on the beam*, procient, quick on the trigger*, quick on the uptake*, quick-witted, savvy, sharp, skillful, slick, smart, up*, up to speed*, whiz*, wizard; concept 527 Ant. awkward, clumsy, dense, inept, stupid, unskilled adulate [v] atter apple polish*, brown-nose*, fall all over*, fawn, gush, kiss feet*, praise, worship; concepts 59,69 adulation [n] overenthusiastic praise applause, audation, blandishment, bootlicking*, commendation, fawning, attery, sycophancy, worship; concepts 32,69 Ant. abuse, criticism adult [adj] being mature, fully grown developed, grown, grown-up, of age, ripe, ripened; concept 406 Ant. adolescent, infant adult [n] a mature, fully grown person gentleperson, grownup, man, person, woman; concepts 394,424 Ant. adolescent, infant adulterate [v] alter or debase, often for prot alloy, amalgamate, attenuate, blend, cheapen, commingle, contaminate, cook, corrupt, cut*, dele, degrade, denature, depreciate, deteriorate, devalue, dilute, dissolve, doctor*, doctor up*, falsify, impair, inltrate, intermix, irrigate, lace*, make impure, mingle, mix, phony up*, plant*, pollute, shave*, spike*, taint, thin, transfuse, vitiate, water down*, weaken; concepts 240,254 Ant. clarify, clean, cleanse, distill, lter, free, purify, rene adulterated [adj] debased or dirty attenuated, blended, contaminated, corrupt, deled, degraded, depreciated, deteriorated, devalued, diluted, dissolved, impaired, mixed, polluted, tainted, thinned, vitiated, watered down, weakened; concept 485 Ant. clean, moral, virtuous adulterous [adj] unfaithful cheating, doublecrossing*, extracurricular*, fast and loose*, illicit, immoral, moonlighting*, speedy*, twofaced*, two-timing*, unchaste; concept 372 Ant. chaste, clean, pure, virginal adultery [n] extramarital affair affair, carrying on*, cheating, extracurricular activity*, ing, fornication, hanky-panky*, immorality, indelity, matinee*, playing around*, relationship,

thing*, two-timing*; concept 633 Ant. faithfulness advance [adj] ahead in position or time beforehand, earlier, early, rst, foremost, forward, in front, in the forefront, in the lead, leading, previously, prior; concepts 583,585,799 Ant. after, behind advance [n1] forward movement advancement, headway, impetus, motion, progress, progression; concepts 152,208 Ant. halt, hesitation, recession, stop, withdrawal advance [n2] improvement, progress in development advancement, amelioration, betterment, boost, break*, breakthrough, buildup, development, enrichment, furtherance, gain, go-ahead*, growth, headway, increase, progress, promotion, rise, step, up, upgrade, upping; concepts 700,704 Ant. block, failure, impediment, recession, stagnation advance [n3] money given beforehand accommodation, allowance, bite*, credit, deposit, down payment, oater*, front money*, hike, increase, loan, prepayment, retainer, rise*, score, stake, take*, touch*; concepts 340,344 advance [v1] move something forward, often quickly accelerate, achieve, bring forward, come forward, conquer, continue ahead, continue on, dispatch, drive, elevate, forge ahead, gain ground, get ahead, get green light*, get there*, get with it*, go ahead, go forth, go forward, go great guns*, go places*, go to town*, hasten, launch, make headway, make the scene*, march, move on, move onward, move up, press on, proceed, progress, promote, propel, push ahead, push on, quicken, send forward, skyrocket*, speed, step forward, storm; concepts 152,208,704 Ant. back down, halt, hesitate, recede, retreat, retrogress, stop, turn, withdraw, yield advance [v2] promote or propose an idea adduce, allege, ballyhoo, beat the drum for, benet, boost, cite, encourage, foster, further, get ink for*, hype*, introduce, lay forward, make a pitch for*, offer, plug*, present, proffer, puff*, push, put forward, put on the map*, serve, set forth, splash, spot, submit, suggest, throw spotlight on*, urge; concepts 49,60,68 Ant. hesitate, stop, withdraw advance [v3] give money beforehand furnish, lend, loan, pay, provide; concept 341 advance [v4] increase in amount, number, or position boost, break the bank*, develop, elevate, enlarge, get fat*, get rich*, grade, grow, hit pay dirt*, hit the jackpot*, improve, magnify, make a killing*, make out*, multiply, pan out*, prefer, prosper, raise, strike gold*, strike it rich*, thrive, up, upgrade, uplift; concepts 236,244,245 Ant. decrease, take back, withdraw advanced [adj] ahead in position, time, manner avant-garde, breakthrough, cutting-edge*, excellent, exceptional, extreme, rst, foremost, forward, higher, late, leading, leading-edge*, liberal, precocious, progressive, radical, state-of-the-art*, unconventional; concepts 574,578,585,797 Ant. after, behind advancement [n1] promotion, progress advance, amelioration, betterment, elevation, gain, growth, headway, improvement, prefer-

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ence, preferment, prelation, rise, upgrading; concepts 700,704 Ant. cessation, decline, descent, downfall, regression, retreat, retrogression, stoppage advancement [n2] forward movement advance, anabasis, gain, headway, march, progress, progression; concepts 152,208 Ant. cessation, decline, descent, halt, retreat, retrogression, return, reversion, stop, stoppage advance(s) [n4] desirous pursuit of someone approach, move, overture, proposal, proposition, suggestion; concepts 20,384 Ant. disinterest, ignorance advantage [n] benet, favored position or circumstance aid, ascendancy, asset, assistance, authority, avail, blessing, boon, break, choice, comfort, convenience, dominance, edge, eminence, expediency, favor, gain, good, gratication, help, hold, improvement, inuence, interest, lead, leeway, leg-up*, leverage, luck, mastery, odds, position, power, precedence, pre-eminence, preference, prestige, prevalence, prot, protection, recognition, resources, return, sanction, starting, superiority, support, supremacy, upper hand*, utility, wealth; concept 574 Ant. disadvantage, drawback, handicap, hindrance, loss, obstacle, restriction advantageous [adj] favorable auspicious, benecial, expedient, for the best, fortunate, helpful, opportune, protable, propitious, worthwhile; concepts 537,558,572 advent [n] beginning or arrival of something anticipated appearance, approach, arrival, coming, entrance, occurrence, onset, visitation; concepts 119,159 Ant. departure, end adventure [n] risky or unexpected undertaking chance, contingency, emprise, endangerment, enterprise, experience, exploit, feat, happening, hazard, incident, jeopardy, occurrence, peril, scene, speculation, trip, undertaking, venture; concepts 384,386 Ant. avoidance, inaction, inactivity, inertia, latency, passiveness, stillness adventurer [n] person who takes risks charlatan, daredevil, entrepreneur, explorer, fortunehunter, gambler, globetrotter, hero, heroine, madcap, mercenary, opportunist, pioneer, pirate, romantic, speculator, stunt person, swashbuckler, traveler, venturer, voyager, wanderer; concept 423 adventurous [adj] daring, risk-taking adventuresome, audacious, bold, brave, courageous, dangerous, daredevil, enterprising, foolhardy, hazardous, headstrong, intrepid, rash, reckless, risky, temerarious, venturesome, venturous; concepts 404,542 Ant. careful, cautious, prudent, unadventurous adverb [n] word modifying a verb limiter, modier, qualier; concept 275 adversary [n] opponent antagonist, attacker, bad person, bandit, competitor, contestant, enemy, foe, match, opposer, opposite number*, oppugner, rival; concept 412 Ant. ally, assistant, backer, friend, helper, helpmate, supporter adverse [adj] unfavorable, antagonistic allergic to*, conicting, contrary, detrimental, disadvantageous, down on*, down side*, have no use for*, inimical, injurious, inopportune, negative, opposed, opposing, opposite, oppugning,

ornery*, reluctant, repugnant, stuffy*, unfortunate, unfriendly, unlucky, unpropitious, unwilling; concept 570 Ant. advantageous, aiding, auspicious, favorable, fortunate, helpful, lucky, propitious adversity [n] bad luck, situation afiction, bad break*, bummer*, calamity, can of worms*, catastrophe, clutch, contretemps, crunch*, difculty, disaster, distress, downer*, drag*, evil eye*, hard knocks*, hardship, hard times, hurting, ill fortune, jam, jinx, kiss of death*, misery, misfortune, mishap, on the skids*, pain in the neck*, poison*, reverse, sorrow, suffering, the worst*, tough luck*, trial, trouble; concept 674 Ant. aid, encouragement, favor, fortune, good luck, help, prosperity advertise [v] publicize for the purpose of selling or causing one to want acquaint, advance, advise, announce, apprise, ballyhoo*, beat the drum for*, bill, blazon, boost*, build up, circularize, communicate, declare, disclose, display, divulge, drum*, endorse, exhibit, expose, aunt, get on soapbox for*, hard sell, herald, hype*, inform, make a pitch*, make known, notify, pitch, plug, press agent*, proclaim, promote, promulgate, puff*, push, put on the map*, reveal, show, soft sell, splash*, sponsor, spot, tout, uncover, unmask; concepts 60,324 Ant. hide, keep secret advertisement [n] public notice of sale ad, announcement, bill, blurb, broadcast, circular, classied ad, commercial, communication, declaration, display, endorsement, exhibit, exhibition, yer, literature, notice, notication, placard, plug, poster, proclamation, promotion, promulgation, propaganda, publication, publicity, squib, throwaway, want ad; concepts 270,277,278,280 advertising [n] public notice of sale; notices to increase consumer desire announcement, announcing, ballyhoo*, billing, blasting*, broadcasting, buildup, displaying, exhibiting, exhibition, exposition, hard sell, hoopla*, hype*, pitch, plug, posting, PR, proclamation, promo*, promoting, promotion, publicity, puff*, screamer*, spread, squib; concepts 97, 138,324 advice [n] recommendation admonition, advisement, advocacy, aid, bum steer*, caution, charge, consultation, counsel, directions, dissuasion, encouragement, exhortation, forewarning, guidance, help, information, injunction, input, instruction, judgment, lesson, news, opinion, persuasion, prescription, proposal, proposition, recommendation, steer, suggestion, teaching, telltale, tidings, tip, tip-off*, two cents worth*, view, warning, word, word to the wise*; concepts 75,274 Ant. betrayal, deceit, deception, falsehood, lie, misinformation, misrepresentation advisable [adj] recommended, wise appropriate, apt, commendable, desirable, expedient, t, tting, judicious, politic, prudent, seemly, sensible, sound, suggested, suitable, tactical; concept 574 Ant. improper, imprudent, inadvisable, inappropriate, injudicious, uncorrect, unwise advise [v1] offer recommendation admonish, advocate, caution, charge, commend, counsel,

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direct, dissuade, encourage, enjoin, exhort, forewarn, give a pointer*, give a tip*, guide, instruct, kibitz*, level with*, move, opine, point out, preach, prepare, prescribe, prompt, put bug in ear*, put in two cents*, recommend, steer, suggest, tout, update, urge, warn; concept 75 Ant. betray, deceive, delude, fool, lie, pretend, trick advise [v2] offer information acquaint, apprise, clue*, clue in*, ll in, give the word*, inform, keep posted*, lay it out*, let in on*, make known, notify, post*, put next to*, put on the line*, put on to*, report, show, tell, tip off*, update, warn; concept 60 Ant. keep mum, keep quiet, keep secret advisedly [adv] with due consideration carefully, cautiously, consciously, deliberately, discreetly, intentionally, prudently, thoughtfully; concept 544 adviser/advisor [n] person who recommends, teaches, or otherwise helps aide, attorney, authority, backseat driver*, buttinski*, clubhouse lawyer*, coach, condant, consultant, counsel, counselor, director, doctor, Dutch uncle*, expert, friend, guide, helper, instructor, judge, kibitzer*, lawyer, mentor, monitor, partner, priest, quarterback*, referee, righthand person, second-guesser, teacher, tutor; concepts 348,350 advisory [adj] able, authorized to recommend advising, consultative, consultive, counseling, helping, recommending; concept 537 advocacy [n] support for an idea or cause advancement, aid, assistance, backing, campaigning for, championing, defense, encouragement, justication, pleading for, promotion, promulgation, propagation, proposal, recommendation, upholding, urging; concept 689 Ant. attack, opposition, protest advocate [n] person supporting an idea or cause publicly apostle, attorney, backer, campaigner, champion, counsel, defender, exponent, expounder, lawyer, pleader, promoter, proponent, proposer, speaker, spokesperson, supporter, upholder; concepts 359,423 Ant. antagonist, assailant, enemy, opposition, protestor advocate [v] support idea or cause publicly advance, advise, argue for, back, be in corner*, bless, bolster, boost*, brace up*, build up, campaign for, champion, countenance, defend, encourage, favor, further, get on bandwagon*, give a leg up*, give a lift*, go for, go to bat for*, go with, hold with, justify, plead for, plug*, plump for*, press for, promote, propose, push, recommend, ride shotgun for*, root for*, run interference for*, say so*, side, speak for, spread around*, stump for*, support, tout, uphold, urge, vindicate; concepts 10,49,75 Ant. assail, attack, criticize, impugn, oppose, protest aegis [n] protection auspices, backing, patronage, shelter, sponsorship, wing*; concepts 94,376 aerial [adj] occurring in the air aeriform, aeronautical, airy, atmospheric, birdlike, ethereal, ying, lofty, pneumatic, up above, vaporous; concept 583 Ant. ground aerobics/aerobic [n/adj] exercise regime designed to increase heart and lung activity while

toning muscles aquarobics, dance workout, drill, exercise, high impact, low impact, slimnastics, step, warm-up, workout; concept 363 aesthetic/esthetic [adj] beautiful or artful artistic, creative, gorgeous, inventive; concepts 485,579 Ant. displeasing, ugly afar [adv] a great distance away distant, far away, far off, remote; concept 778 Ant. close, near affable [adj] friendly amiable, amicable, approachable, benevolent, benign, breezy, civil, clubby*, congenial, cordial, courteous, genial, gentle, good-humored, good-natured, gracious, kindly, mild, nice, obliging, pleasant, polite, sociable, urbane, warm; concept 401 Ant. complaining, disdainful, grouchy, grumbling, impolite, miserable, reserved, surly, unfriendly affair [n1] matter or business to be taken care of; happening activity assignment, avocation, calling, case, circumstance, concern, duty, employment, episode, event, hap, happening, incident, interest, job, mission, obligation, occupation, occurrence, ofce function, proceeding, profession, project, province, pursuit, question, realm, responsibility, subject, task, thing*, topic, transaction, undertaking; concepts 2,349,362 affair [n2] illicit sexual relationship affaire, amour, carrying on*, extracurricular activity*, ing, goings-on*, hanky-panky*, intimacy, intrigue, liaison, love, playing around*, relationship, rendezvous, romance, thing together*, two-timing*; concepts 32,375 affair [n3] party or celebration do, entertainment, function, gathering, reception, shindig, soiree; concepts 377,383 affect [v1] inuence, affect emotionally act on, alter, change, disturb, impinge, impress, induce, inuence, inspire, interest, involve, modify, move, overcome, perturb, prevail, regard, relate, stir, sway, touch, transform, upset; concepts 7,19,22,228 affect [v2] pretend, imitate act, adopt, aspire to, assume, bluff, contrive, counterfeit, do a bit*, fake, feign, lay it on thick, make out like*, playact, put on, put up a front*, sham*, simulate, take on; concept 59 affectation [n] pretended behavior to make an impression air, airs, appearance, articiality, facade, false front*, front, going Hollywood*, imitation, insincerity, mannerism, pose, pretense, pretension, pretentiousness, put-on, putting on airs*, sham*, show, showing off, simulation; concept 633 Ant. naturalness, simplicity affected [adj1] deeply moved or hurt emotionally aficted, altered, changed, compassionate, concerned, damaged, distressed, excited, grieved, impaired, impressed, inuenced, injured, overwhelmed, overwrought, sorry, stimulated, stirred, sympathetic, tender, touched, troubled, upset; concept 403 Ant. calm, unmoved, unperturbed, unswayed, untroubled affected [adj2] changed in a bad or articial way apish, articial, assumed, awkward, campy*, chichi*, conceited, contrived, counterfeit, counterfeited, faked, false, feigned, fraud*, gone Hollywood*, ham*, hammy*, high falutin*, hollow, imitated, insincere, melodra-

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matic, ostentatious, overdone, pedantic, phony, playacting, pompous, precious, pretended, pretentious, put-on*, schmaltzy*, self-conscious, shallow, sham*, simulated, spurious, stiff, stilted, studied, supercial, theatrical, unnatural; concepts 401,570 Ant. ok, unchanged, unhurt, unimpaired, uninjured affection [n] strong fondness amore, ardor, attachment, care, case*, closeness, concern, crush, desire, devotion, emotion, endearment, feeling, friendliness, friendship, good will, hankering*, heart, inclination, itch*, kindness, liking, love, passion, predilection, propensity, puppy love*, regard, sentiment, shine*, soft spot*, solicitude, tenderness, warmth, weakness*, yen*; concept 32 Ant. animosity, antipathy, dislike, enmity, hate, hatred, ill will affectionate [adj] having or showing fondness all over*, attached, caring, crazy over*, dear, devoted, doting, fond, friendly, huggy*, kind, lovey-dovey*, loving, mushy*, nutty about*, partial, soft on*, sympathetic, tender, warm, warmhearted; concepts 401,403 Ant. antagonistic, cold, cool, disliking, undemonstrative affective [adj] concerning feelings and intuition emotional, emotive, feeling, intuitive, noncognitive, perceptual, visceral; concept 529 afdavit [n] written legal declaration afrmation, oath, sworn statement, testimony; concepts 271,318 afliate [n] organization that is associated with another afl*, associate, branch, offshoot, partner, sibling; concept 381 afliate [v] associate or be associated with a larger organization ally, amalgamate, annex, associate, band together, combine, come aboard, confederate, connect, form connection, go partners*, hook up*, incorporate, join, line up*, plug into*, relate*, team up, throw in with*, tie up, unite; concepts 113,114 Ant. disjoin, separate, stay away afliation [n] association with an organization alliance, amalgamation, banding together, bunch, cahoots*, clan, coalition, combination, confederation, conjunction, connection, crew, crowd, gang, hookup*, incorporation, joining, league, merging, mob, outt, partnership, relationship, ring, syndicate, tie-in, union; concept 381 afnity [n1] liking or inclination toward something affection, attraction, closeness, compatibility, cotton*, cup of tea*, druthers*, fondness, good vibrations*, leaning, partiality, rapport, same wavelength, simpatico, sympathy, thing*, weakness*; concepts 20,32,709 Ant. dislike, hatred afnity [n2] similarity alikeness, alliance, analogy, association, closeness, connection, correspondence, kinship, likeness, relation, relationship, resemblance, semblance, similitude; concept 670 Ant. dissimilarity afrm [v] declare the truth of something assert, asseverate, attest, aver, avouch, avow, certify, cinch, clinch, conrm, cross heart, declare, guarantee, have a lock on*, ice*, insist, lock up*, maintain, nail down*, okay, predicate, profess, pronounce, put on ice*, ratify, repeat, rubber-stamp*, say so, set, state, swear, swear on bible*, swear up and down*, testify, vouch,

witness; concepts 49,50,88 Ant. deny, negate, nullify, veto afrmation [n] declaration of the truth of something afdavit, assertion, asseveration, attestation, averment, avouchment, avowal, certication, conrmation, declaration, green light*, oath, okay, pronouncement, ratication, stamp of approval*, statement, sworn statement, testimonial, testimony; concept 49 Ant. denial, negation, nullication, veto afrmative [adj] being agreeable or assenting acknowledging, acquiescent, afrmatory, afrming, approving, complying, concurring, conrmative, conrmatory, conrming, consenting, corroborative, endorsing, favorable, positive, ratifying, supporting; concepts 542,572 Ant. dissenting, negative afrmative action [n] equal rights policy anti-discrimination, equal opportunity, fair hiring, fair treatment, quota system, reverse discrimination; concepts 388,645,667 afx [v] attach or stick add, annex, append, bind, fasten, glue, hitch on*, join, paste, put on, rivet, slap on*, subjoin, tack, tack on*, tag, tag on*; concepts 85,113,160 Ant. detach, let go, loosen afict [v] cause or become hurt agonize, annoy, beset, bother, burden, crucify, distress, grieve, harass, harrow, harry, irk, lacerate, martyr, oppress, pain, pester, plague, press, rack, smite, strike, torment, torture, trouble, try, vex, worry, wound; concepts 7,19,246,313 Ant. aid, comfort, help, solace, stay away from, take care of afiction [n] hurt condition; something that causes hurt adversity, anguish, calamity, cross, crux, depression, difculty, disease, disorder, distress, grief, hardship, illness, inrmity, misery, misfortune, ordeal, pain, plague, plight, scourge, sickness, sorrow, suffering, torment, trial, tribulation, trouble, woe; concepts 306,309,674,728 Ant. aid, comfort, consolation, health, help, relief afuence [n] wealth abundance, fortune, luxury, opulence, plenty, prosperity, riches, wealthiness; concepts 340,710 afuent [adj1] wealthy ush*, loaded*, moneyed*, opulent, prosperous, rich, stinking rich*, upper class, upscale, well-off, well-to-do; concept 334 Ant. destitute, impoverished, needy, penniless, poor afuent [adj2] plentiful abundant, bountiful, copious, full, plenteous; concept 771 Ant. insufcient, lacking, needy, suffering, wanting afford [v1] able to have or do; within nancial means allow, be able to, bear, be disposed to, have enough for, have the means for, incur, manage, spare, stand, support, sustain; concepts 335,713 afford [v2] give, produce bestow, furnish, grant, impart, offer, provide, render, supply, yield; concepts 108,143 Ant. take away affront [n] an insult abuse, backhanded compliment*, brickbat*, dirty deed*, indignity, injury, left-handed compliment*, offense, outrage, provocation, put-down*, slap*, slap in the face*, slight, slur, vexation, wrong; concepts 7,19,44,54 Ant. appeasement, compliment, pleasantry

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affront [v] insult or involve in entanglement abuse, anger, annoy, confront, criticize, displease, dispraise, dump on*, encounter, face, give a zinger*, give the cold shoulder*, hit where one lives*, meet, offend, outrage, pique, provoke, put down*, slander, slight, taunt, vex; concepts 7,19,44,54 Ant. appease, assuage, compliment, gratify, mollify, placate, please, satisfy, soothe acionado [n] fan connoisseur, devotee, enthusiast, fanatic; concepts 352,366,423 afraid [adj1] fearful abashed, aghast, alarmed, anxious, apprehensive, aroused, blanched, cowardly, cowed, daunted, discouraged, disheartened, dismayed, distressed, disturbed, faint-hearted, frightened, frozen, have cold feet*, horried, in awe, intimidated, nervous, panic-stricken, perplexed, perturbed, petried, rattled, run scared*, scared, scared stiff*, scared to death*, shocked, spooked, startled, stunned, suspicious, terried, terror-stricken, timid, timorous, trembling, upset, worried; concepts 403,690 Ant. bold, brave, composed, condent, cool, courageous, fearless, heroic, intrepid, unafraid, undaunted, valiant afraid [adj2] reluctant, regretful averse, backward, disinclined, hesitant, indisposed, loath, reluctant, sorry, uneager, unhappy, unwilling; concept 529 Ant. condent, eager, happy, undismayed, venturesome afresh [adj] new or repeated again, anew, de novo, lately, newly, of late, once again, once more, over, over again, recently; concepts 578,797 Afro [n] frizzy hairstyle curly hair, fro; concept 718 after [adj] following in position or time afterwards, back, back of, behind, below, ensuing, hind, hindmost, in the rear, later, next, posterior, postliminary, rear, subsequential, subsequently, succeeding, thereafter; concepts 586,820 Ant. before after-effect [n] repercussion aftermath, aftershock, consequence, followup, hangover*, offshoot, trail, wake; concept 230 afterlife [n] life after death eternity, heaven, hereafter, immortality, the great beyond*; concepts 370,410,435 aftermath [n] situation following an event, occurrence after-effects, causatum, chain reaction*, consequences, end, eventuality, ak*, impact, issue, outcome, payoff*, remainder, residual, residuum, results, upshot, waves*; concept 230 afternoon [n] period after 12 noon and before sunset cocktail hour, P.M., post meridian, siesta, teatime; concepts 801,806,810 afterthought [n] idea that occurs after it is timely reconsideration, review, second thought; concept 529 Ant. forethought afterward/afterwards [adv] following a time, event after, another time, at a later time, a while later, behind, by and by, ensuingly, eventually, in a while, intra, late, later, latterly, next, on the next day, soon, subsequently, then, thereafter, thereon, ultimately; concept 799 Ant. beforehand again [adv1] another time; repeated afresh, anew, anon, bis, come again, encore, freshly,

newly, once more, one more time, over, over and over, recurrently, reiteratively, repeatedly; concepts 553,799 again [adv2] in addition additionally, also, besides, further, furthermore, moreover, on the contrary, on the other hand, then; concept 577 against [prep] opposite to across, adjacent, contra, contrary to, counter to, facing, in contrast to, in opposition to, opposed to, opposing, versus; concept 564 age [n1] period of animate existence adolescence, adulthood, boyhood, childhood, dotage, elderliness, girlhood, infancy, life, lifetime, majority, maturity, middle age, milestone, old age, senility, seniority, wear and tear*, youth; concepts 816,817 age [n2] a period of time aeon, blue moon*, century, date, day, duration, epoch, era, generation, interim, interval, life, lifetime, millennium, span; concept 807 age [v] become older decline, deteriorate, develop, get along, grow, grow feeble, grow old, grow up, mature, mellow, push, put mileage on*, ripen, wane; concept 105 aged [adj] old age-old, ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, been around*, creaky*, elderly, getting on*, gray, moth-eaten*, oldie*, over the hill*, pass*, rusty*, senescent, senior citizen, shot*, timeworn, venerable, worn, worse for wear*; concepts 578,797 Ant. new, unripe, young, youthful ageism [n] age-based discrimination age bias, generation gap; concept 689 agency [n1] organization, often businessrelated bureau, company, department, rm, ofce; concepts 325,381,441 agency [n2] power, instrumentality action, activity, auspices, channel, efciency, force, inuence, instrument, instrumentality, intercession, intervention, means, mechanism, mediation, medium, operation, organ, vehicle, work; concepts 376,658 agenda [n] list of things to do calendar, card, diary, docket, lineup, plan, program, schedule, timetable; concept 283 agent [n1] person representing an organization or person in business abettor, actor, advocate, ambassador, assignee, assistant, attorney, broker, commissioner, delegate, deputy, doer, emissary, envoy, executor, factor, factotum, functionary, go-between, handler, intermediary, lawyer, mediary, middleperson, minister, mover, negotiator, ofcer, operative, operator, principal, proctor, promoter, proxy, representative, salesperson, servant, steward, substitute, surrogate, ten percenter*, worker; concept 348 agent [n2] power, instrument for achievement cause, channel, factor, force, means, medium, organ, power, vehicle; concepts 376,658 agent provocateur [n] instigator agitator, goad, incendiary, rabble-rouser, troublemaker; concept 412 agglomeration [n] collection cluster, heap, jumble, load, mass, pile; concepts 432,786 aggrandize [v] cause something to seem or be greater, bigger acclaim, applaud, augment, beef up*, boost, commend, dignify, distinguish, enlarge, ennoble, expand, extend, glorify, heighten, hike, hike up*, honor, hype, increase,

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intensify, jack up*, jump, magnify, multiply, parlay, praise; concepts 50,69,88,236,245 Ant. belittle, debase, degrade, depress, disgrace, humble, lower aggravate [v1] annoy be at*, be on the back of*, bother, bug, bum*, dog, drive up the wall*, exasperate, gall, get, get on ones nerves, get to, give a hard time, grate, hack, irk, irritate, nag, needle, nettle, peeve, pester, pick on, pique, provoke, tease, vex, wig*; concepts 7,19 Ant. appease, gladden, make happy, mollify, soften aggravate [v2] cause to become worse complicate, deepen, enhance, exacerbate, exaggerate, heighten, increase, iname, intensify, magnify, mount, rise, rouse, worsen; concept 240 Ant. alleviate, help, improve, relieve, soothe aggravation [n1] annoyance afiction, aggro*, bother, botheration*, difculty, distress, exasperation, hang-up*, headache*, irksomeness, irritation, pain, pain in the neck*, pet peeve*, provocation, teasing, vexation, worry; concept 410 aggravation [n2] worsening of a situation, condition deepening, exacerbation, exaggeration, heightening, increase, inaming, inammation, intensication, magnication, sharpening, strengthening, worsening; concept 240 aggregate [adj] forming a collection from separate parts accumulated, added, amassed, assembled, collected, collective, combined, composite, corporate, cumulative, heaped, mixed, piled, total; concept 781 Ant. individual, part, particular aggregate [n] collection accumulation, agglomerate, agglomeration, all, amount, assemblage, body, bulk, combination, conglomerate, conglomeration, gross, heap, lump, mass, mixture, pile, quantity, sum, the works*, total, totality, whole, whole ball of wax*, whole enchilada*, whole schmear*, whole shooting match*; concept 432 Ant. individual, one, part aggregate [v] combine into a collection accumulate, add up, amass, amount, assemble, collect, combine, come, heap, mix, number, pile, sum, total; concept 109 Ant. break up, disperse, divide aggression [n1] attack, often military assailment, assault, blitz, blitzkrieg, encroachment, injury, invasion, offense, offensive, onset, onslaught, push, raid; concepts 86,320 aggression [n2] hostile or forceful behavior, attitude aggressiveness, antagonism, belligerence, blitz, combativeness, destructiveness, ght, hostility, pugnacity, push; concepts 29,411 aggressive [adj1] belligerent, hostile advancing, antipathetic, assailing, attacking, barbaric, bellicose, combative, contentious, destructive, disruptive, disturbing, encroaching, hawkish, intruding, intrusive, invading, martial, militant, offensive, pugnacious, quarrelsome, rapacious, threatening, warlike; concept 550 Ant. calm, easy-going, laid-back aggressive [adj2] assertive assertory, bold, brassy*, cheeky*, cocky*, come on*, domineering, dynamic, energetic, enterprising, ip*, forceful, fresh*, get up and go*, go after, hard sell, imperious, masterful, militant, nervy*, pushing, pushy, sassy, shooting from the hip*, smart*, smart alecky*, strenuous, tough, vigor-

ous, zealous; concepts 404,542 Ant. complaisant, laid-back aggressor [n] attacker assailant, initiator, instigator, intruder, invader, provoker, raider, trespasser; concept 412 aggrieved [adj] very distressed aficted, depressed, disturbed, grieving, harmed, hurt, injured, oppressed, pained, peeved, persecuted, saddened, unhappy, woeful, wronged; concept 403 Ant. happy, pleased aghast [adj] horried; very surprised afraid, agape, agog, alarmed, amazed, anxious, appalled, astonished, astounded, awestruck, confounded, dismayed, dumbfounded, frightened, horror-struck, overwhelmed, shocked, startled, stunned, terried, thunderstruck; concepts 403,690 Ant. unsurprised agile [adj] physically or mentally nimble, deft active, acute, alert, athletic, brisk, buoyant, bustling, clever, dexterous, easy-moving, energetic, eet, frisky, limber, lithe, lively, mercurial, prompt, quick, quick on the draw*, quick on the trigger*, quick-witted, rapid, ready, sharp, spirited, sportive, spright, sprightly, spry, stirring, supple, swift, twinkle toes*, vigorous, vivacious, winged, zippy; concepts 485,527, 588 Ant. brittle, clumsy, stiff agility [n] physical or mental nimbleness, deftness activity, acuteness, adroitness, alacrity, alertness, briskness, celerity, cleverness, dexterity, dispatch, expedition, eetness, friskiness, litheness, liveliness, promptitude, promptness, quickness, quickwittedness, sharpness, sprightliness, spryness, suppleness, swiftness; concepts 410,630,748 Ant. clumsiness, stiffness aging [n] becoming older crumbling, declining, developing, fading, fermenting, getting along*, getting on*, maturing, mellowing, senescent, slumping, stale, waning, wearing out*; concept 701 agitate [v1] shake physically beat, churn, concuss, convulse, disturb, rock, rouse, stir, toss; concept 152 Ant. calm, lull, quiet, soothe, tranquilize agitate [v2] disturb, trouble someone alarm, argue, arouse, bug*, bug up*, burn up*, confuse, craze*, debate, discompose, disconcert, discuss, dispute, disquiet, distract, disturb, egg on*, examine, excite, ferment, urry, uster, get to*, incite, iname, make ip*, move, perturb, psych*, push buttons*, rouse, rufe, spook, stimulate, stir, trouble, turn on*, unhinge*, upset, ventilate*, work up*, worry; concepts 7,19,46 Ant. calm, not bother, quiet, soothe agitation [n] shaking, mixing churning, commotion, discomposure, disturbance, rocking, stirring, tizzy, tossing, turbulence, turmoil, unrest, upheaval; concepts 158,170 agitator [n] person who disturbs, causes trouble adjy, advocate, agent, anarchist, champion, demagogue, disrupter, dissident, dogmatist, ghter, rebrand*, fomenter, heretic, incendiary, inciter, instigator, leftist, malcontent, mover, partisan, propagandist, provocateur, pusher, rabble-rouser, radical, reactionary, rebel, reformer, revisionist, revolutionary, ringleader, sparkplug*, troublemaker, wave maker*, zealot; concept 412

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agnostic [n] person unsure that God exists doubter, freethinker, materialist, skeptic, unbeliever; concept 361 Ant. believer ago [adv] in the past ages ago, back, back when, before, from way back, from year one*, gone, since, since God knows when*, time was; concept 820 agog [adj] enthralled anxious, avid, breathless, eager, enthusiastic, excited, expectant, impatient, in suspense, on tenterhooks; concepts 401,542 agonize [v] suffer or cause another to suffer afict, bleed, carry on, crucify, distress, disturb, eat heart out*, excruciate, harrow, hurt, labor, lament, martyr, pain, rack, sing the blues*, squirm, stew over, strain, strive, struggle, take it badly*, torment, torture, try, wince, worry, writhe; concepts 7,19,410 Ant. not worry agonizing [adj] difcult and painful, suffering disturbing, excruciating, extreme, erce, harrowing, intense, racking, struggling, tearing, tormenting, tortuous, torturing, vehement, violent; concepts 403,565 agony [n] suffering, pain afiction, anguish, distress, dolor, misery, pangs, passion, throes, torment, torture, woe; concepts 410,728 Ant. comfort, happiness, health, peace, success agrarian [adj] concerning land, farming agricultural, natural, peasant, rural, rustic, uncultivated, undomesticated; concept 536 agree [v1] be in unison, assent with another accede, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, allow, be of the same mind*, bury the hatchet*, buy into*, check, clinch the deal*, come to terms, comply, concede, concur, consent, cut a deal*, engage, give blessing*, give carte blanche*, give green light*, give the go-ahead*, go along with, grant, make a deal*, okay, pass on, permit, play ball*, recognize, see eye to eye*, set, settle, shake on*, side with, sign*, subscribe, take one up on*, yes*; concepts 8,10,45,235 Ant. contend, contradict, decline, disagree, dispute, dissent, oppose, protest, refuse agree [v2] be similar or consistent accord, answer, attune, be in harmony, blend, click, cohere, coincide, concert, concord, concur, conform, consort, correspond, equal, fall in with*, t, get along with, go hand in hand*, go together, go well with, harmonize, jibe, match, parallel, square, suit, synchronize, tally; concepts 118,656,670 Ant. differ agreeable [adj1] pleasing acceptable, dandy, delicious, delightful, enjoyable, fair, ne, gratifying, hunky-dory*, mild, nice, peach*, peachy*, pleasant, pleasurable, pleasureful, pussycat*, ready, satisfying, spiffy*, swell*, to ones liking, to ones taste, welcome; concept 572 Ant. disagreeable, discordant, distasteful, harsh, hateful, mean, nasty, offensive, unpleasant agreeable [adj2] appropriate, in keeping betting, compatible, congruous, consistent, consonant, tting, proper; concept 558 Ant. disagreeable, discordant, incompatible, incongruous, unsuitable agreeable [adj3] willing to be in unison, assent acquiescent, amenable, approving, complying, concurring, congenial, consenting, favorable, grateful, in accord, responsive, sympathetic,

well-disposed, willing; concepts 401,542 Ant. disagreeable, incongruous, repugnant, unwilling agreeably [adv] willingly, assenting; pleasantly; in keeping affably, afrmatively, amiably, amicably, appropriately, benevolently, charmingly, cheerfully, convivially, favorably, genially, good-humoredly, good-naturedly, graciously, happily, kindly, mutually, obligingly, peacefully, pleasingly, politely, satisfactorily, sympathetically, well, wonderfully; concepts 401,572 Ant. dissenting, unpleasantly, unwillingly agreement [n1] concurrence acceding, accession, accommodation, accord, accordance, acknowledging, adjustment, afliation, afnity, alliance, amity, approving, arbitration, arrangement, assenting, authorizing, bargaining, compatibility, compliance, complying, compromise, concert, concession, concord, concordance, concurring, conformity, congruity, consistency, correspondence, endorsing, granting, harmony, mediation, ratifying, reconciliation, similarity, suitableness, sympathy, understanding, union, unison, verication, verifying; concept 684 Ant. disagreement agreement [n2] document of concurrence, contract acknowledgment, adjudication, afdavit, approval, arrangement, assent, avowal, bargain, bond, cartel, charter, codicil, compact, compromise, conrmation, covenant, deal, indenture, lease, negotiation, note, oath, okay, pact, piece of paper*, protocol, recognition, settlement, stipulation, the nod*, transaction, treaty, understanding, writ; concepts 271,331 agricultural [adj] concerning farming, land aggie*, agronomical, arboricultural, oricultural, gardening, horticultural, ranch, rural, rustic; concepts 536,583 agriculture [n] farming, crop production agronomics, agronomy, cultivation, culture, horticulture, husbandry, tillage; concepts 205,257 aground [adv] on the bottom of ashore, beached, disabled, foundered, grounded, high and dry*, marooned, reefed, shipwrecked, stranded, stuck, swamped, wrecked; concept 583 Ant. aoat ahead [adv] in front or advance of advanced, advancing, ahead, along, ante, antecedently, at an advantage, at the head, before, beforehand, earlier, rst, fore, foremost, forward, forwards, in the foreground, in the lead, leading, on, onward, onwards, precedent, precedently, preceding, previous, progressing, to the fore; concepts 586,632,820 Ant. behind aid [n1] help, support advancement, advice, advocacy, alleviation, allowance, assist, assistance, attention, backing, backup, benefaction, benet, benevolence, bounty, care, charity, comfort, compensation, cooperation, deliverance, encouragement, endowment, favor, furtherance, gift, giving, guidance, hand, handout, leg up*, lift, ministration, ministry, patronage, promotion, reinforcement, relief, rescue, reward, salvation, service, shot in the arm*, subsidy, sustenance, treatment; concept 110 Ant. blockage, hindrance, impediment, injury, obstruction aid [v] help, support abet, alleviate, assist, bail

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out, befriend, benefact, encourage, favor, go to bat for*, go with*, lend a hand*, lighten, mitigate, open doors for*, promote, relieve, serve, stick up for*, straighten out*, subsidize, sustain; concept 110 Ant. block, hinder, hurt, impede, injure, obstruct aid/aide [n2] person who helps abettor, adjutant, aide-de-camp, assistant, attendant, coadjutant, coadjutor, crew, deputy, helper, lieutenant, second, supporter; concept 348 AIDS [n] immunological disorder acquired immune deciency syndrome, HIV, HIVpositive, sexually transmitted disease, STD, virus; concept 306 ail [v] hurt afict, annoy, bother, distress, pain, sicken, trouble, upset; concepts 14,246 ailing [adj] not feeling well below par, debilitated, diseased, down, down with, enfeebled, feeble, feeling awful, ill, indisposed, rocky*, run down*, sick, sick as a dog*, sickly, under the weather*, unwell, wasting, weak; concept 314 Ant. healthy ailment [n] mild sickness ache, bug, complaint, condition, disease, disorder, dose*, u, illness, indisposition, inrmity, malady, syndrome; concepts 306,316 Ant. health aim [n] goal ambition, aspiration, course, desideratum, design, desire, direction, end, intent, intention, mark, object, objective, plan, purpose, scheme, target, where one is heading*, wish; concept 659 Ant. aimlessness, avoidance, neglect, purposelessness, thoughtlessness aim [v] point or direct at a goal address, angle, aspire, attempt, cast, concentrate, contemplate, covet, design, direct, endeavor, essay, x, focus, intend, level, mean, plan, propose, purpose, set ones sights on*, sight, slant, steer, strive, target, train, try, want, wish, zero in on, zoom in; concepts 20,41,201 aimless [adj] having no goal accidental, any which way*, bits-and-pieces*, blind, capricious, careless, casual, chance, desultory, directionless, drifting, erratic, fanciful, ckle, ts and starts*, ighty, fortuitous, frivolous, goalless, haphazard, heedless, hit-or-miss*, indecisive, indiscriminate, irresolute, objectless, pointless, purposeless, random, shiftless, stray, thoughtless, unavailing, undirected, unguided, unplanned, unpredictable, vagrant, wandering, wanton, wayward; concepts 401,535,544 Ant. determined, directed, goal-oriented, motivated, pointed, purposeful, resolute air [n1] gases forming the atmosphere blast, breath, breeze, draft, heavens, ozone, puff, sky, stratosphere, troposphere, ventilation, waft, whiff, wind, zephyr; concept 437 air [n2] distinctive quality or character; style address, affectation, ambience, appearance, atmosphere, aura, bearing, comportment, demeanor, deportment, effect, feel, feeling, avor, impression, look, manner, mannerism, mien, mood, pose, presence, property, quality, semblance, tone; concepts 644,673 air [n3] musical tune aria, descant, lay, melody, song, strain, theme; concepts 77,595 air [v1] put into the atmosphere; freshen aerate, aerify, air-condition, circulate, cool, eject, expel, expose, fan, open, oxygenate, purify, refresh, ventilate; concept 255 Ant. close up, hide

air [v2] express opinion publicly broadcast, circulate, communicate, declare, disclose, display, disseminate, divulge, exhibit, expose, make known, make public, proclaim, publicize, publish, put, reveal, speak, state, tell, utter, ventilate, voice; concepts 51,52 Ant. be quiet, suppress aircraft [n] airplane airliner, airship, balloon, blimp, chopper*, dirigible, ying machine, ying saucer, helicopter, jet, UFO, zeppelin; concept 504 airplane [n] vehicle that transports cargo or passengers through the air aeroplane, airbus, aircraft, airliner, airship, cab*, crate*, jet, kite*, plane, ramjet*, ship*; concept 504 airport [n] center for transportation by air aerodome, airdrome, aireld, airstrip, hangar, helipad, heliport, home plate*, installation, landing strip, runway, strip; concepts 325,439 airs [n] affectation; pretended behavior affectedness, arrogance, false front, front, haughtiness, hauteur, mannerism, ostentation, pomposity, pose, pretense, pretension, pretentiousness, put-on*, show, superciliousness; concept 633 Ant. personality, realness, truthfulness airtight [adj1] sealed closed, impenetrable, impermeable, shut; concepts 483,490 Ant. loose, open, penetrable, permeable, unclosed, unsealed airtight [adj2] certain incontestable, indisputable, invulnerable, irrefutable, unassailable; concept 535 Ant. possible, questionable, uncertain airy [adj1] open to the atmosphere aerial, atmospheric, blowy, breezy, drafty, exposed, uttering, fresh, gaseous, gusty, light, lofty, out-of-doors, uncluttered, vaporous, ventilated, well-ventilated, windy; concept 583 Ant. close, closed, oppressive, stuffy airy [adj2] delicate or ethereal dainty, diaphanous, imsy, fragile, frail, frivolous, illusory, imaginary, immaterial, intangible, light, rare, rareed, tenuous, thin, vaporous, visionary, volatile, weightless, wispy; concepts 490,582 Ant. heavy airy [adj3] buoyant, light, or lively in nature animated, blithe, bouncy, cheerful, cheery, effervescent, elastic, fanciful, ippant, frolicsome, gay, graceful, happy, high-spirited, jaunty, light, light-hearted, merry, nonchalant, resilient, sprightly, volatile, whimsical; concepts 404,550 Ant. burdensome, heavy aisle [n] passageway dividing something alley, artery, avenue, clearing, corridor, course, egress, gangway, hallway, ingress, lane, opening, passage, path, walk, way; concepts 440,513,830 ajar [adj/adv] slightly open open, unclosed, unlatched, unshut; concept 586 Ant. closed akin [adj] related or connected afliated, agnate, alike, allied, analogous, cognated, comparable, connate, consonant, corresponding, incident, kindred, like, parallel, similar; concepts 487,563,573 Ant. alien, disconnected, unconnected, unrelated alacrity [n] liveliness; promptness alertness, avidity, briskness, cheerfulness, dispatch, eagerness, enthusiasm, expedition, fervor,

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gaiety, hilarity, joyousness, promptitude, quickness, readiness, speed, sprightliness, willingness, zeal; concepts 633,657 Ant. apathy, aversion, disinclination, dullness, indifference, reluctance, slowness, unwillingness alarm [n1] feeling of sudden fear anxiety, apprehension, cold feet*, consternation, dismay, distress, dread, fright, horror, nervousness, panic, scare, strain, stress, tension, terror, trepidation, unease, uneasiness; concepts 410,690 Ant. assurance, calmness, composure, condence, peace, quietness, repose, security alarm [n2] warning, signaling device alert, bell, blast, buzzer, call, caution, clock, cry, drum, ap*, ash*, forewarning, gong, high sign*, horn, Mayday*, nod*, scramble*, scream, shout, sign, signal, siren, SOS, squeal, tip, tip off*, tocsin, trumpet, warning, whistle, wink*, yell; concepts 269,463 alarm [v] upset amaze, astonish, chill, daunt, dismay, distress, frighten, give a turn*, make jump*, panic, scare, scare silly*, scare stiff*, scare to death*, spook, startle, surprise, terrify, unnerve; concepts 7,14,19,42 Ant. assure, calm, gladden, reassure, repose, soothe alarmist [n] person who spreads alarm Cassandra, Chicken Little*, pessimist, scaremonger, voice of doom*; concepts 412,423 albatross [n] burden cross to bear, disgrace, load, millstone, misery, woe; concepts 532,690 album [n] blank book for collecting; holder anthology, collection, depository, index, memento, memory book, miscellany, notebook, portfolio, register, registry, scrapbook; concepts 271,446 alchemy [n] medieval science black arts, black magic, hermetics, magic, pseudo science, sorcery, thaumaturgy, witchcraft, wizardry; concepts 367,370,689 alcohol [n] intoxicating, ammable liquid alky*, booze*, canned heat*, cocktail, drink, ethanol, rewater*, hard stuff*, hootch*, intoxicant, liquor, methanol, moonshine*, palliative*, red-eye*, rotgut*, sauce*, smoke*, spirits, tipple*, toddy*; concepts 454,467 alcoholic [adj] intoxicating brewed, distilled, fermented, hard, inebriant, inebriating, sprituous, vinous; concept 462 Ant. non-alcoholic alcoholic [n] drunk bar y*, boozer*, dipsomaniac, hard drinker, inebriate, lush*, problem drinker, sot, souse, substance abuser, tippler, wino; concept 423 alcoholism [n] alcohol abuse addiction, alcohol addiction, alcohol dependence, crapulence, dipsomania, drunkenness, methomania, problem drinking, substance abuse, vinosity; concepts 20,316,709 alcove [n] nook, secluded spot anteroom, bay, bower, compartment, corner, cubbyhole, cubicle, niche, recess, study; concepts 440,448,513 ale [n] intoxicating, fermented beverage beer, brew, hops, malt, suds*; concept 454 alert [adj] attentive, lively active, all ears*, bright, cagey*, careful, circumspect, clever, fast on the draw*, good hands*, heads up*, heedful, hip, intelligent, jazzed*, observant, on guard*, on ones toes*, on the ball*, on the job*, on the lookout*, on the qui vive*, perceptive, psyched up*, quick, ready, sharp, spirited, switched on*, vigilant, wary, watchful, wide-awake, wired*,

wise, with it*; concepts 402,403 Ant. asleep, drowsy, inattentive, lethargic, sluggish, unobservant, weary alert [n] warning admonition, alarm, ap*, high sign*, Mayday*, sign, signal, siren, SOS, tip off, wink*; concepts 78,278,595,628 alert [v] warn alarm, ag, forewarn, give the high sign*, inform, notify, put on guard, signal, tip, tip off, wave ag*; concept 78 algae [n] rootless, leaess plants living in water dulse, kelp, scum, seaweed; concept 429 alias [adv] otherwise known as also called, also known as, otherwise; concept 582 alias [n] false name AKA, anonym, assumed name, handle*, moniker, nickname, nom de guerre, nom de plume, pen name, pseudonym, stage name, summer name*; concept 683 Ant. name alibi [n] defense against charges of wrongdoing; evidence of absence account, afrmation, airtight case*, allegation, answer, assertion, assurance, avowal, case, cop-out*, cover, declaration, excuse, explanation, sh story*, justication, plea, pretext, profession, proof, reason, reply, retort, song and dance*, stall, statement, vindication; concept 661 alien [adj] foreign conicting, contrary, estranged, exotic, extraneous, extrinsic, inappropriate, incompatible, incongruous, opposed, remote, separate, unusual; concept 564 Ant. akin, appropriate, native, proper alien [n] foreign being blow in*, oater*, foreigner, greenhorn*, guest, immigrant, incomer*, interloper, intruder, invader, migrant, newcomer, noncitizen, outsider, refugee, settler, squatter, stranger, visitor, weed*; concept 423 Ant. citizen, countryman, national, native, settler alienate [v] cause unfriendliness, hostility break off, come between, disaffect, disunite, divide, divorce, estrange, make indifferent, part, separate, set against, turn away, turn off, wean, withdraw the affections of; concepts 7,19,231 Ant. be friendly, disarm alienation [n] unfriendliness breach, breaking off, coolness, disaffection, diverting, division, divorce, estrangement, indifference, remoteness, rupture, separation, setting against, turning away, variance, withdrawal; concept 410 Ant. charm, endearment, friendliness alight [v] land come down, debark, descend, disembark, dismount, get off, light, perch, settle, touch down; concepts 159,181 align [v1] line up, arrange next to adjust, allineate, coordinate, even, even up, x, make parallel, order, range, regulate, straighten; concept 158 Ant. divide, mess up, separate align [v2] join; bring to agreement afliate, agree, ally, associate, cooperate, enlist, follow, join sides, sympathize; concepts 8,114 Ant. disjoin alignment [n] lining up adjustment, arrangement, calibration, order, positioning, sequence, sighting; concepts 721,727 alike [adj] similar akin, allied, analogous, approximate, associated, carbon copy*, cognate, comparable, concurrent, correspondent, corresponding, dead ringer*, ditto*, double, duplicate, equal, equivalent, even, facsimile,

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identical, indistinguishable, kindred, like, look-alike, matched, matching, mated, parallel, proportionate, related, resembling, same, same difference*, similar, spitting image*, undifferentiated, uniform, Xerox*; concepts 487,566, 573 Ant. different, dissimilar, distinct, diverse, opposite, unlike alike [adv] similarly analogously, comparably, comparatively, consonantly, correspondingly, equally, equivalently, evenly, identically, in accordance with, in common, in the same degree, in the same manner, likewise, similarly, the same way, uniformly; concepts 487,566, 573 Ant. differently, dissimilarly, unequally, unevenly alimentary [adj] digestive comestible, dietary, digestible, nourishing, nutrient, nutritional, nutritious, nutritive, peptic, salutary, sustaining, sustentative; concepts 406,485 alimony [n] money paid in support of a former spouse keep, livelihood, living, maintenance, provision, remittance, subsistence, sustenance, upkeep; concept 344 alive [adj1] being animately existent animate, around, awake, breathing, cognizant, conscious, dynamic, existing, extant, functioning, growing, knowing, live, living, mortal, operative, running, subsisting, viable, vital, working, zoetic; concept 539 Ant. dead, deceased, inanimate, lifeless alive [adj2] being active, full of life abounding, alert, animated, awake, brisk, bustling, cheerful, dynamic, eager, energetic, lively, overowing, quick, ready, replete, rife, sharp, spirited, sprightly, spry, stirring, swarming, teeming, vigorous, vital, vivacious, zestful; concepts 401,542 Ant. dispirited, dull, lifeless, morose, sluggish, spiritless alkali [n] soluble base; opposite of an acid antacid, caustic soda, salt; concept 472 alkaline [adj] being basic, not acid (chemically) acrid, alkalescent, alkali, antacid, bitter, caustic, neutralizing, salty, soluble; concept 472 all [adj1] whole quantity complete, entire, full, greatest, gross, outright, perfect, total, utter; concept 771 Ant. none, zero all [adj2] each; every one of a class any, bar none*, barring no one, complete, each and every, entire, every, every bit of, every single, sum, total, totality, whole; concept 772 all [adj3] exclusively alone, nothing but, only, solely; concept 554 Ant. incompletely all [adv] completely, without exception all in all, altogether, entirely, exactly, fully, just, purely, quite, totally, utterly, wholly; concepts 771, 772 Ant. incompletely all [n] whole; totality accumulation, across the board, aggregate, aggregation, collection, ensemble, entirety, everyone, everything, gross, group, integer, jackpot*, lock stock and barrel*, mass, quantity, sum, sum total, total, unit, utmost, wall to wall*, whole ball of wax*, whole enchilada*, whole nine yards*, whole schmear*, whole shooting match*, whole show*, works; concepts 787,837 Ant. none, zero, zilch, zip all-around [adj] multifaceted comprehensive, diverse, inclusive, versatile; concepts 527,542 allay [v] reduce something, usually a pain or a problem abate, alleviate, assuage, calm,

compose, cool out*, decrease, ease, lessen, lighten, make nice*, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, play up to*, pour oil on*, quiet, square, take the bite out*, take the sting out*; concepts 7,22,244 Ant. intensify, provoke, stir, worsen allegation [n] assertion placing blame accusation, afrmation, asservation, avowal, charge, claim, declaration, deposition, overment, plea, profession, statement; concept 49 allege [v] assert; claim adduce, advance, afrm, asservate, aver, avouch, avow, charge, cite, declare, depose, lay, maintain, offer, plead, present, profess, put forward, recite, recount, state, testify; concept 49 Ant. contradict, deny, disagree, dissent, object, protest, repudiate alleged [adj] asserted, often doubtful averred, declared, described, dubious, ostensible, pretended, professed, purported, questionable, so-called, stated, supposed, suspect, suspicious; concept 552 Ant. certain, denite, sure allegiance [n] loyalty adherence, ardor, consecration, constancy, dedication, deference, devotion, duty, faithfulness, fealty, delity, homage, honor, obedience, obligation, piety; concept 689 Ant. disloyalty, enmity, sedition, treachery, treason allegorical [adj] symbolic emblematic, gurative, illustrative, metaphorical, parabolic, symbolizing, typifying; concept 582 Ant. not representative, untypical allegory [n] indirect representation, storytelling apologue, emblem, fable, guration, moral, myth, parable, story, symbol, symbolism, symbolization, tale, typication; concept 282 allergen [n] irritant antigen, dander, dust mite, foreign substance, immune trigger, irritant, pollen, ragweed; concept 478 allergic [adj] having a reaction to food, material, etc. affected, averse to, dyspathetic, hypersensitive, immune sensitive, sensitive, sensitized, susceptible; concepts 403,542 allergy [n] reaction to certain food, material, etc. allergic reaction, aversion, hay fever, hypersensitivity, sensitivity, susceptibility, vulnerability; concepts 405,410 alleviate [v] relieve; lessen allay, assuage, ease, lighten, mitigate, mollify, pacify, pour oil on*, soft-pedal*, take the bite out*, take the edge off*, take the sting out*; concepts 7,22,110,236,247 Ant. aggravate, heighten, increase, intensify, magnify alley [n] narrow passage alleyway, back street, lane, passageway, path, pathway, walk; concept 501 alliance [n] friendly association, agreement accord, afliation, afnity, betrothal, bond, coalition, coherence, collaboration, collusion, combination, communion, compact, concord, concurrence, confederacy, confederation, congruity, conjunction, connection, consanguinity, cooperation, engagement, entente, federation, fraternization, friendship, interrelation, kinship, league, marriage, matrimony, membership, mutuality, pact, participation, partnership, relation, support, tie, treaty, union; concepts 301,423,684 Ant. antagonism, discord, disunion, divorce, estrangement, hostility, rebellion, separation, war

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allied [adj] friendly; united afliated, agnate, akin, amalgamated, associated, bound, cognate, combined, confederate, connate, connected, incident, in league, joined, joint, kindred, linked, married, related, unied, wed; concepts 555,563 Ant. disunited, estranged, unfriendly allocate [v] assign; divide among admeasure, allot, apportion, appropriate, budget, cut, designate, dish out*, divvy*, earmark, give, mete, set aside, share, slice; concepts 41,98,108,129 Ant. keep, keep together allocation [n] distribution allotment, apportionment, appropriation, portion, quota, ration, share; concept 835 allot [v] assign; give portion admeasure, allocate, appoint, apportion, appropriate, assign, budget, cut, cut the pie*, designate, distribute, divvy*, dole, earmark, mete, set aside, share, shell out*, slice, split up; concepts 41,108 Ant. disallow, keep, retain, withhold allotment [n] portion assigned or given allocation, allowance, apportionment, appropriation, bite, chunk, cut, cut of pie*, end, grant, lot, measure, part, piece, piece of the action*, quota,rake off*, ration, share, slice, split, stint*; concept 835 all-out [adj] complete absolute, determined, entire, exhaustive, full, full-blown, full-edged, full-scale, maximum, optimum, resolute, supreme, thorough, total, undivided, unlimited, utmost, utter; concepts 531,772 Ant. halfhearted, halfway allow [v1] admit; acknowledge acquiesce, avow, concede, confess, grant, let on, own; concepts 60,82 Ant. deny, refuse, reject allow [v2] permit an action accord, accredit, admit, approve, authorize, bear, be big*, be game for*, brook, certify, commission, consent, empower, endorse, endure, favor, free up*, give a blank check*, give carte blanche, give leave, give permission, give the go-ahead, give the green light*, go along with, grant permission, hear of, hold with, indulge, let, license, live with*, oblige, okay, pass, pass on, put up with, recognize, release, sanction, sit still for*, stand, suffer, support, take kindly to, tolerate, warrant; concepts 83,99 Ant. deny, disallow, disapprove, forbid, prohibit, protest, refuse, reject, resist, withstand allow [v3] set aside admeasure, allocate, allot, apportion, assign, deduct, give, grant, lot, mete, provide, remit, spare; concepts 41,108 Ant. hold, keep allowance [n1] amount of money or other supply aid, alimony, allocation, allotment, annuity, apportionment, bequest, bite*, bounty, commission, contribution, cut, endowment, fee, fellowship, gift, grant, honorarium, inheritance, interest, legacy, lot, measure, part, pay, pension, piece, portion, prize, quantity, quota, ration, recompense, remittance, salary, scholarship, share, slice, stint, stipend, subsidy, taste, wage; concepts 337,340 allowance [n2] discount; concession accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, admission, advantage, cut, deduction, rebate, reduction, sanction, sufferance, toleration; concept 775 alloy [n] mixture, usually of two metals admixture, adulterant, adulteration, amalgam, amalga-

mation, blend, combination, composite, compound, debasement, denaturant, fusion, hybrid, intermixture, reduction; concepts 260,476 alloy [v1] mix metals admix, amalgamate, blend, combine, compound, fuse, intermix, mix; concepts 109,113 Ant. clear, not mix, purify alloy [v2] adulterate debase, denature, devalue, diminish, impair, reduce; concept 240 Ant. clean, clear, purify all right [adj1] satisfactory acceptable, adequate, appropriate, average, decent, fair, t, tting, good, hunky-dory*, okay, okey-dokey*, passable, proper, satisfying, standard, sufcient, swell*, tolerable, unexceptional, unobjectionable; concepts 547,558 Ant. unsatisfactory all right [adj2] in good condition or health hale, healthy, safe, sound, unharmed, unhurt, unimpaired, well, whole; concept 572 Ant. sick, unhealthy all right [adj3] correct; excellent accurate, exact, good, great, precise, right; concepts 557,574 Ant. wrong all right [adv1] satisfactorily acceptably, adequately, okay, passably, tolerably, unobjectionably, well enough; concepts 547,558 all right [adv2] yes agreed, certainly, denitely, of course, okay, positively, surely, very well, without a doubt; concept 572 Ant. no all-time [adj] unsurpassed and permanent best, champion, enduring, everlasting, perpetual; concepts 574,798 allude [v] hint at advert, bring up, imply, insinuate, intimate, point, refer, suggest; concepts 60,66 allure [n] appeal attraction, bedroom eyes*, charisma, charm, come-hither look*, come-on*, enchantment, enticement, glamor, inveiglement, lure, magnetism, seductiveness, temptation, the jazz*; concepts 673,720 allure [v] entice attract, bait, beguile, bewitch, cajole, captivate, charm, coax, come on*, decoy, draw, enchant, entrap, fascinate, hook*, inveigle, lead on, lure, magnetize, persuade, pull, seduce, suck in*, sweep off feet*, tempt, turn on*, wile, win over; concepts 7,22 Ant. deter, discourage, dissuade, prevent, repel, threaten, turn off, warn alluring [adj] attractive beguiling, bewitching, captivating, charming, enticing, magnetic, seductive, tempting, winning; concepts 529,579 allusion [n] indirect reference; hint casual remark, charge, citation, connotation, denotation, gure of speech, implication, imputation, incidental mention, indication, inference, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, mention, play on words, quotation, remark, statement, suggestion; concepts 60,274 Ant. reality ally [n] something united with another, especially by treaty accessory, accomplice, associate, coadjutor, collaborator, colleague, confederate, co-worker, friend, helper, partner; concepts 299,322,354,359 Ant. antagonist, enemy alma mater [n] school from which one has graduated academy, college, institution, old school, place of graduation, place of matriculation, university; concepts 288,289 almanac [n] document containing information for a year annual, calendar, chronicle,

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ephemeris, journal, record, register, registry, yearbook; concepts 280,801,809,823 almighty [adj1] having complete power, control absolute, all-powerful, invincible, mighty, omnipotent, puissant, supreme, unlimited; concept 540 Ant. insignicant, powerless, weak almighty [adj2] godlike all-knowing, all-seeing, boundless, celestial, deathless, deic, divine, enduring, eternal, everlasting, godly, heavenly, illimitable, immortal, innite, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, pervading; concept 539 Ant. lay, lowly almighty [adj3] severe awful, desperate, enormous, excessive, extreme, great, intense, loud, terrible; concept 569 Ant. weak almost [adv] nearly, very nearly about, about to, all but, approximately, around, as good as, bordering on, close to, close upon, essentially, for all practical purposes, for the greatest part, in effect, in the neighborhood of, in the vicinity of, just about, most, much, near to, nigh, not far from, not quite, on the brink of, on the edge of, on the point of, on the verge of, practically, pretty near, relatively, roughly, substantially, virtually, well-nigh, within sight of; concepts 531,586,799 alms [n] handout aid, assistance, benefaction, charity, contribution, dole, donation, offering; concepts 337,657 alone [adj1] separate; apart abandoned, batching it*, by itself/oneself, companionless, deserted, desolate, detached, forlorn, forsaken, friendless, hermit, individual, in solitary*, isolated, lone, lonely, lonesome, me and my shadow*, me myself and I*, onliest*, only, on ones own, shag*, single, sole, solitary, solo, stag, traveling light*, unaccompanied, unaided, unassisted, unattached, unattended, unescorted, unmarried, widowed; concepts 577,583 Ant. together alone [adj2] to the exclusion of; unique incomparable, matchless, peerless, singly, singular, solely, unequalled, unique, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivaled, unsurpassed; concept 556 along [adv1] ahead forth, forward, on, onward; concept 581 along [adv2] together with accompanying, additionally, also, as companion, as well, at same time, besides, coupled with, furthermore, in addition to, likewise, moreover, side by side, simultaneously, too, with; concept 577 Ant. apart, separate along [adv3] near adjacent, at, by; concept 586 Ant. far alongside [prep] close, near side of along the side of, apace with, at the side of, beside, by, by the side of, close at hand, close by, equal with, in company with, next to, parallel to, side by side; concept 586 Ant. away aloof [adj] remote above, apart, casual, chilly, cold, cold sh*, cool, detached, distant, forbidding, hard-boiled*, hard-hearted, haughty, incurious, indifferent, laid back*, loner*, lone wolf*, ofsh*, on ice*, putting on airs*, reserved, secluded, solitary, standofsh*, stuck up*, supercilious, thick-skinned*, unapproachable, unconcerned, unfriendly, uninterested, unresponsive, unsociable, unsympathetic, uppity*,

withdrawn; concepts 401,542 Ant. concerned, friendly, sociable aloud [adv] in a spoken voice, usually not softly audibly, clearly, distinctly, intelligibly, loudly, lustily, noisily, out loud, plainly, vociferously; concept 594 Ant. inaudibly, silently alphabet [n] letters of a writing system ABCs, characters, elements, fundamentals, graphic representation, hieroglyphs, ideograph, morphemes, phonemes, pictograph, rune, signs, syllabary, symbols; concept 276 alphabetical [adj] in ascending order of a writing system A to Z, consecutive, graded, indexed, logical, ordered, progressive; concept 585 Ant. unalphabetical alphabetize [v] place in order of a writing system index, order, systematize; concept 84 alpine [adj] mountaintop; high altitude aerial, elevated, high, high-reaching, in the clouds, lofty, montane, mountainous, rangy, snowcapped, soaring, towering; concepts 779,836 already [adv] before expected time as of now, at present, before, before now, but now, by now, by that time, by then, by the time mentioned, by this time, earlier, even now, formerly, heretofore, in the past, just now, now, once, previously, then, up to now; concept 799 also [adv] in addition to additionally, again, along, along with, and, as well, as well as, besides, conjointly, further, furthermore, including, in conjunction with, in like manner, likewise, more, moreover, more than that, on top of, over and above, plus, still, to boot*, together with, too, withal; concept 577 altar [n] church table, pedestal chantry, font, reredos, retable, shrine, tabernacle; concept 443 alter [v1] change adapt, adjust, amend, change, convert, cook, correct mid-course*, develop, dial back*, diversify, doctor, ne tune*, make different, metamorphose, modify, mutate, phony up*, recalibrate, recast, reconstruct, refashion, reform, remodel, renovate, reshape, revamp, revise, shift, transform, transmute, turn, vary; concept 232 Ant. continue, x, keep, let stand, maintain, preserve, remain, retain, sustain alter [v2] sterilize animal caponize, castrate, change, desexualize, emasculate, x, geld, mutilate, neuter, spay, unsex; concepts 310,375 alteration [n] change about-face, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, amendment, conversion, correction, difference, diversication, exchange, xing, ip-op*, metamorphosis, mid-course correction*, modication, mutation, reformation, remodeling, reshaping, revision, shift, switch, switch-over*, transformation, transmutation, turn, variance, variation; concept 701 altercation [n] ght, often verbal argument, beef*, bickering, blowup*, bone of contention*, brawl*, brush*, combat, contest, controversy, dispute, embroilment, ap*, fracas*, fuss, go*, hassle, quarrel, row, rumble*, run-in*, set-to*, squabbling, tiff*, words*, wrangle; concepts 46,106 Ant. agreement, concord, harmony, peace, union, unity altered [adj] changed adapted, adjusted, amended, converted, cooked, corrected, diversied, doctored, tted, xed, modied, qualied, redone, retted, reformed, remade,

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remodeled, renovated, reshaped, retailored, revised, spiked, transformed, turned, updated; concept 564 Ant. continued, xed, held, kept, maintained, preserved, retained, sustained alter ego [n1] other side to personality doppelganger, evil twin*, second self; concepts 410,423 alter ego [n2] companion buddy, chum, condante, counterpart, doppelganger*, pal, soul mate; concept 423 alternate [adj1] every other alternating, every second, intermittent, periodic, recurrent, recurring, rotating; concept 553 alternate [adj2] substitute alternative, another, backup, different, interchanging, makeshift, second, surrogate, temporary; concept 566 Ant. necessary alternate [n] substitute backup, double, equivalent, ll-in, proxy, replacement, stand-in, sub*, surrogate; concept 667 Ant. necessity alternate [v] take turns, change back and forth act reciprocally, alter, blow hot and cold*, change, come and go, exchange, ll in for, uctuate, follow, follow in turn, interchange, intersperse, oscillate, relieve, rotate, seesaw, shift, shilly-shally*, substitute, sway, vacillate, vary, waver, yo-yo*; concepts 13,104,232, 701 Ant. continue alternative [adj] other, alternate another, back-up, different, ipside, other side, second, substitute, surrogate; concept 564 alternative [n] possible choice back-up, druthers*, opportunity, option, other, other sh in sea*, other sh to fry*, pick, preference, recourse, redundancy, selection, sub*, substitute, take it or leave it*; concept 529 Ant. compulsion, constraint, necessity, obligation, restraint although [conj] even though admitting, albeit, despite, despite the fact, even if, even supposing, granting, granting all this, in spite of, much as, notwithstanding, still, supposing, though, when, whereas, while; concept 544 altitude [n] height in the sky apex, distance, elevation, eminence, loftiness, peak, summit; concepts 739,752,791 Ant. depth altogether [adv1] as a whole all, all in all, all things considered, all told, bodily, by and large, collectively, conjointly, en masse, everything considered, everything included, for the most part, generally, in all, in sum, in toto, on the whole, taken together; concept 771 Ant. partly altogether [adv2] completely absolutely, fully, perfectly, quite, thoroughly, totally, utterly, well, wholly; concept 531 Ant. incompletely altruism [n] unselsh concern benevolence, charity, humanitarianism, kindness, magnanimity, philanthropy, public spirit, selessness, social conscience; concept 633 altruistic [adj] unselsh all heart*, benevolent, big*, big-hearted*, bleeding heart*, charitable, considerate, generous, good, good scout, human, humane, humanitarian, kind, magnanimous, openhanded, philanthropic, Robin Hood*, self-sacricing; concept 404 Ant. selsh, unsacricing alumnus/alumna [n] graduate alum, old grad*, postgraduate; concept 350

always [adv] forever; continually consistently, constantly, eternally, ever, everlastingly, evermore, forevermore, for keeps, in perpetuum, invariably, perpetually, regularly, repeatedly, till blue in the face*, till cows come home*, till hell freezes over*, unceasingly, without exception; concepts 551,798 Ant. at no time, never amalgam [n] mixture admixture, alloy, amalgamation, blend, combination, combo*, composite, compound, fusion, mishmash*, soup; concept 432 Ant. division, separation amalgamate [v] blend admix, alloy, ally, coalesce, combine, come together, compound, consolidate, fuse, hook up with*, incorporate, integrate, interface, intermix, join together, meld, merge, mingle, network, pool, team up*, tie in, tie up*, unite; concept 113 Ant. divide, separate amass [v] gather, accumulate aggregate, assemble, clean up*, collect, compile, corral*, garner, heap*, hoard, lay up*, make a killing*, make a pile*, pile, round up*, scare up*, stockpile, store; concepts 109,120 Ant. disburse, disperse, dissipate, divide, dole, scatter, spend amateur [n] casual participant abecedarian, apprentice, aspirant, beginner, bush leaguer*, dabbler, dilettante, greenhorn, ham*, hopeful, layperson, learner, neophyte, nonprofessional, novice, probationer, putterer, recruit, Sunday driver*, tenderfoot*, tyro; concept 366 Ant. professional amateurish [adj] unprofessional bush-league*, incompetent, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, insipid, unskilled, untrained; concepts 527,538 amatory [adj] affectionate, desirous admiring, amorous, aphrodisiac, ardent, attracted, devoted, doting, erotic, fervent, fond, languishing, lovesick, loving, passionate, rapturous, romantic, sentimental, tender, wooing, yearning; concepts 372,403 Ant. hateful, unfriendly amaze [v] surprise affect, alarm, astonish, astound, bewilder, blow away*, blow ones mind*, bowl over*, daze, dumbfound, electrify, abbergast*, impress, move, perplex, put one away*, shock, stagger, startle, strike, stun, stupefy, touch*; concept 42 amazement [n] state of surprise admiration, astonishment, awe, bewilderment, confoundment, confusion, marvel, one for the books*, perplexity, shock, something else*, stopper*, stunner*, stupefaction, wonder, wonderment; concepts 230,410 Ant. calmness, composure, cool, coolness, indifference, preparation amazing [adj] astonishing awesome, fascinating, incredible, marvelous, prodigious, shocking, stunning, surprising, unbelievable, wonderful; concepts 547,572 ambassador [n] representative to a foreign country agent, consul, deputy, diplomat, emissary, envoy, minister, plenipotentiary; concept 354 amber [n/adj] gold-colored brown, golden, tan, yellowish; concept 618 ambience [n] environment ambient, atmosphere, climate, medium, surroundings; concept 673 ambiguity [n] uncertainty of meaning doubleentendre, double meaning, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, enigma, equivocacy,

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equivocality, equivocation, incertitude, inconclusiveness, indeniteness, indeterminateness, obscurity, puzzle, tergiversation, uncertainty, unclearness, vagueness; concepts 638,682 Ant. certainty, clarity, clearness, deniteness, explicitness, lucidity ambiguous [adj] having more than one meaning clear as dishwater*, cryptic, doubtful, dubious, enigmatic, enigmatical, equivocal, inconclusive, indenite, indeterminate, inexplicit, muddy, obscure, opaque, puzzling, questionable, tenebrous, uncertain, unclear, unintelligible, vague; concepts 267,535 Ant. clear, denite, explicit, lucid ambition [n1] strong desire for success appetite, ardor, aspiration, avidity, craving, desire, drive, eagerness, earnestness, emulation, energy, enterprise, enthusiasm, re in belly*, get up and go*, hankering*, hope, hunger, initiative, itch*, keenness, longing, love, lust, moxie*, passion, pretension, push, right stuff*, spirit, striving, thirst, vigor, yearning, zeal; concept 20 Ant. apathy, contentment, difdence, humility, indifference, laziness, satisfaction ambition [n2] something desired aim, aspiration, desire, dream, end, enterprise, goal, hope, intent, mark, objective, purpose, target, wish; concept 659 ambitious [adj1] desiring success aggressive, anxious, ardent, aspiring, avid, ball of re*, bent upon, climbing, come on, come on strong, designing, desirous, determined, driving, eager, eager beaver*, earnest, energetic, enterprising, enthusiastic, reball*, get up and go*, goaloriented, go-getter*, hard ball*, high-reaching, hopeful, hungry, industrious, inspired, intent, longing, power-loving, purposeful, pushing, pushy*, resourceful, self-starting, sharp, soaring, striving, thirsty, vaulting, zealous; concepts 326,542 Ant. content, fullled, satised, unassuming ambitious [adj2] requiring great effort, ability arduous, bold, challenging, demanding, difcult, elaborate, energetic, exacting, formidable, grandiose, hard, impressive, industrious, lofty, pretentious, severe, strenuous, visionary; concept 538 Ant. easy, facile ambivalence [n] equivocation confusion dilemma, doubt, uctuation, haze, hesitancy, hesitation, ifness*, inconclusiveness, indecision, irresoluteness, muddle, quandary, tentativeness, uncertainty, unsureness; concept 564 Ant. certainty, decisiveness ambivalent [adj] conicting clashing, contradictory, debatable, doubtful, equivocal, uctuating, hesitant, inconclusive, irresolute, mixed, opposed, uncertain, undecided, unresolved, unsure, vacillating, warring, wavering; concepts 534,564 Ant. certain, denite, resolved, settled, sure, unequivocal amble [v] walk casually ankle*, boogie*, dawdle, drift, gander*, hoof it*, loiter, meander, mosey*, percolate*, ramble, sashay*, saunter, stroll, toddle*, wander; concept 151 Ant. run ambulance [n] emergency vehicle EMS, hospital wagon, rescue, transport; concept 505 ambulatory [adj] changing position; able to move under own power ambulant, itinerant,

nomadic, perambulant, perambulatory, peripatetic, roving, vagabond, vagrant; concept 584 Ant. steady, stiff, unchanging ambush [n] lying in wait; concealed position ambuscade, ambushment, camouage, concealment, deception, hiding, hiding place, lurking, pitfall, shelter, trap, trick*, waiting, waylaying; concepts 86,188 ambush [v] lie in wait; attack ambuscade, assail, assault, box in*, bushwhack*, decoy, dry gulch*, ensnare, entrap, hem in*, hide, hook*, jap*, jump, lay for, lurk, net, set trap, surprise, surround, trap, wait, waylay; concepts 86,188 ameliorate [v] make, become better alleviate, amend, help, improve, lighten, meliorate, mitigate, relieve, step up, upgrade; concept 244 Ant. worsen amenable [adj1] willing, cooperative acquiescent, agreeable, biddable, docile, inuenceable, manageable, obedient, open, persuadable, pliable, responsive, susceptible, tractable; concept 404 Ant. intractable, nonconforming, uncooperative, unwilling amenable [adj2] able to be judged; responsible accountable, answerable, chargeable, liable, subject; concept 402 Ant. irresponsible, not responsible, unaccountable, unanswerable, unchargeable amend [v] improve, correct alter, ameliorate, better, change, elevate, enhance, x, help, lift, make up for, mend, modify, pay ones dues*, raise, rectify, reform, remedy, repair, revise, right, square*; concepts 126,244 Ant. blemish, corrupt, debase, depress, harm, impair, injure, mar, reduce, subtract, worsen amendment [n1] correction, improvement alteration, amelioration, betterment, change, correction, enhancement, improvement, mending, modication, rectication, reform, reformation, remedy, repair, revision; concept 700 Ant. worsening amendment [n2] addition to a document act, addendum, adjunct, alteration, attachment, bill, clarication, clause, codicil, measure, modication, motion, revision, rider, suggestion, supplement; concept 270 amends [n] compensation apology, atonement, expiation, indemnication, indemnity, quittance, recompense, redress, reparation, reprisal, requital, restitution, restoration, satisfaction; concepts 67,104,384 amenity [n1] pleasant thing advantage, betterment, comfort, convenience, enhancement, enrichment, excellence, extravagance, facility, frill, improvement, luxury, merit, quality, service, superuity, virtue; concept 712 Ant. abomination, inconvenience amenity [n2] pleasing, agreeable behavior affability, agreeableness, amiability, attention, attractiveness, charity, charm, complaisance, cordiality, courtesy, delightfulness, enjoyableness, etiquette, gallantry, geniality, gentility, gratefulness, kindness, mildness, pleasantness, politeness, renement, suavity, sweetness; concept 633 Ant. disruption, misbehavior amiable [adj] friendly, agreeable affable, amicable, attractive, benign, breezy, buddybuddy*, charming, cheerful, clubby*, complaisant, cool*, copacetic*, cordial, cozy,

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delightful, downright neighborly*, easy, engaging, friendly, genial, good-humored, good-natured, gracious, home cooking*, kind, kindly, lenient, lovable, mellow, mild, obliging, palsywalsy*, pleasant, pleasing, princely*, pussycat*, responsive, right, righteous, sociable, sweet-tempered, swell*, tight*, warm, warmhearted, winning; concept 401 Ant. crabby, disagreeable, gloomy, hateful, irritable, mean, quarrelsome, rude, surly, testy, unfriendly amicable [adj] friendly, especially regarding an agreement accordant, agreeing, amiable, civil, clubby*, concordant, cordial, courteous, cozy, empathic, good-humored, harmonious, kind, kindly, like-minded, mellow, neighborly, pacic, peaceable, peaceful, polite, regular, right nice*, sociable, square shooting*, sympathetic, understanding; concepts 529,542 Ant. hostile, unfriendly amid/amidst [prep] in middle of; among amongst, between, during, in the midst of, in the thick of, mid, over, surrounded by, throughout; concepts 586,820 Ant. away from, outside, separate amiss [adj] wrong; defective awry, bad, confused, crooked, erring, erroneous, fallacious, false, faulty, awed, foul, glitched up*, haywire, imperfect, improper, inaccurate, inappropriate, incorrect, mistaken, out of order, sick, unfair, unlawful, unsuitable, untoward; concept 570 Ant. good, right amiss [adv] wrongly; defectively aeld, afoul, badly, erringly, erroneously, faultily, improperly, inappropriately, incorrectly, mistakenly, out of turn, unfavorably, unsuitably; concept 570 Ant. good, right, well amity [n] friendship amicableness, benevolence, comity, concord, cordiality, friendliness, good vibrations*, goodwill, harmony, hitting it off*, kindliness, neighborliness, same wavelength*, simpatico*, togetherness*; concept 388 Ant. discord, dislike, hatred, hostility ammonia [n] pungent gas, liquid alkali, salts, spirits, vapor; concept 472 ammunition [n] projectiles for weaponry ammo*, armament, ball, bomb, buckshot, bullet, cannonball, cartridge, charge, chemical, confetti*, explosive, fuse, grenade, gunpowder, iron rations*, materiel, missile, munition, napalm, powder, rocket, round, shell, shot, shrapnel, torpedo; concepts 498,500 amnesty [n] pardon, often by government absolution, condonation, dispensation, forgiveness, immunity, reprieve; concepts 298,300 among [prep1] in the middle of; between amid, amidst, betwixt, encompassed by, in dispersion through, in the midst of, in the thick of, mid, surrounded by, with; concept 586 Ant. away from, outside, separate among [prep2] in a group by all of, by the whole of, in association with, in connection with, in the class of, in the company of, mutually, out of, together with, with, with one another; concept 785 Ant. separate amorous [adj] loving, affectionate amative, amatory, aphrodisiac, ardent, attached, boy crazy*, doting, enamored, erotic, fond, girl crazy*, have a crush on*, horny*, hot, hot and heavy*, impassioned, infatuated, in love, lovesick,

lovey dovey*, lustful, passionate, romantic, sexy, sweet for*, sweet on*, tender, turned on*; concepts 372,403,555 Ant. cold, cool, frigid, hateful, indifferent, unfriendly amorphous [adj] without denite shape, character baggy, blobby, characterless, formless, inchoate, indeterminate, irregular, nebulous, nondescript, shapeless, unformed, unshaped, unstructured, vague; concepts 404,490 Ant. denite, distinct, distinctive, shaped, shapely amount [n1] quantity aplenty, bags*, bulk, bundle, chunk, expanse, extent, ock, gob*, heap, hunk, jillion*, load, lot, magnitude, mass, measure, mess*, mint*, mucho*, number, oodles*, pack, passel, peck, pile, scads*, score, slat*, slew*, supply, ton*, volume, whopper*; concepts 787,837 amount [n2] total addition, aggregate, all, bad news*, body, budget, cost, damage*, entirety, expense, extent, list, lot, net, outlay, output, price tag*, product, quantum, score, set-back*, sum, tab*, tidy sum*, whole; concepts 329,784,787 amount [n3] whole effect body, burden, core, full value, import, matter, purport, result, sense, signicance, substance, thrust, upshot, value; concept 676 amount [v] equal, add up to aggregate, approach, approximate, become, be equivalent to, be tantamount to, check with, come to, correspond, develop into, effect, extend, grow, match, mean, number, purport, reach, rival, sum, tally, total, touch; concept 667 amour [n] romance affair, entanglement, liaison, love, love affair, passion, relationship; concept 32 Ant. dislike, hate, hatred amphetamine [n] hard drug analeptic, benny*, crank*, crystal, dexy*, pep pill*, speed*, stimulant, STP*, tab*, upper*; concept 307 ample [adj] more than necessary, sufcient abounding, abundant, big, bounteous, bountiful, broad, capacious, commodious, copious, enough, expansive, extensive, full, galore, generous, great, heavy, large, lavish, liberal, no end, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, profuse, rich, roomy, spacious, spare, substantial, unrestricted, voluminous, wide; concepts 558, 781 Ant. insufcient, meager, not enough amplication [n] increase in size or effect addition, augmentation, boost, boosting, buildup, deepening, development, elaboration, enlargement, exaggeration, expansion, expatiation, extension, eshing out, heightening, intensication, lengthening, magnication, padding, raising, strengthening, stretching, supplementing, upping, widening; concepts 236,245,780 Ant. abridgement, compression, condensation, contraction, decrease, lessening, shortening amplify [v] increase in size or effect add, augment, beef up*, boost, build up, deepen, develop, elaborate, enlarge, exaggerate, expand, expatiate, extend, esh out*, heighten, hike up*, inate, intensify, jack up*, lengthen, magnify, pad, pyramid, raise, soup up*, strengthen, stretch, supplement, swell, up, widen; concepts 236,245 Ant. abridge, compress, condense, contract, curtail, decrease, lessen, reduce, shorten, summarize amply [adv] fully, sufciently abundantly,

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acceptably, adequately, appropriately, bountifully, capaciously, completely, copiously, enough, extensively, ttingly, generously, greatly, lavishly, liberally, plenteously, plentifully, profusely, properly, richly, rightly, satisfactorily, substantially, suitably, thoroughly, well; concepts 558,771 Ant. illiberal, inadequately, insufciently amputate [v] remove a limb cut away, cut off, dismember, eliminate, excise, lop, separate, sever, truncate; concepts 176,211 amuck [adv] crazily berserk, destructively, ferociously, frenziedly, in a frenzy, insanely, madly, maniacally, murderously, savagely, uncontrollably, violently, wildly; concept 401 amulet [n] charm fetish, lucky piece, ornament, talisman; concepts 260,446 amuse [v] entertain; make laugh break one up*, charm, cheer, crack up*, delight, divert, fracture*, gladden, grab*, gratify, interest, kill*, knock dead*, make roll in the aisles*, occupy, panic*, please, put away*, regale, slay*, tickle, wow*; concepts 9,292,384 Ant. anger, annoy, bore, dull, tire, upset amusement [n1] entertaining, making someone laugh action, ball*, beguilement, cheer, delight, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, eld day*, fun, fun and games*, gladdening, gratication, grins*, high time*, hilarity, hoopla*, laughs*, laughter, merriment, merry go round*, mirth, picnic*, play, pleasing, pleasure, regalement, whoopee*; concept 292 Ant. boredom amusement [n2] game, pastime distraction, diversion, entertainment, hobby, interest, joke, lark, play, prank, recreation, sport; concept 364 Ant. work amusing [adj] entertaining, funny agreeable, boffo*, camp, campy, charming, cheerful, cheering, comical, cut up*, delightful, diverting, droll, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, entertaining, for grins*, fun, gladdening, gratifying, gut-busting*, humorous, interesting, jocular, jokey*, joshing*, laughable, lively, merry, pleasant, pleasing, priceless, screaming*, sidesplitting*, too funny for words*, witty; concepts 267,548 Ant. annoying, boring, tiring, unfunny anachronism [n] error in time placement chronological error, metachronism, misdate, misplacement, postdate, prolepsis, solecism; concept 818 analgesic [n] pain remover anesthetic, anodyne, painkiller, soother; concept 307 analogous [adj] agreeing, similar akin, alike, comparable, consonant, convertible, correspondent, corresponding, equivalent, homologous, interchangeable, kindred, like, parallel, related, resembling, undifferentiated, uniform; concepts 487,573 Ant. disagreeing, disparate, dissimilar, unalike, unlike, unrelated analogy [n] agreement, similarity afnity, alikeness, comparison, correlation, correspondence, equivalence, homology, likeness, metaphor, parallel, relation, relationship, resemblance, semblance, simile, similitude; concepts 278,670 Ant. disagreement, dissimilarity, unlikeness analysis [n1] examination and determination assay, breakdown, dissection, dissolution,

division, inquiry, investigation, partition, reasoning, resolution, scrutiny, search, separation, study, subdivision, test; concepts 24,103 analysis [n2] statement of results from examination estimation, evaluation, nding, interpretation, judgment, opinion, outline, reasoning, report, study, summary; concepts 271,274 analyst [n] person who examines and determines; psychoanalyst accountant, couch doctor*, examiner, guru*, head shrinker*, inquisitor, investigator, number cruncher*, psychiatrist, psychotherapist, questioner, shrink*, therapist; concepts 348,357 analytic/analytical [adj] examining and determining cogent, conclusive, detailed, diagnostic, discrete, dissecting, explanatory, expository, inquiring, inquisitive, interpretive, investigative, judicious, logical, organized, penetrating, perceptive, perspicuous, precise, problemsolving, questioning, ratiocinative, rational, reasonable, scientic, searching, solid, sound, studious, subtle, systematic, testing, thorough, valid, well-grounded; concept 402 analyze [v1] examine and determine assay, beat a dead horse*, chew over*, confab*, consider, estimate, evaluate, gure, gure out, get down to brass tacks*, hash*, inspect, interpret, investigate, judge, kick around*, rehash, resolve, scrutinize, sort out, spell out, study, talk game*, test, think through; concepts 24,37,103 analyze [v2] break down to components anatomize, break up, cut up, decompose, decompound, determine, disintegrate, dissect, dissolve, divide, electrolyze, hydrolyze, lay bare, parse, part, resolve, separate, x-ray; concepts 135,310 Ant. assemble, combine, synthesize anarchist [n] person who opposes the idea of government and laws agitator, insurgent, insurrectionist, malcontent, mutineer, nihilist, rebel, revolter, revolutionary, terrorist; concepts 359,412 anarchy [n] lawlessness; absence of government chaos, confusion, disorder, disorganization, disregard, hostility, misrule, mob rule, nihilism, nongovernment, rebellion, reign of terror, revolution, riot, turmoil, unrest; concepts 29,674 Ant. lawfulness, order, rule anathema [n1] something hated abomination, bane, bugbear, detestation, enemy, hate, pariah; concept 529 Ant. love anathema [n2] denouncement ban, censure, commination, condemnation, curse, damnation, denunciation, excommunication, execration, imprecation, malediction, proscription, reprehension, reprobation, reproof, taboo; concept 278 anatomy [n1] study of animal, plant structure analysis, biology, cytology, diagnosis, dissection, division, embryology, etiology, examination, genetics, histology, inquiry, investigation, medicine, morphology, physiology, zoology; concept 349 anatomy [n2] physical structure of animals, plants build, composition, gure, form, frame, framework, makeup, physique, shape; concept 733 ancestor [n] predecessor in family antecedent, antecessor, ascendant, forebear, forefather,

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foregoer, foremother, forerunner, founder, precursor, primogenitor, progenitor; concept 414 Ant. descendant ancestral [adj] related to previous family or family trait afliated, born with, congenital,consanguine, consanguineous, familial, genealogical, inborn, inbred, inherited, innate, in the family, lineal, maternal, old, past, paternal, running in the family, totemic, tribal; concept 549 ancestry [n] family predecessors; family history ancestor, antecedent, antecessor, blood, breed, breeding, derivation, descent, extraction, forebear, forefather, foregoer, foremother, forerunner, genealogy, heritage, house, kindred, line, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, precursor, primogenitor, progenitor, race, source, stock; concepts 414,648 anchor [n] something used to hold another thing securely ballast, bower, comfort, defense, fastener, foothold, grapnel, grappling iron, grip, hold, hook, kedge, mainstay, mooring, mud hook, pillar, protection, safeguard, security, staff, stay, support; concepts 464,502,731 anchor [v] hold, be held securely attach, berth, catch, dock, drop, fasten, x, imbed, make port, moor, plant, secure, stay, tie, tie up; concepts 85,160,190 Ant. detach, let go, loosen, unfasten ancient [adj] old, often very old aged, age-old, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, back number*, been around*, bygone, creaky*, early, elderly, few miles on*, fossil*, hoary, lot of mileage*, moth-eaten*, obsolete, older, old-fashioned, old goat*, oldie*, outmoded, out-of-date, primal, primeval, primordial, relic, remote, rusty, superannuated, timeworn, venerable, worse for wear*; concepts 578,797 Ant. modern, new, young ancillary [adj] extra; supplementary accessory, accompanying, additional, adjuvant, appurtenant, attendant, attending, coincident, collateral, concomitant, contributory, incident, satellite, secondary, subordinate, subservient, subsidary; concept 835 Ant. necessary, needed and [conj] in addition to; plus along with, also, as a consequence, as well as, furthermore, including, moreover, together with; concept 577 androgynous [adj] having male and female traits bisexual, cross-sexual, epicene, hermaphrodite, trans-sexual, unisexual; concept 372 anecdotal [adj] informal based on hearsay, unreliable, unscientic; concept 589 Ant. scientic anecdote [n] interesting or amusing story chestnut*, episode, fairy tale*, sh story*, gag*, incident, long and short of it*, narration, narrative, old chestnut*, recital, relation, reminiscence, short story, sketch, tale, tall story*, tall tale*, yarn; concept 282 anemic [adj] weak and pale bloodless, feeble, frail, inrm, pallid, sickly, wan, watery; concepts 314,483,618 Ant. ushed, strong anesthesia/anaesthesia [n] induced sleep; induced absence of feeling analgesia, insentience, numbness, stupor, unconsciousness; concepts 313,315,728 anesthetic/anaesthetic [n] sleep-inducing or numbing drug analgesic, anodyne, dope*, gas,

hypnotic, inhalant, narcotic, opiate, pain-killer, shot, soporic, spinal; concept 307 anew [adj/adv] fresh; again afresh, another time, come again, de novo, from scratch, from the beginning, in a different way, in a new way, lately, new, newly, once again, once more, one more time, over, over again, recently; concept 820 angel [n1] attendant of God archangel, celestial being, cherub, divine messenger, Gods messenger, guardian, heavenly being, holy being, seraph, spirit, spiritual being, sprite, supernatural being; concepts 361,370 Ant. devil angel [n2] sweet, kind person beauty, darling, dear, dream, gem, ideal, jewel, paragon, saint, treasure; concept 416 Ant. demon, devil, end angel dust [n] phencyclidine, PCP angel hair*, angel mist*, aurora borealis*, black whack, crystal*, cyclones*, devil dust*, dummy dust*, embalming uid*, hallucinogen, horse tranquilizer*, jet fuel*, magic dust*, rocket fuel*, star dust*; concept 307 angelic [adj] sweet, kind, and usually beautiful adorable, archangelic, beatic, benecent, celestial, cherubic, devout, divine, entrancing, ethereal, godly, good, heavenly, holy, humble, innocent, lovely, otherworldly, pure, radiant, rapturous, righteous, saintly, self-sacricing, seraphic, virtuous; concept 572 Ant. demonic, devilish, endish, unkind anger [n] state of being mad, annoyed acrimony, animosity, annoyance, antagonism, blow up*, cat t*, chagrin, choler, conniption, dander*, disapprobation, displeasure, distemper, enmity, exasperation, fury, gall, hatred, hissy t*, huff, ill humor, ill temper, impatience, indignation, infuriation, irascibility, ire, irritability, irritation, mad, miff, outrage, passion, peevishness, petulance, pique, rage, rankling, resentment, slow burn*, soreness, stew, storm, tantrum, temper, tiff, umbrage, vexation, violence; concepts 29,410 Ant. agreeability, calmness, contentment, enjoyment, good nature, happiness, joy, peace, pleasantness anger [v] make someone mad; become mad acerbate, affront, aggravate, agitate, annoy, antagonize, arouse, bait, blow up*, boil*, boil over*, bristle, burn, burn up, chafe, craze*, cross, displease, egg on*, embitter, enrage, exacerbate, exasperate, excite, fret, gall, get mad, get on ones nerves*, goad, incense, iname, infuriate, irritate, lose ones temper, madden, make sore*, miff, nettle, offend, outrage, pique, provoke, raise hell*, rankle, rant, rave, rile, rufe, seethe, steam up*, stew, stir up*, tempt, umbrage, vex; concepts 7,19 Ant. calm, forbear, make happy, quiet, soothe angle [n1] shape formed by two lines meeting at a point bend, corner, crook, crotch, cusp, decline, divergence, dogleg, edge, elbow, are, ection, exure, fork, incline, intersection, knee, nook, notch, obliquity, point, slant, turn, turning, twist, V, Y; concept 436 angle [n2] personal approach, purpose aim, approach, aspect, direction, hand, intention, outlook, perspective, plan, point of view, position, side, slant, standpoint, viewpoint; concept 660 angle [v] sh cast, dangle a line*, drop a line*; concept 363

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angle for [v] attempt to get aim for, be after, cast about for, connive, conspire, contrive, sh for, hint, hunt, invite, look for, maneuver, plan, plot, scheme, seek, solicit, strive, try for; concepts 20,87 angry [adj] being mad, often extremely mad affronted, annoyed, antagonized, bitter, chafed, choleric, convulsed, cross, displeased, enraged, exacerbated, exasperated, ferocious, erce, ery, fuming, furious, galled, hateful, heated, hot, huffy, ill-tempered, impassioned, incensed, indignant, inamed, infuriated, irascible, irate, ireful, irritable, irritated, maddened, nettled, offended, outraged, piqued, provoked, raging, resentful, riled, sore, splenetic, storming, sulky, sullen, tumultous/tumultuous, turbulent, uptight, vexed, wrathful; concept 403 Ant. calm, collected, content, happy, joyful, joyous angst [n] feeling of anxiety agony, apprehension, blues, depression, dread, mid-life crisis*, misgiving, nervousness, uneasiness, Weltschmerz; concepts 410,532,690 anguish [n] severe upset or pain afiction, agony, distress, dole, dolor, grief, heartache, heartbreak, hurting, misery, pang, rue, sorrow, suffering, throe, torment, torture, woe, wretchedness; concept 410 Ant. comfort, contentment, happiness, joy, joyfulness, solace angular [adj1] bent akimbo, bifurcate, cornered, crooked, crossing, crotched, divaricate, forked, intersecting, jagged, oblique, sharpcornered, skewed, slanted, staggered, V-shaped, Y-shaped, zigzag; concept 486 Ant. straight angular [adj2] thin, especially referring to people awkward, bony, gangling, gaunt, lank, lanky, lean, rangy, rawboned, scrawny, sharp, skinny, spare; concept 773 Ant. fat, heavy, thick, weighted animal [adj] beastlike; carnal beastly, bestial, bodily, brute, brutish, corporeal, earthly, earthy, feral, eshy, mammalian, muscular, natural, physical, sensual, untamed, wild, zoological; concept 406 animal [n] animate being; mammal beast, being, brute, bum*, creature, critter, invertebrate, living thing, mutt*, pet, stray, varmint*, vertebrate, wild thing; concept 394 Ant. mineral, plant animate [adj1] alive breathing, live, living, mortal, moving, viable, vital, zoetic; concept 539 Ant. dead animate [adj2] lively activated, active, alert, animated, dynamic, energized, gay, happy, spirited, vivacious; concept 401 Ant. discouraged, dull, quiet, shy, spiritless animate [v] bring to life activate, arouse, cheer, embolden, encourage, energize, enliven, exalt, excite, re, gladden, hearten, impel, incite, inform, inspire, inspirit, instigate, invigorate, kindle, liven, make alive, move, quicken, revive, revivify, rouse, spark, spur, stimulate, stir, urge, vitalize, vivify; concepts 231,241 Ant. deaden, discourage, kill animated [adj] lively activated, active, alert, animate, ardent, brisk, buoyant, dynamic, ebullient, elated, energetic, energized, enthusiastic, excited, fervent, gay, happy, passionate, peppy, quick, snappy, spirited, sprightly, vibrant,

vigorous, vital, vitalized, vivacious, vivid, zealous, zestful, zingy, zippy; concept 401 animation [n] liveliness; activity action, ardor, bounce, brio, briskness, buoyancy, dash, dynamism, ebullience, lan, elation, energy, enthusiasm, esprit, excitement, exhilaration, fervor, gaiety, high spirits, life, oomph*, passion, pep*, sparkle, spirit, sprightliness, verve, vibrancy, vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity, zap*, zeal, zest, zing*, zip*; concept 657 Ant. discouragement, dullness, inactivity animosity [n] extreme dislike, hatred acrimony, animus, antagonism, antipathy, bad blood, bitterness, displeasure, enmity, hate, hostility, ill will, malevolence, malice, malignity, rancor, resentment, virulence; concept 29 Ant. good will, love ankle [n] joint between leg and foot anklebone, astragalus, bone, talus, tarsus; concepts 392,418 annal(s) [n] history, records account, archive, chronicle, journal, memorial, record, register; concepts 271,281 annex [n] something added; extension addendum, addition, adjunct, afx, appendix, arm, attachment, ell, subsidiary, supplement, wing; concepts 440,441,484 annex [v] join or add adjoin, afx, append, appropriate, associate, attach, connect, fasten, hitch on*, hitch up*, hook on*, hook up*, link, slap on*, subjoin, tack on*, tag, tag on*, take on, take over, unite; concepts 85,113, 160 Ant. detach, leave off, leave out annexation [n] adding, joining addition, annexing, appropriation, attachment, grab, incorporation, increase, increment, merger, takeover; concepts 113,324 Ant. detachment, subtraction Annie Oakley [n] complimentary ticket Chinese ducket*, free admission, freebie*, free pass, free seats, free ticket; concepts 271,685 annihilate [v] destroy completely abate, abolish, abrogate, annul, blot out*, crush*, decimate, demolish, do in*, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, nish off, invalidate, liquidate, massacre, murder, negate, nullify, obliterate, quash, quell, raze, root out*, rub out*, ruin, slaughter, take out*, undo, vitiate, wipe out*, wrack*, wreck; concept 252 Ant. help, preserve, revive, save anniversary [n] yearly observance, celebration ceremony, commemoration, feast day, festival, holiday, jubilee, recurrence, red-letter day; concepts 800,801,815,823 annotate [v] write explanatory notes comment, commentate, construe, dene, elucidate, explain, expound, footnote, gloss, illustrate, interpret, note, remark; concepts 51,57,79 annotation [n] explanatory note comment, commentary, denition, elucidation, exegesis, explanation, explication, footnote, gloss, glossary, illustration, interpretation, note, observation; concepts 274,283 Ant. blank announce [v1] make a proclamation advertise, annunciate, blast, blazon, broadcast, call, communicate, declare, disclose, disseminate, divulge, drum*, give out, impart, intimate, issue, make known, make public, pass the word*, proclaim, promulgate, propound, publicize,

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publish, release, report, reveal, run off at mouth*, sound off*, spread around*, state, tell, trumpet; concept 49 Ant. bottle up, conceal, keep secret, refrain, repress, suppress, withhold announce [v2] declare arrival augur, forebode, forecast, forerun, foreshow, foretell, harbinger, herald, indicate, portend, predict, presage, signal, signify; concepts 60,70 Ant. be quiet, hide, withhold announcement [n] proclamation, declaration advertisement, advice, brieng, broadcast, broadcasting, bulletin, communication, communiqu, disclosure, dissemination, divulgence, edict, exposing, exposition, expression, intimation, message, narration, news, notice, notication, prediction, promulgation, publication, publishing, recitation, release, report, reporting, revelation, statement; concepts 49,274 announcer [n] media commentator anchorperson, broadcaster, communicator, deejay, disc jockey, DJ, leader of ceremonies, newscaster, reporter, rip and reader*, spieler*, talker, telecaster, veejay*, VJ; concept 348 annoy [v] irritate, upset abrade, agitate, ask for it*, badger, be at*, bedevil, beleaguer, be on the back of*, bore, bother, break, bug, burn up, chafe, displease, distress, disturb, egg on*, exasperate, re up*, gall, get, gnaw, harass, harry, heat up*, henpeck, hit where one lives*, irk, madden, make waves*, miff, nag, needle, nettle, nudge, peeve, perturb, pester, plague, provoke, push button*, ride, rile, rufe, tease, tick off*, T-off*, trouble, turn off*, vex, work on*, worry; concepts 7,19 Ant. aid, gratify, make happy, please, soothe annual [adj1] occurring, done yearly anniversary, each year, every year, once a year, year end; concepts 541,823 annual [adj2] lasting for a year a years worth, yearlong; concept 798 annual [n] book produced once a year annuary, report, summary, yearbook; concept 271 annually [adv] occurring, done yearly by the year, each year, every year, once a year, per annum, per year, year after year; concept 541 annul [v] void an agreement abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, blot out, call off, cancel, countermand, declare, delete, discharge, dissolve, efface, erase, expunge, get off the hook*, invalidate, kill, negate, neutralize, nix, nullify, obliterate, quash, recall, render null and void, repeal, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, scrub*, undo, vacate, vitiate, wipe out*; concepts 252,297,317 Ant. keep, restore, retain, revalidate, validate annulment [n] voiding an agreement abatement, abolition, abrogation, annihilation, breakup, cancellation, countermanding, dedomiciling, deletion, discharge, dissolution, erasing, going phfft*, invalidation, negation, neutralization, nullication, obliteration, recall, repeal, rescinding, rescindment, rescission, retraction, reversal, revocation, split*, split up*, undoing*, vitiation, voiding; concepts 297,317,691 Ant. enactment, restoration, retention, validation anoint [v] bless, usually with oil or water bless, consecrate, daub, embrocate, grease, hallow, rub, sanctify, smear; concept 367

anomalous [adj] deviating from normal, usual aberrant, abnormal, atypical, bizarre, divergent, eccentric, exceptional, foreign, heteroclite, incongruous, inconsistent, irregular, odd, peculiar, preternatural, prodigious, rare, strange, unnatural, unorthodox, unrepresentative, untypical, unusual; concept 547 Ant. conforming, normal, regular, standard, usual anomaly [n] deviation from normal, usual aberration, abnormality, departure, deviation, eccentricity, exception, incongruity, inconsistency, irregularity, oddity, peculiarity, rarity, unconformity, unorthodoxy; concept 647 Ant. conformity, normality, regularity, standard, usual, usualness anonymous [adj] unknown, usually by choice bearding*, incognito, innominate, Jane/John Doe*, nameless, pseudo, pseudonymous, secret, so and so*, such and such*, unacknowledged, unattested, unavowed, unclaimed, uncredited, undesignated, undisclosed, unidentied, unnamed, unsigned, unspecied, whatchamacallit*, whats his/her name*, whatsis*, X*, you know who*; concept 683 Ant. identied, known, named anorexic [adj] starving bulimic, emaciated, malnourished, sickly looking, thin, without appetite; concepts 490,491 another [n] other person addition, a different person, one more, someone else, something else; concept 423 another [prep/det] additional, different added, a distinct, a further, a separate, else, farther, fresh, further, more, new, one more, other, some other, that; concept 564 answer [n] reply; reaction acknowledgment, antiphon, backcap*, back talk, band-aid*, close, comeback, comment, cooler*, counterclaim, crack, defense, disclosure, echo, elucidation, explanation, feedback, guff*, interpretation, justication, key, lip*, observation, parting shot*, pay dirt*, plea, quick x*, rebuttal, refutation, rejoinder, remark, repartee, report, resolution, response, result, retort, return, riposte, sign, solution, statement, thank-you note*, the ticket*, topper*, vindication, wisecrack; concepts 274,278 Ant. question answer [v1] reply, react acknowledge, answer back, argue, back at you*, back talk, be in touch*, claim, comeback, contest, counterclaim, defend, deny, disprove, dispute, echo, explain, feedback, eld the question*, get back at*, get back to*, give a snappy comeback*, parry, plead, rebut, refute, rejoin, remark, resolve, respond, retaliate, retort, return, sass*, say, settle, shoot back*, solve, squelch, talk back, top*; concepts 45,266 Ant. ask, question answer [v2] solve; fulll clarify, conform, correlate, correspond, crack*, deal with*, do*, dope, dope out*, elucidate, ll, t*, lick*, measure up, meet, pass, qualify, satisfy, serve, sufce, suit, unzip*, work, work through; concepts 87,664 answerable [adj] responsible accountable, amenable, bound, chargeable, compelled, constrained, liable, obligated, obliged, subject, to blame; concept 545 Ant. irrefutable, unaccountable, unprovable

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antagonism [n] causing problem; opposition animosity, animus, antipathy, antithesis, clashing, competition, conict, contention, contradistinction, contrariety, difference, disagreement, discord, dissension, enmity, friction, hatred, hostility, incongruity, oppugnancy, rancor, resistance, rivalry; concept 29 Ant. accord, agreement, harmony, rapport, sympathy, understanding antagonist [n] person causing problem adversary, angries*, bad person*, bandit*, competitor, contender, crip*, enemy, foe, match, opponent, opposer, opposite number*, oppugnant, rival; concept 412 Ant. ally, protagonist, supporter antagonize [v] cause problem; oppose alienate, anger, annoy, counteract, estrange, insult, irritate, neutralize, offend, repel, struggle, work against; concepts 7,19,231 Ant. agree, aid, help antecedent [adj] prior anterior, earlier, foregoing, former, past, precedent, preceding, precursory, preliminary, previous; concept 820 Ant. after, following antecedent(s) [n] predecessor(s) in family ancestor, ancestry, antecessor, blood, descent, extraction, forebears, forefather/mother, genealogy, line, primogenitor, progenitor, stock; concept 414 Ant. descendant antedate [v] occur or cause to occur earlier accelerate, anachronize, antecede, backdate, date back, forerun, misdate, pace, precede, predate; concept 84 Ant. predate antediluvian [adj] out-of-date; prehistoric age-old, ancient, antiquated, antique, archaic, hoary, obsolete, old, old-fashioned, pass, primeval, primitive, primordial, timeworn, venerable; concepts 578,797,799 Ant. modern, new, up-to-date, young antenna [n] appendages for sensing, usually on insects or electronics aerial, bird snapper*, bullwhip*, ears*, feelers*, rabbit ears, receiver, sky wire*, whip*, wire; concept 464 anterior [adj] beginning, prior antecedent, foregoing, former, past, precedent, preceding, previous; concept 799 Ant. ending, posterior, subsequent anthem [n] song canticle, chant, chorus, hymn, melody, paean; concepts 263,595 anthology [n] literary collection album, analect, compendium, compilation, digest, garland, omnibus, selection, treasury; concepts 280,432 anthropology [n] study of humans and their culture folklore, sociology; concept 349 antibiotic [n] medicine amoxicillin, ampicillin, erythromycin, penicillin, streptomycin, sulfa drug, sulfonamide, tetracycline, wonder drug*; concept 307 antic [n] funny act caper, dido, frolic, joke, lark, romp, shenanigan, tomfoolery, trick; concept 292 anticipate [v1] expect; predict assume, await, bargain for*, be afraid*, conjecture, count chickens*, count on, cross the bridge*, divine, entertain*, gure, forecast, foresee, foretaste, foretell, have a hunch*, hope for, jump the gun*, look for, look forward to, plan on, prepare for, prevision, prognosticate, promise oneself,

prophesy, see, see coming*, see in the cards*, suppose, visualize, wait, wait for; concepts 26,70 Ant. be amazed, be surprised, doubt anticipate [v2] act in advance of apprehend, beat someone to it*, be early, be one step ahead of*, block, delay, forestall, hinder, hold back, intercept, precede, preclude, prepare for, prevent, provide against; concepts 100,121 Ant. be unready anticipation [n1] expectation apprehension, awaiting, contemplation, expectancy, foresight, foretaste, high hopes, hope, impatience, joy, looking forward, outlook, preconception, premonition, preoccupation, prescience, presentiment, promise, prospect, trust; concepts 26,689 Ant. amazement, astonishment, doubt, fear, sensation, surprise, wonder anticipation [n2] readiness; forethought apprehension, awareness, foreboding, forecast, foreseeing, foresight, foretaste, forethought, inkling, intuition, preconception, premonition, prescience, presentiment, prevision, prior knowledge, realization; concepts 409,410 Ant. doubt, unreadiness anticlimax [n] ineffective conclusion bathos, comedown, decline, descent, disappointment, drop, letdown, slump; concepts 230,674 Ant. climax antidote [n] counteracting agent antitoxin, antivenin, corrective, counteractant, counteragent, countermeasure, counterstep, cure, medicine, negator, neutralizer, nullier, preventive, remedy; concept 307 antipathy [n] strong dislike, disgust abhorrence, allergy, animosity, animus, antagonism, aversion, avoidance, bad blood*, contrariety, distaste, dyspathy, enmity, escape, eschewal, evasion, hate, hatred, hostility, ill will, incompatibility, loathing, opposition, rancor, repellency, repugnance, repulsion; concept 29 Ant. admiration, appreciation, approval, esteem, honor, like, liking, love, rapport, regard, respect, sympathy antiquarian [adj] old, ancient aged, antique, archaic, hoary, obsolete, primitive, timeworn, venerable; concepts 578,797 Ant. modern, new, young antiquated [adj] obsolete aged, ancient, antediluvian, antique, archaic, dated, elderly, fusty*, hoary, moldy, obsolescent, old, oldfangled, old-fashioned, old hat*, outmoded, out-of-date, outworn, superannuated; concepts 530,578,797 Ant. forward-looking, modern, new, recent antique [adj1] old aged, ancient, elderly, obsolescent, obsolete, outdated, out-of-date, prehistoric, superannuated; concepts 578,797 Ant. modern, new, recent, up-to-date antique [adj2] old-fashioned antiquarian, archaic, classic, obsolete, olden, outdated, vintage; concepts 530,578,797 Ant. current, fresh, modern antique [n] old object, often of great value antiquity, artifact, bygone, heirloom, monument, objet dart, rarity, relic, ruin, vestige; concepts 259,443 antiquity [n1] old object antique, relic, ruin; concept 259 antiquity [n2] oldness age, ancientness,

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antiqueness, archaicism, archaism, elderliness, hoariness, old age, venerableness; concept 715 Ant. convention, modernity, newness antiquity [n3] distant past ancient time(s), classical times, days of old, days of yore, former age, old days, olden days, remote time, time immemorial; concept 807 Ant. now antiseptic [adj] completely clean, uncontaminated; decontaminating antibacterial, antibiotic, aseptic, bactericidal, clean, disinfectant, germdestroying, germ-free, germicidal, hygienic, medicated, prophylactic, pure, purifying, sanitary, sterile, sterilized, sterilizing, unpolluted; concept 485 Ant. contaminated, polluted, unclean, unsanitary, unsterile antiseptic [n] decontaminating agent bactericide, detergent, disinfectant, germicide, preservative, preventative, preventive, prophylactic, purier, sterilizer; concepts 307,472,492 antisocial [adj] nonparticipating; avoiding company alienated, ascetic, asocial, austere, cold, cynical, eremetic, hermitlike, introverted, misanthropic, reclusive, remote, reserved, retiring, solitary, standofsh, uncommunicative, unfriendly, unsociable, withdrawn; concept 555 Ant. friendly, fun-loving, participating, sociable antithesis [n1] exact opposite antipode, antipole, contra, contradictory, contrary, contrast, converse, counter, ip side*, inverse, other side, reverse; concept 665 Ant. same antithesis [n2] contrast, opposition antagonism, contradiction, contradistinction, contraposition, contrariety, inversion, opposure, reversal; concepts 633,665 Ant. same antithetical [adj] reverse contradictory, contrary, contrasted, converse, counter, inverse, opposed, opposite, polarized, poles apart*; concept 542 antitoxin [n] agent for negating the effect of an infection or poison antibiotic, antibody, antipoison, antiseptic, antiserum, antivenin, counteractant, counteragent, medicine, neutralizer, preventive, serum, vaccine; concept 307 antonym [n] word with opposite meaning to another word opposite, reverse; concept 275 Ant. synonym antsy [adj] dgety anxious, edgy, impatient, on pins and needles*, restless; concept 401 anxiety [n] worry, tension all-overs*, angst, ants in pants*, apprehension, botheration*, butteries*, care, cold sweat*, concern, creeps*, disquiet, disquietude, distress, doubt, downer*, drag*, dread, dgets*, ap*, foreboding, fretfulness, fuss, goose bumps*, heebie-jeebies*, jitters, jumps*, misery, misgiving, mistrust, nail-biting*, needles*, nervousness, panic, pins and needles*, restlessness, shakes*, shivers*, solicitude, suffering, suspense, sweat*, trouble, uncertainty, unease, uneasiness, watchfulness, willies*, worriment; concepts 410,532,690 Ant. assurance, calmness, composure, contentment, ease, happiness, nonchalance, peace, tranquility anxious [adj1] worried, tense afraid, aghast, antsy*, apprehensive, basket case*, bugged*, butteries, careful, choked*, clutched*, concerned, disquieted, distressed, disturbed, dreading, fearful, dgety, fretful, hacked*, hyper*, in

a state*, in a tizzy*, in suspense*, jittery, jumpy, nervous, nervy, overwrought, restless, scared, shaking, shaky, shivery, shook up*, shot to pieces*, solicitous, spooked*, strung out*, sweating bullets*, taut, troubled, uneasy, unglued*, unquiet, uptight*, watchful, wired*, worried sick*, wreck*; concepts 403,690 Ant. assured, calm, content, cool, happy, indifferent, peaceful, tranqil, unconcerned, unworried anxious [adj2] eager agog, ardent, avid, breathless, desirous, enthusiastic, expectant, fervent, impatient, intent, itching*, keen, thirsty, yearning, zealous; concepts 401,542 Ant. dreading, unwilling any [det] one, some; unspecied, indiscriminate a bit, a little, all, each, each and every, either, in general, part of, several, whatever; concept 762 anybody [n] one, some unspecied person or people all, any of, anyone, anyone at all, any person, a person, each and every one, everybody, everyone, masses, one, public, whole world; concept 417 anyhow [adv] by any means about, anyway, any which way, around, at any rate, at random, haphazard, haphazardly, helter-skelter, however, in any case, in any respect, in any way, in either way, in one way or another, in whatever way, nevertheless, random, randomly, regardless, under any circumstances, whatever happens, willy-nilly; concept 544 anyone [n] one, some unspecied person all, anybody, anybody at all, any of, any person, a person, each and every one, everybody, everyone, masses, one, public, whole world; concept 417 anyplace [n] unspecied area all over, anywhere, everywhere, in any place, in whatever place, wherever; concept 198 anything [n] unspecied object or event all, any one thing, anything at all, everything, whatever; concepts 2,433 anytime [n] unspecied moment, period at all, at any moment, at ones convenience, everytime, no matter when, whenever, when one will; concepts 807,819 anyway [adv] by any means anyhow, at all, at any rate, ever, however, in any case, in any event, in any manner, nevertheless, once; concept 544 anywhere [n] unspecied area all over, anyplace, everywhere, in any place, in whatever place, wherever; concept 198 apart [adv] separate afar, alone, aloof, aside, away, by itself, cut off*, disassociated, disconnected, distant, distinct, divorced, excluded, exclusively, freely, independent, independently, individually, isolated, lone wolf*, separated, separately, singly, special, to itself, to one side; concepts 586,785 Ant. together apartheid [n] racial segregation discrimination, racism, separation; concept 689 apartment [n] set of rooms for rent accommodation, cave*, chambers, cold-water*, condo, coop, cooperative, crash pad*, den*, digs*, dump*, at, living quarters, lodging, pad*, penthouse, rental, residence, suite, walk-up; concepts 448,516 apathetic [adj] uncaring, disinterested blah*,

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callous, cold, cool, could care less*, couldnt care less*, dont give a damn*, draggy*, emotionless, at, impassive, indifferent, insensible, laid-back*, languid, moony*, passive, stoic, stolid, unconcerned, unemotional, unfeeling, uninterested, unmoved, unresponsive, untouched, what the hell*, wimpy*; concept 401 Ant. caring, concerned, interested, responsive apathy [n] uncaring attitude, lack of interest aloofness, coldness, coolness, detachment, disinterest, dispassion, disregard, dullness, emotionlessness, halfheartedness, heedlessness, indifference, insensibility, insensitivity, insouciance, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, passiveness, passivity, stoicism, unconcern, unresponsiveness; concepts 410,633 Ant. care, concern, feeling, interest, passion, sensitivity, sympathy, warmth ape [v] mimic affect, caricature, copy, counterfeit, ditto*, do*, do like*, echo, emulate, go like*, imitate, impersonate, make like*, mirror, mock, parody, parrot, take off*, travesty; concepts 111,171 aperture [n] hole breach, break, chasm, chink, cleft, crack, cut, eye, ssure, gap, gash, interstice, opening, orice, outlet, passage, perforation, pinhole, puncture, rift, rupture, slash, slit, slot, space, vent; concept 757 apex [n] top, high point acme, apogee, climax, crest, crown, culmination, cusp, greatest, height, max*, maximum, meridian, most*, ne plus ultra, peak, pinnacle, point, roof, spire, sublimity, summit, tip, tops, up there*, vertex, zenith; concepts 706,836 Ant. nadir aphorism [n] saying expressing a belief, often true adage, apothegm, axiom, dictum, maxim, moral, precept, proverb, rule, saw, saying, truism; concepts 275,278,689 aphrodisiac [n/adj] seductive; inducing sex amative, amatory, amorous, erotic, love drug, popper*, Spanish y*, turn-on*, wampole*; concepts 372,537 apiece [adv] each all, a pop*, aside, for each, from each, individually, one by one, per, respectively, separately, severally, singly, successively, to each; concept 762 apocalypse [n] mass destruction annihilation, Armageddon, cataclysm, catastrophe, decimation, devastation, end of the world, holocaust; concept 674 apocryphal [adj] questionable; fake counterfeit, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, false, ctitious, inaccurate, mythical, spurious, unauthenticated, ungenuine, unsubstantiated, untrue, unveried, wrong; concepts 570,582 Ant. authentic, doubtless, real, true apologetic [adj] expressing remorse, regret atoning, attritional, compunctious, conciliatory, contrite, expiatory, explanatory, on ones knees*, penitent, penitential, propitiatory, regretful, remorseful, repentant, rueful, selfeffacing, self-incriminating, sorry, supplicating; concept 267 Ant. deant, defying apologize [v] express remorse, regret admit guilt, ask forgiveness, ask pardon, atone, beg pardon, bow to*, clear oneself, confess, cop a plea*, cop out*, crawl*, excuse oneself, get down on knees*, give satisfaction*, make amends, make reparations, make up for, make

up with, offer compensation, offer excuse, purge, retract, say one is sorry, square*, withdraw; concepts 48,67 Ant. defy apology [n] offering of remorse, regret acknowledgment, admission, amends, atonement, concession, confession, defense, excuse, explanation, extenuation, justication, mea culpa, mitigation, plea, redress, reparation, vindication; concepts 48,67 Ant. accusation, censure, charge, complaint, condemnation, criticism, deance, indictment apoplexy [n] loss of consciousness from blockage in vein or artery occlusion, seizure, stroke, thrombosis; concepts 316,720 Ant. consciousness apostate [n] traitor backslider, defector, deserter, dissenter, heretic, nonconformist, rat*, recreant, renegade, turncoat; concepts 359,412 Ant. adherent, faithful, loyalist apostle [n] preacher; supporter advocate, champion, companion, converter, evangelist, follower, herald, messenger, missionary, pioneer, propagandist, proponent, proselytizer, witness; concepts 359,361 apotheosis [n] glorication deication, elevation, idolization, immortalization; concepts 69,367 appall/appal [v] horrify alarm, amaze, astound, awe, consternate, daunt, disconcert, dishearten, dismay, faze, frighten, get to*, gross out*, insult, intimidate, outrage, petrify, scare, shake, shock, terrify, throw, unnerve; concepts 7,19,42 Ant. comfort, encourage, reassure, satisfy appalling [adj] horrifying alarming, astounding, awful, bad, daunting, dire, disheartening, dismaying, dreadful, fearful, formidable, frightening, frightful, ghastly, grim, grody*, gross*, harrowing, heavy*, hideous, horrible, horrid, horric, intimidating, mean, petrifying, scaring, shocking, terrible, terrifying, the end*, unnerving; concept 529 Ant. comforting, encouraging, reassuring, satisfying apparatus [n1] equipment with a purpose accoutrement, appliance, black box*, contraption, device, dingbat, doodad*, doohickey*, furnishings, gaff*, gear, gimcrack*, gimmick, gizmo*, grabber*, habiliments, idiot box*, implement, jigger*, job*, machine, machinery, means, mechanism, outt, paraphernalia, provisions, setup, stuff, supplies, tackle, thingamajig*, tools, utensils, whatchamacallit*, whatsis*, whosis*, widget*; concepts 260,463,499 apparatus [n2] organization or system bureaucracy, chain of command, hierarchy, network, setup, structure; concepts 381,770 apparel [n] clothing; covering accoutrement, array, attire, clothes, costume, drapery, dress, duds*, equipment, garb, garment, gear*, getup*, habiliment, habit, outt, raiment, rig*, robe, suit, threads*, trapping, vestment; concepts 451,473 apparent [adj1] seeming, not proven real credible, illusive, illusory, likely, ostensible, outward, plausible, possible, probable, semblant, specious, supercial, supposed, suppositious; concepts 552,582 Ant. doubtful, dubious, equivocal, hidden, improbable, obscure, questionable, real, uncertain, unclear, unlikely

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apparent [adj2] obvious barefaced, big as life*, clear, clear cut, conspicuous, crystal clear, discernible, distinct, evident, glaring, indubitable, make no bones*, manifest, marked, noticeable, observable, open, open and shut*, out in the open*, overt, palpable, patent, perceivable, plain, self-evident, transparent, unambiguous, under ones nose*, understandable, unequivocal, unmistakable, visible; concepts 535,582 apparently [adv1] seemingly allegedly, as if, as though, at a glance, at rst sight, in all likelihood, intuitively, it appears that, it seems that, most likely, on the face of it, ostensibly, outwardly, plausibly, possibly, probably, professedly, reasonably, reputably, speciously, supercially, supposedly, tangibly, to all appearances; concepts 552,582 Ant. dubiously, equivocally, improbably, questionably, uncertain, unlikely apparently [adv2] obviously clearly, conspicuously, evidently, expressly, indubitably, in plain sight, manifestly, ofcially, openly, overtly, palpably, patently, perceptibly, plainly, transparently, unmistakably; concept 535 apparition [n] ghost bogeyman, bump in the night*, chimera, delusion, hallucination, haunt, illusion, phantasm, phantom, revenant, specter, spirit, spook, visitant; concepts 370,689 Ant. animate, being appeal [n1] request for help address, adjuration, application, bid, call, claim, demand, entreaty, imploration, importunity, invocation, overture, petition, plea, prayer, proposal, proposition, question, recourse, requisition, solicitation, submission, suit, supplication; concept 48 Ant. denial, disavowal, disclaimer, refusal, retraction, revocation appeal [n2] power to attract, interest allure, attraction, attractiveness, beauty, charm, charmingness, engagingness, fascination, glamor, interestingness, pleasingness, seductiveness; concepts 655,673 Ant. ugliness appeal [v1] request address, adjure, advance, apply, ask, beg, beseech, bid, call, call upon, claim, contest, crave, demand, entreat, hit on, implore, importune, petition, plead, pray, propose, proposition, question, refer, require, resort to, solicit, strike, submit, sue, supplicate, urge; concept 48 Ant. deny, disclaim, recall, refuse, renounce, retract, revoke appeal [v2] attract, interest allure, beguile, captivate, catch the eye, charm, enchant, engage, entice, fascinate, intrigue, invite, please, tantalize, tempt; concepts 7,19,22, 384 Ant. disgust, turn away, turn off appear [v1] come into sight arise, arrive, attend, be present, be within view, blow in*, bob up*, break through, breeze in*, check in*, clock in*, come, come forth, come into view, come out, come to light*, crop up*, develop, drop in*, emerge, expose, issue, loom, make the scene*, materialize, occur, pop in*, pop up*, present, punch in*, punch the clock*, recur, ring in*, rise, roll in*, show, show up, spring, surface, time in*, turn out, turn up; concepts 159,261 Ant. disappear, hide appear [v2] seem have the appearance, look as if, look like, occur, resemble, sound, strike one as; concepts 543,716 Ant. be real

appear [v3] be obvious, clear be apparent, be evident, be manifest, be patent, be plain; concept 725 appear [v4] be published; perform become available, be created, be developed, be invented, come into being, come into existence, come on, come on stage*, come out, enter, make an appearance, oblige, perform, play, play a part, present oneself, take part; concepts 292,324 appearance [n1] coming into sight actualization, advent, appearing, arrival, coming, debut, display, emergence, entrance, exhibition, introduction, manifestation, materialization, presence, presentation, representation, rise, showing up, turning up, unveiling; concept 159 Ant. absence, departure, disappearance, leaving appearance [n2] outward aspect, characteristic air, attitude, bearing, blind, carriage, cast, character, condition, countenance, demeanor, dress, expression, face, fashion, feature, gure, form, front, guise, image, look, looks, manner, mannerism, mien, mode, outline, pose, presence, presentation, screen, semblance, shape, stamp; concepts 543,716 appearance [n3] outward show; pretense aura, beard*, blind, countenance, dream, facade, front, guise, idea, illusion, image, impression, mirage, phenomenon, reection, screen, seeming, semblance, sound, specter, vision; concept 673 Ant. reality appease [v] satisfy, pacify allay, alleviate, assuage, be enough, blunt, calm, compose, conciliate, content, diminish, do*, ease, gratify, lessen, lull, make matters up, meet halfway, mitigate, mollify, patch things up, placate, propitiate, quell, quench, quiet, serve, soften, soothe, subdue, sweeten, tranquilize; concepts 7,22,126 Ant. aggravate, annoy, incite, irritate, provoke, tease appeasement [n] satisfaction; pacication abatement, acceding, accommodation, adjustment, alleviation, amends, assuagement, blunting, compromise, concession, conciliation, easing, grant, lessening, lulling, mitigation, moderation, mollication, peace offering, placation, propitiation, quelling, quenching, quieting, reconciliation, reparation, restoration, settlement, softening, solace, soothing, tranquilization; concepts 7,22,126 Ant. aggravation, annoyance, irritation, provocation, resistance appellation [n] name designation, epithet, handle*, label, moniker*, nickname, sobriquet, title; concepts 268,683 append [v] add, join adjoin, afx, annex, attach, conjoin, fasten, x, hang, subjoin, supplement, tack on*, tag on*; concepts 85,113,160 Ant. disjoin, subtract, take away appendage [n] limb; accessory addendum, addition, adjunct, ancillary, annex, appendix, appurtenance, attachment, auxiliary, extremity, member, projection, protuberance, supplement; concept 835 Ant. body, trunk appendix [n] added material at end of document addendum, addition, adjunct, appendage, appurtenance, attachment, codicil, excursus, index, notes, postscript, rider, sample, supplement, table, verication; concept 270 appertain [v] belong, be connected apply, bear, be characteristic of, be part of, be pertinent, be

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proper, be relevant, have to do with, pertain, refer, relate, touch upon, vest; concept 532 appetite [n] desire for food, worldly goods appetence, appetency, appetition, big eyes*, craving, demand, fondness, gluttony, greed, hankering, hunger, inclination, itch*, liking, longing, lust, passion, penchant, proclivity, propensity, ravenousness, relish, soft spot*, stomach, sweet tooth*, taste, thirst, urge, voracity, weakness, willingness, yearning, yen, zeal, zest; concepts 20,32 Ant. antipathy, aversion, disgust, dislike, distaste, hatred, indifference, loathing, repulsion, revulsion appetizer [n] snack before meal antipasto, aperitif, canap, cocktail, dip, nger food, hors doeuvre, munchies*, relish, sample, spread, taste, tidbit; concepts 457,828 Ant. meal appetizing [adj] tasting very good aperitive, appealing, delectable, delicious, delish*, divine*, avorsome, heavenly, inviting, luscious, mouthwatering, palatable, saporous, savory, scrumptious, succulent, sugar-coated*, sweetened, tantalizing, tasty, tempting, toothsome, yummy*; concept 613 Ant. disgusting, distasteful, unappetizing, unsavory applaud [v] clap for; express approval acclaim, approve, boost, cheer, commend, compliment, encourage, eulogize, extol, give a hand*, give ovation, glorify, hail, hear it for*, kudize*, laud, magnify, plug, praise, rave, recommend, root*; concepts 10,69,189 Ant. keep silent applause [n] clapping; expression of approval acclaim, acclamation, accolade, approbation, big hand, bring down the house*, cheering, cheers, commendation, eulogizing, hand, handclapping, hurrahs, kudos, laudation, ovation, plaudits, praise, rooting, round, standing ovation; concepts 69,189 Ant. silence appliance [n] machine, usually with domestic purpose apparatus, device, gadget, implement, instrument, mechanism, tool; concept 463 applicable [adj] appropriate applicative, applicatory, apposite, apropos, apt, associable, betting, felicitous, t, tting, germane, kosher, legit*, material, on target*, on the button*, on the nose*, pertinent, relevant, right on*, suitable, suited, thats the idea*, thats the ticket*, to the point, to the purpose, useful; concepts 558,563 Ant. inapplicable, inappropriate, unsuitable applicant [n] person trying for position appellant, aspirant, candidate, claimant, hopeful, inquirer, petitioner, postulant, seeker, suitor, suppliant; concepts 348,359 Ant. boss, manager application [n1] use appliance, appositeness, employment, exercise, exercising, function, germaneness, operation, pertinence, play, practice, purpose, relevance, usance, utilization, value; concepts 680,694 application [n2] request appeal, blank, claim, demand, draft, entreaty, form, inquiry, letter, paper, petition, requisition, solicitation, suit; concept 48 application [n3] hard work assiduity, attention, attentiveness, busyness, commitment, concentration, consideration, dedication, deliberation, diligence, effort, industry, perseverance, study, zeal; concepts 91,410

application [n4] putting substance on another administering, administration, applying, creaming, dosing, oiling, rubbing, treatment; concept 200 applied [adj] used activated, adapted, adjusted, brought to bear, correlated, devoted, enforced, exercised, practiced, related, tested, utilized; concepts 538,546 apply [v1] put into use administer, assign, bring into play, bring to bear, employ, engage, execute, exercise, exploit, handle, implement, practice, utilize; concept 225 apply [v2] be appropriate, relevant affect, allude, appertain, be applicable, bear upon, be pertinent, concern, connect, t, involve, pertain, refer, regard, relate, suit, touch; concept 532 apply [v3] put substance on another administer, afx, anoint, bestow, cover, fasten, join, lay on, massage, paint, place, put on, rub, smear, spread, touch; concept 200 apply [v4] ask, request appeal, claim, demand, inquire, petition, put in, put in for, requisition, solicit, sue; concept 48 apply [v5] work hard address, bear down, be diligent, be industrious, bend, buckle down*, commit, concentrate, dedicate, devote, dig, direct, give, give all ones got*, give best shot*, give old college try*, grind, hammer away*, hit the ball*, hustle*, knuckle down*, make effort, peg away*, persevere, plug*, pour it on*, pull out all stops*, scratch, study, sweat*, throw, try, turn; concepts 87,100 appoint [v1] assign responsibility; decide accredit, allot, assign, choose, command, commission, decree, delegate, designate, determine, direct, elect, enjoin, establish, nger, x, install, name, nominate, ordain, select, set, settle, tap; concepts 41,50,88 Ant. dismiss, re, refuse, reject appoint [v2] furnish arm, equip, t, t out, gear, outt, provide, rig, supply, turn out; concept 140 Ant. not give, unfurnish appointment [n1] arrangement for meeting; prearranged meeting assignation, assignment, blind date*, consultation, date, engagement, errand, gig, interview, invitation, meet, rendezvous, session, tryst, zero hour*; concepts 324,384 appointment [n2] assignment of responsibility allotment, approval, assigning, authorization, certication, choice, choosing, commissioning, delegation, deputation, designation, election, empowering, installation, naming, nomination, ordination, promotion, selection; concept 41 appointment [n3] job, position of responsibility appointee, assignment, berth, candidate, delegate, employment, nominee, ofce, ofceholder, place, post, representative, situation, station, work; concept 349 appointment [n4] furnishing(s) accoutrement, appurtenance, equipage, tting, xture, gear, outt, paraphernalia, trappings; concept 475 apportion [v] divide into shares accord, admeasure, administer, allocate, allot, assign, bestow, cut, cut up, deal, dispense, distribute, divvy, divvy up, dole out, give, lot, measure, mete, parcel, part, partition, piece up, prorate, ration, slice, split, split up; concepts 98,108 Ant. hold, keep, monopolize, withhold

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appraisal [n] judgment, estimation appraisement, assessment, estimate, evaluation, opinion, pricing, rating, reckoning, stock, survey, valuation; concepts 18,328,766 appraise [v] judge, estimate adjudge, assay, assess, audit, calculate, check, check out*, deem, evaluate, examine, eye*, gure, gure in, gure out, gauge, guesstimate*, have ones number*, inspect, look over, peg, price, rate, read, review, set at, size, survey, take account of, valuate, value; concepts 18,764 appreciable [adj] easily noticed; considerable apparent, ascertainable, clear-cut, denite, detectable, discernible, distinguishable, estimable, evident, goodly, good-sized, healthy, large, manifest, marked, material, measurable, noticeable, observable, obvious, perceivable, perceptible, plain, pronounced, recognizable, sensible, signicant, sizable, substantial, tangible, visible; concepts 619,781 Ant. imperceptible, inconsiderable, negligible, unappreciable, unnoticed appreciate [v1] be grateful, thankful acknowledge, be appreciative, be indebted, be obliged, enjoy, ip over*, freak out on*, get high on*, give thanks, groove on*, welcome; concepts 12,32,76 Ant. be critical, criticize, disparage, disregard, neglect, overlook appreciate [v2] increase in worth enhance, gain, grow, improve, inate, raise the value of, rise; concept 763 Ant. decrease, depreciate, lose value appreciate [v3] recognize worth acknowledge, apprehend, be aware of, be cognizant of, be conscious of, catch the drift, comprehend, dig, fathom, grasp, know, perceive, read, realize, recognize, savvy, see daylight*, sympathize with, take account of, understand; concept 15 appreciate [v4] value highly admire, adore, applaud, apprise, cherish, enjoy, esteem, extol, honor, like, look up to, love, praise, prize, rate highly, regard, relish, respect, savor, treasure; concepts 10,32 appreciation [n1] thankfulness acknowledgment, gratefulness, gratitude, indebtedness, obligation, recognition, testimonial, thanks, tribute; concepts 12,32 Ant. criticism, disparagement, disregard, neglect appreciation [n2] increase in worth enhancement, gain, growth, improvement, ination, rise; concepts 346,763 Ant. decrease, depreciation, loss appreciation [n3] recognition of worth admiration, aesthetic sense, affection, appraisal, assessment, attraction, awareness, cognizance, commendation, comprehension, enjoyment, esteem, estimation, grasp, high regard, knowledge, liking, love, perception, realization, recognition, regard, relish, respect, responsivenesss, sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity, sympathy, understanding, valuation; concepts 15,409 appreciative [adj1] thankful beholden, grateful, indebted, obliged, responsive; concept 403 Ant. unappreciative, ungrateful appreciative [adj2] understanding, recognizing worth admiring, affectionate, alive, aware, cognizant, conscious, considerate, cooperative, cordial, enlightened, enthusiastic, favorable, friendly, generous, keen, kindly, knowledgeable, magnanimous, mindful, perceptive,

pleased, receptive, regardful, respectful, responsive, satised, sensitive, supportive, sympathetic, understanding; concept 402 Ant. ignorant, neglectful apprehend [v1] catch and arrest bag*, bust*, capture, collar, cop*, grab, nab, nail*, place under arrest, run in, seize, take in, take into custody, take prisoner; concepts 90,191,317 Ant. lose, not catch apprehend [v2] understand absorb, accept, appreciate, believe, catch, comprehend, conceive, digest, fathom, get, get the picture*, grasp, have, imagine, know, perceive, read, realize, recognize, sense, think; concept 15 Ant. misunderstand apprehension [n1] anxiety, fear alarm, apprehensiveness, concern, disquiet, doubt, dread, foreboding, misgiving, mistrust, premonition, presage, presentiment, suspicion, trepidation, uneasiness, worry; concepts 27,690 Ant. calmness, ease apprehension [n2] catching and arresting booking, capture, collaring, detention, seizure, taking; concepts 90,317 apprehension [n3] understanding awareness, comprehension, grasp, idea, intellect, intelligence, judgment, ken, knowledge, notion, perception, perspicacity, thought; concept 409 Ant. imperception, misunderstanding apprehensive [adj] anxious, fearful afraid, alarmed, biting nails*, butteries*, concerned, disquieted, doubtful, feel in bones*, foreboding, frozen*, get vibes*, have a hunch*, have cold feet*, have funny feeling*, have stage fright*, hung up*, in a cold sweat*, in a dither*, in a sweat*, jellysh*, jittery, jumpy, lily-livered*, mistrustful, running scared*, scaredy-cat*, shaky*, stiff, suspicious, troubled, uncertain, uneasy, uptight, weak, worried, worried sick*; concept 403 Ant. at ease, calm, quiet, unafraid, undoubting, unfearful, unsuspicious, unworried apprentice [n] novice/learner of a trade amateur, beginner, unky*, greenhorn*, heel*, neophyte, newcomer, new kid on block*, novitiate, probationer, pupil, rook*, rookie*, starter, student, tenderfoot*, tyro; concepts 348,423 Ant. mentor, teacher apprise [v] tell advise, brief, enlighten, ll in, inform, notify, tip off; concepts 57,60,75 approach [n1] way, means of arriving access, accession, advance, advent, avenue, coming, drawing near, entrance, gate, landing, nearing, passage, path, reaching, road, way; concepts 159,501 Ant. departure, distancing, leaving approach [n2] request, suggestion advance, appeal, application, offer, overture, proposal, proposition; concept 278 approach [n3] plan of attack, resolution attitude, concept, course, crack, ing, go*, idea, lick, manner, means, method, mode, modus operandi, new wrinkle*, offer, procedure, program, shot, stab, style, technique, way, whack*, wrinkle*; concepts 655,660 approach [v1] come nearer advance, approximate, bear, be comparable to, be like, belly up to*, border, buzz*, catch up, close in, come, come at, come close, compare with, contact, converge, correspond to, creep up, draw near,

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equal, gain on, go toward, impend, loom up, match, meet, move in on, move toward, near, progress, reach, resemble, surround, take after, threaten, verge upon; concepts 159,198,701 Ant. depart, distance, go away, leave approach [v2] make request, suggestion accost, address, advise, appeal to, apply to, beseech, confer, consult, entreat, feel, feel one out*, give a play*, give a tumble*, greet, implore, make advance, make overture, make up to, plead, propose, sound out, speak to, supplicate, take aside, talk to, thumb, tumble; concepts 48,75 approach [v3] begin commence, embark, set about, start, undertake; concept 234 approachable [adj1] accessible attainable, come-at-able*, convenient, doors always open*, getable*, obtainable, reachable; concept 576 Ant. formal, inaccessible, unapproachable, unreachable approachable [adj2] friendly affable, agreeable, congenial, cordial, open, receptive, sociable; concept 404 Ant. uncongenial, unfriendly, unsociable approbation [n] praise admiration, approval, bells*, consent, endorsement, esteem, favor, goahead*, high regard, okay, permission, recognition, sanction, support, the nod*; concepts 10, 69 Ant. criticism, disapprobation appropriate [adj] suitable adapted, applicable, appurtenant, apropos, apt, becoming, betting, belonging, congruous, convenient, correct, deserved, desired, due, felicitous, t, tting, germane, good, just, on the button*, on the nose*, opportune, pertinent, proper, relevant, right, rightful, seemly, tailor-made, true, useful, well-suited, well-timed; concept 558 Ant. improper, unbecoming, untting, unseemly, unsuitable, unsuited appropriate [v1] set aside; allocate allot, allow, appoint, apportion, assign, budget, devote, disburse, earmark, reserve, set apart; concept 135 Ant. keep, refuse, reject appropriate [v2] steal annex, borrow, clap*, conscate, cop, embezzle, lch, get ngers on*, get hands on*, glom on to*, grab, grab hold of*, hijack, liberate, lift, misappropriate, moonlight requisition*, pilfer, pocket, secure, snatch, swipe*, take over, usurp; concept 139 Ant. bequeath, bestow, give, return appropriation [n1] allocation, setting aside allotment, allowance, apportionment, assignment, budgeting, concession, donation, earmarking, endowing, funding, giving, grant, provision, setting apart, sponsoring, stipend, stipulation, subsidy; concepts 135,340 Ant. keeping, refusal, rejection appropriation [n2] stealing conscation, embezzlement, expropriation, grab, misappropriation, pilfering, seizure, takeover, taking, usurpation; concept 139 Ant. bestowal, giving, return approval [n1] authorization acquiescence, assent, bells*, blessing, compliance, concurrence, conrmation, consent, countenance, endorsement, go-ahead*, green light*, leave, license, mandate, okay, permission, ratication, recommendation, sanction, support, the nod*, validation; concepts 10,685 Ant. disapproval, opposition, refusal, rejection

approval [n2] good opinion acclaim, admiration, applause, appreciation, approbation, commendation, esteem, favor, liking, pat on the back*, pat on the head*, PR*, praise, puff, pumping up, regard, respect, strokes, stroking, wow*; concept 32 Ant. disapproval, disfavor, dislike, hatred approve [v1] agree something is good accept, acclaim, admire, applaud, appreciate, approbate, be big on*, commend, countenance, esteem, face it, favor, go along with, grin and bear it*, handle, like, live with*, praise, put up with, regard highly, respect, roll with punches*, string along with*, take up on*, think highly of; concept 10 Ant. disagree, disapprove approve [v2] allow, authorize accede, accept, accredit, acquiesce, advocate, afrm, agree, assent, authorize, back*, bless*, boost, buy, buy into*, certify, charter, concur, conrm, consent, dig*, empower, encourage, endorse, establish, get behind, give go-ahead*, go along with, groove*, hats off to*, lap up*, license, maintain, make law, make valid, mandate, okay, permit, pronounce, push for, ratify, recommend, sanction, seal, second, sign, sign off on, stump for, subscribe to, support, thumbs up*, uphold, validate; concepts 50,83,88 Ant. disallow, disapprove, invalidate, oppose, refuse, reject approximate [adj1] almost accurate, exact almost, close, comparative, near, proximate, relative, rough; concept 557 Ant. accurate, clear, denite, exact, precise approximate [adj2] inexact estimated, guessed, imperfect, imprecise, loose, rough, surmised, uncertain, unprecise, unscientic; concept 557 approximate [adj3] similar alike, analogous, close, comparable, like, matching, near, relative, resembling, verging on; concepts 487,573 Ant. dissimilar, exact, same approximate [adj4] near adjacent, bordering, close together, contiguous, nearby, neighboring; concept 586 Ant. away, far approximate [v] come close approach, border on, come near, estimate, near, reach, resemble, touch, verge on; concept 664 approximately [adv] nearly about, almost, around, ballpark gure*, bordering on, circa, closely, close to, comparatively, generally, in the ballpark*, in the neighborhood of, in the region of, in the vicinity of, just about, loosely, more or less, most, much, not far from, not quite, proximately, relatively, roughly, upwards of*, very close; concept 566 Ant. accurately, clearly, denitely, exactly, precisely apropos [adj] relevant, suitable applicable, apposite, appropriate, apt, betting, belonging, correct, t, tting, germane, kosher*, legit*, material, on the button*, on the nose*, opportune, pertinent, proper, related, right, right on*, seemly; concept 558 Ant. inappropriate, irrelevant, unsuitable apropos [adv] relevantly, suitably appropriately, aptly, opportunely, pertinently, suitably, timely; concept 558 Ant. inappropriately, irrelevantly, unsuitably apropos [prep] in respect of about, against, as for, as regards, as to, concerning, on the subject

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of, regarding, respecting, touching, toward, with reference to, with respect to; concept 532 apt [adj1] suitable applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, betting, correct, felicitous, t, tting, germane, happy, just, pertinent, proper, relevant, seemly, suitable, timely; concept 558 Ant. incorrect, unsuitable apt [adj2] tending, inclined disposed, given, liable, likely, of a mind, prone, ready; concept 542 Ant. disinclined, inapt apt [adj3] quick to learn able, adept, astute, bright, clever, expert, gifted, ingenious, intelligent, nobodys fool*, no dummy*, not born yesterday*, prompt, quick on the trigger*, quick on the uptake*, ready, savvy, sharp, skilled, skillful, smart, talented, teachable; concept 402 Ant. incapable, stupid, unskilled aptitude [n1] inclination bent, disposition, drift, leaning, predilection, proclivity, proneness, propensity, tendency; concept 657 Ant. disinclination, inaptitude, skillessness aptitude [n2] quickness at learning ability, capability, capacity, cleverness, competence, faculty, air, gift, giftedness, intelligence, knack, prociency, savvy, smarts, stuff*, talent, what it takes*; concept 409 Ant. incapacity, stupidity aquarium [n] sh tank aquatic museum, shbowl, marine exhibit; concepts 396,438,514 aquatic [adj] occurring in water amphibian, amphibious, oating, marine, maritime, natatory, oceanic, of the sea, sea, swimming, watery; concepts 396,536 aqueduct [n] canal channel, conduit, course, duct, pipeline, water passage, waterworks; concept 514 arbiter [n] person who settles dispute adjudicator, arbitrator, xer, go-between, holdout, judge, maven, mediator, middleperson, moderator, referee, umpire; concept 354 arbitrary [adj1] whimsical, chance approximate, capricious, discretionary, erratic, fanciful, frivolous, inconsistent, injudicious, irrational, irresponsible, offhand, optional, random, subjective, supercilious, supercial, unaccountable, unreasonable, unscientic, wayward, willful; concepts 534,542 Ant. circumspect, rational, reasonable, reasoned, supported arbitrary [adj2] dictatorial absolute, autocratic, bossy, despotic, dogmatic, domineering, downright, at out*, high-handed, imperious, magisterial, monocratic, no ifs ands or buts*, no joke*, overbearing, peremptory, straight out*, summary, tyrannical, tyrannous; concept 401 Ant. democratic arbitrate [v] achieve settlement adjudge, adjudicate, adjust, bring to terms, come to school, come to terms, conciliate, decide, determine, hammer out a deal*, interpose, intervene, judge, make a deal, mediate, meet halfway, negotiate, parley, pass judgment, placate, play ball*, reconcile, referee, settle, smooth, soothe, step in, straighten out, strike happy medium*, trade off, umpire, work out a deal; concepts 126,300 Ant. let ride arbitration [n] settlement of dispute adjudication, adjustment, agreement, compromise, decision, determination, judgment, mediation; concepts 126,300

arbitrator [n] settler of a dispute adjudicator, arbiter, xer, go-between, holdout, judge, maven, mediator, middleperson, referee, umpire; concepts 348,359 arc [n] curve arch, bend, bow, crescent, curvation, curvature, half-moon, round; concept 436 arcade [n] covered way cloister, colonnade, gallery, loggia, mall, passageway, piazza, portico, stoa, walkway; concept 501 arcane [adj] hidden, secret cabalistic, esoteric, impenetrable, mysterious, mystic, occult, recondite, unaccountable, unknowable; concept 576 Ant. common, commonplace, known, normal, outward arch [adj1] principal, superior accomplished, champion, chief, consummate, expert, nished, rst, foremost, greatest, head, highest, leading, main, major, master, preeminent, premier, primary, top; concept 574 Ant. inferior arch [adj2] knowing, coy artful, frolicsome, mischievous, pert, playful, roguish, saucy, sly, waggish, wily; concept 401 arch [n] curve, curved structure arc, archway, bend, bow, curvature, dome, semicircle, span, vault; concept 436 arch [v] curve arc, bend, bow, bridge, camber, extend, form, hook, hump, hunch, round, shape, span, stretch; concept 184 archaeologist [n] student of the physical remains of ancient cultures or eras archaeologian, classicist, excavator, paleologist, paleontologist, prehistorian; concept 348 archaeology [n] study of the physical remains of ancient cultures or eras antiquarianism, excavation, paleohistory, paleology, paleontology, prehistory; concept 349 archaic [adj] very old ancient, antiquated, antique, bygone, obsolete, olden, old-fashioned, outmoded, out of date, pass, primitive, superannuated; concepts 578,797 Ant. current, modern, new, present, young arched [adj] vaulted bowed, curved, domed, embowed, rounded; concept 486 archetypal [adj] most typical average, classic, clichd, conventional, exemplary, hackneyed, model, most characteristic, paradigmatic, prime, quintessential, representative, standard, stereotypical, stock, textbook, trite; concept 530 Ant. atypical, unique archetype [n] typical example classic exemplar, form, ideal, model, original, paradigm, pattern, perfect specimen, prime example, prototype, standard; concepts 636,686 Ant. atypical architect [n] person who designs buildings artist, builder, creator, designer, draftsperson, engineer, inventor, maker, master builder, originator, planner, prime mover; concept 348 architecture [n1] design of buildings architectonics, building, construction, engineering, planning; concepts 349,439 architecture [n2] design, structure of something composition, constitution, construction, formation, framework, make-up, style; concepts 660,733 archive [n] collection, usually of records annals, chronicles, clippings, documents, excerpts, extracts, les, papers, registers, roll, scrolls, writings; concepts 271,281,432

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archives [n] place where records are stored athenaeum, library, museum, ofce, registry, repository, storage, treasury, vault; concept 439 archway [n] curved opening entrance, passage; concept 440 arctic [adj] very cold chill, chilly, cool, freezing, frigid, frosty, frozen, gelid, glacial, icy, nippy, polar; concept 605 Ant. tropic ardent [adj1] very enthusiastic agog, avid, blazing, burning, desirous, eager, fervent, fervid, erce, ery, horny*, hot*, hungry, impassioned, intense, keen, lovey-dovey*, lusty, passionate, spirited, thirsty, vehement, warm, zealous; concepts 401,404 Ant. cold, cold-blooded, cool, dispassionate, frigid, indifferent, lukewarm, unenthusiastic ardent [adj2] loyal allegiant, constant, devoted, faithful, resolute, steadfast, true; concept 404 Ant. disloyal ardor [n] enthusiasm avidity, devotion, eagerness, earnestness, feeling, fervor, erceness, re, gusto, heat, intensity, jazz*, keenness, oomph*, passion, pep talk*, spirit, turn on*, vehemence, verve, warmth, weakness*, zeal, zest, zing; concept 411 Ant. coldness, coolness, frigidity, indifference arduous [adj] difcult, hard to endure backbreaking, burdensome, exhausting, fatiguing, formidable, grueling, harsh, heavy, labored, laborious, murder, no picnic*, onerous, painful, punishing, rigorous, rough, severe, strenuous, taxing, tiring, toilsome, tough, troublesome, trying, uphill; concept 565 Ant. easy, facile, motivating area [n1] extent, scope of a surface breadth, compass, distance, expanse, eld, operation, range, size, space, sphere, stretch, width; concepts 651,792 area [n2] region, district belt, block, city, county, division, domain, dominion, enclosure, eld, kingdom, locality, neck of the woods*, neighborhood, parcel, patch, plot, precinct, principality, quarter, section, sector, sphere, square, state, stretch, territory, township, tract, turf, vicinity, ward, zone; concept 508 arena [n1] building or enclosure for entertainment or sports amphitheatre, boards*, bowl*, circus, coliseum, course, diamond, eld, gridiron, ground, gym, gymnasium, hippodrome, ice, park, pit, platform, ring, rink, square, stadium, stage; concept 438 arena [n2] area of activity battleeld, battleground, domain, eld, province, realm, scene, sector, sphere, territory, theatre; concept 198 argot [n] jargon cant, dialect, idiom, lingo, parlance, patois, slang, terminology, vernacular, vocabulary; concept 276 arguable [adj1] tenable able to hold water*, assertable, believable, conceivable, credible, defendable, defensible, feasible, imaginable, maintainable, rational, reasonable, supportable, sustainable, viable, workable; concept 552 Ant. untenable arguable [adj2] debatable contentious, controversial, disputable, doubtful, dubious, moot, open to question, questionable, uncertain, unsure; concept 267 Ant. certain argue [v1] verbally ght altercate, bandy, battle, bicker, break with, buck, bump heads, contend,

cross, cross swords, disagree, dispute, face down, face off, feud, gang up on, get in ones face*, go one on one, hammer, hammer away, hash, hash over, hassle, have at each other, have at it, jump, jump on, knock around, lock horns*, mix it up*, pettifog, pick an argument, put up a ght, put up a struggle, quarrel, quibble, rehash, row, sass, set to, sock it to*, squabble, stick it to, talk back, wrangle; concept 46 Ant. agree, harmonize, ignore, overlook argue [v2] try to convince; present support appeal, assert, attest, claim, contend, controvert, defend, demonstrate, denote, display, elucidate, establish, evince, exhibit, explain, hold, imply, indicate, justify, maintain, manifest, persuade, plead, present, prevail upon, reason, show, suggest, talk into, testify, vindicate, warrant, witness; concept 68 Ant. agree, comply argue [v3] discuss agitate, canvass, clarify, debate, dispute, expostulate, hold, maintain, question, reason, remonstrate, talk about; concepts 46,56 Ant. abstain, keep quiet, keep silent argument [n1] verbal ght altercation, beef, bickering, blowup, bone, bone of contention, bone to pick*, brannigan*, brawl, brush, clash, controversy, crusher*, debate, difference of opinion, disagreement, dispute, donnybrook, dustup*, exchange, face-off, falling, feud, nisher*, ap, fuss, gin*, go*, hassle, knockdown*, knock down and drag out*, out, quarrel, rhubarb*, romp, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, run-in, scene, scrap, set-to, shindy*, spat, squabble, static*, stew*, talking heads*, tiff, words, wrangle; concept 46 argument [n2] effort to convince; presentation of support argumentation, assertion, case, claim, contention, debate, defense, discussion, exchange, expostulation, grounds, line of reasoning, logic, plea, pleading, polemic, proof, questioning, reason, reasoning, remonstrance, remonstration; concept 68 argumentative [adj] wanting to quarrel belligerent, combative, contentious, contrary, controversial, disputatious, factious, re-eating, having a chip on ones shoulder*, litigious, opinionated, pugnacious, quarrelsome, salty, scrappy, spiky, touchy; concept 401 Ant. agreeable, complaisant, friendly aria [n] operatic solo descant, hymn, song; concepts 263,595 arid [adj1] dry barren, bone-dry, desert, dry as a bone, dry as dust, dusty, moistureless, parched, thirsty, waterless; concept 603 Ant. damp, humid, moist, wet arid [adj2] uninterested, spiritless boring, colorless, drab, dreary, dry, dull, at, insipid, lackluster, lifeless, tedious, unanimated, uninspired, vapid, wearisome; concept 542 Ant. interested, lively, spirited arise [v1] come into being; proceed appear, begin, come to light, commence, crop up, derive, emanate, emerge, ensue, ow, follow, happen, head, issue, occur, originate, result, rise, set in, spring, start, stem; concept 105 arise [v2] get, stand, or go up ascend, climb, jump, mount, move upward, pile out*, rise, rise and shine*, roll out*, soar, stand, tower, turn out, wake up; concepts 154,166 Ant. lay, lie, sit

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aristocracy [n] privileged class, government elite, gentility, gentry, haut monde, high society, nobility, noblesse, patricians, patriciate, peerage, society, upper class, upper crust*; concepts 296,423 Ant. commoners, plebites, proletariat aristocrat [n] privileged person blueblood, gentleperson, lace curtain*, noble, patrician, peer, silk stocking, swell*, upper cruster*; concept 423 Ant. commoner, plebian, proletariat aristocratic [adj] privileged, elegant aloof, blue-blooded, courtly, dignied, elegant, elite, ne, haughty, noble, patrician, polished, rened, snobbish, stylish, upper-class, well-born, well-bred; concept 555 Ant. low-born, low-life, poor, unprivileged, vulgar, wanting arithmetic [n] mathematics addition, calculation, computation, division, estimation, guring, multiplication, reckoning, subtraction; concepts 349,764 arm [n1] limb, appendage bender, bough, bow, branch, n, apper, ipper, handle, hook, member, offshoot, projection, prong, rod, stump, wing; concepts 392,471 arm [n2] subdivision, annex afliate, authority, block, branch, command, department, detachment, division, ell, extension, force, offshoot, power, projection, section, sector, wing; concepts 824,835 Ant. body, division, main arm [n3] narrow body of water branch, brook, channel, creek, estuary, rth, fjord, inlet, rivulet, sound, strait, stream, subdivision, tributary; concept 514 arm [v] equip with weapon or power accouter, appoint, array, deck, equalize, fortify, furnish, gear, gird, guard, heel*, heel up*, issue, load, load up, lug iron*, make ready, mobilize, outt, pack, pack a rod*, prepare, prime, protect, provide, rig, rod up*, strengthen, supply, tote; concepts 50,88,182 Ant. disarm armada [n] group of ships or aircraft eet, otilla, force, navy, squadron; concepts 432,504,506 armament(s) [n] weapon(s) ammunition, arms, defense, gun, hardware, heat*, material, materiel, munitions, ordnance, protection, security, weaponry; concept 500 armed [adj] with weapon accoutered, equipped, tted out, girded, loaded, outtted, packing*, steeled, supplied; concept 182 armistice [n] peace-establishing agreement ceasere, suspension, treaty, truce; concepts 230,684 Ant. dispute, ght, war armor [n] protective covering, often made of metal bulletproof vest, defense, guard, mail, plate, protection, security, sheath, shield; concepts 451,476 armory [n] military building, usually for storing weapons arsenal, center, depot, dump, factory, headquarters, magazine, plant, range; concepts 321,439 arms [n1] weaponry accoutrements, armaments, artillery, equipment, rearms, guns, munitions, ordnance, panoply, weapons; concept 500 arms [n2] family crest blazonry, coat, emblazonry, emblem, ensign, escutcheon, heraldry, insignia, shield, signet; concepts 284,625 army [n1] military force, usually for land armed force, artillery, battalion, battery, brigade, cavalry, column, command, company, corps, de-

tail, division, ight, formation, infantry, legion, outt, patrol unit, platoon, regiment, soldiers, soldiery, squad, troops, wing; concept 322 army [n2] group resembling military force array, cloud, company, crowd, division, ock, horde, host, legion, mob, multitude, outt, pack, regiment, scores, swarm, throng, unit; concept 417 aroma [n] distinctive smell balm, bouquet, fragrance, incense, odor, perfume, redolence, scent, spice; concept 599 aromatic [adj] distinctive smelling ambrosial, balmy, fragrant, odoriferous, perfumed, pungent, redolent, savory, scented, spicy, sweet, sweet-smelling; concept 598 Ant. acrid, bland, unsavory around [adv1] situated on sides, circumference, or in general area about, all over, any which way, encompassing, everywhere, in the vicinity, in this area, neighboring, over, throughout; concept 581 around [adv2] close to a place about, almost, approximately, close at hand, near, nearby; concept 586 arouse [v] excite, entice agitate, alert, animate, awaken, call, challenge, electrify, enliven, re up, foment, foster, goad, heat up, incite, iname, instigate, kindle, move, provoke, rally, rouse, send, spark, spur, stimulate, stir, thrill, turn on, waken, wake up, warm, whet, whip up, work up; concepts 7,19,22 Ant. bore, calm, lull, quiet arraign [v] accuse blame, charge, criminate, hang on, incriminate, inculpate, indict, lay at ones door*, pin it on*, point the nger at*, summon; concepts 44,317 Ant. discharge, exonerate, free, let go arraignment [n] accusation bill of indictment, charge, citation, denunciation, impeachment, indictment, prosecution, summons, trial; concept 54 Ant. acquittal arrange [v1] put in an order align, array, class, classify, clear the decks, dispose, le, x up, form, group, line up, methodize, organize, police, police up, position, put in good shape*, put in order*, put to rights*, range, rank, regulate, sort, spruce, spruce up, systematize, tidy, whip into shape*; concepts 84,158 Ant. confuse, derange, disarrange, disorder, disorganize, disperse, disturb, mix up, scatter arrange [v2] make plans, often involving agreement adapt, adjust, agree to, blueprint, chart, come to terms, compromise, concert, construct, contrive, decide, design, determine, devise, direct, draft, establish, frame*, get act together*, get ready, hammer out a deal*, harmonize, iron out*, lay out, line up, make a connection, make ready, manage, map out, negotiate, organize, prepare, project, promote, provide, pull a wire, pull things together, quarterback*, resolve, schedule, scheme, set stage, settle, shape up, tailor, work out, work out a deal; concepts 36,84 Ant. disorganize, not plan arrange [v3] prepare musical composition differently adapt, instrument, orchestrate, score; concept 292 arrangement [n1] an understanding adjustment, agreement, compact, compromise, deal, frame-up*, game plan*, layout*, organization, package*, package deal*, plan, preparation,

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provision, schedule, settlement, setup, terms; concept 684 arrangement [n2] something that has been ordered alignment, array, classication, combination, composition, design, display, disposition, distribution, form, grouping, lineup, method, ordering, organization, pattern, pecking order*, ranging, rank, sequence, setup, structure, system; concepts 84,727 arrangement [n3] musical adaptation chart, composition, instrumentation, interpretation, lead sheet, orchestration, score, version; concepts 262,595 arrant [adj] agrant absolute, blatant, glaring, notorious, out-and-out, unmitigated, unregenerate; concepts 401,545,576 array [n1] collection, considerable group arrangement, batch, body, bunch, bundle, clump, cluster, design, display, disposition, exhibition, formation, host, lineup, lot, multitude, order, parade, pattern, set, show, supply, throng; concepts 432,769,787 array [n2] ne clothes apparel, attire, drapes*, dress, duds*, nery, full dress, garb, garments, getup*, rig*, threads*; concept 451 array [v1] arrange in collection or order align, display, exhibit, form, group, line up, methodize, organize, parade, range, set, show, systematize; concept 84 array [v2] dress in ne clothes attire, bedeck, clothe, deck, deck out, decorate, dog out*, drape, dud, dude up*, t, t out, garb, outt, suit up, tog, try on, turn out, wrap; concept 167 arrears [n] debt back payment, balance due, claim, debit, deciency, decit, liability, obligation, unpaid bill; concepts 332,335 arrest [n1] taking into custody accommodation, apprehension, appropriation, bag*, booby trap*, bust, captivity, capture, collar, commitment, connement, constraint, crimp*, detention, drop*, fall*, gaff*, glom*, grab*, heat*, hook*, imprisonment, incarceration, jailing, mitt*, nab*, nail*, nick*, nip*, pickle*, pick up*, pinch*, preventive custody, protective custody, pull*, pull in*, restraining, run in*, sequestering, snare, sweep*; concepts 90,317 arrest [n2] slowing or stopping blockage, cessation, check, checking, delay, end, halt, hindrance, inhibition, interruption, obstruction, prevention, restraining, restraint, stalling, stay, staying, stoppage, suppression, suspension; concepts 121,234 Ant. activation, encouragement, letting go, release arrest [v1] take into authorized custody apprehend, bag*, book, brace*, bust, capture, catch, collar, detain, drop*, gaff*, get*, glom*, grab*, hook*, imprison, incarcerate, jail, kick*, nab*, nail*, net*, nick*, pick up*, pinch*, pull*, pull in*, put the arm on*, put the cuffs on*, round up*, roust*, run in*, secure*, seize*, sidetrack*, snag*, tab*, tag*, take in, take prisoner, toss in jail*; concepts 90,317 arrest [v2] stop or slow block, can, check, delay, drop, end, freeze, halt, hinder, hold, inhibit, interrupt, knock off, obstruct, prevent, restrain, restrict, retard, scrub*, shut down, stall, stay, suppress; concepts 121,234 Ant. activate, encourage, let go, release arrest [v3] get someones attention absorb,

catch, engage, engross, fascinate, grip; concepts 7,19,22 arrival [n1] coming to a destination accession, advent, alighting, appearance, approach, arriving, debarkation, disembarkation, dismounting, entrance, happening, homecoming, inux, ingress, landing, meeting, occurrence, return; concept 159 Ant. departure, disappearance, leave arrival [n2] something that makes it to a destination addition, arriver, caller, cargo, comer, conferee, delegate, delivery, entrant, envoy, freight, guest, mail, newcomer, package, parcel, passenger, representative, shipment, tourist, traveler, visitant, visitor; concepts 337,423,712 arrive [v1] come to a destination access, alight, appear, attain, barge in, blow in, bob up*, breeze in*, bust in*, buzz*, check in*, clock in*, disembark, dismount, drop anchor, drop in, enter, fall by, fall in, get to, hit*, hit town*, land*, make it*, make the scene*, pop in*, pop up*, pull in*, punch the clock*, reach, report, roll in*, show, show up, sign in, sky in*, take place, turn up, visit, wind up at; concept 159 Ant. depart, disappear, go, leave arrive [v2] achieve recognition accomplish, become famous, ourish, make good, make it, make the grade, prosper, reach the top, score, succeed, thrive; concept 706 arrogance [n] exaggerated self-opinion airs, aloofness, audacity, bluster, braggadocio, brass*, cheek*, chutzpah*, conceit, conceitedness, contemptuousness, crust*, disdain, disdainfulness, ego, egotism, gall, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, hubris, imperiousness, insolence, loftiness, nerve, ostentation, overbearance, pomposity, pompousness, presumption, pretension, pretentiousness, pride, priggishness, scornfulness, self-importance, self-love, smugness, superciliousness, swagger, vanity; concepts 411,633 Ant. humility, meekness, servility arrogant [adj] having exaggerated self-opinion aloof, assuming, audacious, autocratic, biggety*, bossy, bragging, cavalier, cheeky, cocky, cold-shoulder*, conceited, contemptuous, cool*, disdainful, domineering, egotistic, haughty, high and mighty*, high-handed, imperious, insolent, know-it-all*, lordly, on an ego trip*, overbearing, peremptory, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious, proud, puffed up*, scornful, self-important, smarty, smug, sniffy*, snippy*, snooty*, snotty*, stuck up*, supercilious, superior, swaggering, uppity*, vain, wise guy*; concepts 401,404 Ant. humble, meek, servile, unconceited arrogate [v] claim without justication accroach, appropriate, assume, commandeer, conscate, demand, expropriate, preempt, presume, seize, take, usurp; concepts 142, 266 Ant. appropriate, give, hand over arrow [n] pointed weapon or symbol bolt, cursor, dart, indicator, missile, pointer, projectile, shaft; concept 500 arsenal [n] storage of weapons armory, depository, depot, dump, factory, magazine, ordnance, plant, repository, stock, stockpile, store, storehouse, supply, warehouse; concepts 432,439

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arson [n] intentional burning ring, incendiarism, pyromania, setting re, torching, touching off; concept 249 art [n1] skill, creativity adroitness, aptitude, artistry, craft, craftsmanship, dexterity, expertise, facility, imagination, ingenuity, inventiveness, knack, know-how, knowledge, mastery, method, profession, trade, virtuosity; concept 706 Ant. lack, unskill art [n2] cunning artfulness, artice, astuteness, canniness, craftiness, deceit, duplicity, guile, slyness, trickery, wiliness; concept 411 art [n3] creation meant to communicate or appeal to senses or mind abstraction, carving, description, design, illustration, imitation, modeling, molding, painting, pictorialization, portrayal, representation, sculpting, shaping, simulation, sketching, symbolization; concept 349 Ant. science artery [n] channel avenue, boulevard, canal, conduit, corridor, course, duct, highway, line, passage, pathway, road, route, sewer, thoroughfare, track, tube, way; concept 501 artful [adj] skillful; cunning adept, adroit, clever, crafty, designing, dexterous, foxy*, ingenious, masterly, politic, procient, resourceful, scheming, sharp, shrewd, slick*, sly, smart, smooth*, tricky, wily; concepts 404,528 Ant. artless, ingenuous, naive, unskillful article [n1] item, object commodity, dojigger*, gizmo*, piece, substance, thing, thingamabob*, thingamajig*, unit; concept 433 article [n2] piece of writing beat*, blurb*, column, commentary, composition, discourse, editorial, essay, exposition, feature, item, paper, piece, scoop*, spread, story, theme, think piece*, treatise, write-up; concepts 270,271, 280 article [n3] section of document branch, chapter, clause, detail, division, element, head, heading, item, matter, paragraph, part, passage, piece, point, portion, provision; concepts 270,318 articulate [adj] clearly, coherently spoken clear, coherent, comprehensible, denite, distinct, eloquent, expressive, uent, intelligible, lucid, meaningful, understandable, well-spoken; concept 267 Ant. misrepresented, unclear, unintelligible articulate [v1] say clearly, coherently enunciate, express, mouth, pronounce, say, sound off*, speak, state, talk, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voice; concepts 47,55 Ant. bumble, misrepresent, misspeak articulate [v2] connect concatenate, couple, t together, hinge, integrate, join, link; concept 113 Ant. disconnect articulation [n1] clear, coherent speech delivery, diction, enunciation, expression, pronunciation, saying, speaking, statement, talking, utterance, verbalization, vocalization, voicing; concept 55 Ant. mispronunciation articulation [n2] connection coupling, hinge, joining, joint, junction, juncture, unication, union; concept 113 Ant. disconnection artice [n1] hoax; clever act con, contrivance, device, dodge, expedient, gambit, gimmick*, machination, maneuver, play, ploy, racket*, ruse, savvy, scam*, stratagem, subterfuge, tactic, wile; concept 59 Ant. candor, frankness,

honesty, honor, ingenuousness, innocence, openness, reality, sincerity, truthfulness artice [n2] cunning; deception artfulness, chicanery, craftiness, dishonesty, duplicity, guile, scheming, slyness, trickery, wiliness; concept 411 Ant. candor, frankness, honesty, honor, ingenuousness, innocence, openness, reality, sincerity, truthfulness artice [n3] skill, cleverness ability, adroitness, deftness, facility, nesse, ingenuity, invention, inventiveness, know-how*, skill; concept 630 Ant. artlessness, inability, incapacity, simplicity, uncleverness articial [adj1] fake; imitation bogus, counterfeit, ersatz, fabricated, factitious, faked, false, falsie*, hyped up*, manufactured, mock, phony*, plastic, sham, simulated, specious, spurious, substitute, synthetic, unnatural, unreal; concept 582 Ant. genuine, natural, real articial [adj2] pretended; affected assumed, contrived, false, feigned, forced, hollow, insincere, labored, mannered, meretricious, phony*, put-on, spurious, theatrical, unnatural; concept 401 Ant. genuine, natural, unaffected, unpretentious articial intelligence [n] development of thinking computer systems AI, expert system, natural language processing, neural network, robotics; concepts 269,463 artillery [n] weaponry or military unit arms, battery, bazooka, big guns*, cannon, cannonry, force, gunnery, heavy stuff*, munitions, ordnance, rainmakers*, stovepipe, weapons; concepts 322,500 artist [n] person skilled in creative activity artisan, artiste, authority, composer, craftsperson, creator, expert, handicrafter, inventor, painter, virtuoso, whiz*; concept 352 Ant. scientist artistic [adj1] beautiful, satisfying to senses aesthetic, creative, cultivated, cultured, decorative, dramatic, elegant, exquisite, ne, graceful, grand, harmonious, ideal, imaginative, musical, ornamental, pictorial, picturesque, pleasing, poetic, rened, rhythmical, sensitive, stimulating, stylish, sublime, tasteful; concept 579 Ant. distasteful, horrible, inelegant, ugly artistic [adj2] being skilled in creative activity accomplished, artful, artsy-craftsy*, arty, crafty, discriminating, gifted, imaginative, inventive, skillful, talented; concept 527 Ant. scientic artistry [n] great skill in creative endeavors ability, accomplishment, artfulness, brilliance, craftship, creativity, nesse, air, genius, mastery, prociency, style, talent, taste, touch, virtuosity, workmanship; concepts 630,655 Ant. inability, incapacity, ineptitude artless [adj] simple direct, genuine, guileless, honest, ingenuous, innocent, naive, natural, open, plain, pure, sincere, straight, straightforward, talking turkey*, true, unadorned, unaffected, uncontrived, unpretentious, unsophisticated, up front*; concepts 267,562 Ant. artful, complicated, contrived, pretentious, sophisticated arty [adj] pretended expertise in art; affected interest affected, deceptive, ephemeral, false, aunting, illusory, imitative, overblown, popular, popularized, pretentious, pseudo, tasteless; concept 582

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as [conj1] while, when at the time that, during the time that, in the act of, in the process of, just as, on the point of; concept 544 as [conj2] in the way that; to a degree acting as, being, by its nature, comparatively, equally, essentially, for instance, functioning as, in the manner that, in the same manner with, just as, just for, like, serving as, similarly, such as; concept 544 as [conj3] because as long as, being, cause, considering, for, for the reason that, inasmuch as, now, seeing that, since, whereas; concept 544 as [prep] in the role of being, in the character of, under the name of; concept 544 ascend [v] go up arise, climb, escalate, oat, y, lift off, mount, move up, rise, scale, soar, sprout, take off, tower; concepts 149,166 Ant. decline, descend, go down, lower ascendancy/ascendency [n] domination advantage, authority, command, control, dominance, dominion, edge, inuence, jump*, leg up*, mastery, on top, power, predominance, preeminence, prepotence, prevalence, reign, rule, sovereignty, superiority, supremacy, sway, upper hand*, whip hand*; concepts 376,671 Ant. decline, inferiority, powerlessness, subordination ascension [n] going up ascent, climbing, escalating, ying, mounting, rise, rising, scaling, soaring, towering; concepts 149,166 Ant. declension, decline, descendancy ascent [n1] upward movement ascendance, ascending, ascension, clambering, climb, climbing, lift, mounting, rise, rising, scaling, spring, take off; concept 166 Ant. decline, descent, lowering ascent [n2] upward slope acclivity, grade, gradient, incline, ramp, rise; concepts 738, 757 Ant. decline, descent ascertain [v] make sure catch on, check, check out*, check up on*, conrm, determine, dig*, discover, divine, double-check*, establish, eye*, eyeball*, nd out, x, get down cold*, get down pat*, get hold of*, get it down*, get the hang of*, identify, learn, learn the ropes*, look-see*, make certain, make sure, peg*, pick up*, pick up on*, read, see, settle, size, size up*, tell, verify; concepts 31,34,38 ascetic [adj] self-denying abstaining, abstemious, abstinent, austere, disciplined, puritanical, Spartan, strict; concept 401 ascribe [v] assign to source accredit, attribute, charge, credit, hang on, impute, lay, pin on*, refer, reference, set down; concepts 39,49 ashamed [adj] regretting, remorseful abashed, apologetic, bashful, blushing, chagrined, compunctious, conscience-stricken, contrite, crestfallen, debased, demeaned, discomted, disconcerted, distraught, distressed, embarrassed, ustered, guilty, hesitant, humble, humbled, humiliated, meek, mortied, muddled, penitent, regretful, reluctant, repentant, shamed, shamefaced, sheepish, shy, sorry, stammering, stuttering, submissive; concept 550 Ant. bold, deant, immodest, not sorry, shameless, unregretful, unremorseful, unself-conscious ashen [adj] gray anemic, blanched, cadaverous, colorless, ghastly, gray, leaden, pale, pallid, pasty, sallow, wan, white; concept 618

ash(es) [n] remains of burning charcoal, cinders, dust, embers, powder, relics, remains, ruins, slag, soot; concept 260 ashore [adv] toward, onto land from water aground, beached, on dry land, on land, on shore, shorewards; concept 583 Ant. asea aside [adv] away from; to the side abreast, afar, alone, alongside, apart, away, beside, by oneself, down, in isolation, in reserve, near, nearby, neck and neck, out, out of the way, privately, separately, sidewise; concept 586 Ant. middle aside [n] condential statement departure, digression, discursion, interpolation, interposition, parenthesis, tangent, throwaway*; concept 51 asinine [adj] senseless absurd, cretinous, daft, foolish, half-witted, idiotic, inane, moronic, silly, sophomoric, stupid; concepts 402,548 ask [v1] question buzz*, canvass, catechize, challenge, cross-examine, demand, direct, enjoin, examine, give the third degree*, go over, grill*, hit*, hunt for*, inquire, institute, interrogate, investigate, needle*, pick ones brains*, pop the question*, pry into, pump, put the screws to*, put through the wringer*, query, quiz, request, roast*, sweat*; concept 48 Ant. answer, claim, command, insist, reply, repudiate, tell ask [v2] request angle, appeal, apply, beg, beseech, bite*, bum*, call for, charge, claim, command, contend for, crave, demand, entreat, le for, hit*, hustle*, implore, impose, knock*, levy, mooch*, order, petition, plead, pray, promote*, request, requisition, seek, solicit, sue, supplicate, touch*, urge; concept 53 Ant. answer, claim, command, insist, tell ask [v3] invite bid, call upon, propose, suggest, summon, urge; concept 75 Ant. disinvite, ignore askance [adv] sideways askew, disapprovingly, disdainfully, dubiously, obliquely, sidelong, sideways, skeptically, suspiciously; concepts 581,583 askew [adj] crooked askance, askant, aslant, awry, bent, buckled, catawampus*, cockeyed*, crookedly, curved, knotted, lopsided, oblique, obliquely, off-center, slanted, slanting, to one side, topsy-turvey*, turned, twisted, yaw ways*, zigzag*; concept 586 asleep [adj] unconscious catching some zzzs*, comatose, conked*, crashed*, dormant, dozing, dreaming, aked out*, getting shut-eye*, hibernating, inactive, in dreamland*, inert, in repose, napping, on the kip*, out*, out cold*, out like a light*, out of it*, reposing, resting, sacked out*, sleeping, slumbering, snoozing, snoring, somnolent, taking forty winks*; concepts 210,315,681 Ant. attentive, awake, conscious aspect [n1] visible feature air, appearance, attitude, bearing, condition, countenance, demeanor, expression, face, facet, form, look, manner, mien; concepts 434,628,673 aspect [n2] element to consider angle, bearing, direction, facet, feature, gimmick, hand, outlook, perspective, phase, point of view, position, prospect, regard, scene, side, situation, slant, switch, twist, view, vista; concept 668 Ant. whole

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asperity [n] harshness; bad temper acerbity, acrimony, bitterness, churlishness, crabbiness, crossness, difculty, disagreeableness, irascibility, irritability, meanness, moroseness, peevishness, roughness, sharpness, sourness, sullenness, tartness; concept 633 Ant. calmness, happiness, kindness, mildness aspersion [n] verbal exhibition of bad temper abuse, animadversion, backbiting, backhanded compliment, black eye*, calumny, defamation, detraction, dirty dig*, hit*, invective, knock*, libel, obloquy, put-down*, rap*, slam*, slander, smear*, vituperation; concepts 52,54,58 Ant. calmness, happiness, kindness, mildness asphyxiate [v] cut off air choke, drown, smother, stie, strangle, strangulate, suffocate; concepts 121,246 Ant. breathe, loosen aspirant [n] person with wish, dream applicant, candidate, competitor, contestant, hopeful, postulant, striver, wannabe; concepts 366,423 aspiration [n] goal, hope aim, ambition, ambitiousness, craving, desire, direction, dream, eagerness, endeavor, re in the belly*, hankering, inclination, longing, object, objective, passion, pursuit, push, right stuff*, urge, vocation, wish, work, yearning; concepts 20,659 aspire [v] aim, hope be ambitious, be eager, crave, desire, dream, hanker, long, pursue, seek, strive, struggle, try, want, wish, yearn; concept 20 aspiring [adj] hopeful ambitious, aspirant, eager, eager beaver*, endeavoring, enthusiastic, impassioned, longing, on the make*, striving, wishful, would-be, zealous; concept 403 ass [n] stupid person blockhead*, dolt, donkey*, dope, dunce, fool, idiot, imbecile, jackass*, jerk*, nitwit*, numbskull*, simpleton*, twit*; concept 412 assail [v] attack, usually with words abuse, assault, bash, berate, beset, blast, blister, bust, charge, come at, criticize, encounter, have at*, impugn, invade, lambaste, lay into*, malign, maltreat, molest, revile, set upon*, trash*, vilify, work over; concepts 52,86 assailant [n] attacker aggressor, antagonist, assaulter, bushwhacker*, enemy, foe, goon*, hit person, invader, mugger, opposite number*, trigger person; concept 412 assassin [n] murderer of prominent or important person butcher*, clipper*, dropper*, eliminator, enforcer, executioner, guerrilla*, gun*, gun person, hatchet person, hit person, killer, liquidator, piece person*, plugger*, slayer, soldier, torpedo*, trigger person; concept 412 Ant. victim assassinate [v] murder prominent or important person bump off*, do in*, eliminate, execute, gun down, hit, kill, knock off*, liquidate, slaughter, slay; concept 252 assault [n] attack advance, aggression, charge, incursion, invasion, offensive, onset, onslaught, rape, storm, storming, strike, violation; concept 86 assault [v] attack abuse, advance, assail, bash, beset, blast, blitz, bushwhack, charge, come down on*, go for, haul off on*, invade, jump, jump down ones throat*, jump on ones case*, lay into, let have it*, light into*, rape, ruin, set

upon, shoot down, slam, slap around, storm, strike, trash, violate, work over, zap*; concepts 52,86 assay [n] analysis appraisal, assessment, estimation, evaluation, examination, inspection, investigation, measurement, rating, survey, test, trial, valuation; concepts 24,103,290 assay [v] analyze appraise, apprise, assess, check, check out, estimate, evaluate, examine, eyeball*, inspect, investigate, measure, peg*, prove, rate, read, see, size, size up*, survey, test, try, valuate, value, weigh; concepts 24,103 assemblage [v] gathering of people aggregation, assembly, association, collection, company, congregation, convergence, crowd, group, throng; concept 417 Ant. dispersal, scattering assemble [v1] congregate accumulate, agglomerate, amass, bring together, bunch, bunch up, call, call together, capture*, collect, come together, convene, convoke, corral*, ock, gang up*, gather, group, hang around*, hang out*, huddle, lump, make the scene*, meet, meet up, mobilize, muster, rally, reunite, round up, scare up*, summon, unite; concept 114 Ant. disperse, scatter assemble [v2] put together compile, connect, construct, contrive, erect, fabricate, fashion, t, form, join, make, manufacture, model, mold, piece together, produce, set up, shape, unite, weld; concept 113 Ant. divide, separate, take apart assembly [n1] congregation accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, association, band, body, bunch, clambake*, cluster, coffee klatch*, collection, company, conclave, confab*, conference, convocation, council, crew, crowd, faction, ock, gathering, get-together*, group, huddle, mass, meet*, meeting, multitude, rally, sit-in*, throng, turnout*; concepts 381,432 assembly [n2] putting together adjustment, attachment, building, collection, connecting, construction, erection, fabrication, tting together, joining, manufacture, manufacturing, modeling, molding, piecing together, setting up, shaping, welding; concept 113 assent [n] agreement acceptance, accession, accord, acknowledgment, acquiescence, admission, afrmation, approval, authorization, compliance, concurrence, consent, nod, permission, sanction; concepts 8,684 Ant. disagreement, dissent, rejection assent [v] agree accede, accept, accord, acquiesce, adopt, allow, approve, buy, cave in*, comply, concur, conform, consent, cut a deal*, defer, ditto*, embrace, espouse, give ve*, give in, go along with, grant, knuckle under*, okay*, pass on*, permit, recognize, sanction, say uncle*, shake on*, subscribe; concept 8 Ant. disagree, disallow, disapprove, dissent, reject assert [v] insist, declare, maintain advance, afrm, allege, argue, asservate, attest, aver, avouch, avow, butt in*, cite, claim, contend, defend, horn in, justify, mouth off*, pop off*, predicate, press, proclaim, profess, pronounce, protest, put forward, say, shoot off ones mouth*, shoot ones wad*, stand up for, state, stress, swear, uphold, vindicate, warrant; concept 49 Ant. deny, reject

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assertion [n] declaration, positive statement afrmation, allegation, asservation, attestation, avowal, contention, defense, insistence, maintenance, mouthful, okay, predication, profession, pronouncement, report, say so*, stamp of approval, stressing, two cents worth*, vindication; concepts 49,278 Ant. denial, rejection assertive [adj] aggressive absolute, assured, certain, condent, decided, decisive, demanding, dogmatic, domineering, emphatic, rm, forceful, forward, insistent, militant, overbearing, positive, pushy, self-assured, self-condent, strong-willed, sure; concept 404 Ant. difdent, quiet, shy, uncondent assess [v1] evaluate, determine appraise, apprise, assay, check*, check out*, compute, determine, dig it*, estimate, gure*, x, gauge, guess, judge, nick*, peg*, rate, reckon, set, size*, size up, survey, take measure*, valuate, value, weigh; concept 24 assess [v2] assign fee, amount charge, demand, evaluate, exact, x, impose, levy, rate, tax, value; concept 330 assessment [n1] evaluation appraisal, computation, determination, estimate, estimation, judgment, rating, reckoning, valuation, value judgment; concept 24 assessment [n2] assignment of fee, amount appraisal, charge, demand, duty, estimate, fee, levy, rate, rating, tariff, tax, taxation, toll, valuation; concept 332 asset [n1] advantage aid, benet, blessing, boon, credit, distinction, help, resource, service, treasure; concept 661 Ant. disadvantage, liability asset(s) [n2] property or money possessed ace in the hole*, ace up sleeve*, backing, bankroll, budget, capital, credit, equity, estate, funds, goods, holdings, kitty*, mattress*, means, nest egg*, nut*, possessions, rainy day*, reserve(s), resources, riches, sock*, something put aside, something put away, stake, stash*, stuff, valuables, wealth; concepts 332,340,710 Ant. liability assiduous [adj] hard-working active, attentive, busy, constant, diligent, eager beaver*, exacting, grinding, indefatigable, industrious, laborious, persevering, plugging, scrupulous, sedulous, steady, studious, unagging, untiring, whiz, zealous; concepts 538,542 Ant. lazy, neglectful, negligent assign [v1] select and give a responsibility accredit, allow, appoint, ascribe, attach, attribute, authorize, cast, charge, choice, commission, commit, credit, delegate, deputize, designate, downlink, download, draft, elect, empower, enroll, entrust, hang on*, hire, hold responsible, impute, name, nominate, ordain, pin on*, refer, reference, select, slot, tab, tag; concepts 41,50,88 assign [v2] set apart for a reason allocate, allot, appoint, apportion, appropriate, consign, designate, detail, determine, dish out*, distribute, divide, earmark, x, fork out*, give, grant, hand out*, hand over, indicate, mete, prescribe, relegate, shell out*, specify, stipulate; concepts 129,135 Ant. keep assignation [n] clandestine meeting affair, appointment, date, engagement, heavy date*,

illicit meeting, love nest*, one-night stand*, quickie*, rendezvous, secret meeting, tryst; concepts 375,386 assignment [n1] responsibility, task appointment, beat, charge, chore, commission, drill, duty, homework, job, mission, position, post, practice, stint; concept 362 assignment [n2] selecting or setting apart allocation, allotment, appointment, apportionment, appropriation, ascription, assignation, attribution, authorization, choice, consignment, delegation, designation, determination, distribution, giving, grant, nomination, selection, specication, stipulation; concepts 41,129 Ant. keeping assimilate [v1] absorb mentally comprehend, digest, grasp, incorporate, ingest, learn, osmose, sense, soak up, take in, take up, understand; concept 15 Ant. misunderstand, reject, unlearn assimilate [v2] become adjusted; adjust acclimatize, accommodate, acculturate, accustom, adapt, become like, become similar, blend in, conform, t, go native*, homogenize, homologize, intermix, match, mingle, parallel, standardize; concepts 232,701 Ant. not adapt assist [n] help abetment, aid, assistance, backing, benet, boost, collaboration, comfort, compensation, cooperation, facilitation, furtherance, hand, helping hand, lift, reinforcement, relief, service, support; concept 110 Ant. hindrance, hurt, stop, stoppage, thwarting assist [v] help abet, aid, back, bail out, benet, boost, collaborate, cooperate, do for*, expedite, facilitate, further, give a boost*, give a leg up*, give a lift*, go down the line for*, go for, go to bat for*, go with, grease the wheels*, hype*, lend a hand*, make a pitch for*, open doors*, plug*, puff*, push*, put on the map*, reinforce, relieve, ride shotgun*, root for*, run interference for*, serve, stand up for, stump*, support, sustain, take care of, thump*, work for, work with; concept 110 Ant. hinder, hurt, stop, thwart assistance [n] help abetment, aid, assist, backing, benet, boost, collaboration, comfort, compensation, cooperation, facilitation, furtherance, hand, help, helping hand, lift, reinforcement, relief, service, support, sustenance; concept 110 Ant. hindrance, hurt, injury, stop, stoppage assistant [n] helper abettor, accessory, accomplice, adherent, adjunct, aide, ally, appointee, apprentice, associate, attendant, auxiliary, backer, backup*, coadjutant, coadjutor, collaborator, colleague, companion, confederate, cooperator, deputy, fellow worker, unky*, follower, friend, gofer*, help, helpmate, mate, partner, patron, peon*, representative, righthand person, secretary, subordinate, supporter, temp*, temporary worker; concepts 348,423 associate [n] colleague accessory, accomplice, afliate, aid, ally, assistant, auxiliary, branch, buddy, chum, clubber*, cohort, collaborator, companion, compatriot, comrade, confederate, consort, cooperator, co-worker, crony, fellow, friend, helper, joiner, kissing cousin, mate, offshoot, one of the folks*, pal, pard*, partner, peer, playmate, sidekick; concepts 348,423 Ant. antagonist, competitor, enemy, foe, opponent, rival, stranger

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associate [v1] connect in the mind afliate, blend, bracket, combine, concord, conjoin, correlate, couple, group, identify, join, league, link, lump together, mix, pair, relate, think of together, unite, yoke; concept 39 Ant. disconnect, disjoin, dissociate, disunite, divide, part, separate, sever associate [v2] befriend accompany, amalgamate, be friends, be in cahoots*, buddy up, bunch up, come together, confederate, consort, fraternize, gang up, get in on, get into, get in with, get together, go along with, go partners*, hang around, hang out, hang out with*, hobnob, join, join up with, line up with, mingle, mix, pal up, play footsie with*, pool, run around with, run with, string along with, swing with, take up with, team up, throw in together, tie in, tie up, truck with, work with; concepts 114,384 Ant. avoid, disassociate, disjoin, disunite, divorce association [n1] group with common interest or pursuit afliation, alliance, band, bunch, circle, clan, clique, club, coalition, combination, combo, company, confederacy, confederation, congress, cooperative, corporation, crew, crowd, family, federation, fellowship, fraternity, gang, guild, hookup*, league, mob, order, organization, outt, partnership, pool, rat pack*, ring, society, sodality, sorority, syndicate, tie-in, tie-up, tribe, troops, troupe, union, zoo*; concepts 323,325,387 association [n2] friendship acquaintance, acquaintanceship, afliation, agreement, assistance, camaraderie, companionship, comradeship, conjunction, cooperation, familiarity, fellowship, fraternization, frequenting, friendliness, hookup*, intimacy, membership, participation, partnership, relation, relationship; concepts 387,388 Ant. aloneness, antagonism, disunion, isolation, opposition, rivalry, seclusion, separation, solitude association [n3] mental connection bond, combination, concomitance, concordance, connotation, correlation, identication, impression, joining, juxtaposition, linkage, linking, lumping together, mixing, mixture, pairing, recollection, relation, remembrance, tie, train of thought, union; concept 39 Ant. disassociation, division, separation assorted [adj] various different, diverse, diversied, heterogeneous, hybrid, indiscriminate, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, sundry, varied, variegated; concept 564 Ant. same assortment [n] variety array, choice, collection, combination, combo, diversity, garbage, group, hodgepodge, jumble, kind, medley, mlange, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, mixture, potpourri, selection, sort; concepts 432,665 assuage [v] soothe, relieve allay, alleviate, appease, calm, compose, conciliate, cool*, ease, ll, lessen, lighten, lull, make nice*, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, pour oil on*, propitiate, quench, quiet, sate, satisfy, soften, still, surfeit, sweeten, take the edge off*, take the sting out*, temper, tranquilize; concepts 7,22,244 Ant. exacerbate, upset assume [v1] believe, take for granted accept, ascertain, be afraid, be inclined to think, conclude, conjecture, consider, count upon, deduce,

deem, divine, estimate, expect, fall for, fancy, nd, gather, get the idea*, guess, have a hunch*, have sneaking suspicion, hypothesize, imagine, infer, judge, posit, postulate, predicate, presume, presuppose, speculate, suppose, surmise, suspect, theorize, think, understand; concepts 12,26 Ant. doubt, not believe assume [v2] take, undertake accept, acquire, appropriate, arrogate, attend to, begin, conscate, don, embark upon, embrace, enter upon, seize, set about, take on, take over, take up; concepts 87,142 Ant. not do assume [v3] pretend act, adopt, affect, bluff, counterfeit, fake, feign, imitate, impersonate, mimic, pretend, put on, simulate; concept 59 assume [v4] adopt, acquire annex, appropriate, arrogate, borrow, clap hands on*, commandeer, conscate, expropriate, get ngers on*, get hands on*, glom onto*, grab, grab hold of*, hijack, kipe*, liberate, moonlight requisition*, preempt, seize, snatch, swipe, take over, usurp; concepts 139,142 Ant. leave, let alone, not take assumed [adj1] pretended affected, articial, bogus, counterfeit, fake, false, feigned, ctitious, imitation, made-up, make-believe, phony, pretended, put-on, sham, simulated, spurious; concept 582 Ant. genuine, natural, real assumed [adj2] expected accepted, conjectured, connoted, counted on, given, granted, hypothesized, hypothetical, inferred, postulated, presumed, presupposed, supposed, suppositional, surmised, tacit, taken as known, taken for granted, understood; concepts 403,689 Ant. unassumed, unexpected assuming [adj] presumptuous, arrogant bold, conceited, disdainful, domineering, egotistic, forward, haughty, imperious, overbearing, pushy, rude; concept 404 Ant. doubting, unassuming assumption [n1] taking something for granted; something expected acceptance, accepting, assuming, belief, conjecture, expectation, fancy, guess, hunch, hypothesis, inference, posit, postulate, postulation, premise, presumption, presupposition, shot*, shot in the dark*, sneaking suspicion, stab, supposal, supposition, surmise, suspicion, theorization, theory; concept 689 Ant. doubt, unexpected assumption [n2] assuming possession, power acceptance, accepting, acquisition, adoption, appropriation, arrogation, assuming, embracing, grab, seizure, shouldering, takeover, taking, taking on, taking up, undertaking, usurpation; concepts 129,142 assumption [n3] arrogance brass*, chutzpah*, cockiness, conceit, imperiousness, insolence, nerve, presumption, pride, sass*, self-importance; concept 411 Ant. genuineness, naturalness, reality, realness assurance [n1] statement to relieve doubt afrmation, assertion, declaration, guarantee, insurance, lock*, lock on*, oath, pledge, profession, promise, rain or shine*, security, shoo-in*, support, sure thing*, vow, warrant, warranty, word, word of honor; concepts 71,278 Ant. distrust, doubt assurance [n2] condence aggressiveness, aplomb, arrogance, assuredness, audacity,

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boldness, bravery, certainty, certitude, conviction, coolness, courage, effrontery, faith, rmness, impudence, nerve, poise, positiveness, presumption, security, self-condence, selfreliance, sureness, surety, temerity, trust; concept 410 Ant. confusion, distrust, doubt, fear, hesitancy, misgiving, shyness, uncertainty assure [v1] convince, relieve doubt bag*, bet on*, comfort, encourage, hearten, inspire, persuade, reassure, satisfy, sell*, sell on*, soothe; concept 68 assure [v2] promise afrm, attest, aver, brace up, buck up, certify, conrm, give ones word, guarantee, pledge, swear, vouch for, vow; concept 71 assure [v3] make certain cinch, clinch, complete, conrm, ensure, guarantee, have a lock on*, ice*, insure, lock, lock on, lock up, make sure, nail down*, put on ice*, seal, secure, set; concepts 36,91 assured [adj1] absolutely certain beyond doubt, cinched, clear-cut, clinched, conrmed, decided, denite, dependable, ensured, xed, guaranteed, indubitable, insured, in the bag*, irrefutable, made certain, nailed down*, on ice*, pronounced, racked*, sealed, secure, set, settled, sewed up*, sure, surere, undoubted, unquestionable; concept 535 Ant. doubted, doubtful, feared, uncertain assured [adj2] condent assertive, audacious, bold, brazen, certain, cocksure*, collected, complacent, composed, condent, cool, gung ho*, gutsy*, high*, imperturbable, overcondent, poised, positive, puffed up*, pumped up*, pushy, rosy*, sanguine, secure, self-assured, self-condent, self-possessed, sure, unappable, unhesitating, upbeat*; concepts 401,404 Ant. confused, dismayed, distrustful, doubtful, doubting, fearful, hesitant, nervous astern [adv] backward abaft, aft, rear, rearward; concept 581 Ant. forward astonish [v] surprise amaze, astound, bewilder, blow away*, blow ones mind*, boggle, bowl over*, confound, daze, dumbfound, abbergast, oor*, knock over*, overwhelm, put one away*, shock, spring on, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, take aback, throw a curve*; concept 42 Ant. bore, calm, expect astonishing [adj] surprising amazing, astounding, bewildering, breathtaking, extraordinary, impressive, marvelous, miraculous, spectacular, staggering, startling, striking, stunning, stupefying, stupendous, wonderful, wondrous; concepts 547,572 Ant. boring, dull, expected astonishment [n] state of surprise amazement, astoundment, awe, bewilderment, confusion, consternation, dumbfoundment, one for the books*, shock, something else*, stunner, stupefaction, wonder, wonderment; concepts 230,410 Ant. dullness, expectation, unexcitement astound [v] amaze astonish, bewilder, blow away, bowl over*, confound, confuse, daze, dumbfound, abbergast, knock over with feather*, overwhelm, shock, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, surprise, take aback; concept 42 Ant. bore, dull astounding [adj] amazing astonishing, breathtaking, confounding, eye-popping*, mind-

blowing*, mind-boggling*, overwhelming, shocking, startling, stupefying, surprising, wondrous; concepts 548,571 astray [adj] off the path or right direction adrift, aeld, amiss, awry, gone, lost, off, off course, off the mark, roaming, straying, vanished, wandering, wrong; concepts 545,581 Ant. on course, right, straight astride [adj] with a leg on either side astraddle, athwart, on the back of, piggyback, sitting on, straddling; concept 583 astringent [adj] harsh acetic, acrid, biting, bitter, cutting, sharp, tonic; concepts 598,613 Ant. bland, mild astrology [n] prophesy of the future by observation of stars and planets astrometry, horoscope; concept 70 astronaut [n] space explorer cosmonaut, moonwalker, pilot, rocketeer, rocket scientist, space person, star person; concept 348 astronomical [adj] huge astronomic*, colossal, considerable, enormous, epic, gigantic, ginormous*, humongous*, jumbo, mammoth, massive, mega*, monster*, monumental, prodigious, sizeable, tremendous, vast, very big, very large, whopping*; concept 771 Ant. insignicant, small astronomy [n] study of the stars and planets other than Earth astrochemistry, astrography, astrolithology, astrometry, astrophysics, selenology, sky-watching, stargazing, uranology; concept 349 astute [adj] perceptive adroit, brainy, bright, calculating, canny, clever, crafty, discerning, foxy, insightful, intelligent, keen, knowing, not born yesterday*, on the ball*, perspicacious, quick on the uptake*, sagacious, savvy, sharp, sharp as a tack*, shrewd, sly; concept 402 Ant. asinine, idiotic, ignorant, imbecile, obtuse, shallow, stupid, thick, unintelligent asunder [adv] apart; into pieces disconnected, disjoined, divided, in half, loose, separated, split, torn, to shreds; concept 785 Ant. together asylum [n1] refuge cover, den, harbor, haven, hideaway, hideout, hole, ivory tower*, port, preserve, refuge, retreat, safe house, safety, sanctuary, security, shelter; concepts 435,515 asylum [n2] psychiatric hospital institution, loony bin*, madhouse*, mental hospital, mental institution, sanatorium; concepts 312,439,516 asymmetrical [adj] uneven awry, crooked, disproportional, gibbous, lacking correspondence, not proportionate, not uniform, unbalanced, unequal, unsymmetrical; concepts 480,566,606 at [prep] about; in the direction of appearing in, by, found in, in the vicinity of, near to, on, placed at, situated at, through, toward; concepts 581,583,799 atheism [n] belief that no God exists disbelief, doubt, freethinking, godlessness, heresy, iconoclasm, impiety, indelity, irreligion, irreverence, nihilism, nonbelief, paganism, skepticism, unbelief; concept 689 Ant. belief, godliness, piety, religion atheist [n] nonbeliever agnostic, free thinker, heathen, indel, irreligionist, pagan, skeptic; concepts 361,423

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athlete [n] person involved in sports amateur, animal, challenger, competitor, contender, contestant, games player, gorilla*, iron person*, jock, jockey, muscle person*, player, professional, shoulders, sport, sportsperson, superjock*; concept 366 athletic [adj1] agile; prepared to participate in sports able-bodied, active, brawny, energetic, t, lusty, muscular, powerful, robust, strapping, strong, sturdy, vigorous; concepts 406,489 Ant. unathletic athletic [adj2] relating to sports competitive, contesting, exercise-related, recreational, sporting, team; concept 536 athletics [n] sports contest, drill, events, exercises, games, practice, races, recreation, workout; concept 363 atmosphere [n1] gases around the earth air, envelope, heavens, pressure, sky, substratosphere, troposphere; concept 437 atmosphere [n2] general feeling or mood air, ambience, aura, background, character, climate, color, environment, feel, feeling, avor, impression, local color, medium, mood, place, property, quality, scene, semblance, sense, space, spirit, surroundings, taste, tone; concept 673 atom [n] smallest part of something bit, crumb, dot, fragment, grain, iota, jot, minimum, mite, modicum, molecule, morsel, mote, ounce, particle, scintilla, scrap, shred, smidgen, speck, spot, tittle, trace, whit; concept 831 atom bomb [n] nuclear weapon A-bomb, backpack nuke*, doomsday machine*, ssion bomb, H-bomb, hydrogen bomb, neutron bomb, nuclear bomb, nuke*, thermonuclear weapon; concept 500 atomic [adj1] tiny diminutive, fragmentary, granular, microscopic, minute; concept 773 atomic [adj2] nuclear atom-powered, ssionable, thermonuclear; concept 485 atone [v] compensate; make amends for former misdoing absolve, answer, apologize, appease, balance, correct, counterbalance, do penance, expiate, make amends, make redress, make reparation, make up for, offset, outweigh, pay, pay ones dues*, propitiate, recompense, reconcile, redeem, redress, repair, set off, square, take ones medicine*; concepts 108,126 atonement [n] compensation amends, expiation, indemnication, payment, penance, propitiation, recompense, redemption, redress, reparation, restitution, satisfaction; concepts 126,337 atrocious [adj1] outrageous; widely condemned awful, bad, barbaric, beastly, desperate, diabolical, endish, agrant, godawful*, grody*, gross*, hairy*, heinous, lousy, monstrous, nefarious, rotten, scandalous, shocking, villainous, wicked; concepts 545,571 atrocious [adj2] offensive appalling, awful, bad, beastly, detestable, disgusting, dreadful, execrable, foul, godawful*, grody*, gross*, horrible, horrid, horrifying, icky*, loathsome, noisome, obscene, repulsive, rotten, sickening, terrible; concepts 548,571 Ant. inoffensive atrocity [n1] outrageous behavior atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness, enormity, endishness, heinousness, horror, monstrousness, nefariousness, shockingness, villianous-

ness, wickedness; concepts 411,657 Ant. good behavior, pleasantry atrocity [n2] cruelness, offensiveness; widely condemned action abomination, barbarity, brutality, crime, enormity, evil, horror, infamy, inhumanity, iniquity, monstrosity, offense, outrage, ruthlessness, savagery, viciousness, wrong; concepts 29,645 Ant. kindness, pleasantness atrophy [n] wasting away, disintegration decline, degeneracy, degeneration, deterioration, diminution, downfall, downgrade; concepts 674,698 attach [v1] join, fasten add, adhere, afx, annex, append, bind, connect, couple, x, hitch on, hitch up, hook on, hook up, latch onto, link, make fast, prex, rivet, secure, slap on*, stick, tag on*, tie, unite; concepts 85,113,160 Ant. detach, disconnect, disjoin, remove, separate, sever, unfasten attach [v2] socially join accompany, afliate, associate, become associated with, combine, enlist, join forces with, latch onto*, sign on with, sign up with, unite with; concept 114 Ant. disjoin, disunite, divorce attach [v3] attribute, ascribe allocate, allot, appoint, assign, associate, connect, consign, designate, detail, earmark, impute, invest with, lay, name, place, put, second, send; concepts 62,73 Ant. disunite, take away attachment [n1] fastening adapter, bond, clamp, connection, connector, coupling, fastener, joint, junction, link, tie; concept 471 attachment [n2] something joined, fastened to another accessory, accoutrement, adapter, addition, adjunct, annex, appendage, appurtenance, auxiliary, extension, extra, tting, xture, part, supplement; concept 824 attachment [n3] affection, high regard afnity, amore, attraction, bond, case, crush, devotion, delity, fondness, friendship, hankering*, liking, love, loyalty, partiality, possessiveness, regard, shine*, tenderness, weakness, yen*; concept 32 Ant. alienation, animosity, aversion, dislike, divorce, enmity, estrangement, hate, hatred, opposition attack [n1] physical assault advance, aggression, assailing, assailment, barrage, blitz, blitzkrieg, charge, delement, dirty deed*, drive, encounter, encroachment, foray, incursion, initiative, inroad, intervention, intrusion, invasion, irruption, mugging, offense, offensive, onrush, onset, onslaught, outbreak, push, raid, rape, rush, skirmish, storming, strike, thrust, violation, volley; concept 86 Ant. aid, defense, ight, protection, resistance, retreat, shelter, shield, support, surrender, sustenance attack [n2] verbal assault abuse, aggression, belligerence, blame, calumny, censure, combativeness, criticism, denigration, denunciation, impugnment, libel, pugnacity, slander, vilication; concepts 52,54 Ant. defense, reprisal, resistance, retreat, submission, surrender attack [n3] sudden dysfunction or disorder access, ailment, bout, breakdown, convulsion, disease, failure, t, illness, paroxysm, relapse, seizure, spasm, spell, stroke, throe; concept 308 Ant. health attack [v1] assault physically advance, aggress,

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ambush, assail, assault, bash, bat, bean*, beat, beset, besiege, biff*, blast, blister, boff*, bombard, boot*, bop*, brain*, bust, charge, chop down, clip, clock*, club, combat, cook*, harm, hit, hurt, inltrate, invade, jump, kick, knock block off*, knock cold*, knock for a loop*, larrup*, lay siege to, light into*, molest, mug, overwhelm, pounce upon, punch, raid, rush, set upon, slog, soak, stab, storm, strike, take the offensive, turn on, wallop*, whop*; concept 86 Ant. aid, defend, protect, resist, retreat, shelter, shield, submit, support, surrender, sustain attack [v2] assault verbally abuse, berate, blame, blitz, censure, criticize, impugn, jump down ones throat*, jump on ones case*, lay into, malign, refute, reprove, revile, shoot down*, stretch, vilify; concepts 52,54 Ant. defend, resist, submit, withstand attack [v3] set to work buckle down*, deal with, dive into, plunge into, set to, start in on, tackle, take up, tear into*; concept 112 Ant. be lazy, slough off attacker [n] aggressor assailant, assaulter, mugger, raider, traducer; concept 412 attain [v] achieve, accomplish accede to, acquire, arrive, arrive at, bring off, come through, complete, cop*, earn, effect, fulll, gain, get*, get fat*, get hands on, get there, glom onto*, grasp, hit, latch onto, make it, obtain, procure, promote, pull off*, rack up, reach, realize, reap, score, secure, snag, succeed, unzip*, win; concepts 120,706 Ant. abandon, desert, fail, forfeit, give in, give up, lose, miss, surrender attainable [adj] within reach; achievable accessible, accomplishable, at hand, available, cherry pie*, duck soup*, easy, feasible, gettable, likely, no problem*, no sweat*, obtainable, piece of cake*, possible, potential, practicable, probable, procurable, reachable, realizable, securable; concepts 528,552 Ant. unachieveable, unattainable, unreachable attainment [n] achievement, accomplishment acquirement, acquisition, arrival, completion, feat, nish, fulllment, gaining, getting, obtaining, procurement, reaching, realization, reaping, securing, succeeding, winning; concept 706 Ant. failure, forfeit, loss, miss, surrender attempt [n] try, effort all ones got*, attack, bid*, crack*, dry run*, endeavor, exertion, experiment, ing, go, header*, lick*, ones all, ones darnedest*, ones level best*, pursuit, shot, stab, striving, struggle, trial, try, tryout, undertaking, venture, whack*, workout; concept 87 Ant. certainty, laziness, success attempt [v] try, make effort aim, attack, do level best*, endeavor, essay, exert oneself, experiment, give a ing*, give a whirl*, give best shot*, give it a go*, give it a try*, give old college try*, go the limit*, have a crack*, have a go at*, make a run at*, pursue, push, seek, shoot the works*, solicit, strive, tackle, take a stab at*, take best shot*, take on, try ones hand at*, undertake, venture; concept 87 Ant. be lazy attend [v1] be present at appear, be a guest, be at, be present, be there, bob up*, catch, check in, clock in*, come to light*, drop in, frequent, go to, haunt, make an appearance, make it*, make the scene*, pop up*, punch in*, punch the

clock*, ring in*, show, show up, sit in on, time in, turn up, visit; concept 114 Ant. be absent attend [v2] care for be in the service of, doctor, do for, look after, mind, minister to, nurse, serve, take care of, tend, wait upon, watch, work for; concept 110 Ant. ignore, neglect attend [v3] pay attention; apply oneself catch, concentrate on, devote oneself, follow, get a load of*, hear, hearken, heed, keep ones eye on*, lend an ear*, listen, listen up*, look after, look on, mark, mind, note, notice, observe, occupy oneself with, pay heed, pick up, regard, see to, watch; concepts 34,596,623 Ant. be lazy, disregard, ignore, neglect attend [v4] accompany bear, be associated with, be connected with, catch, follow, issue from, make the scene, occur with, result from; concept 714 attend [v5] escort accompany, chaperon, companion, consort, convoy, escort, guard, squire, usher; concepts 114,714 attendance [n1] being present appearance, attending, being in evidence, being there, participation, presence; concept 388 Ant. absence attendance [v2] people present at event assemblage, assembly, audience, box ofce, company, congregation, crowd, draw, gate, gathering, gross, house, observers, onlookers, patrons, public, spectators, turnout, witnesses; concept 417 attendant [adj] being present or related accessory, accompanying, ancillary, associated, attending, coincident, concomitant, consequent, incident; concept 577 Ant. absent, detached attendant [n] person who serves others aide, alarm clock*, assistant, auxiliary, baby sitter, bird dog, chaperon, companion, custodian, domestic, escort, follower, guide, helper, lackey, nurse, orderly, secretary, servant, understudy, usher, waitperson; concept 348 Ant. boss, manager attention [n1] concentration absorption, application, assiduity, consideration, contemplation, debate, deliberation, diligence, engrossment, heed, heedfulness, immersion, industry, intentness, mind, scrutiny, study, thinking, thought, thoughtfulness; concept 409 Ant. disregard, ignorance, neglect, negligence attention [n2] consideration, care awareness, big rush*, brace, concern, consciousness, looking after, ministration, notice, observation, recognition, regard, spotlight, tender loving care, TLC*, treatment; concepts 32,410 Ant. disregard, neglect, negligence attention decit disorder [n] learning disability ADD, ADHD, hyperactiveness, hyperactivity, short attention span; concept 403 attention(s) [n3] courtesy amenity, assiduities, care, civility, compliment, consideration, deference, gallantry, mindfulness, politeness, regard, respect, service; concept 644 Ant. disregard attentive [adj1] concentrating alert, all ears*, awake, aware, conscientious, enrapt, enthralled, fascinated, glued, hanging on every word*, heedful, hooked, immersed, intent, interested, listening, mindful, observant, on ones toes*, on the ball*, on the job*, on the lookout*, on the qui vive*, preoccupied, regardful, studious, vigilant, watchful; concept 403

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Ant. disregarding, heedless, ignorant, inattentive, inconsiderate, neglectful, neglecting attentive [adj2] considerate accommodating, civil, courteous, devoted, gallant, gracious, kind, obliging, polite, respectful, solicitous, thoughtful; concept 401 Ant. heedless, ignorant, inconsiderate, neglectful, unattentive attenuate [v] weaken abate, constrict, contract, cripple, debilitate, deate, disable, dissipate, enfeeble, extenuate, lessen, mitigate, sap, shrink, thin, undermine, vitiate; concept 240 Ant. expand, increase, intensify, strengthen attest [v] afrm, vouch for adjure, announce, argue, assert, asservate, authenticate, aver, bear out, bear witness, certify, conrm, corroborate, countersign, declare, demonstrate, display, exhibit, give evidence, indicate, prove, ratify, seal, show, substantiate, support, sustain, swear, testify, uphold, verify, warrant, witness; concept 49 Ant. deny attic [n] space under the roof of a house garret, loft, sky parlor*, top oor; concepts 440,448 attire [n] clothing accoutrements, apparel, array, bib and tucker*, clothes, costume, drapes, dress, duds*, garb, garments, gear, getup, habiliments, habit, outt, raiment, things, threads*, togs, uniform, vestment, wear; concept 451 attire [v] clothe accoutre, array, clad, costume, deck, deck out*, doll up*, drape, dress, dud*, dude up*, equip, t out, outt, suit up, tog, turn out; concept 167 Ant. disrobe attitude [n1] mental outlook air, angle, approach, belief, bent, bias, character, demeanor, disposition, frame of mind, headset*, inclination, leaning, like it is*, mental state, mindset*, mindtrip*, mood, notion, opinion, perspective, philosophy, point of view, position, posture, predilection, prejudice, proclivity, reaction, routine, say so*, sensibility, sentiment, set, slant, stance, stand, standing, standpoint, temper, temperament, twist, view, where one is at*; concepts 410,689 attitude [n2] stance aspect, bearing, carriage, manner, mien, pose, position, posture, stand; concept 757 attorney [n] lawyer advocate, ambulance chaser*, barrister, counsel, counselor, DA, xer, front, legal beagle*, legal eagle*, lip*, mouthpiece*, pleader*, proxy, spieler*; concept 355 attract [v] draw attention allure, appeal to, bait, beckon, beguile, bewitch, bring, captivate, charm, come on*, court, drag, draw, enchant, endear, engage, enthrall, entice, entrance, exert inuence, fascinate, freak out*, give the comeon*, go over big, grab, hook, induce, interest, intrigue, inveigle, invite, kill, knock dead*, knock out*, lure, magnetize, make a hit with*, mousetrap*, pull, rope in*, score, seduce, send*, slay*, solicit, spellbind, steer, suck in*, sweep off ones feet*, tempt, turn on, vamp, wile, wow*; concepts 7,11,22 Ant. repel, repulse attraction [n] ability to draw attention; something that draws attention allure, allurement, appeal, attractiveness, bait, captivation, charm, chemistry, come-on*, courting, draw, drawing power, enchantment, endearment, enthrallment, enticement, fascination, gravitation, inclination, inducement, interest, invitation, it*, lure, magnetism, pull, seduction, solicitation, temptation,

tendency; concepts 14,676 Ant. repulsion, revulsion attractive [adj] appealing, drawing attention adorable, agreeable, alluring, beautiful, beckoning, bewitching, captivating, charming, comely, enchanting, engaging, enthralling, enticing, fair, fascinating, fetching, glamorous, good-looking, gorgeous, handsome, hunky*, interesting, inviting, looker*, lovely, luring, magnetic, mesmeric, pleasant, pleasing, prepossessing, pretty, provocative, seductive, stunning, taking, tantalizing, teasing, tempting, winning, winsome; concepts 529,579 Ant. repellent, repulsive, ugly, unappealing, unattractive attribute [n] feature aspect, character, characteristic, facet, idiosyncrasy, indication, mark, note, particularity, peculiarity, point, property, quality, quirk, sign, speciality, symbol, trait, virtue; concepts 411,673,834 attribute [v] ascribe, assign to source account for, accredit, apply, associate, blame, charge, connect, credit, x upon, hang on, hold responsible, impute, lay, pin on, refer, reference, trace; concept 73 attrition [n1] wearing down or away abrasion, attenuation, debilitation, depreciation, disintegration, erosion, grinding, rubbing, thinning, weakening, wear; concepts 469,776 Ant. building, strengthening attrition [n2] regret contriteness, penance, penitence, remorse, remorsefulness, repentance; concepts 410,689 Ant. happiness attune [v] adjust acclimatize, accommodate, accord, accustom, adapt, balance, compensate, conform, coordinate, counterbalance, familiarize, harmonize, integrate, make agree, proportion, reconcile, regulate, tune; concept 232 atypical [adj] nonconforming aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, deviant, different, divergent, exceptional, heteroclite, irregular, odd, peculiar, preternatural, strange, unnatural, unrepresentative; concepts 547,564 Ant. conforming, normal, ordinary, standard, typical, usual auburn [n] reddish-brown color chestnut, copper, hazel, henna, nut, russet, rust, tawny, titian; concept 622 au courant [adj] up-to-date aware, current, enlightened, hip*, informed, up to speed*, well-informed; concepts 530,820 auction [n] competitive sale; sale by bid bargain, jam*, sell-off; concepts 324,345 audacious [adj1] reckless, daring adventurous, aweless, bold, brassy, brave, cheeky*, courageous, daredevil, dauntless, enterprising, fearless, foolhardy, gutty*, intrepid, nervy, rash, resolute, risky, smart ass*, unafraid, uncurbed, undaunted, ungoverned, valiant, venturesome; concept 401 Ant. cautious, gentle, humble, meek, mild, modest, reserved, timid, yielding audacious [adj2] arrogant, presumptuous assuming, bantam, bold, brash, brassy, brazen, cheeky*, deant, disrespectful, forward, impertinent, impudent, insolent, nervy, rude, saucy, shameless; concepts 401,404 Ant. humble, modest, reserved, shy, timid audacity [n1] recklessness, daring adventurousness, audaciousness, boldness, bravery,

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courage, dauntlessness, enterprise, fearlessness, guts, intrepidity, nerve, rashness, valor, venturesomeness; concept 633 Ant. care, carefulness, caution, reserve, timidity audacity [n2] arrogance, presumptuousness assurance, audaciousness, brass, cheek*, chutzpah*, cockiness*, crust, deance, disrespectfulness, effrontery, forwardness, gall, guts*, gutsiness, hardiness, impertinence, impudence, insolence, moxie, nerve, rudeness, shamelessness, spunk, stuff*, temerity; concepts 411,633 Ant. gentility, humility, meekness, modesty, timidity, yielding audible [adj] able to be heard aural, auricular, clear, deafening, detectable, discernible, distinct, hearable, loud, loud enough, perceptible, plain, resounding, roaring, sounding, within earshot; concepts 591,594 Ant. inaudible audience [n1] group observing an entertainment or sporting event admirers, assemblage, assembly, congregation, crowd, devotees, fans, following, gallery, gathering, hearers, house, listeners, market, moviegoers, onlookers, patrons, playgoers, public, showgoers, spectators, theatergoers, turnout, viewers, witnesses; concept 417 audience [n2] hearing audition, conference, consideration, consultation, conversation, discussion, interview, meeting, reception; concept 266 audit [n] inspection of nancial records analysis, balancing, check, checking, examination, investigation, report, review, scrutiny, survey, verication, view; concept 330 audit [v] inspect nancial records analyze, balance, check, examine, go over, go through, investigate, report, review, scrutinize, sit in, survey, verify; concepts 103,330 audition [n] test of ability audience, demo, hearing, reading, trial, try on, tryout; concept 290 auditor [n] person who inspects nancial records accountant, actuary, bookkeeper, cashier; concept 348 auditorium [n] room, building for entertainment events amphitheater, assembly hall, barn*, concert hall, hall, movie house, music hall, opera house, playhouse, reception hall, theater; concepts 293,439,448 augment [v] make greater; improve add to, aggrandize, amplify, beef up*, boost, build, build up, compound, develop, enhance, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, heighten, increase, inate, intensify, magnify, mount, multiply, pad, piggyback*, progress, raise, reinforce, strengthen, sweeten, swell, tag on; concepts 236,244,245 Ant. decrease, degrade augmentation [n] making greater; improving accession, accretion, addition, amplication, beeng up*, boost, buildup, development, enhancement, enlargement, enrichment, expansion, extension, eshing out, growth, heightening, hike, increase, increment, ination, intensication, magnication, multiplication, raise, reinforcement, rise, strengthening, swelling, up, upping; concepts 244,245 Ant. decrease, degradation augur [n] predictor diviner, forecaster, harbinger, herald, oracle, prognosticator, prophet, seer, soothsayer; concept 423

augur [v] predict; be an omen of adumbrate, bespeak, bode, call it*, call the shots*, crystalball, gure out, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, harbinger, have a hunch, herald, portend, presage, prognosticate, promise, prophesy, psych out*, read, signify, soothsay; concept 70 augury [n1] omen auspice, boding, forerunner, foretoken, forewarning, harbinger, herald, portent, precursor, presage, prognostication, promise, prophecy, sign, token, warning; concept 284 augury [n2] prediction divination, prediction, prophecy, soothsaying; concept 70 august [adj] dignied, noble baronial, brilliant, eminent, exalted, glorious, grand, grandiose, highfalutin*, high-minded, high-ranking, honorable, imposing, impressive, lofty, lordly, magnicent, majestic, monumental, pompous, regal, resplendent, stately, superb, venerable; concepts 404,567 Ant. undignied au pair [n] live-in nanny babysitter, caregiver, day care provider, domestic servant, governess, housekeeper, live-in; concept 295 aura [n] air, character ambience, appearance, aspect, atmosphere, background, emanation, feel, feeling, mood, quality, scent, semblance, suggestion, tone; concept 673 auspices [n] protection; support advocacy, aegis, authority, backing, care, charge, control, countenance, guidance, inuence, patronage, sponsorship, supervision; concepts 94,376 auspicious [adj] encouraging; favorable advantageous, bright, favorable, felicitous, fortunate, golden, halcyon, happy, hopeful, lucky, opportune, promising, propitious, prosperous, rosy, timely, well-timed; concept 572 Ant. inauspicious, inopportune, ominous, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky austere [adj1] severe in manner ascetic, astringent, cold, earnest, exacting, forbidding, formal, grave, grim, hard, harsh, inexorable, inexible, obdurate, rigid, rigorous, serious, sober, solemn, somber, stern, stiff, strict, stringent, unfeeling, unrelenting; concept 550 Ant. bland, calm, gentle, meek, mild austere [adj2] refraining; abstinent abstemious, ascetic, chaste, continent, economical, puritanical, self-denying, self-disciplined, sober, straightlaced, strict, subdued, unrelenting; concept 401 Ant. elaborate, encouraging, extravagant, indulgent, spending austere [adj3] grim, barren bald, bare, barebones, bleak, clean, dour, plain, primitive, rustic, severe, simple, spare, spartan, stark, subdued, unadorned, unembellished, vanilla*; concept 485 Ant. extravagant, luxurious austerity [n1] severity acerbity, asperity, astringence, coldness, exactingness, exactness, formality, formalness, gravity, grimness, hardness, harshness, inclemency, inexibility, obduracy, rigidity, rigor, seriousness, solemnity, sternness, stiffness, strictness, stringency; concept 644 Ant. blandness, calmness, gentility, meekness, mildness austerity [n2] refraining; abstinence abstemiousness, asceticism, chasteness, chastity, continence, determination, economy, prudence, puritanism, self-denial, self-discipline, sobriety, stoicism, strictness, temperance; concept 633

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Ant. elaborateness, extravagance, indulgence, spending austerity [n3] grimness, barrenness baldness, bareness, dourness, economy, plainness, primitiveness, rusticism, severity, simplicity, spareness, spartanism, starkness, unadornment; concept 723 Ant. elaborateness, luxuriousness authentic [adj] real, genuine accurate, actual, authoritative, bona de, certain, convincing, credible, creditable, dependable, factual, faithful, for real*, legit*, legitimate, ofcial, original, pure, reliable, sure, true, trustworthy, trusty, twenty-four carat*, valid, veritable; concept 582 Ant. counterfeit, fake, false, falsied, unauthorized, ungenuine, unreal authenticate [v] establish as real, genuine accredit, attest, authorize, bear out, certify, conrm, corroborate, endorse, guarantee, justify, prove, substantiate, validate, verify, vouch, warrant; concepts 12,103 author [n] composer of written work biographer, columnist, composer, creator, essayist, ghost, ghostwriter, ink slinger*, journalist, originator, playwright, poet, producer, prose writer, reporter, scribbler*, scribe, scripter, word slinger*, wordsmith, work-for-hire*, writer; concept 348 authoritarian [adj] domineering absolute, authoritative, autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, disciplinarian, doctrinaire, dogmatic, harsh, imperious, magisterial, rigid, severe, strict, totalitarian, tyrannical, unyielding; concepts 319,401 Ant. democratic, liberal authoritarian [n] domineering person absolutist, autocrat, despot, dictator, disciplinarian, tyrant; concepts 354,412 authoritative [adj1] recognized as true, valid accurate, attested, authentic, authenticated, circumstantiated, conrmed, denitive, dependable, documented, factual, faithful, learned, legit*, proven, reliable, righteous, scholarly, sound, straight from horses mouth*, supported, trustworthy, truthful, validated, veried, veritable; concept 582 Ant. democratic authoritative [adj2] domineering assertive, authoritarian, autocratic, commanding, condent, decisive, dictatorial, doctrinaire, dogmatic, dominating, imperative, imperious, imposing, masterly, ofcious, peremptory, self-assured; concept 550 Ant. democratic authoritative [adj3] ofcial, authorized administrative, approved, bureaucratic, canonical, departmental, ex cathedra, executive, ex ofcio, imperial, lawful, legal, legitimate, magisterial, mandatory, ruling, sanctioned, sovereign, supreme; concepts 319,536 Ant. democratic authority [n1] power, control ascendancy, authorization, beef*, charge, clout*, command, credit, domination, dominion, edge, esteem, force, goods*, government, guts*, inuence, juice*, jump, jurisdiction, leg up*, license, mastery, might, might and main*, permission, permit, pizzazz*, pow*, powerhouse, prerogative, prestige, punch, right, ropes*, rule, say, say-so*, steam, strength, strong arm*, stuff*, supremacy, sway, upper hand*, warrant, weight, what it takes*, whip hand*, word, zap*; concepts 376,685,688

authority [n2] expert, animate or inanimate arbiter, aristocrat, bible, big cheese*, big shot*, big wig*, boss, brains*, brass*, buff*, CEO, city hall*, connoisseur, czar, egghead*, establishment*, exec*, executive, expert, feds*, front ofce*, governor, guru, ivory dome*, judge, kingsh*, kingpin*, law*, power elite, pro, professional, professor, pundit, scholar, specialist, textbook*, top brass*, top dog*, top hand*, upstairs*, veteran, virtuoso, whiz, wizard; concepts 280,348,354 authorize [v1] give power or control accredit, bless, commission, empower, enable, entitle, give authority, give the go-ahead*, give the green light*, give the word*, invest, license, okay, rubber-stamp*, say the word*, vest; concepts 50,88 Ant. deny, reject authorize [v2] permit, allow afrm, approve, conrm, countenance, endorse, give leave, let, license, qualify, ratify, sanction, suffer, tolerate, warrant; concepts 10,83 Ant. deny, disallow, reject authorized [adj] approved accredited, certied, commissioned, lawful, legal, legitimate, licensed, licit, ofcial, recognized, sanctioned, warranted; concept 535 Ant. unofcial autobiography [n] written account of ones own life adventures, bio, biography, confession, diary, experience, journal, letter, letters, life, life story, memoir, personal history, reminiscences, self-portrayal; concept 280 autocracy [n] government by one absolutism, czarism, despotism, dictatorship, monarchy, monocracy, oppression, totalitarian government, tyranny; concepts 354,691 Ant. democracy autocrat [n] dictator authoritarian, Caesar*, despot, Fascist, Hitler*, overlord, totalitarian, tyrant; concept 354 autocratic [adj] holding power exclusively absolute, all-powerful, arbitrary, bossy, czarlike, despotic, dictatorial, domineering, driving, imperious, monocratic, pushing, tyrannical, tyrannous; concepts 319,536 Ant. democratic autograph [n] handwritten signature endorsement, handwriting, inscription, John Hancock*, seal, token, undersignature, writing; concept 284 autograph [v] write signature endorse, engross, handwrite, ink, inscribe, pen, sign, signature, subscribe, write by hand; concept 79 automated [adj] made or done by a machine automatic, computerized, electrical, electronic, mechanical, mechanized, motorized, programmed, robotic; concepts 538,549 Ant. by hand, manual automatic [adj1] done or made by machine automated, electric, electronic, mechanical, mechanized, motorized, robotic, self-moving, self-regulating, self-starting; concepts 538,549 Ant. by hand, manual automatic [adj2] done by habit autogenetic, habitual, impulsive, instinctive, instinctual, intuitive, involuntary, knee-jerk, mechanical, natural, perfunctory, reex, routine, spontaneous, unconscious, unforced, unintentional, unmeditated, unthinking, unwilled; concepts 403,538 Ant. thought-out automatic [adj3] occurring as natural consequence assured, certain, inescapable, inevitable,

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necessary, routine, unavoidable; concepts 530,535 Ant. stilted, unnatural automation [n] machine control computerization, industrialization, mechanization; concept 770 automobile [n] land vehicle; car auto, bucket of bolts*, bug*, buggy*, bus, clunker*, compact, convertible, crate*, four-wheeler*, gas guzzler*, go-cart*, hardtop, hatchback, heap*, jalopy*, junker*, lemon*, limousine, motor car, oil burner*, passenger car, pickup truck, ride*, sedan, sports car, station wagon, subcompact, taxi, transportation, truck, tub*, van, wheels*, wreck*; concept 505 autonomous [adj] independent free, self-determining, self-governing, self-ruling, sovereign, uncontrolled; concept 554 Ant. dependent, subject autonomy [n] independence freedom, liberty, self-determination, self-government, self-rule, sovereignty; concept 652 Ant. dependence autopsy [n] examination of dead body dissection, necropsy, pathological examination, postmortem; concepts 103,310 autumn [n] season between summer and winter autumnal equinox, fall, harvest; concept 814 Ant. spring auxiliary [adj] supplementary abetting, accessory, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant, backup, complementary, contributory, extra, reserve, secondary, spare, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary, supporting; concepts 546,824 Ant. body, main auxiliary [n] helper accessory, accomplice, adjutant, ally, assistant, associate, companion, confederate, crutch*, partner, reserve, subordinate, supporter; concept 423 avail [n] use account, advantage, applicability, appropriateness, tness, service, usefulness; concept 680 avail [v] be of use; use account, advantage, answer, be adequate, benet, ll, fulll, meet, prot, satisfy, serve, sufce, work; concept 91 available [adj] ready for use accessible, achievable, applicable, at hand, at ones disposal*, attainable, come-at-able*, convenient, derivable from, feasible, free, getatable*, handy, obtainable, on deck*, on hand*, on tap*, open to, possible, prepared, procurable, purchasable, reachable, ready willing and able*, realizable, securable, serviceable, up for grabs*, usable, vacant; concept 576 Ant. unavailable, unhandy, unobtainable avalanche [n] falling large mass; sudden rush of large quantity barrage, deluge, ood, inundation, landslide, landslip, snowslide, torrent; concepts 509,524,787 avant-garde [adj] unconventional, forwardlooking beat*, experimental, head*, hip*, innovative, lead, leading-edge*, liberal, new, new wave, pioneering, progressive, radical, state-of-the-art, vanguard; concepts 564,585 Ant. conservative, conventional avarice [n] extreme greed avidity, close-stedness*, covetousness, cupidity, frugality, grabbiness, greediness, miserliness, niggardliness, parsimony, penny- pinching*, penuriousness, rapacity, stinginess, thrift; concepts 335,410 Ant. generosity, philanthropy

avaricious [adj] greedy covetous, gluttonous, hoarding, money-grubbing*, pleonectic, predatory, rapacious, selsh, tight*; concepts 404,542 avenge [v] retaliate chasten, chastise, come back at, even the score, get back at, get even, payback, punish, redress, repay, requite, retribute, revenge, stick it to, take satisfaction, take vengeance, venge, vindicate; concepts 122,126 avenue [n] street; path access, alley, approach, boulevard, channel, course, drive, entrance, entry, exit, outlet, parkway, passage, pathway, promenade, road, route, thoroughfare, way; concept 501 average [adj1] normal, typical boilerplate*, common, commonplace, customary, dime a dozen*, everyday, fair, fair to middling*, familiar, garden*, garden-variety*, general, humdrum*, intermediate, mainstream, mediocre, medium, middle of the road*, middling, moderate, nowhere*, ordinary, passable, plastic*, regular, run of the mill*, so-so*, standard, tolerable, undistinguished, unexceptional, usual; concept 547 Ant. abnormal, atypical, exceptional, extraordinary, extreme, outstanding, unusual average [adj2] numerical mean intermediate, median, medium, middle; concept 762 average [n] normal, typical amount mean, median, medium, middle, midpoint, norm, par, rule, standard, usual; concepts 647,787 Ant. abnormality, exception, extreme, unusual average [v] obtain numerical mean balance, equate, even out; concept 764 averse [adj] opposing afraid, allergic, antagonistic, antipathetic, contrary, disinclined, disliking, having no use for*, hesitant, hostile, ill-disposed, indisposed, inimical, loath, nasty, perverse, reluctant, uneager, unfavorable, unfriendly, unwilling; concepts 403,564 Ant. caring, liking, loving, sympathetic aversion [n] dislike; opposition abhorrence, abomination, allergy, animosity, antagonism, antipathy, detestation, disfavor, disgust, disinclination, disliking, displeasure, dissatisfaction, distaste, dread, hate, hatred, having no use for*, horror, hostility, indisposition, loathing, odium, reluctance, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion, unwillingness; concept 29 Ant. affection, attachment, care, fondness, kindness, like, liking, love, sympathy avert [v] thwart; avoid by turning away avoid, deect, deter, divert, fend off, foil, forestall, frustrate, halt, look away, preclude, prevent, rule out, shove aside, shunt, stave off, turn, turn aside, turn away, ward off; concepts 121,623 Ant. aid, help aviation [n] ying an aircraft; study of ying aircraft aerodynamics, aeronautics, ight, navigation, piloting; concepts 148,187,324 aviator [n] person who ies aircraft ace, aeronaut, airperson, barnstormer, bird legs*, eagle*, ier, hotshot*, jockey*, navigator, pilot; concepts 348,366 avid [adj] enthusiastic ardent, athirst, avaricious, breathless, covetous, desirous, devoted, dying to*, eager, fanatical, fervent, gotta have*, grasping, greedy, hungry, impatient, insatiable,

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intense, keen, passionate, rapacious, ravenous, thirsty, voracious, zealous; concepts 20,401,403 Ant. dispassionate, indifferent, unenthusiastic avocation [n] hobby amusement, diversion, kick*, occupation, pastime, recreation, schtick*, shot*, side interest, sideline, thing*; concept 364 Ant. profession, vocation, work avoid [v] refrain or stay away from; prevent abstain, avert, bypass, circumlocute, circumvent, deect, desist, ditch, divert, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, fake out*, fend off, ee, give the slip*, hide, hold off, jump, keep clear, lay low*, obviate, recoil, run for cover*, shake, shake and bake*, shake off, shirk, shrink from, shufe off, shun, shy, sidestep, skip*, skip out on*, skip town*, skirt*, stay away, stay out, steer clear of*, step aside, turn aside, ward off, weave, withdraw; concepts 102,121 Ant. face, meet, seek, want avoidable [adj] preventable avertible, escapable, needless, stoppable, unnecessary; concept 121 Ant. inescapable, inevitable avoidance [n] eluding; preventing absention, circumvention, delay, departure, dodge, dodging, elusion, escape, escapism, eschewal, evasion, ight, forbearance, nonparticipation, parry, passive resistance, prevention, recession, recoil, restraint, retreat, run-around, self-restraint, shirking, shunning, steering clear of*; concepts 102,121 Ant. meeting avow [v] state; profess acknowledge, admit, afrm, allow, assert, aver, avouch, concede, confess, cross ones heart*, declare, grant, maintain, own up, proclaim, swear, swear on bible*, swear up and down*; concepts 49,60,71 Ant. censure, condemn, deny, disclaim, disown, dispute, renounce, repudiate avowal [n] acknowledgment admission, afrmation, announcement, assertion, confession, declaration, oath, proclamation, testimony; concepts 8,50,88 await [v] wait with expectation anticipate, attend, be prepared for, be ready for, cool ones heels*, count on, hang around*, hang in*, hang out*, hope, look for, look forward to, stay, sweat*, sweat it out*; concept 26 awake [adj] conscious; alert alive, aroused, attentive, awakened, aware, cognizant, excited, heedful, knowing, observant, on guard, roused, vigilant, wakeful, waking, watchful; concepts 402,406 Ant. asleep, unconscious awake [v1] become alert or cause to rise from sleep arise, awaken, call, gain consciousness, get up, roll out*, rouse, stir, wake, wake up; concepts 250,315 Ant. go to sleep, sleep awake [v2] become or make aware activate, alert, animate, arouse, awaken, call forth, enliven, excite, incite, kindle, provoke, revive, stimulate, stir up, vivify; concept 231 Ant. deaden, lull awaken [v] make conscious or alert activate, animate, arouse, awake, call, enliven, excite, fan, incite, kindle, pile out*, provoke, rally, revive, rise and shine*, roll out*, rouse, show a leg*, stimulate, stir up, turn out*, vivify, wake; concepts 7,19,22,105,231 Ant. deaden, go to sleep, hypnotize

awakening [n] making conscious or alert activation, animating, arousal, awaking, birth, enlivening, incitement, kindling, provocation, rebirth, renewal, revival, rousing, stimulation, stirring up, vivication, waking, waking up; concepts 13,105,231 Ant. sleep, sleeping award [n] prize or reward accolade, adjudication, allotment, bestowal, citation, conferment, conferral, decision, decoration, decree, distinction, donation, endowment, feather in cap*, gift, gold, gold star*, grant, honor, order, presentation, scholarship, trophy, verdict; concept 337 award [v] give prize or reward accord, adjudge, allocate, allot, apportion, assign, bestow, concede, confer, decree, dish out*, distribute, donate, endow, fork out*, gift, grant, hand out, present, render, reward, shell out*, sweeten the kitty*; concept 132 aware [adj] knowledgeable acquainted, alert, alive, appraised, appreciative, apprehensive, apprised, attentive, au courant, awake, cognizant, conscious, cool*, enlightened, familiar, go-go*, groovy*, grounded*, heedful, hip*, informed, in the know*, in the picture*, into*, know-how, knowing, know the score*, know whats what*, latched on*, mindful, on the beam*, on to*, perceptive, plugged in*, receptive, savvy, sensible, sentient, sharp, tuned in, up on, wise, wised up*, wise to*, with it*; concept 402 Ant. ignorant, insensitive, unaware, unconscious awareness [n] knowledge acquaintance, acquaintanceship, alertness, aliveness, appreciation, apprehension, attention, attentiveness, cognizance, comprehension, consciousness, discernment, enlightenment, experience, familiarity, information, keenness, mindfulness, perception, realization, recognition, sensibility, sentience, understanding; concept 409 Ant. ignorance, insensitivity, unconsciousness away [adv1] in another direction; at a distance abroad, absent, afar, apart, aside, beyond, distant, elsewhere, far aeld, far away, far off, far remote, forth, from here, hence, not present, off, out of, out of the way, over, to one side; concepts 581,778 away [adv2] continuously endlessly, forever, incessantly, interminably, on and on, relentlessly, repeatedly, tirelessly, unremittingly, without break, without end, without rest, without stopping; concept 553 awe [n] amazement admiration, apprehension, astonishment, consternation, dread, esteem, fear, fright, horror, regard, respect, reverence, shock, stupefaction, terror, veneration, wonder, wonderment, worship; concepts 230,410 Ant. calmness, coolness, expectation, familiarity, intimacy, steadiness awe [v] amaze alarm, appall, astonish, blow away*, cow*, daunt, dazzle, abbergast, frighten, grandstand, horrify, hotdog*, impress, intimidate, knock socks off*, overawe, scare, showboat*, startle, strike, stun, stupefy, terrify; concepts 7,19,22,42 Ant. expect awesome [adj] amazing alarming, astonishing, awe-inspiring, awful, beautiful, breathtaking, daunting, dreadful, exalted, fearful, fearsome, formidable, frantic, frightening, grand, hairy*, horrible, horrifying, imposing, impressive, intimidating, magnicent, majestic, mean,

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mind-blowing*, moving, nervous, overwhelming, real gone*, shocking, something else*, striking, stunning, stupefying, terrible, terrifying, wonderful, wondrous, zero cool*; concepts 537,572 Ant. unamazing awful [adj] very bad; terrible abominable, alarming, appalling, atrocious, deplorable, depressing, dire, disgusting, distressing, dreadful, fearful, frightful, ghastly, grody*, gross*, gruesome, grungy*, harrowing, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horric, horrifying, nasty, offensive, raunchy, repulsive, shocking, stinking, synthetic, tough, ugly, unpleasant, unsightly; concepts 570,571 Ant. beautiful, good, ok, pleasing awfully [adv1] badly clumsily, disgracefully, disreputably, dreadfully, inadequately, incompletely, poorly, reprehensibly, shoddily, unforgivably, unpleasantly, wickedly, wretchedly; concepts 570,571 awfully [adv2] very badly, dreadfully, excessively, extremely, greatly, hugely, immensely, indeed, much, quite, terribly, truly, very much; concept 569 awhile [adv] for a short period briey, for a bit, for a little while, for a moment, for a spell, for a while, for the moment, momentarily, not for long, temporarily, transiently; concept 798 awkward [adj1] clumsy, inelegant all thumbs*, amateurish, artless, blundering, bulky, bumbling, bungling, butterngers*, coarse, oundering, gawky, graceless, green*, having two left feet*, having two left hands*, incompetent, inept, inexpert, klutzy*, lumbering, maladroit, oash, rude, stiff, stumbling, uncoordinated, uncouth, unt, ungainly, ungraceful, unhandy, unpolished, unrened, unskilled, unskillful; concepts 406,480,527 Ant. adroit, artful, dexterous, elegant, graceful, handy, skillful awkward [adj2] difcult to handle annoying, bulky, chancy, cramped, cumbersome, dangerous, disagreeable, discommodious, hard to use, hazardous, incommodious, inconvenient, perilous, risky, troublesome, uncomfortable, unhandy, unmanageable, unwieldy; concept 558 Ant. convenient, easy, straightforward awkward [adj3] embarrassing compromising, delicate, difcult, embarrassed, ill at ease, inconvenient, inopportune, painful, perplexing, sticky*, thorny*, ticklish*, troublesome, trying, uncomfortable, unpleasant, untimely; concept 555 Ant. clever awkwardness [n1] clumsiness; inelegance amateurishness, artlessness, boorishness, cloddishness, coarseness, crudeness, gawkiness, gracelessness, greenness*, ignorance, inability, incompetence, ineptitude, ineptness, inexpertness, maladroitness, oashness, rudeness, tactlessness, uncoordination, uncouthness, ungainliness, unskillfulness; concepts 405,630,717 Ant. artfulness, dexterity, elegance, grace, handiness, skill awkwardness [n2] difculty bulkiness, chanciness, cumbersomeness, danger, hazardousness, inconvenience, peril, perilousness, risk, troublesomeness, uncomfortableness, unhandiness, unmanageability, unwieldiness; concepts 656,666 Ant. convenience, ease, easiness, straightforwardness

awkwardness [n3] embarrassment delicacy, difculty, discomfort, inconvenience, inopportuneness, painfulness, stickiness*, thorniness*, ticklishness*, trouble, uncomfortableness, unpleasantness, untimeliness; concept 388 Ant. cleverness awning [n] canopy covering, door cover, marquee, protection, shade, shelter, sunshade, tent; concepts 440,473 awry [adj] off course; amiss aeld, askance, askew, aslant, astray, badly, bent, cockeyed, crooked, curved, slanting, turned, wrong, zigzag; concepts 537,581 Ant. ok, on course ax/axe [n] large cutting tool adz, chopper, hatchet, tomahawk; concept 499 ax/axe [v1] cut with large blade chop, cut, cut down, fell, hew; concept 176 ax/axe [v2] dismiss from service boot*, bounce*, can*, cancel, cut back, discharge, dispense with, eliminate, re, get rid of, give a pink slip*, give the boot*, kick out, lay off, remove, sack*, terminate, throw out; concept 351 Ant. hire axiom [n] principle adage, aphorism, apothegm, device, dictum, fundamental, law, maxim, moral, postulate, precept, proposition, proverb, saying, theorem, truism, truth; concepts 278, 688,689 Ant. absurdity, ambiguity, foolishness, nonsense, paradox axiomatic [adj] understood; aphoristic absolute, accepted, aphoristic, apothegmatic, assumed, certain, fundamental, given, indubitable, manifest, obvious, presupposed,proverbial, self-evident, unquestioned; concept 529 Ant. misunderstood, questionable, uncertain axis [n] point around which something revolves arbor, axle, hinge, pivot, pole, shaft, spindle, stalk, stem, support, turning point; concept 830 axle [n] shaft around which wheels rotate arbor, axis, gudgeon, mandrel, pin, pivot, pole, rod, shaft, spindle, stalk, stem, support; concepts 464,830 ax to grind [n] hidden motive agenda, driving force, hidden agenda, incentive, motivation, motive, reason, score to settle*; concepts 20, 661,689

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babble [n] trivial talk, often incessant blubbering, burble, chatter, clamor, drivel, gab, gabble, gibberish, gossip, gushing, idle talk, jabber, jabbering, jargon, murmur, muttering, prattle, ranting, tattling; concepts 266,278 Ant. quiet, sense, wisdom babble [v] talk trivially, often incessantly blab, blubber, blurt, burble, cackle, chat, chatter, gibber, go on, gossip, gush, jabber, mumble, murmur, mutter, patter, prate, prattle, rant, rave, run off at the mouth*, run on, spill the beans*, squeal*, talk foolishly, talk incoherently, talk nonsensically, tattle, trivialize, yak*, yakkety yak*; concepts 51,266 Ant. be quiet babe [n] baby bairn, child, infant, little one, newborn, suckling; concepts 414,424 Ant. adolescent, adult baby [adj] miniature babyish, diminutive,

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dwarf, little, midget, mini*, minute, petite, small, tiny, wee, youthful; concept 773 Ant. big, giant, large baby [n] infant angelface*, babe, bairn, bambino, bundle, buttercup*, button, cherub, chick, child, crawler*, deduction*, dividend*, dumpling*, kid, little angel*, little darling*, little doll*, little one*, newborn, nipper*, nursling, papoose, preemie*, suckling, tad*, toddler, tot, write-off*, youngster; concepts 414,424 Ant. adolescent, adult baby [v] treat like a child cater to, cherish, coddle, cosset, cuddle, dandle, dote on, foster, humor, indulge, nurse, overindulge, pamper, pet, please, satisfy, serve, spoil; concepts 110,295 babyhood [n] period of infancy childhood, diaper days*, infanthood; concept 817 Ant. adolescence, adulthood babyish [adj] acting like an infant baby, childish, foolish, immature, infantile, juvenile, kid stuff, puerile, silly, sissy, spoiled; concepts 401,550 Ant. grown-up, mature baby-sit [v] care for a child guard, sit, take care, tend, watch; concept 295 bachelor [n] unmarried man or woman available*, celibate, single*, single person, stag*, unattached; concepts 415,419,423 Ant. groom, husband, spouse back [adj1] end aback, abaft, aft, after, astern, back of, backward, behind, nal, following, hind, hindmost, in the wake of, posterior, rear, rearmost, rearward, tail; concepts 827,833 Ant. front back [adj2] from earlier time delayed, elapsed, former, overdue, past, previous; concept 820 Ant. future back [n] end part aft, back end, backside, extremity, far end, hindpart, hindquarters, posterior, rear, reverse, stern, tail, tail end, tailpiece; concepts 392,471,827,833 Ant. front back [v1] support abet, abide by, advocate, ally, angel*, assist, bankroll, boost, champion, countenance, encourage, endorse, favor, nance, give a boost, give a leg up*, give a lift*, go to bat for*, grubstake, sanction, second, side with, sponsor, stake, stand behind, stick by, stick up for, subsidize, sustain, underwrite, uphold; concepts 8,50,88 Ant. discourage, dissuade back [v2] put in reverse direction backtrack, drive back, fall back, recede, regress, repel, repulse, retire, retract, retreat, reverse, turn tail, withdraw; concepts 195,208 Ant. advance, go forward backbiting [n] hateful talk abuse, aspersion, backstabbing*, belittlement, calumniation, calumny, cattiness, defamation, denigration, depreciation, detraction, disparagement, gossip, invective, lie, malice, obloquy, scandal, slander, spite, spitefulness, tale, traducement, vilication, vituperation; concepts 54,58,63 Ant. encouragement, praise backbone [n1] strength of character courage, determination, rmness, fortitude, grit, guts, hardihood, heart, intestinal fortitude*, mettle, moral ber, nerve, pluck, resolution, resolve, spunk, stamina, steadfastness, tenacity, toughness, will, willpower; concept 411 Ant. ineptness, powerlessness, spinelessness, weakness backbone [n2] spinal column of vertebrate

base, basis, foundation, spine, support, vertebrae, vertebral column; concepts 420,442 backbreaking [adj] strenuous arduous, exhausting, grueling, hard, laborious, punishing, taxing, toilsome, wearisome; concept 538 back door [n] secretive or illicit method back entrance, back way, indirect access, means of entry, trap door; concepts 274,631 back down [v] withdraw from agreement or statement abandon, accede, admit, back off, back out, back pedal*, backtrack, balk, beg off*, cancel, chicken out*, concede, cop out*, demur, give in, give up, go back on, hold back, recant, recoil, renege, resign, retreat, surrender, take back, withdraw, yield; concepts 266,697 Ant. go forwaard backer [n] supporter advocate, ally, angel*, benefactor, champion, endorser, follower, grubstaker, meal ticket*, money, patron, promoter, protagonist, sponsor, staker, underwriter, well-wisher; concept 359 Ant. antagonist, opponent, opposer backre [v] have an opposite effect backlash, boomerang, bounce back, disappoint, fail, op, miscarry, rebound, recoil, ricochet, spring back; concepts 42,701 background [n] experience or circumstances accomplishments, acquirement, actions, atmosphere, attainment, aura, backdrop, breeding, capacity, credentials, cultivation, culture, deeds, education, environment, framework, grounding, history, practice, preparation, qualication, rearing, seasoning, tradition, training, upbringing; concepts 673,678,706 Ant. foreground backhanded [adj] underhanded ambiguous, double-edged, equivocal, sarcastic, sardonic, two-edged; concepts 401,544 backing [n] support abetment, accompaniment, adherence, advocacy, aegis, aid, assistance, auspices, championing, championship, encouragement, endorsement, funds, grant, help, patronage, reinforcement, sanction, secondment, sponsorship, subsidy; concepts 110, 332 Ant. disfavor, opposition backlash [n] adverse reaction backre, boomerang, counteraction, kickback, reaction, recoil, repercussion, resentment, resistance, response, retaliation, retroaction, tangle; concept 230 backlog [n] uncompleted work; accumulation excess, hoard, inventory, quantity, reserve(s), reservoir, resources, stock, stockpile, store, supply; concepts 432,787 back out [v] withdraw avoid, back down, back pedal*, beg off*, blow it off*, cancel, chicken out*, cop out*, get cold feet*, give up, go back on, recant, renege, resign, scratch, shy from, surrender, throw in the towel*, weasel out, welsh, wiggle out, worm out*; concepts 50, 88,121,266,697 backpack [n] sack carried on the back haversack, knapsack, pack, rucksack; concept 446 back-pedal [v] change mind back out of, change opinion, default on, do an about-face, do a U-turn, fail to honor, go back on, go into reverse, have second thoughts, reconsider, renege, shift ones ground, sing a different song*, take back; concept 13 backside [n] rear end behind, bottom, butt*,

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buttocks, derrire, fanny*, posterior, rear, rump*, seat*, tail*, tush*; concept 392 Ant. front backslide [v] go astray apostatize, deviate, fall from grace, lapse, leave the straight and narrow*, relapse, revert, sin, slip; concepts 195, 665,697 backstab [v] attack indirectly backbite, betray, double-cross*, play Judas*, sell down the river*, slander, smear; concepts 54,192 back talk [n] nasty reply cheek, guff, lip, mouth, sass; concepts 46,278 backup [n] auxiliary alternate, extra, substitute; concepts 546,824 backward [adj1] toward the rear astern, behind, inverted, rearward, regressive, retrograde; concept 581 Ant. ahead, forward, to the front backward [adj2] bashful afraid, averse, demure, difdent, disinclined, hesitant, hesitating, humble, indisposed, late, loath, modest, reluctant, reserved, retiring, shy, sluggish, tardy, timid, uneager, unwilling, wavering; concept 401 Ant. aggressive, forward, precocious, unshy backward [adj3] slow in growth arrested, behind, checked, delayed, dense, dull, feebleminded, imbecile, late, moronic, stupid, subnormal, underdeveloped, underprivileged, undeveloped; concepts 402,562 Ant. developing, fast, intelligent, smart backward [adv] toward the rear aback, abaft, about, astern, back, behind, in reverse, inverted, rearward, turned around; concept 581 Ant. forward backwash [n] repercussion aftermath, result, wake; concepts 230,674 backwoods [n/adj] forests; land distant from settled area backcountry, boondocks*, frontier, hinterland, interior, isolation, outback, rural area, sticks*, timberland, woodland; concept 509 backyard [n] expanse behind house courtyard, garden, grass, lawn, patio, play area, terrace, yard; concept 513 Ant. front yard bacteria [n] microorganisms bacilli, germs, microbes, organisms, pathogens; concepts 306,393 bad [adj1] poor quality abominable, amiss, atrocious, awful, bad news*, beastly, blah*, bottom out, bummer*, careless, cheap, cheesy*, crappy*, cruddy*, crummy*, defective, decient, diddly*, dissatisfactory, downer*, dreadful, erroneous, fallacious, faulty, garbage, godawful*, grody*, gross*, grungy*, icky*, imperfect, inadequate, incorrect, inferior, junky*, lousy*, not good, off, poor, raunchy*, rough, sad, slipshod, stinking, substandard, synthetic, the pits*, unacceptable, unsatisfactory; concept 571 Ant. good, honest, reputable, right, upright, virtuous, worthy bad [adj2] harmful damaging, dangerous, deleterious, detrimental, hurtful, injurious, ruinous, unhealthy; concepts 537,570 Ant. advantageous, benecial, benevolent, good, honest, protable, virtuous bad [adj3] immoral base, corrupt, criminal, delinquent, evil, iniquitous, mean, reprobate, sinful, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, wrong; concept 545 Ant. good, honest, just, reputable, right, true, virtuous

bad [adj4] mischievous disobedient, ill-behaved, misbehaving, naughty, unruly, wrong; concept 401 bad [adj5] decayed moldy, off, putrid, rancid, rotten, sour, spoiled; concepts 485,613 Ant. good, ok, undecayed bad [adj6] severe disastrous, distressing, grave, harsh, intense, painful, serious, terrible; concept 569 bad [adj7] sick ailing, diseased, ill, in pain, unwell; concept 314 bad [adj8] sorry apologetic, consciencestricken, contrite, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, disconsolate, down, downcast, downhearted, guilty, low, regretful, remorseful, sad, upset, woebegone; concept 403 bad [adj9] distressing adverse, disagreeable, discouraged, discouraging, displeasing, distressed, gloomy, grim, melancholy, troubled, troubling, unfavorable, unfortunate, unhappy, unpleasant; concepts 403,529 bad blood [n] ill will acrimony, anger, animosity, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, dislike, distrust, enmity, hard feelings, hatred, hostility, malevolence, malice, nastiness, odium, rancor, resentment, unfriendliness, venom; concept 29 bad form [n] bad style barbarism, impropriety, indecorum, inelegance, infelicity, solecism; concepts 275,633 badge [n] emblem worn brand, cordon, device, identication, insignia, mark, marker, medallion, motto, pin, ribbon, scepter, shield, sign, stamp, symbol, token; concepts 260,284,476 badger [v] nag, bother annoy, bait, bug, bully, eat*, give the business*, goad, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, hound, importune, insist on, needle, nudge, pester, plague, ride, tease, torment, work on; concepts 14,51 bad luck [n] adversity blow, hard luck, hard time, mischance, misfortune, reverse, setback; concepts 388,674,679 badly [adv1] inadequately abominably, awkwardly, blunderingly, carelessly, clumsily, crudely, defectively, erroneously, faultily, feebly, haphazardly, imperfectly, incompetently, ineffectively, ineptly, maladroitly, negligently, poorly, shoddily, stupidly, unfavorably, unfortunately, unsatisfactorily, unskillfully, unsuccessfully, weakly, wrong, wrongly; concept 571 Ant. adequately badly [adv2] immorally criminally, evilly, improperly, naughtily, shamefully, unethically, wickedly; concept 545 Ant. morally badly [adv3] very much; desperately acutely, deeply, exceedingly, extremely, gravely, greatly, hard, intensely, painfully, roughly, seriously, severely; concept 569 Ant. calmly, little, mildly bad manners [n] improper behavior boorishness, discourtesy, disrespect, impoliteness, inconsideration, unmannerliness; concepts 29,633 bad-mouth [v] to denigrate belittle, criticize, cut down to size*, dis*, disparage, dump on*, nd fault, knock*, malign, mudsling*, pan, pooh pooh*, put down*, rap, rip, roast*, run down*, slam, slander, take a dig at*, take down a peg*, tear down*, tear to pieces*; concepts 52,54

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bad news [n] trouble bind, bother, concern, danger, deep trouble, difculty, dilemma, dire straits, disappointment, distress, grief, headache*, hindrance, hot water*, inconvenience, mess, misfortune, nuisance, pain, predicament, problem, struggle, torment, woe; concepts 532,674,675, 690,728 bad scene [n] misfortunate event bad trip*, bummer*, bum trip*, depressing experience, disaster, downer*, drag*, raw deal, rotten hand, unhappy situation, unpleasant experience, unpleasant situation; concepts 674,675 bad time [n] agony going-over, grief, grilling, hard time, third degree, torture; concepts 410,728 bad trip [n] unpleasant experience bad scene, bummer*, bum trip*, disaster, downer*, drag*, freak-out*, unhappy situation, unpleasant drug experience, unpleasant situation; concepts 674,675 bafe [v1] perplex addle, amaze, astound, befuddle, bewilder, buffalo*, confound, confuse, daze, disconcert, dumbfound, elude, embarrass, faze, oor*, get, mix up, muddle, mystify, nonplus, puzzle, rattle, stick*, stump*, stun, throw; concepts 7,19,42 Ant. clear up, enlighten, explain bafe [v2] hinder beat, block, check, circumvent, dash, defeat, disappoint, foil, frustrate, impede, obstruct, prevent, ruin, thwart, upset; concept 121 Ant. abet, aid, assist, encourage, help, relieve, support bafing [adj] puzzling abstruse, bewildering, beyond one, confusing, difcult to understand, enigmatic, hard to understand, incomprehensible, mystifying, over ones head, perplexing, unclear, unfathomable; concept 403 Ant. clear, comprehensible bag [n1] container for ones possesions attach, backpack, briefcase, carryall, carry-on, case, duffel, gear, handbag, haversack, holdall, kit, knapsack, pack, packet, pocket, pocketbook, poke, pouch, purse, rucksack, sac, sack, saddlebag, satchel, suitcase, tote; concepts 339,450 bag [n2] special interest expertise, favorite activity, hobby, preference, speciality, thing*; concepts 32,529 bag [v1] catch acquire, apprehend, capture, collar, gain, get, hook, kill, land, nab, nail, net, seize, shoot, take, trap; concept 90 Ant. lose bag [v2] droop balloon, billow, bulge, ap, op, hang, lop, sag, swell; concepts 754,757 baggage [n] gear accoutrements, bags, belongings, carry-on, effects, equipment, fortnighter, gear, impedimenta, luggage, overnighter*, paraphernalia, parcels, slough, suitcases, things, tote, tote bag, trappings, two-suiter; concept 494 baggy [adj] drooping billowing, bulging, droopy, abby, oppy, ill-tting, loose, oversize, roomy, sagging, slack, unshapely; concepts 486,490 Ant. rm, tting, tight bail [n] money for assurance bond, collateral, guarantee, pawn, pledge, recognizance, security, surety, warrant, warranty; concepts 318,332 bail out [v1] help aid, deliver, release, relieve, rescue, spring; concept 110 Ant. ignore, refuse bail out [v2] escape ee, quit, retreat, withdraw; concept 102 Ant. stay

bait [n] something for luring allurement, attraction, bribe, come-on*, drag, enticement, inducement, lure, seducement, shill, snare, temptation, trap; concept 709 bait [v1] lure allure, attract, bedevil, beguile, draw, entice, fascinate, lead on, seduce, tempt; concepts 9,14 bait [v2] needle anger, annoy, badger, bother, gall, harass, heckle, hound, irk, irritate, nag, persecute, provoke, tease, torment; concepts 7,19 bake [v] cook in oven heat, melt, scorch, simmer, stew, warm; concept 170 baked [adj] cooked in oven dried, heated, melted, scorched, simmered, stewed, warmed; concept 462 baker [n] person who cooks baked goods chef, cook, dough puncher*, pastry maker; concept 348 bakery [n] cooking business where baked goods are produced bake shop, confectionery, pastry shop, ptisserie; concepts 325,439,449 balance [n1] equilibrium antithesis, correspondence, counterbalance, equity, equivalence, evenness, even-steven*, hang, harmony, parity, proportion, stasis, symmetry, tension; concepts 664,667 Ant. disproportion, imbalance, instability balance [n2] composure equanimity, poise, selfcontrol, self-possession, stability, steadfastness; concept 633 Ant. imbalance, noncomposure balance [n3] money remaining in account difference, dividend, excess, prot, remainder, residue, rest, surplus; concept 332 balance [v1] make equal; cause to have equilibrium accord, adjust, attune, cancel, collate, come out, come out even, compensate, correspond, counteract, counterbalance, equalize, equate, even, harmonize, level, make up for, match, neutralize, nullify, offset, oppose, pair off, parallel, poise, readjust, redeem, set, square, stabilize, steady, tie, weigh; concepts 197,697 Ant. disproportion, overbalance, unbalance balance [v2] compare assess, consider, deliberate, estimate, evaluate, weigh; concept 17 Ant. unbalance balance [v3] make equal numerically adjust, audit, calculate, compute, count, enumerate, equate, estimate, gure, settle, square, sum up, tally, total; concept 764 Ant. unbalance balanced [adj1] equalized counterbalanced, equitable, equivalent, evened, fair, just, offset, proportional, stabilized, symmetrical, uniform; concept 566 Ant. disproportioned, imbalanced, unequal, unsymmetrical balanced [adj2] settled nancially certied, conrmed, validated; concept 334 Ant. unbalanced balance sheet [n] nancial statement including gains and losses for a period account, annual report, assets and liabilities, budget, ledger, report; concepts 271,332 balcony [n] porch or structure above the ground balustrade, box*, catwalk, gallery, mezzanine, piazza, platform, porch, portico, stoop, terrace, veranda; concept 440 bald [adj1] having no covering baldheaded, bare, barren, depilated, exposed, glabrous,

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hairless, head*, naked, shaven, skin head*, smooth, stark, uncovered; concept 485 Ant. hairy, hirsute bald [adj2] simple, unadorned austere, bare, blunt, direct, downright, forthright, outright, plain, severe, straight, straightforward, unembellished; concepts 485,589 Ant. adorned, decorated bale [n] bunch bundle, package, parcel; concept 432 baleful [adj] menacing calamitous, deadly, dire, evil, foreboding, harmful, hurtful, injurious, malevolent, malignant, noxious, ominous, pernicious, ruinous, sinister, threatening, venomous, vindictive, woeful; concepts 537,570 Ant. advantageous, auspicious, favorable, good, helping, promising balk [v1] stop short cramp, crimp, demur, desist, dodge, evade, inch, hesitate, recoil, refuse, resist, shirk, shrink from, shy, turn down, upset apple cart*; concepts 119,121,188 balk [v2] thwart bafe, bar, beat, check, circumvent, counteract, cramp, cramp ones style*, dash, defeat, disappoint, disconcert, foil, forestall, frustrate, hinder, obstruct, prevent, ruin, stall, stop, throw a curve*, throw monkey wrench in*, upset the apple cart*; concept 121 Ant. aid, help, make easier balky [adj] uncooperative averse, contrary, hesitant, immovable, indisposed, inexible, intractable, loath, negative, negativistic, obstinate, ornery, perverse, reluctant, stubborn, unbending, unmanageable, unpredictable, unruly; concept 401 Ant. cooperative ball [n1] dance party hoedown, hoodang, hop, jump, mingle, prom, promenade, reception, shindig; concept 386 ball [n2] globe, sphere apple, balloon, drop, globule, orb, pellet, pill, round, spheroid; concept 436 ballad [n] narrative song carol, chant, ditty, serenade; concept 595 ballast [n] something giving balance balance, brace, bracket, counterbalance, counterweight, equilibrium, sandbag, stability, stabilizer, support, weight; concept 712 ballet [n] graceful, expressive dancing choreography, dance, toe dancing; concept 263 ballet dancer [n] person who performs graceful dance company, coryphee, dancer, danseur, danseuse, gurant, gurante, hoofer*, prima ballerina; concept 352 balloon [n] inated material or vehicle airship, bladder, blimp, dirigible, zeppelin; concepts 293,504 balloon [v] billow out; bloat belly, blow up, bulge, dilate, distend, enlarge, expand, inate, puff out, swell; concepts 208,756 ballot [n1] voting; recording of vote election, franchise, plebiscite, poll, polling, referendum, slate, tally, ticket; concepts 300,301 ballot [n2] candidates from political party choice, lineup, slate, ticket; concept 301 balm [n1] oily substance analgesic, application, balsam, cerate, compound, cream, demulcent, dressing, embrocation, emollient, formula, lotion, medicine, ointment, potion, poultice, preparation, prescription, salve, soother, soothing agent, unction, unguent; concepts 307,466

balm [n2] something soothing alleviation, anodyne, assuagement, comfort, consolation, curative, cure, easement, mitigation, palliative, refreshment, relief, remedy, restorative, solace, soother; concepts 337,529 balmy [adj1] comfortable with respect to weather mild, moderate, moist, pleasant, refreshing, summerlike, summery, temperate, tropical; concepts 603,605 Ant. cool, inclement, wintery balmy [adj2] insane absurd, bugged out*, cracked*, crazed, crazy, daft, deranged, dotty*, foolish, harebrained*, idiotic, loony, mentally incompetent, moronic, nuts*, nutty*, odd, potty*, preposterous, silly, stupid, wacky; concept 403 Ant. balanced, rational, sane, sensible bamboozle [v] fool; cheat bafe, befuddle, bilk, con, confound, confuse, deceive, defraud, delude, dupe, imam*, hoax, hoodwink*, hornswoggle*, mystify, perplex, puzzle, stump, swindle, trick; concept 59 Ant. be honest ban [n] ofcial forbiddance a thou-shalt-not*, boycott, censorship, dont*, embargo, injunction, interdiction, limitation, no-no*, off limits*, out of bounds*, prohibition, proscription, refusal, restriction, stoppage, suppression, taboo; concepts 50,88,121,688 Ant. allowance, permission ban [v] ofcially forbid banish, bar, blackball*, close down, close up, curse, declare illegal, disallow, enjoin, exclude, halt, ice out*, illegalize, inhibit, interdict, outlaw, pass by, pass up, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, restrict, shut out, suppress; concepts 50,88,121 Ant. allow, permit banal [adj] commonplace blah*, bland, bromidic, clichd, common, conventional, cornball*, cornfed*, corny, dull as dishwater*, dumb, everyday, at, hackneyed, ho hum*, hokey*, humdrum*, insipid, mundane, noplace, nothing, nowhere, old hat*, ordinary, pabulum*, pedestrian, platitudinous, square, stale, stereotyped, stock, stupid, tired, tripe, trite, unimaginative, unoriginal, vapid, watery, wishy-washy*, zero*; concept 530 Ant. fresh, new, original banality [n] common saying adage, boiler*, buzzword, chestnut*, clich, corn*, dullsville*, familiar tune*, high camp*, hokum*, old chestnut*, old saw*, plate*, platitude, prosaicism, prosaism, saw*, trite phrase, trivia, triviality, truism; concept 275 Ant. coinage, nuance, original saying band [n1] something which encircles bandage, bandeau, belt, binding, bond, braid, cable, chain, circle, circuit, copula, cord, llet, harness, hoop, ligature, line, link, manacle, ribbon, ring, rope, sash, scarf, shackle, snood, stay, strap, string, strip, tape, tie, truss; concepts 470,751 band [n2] group of people with same interest assembly, association, bevy, body, bunch, clique, club, cluster, collection, company, corps, coterie, covey, crew, gang, gathering, horde, menagerie, outt, party, society, troop, troupe; concepts 387,391,417 band [n3] musical group combo, ensemble,

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orchestra, philharmonic, symphony, troupe; concept 294 band [v] group or join group afliate, ally, amalgamate, belt, coadjute, combine, conjoin, consolidate, federate, gather, league, merge, team, unite; concepts 113,114 bandage [n] covering for wound cast, compress, dressing, gauze, plaster; concept 311 bandage [v] cover a wound bind, dress, swathe, truss, wrap; concept 310 bandanna [n] colorful scarf handkerchief, kerchief, neckerchief, silk; concept 450 bandit [n] thief brigand, criminal, crook, desperado, forager, gangster, gunperson, highwayperson, hijacker, holdup person, hooligan, marauder, mobster, outlaw, pillager, pirate, plunderer, racketeer, raider, ravager, robber, villain; concept 412 Ant. law, police bandwidth [n] frequency range high frequency, low frequency, radio band, radio bandwidth, transmission capacity; concept 279 bane [n] cause of misery afiction, bte noir, blight, burden, calamity, curse, despair, destruction, disaster, downfall, fatal attraction, misery, nuisance, pest, plague, poison, ruin, ruination, scourge, torment, trial, trouble, undoing, venom, woe; concepts 529,674 Ant. advantage, blessing, fortune, good luck baneful [adj] ruinous, injurious baleful, calamitous, deadly, deleterious, destructive, disastrous, evil, fatal, harmful, hurtful, malec, noxious, pernicious, pestilent, pestilential, poisonous, venomous, wicked; concepts 537,570 Ant. advantageous, benecial, benecient, fortunate, helpful, lucky bang [adv] suddenly, with force abruptly, hard, headlong, head on, noisily, precisely, smack, straight, suddenly; concept 540 Ant. slowly bang [n1] explosive noise blast, boom, burst, clang, clap, clash, crack, detonation, discharge, howl, peal, pop, report, roar, roll, rumble, salvo, shot, slam, smash, sound, thud, thump, thunder, wham; concept 595 Ant. whimper bang [n2] loud hit or knock bash, bat, belt, blow, box, bump, collide, crack, cuff, punch, slam, smack, smash, sock, stroke, wallop, whack, whop; concept 189 Ant. tap bang [n3] thrilling situation enjoyment, excitement, kick*, pleasant feeling, smash, wallop, wow*; concept 230 bang [v1] hit or knock loudly boom, burst, clang, clatter, crash, detonate, drum, echo, explode, make noise, peal, rattle, resound, sound, thump, thunder; concepts 65,189 Ant. tap bang [v2] moving by hitting hard bash, beat, bump, clatter, collide, crash, hammer, hit, knock, pound, pummel, rap, slam, smash, strike, thump, whack; concept 189 banish [v] expel from place or situation ban, cast out, deport, discard, discharge, dislodge, dismiss, dispel, drive away, eject, eliminate, eradicate, evict, exclude, excommunicate, exile, expatriate, expulse, extradict, get rid of, isolate, ostracize, oust, outlaw, proscribe, relegate, remove, rusticate, sequester, shake off, shut out, transport; concepts 121,217 Ant. allow, keep, welcome banister [n] railing of stairs baluster, balustrade, handrail, rail, support; concept 443

bank [n1] nancial institution coffer, countinghouse, credit union, depository, exchequer, fund, hoard, investment rm, repository, reserve, reservoir, safe, savings, stock, stockpile, store, storehouse, thrift, treasury, trust company, vault; concepts 333,339,439 bank [n2] ground bounding waters beach, cay, cliff, coast, edge, embankment, lakefront, lakeshore, lakeside, ledge, levee, oceanfront, reef, riverfront, riverside, seabank, seaboard, seafront, shore, strand, streamside, waterfront; concept 509 bank [n3] row or tier of objects array, dashboard, group, line, rank, row, sequence, series, succession; concept 464 bank [v1] collect money or advantage amass, deposit, heap, hill, hoard, invest, lay aside, lay away, mass, mound, pile, put by, salt away, save, sock away, speculate, squirrel, stash; concepts 109,330 Ant. disburse, spend bank [v2] lean or tilt bend, camber, cant, incline, pitch, slant, slope; concepts 148,213 Ant. straighten banker [n] professional in nancial institution broker, capitalist, croupier, dealer, nancier, house, investor, manager, money-lender, ofcer, teller, treasurer, usurer; concepts 347,348,353 bank on [v] depend upon assume, believe in, be sure about, bet on, build on, count on, gamble on, lean on, look to, reckon on, rely on, stake, trust, venture, wager; concept 12 bankrupt [adj] unable to pay debts broke, depleted, destitute, exhausted, failed, impoverished, in Chapter 11*, insolvent, lacking, lost, out of business, ruined, spent, tapped out; concept 334 Ant. rich, solvent, wealthy bankruptcy [n] inability to pay debts Chapter 11*, defalcation, default, destituteness, destitution, disaster, exhaustion, failure, indebtedness, indigence, insolvency, lack, liquidation, loss, nonpayment, overdraft, pauperism, privation, repudiation, ruin, ruination; concept 335 Ant. richness, solvency, wealth banner [adj] successful exceptional, foremost, leading, outstanding, red-letter; concept 528 banner [n1] ag, usually with message banderole, burgee, colors, emblem, ensign, gonfalon, heading, headline, pennant, pennon, standard, streamer; concepts 270,277,278 banner [n2] ad on Web/Internet page advertisement, burst page, headline, streamer; concepts 270,277,278,280 banquet [n] formal dinner, usually ceremonial feast, festivity, fete, meal, reception, regale, repast, spread, treat; concepts 377,459 bantam [adj] small diminutive, little, petite, tiny; concepts 491,773 Ant. big, huge, large banter [n] teasing badinage, chaff, chafng, chitchat, derision, dissing*, exchange, fun, gossip, jeering, jesting, joking, joshing, kidding, mockery, persiage, play, raillery, repartee, ribbing, ridicule, small talk; concepts 59,278 banter [v] tease chaff, deride, fool, fun, jeer, jest, jive*, joke, josh, kid, make fun of, mock, rag*, razz*, rib, ridicule, satirize, taunt; concepts 59,273 baptism [n] church rite; initiation ablution, baptismal, christening, debut, dedication, dunking, immersion, introduction, launching,

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lustration, purgation, purge, purication, rite of passage, ritual, sanctication, sprinkling; concepts 367,377 baptize [v] initiate in church rite admit, asperse, besprinkle, call, christen, cleanse, denominate, dip, dub, entitle, immerse, name, purify, regenerate, sprinkle, term, title; concept 367 bar [n1] rod; straight length of material batten, billet, boom, crossbar, crosspiece, ingot, lever, paling, pig, pole, rail, rib, rule, shaft, slab, spar, spoke, stake, stick, streak, strip, stripe, stroke; concepts 470,471 bar [n2] barrier; blockage barricade, blank wall, block, clog, deterrent, encumbrance, fence, hindrance, hurdle, impediment, obstacle, obstruction, pale, rail, railing, restraint, road block, snag, stop, stumbling block, traverse, wall; concepts 470,652,680 Ant. advantage, aid, help bar [n3] establishment serving alcohol alehouse, barroom, beer garden, bistro, canteen, cocktail lounge, drinkery, inn, lounge, pub, public house, rathskeller, saloon, tap, taproom, tavern, watering hole*; concepts 325,439 bar [n4] legal system attorneys, barristers, bench, counsel, counselors, court, courtroom, dock, judgment, judiciary, jurists, law, law court, law practice, lawyers, legal profession, solicitors, tribunal; concepts 318,381 bar [v1] secure, usually with a length of material barricade, block, blockade, bolt, caulk, clog, close, dam, deadbolt, dike, fasten, fence, jam, latch, lock, plug, seal, secure, trammel, wall; concepts 121,130 Ant. loosen, open, unfasten bar [v2] prohibit ban, boycott, circumvent, condemn, debar, deny, disallow, discountenance, discourage, eliminate, enjoin, except, exclude, exile, forbid, freeze out, frustrate, hinder, interdict, interfere, keep out, limit, obstruct, ostracize, outlaw, override, preclude, prevent, refuse, reject, restrain, rule out, segregate, shut out, stop, suspend; concepts 50,61,88 Ant. advocate, allow, open, permit barb [n1] point arrow, bristle, dart, prickle, prong, quill, shaft, spike, spur, thistle, thorn; concepts 434,836 barb [n2] pointed comment affront, criticism, cut, dig, gibe, insult, rebuff, sarcasm, scoff, sneer; concepts 52,54 Ant. kindness, praise barbarian [adj] crude, savage barbaric, barbarous, boorish, brutal, coarse, cruel, inhuman, lowbrow, merciless, philistine, primitive, rough, rude, uncivil, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unsophisticated, untamed, vicious, vulgar, wild; concept 401 Ant. civilized, cultured, educated, humane, kind, nice, polite, rened, sophisticated barbarian [n] crude, savage person beast, bigot, boor, brute, cannibal, clod, hooligan, hun, ignoramus, lout, monster, philistine, rascal, rufan, troglodyte, vandal; concept 412 Ant. sophisticate barbaric [adj] crude, savage barbarian, barbarous, boorish, brutal, coarse, cruel, erce, graceless, inhuman, lowbrow, primitive, rough, rude, tasteless, uncivilized, uncouth, vulgar, wild; concept 401 barbarism [n] crudity, savagery, especially in speech atrocity, barbarity, brutality, catachresis, coarseness, corruption, cruelty, impropriety,

inhumanity, localism, malapropism, misusage, misuse, primitive culture, provincialism, solecism, uncivilizedness, vernacularism, vernacularity, vulgarism; concepts 275,633 Ant. kindness, praise barbarity [n] crudity, savagery boorishness, brutality, crudeness, cruelty, inhumanity, ruthlessness, savageness, viciousness, vulgarity; concept 633 Ant. kindness barbarous [adj] crude, savage atrocious, barbarian, barbaric, brutal, brutish, coarse, cruel, ferocious, heartless, ignorant, inhuman, inhumane, monstrous, primitive, rough, rude, ruthless, sadistic, truculent, uncivil, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultured, unsophisticated, vicious, vulgar, wicked, wild, wolsh; concept 401 Ant. civilized, cultured, educated, kind, nice, polite, rened, sophisticated barbecue [n1] meal cooked on grill bake, clam bake, cookout, party, picnic, wienie roast; concept 459 barbecue [n2] grill for cookout broiler, charcoal grill, replace, gas grill, griddle, pit of coals, roaster, spit; concept 493 barbecue [v] cook outside, usually on a grill broil, charcoal, fry, grill, rotisserie, sear; concept 170 barber [n] hair cutter beautician, coiffeur, coiffeuse, cosmetologist, hairdresser, hair stylist, shaver, tonsorial artist; concept 348 bare [adj1] without clothing bald, bareskinned, denuded, disrobed, divested, exposed, in ones birthday suit*, naked, nude, peeled, shorn, stripped, unclad, unclothed, uncovered, undressed, unrobed; concept 485 Ant. clothed, robed bare [adj2] without covering or content arid, barren, blank, bleak, clear, desert, desolate, empty, lacking, mean, open, poor, scanty, scarce, stark, unfurnished, vacant, vacuous, void, wanting; concept 490 Ant. covered, full bare [adj3] simple, unadorned austere, bald, basic, blunt, chaste, cold, essential, hard, literal, meager, mere, modest, scant, severe, sheer, simple, spare, stark, unembellished, unornamented; concept 562 Ant. adorned, decorated bare [v] reveal disclose, divulge, exhibit, expose, publish, show, uncover, unroll, unveil; concepts 60,138 Ant. cloak, hide, secret barefaced [adj] shameless; open apparent, arrant, audacious, blatant, blunt, bold, brash, brassy, brazen, candid, clear, agrant, frank, glaring, immodest, impudent, insolent, manifest, naked, obvious, palpable, temerarious, transparent, unabashed, unconcealed; concept 401 Ant. careful, quiet, shamed barefoot [adj] wearing no shoes barefooted, discalceate, discalced, shoeless, unshod; concept 406 Ant. shod barely [adj] not quite almost, hardly, just, only just, scantily, scarcely; concept 772 bareness [n] state of being unclothed dishabille, nakedness, nudity, starkness, unadornment, undress; concept 453 Ant. clothed bargain [n1] agreement arrangement, bond, business, compact, contract, convention, covenant, deal, engagement, negotiation, pact, pledge, promise, stipulation, transaction, treaty, understanding; concept 684

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bargain [n2] something bought at cheap price budget price, buy, closeout, deal, discount, giveaway, good buy, good deal, good value, low price, markdown, nominal price, reduction, steal, value; concepts 332,338 Ant. rip-off bargain [v] negotiate terms of sale or agreement agree, arrange, barter, buy, compromise, confer, contract, covenant, deal, dicker, do business, haggle, make terms, palter, promise, sell, stipulate, trade, trafc, transact; concepts 56,330 bargain for [v] expect aim for, anticipate, contemplate, count on, foresee, imagine, look for, plan on, reckon on; concept 26 barge [n] large work boat ark, canal boat, dory, atboat, freight ship, lighter, raft, scow; concept 506 barge in/barge into [v] charge break in, burst in, collide, infringe, interrupt, intrude, muscle in, push, shove, stumble; concepts 150,208 Ant. wait bark [n1] plant covering case, casing, coat, cortex, crust, husk, peeling, rind, shell, skin; concept 428 bark [n2] animal yelp bay, growl, grunt, howl, roar, snarl, woof, yap, yip; concept 64 bark [v1] yelp arf, bay, cry, gnarl, growl, howl, snap, snarl, woof, yap, yip; concept 64 bark [v2] shout bawl, bellow, clamor, cry, growl, grumble, mutter, roar, snap, snarl, yell; concept 77 barn [n] animal shelter farm building, outbuilding, shed; concepts 439,517 baroque [adj] decorative, especially architecture bizarre, convoluted, elaborate, embellished, extravagant, amboyant, orid, gilt, grotesque, ornamented, ornate, overdecorated, rich, rococo; concepts 562,589 Ant. plain, unadorned, undecorated barracks [n] shelter for military billet, bivouac, camp, cantonment, dormitory, encampment, enclosure, garrison, headquarters, hut, prefab, quarters, Quonset hut, tent; concepts 321,516 barrage [n1] weapon re battery, blast, bombardment, broadside, cannonade, crossre, curtain of re, discharge, enlade, re, fusillade, gunre, hail, salvo, shelling, shower, storm, volley; concept 320 barrage [n2] profusion of something assault, attack, blast, bombardment, burst, deluge, hail, mass, onslaught, plethora, rain, shower, storm, stream, surge, torrent; concept 787 barrel [n] cylindrical container butt, cask, cylinder, drum, rkin, hogshead, keg, pipe, receptacle, tub, tun, vat, vessel; concept 494 barren [adj1] unable to support growth arid, depleted, desert, desolate, dry, effete, empty, fallow, fruitless, impotent, impoverished, infecund, infertile, parched, sterile, unbearing, uncultivable, unfertile, unfruitful, unproductive, waste; concepts 485,527 Ant. developing, fecund, fertile, lled, full, growing, productive, useful barren [adj2] unprotable dull, at, fruitless, futile, lackluster, protless, stale, uninspiring, unproductive, unrewarding, useless, vain, vapid; concept 560 Ant. developing, growing, productive, protable barricade [n] blocking object bar, barrier, blank wall, block, blockade, bulwark, fence, obstruc-

tion, palisade, rampart, roadblock, stockade, stop, wall; concept 470 Ant. opening barricade [v] block, usually to protect bar, blockade, defend, fortify, obstruct, shut in; concepts 130,201 Ant. allow, open barrier [n1] obstruction bar, barricade, blank wall, blockade, bound, boundary, connes, curtain, ditch, enclosure, fence, fortication, gully, hurdle, impediment, limit, moat, obstacle, pale, palisade, railing, rampart, roadblock, stop, trench, wall; concepts 435,470,513 Ant. opening barrier [n2] obstruction to goal bar, check, difculty, drawback, encumbrance, handicap, hindrance, hurdle, impediment, limitation, obstacle, pale, preventive, restraint, restriction, stumbling block; concept 532 Ant. opening barring [adj] except for apart from, aside from, bar, but for, discounting, excepting, excluding, other than, outside of, save for, short of, with the exception of; concept 25 barter [v] trade goods or services bargain, exchange, haggle, swap, trade, trafc, truck; concept 104 base [adj] vulgar, low abject, abominable, cheap, coarse, common, contemptible, corrupt, depraved, despicable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, foul, grovelling, humble, ignoble, immoral, indelicate, loathsome, lowly, mean, menial, offensive, paltry, pitiful, plebeian, poor, scandalous, servile, shameful, shoddy, sleazy, sordid, sorry, squalid, trashy, ugly, unworthy, vile, worthless, wretched; concepts 542,570 Ant. good, honest, moral, noble base [n1] foundation basement, basis, bed, bedrock, bottom, foot, footing, ground, groundwork, infrastructure, pedestal, rest, root, seat, seating, stand, substratum, substructure, support, underpinning; concept 442 Ant. top base [n2] fundamental part authority, backbone, basis, chief constituent, core, essence, essential, evidence, foundation, fundamental, groundwork, heart, important part, infrastructure, key, origin, primary element, principal, principle, root, source, underpinning; concept 826 base [n3] headquarters camp, center, depot, dock, eld, garrison, hangar, harbor, home, port, post, settlement, site, starting point, station, strip, terminal; concepts 435,449 Ant. annex, branch base [v] build plan or opinion on construct, depend, derive, establish, found, ground, hinge, locate, plant, predicate, prop, rest, set up, station, stay; concept 36 baseless [adj] without substantiation bottomless, imsy, foundationless, gratuitous, groundless, reasonless, unconrmed, uncorroborated, unfounded, ungrounded, unjustiable, unjustied, unsubstantiated, unsupported, untenable, unwarranted; concept 582 Ant. based basement [n] room on lower oor of building bottom, cellar, crypt, excavation, furnace room, storage, substructure, subterranean room, underbuilding, understructure, vault; concept 440 Ant. attic bash [n] party celebration, spree, wing-ding*; concept 383 bash [v] hit clobber*, pop*, punch, slam, slug, smash, strike, whack; concepts 189,200

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bashful [adj] shy abashed, backward, blushful, blushing, chary, confused, constrained, coy, demure, difdent, embarrassed, humble, modest, nervous, overmodest, recoiling, reserved, reticent, retiring, self-conscious, self-effacing, shamefaced, sheepish, shrinking, silent, timid, timorous, unassertive; concept 404 Ant. condent, unabashed, unshy bashing [n] abuse against a group or individual based on identity or ideological beliefs assault, attack, beating, beating up, bias crime, censure, charge, condemnation, criticism, denigration, harassment, hate crime, hounding, jumping, offensive, persecution, strike, torment; concept 86 basic [adj] elementary, fundamental basal, capital, central, chief, elemental, essential, indispensable, inherent, intrinsic, key, main, necessary, primary, primitive, principal, radical, substratal, underlying, vital; concept 568 Ant. additional, extra, inessential, nonessential, outside, peripheral, secondary basically [adv] fundamentally at heart, at the bottom, essentially, rstly, in essence, inherently, in substance, intrinsically, mostly, primarily, radically; concept 568 Ant. additionally, extra, inessentially basin [n] container or area where water is held bay, bowl, concavity, depression, dip, ewer, gulf, hole, hollow, lagoon, pan, pool, pot, sag, sink, sinkage, sinkhole, tub, valley, vessel, watershed; concepts 494,509,514 basis [n1] physical foundation base, bed, bottom, foot, footing, ground, groundwork, rest, resting place, seat, substructure, support; concept 442 basis [n2] foundation for belief, action antecedent, assumption, authority, axiom, backbone, background, backing, base, bedrock, cause, center, chief ingredient, core, crux, data, dictum, essence, essential, evidence, explanation, footing, fundamental, hard fact, heart, infrastructure, justication, keynote, keystone, law, nexus, nucleus, postulate, premise, presumption, presupposition, principal element, principle, proof, reason, root, rudiment, sanction, security, source, substratum, support, theorem, theory, underpinning, warrant; concepts 661,688,689 bask [v1] lie in sunlight laze, loll, lounge, relax, sun, sunbathe, swim in, toast oneself*, warm oneself; concepts 162,210 Ant. cover, hide bask [v2] lie in glory delight in, derive pleasure, enjoy, indulge, luxuriate, relish, revel, rollick, savor, take comfort, take pleasure, wallow, welter; concept 32 basket [n] woven container bassinet, bin, box, bushel, cradle, crate, creel, hamper, nacelle, pannier; concept 494 basketball [n] team sport ball, B-ball*, brownball*, hoops*; concept 363 bastard [adj] illegitimate adulterated, baseborn, counterfeit, fake, false, imperfect, impure, inferior, irregular, misbegotten, misborn, mixed, mongrel, natural, phony, sham, spurious, suppositious, ungenuine; concept 549 Ant. legitimate bastardize [v] debase adulterate, bestialize, brutalize, corrupt, debauch, declare illegitimate,

degrade, demoralize, deprave, pervert, vitiate, warp; concept 44 Ant. appreciate, praise, value baste [v1] moisten during cooking brush with liquid, drip, grease, lard, season; concept 170 baste [v2] sew temporarily catch, fasten, stitch, tack; concept 218 baste [v3] pummel, thrash batter, beat, berate, blister, clobber, club, drub, lambaste, lash, maul, pelt, revile, scold, trounce, wallop, whip, whomp; concepts 52,189 bastion [n] support; fortied place breastwork, bulwark, citadel, defense, fortication, fortress, mainstay, parapet, prop, protection, rock, stronghold, support, tower of strength; concept 712 Ant. weakness, weak spot bat [n/v] a hit with a solid object bang, belt, blow, bop, crack, knock, rap, slam, smack, sock, strike, swat, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, whop; concept 189 batch [n] group of same objects accumulation, aggregation, amount, array, assemblage, assortment, bunch, bundle, clump, cluster, clutch, collection, crowd, group, lot, pack, parcel, quantity, set, shipment, volume; concepts 432,787 Ant. individual bath [n1] washing with water and, usually, soap ablution, cleansing, dip, douche, dousing, gargle, laving, scrubbing, shower, soak, soaking, soaping, sponging, tub, wash; concepts 161,165 bath [n2] room for bathing bathroom, lavatory, powder room, restroom, sauna, shower, shower room, spa, steam room, toilet, washroom; concept 448 bathe [v] wash with water and, usually, soap bath, clean, cleanse, dip, douse, dunk, ood, hose, imbathe, imbue, immerse, moisten, rinse, scour, scrub, shower, soak, soap, sponge, steep, submerge, suffuse, tub, water, wet; concepts 161,165 Ant. dirty bathing suit [n] clothing for swimming, sunning bathing costume, beach costume, bikini, maillot, one-piece, swimsuit, trunks, two-piece; concept 451 bathos [n] sentimentality anticlimax, comedown, letdown, melodrama, mush, schmaltz*; concepts 32,410,689 bathroom [n] room for bathing, toilet use bath, lavatory, powder room, restroom, sauna, shower, shower room, spa, steam room, toilet, washroom, water closet; concept 448 baton [n] stick used for conducting or for protection billy, billy club, blackjack, club, cudgel, mace, nightstick, rod, staff, truncheon, wand; concepts 262,470,500 battalion [n] military division army, brigade, company, contingent, corps, force, horde, host, legion, multitude, regiment, squadron, throng, unit; concept 322 batten [v1] fasten securely board up, clamp down, cover up, x, nail down, secure, tie, tighten; concepts 85,160 Ant. loosen, unfasten, unx batten [v2] grow fat burgeon, feed on, grow, prosper, thrive, wax; concept 704 batter [n] mixture before baking concoction, dough, mix, mush*, paste, preparation, recipe; concepts 457,466

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batter [v] strike and damage assault, bash, beat, break, bruise, buffet, clobber, contuse, cripple, crush, dash, deface, demolish, destroy, disable, disgure, drub, hurt, injure, lacerate, lambaste, lame, lash, mangle, mar, maul, mutilate, pelt, pommel, pound, pummel, punish, ruin, shatter, smash, thrash, wallop, wreck; concepts 189,246,252 battery [n1] series of similar things array, batch, body, bunch, bundle, chain, clot, clump, cluster, group, lot, ring, sequence, set, suite; concept 432 Ant. individual battery [n2] physical abuse assault, attack, beating, mayhem, mugging, onslaught, thumping, violence; concepts 189,246 battery [n3] group of weapons artillery, cannon, cannonry, gunnery unit, guns; concepts 321,500 battle [n1] military ght action, assault, attack, barrage, blitzkreig, bloodshed, bombing, brush, campaign, carnage, clash, combat, conict, contention, crusade, encounter, engagement, ghting, fray, havoc, hostility, onset, onslaught, press, ravage, scrimmage, signicant contact, skirmish, sortie, strife, struggle, war, warfare; concept 106 Ant. truce battle [n2] struggle agitation, campaign, clash, conict, contest, controversy, crusade, debate, disagreement, dispute, strife; concepts 46,106 battle [v] ght, struggle agitate, argue, clamor, combat, contend, contest, dispute, feud, oppugn, skirmish, strive, tug, war, wrestle; concepts 46,106 Ant. make peace battleeld [n] location of military ghts arena, Armageddon, battleground, combat zone, eld, front, front line, salient, theater of operations, theater of war; concepts 198,321 bawdy [adj] vulgar, dirty blue, cheap, coarse, erotic, gross, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, licentious, lustful, obscene, off-color, prurient, ribald, risqu, rude, salacious, suggestive; concept 545 Ant. chaste, clean, decent, proper, virginal bawl [v1] yell bark, bellow, bluster, call, cheer, clamor, holler, howl, roar, rout, scream, screech, shout, shriek, vociferate; concept 77 bawl [v2] cry blubber*, boohoo*, howl, shed tears, sob, squall, wail, weep, yowl; concepts 77,185 bay [n1] shoreline indentation anchorage, arm, basin, bayou, bight, cove, estuary, ord, rth, gulf, harbor, inlet, lagoon, loch, mouth, narrows, sound, strait; concepts 509,514 bay [n2] alcove in wall bow window, compartment, niche, nook, opening, oriel, recess; concept 440 bay [n3] howl bark, bellow, clamor, cry, growl, howl, ululation, wail, yelp; concept 64 bazaar [n] fair; sale place exchange, exposition, fete, market, marketplace, mart; concepts 345,438,449 bboard [n] electronic messaging system BBS, board, bulletin board, bulletin board system; concepts 349,770 be [v1] exist abide, act, be alive, breathe, continue, do, endure, go on, have being, have place, hold, inhabit, last, live, move, obtain, persist, prevail, remain, rest, stand, stay, subsist, survive; concept 407

be [v2] happen befall, come about, come to pass, occur, take place, transpire; concept 2 beach [n] sandy area by body of water bank, coast, lakeshore, lakeside, littoral, margin, oceanfront, seaboard, seafront, seashore, seaside, shingle, shore, strand, waterfront; concepts 509,514 beached [adj] grounded abandoned, aground, ashore, deserted, high and dry, marooned, stranded, wrecked; concept 583 Ant. at sea beacon [n] light used as signal, guide alarm, alert, balere, beam, bonre, are, guidepost, heliograph, lamp, lantern, lighthouse, lodestar, pharos, radar, rocket, sign, signal re, smoke signal, warning signal, watchtower; concept 628 bead [n] droplet, blob bean, bubble, dab, dot, driblet, drop, globule, grain, particle, pea, pellet, pill, shot, speck, spherule, stone; concept 436 beads [n] string of small, often round, objects chaplet, choker, necklace, necklet, pearls, pendant, rosary, wampum; concepts 368,446 beak [n] nose of animal bill, mandible, muzzle, neb, nib, nozzle, pecker, proboscis, projection, prow, snout; concept 392 beam [n1] length of material used as support axle, bail, balk, bolster, boom, brace, cantilever, column, crossbar, crosspiece, girder, jamb, joist, lath, lintel, pile, piling, pillar, plank, pole, post, prop, rafter, reach, scaffolding, scantling, shaft, sill, spar, stanchion, stay, stringer, strip, strut, stud, timber, transverse, trestle, two-byfour; concepts 471,479 beam [n2] ray of light bar, beacon, chink, column, dartle, emission, nger, icker, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, glow, laser, radiation, ray, shaft, shimmer, shoot, sparkle, streak, stream, twinkle; concepts 624,628 beam [v1] broadcast on air waves emit, give off, give out, glare, glimmer, glow, radiate, send, shed, shine, throw off, transmit; concepts 519,624 beam [v2] smile broadly gleam, glow, grin, laugh, radiate, shine, smirk; concept 185 Ant. frown, scowl beam [v3] shine, as a light burn, emit, glare, gleam, glitter, glow, radiate, yield; concept 624 Ant. be dark beam [v4] make electronic transfer emit, radiate, send out, transfer le, transmit, transmit signal; concept 266 beaming [adj1] radiant; beautiful bright, brilliant, effulgent, ashing, fulgent, gleaming, glistening, glittering, glowing, incandescent, lambent, lucent, luminous, refulgent, scintillating, sparkling; concept 617 Ant. ugly beaming [adj2] very happy animated, cheerful, genial, grinning, joyful, radiant, shining, smiling, sparkling, sunny; concept 401 Ant. frowning, sad, sullen, unhappy bean counter [n] number cruncher accountant, actuary, analyst, auditor, bookkeeper, certied public accountant, comptroller, CPA, nancial executive, statistician, treasurer; concepts 348,353 beanpole [n] a tall, thin person beanstalk*, broomstick*, hatrack*, stick*, string bean*; concept 417 bear [v1] bring buck, carry, convey, deliver, ferry, fetch, lug, move, pack, take, tote,

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transfer, transport; concepts 108,143 Ant. refuse, take, throw away bear [v2] support mentally cherish, entertain, exhibit, harbor, have, hold, hold up, maintain, possess, shoulder, sustain, uphold, weigh upon; concepts 8,12 bear [v3] endure abide, admit, allow, brook, encounter, experience, permit, put up with, stomach, suffer, tolerate, undergo; concepts 23,239 Ant. avoid, dodge, evade, shun bear [v4] give birth be delivered of, beget, breed, bring forth, create, develop, engender, form, fructify, generate, invent, make, parturitate, produce, propagate, provide, reproduce, yield; concepts 173,251,302,373 Ant. be unproductive bearable [adj] endurable acceptable, admissible, allowable, livable, manageable, passable, satisfactory, sufferable, supportable, sustainable, tolerable; concept 529 Ant. intolerable, unbearable, unendurable, unmanageable beard [n1] facial hair on human bristles, brush, ve-o-clock shadow*, fuzz, goatee, imperial, muttonchops, Santa Claus*, stubble, Vandyke*; concept 418 beard [n2] decoy false face, front, mask; concept 716 beard [v] confront brave, face, oppose, stand up to; concepts 46,96 bearded [adj] having facial hair barbate, beardy, bewhiskered, bristly, bushy, goateed, hairy, hirsute, shaggy, stubbled, stubbly, unshaven, whiskered; concepts 406,485 Ant. unbearded, unhirsute bear down [v] close in on advance on, approach, converge on, near, press, weigh down; concepts 152,208,704 bearer [n1] person who carries messages or deliveries agent, beast of burden*, carrier, conveyor, courier, drogher, emissary, envoy, internuncio, messenger, porter, runner, servant, shipper, transporter; concept 348 bearer [n2] person who requests payment of bill beneciary, casher, collector, consignee, payee; concept 353 bearing [n1] persons conduct, posture address, air, aspect, attitude, behavior, carriage, comportment, demeanor, deportment, display, front, look, manner, mien, poise, port, pose, presence, set, stand; concepts 411,633 bearing [n2] signicance application, connection, import, meaning, pertinence, reference, relation, relevance, weight; concept 668 bearing/bearings [n3] position, usually of water vehicle aim, course, direction, location, orientation, point of compass, position, situation, track, way, whereabouts; concepts 739,746 bear in mind [v] be aware of be cognizant of, be mindful of, beware, consider, heed, mind, note, remember; concepts 17,623 bear on/bear upon [v] concern affect, appertain to, apply, belong to, involve, pertain to, refer to, relate to, touch upon; concept 532 bear out [v] substantiate authenticate, conrm, corroborate, endorse, justify, prove, substantiate, support, uphold, validate, verify, vindicate; concepts 50,88,97 bear up [v] endure carry on, persevere, soldier on, suffer, withstand; concept 23

bear with [v] tolerate be patient, endure, forbear, make allowance, put up with, suffer, wait; concept 23 Ant. not bear, not tolerate bear witness [v] vouch for attest, conrm, corroborate, demonstrate, depose, evidence, evince, prove, show, testify, testify to; concepts 49,71,317 beast [n] large wild animal; brute barbarian, beastie*, creature, critter*, end, gargoyle, glutton, lower animal, monster, monstrosity, pig, quadruped, swine, varmint*; concept 394 beastly [adv1] savage; vulgar abominable, animal, barbarous, base, bestial, boorish, brutal, brute, brutish, carnal, coarse, cruel, degraded, depraved, disgusting, feral, ferine, foul, gluttonous, gross, inhuman, irrational, loathsome, low, monstrous, obscene, piggish, prurient, repulsive, sadistic, swinish, unclean, vile; concept 401 Ant. good, kind, nice, superior beastly [adv2] offensive awful, disagreeable, disgusting, foul, gross, mean, nasty, revolting, rotten, terrible, unpleasant, vile; concepts 537,542 Ant. good, inoffensive, kind, nice beat [adj] very tired dog tired*, exhausted, fatigued, kaput*, wearied, weary, worn out; concepts 316,720 Ant. rested beat [n1] throbbing cadence, cadency, ow, utter, measure, meter, oscillation, palpitation, pound, pressure, pulsation, pulse, quake, quiver, rhyme, rhythm, ripple, shake, surge, swell, swing, throb, thump, tick, undulation, vibration; concepts 150,185 beat [n2] blow, stroke hit, lash, punch, shake, slap, strike, swing, thump; concept 189 beat [n3] area of responsibility circuit, course, march, path, patrol, precinct, rounds, route, walk, way; concepts 513,532 beat [v1] injure by striking bang, bash, bat, batter, belt, box, break, bruise, buffet, cane, castigate, clout, club, collide, crush, cudgel, drub, agellate, ail, og, hammer, hit, knock, lambaste*, lash, lick*, maltreat, mash, maul, pelt, pound, pummel, punch, punish, ram, rap, slap, slug, smack, spank, strike, swat, thrash, thresh, thump, thwack, trounce, wallop, whale*, whip; concepts 189,246 Ant. aid, assist, guard, help, protect beat [v2] defeat, surpass best, better, be victorious, conquer, exceed, excel, outdo, outplay, outrival, outrun, outshine, outstrip, overcome, overtake, overwhelm, shoot ahead of, subdue, top, transcend, triumph, vanquish, whip; concepts 95,141 Ant. cede, lose, relinquish, retreat, surrender beat [v3] forge fashion, form, hammer, malleate, model, pound, shape, work; concepts 137,175 beat [v4] throb agitate, alternate, bob, bounce, buffet, ap, icker, uctuate, utter, heave, jerk, jounce, oscillate, palpitate, pitch, pound, pulsate, pulse, quake, quaver, quiver, ripple, shake, shiver, swing, thrill, throb, thump, tremble, twitch, undulate, vibrate, writhe; concepts 150,185 beat [v5] mix stir, whip; concept 170 beaten [adj1] defeated bafed, bested, circumvented, conquered, cowed, crushed, disappointed, discomted, disheartened, frustrated, humbled, licked, mastered, overcome,

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overpowered, overthrown, overwhelmed, routed, ruined, subjugated, surmounted, thwarted, trounced, undone, vanquished, worsted; concepts 403,674 beaten [adj2] forged formed, hammered, milled, pounded, rolled, shaped, stamped, tamped, tramped, tramped down, trodden, worked; concepts 486,490 beaten [adj3] mixed aerated, blended, bubbly, churned, creamy, foamy, frothy, meringued, stirred, whipped, whisked; concepts 491,606 beat it [v] go away leave, scram, shoo, skedaddle, vamoose; concept 195 beatitude [n] blessedness bliss, ecstasy, felicity, happiness, peace, serenity; concept 410 beatnik [n] uncoventional, free-sprited person beat, Bohemian, demonstrator, dropout, ower child*, hippie, iconoclast, maverick, nonconformist, peacenik*, protester, radical; concept 423 beat up [v] assault attack, batter, do over, hammer, knock around, pulverize, thrash; concepts 52,86 beau [n] boyfriend admirer, beloved, cavalier, escort, anc, ame, gentleman caller, gentleman friend, honey, inamorato, love, lover, paramour, squire, steady, suitor, swain, sweetheart, true love; concept 423 Ant. girlfriend, mistress beautiful [adj] physically attractive admirable, alluring, angelic, appealing, beauteous, bewitching, charming, classy, comely, cute, dazzling, delicate, delightful, divine, elegant, enticing, excellent, exquisite, fair, fascinating, ne, foxy*, good-looking, gorgeous, graceful, grand, handsome, ideal, lovely, magnicent, marvelous, nice, pleasing, pretty, pulchritudinous, radiant, ravishing, rened, resplendent, shapely, sightly, splendid, statuesque, stunning, sublime, superb, symmetrical, taking, wellformed, wonderful; concepts 485,579,589 Ant. disgusting, grotesque, hideous, homely, offensive, plain, repulsive, ugly, unattractive beautifully [adv] in an attractive or pleasing manner alluringly, appealingly, attractively, bewitchingly, celestially, charmingly, cutely, delightfully, divinely, elegantly, entrancingly, excellently, exquisitely, gorgeously, gracefully, handsomely, ideally, magnicently, prettily, seductively, splendidly, sublimely, superbly, tastefully, wonderfully; concept 544 beautify [v] make more physically attractive adorn, array, bedeck, deck, decorate, dress up, embellish, enhance, garnish, gild, glamorize, grace, improve, make up, ornament, prettify, set off, trim; concept 162 Ant. disgure, harm, injure, mar, spoil beauty [n1] physical attractiveness adorableness, allure, allurement, artistry, attraction, bloom, charm, class, comeliness, delicacy, elegance, exquisiteness, fairness, fascination, glamor, good looks, grace, handsomeness, loveliness, polish, pulchritude, renement, shapeliness, style, symmetry, winsomeness; concept 718 Ant. homeliness, offensiveness, ugliness beauty [n2] good-looking person Adonis*, Apollo*, beaut*, charmer, dream, dreamboat*, enchanter, eyeful*, good-looker*, head turner*,

looker*, ornament*, stunner*, Venus*, vision; concept 424 Ant. dog beauty [n3] advantage asset, attraction, benet, blessing, boon, excellent, feature, good thing, importance, merit, value, worth; concept 668 Ant. disadvantage because [conj/prep] on account of as, as a result of, as long as, as things go, being, by cause of, by reason of, by virtue of, considering, due to, for, for the reason that, for the sake of, in as much as, in behalf of, in that, in the interest of, in view of, now that, on the grounds that, over, owing to, seeing, since, thanks to, through, whereas; concept 676 beckon [v] call, signal, or lure allure, ask, attract, bid, coax, command, demand, draw, entice, gesticulate, gesture, invite, motion, nod, pull, sign, summon, tempt, wave; concepts 7,22,53,74 become [v1] evolve into alter to, assume form of, be converted to, be reduced to, be reformed, be remodeled, be transformed into, change into, come, come to be, convert, develop into, emerge as, eventually be, grow into, incline, mature, metamorphose, pass into, ripen into, shift, turn into, turn out, wax; concept 701 become [v2] enhance accord, adorn, agree, augment, be appropriate, belong to, display, embellish, enrich, t, atter, garnish, go together, go with, grace, harmonize, heighten, make handsome, match, ornament, set off, suit; concept 244 becoming [adj1] attering acceptable, agreeable, attractive, beautiful, comely, cute, effective, enhancing, excellent, fair, graceful, handsome, neat, nice, presentable, pretty, seemly, tasteful, welcome, wellchosen; concepts 579,589 Ant. indecorous, tasteless, ugly, unattractive, unbecoming, untting, unsuitable becoming [adj2] suitable; appropriate betting, comme il faut, compatible, conforming, congruous, correct, decent, decorous, t, tting, in keeping, nice, proper, right, seemly, worthy; concept 558 Ant. improper, inappropriate, unbecoming, untting, unseemly, unsuitable bed [n1] furniture for sleeping bassinet, bedstead, berth, bunk, chaise, cot, couch, cradle, crib, davenport, divan, mattress, pallet, platform, sack, trundle; concept 443 bed [n2] patch of ground for planting area, border, frame, garden, piece, plot, row, strip; concepts 509,513 bed [n3] base, foundation basis, bedrock, bottom, ground, groundwork, rest, seat, substratum, understructure; concept 442 bed [v] plant base, embed, establish, x, found, implant, insert, settle, set up; concepts 234,257 bedazzle [v] captivate astound, bewilder, blind, confuse, daze, dazzle, dumbfound, enchant, overwhelm, stagger, stun; concepts 7,22,42 bedding [n] covering for sleeping furniture bedclothes, bed linen, bedspread, blanket, comforter, cover, coverlet, eiderdown, electric blanket, linen, pillow, pillowcase, quilt, sheet, spread, thermal blanket; concepts 444,473 bedlam [n] chaotic situation chaos, clamor, commotion, confusion, din, disquiet, disquietude, furor, hubbub, madhouse, maelstrom,

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noise, pandemonium, racket, shambles, tumult, turmoil, uproar; concepts 230,674 Ant. calm, peace, quiet bedraggled [adj] unkempt decrepit, dilapidated, dirty, disheveled, disordered, dowdy, drenched, dripping, faded, messy, muddied, muddy, run-down, seedy, shabby, sloppy, slovenly, sodden, soiled, stained, sullied, tacky, tattered, threadbare, untidy, wet; concept 589 Ant. clean, neat, tidy bedridden [adj] sick in bed ailing, disabled, at on ones back*, ill, incapacitated, inrm, invalid, laid up*, prostrate; concepts 314,485,489 bedroom [n] place for sleeping bedchamber, bunk room, chamber, cubicle, guest room; concept 448 bedspread [n] thick, often quilted, covering for bed bedcover, blanket, counterpane, cover, coverlet, spread; concept 444 bee [n1] honey-making, stinging insect bumblebee, drone, honey bee, killer bee, queen bee; concept 398 bee [n2] collective task communal gathering, harvest, party, social, work party; concept 362 beef [n1] strong physical makeup arm, brawn, esh, force, heftiness, meat, might, muscle, physique, power, robustness, sinew, steam, strength, thew, vigor; concept 757 beef [n2] complaint bickering, criticism, dispute, grievance, gripe, grouse, grumble, objection, protestation, quarrel, rhubarb*, squabble; concept 52 Ant. compliment, praise beep [n] sound from electronic device bell sound, bleep, breedle, computer sound, ding, eep, feep, signal, tone, warning; concepts 74,284,529,685 beep [v] call for electronically call, page, summon, track down, warn; concept 74 beer [n] alcoholic beverage made from malted grain ale, amber brew*, barley pop*, brew, brewski*, brown bottle*, chill*, cold coffee*, cold one*, hops, lager, malt, malt liquor, oil*, stout*, suds*; concept 455 befall [v] happen to; take place action, bechance, betide, break, chance, come down, come off, come to pass, cook*, cook up a storm*, cook with gas*, develop, ensue, fall, fall out, follow, gel, go, go down, hap*, happen, jell*, materialize, occur, shake*, smoke*, supervene, transpire; concept 4 betting [adj] appropriate according to Hoyle*, apt, becoming, behooving, beseeming, comme il faut, conforming, correct, decent, decorous, felicitous, t, tting, happy, just, kosher*, nice, on the button*, on the nose*, proper, right, right on*, seemly, suitable, what the doctor ordered*; concepts 533,558 Ant. improper, inappropriate, incorrect, unbecoming, untting, unsuitable before [adv] earlier afore, aforetime, ahead, ante, antecedently, anteriorly, back, before present, ere, fore, former, formerly, forward, gone, gone by, heretofore, in advance, in days of yore, in front, in old days, in the past, past, precendently, previous, previously, since, sooner, up to now; concept 820 Ant. after, afterward, behind, later before [prep] earlier than ahead of, ante, antecedent to, anterior to, ere, in advance of,

in front of, preceding, previous to, prior to, since; concept 820 Ant. after, afterward, behind, later beforehand [adj/adv] early advanced, ahead, ahead of time, already, ante, antecedently, before, before now, earlier, fore, in advance, in anticipation, precedently, precocious, previous, previously, sooner; concept 820 Ant. after, afterward, behind, later befriend [v] make social acquaintance; support advise, aid, assist, back, benet, buddy up*, case out*, come on to*, cotton to*, encourage, favor, get chummy with, get in with*, help, hit it off*, patronize, side with, stand by, sustain, take under ones wing*, take up with, uphold, welcome; concepts 110, 384 Ant. ignore, neglect befuddle [v] confuse addle, bafe, ball up*, bewilder, bother, daze, disorient, distract, dumbfound, uster, inebriate, intoxicate, make punchy*, mix up, muddle, puzzle, shake, stupefy, throw off*; concepts 7,19,42 Ant. clear up, explain beg [v1] request abjure, advocate, apply to, ask, beseech, besiege, call to, canvass, conjure, crave, desire, entreat, impetrate, implore, importune, invoke, nag, obsecrate, obtest, petition, plead, pray, press, requisition, solicit, sue, supplicate, urge, woo, worry; concept 48 Ant. answer beg [v2] seek charity ask alms, benet, bite*, brace, bum*, burn*, buzz*, cadge*, call on, call upon, chisel*, clamor for, dime up*, ding*, freeload*, hit up*, hustle, knock, live hand to mouth*, mendicate, mooch*, nick*, nickel up*, panhandle, pass the hat*, put the bite on*, put the touch on*, score*, scrounge, solicit charity, sponge*, sponge on*, tap, touch, want; concept 53 Ant. give beget [v] create, bear afford, breed, bring, bring about, cause, effect, engender, father, generate, get, give rise to, multiply, occasion, procreate, produce, progenerate, propagate, reproduce, result in, sire; concepts 173,251, 374 beggar [n1] person asking for charity asker, borrower, bum, deadbeat, hobo, mendicant, panhandler, rustler, scrounger, supplicant, supplicator, tramp, vagabond; concepts 412,423 beggar [n2] person in nancial trouble alms person, bankrupt, dependent, down-and-out*, guttersnipe*, indigent, mendicant, pauper, poor person, poverty-stricken person, street person*, suppliant, vagrant, ward of state; concept 423 begin [v1] start activate, actualize, break ground, break the ice*, bring about, bring to pass, cause, commence, create, do, drive, effect, embark on, enter on, enter upon, establish, eventuate, found, generate, get going, give birth to, give impulse, go ahead, go into, impel, inaugurate, induce, initiate, instigate, institute, introduce, launch, lay foundation for, lead, make, make active, motivate, mount, occasion, open, originate, plunge into, prepare, produce, set about, set in motion, set up, trigger, undertake; concepts 234,241 Ant. complete, conclude, consummate, end, nish begin [v2] come into being; become functional appear, arise, be born, bud, come forth, come

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into existence, come out, commence, crop up, dawn, derive from, emanate, emerge, enter, germinate, get going, get show on road*, get under way, grow out of, happen, issue forth, kick off, make tick*, occur, originate, proceed from, result from, rise, sail, send off, set, spring, sprout, start, stem from, take off; concepts 105, 680 Ant. die, end beginner [n] person unskilled in something abecedarian, amateur, apprentice, buckwheater*, catechumen, colt, sh*, edgling, greenhorn, greenie*, initiate, learner, neophyte, newcomer, new kid on the block*, new person, novice, novitiate, probationer, recruit, starter, student, tenderfoot*, trainee, tyro; concepts 423,424 Ant. expert, old hand, professional, veteran beginning [n1] start of an event or action alpha, basis, birth, blastoff*, commencement, creation, dawn, dawning, day one*, genesis, inauguration, inception, induction, infancy, initiation, installation, introduction, kickoff, onset, opener, opening, origin, origination, outset, point of departure, preface, prelude, presentation, rise, root, rudiment, source, spring, square one*, starting point, takeoff, threshold, top; concepts 815,833 Ant. completion, conclusion, consummation, end, ending, nish, goal, termination beginning [n2] origin, cause antecedent, birth, conception, egg, embryo, font, fount, fountain, fountainhead, generation, genesis, germ, heart, principle, resource, root, seed, stem, well; concept 229 Ant. conclusion, outcome, result begrudge [v] wish that someone did not have be jealous, be reluctant, be stingy, covet, eat ones heart out, envy, grudge, pinch, resent, stint; concepts 17,21 beguile [v1] fool betray, bluff, burn*, cheat, chisel, con, deceive, delude, double-cross, dupe, entice, exploit, nesse, imam*, gyp*, have, hoodwink*, impose on, jockey, juggle, lure, manipulate, mislead, play, play for a sucker*, rook*, rope in*, scam, seduce, shave*, snow*, stick*, string along, suck in*, take, take in, trick; concept 59 beguile [v2] charm amuse, attract, cheer, delight, distract, divert, engross, entertain, entice, knock dead, knock out, lure, occupy, seduce, send, slay, solace, sweep off ones feet, tickle, tickle pink*, tickle to death*, turn on, vamp, wow*; concepts 7,19,22 behalf [n] personal interest account, advantage, aid, assistance, benet, cause, concern, countenance, defense, encouragement, favor, furtherance, good, help, part, place, prot, recommendation, representation, sake, service, side, stead, support, welfare; concepts 410,532 behave [v1] function act, operate, perform, react, run, take, work; concepts 1,4 behave [v2] act reasonably, properly act correctly, act ones age, act with decorum, be civil, be good, be nice, be on best behavior*, be orderly, comport oneself, conduct oneself properly, control, demean oneself, deport oneself, direct, discipline oneself, keep ones nose clean*, keep the peace, live up to, manage, manage oneself, mind ones manners*, mind ones ps and qs*, observe golden rule*, observe the law, play fair, shape up, toe the

mark*, watch ones step*; concept 633 Ant. act up, misbehave behavior [n] manner of conducting oneself act, action, address, air, attitude, bag*, bearing, carriage, code, comportment, conduct, convention, course, dealings, decency, decorum, deed, delivery, demeanor, deportment, ethics, etiquette, expression, form, front, guise, habits, management, mien, mode, morals, nature, observance, performance, practice, presence, propriety, ritual, role, routine, savoir-faire, seemliness, social graces, speech, style, tact, talk, taste, tenue, tone, way, way of life, ways, whats done*; concepts 633,655 behead [v] decapitate bring to the block, decollate, execute, guillotine, head, kill, neck; concept 176 behest [n] order; personal decree bidding, charge, command, commandment, demand, dictate, direction, expressed desire, injunction, instruction, mandate, order, precept, prompting, request, solicitation, wish, word; concepts 20,53 behind [adv1/prep1] position farther back; following abaft, after, afterwards, at the heels of*, at the rear of, back of, bringing up the rear*, eating the dust*, in the background, in the wake, later than, next, off the pace, subsequently, trailing; concepts 586,820 Ant. front behind [adv2] in debt; late backward, behindhand, behind schedule, behind time, belated, delayed, dilatory, have to play catch up*, in arrears, laggard, overdue, slow, sluggish, tardy; concepts 334,799 Ant. paid behind [n] buttocks backside, bottom, breech, can*, derrire, fanny*, fundament, posterior, rear, rump, seat, tail, tush*; concept 392 Ant. front behind [prep2] being the reason for at the bottom of, causing, concerning the circumstances, initiating, instigating, responsible for; concept 532 behind [prep3] in support backing, for, in agreement, on the side of, supporting; concept 388 behind ones back [adv] deceitfully covertly, secretly, sneakily, sub rosa, surreptitiously; concepts 267,548 behind the times [adj] old-fashioned antiquated, dated, obsolete, old hat*, outdated, outmoded, out of date, passe, square; concepts 578,589,797,799 behold [v] regard; look at catch, consider, contemplate, descry, discern, distinguish, earmark, eye, eyeball*, feast ones eyes*, ash*, lay eyes on*, note, notice, observe, perceive, regard, scan, see, spot, spy, survey, view, watch, witness; concepts 34,626 beholden [adj] indebted bound, grateful, in hock, into, obligated, obliged, on a string*, on the arm*, on the cuff*, on the tab*, owe one, owing, responsible, under obligation; concept 403 Ant. ingrateful behoove [v] be necessary, proper be expected, bet, be tting, be incumbent upon, be needful, be ones obligation, be required, be requisite, be right, beseem, owe it to, suit; concept 646 beige [n/adj] light brown color biscuit, buff,

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caf au lait, camel, cream, ecru, fawn, khaki, mushroom, neutral, oatmeal, off-white, sand, tan, taupe; concepts 618,622 being [n1] existence actuality, animation, journey, life, living, presence, reality, subsistence, vitality, world; concept 407 Ant. deadness being [n2] essential nature character, entity, essence, essentia, essentiality, individuality, marrow, personality, quintessence, self, soul, spirit, substance, texture; concepts 411,673 being [n3] animate object animal, beast, body, conscious thing, creature, entity, human, human being, individual, living thing, mortal, organism, person, personage, soul, thing; concept 389 Ant. abstract, inanimate belabor [v] dwell on beat a dead horse*, go on about, hammer home, overwork, pound, rehash, repeat; concept 56 belated [adj] late, slow behindhand, behind time, delayed, long-delayed, overdue, remiss, tardy, unpunctual; concept 820 Ant. early, on time, punctual, timely belch [v] burp; spew discharge, disgorge, emit, eruct, eructate, erupt, give off, gush, hiccup, irrupt, repeat, ventilate, vomit; concept 185 beleaguer [v] harass, besiege annoy, badger, bedevil, beset, blockade, bother, gnaw, harry, nag, persecute, pester, plague, put upon, set upon, siege, storm, tease, vex, worry; concepts 7,19 belfry [n] tower; part of tower bell tower, campanile, carillon, clocher, cupola, dome, head, minaret, spire, steeple, turret; concept 440 belie [v1] disprove confute, contradict, contravene, controvert, deny, disafrm, disagree, explode, gainsay, negate, negative, oppose, repudiate; concepts 54,58 Ant. attest, prove belie [v2] deceive color, conceal, disguise, distort, falsify, garble, give the lie to, gloss over, hide, miscolor, mislead, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, trump up, twist, warp; concept 63 Ant. be honest belief [n1] putting regard in as true acceptance, admission, assent, assumption, assurance, avowal, axiom, certainty, conclusion, condence, conjecture, conviction, credence, credit, deduction, divination, expectation, faith, fancy, feeling, guess, hope, hypothesis, idea, impression, intuition, judgment, knowledge, mind, mindset, notion, opinion, persuasion, position, postulation, presumption, presupposition, profession, reliance, supposition, surmise, suspicion, theorem, theory, thesis, thinking, trust, understanding, view; concepts 410,529 Ant. disbelief belief [n2] something regarded as true assumption, concept, credence, credo, creed, doctrine, dogma, faith, fundamental, gospel, gospel truth*, hypothesis, idea, ideology, law, opinion, postulate, precept, principle, say-so*, tenet, theorem, theory; concept 689 Ant. disbelief, nonbelief believable [adj] trustworthy aboveboard, acceptable, authentic, colorable, conceivable, convincing, credential, credible, creditable, duciary, honest-to-God*, imaginable, impressive, likely, persuasive, plausible, possible, presumable, presumptive, probable, rational, reasonable, reliable, satisfying, straight, supposable,

tenable, tried, trusty, unquestionable, up front*; concepts 403,582 Ant. inconceivable, incredible, unbelieveable, unconvincing, unreliable, unthinkable believe [v1] trust, rely on accept, accredit, admit, afrm, attach weight to, be certain of, be convinced of, be credulous, be of the opinion, buy*, conceive, conclude, consider, count on, credit, deem, fall for*, give credence to, have, have faith in, have no doubt, hold, keep the faith, lap up*, place condence in, posit, postulate, presume true, presuppose, reckon on, regard, rest assured, suppose, swallow*, swear by, take as gospel*, take at ones word, take for granted, take it, think, trust, understand; concept 12 Ant. disbelieve, distrust believe [v2] assume or suppose conjecture, consider, credit, deem, expect, feel, gather, guess, hold, imagine, judge, maintain, postulate, presume, reckon, sense, speculate, suppose, suspect, take, think, understand; concept 28 believer [n] person who has faith in something acceptor, adherent, apostle, canonist, convert, devotee, disciple, doctrinaire, dogmatist, follower, freak, orthodox, prophet, proselyte, religionist, religious person, supporter, upholder, zealot; concepts 361,423 Ant. agnostic, atheist, disbeliever, non-believer belittle [v] detract bad-mouth, blister, criticize, cut down to size*, cut to the quick*, decry, deprecate, depreciate, deride, derogate, diminish, discount, discredit, disparage, dispraise, downgrade, downplay, dump on*, knock*, lower, minimize, pan, pooh pooh*, poor mouth*, put down, rip*, roast*, run down, scoff at, scorch*, scorn, shoot down*, shoot full of holes*, slam*, smear, sneer at, sour grapes*, squash*, squelch, take a swipe at*, take down, take down a peg*, tear down*, underestimate, underrate, undervalue, write off; concepts 52,54 Ant. build up, exaggerate, praise, value bell [n] signaling object or sound alarm, buzz, buzzer, carillon, chime, clapper, curfew, dingdong*, dinger*, gong, peal, ringer, siren, tintinnabulum, tocsin, toll, vesper; concept 595 belligerent [adj] nasty, argumentative aggressive, antagonistic, ardent, at loggerheads*, battling, bellicose, cantankerous, combative, contentious, erce, ghting, ip, have a bone to pick*, have chip on shoulder*, have it in for*, hostile, hot, hot-tempered, mean, militant, on the outs*, ornery, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, truculent, warlike; concepts 401,404 Ant. cooperative, helping, kind, nice bellow [v] holler bark, bawl, bay, beller, blare, bluster, bray, call, clamor, cry, howl, low, roar, rout, scream, shout, shriek, wail, whoop, yawp, yell, yelp; concept 77 bells and whistles [n] added-value features accessories, added features, attractive features, chrome, dressing, extras, gongs, trappings; concepts 386,829 belly [n] stomach abdomen, bay window*, beer belly*, breadbasket*, corporation*, front porch*, gut, insides, intestines, paunch, pelvis, pot*, pot belly*, solar plexus, spare tire*, tank, tummy, venter; concept 393 belong [v1] be part of, be in proper place accord, agree, appertain, apply, associate, attach

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to, be a component, be a constituent, be akin, be an adjunct of, be a part, bear, bear upon, become, be connected with, bet, be tting, be linked with, be related, be relevant, chime, concern, correlate, correspond, exist, t, go, go with, harmonize, have relationship to, have respect to, have to do with, inhere, match, permeate, pertain, refer, regard, reside, set, suit, touch, vest; concepts 532,543 belong [v2] be afliated with be allied to, be a member, be a member of, be associated with, be classied among, be contained in, be included in, be one of, be one of the family, be part of, t in, have a place, in, in with, owe allegiance, owe support, run with*, swing*, swing with*, take ones place with; concepts 114,388 belonging [n] sense of security in friendship acceptance, afnity, association, attachment, inclusion, kinship, loyalty, rapport, relationship; concepts 388,410 Ant. antipathy, insecurity belongings [n] personal possessions accouterments, appurtenances, assets, chattels, effects, gear, goods, paraphernalia, personal property, property, stuff, things; concepts 446,710 belonging to [adj] owned by afliated with, associated with, essential to, held by, inherent in, intrinsic in, native to; concepts 404,549 beloved [adj] adored admired, cared for, cherished, darling, dear, dearest, doted on, endeared, esteemed, fair-haired, favorite, hallowed, highly regarded, highly valued, idolized, loved, near to ones heart*, pet*, pleasing, popular, precious, prized, respected, revered, sweet, treasured, venerated, well-liked, worshiped; concepts 568,572 Ant. despised, disliked, hated beloved [n] someone adored baby*, beau, boyfriend, darling, dear, dearest, anc, ame, girlfriend, heartbeat*, heartthrob, honey, idol, inamorato, love, love of my life*, lover, number one*, numero uno*, object of affection, one and only, pet*, prize, rave*, signicant other, steady, sugar*, sweetheart, tootsie*, treasure, true love; concept 423 Ant. hate below [adv/prep] lower beneath, down, down from, under, underneath; concepts 581,586,735 Ant. above, over below [prep2] less than; beneath inferior, lesser, lower, subject, subordinate, unworthy; concepts 567,771 Ant. above, more, over below par [adj] second-rate in quality below average, imperfect, inferior, lacking, not oneself, off, off-form, poor, substandard, under the weather*, wanting; concept 574 below the belt [adj/adv] nastily and unfairly cowardly, dirty, dishonest, foul, unjust, unscrupulous, unsportsmanlike; concepts 411,674,732 belt [n1] supporting band cincture, cummerbund, girdle, ribbon, ring, sash, strap, string, waistband; concept 450 belt [n2] strip of land with characteristic feature area, district, layer, region, stretch, territory, tract, zone; concepts 513,517 belt [v] hit hard bash, bat, biff, blast, blow, bop, clobber, slam, slug, smack, smash, sock, strap, switch, wallop, whip, whop; concept 189 Ant. pat, tap bemoan [v] express sorrow beat ones breast*, bewail, complain, cry over spilled milk*, de-

plore, grieve for, lament, moan over, mourn, regret, rue, sing the blues*, weep for; concepts 49,51 Ant. be happy, gloat bemuse [v] confuse addle, amaze, bewilder, daydream, daze, gather wool*, moon, muddle, overwhelm, paralyze, perplex, pipe dream*, puzzle, stun, stupefy; concepts 7,19,22 Ant. clear up, enlighten, explain, illuminate, tell bench [n1] furniture for sitting bank, chair, form, lawn seat, pew, seat, settee, settle, stall; concept 443 bench [n2] large table board, counter, desk, easel, ledge, shelf, trestle, workbench, work table; concept 443 bench [n3] group of judges court, courtroom, judiciary, magistrate, the bar, tribunal, your honors; concepts 318,355 benchmark [n] reference point criterion, gauge, measure, standard, touchstone, yardstick; concept 688 bend [n] curve angle, arc, bending, bow, corner, crook, curvation, curvature, deection, deviation, ection, exure, hook, lean, loop, round, sag, shift, tack, tilt, turn, twist, yaw, zigzag; concept 436 Ant. line bend [v1] form or cause a curve angle away, angle off, arch, bow, buckle, camber, careen, circle, contort, crimp, crinkle, crook, crouch, curl, deect, deform, detour, double, droop, ex, genuect, hook, incline, incurvate, lean, loop, pervert, round, spiral, stoop, swerve, tilt, turn, twist, veer, verge, warp, waver, wilt, wind, yaw, zigzag; concepts 149,184 Ant. straighten bend [v2] persuade; inuence change mind, compel, direct, mold, shape, subdue, submit, sway, yield; concept 68 beneath [adv] in a lower place below, underneath; concept 586 Ant. above, higher, over beneath [prep] inferior below, lesser, less than, lower than, subject, subordinate, unbetting, under, underneath, unworthy of; concept 567 Ant. above, higher, over, superior benediction [n] closing prayer amen, approbation, approval, beatitude, benedictus, benison, blessing, consecration, favor, grace, gratitude, invocation, laying on of hands, okay, orison, praise, sanctication, thanks, thanksgiving; concept 69 Ant. anathema, execration benefactor [n] donor aid, altruist, angel, assistant, backer, contributor, fairy godparent*, fan, good Samaritan, grubstaker, helper, humanitarian, mark*, patron, philanthropist, promoter, protector, Santa Claus*, sponsor, subscriber, subsidizer, supporter, well-wisher; concepts 416,423 Ant. antagonist, opponent, opposer benecial [adj] advantageous benign, constructive, favorable, favoring, gainful, good, good for what ails you*, healthful, helpful, protable, propitious, salubrious, salutary, serviceable, toward, useful, valuable, what the doctor ordered*, wholesome, worthy; concepts 567,572 Ant. disadvantageous, harmful, hurting, unfortunate, unhelpful, unrewarding beneciary [n] person who gains, benets almsperson, assignee, devisee, donee, grantee, heir, heiress, inheritor, legatee, payee, possessor, receiver, recipient, stipendiary, successor; concepts 355,423 Ant. giver, payer

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benet [n1] advantage, prot account, aid, asset, assistance, avail, benediction, betterment, blessing, boon, cream*, egg in ones beer*, extras, favor, gain, godsend*, good, gravy*, help, interest, perk*, prot, prosperity, use, welfare, worth; concepts 337,346,661 Ant. disadvantage, handicap, harm, hindrance, hurt, loss, misfortune benet [n2] event to raise money ball, bazaar, charitable affair, charity performance, concert, dance, dinner, exhibit, exhibition, fair, pancake breakfast, rafe; concept 386 benet [v] help, enhance advance, advantage, aid, ameliorate, assist, avail, be good for, better, build, contribute to, do for one, do the trick, favor, ll the bill*, further, improve, make a killing*, make it*, pay, pay off*, prot, promote, relieve, serve, succor, work for; concepts 110,244 Ant. handicap, harm, hinder, hurt, injure benevolence [n] charity altruism, amity, comity, compassion, feeling, friendliness, friendship, generosity, gift, goodness, good will, humanity, kindheartedness, kindness, sympathy; concept 633 Ant. animosity, greediness, ill will, malevolence, meanness, selshness, spite, unkindness benevolent [adj] charitable, kind all heart, altruistic, benecent, benign, big, big-hearted, bounteous, bountiful, caring, chivalrous, compassionate, considerate, generous, helpful, humane, humanitarian, kindhearted, liberal, magnanimous, philanthropic, tenderhearted, warmhearted, well-disposed; concept 401 Ant. greedy, malevolent, mean, selsh, spiteful, unkind benign [adj1] kindly amiable, benecent, benevolent, benignant, complaisant, congenial, favorable, friendly, generous, genial, gentle, good, goodhearted, gracious, kind, liberal, merciful, mild, obliging, sympathetic; concept 542 Ant. hateful, hostile, hurtful, injurious, malignant, unkind benign [adj2] mild, especially describing weather auspicious, balmy, bright, favorable, fortunate, gentle, healthful, propitious, refreshing, temperate, warm; concept 605 Ant. bad, severe benign [adj3] advantageous auspicious, benecent, benevolent, bright, charitable, dexter, encouraging, favorable, fortunate, good, lucky, merciful, propitious, salutary, smiling; concepts 537,572 Ant. disadvantageous, harmful, hurtful benign [adj4] not cancerous curable, early stage, harmless, limited, remediable, slight, supercial; concept 314 Ant. cancerous, malignant bent [adj1] curved angled, arced, arched, arciform, bowed, contorted, crooked, curvilinear, doubled over, drooping, droopy, hooked, humped, hunched, inclined, limp, looped, round, rounded, sinuous, slouchy, slumped, stooped, twined, twisted, warped, wilted; concept 486 Ant. straight bent [adj2] determined bound, decided, decisive, dedicated, disposed, rm, xed, inclined, insistent, intent, leaning, predisposed, resolute, resolved, set, settled, tending; concept 403 Ant. uncaring, undecided

bent [n] inclination; talent ability, aim, aptitude, bag*, disposition, druthers*, facility, faculty, air, forte, genius, gift, head-set*, inclining, knack, leaning, mind-set*, nose, penchant, predilection, predisposition, preference, proclivity, propensity, set, tack, tendency, thing for*, tilt, turn, weakness for; concepts 409,630 bequeath [v] give in a will bestow, commit, devise, endow, entrust, grant, hand down, hand on, impart, leave, leave to, legate, pass on, transmit, will; concepts 108,317 Ant. take bequest [n] something given in will bequeathal, bequeathment, bestowal, devisal, devise, dower, endowment, estate, gift, heritage, inheritance, legacy, settlement, trust; concepts 318,337 berate [v] criticize hatefully bawl out*, blister, call down, castigate, censure, chew*, chew out*, chide, cuss out*, eat out*, give one hell*, give what for*, jaw*, jump all over*, rail at*, rake over the coals*, rate, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, revile, scold, scorch, tell off, tongue-lash, upbraid, vituperate; concept 52 Ant. compliment, hail, praise bereavement [n] death; loss afiction, deprivation, distress, misfortune, sorrow, tribulation; concepts 230,674 bereft [adj] lacking; missing beggared, bereaved, cut off, deprived, destitute, devoid, dispossessed, divested, eeced, impoverished, left without, minus, naked, parted from, robbed, shorn, stripped, wanting, without; concepts 546,576 Ant. full, happy berry [n] small fruit bean, drupe, drupelet, grain, haw, hip, kernel, pome, seed; concept 426 berserk [adj] crazed crazy, demented, deranged, insane, mad, maniacal, manic, violent; concept 403 berth [n1] harbor; bunk anchorage, bed, bedroom, billet, compartment, cot, dock, hammock, haven, jetty, levee, pier, port, quay, slip, wharf; concepts 513,516 berth [n2] position of responsibility appointment, billet, capacity, connection, employment, job, living, ofce, place, post, profession, situation, spot; concepts 362,668 beseech [v] beg adjure, appeal, ask, call upon, crave, entreat, implore, importune, invoke, petition, plead, pray, solicit, sue, supplicate; concept 48 Ant. give, offer beset [v] plague; hem in aggress, assail, attack, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, besiege, bug*, circle*, compass, dog*, drive up the wall*, embarrass, encircle, enclose, encompass, entangle, environ, fall on, fall upon, girdle, give a bad time*, give a hard time*, give one the business*, give the needle*, harass, harry, hassle, infest, invade, jump on ones case*, nag, nudge, overrun, perplex, pester, pick on, put the squeeze on*, ride, ring, start in on, storm, strike, surround; concepts 7,19 beside [adv/prep] next to abreast of, adjacent to, adjoining, alongside, aside, a step from, at ones elbow, at the edge of, at the side of, bordering on, by, cheek by jowl*, close at hand, close to, close upon, connected with, contiguous to, fornent, in juxtaposition, near, nearby, neck and neck*, neighboring, next door to, nigh, opposite, overlooking, round, side by side, verging on, with; concept 586

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beside oneself [adj] very upset berserk, crazed, delirious, demented, distraught, frantic, frenetic, insane, mad, unbalanced, unhinged; concepts 403,485,570 besides [adv] in addition; as well added to, additionally, along with, also, and all, apart from, aside from, as well as, beyond, conjointly, else, exceeding, exclusive of, extra, further, furthermore, in conjunction with, in distinction to, in excess of, in other respects, likewise, more, moreover, more than, not counting, on the side*, on top of everything, other than, otherwise, over and above, plus, secondly, supplementary to, to boot*, together with, too, whats more*, with the exception of, yet; concept 772 besides [prep1] apart from aside from, bar, barring, beside, but, except, excepting, excluding, exclusive of, in addition to, other than, outside of, over and above, save, without; concept 772 besides [prep2] in addition to added to, along with, as well as, beside, beyond, in excess of, more than, on top of, other than, over and above, plus, supplementary, together with; concept 772 beside the point [adj] not important extraneous, immaterial, inapplicable, incidental, inconsequential, irrelevant, pointless, unimportant, unrelated; concept 575 besiege [v1] surround; assault assail, attack, beleaguer, beset, blockade, come at from all sides, conne, congregate, encircle, encompass, environ, hem in, invest, lay siege to, shut in, trap, work on, work over; concepts 86,90 Ant. leave alone besiege [v2] bother badger, beleaguer, bug*, buttonhole*, harass, harry, hound*, importune, nag, pester, plague, trouble; concepts 7,19 Ant. leave alone best [adj1] most excellent 10*, A-1*, ace, bad*, beyond compare, boss*, capital, champion, chief, choicest, cool*, culminating, nest, rst, rst-class, rst-rate, foremost, greatest, highest, incomparable, inimitable, leading, matchless, nonpareil, number 1*, optimum, out-of-sight*, outstanding, paramount, peerless, perfect, preeminent, premium, prime, primo*, principal, sans pareil, second to none, super, superlative, supreme, terric, tops, tough, transcendent, unequaled, unparalleled, unrivaled, unsurpassed; concepts 568,572 Ant. worst best [adj2] correct, right advantageous, apt, desirable, golden, most desirable, most tting, preferred, presentable; concept 558 Ant. incorrect, not right best [adj3] most biggest, bulkiest, greatest, largest; concept 771 Ant. fewest, least best [adv] most excellently advantageously, attractively, creditably, extremely, gloriously, greatly, honorably, illustriously, magnanimously, most deeply, most fortunately, most fully, most highly, sincerely; concepts 568, 572 Ant. worst best [n1] most outstanding thing in class choice, cream, cream of the crop*, elite, fat, favorite, nest, rst, ower, gem, model, nonpareil, paragon, pick, prime, prize, select, top; concept 668 Ant. worst

best [n2] highest personal effort all ones got, best shot, hardest, highest endeavor, level best*, Sunday best*, utmost; concept 411 best [v] defeat; gain advantage beat, beat up*, better, blank*, blast*, bulldoze*, clobber*, conquer, cream*, deck*, drub*, exceed, excel, ax*, oor*, get the better of, knock off*, KO*, lambaste, let have it*, lick*, master, outclass, outdo, outshine, outstrip, overcome, prevail, put away, shoot down*, shut down*, surpass, take care of, take down*, tan*, thrash*, top, total, transcend, trash*, triumph, triumph over, trounce, wallop, waste*, wax*, whip*, whomp*, whop*, wipe*, wipe out, wipe the oor with*, zap*; concept 95 Ant. give up, lose, relent, surrender bestow [v] give, allot accord, apportion, award, bequeath, come through, commit, confer, devote, donate, entrust, favor, gift, give away, grant, hand out, honor with, impart, kick in, lavish, offer, present, put out, render to; concepts 98,108 Ant. deprive, refuse, take best-seller [n] top-selling item a top ten, chart-buster, favorite, hit*, hot item*, hot seller, mover*, number one, record-breaker, success, winner; concepts 423,446 Ant. failure, op best-selling [adj] top-selling chart-topping, hit, number one, smash, very popular, very successful; concept 528 Ant. failing best shot [n] all-out try all ones got, best effort, best one can do, maximum effort, ones all, ones damndest, optimum effort; concepts 87,362,677,724 bet [n] game of chance; money gambled action, ante, betting, chance, down on, hazard, long shot, lot, lottery, odds, odds on, parlay, play, pledge, plunge, pot, rafe, random shot, risk, shot, shot in the dark*, speculation, stake, sweepstakes, uncertainty, venture, wager; concepts 28,293,329 bet [v] gamble ante, buy in on, chance, dice, game, hazard, lay down, lay odds, play against, play for, play the ponies*, pledge, pony up*, put, put money on, risk, set, speculate, tempt fortune*, toss up, trust, venture, wager; concepts 292,330 beta [adj] being tested dubious, experimental, aky, mostly working, new, pre-release, suspect, testing, unready; concepts 529,582 bte noire [n] trouble adversary, anathema, antagonist, bad news*, bane, curse, devil, enemy, pet hate, plague; concepts 532,674, 675,690,728 betray [v1] be disloyal abandon, be unfaithful, bite the hand that feeds you*, blow the whistle*, bluff, break faith, break promise, break trust, break with, commit treason, cross, deceive, deliver up*, delude, desert, double-cross, nger*, forsake, go back on, inform against, inform on, jilt, knife*, let down, mislead, play false*, play Judas*, seduce, sell down the river*, sell out, stab in the back*, take in*, trick, turn in, turn informer, turn states evidence, walk out on; concept 384 Ant. be faithful, be loyal, defend, protect, support betray [v2] divulge, expose information blurt out, dime*, disclose, evince, nk on*, give away, inform, lay bare, let slip, make known, manifest, rat on*, reveal, show, sing*, snitch*,

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spill, squeal*, stool*, tattle, tell, tell on, turn in, uncover, unmask; concepts 44,60 Ant. be quiet, hide, keep secret betrayal [n1] exhibition of disloyalty deception, dishonesty, double-crossing, double-dealing, duplicity, falseness, giveaway, Judas kiss*, let-down, perdy, sellout, treachery, treason, trickery, unfaithfulness; concept 633 Ant. faithfulness, loyalty, protection, support betrayal [n2] divulgence of information blurting out, diming*, disclosure, giving away, ratting*, revelation, snitching*, spilling*, squealing*, tattling, telling; concepts 44,60 Ant. quiet, secret betroth [v] marry afance, become engaged, bind, commit, contract, engage, espouse, give ones hand, make compact, plight faith, plight troth, promise, tie oneself to, vow; concept 297 Ant. divorce, leave, separate betrothal [n] marriage afancing, betrothing, engagement, espousal, plight, promise, troth, vow; concept 297 Ant. divorce, separation better [adj1] excelling, more excellent bigger, choice, exceeding, exceptional, ner, tter, greater, higher quality, improved, larger, more appropriate, more desirable, more tting, more select, more suitable, more useful, more valuable, preferable, preferred, prominent, sharpened, sophisticated, souped up*, superior, surpassing, worthier; concepts 568,572 Ant. worse better [adj2] improved in health convalescent, cured, tter, fully recovered, healthier, improving, less ill, mending, more healthy, on the comeback trail*, on the mend, on the road to recovery*, out of the woods*, over the hump*, progressing, recovering, stronger, well; concept 314 Ant. more ill, sicker, unhealthy, worse better [adj3] larger bigger, greater, longer, more, preponderant, weightier; concepts 771,773 Ant. littler, smaller, tinier better [adv] in a more excellent manner ner, greater, in a superior way, more, more advantageously, more attractively, more competently, more completely, more effectively, more thoroughly, preferably, to a greater degree; concepts 568,572 Ant. worse better [v] improve performance; outdo advance, ameliorate, amend, beat, best, cap, correct, enhance, exceed, excel, forward, further, help, meliorate, mend, outshine, outstrip, promote, raise, rectify, rene, reform, revamp, surpass, top, transcend; concepts 141,244 Ant. deteriorate, get worse, worsen betterment [n] improvement advancement, amelioration, mastery, melioration, progress, prosperity, upgrading; concept 244 Ant. deterioration, impairment, unhealthiness, worsening between [adv/prep] middle from two points amid, amidst, among, at intervals, betwixt, bounded by, centrally located, enclosed by, halfway, in, inserted, interpolated, intervening, in the middle, in the midst of, in the seam, in the thick of, medially, mid, midway, separating, surrounded by, tween, within; concepts 586,820 Ant. around, away, away from, outside, separate

beverage [n] liquid refreshment cooler, draft, drink, drinkable, libation, liquor, potable, potation; concept 454 Ant. food, victuals bevy [n] swarm assembly, band, bunch, cluster, collection, company, covey, crew, crowd, ight, ock, gathering, group, pack, party, troupe; concept 432 Ant. individual, one bewail [v] cry over, lament bemoan, deplore, eat heart out*, express sorrow, grieve for, moan, mourn, regret, repent, rue, sing the blues*, take on, wail, weep over; concept 266 Ant. be happy, be joyous, exalt, gloat, praise, vaunt beware [v] be careful attend, avoid, be cautious, be wary, guard against, heed, keep eyes open*, keep ones distance, keep on ones toes*, look out, mind, mind ps and qs*, notice, refrain from, shun, steer clear of*, take care, take heed, walk on eggs*, watch ones step, watch out; concept 34 Ant. court, invite, risk, take on bewilder [v] confuse addle, bafe, ball up*, befuddle, bemuse, confound, daze, disconcert, distract, oor*, uster, mess with ones head*, mix up, muddle, mystify, perplex, puzzle, rattle, snow*, stump, stupefy, throw, upset; concepts 14,42 Ant. clear up, explain, orient bewildered [adj] confused addled, agape, aghast, agog, appalled, astonished, astounded, awed, awe-struck, bafed, befuddled, bowled over*, dazed, dazzled, disconcerted, dizzy, dumbfounded, dumbstruck, abbergasted, ipped out*, oored*, ustered, giddy, in a dither*, lost, misled, muddled, mystied, perplexed, punchy*, puzzled, rattled, reeling, shocked, shook up, speechless, staggered, startled, stumped, stunned, stupeed, surprised, taken aback, thrown, thunderstruck*, uncertain, unglued*; concepts 402,403 Ant. clear, oriented, understanding bewilderment [n] puzzlement bafement, confusion, daze, discombobulation*, disorientation, perplexity, surprise; concept 14 bewitch [v] charm allure, attract, bedevil, beguile, captivate, capture, control, dazzle, draw, enchant, enrapture, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, hex, hypnotize, knock dead*, knock out, put horns on*, put the whammy on*, put under magic spell*, send*, slay*, spell*, spellbind, sweep off ones feet*, take, tickle*, tickle pink*, tickle to death*, trick, turn on*, vamp, voodoo, wile, wow*; concepts 7,22 Ant. disenchant, disgust, turn off bewitched [adj] charmed captivated, enamored, enchanted, enraptured, ensorcelled, entranced, fallen for, fascinated, gaga about*, have a bug in ones ear*, have a thing about*, head over heels*, hooked*, hung up*, mad about, mesmerized, possessed, spellbound, transformed, turned on*, under a spell; concept 32 Ant. disenchanted, disgusted, turned off beyond [adv/prep] further; outside limits above, after, ahead, apart from, as well as, at a distance, away from, before, behind, besides, beyond the bounds, clear of, farther, free of, good way off, hyper, in addition to, in advance of, long way off, moreover, more remote, on the far side, on the other side, out of range, out of reach, outside, over, over and above, over

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there, past, remote, superior to, without, yonder; concepts 554,772,778 Ant. close, inside bias [n1] belief in one way; partiality bent, bigotry, chauvinism, disposition, favoritism, ash, head-set*, illiberality, inclination, intolerance, leaning, mind-set*, mind trip*, narrowmindedness, one-sidedness, penchant, preconception, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudice, prepossession, proclivity, proneness, propensity, spin, standpoint, tendency, tilt, turn, unfairness, viewpoint; concept 689 Ant. fairness, impartiality, justness bias [n2] diagonal weave of fabric angle, cant, cross, incline, oblique, slant; concept 606 bias [v] cause to favor distort, incline, inuence, make partial, prejudice, prepossess, slant, sway, twist, warp, weight; concepts 7,19 Ant. be fair, be impartial, be just bible [n] holy book; authoritative book authority, creed, doctrine, guide, guidebook, handbook, manual, sacred writ, sacred writings, scripture, testament, text, the good news; concepts 280,368 bicker [v] nastily argue altercate, brawl, caterwaul, cause a scene*, cavil, dig, disagree, dispute, fall out, ght, hassle, pick at, quarrel, quibble, row, scrap, scrape, spar, spat, squabble, tiff, trade zingers*, wrangle; concept 46 Ant. agree, concede, discuss bicycle [n] pedal-driven recreational vehicle bike, cycle, tandem, two-wheeler, velocipede, wheels; concepts 364,505 bid [n1] offering of money or services advance, amount, declaration, feeler, hit, invitation, offer, pass, price, proffer, proposal, proposition, request, submission, suggestion, sum, summons, tender; concepts 67,330 bid [n2] endeavor attempt, crack, effort, essay, try, venture; concept 87 bid [v1] offer money or services present, proffer, propose, render, submit, tender, venture; concepts 67,330 bid [v2] say call, greet, tell, wish; concept 266 bid [v3] ask for; command call, charge, demand, desire, direct, enjoin, instruct, invite, make a pass at*, make a pitch*, make a play for*, order, proposition, request, require, solicit, summon, tell, warn; concept 53 bidding [n1] command behest, call, charge, demand, dictate, direction, injunction, instruction, invitation, mandate, order, request, summons, word; concept 53 Ant. answer bidding [n2] offering of money, services advance, auction, invitation, offer, proffering, proposal, proposition, request, submission, suggestion, tender; concepts 67,330 bide [v] wait abide, attend, await, continue, dwell, hang around, hang in*, hang out*, hold the phone*, lie in wait*, linger, live, remain, reside, sit tight*, stay, stick around, sweat it*, tarry, watch for; concept 681 Ant. go, hurry, move big [adj1] large, great ample, awash, a whale of a*, brimming, bulky, bull*, burly, capacious, chock-full*, colossal, commodious, considerable, copious, crowded, enormous, extensive, fat, full, gigantic, heavy-duty*, heavyweight, hefty, huge, hulking, humongous*, husky, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, mondo*,

monster*, oversize, packed, ponderous, prodigious, roomy, sizable, spacious, strapping, stuffed, substantial, super colossal*, thundering, tremendous, vast, voluminous, walloping, whopper, whopping; concepts 771,773 Ant. itsy, little, small, tiny big [adj2] important big league*, big-time*, consequential, considerable, eminent, heavyduty*, heavyweight, inuential, leading, main, major league*, material, meaningful, momentous, paramount, popular, powerful, prime, principal, prominent, serious, signicant, substantial, super, super colossal*, valuable, weighty; concept 568 Ant. blah, bland, dull, unimportant big [adj3] grown adult, elder, full-grown, grownup, mature, tall; concepts 578,797 Ant. adolescent, baby, babyish, infant, infantile, juvenile big [adj4] generous altruistic, benevolent, bighearted, chivalrous, considerate, free, gracious, greathearted, heroic, liberal, lofty, magnanimous, noble, princely, unselsh; concept 404 Ant. selsh, ungenerous, ungiving big [adj5] arrogant arty, boastful, bragging, conceited, amboyant, haughty, high-sounding, imperious, imposing, inated, overblown, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious, proud; concept 401 Ant. humble, shy, uncondent big deal [n] something or someone important big cheese*, big enchilada*, big sh*, biggie*, big gun*, big shot*, big wheel*, bigwig*, boss, boss man*, head honcho*, hotshot*, important person, top dog*, tycoon, very important person, VIP; concept 347 big-hearted [adj] very kind altruistic, benevolent, compassionate, generous, giving, gracious, noble; concepts 404,542 big league [adj] important big-time, chief, critical, crucial, exceptional, four-star, frontpage*, grave, great, heavy, high-power, major-league, playing hard ball*, professional, serious, strictly business; concepts 567,568 bigmouth [n] a loudmouth bag of wind*, big talker*, blowhard*, blusterer, boaster, brag, braggart, bragger, bull artist*, bull-thrower*, gasbag*, gossiper, grandstander, know-it-all, show-off, swelled head*, trumpeter*, windbag*; concepts 412,423 bigot [n] intolerant, prejudiced person chauvinist, diehard, doctrinaire, dogmatist, enthusiast, extremist, fanatic, end, maniac, monomaniac, opinionated person, partisan, persecutor, puritan, racist, sectarian, segregationist, sexist, stickler, superpatriot, zealot; concepts 359,423 Ant. humanitarian, liberal, tolerator bigoted [adj] intolerant, prejudiced biased, chauvinistic, dogmatic, narrow, narrowminded, obstinate, opinionated, partial, partisan, sectarian, slanted, small-minded, twisted, unfair, warped; concepts 403,555 Ant. broad-minded, fair, humanitarian, just, openminded, tolerant, unprejudiced bigotry [n] intolerance, prejudice bias, discrimination, dogmatism, fanaticism, injustice, Jim Crowism*, narrow-mindedness, partiality, provincialism, racialism, racism, sectarianism, sexism, unfairness; concepts 388,410 Ant. broad-mindedness, fairness, open-mindedness, tolerance

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big shot [n] important person big cheese*, big gun*, big wheel*, bigwig*, celebrity, dignitary, heavy-hitter*, heavyweight*, mogul, personage, somebody, VIP; concept 423 big win [n1] overwhelming success or victory coup, coup detat, obliteration; concept 706 big win [n2] desirable chance discovery accidental discovery, chance discovery, good fortune, luck, serendipity; concept 693 bilateral [adj] having two sides mutual, reciprocal, respective, two-sided; concept 562 Ant. multilateral, unilateral bilk [v] cheat bamboozle*, beat, circumvent, con, deceive, defraud, disappoint, do*, eece*, imam*, foil, frustrate, gyp*, overreach, rook*, ruin, snow*, swindle, thwart, trick; concepts 59,139 Ant. give, give away bill [n1] account of charges; money owed bad news*, check, chit, damage*, debt, invoice, IOU, itemized account, knock*, note, reckoning, request for payment, score, statement, statement of indebtedness, tab; concepts 329,332 bill [n2] list; circular advertisement, afche, agenda, bulletin, card, catalogue, yer, handbill, handout, inventory, leaet, listing, notice, placard, playbill, poster, program, roster, schedule, syllabus; concepts 280,283 bill [n3] piece of legislation act, draft, measure, projected law, proposal, proposed act; concepts 271,318 bill [n4] piece of paper money bank note, buck, certicate, currency, dollar, greenback*, long green*, skin*; concept 340 Ant. coin bill [n5] beak of animal mandible, neb, nib, pecker, projection; concept 399 bill [v1] charge money for goods, services bone, chase, debit, draw upon, dun, gure, invoice, put the arm on*, put the bite on*, put the squeeze on*, reckon, record, render, solicit; concepts 330,342 bill [v2] advertise announce, book, give advance notice, post; concepts 60,292 billow [n] surging mass beachcomber, breaker, crest, roller, surge, swell, tide, wave; concepts 437,514 billow [v] surge balloon, belly, bloat, bounce, bulge, ebb and ow, heave, pitch, puff up, ripple, rise and fall, rise up, rock, roll, swell, toss, undulate, wave; concepts 159,208 billowy [adj] surging bouncing, bouncy, bulgy, distended, ebbing and owing, heaving, puffy, rippled, rippling, rising, rising and falling, rolling, swelling, swirling, swollen, undulating, waving, wavy; concepts 486,584 bind [n] predicament between a rock and a hard place*, crunch*, difculty, dilemma, hot water*, no-win situation*, nuisance, pickle*, predicament, quandary, sticky situation*, tight situation, tight spot*; concepts 230,674 bind [v1] fasten, secure adhere, attach, bandage, border, chain, cinch, clamp, connect, constrict, cover, dress, edge, encase, enchain, enfetter, fetter, nish, x, fold, furl, glue, hamper, handcuff, hem, hitch, hitch on, hobble, hook on, hook up, lace, lap, lash, leash, manacle, moor, muzzle, paste, peg down, pin, pin down, pinion, put together, restrain, restrict, rope, shackle, stick, strap, swathe, tack on, tether, tie, tie up, trammel, trim, truss, unite, wrap,

yoke; concepts 85,160 Ant. free, loose, loosen, release, set free, unbind, unfasten, untie bind [v2] obligate; restrict compel, conne, constrain, detain, engage, enslave, force, hamper, hinder, hogtie*, indenture, lock up, necessitate, oblige, prescribe, put half nelson on*, put lock on*, require, restrain, restrict, yoke; concepts 14,130 Ant. allow, free, let, permit, set free binding [adj1] necessary bounden*, compulsory, conclusive, counted upon, essential, imperative, incumbent on, indissoluble, irrevocable, mandatory, obligatory, required, requisite, unalterable; concept 546 binding [adj2] conning attached, enslaved, fastened, indentured, limiting, restraining, tied, tying; concept 554 Ant. alterable, breakable, revocable, unbinding, unconning, unnecessary binding [n] cover; something which fastens adhesive, belt, fastener, jacket, tie, wrapper; concept 475 binge [n] spree affair, bender, blind*, bout*, carousal, compotation, drunk*, ing, jag*, orgy*, toot*; concept 386 Ant. saving biography [n] account of persons life adventures, autobiography, bio, biog, close-up, confessions, diary, experiences, journal, letters, life, life history, life story, memoir, personal account, personal anecdote, personal narrative, personal record, picture, prole, rsum, saga, sketch, vita; concepts 280,282 bird [n] ying animal feathered creature, fowl, game; concept 395 birds of a feather [n] two of a kind Bobbsey twins, close friends, compadres, comrades, friends, two minds thinking as one; concept 423 birth [n1] becoming alive bearing, beginning, birthing, blessed event*, childbearing, childbirth, creation, act of God, delivery, labor, nascency, natality, nativity, parturition, producing, travail, visit from stork*; concepts 302, 373 Ant. death birth [n2] beginning commencement, dawn, dawning, emergence, fountainhead, genesis, onset, opening, origin, outset, rise, source, start; concept 119 Ant. conclusion, death, end, ending, nish birth [n3] heritage ancestry, background, blood, breeding, derivation, descent, extraction, forebears, genealogy, heritance, legacy, line, lineage, parentage, pedigree, position, race, rank, station, status, stock, strain; concepts 296,648 birth control [n] method of preventing pregnancy abstinence, condom, contraception, contraceptive, diaphragm, IUD, pill, planned parenthood, rhythm method, rubber, safety*, tied tubes, vasectomy; concepts 121,375 birth defect [n] congenital defect abnormality, congenital malformation, deformity; concept 580 birthmark [n] blemish one is born with angioma, beauty mark, hemangioma, mole, mothers mark, nevus, port wine stain; concept 580 bisect [v] divide in two bifurcate, branch off, cleave, cross, cut across, cut in half, cut in two, dichotomize, dimidiate, divaricate, divide in two, fork, furcate, halve, hemisect, intersect,

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separate, split, split down the middle; concepts 98,137,176 Ant. combine, join bisexual [adj] having relations with either gender AC-DC*, androgynous, bi*, epicene, gynandrous, hermaphroditic, intersexual, monoclinous, swings both ways*; concept 372 Ant. heterosexual, homosexual bistro [n] drinkery with food bar, lounge, restaurant, tavern; concepts 439,448,449 bit [n1] tiny piece atom, butt, chicken feed*, chip, chunk, crumb, dab, dash, division, dollop, dose, dot, driblet, droplet, end, excerpt, ake, fraction, fragment, grain, iota, item, jot, lick*, lump, mite, modicum, moiety, molecule,morsel, niggle, parcel, part, particle, peanuts*, pinch, portion, sample, scale, scintilla, scrap, section, segment, shard, share, shaving, shred, slice, sliver, smidgen, snatch, snip, snippet, specimen, speck, splinter, sprinkling, stub, stump, taste, tittle, trace, trickle; concept 831 Ant. whole bit [n2] short period of time instant, jiffy, little while, minute, moment, second, space, spell, stretch, tick, while; concept 807 bit [n3] computer information 0, 1, binary digit, binary unit, data; concept 274 bite [n1] injury from gripping, tearing chaw*, chomp*, gob*, itch*, laceration, nip, pain, pinch, prick, smarting, sting, tooth marks*, wound; concept 309 bite [n2] mouthful of food brunch, drop, light meal, morsel, nibble, nosh*, piece, refreshment, sample, snack, sop*, taste; concepts 457,459 bite [n3] pungency; stinging sensation burn, edge, guts*, kick, piquancy, punch, spice, sting, zap*, zip*; concept 614 bite [n4] allotment allowance, cut, lot, part, piece, portion, quota, share, slice; concept 835 bite [v1] grip or tear with teeth champ, chaw, chaw on, chew, chomp, clamp, crunch, crush, cut, eat, gnaw, hold, lacerate, masticate, munch, nibble, nip, pierce, pinch, rend, ruminate, seize, sever, snap, take a chunk out of*, taste, tooth, wound; concepts 185,616 bite [v2] corrode, eat away burn, consume, decay, decompose, deteriorate, dissolve, eat into, engrave, erode, etch, oxidize, rot, rust, scour, sear, slash, smart, sting, tingle, wear away; concepts 215,250 bite [v3] take a chance be victim, get hooked*, nibble, risk, volunteer; concept 384 Ant. be careful bite the bullet [v] take it be forced, bow to fate, face the music*, have no choice, know no alternative, pay the piper*, stand up and take it, swallow the pill*, take ones medicine*, take the rap; concepts 23,96 biting [adj1] piercing, sharp bitter, bleak, blighting, cold, crisp, cutting, freezing, harsh, nipping, penetrating, raw; concepts 569,605 Ant. bland, calm, mild biting [adj2] sarcastic acerbic, acrimonious, bitter, caustic, cutting, incisive, mordant, scathing, severe, sharp, stinging, trenchant, withering; concept 267 Ant. kind, nice, sweet bitter [adj1] pungent, sharp absinthal, absinthian, acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, amaroidal, astringent, harsh, sour, tart, unsweetened, vinegary; concept 613 Ant. bland, mild, pleasant, sweet

bitter [adj2] hostile, nasty acrimonious, alienated, antagonistic, begrudging, biting, caustic, crabby, divided, embittered, estranged, erce, freezing, hateful, intense, irreconcilable, morose, rancorous, resentful, sardonic, severe, sore, sour, stinging, sullen, virulent, vitriolic, with chip on shoulder*; concept 267 Ant. agreeable, content, genial, kind, nice, pleasant, sweet bitter [adj3] painful, distressing afictive, annoying, bad, brutal, calamitous, cruel, dire, disagreeable, displeasing, distasteful, disturbing, galling, grievous, hard, harsh, heartbreaking, hurtful, inclement, intemperate, intense, merciless, offensive, poignant, provoking, rigorous, rugged, ruthless, savage, severe, sharp, stinging, unpalatable, unpleasant, vexatious, woeful; concept 537 Ant. good, helping, wonderful bitterness [n1] sourness acerbity, acidity, acridity, astringency, brackishness, brininess, piquancy, pungency, sharpness, tartness, vinegariness; concept 614 Ant. sweetness bitterness [n2] agony acrimoniousness, anguish, asperity, distress, grievousness, harshness, hostility, mordancy, pain, painfulness, sarcasm, venom, virulence; concepts 410,633 Ant. contentment, geniality, happiness, sweetness bizarre [adj] strange, wild bugged out*, camp*, comical, curious, eccentric, extraordinary, fantastic, far-out*, freakish, grody*, grotesque, kooky, ludicrous, odd, oddball, offbeat, off the wall*, outlandish, outr, peculiar, queer, ridiculous, singular, unusual, way-out*, weird; concepts 547,564 Ant. normal, reasonable, usual blab [v] gossip babble, betray, blather, blurt out, chatter, disclose, divulge, gab, gabble, give away, go on, jabber, let out, let slip, mouth, peach*, prattle, reveal, run off at the mouth*, run on, shoot the breeze*, spill*, spill the beans*, squeal*, talk through ones hat*, tattle, tell, tell on, yak*, yakkety-yak*; concepts 55,60 Ant. be quiet, shut up blabbermouth [n] someone who talks too much babblemouth, babbler, bag of wind*, bigmouth, blabber, blabberer, blowhard*, chatterbox, chatterer, gabber, gasbag*, gossiper, gossipmonger, jabberer, loudmouth, motor-mouth, squealer*, tattletale, windbag*, yapper; concepts 412,423 black [adj1] dark, inky atramentous, brunet, charcoal, clouded, coal, dingy, dusky, ebon, ebony, inklike, jet, livid, melanoid, murky, obsidian, onyx, piceous, pitch, pitch-dark, raven, sable, shadowy, slate, sloe, somber, sombre, sooty, starless, stygian, swart, swarthy; concept 618 Ant. white black [adj2] hopeless atrocious, bleak, depressing, depressive, dismal, dispiriting, distressing, doleful, dreary, foreboding, funereal, gloomy, horrible, lugubrious, mournful, ominous, oppressive, sad, sinister, sombre, threatening; concepts 529,570 Ant. hopeful, optimistic black [adj3] dirty dingy, lthy, foul, grimy, grubby, impure, nasty, soiled, sooty, spotted, squalid, stained, unclean, uncleanly; concept 589 Ant. clean black [adj4] angry enraged, erce, furious, hostile, menacing, resentful, sour, sullen, threatening; concept 403 Ant. happy

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black [adj5] evil bad, diabolical, iniquitous, mean, nefarious, villainous, wicked; concept 545 Ant. good black [n] African-American African, AfroAmerican, Negro; concept 380 Ant. Caucasian, white blackball [v] expel from group ban, blacklist, debar, exclude, ostracize, oust, reject, repudiate, snub, veto; concepts 25,384 blacken [v1] darken befoul, begrime, blot, cloud, deepen, ebonize, grow dark, grow dim, ink, make dark, shade, smudge, soil; concept 250 Ant. bleach, lighten, whiten blacken [v2] malign; smear asperse, attack, bad-mouth*, blot, blotch, calumniate, decry, defame, dele, denigrate, dishonor, do a number on*, give a black eye*, knock*, libel, malign, rip*, rip up and down*, slander, slur, smudge, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, traduce, vilify; concept 54 Ant. compliment, enhance, praise black hole [n] abyss great void, supernova, theoretical mass, void; concepts 509,514 blacklist [v] ban banish, bar, blackball, boycott, debar, exclude, expel, hit list*, ostracize, preclude, proscribe, put on hit list*, reject, repudiate, snub, thumbs down*, vote against; concept 25 Ant. accept, allow, ask in, permit, welcome black magic [n] sorcery diabolism, magic, necromancy, voodoo, witchcraft, wizardry; concepts 370,689 blackmail [n] intimidation for money; money to quiet informer bribe, bribery, exaction, extortion, hush money*, milking*, payoff, protection, ransom, slush fund*, tribute; concepts 123,192 blackmail [v] intimidating for money badger, bleed, coerce, compel, demand, exact, extort, force, hold to ransom, milk*, put the shake on*, ransom, shake*, shake down*, squeeze*, threaten; concepts 192,342 black market [n] illegal sales bootleg market, underground, underground market, underworld market; concept 323 black out [v1] delete; cover batten, conceal, cover up, cross out, cut off, darken, eclipse, eradicate, erase, hold back, make dark, obfuscate, rub out, shade, squash, squelch; concept 250 Ant. add, pencil in, uncover black out [v2] faint collapse, crap out*, draw a blank*, go out like a light*, lose consciousness, pass out*, slip into coma, swoon*, zone out*; concept 303 Ant. resuscitate, revive black sheep [n] disgraceful person neer-dowell, outcast, pariah, prodigal, reject, reprobate; concept 423 blade [n] cutting tool brand, cutlass, edge, pe, knife, shank, sword; concepts 495,499 blah [adj] dull, lifeless banausic, bland, boring, dim, dreary, humdrum, monotone, monotonous, pedestrian, plodding, yawn producing*; concept 544 Ant. exciting, full of life, spirited blame [n1] condemnation accusation, animadversion, arraignment, attack, attribution, castigation, censure, charge, chiding, complaint, criticism, denunciation, depreciation, diatribe, disapprobation, disapproval, disfavor, disparagement, expostulation, exprobation, impeachment, implication, imputation, incrimination,

inculpation, indictment, invective, objurgation, obloquy, opposition, rebuke, recrimination, remonstrance, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reprobation, reproof, repudiation, slur, tirade; concept 54 Ant. applause, commendation, exaltation, exculpation, exoneration, praise, thanks blame [n2] responsibility accountability, answerability, burden, culpability, fault, guilt, incrimination, liability, onus, rap*; concepts 639,661 blame [v] accuse; place responsibility admonish, ascribe, attribute, blast, blow the whistle on*, censure, charge, chide, climb all over*, condemn, criticize, denounce, denunciate, disapprove, express disapprobation, nd fault with, nger*, frame, hold responsible, impute, indict, jump all over*, jump down ones throat*, knock*, lay a bad trip on*, lay at ones door*, lay to*, let one have it*, lower the boom*, pass the buck*, point the nger*, rap, rebuke, reprehend, reproach, reprove, roast*, saddle, skin*, stick it to*, tax, upbraid; concept 44 Ant. applaud, commend, exalt, exculpate, exonerate, praise, thank blameless [adj] not responsible above suspicion, clean, clean-handed, clear, crimeless, exemplary, faultless, good, guilt-free, guiltless, immaculate, impeccable, inculpable, innocent, in the clear*, irreprehensible, irreproachable, not guilty, perfect, pure, righteous, stainless, unblemished, unimpeachable, unoffending, unspotted, unsullied, untarnished, upright, virtuous; concept 555 Ant. culpable, guilty, impeachable, reproachable, responsible blanch [v] become afraid inch, pale, recoil, shrink, start, wince; concept 27 Ant. be brave bland [adj1] tasteless; undistinctive banal, blah*, boring, dull, dull as dishwater*, at, avorless, ho hum*, humdrum, insipid, milkand-water*, monotonous, nerdy*, nothing, pabulum*, sapless*, tame, tedious, unexciting, uninspiring, uninteresting, unstimulating, vanilla*, vapid, waterish, watery, weak, wimpy*, wishy-washy*, zero*; concepts 589,613 Ant. delicious, distinctive, sharp, tasty, yummy bland [adj2] friendly, gracious affable, amiable, civilized, congenial, courteous, gentle, goodnatured, ingratiating, oily, pleasant, smooth, suave, unctuous, unemotional, urbane; concept 401 Ant. blase, dull, unfriendly, ungracious bland [adj3] mild, temperate balmy, calm, calmative, clear, lenient, mollifying, nonirritant, nonirritating, smooth, soft, soothing; concepts 485,605 Ant. bitter, caustic, severe, sharp, zingy blank [adj1] clear bare, barren, clean, empty, fresh, new, pale, plain, spotless, uncompleted, unlled, unmarked, untouched, unused, vacant, vacuous, virgin, virginal, void, white; concepts 485,562 Ant. lled, full, habited, occupied blank [adj2] expressionless deadpan, dull, empty, fruitless, hollow, immobile, impassive, inane, inexpressive, inscrutable, lifeless, masklike, meaningless, noncommittal, pokerfaced, stiff, stupid, uncommunicative, unexpressive, vacant, vacuous, vague; concept 406 Ant. animated

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blank [adj3] dumbfounded at a loss, awestruck, bewildered, confounded, confused, dazed, disconcerted, muddled, nonplussed, stupeed, uncomprehending, wonderstruck; concept 402 Ant. aware, excited, understanding blank [adj4] absolute, utter complete, downright, out-and-out, outright, perfect, regular, sheer, straight-out, thorough, total, unconditional, unqualied; concept 531 blank [n] empty space abyss, cavity, chasm, emptiness, gap, gulf, hiatus, hole, hollow, hollowness, interstice, interval, lacuna, nihility, nothingness, nullity, omission, opening, preterition, pretermission, skip, tabula rasa, vacancy, vacuity, vacuum, void, womb; concept 513 blank check [n] carte blanche free hand, free rein, license, permission, permit, say-so, the run of, total freedom, unconditional authority, unconditional right; concept 376 blanket [adj] comprehensive absolute, acrossthe-board, all-inclusive, overall, powerful, sweeping, unconditional, wide-ranging; concept 772 Ant. incomplete, uncomprehensive blanket [n] cover, covering afghan, carpet, cloak, coat, coating, comforter, covering, coverlet, envelope, lm, eece, layer, mat, puff, quilt, rug, sheath, sheet, throw, wrapper; concepts 473,475 blanket [v] cover bury, cloak, cloud, coat, conceal, crown, eclipse, envelop, hide, mask, obscure, overcast, overlay, overspread, suppress, surround; concept 172 Ant. lay bare, uncover blare [v] make loud noise bark, bellow, blast, boom, bray, clamor, clang, honk, hoot, peal, resound, roar, scream, shout, shriek, sound out, toot, trumpet; concepts 65,77 Ant. toot blarney [n] attery adulation, a line*, baloney*, blandishment, cajolery, coaxing, compliments, exaggeration, eyewash*, fawning*, honey*, incense, ingratiation, inveiglement, oil*, overpraise, soft soap*, soft words, sweet talk*, wheedling; concept 69 blas [adj] nonchalant apathetic, been around twice*, bored, cloyed, cool*, disenchanted, disentranced, done it all*, fed up*, glutted, indifferent, jaded, knowing, laid-back*, lukewarm*, mellow*, mundane, offhand, satiated, sick of, sophisticate, sophisticated, surfeited, unconcerned, unexcited, uninterested, unmoved, weary, worldly, world-weary; concept 404 Ant. enthusiastic, excited blasphemous [adj] irreverent cursing, disrespectful, godless, impious, insulting, irreligious, profanatory, profane, sacrilegious, swearing, ungodly; concept 545 Ant. godly, pious, religious, respectful, reverent blasphemy [n] irreverence abuse, cursing, cussing, desecration, execration, heresy, impiety, impiousness, imprecation, indignity, lewdness, profanation, profaneness, profanity, reviling, sacrilege, scofng, scurrility, swearing, vituperation; concept 645 Ant. godliness, piety, religion, religiousness, reverence blast [n1/v1] loud sound; make loud sound bang, blare, blow, burst, clang, clap, crack, din, honk, peal, roar, scream, slam, smash, toot, trumpet, wail, wham; concepts 65,521,595

blast [n2] explosion bang, blow-up, burst, crash, detonation, discharge, dynamite, eruption, outbreak, outburst, salvo, volley; concepts 179,521 blast [n3] gust of wind blow, draft, gale, squall, storm, strong breeze, tempest; concepts 437,524 Ant. breeze, quiet, stillness blast [n4] fun time amusement, bash*, blow out*, excitement, good time, great time, party, riot*; concept 386 blast [v2] explode annihilate, blight, blow up, bomb, break up, burst, damage, dash, demolish, destroy, detonate, dynamite, injure, kill, ruin, shatter, shrivel, spoil, stunt, torpedo, wither, wreck; concepts 86,179 blast [v3] lambaste; defeat mentally attack, beat, castigate, clobber*, criticize, drub*, ay, lash out at, lick*, rail at, shellac*, whip*; concept 52 Ant. boost, compliment, praise, uphold blatant [adj1] obvious; brazen arrant, bald, barefaced, brassy, clear, conspicuous, crying, agrant, ashy, aunting, garish, gaudy, glaring, glitzy, impudent, loud, meretricious, naked, obtrusive, ostentatious, outright, overbold, overt, plain, prominent, pronounced, protrusive, screaming, shameless, sheer, showy, snazzy, unabashed, unblushing, unmitigated; concepts 540,569 Ant. inconspicuous, quiet, subtle, unpronounced blatant [adj2] deafening boisterous, clamorous, crying, ear-splitting, harsh, loud, loudmouthed, noisy, obstreperous, obtrusive, piercing, screaming, scurrilous, strident, vociferant, vociferous, vulgar; concepts 592,594 Ant. quiet, silent blaze [n1] re bonre, burning, combustion, conagration, ame, ames, holocaust, wildre; concepts 478,521 blaze [n2] ash of light beam, brilliance, burst, are, glare, gleam, glitter, glow, radiance; concept 628 blaze [n3] torrent blast, burst, eruption, areup, ash, fury, outbreak, outburst, rush, storm; concept 673 blaze [v] burn brightly beam, burst out, coruscate, explode, re, ame, are, ash, icker, fulgurate, glare, gleam, glow, illuminate, illumine, incandesce, jet, light, radiate, scintillate, shimmer, shine, sparkle; concept 249 bleach [v] whiten achromatize, blanch, blench, decolor, decolorize, etiolate, fade, grow pale, lighten, make pale, peroxide, wash out; concept 250 Ant. blacken, darken, yellow bleachers [n] seating for watching event benches, boxes, grandstand, Ruthville*, seats, stands; concepts 440,443 bleak [adj1] barren austere, bare, blank, blighted, bombed, bulldozed, burned, chilly, cleared, cold, deforested, desert, deserted, desolate, dreary, exposed, at, gaunt, grim, open, raw, scorched, stripped, unpopulated, unsheltered, weather-beaten, wild, windswept; concept 490 Ant. appealing, bright, comfortable, nice, pleasant, sunny bleak [adj2] depressing black, cheerless, comfortless, dark, discouraging, disheartening, dismal, drear, dreary, funereal, gloomy, grim, hard, harsh, hopeless, joyless, lonely, melancholy, mournful, oppressive, sad, somber, unpromising; concepts 403,537 Ant.

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cheerful, comforting, congenial, encouraging, nice, pleasant bleed [v1] cause blood to ow drain, exude, gush, hemorrhage, leech, ooze, open vein, phlebotomize, run, seep, shed, spurt, trickle, weep; concept 185 bleed [v2] extort blackmail, conscate, deplete, drain, exhaust, extract, eece, impoverish, leech*, milk*, mulct, overcharge, pauperize, put the screws to*, rook*, sap*, skin*, squeeze*, steal, stick*, strong-arm; concepts 192,342 bleed [v3] grieve ache, agonize, be in pain, feel for, pity, suffer, sympathize; concepts 12,17 blemish [n] aw beauty spot, birthmark, blackhead, blister, bloom*, blot, blotch, blot on the landscape*, blur, brand, bruise, bug*, catch, chip, cicatrix, defacement, defect, deformity, dent, discoloration, disgurement, disgrace, dishonor, eyesore, fault, freckle, hickey*, imperfection, impurity, lentigo, lump, macula, maculation, mark, mole, nevus, nodule, patch, pimple, pock, pockmark, scar, second, sight, smudge, snag, speck, speckle, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish, vice, wart, whitehead, zit*; concept 580 Ant. adornment, decoration, embellishment, ornament blemish [v] aw, disgure blot, blotch, blur, damage, deface, distort, harm, hurt, impair, injure, maim, mangle, mar, mark, mutilate, pervert, prejudice, scar, smudge, spoil, spot, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, twist, vitiate, wrench; concepts 54,246 Ant. adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, ornament blend [n] composite, mix alloy, amalgam, amalgamation, brew, combination, commixture, composite, compound, concoction, fusion, interfusion, intermixture, mixture, synthesis, union; concept 432 Ant. natural element, separation blend [v1] mix amalgamate, cement, coalesce, combine, commingle, commix, compound, fuse, integrate, interblend, intermix, meld, merge, mingle, synthesize, unite, weld; concept 109 Ant. disperse, divide, separate, unmix blend [v2] harmonize arrange, complement, t, go well, go with, integrate, orchestrate, suit, symphonize, synthesize, unify; concept 656 Ant. disharmonize, unmix bless [v1] sanctify absolve, anoint, baptize, beatify, canonize, commend, conrm, consecrate, cross, dedicate, enshrine, eulogize, exalt, extol, give thanks to, glorify, hallow, honor, invoke benets, invoke happiness, laud, magnify, make holy, offer, offer benediction, ordain, panegyrize, praise, pray for, pronounce holy, sacrice, sign, sprinkle, thank; concepts 69,367 Ant. condemn, curse, damn bless [v2] grant, bestow celebrate, endow, favor, give, glorify, grace, laud, magnify, praise, provide; concepts 50,88 Ant. deny, disallow, disapprove, refuse, veto blessed [adj1] sanctied adored, among the angels, beatied, consecrated, divine, enthroned, exalted, gloried, hallowed, holy, inviolable, redeemed, resurrected, revered, rewarded, sacred, sacrosanct, saved, spiritual, unprofane; concepts 536,568 Ant. condemned, cursed, damned, disapproved

blessed [adj2] happy blissful, content, contented, endowed, favored, fortunate, glad, granted, joyful, joyous, lucky; concept 404 Ant. condemned, cursed, damned, unblessed, unfavored, unhappy, unlucky blessing [n1] sanctication absolution, benedicite, benediction, benison, commendation, consecration, dedication, divine sanction, grace, invocation, laying on of hands, thanks, thanksgiving; concept 367 Ant. blight, condemnation, curse, damnication, disapproval blessing [n2] good wishes, approval approbation, backing, concurrence, consent, favor, Godspeed, leave, okay*, permission, regard, sanction, support, valediction; concepts 10,50,88 Ant. condemnation, curse, damnation, disapproval, ill will blessing [n3] advantage asset, benediction, benet, boon, bounty, break, favor, gain, gift, godsend, good, good fortune, good luck, help, kindness, lucky break, manna from heaven*, miracle, prot, service, stroke of luck*, windfall; concepts 230,679 Ant. bad fortune, bad luck, curse, disadvantage blight [n] disease; plague afiction, bane, blot on the landscape*, canker, contamination, corruption, curse, decay, dump, evil, eyesore, fungus, infestation, mildew, pest, pestilence, pollution, rot, scourge, sight, withering, woe; concepts 306,674 Ant. blessing, boon, health, prosperity blight [v] ruin, destroy annihilate, blast, crush, damage, dash, decay, disappoint, foul up*, frustrate, glitch up*, injure, mar, mess up*, nip in the bud*, nullify, shrivel, spoil, taint, trash*, wither, wreck; concept 252 Ant. aid, bless, guard, help, prosper, protect blimp [n] airship aircraft, dirigible, zeppelin; concept 504 blind [adj1] sightless amaurotic, blind as a bat*, dark, destitute of vision, eyeless, groping, in darkness, purblind, typhlotic, undiscerning, unseeing, unsighted, visionless; concept 619 Ant. seeing, sighted blind [adj2] indifferent careless, heedless, ignorant, imperceptive, inattentive, inconsiderate, indiscriminate, injudicious, insensitive, myopic, nearsighted, neglectful, oblivious, thoughtless, unaware, unconscious, undiscerning, unmindful, unobservant, unperceiving, unreasoning, unseeing; concept 402 Ant. aware, cunning, quick, sharp, understanding blind [adj3] uncontrolled hasty, heedless, impetuous, inconsiderate, irrational, mindless, rash, reckless, senseless, shortsighted, thoughtless, unseeing, unthinking, violent, wild; concept 544 Ant. controlled blind [adj4] hidden or covered blocked, closed, closed at one end, concealed, dark, dead-end, dim, disguised, impassable, leading nowhere, obscured, obstructed, secluded, unmarked, without egress, without exit; concepts 490,576 Ant. open, revealed, uncovered blind [n] screen, covering blinder, blindfold, blinker, camouage, cloak, cover, curtain, facade, front, mask, trap, veil; concept 716 blindly [adv1] without direction, purpose aimlessly, at random, confusedly, frantically, in all directions, indiscriminately, instinctively,

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madly, pell-mell, purposelessly, wildly; concept 542 Ant. carefully, cautiously, purposely, reasonably, sensibly blindly [adv2] carelessly foolishly, heedlessly, impulsively, inconsiderately, obtusely, passionately, purblindly, recklessly, regardlessly, senselessly, thoughtlessly, tumultuously, unreasonably, unreasoningly, willfully, without rhyme or reason*; concept 401 Ant. carefully, cautiously, considerately, sensibly blindness [n] sightlessness amaurosis, anopsia, astigmatism, cataracts, darkness, defect, myopia, presbyopia, purblindness, typhlosis; concept 629 Ant. sight, sightedness blind-side [v] attack by surprise bushwhack, catch unaware, hit unexpectedly, sucker-punch; concepts 86,189,200 blink [v1] wink of eye; twinkle bat, ash, icker, utter, glimmer, glitter, nictate, nictitate, scintillate, shimmer, sparkle, squint; concepts 185,624 blink [v2] ignore bypass, condone, connive, cushion, discount, disregard, fail, forget, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, pass by, slight, turn a blind eye*; concept 30 Ant. attend, be aware, pay attention bliss [n] ecstasy beatitude, blessedness, cool*, euphoria, felicity, gladness, gone*, happiness, heaven*, joy, paradise, rapture; concepts 32,230 Ant. grief, misery, sorrow, unhappiness, upset blissful [adj] happy beatic, cool*, crazy, delighted, dreamy, ecstatic, elated, enchanted, enraptured, euphoric, oating*, ying*, gone*, heavenly, in ecstasy, in seventh heaven*, in the twilight zone*, joyful, joyous, mad*, on cloud nine*, rapturous, sent*, spaced-out*, turnedon*; concept 403 Ant. grieving, miserable, sorrowful, unhappy, upset, wretched blister [n] swelling abscess, blain, bleb, boil, bubble, bulla, burn, canker, carbuncle, cyst, furuncle, pimple, pustule, sac, sore, ulcer, vesication, vesicle, wale, weal, welt, wheal; concept 309 blithe [adj] happy animated, buoyant, carefree, cheerful, cheery, chirpy, gay, gladsome, gleeful, jaunty, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, lighthearted, merry, mirthful, sprightly, sunny, vivacious; concept 404 Ant. heavyhearted, morose, sad, sorrowful, unhappy blitz [n] heavy attack assault, blitzkrieg, bombardment, bombing, lightning attack, offensive, onslaught, raid, shelling, strike; concepts 86,320 Ant. let-up blizzard [n] snow storm blast, gale, precipitation, snowfall, squall, tempest, whiteout; concept 526 bloat [v] blow up like a balloon balloon, belly, bilge, billow, dilate, distend, enlarge, expand, inate, puff up, swell; concepts 184,208 Ant. deate, shrink, shrivel, tighten blob [n] drop, spot ball, bead, blot, blotch, bubble, dab, daub, dot, droplet, glob*, globule, splash, splotch*; concept 432 block [n1] mass of material bar, brick, cake, chunk, cube, hunk, ingot, loaf, lump, oblong, piece, section, segment, slab, slice, solid, square; concepts 470,471 block [n2] obstruction bar, barrier, blank wall,

blockage, chunk, clog, hindrance, impediment, jam, mass, obstacle, obstruction, roadblock, snag, stop, stoppage, wall; concepts 470,652 Ant. opening block [v] obstruct arrest, bar, barricade, blockade, block out, brake, catch, charge, check, choke, clog, close, close off, close out, congest, cut off, dam, deter, ll, halt, hang up*, hinder, hold up, impede, intercept, interfere with, occlude, plug, prevent, shut off*, shut out, stall, stonewall, stop, stopper, stop up*, stymie, tackle, take out of play*, thwart; concepts 121,130 Ant. let go, let up, open, unblock blockade [n] barrier bar, barricade, blank wall, clog, closure, embolus, encirclement, hindrance, impediment, infarct, infarction, obstacle, obstruction, restriction, roadblock, siege, snag, stop, stoppage, wall; concepts 470,652 Ant. opening block out [v1] plan course arrange, chart, map out, outline, prepare, sketch; concept 36 block out [v2] try to forget close, conceal, cover, hide, obscure, obstruct, screen, shroud, shut off, shut out; concept 40 Ant. recall, remember blond/blonde [adj] having light-colored hair albino, auricomous, bleached, champagne, fair, fair-haired, axen, golden-haired, light, pale, pearly, platinum, sallow, sandy-haired, snowy, straw, strawberry, towheaded*, washed-out, yellow-haired; concept 618 Ant. brunet, brunette blood [n1] red body uid claret, clot, cruor, gore, hemoglobin, juice, plasma, sanguine uid, vital uid; concepts 393,420 blood [n2] ancestry birth, consanguinity, descendants, descent, extraction, family, kindred, kinship, line, lineage, origin, pedigree, relations, stock; concept 296 bloodless [adj1] unfeeling anesthetic, cold, coldhearted, dull, impassive, indolent, insensible, insensitive, languid, lazy, lifeless, listless, passionless, slow, sluggish, spiritless, torpid, unemotional, unkind; concept 404 Ant. caring, feeling, sensitive bloodless [adj2] pale anemic, ashen, cadaverous, chalky, colorless, ghostly, lifeless, pallid, pasty, sallow, sickly, wan, watery; concept 618 Ant. blushing, ushed, rosy, ruddy, sanguine bloodthirsty [adj] murderous barbaric, cruel, homicidal, inhuman, ruthless, sanguinary, savage, slaughterous; concept 401 bloody [adj1] bleeding blood-soaked, bloodspattered, bloodstained, crimson, ensanguined, gaping, gory, grisly, hematic, hemic, imbrued, open, raw, sanguinary, sanguine, unstaunched, unstopped, wounded; concept 485 bloody [adj2] hard-fought bloodthirsty, cruel, cutthroat, decimating, ferocious, erce, gory, grim, heavy, homicidal, murderous, sanguinary, sanguine, savage, slaughterous; concepts 540,569 bloom [n] ower blossom, blossoming, bud, eforescence, oret, ourishing, ower, oweret, opening; concept 425 bloom [v] ower; ourish bear fruit, be in ower, blossom, blow, bud, burgeon, burst, develop, eforesce, fare well, fructify, germinate, grow, open, prosper, sprout, succeed,

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tassel out, thrive, wax; concepts 427,706 Ant. shrink, shrivel, wither blooper [n] blunder boner*, boo-boo*, bungle, error, faux pas, uff*, gaffe, impropriety, indecorum, lapse, mistake, slip, solecism, trip*; concepts 384,674 blossom [n] ower bloom, bud, eforescence, oret, oweret, inorescence, posy, spike; concept 425 blossom [v1] ower bloom, blow, burgeon, burst, eforesce, leaf, open, outbloom, shoot, unfold; concept 427 Ant. fade, shrink, shrivel, wither blossom [v2] ourish batten, bloom, develop, grow, mature, progress, prosper, succeed, thrive; concept 706 Ant. deteriorate, die, fade, shrink blot [n] mark; aw black eye*, blemish, blotch, blur, brand, defect, discoloration, disgrace, fault, odium, onus, patch, slur, smear, smudge, speck, spot, stain, stigma, taint; concepts 230,580 Ant. blank, clarity blot [v1] disgrace, disgure bespatter, blemish, dirty, discolor, mark, smudge, smut, soil, spoil, spot, stain, sully, tarnish; concept 240 Ant. beautify, grace, prettify blot [v2] soak up absorb, dry, take up; concept 211 Ant. dampen, moisten, soak, wet blotch [n] smudge acne, blemish, blot, breakout, eruption, mark, mottling, patch, splash, spot, stain, stigma; concept 580 Ant. blank, clarity, cleanness blouse [n] shirt for woman bodice, bodysuit, middy, pullover, shell, slipover, T-shirt, turtleneck, V-neck; concept 451 blow [n1] blast, rush of air, wind draft, urry, gale, gust, hurricane, puff, squall, strong breeze, tempest, typhoon; concept 526 blow [n2] hard hit bang, bash, bat, belt, biff, blindside, bop*, buffet, bump, clip, clout, clump, collision, concussion, crack, cut, ding*, impact, jab, jar, jolt, kick, knock, knockout, knuckle sandwich*, KO*, lick, percussion, poke, pound, punch, rap, shock, slam, slap, slug, smack, smash, sock, strike, stroke, swat, swing, swipe, thrust, thump, thwack*, uppercut, wallop, whack, whomp*, zap*; concept 189 blow [n3] catastrophe afiction, balk, bolt from the blue*, bombshell*, calamity, casualty, chagrin, comedown, debacle, disappointment, disaster, disgruntlement, frustration, jolt, letdown, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, reverse, setback, shock, tragedy, upset; concept 674 Ant. good fortune, luck blow [v1] blast, rush of air, wind breathe, buffet, drive, exhale, fan, ap, ow, utter, gasp, heave, huff, inate, pant, puff, pump, rufe, rush, stream, swell, swirl, waft, wave, whiff, whirl, whisk, whisper, whistle; concepts 185,526 blow [v2] make sound, usually with instrument blare, blast, honk, mouth, pipe, play, sound, toot, trumpet, vibrate; concept 65 blow [v3] leave suddenly depart, go, hit the road*, split*, take a hike*, take a powder*; concept 195 Ant. arrive, come, come in blow [v4] ruin chance fail, ounder, goof*, miscarry, miss; concept 699 Ant. do well, succeed blow [v5] use up money dissipate, lay out, pay

out, spend, squander, waste; concept 341 Ant. save blowout [n1] explosion; something exploded blast, break, burst, detonation, eruption, escape, at tire, leak, puncture, rupture, tear; concept 179 blowout [n2] wild party bash, binge, feast, riot*, shindig, spree; concept 383 blow over [v] disappear slowly cease, die down, dissipate, end, nish, zzle out, pass, peter out*, subside, vanish; concept 699 blow up [v1] inate billow, bloat, distend, enlarge, expand, ll, inate, puff up, pump up, swell; concepts 208,236,245 Ant. deate, let out, shrink, shrivel blow up [v2] explode blast, bomb, burst, detonate, dynamite, erupt, go off, mushroom, rupture, shatter; concepts 179,320 Ant. deate blow up [v3] magnify importance enlarge, exaggerate, heighten, overstate; concepts 49, 59 Ant. ignore, let go blow up [v4] burst with anger become angry, become enraged, erupt, go off the deep end*, hit the roof*, lose control, lose temper, rage, rave; concepts 29,44 Ant. be calm blue [adj1] sky, sea color azure, beryl, cerulean, cobalt, indigo, navy, royal, sapphire, teal, turquoise, ultramarine; concept 618 blue [adj2] sad dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, dispirited, downcast, downhearted, down in the dumps*, fed up*, gloomy, glum, low, melancholy, moody, unhappy, woebegone; concept 403 Ant. gay, happy, joyful, joyous, lighthearted, upbeat blue [adj3] vulgar bawdy, dirty, indecent, lewd, naughty, obscene, off-color, racy, risqu, salty, shady, smutty, spicy, suggestive, wicked; concept 545 Ant. clean, decent, unvulgar blueprint [n] plan archetype, architectural plan, design, draft, game plan, layout, master plan, model, prototype, rendering, scheme, sketch; concepts 268,271,625 blues [n] depression dejection, despondency, doldrums, dumps*, gloom, gloominess, glumness, heavy heart*, low spirits, melancholy, moodiness, mournfulness, sadness, the dismals*, the mopes*, unhappiness; concept 410 Ant. euphoria, gaiety, gladness, happiness bluff [adj] abrupt barefaced, bearish, blunt, blustering, breviloquent, brief, brusque, candid, crusty, curt, direct, downright, forthright, frank, gruff, hearty, honest, laconic, no-nonsense, open, outspoken, plain-spoken, rough, rude, short, short-spoken, sincere, snippety, snippy, straightforward, tactless, tart, terse, unceremonious; concept 267 bluff [n1] boast; deceit bluster, braggadocio, bragging, bravado, deception, delusion, facade, fake, false colors, false front, feint, fraud, front, humbug*, jiving*, lie, pretense, pretext, ruse, sham, show, snow*, stall, subterfuge, trick; concepts 58,59 bluff [n2] precipice bank, cliff, crag, escarpment, headland, hill, mountain, peak, promontory, ridge, rock; concept 509 bluff [v] deceive affect, beguile, betray, bunco*, con, counterfeit, defraud, delude, double-cross, fake*, fake out*, feign, fool, humbug*, illude, jive*, juggle, lie, mislead, pretend, psych out*,

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put on*, sham*, shuck*, simulate, snow*, take in*, trick; concepts 58,59 Ant. come clean, reveal, tell truth blunder [n] mistake blooper*, boner*, booboo*, bungle, dumb move*, dumb thing to do*, error, fault, faux pas, ub*, ub-up*, uff*, gaffe, goof*, howler*, impropriety, inaccuracy, indiscretion, lapse, muff*, oversight, slip, slip-up, solecism, trip*; concepts 101,230 Ant. accuracy, correction, x, restitution blunder [v] make mistake ball up*, blow, bobble, botch, bumble, bungle, confuse, drop the ball*, err, ounder, ub*, foul up, fumble, gum up*, louse up, mess up, misjudge, screw up*, slip up, stumble; concept 101 Ant. correct, x, restore blunt [adj1] not sharp dull, dulled, edgeless, insensitive, obtuse, pointless, round, rounded, unsharpened; concepts 485,486 Ant. needled, pointed, sharp blunt [adj2] straightforward abrupt, bluff, brief, brusque, candid, crusty, curt, discourteous, explicit, forthright, frank, gruff, impolite, matterof-fact, outspoken, plain-spoken, rude, short, snappy, snippy, tactless, trenchant, unceremonious, uncivil, unpolished; concept 267 Ant. polite, subtle, tactful blunt [v] make dull attenuate, benumb, cripple, dampen, deaden, debilitate, desensitize, disable, enfeeble, numb, obtund, sap, soften, take the edge off, undermine, water down, weaken; concept 240 Ant. needle, point, sharpen blur [v1] cloud, fog becloud, bedim, befog, blear, blind, darken, daze, dazzle, dim, glare, make hazy, make indistinct, make vague, mask, muddy, obscure, shade, soften; concept 627 Ant. clear, uncloud, unsmudge blur [v2] make dirty besmear, blemish, blot, discolor, smear, smudge, spot, stain, taint, tarnish; concept 254 Ant. clarify, clean, cleanse, purify blurt [v] utter suddenly babble, betray, blab, burst out with, call out, come out with, cry out, disclose, divulge, exclaim, give away, jabber, leak, let on, let out, let slip, let the cat ouf of the bag*, reveal, run off at the mouth*, spill the beans*, spout; concept 47 Ant. keep quiet blush [n] pink coloring bloom, blossom, burning, color, ush, ushing, glow, glowing, mantling, pink tinge, reddening, redness, rosiness, rosy tint, ruddiness, scarlet; concept 622 Ant. paleness, pallidity, whiteness blush [v] become colored, pinken color, crimson, ush, glow, have rosy cheeks, mantle, redden, rouge, turn red, turn scarlet; concept 250 Ant. blanch, pale bluster [n] bullying, intimidation bluff, boasting, boisterousness, bombast, braggadocio, bragging, bravado, crowing, rabidity, rampancy, swagger, swaggering; concept 633 bluster [v] bully, intimidate badger, boast, brag, brazen, browbeat, bulldoze*, cow*, crow*, domineer, gloat, hector, rant, rave, ride the high horse*, roar, roister, shoot off ones mouth*, show off, storm, strut, swagger, swell, talk big*, vapor*, vaunt, yap*; concepts 49,78 blustery [adj] stormy gusting, gusty, howling, inclement, raging, roaring, rough, tempestuous,

turbulent, violent, wild, windy; concept 525 Ant. calm, still board [n1] piece of wood lath, panel, plank, slat, strip, timber; concept 479 board [n2] meal daily bread*, eats*, fare, food, keep*, mess, provisions, victuals; concept 459 board [n3] group of advisers advisers, advisory group, brass, cabinet, committee, conclave, council, directorate, directors, execs*, executives, executive suite, front ofce*, jury, panel, trustees, upstairs*; concepts 323,333,417 Ant. individual, one board [v1] embark on vehicle catch, climb on, embus, emplane, enter, entrain, get on, hop on, mount; concepts 159,195 Ant. disembark, get off, leave board [v2] provide food and sleeping quarters accommodate, bed, canton, care for, feed, harbor, house, let crash*, lodge, put up, quarter, room; concept 136 Ant. turn out boast [n] brag; source of pride avowal, bluster, bombast, braggadocio, bravado, exaggeration, gasconade, grandiloquence, heroics, joy, pretension, pride, pride and joy, self-satisfaction, swank, treasure, vaunt; concepts 410,710 Ant. deprecation, modesty boast [v1] brag advertise, aggrandize, attract attention, blow, blow ones own horn*, blow smoke*, bluster, bully, cock-a-doodle-doo*, con, congratulate oneself, crow, exaggerate, exult, fake, atter oneself, aunt, ourish, gasconade, give a good account of oneself, gloat, glory, grandstand*, hug oneself*, jive*, lay on thick*, prate, preen, psych*, puff*, shoot*, shovel*, showboat*, show off, shuck*, sling*, sound off, strut, swagger, talk big*, triumph, vapor*; concept 49 Ant. be modest, deprecate boast [v2] to have advantage be proud of, claim, exhibit, have in keeping, own, possess, pride oneself on, show off; concept 261 boastful [adj] bragging arrogant, big, bigheaded, bombastic, cocky, conceited, crowing, egotistic, egotistical, exultant, full of hot air*, hifalutin*, hot stuff*, know-it-all, loudmouth, on ego trip*, pompous, pretentious, puffed-up, self-aggrandizing, self-applauding, smartalecky*, snooty, strutting, stuck-up, swaggering, swanky, swollen-headed, too big for ones britches*, vainglorious, vaunting, windbag*; concepts 267,404 Ant. deprecating, modest boat [n] vehicle for water travel ark, barge, bark, bateau, bottom, bucket, canoe, catamaran, craft, dinghy, dory, hulk, ketch, launch, lifeboat, pinnace, raft, sailboat, schooner, scow, ship, skiff, sloop, steamboat, tub, yacht; concept 506 boating [n] travel, recreation in water canoeing, cruising, drifting, paddling, rowing, sailing, sculling, trawling, yachting; concept 363 bob [v] bounce up and down bow, duck, genuect, hop, jerk, jounce, leap, nod, oscillate, quaver, quiver, ricochet, seesaw, skip, waggle, weave, wobble; concept 147 bodily [adj] concerning animate structure actual, animal, carnal, corporal, corporeal, eshly, gross, human, material, natural, normal, organic, physical, sensual, somatic, substantial, tangible, unspiritual; concept 406 Ant. mental, soulful, spiritual

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bodily [adv] totally absolutely, altogether, as a body, as a group, collectively, completely, en masse, entirely, fully, wholly; concepts 531,772 body [n1] physique anatomy, bag of bones*, beefcake*, bod*, boody*, build, carcass, chassis, constitution, embodiment, gure, form, frame, makeup, mortal part, protoplasm, shaft, shape, tenement, torso, trunk; concept 405 Ant. mind, soul, spirit body [n2] corpse ashes, bones, cadaver, carcass, carrion, clay, corpus delicti, dead body, deceased, dust, relic, remains, stiff*; concept 390 body [n3] human being being, creature, human, individual, mortal, party, person, personage, soul; concept 389 Ant. abstract, concept, fantasy, immateriality, inanimate, thought body [n4] bulk; central portion assembly, basis, bed, box, chassis, core, corpus, crux, essence, frame, fuselage, gist, gravamen, groundwork, hull, main part, majority, mass, material, matter, pith, skeleton, staple, substance, substructure, sum, tenor, total, trunk, whole; concept 829 Ant. nothing, nothingness body [n5] crowd array, batch, bunch, bundle, clump, cluster, group, horde, lot, majority, mass, mob, multitude, parcel, party, set, society, throng; concept 417 Ant. individual, one body [n6] main part of written work argument, burden, core, discourse, dissertation, evidence, exposition, gist, heart, material, meat, pith, sense, substance, text, thesis, treatise, upshot; concept 270 bodyguard [n] protector bouncer, escort, guardian, minder, muscle*, praetorian, security guard; concept 348 bog [n] swamp fen, lowland, marsh, marshland, mire, morass, moss, peat, quag, quagmire, slough, sump, wetlands; concept 509 bog down [v] stick; become stuck decelerate, delay, detain, halt, hang up, impede, retard, set back, sink, slacken, slow down, slow up, stall; concept 121 boggle [v] astonish amaze, astound, bowl over*, ll with wonder, abbergast*, overwhelm, shock, startle; concept 42 bogus [adj] counterfeit articial, dummy, ersatz, fake, false, ctitious, forged, fraudulent, imitation, not what it is cracked up to be*, phony, pretended, pseudo, sham, simulated, spurious; concept 582 Ant. authentic, genuine, real bohemian [n] nonconformist artist, beatnik*, dilettante, ower child*, free spirit, gypsy, hippie*, iconoclast, writer; concept 423 boil [n] blister abscess, blain, blister, carbuncle, excrescence, furuncle, pimple, pustule, sore, tumor, ulcer; concept 309 boil [v1] heat to bubbling agitate, bubble, churn, coddle, cook, decoct, effervesce, evaporate, zz, foam, froth, parboil, poach, seethe, simmer, smolder, steam, steep, stew; concepts 170,255 Ant. freeze boil [v2] be angry be indignant, blow up, bristle, burn, are, foam at the mouth*, fulminate, fume, rage, rave, sputter, storm; concept 29 Ant. be happy boiling [adj1] very hot baking, blistering, broiling, burning, ery, hot, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, sizzling, torrid, tropical, warm; concept 605 Ant. freezing

boiling [adj2] angered angry, enraged, fuming, furious, incensed, indignant, infuriated, mad, raging; concept 403 Ant. happy boisterous [adj] noisy and mischievous bouncy, brawling, clamorous, disorderly, effervescent, impetuous, loud, obstreperous, rambunctious, raucous, riotous, rollicking, rowdy, strident, tumultous/tumultuous, unrestrained, unruly, uproarious, vociferant, vociferous, wild; concept 401 Ant. calm, quiet, restrained, silent bold [adj1] brave adventurous, assuming, audacious, aweless, bantam, courageous, daring, dauntless, enterprising, fearless, forward, gallant, heroic, intrepid, resolute, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, valorous; concept 401 Ant. afraid, cowardly, fearful, meek, shy, timid, weak bold [adj2] brazen, insolent assuming, audacious, barefaced, brash, brassy, cheeky, coming on strong*, condent, forward, fresh, gritty, gutsy, immodest, impudent, insolent, nervy, pert, presumptuous, rude, sassy, saucy, shameless, smart, smart-alecky*, spunky; concepts 401,404 Ant. meek, quiet, reticent, retiring, shy, timid, timorous bold [adj3] bright, striking clear, colorful, conspicuous, denite, evident, eye-catching, ashy, forceful, lively, loud, manifest, plain, prominent, pronounced, showy, spirited, strong, vivid; concepts 589,617,618 Ant. faint, fair, light bolster [v] help aid, assist, bear up, boost, brace, buck up, bulwark, buoy, buttress, carry, cushion, help, hold up, maintain, pick up, pillow, prop, reinforce, shore up, stay, strengthen, support, sustain, uphold; concept 110 Ant. hinder, not support, obstruct, prevent, undermine bolt [n1] lock; part of lock bar, brad, catch, coupling, dowel, fastener, lag, latch, lock, nut, padlock, peg, pin, pipe, rivet, rod, screw, skewer, sliding bar, spike, stake, staple, stud; concepts 470,471,680 Ant. key bolt [n2] ash; projectile arrow, dart, fulmination, missile, shaft, thunderbolt, thunderstroke; concepts 624,687 bolt [n3] large roll of material coil, curl, cylinder, package, spindle, spiral, twist; concept 432 bolt [v1] run quickly away abscond, bail out*, bound, cop out*, cut loose*, cut out*, dart, dash, ditch*, drop out*, dump*, escape, ee, ight, y, hightail*, hotfoot*, hurtle, jump, kiss goodbye*, leap, leave at*, leave high and dry*, leave holding the bag*, leave in the lurch*, make a break for it*, make off*, make tracks*, opt out*, run like scared rabbit*, run out on, rush, scamper, scoot, skedaddle*, skip, split*, spring, sprint, start, startle, step on it*, take ight, take off*, walk out on; concepts 150,195 Ant. stay, wait bolt [v2] fasten securely bar, deadbolt, latch, lock, secure; concept 225 Ant. loosen, open, unbolt, unfasten, unlock bolt [v3] eat very fast consume, cram, devour, englut, gobble, gorge, gulp, guzzle, ingurgitate, inhale, scarf*, slop, slosh, stuff, swallow whole, wolf*; concept 169 Ant. dawdle bomb [n] exploding weapon atom bomb, bombshell, charge, device, explosive, grenade, hydrogen bomb, mine, missile, Molotov cocktail, nuclear bomb, projectile, rocket, shell, ticker*, torpedo; concept 500

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bomb [v1] detonate weapon attack, blast, blitz, blow up, bombard, cannonade, destroy, napalm, prang, raid, rain destruction*, rake, shell, strafe, torpedo, wipe out*, zero in*; concepts 86,252 bomb [v2] fail miserably blow it*, op, ummox, go out of business, lose, wash out*, wipe out*; concept 699 Ant. do well, succeed, win bombard [v] assault, attack assail, barrage, batter, beset, besiege, blast, blitz, bomb, cannonade, catapult, re upon, harass, hound, launch, open re, pester, pound, shell, strafe, strike; concepts 7,19,86 bombastic [adj] pompous, grandiloquent aureate, balderdash, big-talking*, declamatory, euphuistic, owery, full of hot air*, fustian, grandiose, highfalutin*, high-own, histrionic, inated, loudmouthed, magniloquent, orotund, ostentatious, overblown, ranting, rhapsodic, rhetorical, sonorous, stuffed shirt*, swollen, tumid, turgid, verbose, windbag*, windy, wordy; concept 267 Ant. humble, quiet, reserved, restrained bona de [n] genuine actual, authentic, honest, kosher, legitimate, real, true, valid; concept 582 bonanza [n] windfall cash cow*, gold mine, treasure trove; concepts 332,337,446,710 bond [n1] binder or fastener band, binding, chain, connection, cord, fastening, fetter, gunk, handcuff, hookup, irons, ligature, link, linkage, manacle, network, nexus, rope, shackle, stickum*, tie, tie-in, wire; concept 497 bond [n2] association, relation afliation, afnity, attachment, connection, connective, friendship, hookup, interrelationship, liaison, link, marriage, network, obligation, relationship, restraint, tie, tie-in, union; concept 388 bond [n3] guarantee; contract agreement, bargain, certicate, collateral, compact, convention, covenant, debenture, guaranty, obligation, pact, pledge, promise, security, transaction, warrant, warranty, word; concepts 318,684 bond [v] fasten; stick bind, connect, x, fuse, glue, gum, paste, stickum*; concepts 85,160 Ant. let go, loosen, open, unfasten, unstick bondage [n] slavery chains, enslavement, helotry, peonage, serfage, serfdom, servility, servitude, subjection, subjugation, thrall, thralldom, villenage, yoke; concepts 136,652 Ant. freedom, independence bone [n] piece of animate skeleton bony process, cartilage, ossein, osseous matter; concepts 393,420 boner [n] a mistake blooper*, blunder, bonehead play, boo-boo*, bungle, error, false move, faux pas*, ub, ummox, foulup, gaffe, goofup, miscalculation, miscue, misstep, muddle, muff, oversight, screw-up, slipup*, snafu*, whoops; concepts 101,230,410 boneyard [n] burial ground boot hill*, catacomb, cemetery, charnel, charnel house, churchyard, city of the dead*, crypt, eternal home*, funerary grounds, garden, Gods acre*, Golgotha, grave, graveyard, marble town*, memorial park, mortuary, necropolis, ossuary, polyandrium, potters eld, resting place, sepulcher, tomb, vault; concepts 305,368 bonre [n] large prepared re beacon, conagration, feu de joie, pyre; concepts 478,521

bonus [n] unexpected extra additional compensation, benet, bounty, commission, dividend, fringe benet, frosting*, gift, golden parachute*, goody*, gratuity, gravy*, hand-out*, honorarium, ice*, perk*, plus*, premium, prize, reward, special compensation, tip; concept 337 boo boo [n1] small hurt black and blue mark, bruise, cut, injury, laceration, scratch, sore; concepts 309,728 boo boo [n2] small mistake blunder, error, gaffe, goof*, misstep, oversight, screw-up*, slip; concepts 101,230,410 book [n1] published document album, atlas, bestseller, bible, booklet, brochure, codex, compendium, copy, dictionary, dissertation, edition, encyclopedia, essay, ction, folio, handbook, hardcover, leaet, lexicon, magazine, manual, monograph, nonction, novel, octavo, offprint, omnibus, opus, opuscule, pamphlet, paperback, periodical, portfolio, preprint, primer, publication, quarto, reader, reprint, roll, scroll, softcover, speller, text, textbook, thesaurus, tome, tract, treatise, vade mecum, volume, work, writing; concept 280 book [n2] account; diary agenda, album, list, notebook, pad, record, register, roster; concepts 271,331 book [v1] register, arrange for bespeak, bill, charter, engage, enroll, enter, hire, line up*, make reservation, order, organize, pencil in*, preengage, procure, program, reserve, schedule, set up, sew up*; concept 36 Ant. bow out, cancel book [v2] arrest accuse, charge, prefer charges, take into custody; concept 317 Ant. exonerate, free, let go booking [n] engagement gig, performance date, play date, tour date; concept 384 booklet [n] pamphlet brochure, circular, yer, handbill, handout, leaet, mailer, notice, tract; concept 280 boom [n1] loud sound; crash bang, barrage, blare, blast, burst, cannonade, clap, crack, drumre, explosion, reverberation, roar, rumble, slam, smash, thunder, wham; concepts 521,595 boom [n2] prosperity advance, boost, development, expansion, gain, growth, improvement, increase, ination, jump, prosperousness, push, rush, spurt, upsurge, upswing, upturn; concepts 230,335,700 Ant. collapse, failure, loss boom [v1] crash; make loud sound bang, blast, burst, clap, crack, drum, explode, resound, reverberate, roar, roll, rumble, slam, smash, sound, thunder, wham; concept 65 boom [v2] prosper appreciate, bloom, develop, enhance, expand, ourish, ower, gain, grow, increase, intensify, rise in value, spurt, strengthen, succeed, swell, thrive; concepts 700,704 Ant. collapse, fail, falter, lose boom box [n] portable music machine audio system, CD player, ghetto blaster*, ghetto box*, radio, stereo, tape player; concept 463 boomerang [v] backre backlash, bounce back, come back, come home to roost*, kick back, react, rebound, recoil, return, reverse, ricochet; concepts 242,695 Ant. work boon [n] advantage benefaction, benet, benevolence, blessing, break, compliment, donation,

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favor, gift, godsend, good, good fortune, grant, gratuity, help, largess, present, windfall; concepts 337,661 Ant. disadvantage boor [n] clod barbarian, bear, boob*, brute, buffoon, cad, churl, dork*, goon*, lout, oaf, peasant, philistine, rube*, vulgarian; concept 423 Ant. charmer, enthusiast, exciter boorish [adj] crude, awkward bad-mannered, barbaric, bearish, cantankerous, churlish, cloddish, clodhopping*, clownish, clumsy, coarse, countried, gross*, gruff, ill-bred, ill-mannered, impolite, inurbane, loud, loutish, lowbred, oash, ornery, out-of-line, out-of-order, provincial, rough, rude, rustic, swinish, tasteless, ugly, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultured, uneducated, ungracious, unpoised, unpolished, unrened, vulgar; concept 404 Ant. charming, cultured, exciting, polite, rened, sophisticated boost [n1] increase addition, advance, breakthrough, expansion, hike, improvement, increment, jump, lift, raise, rise, step-up, up, upgrade, wax; concepts 700,780 Ant. blow, decrease, hindrance, setback boost [n2] encouragement aid, assistance, backup, buildup, goose*, hand*, handout, help, helping hand, improvement, leg*, leg up*, lift, praise, promotion, shot in the arm*, support; concept 110 Ant. discouragement, hindrance boost [n3] push, usually up advance, goose*, heave, hoist, lift, raise, shove, thrust; concepts 196,208 boost [v1] further, improve advance, advertise, assist, encourage, foster, inspire, plug, praise, promote, push, support, sustain; concept 244 Ant. discourage, halt, hinder, hurt, prevent, undermine boost [v2] push, usually up advance, elevate, heave, heighten, hoist, lift, raise, shove, thrust, upraise, uprear; concepts 196,208 boost [v3] increase add to, aggrandize, amplify, augment, beef up*, develop, enlarge, expand, extend, heighten, hike, jack up*, jump, magnify, multiply, put up, raise, up; concepts 236,245 Ant. blow, decrease, hinder, set back boot [n] heavy, often tall, shoe brogan, footwear, galoshes, mukluk, oxford, snow shoes, waders, waters*; concept 450 boot [v1] kick; oust ax, bounce, can*, chase, chuck*, cut, discharge, dismiss, drive, dropkick*, eighty-six*, eject, evict, expel, extrude, re, heave, kick out, knock, punt*, sack*, shove, terminate, throw out; concepts 180,189 boot [v2] start operating system bootstrap, cold boot, load, reboot, reset, restart, start, start computer, warm boot; concept 221 booth [n] small enclosure or building berth, box, carrel, compartment, coop, corner, cote, counter, cubbyhole, cubicle, dispensary, hut, hutch, nook, pen, pew, repository, shed, stall, stand; concepts 439,440,443 bootleg [adj] illegal black-market, bootlegged, contraband, illicit, pirated, smuggled, unauthorized, under-the-counter, unlawful, unofcial, unsanctioned; concept 319 Ant. legal booty [n] loot boodle, gain, goods, haul*, pickings*, plunder, spoils, swag, takings*; concepts 337,710 border [n1] outermost edge, margin bound, boundary, bounds, brim, brink, circumference,

conne, end, extremity, fringe, hem, limit, line, lip, outskirt, perimeter, periphery, rim, selvage, skirt, trim, trimming, verge; concepts 484,827 Ant. center, inside, interior, middle border [n2] boundary; frontier beginning, borderline, door, edge, entrance, line, march, marchland, outpost, pale, perimeter, sideline, threshold; concepts 484,513 Ant. mainland, region, territory border [v] bound on; be on the edge abut, adjoin, be adjacent to, bind, circumscribe, communicate, contour, decorate, dene, delineate, edge, encircle, enclose, ank, frame, fringe, hem, join, line, march, margin, mark off, neighbor, outline, rim, set off, side, skirt, surround, touch, trim, verge; concept 747 Ant. be inside, center borderline [adj] inexact ambiguous, ambivalent, doubtful, dubitable, equivocal, indecisive, indenite, indeterminate, marginal, open, problematic, uncertain, unclassiable, unclear, undecided, unsettled; concept 534 Ant. certain, denite, exact, sure border on [v] come close to; approximate abut, adjoin, approach, be like, be similar to, come near, compare, connect, contact, echo, impinge, join, lie near, lie next to, march, match, near, neighbor, parallel, resemble, touch, verge on; concepts 667,749 Ant. not touch bore [n] nuisance bother, bromide, bummer*, creep*, deadhead*, downer*, drag*, drip*, dull person, at tire*, headache, nag, nudge, pain, pain in the neck*, pest, pill*, soporic, stuffed shirt*, tedious person, tiresome person, wet blanket*, wimp*, yawn*; concept 423 Ant. charmer, exciter, pleasure bore [v1] drill hole burrow, gouge out, mine, penetrate, perforate, pierce, pit, prick, punch, puncture, ream, riddle, sink, tunnel; concept 178 bore [v2] cause weariness, disinterest afict, annoy, bend ones ear*, be tedious, bother, burn out, cloy, discomfort, drag, exhaust, fatigue, irk, irritate, jade, pall, pester, put to sleep*, send to sleep*, talk ones ear off*, tire, trouble, turn one off*, vex, wear, wear out, weary, worry; concepts 7,19 Ant. amuse, charm, excite, interest, please boredom [n] disinterest; weariness apathy, detachment, disgust, distaste, doldrums, dullness, ennui, fatigue, atness, incuriosity, indifference, irksomeness, jadedness, lack of interest, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, monotony, pococurantism, sameness, taedium vitae, tediousness, tedium, tiresomeness, unconcern, world-weariness, yawn; concept 410 Ant. excitement, interest, pleasure boring [adj] uninteresting arid, bomb*, bromidic, bummer*, characterless, cloying, colorless, commonplace, dead*, drab, drag*, drudging, dull, at*, ho hum*, humdrum, insipid, interminable, irksome, lifeless, monotonous, moth-eaten*, mundane, nothing, nowhere, platitudinous, plebeian, prosaic, repetitious, routine, spiritless, stale, stereotyped, stodgy, stuffy, stupid, tame, tedious, threadbare, tiresome, tiring, trite, unexciting, uninteresting, unvaried, vapid, wearisome, well-worn, zero*; concept 529 Ant. exciting, fascinating, interesting

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born [adj] innate built-in, congenital, constitutional, deep-seated, essential, inborn, inbred, ingenerate, inherent, intrinsic, natural; concepts 549,550 borrow [v1] take for temporary use accept loan of, acquire, beg, bite, bum, cadge*, chisel*, give a note for*, hire, hit up*, lift, mooch*, negotiate, obtain, pawn, pledge, raise money, rent, run into debt, scrounge, see ones uncle*, soak, sponge, take on loan, tap, touch, use temporarily; concept 89 Ant. give, lend, pay, return borrow [v2] adopt from another source; appropriate acquire, adopt, assume, copy, lch, imitate, make ones own, obtain, pilfer, pirate, plagiarize, simulate, steal, take, use, usurp; concept 225 Ant. give, return bosom [n1] breast bust, chest, rib cage, teats; concept 418 bosom [n2] heart; core affections, center, circle, conscience, emotions, feelings, inside, interior, sentiments, soul, spirit, sympathies; concepts 410,826 Ant. exteriority, outside boss [adj] great awesome*, bang-up*, capital, champion, excellent, ne, rst-rate, y*, top, whiz-bang*, wonderful; concept 572 boss [n] manager over other employees administrator, big cheese*, big gun*, big person*, chief, chieftain, controller, director, dominator, employer, exec*, executive, foreperson, head, head honcho*, helmer, honcho*, leader, overseer, owner, person in charge, superintendent, supervisor, taskperson, top dog*, wheel*; concept 347 Ant. employee, worker boss [v] control; command administer, administrate, chaperon, direct, employ, manage, overlook, oversee, quarterback*, run, superintend, supervise, survey, take charge; concept 117 Ant. behave, follow boss around [v] bully browbeat, bulldoze, dominate, domineer, dragoon, oppress, order around, push around, tyrannize; concept 14 bossy [adj] domineering authoritarian, commanding, controlling, despotic, dictatorial, high-handed, imperious, iron-handed, oppressive, overbearing, overpowering, pushy, strict, tyrannical; concepts 401,404 botany [n] study of plants anatomy, cytology, dendrology, ecology, oristics, genetics, horticulture, morphology, natural history, paleobotany, pathology, physiology, phytogeography, phytology, pomology, study of ora, study of vegetation, taxonomy; concept 349 botch [v] blunder blow*, bobble*, boggle*, bollix*, boot, bumble, bungle, butcher*, distort, err, fall down*, ounder, ub*, fumble, goof up*, gum up*, louse up*, mar, mend, mess, mess up*, misapply, miscalculate, miscompute, misconjecture, misconstrue, mishandle, misjudge, mismanage, muck up*, muddle, muff, mutilate, patch, pull a boner*, ruin, screw up*, spoil, stumble, wreck; concept 101 Ant. accomplish, achieve, do well, succeed both [det] two together one and the other, the couple, the pair, the two, twain; concept 714 bother [n] trouble, inconvenience ado, aggravation, annoyance, anxiety, bellyache*, botheration, bustle, care, concern, difculty, distress, drag*, exasperation, urry, fuss, headache*, irritant, irritation, molestation, nudge, nuisance,

pain, pain in the neck*, perplexity, pest, plague, pother*, pressure, problem, strain, to-do*, trial, trouble, vexation, worriment, worry; concept 532 Ant. aid, convenience, help bother [v1] harass, annoy; give trouble afict, aggravate, agitate, alarm, badger, bedevil, bore, browbeat, carp at, concern, cross, discommode, disconcert, disgust, dismay, displease, disquiet, distress, disturb, eat, embarrass, exacerbate, exasperate, goad, grate on, grieve, harry, hinder, hurt, impede, inconvenience, insult, intrude upon, irk, irritate, molest, nag, needle, nudge, pain, perplex, perturb, pester, pick on, plague, provoke, pursue, put out, ride, scare, spite, tantalize, taunt, tease, torment, trouble, upset, vex, worry; concepts 7,19 Ant. aid, help, please bother [v2] take the trouble be concerned about, concern oneself, exert oneself, fuss over, go out of ones way*, make a fuss about*, make an effort, put oneself out*, take pains, try, worry about; concept 87 Ant. ignore, neglect bothersome [adj] troubling aggravating, annoying, distressing, disturbing, exasperating, incommodious, inconvenient, irritating, rebarbative, remote, tiresome, troublesome, vexatious, vexing; concept 529 Ant. convenient, helpful, untroubling bottle [n] container, usually for liquids canteen, carafe, cruet, dead soldier*, decanter, ewer, agon, ask, glass, jar, jug, phial, soldier, urn, vacuum bottle, vial; concept 494 bottleneck [n] obstacle barrier, block, blockage, clog, congestion, hindrance, hold-up, impediment, jam, obstruction, snag, trafc jam; concepts 470,532,666,674 bottle up [v] keep feeling inside oneself box up, check, collar, contain, coop up, corner, cramp, curb, keep back, restrain, restrict, shut in, suppress, trap; concept 35 Ant. conde, reveal, tell bottom [adj] lowest; fundamental basal, base, basement, basic, foundational, ground, last, lowermost, lowest, meat-and-potatoes*, nethermost, primary, radical, rock-bottom, underlying, undermost; concepts 585,586,735,799 Ant. highest, top, unnecessary bottom [n1] foundation base, basement, basis, bed, bedrock, belly, deepest part, depths, oor, foot, footing, ground, groundwork, lowest part, nadir, nether portion, pedestal, pediment, rest, seat, sole, substratum, substructure, support, terra rma, underbelly, underneath, underside; concept 442 Ant. top bottom [n2] base, core basis, bottom line, cause, essence, essentiality, ground, heart, mainspring, marrow, origin, pith, principle, quintessence, root, soul, source, stuff, substance, virtuality; concepts 648,826 Ant. exteriority, outside bottom [n3] rear end backside, behind, breech, bum*, butt*, buttocks, derriere, fanny*, fundament, posterior, rear, rump, seat, tail, tush*; concept 418 bottom feeder [n] lowlife base person, bottom sh, hungry puppy, lowest common denominator, riffraff, scum*, slopsucker; concept 412 bottomless pit [n] extremely hopeless situation abysm, abyss, chasm, crevasse, re and brimstone*, gulf, Hades, Hell, infernal regions; concepts 370,435,674

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bottom line [n] conclusion determination, nal decision, income, last word, loss, main point, net, prot; concept 230 bough [n] branch arm, fork, limb, offshoot, shoot, sprig, sucker; concept 428 boulevard [n] street, often lined with trees artery, avenue, drag, highway, passage, path, road, thoroughfare, track, way; concept 501 bounce [n] spring animation, bound, dynamism, elasticity, energy, give, go, life, liveliness, pep, rebound, recoil, resilience, springiness, vigor, vitality, vivacity, zip; concepts 150,411 bounce [v1] spring up; rebound backlash, bob, boomerang, bound, buck, bump, carom, y back, glance off, hop, hurdle, jerk up and down*, jounce, jump, kick back, leap, rebound, recoil, resile, ricochet, saltate, snap back, spring back, thump, vault; concepts 150,194 bounce [v2] evict ax*, boot out*, can*, discharge, dismiss, eighty-six*, eject, re, give one notice, give the heave ho*, heave*, kick out*, oust, sack*, terminate, throw; concepts 211,351,384 Ant. allow, let in, permit bound [adj] obligated; destined apprenticed, articled, bent, bounden, certain, coerced, compelled, constrained, contracted, doomed, driven, duty-bound, enslaved, fated, rm, forced, having no alternative, impelled, indentured, intent, made, necessitated, obligated, obliged, pledged, pressed, required, restrained, sure, under compulsion, under necessity, urged; concept 554 Ant. allowed, free, permitted, unbounded, unobliged, unrestricted bound [v1] jump, bounce bob, caper, frisk, gambol, hop, hurdle, leap, pounce, prance, recoil, ricochet, saltate, skip, spring, vault; concept 194 bound [v2] restrict circumscribe, conne, dene, delimit, delimitate, demarcate, determine, encircle, enclose, hem in, limit, mark, mark out, measure, restrain, restrict, surround, terminate; concept 130 Ant. allow, let go, permit, unbind, unrestrict boundary [n] outer limit abuttals, ambit, barrier, beginning, border, borderland, borderline, bounds, brink, circumference, circumscription, compass, connes, edge, end, environs, extent, extremity, frame, fringe, frontier, hem, horizon, limits, line, line of demarcation, march, margin, mark, mere, mete, outline, outpost, pale, perimeter, periphery, precinct, purlieus, radius, rim, side, skirt, terminal, termination, terminus, verge; concepts 5,484,745 Ant. inside, interior, minimum bound/bounds [n] farthest limit boundary, compass, conne, edge, end, environs, extremity, fringe, limit, limitation, line, march, margin, pale, periphery, precinct, purlieus, rim, term, termination, verge; concepts 484,788 Ant. inside, interior, minimum bounded [adj] limited, conned belted, bordered, boundaried, circumscribed, compassed, contiguous, dened, denite, delimited, determinate, edged, encircled, enclosed, encompassed, enveloped, fenced, nite, anked, fringed, girdled, hedged, hog-tied*, limitary, restricted, rimmed, ringed, surrounded, walled; concepts 554,772 Ant. free, loose, unbounded, unconned, unlimited

boundless [adj] endless, without limit great, illimitable, immeasurable, immense, incalculable, indenite, inexhaustible, innite, limitless, measureless, no catch*, no end of, no end to, no holds barred*, no strings*, no strings attached*, tremendous, unbounded, unconned, unending, unlimited, untold, vast, wide open; concepts 554,772 Ant. limited, restricted bountiful [adj] abundant ample, aplenty, bounteous, copious, crawling with*, dime a dozen*, exuberant, free, galore*, generous, handsome, lavish, liberal, luxuriant, magnanimous, municent, no end of*, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, prolic, stink with*, unsparing; concept 771 Ant. insufcient, lacking, meagre, sparse, wanting bounty [n] bonus; compensation donation, gift, grant, gratuity, largess, pay, premium, present, prize, recompense, reward; concepts 337,344 bouquet [n1] ower arrangement boutonniere, buttonhole, corsage, festoon, garland, lei, nosegay, posy, pot, spray, vase, wreath; concepts 425,429 bouquet [n2] aroma aura, balm, fragrance, incense, odor, perfume, redolence, savor, scent, smell, spice; concept 599 bourgeois [adj] commonplace common, conservative, conventional, hidebound, illiberal, materialistic, middle-class, old-line, Philistine, traditional, Victorian; concepts 530,589 Ant. adventurous, imaginative, inspired, nonconforming, original, untraditional bout [n1] period of time in which something occurs course, t*, go*, round, run, session, shift, spell, stint, stretch, tear, term, tour, trick*, turn; concept 807 bout [n2] competitive ght bat, battle, boxing match, competition, contest, encounter, engagement, go, match, round, set-to, struggle; concepts 92,106 boutique [n] shop booth, concession, exclusive shop, franchise, gift store, specialty shop, store; concepts 441,448,449 bow [n1] bend from waist angle, arc, arch, bend, bending, bob, curtsy, curvation, curvature, curve, ection, exure, genuection, inclination, kowtow*, nod, obeisance, round, salaam, turn, turning; concepts 154,201 Ant. straighten bow [n2] front of boat beak, bowsprit, fore, forepart, head, nose, prow, stem; concept 502 bow [v1] bend over arch, bob, cower, crook, curtsy, curve, debase, dip, do obeisance, droop, duck, genuect, hunch, incline, nod, round, stoop; concept 213 bow [v2] submit, concede accept, acquiesce, bend, be servile, capitulate, cave, comply, defer, give in, knuckle*, knuckle under*, kowtow*, relent, succumb, surrender, yield; concept 23 Ant. defend, ght, overpower bowels [n] insides belly, core, deep, depths, entrails, guts, hold, innards, interior, intestines, penetralia, recesses, viscera, vitals; concept 393 bowl [n] hollow, concave container basin, boat, casserole, crock, deep dish, dish, porringer, pot, saucer, tureen, urn, vessel; concepts 493,494 bowl [v] roll a ball down a lane ing, hurl, pitch, play duckpins, play tenpins, revolve, rotate, spin, throw, trundle, whirl; concept 363

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bowl over [v] amaze astonish, astound, dumbfound, abbergast, oor, stagger, startle, stun, surprise; concept 42 box [n] container, often square or rectangular bin, carton, case, casket, chest, coffer, crate, pack, package, portmanteau, receptacle, trunk; concept 494 box [v1] place in square or rectangular container case, conne, crate, encase, pack, package, wrap; concept 209 Ant. unbox box [v2] punch competitively buffet, clout, cuff, duke*, exchange blows, hit, mix, scrap, slap, slug, sock, spar, strike, wallop, whack*; concepts 106,189 boxing [n] punching competition battle, glove game*, mill*, prelim*, prizeghting, pugilism, slugfest*, sparring, the ring*; concepts 92,363 boy [n] young man buck, cadet, chap, child, dude*, fellow, gamin, guy, half-pint*, junior, lad, little guy*, little shaver*, master, punk*, puppy*, runt*, schoolboy, shaver*, small fry*, sonny*, sprout*, squirt*, stripling, tadpole*, whippersnapper*, youngster, youth; concepts 419,424 Ant. girl boycott [v] ban; refrain from using avoid, bar, blackball*, blacklist, brush off, cut off, embargo, exclude, hold aloof from, ice out*, ostracize, outlaw, pass by*, pass up*, prohibit, proscribe, refuse, reject, shut out*, snub, spurn, strike, withhold patronage; concepts 25,130 Ant. buy, encourage, support, use boyfriend [n] male acquaintance or romantic companion admirer, beau, companion, condant, date, escort, anc, ame*, follower, friend, intimate, partner, soul mate, steady, suitor, swain, sweetheart, young man; concepts 419,423 Ant. girlfriend brace [n] support arm, band, bar, bearing, block, bolster, boom, bracer, bracket, buttress, cantilever, clamp, girder, grip, guy, lever, mainstay, peg, prop, rafter, reinforcement, rib, shore, skid, splice, splint, staff, stanchion, stave, stay, stirrup, strengthener, strut, sustainer, truss, underpinning, vice; concepts 470,475,499 brace [v] support bandage, bind, bolster, buttress, fasten, fortify, gird, hold up, prepare, prop, ready, reinforce, shove, steady, steel, strap, strengthen, support, tie, tighten, uphold; concept 191 Ant. let go, loosen, unfasten bracelet [n] wrist jewelry arm band, armlet, bangle, circlet, manacle, ornament, trinket, wristlet; concept 446 bracing [adj] brisk; exhilarating animating, chilly, cool, crisp, energizing, exhilarative, fortifying, fresh, invigorating, lively, quickening, refreshing, restorative, reviving, rousing, stimulating, stimulative, tonic, vigorous; concepts 537,605 Ant. debilitating, exhausting, tiring brag [v] talk boastingly blow ones own horn*, bluster*, boast, crow*, exult, gasconade, gloat, grandstand*, hotdog*, jive*, mouth*, pat oneself on the back*, prate, puff*, rodomontade, showboat*, shuck*, swagger, vaunt; concepts 49,51 Ant. be modest, be quiet, deprecate braggart [n] person who talks boastingly bag of wind*, bigmouth, big talker*, big-timer*, blowhard*, blusterer, boaster, brag, braggadocio, bragger, egotist, exhibitionist, gasbag*,

gascon*, grandstander*, hotshot*, know-it-all, peacock*, ranter, raver, show-off, strutter, swaggerer, swashbuckler*, swelled head*, trumpeter*, windbag*; concepts 412,423 braid [n] interwoven hair style pigtail, plait, ponytail, queue; concepts 418,716 braid [v] interweave complect, cue, entwine, interknit, interlace, intertwine, lace, mesh, pigtail, plait, ravel, twine, twist, weave; concepts 184,202 Ant. unbraid brain [n1] very smart person academician, doctor, egghead*, Einstein*, genius, highbrow, intellect, intellectual, mastermind, prodigy, pundit, sage, scholar; concept 350 Ant. dumbo, dumdum, simpleton brain [n2] mind, intelligence cerebellum, cerebrum, encephalon, gray matter*, head, intellect, medulla oblongata, mentality, upper story*, wit; concepts 393,409,420 Ant. body, physicality brain drain [n] loss of important personnel departure, mass exodus, turnover; concept 195 brainstorm [v] problem-solve analyze, conceive, conceptualize, conjure up, create, deliberate, dream up, invent, plan, ponder, put heads together*, rack brains*, share ideas, think; concepts 35,173,251 brainwash [v] force to believe or do things alter, catechize, condition, convert, convince, educate, indoctrinate, inuence, instill, persuade, proselytize, teach; concept 14 brainy [adj] intelligent bright, brilliant, clever, intellectual, sapient, smart; concept 402 brake [n] stopping device; check anchor, binders, cinchers, constraint, control, curb, damper, deterrent, discouragement, hamper, hindrance, hurdle, obstacle, rein, restraint, retarding device; concepts 130,463 Ant. accelerator brake [v] check; stop bar, block, dam, decelerate, halt, hinder, impede, moderate, obstruct, reduce speed, slacken, slow, slow down, stop; concept 121 Ant. accelerate bramble [n] thorny bush brier, burr, catch weed, cleaver, furze, goose grass, gorse, hedge, nettle, prick, prickly shrub, shrub, spray, thistle, thistle sage, thorn; concept 429 branch [n1] department annex, arm, bureau, category, chapter, classication, connection, dependency, derivative, division, extension, local, member, ofce, outpost, part, portion, section, subdivision, subsection, subsidiary, tributary, wing; concepts 325,378 Ant. company branch [n2] arm, limb bough, branchlet, bug, detour, divergence, extension, fork, growth, offshoot, prong, scion, shoot, spray, sprig, wing; concepts 392,428,471,835 branch off/branch out [v] extend beyond main part add to, develop, diverge, diversify, divide, enlarge, expand, extend, fork, grow, increase, multiply, part, proliferate, ramify, separate, spread out; concept 756 Ant. lessen, shrink brand [n1] type, kind cast, character, class, description, grade, make, quality, sort, species, variety; concept 378 brand [n2] distinctive label, mark brand name, emblem, hallmark, heraldry, imprint, logo, logotype, marker, sign, stamp, symbol, trademark, welt; concept 284

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brand [n3] stigma bar sinister, black eye, blot, blur, disgrace, infamy, mark, mark of Cain, odium, onus, reproach, slur, smirch, spot, stain, stigma, taint; concept 388 brand [v] label negatively disgrace, mark, stigmatize, taint; concepts 62,79 brandish [v] aunt, swing around come on strong*, display, disport, exhibit, expose, ash, gesture, parade, raise, shake, show, show off, sport, swing, threaten, throw weight around*, trot out*, warn, wield; concept 261 Ant. not show brash [adj] impulsive, brazen audacious, bold, brazenfaced, cheeky*, cocksure, cocky*, effervescent, ip, foolhardy, forward, hasty, headlong, heedless, hotheaded, ill-advised, impertinent, impetuous, impolitic, impudent, incautious, inconsiderate, indiscreet, insolent, madcap, maladroit, nervy, precipitate, presuming, presumptuous, pushing, rash, reckless, rude, self-asserting, self-assertive, tactless, thoughtless, undiplomatic, untactful, uppity, vivacious; concepts 401,404 Ant. afraid, careful, cautious, discreet, fearful, reserved brass [n] impulsiveness; nerve assumption, audacity, brashness, cheek*, chutzpah*, condence, effrontery, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence, presumption, rudeness; concept 633 Ant. carefulness, caution, circumspection, prudence brassy [adj] vulgar, loud to the senses arrant, barefaced, blaring, blatant, bold, brash, brazen, ashy, irtatious, forward, garish, gaudy, grating, hard, harsh, impudent, insolent, jarring, jazzy, loudmouthed, noisy, obtrusive, overbold, pert, piercing, rude, saucy, shameless, showy, shrill, strident, unabashed, unblushing; concepts 401,589,592,594 Ant. careful, cautious, circumspect, humble, prudent brat [n] spoiled child devil*, enfant terrible*, holy terror*, impudent child, kid, punk*, rascal, unruly child, urchin, whippersnapper*, wild one*, youngster; concept 424 Ant. angel bravado [n] boastfulness blowing, bluff, bluster, boasting, bombast, braggadocio, bragging, bullying, crowing*, fancy talk*, fuming*, gasconade, grandiosity, guts*, hot air*, pomposity, pretension, raging, railing, rant, selfglorication, storming, swaggering, swelling, talk, tall talk*; concepts 49,51 Ant. cowardice, fear, fearfulness, modesty, restraint brave [adj] bold adventurous, audacious, chinup*, chivalrous, condent, courageous, daring, dashing, dauntless, deant, doughty, fearless, rm, foolhardy, forward, gallant, game, gritty, gutsy, hardy, heroic, herolike, imprudent, indomitable, intrepid, lionhearted, militant, nervy, plucky, reckless, resolute, spirited, spunky, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, strong, unabashed, unafraid, unblenching, undauntable, undaunted, undismayed, unfearful, valiant, valorous, venturesome; concept 401 Ant. afraid, cautious, fearful, frightened, humble, meek, reticent, retiring, shy, timid brave [v] endure bad situation bear, beard, challenge, confront, court, dare, defy, face, face off, y in the face of*, go through, outdare, risk, stand up to, suffer, support, take on, venture, withstand; concept 23 Ant. break

down, capitulate, complain, dodge, fear, give up, hide, run away, skip bravery [n] boldness courage, daring, dauntlessness, fearlessness, fortitude, gallantry, grit, guts, hardiness, heroism, indomitability, intrepidity, mettle, pluck, pluckiness, spirit, spunk, valor; concepts 411,633 Ant. cowardice, difdence, humility, timidity brawl [n] nasty ght affray, altercation, argument, battle, battle royal*, bickering, broil, clash, disorder, dispute, donnybrook, duke out*, feud, ght, fracas, fray, free-for-all*, fuss, hassle, melee, quarrel, rhubarb*, riot, row, ruckus*, rumble*, rumpus, scrap, scufe, squabble, tumult, uproar, wrangle; concepts 46,106 Ant. peace, truce brawl [v] ght nastily altercate, argue, battle, bicker, buck*, caterwaul, dispute, kick up a row*, quarrel, raise Cain*, roughhouse*, row, rumble*, scrap, scufe, spat, squabble, tussle, wrangle, wrestle; concepts 46,106 Ant. make peace brawn [n] muscular strength and breadth beef, beeness, clout, energy, esh, kick, meat, might, moxie*, muscle, muscularity, power, punch, robustness, sinews, sock, steam, thew, vigor; concepts 723,732 Ant. frailness, skinniness, slightness, thinness brawny [adj] muscular, strong able-bodied, athletic, beefy, bulky, burly, eshy, hardy, hefty, husky, powerful, robust, sinewy, stalwart, strapping, sturdy, thewy, tough, vigorous, vital; concepts 485,489 Ant. frail, skinny, slight, thin, weak brazen [adj] brash, unashamed audacious, barefaced, blatant, bold, brassy, cheeky, cocky, contumelious, deant, ashy, ip, forward, gritty, gutsy, hotshot*, immodest, impertinent, impudent, indecent, insolent, loud, meretricious, nervy, overbold, pert, saucy, shameless, smart-alecky*, smart-ass*, spunky, tawdry, unabashed, unblushing; concepts 267,401 Ant. humble, meek, shamed, shamefaced, shy, timid breach [n1] gap aperture, break, chasm, chip, cleft, crack, discontinuity, ssure, hole, opening, rent, rift, rupture, slit, split; concept 513 Ant. bridge, connection breach [n2] violation of a law contravention, delinquency, dereliction, disobedience, disregard, infraction, infringement, neglect, noncompliance, nonobservance, offense, transgression, trespass, violation; concept 192 Ant. upholding breach [n3] change from friendly to unfriendly relationship alienation, break, difference, disaffection, disagreement, discord, disharmony, dissension, disunity, division, estrangement, falling-out, ssure, fracture, parting of the ways*, quarrel, rent, rift, rupture, schism, secession, separation, severance, split, strife, variance, withdrawal; concept 388 bread [n1] daily food aliment, bed and board, comestibles, diet, fare, feed, grub*, necessities, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, provender, provisions, shingle*, staff of life*, subsistence, sustenance, viands, victuals; concept 457 bread [n2] money cabbage*, cash, coin, dollars, dough*, nance, funds, greenbacks*, mazuma*, scratch*; concept 340

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breadth [n1] width broadness, diameter, distance across, latitude, span, spread, wideness; concept 760 breadth [n2] extent amplitude, area, compass, comprehensiveness, dimension, expanse, extensiveness, fullness, gamut, greatness, inclusiveness, largeness, magnitude, measure, orbit, range, reach, scale, scope, size, space, spread, stretch, sweep, vastness; concepts 651,756,788 break [n1] ssure, opening breach, cleft, crack, discontinuity, disjunction, division, fracture, gap, gash, hole, rent, rift, rupture, schism, split, tear; concepts 230,757 Ant. association, attachment, binding, combination, fastening, juncture break [n2] interruption of activity blow, breather, breathing space, caesura, coffee break, cutoff, downtime*, halt, hiatus, interlude, intermission, interval, lacuna, layoff*, letup*, lull, pause, recess, respite, rest, suspension, ten*, time off, time out; concept 807 Ant. continuation, continuity break [n3] change from friendly to unfriendly relationship alienation, altercation, breach, clash, difference of opinion, disaffection, dispute, divergence, estrangement, ght, misunderstanding, rift, rupture, schism, separation, split, trouble; concept 388 break [n4] lucky happening accident, advantage, chance, favorable circumstances, fortune, good luck, luck, occasion, opening, opportunity, shot, show, stroke of luck, time; concept 679 Ant. bad luck, misfortune break [v1] destroy; make whole into pieces annihilate, batter, burst, bust, bust up, crack, crash, crush, damage, demolish, disintegrate, divide, eradicate, nish off, fracture, fragment, make hash of*, make mincemeat of*, part, pull to pieces, rend, separate, sever, shatter, shiver, smash, snap, splinter, split, tear, torpedo, total, trash*; concept 252 Ant. attach, fasten, x, join, mend, put together, secure break [v2] violate law breach, contravene, disobey, disregard, infract, infringe, offend, renege on, transgress, violate; concept 192 Ant. agree, obey break [v3] weaken, cause instability bankrupt, bust, confound, confute, controvert, cow, cripple, declass, degrade, demerit, demoralize, demote, disconrm, dispirit, disprove, downgrade, enervate, enfeeble, humiliate, impair, impoverish, incapacitate, pauperize, rebut, reduce, refute, ruin, subdue, tame, undermine; concept 240 Ant. stabilize, strengthen break [v4] stop an action abandon, cut, discontinue, give up, interrupt, pause, rest, suspend; concept 121 Ant. allow, cause break [v5] tell news announce, come out, communicate, convey, disclose, divulge, impart, inform, let out, make public, pass on, proclaim, reveal, tell, transmit; concept 60 Ant. hide, keep quiet, secret break [v6] better a performance beat, cap, exceed, excel, go beyond, outdo, outstrip, surpass, top; concept 141 break [v7] emerge, happen appear, befall, betide, burst out, chance, come forth, come off, come to pass, develop, erupt, go, occur, transpire; concept 4

break [v8] run away abscond, bust out*, clear out*, cut and run*, dash, decamp, escape, ee, y, get away, get out; concepts 102,195 Ant. stay, wait break [v9] cushion somethings effect diminish, lessen, lighten, moderate, reduce, soften, weaken; concept 110 breakable [adj] easily hurt or destroyed brittle, crisp, crispy, crumbly, delicate, imsy, fracturable, fragile, frail, frangible, friable, shatterable, shattery, splintery, vitreous, weak; concepts 489,606 Ant. durable, sturdy, unbreakable break away [v] depart escape, ee, y, leave, part company*, quit, run away, split*; concept 195 breakdown [n1] nervous collapse basket case*, crackup*, disintegration, disruption, failure, mishap, nervous prostration, neurasthenia, neurosis, psychasthenia; concept 410 Ant. mental health breakdown [n2] account of nances or other business analysis, categorization, classication, detailed list, diagnosis, dissection, itemization, resolution; concept 283 break even [v] be or become equal balance books, equalize, experience no loss, recover cost, recover expense; concepts 126,232 break in [v1] intrude barge in, breach, break and enter, burglarize, burgle, burst in*, butt in*, interfere, interject, interrupt, intervene, invade, meddle, raid, rob, steal, trespass; concepts 139,192 break in [v2] train in new skill accustom, condition, educate, gentle, get used to, habituate, initiate, instruct, prepare, tame; concept 285 breakneck [adj] extremely fast at full tilt, dangerously fast, excessive, at out, headlong, high-speed, lightning, precipitate, rapid, reckless, speedy, whirlwind; concept 588 Ant. extremely slow break off [v1] snap off something detach, disassemble, divide, part, pull off, separate, sever, splinter, take apart; concept 211 Ant. combine, join, mend break off [v2] end activity cease, desist, discontinue, end, nish, halt, pause, stop, suspend, terminate; concept 234 Ant. begin, start break out [v1] happen, emerge appear, arise, begin, burst forth, commence, erupt, explode, occur, set in, spring up, start; concept 701 break out [v2] escape abscond, bolt, break loose, burst out, bust out*, depart, ee, get free, leave; concepts 102,195 break the ice [v] be friendly and talkative lead the way, oil the works*, set at ease, socialize, start the ball rolling; concept 384 breakthrough [n] advance, progress boost, development, discovery, nd, nding, gain, hike, improvement, increase, invention, leap, progress, quantum leap*, rise, step forward; concept 704 Ant. step back, step backward breakup [n] end of relationship breakdown, breaking, crackup*, disintegration, dispersal, dissolution, divorce, ending, parting, rift, separation, split, splitsville*, splitting, termination, wind-up; concept 385 Ant. reconciliation break up [v] end relationship, activity adjourn, disassemble, disband, dismantle, disperse,

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disrupt, dissolve, divide, divorce, end, halt, part, put an end to, scatter, separate, sever, split, stop, sunder, suspend, take apart, terminate; concept 234 Ant. reconcile break with [v] part ways ditch, drop, jilt, reject, renounce, separate; concepts 21,30,180 breast [n1] front of upper body bosom, bust, chest, front, mammary glands, mammilla, nipple, teat, udder; concept 418 breast [n2] feelings, conscience being, bosom, character, core, emotions, essential nature, heart, mind, psyche, seat of affections, sentiments, soul, spirit, thoughts; concepts 410,529 breath [n1] respiration animation, breathing, eupnea, exhalation, expiration, gasp, gulp, inhalation, inspiration, insufation, pant, wheeze; concept 163 breath [n2] wind or something in the air aroma, faint breeze, atus, utter, gust, odor, puff, sigh, smell, vapor, waft, whiff, zephyr; concepts 437,599 breath [n3] respite, break blow*, breather, breathing space*, instant, moment, pause, rest, second, ten*; concept 807 breath [n4] hint, suggestion dash, murmur, shade, soupon, streak, suspicion, touch, trace, undertone, whiff, whisper; concepts 278,831 breathe [v1] take air in and let out draw in, exhale, expire, fan, gasp, gulp, inhale, insufate, open the oodgates*, pant, puff, respire, scent, sigh, sniff, snore, snort, use lungs, wheeze; concepts 163,601 breathe [v2] inspire action imbue, impart, infuse, inject, instill, transfuse; concept 242 breathe [v3] tell information articulate, conde, express, murmur, say, sigh, utter, voice, whisper; concept 60 Ant. hide, secret breathless [adj1] unable to respire normally asthmatic, blown, choking, emphysematous, exhausted, gasping, gulping, out of breath, panting, short of breath, short-winded, spent, stertorous, wheezing, winded; concept 406 Ant. breathy, calm breathless [adj2] astounded agog, anxious, avid, eager, excited, abbergasted, openmouthed, thunderstruck, with bated breath; concept 403 breathtaking [adj] beautiful, awesome amazing, astonishing, awe-inspiring, exciting, hair-raising, heart-stirring, heart-stopping, impressive, magnicent, moving, overwhelming, spine-tingling, stunning, thrilling; concept 529 Ant. disgusting, ugly breed [n] kind, class brand, character, extraction, family, feather, genus, ilk, likes, line, lineage, lot, nature, number, pedigree, progeny, race, sort, species, stamp, stock, strain, stripe, type, variety; concept 378 breed [v1] generate, bring into being bear, beget, bring about, bring forth, cause, create, deliver, engender, give birth to, give rise to, hatch, impregnate, induce, make, multiply, originate, procreate, produce, progenerate, propagate, reproduce; concepts 173,251,302,373 Ant. not produce breed [v2] raise, nurture bring up, cultivate, develop, discipline, educate, foster, instruct, nourish, rear; concepts 285,295 breeding [n] cultivation of person ancestry, civility, conduct, courtesy, culture, development,

gentility, grace, lineage, manners, nurture, polish, raising, rearing, renement, schooling, training, upbringing, urbanity; concept 388 breeze [n] light wind air, airow, breath, current, draft, urry, gust, puff, waft, whiff, zephyr; concepts 437,524 breeze [v] work quickly through task cruise, it, glide, hurry, move, pass, sail, sally, skim, slide, slip, sweep, trip, waltz, zip; concept 704 breezy [adj1] windy airy, blowing, blowy, blusterous, blustery, drafty, fresh, gusty, squally, stormy; concept 525 Ant. calm, peaceful, quiet, still breezy [adj2] easy, lighthearted airy, animated, blithe, buoyant, carefree, casual, cheerful, debonair, easy-going, effervescent, free and easy*, gay, informal, jaunty, light, lively, low-pressure, peppy, racy, relaxed, sparkling, spicy, spirited, sprightly, sunny, unconstrained, vivacious; concept 544 Ant. difcult brevity [n] shortness, briefness conciseness, concision, condensation, crispness, curtness, economy, ephemerality, impermanence, pithiness, pointedness, succinctness, terseness, transience, transitoriness; concepts 730,804 Ant. lengthiness, longevity, permanence brew [n] concoction beverage, blend, broth, compound, distillation, drink, fermentation, hash, hodgepodge*, infusion, instillation, liquor, melange, miscellany, mishmash*, mixture, potpourri, preparation; concepts 260,454,457 brew [v1] prepare by boiling boil, concoct, cook, ferment, infuse, mull, seethe, soak, steep, stew; concept 170 brew [v2] plan, devise breed, compound, concoct, contrive, develop, excite, foment, form, gather, hatch, impend, loom, mull, plot, project, scheme, start, stir up, weave; concept 36 bribe [n] payoff to inuence illegal or wrong activity allurement, bait, blackmail, buyoff, compensation, contract, corrupting gift, corrupt money, enticement, envelope*, feedbag*, fringe benet, gift, goody*, graft, gratuity, gravy*, grease*, hush money*, ice*, incentive, inducement, inuence peddling, kickback, lagniappe, lure, payola*, perk*, perquisite, present, price, protection*, remuneration, reward, sop*, sweetener*, sweetening*, take; concepts 192,329 bribe [v] request silence, action, or inaction for money approach, buy, buy back, buy off, coax, corrupt, do business*, entice, x*, get at, get to, grease palm*, inuence, instigate, lubricate, lure, make a deal, oil palm*, pay off, pervert, reward, seduce, soap*, square, suborn, sugar, sweeten the pot*, take care of, tamper, tempt, tip; concepts 53,192 bridal [adj] concerning marriage conjugal, connubial, epithalamic, espousal, hymeneal, marital, matrimonial, nubile, nuptial, prewedding, prothalamic, spousal; concept 536 Ant. divorce bride [n] female marriage partner helpmate, mate, newly married woman, newlywed, old woman*, spouse, wife; concepts 296,415 Ant. bridegroom, groom bridegroom [n] male marriage partner benedict, groom, helpmate, husband, mate, newlywed, old man*, spouse; concepts 296,419 Ant. bride

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bridge [n] structure or something that makes connection arch, bond, branch, catwalk, connection, extension, gangplank, link, overpass, platform, pontoon, scaffold, span, tie, transit, trestle, viaduct, wing; concepts 501,721 bridge [v] connect, extend arch over, attach, bind, branch, couple, cross, cross over, go over, join, link, reach, span, subtend, traverse, unite; concepts 113,756 Ant. detach, disconnect, disjoin, disunite, unlink bridle [n] restraining device check, control, curb, deterrent, hackamore, halter, headstall, leash, rein, restraint, trammels; concept 497 bridle [v] check, hold back constrain, control, curb, govern, inhibit, keep in check, master, moderate, repress, restrain, rule, subdue, suppress, withhold; concept 121 Ant. let go, release, set free brief [adj1] short, compressed abrupt, bluff, blunt, boiled down*, breviloquent, brusque, compendiary, compendious, concise, crisp, curt, hasty, laconic, limited, little, pithy, sharp, short and sweet*, skimpy, small, snippy, succinct, surly, terse, to the point; concepts 267,773 Ant. lengthy, long brief [adj2] short in time concise, curtailed, ephemeral, fast, eeting, hasty, instantaneous, little, meteoric, momentary, passing, quick, short-lived, short-term, swift, temporary, transient, transitory; concept 798 Ant. enduring, lasting, lengthy, long, long-lived brief [n] abridgment abstract, argument, boildown*, case, condensation, conspectus, contention, data, defense, digest, epitome, outline, prcis, sketch, summary, synopsis; concepts 283,318 brief [v] inform of facts abridge, advise, apprise, edify, enlighten, epitomize, explain, ll in, give rundown*, give the lowdown*, inform, initiate, instruct, let in on*, orient, prepare, prime, recapitulate, show the lay of the land*, show the ropes*, summarize, tip off*, update; concept 60 Ant. hide, secret briefcase [n] carrier for work papers attach, bag, baggage, case, dispatch, folder, portfolio, valise; concepts 446,494 brieng [n] preparation by informing of facts background meeting, conference, directions, discussion, guidance, information, initiation, instruction, meeting, preamble, priming, rundown, update; concept 60 brigade [n] eet of trained people army, band, body, company, contingent, corps, crew, detachment, force, group, organization, outt, party, posse, squad, team, troop, unit; concepts 322,381 Ant. individual, one bright [adj1] shining, glowing in appearance ablaze, aglow, alight, argent, auroral, beaming, blazing, brilliant, burning, burnished, coruscating, dazzling, effulgent, ashing, fulgent, fulgid, glaring, gleaming, glistening, glittering, glossy, golden, illuminated, illumined, incandescent, intense, irradiated, lambent, light, lighted, limpid, luminous, lustrous, mirrorlike, moonlit, phosphorescent, polished, radiant, relucent, resplendent, scintillating, shimmering, shiny, silvery, sparkling, sunlit, sunny, twinkling, vivid; concept 617 Ant. dark, dreary, dull, obscure, somber

bright [adj2] sunny, clear (weather) clement, cloudless, fair, favorable, limpid, lucid, mild, pellucid, pleasant, translucent, transparent, unclouded; concept 525 Ant. black, cloudy, dark, dreary, dusky, gloomy, murky bright [adj3] intelligent acute, advanced, alert, astute, aware, brainy, brilliant, clearheaded, clever, discerning, eggheaded*, Einstein*, having smarts*, ingenious, inventive, keen, knowing, precocious, quick, quickwitted, sharp, smart, whiz kid*, wide-awake; concept 402 Ant. dull, stupid, unaware, unintelligent bright [adj4] hopeful, promising airy, auspicious, benign, breezy, cheering, encouraging, excellent, favorable, golden, good, optimistic, palmy, propitious, prosperous, rosy; concept 537 Ant. depressing, horrible, threatening, unpromising bright [adj5] cheerful alert, animated, gay, genial, glad, happy, jolly, joyful, joyous, keen, lighthearted, lively, merry, optimistic, sanguine, spirited, sprightly, vivacious; concept 404 Ant. depressed, depressing, doleful, dreary, gloomy, unhappy bright [adj6] famous, outstanding distinguished, eminent, glorious, illustrious, magnicent, prominent, remarkable, splendid; concept 568 Ant. normal, typical bright [adj7] vivid in color brave, brilliant, clear, colored, colorful, deep, ashy, fresh, gay, glitzy*, hued, intense, psychedelic, razzledazzle, rich, ruddy, sharp, showy, tinged, tinted; concept 618 Ant. light, pale, pastel brighten [v1] make shine or glow buff up, burnish, clear up, enliven, gleam, grow sunny, illuminate, illumine, intensify, kindle, lighten, light up, polish, punch up*, spiff up*; concepts 244,250 Ant. darken, deepen, dull, fade brighten [v2] make happy, feel better become cheerful, buck up, buoy up, cheer, cheer up, clear up, encourage, enliven, gladden, hearten, improve, look up, perk up; concepts 7,22 Ant. depress, upset brilliant [adj1] shining, glowing in appearance ablaze, bright, coruscating, dazzling, effulgent, ashy, fulgent, gleaming, glittering, glossy, incandescent, intense, lambent, lucent, luminous, lustrous, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, scintillating, showy, sparkling, vivid; concept 617 Ant. dark, dull, dulled brilliant [adj2] famous, outstanding celebrated, distinguished, eminent, excellent, exceptional, glorious, illustrious, magnicent, prominent, splendid, superb; concept 568 Ant. normal, typical brilliant [adj3] very intelligent accomplished, acute, astute, brainy, bright, clever, discerning, eggheaded*, Einstein*, expert, genius, gifted, ingenious, intellectual, inventive, knowing, knowledgeable, masterly, penetrating, profound, quick, quick-witted, sharp, smart, talented, whip, whiz kid*; concept 402 Ant. stupid, unaware, unintelligent brim [n] edge of object, usually the top border, brink, circumference, fringe, hem, lip, margin, perimeter, periphery, rim, skirt, verge; concept 836 Ant. center, interior, middle

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brim [v] ow over the top ll, ll up, hold no more, overow, run over, spill, swell, teem, well over; concept 740 brimming/brimful [adj] overowing; up to the top awash, chock-full, crammed, crowded, lled, ush, full, full to the top, jammed, level with, loaded, overfull, packed, running over, stuffed, topfull; concepts 481,771,774 Ant. empty, unlled brine [n] salt solution alkali, blue, brackish water, deep, drink, marinade, ocean, pickling solution, preservative, saline, salt water, sea water, sodium chloride solution, vinegar; concept 514 bring [v1] transport or accompany attend, back, bear, buck*, carry, chaperon, companion, conduct, consort, convey, deliver, escort, fetch, gather, guide, gun*, heel*, import, lead, lug, pack, pick up, piggyback*, ride, schlepp*, shoulder, take, take along, tote, transfer, transport, truck, usher; concept 143 Ant. drop, leave, quit, refuse, shun, take bring [v2] cause; inuence begin, compel, contribute to, convert, convince, create, dispose, effect, engender, force, induce, inict, lead, make, move, occasion, persuade, prevail on, prevail upon, produce, prompt, result in, sway, wreak; concept 242 Ant. avoid, back out, desist, give up, hold back, pass up bring [v3] command a price afford, bring in, draw, earn, fetch, gross, net, produce, return, sell for, take, yield; concepts 330,335 bring [v4] le charges in court appeal, arraign, cite, declare, indict, initiate legal action, institute, prefer, serve, sue, summon, take to court; concept 317 bring about [v] cause success accomplish, achieve, beget, bring to pass, compass, create, do, draw on, effect, effectuate, engender, generate, give rise to, make happen, manage, occasion, produce, realize, secure, succeed; concepts 244,706 Ant. halt, kill, stop bring around [v] convince, induce argue, convert, draw, get, indoctrinate, persuade, prevail upon, prompt, prove, talk into, win over; concept 68 bring down [v] reduce or hurt abase, cut down, damage, drop, fell, oor, injure, knock down, KO*, lay low, level, lower, mow down, murder*, overthrow, overturn, prostrate, pull down, shoot down, slay*, throw down, tumble, undermine, upset, wound; concepts 7,19,252 Ant. aid, encourage, help, raise bring in [v] make a prot accrue, acquire, bear, be worth, bring, cost, earn, fetch, gain, get, gross, make, pay, produce, realize, return, sell, yield; concepts 124,330 Ant. decrease, lose bring off [v] accomplish achieve, bring home the bacon*, bring to pass, carry off, carry out, discharge, effect, effectuate, execute, perform, pull off, realize, succeed; concepts 704,706 Ant. fail, lose bring on [v] provoke accelerate, advance, cause, expedite, generate, give rise to, induce, inspire, lead to, occasion, precipitate, prompt; concepts 7,19 bring out [v] draw out bring to light, emphasize, expose, highlight, introduce, publish, utter; concepts 49,57 bring up [v1] raise youngster breed, cultivate,

develop, discipline, educate, feed, form, foster, nourish, nurture, provide for, rear, school, support, teach, train; concept 295 bring up [v2] initiate, mention in conversation advance, advert, allude to, broach, discuss, introduce, moot, move, offer, point out, propose, put forward, raise, raise a subject, refer, submit, tender, touch on, ventilate*; concept 51 brink [n] edge of an object or area border, boundary, brim, fringe, frontier, limit, lip, margin, perimeter, periphery, point, rim, skirt, threshold, verge; concepts 484,513 Ant. center, interior, middle brisk [adj1] fast-moving; active adroit, agile, alert, animated, bustling, busy, energetic, lively, nimble, quick, speedy, sprightly, spry, vigorous, vivacious, zippy; concepts 542,584 Ant. inactive, slow, sluggish, unenergetic brisk [adj2] chilly, refreshing (weather) biting, bracing, crisp, exhilarating, fresh, invigorating, keen, nippy, sharp, snappy, stimulating; concept 605 Ant. temperate, warm bristle [n] short, prickly hair barb, feeler, ber, point, prickle, quill, spine, stubble, thorn, vibrissa, whisker; concept 418 bristle [v] become upset, excited be angry, be infuriated, be maddened, blow up*, boil, boil over, bridle, are, are up, fume, get ones dander up*, rage, rise, rufe, see red*, seethe, spit*, stand on end*, swell; concept 410 brittle [adj1] fragile breakable, crisp, crumbling, crumbly, delicate, frail, frangible, friable, inelastic, shatterable, shivery, vitreous, weak; concepts 488,606 Ant. durable, exible, moveable, resilient, supple brittle [adj2] tense curt, edgy, irritable, nervous, prim, short, stiff, stilted; concept 401 Ant. relaxed, resilient broach [v1] bring up a topic advance, approach, bring up, hint at, interject, interpose, introduce, mention, moot, move, offer, open up, propose, raise subject, speak of, submit, suggest, talk of, touch on, ventilate*; concept 51 Ant. not mention broach [v2] open, pierce begin, crack, decant, draw off, puncture, start, tap, uncork; concepts 142,225 Ant. close, close up broad [adj1] wide physically ample, capacious, deep, expansive, extended, extensive, full, generous, immense, large, latitudinous, outspread, outstretched, roomy, spacious, splay, squat, thick, vast, voluminous, widespread; concepts 773,796 Ant. narrow, small broad [adj2] extensive all-embracing, allinclusive, comprehensive, copious, encyclopedic, expansive, extended, far-ung, far-reaching, general, inclusive, nonspecic, scopic, sweeping, ubiquitous, undetailed, universal, unlimited, wide, wide-ranging, widespread; concept 772 Ant. narrow, small broad [adj3] full, obvious apparent, clear, explicit, open, plain, straightforward, undisguised, unequivocal; concept 576 Ant. empty, restricted broad [adj4] liberal-minded advanced, cultivated, experienced, open, open-minded, permissive, progressive, radical, tolerant, unbiased, wide; concept 403 Ant. close-minded, small-minded

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broad [adj5] vulgar blue, coarse, dirty, gross, improper, indecent, indelicate, low-minded, offcolor, purple, racy, risqu, salty, saucy, smutty, spicy, suggestive, unrened, unrestrained, wicked; concept 545 broad [n] a woman babe*, bimbo*, chick*, dame, dish, doll*, doxy, female, oozy, gal, girl, honey*, lady, lassie, miss, moll, skirt*, sweet thing*, tootsie*; concepts 414,415 broadcast [n] information on electronic media advertisement, air time, announcement, newscast, performance, program, publication, radiocast, show, simulcast, telecast, transmission; concepts 274,293 broadcast [v1] put forth on electronic media air, announce, beam, be on the air, cable, circulate, colorcast, communicate, get out*, go on the air, go on the airwaves, put on the air, radio, radiograph, relay, send, show, simulcast, telecast, telegraph, telephone, televise, transmit; concepts 60,292 broadcast [v2] make public advertise, announce, annunciate, blare, blazon, circulate, communicate, declare, disseminate, distribute, proclaim, promulgate, publish, report, sow, spread, strew, troll; concept 60 Ant. hide, keep quiet, secret broadcasting [n] informing via electronic media airing, air time, announcing, auditioning, newscasting, performing, posting online, putting on program, radio, reporting, telecasting, television, transmission, transmitting; concepts 263,293 broaden [v] extend, supplement augment, breadthen, develop, enlarge, expand, fatten, grow, increase, open up, ream, spread, stretch, swell, widen; concept 239 Ant. decrease, narrow, restrict broad-minded [adj] liberal advanced, catholic, cosmopolitan, dispassionate, exible, freethinking, indulgent, liberal, open, open-minded, permissive, progressive, radical, receptive, responsive, tolerant, unbiased, unbigoted, undogmatic, unprejudiced, wide; concept 403 Ant. close-minded, small-minded brochure [n] short, printed document advertisement, booklet, circular, yer, folder, handbill, handout, leaet, pamphlet; concept 280 broil [v] cook under direct heat burn, melt, roast, scorch, sear, swelter; concept 170 Ant. freeze broiling [adj] very hot baking, burning, ery, on re, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, sizzling, sweltering, torrid; concept 605 Ant. freezing broke [adj] without money bankrupt, beggared, bust*, cleaned out*, destitute, dirt poor*, at broke*, impoverished, in Chapter 11*, in debt, indebted, indigent, insolvent, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, ruined, stone broke*, strapped*, tapped out; concept 334 Ant. afuent, rich, solvent, wealthy broken [adj1] destroyed; made into pieces from a whole burst, busted, collapsed, cracked, crippled, crumbled, crushed, damaged, defective, demolished, disintegrated, dismembered, fractured, fragmentary, fragmented, hurt, injured, in pieces, mangled, mutilated, pulverized, rent, riven, ruptured, separated, severed, shattered,

shivered, shredded, slivered, smashed, split; concept 485 Ant. complete, connected, xed, ok, unbroken, whole broken [adj2] discontinuous disconnected, disturbed, erratic, fragmentary, incomplete, intermittent, interrupted, irregular, spasmodic, spastic; concept 482 Ant. complete, connected, continuous, unbroken broken [adj3] mentally defeated beaten, browbeaten, crippled, crushed, defeated, demoralized, depressed, discouraged, disheartened, heartsick, humbled, oppressed, overpowered, subdued, tamed, vanquished; concept 403 Ant. happy, satised, uplifted broken [adj4] not working busted, coming unglued, coming unstuck, defective, disabled, down, exhausted, fallen apart, faulty, feeble, gone, gone to pieces*, gone to pot*, haywire, imperfect, in disrepair, in need of repair, inoperable, in the shop*, kaput*, not functioning, on the blink*, on the fritz*, on the shelf*, out, out of commission*, out of kilter*, out of order, out of whack*, ruined, run-down, screwed up*, shot, spent, unsatisfactory, weak, wracked*, wrecked; concepts 485,560 Ant. xed, unbroken, working broken [adj5] forgotten, ignored (promise) abandoned, dishonored, disobeyed, disregarded, ignored, infringed, isolated, retracted, traduced, transgressed, violated; concept 544 Ant. kept broken [adj6] stuttering in speech disjointed, halting, hesitant, hesitating, imperfect, incoherent, mumbled, muttered, stammering, unintelligible, weak; concept 267 Ant. continuous, owing brokenhearted [adj] devastated crestfallen, crushed, desolate, despairing, despondent, disappointed, disconsolate, grief-stricken, grieved, heartbroken, heartsick, heartsore, inconsolable, miserable, mournful, prostrated, sorrowful, wretched; concept 403 Ant. happy, lighthearted, pleased broker [n] nancial expert agent, business person, dealer, entrepreneur, factor, nancier, go-between, interagent, interceder, intercessor, intermediary, intermediate, mediator, merchant, middleperson, negotiator, stockbroker; concepts 348,353 bronze [adj] coppery-brown color brownish, burnished, chestnut, copper, copper-colored, metallic brown, reddish-brown, reddish-tan, russet, rust, tan; concept 618 brooch [n] ornamental pin bar pin, breastpin, clip, cluster, jewelry; concept 446 brood [n] cluster of children begats, breed, chicks, clutch, descendants, family, ock, hatch, infants, issue, litter, offspring, posterity, progeniture, progeny, scions, seed, young; concept 296 Ant. child brood [v] agonize over be in brown study*, bleed, chafe inwardly*, consider, daydream, deliberate, despond, dream, dwell upon, eat ones heart out*, fret, gloom, grieve, lament, languish, meditate, mope, mull over, muse, ponder, reect, repine, ruminate, sigh, speculate, stew over*, sulk, sweat out*, sweat over*, think about, think upon, worry; concept 17 Ant. not worry

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brook [n] stream of water beck, branch, burn, creek, rill, rindle, river, rivulet, run, runnel, streamlet, watercourse; concept 514 brook [v] endure, accept abide, allow, bear, be big*, countenance, go, hang in, hang in there*, hear of, live with, put up with, sit tight*, stand, stomach, suffer, support, swallow, take, tolerate, withstand; concept 23 broom [n] device for cleaning oors besom, carpet sweeper, feather duster, oor brush, mop, swab, sweeper, whisk; concept 499 broth [n] soup, usually clear borscht, bouillon, bowl, brew, chowder, concoction, consomm, decoction, dishwater*, distillation, elixir, uid, gumbo, hodge-podge*, olio, porridge, potage, potpourri, pottage, puree, splash, stock, vichyssoise; concepts 457,467 brothel [n] house of prostitution bagnio, bawdy house*, bordello, call house*, cathouse*, den of iniquity*, house of assignation, house of ill repute, house with red doors*, massage parlor, red-light district, whorehouse; concept 449 brother [n1] male sibling blood brother, kin, kinsperson, relation, relative, twin; concepts 414,419 Ant. sister brotherhood [n] association afliation, alliance, clan, clique, community, comradeship, confederacy, coterie, fellowship, fraternity, guild, kinship, league, society, union; concepts 387,388 Ant. sisterhood brow [n] forehead countenance, eyebrow, face, frons, front, mien, temple, top; concept 418 browbeat [v] castigate, nag badger, bludgeon, bluster, bulldoze*, bully, coerce, cow, despotize, domineer, dragoon, frighten, harass, hector, intimidate, lean on*, lord it over*, oppress, overawe, overbear, put heat on*, put the chill on*, put through the wringer*, threaten, tyrannize; concepts 14,52 Ant. boost, coax, compliment, praise brown [adj] dark, burnished color amber, auburn, bay, beige, bister, brick, bronze, buff, burnt sienna, chestnut, chocolate, cinnamon, cocoa, coffee, copper, drab, dust, ecru, fawn, ginger, hazel, henna, khaki, mahogany, nut, ochre, puce, russet, rust, sepia, snuff-colored, sorrel, tan, tawny, terra-cotta, toast, umber; concept 618 brownnose [v] suck up to apple-polish, backscratch, bootlick, curry favor, fawn on, atter, get on the right side of, kiss ass, scratch ones back, suck up to, toady; concepts 59,69 brownnoser [n] sycophant, toady applepolisher, ass-kisser, backscratcher*, backslapper*, bootlicker*, brownnose*, doter, fawner, atterer, unky*, kiss-ass, kowtower, lackey, minion, teachers pet, yes-man, yes-person; concept 423 browse [v] look around; look through check over, dip into*, examine cursorily, feed, ip through, get the cream*, give the once over*, glance at, graze, hit the high spots*, inspect loosely, leaf through, nibble*, once over lightly*, pass an eye over*, peruse, read, read here and there, rife through, riff through, run through, scan, skim, skip through, survey, thumb through wander; concept 623 browser [n] Internet /Web viewing software display program, gateway, Internet service

provider, portal, search engine, web crawler, web directory, web spider; concepts 349,770 bruise [n] black and blue mark under skin black eye, black mark, blemish, boo-boo*, contusion, discoloration, injury, mark, mouse*, swelling, wale, wound; concept 309 bruise [v] break blood vessel; discolor bang up, batter, beat, black, blacken, blemish, bung up*, contuse, crush, damage, deface, do a number on*, injure, mar, mark, pound, pulverize, wound, zing*; concepts 137,246,250 brunette/brunet [adj] dark hair and/or skin bistered, brown, dusky, pigmented, swart, swarthy, tanned, tawny; concepts 406,618 Ant. blond/blonde brunt [n] bad end of a situation burden, force, full force, impact, pressure, shock, strain, stress, tension, thrust, violence; concept 674 brush [n1] tool with bristles for cleaning besom, broom, hairbrush, mop, polisher, sweeper, toothbrush, waxer, whisk; concept 499 brush [n2] ght clash, conict, confrontation, encounter, engagement, fracas, rub, run-in, scrap, set-to, skirmish, tap, touch, tussle; concept 106 brush [n3] scrappy bushes boscage, bracken, brushwood, chaparral, coppice, copse, cover, dingle, fern, gorse, grove, hedge, scrub, sedge, shrubbery, spinney, thicket, undergrowth, underwood; concept 429 brush [v1] touch lightly caress, contact, ick, glance, graze, kiss, scrape, shave, skim, smooth, stroke, sweep, tickle; concept 612 brush [v2] clean, prepare by whisking buff, clean, paint, polish, sweep, wash, whisk, wipe; concepts 165,202 brush aside/brush off [v] ignore; refuse boycott, cold-shoulder*, contradict, cut, deny, disclaim, dismiss, disown, disregard, get rid of, have no time for*, ostracize, override, rebuff, reject, repudiate, scorn, send away, slight, snub, spurn, sweep aside; concept 30 Ant. attend, pay attention, see brush up [v] improve condition clean up, cram, go over, look over, polish up, read up, refresh ones memory, refurbish, relearn, renovate, reread, retouch, review, revise, study, touch up; concepts 202,244 Ant. forget brusque [adj] curt, surly abrupt, bluff, blunt, brief, crusty, discourteous, gruff, hasty, impolite, sharp, short, snappy, snippy, tart, terse, unmannerly; concepts 267,401 Ant. courteous, kind, polite, tactful brutal [adj1] cruel, remorseless barbarous, bloodthirsty, callous, ferocious, gruff, hard, harsh, heartless, impolite, inhuman, insensitive, merciless, pitiless, remorseless, rough, rude, ruthless, savage, severe, uncivil, uncivilized, unfeeling, unmannerly, unmerciful, vicious; concept 401 Ant. generous, humane, kind, nice brutal [adj2] crude, rough animal, bearish, beastly, bestial, brute, brutish, carnal, coarse, feral, ferine, inhuman, inhumane, rude, savage, swinish, unfeeling; concept 544 Ant. gentle, kind, nice brutality [n] cruel treatment atrocity, barbarism, barbarity, bloodthirstiness, brutishness, choke hold*, cruelty, ferocity, erceness, grossness, inhumanity, ruthlessness, sadism, savageness,

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savagery, third degree*, unfeelingness, viciousness; concepts 14,86 Ant. gentleness, humaneness, kindness, niceness brutally [adv] cruelly, without remorse atrociously, barbarically, barbarously, brutishly, callously, demoniacally, diabolically, ferally, ferociously, ercely, hardheartedly, heartlessly, in cold blood, inexorably, inhumanely, inhumanly, meanly, mercilessly, murderously, pitilessly, relentlessly, remorselessly, ruthlessly, savagely, something erce, something terrible, unkindly, unrelentingly, viciously; concept 544 Ant. gently, humanely, kindly, nicely brute [adj] very strong; animal-like animal, beastly, bestial, bodily, carnal, feral, ferine, eshly, instinctive, mindless, physical, senseless, swinish, unthinking; concepts 489,540 Ant. gentle, mild, weak brute [n] barbarian animal, beast, cannibal, creature, critter*, degenerate, devil, end, lout, monster, ogre, rufan, sadist, savage, swine, wild animal; concepts 394,423 Ant. gentleman, humanitarian bubble [n] globule of air air ball*, balloon, barm, bead, blister, blob, drop, droplet, effervescence, foam, froth, lather, sac, spume, vesicle; concept 437 bubble [v] foam, froth up, especially with sound boil, burble, churn, eddy, effervesce, erupt, fester, zz, gurgle, gush, issue, moil, murmur, percolate, ripple, seep, seethe, simmer, smolder, sparkle, spume, stir, swash, trickle, well; concepts 179,469 bubbly [adj1] sparkling aerated, bubbling, carbonated, effervescent, zzy, gassy, spumante; concept 462 Ant. at, still bubbly [adj2] vivacious animated, bubbling, dynamic, effervescent, energetic, enthusiastic, full of beans*, full of life, high-spirited, lively, peppy*, perky, sparkling, spirited, vibrant, zesty; concept 401 Ant. dull, listless buck [n] male animal bull, stag; concepts 394,419 buck [v] resist, kick off bound, combat, contest, dislodge, dispute, duel, ght, jerk, jump, leap, oppose, prance, repel, start, throw, traverse, trip, unseat, vault, withstand; concepts 180,222 bucket [n] container, often for liquids, with handle brazier, can, canister, cask, hod, kettle, pail, pot, scuttle, vat; concept 494 buckle [n] fastener with long pin catch, clamp, clasp, clip, fastening, bula, harness, hasp; concept 450 buckle [v] contort, warp bend, bulge, cave in, collapse, crumple, distort, fold, twist, yield; concept 702 Ant. atten, smooth buckle down [v] concentrate on address, apply oneself, attend to, bend, dedicate oneself to, devote oneself to, exert oneself, give, give oneself over to, keep close to, keep ones mind on, launch into, occupy oneself with, pitch in, set to, throw, turn; concepts 17,87 Ant. be lazy, ignore, relax bucolic [adj] rural or rustic agrarian, agricultural, Arcadian, countried, country, pastoral; concepts 536,583 bud [n] new sprout on plant bloom, blossom, embryo, oret, germ, incipient ower, nucleus, shoot, spark; concept 428

bud [v] sprout burgeon, burst forth, develop, grow, pullulate, shoot; concept 427 Ant. die, shrink, waste, wither budding [adj] developing, owering beginning, blossoming, burgeoning, bursting forth, embryonic, edgling, fresh, germinal, germinating, growing, incipient, maturing, nascent, opening, potential, promising, pubescent, pullulating, shooting up, sprouting, vegetating, young; concept 490 Ant. dying, shrinking, withering buddy [n] friend associate, chum, co-mate, companion, comrade, condant, co-worker, crony, intimate, mate, pal, peer, sidekick; concept 423 Ant. enemy budge [v] dislodge from staid position bend, change, change position, convince, give way, inch, inuence, locomote, move, persuade, propel, push, remove, roll, shift, slide, stir, sway, yield; concepts 68,147 budget [n] nancial plan account, aggregate, allocation, allowance, bulk, cost, estimated expenses, nances, scal estimate, funds, means, planned disbursement, quantity, quantum, resources, spending plan, statement, total; concept 332 budget [v] plan money or action allocate, apportion, calculate, compute, cost, estimate, predict, ration; concepts 36,330 buff [adj] sandy color bare, blonde, canary, ecru, lemon, light brown, nude, ochre, straw, tan, tawny, yellow-brown, yellowish; concept 618 buff [n] enthusiast addict, admirer, acionado, connoisseur, devotee, expert, fan, end*, freak*, habitu, hound, lover, votary; concepts 352,423 Ant. detractor, opponent buff [v] polish to a shine brush, burnish, furbish, glaze, gloss, pumice, rub, sandpaper, scour, shine, smooth; concepts 202,215 buffer [n] safeguard bulwark, bumper, cushion, defense, fender, intermediary, screen, shield, shock absorber; concepts 484,729 buffet [n] meal set out on table for choosing caf, cafeteria, cold table, counter, cupboard, lunch wagon, salad bar, shelf, sideboard, smorgasbord, snack bar; concepts 443,459 buffet [v] hit repeatedly bang, batter, beat, blow, box, bump, clobber, cuff, ail, jolt, knock, pound, pummel, push, rap, shove, slap, smack, spank, strike, thrash, thump, wallop; concept 189 buffoon [n] clownlike person antic, bozo*, clown, comedian, comic, droll, fool, harlequin, jester, joker, merry-andrew, wag, zany; concept 423 bug [n1] bacterium, microorganism bacillus, disease, germ, infection, microbe, virus; concept 306 bug [n2] insect ant, beetle, cootie, ea, gnat, louse, pest, vermin; concept 398 bug [n3] obsession craze, enthusiasm, fad, mania, rage, zeal; concept 532 bug [n4] computer glitch breakdown, computer malfunction, defect, error, failure, fault, aw, hitch, problem, something wrong, trouble; concepts 580,674 bug [v1] bother, disturb abrade, annoy, badger, chafe, gall, get on someone*, harass, irk, irritate, needle, nettle, pester, plague, provoke, vex; concepts 7,19 Ant. not bother

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bug [v2] listen to without permission eavesdrop, listen in, overhear, spy, tap, wiretap; concepts 192,596 bugle [n] musical horn clarion, cornet, misery pipe*, trumpet; concept 262 build [n] physical structure, form body, conformation, constitution, gure, frame, habit, habitus, physique, shape; concept 757 Ant. mind build [v1] construct structure assemble, bring about, carpenter, cast, compile, compose, contrive, engineer, erect, evolve, fabricate, fashion, t together, forge, form, frame, jerry-build, knock together*, make, manufacture, model, prefabricate, produce, put together, put up, raise, rear, reconstruct, sculpture, set up, superstruct, synthesize, throw together*, throw up*; concept 168 Ant. demolish, destroy, dismantle, knock down, raze, ruin, take down build [v2] initiate, found base, begin, constitute, establish, formulate, inaugurate, institute, originate, set up, start; concept 234 Ant. destroy, overthrow, overturn, ruin build [v3] increase, accelerate aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, compound, develop, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, heighten, improve, intensify, magnify, mount, multiply, strengthen, swell, wax; concepts 236,245 Ant. decelerate, decrease, destroy, ruin builder [n] construction worker architect, artisan, constructor, contractor, craftsperson, erector, fabricator, framer, inventor, maker, manufacturer, mason, originator, producer; concept 348 Ant. wrecker building [n] constructed dwelling architecture, construction, domicile, edice, erection, fabric, framework, home, house, hut, pile, superstructure; concepts 439,441 buildup [n] development; accumulation accretion, advertising, enlargement, escalation, expansion, gain, growth, heap, hype, increase, load, mass, plug, promotion, publicity, puff*, stack, stockpile, store; concepts 230,704,787 Ant. decrease, destruction, reduction build up [v] amplify, advertise add to, boost, develop, enhance, expand, extend, fortify, heighten, hype, improve, increase, intensify, plug*, promote, publicize, puff*, reinforce, spotlight, strengthen; concepts 236,245,266 Ant. lessen, let down, play down, weaken built-in [adj] included congenital, constitutional, deep-seated, essential, implicit, inborn, inbred, in-built, incorporated, indwelling, ingrained, inherent, innate, inseparable, integral, part and parcel*; concept 549 Ant. added, extra, not included bulb [n] globular object ball, bunch, corm, corn, globe, head, knob, nodule, nub, protuberance, swelling, tuber, tumor; concept 436 bulge [n] swollen object appendage, bagginess, blob, bump, bunch, bunching, convexity, dilation, distention, excess, excrescence, gibbosity, growth, hump, intumescence, jut, lump, nodulation, nodule, outgrowth, outthrust, projection, prominence, promontory, protrusion, protuberance, sac, sagging, salience, salient, superuity, swelling, tuberosity, tumefaction, tumor, wart; concepts 436,470 Ant. depression bulge [v] project outward bag, balloon, beetle, belly, bilge, billow, bloat, blob, bug out, dilate,

distend, enlarge, expand, extrude, jut, overhang, poke, pop out, pouch, protrude, protuberate, puff out, sag, stand out, stick out, swell; concepts 208,780 Ant. cave in, depress bulk [n1] size, largeness aggregate, amount, amplitude, bigness, dimensions, extent, immensity, magnitude, mass, massiveness, quantity, quantum, substance, total, totality, volume, weight; concept 730 bulk [n2] main part, most best part, better part, biggest share, body, generality, greater number, greater part, gross, lions share*, majority, major part, mass, nearly all, plurality, predominant part, preponderance, principal part; concepts 635,829 bulky [adj] huge awkward, beefy, big, colossal, cumbersome, cumbrous, enormous, gross, heavy, hefty, high, hulking, immense, large, long, mammoth, massive, ponderous, substantial, unhandy, unmanageable, unwieldy, voluminous, weighty; concept 781 Ant. insubstantial, miniature, small, thin, tiny bulldoze [v1] demolish drive, elbow, atten, force, jostle, level, press, propel, push, raze, shove, thrust; concepts 208,252 Ant. build, construct bulldoze [v2] bully, intimidate bludgeon, bluster, browbeat, coerce, cow, dragoon, harass, hector; concept 14 Ant. leave alone bullet [n] small missile ammo*, ammunition, ball, bolt, cap, cartridge, dose*, lead, love letter*, pellet, projectile, rocket, round, shot, slug, trajectile; concept 500 bulletin [n] message, notication account, announcement, break, calendar, communication, communiqu, dispatch, ash*, handout, hot wire*, item, list, news, news ash*, notice, program, publication, release, report, scoop*, skinny*, statement, the dope*, whats going down*, whats happening*; concepts 271,274 bulletin board [n] electronic messaging system bboard, BBS, board, bulletin board system; concepts 349,770 bully [n] domineering person annoyer, antagonizer, browbeater, bulldozer, coercer, harrier, hector, insolent, intimidator, oppressor, persecutor, pest, rascal, rowdy, rufan, tease, tormenter, tough; concept 423 bully [v] intimidate, push around bludgeon, bluster, browbeat, buffalo, bulldoze, coerce, cow, despotize, domineer, dragoon, enforce, harass, hector, lean on, menace, oppress, overbear, persecute, ride roughshod*, showboat*, swagger, terrorize, threaten, torment, torture, turn on the heat*, tyrannize, walk heavy*; concept 14 Ant. allow, leave alone bulwark [n] fortication, support barrier, bastion, buffet, buttress, citadel, defense, embankment, fort, fortress, guard, mainstay, outwork, parapet, partition, protection, rampart, redoubt, safeguard, security, stronghold, vallation; concepts 96,729 Ant. weak point bum [n] beggar bindle*, black sheep*, derelict, drifter, oater, gutterpup*, guttersnipe*, hobo, stiff*, tramp, transient, vagabond, vagrant; concepts 412,423 bummer [n] bad experience disappointment, disaster, downer*, drag*, misfortune; concepts 674,679

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bump [v1] collide, hit, usually with sound bang, bounce, box, buck, bunt, butt, carom, clap, clatter, crack, crash, impinge, jar, jerk, jolt, jostle, jounce, knock, pat, plop, plunk, pound, punch, rap, rattle, shake, slam, slap, smack, smash into, strike, thud, thump, thunder, thwack, whack; concept 189 bump [v2] move over, dislodge budge, displace, remove, shift; concept 213 bump [v3] increment increase, raise, step up; concepts 236,245,780 bump into [v] happen upon chance upon, come across, encounter, hit, light, light upon, luck, meet, meet up with, run across, run into, stumble, tumble; concept 114 bumpy [adj] rough choppy, corrugated, jarring, jerky, knobby, lumpy, potholed*, rugged, rutted, uneven; concepts 485,606 bum rap [n] rotten deal bad break*, bad deal, bad rap*, bum deal*, bummer*, drag*, frameup, lousy deal, misfortune, raw deal, stroke of bad luck*, the shaft*; concepts 674,679 bun [n] baked roll bread, cruller, Danish, doughnut, eclair, mufn, pastry, scone, sweet roll; concept 457 bunch [n] collection of something agglomeration, assemblage, assortment, band, batch, bevy, blob, bouquet, bundle, caboodle*, chunk, clump, cluster, covey, crew, crowd, fascicle, ock, galaxy, gang, gathering, group, heap, host, hunk, knot, lot, mass, mess, mob, multitude, number, oodles*, pack, parcel, party, passel*, pile, quantity, sheaf, shebang*, shock, shooting match*, spray, stack, swarm, team, thicket, troop, tuft; concept 432 Ant. individual, one bunch [v] gather in group assemble, bundle, cluster, collect, congregate, cram, crowd, ock, group, herd, huddle, mass, pack; concept 109 Ant. disperse, divide, scatter, separate, spread bundle [n] accumulation, package of something array, assortment, bag, bale, batch, box, bunch, carton, clump, cluster, collection, crate, group, heap, lot, mass, pack, package, packet, pallet, parcel, pile, quantity, roll, set, stack, wad; concepts 432,787 bundle [v] accumulate, package bale, bind, clothe, fasten, pack, palletize, tie, truss, wrap; concepts 158,202 Ant. disperse, divide, let go, scatter, separate, spread bungle [v] blunder, mess up ball up*, boggle, botch, butcher*, drop the ball*, err, ub, foul up*, fudge*, fumble, goof up*, gum up*, louse up*, make a mess of, mar, mess up, miscalculate, mishandle, mismanage, muff*, ruin, screw up*, spoil; concept 101 Ant. do well, x, manage, succeed bungler [n] person who blunders addlebrain*, blockhead*, blunderer, bonehead*, botcher*, bumbler, butcher*, butterngers*, clod, clumsy oaf*, dolt, donkey*, duffer*, dunce, featherbrain*, fool, foul-up*, fumbler*, goofball*, goof off*, harebrain*, idiot, ignoramus, incompetent, klutz*, mismanager, muddler, muffer*, numskull*, screw up*, spoiler; concepts 412,423 Ant. success bunk [n1] nonsense applesauce*, balderdash, baloney*, bilge*, claptrap, eyewash*, imam*, garbage*, hogwash*, hooey*, horsefeathers*, jazz*, pife*, poppycock, rot*,

rubbish, tomfoolery*, tommyrot*, trash*, twaddle*; concepts 63,278 Ant. sense bunk [n2] twin bed, usually stacked; place to sleep berth, cot, doss, hay, kip, pallet, sack; concept 443 bunt [v] hit half-heartedly butt, lay it down*, meet, sacrice, throw, toss; concepts 189,363 buoy [n] oating device beacon, drift, oat, guide, marker, signal; concept 628 buoyancy/buoyance [n1] lightness in weight airiness, ethereality, oatability, levity, weightlessness; concept 734 Ant. heaviness buoyancy/buoyance [n2] lightness in spirit animation, bounce, cheerfulness, cheeriness, ebullience, effervescence, exuberance, gaiety, good feeling, good humor, happiness, high spirits, jollity, liveliness, pep, spiritedness, sunniness, vim and vigor*, zing*, zip; concepts 410,411 Ant. blues, depression, heaviness buoyant [adj1] light in weight aoat, airy, bouncy, oatable, oating, resilient, supernatant, unsinkable, weightless; concept 491 Ant. heavy, weighted buoyant [adj2] light in spirit animated, blithe, bouncy, breezy, bright, carefree, cheerful, debonair, effervescent, elastic, expansive, full of zip, gay, happy, invigorated, jaunty, jovial, joyful, laid back*, lighthearted, lively, peppy, resilient, sunny, supple, vivacious; concepts 403,404 Ant. depressed, down, heavy, heavy-hearted buoy (up) [v] make light, encourage bolster, boost, buck up, cheer, cheer up, encourage, hearten, keep aoat, lift, prop, raise, support, sustain, uphold; concepts 7,22 Ant. bring down, depress burden [n] mental weight; stress accountability, afiction, albatross*, anxiety, ball and chain*, blame, care, charge, clog, concern, deadweight, difculty, duty, encumbrance, excess baggage*, grievance, hardship, Herculean task, hindrance, load, millstone, misfortune, mishap, obstruction, onus, punishment, responsibility, sorrow, strain, task, tax, thorn in ones side*, trial, trouble, weary load, work, worry; concepts 532,690 Ant. aid, help, relief burden [v] encumber, strain afict, bear down on, bother, crush, cumber, depress, dish it out*, dish out*, dump on*, encumber, give it to, hamper, handicap, hinder, impede, lade, load, make heavy, obligate, oppress, overcharge, overload, overwhelm, pile, press, saddle with, snow*, snow under*, stick it to, strain, tax, trouble, try, vex, weigh down, worry; concepts 7,14,19 Ant. aid, help, relieve burdensome [adj] troublesome carking, crushing, demanding, difcult, disturbing, exacting, exigent, heavy*, irksome, onerous, oppressive, superincumbent, taxing, tough, trying, wearing, wearying, weighty; concept 529 Ant. aiding, helpful, helping, relieving, unburdensome bureau [n1] branch of an organization agency, authority, board, commission, committee, department, division, front ofce*, ofce, salt mines*, service, setup, shop, store; concepts 325,441,449 bureau [n2] chest of drawers chiffonier, commode, desk, dresser, highboy, sideboard, writing desk; concept 443

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bureaucracy [n] system which controls organization administration, authority, beadledom*, city hall*, civil service, directorate, government, management, ministry, ofcialdom, ofcials, powers that be*, red tape*, regulatory commission, the Establishment*, the system*; concepts 325,770 bureaucrat [n] government ofcial administrator, civil servant, desk-jockey*, functionary, ofce-holder, pencil-pusher*, politician, public servant; concepts 347,354 burglar [n] person who steals cat burglar, crook, lcher*, housebreaker, midnighter*, owl*, picklock*, pilferer*, porch-climber*, prowler, robber, safecracker, sneakthief*, thief; concept 412 burglary [n] stealing from residence, business break-in, breaking and entering, caper, crime, lching, heist, housebreaking, larceny, owl job*, pilferage, prowl, robbery, safecracking, second-story work*, sting, theft, thieving; concept 139 burial [n] laying in of dead body burying, deep six*, deposition, entombment, exequies, funeral, inhumation, interment, last rites, obsequies, sepulture; concept 367 burlesque [adj] farcical caricatural, comic, ironical, ludicrous, mock, mocking, parodic, satirical, travestying; concept 555 burlesque [n] bawdy show; vaudeville burly*, caricature, farce, lampoon, lampoonery, mock, mockery, parody, pastiche, peep show, revue, satire, send-up, spoof, strip, takeoff, travesty, vaudeville; concept 263 burly [adj] husky able-bodied, athletic, beefcake*, beefy*, big, brawny, bruising, bulky, gorillalike, hefty, hulking, hulky, hunk, muscular, portly, powerful, stocky, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, thickset, well-built; concept 773 Ant. light, slim, small, thin burn [v1] be on re; set on re bake, be ablaze, blaze, brand, broil, calcine, cauterize, char, combust, conagrate, cook, cremate, enkindle, ame, are, ash, icker, glow, heat, ignite, incinerate, kindle, light, melt, parch, reduce to ashes, rekindle, roast, scald, scorch, sear, set a match to, singe, smoke, smolder, toast, torch, wither; concept 249 Ant. cool, extinguish, put out, quench, smother, wet burn [v2] feel stinging pain bite, hurt, pain, smart, sting, tingle; concept 590 burn [v3] be excited about; yearn for be angry, be aroused, be inamed, be passionate, be stirred up, blaze, boil, breathe re*, bristle, desire, eat up*, fume, lust, rage, seethe, simmer, smoulder, tingle, yearn; concepts 20,29,34 Ant. stie, subdue burn [v4] cheat beat, bilk, chisel, cozen, deceive, defraud, gyp, overreach, ream, swindle, take, trick, use; concepts 59,142 Ant. aid, help burning [adj1] blazing, ashing are, aame, alight, blistering, broiling, conagrant, enkindled, ery, aming, aring, gleaming, glowing, heated, hot, ignited, illuminated, incandescent, in ames, kindled, on re, oxidizing, red-hot*, scorching, searing, sizzling, smoking, smouldering, torrid, white-hot*; concepts 485,605 Ant. cold, cool burning [adj2] fervent, excited all-consuming,

ardent, blazing, eager, earnest, fervid, feverish, frantic, frenzied, heated, hectic, impassioned, intense, passionate, red-hot*, vehement, whitehot*, zealous; concept 403 Ant. apathetic, cold, cool, unexcited, unimportant burning [adj3] stinging, painful acrid, biting, caustic, irritating, painful, piercing, prickling, pungent, reeking, sharp, smarting, tingling; concepts 314,537 burning [adj4] important acute, clamant, clamorous, compelling, critical, crucial, crying, dire, essential, exigent, imperative, importunate, instant, pressing, signicant, urgent, vital; concept 568 Ant. unimportant burnish [v] polish, brighten buff, furbish, glance, glaze, gloss, luster, patina, put on a nish, rub, sheen, shine, smooth, wax; concepts 202,215 Ant. dull, tarnish burrow [n] hole dug by animal couch, den, hovel, lair, retreat, shelter, tunnel; concept 517 burrow [v] dig a hole delve, excavate, hollow out, scoop out, tunnel, undermine; concept 178 Ant. cover, ll burst [n] blow-up, blast access, bang, barrage, blowout, bombardment, breach, break, cannonade, crack, discharge, eruption, explosion, t, are, fusillade, gush, gust, outbreak, outpouring, round, rupture, rush, sally, salvo, shower, spate, split, spurt, storm, surge, torrent, volley; concepts 86,179,208 burst [v] blow up, break out barge, blow, break, crack, detonate, discharge, disintegrate, erupt, explode, y open, fracture, fragment, gush forth, perforate, pierce, pop, prick, puncture, rend asunder, run, rupture, rush, shatter, shiver, splinter, split, spout, tear apart; concepts 179 bury [v1] lay to rest after death consign to grave, cover up, deposit, embalm, ensepulcher, enshrine, entomb, hold last rites for*, hold services for, inearth, inhume, inter, inurn, lay out, mummify, plant*, put away*, put six feet under*, sepulcher, sepulture, tomb; concept 367 Ant. dig out, disinter, uncover bury [v2] conceal, cover cache, cover up, ensconce, enshroud, hide, occult, plant, screen, secrete, shroud, stash, stow away; concepts 172,188 Ant. dig out, reveal, uncover bury [v3] plant in ground drive in, embed, engulf, implant, sink, submerge; concepts 172,257 Ant. dig out bury [v4] engross oneself absorb, concentrate, engage, immerse, interest, occupy, rivet, throw oneself into; concept 24 bush [n] shrubs; woodland backcountry, backwoods, boscage, bramble, briar, brush, chaparral, creeper, forest, hedge, hinterland, jungle, outback, plant, scrub, scrubland, shrubbery, the wild, thicket, vine, wilderness; concept 429 bush-league [adj] second-rate minor league*, small potatoes*; concepts 334,567,574 bushy [adj] shaggy, unkempt bristling, bristly, disordered, feathery, uffy, fringed, full, furry, fuzzy, hairy, heavy, hirsute, leafy, luxuriant, nappy, prickly, rough, rumpled, spreading, stiff, thick, tufted, unruly, wiry, woolly; concepts 406,606 Ant. bald, neat, well-kept busily [adv] actively; intently agilely, animatedly, ardently, arduously, assiduously, briskly,

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carefully, diligently, eagerly, earnestly, energetically, enthusiastically, expeditiously, fervently, hastily, hurriedly, indefatigably, industriously, laboriously, like all get out*, like the devil*, like the dickens*, nimbly, painstakingly, perseveringly, persistently, purposefully, restlessly, seriously, speedily, spiritedly, strenuously, studiously, unremittingly, unweariedly, vigilantly, vigorously, vivaciously, zealously; concept 544 Ant. idly, inactively, quietly business [n1] job, profession bag*, biz*, calling, career, craft, dodge*, employment, eld, function, game, line, livelihood, mtier, occupation, pursuit, racket*, specialty, trade, vocation, what one is into*, work; concept 360 Ant. avocation, recreation, unemployment business [n2] company, enterprise cartel, concern, corporation, establishment, factory, rm, y-by-night operation*, house, institution, market, megacorp*, mill, Mom and Pop*, monopoly, organization, outt, partnership, setup, shoestring operation*, shop, store, syndicate, trust, venture; concepts 325,449 business [n3] commerce, trade affairs, bargaining, barter, buying and selling, capital and labor, commercialism, contracts, deal, dealings, exchange, free enterprise, game, industrialism, industry, manufacturing, market, merchandising, production and distribution, racket*, sales, selling, trading, trafc, transaction, undertaking; concepts 325,770 business [n4] personal concern affair, assignment, beeswax*, carrying on, duty, function, goings-on*, hanky-panky*, happening, interest, issue, lookout, matter, palaver, point, problem, question, responsibility, subject, task, topic; concept 532 businesslike [adj] efcient, professional accomplished, careful, concentrated, correct, diligent, direct, disciplined, earnest, effective, enterprising, expeditious, hardworking, industrious, intent, matter-of-fact, methodical, orderly, organized, painstaking, practical, practiced, purposeful, regular, routine, sedulous, serious, skillful, systematic, thorough, well-ordered, workaday; concepts 326,544 Ant. amateur, disorganized, inefcient, unbusinesslike, unprofessional businessperson [n] professional working person baron, big-time operator*, big wheel*, capitalist, dealer, employer, entrepreneur, executive, nancier, franchiser, gray annel suit*, industrialist, manager, merchandiser, merchant, operator, organization person, small potatoes*, storekeeper, suit*, the bacon*, tradesperson, trafcker, tycoon, wheeler-dealer*; concepts 347,348 bust [n1] chest of human bosom, breast, chest, front; concept 392 bust [n2] arrest for illegal action apprehension, arrest, capture, cop, detention, nab, pickup, pinch, raid, search, seizure; concepts 298,317 Ant. exoneration bust [v1] ruin, impoverish become insolvent, break, crash, fail, fold up, go bankrupt, go into Chapter 11*, pauperize; concept 330 Ant. aid, help bust [v2] arrest for illegal action apprehend, catch, collar, cop*, detain, nab, pick up, pinch,

pull in, raid, run in, search; concepts 298,317 Ant. exonerate, let go bust [v3] physically break burst, fold, fracture, rupture; concept 252 Ant. x, mend bustle [n] quick and busy activity ado, agitation, clamor, commotion, do*, excitement, urry, furor, fuss, haste, hubbub, hurly-burly*, hurry, pother, rumpus, stir, to-do*, tumult, turmoil, uproar, whirl, whirlpool, whirlwind; concept 386 Ant. laziness, relaxation bustle [v] move around quickly, busily bestir, dash, dust, it, utter, fuss, hasten, hum, hurry, hustle, run, rush, scamper, scramble, scurry, scuttle, stir, tear, whirl, whisk; concept 150 busy [adj1] engaged, at work active, already taken*, assiduous, at it*, buried, diligent, employed, engaged, engrossed, having a full plate*, having enough on ones plate*, having sh to fry*, having many irons in the re*, hustling, in a meeting, in conference, industrious, in someone elses possession*, in the eld, in the laboratory, occupied, on assignment, on duty, on the go, overloaded, persevering, slaving, snowed*, swamped*, tied up, unavailable, up to ones ears*, with a customer, working; concepts 326,544,555 Ant. idle, quiet, unbusy, unemployed, unengaged busy [adj2] active, on the go bustling, busy as a beaver*, energetic, full, fussy, hectic, humming*, hustling, lively, popping*, restless, strenuous, tireless, tiring; concept 542 Ant. idle, inactive, lazy busy [adj3] nosy, impertinent butting in, curious, forward, inquisitive, interfering, intrusive, meddlesome, meddling, nebby, obtrusive, ofcious, prying, pushy, snoopy, stirring, troublesome; concept 404 busybody [n] nosy, impertinent person backseat driver*, butt-in*, buttinsky*, eavesdropper, nk*, fussbudget, gossip, intermeddler, intruder, meddler, newsmonger*, nosey parker*, rubberneck*, scandalmonger*, sidewalk superintendent*, snoop, snooper, tattletale, troublemaker, yenta*; concept 423 butcher [n] meat killer, seller boner*, meatmarket person, meat person, processor, skinner*, slaughterer, slayer*; concept 348 butcher [v1] slay and prepare animal for meat beef up, carve, clean, cure, cut, cut down, dress, joint, liquidate, salt, slaughter, smoke, stick; concepts 170,252 butcher [v2] ruin bollix up*, botch, destroy, goof up*, louse up*, make a mess of*, mutilate, screw up*, spoil, wreck; concept 101 butt [n1] end, shaft base, bottom, edge, extremity, fag end, foot, fundament, haft, handle, hilt, shank, stock, stub, stump, tail, tip; concept 827 butt/buttocks [n2] animate rear end back end, backside, behind, bottom, bum*, derrire, fanny*, fundament, gluteus maximus, haunches, hindquarters, posterior, rear, rump, seat, tush*; concept 392 butt [n3] object of joking chump*, clay pigeon*, derision, dupe*, easy mark*, fall guy, fool, goat, jestee*, joke, laughingstock, mark, patsy, pigeon*, sap, setup*, sitting duck*, softie*, subject, sucker, target, turkey, victim; concept 423

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butt [n4] cigarette cancer stick*, cig*, cofn nail*, fag*, smoke*, tobacco; concept 293 butt [v1] bang up against with head batter, buck, buffet, bump, bunt, collide, gore, hook, horn, jab, knock, poke, prod, punch, push, ram, run into, shove, smack, strike, thrust, toss; concept 189 butt [v2] touch, adjoin abut, border, bound, communicate, join, jut, meet, neighbor, project, protrude, verge; concepts 113,747 butterngers [n] a clumsy person bull in a china shop*, bungler, clod, clumsy oaf*, clunker, dolt, duffer*, foozle, fumbler, klutz, lummox, muffer*, schlep; concepts 412,423 butt in [v] meddle barge in, bother, burst in, charge in, chisel in*, cut in, disturb, get into the act*, interject, interrupt, intrude, muscle in, pester, poke ones face in*, pry, put ones two cents in*; concepts 14,159,208,266,384 button [n1] fastener catch, clasp, fastening, frog, knob, stud; concepts 445,471 button [n2] pushbutton adjuster, dial, knob, on/off, power switch, switch, toggle, tuner; concept 201 buttress [n] brace, support abutment, column, mainstay, pier, prop, reinforcement, shore, stanchion, stay, strut, underpinning; concept 440 buttress [v] support, bolster back up, beef up*, brace, build up, bulwark, carry, jack up, jazz up*, prop, reinforce, shore, step up, strengthen, sustain, uphold; concept 250 Ant. let down, weaken buxom [adj] bosomy ample, built, busty, chubby, comely, curvaceous, curvy, fullbosomed, full-gured, healthy, hearty, lusty, plump, robust, shapely, stacked*, voluptuous, well-made, well-proportioned, well-rounded, zaftig*; concept 406 Ant. at, petite, small buy [n] something purchased acquisition, bargain, closeout, deal, good deal, investment, purchase, steal, value; concept 710 buy [v1] purchase acquire, bargain for, barter for, contract for, get, get in exchange, go shopping, invest in, market, obtain, pay for, procure, purchase, redeem, score, secure, shop for, sign for, take; concept 327 Ant. market, sell buy [v2] bribe corrupt, x, grease palm*, have, land, lubricate, oil palm*, ransom, reach, redeem, sop*, square, suborn, tamper; concepts 192,341 buyer [n] someone who purchases client, consumer, customer, easy make*, emptor, end user, patron, prospect, purchaser, representative, shopper, sucker*, user, vendee; concept 348 Ant. marketer, seller buzz [n1] droning sound drone, zz, zzle, hiss, hum, murmur, purr, ring, ringing, sibilation, whir, whisper; concept 595 buzz [n2] gossip comment, cry, grapevine*, hearsay, news, report, rumble*, rumor, scandal, scuttlebutt, talk, whisper; concept 274 buzz [v1] make droning sound bombinate, bumble, drone, zz, zzle, hum, murmur, reverberate, ring, sibilate, whir, whisper, whiz; concept 65 buzz [v2] gossip call, chatter, inform, natter, rumor, tattle; concept 60 buzzword [n] popular word or phrase argot, cant, doublespeak, fuzzword, jargon, lingo,

mediaspeak, phraseology, policyspeak, slang; concept 275 by [adv] near aside, at hand, away, beyond, close, handy, in reach, over, past, through, to one side; concept 586 by [prep1] next to along, alongside, beside, by way of, close to, near, nearby, nigh, over, past, round concept 586 by [prep2] by means of at the hand of, in the name of, on, over, supported by, through, through the agency of, through the medium of, under the aegis of, via, with, with the assistance of; concept 544 bygone [adj] in the past ancient, antiquated, archaic, belated, dated, dead, defunct, departed, down memory lane*, erstwhile, extinct, forgotten, former, gone, gone by, in oblivion, late, lost, of old, of yore, olden, oldfangled, oldfashioned, old-time, one-time, out-of-date, previous, quondam, sometime, vanished, water over the dam*, water under the bridge*; concept 820 Ant. modern, new, recent by hand [v] manually arduously, laboriously, strenuously, the hard way, tooth and nail; concept 544 bypass [v] avoid blink at, burke, circumnavigate, circumvent, depart from, detour, deviate from, nesse, get around, go around, go around the barn*, ignore, let go, neglect, omit, outank, pass around, sidestep, skirt, take back road*, wink at; concepts 30,102 by-product [n] side product after-effect, consequence, fall-out, offshoot, outgrowth, repercussion, result, side effect, spinoff; concepts 230,260 bystander [n] person who watches eyewitness, gaper*, kibitzer*, looker-on, observer, onlooker, passerby, spectator, viewer, watcher, witness; concept 423 Ant. participant byte [n] unit of computer memory data, eight bits, unit; concept 274 byword [n] saying adage, aphorism, apophthegm, axiom, catchphrase, catchword, dictum, epithet, gnome, gnomic saying, handle, maxim, motto, nickname, precept, proverb, saw, shibboleth, slogan, standing joke; concept 275

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cab [n] car for hire carriage, hack, hackney, jitney, taxi, taxicab, tourist car; concept 505 cabaret [n] nightclub with musical performances after-hours joint*, bar, caf, disco, discothque, dive, hideaway, hot spot*, nightery, night spot, speakeasy, supper club, tavern, watering hole*; concepts 447,449 cabin [n] tiny house; lodging berth, box, caboose, camp, chalet, compartment, cot, cottage, crib, deckhouse, home, hovel, hut, lodge, log house, quarters, room, shack, shanty, shed, shelter; concept 516 cabinet [n1] cupboard for storage case, chiffonier, closet, commode, container, depository, dresser, escritoire, locker, repository, wardrobe; concepts 443,494 cabinet [n2] executives serving a leader administration, administrators, advisers, assembly, assistants, authority, brain trust*,

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bureau, bureaucracy, committee, council, counselors, department heads, governing body, government, kitchen cabinet*, ministry, ofcial family; concept 299 cabin fever [n] claustrophobia climbing the walls*, distress, neurosis, restlessness, SAD, seasonal affective disorder, temporary insanity, winter blues; concepts 410,657,748 cache [n] hidden supply accumulation, assets, drop, drop joint, drop-off, fund, hideout, hiding place, hoard, kitty*, nest egg*, plant, repository, reserve, shade, stake, stash, stockpile, store, storehouse, supplies, treasure, treasury, wealth; concepts 446,710 cache [v] hide a supply of something accumulate, bury, conceal, cover, ditch, duck, ensconce, lay away, maintain, park, plant, put away, put in the hole*, save, screen, secrete, squirrel*, squirrel away*, stash, stash away, store; concept 188 cackle [n] a loud laugh chortle, chuckle, cluck, crow, gibber, giggle, gobble, guffaw, quack, snicker, snigger, titter; concept 77 cackle [v] laugh irritatingly babble, blather, burble, chortle, chuckle, cluck, crow, gibber, giggle, gobble, jabber, quack, snicker, snigger, titter; concept 77 cacophonous [adj] harsh sounding clinking, discordant, disharmonic, dissonant, grating, ill-sounding, immusical, inharmonious, jangly, jarring, noisy, raucous, sour, strident, unmusical; concepts 592,594 Ant. quiet cad [n] sly, dastardly person boor, bounder*, clown, creep, cur*, dog*, heel, louse, lout, rake, rascal, rat*, rotter*, rounder*, scoundrel, stinker, worm; concept 412 Ant. gentleman, helper cadaver [n] dead body body, cage, carcass, corpse, deceased, mort*, remains, skeleton, stiff*; concept 390 Ant. being cadaverous [adj] pale, corpselike ashen, bag of bones, blanched, bloodless, consumptive, dead, deathlike, deathly, emaciated, exsanguinous, gaunt, ghastly, ghostly, haggard, pallid, peaked, peaky, sallow, shadowy, sick, skeletal, skeletonlike, skin and bones*, spectral, thin, wan, wasted; concepts 406,491,618 Ant. ushed, lifelike, lively cadence [n] rhythm accent, beat, count, inection, intonation, lilt, measure, meter, modulation, pulse, rhythmus, swing, tempo, throb; concept 65 cadre [n] nucleus of effort core, force, framework, infrastructure, key group, ofcers, organization, personnel, staff; concepts 417,432 caf [n] small, informal restaurant bistro, burger joint, cafeteria, cake shop, chophouse, coffee bar, coffee shop, diner, eating house, grease joint*, greasy spoon*, hash house*, luncheonette, lunchroom, noshery*, pit stop*, quick-lunch, snack bar, soup house, tearoom; concept 449 cafeteria [n] restaurant caf, commissary, lunch counter, lunchroom, snack bar, tea room; concept 449 cage [n] enclosure with bars coop, corral, crate, enclosure, fold, jail, mew, pen, pinfold, pound; concept 494 cage [v] hold in enclosure close in, conne, coop up, enclose, envelop, fence in, hem,

immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate, jail, lock up, mew, pen, restrain, shut in, shut up; concept 191 Ant. free, let go, let out, release cagey [adj] tricky cagey, careful, circumspect, crafty, cunning, leery, secretive, shrewd, sly, wary, wily; concepts 401,545 cahoots [n] conspiracy alliance, collusion, league, partnership; concepts 114,660 cajole [v] attempt to coax; atter apple polish*, argue into, banter, beguile, blandish, bootlick*, brownnose*, build up, butter up*, con, crowd, deceive, decoy, delude, dupe, entice, entrap, get around, get next to*, hand a line*, induce, inuence, inveigle, jolly, lay it on thick*, lure, make up to, maneuver, massage, mislead, oil*, play up to, push, rub the right way*, seduce, snow*, soap*, soften, soft-soap*, spread it on*, stroke, suck up to*, sweeten up*, sweet-talk*, tantalize, tempt, urge, wheedle, work on, work over*; concepts 59,68,75 Ant. bully, force, repel cake [n] bar of something block, brick, loaf, lump, mass, slab; concept 470 calamitous [adj] disastrous; tragic adverse, afictive, blighting, cataclysmic, catastrophic, deadly, deplorable, devastating, dire, fatal, grievous, harmful, heartbreaking, lamentable, messy, pernicious, regrettable, ruinous, unfavorable, unfortunate, woeful; concept 537 Ant. blessed, comforting, favorable, fortunate, happy, joyous, wonderful calamity [n] disaster; tragedy adversity, afiction, blue ruin*, cataclysm, catastrophe, collapse, cross, curtains, distress, downfall, hardship, holy mess*, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, reverse, ruin, scourge, the worst*, trial, tribulation, unholy mess*, visitation, waterloo*, woe, wreck, wretchedness; concepts 674,675 Ant. advantage, blessing, boon, comfort, fortune, good fortune, good luck, happiness, joy, prot calculable [adj] able to be computed or estimated accountable, ascertainable, computable, countable, discoverable, estimable, foreseeable, measurable, predictable, reckonable; concepts 402,762 Ant. incalculable, inestimable, uncomputable calculate [v1] compute or estimate amount account, add, adjust, appraise, assay, cast, cipher, consider, count, determine, divide, dope out*, enumerate, gure, forecast, foretell, gauge, guess, judge, keep tabs*, measure, multiply, number, rate, reckon, size up, subtract, sum, take account of, tally, tot, tote up*, value, weigh, work out; concept 764 calculate [v2] plan on aim, anticipate, assume, bank on, build, count on, depend on, design, intend, judge, plan, reckon, rely on, suppose, think likely, trust; concepts 26,36 calculating [adj] scheming to manipulate artful, canny, careful, cautious, chary, circumspect, considerate, contriving, crafty, cunning, designing, devious, discreet, gingerly, guarded, guileful, intelligent, Machiavellian, manipulative, politic, premeditating, safe, scheming, sharp, shrewd, sly, wary, wily; concepts 401,403 Ant. artless, naive, unassuming, uncalculating calculation [n1] computing, estimating amount adding, arithmetic, ciphering, computation, counting, dividing, estimate, estimation,

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guring, forecast, judgment, multiplying, prediction, reckoning, subtracting, summation, totaling; concepts 28,764 calculation [n2] computed or estimated amount answer, computation, divination, estimate, estimation, guring, forecast, judgment, prediction, prognosis, prognostication, reckoning, reply; concept 787 calculation [n3] forethought canniness, caution, circumspection, contrivance, deliberation, discretion, foresight, planning, precaution, prudence, thought; concept 660 calculator [n] adding machine computer, number cruncher*, PDA, personal digital assistant; concepts 269,463 calendar [n] schedule of events agenda, almanac, annal, bulletin, card, chronology, daybook, diary, docket, journal, lineup, list, log, logbook, menology, pipeline, program, record, register, sked, system of reckoning, tab, table, time, timetable; concepts 274,281,809 calf [n1] leg between knee and ankle foreleg, shin; concept 392 calf [n2] baby cow dogie, freemartin, heifer, maverick, veal, yearling, young bull, young cow; concept 394 caliber [n1] capacity; character ability, appetency, capability, competence, constitution, dignity, distinction, endowment, essence, faculty, force, gifts, habilitation, merit, nature, parts, power, quality, scope, stature, strength, talent, value, virtue, worth, worthiness; concept 411 caliber [n2] size of ammunition bore, class, diameter, gauge, grade, length, measure, measurement, quality, striking power, weight; concept 730 call [n1] yelled statement alarm, calling, command, cry, hail, holler*, scream, shout, signal, whoop, yawp, yell; concept 278 call [n2] demand, announcement appeal, bidding, command, invitation, notice, order, plea, proposal, request, solicitation, subpoena, summons, supplication, visit; concept 53 call [n3] need, cause for action claim, excuse, grounds, justication, necessity, obligation, occasion, reason, right, urge; concept 709 call [n4] normal sound of animal cheep, chirp, cry, note, peep, roar, shriek, song, tweet, twitter, warble; concept 64 call [v1] yell declaration announce, arouse, awaken, bawl, bellow, cry, cry out, exclaim, hail, holler*, hoot, howl, proclaim, roar, rouse, scream, screech, shout, shriek, vociferate, waken, whoop, yawp*, yoo hoo*, yowl; concept 47 Ant. conceal, listen, refrain call [v2] arrange meeting ask, assemble, bid, collect, contact, convene, convoke, gather, invite, muster, phone*, rally, request, ring up, subpoena, summon, telephone; concept 114 Ant. cancel, stop call [v3] entitle address, baptize, christen, denominate, describe as, designate, dub, label, name, style, term, title; concept 62 call [v4] demand or announce action appeal to, appoint, ask, challenge, charge, claim, command, declare, decree, elect, entreat, exact, ordain, order, postulate, pray to, proclaim, require, requisition, set apart, solicit, summon; concept 53 Ant. stop

call [v5] estimate, consider adumbrate, approximate, augur, forecast, foretell, guess, judge, make rough guess, place, portend, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy, put, reckon, regard, think, vaticinate; concepts 28,70 Ant. ignore call [v6] attempt to communicate by telephone beep, blast*, bleep, buzz, contact, get back to*, phone, ring, telephone; concepts 74,266 Ant. receive call [v7] visit at residence or business come by, come over, crash, drop by, drop in, fall by, fall down, hit, look in on, look up, play, pop in*, run in, see, stop by, stop in, swing by; concept 227 call for [v] demand; entail ask for, inquire, involve, lack, necessitate, need, occasion, request, require, suggest, want; concept 646 calling [n] chosen profession art, business, career, craft, day gig*, do*, dodge*, employment, gig*, go*, handicraft, hang*, lifes work, lifework, line, mtier, mission, nine-to-ve*, occupation, play, province, pursuit, racket*, rat race*, slot*, swindle*, trade, vocation, walk of life, work; concept 360 Ant. amusement, avocation, entertainment, hobby, recreation call off [v] discontinue abandon, abort, break off, cancel, desist, drop, kill*, postpone, scrub*, withdraw; concepts 18,211,234 callous [adj] cruel, insensitive apathetic, blind to, careless, case-hardened, cold, cold-blooded, deaf to, hard, hard-bitten, hard-boiled, hardened, hardhearted, heartless, impassive, impenitent, indifferent, indurated, inexible, insensate, insensible, insensitive, insentient, inured, obdurate, soulless, spiritless, stiff, stony, stubborn, thick-skinned, torpid, tough, toughened, unaffected, unbending, uncaring, uncompassionate, unconcerned, unfeeling, unimpressionable, unresponsive, unsusceptible, unsympathetic; concept 404 Ant. compassionate, feeling, kind, nice, sensitive, sympathetic, tender callow [adj] immature crude, green, guileless, inexperienced, infant, jejune, jellybean*, juvenile, kid, low tech*, naive, not dry behind ears*, puerile, raw, sophomore, tenderfoot, unbaked, unedged, unripe, unsophisticated, untrained, untried, young; concepts 578,678, 797 Ant. experienced, initiated, mature, sophisticated calm [adj1] peaceful, quiet (inanimate) at a standstill, at peace, bland, bucolic, cool, halcyon, harmonious, hushed, inactive, in order, low-key, mild, motionless, pacic, pastoral, placid, quiescent, reposeful, reposing, restful, rural, serene, slow, smooth, soothing, still, stormless, tranquil, undisturbed, unrufed, waveless, windless; concepts 544,705 Ant. excited, erce, frenzied, rough, stormy, turbulent, violent, wild calm [adj2] composed, cool (animate) aloof, amiable, amicable, civil, collected, cool as cucumber*, cool-headed, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, equable, gentle, impassive, imperturbable, inscrutable, kind, laid-back*, levelheaded, listless, moderate, neutral, patient, placid, pleased, poised, relaxed, restful, satised, sedate, self-possessed, serene, still, temperate, unconcerned, undisturbed, unemotional,

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unexcitable, unexcited, unappable, unimpressed, unmoved, unrufed, untroubled; concepts 401,404 Ant. agitated, angry, excitable, excited, furious, mad, passionate, roused, rufed, wild, worried calm [n] quietness, composure calmness, dispassion, doldrums, hush, impassivity, imperturbation, lull, patience, peace, peacefulness, peace of mind, placidity, quiet, repose, rest, restraint, serenity, silence, stillness, stoicism, tranquility; concepts 388,411,720 Ant. agitation, anger, madness, restlessness, storminess, terror, turbulence, violence calm [v] make composed, quiet allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, balm, becalm, compose, cool, cool it*, cool out*, hush, lay back*, lull, mitigate, mollify, pacify, placate, quiet, quieten, relax, relieve, sedate, settle, simmer down, softpedal*, soothe, steady, still, stroke, take it easy*, take the edge off*, tranquilize; concept 231 Ant. agitate, anger, disquiet, distract, excite, iname, irritate, outrage, rouse, rufe, worry camaraderie [n] friendship cheer, companionability, companionship, comradeship, conviviality, esprit de corps, fellowship, gregariousness, intimacy, jollity, sociability, togetherness; concept 388 Ant. bad blood, dislike, hate camera [n] photographic equipment 35mm, camcorder, Kodak*, Polaroid*, video camera; concepts 446,463 camouage [n] disguise beard*, blind, cloak, concealment, cover, coverup, deceit, deceptive marking, dissimulation, faking, false appearance, front, guise, mask, masking, masquerade, mimicry, paint, plain brown wrapper*, protective coloring, red herring*, screen, shade, shroud, smokescreen, veil; concept 260 camouage [v] disguise, cover beard*, becloud, befog, cloak, conceal, cover up, deceive, dim, dissemble, dissimulate, dress up, hide, mask, obfuscate, obscure, screen, throw on makeup, veil; concepts 172,188 Ant. reveal, show, uncover camp [adj] consciously affecting the unfashionable, weird, or bizarre affected, arch, articial, avant-garde, Daliesque*, far out*, in*, mannered, mod, ostentatious, pop, posturing, wild; concept 544 camp [n] site for outdoor living bivouac, campre, campground, camping ground, caravansary, chalet, cottage, encampment, hut, lean-to, lodge, log cabin, shack, shanty, shed, summer home, tent, tent city, tepee, tilt, wigwam; concepts 198,516 campaign [n] attempt to win; attack crusade, drive, expedition, ght, movement, offensive, operation, push, warfare; concepts 87,320 campaign [v] attempt to win political election agitate, barnstorm, canvass, contend for, contest, crusade, electioneer, go to grass roots*, hit the trail*, lobby, mend fences*, muckrake, mudsling*, politick, press the esh*, ring doorbells*, run, run for, shake hands and kiss babies*, solicit votes, stand for, stump*, tour, whistle-stop*; concept 300 camper [n] mobile home recreational vehicle, RV, tin can*, Winnebago*; concept 503 campus [n] school grounds dorm, grounds, quad, quadrangle, square, yard; concept 509

can [n1] container, usually metallic aluminum, bottle, bucket, canister, cannikin, gunboat*, gutbucket*, jar, package, pop top*, receptacle, tin, vessel; concepts 476,494 can [n2] toilet head*, john*, johnny*, latrine, lavatory, litter box*, outhouse, pot*, potty*, privy, restroom, sandbox*, throne*, washroom, water closet; concept 443 can [n3] buttocks backside, behind, butt*, derrire, fanny*, fundament, gluteus maximus, hind end, posterior, rump, seat, tush*; concept 418 can [v1] preserve fruit, vegetable bottle, keep, put up; concept 170 can [v2] be able be capable of, be equal to, be up to, be within ones area, be within ones control, can do*, commit, could, cut the mustard*, have it made*, lie in ones power, make it*, make out, make the grade*, manage, may, take care of; concept 630 Ant. cannot can [v3] re from job ax*, boot*, bounce*, cashier, discharge, dismiss, expel, give the heave ho*, kick out*, let go, sack*, terminate; concept 351 Ant. employ, hire canal [n] waterway aqueduct, bottleneck, channel, choke point, conduit, course, cove, ditch, duct, estuary, rth, trench, water, watercourse; concept 514 cancel [v1] call off; erase abolish, abort, abrogate, annul, ax, black out, blot out, break, break off, countermand, cross out, cut, deface, delete, destroy, do away with, do in, efface, eliminate, eradicate, expunge, nish off*, go back on ones word*, kill, obliterate, off*, omit, quash, remove, render invalid, repeal, repudiate, rescind, revoke, rub out, scratch out, scrub*, sink*, smash, squash, stamp across, strike out, torpedo*, total*, trash*, trim*, undo, wash out*, wipe out*, wipe slate clean*, X-out*, zap*; concepts 18,211,234 Ant. allow, approve, arrange, establish, permit, uphold cancel [v2] equal out abort, abrogate, annul, balance out, call off, compensate for, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck, countermand, counterpoise, declare invalid, discard, discharge, frustrate, ignore, invalidate, make up for, negate, neutralize, nullify, offset, overthrow, put an end to, recall, recant, redeem, redress, refute, render inert, render null and void, repeal, repudiate, rescind, retract, revoke, rule out, set aside, suppress, vacate, void; concepts 232,667 Ant. imbalance, tip cancellation [n] calling off; erasure abandoning, abandonment, abolishing, abolition, abrogation, annulment, canceling, deletion, dissolution, dissolving, elimination, invalidating, invalidation, nullication, overruling, quashing, recall, recalling, repeal, repudiation, retirement, retracting, retraction, reversal, reversing, revocation, revoking, undoing, withdrawing; concept 119 Ant. allowance, approval, arrangement, establishment, permission cancer [n] malignant growth big C*, C*, canker, carcinoma, corruption, disease, long illness, malignancy, sickness, tumor; concept 306 Ant. benignity candid [adj] honest aboveboard, bluff, blunt, equal, equitable, fair, forthright, frank, free, frontal, genuine, guileless, impartial, ingenuous, just, objective, open, outspoken, plain, right up

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front*, scrupulous, sincere, straightforward, talking turkey*, telling it like it is*, truthful, unbiased, uncolored, unequivocal, unprejudiced, unpretended, up front*, upright; concept 267 Ant. artful, deceitful, devious, lying, tricky candidate [n] person desiring political ofce, job applicant, aspirant, bidder, claimant, competitor, contender, contestant, dark horse*, entrant, favorite son*, handshaker*, hopeful*, job-hunter, nominee, ofce-seeker, petitioner, possibility, possible choice, pothunter*, runner, seeker, solicitant, stumper*, successor, suitor, whistle-stopper*, write-in*; concept 359 candlestick [n] holder for candles candelabra, candelabrum, menorah, pricket, sconce, taper holder; concept 444 candor [n] complete honesty artlessness, directness, fairness, forthrightness, frankness, glasnost, guilelessness, honesty, impartiality, ingenuousness, naivet, openness, outspokenness, probity, simplicity, sincerity, straightforwardness, truthfulness, unequivocalness, uprightness, veracity; concept 411 Ant. artice, deception, falsehood, guile, lying candy [n] confection bonbon, confectionery, cont, hokum*, jawbreaker*, sweet, sweetmeat; concept 457 cane [n] stick to aid walking of disabled pikestaff, pole, rod, staff, vade mecum, walking stick; concept 479 canker [n] blistered infection bane, blight, blister, boil, cancer, corrosion, corruption, lesion, rot, scourge, smutch, sore, ulcer; concept 306 canker [v] blight, corrupt animalize, bestialize, consume, corrode, debase, debauch, demoralize, deprave, embitter, envenom, inict, pervert, poison, pollute, rot, ruin, scourge, sore, stain, ulcer, vitiate; concept 240 cannibal [n] beast, beastlike human aborigine, anthropophaginian, anthropophagite, anthropophagus, brute, bush dweller, cruel person, head-hunter, ogre, ogress, primitive, rufan, savage; concept 412 cannon [n] large gun Big Bertha*, heavy artillery, howitzer, Long Tom*, mortar, ordnance; concept 500 canny [adj] clever, artful able, acute, adroit, astute, cagey, careful, cautious, circumspect, cunning, dexterous, discreet, foxy*, frugal, having fancy footwork*, hep*, ingenious, intelligent, judicious, knowing, nimble-witted, perspicacious, prudent, quick, quick-witted, sagacious, shrewd, skillful, slick, slippery*, sly, smart, smooth*, street smart*, streetwise*, subtle, wary, watchful, wise, with it*, worldlywise; concept 402 Ant. foolish, inept, silly canoe [n] light, paddled boat coracle, dugout, kayak, outrigger, piragua, pirogue; concept 506 can of worms [n] troublesome problem complication, difculty, entanglement, Gordian knot, hot water*, Pandoras box, predicament, quagmire, quandary, trouble; concepts 532,674,690 canon [n1] rule, edict assize, catalogue, command, commandment, criterion, declaration, decree, decretum, dictate, doctrine, dogma, formula, law, list, maxim, order, ordinance, precept, principle, regulation, roll, screed, standard, statute, table, tenet, touchstone, yardstick; concepts 318,688

canon [n2] a body of the most important, inuential or superior works in music, literature, or art ana, analects, anthology, chrestomathy, classics, collected works, delectus, library, miscellanea, oeuvre, works; concepts 280,432 canonical [adj] accepted, recognized approved, authoritative, authorized, lawful, legal, ofcial, orthodox, received, sanctioned, sound, statutory; concepts 319,535 Ant. unacceptable, unauthorized, uncanonical, unorthodox, unrecognized, unsanctioned canonize [v] sanctify; idolize apotheosize, beatify, besaint, bless, consecrate, dedicate, deify, glorify, idolatrize, love, put on a pedestal*, saint, worship; concepts 32,367 canopy [n] overhanging covering awning, baldachin, cover, marquee, shade, sunshade, umbrella; concepts 440,444 cant [n1] hypocritical statement affected piety, deceit, dishonesty, humbug, hypocrisy, hypocriticalness, insincerity, lip service*, pecksniffery, pharisaicalness, pious platitudes, pomposity, pretense, pretentiousness, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, sham holiness, show; concept 63 cant [n2] jargon argot, dialect, diction, idiom, language, lingo, patois, patter, phraseology, slang, vernacular, vocabulary; concepts 275,278 Ant. standard cant [v] lean, slant angle, bevel, careen, grade, heel, incline, list, recline, rise, slope, tilt, tip; concepts 154,201 cantankerous [adj] difcult, crabby badtempered, bearish, captious, choleric, contrary, cranky, critical, cross, crotchety*, crusty*, disagreeable, dour, grouchy*, grumpy*, huffy*, ill-humored, ill-natured, irascible, irritable, morose, obstinate, ornery*, peevish, perverse, petulant, prickly, quarrelsome, snappish, sour, stuffy*, testy, vinegarish, vinegary; concept 401 Ant. easy, good-natured, happy, nice, pleasant canteen [n1] portable kitchen chuck wagon, mobile kitchen, snack bar, snack shop; concept 449 canteen [n2] container for liquids, used in travels bota, bottle, acon, ask, asket, jug, thermos, water bottle; concept 494 canvas [n1] coarse material awning cloth, duck, y, sailcloth, shade, tarp, tarpaulin, tenting; concept 473 canvas [n2] painting on coarse material art, artwork, oil, picture, piece, portrait, still life, watercolor; concept 259 canvass [v] poll; discuss issues agitate, analyze, apply, argue, campaign, check, check over, consult, debate, dispute, electioneer, examine, inspect, investigate, review, run, scan, scrutinize, sift, solicit, study, survey, ventilate; concepts 24,48,56,300 canyon [n] gulf in mountain area coulee, glen, gorge, gulch, gully, ravine, valley; concepts 509,513 Ant. mountain cap [n] small hat beanie*, beret, bonnet, dink*, fez, pillbox, skullcap, tam, tam oshanter; concept 450 cap [v] outdo a performance beat, best, better, button down*, button up*, can*, clinch*, cob*,

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complete, cover, crest, crown, do to a T*, eclipse, exceed, excel, nish, outshine, outstrip, pass, put the lid on*, surmount, surpass, top, top it off*, transcend, trump, wrap up*; concept 141 capability [n] ability to perform adequacy, aptitude, art, capacity, competence, craft, cunning, effectiveness, efcacy, efciency, facility, faculty, means, might, potency, potential, potentiality, power, prociency, qualication, qualiedness, skill, wherewithal; concept 630 Ant. impotence, inability, incompetence, ineptness capable [adj] able to perform able, accomplished, adapted, adept, adequate, apt, au fait, clever, competent, dynamite, efcient, experienced, reball*, tted, gifted, good, green thumb*, has what it takes*, having know-how*, having the goods*, having the right stuff*, intelligent, knowing the ropes*, knowing the score*, like a one-man band*, like a pistol*, masterly, old hand*, old-timer*, on the ball*, procient, proper, qualied, skillful, suited, talented, there*, up*, up to it*, up to snuff*, up to speed*, veteran; concept 527 Ant. impotent, incapable, incompetent, inept, unable, unskilled, unskillful capacious [adj] ample, extensive abundant, broad, comfortable, commodious, comprehensive, dilatable, distensible, expandable, expansive, extended, generous, liberal, plentiful, roomy, sizable, spacious, substantial, vast, voluminous, wide; concepts 481,772,773,774 Ant. cramped, small, squeezed, tiny capacity [n1] volume; limit of volume held accommodation, amplitude, bulk, burden, compass, contents, dimensions, expanse, extent, full, holding ability, holding power, latitude, magnitude, mass, measure, proportions, quantity, range, reach, retention, room, scope, size, space, spread, standing room only*, sufciency, sweep; concepts 481,736,774,794 capacity [n2] ability; competency adequacy, aptitude, aptness, bent, brains, caliber, capability, cleverness, compass, competence, efciency, facility, faculty, forte, genius, gift, inclination, intelligence, knack, might, power, qualication, readiness, skill, stature, strength, talent, the goods*, up to it*, what it takes*; concepts 409,630 Ant. impotence, inability, incompetence cape [n1] promontory into water arm, beak, bill, chersonese, nger, foreland, head, headland, jetty, jutty, mole, naze, neck, ness, peninsula, point, tongue; concepts 509,514 cape [n2] sleeveless coat bertha, capote, cardinal, cloak, cope, dolman, chu, gabardine, manteau, mantelletta, mantilla, mantle, overdress, paletot, pelerine, pelisse, poncho, shawl, tabard, talma, tippet, Vandyke, victorine, wrap, wrapper; concept 451 caper [n] antic, lark escapade, gag*, gambol, high jinks*, hop, hot foot*, jest, joke, jump, leap, mischief, monkeyshines*, practical joke, prank, put on*, revel, rib*, rollick, shenanigan*, sport, stunt, tomfoolery*, trick; concept 386 caper [v] frolic, cavort blow the lid off*, bounce, bound, cut capers*, cut loose*, dance, frisk, gambol, go on a tear*, hop, horse

around*, jump, kick up ones heels*, leap, let loose*, play, raise hell*, rollick, romp, skip, spring, whoop it up*; concept 384 capital [adj1] main, essential basic, cardinal, central, chief, controlling, dominant, rst, foremost, fundamental, important, leading, major, number one*, outstanding, overruling, paramount, predominant, preeminent, primary, prime, principal, prominent, underlying, vital; concepts 546,568,829 Ant. extra, minor, nonessential, secondary, unimportant capital [adj2] superior best, champion, choice, crack, dandy, delightful, deluxe, excellent, famous, ne, rst, rst-class*, rst-rate*, vestar*, y, great, prime, splendid, superb, top, top-notch*, world-class*; concept 574 Ant. inferior, low-class, minor, poor, unimportant capital [n1] nancial assets business, cash, CD, estate, nances, nancing, fortune, funds, gold, interests, investment, IRA, kitty*, means, money, nest egg*, principal, property, resources, savings, stake, stock, substance, treasure, ways and means*, wealth, wherewithal; concepts 332,710 capital [n2] city of governmental seat control, county seat, metropolis, municipality, political front, principal city, the Hill*; concepts 507,512 capital [n3] upper case written symbol cap, initial, majuscule, small cap, uncial; concept 284 Ant. small capitalism [n] economic system of private ownership commercialism, competition, democracy, free enterprise, free market, industrialism, laissez faire economics, mercantilism, private enterprise; concepts 299,689,770 Ant. communism capitalist [n] person engaged in private ownership of business backer, banker, bourgeois, businessperson, entrepreneur, nancier, investor, landowner, moneybags*, one who signs the checks*, plutocrat, the boss*, the money*; concept 347 Ant. communist capitalize [v] benet from situation avail oneself of, exploit, gain, make capital of, obtain, prot, realize, subsidize, take advantage of; concept 120 capitol [n] building or buildings housing chief governmental ofces Capitol Hill, center, dome, legislative hall, political scene*, seat of government, statehouse; concepts 299,449 capitulate [v] give in bow, buckle under, cave in, cede, come across, come to terms, concede, defer, fold, give away the store*, give out, give up, knuckle under, put out, relent, submit, succumb, surrender, yield; concepts 35,83 Ant. defend, ght capitulation [n] giving in accedence, bowing, buckling, conceding, giving up, knuckling under, relenting, resignation, submission, succumbing, surrender, yielding; concepts 83,410 Ant. defending, ght, ghting caprice [n] sudden change of behavior bee*, caper*, changeableness, contrariety, crotchet, fad, fancy, ckleness, tfulness, fool notion*, freak, gag*, humor, impulse, inconsistency, inconstancy, jerk, kink, mood, notion, peculiarity, perversity, put on*, quirk, rib*, temper, thought, vagary, vein, whim, whimsy;

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concepts 13,410 Ant. constancy, constant, dependability, steadfastness capricious [adj] given to sudden behavior change any way the wind blows*, arbitrary, blowing hot and cold*, careless, changeful, contrary, crotchety, effervescent, erratic, every which way*, fanciful, ckle, tful, aky*, ighty, freakish, gaga*, helter-skelter*, humorsome, impulsive, inconstant, kinky*, lubricious, mercurial, moody, mutable, notional, odd, picky*, punchy*, queer, quirky, temperamental, ticklish, unpredictable, unreasonable, unstable, up and down*, vagarious, variable, volatile, wayward, whimsical, yo-yo*; concept 401 Ant. constant, dependable, sensible, staid, steadfast, steady capsize [v] overturn invert, keel over, roll, tip over, turn over, turn turtle*, upset; concepts 150,152 capsule [adj] shortened form abridged, canned, condensed, epitomized, pocket, potted, tabloid; concepts 531,773 capsule [n] tablet, usually medicine bolus, cap, dose, lozenge, pellet, pill, troche; concepts 260,307 captain [n] chief of vehicle, effort authority, boss, cap, CEO, CFO, chieftain, commander, director, exec*, executive, four-striper*, guide, head, head honcho*, higher up*, leader, master, mistress, number one*, ofcer, operator, owner, pilot, royalty, skip*, skipper*, top*, top dog*; concept 347 caption [n] heading; short description explanation, head, inscription, legend, rubric, subtitle, title, underline; concept 283 captious [adj] very critical acrimonious, cantankerous, carping, caviling, cavillous, censorious, contrary, crabby, cross, demanding, deprecating, disparaging, exacting, exceptive, fault-nding, nicky, hypercritical, irritable, nagging, nitpicking, overcritical, peevish, perverse, petulant, sarcastic, severe, testy, touchy; concepts 267,404 Ant. commendatory, complimentary, encouraging, attering, laudatory, praising captivate [v] attract, enchant allure, beguile, bewitch, charm, dazzle, delight, draw, enamour, enrapture, enslave, ensnare, entertain, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, gratify, grip, hold, hook, hypnotize, infatuate, intrigue, lure, magnetize, make a hit with*, mesmerize, please, rope in*, seduce, spellbind, sweep off ones feet*, take, turn one on, vamp, wile, win; concepts 7,22 Ant. disgust, disillusion, offend, repel, repulse captive [adj1] physically held by force bound, caged, conned, enslaved, ensnared, imprisoned, incarcerated, incommunicado, in custody, jailed, locked up, penned, restricted, subjugated, under lock and key*; concepts 536,554 Ant. free, independent, loose captive [adj2] mentally enchanted, held beguiled, bewitched, charmed, delighted, enraptured, enthralled, fascinated, hypnotized, infatuated; concept 403 Ant. disillusioned, uninterested captive [n] person held physically bondman, bondservant, bondwoman, con, convict, detainee, hostage, internee, prisoner, prisoner of war, slave; concepts 412,423 Ant. free man, independent

captivity [n] physical detention by force bondage, committal, connement, constraint, custody, durance, duress, enslavement, enthrallment, entombment, impoundment, imprisonment, incarceration, internment, jail, limbo, restraint, serfdom, servitude, slavery, subjection, thralldom, vassalage; concepts 191,652 Ant. freedom, independence, liberty, license capture [n] catching, forceful holding abduction, acquirement, acquisition, apprehension, appropriating, appropriation, arrest, bag*, bust*, catch, collar, commandeering, conscation, drop*, ensnaring, fall, gaining, grab*, grasping, hit the jackpot*, hook*, imprisonment, knock off*, laying hold of*, nab*, nail*, obtaining, occupation, pick up*, pinch*, pull*, run in*, securing, seizing, seizure, snatching*, sweep*, taking, taking captive, taking into custody, trapping, trip, winning; concept 90 Ant. freeing, letting go, liberalization, release capture [v] catch and forcefully hold apprehend, arrest, bag*, bust*, catch, collar, conquer, cop, gain control, get, grab*, hook*, land, nab*, nail*, net, occupy, overwhelm, pick up*, pinch*, prehend, pull in, put the cuffs on*, round up*, run in*, secure, seize, snare, snatch, take, take captive, take into custody, take prisoner, trap, tumble; concept 90 Ant. free, let go, liberate, lose, release car [n] vehicle driven on streets auto, automobile, bucket*, buggy*, bus, clunker*, compact, convertible, conveyance, coupe, gas guzzler*, hardtop, hatchback, heap*, jalopy*, jeep, junker*, limousine, machine, motor, motorcar, pickup, ride*, roadster, sedan, station wagon, subcompact, touring car, truck, van, wagon, wheels*, wreck*; concept 505 caravan [n] group traveling together band, camel train, campers, cavalcade, convoy, expedition, procession, safari, train, troop; concepts 432,503 Ant. individual carbohydrate [n] organic compound composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen cellulose, dextrin, dextrose, disaccharide, fructose, galactose, glucose, glycogen, lactose, maltose, monosaccharide, polysaccharide, starch, sucrose, sugar; concept 478 carcass/carcase [n] dead body; framework, base structure body, cadaver, corpse, framework, hulk, mort*, remains, shell, skeleton, stiff*; concepts 390,434 carcinogen [n] cancer-causing agent deadly chemical, health hazard, killer*, mutagen, poison, toxin; concept 675 card [n] piece of paper, often with purposeful writing agenda, badge, billet, calendar, cardboard, check, docket, berboard, identication, label, pass, poster, program, schedule, sheet, square, tally, ticket, timetable, voucher; concepts 260,271 cardiac arrest [n] heart stoppage coronary thrombosis, heart attack, heart failure, myocardial infarction; concept 308 cardinal [adj] important, key basal, basic, central, chief, constitutive, essential, rst, foremost, fundamental, greatest, highest, indispensable, leading, main, overriding, overruling, paramount, pivotal, preeminent, primary, prime, principal, ruling, vital;

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concepts 568,574 Ant. inessential, insignicant, minor, negligible, secondary, unimportant care [n1] personal interest, concern afiction, aggravation, alarm, anguish, annoyance, anxiety, apprehension, bother, burden, chagrin, charge, consternation, discomposure, dismay, disquiet, distress, disturbance, encumbrance, exasperation, fear, foreboding, fretfulness, handicap, hardship, hindrance, impediment, incubus, load, misgiving, nuisance, onus, oppression, perplexity, pressure, responsibility, solicitude, sorrow, stew, strain, stress, sweat, tribulation, trouble, uneasiness, unhappiness, vexation, woe, worry; concepts 410,532 Ant. carelessness, disregard, ignorance, inattention, neglect, negligence, oversight, thoughtlessness care [n2] carefulness, attention to detail alertness, caution, circumspection, concentration, concern, conscientiousness, consideration, diligence, direction, discrimination, effort, enthusiasm, exactness, exertion, fastidiousness, forethought, heed, interest, management, meticulousness, nicety, pains, particularity, precaution, prudence, regard, scrupulousness, solicitude, thought, trouble, vigilance, wariness, watchfulness; concept 657 Ant. carelessness, neglect, negligence, omission, oversight care [n3] custody of person, usually child administration, aegis, auspices, charge, control, direction, guardianship, keeping, management, ministration, protection, safekeeping, superintendence, supervision, trust, tutelage, ward, wardship; concepts 285,295,388 care [v1] tend to attend, baby sit, consider, foster, keep an eye on*, keep tabs on*, look after, mind, mind the store*, minister, mother, nurse, nurture, pay attention to, protect, provide for, ride herd on*, sit, take pains, tend, treasure, wait on, watch, watch over; concepts 110,295 Ant. disregard, ignore, neglect care [v2] regard highly be crazy about*, be fond of*, cherish, desire, enjoy, nd congenial, hold dear, like, love, prize, respect, take to, want; concepts 20,32 Ant. dislike, hate, not care careen [v] tilt; move wildly down path bend, lean, lurch, pitch, sway, tilt; concept 147 career [n1] occupation bag*, calling, course, dodge*, employment, eld, game*, job, lifework, livelihood, number*, pilgrimage, profession, pursuit, racket*, specialty, thing*, vocation, work; concepts 349,360 Ant. amusement, avocation, entertainment, recreation career [n2] course, path course, orbit, passage, pilgrimage, procedure, progress, race, walk; concepts 501,678,692 carefree [adj] lighthearted, untroubled airy, at ease, blithe, breezy, buoyant, calm, careless, cheerful, cheery, cool, easy, easy-going, feelgood*, happy, happy-go-lucky, insouciant, jaunty, jovial, laid back*, radiant, secure, sunny, unanxious, unbothered; concept 404 Ant. anxious, heavyhearted, troubled, worried careful [adj] cautious; painstaking accurate, alert, apprehensive, assiduous, attentive, chary, choosy, circumspect, concerned, conscientious, conservative, cool, deliberate, discreet, exacting, fastidious, nicky, fussy, going to great lengths*, guarded, heedful, judicious, leery, meticulous, mindful, observant, particular,

playing safe*, precise, prim, protective, provident, prudent, punctilious, regardful, religious, rigorous, scrupulous, selfdisciplined, shy, sober, solicitous, solid, thorough, thoughtful, vigilant, wary; concepts 326,542 Ant. careless, inattentive, incautious, thoughtless, uncareful, unconcerned, unscrupulous carefully [adv] cautiously; painstakingly anxiously, attentively, circumspectly, concernedly, conscientiously, correctly, deliberately, delicately, dependably, discreetly, exactly, faithfully, fastidiously, fully, gingerly, guardedly, heedfully, honorably, in detail, laboriously, meticulously, particularly, precisely, providently, prudently, punctiliously, regardfully, reliably, rigorously, scrupulously, solicitously, thoroughly, thoughtfully, trustily, uprightly, vigilantly, warily, watchfully, with forethought, with reservations; concept 542 Ant. carelessly, incautiously, thoughtlessly, uncarefully caregiver [n] person caring for child au pair, babysitter, caretaker, custodian, father, governess, mother, nanny, nurse, parent; concept 348 careless [adj1] without sufcient attention absent-minded, abstracted, casual, cursory, disregardful, forgetful, hasty, heedless, improvident, imprudent, inaccurate, inadvertent, incautious, inconsiderate, indifferent, indiscreet, indolent, injudicious, irresponsible, lackadaisical, lax, loose, mindless, napping, negligent, nonchalant, oblivious, offhand, perfunctory, pococurante, reckless, regardless, remiss, slipshod, sloppy, thoughtless, uncircumspect, unconcerned, unguarded, unheeding, unmindful, unobservant, unreective, unthinking, wasteful; concept 542 Ant. accurate, attentive, careful, cautious, concerned, mindful, painstaking, prudent, ready, thoughtful careless [adj2] artless casual, modest, naive, natural, nonchalant, simple, unstudied; concept 557 Ant. cautious, guarded, kind, mindful, scrupulous caress [n] loving touch cuddle, embrace, endearment, feel, fondling, hug, kiss, pat, pet, petting, snuggle, squeeze, stroke; concepts 375,590 caress [v] touch lovingly bear hug*, brush, buss, clinch, clutch, coddle, cosset, cuddle, dandle, embrace, feel, fondle, graze, handle, hug, kiss, make love, massage, mug, neck, nestle, nuzzle, pat, pet, play around*, rub, squeeze, stroke, toy; concepts 375,612 caretaker [n] person who maintains something baby sitter, concierge, curator, custodian, house-sitter, janitor, keeper, porter, sitter, super*, superintendent, supervisor, warden, watchperson; concept 348 cargo [n] baggage; something to be delivered burden, consignment, contents, freight, goods, haul, lading, load, merchandise, payload, shipload, shipment, tonnage, ware; concepts 338,446 caricature [n] exaggerated description in writing, drawing burlesque, cartoon, distortion, farce, imitation, lampoon, libel, mimicry, mockery, parody, pasquinade, pastiche, puton*, ridicule, satire, send-up*, sham, takeoff*, travesty; concepts 271,386,625 carillon [n] set of bells angelus, chimes,

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glockenspiel, gong, lyra, peal, tintinnabulation, tocsin; concept 595 carnage [n] massacre annihilation, blitz, blood, blood and guts*, blood bath*, bloodshed, butchering, butchery, crime, extermination, gore, havoc, hecatomb, holocaust, homicide, killing, liquidation, manslaughter, mass murder, murder, ofng*, rapine, search and destroy*, shambles, slaughter, slaying, taking out*, warfare, wasting; concept 252 carnal [adj] erotic, sensual animal, bodily, corporal, corporeal, earthly, eshly, genital, impure, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, licentious, lustful, physical, prurient, salacious, sensuous, temporal, unchaste, venereal, voluptuous, vulgar, wanton, worldly; concepts 372,403 Ant. chaste, clean, intellectual, pure, spiritual carnival [n] outdoor celebration amusement park, bacchanal, carny*, carousal, circus, conviviality, exposition, fair, feasting, festival, fete, esta, frolic, gala, grind show*, heyday, jamboree, jollication, jubilee, Mardi Gras, masquerade, merrymaking, orgy, ragbag*, revelry, rout, saturnalia, side show, spree, street fair; concepts 377,386 carnivorous [adj] eating animal esh cannibal, esh-eating, hungry, omnivorous, predatory, rapacious; concept 401 Ant. vegetarian carol [n] joyful hymn ballad, canticle, canzonet, chorus, Christmas song, ditty*, lay, madrigal, noel, song, strain; concepts 263,595 carouse [v] make merry, often with liquor booze, drink, frolic, go on a spree*, have fun, imbibe, paint the town*, paint the town red*, play, quaff, raise Cain*, revel, riot, roister, wassail, whoop it up*; concept 384 Ant. be sad, grieve carp [v] nag bother, cavil, censure, complain, criticize, nd fault, fuss, grumble, hypercriticize, knock, nitpick*, objurgate, pan, peck*, pick at, quibble, reproach; concept 52 Ant. ignore, let go carpal tunnel syndrome [n] wrist irritation repetitive motion disorder, repetitive motion injury, sensorimotor disorder; concept 306 carpenter [n] person who works with wood artisan, builder, cabinetmaker, carps*, chips*, craftsperson, joiner, laborer, mason, woodworker, worker; concept 348 carpet [n] nappy oor covering carpeting, matting, rug, runner, tapestry, throw rug, wall-to-wall*; concept 473 carping [adj] complaining bellyaching*, caviling, censorious, critical, criticizing, deprecatory, disparaging, fault-nding, griping, grouchy, grousing, grumbling, hypercritical, kvetching*, moaning, nagging, niggling, nit-picking*, overcritical, quibbling, scathing, whining; concept 52 Ant. complimentary, forgiving carriage [n1] delivery of freight carrying, conveyance, conveying, delivering, freight, transit, transport, transportation; concepts 148,217 carriage [n2] posture, physical and mental air, aspect, attitude, bearing, behavior, cast, comportment, conduct, demeanor, deportment, gait, look, manner, mien, pace, positure, presence, stance, step; concepts 633,720 carry [v1] transport physical object backpack*,

bear, bring, cart, channel, conduct, convey, convoy, displace, ferry, fetch, freight, funnel, give, haul, heft, hoist, import, lift, lug*, move, pack, pipe, portage, relay, relocate, remove, schlepp*, shift, shoulder*, sustain, take, tote, traject, transfer, transmit, transplant, truck, waft; concepts 148,217 carry [v2] win; accomplish affect, be victorious, capture, drive, effect, gain, get, impel, impress, inuence, inspire, move, prevail, secure, spur, strike, sway, touch, urge; concepts 68,706 Ant. fail, lose carry [v3] broadcast electronically air, bear, communicate, conduct, convey, display, disseminate, give, offer, pass on, publish, relay, release, send, transfer, transport; concepts 217,266 carry on [v1] continue activity achieve, endure, hang on, keep going, last, maintain, perpetuate, persevere, persist, proceed; concept 239 Ant. discontinue, stop carry on [v2] manage operations administer, conduct, direct, engage in, keep, operate, ordain, run; concept 117 Ant. mismanage carry on [v3] lose control emotionally act up, be indecorous, blunder, cut up, lose it*, make a fuss*, misbehave, rage, raise Cain*; concept 633 Ant. be calm carry out [v] complete activity accomplish, achieve, carry through, consummate, discharge, effect, effectuate, execute, nalize, fulll, implement, meet, perform, realize; concept 706 Ant. leave, not nish, stop cart [n] small attachment for transporting barrow, buggy, curricle, dolly, dray, gig, gurney, handcart, palanquin, pushcart, rickshaw, tilbury, truck, tumbrel, two-wheeler, wagon, wheelbarrow; concepts 499,505 cart [v] carry bear, bring, convey, ferry, haul, move, schlepp*, take, tote; concepts 148,217 carte blanche [n] full power, authority blank check, freedom, free hand, free rein, license, permission, power of attorney, prerogative, sanction, say, say-so, unconditional right; concept 376 cartel [n] group which shares business interest bunch*, chain, combine, conglomerate, consortium, corporation, crew*, crowd*, gang*, holding company, megacorp*, mob*, monopoly, multinational*, outt*, plunderbund*, pool, ring*, syndicate, trust; concepts 323,325 carton [n] box for holding items bin, case, casket, chest, coffer, container, corrugated box, crate, pack, package, packet; concept 494 cartoon [n] funny drawing, often with dialogue or caption animation, caricature, comic strip, drawing, lampoon, parody, representation, satire, sketch, takeoff; concepts 280,625 cartoonist [n] person who draws cartoons artist, caricaturist, comic artist, gag person*, gagster*, illustrator, social critic; concept 348 carve [v] cut carefully with sharp instrument block out, chip, chisel, cleave, dissect, dissever, divide, engrave, etch, fashion, form, grave, hack, hew, incise, indent, insculpt, model, mold, mould, pattern, rough-hew, sculpt, shape, slash, slice, stipple, sunder, tool, trim, whittle; concepts 137,176,184 carved in stone [adj] xed established, etched

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in stone*, rm, immutable, permanent, set in concrete*, set in stone*, unchangeable; concepts 488,551,583,649,798 cascade [n] something falling, especially water avalanche, cataract, chute, deluge, downrush, falls, ood, force, fountain, outpouring, precipitation, rapids, shower, spout, torrent, watercourse, waterfall; concepts 514,787 cascade [v] fall in a rush descend, disgorge, ood, gush, heave, overow, pitch, plunge, pour, spew, spill, spit up, surge, throw up, tumble, vomit; concept 179 case [n1] container; items in container bag, baggage, basket, bin, box, cabinet, caddy, caisson, canister, capsule, carton, cartridge, casing, casket, chamber, chassis, chest, coffer, compact, cover, covering, crate, crating, crib, drawer, envelope, folder, grip, holder, integument, jacket, receptacle, safe, scabbard, sheath, shell, suitcase, tray, trunk, wallet, wrapper, wrapping; concept 494 case [n2] circumstance, conditions context, contingency, crisis, dilemma, event, eventuality, fact, incident, occurrence, plight, position, predicament, problem, quandary, situation, state, status; concept 696 case [n3] example case history, exemplication, illustration, instance, occasion, occurrence, representative, sample, sampling, specimen; concept 686 case [n4] matter brought before a court action, argument, cause, claim, dispute, evidence, lawsuit, litigation, petition, proceedings, process, proof, suit, trial; concept 318 case [v] check something in detail canvass, check out, check over, check up, examine, inspect, scrutinize, study, view; concept 103 cash [n] money; assets banknote, bread*, buck*, bullion, cabbage*, chicken feed*, coin, coinage, currency, dinero*, dough*, funds, green stuff*, investment, legal tender, lot, mazumah*, note, payment, pledge, principal, ready assets, refund, remuneration, reserve, resources, riches, savings, scratch*, security, skins*, stock, supply, treasure, wampum*, wherewithal; concepts 340,710 cash [v] exchange for real money acknowledge, break a bill*, change, discharge, draw, honor, liquidate, make change, pay, realize, redeem; concept 330 cashier [n] bank worker accountant, banker, bursar, clerk, collector, paymaster, purser, receiver, teller, treasurer; concept 348 cashier [v] discard, expel ax*, boot*, bounce, break, can*, cast off, discharge, dismiss, displace, drum out*, re, give a pink slip*, give the heave ho*, heave*, remove, sack*, terminate; concepts 211,324 casing [n] covering hull, jacket, sheath, skin, wrapper; concepts 484,750 casino [n] gambling establishment bank, betting house, big store*, club, clubhouse, dance hall, dice joint*, dive, gambling den, hall, honkytonk, house, joint, Monte Carlo, pool hall, roadhouse, rotunda, saloon, track; concept 447 cask [n] rounded container for liquids barrel, barrelet, butt, rkin, hogshead, keg, pipe, tun, vat; concept 494 casket [n] burial box bin, carton, case, chest,

coffer, crate, funerary box, pine box, pinto, sarcophagus, wood overcoat*; concepts 368,494 casserole [n] dish consisting of a combination of cooked food covered dish, goulash, hash, meat pie, pot pie, pottage, stew, stroganoff; concept 457 cast [n1] a throw to the side casting, ejection, expulsion, ing, inging, heave, heaving, hurl, hurling, launching, lob, lobbing, pitch, pitching, projection, propulsion, shooting, sling, slinging, thrust, thrusting, toss, tossing; concept 222 Ant. catch, keeping, retention cast [n2] appearance; shade of color air, complexion, countenance, demeanor, embodiment, expression, face, hue, look, manner, mien, semblance, stamp, style, tinge, tint, tone, turn, visage; concepts 622,716 cast [n3] actors in performance actors, actresses, artists, characters, company, dramatis personae, list, parts, players, roles, troupe; concept 294 cast [n4] molded structure conformation, copy, duplicate, embodiment, facsimile, gure, form, mold, plaster, replica, sculpture, shape; concepts 470,475 cast [v1] throw aside boot, bung*, chuck*, drive, drop, re*, ing, heave, hurl, impel, launch, lob, peg, pitch, project, shed, shy, sling, thrust, toss; concept 222 Ant. catch, gather cast [v2] emit, give aim, bestow, deposit, diffuse, direct, distribute, point, radiate, scatter, shed, spatter, spray, spread, sprinkle, strew, train; concepts 108,624 Ant. receive, take cast [v3] calculate add, compute, count, gure, foot, forecast, number, reckon, sum, summate, tot, total; concept 764 cast [v4] select for activity allot, appoint, arrange, assign, blueprint, chart, choose, decide upon, delegate, design, designate, detail, determine, devise, give parts, name, pick, plan, project; concept 41 caste [n] social class cultural level, degree, estate, grade, lineage, order, position, race, rank, social order, species, sphere, standing, station, status, stratum; concepts 378,388 castigate [v] criticize severely baste, bawl out*, beat, berate, blister, cane, censure, chasten, chastise, chew out*, come down on*, correct, criticize, discipline, drag over the coals*, dress down*, drub, excoriate, ay, og, jump down ones throat*, lambaste, lash, lay out*, lean on*, penalize, pummel, punish, rail, rate, read the riot act*, ream, rebuke, reprimand, scarify, scathe, scold, scorch, scourge, thrash, tongue-lash*, upbraid, whip; concept 52 Ant. compliment, laud, praise castle [n] magnicent home, often for royalty acropolis, alcazar, chteau, citadel, donjon, estate house, fasthold, fastness, fort, fortication, fortress, hold, keep, manor, mansion, palace, peel, safehold, seat, stronghold, tower, villa; concept 516 castrate [v] remove sexual organs alter, asexualize, caponize, change, cut, deprive of virility, desexualize, emasculate, eunuchize, x, geld, mutilate, neuter, spay, sterilize, unsex; concept 310 casual [adj1] chance, random accidental, adventitious, by chance, contingent, erratic, extemporaneous, extempore, uky, fortuitous,

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impromptu, improvised, impulsive, incidental, infrequent, irregular, occasional, odd, offhand, serendipitous, spontaneous, uncertain, unexpected, unforeseen, unintentional, unplanned, unpremeditated; concepts 541,544 Ant. deliberate, painstaking, planned, premeditated casual [adj2] nonchalant, relaxed in manner aloof, apathetic, blas, breezy, cool*, cursory, detached, down home*, easygoing, folksy*, homey*, incurious, indifferent, informal, insouciant, lackadaisical, laid-back*, loose*, low-pressure, mellow, offhand, perfunctory, pococurante, purposeless, remote, unconcerned, unfussy, uninterested, withdrawn; concepts 401,542,589 Ant. formal, serious casualty [n1] accident blow, calamity, catastrophe, chance, contingency, debacle, disaster, misadventure, misfortune, mishap; concept 674 casualty [n2] victim dead, death toll, fatality, injured, killed, loss, missing, prey, sufferer, wounded; concepts 407,423 casuistry [n] overgeneral reasoning chicanery, deception, deceptiveness, delusion, equivocation, evasion, fallacy, lie, oversubtleness, sophism, sophistry, speciousness, spuriousness, trick; concepts 54,63 cat [n] feline animal, sometimes a pet bobcat, cheetah, cougar, grimalkin, jaguar, kitten, kitty, leopard, lion, lynx, malkin, mouser, ocelot, panther, puma, puss, pussy, tabby, tiger, tom, tomcat; concepts 394,400 cataclysm [n] disaster calamity, cataract, catastrophe, collapse, convulsion, crunch*, curtains*, debacle, deluge, disturbance, double trouble*, ood, ooding, holy mess*, inundation, misadventure, ruin, torrent, tragedy, unholy mess*, upheaval, waterloo*, woe; concepts 674,675 Ant. boon, good fortune, happiness, miracle, wonder catalog/catalogue [n] written or printed matter featuring a selection of objects archive, brief, bulletin, calendar, cartulary, charts, classication, compendium, directory, docket, draft, enumeration, gazette, gazetteer, hit list*, index, inventory, list, prospectus, record, register, roll, roster, schedule, slate, specication, syllabus, synopsis, table; concepts 271,280 catalyst [n] something which incites activity adjuvant, agitator, enzyme, goad, impetus, impulse, incendiary, incentive, incitation, incitement, motivation, radical stimulus, reactant, reactionary, spark plug*, spur, stimulant, synergist, wave maker*; concept 712 Ant. block, blockage, preventer, prevention catapult [n] implement for shooting weapon arbalest, ballista, heaver, hurler, pitcher, propeller, shooter, sling, slingshot, tosser, trebuchet; concepts 463,500 catastrophe [n] calamity; unhappy conclusion accident, adversity, afiction, alluvion, bad luck, bad news*, blow, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, contretemps, crash, culmination, curtains*, debacle, denouement, desolation, devastation, disaster, emergency, end, failure, fatality, asco, nale, grief, hardship, havoc, ill, iniction, meltdown*, misadventure, mischance, misery, misfortune, mishap, reverse, scourge, stroke, termination, the worst*, tragedy, trial, trouble, upshot, waterloo*,

wreck; concept 674 Ant. benet, blessing, favor, good fortune, good luck, happiness, miracle, success, wonder catatonic [adj] unaware comatose, confused, hung, suspended, unconscious, wedged; concept 402 catcall [n] heckle boo, Bronx cheer*, derision, gibe, hiss, hoot, jeer, raspberry*, shout, whistle; concepts 44,47 catch-22 [n] no-win situation contradiction, dilemma, lose-lose, paradox, quagmire; concept 532 catch [n1] fastener bolt, buckle, clamp, clasp, clip, hasp, hook, hook and eye, latch, snap; concept 497 catch [n2] trick, hidden disadvantage Catch-22, conundrum, deception, decoy, drawback, y in the ointment*, hitch, joke, puzzle, puzzler, snag, stumbling block, trap; concepts 674,679 catch [v1] ensnare, apprehend arrest, bag, bust*, capture, clasp, claw, clench, clutch, collar, cop, corral, entangle, entrap, get ones ngers on*, glom, glove, grab, grasp, grip, hook, lasso, lay hold of, nab, nail, net, pick, pluck, pounce on, prehend, secure, seize, snag, snare, snatch, take, take hold of, trap; concept 90 Ant. free, let go, let off, lose, misplace, miss, release catch [v2] nd out, discover descry, detect, encounter, expose, hit upon, meet with, spot, surprise, take unawares, turn up, unmask; concept 31 Ant. miss, misunderstand catch [v3] contract an illness become infected with, break out with, come down with, develop, fall ill with, fall victim to, get, incur, receive, sicken, succumb to, suffer from, take; concepts 93,308 Ant. be immune catch [v4] come from behind and grab board, climb on, come upon, cotch, get, go after, grab, hop on, jump, make, overhaul, overtake, pass, ram, reach, run down, take; concept 164 Ant. let go, push catch [v5] hear and understand accept, apprehend, comprehend, discern, feel, follow, get, grasp, perceive, recognize, see, sense, take in, understand; concept 15 catching [adj] contagious (disease) communicable, dangerous, endemic, epidemic, epizootic, infectious, infective, miasmatic, pandemic, pestiferous, pestilential, taking, transferable, transmittable; concept 314 Ant. uncontagious catchword [n] motto byword, catchphrase, household word, maxim, password, refrain, shibboleth, slogan, watchword; concepts 275, 278 catchy [adj] captivating, addictive fetching, haunting, having a good hook*, memorable, popular; concept 544 Ant. boring, dull, ignorable catechize [v] instruct and question ask, crossexamine, drill, educate, examine, grill, inquire, interrogate, query, quiz, teach, train; concepts 48,285 Ant. answer, listen categorical [adj] explicit, unconditional absolute, all out*, certain, clear-cut, denite, denitive, direct, downright, emphatic, express, at out*, forthright, no holds barred*, no strings attached*, positive, specic, straight out, sure, ultimate, unambiguous, unequivocal, unmitigated, unqualied, unreserved; concept 535

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Ant. ambiguous, conditional, equivocal, implied, qualied, questionable, tentative, uncategorical, vague categorize [v] sort by type, classication assort, button down*, class, classify, group, identify, peg*, pigeonhole*, put down as, rank, tab, typecast; concept 39 category [n] classication, type class, department, division, grade, group, grouping, head, heading, kind, league, level, list, order, pigeonhole*, rank, section, sort, tier; concept 378 cater [v] provide, help baby, coddle, cotton, furnish, gratify, humor, indulge, minister to, outt, pamper, pander to, procure, provision, purvey, spoil, supply, victual; concept 136 caterwaul [v] make screeching, crying noise bawl, bicker, howl, quarrel, scream, screech, shriek, squall, wail, yell, yowl; concept 77 catharsis [n] purging, purication ablution, abreaction, cleansing, expurgation, lustration, purgation, purication, release; concepts 13,165,230 Ant. dirtying cathedral [n] large church basilica, bishops seat, chancel, holy place, house of God, house of prayer, house of worship, minster, place of worship, sanctuary, temple; concepts 368,439 catholic [adj] all-embracing, general allinclusive, broad-minded, charitable, comprehensive, cosmic, cosmopolitan, diffuse, eclectic, ecumenical, extensive, generic, global, inclusive, indeterminate, large-scale, liberal, open-minded, planetary, receptive, tolerant, unbigoted, universal, unprejudiced, unsectarian, whole, wide, world-wide; concepts 557,772 Ant. narrow, narrow-minded, specic cattle [n] bovine animals beasts, bovid mammals, bulls, calves, cows, dogies*, herd, livestock, longhorn*, moo cows*, oxen, shorthorns, stock, strays; concept 394 catty [adj] nasty, malicious backbiting, evil, hateful, ill-natured, malevolent, mean, rancorous, spiteful, venomous, vicious, wicked; concept 404 Ant. kind, nice, pleasant caucus [n] group gathered to make decision assembly, conclave, convention, council, gathering, get-together, meeting, parley, session; concepts 301,417 cause [n1] agent, originator account, agency, aim, antecedent, author, basis, beginning, causation, consideration, creator, determinant, doer, element, end, explanation, foundation, genesis, ground, grounds, incitement, inducement, instigation, leaven, mainspring, maker, matter, motivation, motive, object, occasion, origin, prime mover, principle, producer, purpose, root, source, spring, stimulation; concepts 229,661 Ant. consequence, development, effect, end, fruit, issue, outcome, outgrowth, product, result cause [n2] belief; undertaking for belief attempt, conviction, creed, enterprise, faith, goal, ideal, intention, movement, object, objective, plan, principles, purpose; concept 689 cause [v] bring into being; bring about be at the bottom of*, begin, brainstorm*, break in*, break the ice*, breed, bring to pass, come out with*, compel, cook up*, create, dream up*, effect, elicit, engender, evoke, re up*, generate, get things rolling*, give rise to, hatch,

incite, induce, introduce, kickoff*, kindle, lead to, let, make, make up, motivate, muster, occasion, open, originate, precipitate, produce, provoke, result in, revert, secure, sow the seeds, start the ball rolling*, think up, work up; concepts 228,231,241 cause clbre [n] controversial issue bone of contention, celebrated case, controversy, debate, grist for the gossip mill*, hot potato*, moot point, political football*, scandal, war of words; concepts 46,278,665 caustic [adj1] burning, corrosive abrasive, acerbic, acid, acrid, alkaline, astringent, biting, corroding, erosive, keen, mordant, pungent, tart; concept 485 Ant. calm, mild, soothing caustic [adj2] sarcastic acerb, acerbic, acrimonious, bitter, cutting, harsh, incisive, pithy, pungent, rough, salty, satiric, scathing, severe, sharp, stinging, trenchant, virulent; concept 267 Ant. kind, nice, unsarcastic caution [n1] alertness, carefulness attention, canniness, care, circumspection, deliberation, discreetness, discretion, Fabian policy, foresight, forethought, heed, heedfulness, providence, prudence, vigilance, watchfulness; concept 410 Ant. heedlessness, imprudence, indiscretion, neglect, negligence, thoughtlessness caution [n2] warning admonition, advice, bug in ones ear*, caveat, commonition, counsel, forewarning, hint, injunction, monition, notice, omen, premonition, sign, tip*, tip-off*; concepts 78,274 caution [v] warn, advise admonish, alert, exhort, ag, forewarn, give the high sign*, give the lowdown on*, pull ones coat*, put one wise*, tip*, tip off*, urge, wave a red ag*, wise one up*; concept 78 cautionary tale [n] event illustrating a hazard admonition, advisory, caveat, message, omen, portent, red ag*, sign of things to come*, wake-up call*, warning, word to the wise*; concepts 78,274 cautious [adj] careful, guarded alert, all ears*, cagey, calculating, chary, circumspect, considerate, discreet, forethoughtful, gingerly, hedging ones bets*, heedful, judicious, keeping on ones toes*, leery, on the lookout*, playing it cool*, playing safe*, politic, provident, prudent, pussyfoot*, safe, shrewd, taking it easy, taking it slow*, tentative, thinking twice*, vigilant, walking on eggs*, wary, watchful, watching ones step*, watching out, with ones eyes peeled*; concepts 401,403 Ant. careless, hasty, heedless, imprudent, incautious, rash, thoughtless, uncareful, unguarded, unobservant cavalcade [n] parade array, drill, march-past, procession, promenade, review, spectacle, train; concept 432 cavalier [adj] arrogant condescending, curt, disdainful, haughty, high-and-mighty*, insolent, lofty, lordly, offhand, overbearing, proud, scornful, snooty*, snotty*, supercilious, superior; concept 401 Ant. humble, reticent, shy cavalry [n] troops riding horses army, bowlegs*, chasseurs, cuirassiers, dragoons, horse, horse soldiers, hussars, lancers, mounted troops, Mounties, rangers, squadron, uhlans; concept 322

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cave [n] hole in land formation cavern, cavity, den, grotto, hollow, pothole, rock shelter, subterrane, subterranean area; concept 509 caveat [n] warning admonition, alarm, caution, commonition, forewarning, monition, sign; concepts 78,274 cavern [n] hollow in land formation cave, grotto, hole, pothole, subterrane, subterranean area; concept 509 cavernous [adj] hollow and large alveolate, broad, chambered, chasmal, commodious, concave, curved inward, deep, deep-set, echoing, gaping, huge, resonant, reverberant, roomy, sepulchral, socketed, spacious, sunken, vast, wide, yawning; concepts 490,773,796 Ant. lled cavity [n] sunken or decayed area atrium, basin, bursa, caries, chamber, crater, decay, dent, depression, gap, hole, hollow, pit, pocket, sinus, socket, vacuity, void; concept 513 cavort [v] frolic, prance caper, caracole, carry on*, cut loose*, cut up*, dance, fool around*, frisk, gambol, go places and do things*, horse around*, horseplay, monkey around*, play, revel, rollick, romp, roughhouse*, sport; concepts 114,384 cease [v] stop, conclude back off, break off, bring to an end, call it a day*, call it quits*, close, close out, come to an end, culminate, cut it out*, desist, die, discontinue, drop, end, fail, nish, give over, halt, intermit, knock off*, leave off, pack in*, quit, quit cold turkey*, refrain, shut down, stay, surcease, terminate, wind up*; concept 234 Ant. begin, commence, continue, go, initiate, keep on, start cease-re [n] stop in ghting armistice, suspension of hostilities, truce; concepts 230,298,684 ceaseless [adj] never-ending amaranthine, constant, continual, continuous, day and night*, endless, eternal, everlasting, incessant, indefatigable, interminable, nonstop, on a treadmill*, perennial, perpetual, round the clock*, unceasing, unending, uninterrupted, unremitting, untiring, world-without-end*; concept 798 Ant. ceasing, completed, concluded, ending, nished, infrequent, irregular, occasional cede [v] abandon, surrender abalienate, abdicate, accord, alien, alienate, allow, capitulate, come across with*, communicate, concede, convey, deed, drop, fold*, fork over*, give in*, give up, grant, hand over*, leave, make over, part with, relinquish, remise, renounce, resign, sign over, throw in the sponge*, throw in the towel*, transfer, vouchsafe, waive, yield; concepts 108,127 Ant. defend, ght, gain, guard, take over, win ceiling [n1] top of a room baldachin, beam, canopy, covert, dome, fan vaulting, groin, highest point, housetop, plafond, planchement, plaster, roof, roong, timber, topside covering; concept 440 Ant. oor ceiling [n2] maximum legal price, record, superiority, top; concept 836 Ant. minimum celebrate [v] commemorate occasion, achievement beat the drum*, bless, blow off steam*, carouse, ceremonialize, commend, consecrate, dedicate, drink to, eulogize, exalt, extol, feast, fete, glorify, hallow, have a ball*, honor, jubilate, keep, kick up ones heels*, laud, let

loose*, lionize, live it up*, make merry, make whoopee*, mark with a red letter*, memorialize, observe, paint the town red*, party*, perform, praise, proclaim, publicize, raise hell*, rejoice, revel, revere, ritualize, signalize, solemnize; concept 377 Ant. disregard, forget, ignore, neglect, overlook celebrated [adj] distinguished, famous acclaimed, big*, eminent, famed, glorious, great, high-powered, illustrious, immortal, important, large, laureate, lionized, notable, number one*, numero uno*, outstanding, popular, preeminent, prominent, renowned, revered, storied, up there*, well-known, w. k.*; concept 568 Ant. inexalted, inglorious, obscure, plain, unknown celebration [n] commemoration of occasion, achievement anniversary, bash*, birthday, blast*, blowout*, carousal, ceremony, conviviality, festival, festivity, fete, frolic, gaiety, gala, glorication, hilarity, honoring, hoopla, hullabaloo*, jollication, joviality, jubilation, jubilee, keeping, magnication, memorialization, merriment, merrymaking, observance, party, performance, recognition, remembrance, revelry, saturnalia, solemnization, spree, triumph, wingding*; concept 377 celebrity [n1] dignitary ace, big cheese*, big deal*, big gun*, big name*, big shot*, big stuff*, bigwig*, celeb*, cynosure, famous person, gure, heavyweight, hero, hotshot*, immortal, lion*, luminary, magnate, mahatma, major leaguer*, name, notable, personage, personality, somebody, someone, star, superstar, the cheese*, VIP, worthy; concept 423 Ant. nobody celebrity [n2] fame, notoriety distinction, clat, eminence, glory, honor, notability, popularity, preeminence, prestige, prominence, renown, reputation, repute, stardom; concepts 388,668 Ant. obscurity celerity [n] swiftness alacrity, briskness, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, eetness, gait, haste, hurry, hustle, legerity, promptness, quickness, rapidity, speed, speediness, swiftness, velocity, vivacity; concept 755 Ant. slowness, sluggishness celestial [adj] heavenly angelic, astral, beatic, blessed, divine, elysian, empyral, empyrean, eternal, ethereal, godlike, hallowed, holy, immortal, Olympian, otherworldly, seraphic, spiritual, sublime, supernal, supernatural, transcendental, transmundane; concepts 536, 673 Ant. earthly, hellish, infernal, mortal celibacy [n] abstinence from sexual activity abstention, chastity, continence, frigidity, impotence, maidenhood, purity, singleness, virginity, virtue; concept 388 Ant. promiscuousness celibate [adj] abstaining from sexual activity chaste, continent, pure, virgin, virginal, virtuous; concept 372 Ant. active, promiscuous cell [n1] smallest living organism bacterium, cellule, corpuscle, egg, embryo, follicle, germ, haematid, microorganism, spore, unit, utricle, vacuole; concepts 389,478 cell [n2] small room, container alcove, antechamber, apartment, bastille, booth, burrow, cage, cavity, chamber, cloister, closet, compartment, coop, crib, crypt, cubicle, den, dungeon,

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hold, hole, keep, lockup, nook, pen, receptacle, recess, retreat, stall, tower, vault; concepts 448,494,513 cellar [n] underground story of building apartment, basement, subbasement, subterrane, underground room, vault; concepts 440,448 Ant. attic cement [n] gluing, binding material adhesive, binder, birdlime, bond, concrete, epoxy, glue, grout, gum, gunk*, lime, lute, mortar, mucilage, mud*, paste, plaster, putty, rubber cement, sand, sealant, size, solder, stickum*, tar; concept 475 cement [v] attach securely, often with sticky material bind, blend, bond, cohere, combine, connect, fasten, fuse, glue, gum, join, merge, mortar, paste, plaster, seal, solder, stick together, unite, weld; concepts 85,160 Ant. divide, separate, unx cemetery [n] burial ground boot hill*, catacomb, charnel, charnel house, churchyard, city of the dead*, crypt, eternal home*, funerary grounds, garden, Gods acre*, Golgotha, grave, graveyard, marble town*, memorial park, mortuary, necropolis, ossuary, polyandrium, potters eld, resting place, sepulcher, tomb, vault; concepts 305,368 censor [v] forbid; ban; selectively remove abridge, blacklist, black out*, bleach, bleep*, blue-pencil*, bowdlerize, clean up, conceal, control, cork*, criticize, cut, decontaminate, delete, drop the iron curtain*, edit, examine, excise, expurgate, exscind, inspect, launder*, narrow, oversee, prevent publication, purge, purify, put the lid on*, refuse transmission, repress, restrain, restrict, review, revile, sanitize, scissor out*, squelch, sterilize, strike out, supervise communications, suppress, withhold; concepts 121,266 Ant. allow, approve, endorse, permit, sanction censorious [adj] very critical accusatory, captious, carping, caviling, cavillous, chiding, complaining, condemnatory, condemning, critical, culpatory, denouncing, disapproving, disparaging, fault-nding, hypercritical, overcritical, reprehending, reproaching, severe; concept 267 Ant. complimentary, encouraging, attering, laudatory, praising censorship [n] forbiddance; ban blackout*, blue pencil*, bowdlerization, control, forbidding, hush up*, infringing on rights, iron curtain*, restriction, suppression, thought control*; concepts 376,388 Ant. approval, compliment, encouragement, endorsement, praise, recommendation, sanction censure [n] severe criticism admonishment, admonition, blame, castigation, condemnation, disapproval, dressing down, objection, obloquy, rebuke, remonstrance, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reproof, stricture; concepts 52,410 Ant. approval, compliment, encouragement, endorsement, praise, ratication, recommendation, sanction censure [v] condemn; criticize severely abuse, admonish, animadvert, asperse, attack, backbite, berate, blame, carp at, castigate, cavil, chastise, chide, contemn, cut up*, denigrate, denounce, deprecate, disapprove, discipline, disparage, exprobate, nd fault with, get after, impugn, incriminate, judge, knock, lecture, look

askance, ostracize, pick apart, pull apart, read out*, rebuff, rebuke, remonstrate, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, take to task*, tear apart*, tell off, upbraid; concept 52 Ant. allow, approve, compliment, endorse, laud, permit, sanction census [n] head count demographics, demography, enumeration, poll, population tally, statistics, stats; concepts 283,786 center [adj] middle at halfway point, centermost, deepest, equidistant, inmost, inner, innermost, inside, interior, intermediary, intermediate, internal, mean, medial, mid, middlemost, midpoint, midway; concepts 583,585,830 Ant. bordering, edging, exterior, marginal, outside, peripheral center [n1] middle point axis, bulls-eye, centrality, centriole, centrum, core, cynosure, equidistance, essence, focal point, focus, gist, heart, hotbed, hub, inside, interior, intermediacy, kernel, mainstream*, marrow, middle of the road*, midpoint, midst, nave, navel, nucleus, omphalos, pith, pivot, place, polestar, quick, radial point, root, seat; concept 830 Ant. border, boundary, edge, exterior, exteriority, margin, outside, outskirts, periphery, rim, surroundings center [n2] point of attraction for visitors, shoppers, travelers capital, city, club, concourse, crossroads, focal point, focus, heart, hub, mall, market, marketplace, mart, meeting place, metropolis, nerve center, plaza, polestar, shopping center, social center, station, town, trading center; concepts 435,438,507 center [v] concentrate, draw together attract, bring to a focus, bring together, centralize, close on, collect, concenter, consolidate, converge upon, focalize, focus, gather, intensify, join, medialize, meet, unify; concepts 35,84 Ant. disperse, dissipate centerpiece [n] highlight best part, center of attention, climax, focal point, heart, high point, high spot, hub, keynote, main event, main feature, nucleus; concept 832 central [adj] main, principal; in the middle axial, basic, cardinal, center, centric, centroidal, chief, dominant, equidistant, essential, focal, foremost, fundamental, important, inmost, inner, interior, intermediate, key, leading, master, mean, median, mid, middle, middlemost, midmost, midway, nuclear, outstanding, overriding, paramount, pivotal, predominant, primary, prime, radical, ruling, salient, signicant, umbilical; concepts 567,583,830 Ant. exterior, minor, outside, peripheral, secondary centralize [v] concentrate, draw toward a point accumulate, amalgamate, assemble, compact, concenter, condense, consolidate, converge, focus, gather, incorporate, integrate, organize, rationalize, streamline, systematize, unify; concepts 35,84 Ant. decentralize, disperse, scatter centrifugal [adj] radiating from a central point deviating, diffusive, divergent, diverging, eccentric, efferent, outward, radial, spiral, spreading; concepts 581,584 Ant. centripetal ceramics [n] pottery china, pots, slipware, terracotta, wares; concept 174 cereal [n] edible grain bran, breakfast food,

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corn, grain, oats, rice, rye, wheat; concepts 428,831 cerebral [a] using ones brain analytical, brainy, deep, erudite, intellectual, intelligent, recondite, scholarly, smart; concept 402 ceremonial [adj] ritual, formal august, conventional, imposing, liturgical, lofty, mannered, ritualistic, solemn, stately, studied, stylized; concept 548 Ant. informal, unceremonial ceremonious [adj] ritual, formal civil, courteous, courtly, decorous, deferential, dignied, exact, grandiose, impressive, majestic, moving, precise, proper, punctilious, seemly, solemn, starchy, stately, stiff, striking; concept 548 Ant. informal, relaxed, unceremonious, unobserved ceremony [n1] ritual; celebratory observation ceremonial, commemoration, custom, formality, function, liturgy, observance, ordinance, parade, rite, sacrament, service, show, solemnity, tradition; concept 386 ceremony [n2] etiquette ceremonial, conformity, decorum, form, formal courtesy, formalism, formality, nicety, politeness, pomp, preciseness, prescription, propriety, protocol, strictness, usage; concept 388 certain [adj1] condent assertive, assured, believing, calm, cocksure, convinced, positive, questionless, sanguine, satised, secure, selfcondent, sure, unconcerned, undisturbed, undoubtful, undoubting, unperturbed, untroubled; concept 403 Ant. doubtful, doubting, hesitant, uncertain, uncondent, unsure certain [adj2] undoubtable, valid absolute, ascertained, authoritative, clear, conclusive, conrmable, denite, demonstrable, destined, determined, establishable, evident, rm, xed, genuine, guaranteed, having down pat*, incontrovertible, indubitable, infallible, in the bag*, irrefutable, known, on ice*, plain, positive, predestined, provable, real, reliable, safe, salted away*, set, sound, supreme, sure, sure thing*, true, trustworthy, unambiguous, undeniable, undoubted, unequivocal, unerring, unmistakable, veriable; concepts 535,582 Ant. doubtful, dubious, faltering, questionable, uncertain, unreliable, unsure certain [adj3] xed assured, bound, certied, concluded, decided, denite, determined, ensured, established, guaranteed, insured, set, settled, stated, stipulated, sure, warranted; concept 535 Ant. uncertain, undecided, unxed, unpredictable certain [adj4] referring to a specically known amount a couple, a few, dened, divers, express, individual, many, marked, numerous, one, particular, precise, regular, several, singular, some, special, specic, specied, sundry, upwards of, various; concept 557 certainly [adv] without doubt absolutely, assuredly, cert*, exactly, for a fact, of course, positively, posolutely*, right on*, surely, unquestionably, without fail; concept 535 Ant. doubtfully, dubiously, equivocally, questionably certainty [n1] positive assurance all sewn up*, authoritativeness, belief, certitude, cinch, condence, conviction, credence, deniteness, dogmatism, faith, rmness, indubitableness, inevitability, lock*, lockup*, open and shut case*,

positiveness, positivism, rain or shine*, setup, shoo-in*, staunchness, steadiness, stock, store, sure bet*, surere*, sureness, sure thing*, surety, trust, validity, wrap-up; concepts 638,725 Ant. ambiguity, doubt, hesitation, questionableness, uncertainty certainty [n2] fact, resulting truth consequence, foregone conclusion, inevitable result, reality, sure thing*, surety; concept 230 Ant. concept, idea, theory certicate [n] authorizing document afdavit, afrmation, attestation, authentication, authorization, certication, coupon, credential, deed, diploma, docket, documentation, endorsement, guarantee, license, paper, pass, permit, receipt, record, sheepskin*, shingle, testament, testication, testimonial, testimony, ticket, voucher, warrant, warranty; concepts 271,685 certify [v] declare as true accredit, approve, ascertain, assure, attest, authenticate, authorize, aver, avow, commission, conrm, corroborate, endorse, guarantee, license, notify, okay, profess, reassure, rubber-stamp*, sanction, show, state, swear, testify, validate, verify, vouch, witness; concepts 50,88 Ant. contradict, counteract, deny, disavow, discredit, invalidate, reject, repudiate cessation [n] ending abeyance, arrest, break, break-off*, breather*, cease, ceasing, close, conclusion, cutoff*, desistance, discontinuance, downtime*, end, nish, freeze*, grinding halt, halt, halting, hiatus, intermission, interruption, interval, layoff*, let-up*, pause, recess, remission, respite, rest, screaming halt*, standstill, stay, stop, stoppage, suspension, termination, time off, time-out*; concept 119 Ant. beginning, commencement, start chafe [v1] rub, grind against abrade, bark, corrode, damage, erode, excoriate, gall, grate, graze, hurt, impair, iname, irritate, peel, rufe, scrape, scratch, skin, wear; concept 215 chafe [v2] annoy abrade, anger, annoy, bother, exasperate, exercise, fret, fume, gall, grate, harass, incense, iname, irk, irritate, itch, offend, provoke, rage, rasp, rub, rufe, scrape, scratch, vex, worry; concepts 7,19 Ant. make happy chaff [n] waste crust, debris, dregs, husks, pod, refuse, remains, rubbish, shard, shell, trash; concept 679 chaff [v] joke, ridicule banter, deride, fun, jeer, jolly, josh, kid, mock, rag*, rally, razz*, rib*, scoff, taunt, tease; concept 273 chagrin [n] displeasure annoyance, balk, blow, crushing, discomture, discomposure, disgruntlement, dismay, disquiet, dissatisfaction, embarrassment, fretfulness, frustration, humiliation, ill-humor, irritation, letdown, mortication, peevishness, shame, spleen, upset, vexation; concepts 410,674 Ant. delight, gladness, happiness, joy, pleasure, triumph chagrin [v] cause displeasure abash, annoy, confuse, crush, discomt, discompose, disconcert, disgrace, dismay, displease, disquiet, dissatisfy, embarrass, humiliate, irk, irritate, mortify, peeve, perturb, shame, upset, vex; concepts 7,19 Ant. delight, make happy, please chain [n1] succession, series alternation, catena, concatenation, conglomerate, consecution,

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continuity, group, order, progression, row, sequence, set, string, syndicate, train, trust; concepts 432,727,769 chain [n2] connected metal links; jewelry made of such links bond, bracelet, cable, clinker*, connection, coupling, fetter, iron, lavaliere, link, locket, manacle, pendant, shackle, trammel; concepts 446,476,499 chain [v] manacle in metal attach, bind, conne, connect, enslave, fetter, handcuff, hold, moor, restrain, shackle, tether, tie up, trammel; concepts 85,160 chair [n1] single-seat furniture armchair, bench, cathedra, recliner, rocker, sling*; concept 443 chair [n2] person in or position of authority captain, chairperson, director, fellowship, helm, instructorship, leader, monitor, position of control, principal, professorate, professorship, throne, tutor, tutorship; concepts 348,376 chairperson [n] person in charge of proceedings administrator, captain, chair, director, introducer, leader, moderator, monitor, president, presider, principal, prolocutor, speaker, spokesperson, symposiarch; concepts 348,376 challenge [n] dispute, question claiming, confrontation, dare, deance, demanding, demur, interrogation, objection, protest, provocation, remonstrance, summons to contest, test, threat, trial, ultimatum; concepts 53,532 Ant. agree, answer, decide, win challenge [v] dispute, question accost, arouse, ask for, assert, beard, brave, call for, call out, claim, confront, cross, dare, defy, demand, denounce, exact, face down, face off, face the music*, y in the face of*, hang in*, impeach, impose, impugn, inquire, insist upon, investigate, invite competition, make a point of, make a stand, object to, provoke, query, reclaim, require, search out, stand up to, stick it out, stimulate, summon, tax, test, throw down the gauntlet*, try, vindicate; concept 53 Ant. agreement, answer, decision, victory chamber [n1] small compartment, room alcove, antechamber, apartment, bedchamber, bedroom, box, case, cavity, cell, chest, container, cubicle, enclosure, at, hall, hollow, lodging, pocket, room, socket; concepts 448,494 chamber [n2] legislative body assembly, council, legislature, organization, representatives; concept 299 champion [adj] best, excellent blue-ribbon, boss*, capital, chief, choice, cool, dandy, distinguished, rst, greatest, head, illustrious, out of sight*, out of this world*, outstanding, premier, prime, principal, prize-winning, splendid, super, superior, tip top*, top drawer*, topight*, top-notch*, tops*, unbeaten, undefeated, world class*; concept 574 Ant. poorest, worst champion [n] defeater in competition; preeminent supporter advocate, ally, backer, challenger, champ, conqueror, defender, endorser, exponent, expounder, guardian, hero, heroine, medalist, nonpareil, number one*, numero uno*, paladin, partisan, patron, proponent, protector, supporter, sympathizer, the greatest*, titleholder, top dog*, upholder, vanquisher, victor, vindicator, warrior, winner; concept 366 Ant. loser champion [v] advocate, support back, battle, contend, defend, espouse, ght for, go to bat

for*, patronize, plead for, promote, put in a good word for*, ride shotgun for*, side with, stand behind, stand up for, support, thump for, uphold; concepts 10,69 Ant. be against, oppose championship [n] contest for ultimate victor crown, crowning achievement, elimination, playoffs, showdown, title match, tournament, winner takes all*; concept 363 chance [adj] accidental, unforeseeable adventitious, at random, casual, contingent, uky, fortuitous, fortunate, happy, inadvertent, incidental, lucky, odd, offhand, unforeseen, unintentional, unlooked for, unplanned; concept 552 Ant. designed, foreseeable, planned, understood chance [n1] possibility, probability break, contingency, fair shake*, ghting chance*, indications, liability, likelihood, long shot*, look-in, occasion, odds, opening, opportunity, outlook, prospect, scope, shot*, show, squeak, time, wager; concept 650 Ant. assurance, certainty, design, law, plan, scheme chance [n2] fate, luck accident, advantage, adventure, bad luck, break, cast, casualty, coincidence, contingency, destination, destiny, doom, even chance, uke, fortuity, fortune, future, gamble, good luck, hap*, haphazard, happening, hazard, heads or tails*, hit*, in the cards*, kismet, lot, lottery, luck out*, lucky break, misfortune, occurrence, odds, outcome, peradventure, peril, providence, risk, stroke of luck*, throw of the dice*, toss-up*, turn of the cards*, way the cookie crumbles*, wheel of fortune*; concept 679 Ant. aim, design, plan, scheme chance [n3] gamble, risk bet, craps game*, fall of the cards*, hazard, jeopardy, lottery, rafe, speculation, stake, throw of the dice*, try, venture, wager; concept 363 chance [v1] risk, endanger attempt, cast lots, draw lots, gamble, go out on a limb, have a ing at, hazard, jeopardize, play with re*, plunge, put eggs in one basket*, put it on the line*, roll the dice*, run the risk, skate on thin ice*, speculate, stake, stick ones neck out*, take shot in the dark*, tempt fate*, tempt fortune*, toss up*, try, venture, wager, wildcat; concept 87 Ant. aim, design, plan, scheme, understand chance [v2] happen arrive, befall, be ones fate, betide, blunder on, break, bump, come, come about, come off, come to pass, fall out, fall to ones lot, go, hap*, hit upon, light, light upon, luck, meet, occur, stumble, stumble on, transpire, tumble, turn up; concept 4 chancy [adj] dangerous, risky capricious, contingent, dicey, erratic, uctuant, uky, hazardous, iffy*, incalculable, precarious, problematic, problematical, rocky, speculative, ticklish, touchy, tricky, uncertain, unpredictable, unsound, whimsical; concepts 552,587 Ant. certain, not dangerous, safe, secure, sure, tried chandelier [n] light hanging from ceiling candelabrum, candleholder, corona, crown, electrolier, gasolier, light xture, luster; concept 444 change [n1] something made different; alteration about-face*, addition, adjustment, advance, break, compression, contraction, conversion, correction, development, difference, distortion, diversication, diversity,

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innovation, metamorphosis, modication, modulation, mutation, novelty, permutation, reconstruction, renement, remodeling, reversal, revision, revolution, shift, surrogate, switch, tempering, transformation, transition, transmutation, turn, turnover, variance, variation, variety, vicissitude; concepts 230,260,701 change [n2] substitution; replacement conversion, exchange, ip-op*, interchange, swap, switch, trade, turnaround; concept 128 change [n3] smaller currency in exchange for larger chicken feed*, coins, copper, dimes, nickels, pennies, pin money*, pocket money, quarters, silver, spending money; concept 340 Ant. bill, dollar change [v1] make or become different accommodate, adapt, adjust, alter, alternate, commute, convert, diminish, diverge, diversify, evolve, uctuate, make innovations, make over, merge, metamorphose, moderate, modify, modulate, mutate, naturalize, recondition, redo, reduce, reform, regenerate, remake, remodel, renovate, reorganize, replace, resolve, restyle, revolutionize, shape, shift, substitute, tamper with, temper, transgure, transform, translate, transmute, transpose, turn, vacillate, vary, veer, warp; concepts 228,232,235,701 Ant. continue, hold, keep, persist, remain, stay change [v2] substitute, replace alternate, barter, convert, displace, exchange, interchange, invert, remove, reverse, shift, supplant, swap, switch around, trade, transmit, transpose; concept 128 changeable [adj] erratic agitated, capricious, changeful, commutative, convertible, ckle, tful, ighty, uctuating, uid, impulsive, inconstant, indecisive, irregular, irresolute, irresponsible, kaleidoscopic, mercurial, mobile, movable, mutable, permutable, protean, restless, reversible, revocable, shifting, skittish, spasmodic, transformable, transitional, uncertain, unpredictable, unreliable, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, vagrant, variable, variant, varying, versatile, volatile, wavering, whimsical; concept 534 Ant. certain, changeless, constant, xed, lasting, reliable, stable, steady, sure, unchangeable, undeviating channel [n1] pathway, usually containing water approach, aqueduct, arroyo, artery, avenue, canal, canyon, carrier, chamber, chase, conduit, course, dig, ditch, duct, uting, furrow, gouge, groove, gully, gutter, main, means, medium, pass, passage, pipe, raceway, route, runway, sewer, slit, sound, strait, tideway, trough, tube, tunnel, vein, watercourse, way; concepts 501, 514 channel [n2] means agency, agent, approach, avenue, course, instrument, instrumentality, instrumentation, medium, ministry, organ, route, vehicle, way; concepts 6,660,770 channel [v] direct, guide carry, conduct, convey, funnel, pipe, route, send, siphon, traject, transmit, transport; concepts 187,217 chant [n] chorus of song carol, croon, hymn, incantation, intonation, lilt, melody, psalm, shout, singing, song, trill, tune, warble; concepts 263 chant [v] sing simple song or song part cantillate, carol, chorus, croon, descant, doxologize, drone, intone, recite, shout, tune, vocalize, warble; concepts 65,77

chaos [n] utter confusion anarchy, ataxia, bedlam, clutter, disarray, discord, disorder, disorganization, entropy, free-for-all*, holy mess*, lawlessness, misrule, mix-up, mobocracy, muddle, pandemonium, rats nest*, snarl, topsy-turviness*, tumult, turmoil, unruliness; concepts 230,674 Ant. calm, harmony, normality, order, organization, quiet, system chaotic [adj] utterly confused anarchic, deranged, disordered, disorganized, every which way*, harum-scarum*, helter-skelter*, lawless, purposeless, rampageous, riotous, topsy-turvy*, tumultuous, turbid, turbulent, uncontrolled; concept 548 Ant. calm, harmonized, normal, ordered, organized, quiet, systematic chaperon [n] person who accompanies for supervision alarm clock*, babysitter*, bird dog*, companion, escort; concept 423 chaperon [v] accompany for supervision attend, carry, conduct, consort with, convoy, escort, guide, oversee, protect, safeguard, shepherd, supervise, watch over; concepts 114,714 chaplain [n] minister in church cleric, member of clergy, pastor, preacher, priest, rabbi, turnaround collar*; concept 361 chapter [n] section of book or group of items afliate, branch, clause, division, episode, member, offshoot, part, period, phase, stage, topic, unit, wing; concepts 270,382,832 char [v] scorch, sear burn, carbonize, cauterize, singe; concept 249 character [n1] individuality appearance, aspect, attribute, badge, bent, caliber, cast, complex, complexion, constitution, crasis, disposition, emotions, estimation, ethos, frame, frame of mind, genius, grain, habit, humor, kind, makeup, mettle, mood, morale, mystique, nature, personality, quality, record, reputation, repute, sense, set, shape, singularity, sort, specialty, spirit, standing, streak, style, temper, temperament, tone, trait, turn, type, vein; concept 411 character [n2] integrity courage, fame, honor, intelligence, mind, name, place, position, rank, rectitude, rep, report, reputation, repute, standing, station, status, uprightness; concept 668 character [n3] odd person card*, case*, clown, crank*, customer*, duck*, eccentric, gure, freak, nut, oddball, oddity, original*, personage, personality, queer, spook*, wack*, weirdo, zombie*; concepts 412,423 character [n4] written symbol cipher, device, emblem, gure, hieroglyph, letter, logo, mark, monogram, number, numeral, rune, sign, type; concept 284 character [n5] portrayal of another impersonation, part, personication, role; concept 263 characteristic [adj] typical; distinguishing appropriate, diagnostic, differentiating, discriminating, discriminative, distinctive, distinguishing, emblematic, especial, essential, exclusive, xed, idiosyncratic, inborn, inbred, indicative, individual, individualistic, individualizing, ingrained, inherent, innate, local, marked, native, normal, original, particular, peculiar, personal, private, proper, regular, representative, singular, special, specic, symbolic, symptomatic, unique; concepts 542,547,550 Ant. abnormal, uncharacteristic, untypical

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characteristic [n] typical feature, trait affection, aspect, attribute, badge, bag, bearing, bent, caliber, cast, complexion, component, differentia, disposition, distinction, earmark, endowment, essence, essential, faculty, avor, frame, idiosyncrasy, inclination, individuality, lineament, mannerism, mark, mood, nature, originality, particularity, peculiarity, personality, point, property, quality, singularity, specialty, streak, stripe, style, symptom, temperament, tendency, thing, thumbprint, tinge, tone, trademark, turn, virtue; concept 411 Ant. abnormality characterize [v] typify, distinguish belong to, brand, button down*, constitute, dene, delineate, describe, designate, differentiate, discriminate, feature, identify, indicate, individualize, individuate, inform, make up, mark, outline, peculiarize, peg, personalize, pigeonhole*, portray, represent, signalize, singularize, stamp, style, symbolize, tab, typecast; concept 644 charade [n] pretense deception, disguise, fake, farce, make-believe, mimicry, pageant, pantomime, parody, pretension, pretentiousness, put-on, travesty, trick; concept 59 charge [n1] accusation allegation, beef*, complaint, gripe, imputation, indictment, plaint, stink*; concepts 44,317 Ant. exculpation, exoneration, freeing charge [n2] attack assault, blitz, blitzkrieg, invasion, mugging, onset, onslaught, outbreak, push, rush, sortie; concept 86 Ant. retreat charge [n3] burden care, commitment, committal, concern, custody, deadweight, duty, millstone, must, need, obligation, ofce, onus, ought, responsibility, right, safekeeping, task, tax, trust, ward, weight; concepts 532,709 charge [n4] price asked for something amount, bad news*, bite, cost, damage, expenditure, expense, nick, outlay, payment, price, price tag, rate, squeeze, tab, tariff, tick; concept 329 charge [n5] command behest, bidding, dictate, direction, exhortation, injunction, instruction, mandate, order, precept, word; concepts 53,274 charge [n6] supervisory responsibility care, conduct, custody, handling, intendance, management, oversight, running, superintendence, superintendency, supervision, ward; concept 117 charge [v1] accuse arraign, blame, blow the whistle on*, censure, criminate, drag into court*, nger*, hang something on*, impeach, impugn, impute, incriminate, inculpate, indict, involve, peg, point the nger at*, reprehend, reproach, tax, turn on, whistle-blow*; concepts 44,317 Ant. exculpate, exonerate, free charge [v2] attack assail, assault, blindside, bolt, buck, bushwhack*, chase, dash, invade, jump on, lunge, mug, rush, smash, stampede, storm, tear; concept 86 Ant. retreat charge [v3] load, tax afict, burden, choke, clog, commit, cram, crowd, cumber, encumber, entrust, ll, heap, impregnate, instill, lade, pack, penetrate, permeate, pervade, pile, ram, saddle, saturate, suffuse, transfuse, weigh; concepts 107,156,740 charge [v4] order something done adjure, ask, bid, command, direct, enjoin, entrust, exhort,

instruct, request, require, solicit, tell, warn; concepts 53,78 charge [v5] ask a price demand, x price at, impose, levy, price, require, sell for; concepts 330,345 Ant. pay charge [v6] pay with credit card book, buy on credit, chalk up, cuff, debit, encumber, go into hock*, incur debt, nick*, paste*, put on account, put on ones card, put on the cuff, put on the tab, receive credit, run up; concepts 327,330 Ant. pay by check, pay cash charisma [n] great personal charm allure, animal magnetism*, appeal, dazzle, drawing power, fascination, ash, glamour, it*, magnetism, pizzazz*, something*, star quality, witchcraft, witchery; concept 411 charismatic [adj] charming alluring, appealing, hypnotic, larger than life*, magnetic, mesmerizing, poised; concepts 529,537 charitable [adj1] giving, generous accommodating, all heart, altruistic, benecent, benevolent, benign, big*, bighearted*, bountiful, eleemosynary, good, helpful, humane, humanitarian, kind, kindly, lavish, liberal, obliging, philanthropic, sympathetic; concepts 334,542 Ant. inhumane, malevolent, mean, uncharitable, unkind, unsympathetic charitable [adj2] kind, lenient all heart*, benevolent, big*, bighearted*, broad-minded, clement, considerate, easy, favorable, forbearing, forgiving, gracious, humane, indulgent, kindly, lenient, magnanimous, merciful, sympathetic, thoughtful, tolerant, understanding; concept 404 Ant. hard, harsh, inhumane, mean, rough, severe, tough charity [n1] generosity, gift alms, alms-giving, assistance, benefaction, benecence, contribution, dole, donation, endowment, fund, gifting, hand*, hand-out, helping hand*, largesse, oblation, offering, philanthropy, relief, writeoff; concepts 337,657 Ant. stealing, taking charity [n2] kindness, compassion affection, agape, altruism, amity, attachment, benevolence, benignity, bountifulness, bounty, caritas, clemency, fellow feeling, generosity, goodness, goodwill, grace, humaneness, humanity, indulgence, kindliness, lenity, love, magnanimity, mercy, tenderheartedness; concepts 32,411 Ant. malevolence, uncharitableness, unkindness charlatan [n] swindler cheat, con, con artist, fake, fraud, imposter, mountebank, phony, pretender, quack, rip-off artist*, sham; concepts 260,412 charm [n1] enchantment, allure agreeableness, allurement, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, beauty, bewitchery, charisma, chemistry, conjuration, delightfulness, desirability, fascination, glamour, grace, it*, lure, magic, magnetism, pizzazz*, something*, sorcery, spell, star quality, witchery; concepts 411,673 Ant. repulsion charm [n2] talisman amulet, fetish, good-luck piece, juju, lucky piece, madstone, mascot, phylactery, rabbits foot, trinket, zemi; concepts 284,446 charm [v] enchant allure, attract, beguile, bewitch, cajole, captivate, delight, draw, enamor, enrapture, ensorcell, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, grab, hex, hypnotize, inveigle, kill*, knock

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dead*, knock out*, magnetize, mesmerize, please, possess, put under a spell*, send*, slay*, spell*, sweep off feet*, take*, tickle, tickle pink*, transport, turn on*, vamp, voodoo, wile, win, win over, wow*; concepts 7,22 Ant. displease, irritate, offend, repel, repulse, turn off charming [adj] captivating absorbing, alluring, amiable, appealing, attractive, bewitching, charismatic, choice, cute, dainty, delectable, delicate, delightful, desirable, electrifying, elegant, enamoring, engaging, engrossing, enthralling, entrancing, eye-catching, fascinating, fetching, glamorous, graceful, infatuating, inviting, irresistible, likable, lovable, lovely, magnetizing, nice, pleasant, pleasing, provocative, rapturous, ravishing, seducing, seductive, sweet, tantalizing, tempting, titillating, winning, winsome; concept 404 Ant. frightening, irritating, offensive, repellent, repulsing, repulsive, terrifying chart [n] map, plan blueprint, diagram, graph, outline, plat, plot, rough draft, scheme, sketch, table, tabulation; concepts 625,660 chart [v] plan, map out arrange, block out, blueprint, cast, delineate, design, devise, draft, graph, lay out, outline, plot, project, shape, sketch; concepts 36,174 charter [n] treaty, agreement allotment, bond, code, concession, constitution, contract, conveyance, deed, document, endowment, franchise, grant, indenture, license, pact, patent, permit, prerogative, privilege, right, settlement; concepts 684,685 charter [v] reserve, commission allow, authorize, borrow, contract, employ, engage, hire, lease, let, license, permit, rent, sanction; concepts 48,50,88,89 Ant. cancel chary [adj] careful, cautious cagey, calculating, canny, circumspect, considerate, constrained, discreet, economical, fastidious, frugal, gingerly, guarded, heedful, hesitant, inhibited, leery, loath, miserly, particular, prudent, reluctant, restrained, safe, scrupulous, sparing, stingy, suspicious, thrifty, uneasy, wary, watchful; concepts 401,587 Ant. careless, hasty, heedless, incautious, rash, uncareful, willing chase [n] pursuit hunt, hunting, quest, race, venery; concept 207 Ant. escape, retreat chase [v] run after, pursue bird-dog*, charge, chivy, course, drive, drive away, expel, follow, go after, hound, hunt, run down, rush, seek, shag*, speed, take off after*, tear, track, track down, trail; concept 207 Ant. escape, retreat, run away chasm [n] gap, abyss abysm, alienation, arroyo, blank, breach, cavity, cleavage, cleft, clough, clove, crater, crevasse, ssure, ume, gorge, gulch, gulf, hiatus, hole, hollow, omission, opening, oversight, preterition, ravine, rent, rift, schism, skip, split, void, yawn; concept 513 Ant. closure, junction, juncture chaste [adj] pure, incorrupt austere, celibate, clean, continent, controlled, decent, decorous, elegant, immaculate, impotent, inexperienced, innocent, intemerate, modest, monogamous, moral, neat, platonic, proper, prudish, quiet, rened, restrained, simple, spotless, stainless, subdued, unaffected, unblemished, uncontaminated, undeled, unstained, unsullied, unwed,

vestal, virginal, virtuous, wholesome; concepts 372,404 Ant. corrupt, deled, dirty, lewd, unchaste, wanton chasten [v] correct, humiliate abase, admonish, afict, berate, call down, castigate, chastise, chide, cow, curb, discipline, exprobate, fulminate against, have on the carpet*, humble, objurgate, penalize, punish, rake over the coals*, rebuke, reprehend, repress, reprimand, reproach, reprove, restrain, scold, scourge, soften, subdue, take to task, tame, tonguelash*, try, upbraid; concepts 52,122 Ant. aid, animate, assist, boost, cheer, comfort, embolden, encourage, help, honor, uplift chastise [v] scold, discipline baste, beat, berate, castigate, censure, chasten, chew out*, climb all over*, correct, ferule*, og*, lash*, lay into*, lean on*, pummel, punish, ream, scourge, skelp, slap down*, spank, thrash, upbraid, whip; concepts 52,122 Ant. cheer, comfort, compliment, encourage, forgive, inspirit, promote chastity [n] celibacy, purity abstemiousness, abstinence, chasteness, cleanness, continence, decency, demureness, devotion, honor, immaculacy, innocence, integrity, modesty, monogamy, morality, naivet, restraint, singleness, sinlessness, spotlessness, temperance, uprightness, virginity, virtue; concept 633 Ant. dirtiness, fornication chat [n] talk, often short babble, bull session, chatter, conversation, converse, gab*, gas*, gossip, heart-to-heart*, hot air*, jabber*, palaver, prattle*, rap*, rap session*, tte--tte, visit, yak*; concept 278 Ant. quiet, silence chat [v] talk, gossip babble, blab*, burble, cackle, chatter, chew the fat*, chew the rag*, converse, gab*, go on*, jaw*, prate, prattle*, run on*, shoot the breeze*, yap*; concept 266 Ant. be quiet chat room [n] interaction via computer data communication channel, live discussion, net event, room; concepts 349,770 chatter [n] constant or rapid talk babble, blather, chat, chitchat, gas*, gossip, jabber*, palaver, prattle*, twaddle, yakking*; concepts 266,278 Ant. drawl chatter [v] speak fast and non-stop babble, blab*, blather, cackle, chat, chitchat, clack, gab*, gabble, gas*, gibber, go on and on, gossip, jabber, jaw*, natter, palaver, prate, prattle*, tattle, twaddle, twiddle, yak*; concept 266 Ant. drawl chatty [adj] talkative colloquial, communicative, conversational, familiar, friendly, gabby, garrulous, gossipy, informal, intimate, looselipped, loquacious, multieloquent, spontaneous, talky; concept 267 Ant. quiet, silent, untalkative chauvinism [n] extreme devotion to a belief or nation bellicism, ethnocentricity, fanatical patriotism, fanaticism, jingoism, narrowness, nationalism, zealotry; concept 689 Ant. unbias cheap [adj1] inexpensive at a bargain, bargain, bargain-basement*, bargain-counter, bought for a song*, budget, buy, cheapo*, competitive, cost next to nothing*, cut-price, cut-rate, depreciated, dime a dozen*, easy on the pocketbook*, economical, half-priced, irregular, low-cost, lowered, low-priced, low tariff,

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marked down, moderate, nominal, on sale, popularly priced, real buy*, reasonable, reduced, sale, slashed, standard, steal, uncostly, undear, utility, worth the money*; concept 334 Ant. costly, dear, expensive cheap [adj2] inferior, low in quality bad, base, bogus, catchpenny, cheesy, common, commonplace, crappy*, cruddy, dud, ashy, garbage, garish, glitzy*, junky*, lousy, mangy, mean, mediocre, meretricious, no bargain*, no good, ordinary, paltry, poor, ratty, raunchy, rinkydink*, rotten, rubbishy, scroungy, second-rate, shoddy, sleazy, small-time*, tatty, tawdry, terrible, trashy, trumpery, two-bit, valueless, white elephant*, worthless; concept 589 Ant. excellent, noble, precious, priceless, superior, valuable, worthy cheap [adj3] low, vulgar abject, base, beggarly, contemptible, despicable, dirty, dishonest, mean, pitiable, scurvy, shabby, sordid, sorry, tawdry, vile; concept 542 Ant. sophisticated, superior, upper cheap [adj4] concerned with saving money mean, mingy, miserly, penny-pinching, stingy, thrifty, tight*, tight-wad*; concept 332 cheapen [v] diminish worth abase, beat down, belittle, corrupt, damage, debase, decline, decry, degrade, demean, denigrate, depreciate, derogate, devalue, discredit, disparage, downgrade, drop, fall, lose value, lower, mar, mark down, minimize, reduce, render worthless, ruin, spoil, undervalue, write off; concept 240 Ant. appreciate, enhance, increase, raise, upgrade cheat [n1] person who fools others bluff, charlatan, chiseler, con artist, condence operator, conniver, cozener, crook, deceiver, decoy, defrauder, dodger, double-crosser*, doubledealer*, enticer, fake, hypocrite, impostor, inveigler, jockey, masquerader, pretender, quack, rascal, rogue, scammer*, shark, sharper, shyster, swindler, trickster; concept 412 cheat [n2] trick artice, baloney, bamboozlement*, bill of goods*, bunco, chicanery, con, con game, cover up, cozening, deceit, deception, dirty pool*, dirty trick*, dodge, doubledealing*, fake, fast one, fast shufe*, x, imam, frame, fraud, gyp, hanky-panky*, hoax, hoaxing, humbug, hustle, imposture, jazz, jive, plant, put-on, racket, rip-off, run around, scam, sell, shady deal, sham, shell game, snow job*, spoof, sting, stunt, swindle, trickery, whitewash, wrong; concept 59 cheat [v1] defraud, fool bamboozle*, beat, beguile, bilk, bleed, bunco, burn, caboodle, chisel, con, cozen, crib, cross, deceive, defraud, delude, diddle*, do*, do a number on*, double-cross, double-deal, dupe, fast talk, nagle, eece, imam, fudge*, give bum steer*, gouge, gyp*, hoodwink, hose, jerk around, milk, mislead, pull ones leg*, ream*, rip off*, rook*, rope in*, sandbag, scam, screw, shaft, short, shuck, skin, snow, stiff, sucker, swindle, take, take for a ride*, take in, take out, trick, trim, two-time, victimize; concepts 59,139,192 cheat [v2] frustrate, thwart bafe, check, defeat, deprive, foil, prevent; concept 121 check [n1] inspection, examination analysis, audit, checkup, control, inquiry, investigation,

poll, rein, research, review, scrutiny, test; concept 103 check [n2] restraint, hindrance blow, constraint, control, curb, damper, disappointment, frustration, grunt, harness, holdup, impediment, inhibition, limitation, obstruction, rebuff, rejection, restrainer, reversal, reverse, setback, stoppage, trouble; concepts 121,130,230 Ant. aid, allowance, assistance, help, indulgence, liberation, permission check [n3] symbol for ticking off cross, dot, line, mark, score, sign, stroke, tick, X*; concept 284 check [n4] pattern of squares checkerboard, patchwork, plaid, quilt, tartan; concept 436 check [v1] inspect, examine analyze, ascertain, audit, balance account, candle, case, compare, conrm, correct, count, enquire about, eyeball*, nd out, frisk, go through, investigate, keep account, look at, look over, look see*, make sure, monitor, note, overlook, probe, prove, quiz, review, scout out, scrutinize, study, take stock, tell, test, try, verify; concepts 24,103 check [v2] hinder, restrain arrest, bafe, bar, bit, bottleneck*, bridle, checkmate, choke, circumvent, constrain, control, counteract, curb, cut short, delay, discourage, foil, frustrate, halt, harness, hold, hold back, hold down, hold in, impede, inhibit, interrupt, keep back, limit, moderate, neutralize, nip in the bud*, obstruct, obviate, pause, play for time, preclude, prevent, rebuff, reduce, rein in, repress, repulse, retard, slacken pace, slow down, snub, squelch, stay, stop, suppress, tame, terminate, thwart, withhold; concepts 121,130 Ant. aid, allow, assist, expedite, help, indulge, liberate, permit checkered [adj] patterned checky, diversied, motley, mutable, patchwork, plaid, quilted, spotted, variegated; concept 486 cheek [n1] side of human face chop*, choppers*, gill, jowl; concept 418 cheek [n2] audacity, boldness brashness, brass*, brazenness, chutzpah*, condence, disrespect, effrontery, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence, lip*, nerve*, presumption, rudeness, sauce*, temerity; concept 633 Ant. humbleness, meekness, timidity cheeky [adj] impudent audacious, ballsy*, bold, brash, brazen, disrespectful, forward, impertinent, insolent, insulting, nervy, saucy; concepts 401,404 cheep [v] vocalize as a bird chip, chipper, chirp, chirrup, peep, tweedle, tweet, twitter; concept 64 cheer [n1] happiness animation, buoyancy, cheerfulness, cheeriness, comfort, delight, encouragement, exuberance, gaiety, geniality, gladness, glee, good cheer, hilarity, hopefulness, jauntiness, jocundity, joy, joyousness, lightheartedness, liveliness, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, optimism, solace; concept 410 Ant. depression, gloom, gravity, melancholy, sadness, seriousness, unhappiness cheer [n2] applause, supportive yell acclamation, approbation, approval, cry, encouragement, hurrah, hurray, huzzah, ovation, plaudits, roar, shout; concepts 69,77 Ant. boo cheer [v1] make someone feel happier animate, brace up, brighten, buck up*, buoy, comfort, console, elate, elevate, embolden, encourage,

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enliven, exhilarate, give a lift*, gladden, hearten, help, incite, inspirit, let the sun shine in*, perk up, pick up, put on cloud nine*, put on top of the world*, snap out of it*, solace, steel, strengthen, uplift, upraise, warm; concepts 7,22 Ant. bring down, depress, dishearten, make unhappy cheer [v2] encourage in activity acclaim, applaud, clap, hail, hurrah, plug*, rise to, root, salute, sound off for, support, yell; concept 69 Ant. discourage, dishearten, dissuade cheerful [adj] happy airy, animated, blithe, bouncy, bright, bucked, buoyant, cheery, chipper, chirpy, contented, effervescent, enlivening, enthusiastic, full of pep, gay, glad, gladsome, good-humored, good-natured, hearty, high, hilarious, hopeful, in good spirits, in high spirits, jaunty, jocund, jolly, joyful, lighthearted, lively, merry, optimistic, peppy, perky, pleasant, roseate, rosy, sanguine, snappy, sparkling, sprightly, sunny, sunny side up*, up*, upbeat, vivacious, winsome, zappy, zingy, zippy; concepts 403,404 Ant. cheerless, depressed, gloomy, grave, heavy, melancholy, sad, serious, unhappy cheering [adj] encouraging auspicious, bright, comforting, heartening, hopeful, promising, propitious; concept 529 Ant. dejecting, depressing, discouraging, disheartening cheerless [adj] depressing, unhappy austere, black, bleak, blue, comfortless, dark, dejected, dejecting, depressed, desolate, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, dolorous, drab, draggy, drearisome, dreary, dull, forlorn, funereal, gloomy, grim, in the dumps*, jarring, joyless, melancholy, miserable, mopey, mournful, oppressive, sad, somber, sorrowful, sullen, tenebric, uncomfortable, wintry, woebegone, woeful; concept 403 Ant. bright, cheerful, happy, uplifting chef [n] cook chief cook and bottle washer*, cuisinier, culinary artist, gourmet chef, hash slinger*, sous chef; concept 348 chemical [adj] concerned with atom and molecule change actinic, alchemical, enzymatic, synthesized, synthetic, synthetical; concept 536 cherish [v] care about deeply admire, adore, appreciate, apprize, care for, clasp, cleave to, cling to, coddle, comfort, cosset, cultivate, defend, dote on, embrace, encourage, enshrine, entertain, fancy, fondle, foster, guard, harbor, hold dear, hold in high esteem, honor, hug, idolize, like, love, nourish, nurse, nurture, pet, preserve, prize, revere, reverence, safeguard, shelter, shield, support, sustain, treasure, value, venerate, worship; concept 32 Ant. abandon, denounce, forsake, not care, renounce cherry [adj] bright red color blooming, blushing, bright red, cerise, claret, crimson, dark red, erubescent, incarnadine, reddish, rosy, rubescent, rubicund, ruddy; concept 618 cherry-picker [n] truck with raisable boom boom, cable truck, telephone truck, utility truck; concept 505 chest [n1] box for storage bin, bureau, cabinet, carton, case, casket, chiffonier, coffer, commode, crate, exchequer, pyxis, receptacle, reliquary, strongbox, treasury, trunk; concept 494 chest [n2] upper front of body bosom, breast,

bust, heart, mammary glands, peritoneum, pulmonary cavity, rib cage, ribs, thorax, upper trunk; concept 392 Ant. back chew [v1] grind with teeth bite, champ, chaw, chomp, crunch, dispatch, feast upon, gnaw, gulp, gum, manducate, masticate, munch, nibble, rend, ruminate, scrunch; concepts 169,185 chew [v2] think about deeply consider, deliberate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse on, ponder, reect upon, ruminate, weigh; concept 24 Ant. ignore chew out [v] scold bawl out, carpet*, criticize, dress down, jaw, revile, tell off, tongue-lash*, vituperate, wig, yell at; concept 52 Ant. compliment, laud, praise chic [adj] fashionable chichi*, clean*, current, dap*, dapper, dashing, elegant, exclusive, faddish, last word*, latest thing*, mod*, modern, modish, natty, sharp, smart, stylish, swank, trendy, voguish, with-it*; concept 589 Ant. dull, old-fashioned, out-moded, unfashionable chicanery [n] deception, trickery artice, cheating, chicane, deviousness, dishonesty, dodge, double-crossing, double-dealing*, duplicity, feint, fourberie, fraud, furtiveness, gambit, hanky-panky*, intrigue, machination, maneuver, plot, ploy, ruse, sharp practice, skullduggery, sophistry, stratagem, subterfuge, surreptitiousness, underhandedness, wiles; concepts 59,660 Ant. forthrightness, honesty, truthfulness chicken [n1] person afraid to try something coward, craven, dastard, funk, poltroon, quitter, recreant, scaredy cat*, yellow belly*; concept 423 chicken [n2] farm fowl banty, barnyard fowl, biddy, capon, chick, cock, cock-a-doodle-do*, cockalorum, cockerel, gump*, heeler, hen, poultry, pullet, rooster; concepts 394,395 chicken feed [n] small amount of money coins, nickles and dimes*, paltry sum, peanuts*, pin money*, pocket money, small change, small potatoes*, spending money; concept 340 chicken out [v] back out avoid, back down, back pedal*, beg off*, blow it off*, cancel, chicken out*, cop out*, get cold feet*, give up, go back on, recant, renege, resign, scratch, shy from, surrender, throw in the towel*, turn yellow*, weasel out, welsh, wiggle out, withdraw, worm out*; concepts 50,88,121,266,697 chide [v] criticize, lecture admonish, berate, blame, call down*, call on the carpet*, castigate, censure, check, condemn, exprobate, nd fault, ay, give a hard time*, lesson, monish, rate, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, slap on the wrist*, speak to, take down*, take down a peg*, talk to, tell off, tick off*, upbraid; concept 52 Ant. compliment, laud, praise chief [adj] most important, essential arch, capital, cardinal, central, champion, consequential, controlling, crucial, effective, especial, rst, foremost, grand, head, highest, key, leading, main, major, momentous, number one*, outstanding, paramount, potent, predominant, preeminent, premier, primal, primary, prime, principal, ruling, signicant, star, stellar, superior, supreme, telling, uppermost, vital, weighty; concepts 568,574,829 Ant. inessential, minor, secondary, subordinate, unimportant, unnecessary

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chief [n] person in charge big cheese*, big gun*, big wheel*, bigwig*, boss, captain, chieftain, commander, dictator, director, foreperson, general, governor, head, head honcho*, head person*, honcho*, key player*, leader, manager, monarch, overlord, overseer, president, principal, proprietor, ringleader, ruler, sovereign, superintendent, supervisor, suzerain, top brass*, top cat*; concepts 347,376 Ant. apprentice, employee, servant, subordinate, underling, worker chiey [adv] most importantly above all, especially, essentially, in general, in the rst place, in the main, largely, mainly, mostly, on the whole, overall, predominantly, primarily, principally, usually; concepts 567,772 Ant. unimportantly child [n] very young person adolescent, anklebiter*, babe, baby, bairn, bambino, brat, cherub, chick, cub, descendant, dickens*, imp, infant, innocent, issue, juvenile, kid, kiddie*, lamb*, little angel*, little darling*, little doll*, little one, minor, mite, moppet, neonate, nestling, newborn, nipper, nursling, offspring, preteen, progeny, pubescent, shaver, small fry*, sprout, squirt, stripling, suckling, tadpole, teen, teenager, teenybopper*, toddler, tot, tyke, urchin*, whippersnapper*, young one, youngster, youth; concepts 414,424 Ant. adult childbirth [n] giving birth accouchement, bearing children, blessed event*, childbed, connement, delivering, delivery, labor, lyingin, nativity, parturience, parturition, procreation, producing, propagation, reproduction, travail, visit from the stork*; concepts 302,373 childhood [n] period of being young adolescence, babyhood, cradle, immaturity, infancy, juniority, juvenility, minority, nonage, nursery, puberty, pupilage, schooldays, teens, tender age, youth; concepts 816,817 Ant. adulthood childish [adj] immature, silly adolescent, baby, babyish, callow, childlike, foolish, frivolous, green, infantile, infantine, innocent, jejune, juvenile, kid stuff*, naive, puerile, unsophisticated, young, youthful; concepts 401,402,424, 578,797 Ant. adult, mature, sensible, serious, wise childlike [adj] innocent, naive artless, childish, credulous, guileless, immature, ingenuous, natural, simple, spontaneous, trustful, trusting, unaffected, unfeigned; concept 404 Ant. complicated, untrusting chill [adj1] cold, raw arctic, biting, bleak, brisk, chilly, cool, freezing, frigid, frosty, gelid, glacial, icy, nippy, sharp, wintry; concept 605 Ant. hot, warm chill [adj2] unfriendly, aloof cool, depressing, discouraging, dismal, dispiriting, distant, emotionless, formal, frigid, glacial, hateful, hostile, icy, indifferent, reserved, solitary, standofsh, stony, uncompanionable, unemotional, ungenial, unhappy, unresponsive, unwelcoming, wintry, withdrawn; concepts 401,404 Ant. friendly, responsive, sympathetic, warm chill [n] cold conditions bite, coldness, coolness, crispness, frigidity, gelidity, iciness, nip, rawness, rigor, sharpness; concept 524 Ant. heat, warmth chill [v1] make cold air-condition, congeal, cool,

freeze, frost, ice, refrigerate; concepts 255,521 Ant. heat, warm chill [v2] discourage cloud, dampen, dash, deject, demoralize, depress, dishearten, dismay, disparage, dispirit; concepts 7,19 Ant. encourage, hearten, incite, inspirit chilly [adj1] cold arctic, biting, blowy, breezy, brisk, cool, crisp, drafty, freezing, fresh, frosty, glacial, hawkish, icebox, icy, nippy, penetrating, sharp, snappy, wintry; concept 605 Ant. hot, tropical, warm chilly [adj2] unfriendly, aloof cold, frigid, hostile, unfriendly, unresponsive, unsympathetic, unwelcoming; concept 404 Ant. friendly, responsive, sympathetic, warm, welcoming chime [v] ring, peal bell, bong, boom, clang, dong, jingle, knell, sound, strike, tinkle, tintinnabulate, toll; concept 65 chimera [n] dream, fantasy bogy, bubble, delusion, fabrication, fancy, fata morgana, gment, fools paradise*, hallucination, ignis fatuus, illusion, mirage, monster, monstrosity, pipe dream*, rainbow*, snare, specter, virtual reality; concept 529 Ant. reality, truth chimney [n] smokestack for building chase, chimney pot, chimney stack, replace, ue, funnel, furnace, hearth, pipe, smokeshaft, stack, vent, ventilator; concept 440 chin [n] area under mouth button, jaw, jawbone, mandible, mentum, point; concept 399 china [n] dishes, often valuable ceramics, crockery, porcelain, pottery, service, stoneware, tableware, ware; concept 493 chink [n] opening aperture, cleft, crack, crevice, cut, ssure, gap, hole, rift, slit, slot, space; concept 513 chintzy [adj] cheap-looking cheap, frowzy, schlocky*, shabby, sleazy, tacky; concept 485 chip [n] shard, aw dent, ake, fragment, gobbet, nick, notch, paring, part, scrap, scratch, shaving, slice, sliver, wafer, wedge; concepts 580,831 chip [v] knock a piece out of break, chisel, chop, clip, crack, crack off, crumble, cut away, cut off, damage, ake, fragment, gash, hack, hackle, hew, incise, nick, notch, shape, shear, slash, slice, sliver, snick, snip, splinter, split, whack, whittle; concepts 137,189,246,250 chip in [v] contribute ante up*, break in*, chime in*, come through*, conate, go Dutch*, interpose, interrupt, pay, pitch in, subscribe; concept 110 Ant. pilfer, take, take away chipper [adj] happy alert, animate, animated, bright, brisk, gay, in good spirits, keen, lively, spirited, sprightly, vivacious; concept 403 Ant. unhappy chips [n] substitute for money; money coin, currency, markers, play money, scratch; concept 340 chirp [v] peep, cheep call, chip, chipper, chirrup, lilt, pipe, purl, quaver, roll, sing, sound, trill, tweedle, tweet, twitter, warble; concept 64 chisel [n] shaping tool adze, blade, edge, gouge, knife; concepts 495,499 chisel [v] cut, wear away carve, hew, incise, roughcast, roughhew, sculpt, sculpture, shape; concepts 137,176,184 chivalrous [adj] valiant benevolent, big, bold, brave, considerate, courageous, courteous,

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courtly, gallant, gentlemanlike, great-hearted, heroic, high-minded, honorable, intrepid, lofty, magnanimous, manly, noble-minded, polite, quixotic, spirited, sublime, true, valorous; concept 401 Ant. afraid, cowardly, fearful, frightened, humble, unchivalrous chivalry [n] valor, gallantry courage, courtesy, courtliness, fairness, politeness, valiance; concept 633 Ant. cowardice, fear, humbleness, humility choice [adj] best, superior 10*, 24-karat*, A-1*, elect, elite, excellent, exceptional, exclusive, exquisite, ne, rst-class, hand-picked, nice, popular, precious, preferential, preferred, prime, prize, rare, select, solid gold*, special, topdrawer*, uncommon, unusual, valuable, winner; concept 574 Ant. inferior, poor, sad, worst choice [n] power to select; selection alternative, appraisal, choosing, cull, cup of tea*, decision, determination, discretion, discrimination, distinction, druthers*, election, evaluation, extract, favorite, nding, free will, judgment, opportunity, option, pick, preference, rating, say, substitute, variety, verdict, volition, vote, weakness; concepts 41,376 choke [v] smother, block asphyxiate, bar, check, clog, close, congest, constrict, dam, die, drown, ll, gag, garrote, gasp, gibbet, kill, noose, obstruct, occlude, overpower, retard, squeeze, stie, stop, stopper, strangle, strangulate, stuff, stunt, suffocate, suppress, throttle, wring; concepts 121,219 Ant. release, unblock, unconstrict choose [v] pick, select accept, adopt, appoint, call for, cast, commit oneself, co-opt, crave, cull, decide on, designate, desire, determine, discriminate between, draw lots, elect, embrace, espouse, excerpt, extract, fancy, favor, feel disposed to, nger, x on, glean, judge, love, make choice, make decision, make up ones mind, name, opt for, predestine, prefer, see t, separate, set aside, settle upon, sift out, single out, slot, sort, tab, tag, take, take up, tap, want, weigh, will, winnow, wish, wish for; concept 41 choosy [adj] fussy, discriminating dainty, eclectic, exacting, fastidious, nical, nicky, nice, overparticular, particular, persnickety*, picky, prissy, select, selective; concept 404 Ant. undemanding, unfastidious, unfussy chop [v] cut up with tool axe, cleave, clip, cube, dice, divide, fell, fragment, hack, hackle, hash, hew, lop, mangle, mince, sever, shear, slash, truncate, whack; concept 176 choppy [adj] wavy inclement, ripply, rough, uneven, violent, wild; concept 488 Ant. calm, smooth chore [n] task assignment, burden, devoir, duty, effort, errand, grind, housework, job, KP*, routine, scutwork, stint, trial, tribulation, workout; concept 362 chortle [v] laugh gleefully cackle, chuckle, crow, giggle, guffaw, hee-haw*, snicker, sniggle, snort, teehee*, titter; concept 77 chorus [n1] group of singers carolers, choir, chorale, choristers, ensemble, glee club, singing group, vocalists, voices; concept 294 chorus [n2] refrain bob, burden, chorale, main section, melody, motif, music, recurrent verse,

response, ritornelle, song, strain, theme, tune, undersong; concept 264 chorus [n3] agreement accord, concert, concord, consonance, harmony, tune, unison; concepts 673,684 chosen [adj] preferred called, conscript, elect, exclusive, got the nod*, named, pegged, pick, picked, popular, preferential, select, selected, tabbed; concepts 546,567,574 Ant. ignored, inferior christen [v] named in religious rite asperse, baptize, bless, call, dedicate, denominate, designate, dub, entitle, godparent, immerse, sprinkle, style, term, title; concepts 62,367 chronic [adj] incessant, never-ending abiding, ceaseless, conrmed, constant, continual, continuing, continuous, deep-rooted, deep-seated, enduring, ever-present, xed, habitual, inborn, inbred, incurable, ineradicable, ingrained, inveterate, lasting, lifelong, lingering, longlived, long-standing, obstinate, perennial, persistent, persisting, prolonged, protracted, recurrent, recurring, rooted, routine, settled, stubborn, sustained, tenacious, unabating, unmitigated, unyielding, usual; concepts 534,551,798 Ant. curable, eradicable, intermittent, occasional, temporary chronicle [n] account, narrative annals, archives, diary, history, journal, narration, prehistory, recital, record, recountal, register, report, story, version; concepts 271,282 chronicle [v] report, recount enter, narrate, record, register, relate, set down, tell; concepts 60,79 Ant. hide, secret chronological [adj] in consecutive time order archival, chronographic, chronologic, chronometric, chronometrical, chronoscopic, classied, dated, historical, horological, horometrical, in due course, in due time, in order, in sequence, junctural, ordered, progressive, sequent, sequential, tabulated, temporal; concepts 548,585 chubby [adj] slightly fat ample, bearish, big, butterball*, buxom, chunky, fatty, abby, eshy, full-gured, hefty, husky, pleasingly plump*, plump, plumpish, podgy, portly, pudgy, rolypoly*, rotund, round, stout, tubby, zaftig*; concepts 491,773 Ant. skinny, slim, thin chuck [v] throw aside, throw away, throw out abandon, can, cast, desert, discard, ditch, eighty-six*, eject, re, ing, ip, forsake, give the heave ho*, heave, hurl, jettison, junk, launch, pitch, quit, reject, relinquish, renounce, scrap, shed, shy, sling, slough, toss; concepts 180,222 Ant. keep chuckle [v] giggle cackle, chortle, crow, exult, guffaw, hee-haw*, laugh, smile, snicker, snigger, sniggle, teehee*, titter; concept 77 chug [v] drink quickly chug-a-lug, down, drink in one draft; concept 169 chum [n] friend associate, bro*, buddy, comate, companion, comrade, crony, mate, pal, playmate, sis*; concept 423 Ant. enemy chummy [adj] friendly affectionate, buddybuddy*, close, condential, constant, cozy, familiar, intimate, pally*, palsy-walsy*, thick*; concepts 401,555 Ant. unfriendly, unsociable chunk [n] mass, slab of something block, clod,

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dollop, glob, gob, hunk, lump, nugget, part, piece, portion, wad; concept 471 chunky [adj] fat, plump beefy, chubby, dumpy, heavyset, husky, rotund, scrub, squat, stocky, stout, stubby, thick-bodied, thickset; concepts 491,773 Ant. skinny, slim, thin church [n1] religious institution, building abbey, basilica, bethel, cathedral, chancel, chantry, chapel, fold, house of God, house of prayer, house of worship, Lords house, minster, mission, mosque, oratory, parish, sacellum, sanctuary, shrine, synagogue, tabernacle, temple; concepts 368,449 church [n2] religious belief, group afliation, body, chapter, communion, congregation, connection, creed, cult, denomination, doctrine, faction, faith, gathering, ism, order, persuasion, religion, schism, sect, society; concepts 369,689 churl [n] rude and ill-bred, a boor; person overly concerned with saving money beast, chuff, clodhopper*, miser, mucker*, niggard*, oaf, peasant, provincial, rustic, tightwad, yokel; concept 423 churlish [adj] crude, boorish base, blunt, brusque, cantankerous*, cloddish, clodhopping*, crabbed, crude, crusty, curt, cussed*, discourteous, dour, grouchy, gruff, grumpy, harsh, ill-tempered, impolite, loutish, lowbred, mean, miserly, morose, oash, ornery*, rude, rustic, snippy*, sullen, surly, touchy*, ugly, uncivil, uncivilized, uncultured, unmannerly, unneighborly, unpolished, unsociable, vulgar; concept 404 Ant. gentle, nice, pleasant, polite churn [v] mix up, beat agitate, boil, bubble, convulse, ferment, foam, froth, jolt, moil, seethe, simmer, stir up, swirl, toss; concepts 147,170 chute [n] ramp, slope channel, course, fall, gutter, incline, rapid, runway, slide, trough; concepts 440,471 chutzpah [n] fearlessness arrogance, audacity, backbone*, balls*, boldness, brass, gall, nerve, spine*; concept 633 cinch [n] easy accomplishment breeze, cakewalk, childs play*, duck soup*, no sweat*, piece of cake*, snap; concept 693 cinder [n] hot ash clinker, ember, hot coal, soot; concept 260 cinema [n] movie industry; movie arena big screen*, bijou, cine, drive-in, lm, icks*, motion pictures, movie house, movie theater, moving pictures, nabes*, photoplay, pictures, picture show, playhouse, show, silver screen*; concepts 293,349 cipher [n] zero; nothingness blank, diddly squat*, goose egg*, insignicancy, nada*, naught, nil, nobody, nonentity, nothing, nought, nullity, squat, zilch, zip, zippo*, zot*; concepts 668,787 cipher [v] gure out code break, calculate, clear up, compute, count, decipher, estimate, gure, reckon, resolve, solve, unravel; concept 37 Ant. code circa [prep] approximately about, around, close on, in the region of, near, nearby, nigh, roughly; concept 820 circle [n1] orb, loop, round gure amphitheater, aureole, band, belt, bowl, bracelet, circlet, circuit, circumference, circus, cirque, coil, colure,

compass, cordon, corona, crown, cycle, disc, disk, ecliptic, enclosure, equator, full turn, globe, halo, hoop, horizon, lap, meridian, orbit, parallel of latitude, perimeter, periphery, record, revolution, ring, ringlet, round, sphere, stadium, tire, turn, vortex, wheel, wreath, zodiac; concept 436 circle [n2] group of close friends, associates assembly, bunch, cabal, camarilla, camp, clan, class, clique, club, companions, company, comrades, coterie, crew, cronies, crowd, crush, fraternity, gang, in-group, insiders, intimates, lot, Maa, mob, outt, party, posse, ring, school, set, society, sorority; concepts 387,417 circle [v] go around, circumnavigate begird, belt, cincture, circuit, circulate, circumduct, circumscribe, coil, compass, curve, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, ensphere, envelop, gird, girdle, gyrate, gyre, hem in, loop, mill around, pivot, revolve, ring, roll, rotate, round, spiral, surround, tour, wheel, whirl, wind about; concept 758 circuit [n] revolution, track, boundary ambit, area, bounds, circle, circling, circulation, circumference, circumnavigation, circumscription, circumvolution, compass, course, cycle, district, gyration, gyre, journey, lap, limit, line, orbit, perambulation, perimeter, periphery, range, region, round, route, tour, tract, turn, turning, twirl, way, wheel, whirl, wind, winding, zone; concepts 484,501,770 circuitous [adj] going around, indirect back road*, by way of, circular, collateral, complicated, devious, labyrinthine, long way*, long way around*, meandering, oblique, rambling, roundabout, tortuous, winding around; concepts 544,581 Ant. direct, in line, straight circular [adj] going around annular, circling, disklike, indirect, oblique, orbicular, round, rounded, spheroid; concept 486 circular [n] handbill advertisement, booklet, broadside, brochure, yer, handout, insert, leaet, literature, notice, pamphlet, poster, publication, throwaway*; concept 271 circulate [v1] make known bring out, broadcast, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, exchange, interview, issue, promulgate, propagate, publicize, publish, radiate, report, spread, strew, troll; concepts 60,138 circulate [v2] ow actuate, circle, y about, get about, get around, go about, gyrate, mill around, mobilize, move around, radiate, revolve, rotate, set off, travel, wander; concept 147 Ant. block circulation [n1] distribution apportionment, currency, dissemination, spread, transmission; concepts 631,651 circulation [n2] moving circularly circling, circuit, circumvolution, current, ow, owing, gyration, gyre, motion, revolution, rotation, round, turn, twirl, wheel, whirl; concepts 147,738 Ant. blockage circumference [n] edge, perimeter ambit, border, boundary, bounds, circuit, compass, connes, extremity, fringe, girth, limits, lip, margin, outline, periphery, rim, verge; concept 484 Ant. inside, interior, middle circumlocution [n] indirect speech beating around the bush*, circumambages, diffuseness,

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discursiveness, euphemism, gassiness, indirectness, periphrase, periphrasis, pleonasm, prolixity, roundabout, tautology, verbal evasion, verbality, verbiage, wordiness; concepts 51,266 Ant. conciseness, directness, straightforwardness, terseness circumscribe [v] mark off, delimit bar, bound, conne, dene, delineate, demarcate, encircle, enclose, encompass, environ, girdle, hamper, hem in*, limit, nail down*, outline, prelimit, restrain, restrict, surround, trammel; concepts 18,130 Ant. free, loose, open circumspect [adj] cautious, discreet attentive, cagey, calculating, canny, careful, chary, considerate, deliberate, discriminating, gingerly, guarded, heedful, judicious, meticulous, observant, politic, prudent, punctilious, safe, sagacious, sage, scrupulous, vigilant, wary, watchful; concepts 403,544 Ant. audacious, bold, careless, incautious, indiscreet, rash, uncareful, uncircumspect, unheedful circumstance [n] situation, condition accident, action, adjunct, affair, article, case, cause, coincidence, concern, contingency, crisis, destiny, detail, doom, element, episode, event, exigency, fact, factor, fate, feature, fortuity, go, happening, happenstance, incident, intervention, item, juncture, kismet, lot, matter, Moira, occasion, occurrence, particular, phase, place, point, portion, proviso, respect, scene, status, stipulation, supervention, thing, time, where its at*; concept 696 circumstances [n] state of affairs in ones life assets, capital, chances, class, command, degree, dowry, nancial status, footing, income, lifestyle, lot, means, net worth, outlook, position, precedence, prestige, property, prospects, prosperity, rank, rating, resources, situation, sphere, standing, state, station, status, substance, times, way of life, worldly goods; concepts 335,388 circumstantial [adj] incidental amplied, coincidental, concomitant, concurrent, conjectural, contingent, detailed, environmental, fortuitous, inconclusive, indirect, inferential, presumptive, provisional, uncertain; concepts 556,582,653 Ant. direct circumvent [v] fool, mislead avoid, beat, beguile, bilk, bypass, circumnavigate, cramp, crimp, deceive, detour, disappoint, dodge, dupe, elude, ensnare, entrap, escape, evade, foil, frustrate, get around, hoodwink, outank, outwit, overreach, prevent, queer, ruin, shun, sidestep, skirt, stave off, steer clear of*, stump, stymie, thwart, trick, ward off; concepts 59,102,121 Ant. aid, allow, assist, help, permit circus [n] fair with entertainment bazaar, big top, festival, gilly*, hippodrome, kermis, show, spectacle, three-ring*; concept 293 citadel [n] top, tower bastion, blockhouse, castle, fastness, fort, fortication, fortress, keep, manor, redoubt, stronghold; concepts 321,836 citation [n1] excerpt example, illustration, mention, passage, quotation, quote, quoting, reference, saying, source; concept 283 citation [n2] award bidding, charge, commendation, encomium, mention, panegyric, reward, salutation, summons, tribute; concepts 69,337 Ant. demerit

cite [v1] note, quote adduce, advance, allege, allude to, appeal to, enumerate, evidence, excerpt, exemplify, extract, get down to brass tacks*, give as example, illustrate with, indicate, instance, lay, mention, name, number, offer, point out, present, recite, recount, reference, refer to, rehearse, remember, reminisce, repeat, specify, spell out, tell; concept 57 cite [v2] subpoena arraign, call, command, name, order, summon; concept 317 citizen [n] person native of country aborigine, burgess, burgher, civilian, commoner, cosmopolite, denizen, dweller, freeman/woman, householder, inhabitant, John/Jane Q. Public*, member of body politic, member of community, national, native, naturalized person, occupant, resident, settler, subject, taxpayer, townsperson, urbanite, villager, voter; concept 413 Ant. alien, foreigner, immigrant city [adj] metropolitan burghal, citied, civic, civil, interurban, intraurban, megalopolitan, municipal, urban; concept 536 Ant. rural city [n] large town apple*, boom town, borough, burg, capital, center, conurbation, downtown, megalopolis, metropolis, metropolitan area, municipality, place, polis, port, urban place, urbs*; concept 507 civic [adj] community borough, civil, communal, local, metropolitan, municipal, national, public, urban; concepts 536,583 civil [adj1] civic, community civilian, domestic, governmental, home, interior, local, municipal, national, political, public; concepts 536,583 civil [adj2] obliging, kind accommodating, affable, civilized, complaisant, cordial, courteous, courtly, cultivated, diplomatic, formal, genteel, gracious, mannerly, polished, polite, politic, rened, suave, urbane, wellbred, wellmannered; concept 401 Ant. ill-mannered, impolite, rude, unkind civilian [adj] nonmilitary noncombatant, noncombative, nonmilitant, not in armed forces, pacicist, private, unhostile; concept 555 Ant. military civilian [n] nonmilitary person citizen, civ*, civvie*, commoner, noncombatant, private citizen, subject; concept 423 civilization [n1] culture, sophistication acculturation, advancement, breeding, civility, cultivation, development, edication, education, elevation, enlightenment, illumination, polish, progress, renement, social well-being; concept 388 Ant. barbarism, primitiveness civilization [n2] society civilized life, community, customs, literate society, modern humanity, mores, nation, people, polity, way of life; concepts 388,417 civilize [v] make cultured; develop acculturate, acquaint, advance, better, cultivate, edify, educate, elevate, enlighten, ennoble, enrich, ethicize, foster, help forward, humanize, idealize, improve, indoctrinate, inform, instruct, polish, promote, reclaim, rene, sophisticate, spiritualize, tame, uplift; concepts 244,385 civilized [adj] polished advanced, civil, cultured, educated, enlightened, humane, rened, sophisticated, urbane; concept 562 civil rights [n] freedoms of citizens civil liberties, constitutional rights, freedom of

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religion, freedom of speech, freedoms, God-given rights, rights; concept 376 claim [n] property, right demanded or reserved afrmation, allegation, application, assertion, birthright, call, case, counterclaim, declaration, demand, dibs, due, entreaty, interest, lien, part, petition, plea, postulation, prerogative, pretense, pretension, privilege, profession, protestation, reclamation, request, requirement, requisition, suit, title, ultimatum; concepts 278,318, 376,709 claim [v] demand, maintain property or right adduce, advance, allege, ask, assert, believe, call for, challenge, collect, declare, defend, exact, have dibs on something*, hit, hit up*, hold, hold out for*, insist, justify, knock, lay claim to, need, pick up, pop the question*, postulate, pretend, profess, pronounce, require, requisition, solicit, stake out, take, uphold, vindicate; concepts 53,129 Ant. deny, disclaim, question clairvoyance [n] intuition acumen, discernment, ESP*, feeling, foreknowledge, insight, omen, penetration, perception, precognition, premonition, psyche, sixth sense*, telepathy; concepts 409,410 clairvoyant [adj] intuitive, psychic clear-sighted, discerning, extrasensory, farseeing, far-sighted, fey, judicious, long-sighted, new age*, oracular, penetrating, perceptive, prescient, prophetic, second-sighted, sibylline, spiritualistic, telepathic, vatic, visionary; concepts 402,403 clairvoyant [n] person who is psychic augur, channeller, diviner, fortune-teller, haruspex, horoscopist, medium, oracle, palm reader, prophet, seer, sibyl, soothsayer, telepath, telepathist, visionary, voodoo doctor*; concept 423 clam [n] bivalve living in ocean cherrystone, littleneck, mollusk, quahog; concept 394 clammy [adj] damp close, dank, drizzly, moist, mucid, mucous, muculent, pasty, slimy, soggy, sticky, sweating, sweaty, wet; concept 603 Ant. dry clamor [n] loud cry; commotion agitation, babel, blare, brouhaha*, bustle, buzz, clinker, complaint, convulsion, din, discord, exclamation, ferment, hassle, hoo-ha*, hubba-hubba*, hubbub, hullabaloo*, hurly-burly*, lament, noise, outcry, pandemonium, protesting, racket, remonstrance, row, ruckus, shout, shouting, to-do, tumult, turmoil, upheaval, uproar, vociferation; concepts 386,595,674 Ant. quiet, silence clamor [v] cry out, make commotion agitate, bark, bawl, bellow, bluster, claim, debate, demand, dispute, holler, put up a howl*, raise Cain*, raise the roof*, roar, rout, shout; concepts 77,106 Ant. be quiet, be silent clamp [n] fastener bracket, catch, clasp, grip, hold, lock, nipper, press, snap, vice; concept 499 clamp [v] fasten brace, clench, clinch, x, impose, make fast, secure; concepts 85,160 Ant. loosen, open, unbuckle, unclamp, unfasten, unlock clan [n] family, clique association, band, bunch, club, coterie, crew, crowd, crush, faction, folks, gang, group, house, insiders, kinfolks, mob, moiety, organization, outt, race, ring, sect, set,

society, sodality, stock, tribe; concepts 296,387 clandestine [adj] secret, sly artful, cloak-anddagger, closet, concealed, covert, foxy, fraudulent, furtive, hidden, hush-hush*, illegitimate, illicit, in holes and corners*, on the Q. T.*, on the quiet, private, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious, undercover, underground, underhand, underthe-counter*, under wraps*; concepts 555,576 Ant. aboveboard, forthright, open, truthful clank [n] metallic noise bang, bong, clash, clink, jangle, ring; concept 595 clank [v] clang, clatter bong, clash, clink, jangle, make noise, resound, reverberate, ring, toll; concept 65 clannish [adj] exclusive, select akin, alike, associative, cliquish, close, insular, like, narrow, related, reserved, restricting, restrictive, sectarian, unfriendly, unreceptive; concept 555 Ant. friendly, open, welcoming clap [n] loud hitting noise applause, bang, blast, boom, burst, crack, crash, handclap, pat, slam, slap, smash, strike, thrust, thunder, thunderclap, thwack, wallop, whack, wham; concepts 189,595 clap [v] applaud; slap with approbation acclaim, approve, bang, cheer, give a big hand*, give a hand*, hear it for*, pat, praise, slap, strike gently, thwack, whack; concepts 185,189 clarication [n] explanation description, elucidation, exposition, illumination, interpretation, resolution, simplication, solution, unravelment, vivication; concepts 57,274 Ant. complication, misunderstanding, muddle clarify [v1] explain, make clear analyze, break down, clear up, dene, delineate, draw a picture, elucidate, formulate, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, make perfectly clear, make plain, resolve, settle, shed light on*, simplify, spell out*, straighten out, throw light on; concept 57 Ant. confuse, muddle clarify [v2] purify clean, cleanse, depurate, distill, lter, rarefy, rene; concept 165 Ant. dirty, muddle, muddy clarion [adj] clear, stirring sound blaring, denite, inspiring, loud, ringing, sharp, shrill, strident; concepts 562,592,594 clarity [n] clearness accuracy, articulateness, brightness, certainty, cognizability, comprehensibility, conspicuousness, decipherability, denition, directness, distinctness, evidence, exactitude, exactness, explicability, explicitness, intelligibility, legibility, limpidity, limpidness, lucidity, manifestness, obviousness, openness, overtness, palpability, penetrability, perceptibility, perspicuity, plainness, precision, prominence, purity, salience, simplicity, tangibility, transparency, unambiguity, unmistakability; concepts 409,638 Ant. dirtiness, obscurity, unintelligiblity clash [n1] disagreement or ght, often brief affray, argument, battle, brawl, break, broil, brush, bump, collision, concussion, conict, confrontation, crash, difference of opinion, discord, discordance, disharmony, dispute, donnybrook*, embroilment, encounter, engagement, fracas, fray, have a go at each other*, impact, jam, jar, jolt, jump, melee, misunderstanding, mix up, opposition, rift, riot, row, rumpus,

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run-in, rupture, scrap, scrimmage, set-to, shock, showdown, skirmish, smash, wallop; concepts 46,106 clash [v1] hit with a loud noise bang, bump, clang, clank, clatter, collide, crash, grate, grind, jangle, jar, jolt, prang, rattle, scrap, scrimmage, shock, smash, wallop; concepts 65,189 clash [v2] ght about, often verbally argue, bang heads*, battle, brawl, buck, combat, conict, contend, cross swords, differ, disagree, encounter, feud, fret, gall, grapple, grate, mix it up*, quarrel, raise Cain*, row, try, war, wrangle; concepts 46,106 Ant. agree clash [v3] do not match be dissimilar, conict, contrast, differ, disaccord, discord, disharmonize, mismatch, not go with; concepts 655,664 Ant. match clasp [n] fastener; hold on something brooch, buckle, catch, clamp, clench, clinch, clip, clutch, embrace, fastening, bula, grapple, grasp, grip, hasp, hold, hook, hug, pin, safety pin, snap; concepts 497,641 clasp [v] grab tightly attack, bear hug*, buckle, clamp, clinch, clip, clutch, coll, concatenate, connect, embrace, enfold, fasten, glom onto*, grapple, grasp, grip, hold, hug, pin, press, seize, snatch, squeeze, take; concepts 85,160,191,219 Ant. let go, loose class [adj] stylish; with panache chic, classy, dashing, fashionable, ne, y*, foxy*, sharp; concept 589 Ant. plain, unstylish class [n1] kind, sort, category branch, brand, breed, cast, caste, character, classication, collection, color, degree, denomination, department, description, designation, distinction, division, domain, estate, family, feather, frame, genre, genus, grade, grain, grouping, hierarchy, humor, ilk, kidney, league, make, mold, name, nature, order, origin, property, province, quality, range, rank, rate, school, sect, section, selection, set, source, species, sphere, standing, status, stripe, style, suit, temperament, value, variety; concept 378 class [n2] societal group, background ancestry, birth, bourgeoisie, breed, caliber, caste, circle, clan, clique, club, company, condition, connection, coterie, cultural level, degree, derivation, descent, estate, extraction, family, genealogy, grade, hierarchy, inuence, intelligentsia, league, lineage, moiety, nobility, origin, pecking order*, pedigree, pigeonhole*, place, position, prestige, quality, sect, social rank, source, sphere, standing, state, station, status, stock, strain, stratum, the right stuff*, tier, title; concepts 296,387,388,417 class [n3] group in school academy, colloquium, course, course of study, division, form, grade, homeroom, lecture group, line, quiz group, recitation, room, round table, section, seminar, seminary, session, study, study group, subdivision, subject; concepts 286,287,288,289 class [v] categorize account, allot, appraise, assess, assign, assort, brand, classify, codify, consider, designate, divide, evaluate, gauge, grade, group, hold, identify, judge, mark, part, pigeonhole*, rank, rate, reckon, regard, score, separate; concepts 39,135 classic [adj2] characteristic, regular prototypal, prototypical, representative, simple, standard,

time-honored, typical, usual, vintage; concepts 533,547 Ant. abnormal, irregular, uncharacteristic classic [n] model chef doeuvre, exemplar, magnum opus, paradigm, prototype, standard, tour de force; concepts 259,655,686 classical [adj1] concerning ancient culture academic, Attic, Augustan, belletristic, bookish, canonic, canonical, classic, classicistic, Doric, Grecian, Greek, Hellenic, Homeric, humanistic, Ionic, Latin, Roman, scholastic, Virgilian; concepts 536,549 classical [adj2] simple, chaste classic, elegant, harmonious, pure, rened, restrained, symmetrical, understated, well-proportioned; concept 589 Ant. complicated, modern, unclassical classic/classical [adj1] best, model archetypal, capital, champion, consummate, denitive, distinguished, esthetic, excellent, exemplary, famous, ne, nest, rst-rate, awless, ideal, master, masterly, paradigmatic, paramount, perfect, prime, quintessential, ranking, standard, superior, top, top-notch, vintage, wellknown; concept 574 Ant. inferior, worst classicism [n] simple style; regularity, restraint aesthetic principle, Atticism, balance, Ciceronianism, clarity, class, classicalism, conventional formality, dignity, elegance, excellence, nish, formality, formal style, grandeur, grand style, Hellenism, high art, lucidity, majesty, neoclassicism, nobility, objectivity, polish, proportion, propriety, pure taste, purity, rationalism, renement, rhythm, severity, simplicity, sobriety, sublimity, symmetry; concept 655 classication [n] categorization allocation, alloting, allotment, analysis, apportionment, arrangement, assignment, assortment, cataloguing, categorizing, codication, collocation, consignment, coordination, denomination, department, designation, disposal, disposition, distributing, distribution, division, echelon, gradation, grade, grading, graduation, group, grouping, kind, order, ordering, ordination, organization, pigeonholing*, regulation, sizing, sorting, systematization, tabulating, taxonomy, typecasting; concepts 18,39,135,378 classied [adj] top-secret condential, private, restricted, secret; concepts 267,576 classify [v] categorize allocate, allot, alphabetize, analyze, arrange, assort, brand, break down, button down*, catalogue, class, codify, collocate, coordinate, correlate, dispose, distinguish, distribute, divide, docket, embody, le, grade, group, incorporate, index, label, match, name, number, order, organize, peg*, pigeonhole*, put away, put down as, put down for, range, rank, rank out, rate, regiment, segregate, size, size up, sort, systematize, tab, tabulate, tag, take ones measure, ticket, type, typecast; concepts 18,39 classy [adj] stylish, having panache chic, dashing, elegant, exclusive, fashionable, high-class, in, in vogue, mod, modish, posh, select, sharp, superior, swank, swanky, tony, uptown; concept 589 Ant. inelegant, inferior, plain, unstylish clatter [n] loud noise ballyhoo*, bluster, clack, clangor, hullabaloo*, pandemonium, racket, rattle, rumpus, shattering, smashing; concepts 181,189,595

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clatter [v] crash; make racket bang, bluster, bump, clang, clank, clash, hurtle, noise, rattle, roar, shatter, smash; concepts 65,181,189 clause [n] provision in document article, catch*, chapter, codicil, condition, ne print*, heading, item, joker*, kicker*, limitation, paragraph, part, passage, point, provision, proviso, requirement, rider, section, small print*, specication, stipulation, string attached to something*, ultimatum; concepts 270,275 claw [n] nail of animal; tool shaped like nail of an animal barb, cant hook, clapperclaw, crook, fang, ngernail, grapnel, grappler, hook, manus, nail claw, nipper, paw, pincer, retractile, spur, talon, tentacle, unguis, ungula; concept 392 claw [v] using sharp nail break, dig, graze, hurt, itch, lacerate, mangle, maul, open, rip, scrabble, scrap, scrape, scratch, tear; concepts 178,214,220 clay [n] workable earth material adobe, argil, argillaceous earth, bole, brick, china material, clunch, earth, kaolin, loam, loess, marl, mud, porcelain material, pottery, slip, terra cotta, till, wacke; concept 509 clean [adj1] not dirty; uncluttered apple-pie order*, blank, bright, cleansed, clear, delicate, dirtless, elegant, faultless, awless, fresh, graceful, hygienic, immaculate, laundered, neat, neat as a button*, neat as a pin*, orderly, pure, sanitary, shining, simple, snowy, sparkling, speckless, spic and span*, spotless, squeaky, stainless, taintless, tidy, trim, unblemished, unpolluted, unsmudged, unsoiled, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untarnished, vanilla*, washed, wellkept, white; concept 485 Ant. cluttered, dirty, lthy, foul, polluted, stained, tarnished clean [adj2] sterile antiseptic, aseptic, claried, decontaminated, disinfected, hygienic, pure, puried, sanitary, sterilized, unadulterated, uncontaminated, uninfected, unpolluted, unsullied, wholesome; concepts 314,485 Ant. adulterated, dirty, impure, unsterile clean [adj3] chaste, virtuous blameless, crimeless, decent, exemplary, faultless, good, guiltless, honorable, inculpable, innocent, modest, moral, respectable, sinless, undeled, unguilty, unsullied, upright, wholesome; concept 404 Ant. besmirched, deled, impure, unchaste, unvirtuous clean [adj4] precise, sharp clear, clear-cut, correct, denite, distinct, legible, neat, plain, readable, simple, trim, uncluttered; concept 535 Ant. imprecise, indenite, muddled clean [adj5] complete, thorough absolute, conclusive, decisive, entire, nal, perfect, total, unimpaired, whole; concept 531 Ant. incomplete clean [v] make undirty, uncluttered absterge, bath, bathe, blot, brush, cauterize, clarify, cleanse, clear the decks*, clear up, deodorize, depurate, deterge, disinfect, do up*, dredge, dust, edulcorate, elutriate, erase, expunge, expurgate, ush, hackle, launder, lave, mop, neaten, pick, pick up, polish, purge, purify, rake, rasp, rene, rinse, rout out, sanitize, scald, scour, scrape, scrub, shake out, shampoo, soak, soap, sponge, spruce up*, sterilize, straighten up, swab, sweep, tidy up, vacuum, wash, whisk, winnow, wipe; concepts 161,

165 Ant. adulterate, dele, dirty, foul, soil, stain clean-cut [adj] neat, clearly outlined categorical, chiseled, clear, denite, denitive, etched, explicit, express, sharp, specic, unambiguous, well-dened; concepts 490,535 Ant. rufed cleanse [v] make undirty; wash absolve, clarify, clean, clear, depurgate, disinfect, expurgate, launder, lustrate, purge, purify, rene, restore, rinse, sanitize, scour, scrub, sterilize; concept 165 Ant. dirty, soil, spot cleanser [n] strong disinfectant, solvent abrasive, abstergent, antiseptic, cathartic, deodorant, detergent, fumigant, lather, polish, purgative, purier, scourer, soap, soap powder, suds; concept 492 clear [adj1] cloudless, bright clarion, crystal, fair, ne, halcyon, light, luminous, pleasant, rainless, shining, shiny, sunny, sunshiny, unclouded, undarkened, undimmed; concepts 525,617,627 Ant. cloudy, dark, dim, dull, fuzzy, gloomy, shadowy, unclear clear [adj2] understandable, apparent apprehensible, audible, clear-cut, coherent, comprehensible, conspicuous, crystal, denite, distinct, evident, explicit, express, graspable, incontrovertible, intelligible, knowable, legible, loud enough, lucent, lucid, manifest, obvious, open and shut*, palpable, patent, perceptible, perspicuous, plain, precise, pronounced, readable, recognizable, sharp, simple, spelled out*, straightforward, transparent, transpicuous, unambiguous, unblurred, uncomplicated, unequivocal, unmistakable, unquestionable; concepts 402,562 Ant. ambiguous, indistinct, mysterious, obscure, unintelligible, vague clear [adj3] open, unhindered bare, empty, free, smooth, stark, unhampered, unimpeded, unlimited, unobstructed, vacant, vacuous, void; concept 490 Ant. blocked, clogged, closed, congested, hindered clear [adj4] transparent apparent, cloudless, crystal, crystal clear, crystalline, glassy, limpid, pellucid, pure, see-through, thin, tralucent, translucent, translucid; concept 618 Ant. clouded, cloudy, foggy, obscured, smudged clear [adj5] not guilty absolved, blameless, clean, cleared, discharged, dismissed, exculpated, exonerated, guiltless, immaculate, innocent, pure, sinless, stainless, unblemished, uncensurable, undeled, untarnished, untroubled; concepts 319,404 Ant. culpable, guilty, responsible clear [adj6] certain in ones mind absolute, conrmed, convinced, decided, denite, positive, resolved, satised, sure; concept 403 Ant. uncertain, unclear, unintelligible clear [v1] clean, clear away ameliorate, break up, brighten, burn off, clarify, cleanse, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, eliminate, empty, erase, extricate, free, lighten, loosen, lose, meliorate, open, purify, rene, rid, rule out, shake off, sweep, throw off, tidy, unblock, unburden, unclog, unload, unloose, unpack, untie, vacate, void, wipe; concepts 165,211 Ant. clutter, pile up clear [v2] liberate; free from uncertainty absolve, acquit, clarify, defog*, discharge, disculpate, emancipate, exculpate, exonerate,

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explain, nd innocent, let go, let off, let off the hook*, release, relieve, set free, vindicate; concepts 7,22,127 Ant. condemn, nd guilty, sentence clear [v3] pass over, often by jumping hurdle, leap, miss, negotiate, overleap, surmount, vault; concept 194 Ant. hit, run into clear [v4] prot accumulate, acquire, clean up*, earn, gain, gather, get, glean, make, net, obtain, pick up, realize, reap, receive, secure, win; concepts 129,342 clearance [n1] permission for activity approval, authorization, consent, endorsement, goahead*, green light*, leave, okay, sanction, sayso*; concept 376 Ant. denial, grounding, refusal, veto clearance [n2] gap above something allowance, assart, defoliated area, empty space, expanse, gap, headroom, margin, opening, open space; concept 513 clear-cut [adj] denite assured, categorical, crystalline, decided, denitive, distinct, evident, explicit, express, indubitable, lucent, lucid, obvious, plain, precise, pronounced, sharp-cut, specic, straightforward, unambiguous, undisputed, undoubted, unequivocal, unquestioned, well-dened; concept 535 Ant. ambiguous, fuzzy, indenite, vague clearing [n] gap in area allowance, assart, clearance, defoliated area, dell, empty space, expanse, gap, glade, headroom, margin, opening, open space; concept 513 clearly [adv] without any doubt acutely, apparently, audibly, beyond doubt, certainly, conspicuously, decidedly, denitely, discernibly, distinctly, evidently, incontestably, incontrovertibly, indubitably, lucidly, manifestly, markedly, noticeably, obviously, openly, overtly, patently, penetratingly, perceptibly, plainly, positively, precisely, prominently, purely, recognizably, seemingly, sharply, sonorously, surely, translucently, transparently, undeniably, undoubtedly, unmistakably; concepts 535,552 Ant. indenitely, indistinctly, mysteriously, vaguely clear out [v1] empty something clean out, dispose of, eliminate, exhaust, get rid of, remove, sort, tidy up; concept 211 Ant. ll, ll up, put clear out [v2] leave, often quickly beat it*, begone, decamp, depart, go, hightail*, kite*, make oneself scarce*, remove oneself, retire, scram, skedaddle*, split*, take a hike*, take off, vamoose*, withdraw; concept 195 Ant. arrive, rush in clear up [v1] explain; resolve answer, cipher, clarify, decipher, dissolve, elucidate, gure out, illuminate, illustrate, make plausible, make reasonable, puzzle out, resolve, solve, straighten out, tidy, unfold, unravel; concepts 37,57 Ant. complicate, question clear up [v2] become improved become fair, become sunny, blow over, brighten, die away, die down, improve, lapse, lift, pick up, run its course*; concept 700 Ant. worsen cleavage [n] gap break, chasm, cleft, discontinuity, divide, division, fracture, hole, rift, schism, separation, severance, split, valley; concept 513

cleave [v1] divide, split carve, chop, crack, cut, dissect, dissever, disunite, divorce, hack, hew, open, part, pierce, rend, rip, rive, separate, sever, slice, stab, sunder, tear asunder, whack; concepts 98,137,176 Ant. join, meld, unite cleave [v2] stand by, stick together abide by, adhere, agree, associate, attach, be devoted to, be tight with*, be true*, cling, cohere, combine, freeze to*, hold, join, link, remain, stay put, unite; concepts 8,113 cleft [adj] separated, split broken, cloven, cracked, crannied, crenelated, parted, perforated, pierced, rent, riven, ruptured, separated, sundered, torn; concept 490 Ant. joined, joint, united cleft [n] break, gap aperture, arroyo, breach, canyon, chasm, chink, cleavage, clough, clove, crack, cranny, crevasse, crevice, ssure, fracture, gorge, gulch, opening, ravine, rent, rift, rima, rimation, rime, schism, slit; concept 513 Ant. closing, closure, solid clemency [n] forgiveness caritas, charity, compassion, endurance, equitableness, fairness, forbearance, gentleness, grace, humanity, indulgence, justness, kindness, lenience, leniency, lenity, lifesaver, mercifulness, mercy, mildness, moderation, soft-heartedness, sufferance, tenderness, tolerance, toleration; concepts 410,644 Ant. no mercy clement [adj1] calm, mild (weather) balmy, clear, fair, ne, moderate, peaceful, temperate, warm; concept 525 Ant. harsh, severe, violent clement [adj2] forgiving benevolent, benign, benignant, charitable, compassionate, easy, forbearing, gentle, humane, humanitarian, indulgent, kind, kind-hearted, kindly, lenient, merciful, mild, soft-hearted, sympathetic, tender, tolerant; concepts 404,550 Ant. hard, hard-hearted, harsh, mean, unforgiving clench [v] grasp clamp, clasp, clinch, clutch, constrict, contract, double up, draw together, grapple, grip, hold; concept 191 Ant. let go, loose, loosen, release clergy [n] ministry of church canonicate, canonry, cardinalate, churchpersons, clerics, conclave, deaconry, diaconate, ecclesiastics, rst estate, holy order, pastorate, prelacy, priesthood, rabbinate, the cloth, the desk, the pulpit; concept 369 clergyperson [n] minister of church abbey, archbishop, bishop, blackcoat*, cardinal, cassock, chaplain, churchperson, cleric, clerk, curate, dean, divine, ecclesiast, ecclesiastic, evangelist, father, missionary, monsignor, padre, parson, pastor, person of God, person of the cloth, pontiff, preacher, predicant, priest, primate, pulpitarian, pulpiteer, rabbi, rector, reverend, sermonizer, shepherd, vicar; concept 361 clerical [adj1] secretarial accounting, bookkeeping, clerkish, clerkly, ofce, pink collar*, scribal, stenographic, subordinate, typing, white collar*, written; concept 536 clerical [adj2] concerning clergy apostolic, canonical, churchly, cleric, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical, episcopal, holy, ministerial, monastic, monkish, papal, parsonical, parsonish, pastoral, pontical, prelatic, priestly,

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rabbinical, sacerdotal, sacred, theocratical; concept 536 clerk [n] assistant agent, amanuensis, auditor, bookkeeper, cashier, copyist, counter jumper*, counterperson, employee, notary, ofce helper, operator, paper pusher*, paper shufer*, pencil pusher*, pen pusher*, receptionist, recorder, registrar, salesperson, secretary, seller, shopperson, stenographer, teller, transcriber, white collar*, worker; concept 348 clever [adj] bright, ingenious able, adept, adroit, alert, apt, astute, brainy, brilliant, cagey, canny, capable, competent, crackerjack*, cunning, deep, dexterous/dextrous, discerning, egghead*, expert, foxy*, gifted, good, handy, intelligent, inventive, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, many-sided, nimble, nobodys fool*, pretty, pro, qualied, quick, quick on trigger*, quick-witted, rational, resourceful, sagacious, savvy, sensible, sharp, shrewd, skilled, skillful, slick, sly, smart, sprightly, talented, versatile, wise, witty; concept 402 Ant. awkward, foolish, idiotic, ignorant, naive, senseless, stupid, unclever cleverness [n] brightness, ingenuity ability, adroitness, astuteness, brains, calculation, canniness, dexterity, discernment, air, gift, gumption, intelligence, quickness, quick wit, resourcefulness, sagacity, sense, sharpness, shrewdness, skill, smartness, talent, wisdom, wit; concept 409 Ant. foolishness, ignorance, naievety, senselessness, stupidity clich [n] overused, hackneyed phrase adage, banality, boiler plate*, bromide, buzzword, chestnut*, commonplace, corn*, counterword, familiar tune, motto, old story*, platitude, potboiler, prosaism, proverb, rubber stamp*, saying, shibboleth, slogan, stale saying, stereotype, threadbare phrase, triteness, trite remark, triviality, truism, vapid expression; concepts 275,278 Ant. coinage, nuance click [n/v1] metallic sound bang, beat, clack, snap, tick; concepts 65,595 click [v2] fall into place become clear, be compatible, be on same wavelength*, come off*, feel a rapport*, get on*, go, go off well*, go over, hit it off*, make a hit*, make sense, match, meet with approval, pan out*, prove out, succeed, take to each other*; concept 704 client [n] customer applicant, believer, buyer, chump, consumer, dependent, disciple, follower, front, habitu, head, mark, patient, patron, protg, protge, purchaser, shopper, walk-in, ward; concept 348 Ant. manager, owner clientele [n] customers of business audience, business, clientage, clientry, clients, constituency, cortege, dependents, following, market, patronage, patrons, public, regulars, trade; concepts 325,417 Ant. management, ownership cliff [n] overhang on hill or mountain bluff, crag, escarpment, face, precipice, rock face, rocky height, scar, scarp, steep rock, wall; concept 509 cliffhanger [n] something suspenseful close call, close shave*, narrow escape, shocker, spine-chiller, squeaker*, thriller, white knuckle; concepts 410,679 climactic/climacteric [adj] decisive acute, climactical, critical, crucial, desperate, dire,

paramount, peak; concept 567 Ant. anticlimacteric, anticlimactic, bathetic, indecisive, trivial, undecided climate [n1] weather of region altitude, aridity, atmospheric conditions, characteristic weather, clime, conditions, humidity, latitude, meteorological character, meteorologic conditions, temperature; concept 524 climate [n2] mood of situation ambience, ambient, atmosphere, disposition, environment, feeling, medium, milieu, mise-en-scne, mood, surroundings, temper, tendency, trend; concept 673 climax [n] peak, culmination acme, apex, apogee, ascendancy, capsheaf, capstone, climacteric, crest, crowning point, extremity, head, height, highlight, high spot, intensication, limit, maximum, meridian, ne plus ultra, orgasm, payoff*, pinnacle, pitch, summit, tiptop, top, turning point, utmost, zenith; concepts 706,836 Ant. anticlimax, cliffhanger climax [v] come to top; culminate accomplish, achieve, break the record*, cap, come, come to a head*, conclude, content, crown, end, nish, fulll, hit high spot, orgasm, peak, please, reach a peak, reach the zenith, rise to crescendo*, satisfy, succeed, terminate, top, tower; concepts 375,704,706 Ant. delve, dip, drop, fall off climb [v] crawl, move up ape up*, ascend, clamber, escalade, escalate, go up, mount, rise, scale, soar, top; concept 166 Ant. descend, dismount, go down, retreat clinch [v1] secure a goal assure, cap, conclude, conrm, decide, determine, seal, seize, set, settle, sew up, verify; concept 706 clinch [v2] hold securely; grab bolt, clamp, clasp, clench, clutch, cuddle, embrace, enfold, fasten, x, grab hold of, grapple, grasp, grip, hug, lay hands on, make fast, nail, press, rivet, secure, seize, snatch, squeeze; concepts 191,219 Ant. let go clincher [n] settling event capper, closer, coup de grce, crowning blow*, culmination, deathblow*, deciding moment, nisher, nishing touch; concepts 230,635,676 cling [v] attach to adhere, be true to, cherish, clasp, cleave to, clutch, cohere, continue, embrace, endure, fasten, freeze to, grasp, grip, hang in, hang onto, hold fast, hug, last, linger, squeeze, stay put, stick, stick like glue*; concepts 85,160,190 Ant. detach, let go, unfasten clinic [n] medical center dispensary, hospital, inrmary, sick bay, surgery center; concepts 312,439,449 clinical [adj] dispassionate analytic, antiseptic, cold, detached, disinterested, emotionless, impersonal, objective, scientic, unemotional; concept 404 Ant. feeling, passionate, subjective clink [n/v] bang against, ring chink, clang, jangle, jingle, sound, tingle, tinkle; concepts 65,595 clip [v1] cut short bob, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, decrease, dock, lower, mow, pare, prune, reduce, shave, shear, shorten, skive, slash, snip, trim, truncate; concept 137 Ant. lengthen clip [v2/n] punch blow, box, clout, cuff, knock, punch, smack, sock, thump, wallop, whack; concept 189

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clique [n] group of friends bunch, cabal, camarilla, camp, circle, clan, club, coterie, crew, crowd, crush, faction, gang, in-group, insiders, lobby, Maa, mob, organization, outt, pack, posse, ring, set, society; concepts 387,417 cloak [n] cover; coat beard, blind, camouage, cape, capote, disguise, facade, face, front, guise, manteau, mantle, mask, pretext, semblance, shawl, shield, show, veneer, wrap; concepts 451,475,680 cloak [v] disguise blanket, camouage, coat, conceal, cover, curtain, dissemble, dissimulate, dress up, hide, mask, obscure, pretext, screen, shroud, veil; concept 188 Ant. reveal, uncloak, uncover clobber [v] hit, beat belt, blast, drub, lambaste*, lick, shellac*, slam, slug, smash, smear, smother, thrash, trim, wallop, whip; concepts 189,252 clock [n] timekeeping device alarm, Big Ben*, chroniker*, chronograph, chronometer, digital watch, hourglass, pendulum, stopwatch, sundial, tattler, ticker*, tick-tock*, timekeeper, timemarker, timepiece, timer, turnip*, watch; concepts 463,819 clockwork [n] being on time; precision accuracy, consistency, perfect timing, regularity, smoothness; concept 818 clod [n] stupid person blockhead*, boor, chump, clown, dimwit*, dolt, dope*, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, fool, imbecile, lame-brain*, lout, oaf, simpleton; concepts 412,423 clog [n] blockage bar, block, blockade, burden, cumbrance, dead weight, drag, encumbrance, hindrance, impedance, impediment, obstruction, snag; concepts 121,674 Ant. clearance, opening clog [v] block, hinder burden, choke, close, congest, curb, dam up, encumber, entrammel, fetter, ll, glut, hamper, impede, jam, leash, obstruct, occlude, plug, seal, shackle, stopper, stop up, stuff, tie, trammel; concepts 121,130, 190 Ant. clear, free, open, unblock, unclog, unencumber, unstop cloister [n] secluded religious place abbey, cell, chapter house, convent, friary, hermitage, house, lamasery, monastery, nunnery, order, priorate, priory, religious community, retreat, sanctuary; concepts 368,516 cloistered [adj] secluded cloistral, conned, hermitic, hidden, insulated, recluse, reclusive, restricted, secluse, seclusive, sequestered, sheltered, shielded, shut off, withdrawn; concepts 554,583 Ant. free, open, unsecluded clone [n] exact duplicate act-alike, copy, double, duplicate, look-alike computer, reproduction, twin; concepts 664,667,716 clone [v] copy exactly copy, duplicate, repeat, replicate, reproduce; concepts 91,171 close [adj1] near, nearby abutting, across the street, adjacent, adjoining, approaching, around the corner, at hand, contiguous, convenient, give or take a little*, handy, hard by, immediate, imminent, impending, in spitting distance*, in the ball park*, near-at-hand, nearest, nearly, neighboring, next, nigh, proximate, under ones nose*, warm; concept 586 Ant. away, beyond, detached, far, faraway close [adj2] dense, cramped circumscribed,

close-grained, compact, conned, conning, congested, consolidated, cropped, crowded, rm, impenetrable, impermeable, jam-packed, narrow, packed, restricted, short, solid, substantial, thick, tight; concepts 481,483,774 Ant. loose, open, uncramped close [adj3] accurate, precise conscientious, exact, faithful, lifelike, literal, resembling, similar, strict; concepts 535,563 Ant. far, imprecise, inaccurate close [adj4] intimate attached, buddy-buddy*, chummy, condential, cozy with, dear, devoted, familiar, inseparable, kissing cousins*, loving, making it with*, on top of each other*, palsywalsy*, private, related, thick*, thick as thieves*, thick with*; concepts 372,555 Ant. unfriendly close [adj5] oppressive, humid airless, breathless, choky, conned, fusty, heavy, moldy, motionless, muggy, musty, stagnant, stale, stale-smelling, sticky, stiing, stuffy, suffocating, sultry, sweltering, sweltry, thick, tight, uncomfortable, unventilated; concepts 525, 605 Ant. cool, dry close [adj6] secret, reserved buttoning ones lip*, buttoning up*, clamming up*, close-lipped, closemouthed, hidden, hush-hush*, mums the word*, on the Q. T.*, private, reticent, retired, secluded, secretive, silent, taciturn, tight chops*, tight-lipped*, uncommunicative, unforthcoming, zipping ones lips*; concepts 267,576 Ant. open, unreserved close [adj7] stingy chintzy*, closested, illiberal, mean, mingy, miserly, narrow, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, skimpy, skinint*, tight, tight-sted, ungenerous; concepts 334,404 Ant. generous, giving close [n] ending adjournment, cease, cessation, completion, conclusion, culmination, denouement, desistance, end, nale, nish, period, stop, termination, windup; concepts 119,832 Ant. beginning, commencement, opening, start close [v1] obstruct, seal bang, bar, block, bolt, button, caulk, choke, clap, clench, clog, conne, congest, cork, dam, exclude, fasten, ll, lock, occlude, plug, prevent passage, put to, retard ow, screen, secure, shut, shut off, shutter, slam, stopper, stop up, stuff, turn off; concepts 113,121,201 Ant. open, release, unclose, unplug, unseal, unstop close [v2] complete, nish, stop button down*, button up*, call it a day*, call off, cap, cease, clear, clinch, conclude, consummate, culminate, cut loose, determine, discontinue, do, drop the curtain*, end, fold, fold up, halt, pack it in*, put a lid on*, put to bed*, sew up*, shut down, shutter, terminate, ultimate, wind down*, wind up*, wrap up*; concept 234 Ant. begin, continue, not nish, open, start close [v3] join, unite agree, bind, chain, coalesce, come together, connect, couple, encounter, fuse, grapple, inclose, meet, put together, tie, tie up; concept 113 Ant. disjoin, disunite, open close call [n] narrow escape cliffhanger, close shave*, heart stopper*, near miss, photonish, squeaker*, white-knuckler*; concept 102 closed [adj1] shut, out of service bankrupt, dark, fastened, folded, gone shing*, locked,

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not open, out of business*, out of order*, padlocked, sealed, shut down; concept 576 Ant. in business, open, running, working closed [adj2] nished, terminated concluded, decided, ended, nal, over, resolved, settled; concept 548 Ant. beginning, continuing, open, started, starting, unsettled closed [adj3] exclusive, independent restricted, self-centered, self-contained, self-sufcient, self-sufcing, self-supported, self-supporting, self-sustained, self-sustaining; concept 550 Ant. open, welcoming closely [adv] approximately, carefully by the skin of ones teeth*, exactly, rmly, hard, heedfully, in conjunction with, intently, intimately, jointly, meticulously, mindfully, minutely, nearly, punctiliously, scrupulously, searchingly, sharply, similarly, strictly, thoughtfully; concepts 487,557,573 closemouthed [adj] silent, reserved buttoned up*, clammed up*, close, close-lipped, dummied up, have tight chops*, hush-hush, on the Q. T.*, quiet, reticent, sedate, taciturn, tightlipped, uncommunicative, zipped ones lips*; concept 267 Ant. chatty, open, talkative closet [n] storage cupboard, usually tall ambry, bin, buffet, cabinet, chest of drawers, clothes room, cold storage, container, depository, locker, receptacle, recess, repository, room, safe, sideboard, vault, walk-in, wardrobe; concept 440 closure [n1] conclusion cease, cessation, close, closing, desistance, end, ending, nish, stop, stoppage, termination; concept 119 Ant. beginning, introduction, opening, start closure [n2] plug, seal blockade, bolt, bung, cap, cork, fastener, latch, lid, obstruction, occludent, occlusion, padlock, stop, stopper, stopple, tampon, tap; concepts 471,680 Ant. opening clot [n] blockage, mass of coagulation array, batch, battery, body, bulk, bunch, bundle, clotting, clump, cluster, coagulum, coalescence, conglutination, consolidation, curd, curdling, embolism, embolus, glob, gob, group, grume, lump, occlusion, precipitate, set, thickness, thrombus; concepts 432,466, 470 Ant. opening clot [v] coagulate clabber, coalesce, congeal, curdle, gel, gelate, gelatinize, glop up*, jell, jellify, jelly, lopper*, lump, set, solidify, thicken; concept 469 Ant. loose, thin cloth [n] fabric bolt, calico, cotton, dry goods, goods, material, stuff, synthetics, textiles, tissue, twill, weave, yard goods; concept 473 clothe [v] cover with apparel accouter, apparel, array, attire, bedizen, bedrape, breech, bundle up, caparison, cloak, coat, costume, dandify, deck, disguise, dizen, do up*, drape, dress, dress up, dud*, endow, endue, enwrap, equip, t, t out, garb, gown, guise, habilitate, habit, invest, jacket, livery, mantle, outt, primp, raiment, rig, robe, spruce, suit up, swaddle, swathe, tog, turn out, vest; concept 167 Ant. reveal, take off, unclothe, uncover clothes/clothing [n] personal attire accouterment, apparel, array, caparison, civvies*, costume, covering, drag*, drapery, dress, duds*, ensemble, equipment, nery, frippery, frock, full feather*, garb, garments, gear,

get-up*, habiliment, habit, hand-me-downs, livery, mufti, outt, overclothes, panoply, rags*, raiment, regalia, rigging*, sack*, sportswear, Sunday best*, tailleur, tatters*, things*, threads*, toggery*, togs, tout ensemble, trappings, trousseau, underclothes, vestment, vesture, vines*, wardrobe, wear, weeds*, zoot suit*; concept 451 cloud [n1] mass of water particles in air billow, brume, darkness, dimness, lm, fog, fogginess, frost, gloom, haze, haziness, mares tail*, mist, murk, nebula, nebulosity, obscurity, ol buttermilk sky*, overcast, pea soup*, pother, puff, rack, scud, sheep, smog, smoke, smother, steam, thunderhead, vapor, veil, woolpack; concepts 437,524 cloud [n2] crowd army, dense mass, ock, horde, host, legion, multitude, rout, scores, shower, swarm, throng; concepts 417,432 cloud [v1] become foggy or obscured adumbrate, becloud, befog, blur, darken, dim, eclipse, envelop, fog, gloom, mist, obfuscate, overcast, overshadow, shade, shadow, veil; concepts 469,526 Ant. clear, unfog, unveil cloud [v2] confuse addle, becloud, befuddle, disorient, distort, distract, impair, muddle, muddy, obscure, perplex, puzzle; concepts 7,19 Ant. clear up, explain, explicate cloudy [adj] hazy; darkened blurred, confused, dark, dense, dim, dismal, dull, dusky, emulsied, foggy, gloomy, heavy, indenite, indistinct, leaden, lowering, misty, mucky, muddy, murky, mushy, nebulous, nontranslucent, nontransparent, not clear, nubilous, obscure, opaque, overcast, somber, sullen, sunless, vaporous; concept 525 Ant. clear, cloudless clout [n] power authority, inuence, prestige, pull*, standing, sway, weight; concept 686 clout [v] hit blow, box, clip, clobber, cuff, rap, slap, smack, sock, strike, thump, wallop, whack; concepts 189,200 clown [n1] joking person antic, buffoon, comedian, comic, cut-up*, dolt, droll, farceur, fool, funnyperson, funster, gagman*, gagster*, harlequin, humorist, jester, joker, jokesmith, jokester, life of the party*, madcap, merryandrew, merrymaker, mime, mountebank, mummer, picador, pierrot, prankster, punch, punchinello*, quipster, ribald, wag, wisecracker, wit*, zany*; concept 423 clown [n2] stupid, ignorant person blockhead*, boor, bucolic, buffoon, bumpkin*, chuff, churl, clodhopper*, gawk, hayseed*, hick*, hind, jake, lout, mucker*, oaf, peasant, rube, rustic, swain, yahoo*, yokel; concepts 412,423 clown [v] joke act crazy, act the fool*, bug out*, cut up*, fool around, have fun, jest, kid around; concept 386 cloy [v] overll disgust, ll, glut, gorge, jade, nauseate, pall, sate, satiate, satisfy, sicken, stall, stodge, sufce, surfeit, weary; concept 740 cloying [adj] sickly sweet cheesy*, cornball*, corny*, cutesy*, drippy*, gooey*, honeyed, mushy*, over-sentimental, oversweet, saccharine, sappy, sentimental, sugary, syrupy; concept 401 club [n1] bat, stick baton, billy*, blackjack, bludgeon, business*, conk buster*, convincer*, cosh, cudgel, hammer, hickory, mace, mallet,

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nightstick, persuader*, quarterstaff, rosewood, sap, shill, shillelagh, staff, swatter, truncheon, works*; concepts 470,499 club [n2] social organization afliation, alliance, association, bunch, circle, clique, company, crew, faction, gang, guild, hangout*, league, lodge, meeting, mob, order, outt, ring, set, society, sodality, stamping ground*, union; concepts 387,439 club [n3] golng tool brassie, cleek, driver, iron, mashie, midiron, niblick, putter, spoon, stick, wedge, wood; concept 364 club [v] hit hard with object bash, baste, batter, beat, blackjack, bludgeon, clobber, clout, cosh, cudgel, fustigate, hammer, pommel, pound, pummel, strike, whack; concept 189 clue [n] hint, evidence cue, dead giveaway*, hot lead*, indication, inkling, intimation, key, lead, mark, notion, pointer, print, proof, sign, solution, suggestion, suspicion, telltale, tip, tip-off*, trace, track, wind; concept 274 clue [v] give information acquaint, advise, apprise, ll in, give the lowdown*, give the skinny on*, hint, indicate, inform, intimate, lead to, leave evidence, leave trace, leave tracks, notify, point to, post, suggest, tell, warn, wise up; concept 60 Ant. hide, keep secret clump [n1] mass of something array, batch, blob, body, bunch, bundle, chunk, cluster, clutter, gob, group, hodgepodge, hunk, jumble, knot, lot, lump, nugget, parcel, set, shock, wad; concepts 432,470 clump [n2] thumping noise clatter, clomp, galumph, scuff, stomp, stumble, thud; concept 595 clump [v] make thumping noise barge, bumble, clatter, clomp, galumph, hobble, limp, lumber, plod, scuff, stamp, stomp, stumble, stump, thud, thump, tramp; concepts 65,595 clumsy [adj] not agile; awkward all thumbs*, blundering, blunderous, bulky, bumbling, bungling, butterngered*, clownish, crude, elephantine, gauche, gawkish, gawky, graceless, ham-handed*, heavy, heavy-handed, helpless, hulking, ill-shaped, incompetent, inelegant, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, lubberly, lumbering, lumpish, maladroit, oash, ponderous, splay, stumbling, unable, unadept, uncoordinated, uncouth, undexterous, uneasy, ungainly, unhandy, unskillful, untactful, untalented, untoward, unwieldy, weedy; concepts 401,402, 584 Ant. adroit, agile, athletic, clever, coordinated, couth, dexterous, expert, graceful cluster [n] group of something array, assemblage, band, batch, bevy, blob, body, bunch, bundle, chunk, clump, clutch, collection, covey, crew, gathering, hunk, knot, lot, pack, party, set; concept 432 Ant. individual, one cluster [v] assemble, group accumulate, aggregate, associate, bunch, bunch up, bundle, collect, crowd around, cumulate, ock, gang around, gather, package, parcel, round up; concept 109 Ant. disperse, dissemble, let go, scatter clutch [n] strong hold clamp, clasp, clench, clinch, connection, coupling, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, link; concept 190 clutch [v] grab, snatch catch, cherish, clasp, clench, clinch, cling to, collar, embrace, fasten,

glom*, grapple, grasp, grip, harbor, hold, hook, keep, nab, nail*, put the snare on*, seize, snag, snatch, take; concepts 190,191 Ant. let go, unfasten clutches [n] personal power claws, control, custody, grasp, grip, hands, keeping, possession, sway; concepts 388,641,710 clutter [n] disarray, mess ataxia, chaos, confusion, derangement, disorder, hodgepodge, huddle, jumble, litter, medley, melange, muddle, rummage, scramble, shufe, tumble, untidiness; concepts 432,674 Ant. neatness, order, tidiness clutter [v] cause mess, disarray dirty, jumble, litter, muddle, scatter, snarl, strew; concept 254 Ant. array, clean up, neaten, order, tidy coach [n1] instructor, usually in recreation drill instructor, educator, mentor, physical education instructor, skipper, teacher, trainer, tutor; concepts 350,366 Ant. player, pupil, student coach [n2] carriage bus, car, chaise, charabanc, fourwheeler, gocart, perambulator, stage, tallyho*, train, vehicle, victoria; concept 505 coach [v] instruct, usually in recreation break in*, cram, drill, educate, hone, lay it out for*, lick into shape*, prepare, pull ones coat*, put through the grind*, put through the mill*, ready, school, teach, train, tutor; concepts 285,363 Ant. accept, learn, listen coagulate [v] clot clabber, coalesce, compact, concentrate, concrete, condense, congeal, consolidate, curdle, dry, gel, gelate, gelatinize, glop up*, harden, inspissate, jell, jellify, jelly, lopper*, set, solidify, thicken; concept 469 Ant. dilute, dissolve, melt, open, thin, unclot coagulation [n] clotting agglomeration, caseation, concentration, concretion, condensation, congelation, consolidation, curdling, embolism, gelatination, incrassation, inspissation, jellication, thickening; concept 469 Ant. dissolution, melting, opening, thinning coalesce [v] blend, come together adhere, amalgamate, associate, bracket, cleave, cling, cohere, combine, commingle, commix, conjoin, connect, consolidate, fuse, hook up with*, incorporate, integrate, join, join up with, link, merge, mingle, mix, relate, stick, tie in with*, unite, wed; concepts 112,113 Ant. divide, separate coalition [n] allied group, association afliation, alliance, amalgam, amalgamation, anschluss, bloc, coadunation, combination, combine, compact, confederacy, confederation, conjunction, consolidation, conspiracy, faction, federation, fusion, integration, league, melding, mergence, merger, merging, party, ring, unication, union; concept 381 Ant. disassociation coarse [adj1] not ne, rude base, bawdy, blue*, boorish, brutish, cheap, common, crass, crude, dirty, earthy, lthy, foul, foul-mouthed, gross, gruff, immodest, impolite, improper, impure, incult, indelicate, inelegant, loutish, low, lowbred, lowdown and dirty*, mean, nasty, obscene, off-color, offensive, rafsh, raunchy, raw, ribald, rough, roughneck*, rude, scatological, smutty*, tacky, uncivil, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unrened, vulgar, vulgarian; concepts 401,545 Ant. gentle, nice, polite, rened, sophisticated

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coarse [adj2] rough, unrened chapped, coarsegrained, crude, grainy, granular, harsh, homespun, impure, inferior, loose, lumpy, mediocre, particulate, poor quality, rough-hewn, rugged, unnished, unpolished, unprocessed, unpuried; concepts 574,606 Ant. delicate, rened, smooth, soft coarseness [n] rudeness, vulgarity bawdiness, boorishness, callousness, crassness, crudity, earthiness, harshness, indelicacy, offensiveness, poor taste, rawness, ribaldry, roughness, smut*, smuttiness*, uncouthness, unevenness, unrenement; concepts 633,645 Ant. delicacy, manners, politeness, renement, sophistication coast [n] border by water bank, beach, coastline, littoral, margin, seaboard, seacoast, seashore, seaside, shore, shoreline, strand; concepts 509,514 coast [v] glide along without much effort cruise, drift, oat, freewheel, get by*, ride on current, sail, skate, slide, smooth along*, taxi; concepts 150,704 coastal [adj] bordering the water along a coast, littoral, marginal, marshy, riverine, seaside, skirting; concept 583 coat [n1] animal hair crust, ectoderm, epidermis, felt, eece, fur, hide, husk, integument, leather, membrane, pelage, pellicle, pelt, peltry, protective covering, rind, scale, scarfskin, shell, skin, wool; concept 399 coat [n2] covering bark, coating, crust, nish, glaze, gloss, lacquer, lamination, layer, overlay, painting, plaster, priming, roughcast, set, tinge, varnish, wash, whitewashing; concept 259 coat [n3] personal outerwear cape, cloak, cutaway, ogger, frock, greatcoat, jacket, mackinaw, mink, overcoat, pea, raincoat, slicker, suit, tails, threads, topcoat, trench, tux, tuxedo, ulster, windbreaker, wrap; concept 451 coat [v] cover with layer of material apply, cover, crust, enamel, foil, glaze, incrust, laminate, paint, plaster, plate, smear, spread, stain, surface, varnish; concepts 172,202 Ant. reveal, uncover coating [n] covering blanket, bloom, coat, crust, dusting, encrustation, lm, nish, glaze, lamination, layer, membrane, patina, sheet, skin, varnish, veneer; concept 475 coax [v] persuade allure, argue into, armtwist*, barter, beguile, blandish, blarney, butter up*, cajole, come on, con, decoy, entice, atter, get, hook, importune, induce, inuence, inveigle, jawbone*, lure, pester, plague, press, prevail upon, rope in*, soft-soap*, soothe, sweet-talk, talk into, tease, tempt, urge, wangle, wheedle, work on, worm; concept 68 Ant. allow, not care cobweb [n] entanglement; lament ber, gossamer, labyrinth, mesh, net, network, snare, tissue, toil, web, webbing; concepts 517,674 cocaine [n] illegal drug blow*, coke*, controlled substance, crack*, crystal*, freebase*, happy dust*, ice*, joy powder*, mojo*, narcotic, nose candy*, poison*, snort*, snow*, speedball*, stardust*, stuff*, sugar*, white horse*, white lady*, wings*; concept 307 cock [n] rooster capon, chanticleer, chicken, cock-a-doodle-doo*, cockalorum, cockerel; concept 394

cock [v] aim up toward erect, hump, perk up, pile, prick, raise, stack, stand erect, stand up, stick up; concept 201 cockeyed [adj] crooked, askew absurd, askance, askant, asymmetrical, awry, cam, canted, crazy, crooked, cross-eyed, lopsided, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, squint, strabismic; concept 586 Ant. level, straight cocky/cocksure [adj] self-assured, full of oneself arrogant, brash, bumptious, certain, conceited, condent, egotistical, hotdogging*, hotshot*, hubristic, know-it-all*, lordly, nervy, overcondent, overweening, positive, presumptuous, self-condent, smart aleck*, smart guy*, smarty*, smarty pants*, sure, swaggering, swollen-headed, vain, wise guy*; concepts 401,404 Ant. humble, modest, uncertain, unself-condent, unsure cocoon [v] protect with covering cushion, encase, envelop, insulate, pad, swaddle, swathe, truss, wrap; concepts 130,134 coddle [v1] indulge, pamper baby, caress, cater to, cosset, cotton, favor, humor, make much of, make over, mollycoddle, nurse, pet, play up to, spoil; concepts 110,295 Ant. ignore, turn away coddle [v2] boil lightly, usually eggs brew, cook, poach, simmer, steam; concept 170 code [n1] secret language system cipher, cryptograph; concepts 276,284 code [n2] law, rule canon, charter, codex, constitution, convention, custom, digest, discipline, ethics, etiquette, manners, maxim, method, regulation, system; concepts 318,688 co-dependent [adj] unhealthy psychological reliance of one person on another addicted, attached, hooked, interconnected, interdependent, mutually dependent, slavish trust, unhealthy condence; concepts 404,542 codicil [n] added part to document addendum, addition, appendix, postscript, rider, supplement; concept 270 codify [v] systematize arrange, catalogue, classify, code, collect, condense, digest, order, organize, summarize, tabulate; concepts 39,84 Ant. disorganize, unsystematize coerce [v] compel, press beset, browbeat, bulldoze*, bully, concuss, constrain, cow, dragoon, drive, force, high pressure*, hinder, impel, intimidate, lean on, make, make an offer they cant refuse*, menace, oblige, pressurize, push, put the squeeze on*, repress, restrict, shotgun*, strongarm, suppress, terrorize, threaten, twist ones arm*, urge; concepts 14,68 Ant. leave alone coercion [n] compulsion, pressure browbeating, bullying, constraint, duress, force, intimidation, menace, menacing, persuasion, restraint, strong-arm tactic*, threat, threatening, violence; concepts 14,68 coexistence [n] happening or being at same time, place accord, coetaneousness, coevality, coincidence, concurrence, conformity, conjunction, contemporaneousness, harmony, order, peace, simultaneousness, synchronicity; concept 407 coffee [n] hot beverage made from beans of a tree battery acid*, brew, caf, caf au lait, caf noir, cappuccino, decaf, decoction, demitasse, espresso, forty weight*, hot stuff*, ink*,

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jamocha*, java*, joe*, mocha*, mud*, perk*, varnish remover*; concept 454 coffer [n] large box case, casket, chest, exchequer, repository, strongbox, treasure chest, treasury, war chest*; concept 494 cofn [n] box for dead person casket, catafalque, crate, funerary box, pall, pine box, pine drape*, sarcophagus; concepts 368,479, 494 cog [n] main part of device cogwheel, differential, fang, gear, pinion, prong, rack, ratchet, tine, tooth, transmission, tusk, wheel; concept 464 cogency [n] effectiveness bearing, concern, connection, conviction, convincingness, force, forcefulness, pertinence, point, potency, power, punch, relevance, strength, validity, validness; concepts 376,676 Ant. impotence, ineffectiveness, invalidity, weakness cogent [adj] effective apposite, apt, compelling, conclusive, consequential, convictive, convincing, tting, forceful, forcible, inducing, inuential, irresistible, justied, meaningful, momentous, persuasive, pertinent, potent, powerful, puissant, relevant, satisfactory, satisfying, signicant, solid, sound, strong, suasive, telling, urgent, valid, weighty, well-grounded; concept 537 Ant. impotent, ineffective, invalid, weak cogitate [v] think deeply about brainstorm*, cerebrate, chew the cud*, conceive, consider, contemplate, deliberate, envisage, envision, gure, ash on*, imagine, kick around*, meditate, mull over, muse, noodle around*, ponder, reason, reect, ruminate, speculate, stew over*; concepts 17,24 Ant. ignore cogitation [n] deep thought brainwork, cerebration, consideration, contemplation, deliberation, meditation, reection, rumination, speculation; concept 410 Ant. ignorance cognate [adj] alike, associated afliated, agnate, akin, allied, analogous, comparable, connate, connatural, connected, consanguine, general, generic, incident, kindred, like, related, same, similar, universal; concepts 487,573 Ant. disassociated, dissimilar, unalike, unallied, unconnected, unlike cognizance/cognition [n] understanding acknowledgment, apprehension, attention, awareness, comprehension, discernment, insight, intelligence, knowledge, mind, need, note, notice, observance, observation, perception, percipience, reasoning, recognition, regard; concept 409 Ant. ignorance, misunderstanding cognizant [adj] aware acquainted, alive, apprehensive, au courant, awake, conscious, conversant, down with, familiar, grounded, hep to*, hip to*, informed, in on, in the know, in the picture*, judicious, knowing, knowledgeable, observant, on the beam*, on to*, perceptive, plugged in, savvy, sensible, sentient, tuned in*, up on*, versed, wise to*, with it*, witting; concept 402 Ant. ignorant, unaware, unfamiliar, uninformed, unknowledgeable, unwitting cohabit [v] live together be roommates with, conjugate, couple, have relations, live illegally, live with, mingle, play house*, room together, shack up*, share address, take up housekeeping*; concepts 226,375,384

cohere [v1] stick to, cling adhere, associate, bind, blend, cleave, coalesce, combine, connect, consolidate, fuse, glue, hold, join, merge, unite; concepts 85,113,160 Ant. divide, fall off, separate cohere [v2] agree, conform accord, be connected, be consistent, check, check out, comport, conform, correspond, dovetail, t in, go, hang together, harmonize, hold, hold water, make sense, relate, square; concepts 8,636, 667 Ant. disagree, dispute, not conform coherence [n] agreement adherence, attachment, bond, cementation, cling, clinging, comprehensibility, concordance, conformity, congruity, connection, consistency, consonance, construction, continuity, correspondence, inseparability, inseparableness, integrity, intelligibility, rationality, relations, solidarity, stickage, tenacity, union, unity; concepts 388,684 Ant. disagreement, incoherence, incongruity, nonsense, unintelligibility coherent [adj] understandable articulate, comprehensible, consistent, identied, intelligible, logical, lucid, meaningful, orderly, organized, rational, reasoned, sound, systematic; concept 402 Ant. disorganized, incomprehensible, irrational, not understandable, unintelligible, unrational, unsystematic cohort [n] partner in activity accomplice, adherent, aide, ally, assistant, associate, companion, company, comrade, confrere, consociate, contingent, disciple, follower, friend, hand, legion, mate, myrmidon, pal, partisan, regiment, satellite, sidekick, stall, supporter; concept 423 Ant. enemy, opponent coiffure [n] hairstyle afro, beehive, blow dry*, braids, corn rows, crew cut, DA*, dreadlocks, dreads, ip, fuzz cut*, hair, hair-comb, haircut, hairdo, permanent, pigtails, plait, ponytail, razor cut*, tail, tease, trim, wave; concepts 418,718 coil [n] thread that curls bight, braid, circle, convolution, corkscrew, curlicue, gyration, helix, involution, lap, loop, ring, roll, scroll, spiral, tendril, turn, twine, twirl, twist, whorl, wind; concept 436 coil [v] curl around, entwine convolute, convolve, corkscrew, fold, intertwine, intervolve, lap, loop, make serpentine, rotate, scroll, sinuate, snake, spiral, spire, turn, twine, twist, wind, wrap around, wreathe, writhe; concepts 201,758 coin [n] metallic money bread*, cash, change, chicken feed*, chips*, coinage, copper, currency, dough, gold, jack*, legal tender, meter money*, mintage, money, piece, scratch*, silver, small change*, specie; concept 340 Ant. bill, dollar coin [v] create, invent brainstorm*, compose, conceive, contrive, counterfeit, dream up, fabricate, forge, formulate, frame, head trip*, make up, make up off the top of ones head*, manufacture, mint, mold, originate, spark, spitball*, stamp, strike, think up, trump up*; concepts 36,173 coincide [v] go along with; coexist accompany, accord, acquiesce, agree, be concurrent, befall, be the same, come about, concert, concur, correspond, equal, eventuate, harmonize, identify,

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jibe, match, occur simultaneously, quadrate, square, sync, synchronize, tally; concepts 667,714 Ant. clash, deviate, differ, disagree, diverge, mismatch coincidence [n1] agreement; coexistence accompaniment, accord, accordance, collaboration, concomitance, concurrence, conformity, conjunction, consonance, correlation, correspondence, parallelism, synchronism, union; concepts 667,684,714 Ant. clash, deviation, difference, disagreement, divergence, mismatch coincidence [n2] accidental happening accident, chance, eventuality, fate, uke, fortuity, happening, happy accident, incident, luck, stroke of luck; concepts 4,230 Ant. design, plan, scheme coincident [adj] concurring, happening together ancillary, attendant, attending, coinciding, collateral, concomitant, consonant, contemporaneous, contemporary, coordinate, correspondent, incident, satellite, simultaneous, synchronous; concepts 548,820 coincidental [adj] accidental casual, chance, circumstantial, uky, fortuitous, incidental, unintentional, unplanned; concept 548 Ant. decided, deliberate, designed, planned cold [adj1] chilly, freezing algid, arctic, below freezing, below zero, benumbed, biting, bitter, blasting, bleak, boreal, brisk, brumal, chill, chilled, cool, crisp, cutting, frigid, frore, frosty, frozen, gelid, glacial, have goose bumps*, hawkish, hiemal, hyperborean, icebox, iced, icy, inclement, intense, keen, nipping, nippy, numbed, numbing, one-dog night*, penetrating, piercing, polar, raw, rimy, severe, sharp, shivery, Siberian, sleety, snappy, snowy, stinging, two-dog night*, wintry; concept 605 Ant. hot, warm cold [adj2] aloof, unresponsive apathetic, coldblooded, cool, dead, distant, emotionless, frigid, frosty, glacial, icy, impersonal, imperturbable, indifferent, inhibited, inhospitable, joyless, lukewarm, matter-of-fact, passionless, phlegmatic, reserved, reticent, spiritless, standofsh, stony, unconcerned, undemonstrative, unenthusiastic, unfeeling, unimpassioned, unmoved, unresponsive, unsympathetic; concept 404 Ant. animated, ardent, eager, enthusiastic, excited, fervid, friendly, interested, sympathetic, warm, zealous cold [n] frigid conditions ague, algidity, algor, chill, chilliness, coldness, congelation, draft, freeze, frigidity, frost, frostbite, frostiness, frozenness, gelidity, gelidness, glaciation, goose esh, iciness, inclemency, rawness, refrigeration, shivering, shivers, snow, wintertime, wintriness; concepts 524,610 Ant. heat, warmth cold-blooded [adj] cruel, heartless barbarous, brutal, callous, cold, dispassionate, hard-boiled, hardened, hard-hearted, imperturbable, inhuman, matter-of-fact, merciless, obdurate, pitiless, relentless, ruthless, savage, steely, stony-hearted, uncompassionate, unemotional, unfeeling, unmoved; concept 542 Ant. compassionate, demonstrative, feeling, friendly, merciful, nice, sympathetic, warm-blooded cold feet [n] fear of carrying out an activity anxiety, fear, reservations, second thoughts, timidity; concept 27

cold sh [n] unemotional person aloof person, iceberg*, unfeeling person; concept 412 cold-hearted [adj] unfeeling cold, detached, hard, hard-hearted, harsh, heartless, indifferent, insensitive, stony-hearted, uncaring, unemotional, unfriendly, unkind, unloving, unsympathetic; concept 403 Ant. warm-hearted cold shoulder [n] snub aloofness, brush-off, coldness, dismissal, disregard, iciness; concepts 30,633 coliseum [n] arena for events amphitheater, bowl, hippodrome, open-air theater, stade, stadium, theater; concept 438 collaborate [v] work together be in cahoots*, coact, cofunction, collude, come together, concert, concur, conspire, cooperate, coproduce, do business with, get together, glue oneself to*, go partners*, hook on, hook up*, interface, join forces, join together, join up with, participate, team up, throw in together*, throw in with*, tie in, work with; concepts 100,351,384 Ant. disagree, divorce, part collaboration [n] cooperation alliance, association, collusion, combination, concert, fraternization, joint effort, participation, partnership, teamwork, working together; concept 110 Ant. noncooperation collaborator [n] person who works with another assistant, associate, colleague, confederate, co-worker, fellow traveller, helper, partner, quisling, running dog, teammate, team player*; concepts 348,423 collage [n] mixture of pictures abstract composition, found art, photomontage; concept 259 collapse [n] downfall, breakdown bankruptcy, basket case*, cataclysm, catastrophe, cave-in, conk out*, crackup*, crash, debacle, destruction, disintegration, disorganization, disruption, exhaustion, failure, faint, op, prostration, ruination, ruining, smash, smashup, subsidence, undoing, wreck; concepts 230,316,410,674 Ant. build-up, increase, rise, success collapse [v] fall apart, break down belly up*, bend, break, cave in, conk out*, crack up*, crumple, deate, disintegrate, droop, drop, exhaust, fail, faint, fall down, ag, ake out, fold, founder, give, give in, give out, give way, go*, go to pieces*, keel over, languish, shatter, subside, succumb, tire, topple, weaken, weary, wilt, yield; concepts 252,469,702 Ant. build, increase, rise collar [n] neck attire bertha, choker, dicky, Eton, chu, fraise, frill, jabot, neckband, ruff, torque, Vandyke; concepts 450,452 collar [v] apprehend abduct, appropriate, arrest, bag, capture, catch, cop*, corner, get, grab, hook, lay hands on, nab, nail*, prehend, secure, seize, take, tree; concepts 90,317 Ant. let go, lose, release collate [v] sort collection adduce, analogize, assemble, bracket, collect, compare, compose, contrast, examine, gather, group, match, order, relate, verify; concepts 84,158 collateral [adj] indirect, secondary accessory, accompanying, added, adjunctive, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant, attendant, auxiliary, circuitous, coincident, complementary, concomitant, concurrent, conrmatory, coordinate, corresponding, corroborative, dependent,

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incident, lateral, not lineal, parallel, related, roundabout, satellite, side, sub, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary, supporting, tributary, under; concepts 546,567,831 Ant. chief, direct, main, primary, principal collateral [n] monetary deposit assurance, bond, endorsement, guarantee, pledge, promise, security, surety, warrant, wealth; concept 344 colleague [n] associate, fellow worker aide, ally, assistant, auxiliary, buddy, chum, coadjutor, cohort, collaborator, companion, compatriot, compeer, comrade, confederate, confrere, coworker, crony, friend, helper, pal, partner, teammate, workmate; concepts 348,423 Ant. antagonist, detractor, enemy, opponent, opposer collect [v1] accumulate, come together aggregate, amass, array, assemble, cluster, compile, congregate, congress, convene, converge, convoke, corral, ock, ock together, gather, get hold of, group, heap, hoard, muster, rally, rendezvous, round up, save, scare up, stockpile; concepts 109,114 Ant. dispense, disperse, disseminate, distribute, divide, scatter, share collect [v2] obtain (money) acquire, dig up, muster, pass the hat*, raise, requisition, secure, solicit; concept 342 Ant. compensate, give, meed collected [adj] composed, calm condent, cool, easy, easygoing, levelheaded, nonchalant, peaceful, placid, poised, possessed, quiet, sanguine, self-possessed, serene, still, sure, temperate, together, tranquil, unappable, unperturbable, unperturbed, unrufed; concept 401 Ant. agitated, disorganized, excited, mixed up, upset, worried collection [n] group, accumulation accumulating, acquiring, acquisition, agglomeration, amassing, amassment, anthology, assemblage, assembling, assembly, assortment, batch, bringing together, caboodle, clump, cluster, collation, combination, company, compilation, congeries, congregation, convocation, crowd, cumulation, digest, gathering, heap, hoard, kit, levy, lot, mass, medley, mess, miscellany, mobilization, muster, number, obtaining, omnibus, pile, quantity, securing, selection, set, stack, stock, stockpile, store; concepts 109,432 collective [adj] composite aggregate, assembled, collated, combined, common, compiled, concentrated, concerted, conjoint, consolidated, cooperative, corporate, cumulative, gathered, grouped, heaped, hoarded, joint, massed, mutual, piled, shared, unied, united; concept 585 Ant. divided, separate college [n] institution of higher education alma mater, association, brainery*, halls of ivy*, halls of knowledge*, institute, lyceum, organization, seminary, university; concepts 287,288,289 college student [n] person studying at institution of higher education rst year student, grad student*, graduate student, junior, senior, sophomore, undergrad*, undergraduate student; concept 350 collide [v] slam into bang, beat, break up, bump, clash, conict, crash, crunch*, disagree, fenderbend*, fragment, hit, jolt, meet head-on*, pile up*, plow into*, pulverize*, scrap*, shatter, sideswipe, smash, splinter, strike, wrack up*; concepts 189,248

collision [n] accident blow, bump, butt, concussion, contact, crash, demolishment, destruction, dilapidation, encounter, fender bender*, headon*, hit, impact, jar, jolt, knock, percussion, pileup*, rap, ruin, shock, sideswipe, slam, smash, strike, thud, thump, wreck; concepts 189,230,674 collocate [v] compile accumulate, assemble, collect, collimate, gather, parallel; concept 84 colloquial [adj] particular, familiar to an area, informal chatty, common, conversational, demotic, dialectal, everyday, idiomatic, jive*, popular, street*, vernacular; concept 267 Ant. correct, formal, standard, stilted colloquy [n] conversation, debate buzz session, chat, chinfest*, chitchat, clambake*, colloquium, confab*, confabulation, conference, converse, dialogue, discourse, discussion, ap*, gab fest*, gam*, groupthink*, huddle*, palaver, parley, powwow*, rap*, rap session*, seminar, talk, talkfest*; concept 266 collusion [n] secret understanding, often with intent to defraud bait and switch*, bill of goods*, bunco*, cahoots*, complicity, con game*, connivance, conspiracy, craft, deceit, diddling*, dodge, double-cross, fast shufe, am*, imam*, fradulent artice, graft, guilt, guiltiness, gyp, intrigue, plot, racket, scam, scheme, shell game*, skunk*, sting*, trick, whitewash; concepts 114,660 cologne [n] fragrance product fragrance, perfume, scent, toilet water; concepts 599,600 colonial [adj] pioneering, relating to a nonindependent or new territory crude, dependent, dominion, early American, emigrant, frontier, immigrant, new, outland, pilgrim, pioneer, prerevolutionary, primitive, provincial, puritan, territorial, transplanted, uncultured, unsettled, unsophisticated, wild; concepts 549,799 Ant. modern, new colonization [n] settlement of area clearing, establishment, expanding, expansion, founding, immigration, migration, opening up, peopling, pioneering, populating, settlement, settling, squatting, transplanting; concepts 198,298 colony [n] community antecedents, clearing, dependency, dominion, mandate, new land, offshoot, outpost, possession, protectorate, province, satellite, settlement, subject state, swarm, territory; concepts 379,512 color [n1] pigment, shade blush, cast, chroma, chromaticity, chromatism, chromism, colorant, coloration, coloring, complexion, dye, glow, hue, intensity, iridescence, luminosity, paint, pigmentation, polychromasia, saturation, stain, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, undertone, value, wash; concept 622 color [n2] deceptive appearance deception, disguise, excuse, facade, face, false show, front, guise, mask, plea, pretense, pretext, put-on, semblance, show; concepts 59,716 color [v1] make pigmented; shade adorn, blacken, bloom, blush, burn, chalk, crayon, crimson, darken, daub, dye, embellish, emblazon, enamel, enliven, ush, fresco, gild, glaze, gloss, illuminate, imbue, infuse, lacquer, paint, pigment, pinken, redden, rouge, stain, stipple, suffuse, tinge, tint, tone, variegate, wash; concepts 250,469 Ant. discolor, pale, whiten

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color [v2] distort, exaggerate angle*, belie, cook up*, disguise, doctor*, embroider*, fake, falsify, fudge*, garble, gloss over, magnify, misrepresent, misstate, overstate, pad*, pervert, prejudice, slant*, taint, twist*, warp*; concepts 49,63 Ant. be truthful, represent colored [adj1] not white dyed, ushed, glowing, hued, shaded, stained, tinged, tinted, washed; concept 618 Ant. white colored [adj2] distorted angled, biased, false, falsied, jaundiced, misrepresented, one-sided, partial, partisan, perverted, prejudiced, prepossessed, tampered with, tendentious, warped; concept 582 Ant. genuine, honest, real, truthful colorful [adj1] brilliant, intensely hued bright, chromatic, ashy, orid, gaudy, gay, hued, intense, jazzy, kaleidoscopic, loud, motley, multicolored, picturesque, prismatic, psychedelic, rich, showy, splashy, variegated, vibrant, vivid; concepts 617,618 Ant. colorless, drab, dreary, faded, plain, uncolored, uncolorful colorful [adj2] full of life, interesting brave, characterful, distinctive, aky*, gay, glamorous, graphic, jazzy, lively, picturesque, rich, stimulating, unusual, vivid; concept 404 Ant. boring, dull, lifeless, plain, uninteresting colorless [adj1] without hue achromatic, achromic, anemic, ashen, ashy, blanched, bleached, cadaverous, doughy, drab, dull, faded, at, ghastly, livid, lurid, neutral, pale, sickly, uncolored, wan, washed out, waxen, white; concept 618 Ant. brilliant, colored, colorful, motley, rich, stimulating, vibrant, vivid colorless [adj2] unlively, uninteresting characterless, dreary, dull, insipid, lackluster, lifeless, prosaic, run-of-the-mill*, tame, unmemorable, unpassioned, vacuous, vapid; concept 404 Ant. brilliant, distinctive, intense, interesting, lively, stimulating, vibrant colossal [adj] very large barn door*, behemothic, blimp*, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantic, huge, humongous*, immense, jumbo, mammoth, mondo*, monstrous, mountainous, super, titanic, vast; concept 781 Ant. small, teeny, tiny colossus [n] giant thing behemoth, Cyclops, Gargantua, giant, Godzilla, Goliath, Hercules, leviathan, mammoth, Samson, titan; concept 424 colt [n] young horse lly, edgling, foal, rookie, sapling, yearling, youngling, youngster; concept 394 column [n1] line, procession cavalcade, company, le, list, platoon, queue, rank, row, string, train; concepts 432,727 column [n2] pillar brace, buttress, caryatid, colonnade, cylinder, mast, minaret, monolith, monument, obelisk, pedestal, peristyle, pier, pilaster, post, prop, pylon, shaft, standard, stay, stele, support, totem, tower, underpinning, upright; concept 440 coma [n] deep unconsciousness blackout, dullness, faint, hebetude, insensibility, lethargy, oblivion, sleep, slumber, somnolence, stupor, swoon, syncope, torpidity, torpor, trance; concept 315 Ant. alertness, consciousness, wakefulness

comatose [adj] unconscious cold, dead, dead to the world*, dopey, drowsy, drugged, hebetudinous, inconscious, insensible, lethargic, out, out cold*, out to lunch*, senseless, sleepy, sluggish, slumberous, somnolent, soporose, stupeed, stupid, stuporous, torpid, vegged out*; concept 539 Ant. alert, awake, conscious comb [v1] arrange hair adjust, card, cleanse, curry, disentangle, dress, groom, hackle, hatchel, lay smooth, rasp, scrape, separate, smooth, sort, straighten, tease, untangle; concept 162 comb [v2] search by ransacking beat, beat the bushes*, examine, necomb*, forage, go through with ne-tooth comb*, grub, hunt, inspect, investigate, leave no stone unturned*, look high and low*, probe, rake, ransack, rummage, scour, screen, scrutinize, search high heaven*, sift, sweep, turn inside out*, turn upside down*; concept 216 combat [n] battle action, affray, battle royal*, brush, brush-off, conict, contest, encounter, engagement, ght, ap, fray, jackpot*, mixup*, run-in*, service, shoot-out*, skirmish, struggle, war, warfare; concepts 86,106 Ant. accord, compromise, peace, retreat, surrender, truce combat [v] ght battle, buck, clash, contend, contest, cope, cross swords with*, defy, dispute, do battle with, duel, engage, ght, go up against, oppose, put up a ght*, repel, resist, shoot it out*, strive, struggle, traverse, war, withstand; concepts 86,106 Ant. agree, compromise, retreat, run, surrender combatant [n] ghter adversary, antagonist, assailant, attacker, battler, belligerent, contender, enemy, foe, serviceman, soldier, warrior; concept 358 combative [adj] aggressive antagonistic, bellicose, belligerent, cantankerous, contentious, cussed, energetic, re-eating*, gladiatorial, hawkish, militant, ornery*, pugnacious, quarrelsome, ructious, scrappy, strenuous, triggerhappy*, truculent, warlike, warring; concepts 401,404 Ant. agreeable, compromising, peaceful, peaceloving combination [n1] mixture, blend aggregate, amalgam, amalgamation, blending, brew, coalescence, combo, composite, compound, connection, consolidation, everything but kitchen sink*, fusion, junction, medley, merger, miscellany, mishmash*, mix, olio, order, sequence, solution, soup, stew, succession, synthesis, unication, union; concept 432 Ant. detachment, division, parting, separation combination [n2] alliance, association afliation, bloc, cabal, cahoots, camarilla, cartel, circle, clique, club, coadunation, coalition, combine, compound, confederacy, confederation, conjunction, connection, consolidation, consortium, conspiracy, coterie, faction, federation, gang, guild, hookup*, maa, melding, mergence, merger, merging, partnership, party, pool, ring, set, syndicate, tie-up*, trust, unication, union; concept 381 Ant. dissolution, disunion, separation, severance combine [v] connect, integrate amalgamate, associate, band, bind, blend, bond, bracket, bunch up, coadjute, coalesce, commingle,

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compound, conjoin, cooperate, couple, dub, fuse, get together, glue oneself to, hitch on*, hook on*, incorporate, interface, join, league, link, marry, merge, mingle, mix, network, plug into, pool, put together, relate, slap on*, stand in with, synthesize, tack on*, tag on*, team up with*, throw in together*, tie up with*, unify, unite, wed; concept 113 Ant. detach, disconnect, dissolve, divide, part, separate combustible [adj] able to be exploded burnable, comburent, combustive, explosive, ery, ring, ammable, ignitable, incendiary, inammable, kindling, volatile; concepts 485,537 Ant. noncombustible, nonexplosive combustion [n] explosion; on re agitation, candescence, disturbance, aming, ignition, kindling, oxidization, thermogenesis, tumult, turmoil; concepts 521,676,724 come [v1] advance, approach appear, arrive, attain, be accessible, be at disposal, become, be convenient, be handy, be obtainable, be ready, blow in*, bob up, breeze in*, burst, buzz*, check in*, clock in*, close in, draw near, drop in, enter, fall by, fall in, are*, get, get in, happen, hit, hit town*, make it, make the scene*, materialize, move, move toward, near, occur, originate, pop in*, pop up*, punch in*, punch the clock*, reach, ring in*, roll in*, show, show up, sign in, sky in*, spring in, turn out, turn up, wind up at; concept 159 Ant. depart, go, leave, recede, retreat come [v2] happen befall, betide, break, chance, come to pass, develop, fall, hap*, occur, take place, transpire, turn out; concept 4 come [v3] extend, reach add up, aggregate, amount, become, come over, develop, expand, get, go, grow, join, mature, number, run, run into, spread, stretch, sum to, total, turn, wax; concepts 239,701 come about [v] happen arise, befall, come to pass, occur, result, take place, transpire; concept 701 come across [v] encounter, nd bump into, chance upon, discover, happen upon, hit upon, light upon, meet, notice, stumble upon, uncover, unearth; concepts 38,183 come along [v] progress, develop do well, get on, improve, mend, perk up, pick up, rally, recover, recuperate, show improvement; concept 700 come at [v1] reach, attain accomplish, achieve, discover, feel for, nd, grasp, succeed, touch, win; concepts 34,706 come at [v2] attack assail, assault, charge, fall upon, y at, go for, invade, light into*, rush; concept 86 comeback [n1] recovery, triumph improvement, rally, rebound, resurgence, return, revival, victory, winning; concept 706 Ant. failure comeback [n2] snappy retort answer back, quip, rejoinder, repartee, reply, response, retaliation, riposte; concept 278 come back [v] return come again, do better, reappear, recover, recur, re-enter, remigrate, resume, triumph; concept 239 Ant. depart, go, leave come between [v] alienate divide, estrange, interfere, interpose, interrupt, intervene, med-

dle, part, put at odds, separate; concepts 14,386 Ant. bring together, join, unite come by [v1] acquire get, lay hold of, obtain, procure, secure, take possession of, win; concepts 124,129 Ant. give, lose, miss come by [v2] visit someone call, come over, drop by, drop in, look in, look up, meet, pay a call, pop in, run in, see, step in, stop by, visit; concept 227 come clean [v] acknowledge information admit, confess, explain, make clean breast*, own up, reveal; concepts 49,57 Ant. hide, hold, secret comedian [n] funny person, often professional actor, banana*, card*, clown, comic, cutup, droll, entertainer, farceur, humorist, jester, joker, jokester, laugh, merry-andrew, million laughs*, quipster, stand-up comic, stooge*, top banana*, wag, wisecracker, wit*, zany*; concepts 352,423 comedown [n] letdown, blow anticlimax, blow, collapse, comeuppance, crash, cropper*, decline, defeat, deation, demotion, descent, disappointment, discomture, dive, down, downfall, failure, fall, op*, humiliation, pratfall*, reverse, ruin, setback, undoing, wreck; concepts 674,699 Ant. ascent, boon, boost, fortune, promotion come down [v] worsen decline, decrease, degenerate, descend, deteriorate, fail, fall, go downhill, reduce, suffer; concept 698 Ant. boost, improve come down on [v] criticize strongly attack, dress down, jump on, land on, rebuke, reprimand, scold; concept 52 Ant. compliment, laud, praise come down with [v] contract illness be stricken with, catch, contract, fall ill, fall victim to, sicken, take, take sick; concepts 93,303 Ant. be immune comedy [n] funny entertainment ball*, burlesque, camp, chafng, comicality, comicalness, comic drama, drollery, drollness, facetiousness, farce, eld day*, fun, fun and games*, funnies*, funniness, gag show, grins, high camp*, high time, hilarity, hoopla, humor, humorousness, interlude, jesting, joking, laughs, light entertainment, merry-go-round*, picnic, play on, satire, schtick*, send-up, sitcom*, slapstick, takeoff, travesty, vaudeville, wisecracking, witticism, wittiness; concepts 263,293 Ant. tragedy come forward [v] volunteer services appear, make proposal, offer services, present oneself, proffer oneself; concept 67 come from [v] arise, emanate accrue, derive from, ejaculate, emerge, end up, ow, hail from, issue, originate, proceed, result, rise, spring, stem, turn out; concepts 105,179 come in [v] enter place alight, appear, arrive, cross threshold, disembark, nish, immigrate, intrude, land, pass in, reach, set foot in, show up; concept 159 Ant. depart, exit, go, leave come in for [v] be eligible for something acquire, bear brunt, endure, get, receive, suffer; concepts 23,124 comely [adj] beautiful a ten*, attractive, beauteous, becoming, blooming, buxom, fair, ne, good-looking, gorgeous, graceful, handsome,

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nice, pleasing, pretty, pulchritudinous, stunning, wholesome, winsome; concept 579 Ant. bad-looking, despicable, disagreeable, offensive, repellent, repulsive, revolting, ugly, unattractive come off [v] transpire befall, betide, break, chance, click, come about, develop, go, go off, go over, hap*, happen, occur, pan out, prove out, succeed, take place; concept 4 Ant. not happen come on [v1] advance, progress develop, gain, improve, increase, make headway, proceed; concept 704 Ant. decline, deteriorate, fall, reduce, retreat, worsen come on [v2] appear, enter begin, come across, come into, come upon, encounter, meet, pass in, set foot in*, take place; concept 119 Ant. depart, exit, go, leave come out [v1] make public appear, be announced, be brought out, be disclosed, be divulged, be exposed, be issued, be made known, be promulgated, be published, be released, be reported, be revealed, break*, debut, get out, leak*, out, transpire; concept 60 Ant. hide come out [v2] conclude end, result, terminate, transpire; concept 119 come out with [v] disclose information acknowledge, bring out, chime in*, come clean, declare, deliver, divulge, lay open, own, own up, say, state, tell, throw out, utter; concept 60 Ant. hide, secret come through [v1] accomplish goal achieve, be successful, be victorious, carry out, chip in, contribute, kick in, pitch in, prevail, score, succeed, triumph, win; concept 706 Ant. fail come through [v2] survive bad situation endure, live through, persist, pull through, ride, ride out, survive, weather storm*, withstand; concept 23 Ant. fail come unglued [v] go to pieces break down, come apart at the seams*, come unstuck, come unwrapped, disintegrate, fall apart, fall to bits*, fall to pieces*, malfunction; concepts 252,469 come up [v] happen suddenly arise, crop up, occur, rise, spring up, turn up; concept 119 come upon [v] happen upon bump into*, chance, come across, encounter, meet; concepts 38,384 comeuppance [n] deserved fate due, due reward, just deserts, just punishment, recompense, requital, retribution; concept 679 come up to [v] meet expectations admit of comparison with, approach, arrive, bear comparison with, come near, compare with, equal, extend, get near, match, measure up to, rank with, reach, resemble, rival, stand comparison with; concept 667 come up with [v] suggest, create advance, bring forth, compose, detect, discover, nd, furnish, invent, offer, originate, present, produce, propose, provide, recommend, stumble upon, submit, uncover; concepts 75,173 comfort [n1] good feeling; ease abundance, alleviation, amenity, assuagement, bed of roses*, cheer, cheerfulness, complacency, contentment, convenience, coziness, creature comforts*, enjoyment, exhilaration, facility, gratication, happiness, luxury, opulence, peacefulness, pleasure, plenty, poise, quiet,

relaxation, relief, repose, rest, restfulness, satisfaction, snugness, succor, sufciency, warmth, well-being; concepts 230,410,720 Ant. aggravation, annoyance, bother, botheration, distress, exasperation, irritation, torment, torture comfort [n2] aid, help alleviation, assist, compassion, compensation, consolation, encouragement, hand, lift, pity, relief, secours, solace, succor, support, sympathy; concepts 337,712 Ant. hindrance, hurt, injury, torment, torture comfort [v] make to feel better abate, aid, allay, alleviate, ameliorate, assist, assuage, bolster, buck up*, calm, cheer, commiserate with, compose, condole, conrm, console, delight, divert, ease, encourage, enliven, free, gladden, grant respite, hearten, help, inspirit, invigorate, lighten burden, make well, mitigate, nourish, put at ease, quiet fears, reanimate, reassure, refresh, relieve, remedy, revitalize, revive, salve, soften, solace, soothe, strengthen, stroke, succor, support, sustain, sympathize, uphold, upraise; concepts 7,22,572 Ant. aggravate, annoy, bother, distress, exasperate, hurt, irritate, provoke, torment, torture, trouble, vex comfortable [adj1] good feeling adequate, agreeable, appropriate, at rest, cared for, cheerful, complacent, contented, convenient, cozy, delightful, easy, enjoyable, enjoying, gratied, hale, happy, healthy, hearty, loose, loose-tting, made well, pleasant, pleased, protected, relaxed, relaxing, relieved, rested, restful, restored, satisfactory, satisfying, serene, sheltered, snug, snug as a bug in a rug*, soft, soothed, strengthened, untroubled, useful, warm, well-off; concept 572 Ant. discontented, hopeless, miserable, neglected, uncomfortable, unhappy, upset comfortable [adj2] afuent, wealthy ample, easy, enough, prosperous, substantial, sufcient, suitable, well-heeled*, well-off, well-todo; concept 334 Ant. destitute, hopeless, needy, pitiable, poor, uncomfortable, wretched comfortable [adj3] more than adequate ample, commodious, cushy, luxurious, palatial, rich, roomy, spacious; concept 485 comfort food [n] satisfying food home cooking, meat and potatoes, Moms food, plain food, prepackaged food; concepts 457,460,461 comforting [adj] cheering abating, allaying, alleviating, analeptic, assuaging, consolatory, consoling, curing, encouraging, freeing, healthgiving, heart-warming, inspiriting, invigorating, lightening, mitigating, reassuring, refreshing, relieving, remedying, restoring, revitalizing, revivifying, softening, solacing, soothing, succoring, sustaining, tranquilizing, upholding, warming; concept 529 Ant. aggravating, depressing, dispiriting, distressing, disturbing, irritating, upsetting, worrying comic [n] funny person, often professional banana*, buffoon*, card*, clown, comedian, droll, humorist, jester, joker, jokester, life of the party*, million laughs*, quipster, stand-up comic, stooge*, top banana*, wag*, wit*; concepts 352,423 Ant. tragedian comic/comical [adj] amusing absurd, batty, boffo*, camp*, comical, crazy, dippy, diverting, dizzy, droll, entertaining, facetious,

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farcical, aky*, fool, foolheaded, for grins*, freaky, funny, gelastic, goofus*, goofy, gump*, horses tail*, humorous, ironic, jerky, jocular, joking, joshing, laughable, light, loony, ludicrous, Mickey Mouse*, nutty, off the wall*, priceless, ridiculous, risible, schtick*, screwy, side-splitting, silly, wacky, waggish, whimsical, witty; concepts 401,529 Ant. sad, serious, sober, solemn, tragic, unfunny coming [adj] approaching, promising about to happen, advancing, almost on one, anticipated, aspiring, at hand, certain, close, converging, deserving, docking, drawing near, due, en route, eventual, expected, fated, foreseen, forthcoming, future, gaining upon, getting near, immediate, imminent, impending, in prospect, instant, in store, in the ofng, in the wind*, in view, marked, near, nearing, next, nigh, oncoming, ordained, predestined, preparing, progressing, prospective, pursuing, running after, subsequent, to be, up-and-coming; concepts 537,799 coming [n] arrival accession, advent, approach, landing, reception; concepts 119,159 Ant. departing, departure, exit, going, leaving command [n1] directive, instruction act, adjuration, ban, behest, bidding, call, canon, caveat, charge, citation, commandment, decree, demand, devoir, dictate, dictation, dictum, direction, duty, edict, enactment, exaction, at, imperative, imposition, injunction, interdiction, law, mandate, notication, obligation, order, ordinance, precept, prescript, proclamation, prohibition, proscription, regulation, request, requirement, requisition, responsibility, rule, subpoena, summons, ultimatum, warrant, will, word, writ; concepts 274,662 Ant. contradiction, countermand, opposition, recall, reversal, revocation command [n2] rule, power ability, absolutism, aplomb, authority, authorization, charge, coercion, compulsion, constraint, control, despotism, domination, dominion, expertise, expertism, expertness, government, grasp, grip, hold, jurisdiction, know-how*, leadership, management, might, prerogative, primacy, restraint, right, royalty, skill, sovereignty, strings*, supervision, supremacy, sway, tyranny, upper hand*; concept 376 Ant. subordination command [v1] demand adjure, appoint, authorize, ban, bar, beckon, bid, call, call for, call on, call the signals*, call upon, charge, check, cite, compel, debar, dictate, direct, enact, enjoin, exact, forbid, force upon, give directions, give orders, grant, impose, inict, inhibit, instruct, interdict, lay down the law, mark out, oblige, ordain, order, ordinate, proclaim, prohibit, put foot down*, require, requisition, restrain, rule out, send for, set, subpoena, summon, take charge, take lead, task, tell, warn; concept 53 Ant. contradict, countermand, oppose, recall, reverse, revoke command [v2] rule, have power administer, boss, charge, check, coach, coerce, compel, conduct, conquer, constrain, control, curb, determine, dictate, direct, dominate, domineer, exact, exercise power, force, govern, guide, have authority, head, hinder, hold ofce, inuence, lead, manage, ofciate, oppress, overbear, override, predominate, prescribe, preside over,

prevail, push, regulate, reign, reign over, repress, restrain, run, stop, subdue, superintend, supervise, sway, take over, tyrannize, wield; concepts 133,298 Ant. follow commandeer [v] seize, take over accroach, activate, annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, conscate, conscript, draft, enslave, expropriate, grab, hijack, liberate, moonlight requisition*, preempt, requisition, sequester, sequestrate, snatch, take, usurp; concepts 90,142 commander [n] leader of military or other organization administrator, big cheese*, boss, captain, chief, CO*, commandant, czar, director, don, exec, guru, head, head honcho*, head person, higher up, high priest/priestess*, kingsh*, kingpin*, lead-off person*, mastermind, ofcer, point person*, ruler, skipper, top banana*, top brass*, top dog*; concepts 347,358 Ant. follower commanding [adj] superior, authoritative advantageous, arresting, assertive, autocratic, bossy, compelling, controlling, decisive, dictatorial, dominant, dominating, forceful, imperious, imposing, impressive, in charge, lofty, peremptory, striking; concepts 536,574 Ant. indecisive, inferior, unassertive, uncontrolling commemorate [v] honor, observe occasion admire, celebrate, immortalize, keep, memorialize, monument, monumentalize, observe, pay tribute to, perpetuate, remember, salute, solemnize; concepts 69,377,384 Ant. dishonor, forget, neglect commemoration [n] honoring, observance celebration, ceremony, custom, memorial service, monumentalization, recognition, remembrance, tribute; concept 377 Ant. forgetting, neglect, negligence, unobservance commemorative [adj] in honor of something celebratory, commemoratory, dedicatory, in memory, in remembrance, memorial, observing; concept 555 Ant. dishonoring, forgetful, neglectful, neglecting commence [v] start action arise, begin, come into being, come into existence, embark on, enter upon, get cracking*, get going, get ones feet wet*, get show on road*, hit the ground running*, inaugurate, initiate, jump into, kick off*, launch, lead off, open, originate, start the ball rolling*, take up, tear into; concepts 119, 234 Ant. cease, complete, end, nish, stop commencement [n] ceremony marking the beginning of stage admission, alpha, birth, bow, celebration, convocation, countdown, curtain-raiser*, dawn, dawning, genesis, graduation, initiation, kickoff*, onset, opener, opening, outset, proem, services, start, starting point, tee off*; concept 377 Ant. cessation, completion, end, ending, nish, stop commend [v1] recommend, praise acclaim, accredit, advocate, applaud, approve, boost, build, build up, compliment, countenance, endorse, eulogize, extol, give a posy*, gold star*, hail, hand it to*, hats off to*, hear it for*, kudize, laud, pat on the back*, puff up, sanction, speak highly of, stroke, support; concepts 69,75 Ant. censure, criticize, disapprove, rebuke, reprimand commend [v2] hand over with condence assign, commit, confer, conde, consign, deliver,

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entrust, proffer, relegate, resign, tender, trust, turn over, yield; concepts 108,132 Ant. deny, keep, refuse commendable [adj] praiseworthy admirable, creditable, deserving, estimable, excellent, exemplary, laudable, meritable, meritorious, praisable, thankworthy, worthy; concepts 527,572 Ant. blameworthy, poor, unworthy commendation [n] giving of praise; acclaim acclamation, approbation, approval, award, bouquet, Brownie points*, credit, encomium, encouragement, good opinion, honor, panegyric, pat on the back*, pat on the head*, pay, plum, points*, posy, PR*, puff, pumping up*, rave, recommendation, shot in the arm*, stroke, stroking, tribute; concepts 69,337 Ant. blame, censure, criticism, disapproval, reprimand commensurate [adj] adequate, corresponding appropriate, coextensive, comparable, compatible, consistent, due, equal, equivalent, t, tting, in accord, proportionate, sufcient, symmetrical; concepts 563,566 Ant. inadequate, inappropriate, incommensurate, unacceptable, untting comment [n] statement of opinion; explanation animadversion, annotation, backtalk*, buzz*, comeback*, commentary, crack*, criticism, dictum, discussion, editorial, elucidation, exposition, footnote, gloss, hearsay, illustration, input, judgment, mention, mouthful, note, obiter, observation, opinion, remark, report, review, two cents worth*, wisecrack*; concepts 51,278 Ant. quiet, silence comment [v] make statement of opinion, explanation afrm, animadvert, annotate, assert, bring out, clarify, commentate, conclude, construe, criticize, disclose, elucidate, explain, explicate, expound, express, gloss, illustrate, interject, interpose, interpret, mention, note, notice, observe, opine, pass on, point out, pronounce, reect, remark, say, state, touch upon; concepts 51,57 Ant. keep quiet, refrain commentary [n] analysis annotation, appreciation, comment, consideration, criticism, critique, description, discourse, exegesis, explanation, exposition, gloss, narration, notes, obiter dictum, observation, remark, review, treatise, voice-over; concepts 51,278 commentator [n] reporter analyst, annotator, announcer, correspondent, critic, expositor, interpreter, observer, pundit, reviewer, sportscaster, writer; concept 356 commerce [n] buying and selling business, dealing, dealings, economics, exchange, industry, marketing, merchandising, merchantry, retailing, trade, trafc, truck, wholesaling; concepts 325,770 commercial [adj1] concerning business, marketing across the counter*, bartering, commissary, economic, exchange, nancial, scal, for sale, in demand, in the market, market, marketable, mercantile, merchandising, monetary, pecuniary, popular, protable, prot-making, retail, retailing, saleable, sales, supplying, trade, trading, wholesale, wholesaling; concept 536 Ant. noncommercial commercial [adj2] intended for nancial gain exploited, for prot, investment, materialistic, mercenary, monetary, money-making,

pecuniary, protmaking, venal, Wall Street*; concept 334 Ant. noncommercial, notfor-prot commercialize [v] prepare for saleability advertise, cheapen, degrade, depreciate, develop as business, lessen, lower, make bring returns, make marketable, make pay, make protable, make saleable, market, sell; concept 324 commingle [v] blend amalgamate, combine, commix, compound, inmix, integrate, intermingle, intermix, join, merge, mingle, unite; concept 109 Ant. divide, separate commiserate [v] listen to woes of another ache, compassionate, condole, console, feel, feel for, have mercy, pity, share sorrow, sympathize; concepts 110,596 Ant. be indifferent, turn away commission [n1] task, duty agency, appointment, authority, brevet, certicate, charge, consignment, delegation, deputation, diploma, embassy, employment, errand, function, instruction, legation, mandate, mission, obligation, ofce, permit, power of attorney, proxy, trust, warrant, work; concept 362 commission [n2] share of a prot allowance, ante, bite*, bonus, brokerage, chunk, compensation, cut, cut-in*, discount, end*, factorage, fee, indemnity, juice, pay, payment, percentage, piece, piece of the action*, rake-off*, remuneration, royalty, salary, slice*, stipend, taste, vigorish; concepts 329,344 commission [n3] group working together toward goal board, commissioners, committee, delegation, deputation, representative; concept 381 commission [v] authorize or delegate task accredit, appoint, assign, bespeak, bid, charge, command, commit, conde to, consign, constitute, contract, crown, depute, deputize, dispatch, employ, empower, enable, engage, enlist, enroll, entrust, hire, inaugurate, induct, instruct, invest, license, name, nominate, ordain, order, select, send; concepts 50,88,324,351 Ant. retract, unauthorize commit [v1] perform an action accomplish, achieve, act, carry out, complete, contravene, do, effectuate, enact, execute, go for broke*, go in for*, go out for*, offend, perpetrate, pull, pull off*, scandalize, sin, transgress, trespass, violate, wreak; concepts 6,87 Ant. cease, desist, end, idle, loaf, rest, stop, wait commit [v2] deliver, entrust allocate, allot, apportion, authorize, charge, commend, commission, confer trust, conde, consign, convey, delegate, deliver, depend upon, deposit, depute, deputize, destine, dispatch, employ, empower, engage, give, give to do, grant authority, hand over, hold, ice, imprison, institutionalize, intrust, invest, leave to, make responsible for, move, offer, ordain, promise, put away, put in the hands of, relegate, rely upon, remove, send, shift, submit, transfer, turn over to, vest; concepts 108,143,217 Ant. keep, keep from commitment [n] assurance; obligation charge, committal, devoir, duty, engagement, guarantee, liability, must, need, ought, pledge, promise, responsibility, undertaking, vow, word; concepts 71,271,274 Ant. broken promise, denial, refusal

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committee [n] group working on project board, bureau, cabinet, chamber, commission, consultants, convocation, council, investigators, jury, panel, representatives, task force, trustees; concept 381 commodious [adj] ample, spacious big, capacious, comfortable, convenient, expansive, extensive, large, loose, roomy, wide; concepts 773,781 Ant. conned, cramped, inconvenient, small, squeezed, uncomfortable commodity [n] merchandise, possession article, asset, belonging, chattel, goods, line, material, object, produce, product, property, specialty, stock, thing, vendible, ware; concepts 338,710 common [adj1] average, ordinary accepted, banal, bourgeois, casual, characteristic, colloquial, comformable, commonplace, conventional, current, customary, daily, everyday, familiar, frequent, general, habitual, hackneyed, homely, humdrum, informal, mediocre, monotonous, natural, obscure, passable, plain, prevailing, prevalent, probable, prosaic, regular, routine, run-of-the-mill*, simple, stale, standard, stereotyped, stock, trite, trivial, typical, undistinguished, universal, unvaried, usual, wearisome, workaday, worn-out; concept 547 Ant. abnormal, extraordinary, infrequent, noteworthy, rare, scarce, uncommon, unusual, valuable common [adj2] generally known; held in common accepted, coincident, collective, communal, communistic, community, commutual, congruous, conjoint, conjunct, constant, corporate, correspondent, customary, general, generic, in common, intermutual, joint, like, mutual, popular, prevailing, prevalent, public, reciprocal, shared, social, socialistic, united, universal, usual, well-known, widespread; concept 530 common [adj3] low, coarse baseborn, characterless, cheap, colorless, crass, declass, hack, hackneyed, impure, inferior, low-grade, mean, middling, nondescript, passable, pedestrian, Philistine, plebeian, poor, prosy, rafsh, secondclass, second-rate, shoddy, sleazy, stale, trite, undistinguished, vulgar; concepts 401,545 Ant. aristocratic, cultured, excellent, high, noble, rened, sophisticated, superior commonly [adv] usually as a rule, by ordinary, frequently, generally, more often than not, ordinarily, regularly; concepts 530,541 Ant. uncommonly, unusually commonplace [adj] usual, everyday boiler plate*, characterless, clichd, colorless, conventional, corny*, customary, dime-a-dozen*, familiar, familiar tune, garden variety*, hackneyed, humdrum, lowly, mainstream, matterof-course, mediocre, middle-of-the-road*, middling, mundane, natural, normal, obvious, ordinary, pedestrian, plebeian, prevalent, prosaic, run-of-the-mill*, stale, starch, stereotyped, threadbare, trite, typical, uneventful, unexceptional, uninteresting, unnoteworthy, vanilla*, widespread, workaday, worn-out; concept 530 Ant. exceptional, infrequent, peculiar, rare, uncommon, unusual commonplace [n] clichd saying or idea banality, bromide*, chestnut*, clich, corn*, inanity, motto, platitude, prosaicism, prosaism, prose, rubber stamp*, shallowness, shibboleth,

stereotype, tag, triteness, triviality truism; concepts 278,689 common-sense [adj] reasonable astute, commonsensical, cool, down-to-earth, hard-headed, judicious, levelheaded, matter-of-fact, practical, rational, realistic, sane, sensible, shrewd, sound; concept 402 Ant. foolish, impractical, insane, unreasonable, unsensible, unsound common sense [n] good reasoning acumen, cool, good sense, gumption, horse sense*, intelligence, levelheadedness, practicality, prudence, reasonableness, sense, sound judgment, soundness, wisdom, wit; concept 409 Ant. foolishness, impracticality, insanity, unreasonableness commonwealth [n] political or geographic area body politic, citizenry, citizens, commonality, democracy, federation, nation, people, polity, republic, society; concepts 301,512 commotion [n] clamor, uproar ado, agitation, annoyance, backwash, ballyhoo*, bedlam, big scene*, big stink*, brouhaha, bustle, clatter, combustion, confusion, convulsion, discomposure, disquiet, dither, excitement, ferment, fermentation, ap, urry, furor, fuss, hell broke loose*, hubbub, hurly-burly, insurgence, insurrection, lather*, mutiny, outcry, pandemonium, perturbation, pother, racket, rebellion, revolt, riot, rumpus, stew, stir, to-do, tumult, turbulence, upheaval, uprising, upset, upturn, vexation, welter, whirl; concepts 388,674 Ant. calm, calmness, peace, quiet, quietude, repose, silence, stillness, tranquility communal [adj] collective; shared common, communistic, community, conjoint, conjunct, cooperative, general, intermutual, joint, mutual, neighborhood, public; concepts 536,708 Ant. individual, personal, private, unshared commune [n] group living together collective, commonage, commonality, community, cooperative, family, kibbutz, municipality, neighborhood, rank and le, village; concept 379 commune [v] communicate, experience with another confer, conde in, contemplate, converse, discourse, discuss, mediate, muse, parley, ponder, reect; concepts 17,266 communicable [adj] able to be contracted catching, communicative, contagious, expansive, infectious, pandemic, taking, transferable, transmittable; concept 314 Ant. incontractable, noncommunicable, noncontagious communicate [v1] give or exchange information, ideas acquaint, advertise, advise, announce, be in touch, betray, break, broadcast, carry, connect, contact, convey, correspond, declare, disclose, discover, disseminate, divulge, enlighten, get across, get through, hint, impart, imply, inform, interact, interface, keep in touch, let on, let out, make known, network*, pass on, phone, proclaim, publicize, publish, raise, reach out, relate, report, reveal, ring up, signify, spread, state, suggest, tell, touch base*, transfer, transmit, unfold, write; concept 266 Ant. bottle up, conceal, cover, keep, keep quiet, suppress, withhold communicate [v2] mutually exchange information answer, associate with, be close to, be in touch, be near, buzz, cable, chat, commune with, confabulate, confer, converse, correspond, discourse, drop a line*, drop a note*, establish

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contact, get on the horn*, give a call, give a ring*, have condence of, hear from, reach, reply, talk, telephone, wire, write; concept 56 communication [n1] giving, exchanging information, ideas advice, advisement, announcing, articulation, assertion, communion, connection, contact, conversation, converse, correspondence, corresponding, declaration, delivery, disclosing, dissemination, elucidation, expression, intelligence, interchange, intercommunication, intercourse, link, making known, mention, notifying, publication, reading, reception, revelation, talk, talking, telling, transfer, translating, transmission, utterance, writing; concept 266 Ant. concealment, cover, quiet, suppression, withholding communication [n2] information transmitted account, advice, announcement, brieng, bulletin, communiqu, conversation, converse, declaration, directive, disclosure, dispatch, excerpt, goods*, hot story*, ideas, info*, information, inside story*, intelligence, language, lowdown, message, missive, news, note, pipeline, poop*, prcis, prophecy, publicity, report, revelation, scoop*, skinny*, speech, statement, summary, tidings, translation, utterance, warning, word, work; concept 274 communications [n] systems of information exchange information technology, means, media, publicity, public relations, route, telecommunications, transport, travel; concepts 349,770 communicative [adj] informative candid, chatty, communicable, conversable, conversational, demonstrative, effusive, enlightening, expansive, forthcoming, frank, garrulous, gushing, loquacious, open, outgoing, talkative, unreserved, voluble; concept 267 Ant. close-mouthed, reserved, reticent, unfriendly, uninformative, unsociable communion [n1] afnity, agreement accord, association, closeness, close relationship, communing, concord, contact, converse, fellowship, harmony, intercommunication, intercourse, intimacy, participation, rapport, sympathy, togetherness, unity; concept 684 Ant. antagonism, contention, disagreement, discord, disunity, division, hostility, variance communion [n2] sacrament in church; body of believers sharing a sacrament breaking of bread, church, creed, denomination, Eucharist, faith, Lords Supper, Mass, persuasion, religion, sacrament; concept 367 communism [n] socialist government Bolshevism, collectivism, Leninism, Marxism, rule of the proletariat, socialism, state ownership, totalitarianism; concept 301 Ant. capitalism, democracy community [n1] society, area of people association, body politic, center, colony, commonality, commonwealth, company, district, general public, hamlet, locality, nation, neck of the woods*, neighborhood, people, populace, public, residents, society, state, stomping ground*, territory, turf; concepts 379,512 community [n2] agreement, similarity afnity, identity, kinship, likeness, sameness, semblance; concepts 664,670 Ant. disagreement, dissimilarity commute [v1] travel to work drive, go back and

forth, take the bus/subway/train; concept 224 commute [v2] reduce punishment alleviate, curtail, decrease, mitigate, modify, remit, shorten, soften; concepts 236,247,317 Ant. increase, lengthen commute [v3] exchange, trade barter, change, convert, interchange, metamorphose, substitute, switch, transfer, transgure, transform, translate, transmogrify, transmute, transpose; concepts 104,232 Ant. keep commuter [n] daily traveler, usually for work city worker, driver, straphanger*, suburbanite, traveler; concept 348 compact [adj1] condensed appressed, bunched, close, compressed, crowded, dense, rm, hard, impenetrable, impermeable, packed, pressed, solid, thick, tight; concepts 481,483,774 Ant. loose, slack, uncondensed compact [adj2] short, brief boiled down, compendious, concise, epigrammatic, in a nutshell*, laconic, make a long story short*, marrowy, meaty, pithy, pointed, short and sweet*, succinct, terse, to the point; concepts 773,798 Ant. big, large, lengthy, long, unabridged compact [n] agreement alliance, arrangement, bargain, bond, concordat, contract, convention, covenant, deal, engagement, entente, indenture, pact, settlement, stipulation, transaction, treaty, understanding; concepts 271,684 Ant. disagreement compact [v] make condensed combine, compress, concentrate, condense, consolidate, contract, cram, integrate, pack, set, solidify, stuff, unify, unite; concepts 137,208 Ant. enlarge, loosen, slacken, thin, uncondense compact disc [n] recording of music or speech album, CD, cut*, cylinder, demo, digital recording, disk, laser disk, record, release, track; concept 262 companion [n] helper, friend accompaniment, accomplice, aide, ally, assistant, associate, attendant, buddy, chaperon, colleague, comate, complement, comrade, concomitant, confederate, consort, convoy, counterpart, cousin, co-worker, crony, cuz*, double, escort, guide, match, mate, nurse, pal, pard*, partner, playmate, protector, roomie*, safeguard, sidekick; concept 423 Ant. enemy, foe, foreigner, opponent, stranger companionable [adj] friendly affable, amicable, buddy buddy*, clubby*, complacent, congenial, conversable, convivial, cordial, cozy, cozy with, familiar, genial, good-natured, gregarious, intimate, mellow, neighborly, outgoing, pally, palsy*, sociable, social, tight, tight with*; concept 555 Ant. antagonistic, foreign, opposing, unfriendly companionship [n] friendship, accompaniment afliation, alliance, amity, camaraderie, company, comradeship, conviviality, esprit de corps, rapport, society, togetherness, union; concept 388 Ant. antagonism, strangeness company [n1] crowd of people aggregation, assemblage, assembly, association, band, body, circle, clan, clique, club, collection, community, concourse, congregation, convention, corps, cortege, coterie, crew, ensemble, gang*, gathering, group, horde, jungle*, league, mob*, muster, order, outt, pack, party, retinue, ring,

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ruck, set, team, throng, troop, troupe, turnout, zoo*; concept 417 company [n2] business concern association, business, concern, corporation, enterprise, establishment, rm, house, megacorp*, multinational, outt, partnership, syndicate; concept 325 company [n3] social friend, guest boarder, caller, companionship, cortege, party, presence, retinue, society, visitor; concepts 417,423 comparable [adj1] worthy of comparison a match for, as good as, commensurable, commensurate, equal, equipollent, equipotential, equivalent, in a class with, on a par, proportionate, tantamount; concept 566 Ant. incomparable, unequal, unworthy comparable [adj2] corresponding, similar agnate, akin, alike, analogous, cognate, consonant, corresponding, like, parallel, related, relative, undifferenced, uniform; concepts 487,573 Ant. dissimilar, unalike, unlike comparative [adj] approximate, close to allusive, analogous, approaching, by comparison, comparable, conditional, connected, contingent, contrastive, correlative, corresponding, equivalent, in proportion, like, matching, metaphorical, near, not absolute, not positive, parallel, provisional, qualied, related, relative, restricted, rivaling, similar, vying, with reservation; concept 487 Ant. unequal, unlike compare [v1] examine in contrast analyze, approach, balance, bracket, collate, confront, consider, contemplate, contrast, correlate, divide, equal, examine, hang, hold a candle to*, inspect, juxtapose, match, match up, measure, observe, oppose, parallel, place in juxtaposition, ponder, rival, scan, scrutinize, segregate, separate, set against, set side by side, size up, stack up against*, study, touch, weigh, weigh against another; concepts 24,103 compare [v2] liken, equate allegorize, approach, approximate to, assimilate, balance, bear comparison, be in the same class as*, be on a par with*, bring near, come up to, compete with, connect, correlate, distinguish between, draw parallel, equal, equate, hold a candle to*, identify with, link, make like, match, notice similarities, parallel, put alongside, relate, resemble, show correspondence, stack up with*, standardize, tie up, vie; concept 39 comparison [n] contrasting; corresponding allegory, analogizing, analogy, analyzing, association, balancing, bringing together, collating, collation, comparability, connection, contrast, correlation, discrimination, distinguishing, dividing, estimation, example, exemplication, identication, illustration, juxtaposition, likeness, likening, measuring, metaphor, observation, opposition, paralleling, ratio, relating, relation, resemblance, segregation, separation, similarity, testing, weighing; concepts 24,39,529 compartment [n] section, subdivision alcove, area, bay, berth, booth, carrel, carriage, category, cell, chamber, corner, cubbyhole, cubicle, department, division, hole, locker, niche, nook, part, piece, pigeonhole, place, portion, slot, stall; concept 434 compass [n] boundary, periphery ambit, area, bound, circle, circuit, circumference, circum-

scription, connes, domain, enclosure, environs, expanse, extent, eld, limit, limitation, orbit, perimeter, precinct, purlieus, purview, radius, range, reach, realm, restriction, round, scope, sphere, stretch, sweep, zone; concepts 484,651,788 compass [v1] enclose beset, besiege, blockade, circle, circumscribe, encircle, encompass, environ, gird, girdle, hem in, ring, round, surround; concept 758 compass [v2] achieve, get accomplish, annex, attain, bring about, effect, execute, fulll, gain, have, land, obtain, perform, procure, realize, secure, win; concepts 142,706 Ant. fail, lose compassion [n] tender feeling benevolence, charity, clemency, commiseration, compunction, condolence, consideration, empathy, fellow feeling, grace, heart, humaneness, humanity, kindness, lenity, mercy, softheartedness, softness, sorrow, sympathy, tenderheartedness, tenderness, yearning; concepts 410,633 Ant. cruelty, harshness, hatred, indifference, meanness, mercilessness, tyranny compassionate [adj] having tender feelings all heart, being big*, benevolent, bleeding heart*, charitable, commiserative, forbearing, going easy on*, humane, humanitarian, indulgent, kindhearted, kindly, lenient, living with, merciful, old softie*, piteous, pitying, responsive, softhearted, soft shell*, sparing, sympathetic, tender, tenderhearted, understanding, warm, warmhearted; concepts 401,403 Ant. cruel, hard, harsh, hateful, indifferent, mean, merciless, tyrannous compatibility [n] harmony in relationship afnity, agreeableness, agreement, amity, congeniality, congruity, consonance, empathy, t, like-mindedness, rapport, single-mindedness, sympathy, unity; concept 388 Ant. disharmony, incompatibility compatible [adj] agreeable, in harmony accordant, adaptable, appropriate, congenial, congruent, congruous, consistent, consonant, cooperative, cotton to*, t, tting, getting along with, harmonious, having good vibes*, hitting it off*, in keeping, in sync with*, in the groove*, like-minded, meet, on the same wavelength*, proper, reconcilable, simpatico, suitable, sympathetic, together; concept 555 Ant. antagonistic, antipathetic, disagreeable, incompatible, inharmonious, unsuitable, unsuited compel [v] force to act bulldoze*, coerce, concuss, constrain, crack down, dragoon, drive, enforce, exact, hustle, impel, make, make necessary, necessitate, oblige, put the arm on*, put the chill on*, restrain, shotgun*, squeeze, throw weight around*, turn on the heat*, urge; concepts 14,384 Ant. block, check, delay, deter, hinder, impede, obstruct, stop compendious [adj] abridged abbreviated, breviloquent, brief, close, compact, compendiary, comprehensive, concise, condensed, contracted, curt, inclusive, laconic, short, short and sweet*, succinct, summarized, summary, synoptic; concepts 773,789 Ant. enlarged, lengthened, unabridged compendium [n] abridgment abstract, aperu, brief, conspectus, digest, epitome, essence, guide, handbook, manual, overview, pandect,

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prcis, sketch, summary, survey, syllabus, sylloge; concept 283 compensate [v1] make restitution atone, come down with*, commit, guerdon, indemnify, make good*, pay, pay up, plank out*, pony up*, recompense, recoup, refund, reimburse, remunerate, repay, requite, reward, satisfy, shell out*, take care of, tickle the palm*; concepts 108,126,341 Ant. deprive, ne, forfeit, lose compensate [v2] offset, make up for abrogate, annul, atone for, balance, better, cancel out, counteract, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, x, improve, invalidate, make amends, negate, negative, neutralize, nullify, outweigh, redress, repair, set off; concepts 126,212 Ant. damage, deprive, penalize compensation [n] repayment; rectication advantage, allowance, amends, atonement, benet, bonus, bread*, consideration, counterclaim, coverage, damages, defrayal, deserts*, earnings, fee*, gain, honorarium, indemnication, indemnity, meet, pay, payment, payoff, premium, prot, quittance, reciprocity, reckoning, recompense, recoupment, redress, reimbursement, remittal, remittance, remuneration, reparation, reprisal, requital, restitution, reward, salary, salt, satisfaction, scale, settlement, shake, stipend, take*, take-home*, wage; concepts 337,344 Ant. damage, deprivation, ne, forfeiture, loss, penalty compete [v] go up against in contest attempt, bandy, battle, be in the running*, bid, challenge, clash, collide, contend, contest, cope with, emulate, encounter, essay, face, fence, ght, go after, go for*, go for broke*, go for the gold*, grapple, in the hunt*, jockey for position*, joust, lock horns*, match strength, match wits*, oppose, participate in, pit oneself against*, play, rival, run for, scramble for*, seek prize, spar, strive, struggle, take on, take part, tilt, try, tussle, vie, wrestle; concept 92 competence [n] ability adequacy, appropriateness, capability, capacity, competency, cutting it*, cutting the mustard*, expertise, tness, hacking it*, know-how, makings, making the grade*, might, moxie, prociency, qualication, qualiedness, savvy, skill, suitability, the goods*, the right stuff*, what it takes*; concept 630 Ant. inability, inadequacy, incapability, incompetence, inefcience, ineptness competent [adj] able adapted, adequate, all around, appropriate, au fait, being a pistol*, capable, clever, complete, crisp, decent, dynamite, efcient, endowed, enough, equal, reball*, t, fool, good, know ins and outs*, know ones business*, know ones stuff*, know the answers*, know the ropes*, know the score*, no slouch*, on the ball*, paid ones dues*, pertinent, polished, procient, qualied, satisfactory, savvy, skilled, sufcient, suitable, there*, up to it, up to snuff*, up to speed*, wicked*; concept 527 Ant. inadequate, incapable, incompetent, inefcient, inept, unable competition [n] contest antagonism, athletic event, bout, candidacy, championship, clash, concours, contention, controversy, counteraction, dog eat dog*, do or die*, emulation, encounter, engagement, event, ght, game, go for it, go for the gold*, horse race*, jungle*,

match, matchup, meeting, one on one*, oneupping, opposition, pairing off, puzzle, quiz, race, racing, rat race*, rivalry, run, sport, strife, striving, struggle, tilt, tournament, trial, tug-ofwar, warfare; concepts 92,363 competitive [adj] willing to oppose aggressive, ambitious, antagonistic, at odds, combative, competing, cutthroat, dog-eat-dog*, emulous, killer*, killer instinct*, opposing, rival, streetwise, vying; concept 542 Ant. noncompetitive, unambitious competitor [n] person willing to enter contest adversary, antagonist, challenger, competition, contestant, corival, dark horse*, emulator, favorite, opponent, opposition, rival; concepts 366,423 compilation [n] assemblage accumulating, accumulation, aggregating, anthology, assembling, assortment, collecting, collection, collocating, combining, compiling, consolidating, garner, garnering, gathering, incorporating, joining, treasury, unifying; concepts 109,432 compile [v] assemble, accumulate abridge, amass, anthologize, arrange, assemble, bring together, collate, collect, colligate, collocate, compose, concentrate, congregate, consolidate, cull, draw together, edit, garner, gather, get together, glean, group, heap up, marshal, muster, organize, put together, recapitulate, unite; concepts 79,84,109 Ant. disassemble, disperse, scatter, separate complacent [adj] contented conceited, condent, easy-going, egoistic, egotistic, gratied, happy, obsequious, pleased, satised, selfassured, self-contented, self-pleased, selfpossessed, self-righteous, self-satised, serene, smug, unconcerned; concepts 401,403 Ant. concerned, discontent, discontented, dissatised complain [v] grumble about accuse, ascribe, attack, beef*, bellyache*, bemoan, bewail, bitch, carp, cavil, charge, contravene, criticize, defy, demur, denounce, deplore, deprecate, differ, disagree, disapprove, dissent, expostulate, nd fault, fret, fuss, gainsay, grieve, gripe, groan, grouse, growl, grumble, impute, indict, kick up a fuss*, lament, lay, look askance, make a fuss, moan, nag, object, oppose, protest, refute, remonstrate, repine, reproach, snivel, sound off, take exception to, wail, whimper, whine, yammer; concept 52 Ant. applaud, approve, be content, be happy, commend, praise, recommend, sanction complaint [n1] statement of disagreement, discontent accusation, annoyance, beef*, cavil, CC*, charge, clamor, criticism, dissatisfaction, expostulation, fault-nding, grievance, gripe, grouse, grumble, guff*, jeremiad, kick, lament, moan, objection, plaint, protest, protestation, rap, remonstrance, remonstration, representation, reproach, rumble*, squawk, stink, trouble, wail, whine; concepts 52,689 Ant. applause, approval, commendation, contentedness, happiness, praise, recommendation, sanction complaint [n2] illness, afiction affection, ailment, condition, disease, disorder, ill, indisposition, inrmity, malady, sickness, syndrome, upset; concepts 306,316 Ant. health complaisance [n] agreeableness accommodativeness, acquiescence, compliance, courtesy,

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deference, friendliness, kindness, obligingness, politeness, respect; concept 633 Ant. antagonism, disagreeableness, discontent, dissatisfaction, obstinancy complaisant [adj] agreeable accommodating, amiable, compliant, conciliatory, deferential, easy, easy-going, friendly, generous, good-humored, good-natured, good-tempered, indulgent, lenient, mild, obliging, polite, solicitous, submissive; concept 401 Ant. antagonistic, disagreeable, discontented, dissatised, obstinate complement [n] companion, counterpart accompaniment, addition, aggregate, augmentation, balance, capacity, completion, consummation, correlate, correlative, counterpart, enhancement, enrichment, entirety, ller, nishing touch, makeweight, pendant, quota, remainder, rest, rounding-off*, supplement, total, totality; concepts 635,824 complement [v] complete accomplish, achieve, cap, clinch, conclude, consummate, crown, nish, fulll, integrate, perfect, round off, top off; concepts 91,119,234 Ant. take away complementary [adj] lling, completing commutual, complemental, completing, completory, conclusive, correlative, correspondent, corresponding, crowning, equivalent, fellow, integral, integrative, interconnected, interdependent, interrelated, interrelating, matched, mated, paired, parallel, reciprocal; concepts 577,824 Ant. independent, unrelated complete [adj1] total, not lacking all, entire, exhaustive, faultless, full, full-dress, gross, hook line and sinker*, imperforate, intact, integral, integrated, lock stock and barrel*, organic, outright, plenary, replete, the works*, thorough, thoroughgoing, unabbreviated, unabridged, unbroken, uncondensed, uncut, undiminished, undivided, undocked, unexpurgated, unimpaired, unitary, unreduced, whole, whole enchilada*, whole-hog*, whole-length, whole nine yards*; concept 531 Ant. defective, decient, imperfect, incomplete, lacking, missing, needy, short, wanting complete [adj2] nished accomplished, achieved, all-embracing, all-inclusive, all over, all over but the shouting*, attained, compassed, concluded, consummate, done, done with, down, effected, ended, entire, executed, ni*, nished off, full, full-edged, home free*, perfect, plenary, realized, sweeping, terminated, thats it*, through; concept 528 Ant. imperfect, incomplete, unnished complete [adj3] utter, absolute blank, blanket, categorical, consummate, downright, dyed-inthe-wool*, awless, impeccable, out-and-out, outright, perfect, positive, sheer, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unblemished, unconditional, unmitigated, unqualied, whole; concepts 531,535 complete [v] carry out action accomplish, achieve, actualize, bring to fruition, bring to maturity, call it a day*, cap, carry off, close, conclude, consummate, crown, determine, develop, discharge, do, do thoroughly, effect, effectuate, elaborate, end, equip, execute, ll, nalize, nish, fulll, furnish, get through, go the limit*, go through with, go whole hog*, halt, make good*, make up, perfect, perform,

put to bed*, realize, rene, round off, round out, settle, sew up*, supplement, terminate, ultimate, wind up*, wrap up*; concept 91 Ant. forget, give up, halt, ignore, neglect, stop completely [adv] entirely absolutely, all the way*, altogether, competently, comprehensively, conclusively, effectively, en masse, exclusively, exhaustively, extensively, nally, from A to Z*, from beginning to end*, fully, heart and soul*, hook line and sinker*, in all, in entirety, in full, in toto*, on all counts*, painstakingly, perfectly, quite, solidly, thoroughly, totally, to the end, to the limit, to the max*, to the nth degree*, ultimately, unabridged, unanimously, unconditionally, undividedly, utterly, wholly, without omission; concept 531 completion [n] accomplishment, nishing achievement, attainment, close, conclusion, consummation, culmination, curtains*, dispatch, end, expiration, nalization, nis, nish, fruition, fulllment, hips*, integration, perfection, realization, swan song*, windup*, wrap-up; concepts 119,706 Ant. anticlimax, imperfection complex [adj1] involved, intricate circuitous, complicated, composite, compound, compounded, confused, conglomerate, convoluted, elaborate, entangled, heterogeneous, knotty, labyrinthine, manifold, mingled, miscellaneous, mixed, mixed-up, mosaic, motley, multifarious, multiform, multiple, multiplex, tangled, tortuous, variegated; concept 562 Ant. clear, easy, evident, homogeneous, obvious, plain, simple, uniform complex [adj2] difcult to understand abstruse, bewildering, Byzantine, circuitous, complicated, confused, convoluted, crabbed, cryptic, Daedalean, discursive, disordered, disturbing, enigmatic, entangled, excursive, Gordian, hidden, impenetrable, inscrutable, interwoven, intricate, involved, jumbled, knotted, knotty, labyrinthine, mazy, meandering, mingled, mixed, muddled, obscure, paradoxical, perplexing, puzzling, rambling, recondite, round-about, sinuous, snarled, sophisticated, tangled, tortuous, undecipherable, unfathomable, winding; concepts 402,529 Ant. apparent, clear, direct, discernible, easy, evident, obvious, plain complex [n1] composite, aggregate association, compound, conglomerate, ecosystem, entanglement, group, network, organization, scheme, structure, syndrome, synthesis, system, totality; concepts 432,770 complex [n2] psychological problem anxiety, a thing about something*, exaggerated reaction, fear, xation, xed idea, hang-up*, ide xe, insanity, mania, neurosis, obsession, phobia, preoccupation, repression; concept 410 complexion [n1] skin coloring, appearance cast, color, coloration, coloring, ush, front, glow, hue, looks, mug*, phiz*, pigmentation, skin, skin tone, texture, tinge, tint, tone; concepts 405,622 complexion [n2] someones character appearance, aspect, cast, countenance, disposition, guise, humor, ilk, individualism, individuality, kind, light, look, make-up, nature, personality,

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seeming, semblance, sort, stamp, style, temper, temperament, type; concept 411 complexity [n] complicatedness complication, convolution, elaboration, entanglement, intricacy, involvement, multiplicity, ramication; concept 663 Ant. clarity, directness, ease, obvious, simplicity compliance [n] agreement acquiescence, amenability, assent, complaisance, concession, concurrence, conformity, consent, deference, docility, obedience, observance, passivity, resignation, submission, submissiveness, tractability, yielding; concepts 411,684 Ant. deance, denial, disagreement, disobedience, dissension, dissent, ght, nonconformity, refusal, veto complicate [v] confuse, make difcult add fuel to re*, bedevil, clog, combine, confound, convolute, derange, disarrange, disorder, elaborate, embroil, entangle, fold, foul up*, handicap, impede, infold, interfuse, interrelate, interweave, involve, jumble, make intricate, make waves*, mix up, muck up*, muddle, multiply, obscure, open can of worms*, perplex, ravel, render unintelligible, screw up*, snafu*, snag, snarl up*, tangle, twist, upset; concepts 7,19 Ant. disentangle, ease, explain, facilitate, make simple, untangle complicated [adj] difcult, complex abstruse, arduous, Byzantine, can of worms*, convoluted, Daedalean, difcult, elaborate, entangled, fancy, gasser*, Gordian, hard, hi-tech*, interlaced, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, mega factor*, mixed, perplexing, problematic, puzzling, recondite, sophisticated, troublesome, various, wheels within wheels*; concepts 562,565 Ant. easy, facile, simple complication [n] difcult situation aggravation, complexity, confusion, development, difculty, dilemma, drawback, embarrassment, entanglement, factor, intricacy, obstacle, problem, snag, web; concepts 230,674 Ant. ease, peace, simplicity complicity [n] conspiracy abetment, agreement, collaboration, collusion, complot, concurrence, confederacy, connivance, engineering, guilt, guiltiness, implication, intrigue, involvement, machination, manipulation, partnership; concepts 388,660 Ant. ignorance, innocence, noninvolvement, refusal compliment [n] praise, attery acclaim, acclamation, admiration, adulation, applause, appreciation, approval, blessing, bouquet*, buttering up*, cajolery, commendation, comp, conrmation, congratulations, courtesy, encomium, endorsement, eulogy, favor, felicitation, good word, homage, honor, kudo, laud, laudation, laurels, notice, orchid*, ovation, panegyric, pat on the back*, posy*, regard, respects, sanction, sentiment, tribute, veneration, warm fuzzy*; concepts 69,278 Ant. blame, censure, complaint, criticism, denunciation, insult, libel, slander compliment [v] praise, atter acclaim, adulate, applaud, butter up*, cajole, celebrate, charm, cheer, commemorate, commend, congratulate, endorse, eulogize, exalt, extol, fawn upon, felicitate, give bouquet*, glorify, hail, hand it to*, honor, ingratiate oneself with, kudize*, laud, magnify, make much of, panegyrize, pat on the

back*, pay respects, pay tribute to, please, puff up*, recommend, roose, salute, sanction, satisfy, sing praises of, soothe, speak highly of, take off hat to*, toast, trade last*, wish joy to, worship; concept 69 Ant. blame, censure, complain, criticize, denounce, insult, libel, slander complimentary [adj1] attering adulatory, appreciative, approbative, approbatory, approving, celebrating, commendatory, congratulatory, courtly, encomiastic, encomiastical, eulogistic, fair-spoken, fawning, highly favorable, honeyed, honoring, laudatory, panegyrical, plauditory, polite, praiseful, respectful, sycophantic, unctuous, well-wishing, with highest recommendation, with high praise; concept 267 Ant. blaming, censuring, critical, denouncing, disparaging, insulting, reproachful, unattering complimentary [adj2] free as a perk*, chargeless, comp, costless, courtesy, donated, free lunch*, free of charge, gratis, gratuitous, honorary, on the house*; concept 334 Ant. for sale comply [v] abide by, follow agreement or instructions accede, accord, acquiesce, adhere to, agree to, cave in, come around, conform to, consent to, cry uncle*, defer, discharge, ditto*, dont make waves*, dont rock the boat*, t in, fold, fulll, give in, give out, give up, go along with, go with the ow*, keep, knuckle to*, knuckle under*, mind, obey, observe, perform, play ball*, play the game*, put out, quit, respect, roll over and play dead*, satisfy, shape up, stay in line*, straighten up, submit, throw in towel*, toss it in*, yes one*, yield; concepts 8,35,91 Ant. decline, deny, disobey, oppose, rebuff, refuse, reject, resist component [adj] constituent basic, composing, elemental, fundamental, inherent, integral, intrinsic, part and parcel of*, part of; concepts 546,567 component [n] part, element constituent, factor, xings, ingredient, item, making, makings, peripheral, piece, plug-in, segment, unit; concepts 831,834 Ant. whole compose [v1] be part of construction be an adjunct, be an element of, belong to, be made of, build, compound, comprise, consist of, constitute, construct, enter in, fashion, form, go into, make, make up, merge in; concepts 168,642 Ant. destroy, disarrange, disperse, ruin, scatter compose [v2] create writing, artwork, or music author, bang out*, cast, clef*, coin a phrase, comp, conceive, contrive, cook up*, design, devise, discover, draw up, dream up, fabricate, forge, form, formulate, frame*, fudge together*, ghost*, ghostwrite, imagine, indite, invent, knock off*, knock out*, make up, note down, orchestrate, originate, pen, poetize, produce, push pencil*, put down, put pen to paper*, score, scribble, script, set type, set up, time, turn out, whip up*, write; concepts 79,173,174 compose [v3] calm, bring under control adjust, allay, appease, arrange, assuage, balm, becalm, check, collect, comfort, console, contain, control, cool, ease, ease up, hold in, lessen, let up, lull, mitigate, moderate, modulate, pacify, placate, quell, quiet, re-collect, reconcile, regulate, rein, relax, repress, resolve, restrain, settle,

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simmer down, slacken, smother, soften, solace, soothe, still, suppress, temper, tranquilize, tune down; concepts 7,22,117 Ant. agitate, anger, arouse, distress, excite, upset composed [adj] calm, collected at ease, calmed, clearheaded, commonsensical, condent, cool, cool as cucumber*, disimpassioned, dispassionate, easy, easygoing, have ones act together*, imperturbable, keeping a stiff upper lip*, keeping ones shirt on*, levelheaded, nonchalant, not turn a hair*, placid, poised, possessed, quieted, relaxed, repressed, sedate, self-assured, self-possessed, sensible, serene, serious, soothed, staid, suppressed, sure of oneself, temperate, together, tranquil, unappable, unrufed, untroubled; concept 401 Ant. agitated, angered, annoyed, aroused, distressed, excited, perturbed, upset, worried composer [n] songwriter melodist, serialist, singer-songwriter, songsmith, songster, tunesmith, writer; concept 352 composite [adj] combined, mixed blended, complex, compound, conglomerate, melded, synthesized; concept 490 Ant. homogeneous, simple, unblended, uncombined, uniform, unmixed composite [n] combination, mixture amalgam, amalgamation, blend, combo, commixture, complex, compost, compound, conglomerate, fusion, immixture, intermixture, medley, mix, olio, pasteup*, stew*, synthesis, union; concepts 260,432 composition [n1] structure, arrangement agreement, architecture, balance, beauty, combination, concord, conguration, consonance, constitution, content, design, distribution, form, formation, harmony, layout, make-up, placing, proportion, relation, rhythm, spacing, style, symmetry, weave; concepts 733,757 composition [n2] written or musical creation arrangement, article, chart, concerto, dissertation, drama, essay, exercise, exposition, ction, getup*, literary work, manuscript, melody, music, novel, number, opus, paper, piece, play, poetry, rhapsody, romance, score, setup*, short story, song, stanza, study, symphony, theme, thesis, tune, verse, work, writing; concepts 259,260,263,271 compost [n] organic material admixture, blend, commixture, composition, compound, fertilizer, fusion, humus, manure, mix, mixture, mulch, ordure, pile; concept 509 composure [n] calmness, collectedness accord, aplomb, assurance, balance, calm, contentment, control, cool*, cool head*, coolheadedness, coolness, dignity, dispassion, ease, equanimity, equilibrium, evenness, even temper, fortitude, harmony, imperturbability, inexcitability, levelheadedness, moderation, nonchalance, peace of mind, placidity, poise, polish, presence of mind, quiet, quietude, repose, sang-froid, sedateness, self-assurance, self-control, self-possession, serenity, sobriety, stability, tranquility; concept 410 Ant. agitation, arousal, discomposure, excitement, perturbedness, upset compound [n] combination, mixture admixture, aggregate, alloy, amalgam, amalgamation, blend, combo, commixture, composite, composition, compost, conglomerate, fusion, goulash,

medley, mishmash*, soup, stew, synthesis, union; concepts 260,432 compound [v1] mix, combine admix, amalgamate, associate, blend, bracket, coagment, coalesce, commingle, commix, concoct, connect, couple, fuse, immix, intermingle, join, link, make up, meld, mingle, synthesize, unite; concept 109 Ant. divide, separate, unmix compound [v2] make difcult; complicate add to, aggravate, augment, confound, confuse, exacerbate, extend, heighten, intensify, magnify, make complex, make intricate, multiply, worsen; concepts 231,240 Ant. better, make easy, uncomplicate comprehend [v1] understand appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, capiche*, catch, click, cognize, conceive, dig*, discern, envisage, envision, fathom, get*, get the picture*, gotcha*, grasp, have, know, make out*, perceive, read, savvy*, see, take in, tumble*; concept 15 Ant. misinterpret, mistake, misunderstand comprehend [v2] include comprise, contain, embody, embrace, enclose, encompass, have, involve, subsume, take in; concept 118 Ant. exclude, not include comprehensible [adj] understandable apprehensible, clear, coherent, comprehendible, conceivable, explicit, fathomable, graspable, intelligible, knowable, lucid, luminous, plain; concepts 402,529 Ant. exclusive, incomplete, nonunderstandable, unintelligible comprehension [n] understanding aha*, apperception, apprehension, awareness, capacity, cognizance, conception, discernment, double take*, grasp, intelligence, judgment, ken, knowledge, perception, prehension, realization, sense, slow take*, take*; concept 409 Ant. incomprehension, misinterpretation, mistake, misunderstanding comprehensive [adj] inclusive absolute, across the board*, all-embracing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, catholic, compendious, complete, comprising, containing, discursive, encircling, encyclopedic, exhaustive, expansive, extensive, far-reaching, full, general, global, in depth, innite, lock stock and barrel*, of great scope, overall, sweeping, synoptic, the big picture*, the whole shebang*, the works*, thorough, umbrella, wall-to-wall*, whole, wide, widespread; concepts 531,772 Ant. exclusive, incomprehensive, particular, selective, specic compress [v] compact, condense abbreviate, abridge, abstract, bind, boil down, coagulate, concentrate, consolidate, constrict, contract, cram, cramp, crowd, crush, decrease, dehydrate, densen, densify, epitomize, force into space, make brief, narrow, pack, press, press together, ram, reduce, restrict, shorten, shrink, shrivel, squash, squeeze, stuff, summarize, syncopate, telescope, tighten, wedge, wrap; concepts 208,236,247 Ant. blow up, expand, extend, ll, increase, loosen, stretch, uncompress, uncondense comprise [v] make up, consist of add up to, amount to, be composed of, be contained in, compass, compose, comprehend, constitute, contain, cover, embody, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, engross, form, hold, include, incorporate, involve, span, subsume, sum up,

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take in; concept 643 Ant. except, exclude, fail, fall short, lack, need, want compromise [n] agreement, give-and-take accommodation, accord, adjustment, arrangement, bargain, compact, composition, concession, contract, copout*, covenant, deal, fty-fty*, half and half, half measure, happy medium*, mean, middle course, middle ground, pact, sellout, settlement, trade-off, understanding, win-win situation*; concepts 230,684 Ant. contest, controversy, difference, disagreement, dispute, dissension, dissent, quarrel compromise [v1] give and take adjust, agree, arbitrate, compose, compound, concede, conciliate, nd happy medium*, nd middle ground*, go fty-fty*, make a deal, make concession, meet halfway, negotiate, play ball with*, settle, split the difference*, strike balance, trade off; concept 8 Ant. contest, differ, disagree, dispute, dissent, quarrel compromise [v2] put in jeopardy blight, cop out*, discredit, dishonor, embarrass, endanger, explode, expose, give in, hazard, imperil, implicate, jeopardize, mar, menace, peril, prejudice, put under suspicion, risk, ruin, sell out, spoil, weaken; concepts 101,240 Ant. guard, protect, save compulsion [n] drive, obligation coercion, constraint, demand, drive, driving, duress, duty, engrossment, exigency, force, hang-up, have on the brain*, monkey*, necessity, need, obsession, preoccupation, prepossession, pressure, tiger by the tail*, urge, urgency; concepts 410,532 Ant. freedom, free will, independence, liberty, license compulsive [adj] driving, obsessive besetting, compelling, enthusiastic, irresistible, overwhelming, passionate, uncontrollable, urgent; concept 401 Ant. controlled, easy-going, free, independent compulsory [adj] binding compulsatory, de rigueur, forced, imperative, imperious, mandatory, necessary, obligatory, required, requisite; concept 546 Ant. free, liberalized, liberated, optional, unstipulated, voluntary compunction [n] regret, sorrow attrition, conscience, contrition, misgiving, penitence, penitency, pity, punctiliousness, qualm, reluctance, remorse, repentance, rue, ruth, second thoughts, shame, stab of conscience, sympathy; concept 410 Ant. deance, meanness, no remorse computation [n] performing arithmetic calculation, ciphering, computing, counting, data processing, estimating, estimation, guring, gauge, guess, reckoning, summing, totalling; concept 764 Ant. conjecture, guesstimation compute [v] calculate, estimate add up, cast up, cipher, count, count heads, count noses, cut ice*, dope out*, enumerate, gure, gure out, gauge, keep tabs*, measure, rate, reckon, run down, size up, sum, take account of, take ones measure, tally, tot*, total, tote*, tote up*; concept 764 Ant. conjecture, guess, guesstimate, surmise computer [n] calculating, data processing machine abacus, adding machine, analog, articial intelligence, brain*, calculator, clone, CPU, data processor, digital, electronic brain*, laptop*, MAC, mainframe, micro*, microcom-

puter, mini*, minicomputer, number cruncher*, PC, personal computer, thinking machine*; concepts 269,463 computerese [n] computer technical language computer jargon, computer terminology, computer terms, hacker talk, tech talk; concept 275 computer geek [n] computer expert computer specialist, engineer, guru, hacker, programmer, techie; concept 348 comrade [n] ally associate, bosom buddy, buddy, chum, colleague, comate, companion, compatriot, compeer, confederate, condant, condante, co-worker, crony, friend, intimate, mate, pal, partner, sidekick; concept 423 Ant. enemy, foe, opponent con [n] trick bluff, cheat, crime, deception, double-cross, dupe, fraud, gold brick*, graft, mockery, swindle, take in; concept 59 Ant. honesty, truthfulness con [v] deceive, defraud bamboozle*, bilk, cajole, cheat, chicane, coax, double-cross, dupe, imam*, fool, hoax, hoodwink, hornswoggle*, humbug, inveigle, mislead, rip off*, rook, sweet-talk*, swindle, trick, wheedle; concept 59 Ant. be forthright, be honest concatenation [n] connection, sequence chain, connecting, continuity, integration, interlocking, link, linking, nexus, series, succession, uniting; concepts 721,727 Ant. interruption concave [adj] curved, depressed biconcave, cupped, dented, dimpled, dipped, excavated, hollow, hollowed, incurvate, incurvated, incurved, indented, round, rounded, sagging, scooped, sinking, sunken; concept 486 Ant. convex, distended conceal [v] hide, disguise beard, burrow, bury, cache, camouage, cloak, couch, cover, cover up, dissemble, ditch, duck, ensconce, enshroud, harbor, hole up*, keep dark, keep secret, lie low*, lurk, mask, masquerade, obscure, plant*, put in a hole*, screen, secrete, shelter, skulk, slink, sneak, stash, stay out of sight, stow, tuck away, veil, wrap; concept 188 Ant. disclose, divulge, expose, lay bare, let out, open, reveal, show, tell, uncover concealed [adj] hidden, secret buried, cached, camouaged, covered, covered up, covert, enshrouded, guarded, holed up, hushed up, hush-hush*, incog*, incognito, inconspicuous, masked, obscure, obscured, on the Q. T.*, perdu, planted, privy, put in the hole*, recondite, screened, secreted, shrouded, stashed, tucked away, ulterior, under wraps*, unseen, veiled; concepts 576,619 Ant. bare, clear, disclosed, exposed, obvious, open, plain, revealed, shown, told, uncovered concealment [n] hiding, secrecy beard, blind, camouage, cover, covering, cover-up, curtain, disguise, dissimulation, g leaf*, front, hideaway, hide-out, laundromat, mask, obliteration, obscuration, occultation, privacy, red herring*, secretion, smoke screen*, veil, wraps*; concepts 188,631 Ant. disclosure, divulgence, exposition, revelation, showing, telling concede [v] acknowledge, give in accept, accord, admit, allow, avow, award, bury the hatchet*, capitulate, cave in, cede, confess, cry uncle*, ditto*, fess up*, fold, give up, go along with, go with the ow*, grant, hand over,

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knuckle under, let on, own, own up, play ball with*, quit, relinquish, say uncle*, surrender, throw in the towel*, waive, yes one*, yield; concepts 35,57,82,235 Ant. contradict, disacknowledge, disagree, dispute, dissent, ght, refuse, reject, repudiate conceit [n] egotism amour-propre, arrogance, complacence, complacency, consequence, immodesty, narcissism, outrecuidance, pomposity, pride, self-admiration, self-exaltation, selfimportance, self-love, self-regard, smugness, snottiness, stufness, swagger, swelled head*, vainglory, vainness, vanity; concept 411 Ant. humility, meekness, modesty, selfconsciousness, shyness, timidity, unselfcondence conceited [adj] egotistical arrogant, bigheaded*, big talking, cocky, conceity, full of hot air*, gall, ham*, hot stuff*, immodest, know-it-all, loudmouth, narcissistic, overweening, phony, puffed up*, self-important, smartalecky*, snotty*, stuck up*, swollen-headed*, vain, vainglorious, windbag*; concept 404 Ant. difdent, humble, meek, modest, selfconscious, shy, timid, unself-condent conceivable [adj] reasonable, easy to understand believable, convincing, credible, earthly, imaginable, likely, mortal, possible, probable, supposable, thinkable; concepts 529,552 Ant. difcult, inconceivable, unbelievable, unimaginable, unreasonable, unthinkable conceive [v1] understand accept, appreciate, apprehend, assume, believe, catch, compass, comprehend, deem, dig, envisage, expect, fancy, feel, follow, gather, get, grasp, imagine, judge, perceive, realize, reckon, suppose, suspect, take, twig; concept 15 Ant. misunderstand, not believe conceive [v2] create become pregnant, brainstorm, cogitate, consider, contrive, cook up*, depicture, design, develop, devise, dream up, envisage, envision, fancy, feature, form, formulate, head trip*, image, imagine, make up, meditate, originate, ponder, produce, project, purpose, realize, ruminate, spark, speculate, spitball, think up, trump up*, visualize; concepts 35,173,251 Ant. abort, destroy concentrate [v1] think about closely apply, attend, be engrossed in, bring to bear, brood over, center, consider closely, contemplate, crack ones brains*, direct attention, establish, examine, xate, x attention, focus, focus attention, get on the beam*, give attention, hammer*, hammer away at*, head trip*, intensify, knuckle down, meditate, muse, need, occupy thoughts, peruse, ponder, pour it on*, put, put mind to, rack ones brains*, rivet, ruminate, scrutinize, set, settle, study, sweat, think hard, weigh; concept 17 concentrate [v2] gather, collect accumulate, agglomerate, aggregate, amass, assemble, bunch, center, centralize, cluster, coalesce, collect, combine, compact, compress, congest, conglomerate, congregate, consolidate, constrict, contract, converge, cramp, crowd, draw together, eliminate, embody, focalize, focus, forgather, garner, get to the meat*, heap, heap up, hoard, huddle, integrate, intensify, localize, mass, muster, narrow, pile, reduce, salt away,

store, strengthen, swarm, unify, zero in*; concepts 84,109 Ant. disperse, scatter concentrated [adj1] condensed, reduced boiled down, complete, crashed*, entire, evaporated, xed, full-bodied, lusty, potent, rich, robust, straight, strong, stuffed*, telescoped*, thick, thickened, total, unadulterated, undiffused, undiluted, undivided, unmingled, unmixed, whole; concepts 483,554 Ant. diffuse, loose, thin concentrated [adj2] intense all-out, deep, desperate, exquisite, erce, furious, hard, intensive, terrible, vehement, vicious; concepts 326,569 Ant. diffuse, diluted, free, loose concentration [n1] consolidation of effort absorption, amassing, application, assembly, bringing to bear, centering, centralization, close attention, clustering, coalescing, combination, compacting, compression, concern, congregation, consolidation, convergence, converging, debate, deliberation, xing, ocking, focusing, heed, huddling, intensication, massing, narrowing, need, single-mindedness, study, unity; concept 677 concentration [n2] aggregation accumulation, army, array, audience, band, cluster, collection, company, concourse, convergence, ock, group, herd, horde, mass, miscellany, mob, party; concept 432 Ant. dispersal, scattering, separation concept [n] idea abstraction, apprehension, approach, big idea*, brainchild*, brain wave*, conceit, conception, conceptualization, consideration, fool notion*, hypothesis, image, impression, intellection, notion, perception, slant, supposition, theory, thought, twist, view, wrinkle; concepts 532,689 Ant. being, concrete conception [n1] understanding; idea apperception, appreciation, apprehension, clue, cogitating, cognition, communing, comprehension, conceit, concentrating, concept, consideration, considering, deliberating, design, dreaming, envisaging, explanation, exposition, fancy, fancying, image, imagining, impression, inkling, intellection, interpretation, meditating, meditation, mental grasp, musing, notion, perception, philosophizing, picture, plan, realization, representation, speculating, speculation, thought, version; concepts 409,410,689 Ant. being, concrete conception [n2] beginning, birth fertilization, formation, germination, impregnation, inception, initiation, insemination, invention, launching, origin, outset, start; concepts 119,302,373,375 Ant. abortion, death concern [n1] business, responsibility affair, burden, care, charge, company, corporation, deportment, entanglement, enterprise, establishment, eld, rm, house, interest, involvement, job, jungle*, matter, megacorp*, mission, multinational, occupation, organization, outt, shooting match*, task, thing, transaction, worry, zoo*; concepts 325,362,532 concern [n2] interest; anxiety apprehension, attention, bearing, care, carefulness, concernment, consideration, disquiet, disquietude, distress, heed, heedfulness, important matter, matter, reference, regard, relation, relevance, solicitude, tender loving care, unease, worry; concepts 410,690 Ant. disinterest, unconcern

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concern [v1] affect personally apply to, bear on, become involved, be relevant to, bother, disquiet, distress, disturb, interest, involve, make anxious, make uneasy, pertain to, perturb, regard, take pains, touch, trouble, worry; concepts 7,19,22 concern [v2] relate to, have reference to answer to, appertain to, apply to, be about, be applicable to, bear on, bear upon, be connected with, be dependent upon, be interdependent with, belong to, be pertinent to, be well taken, deal with, depend upon, have a bearing on, have connections with, have implications for, have relation to, have signicance for, have to do with, involve, pertain to, refer to, regard; concept 532 Ant. unconcern concerned [adj1] worried anxious, biting ones nails*, bothered, butteries in stomach*, distressed, disturbed, exercised, in a stew*, on pins and needles*, perturbed, tied up in knots*, troubled, uneasy, upset, uptight, worried sick*; concept 403 Ant. happy, undisturbed, unperturbed, untroubled, unworried concerned [adj2] involved with active, affected, attentive, caring, down with, implicated, in on, interested, mixed up, privy to, solicitous; concepts 401,403 Ant. disinterested, inattentive, uncaring, unconcerned, uninvolved concerning [prep] having to do with about, anent, apropos of, as regards, germane to, in regard to, in the matter of, pertaining to, re, regarding, relating to, relevant to, respecting, touching, with reference to, with regard to; concept 563 concert [n1] musical performance gig, jam session, musical, musicale, recital, rockfest, selections, show; concept 263 concert [n2] agreement, harmony accord, chorus, collaboration, concord, concordance, consonance, joint, league, togetherness, tune, unanimity, union, unison; concepts 388,684 Ant. disagreement, disharmony, disunity concerted [adj] coordinated agreed upon, collaborative, combined, joint, mutual, planned, prearranged, united; concept 538 Ant. disarranged, disordered, disorganized, separate, uncoordinated concession [n] yielding, adjustment acknowledgment, admission, allowance, assent, authorization, boon, buyback, compromise, confession, copout*, deal, giveback, giving in, grant, indulgence, permission, permit, privilege, rollback, sellout, surrender, trade-off, warrant; concepts 13,50,67,88 Ant. denial, difference, disagreement, disputation, ghting, protest, refusal, repudiation conciliatory [adj] placid, yielding appeasing, assuaging, calm, civil, disarming, irenic, mollifying, pacic, peaceable, placating, placatory, propitiative, quiet, willing; concept 401 Ant. antagonistic, ghting, refusing, stubborn concise [adj] short, to the point abridged, boiled down*, breviloquent, brief, compact, compendiary, compendious, compressed, condensed, curt, epigrammatic, in a nutshell*, laconic, lean, marrowy, meaty, pithy, short and sweet*, succinct, summary, synoptic, terse; concepts 773,798 Ant. expansive, lengthy, long, long-winded, redundant, repetitive, wordy

conclave [n] secret meeting assembly, buzz session*, cabinet*, confab*, conference, council, encounter, gathering, get-together, huddle, meet, parley, powwow*, private meeting, session; concepts 324,384 conclude [v1] nish, come to an end achieve, bring down curtain*, call it a day*, cease, cinch, clinch, close, close out, complete, consummate, crown, desist, draw to close, end, halt, knock off, put the lid on*, put to bed*, round off, stop, terminate, top off, ultimate, wind up, wrap up; concepts 119,234 Ant. begin, commence, introduce, preface, start conclude [v2] decide, deduce add up to, adjudge, analyze, assume, be afraid, boil down to*, collect, derive, draw, gure, gather, have a hunch*, infer, intuit, judge, make, make out, presume, ratiocinate, reason, reckon, sum up, suppose, surmise, the way one sees it*; concepts 18,37 conclude [v3] settle, resolve accomplish, achieve, bring about, carry out, clinch, conrm, decide, determine, effect, establish, x, pull off, rule, work out; concept 18 Ant. unsettle conclusion [n1] end cease, cessation, close, closure, completion, consequence, culmination, denouement, desistance, development, ending, end of the line*, eventuality, nale, nish, issue, outcome, payoff, period, result, stop, termination, upshot, windup, wrap; concepts 119,832 Ant. beginning, commencement, introduction, preface, prelude, start conclusion [n2] judgment, decision agreement, conviction, corollary, deduction, determination, illation, inference, opinion, ratiocination, resolution, resolve, sequitur, settlement, verdict; concept 689 Ant. concept, theory conclusive [adj] denite, nal absolute, all out*, clear, clinching, cogent, compelling, convincing, deciding, decisive, demonstrative, determinant, determinative, at out*, incontrovertible, indisputable, irrefragable, irrefrangible, irrefutable, irrevocable, litmus test*, precise, resolving, revealing, settling, straight out, telling, ultimate, unambiguous, unanswerable, unarguable, unconditional, undeniable, unmistakable, unquestionable, what you see is what you get*; concept 535 Ant. inconclusive, indenite concoct [v] formulate, think up ad lib, batch*, brew*, compound, contrive, cook up, create, design, devise, discover, dream up, envisage, envision, fabricate, frame*, hatch, invent, make up, mature, originate, plan, plot, prefab*, prepare, project, scheme, slap together*, throw together*, vamp; concepts 36,173,251 concoction [n] creation, blend brew, combination, compound, contrivance, intention, medley, mixture, plan, preparation, project, solution; concepts 260,432,660 concomitant [adj] contributing, accompanying accessory, adjuvant, agreeing, ancillary, associated with, associative, attendant, attending, belonging, coefcient, coetaneous, coeval, coexistent, coincident, coincidental, collateral, complementary, concordant, concurrent, conjoined, conjoined with, connected, contemporaneous, contemporary, coordinate, corollary, coterminous, coupled with, fellow, incident, in tempo, in time, isochronal, isochronous, joint, satellite, synchronal, synchronous, synergetic,

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synergistic; concept 577 Ant. accidental, chance, unrelated concord [n1] unity, harmony accord, agreement, amity, calmness, chime, comity, concert, concordance, consensus, consonance, friendship, goodwill, peace, placidity, rapport, serenity, tranquility, tune, unanimity, understanding, unison; concept 388 Ant. discord, disunity concord [n2] agreement, treaty compact, concordat, contract, convention, entente, pact, protocol; concepts 271,684 Ant. disagreement, discord concourse [n1] passageway avenue, boulevard, entrance, foyer, hall, highway, lobby, lounge, meeting place, path, rallying point*, road, street; concepts 440,501 concourse [n2] crowd, group assemblage, assembly, collection, concursion, conuence, convergence, crush, gang, gathering, joining, junction, linkage, meeting, mob, multitude, rout, throng; concept 432 concrete [adj1] actual, factual accurate, corporeal, denite, detailed, explicit, material, objective, particular, precise, real, sensible, solid, specic, substantial, tangible; concept 535 Ant. abstract, ideal, immaterial, intangible concrete [adj2] hardened caked, calcied, cemented, compact, compressed, congealed, conglomerated, consolidated, dried, rm, indurate, monolithic, petried, poured, precast, set, set in stone*, solid, solidied, steeled, strong, unyielding; concept 604 Ant. bending, exible, pliable concur [v] agree, approve accede, accord, acquiesce, assent, band, be consonant with, be in harmony, coadjute, coincide, collaborate, combine, come together, consent, cooperate, cut a deal*, equal, harmonize, jibe*, join, league*, meet, okay*, pass on*, shake on*, unite; concepts 8,10,82 Ant. argue, differ, disagree, disapprove, dispute, object, oppose, reject concurrent [adj1] simultaneous circumstantial, coeval, coexisting, coincident, concerted, concomitant, contemporaneous, incidental, in sync, parallel, synchronal, synchronous; concept 799 concurrent [adj2] agreeing, converging allied, at one, centrolineal, coinciding, compatible, concerted, conuent, consentient, consistent, convergent, cooperating, coterminous, harmonious, in agreement, in rapport, joined, likeminded, meeting, mutual, of the same mind, unied, uniting; concept 563 Ant. disagreeing, divergent, nonconcurrent concussion [n] collision, shaking blast, blow, buffeting, bump, clash, clout, crack, crash, hit, impact, injury, jar, jarring, jolt, jolting, jounce, pounding, punch, shock, trauma; concept 189 condemn [v] blame, convict adjudge, belittle, blow whistle on*, call down*, castigate, censure, chide, come down on*, criticize, damn, decry, denounce, denunciate, deprecate, depreciate, disapprove, disparage, doom, nd fault with, nd guilty, frame, hang something on*, judge, knock, lay at ones door*, let have it*, name, pass sentence on*, pin it on*, point nger at*, pronounce, proscribe, punish, put away, put down, reprehend, reproach, reprobate, reprove, send up, send up the river*, sentence, skin, thumbs down on*, upbraid; concepts 44,52,317

Ant. absolve, acquit, approve, clear, discharge, exonerate, free, pardon, release, set free condemnation [n] blaming, conviction accusation, blame, censure, damnation, denouncement, denunciation, disapproval, doom, judgment, proscription, reproach, reprobation, reproof, sentence, stricture; concepts 44,52,317 Ant. absolution, acquittal, clearance, discharge, exoneration, freeing, pardon, release condensation [n1] abridgment abstract, boildown*, breviary, brief, compendium, compression, concentration, consolidation, conspectus, contraction, curtailment, digest, epitome, essence, prcis, reduction, summary, synopsis; concepts 283,730 Ant. unabridgment condensation [n2] water buildup condensate, crystallization, deliquescence, dew, distillation, liquefaction, precipitate, precipitation, rainfall; concept 514 Ant. dryness condense [v] abridge abbreviate, blue pencil*, boil down, chop, coagulate, compact, compress, concentrate, constrict, contract, curtail, cut, cut down, decoct, densen, digest, edit, encapsulate, epitomize, inventory, precipitate, prcis, press together, put in a nutshell*, reduce, shorten, shrink, snip, solidify, sum, summarize, summate, synopsize, telescope, thicken, trim; concepts 236,247 Ant. enlarge, expand, lengthen condescend [v] stoop, humble oneself accommodate, accord, acquiesce, agree, be courteous, bend, come down off high horse*, comply, concede, degrade oneself, deign, demean oneself, descend, favor, grant, high hat*, lower oneself, oblige, see t, submit, talk down to, toss a few crumbs*, unbend, vouchsafe, yield; concept 633 Ant. rise above condescending [adj] snobby, lordly arrogant, complaisant, disdainful, egotistic, la-dee-da*, lofty, patronizing, snobbish, snooty*, snotty*, supercilious, superior, uppish, uppity; concept 401 Ant. approachable, friendly, humble condescension [n] disdain, superiority airs, civility, deference, haughtiness, loftiness, lordliness, patronage, patronizing attitude, superciliousness, toleration; concept 633 Ant. friendliness, humility, inferiority condiment [n] avoring catsup, dressing, gravy, horseradish, ketchup, mustard, pepper, relish, salsa, salt, sauce, seasoning, spice, zest; concepts 457,461 condition [n1] circumstances action, ballgame*, case, estate, happening, how it goes*, how things are*, how things stack up*, lay of the land*, like it is*, mode, order, plight, position, posture, predicament, quality, rank, repair, reputation, riff, scene, shape, situation, size of it*, sphere, spot, standing, state, state of affairs, status, status quo, trim, way things are*, way things shape up*, where its at*; concepts 639,696 condition [n2] requirement, limitation arrangement, article, catch, codicil, contingency, demand, essential, exception, exemption, ne print*, kicker*, modication, must, necessity, postulate, precondition, prerequisite, provision, proviso, qualication, requisite, reservation, rule, sine qua non, small print*, stipulation, strings*, terms; concepts 270,688

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condition [n3] physical shape, tness appearance, aspect, build, constitution, fettle, form, health, kilter, mint, order, phase, repair, state, status, tone, trim; concepts 316,757 condition [n4] illness affection, ailment, complaint, disease, ill, inrmity, malady, predicament, problem, syndrome, temper, weakness; concept 306 condition [v] adapt, prepare accustom, brainwash, build up, educate, equip, habituate, inure, loosen up, make ready, modify, practice, program, ready, shape up, sharpen, tone up, toughen up, train, warm up, whip into shape*, work out, work over; concepts 35,202 conditional [adj] dependent codicillary, contingent, depending on, fortuitous, granted on certain terms, guarded, iffy*, incidental, inconclusive, limited, modied, not absolute, obscure, provisional, provisory, qualied, relative, reliant, relying on, restricted, restrictive, subject to, tentative, uncertain, with grain of salt*, with reservations, with strings attached*; concept 554 Ant. independent, unconditional, unlimited, unqualied, unrestricted condolence [n] sympathy comfort, commiseration, compassion, condolement, consolation, fellow feeling, solace; concept 633 condom [n] birth control contraceptive, French letter*, johnny*, prophylactic, protection, raincoat*, rubber*, safe, sheath; concept 307 condominium [n] tenant-owned apartment house apartment, condo, co-op, timeshare, townhouse; concept 516 condone [v] make allowance for buy*, disregard, excuse, forget, forgive, give green light*, go along with, ignore, lap up*, let it come*, let it go by*, let pass*, look the other way*, nod at*, okay, overlook, pardon, pass over, remit, wink at*; concepts 10,23 Ant. censure, condemn, forbid, not allow, prevent conducive [adj] favorable for accessory, calculated to produce, contributive, contributory, helpful, leading, productive of, promotive, tending, useful; concept 542 Ant. adverse, discouraging, hindering, unconducive, unfavorable, unhelpful conduct [n1] administration care, carrying on*, channels, charge, control, direction, execution, guidance, handling, intendance, leadership, management, manipulation, organization, oversight, plan, policy, posture, red tape*, regimen, regulation, rule, running, strategy, superintendence, supervision, tactics, transaction, treatment, wielding; concept 117 conduct [n2] behavior address, attitude, bearing, carriage, comportment, demeanor, deportment, manner, manners, mien, posture, stance, tenue, ways; concept 633 conduct [v1] administer accompany, attend, call the tune*, carry on*, chair, chaperon, control, convey, direct, engineer, escort, govern, guide, handle, head, keep, lead, manage, operate, ordain, order, organize, oversee, pilot, preside over, regulate, ride herd on*, rule, run, run things, shepherd, steer, supervise, trailblaze*, usher, wield baton*; concept 117 conduct [v2] comport oneself acquit, act, bear, behave, carry, demean, deport, go on, quit; concept 384

conduct [v3] transport accompany, attend, bring, carry, chaperon, companion, convoy, escort, guide, lead, move, pass on, pilot, route, send, shepherd, show, steer, transfer; concept 187 Ant. leave conductor [n] leader director, guide, maestro, manager, marshal, master, supervisor; concepts 347,350,354 conduit [n] passage aqueduct, cable, canal, channel, conductor, course, culvert, duct, ow, ume, gully, gutter, lead-in, lead-out, main, pipe, pipeline, race, sewer, spout, trough, tube, watercourse; concepts 499,501 cone [n] circular-shaped object with pointed end conoid, pyramid, raceme, strobile, strobiloid; concept 436 confection [n] sweet food cake, candy, dainty, jam, pastry, sweet; concept 457 confederacy [n] coalition alliance, anschluss, bond, compact, confederation, conspiracy, covenant, federation, government, league, organization, union; concepts 299,301 confederate [adj] allied amalgamated, associated, combined, corporate, federal, federated, in alliance, incorporated, leagued, organized, syndicated, unionized; concept 536 confederate [n] abettor accessory, accomplice, ally, associate, coconspirator, collaborator, colleague, conspirator, fellow, fellow traveler, partner; concept 412 confer [v1] discuss, deliberate advise, argue, bargain, blitz*, brainstorm*, breeze*, collogue, confab*, confabulate, consult, converse, deal, debate, discourse, ap*, gab*, get heads together*, give meeting*, groupthink*, huddle, jaw, kick ideas around*, negotiate, parley, pick ones brain*, powwow*, speak, talk, toss ideas around*, treat; concept 56 confer [v2] giving honor, award accord, allot, award, bestow, donate, gift with, give, grant, lay on, present, provide, sweeten the kitty*, vouchsafe; concept 132 Ant. dishonor, taking conference [n1] convention, colloquium appointment, argument, chat, colloquy, confabulation, conferring, congress, consultation, conversation, convocation, deliberation, discussion, forum, gabfest*, groupthink*, huddle, interchange, interview, meeting, palaver, parley, powwow*, round robin, round table, seminar, symposium, talk, think-in*, ventilation; concepts 56,324,386 conference [n2] league of athletic teams association, athletic union, circuit, league, loop, organization, ring; concept 365 confess [v] admit, conrm acknowledge, afrm, allow, assert, attest, aver, avow, blow, blurt out, chirp, clue in, come clean*, come out, concede, conde, declare, disclose, divulge, dump on*, evince, nger*, nk*, grant, humble oneself, leak*, let on*, level with, make clean breast of*, manifest, narrate, open ones heart*, own, own up, post, profess, prove, rat on*, recognize, relate, reveal, sing*, snitch*, sound off*, spill the beans*, spit out*, squeal*, tip hand*, unload*, vent, weasel*; concept 60 Ant. conceal, deny, disavow, disown, hide, mask, repudiate, secrete

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confession [n] admittance of information acknowledgment, admission, afrmation, allowance, assenting, assertion, avowal, concession, declaration, disclosing, disclosure, divulgence, enumeration, expos, exposure, making public, narration, owning up, proclamation, profession, publication, recitation, relation, revealing, revelation, song*, squawk*, squeal*, statement, story, telling, unbosoming, utterance; concepts 60,274 Ant. concealment, cover, denial, disavowal, secret condant [n] close friend acquaintance, adherent, adviser, alter ego, bosom buddy, companion, crony, familiar, intimate, mate, pal; concept 423 Ant. enemy, foe conde [v1] divulge information admit, bend an ear*, breathe, buzz*, confess, crack to, disclose, hint, impart, insinuate, intimate, lay it on*, lay the gaff*, let in on*, reveal, spill to*, suggest, tell, unload on*, whisper; concept 57 Ant. conceal, hide, secrete, suppress conde [v2] entrust bestow, charge, commend, commit, consign, delegate, hand over, present, relegate, trust; concept 108 Ant. keep condence [n1] belief in oneself aplomb, assurance, backbone, boldness, brashness, certainty, cool, courage, daring, dash, determination, elan, faith in oneself, fearlessness, rmness, fortitude, grit, hardihood, heart, impudence, intrepidity, mettle, morale, nerve, pluck, poise, presumption, reliance, resoluteness, resolution, self-possession, self-reliance, spirit, spunk, sureness, tenacity; concept 411 Ant. uncertainty, uncondence condence [n2] belief in something assurance, credence, dependence, faith, hope, reliance, stock, store, sure bet*, trust; concept 689 Ant. apprehension, distrust, doubt, fear, uncertainty, uncondence condent [adj1] certain, assured bet on*, bold, brave, cocksure, convinced, counting on, courageous, dauntless, depending on, expectant, expecting, fearless, having faith in, high*, hopeful, intrepid, positive, presuming, presumptuous, puffed up*, pushy, racked, sanguine, satised, secure, self-assured, self-reliant, selfsufcient, sure, trusting, unafraid, undaunted, upbeat, uppity*, valiant; concepts 403,404 Ant. uncertain, unsure condential [adj] secret arcane, backdoor, classied, closet, hushed, hush-hush*, inside, intimate, off the record*, private, privy; concepts 267,576 Ant. common, familiar, known, public, well-known condentially [adv] in secret behind closed doors*, between ourselves, between us, between you and me*, covertly, dont breathe a word*, hushedly, in condence, in on the ground oor*, off the cuff*, off the record*, personally, privately, sub rosa; concepts 267,576 Ant. commonly, familiarly, openly, publicly conguration [n] arrangement composition, contour, disposition, gure, form, Gestalt, outline, shape, structure; concepts 84,727 conne [v] enclose, limit bar, bind, bound, cage, circumscribe, constrain, cool, cool down, cramp, delimit, detain, enslave, x, hem in, hinder, hog-tie*, hold back, ice*, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, keep, put a

lid on*, put away, put on ice*, repress, restrain, restrict, send up, shorten, shut up; concepts 121,130 Ant. free, let go, liberate, release conned [adj] limited, enclosed bedfast, bedridden, bottled up, bound, chilled, circumscribed, compassed, cooped up, cramp, cramped, detained, attened out, grounded, hampered, held, hog-tied*, iced*, immured, imprisoned, incarcerated, in chains, incommodious, indisposed, in jail, invalided, jailed, laid up, locked up, on ice*, pent, restrained, restricted, sealed up, shut in, sick; concept 554 Ant. free, liberated, unlimited connement [n1] imprisonment; restriction bonds, bounding, bounds, check, circumscription, coercion, constrainment, constraint, control, cramp, curb, custody, delimitation, detention, immuration, incarceration, internment, jail, keeping, limitation, repression, safekeeping, trammels; concepts 90,191 Ant. freedom, liberation connes [n] boundaries borders, bounds, circumference, compass, country, dimension, edge, end, environs, extent, limits, orbit, periphery, precinct, proportions, purlieus, purview, radius, range, reach, region, scope, sweep, term, terrain, territory; concepts 484,745,788 Ant. open conrm [v1] ratify, validate, prove afrm, approve, attest, authenticate, back, bear out, bless, buy, certify, check, check out, circumstantiate, corroborate, debunk, double-check, endorse, establish, explain, give green light*, give high sign*, give stamp of approval*, give the goahead*, give the nod*, justify, lap up, make good*, make sure, okay, rubber-stamp*, sanction, settle, sign, sign off on*, size up, subscribe, substantiate, support, thumbs up*, underpin, uphold, verify, vouch, warrant, witness; concepts 57,103 Ant. annul, cancel, contradict, destroy, disprove, invalidate, oppose, veto, void conrm [v2] reinforce assure, buttress, clinch, establish, x, fortify, invigorate, make rm, settle, strengthen; concepts 244,250 Ant. contradict, deny, destroy, oppose, repudiate, void conrmation [n] ratication, validation, proof acceptance, accepting, accord, admission, afrmation, afrming, agreement, approval, assent, attestation, authenticating, authentication, authorization, authorizing, avowal, consent, corroborating, corroboration, endorsement, evidence, go ahead*, green light*, nod, okay, passage, passing, proving, recognition, sanction, sanctioning, stamp of approval*, substantiation, support, supporting, testament, testimonial, testimony, validating, verication, verifying, visa, witness; concepts 661,685 Ant. annulment, cancellation, contradiction, denial, destruction, opposition, veto, void conrmed [adj] habitual; rooted accepted, accustomed, chronic, deep-rooted, deep-seated, dyed-in-the-wool*, entrenched, rmly established, xed, habituated, hardened, hard-shell*, ingrained, inured, inveterate, long-established, proved, seasoned, settled, staid, valid, worn; concepts 542,798 Ant. indenite, infrequent, sporadic, uncommitted, unconrmed, undecided conscate [v] steal; seize accroach, annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, commandeer, consticate, expropriate, glom on to*, grab,

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hijack, impound, liberate, moonlight requisition*, possess oneself of, preempt, sequester, sequestrate, swipe, take, take over, usurp; concepts 139,142 Ant. give, offer conagration [n] large re blaze, bonre, burning, aming, holocaust, inferno, rapid oxidation, up in smoke*, wildre; concepts 249,478 conict [n1] ght, warfare battle, clash, collision, combat, competition, contention, contest, emulation, encounter, engagement, fracas, fray, rivalry, set-to, strife, striving, struggle, tug-ofwar, war; concepts 106,320 Ant. agreement, calm, concord, peace, stability conict [n2] disagreement, discord affray, animosity, antagonism, bad blood*, brush, competition, concours, contention, contest, dance, difference, disaccord, dispute, dissension, dissent, dissidence, disunity, divided loyalties, faction, factionalism, ap, fray, friction, fuss, hassle, hostility, interference, meeting, opposition, row, ruckus, run-in, set-to, strife, variance; concepts 106,388,674 Ant. accord, agreement, concord, harmony, peace conict [v] be at odds brawl, bump heads with*, clash, collide, combat, contend, contest, contrast, cross swords with, differ, disaccord, disagree, discord, disharmonize, disturb, ght, interfere, jar, lock horns with*, mismatch, oppose, romp, run against tide*, scrap, slug, square off with, strive, struggle, tangle, vary; concepts 46,106 Ant. agree, be calm, harmonize conicting [adj] contradictory adverse, antagonistic, antipathetic, at odds with, clashing, contrariant, contrary, disconsonant, discordant, discrepant, dissonant, incompatible, incongruent, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, opposed, opposing, paradoxical, unfavorable, unmixable; concepts 542,570 Ant. agreeable, harmonious, nonconicting, peaceful conuence [n] coming together assemblage, assembly, concourse, concurrence, concursion, conux, convergence, crowd, gathering, host, junction, meeting, mob, multitude, union; concepts 109,114 conform [v1] adjust, adapt accommodate, attune, be guided by, clean up act*, comply, coordinate, dont make waves*, dont rock the boat*, fall in with, t, follow, follow beaten path*, follow the crowd, go by the book*, go with the ow*, harmonize, integrate, keep, make room, meet halfway, mind, move over, obey, observe, play the game*, proportion, quadrate, reconcile, reconciliate, roll with punches*, run with the pack*, shape up, square, straighten up, suit, tailor, tailor-make*, toe the line*, tune, yield; concept 13 Ant. differ, ght, refuse conform [v2] correspond, match accord, agree, assimilate, be regular, dovetail, t in, t the pattern, go, harmonize, jibe, square, suit, tally; concept 664 Ant. mismatch, not correspond conformable [adj] appropriate; matching adapted, agreeable, alike, amenable, applicable, assorted, comparable, compliant, consistent, docile, tted, tting, harmonious, in agreement, like, matched, obedient, orderly, proper, regular, resembling, similar, submissive, suitable, suited, tractable, unied, useable, well-regu-

lated; concepts 487,558,563,573 Ant. inappropriate, mismatched, nonconforming conformation [n] shape anatomy, arrangement, build, cast, conguration, gure, form, formation, frame, framework, outline, structure, symmetry, type; concepts 754,757 conformist [n] person in agreement Babbit, bourgeois, brick in a wall*, conventionalist, emulator, follower, one of the herd*, rubber stamp*, sheep*, traditionalist, yes man*; concepts 361,423 conformity [n1] compliance acquiescence, allegiance, assent, consent, conventionality, docility, obedience, observance, orthodoxy, resignation, submission, willingness; concepts 13,689 Ant. difference, ght, noncomformity, refusal conformity [n2] correspondence, harmony accord, afnity, agreement, coherence, conformance, congruity, consistency, consonance, likeness, resemblance, similarity; concept 664 Ant. disagreement, discord, nonconformity confound [v] confuse abash, amaze, astonish, astound, bafe, befog, bewilder, blend, bug*, commingle, confute, discombobulate*, discomt, discountenance, dumbfound, embarrass, faze, ddle, abbergast, jumble, metagrobolize, misidentify, mix, mix up*, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, rattle, screw up*, startle, surprise, throw*; concepts 16,42 Ant. clarify, clear up, enlighten, explain, make clear, relate confront [v] challenge accost, affront, beard, brave, call ones bluff*, come up against*, dare, defy, encounter, face down*, face up to*, face with*, out, front, go one-on-one*, go up against*, make my day*, meet, meet eyeballto-eyeball*, oppose, repel, resist, scorn, stand up to, tell off, withstand; concepts 46,52,54 Ant. back down confrontation [n] conict affray, battle, contest, crisis, dispute, encounter, ght, meeting, set-to, showdown, strife; concepts 46,106 Ant. calm, peace confuse [v1] bewilder someone abash, addle, amaze, astonish, bafe, becloud, bedevil, befuddle, bemuse, cloud, clutter, complicate, confound, darken, daze, demoralize, discomt, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, disorient, distract, embarrass, faze, uster, fog, frustrate, fuddle, involve, lead astray, mess up*, misinform, mislead, mortify, muddle, mystify, nonplus, obscure, perplex, perturb, puzzle, rattle, render uncertain, shame, stir up, stump, throw off, throw off balance*, trouble, unhinge, unsettle, upset, worry; concept 16 Ant. clarify, clear up, enlighten, explain confuse [v2] mix up; involve bedlamize, blend, clutter, confound, disarrange, disarray, discombobulate*, discreate, disorder, disorganize, embroil, encumber, entangle, intermingle, involve, jumble, litter, mess up*, mingle, mistake, muddle, muss up, rumple, snarl up, tangle, tousle, tumble; concept 112 Ant. order, organize, separate confused [adj1] disoriented mentally abashed, addled, at a loss*, at sea*, at sixes and sevens*, bafed, befuddled, bewildered, come apart*, dazed, discombobulated*, disconcerted,

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disorganized, distracted, ummoxed, ustered, fouled up*, glassy-eyed*, gone*, misled, mixed up, muddled, nonplussed, not with it*, out to lunch*, perplexed, perturbed, punch-drunk*, punchy*, puzzled, screwy*, shook up*, shot to pieces*, slaphappy, spaced out*, stumped, taken aback, thrown, thrown off balance*, unglued*, unscrewed*, unzipped*; concept 403 Ant. clear, organized, oriented, understanding confused [adj2] mixed up, disordered anarchic, blurred, chaotic, disarranged, disorderly, disorganized, haywire, in a muddle, in disarray, involved, jumbled, messy, miscalculated, miscellaneous, mistaken, misunderstood, obscured, out of order, snafu*, snarled, topsyturvy, unsettled, untidy; concept 585 Ant. methodical, ordered, organized, separated, systematic confusion [n1] disorientation abashing, abashment, addling, agitation, befuddlement, befuddling, bemusement, bewilderment, blurring, chagrin, cluttering, commotion, confounding, demoralization, disarranging, discomting, discomture, disorientation, distraction, disturbing, dither, dumbfounding, embarrassing, embarrassment, embroiling, ap, uster, lather, mixup mystication, obscuring, perplexing, perplexity, perturbation, pother, puzzlement, stew, stirring up, tangling, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, unsettling, upsetting; concept 14 Ant. clarity, order, organization, orientation, sense confusion [n2] disoriented state abashment, ado, anarchy, astonishment, bustle, chaos, clutter, commotion, complexity, complication, consternation, daze, difculty, disarray, discomposure, dislocation, disorganization, distraction, emotional upset, ferment, fog, fracas, haze, hodge-podge, imbroglio, intricacy, jumble, labyrinth, mess, mistake, muddle, mystication, pandemonium, perturbation, racket, riot, row, shambles, stir, stupefaction, surprise, tangle, trouble, tumult, turmoil, untidiness, upheaval, uproar, wilderness; concepts 410,727 Ant. calm, clarity, composure, method, order, organization, orientation, system confute [v] disprove, refute blow sky high*, break, bring to naught, confound, contradict, controvert, defeat, demolish, dismay, disprove, expose, invalidate, knocks props out from under*, negate, oppugn, overcome, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, parry, prove false, prove wrong, put down, rebut, set aside, shut up, silence, subvert, tap, upset, vanquish; concepts 46,95 Ant. afrm, attest, conrm, endorse, prove, verify congeal [v] coagulate cake, clabber, clot, concrete, condense, curdle, dry, freeze, gel, gelate, gelatinate, gelatinize, glob up*, harden, indurate, jell, jellify, jelly, refrigerate, set, solidify, stiffen, thicken; concepts 250,469 Ant. dissolve, liquify, melt, separate, thin congenial [adj] friendly, compatible adapted, affable, agreeable, amical, clubby, companionable, compatible, complaisant, congruous, consistent, consonant, conversable, convivial, cooperative, cordial, delightful, favorable, t, genial, good-humored, gracious, happy, harmonious, jovial, kindly, kindred, like-minded, mellow, pleasant, pleasing, regular fellow,

right neighborly, sociable, social, suitable, sympathetic, well-suited; concept 555 Ant. disagreeable, ill-suited, incompatible, uncongenial, unfriendly, unsympathetic congenital [adj] inborn complete, connate, connatural, constitutional, inbred, indigenous, indwelling, ingrained, inherent, inherited, innate, intrinsic, inveterate, latent, native, natural, thorough, unacquired, utter; concepts 314,549 Ant. contracted congested [adj] blocked, clogged chock-full, choked, closed, crammed, crowded, lled, glutted, gorged, gridlocked, jam-full, jammed, jam-packed, massed, mobbed, obstructed, occluded, overcrowded, overlled, overowing, packed, packed like sardines*, plugged, stopped, stoppered, stuffed, stuffed-up, teeming, up to the rafters*; concepts 481,483,774 Ant. clear, free, open, unblocked, unclogged, uncongested, uncrowded congestion [n] blockage bottleneck*, clogging, crowdedness, crowding, excess, jam, mass, overcrowding, overdevelopment, overpopulation, press, profusion, rubber-necking*, snarl-up*, surfeit, surplus, trafc jam; concepts 230,432 Ant. opening conglomerate [adj] composite amassed, assorted, blended, clustered, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, massed, melded, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, multifarious, promiscuous, varied, variegated; concepts 490,589 Ant. individual, separate, single conglomerate [n] composite organization agglomerate, agglomeration, aggregate, aggregation, cartel, chain, combine, conglomeration, group, multinational, pool, syndicate, trust; concepts 323,325 conglomeration [n] accumulation, potpourri agglomeration, aggregate, aggregation, amassment, assortment, collection, combination, combo*, composite, cumulation, everything but the kitchen sink*, hoard, hodge-podge, mass, medley, miscellany, mishmash*, mixed bag*, trove; concept 432 congratulate [v] compliment on achievement, luck applaud, bless, boost, felicitate, give a big cigar*, give bouquet*, give regards, gold star*, hand it to*, hear it for*, laud, pat on back, praise, rejoice with, salute, stroke*, toast, wish happy returns*, wish joy to, wish one well; concepts 51,69 Ant. commiserate, criticize, harp congratulations [n] complimentation on achievement, luck best wishes, compliments, felicitations, give a hear-hear*, good going*, good wishes, good work, greetings, hail; concepts 69,278 Ant. commiseration, condolences, criticism congregate [v] assemble, come together besiege, bunch up*, collect, concentrate, congress, convene, converge, convoke, corral, ock*, forgather, gang around, gang up, gather, hang out*, make the scene*, mass, meet, meet up, muster, pack, raise, rally, rendezvous, round up, swarm, teem, throng; concepts 109,114 Ant. divide, scatter, separate congregation [n] assembled group, especially concerned with church-going aggregation, assemblage, assembly, audience, churchgoers, collection, company, confab*, crowd, disciples,

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ock, following, gathering, get-together, group, host, laity, meet, meeting, multitude, muster, parish, parishioners, public, sit-in, throng, turnout; concepts 369,387,417 congress [n] delegation of representatives assembly, association, caucus, chamber, club, committee, conclave, conference, convention, convocation, council, delegates, government, guild, league, legislative body, legislature, meeting, order, parliament, senate, society, the Hill, the house, union; concepts 299,387 congruent [adj] agreeable, harmonious coinciding, compatible, concurring, conforming, consistent, corresponding, identical, in agreement; concept 563 Ant. disagreeable, incongruent, unharmonious congruous [adj] corresponding, suitable accordant, appropriate, apt, becoming, coincidental, compatible, concordant, congruent, consistent, consonant, correspondent, t, tting, harmonious, meet, proper, seemly, sympathetic; concepts 558,563 Ant. disagreeing, incongruous, untting, unharmonious, unsuitable conical/conic [adj] shaped cylindrically and with a point coned, cone-shaped, conoid, conoidal, funnel-shaped, pointed, pyramidal, sharp, strobilate, strobiloid, tapered, tapering; concept 486 conjectural [adj] speculative academic, assumed, doubtful, gured, guessing, guesstimated*, hypothetical, on a hunch*, on a long shot*, putative, reputed, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, suppositive, surmised, surmising, suspect, tentative, theoretical, uncertain, unresolved; concept 582 Ant. certain, factual, proven, real, truthful conjecture [n] speculation, assumption conclusion, fancy, guess, guesstimate*, guesswork, hunch, hypothesis, inference, notion, opinion, perhaps, presumption, shot in the dark*, sneaking suspicion, stab in the dark*, supposition, surmise, theorizing, theory; concepts 28,274, 689 Ant. fact, proof, reality, truth conjecture [v] speculate assume, believe, conceive, conclude, deem, estimate, expect, fancy, feel*, gure, gather, glean, guess, guesstimate*, hazard a guess*, hypothesize, imagine, infer, judge, presume, pretend, suppose, surmise, suspect, take a shot*, take a stab*, take for granted, theorize, think; concepts 28,51 Ant. prove conjugal [adj] marital bridal, connubial, hymeneal, married, matrimonial, nuptial, spousal, wedded; concept 555 conjunction [n] combination afliation, agreement, alliance, association, cahoots, coincidence, concomitance, concurrence, congruency, conjointment, hookup*, juxtaposition, parallelism, partnership, tie-up*, union; concepts 388,714 Ant. detachment, disconnection, division, separation conjure [v1] appeal to, implore adjure, ask, beg, beseech, brace, crave, entreat, importune, pray, supplicate, urge; concept 48 Ant. disgust, turn off conjure [v2] cast spell bewitch, call upon, charm, enchant, ensorcel, entrance, exorcise, fascinate, invoke, levitate, play tricks, raise, rouse, summon, voodoo; concept 14 conjure up [v] bring to mind call, contrive,

create, evoke, materialize, produce as by magic, recall, recollect, remember, review, summon, urge; concept 38 Ant. forget, ignore, neglect connect [v] combine, link afx, ally, associate, attach, bridge, cohere, come aboard, conjoin, consociate, correlate, couple, equate, fasten, get into, hitch on, hook on, hook up, interface, join, join up with, marry, meld with, network with, plug into, relate, slap on, span, tack on, tag, tag on, tie in, tie in with, unite, wed, yoke; concepts 85,113,160 Ant. disconnect connected [adj] related, afliated akin, allied, applicable, associated, banded together, bracketed, coherent, combined, consecutive, coupled, in on with*, joined, linked, pertinent, undivided, united; concepts 482,577 Ant. disconnected, disjoined, unafliated, uncombined, unconnected, unrelated connection [n1] person who aids another in achieving goal acquaintance, agent, ally, associate, association, contact, friend, gobetween, intermediary, kin, kindred, kinship, mentor, messenger, network, reciprocity, relation, relative, sponsor; concepts 348,423 Ant. disconnection, gap, opening connection [n2] something that connects, links afliation, alliance, association, attachment, bond, combination, conjointment, conjunction, coupling, fastening, hookup, joining, joint, junction, juncture, link, linkage, network, partnerhip, seam, tie, tie-in, tie-up, union; concepts 499,720 Ant. disconnection connection [n3] something that communicates, relates afnity, application, association, bearing, bond, commerce, communication, correlation, correspondence, intercourse, interrelation, kinship, link, marriage, nexus, partnership, reciprocity, relation, relationship, relevance, tie-in, togetherness; concepts 388,664 connive [v] plot, scheme angle, be in cahoots with*, cabal, cogitate, collude, conspire, contrive, cook up, devise, diddle*, nagle, frame, frame up, intrigue, machinate, operate, promote, wangle, wire, work hand in glove*; concept 36 connoisseur [n] authority adept, aesthete, acionado, appreciator, arbiter, bon vivant, buff*, cognoscente, critic, devotee, dilettante, epicure, expert, fan, freak*, gourmet, judge, maven*, nut*, one into*, savant, specialist; concepts 352,376 Ant. ignoramus connotation [n] implication association, coloring, essence, hint, meaning, nuance, overtone, signicance, suggestion, undertone; concepts 682,689 Ant. denotation connote [v] imply add up to, betoken, denote, designate, evidence, express, hint at, import, indicate, insinuate, intend, intimate, involve, mean, signify, spell, suggest; concepts 75,118 Ant. denote connubial [adj] marital conjugal, hymeneal, married, matrimonial, nuptial, spousal, wedded; concept 555 conquer [v1] defeat, overcome beat, bring to knees*, checkmate, circumvent, clobber, control, cream*, crush, discomt, drub, foil, frustrate, get the better of*, humble, lick, master, outwit, overmaster, overpower, override, overthrow, prevail, quell, reduce, rout, shut down,

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subdue, subjugate, succeed, surmount, throw, thwart, total*, trample underfoot, trash, triumph, vanquish, whip, wipe off map*, worst, zap*; concept 95 Ant. capitulate, fail, give up, lose, retreat, succumb, surrender, yield conquer [v2] win; obtain achieve, acquire, annex, best, master, occupy, overcome, overrun, prevail, seize, succeed, triumph; concepts 90,141,706 Ant. forfeit, lose, surrender conqueror [n] champion conquistador, defeater, hero, subduer, subjugator, vanquisher, victor, winner; concepts 354,358 Ant. loser conquest [n1] defeat, victory acquisition, annexation, appropriation, big win*, clean sweep*, conquering, coup, defeating, discomture, grand slam*, invasion, killing*, occupation, overthrow, rout, routing, score, splash*, subdual, subjection, subjugation, success, takeover, triumph, vanquishment, win; concepts 95,706 Ant. failure, forfeit, loss, surrender, yielding conquest [n2] enchantment; person enchanted acquisition, adherent, admirer, captivation, catch, enthrallment, enticement, fan, feather in cap*, follower, prize, seduction, supporter, worshiper; concepts 410,423 consanguinity [n] family relationship afliation, afnity, agnate, blood-relationship, brotherhood, cognate, connection, family tie, liation, kin, kindred, kindredship, kinship, lineage, race, sisterhood, strain; concepts 296,388 conscience [n] moral sense censor, compunction, demur, duty, inner voice, morals, principles, qualms, right and wrong, scruples, shame, small voice*, squeam, still small voice*, superego; concepts 645,689 Ant. immorality conscientious [adj1] thorough, careful complete, diligent, exact, exacting, faithful, fastidious, fussy, hanging in*, hanging tough*, heart and soul into*, heedful, meticulous, minding ps and qs*, painstaking, particular, playing safe, punctilious, punctual, reliable, tough, walking on eggs*; concepts 531,538 Ant. careless, inexact, irresponsible, uncareful, unconscientious, unscrupulous conscientious [adj2] moral, upright conscionable, high-minded, high-principled, honest, honorable, incorruptible, just, pious, principled, responsible, right, scrupulous, straightforward, strict, true; concept 545 Ant. corrupt, dishonest, immoral, unjust, vulgar conscious [adj1] alert, awake able to recognize, acquainted, aesthetic, alive to, apperceptive, apprised, assured, attentive, au courant, aware, certain, cognizant, conversant, discerning, felt, hep to*, informed, in on*, in right mind, keen, knowing, known, mindful, noticing, noting, observing, on to*, perceiving, percipient, recognizing, remarking, responsive, seeing, sensible, sensitive to, sentient, supraliminal, sure, understanding, vigilant, watchful, wise to*, with it*, witting; concepts 402,539 Ant. ignorant, impassive, indifferent, senseless, unaware, unconscious, unmindful, unresponsive conscious [adj2] intentional affected, calculated, deliberate, knowing, mannered, premeditated, rational, reasoning, reective, responsible, self-conscious, studied, willful; concepts

403,535 Ant. indifferent, not deliberate, unconscious, unfeeling, unintentional, unstudied consciousness [n] knowledge alertness, apprehension, awareness, care, carefulness, cognizance, concern, heed, heedfulness, mindfulness, realization, recognition, regard, sensibility; concept 409 Ant. senselessness, stupidity, unconsciousness consecrate [v] hold in high religious regard anoint, beatify, bless, dedicate, devote, exalt, hallow, honor, ordain, sanctify, set apart, venerate; concepts 69,367 Ant. deprecate consecutive [adj] in sequence after, chronological, connected, constant, continuing, continuous, ensuing, following, going on, increasing, in order, in turn, later, logical, numerical, one after another, progressive, running, sequent, sequential, serial, serialized, seriate, seriatim, succedent, succeeding, successional, successive, understandable, uninterrupted; concepts 585,799 Ant. broken, discontinuous, infrequent, intermittent, interrupted, unconsecutive consensus [n] general agreement accord, concord, concurrence, consent, harmony, unanimity, unison, unity; concepts 684,689 Ant. disagreement consent [n] agreement; concession accord, acquiescence, allowance, approval, assent, authorization, blank check*, blessing, carte blanche*, compliance, concurrence, goahead*, green light*, leave, okay*, permission, permit, right on*, sanction, say so*, stamp of approval*, sufferance, understanding, yes; concepts 684,685 Ant. denial, difference, disagreement, disapproval, dissension, objection, opposition, protest, refusal consent [v] agree accede, accept, acquiesce, allow, approve, assent, bless, comply, concede, concur, fold, give in, give the nod*, give up, knuckle under, let, make a deal, okay*, permit, roll over, sanction, say uncle*, say yes, sign off on*, subscribe, throw in the towel*, yes*, yield; concepts 8,50,88 Ant. differ, disagree, disapprove, dissent, object, oppose, protest, refuse consequence [n1] result, outcome of action aftereffect, aftermath, bottom line*, can of worms*, chain reaction*, effect, end, event, fallout, follow through, follow-up, issue, outgrowth, payback, reaction, repercussion, sequel, sequence, spin-off, upshot, waves*; concept 230 Ant. beginning, cause, commencement, inception, origin, rise, source, start consequence [n2] importance, signicance account, concern, exigency, fame, honor, import, interest, magnitude, moment, momentousness, need, note, pith, portent, renown, reputation, repute, signication, value, weight, weightiness; concept 668 Ant. insignicance, unimportance, worthlessness consequence [n3] persons status cachet, dignity, distinction, eminence, notability, position, prestige, rank, repute, standing, state, stature, status; concept 388 consequent [adj] resultant consistent, ensuing, following, indirect, inferable, intelligent, logical, rational, reasonable, resulting, sensible, sequential, sound, subsequent, successive, understandable; concepts 537,548 Ant.

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beginning, causal, commencing, originating, preparatory, starting consequential [adj] signicant big, considerable, eventful, far-reaching, grave, important, material, meaningful, momentous, serious, substantial, weighty; concept 568 Ant. inconsequential, insignicant, uneventful, unimportant conservation [n] preservation attention, care, cherishing, conservancy, conserving, control, custody, directing, economy, governing, guardianship, guarding, keeping, maintenance, management, managing, preserval, preserving, protecting, protection, safeguarding, safekeeping, salvation, saving, stewardship, storage, supervising, supervision, sustentation, upkeep; concepts 134,257 Ant. destruction, neglect, spending, squandering, waste conservationist [n] environmental activist environmentalist, green*, guardian, preservationist, tree hugger*; concepts 414,423 conservative [adj] cautious, moderate, tending to preserve the status quo bourgeois, constant, controlled, conventional, die-hard, fearful, rm, fogyish*, fuddy-duddy*, guarded, hard hat*, hidebound, holding to, illiberal, in a rut*, inexible, middle-of-the-road*, not extreme, obstinate, old guard*, old line*, orthodox, quiet, reactionary, redneck*, right, right of center*, right-wing, sober, stable, steady, timid, Tory*, traditional, traditionalistic, unchangeable, unchanging, uncreative, undaring, unimaginative, unprogressive, white bread*; concept 542 Ant. exaggerated, incautious, left-wing, liberal, progressive, radical conservative [n] person who is cautious, moderate; an opponent of change bitter-ender*, classicist, conserver, conventionalist, diehard, hard hat*, middle-of-the-roader*, moderate, moderatist, obstructionist, old guard*, old liner*, preserver, reactionary, redneck*, right, rightist, right-winger, silk-stocking*, standpat, stick-in-the-mud*, Tory*, traditionalist, unprogressive; concept 359 Ant. left-winger, liberal, progressive, radical conservator [n] caretaker of collection curator, custodian, guardian, keeper, protector, restorer; concept 348 conservatory [n] greenhouse cold frame, glasshouse, hot house, nursery; concept 439 conserve [v] save, protect cut back, cut down on, go easy on*, hoard, keep, maintain, nurse, preserve, safeguard, scrimp, skimp, sock away*, squirrel*, squirrel away*, stash, steward, store up, support, sustain, take care of, use sparingly; concept 134 Ant. destroy, neglect, spend, squander, use, waste consider [v1] turn over in ones mind acknowledge, allow for, assent to, chew over*, cogitate, concede, consult, contemplate, deal with, deliberate, dream of, envisage, examine, excogitate, favor, irt with*, grant, inspect, keep in mind, look at, meditate, mull over, muse, perpend, ponder, provide for, reason, reckon with, recognize, reect, regard, revolve, ruminate, scan, scrutinize, see, see about, speculate, study, subscribe to, take into account, take under advisement, take up, think out, think over, toss around*; concepts 17,24 Ant. discard, dismiss, forget, ignore, neglect, reject

consider [v2] regard a certain way analyze, appraise, bear in mind, believe, care for, count, credit, deem, estimate, feel, hold, hold an opinion, judge, keep in view, look upon, make allowance for, reckon with, reect, remember, respect, sense, set down, suppose, take for, take into account, think, think of, view; concept 12 Ant. abandon, dismiss, disregard, ignore, leave, reject considerable [adj1] abundant, large ample, appreciable, astronomical, big, bountiful, comfortable, commodious, extensive, goodly, great, hefty, huge, large-scale, lavish, major, marked, much, noticeable, plentiful, pretty, reasonable, respectable, sizable, substantial, tidy, tolerable; concept 781 Ant. inconsiderable, insignicant, little, slight, small, undistinguished, unnoticeable considerable [adj2] important big, consequential, distinguished, doozie*, dynamite, essential, fab*, fat, inuential, material, meaningful, momentous, mondo*, noteworthy, renowned, signicant, solid gold*, something, something else*, substantial, super, super-duper*, to the max*, unreal*, venerable, weighty; concept 568 Ant. insignicant, unimportant, unnoteworthy, unnoticeable considerably [adv] signicantly appreciably, far, greatly, markedly, noticeably, quite, rather, remarkably, somewhat, substantially, very much, well; concept 569 Ant. insignicantly, little, slightly, unappreciably, unremarkably considerate [adj] respectful of others accommodating, amiable, attentive, benevolent, big, charitable, chivalrous, circumspect, compassionate, complaisant, concerned, cool, discreet, forbearing, generous, kind, kindly, like a sport*, magnanimous, mellow, mindful, obliging, patient, polite, solicitous, sympathetic, tactful, tender, thoughtful, unselsh, warmhearted; concept 401 Ant. disrespectful, impatient, inattentive, inconsiderate, mean, scornful, selfish, thoughtless, unfeeling, unmindful consideration [n1] mental analysis application, attention, cogitation, concentration, contemplation, debate, deliberation, discussion, examination, forethought, heed, reection, regard, review, scrutiny, study, thinking, thought; concept 24 Ant. disregard, disrespect, failure, heedlessness, ignorance, neglect, negligence, omission, thoughtlessness consideration [n2] concern; something mentally examined development, difculty, emergency, estate, evidence, exigency, extent, factor, fancy, idea, incident, issue, items, judgment, magnitude, minutiae, notion, occasion, occurrence, particulars, perplexity, plan, point, problem, proposal, puzzle, scope, situation, state, thought, trouble; concept 532 Ant. omission consideration [n3] high regard attentiveness, awareness, concern, considerateness, esteem, estimation, favor, forbearance, friendliness, heed, heedfulness, kindliness, kindness, mercy, mindfulness, respect, solicitude, tact, thoughtfulness, tolerance; concepts 32,410 Ant. disdain, disregard consideration [n4] payment baksheesh, commish*, commission, fee*, payback, percentage,

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perk, perquisite, recompense, remuneration, reward, salary, something to sweeten pot*, tip, wage; concept 344 Ant. debt considered [adj] deliberate, thought-out advised, aforethought, contemplated, designed, designful, examined, express, given due consideration, gone into, intentional, investigated, mediated, premeditated, prepense, studied, studious, thought-about, thought-through, treated, voluntary, weighed, well advised, well chosen, willful; concepts 402,529 Ant. disregarded, forgotten, neglected, unplanned, unstudied considering [adj] taking everything in mind all in all, all things considered, as, as long as, because, everything being equal, for, forasmuch as, inasmuch as, in consideration of, in light of, insomuch as, in view of, now, pending, seeing, since, taking into account; concept 529 consign [v] entrust, hand over for care address, appoint, assign, authorize, commend to, commission, commit, conde, convey, delegate, deliver, deposit with, dispatch, forward, give, issue, put in charge of, relegate, remit, route, send, ship, transfer, transmit, turn over; concepts 108,143,217 Ant. hold, keep, receive, retain consignment [n1] entrusting, handing over assignment, committal, dispatch, distribution, relegation, sending shipment, transmittal; concepts 108,143,217 Ant. holding, keeping, retention consignment [n2] something entrusted to anothers care batch, delivery, goods, shipment; concept 338 consist [v] exist, reside abide, be, be contained in, be expressed by, be found in, dwell, inhere, lie, repose, rest, subsist; concept 539 consistency [n1] thickness bendability, bendableness, compactness, density, elasticity, fabric, rmness, exibility, frangibility, hardness, limberness, moldability, organization, plasticity, pliability, softness, solidity, suppleness, texture, viscidity, viscosity, viscousness; concepts 611,722 consistency [n2] constancy, regularity accord, agreement, apposition, appropriateness, aptness, coherence, cohesion, compatibility, concord, concurrence, conformability, congruity, consonance, correspondence, evenness, tness, harmony, homogeneity, invariability, likeness, proportion, similarity, stability, steadfastness, steadiness, suitability, symmetry, uniformity, union, unity; concepts 637,656,670 Ant. erraticism, incongruity, inconsistency, inconstancy, irregularity, variation consistent [adj1] constant, regular dependable, even, expected, homogeneous, invariable, logical, of a piece, persistent, rational, same, steady, true, true to type, unchanging, undeviating, unfailing, uniform, unvarying; concept 534 Ant. disagreeing, erratic, incongruous, inconsistent, inconstant, irregular, varying consistent [adj2] agreeing, compatible accordant, according to, agreeable, all of a piece, coherent, conforming with, congenial, congruous, consonant, equable, harmonious, like, logical, matching, sympathetic; concept 563 Ant. disagreeing, incompatible, inconsistent, untting, unsuitable

consist of [v] made up of amount to, be composed of, comprise, contain, embody, include, incorporate, involve; concept 643 consolation [n] relief, comfort alleviation, assuagement, cheer, comfort, compassion, ease, easement, encouragement, fellow feeling, help, lenity, pity, solace, succor, support, sympathy; concepts 32,410 Ant. agitation, annoyance, antagonism, discouragement, disturbance, trouble, upset console [v] relieve, comfort animate, assuage, buck up*, calm, cheer, condole with, encourage, express sympathy, gladden, inspirit, lift, solace, soothe, tranquilize, untrouble, upraise; concepts 7,22 Ant. agitate, annoy, antagonize, depress, discourage, dispirit, disturb, hurt, sadden, trouble, upset consolidate [v] combine; make rm add to, amalgamate, amass, band, bind, blend, build up, bunch up, cement, centralize, compact, compound, concatenate, concentrate, condense, conjoin, connect, densen, develop, federate, fortify, fuse, harden, hitch, hitch on, hook up with, incorporate, join, league, mass, meld, mix, plug into, pool, reinforce, render solid, secure, set, slap on, solidify, stabilize, strengthen, tack on, tag on, team up with*, thicken, throw in together*, tie in, tie up with, unify; concepts 109,250 Ant. disjoin, disperse, divide, part, separate consolidation [n] combination, fortication alliance, amalgamation, association, coadunation, coalition, compression, concentration, condensation, federation, fusion, incorporation, melding, mergence, merger, merging, reinforcement, solidication, strengthening, unication; concepts 109,469 Ant. dispersal, division, parting, separation, severance, weakening consonance [n] agreement, consistency accord, chime, chorus, concert, concord, conformity, congruence, congruity, correspondence, harmony, suitableness, tune; concept 664 Ant. disagreement, discord, dissonance, incompatibility, incongruence, incongruity, nonconformity consonant [adj] agreeing, consistent accordant, according, agnate, akin, alike, analogous, blending, coincident, comparable, compatible, concordant, conformable, congenial, congruous, correspondent, corresponding, harmonious, in agreement, in rapport, like, parallel, similar, suitable, sympathetic, uniform; concept 563 Ant. disagreeing, dissonant, incompatible, incongruent, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant consort [n] associate, partner accompaniment, companion, concomitant, friend, husband, mate, spouse, wife; concept 423 Ant. antagonist, enemy, foe consort [v1] be friendly with; fraternize accompany, associate, attend, bear, befriend, bring, carry, chaperon, chum together*, chum with*, clique with, company, conduct, convoy, gang up with*, go around with*, hang around with*, hang out with*, hang with*, join, keep company, mingle, mix, pal, pal around with, pal with, run around with*, run with, take up with, tie up with; concepts 114,384 consort [v2] agree accord, coincide, comport,

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concur, conform, correspond, dovetail, harmonize, march, square, tally; concept 664 Ant. disagree conspectus [n] summary abstract, digest, outline, overview, prcis, resume, review, rundown*, summation, synopsis; concept 283 conspicuous [adj1] obvious, easily seen apparent, clear, discernible, distinct, evident, manifest, noticeable, open-and-shut*, patent, perceptible, plain, visible; concept 619 Ant. concealed, hidden, imperceptible, inconspicuous, obscure, secret, unnoticeable, unremarkable, unseen conspicuous [adj2] important, prominent arresting, arrestive, blatant, celebrated, commanding, distinguished, eminent, famed, famous, agrant, ashy, garish, glaring, glitzy*, illustrious, inuential, jazzy, loud, marked, notable, noted, notorious, outstanding, pointed, rank, remarkable, renowned, salient, screaming, showy, signal, splashy, stick out like sore thumb*, striking, tony*, well-known; concepts 542,567 Ant. inconspicuous, obscure, unimportant, unknown, unremarkable conspiracy [n] collusion in plan cabal, complot, confederacy, connivance, countermine, counterplot, covin, disloyalty, x, frame*, game, hookup*, intrigue, league, little game*, machination, perdy, plot, practice, put-up job*, scheme, sedition, treacherousness, treachery, treason, trick, trickery; concept 660 conspirator [n] schemer accomplice, backstabber*, betrayer, caballer, collaborator, colluder, highbinder, plotter, subversive, traitor; concept 412 conspire [v1] plot, scheme with someone be in cahoots*, cabal, cogitate, collogue, collude, confederate, connive, contrive, cook up*, cooperate, devise, get in bed with*, hatch, intrigue, machinate, maneuver, operate, promote, put out a contract*, wangle, wire, work something out*; concepts 36,192 conspire [v2] agree, concur cabal, colleague, combine, complot, conduce, consort, contribute, cooperate, join, tend, unite, work together; concept 8 Ant. disagree constancy [n] xedness abidingness, adherence, allegiance, ardor, attachment, certainty, decision, dependability, determination, devotedness, devotion, doggedness, eagerness, earnestness, endurance, faith, fealty, delity, rmness, honesty, honor, integrity, love, loyalty, permanence, perseverance, principle, regularity, resolution, stability, staunchness, steadfastness, steadiness, surety, tenacity, trustiness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, unchangeableness, unfailingness, uniformity, zeal; concepts 32,410,637 Ant. change, changeableness, uctuation, inconstancy, instability, irregularity, unsteadiness constant [adj1] xed connected, consistent, continual, equable, even, rm, habitual, homogeneous, immutable, invariable, like the Rock of Gibralter*, monochrome, monophonic, monotonous, nonstop, of a piece, permanent, perpetual, regular, regularized, solid as rock*, stabile, stable, standardized, steadfast, steady, together, unalterable, unbroken, unchanging, unappable, unuctuating, uniform, uninterrupted,

unvarying; concept 534 Ant. changeable, ckle, uctuating, inconstant, irregular, unstable, unsteady, varying, wavering constant [adj2] neverending abiding, ceaseless, chronic, continual, continuous, endless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, incessant, interminable, lasting, nonstop, perpetual, persistent, persisting, relentless, sustained, unending, uninterrupted, unrelenting, unremitting; concepts 649,798 Ant. concluding, ending, interrupted, stopping, terminable, terminating constant [adj3] loyal, determined allegiant, attached, dependable, devoted, dogged, faithful, fast, persevering, resolute, staunch, tried-andtrue, true, trustworthy, trusty, unfailing, unagging, unshaken, unwavering; concept 542 Ant. disloyal, ckle, agging, inconstant, undecided, undetermined, untrue, untrustworthy consternation [n] dismay, distress alarm, amazement, anxiety, awe, bewilderment, confusion, distraction, dread, fear, fright, horror, muddle, muddlement, panic, perplexity, shock, stupefaction, terror, trepidation, trepidity, wonder; concept 230 Ant. calm, composure, happiness, peacefulness, tranquility constituency [n] voting public balloters, body of voters, body politic, citizenry, city, county, district, electorate, electors, faction, nation, people, precinct, state, system, voters, voting area, ward; concept 379 constituent [adj1] component, part basic, combining, composing, constituting, division, elemental, essential, factor, forming, fraction, fundamental, ingredient, integral, portion; concepts 826,834,835 Ant. whole constituent [adj2] voting balloter, citizen, electing, electoral, ofcial, overruling; concept 536 constituent [n] element board, component, division, essential, factor, xins*, fraction, ingredient, makings, part, part and parcel*, plug-in*, portion, principle, unit; concepts 826,834 Ant. whole constitute [v1] comprise, form aggregate, complement, complete, compose, compound, construct, cook up*, create, develop, dream up*, embody, enact, establish, ll out, x, esh out*, found, frame, fudge together*, incorporate, integrate, make, make up, set up; concepts 173,184,251 constitute [v2] authorize appoint, commission, decree, delegate, depute, deputize, designate, draft, empower, enact, establish, legislate, make, name, nominate, ordain, order; concepts 50,88 Ant. deny, refuse constitution [n1] physical make-up and health architecture, build, character, composition, construction, content, contents, design, disposition, essence, form, formation, frame, habit, habitus, nature, physique, structure, temper, temperament, type, vitality; concept 757 constitution [n2] establishment charter, code, composition, custom, formation, lawmaking, legislation, organization, written law; concepts 271,318 constitutional [adj1] inherent built-in, congenital, deep-seated, essential, inborn, inbred, ingrained, innate, intrinsic, natural, organic, vital; concept 549 Ant. contracted, learned

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constitutional [adj2] provided for by law approved, chartered, democratic, ensured, lawful, legal, representative, statutory, vested; concept 319 constitutional [n] walk airing, ambulation, footwork, legwork, perambulation, ramble, saunter, stroll, turn, walk; concept 149 constrain [v] force; restrain ban, bar, bind, bottle up, bridle, chain, check, coerce, compel, concuss, conne, constrict, cool off*, cork, curb, deny, deprive, disallow, drive, hem in*, hog-tie*, hold back, hold down, hold in, immure, impel, imprison, incarcerate, inhibit, intern, jail, keep lid on*, make, necessitate, oblige, pressure, pressurize, put half nelson on*, shotgun*, stie, urge, withhold; concepts 14,121,130 Ant. free, let go, release constraint [n1] force a must*, coercion, compulsion, driving, duress, goad, hang-up*, impelling, impulsion, monkey*, motive, necessity, no-no*, pressure, repression, restraint, spring, spur, suppression, violence; concepts 14,121 constraint [n2] shyness bashfulness, difdence, embarrassment, hang-up*, humility, inhibition, modesty, repression, reservation, reserve, restraint, timidity; concept 411 Ant. aggression constraint [n3] restriction arrest, captivity, check, circumscription, connement, constrainment, cramp, curb, damper, detention, deterrent, hindrance, limitation, restraint; concepts 130,652 Ant. allowance, permission constrict [v] inhibit astringe, choke, circumscribe, clench, compress, concentrate, condense, conne, constringe, contract, cramp, curb, draw together, limit, narrow, pinch, restrain, restrict, shrink, squeeze, strangle, strangulate, tauten, tense, tighten, tuck; concepts 130,191,219 Ant. expand, free, let go, loosen, open, release constriction [n] blockage binding, choking, compression, constraint, contraction, cramp, impediment, limitation, narrowing, pressure, reduction, restriction, squeezing, stenosis, stricture, tightness; concepts 130,191,219 Ant. opening construct [v] assemble, build build up, cobble up*, compose, compound, constitute, cook up*, create, design, dream up*, elevate, engineer, envision, erect, establish, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, formulate, found, frame, fudge together*, hammer out*, hoke up*, imagine, invent, make, manufacture, organize, prefab*, produce, put out, put together, put up, raise, rear, set up, shape, throw together, throw up*, trump up*, uprear, whip up*; concepts 168,173,251 Ant. annihilate, break, demolish, destroy, dismantle, raze, ruin construction [n1] creation, building architecture, arrangement, assembly, build, cast, composition, conception, constitution, contour, cut, development, disposition, edice, elevation, erecting, erection, fabric, fabricating, fabrication, guration, gure, form, format, formation, foundation, improvisation, invention, makeup, making, manufacture, mold, origination, outline, plan, planning, prefab, prefabrication, putting up, raising, rearing, roadwork, shape, structure, system, systematization, turn, type;

concepts 168,439,757 Ant. destruction, disgurement, disorganization, ruin, ruins construction [n2] explanation apprehension, construal, denition, exegesis, explication, expos, exposition, inference, interpretation, reading, rendering, rendition, translation, version; concept 274 constructive [adj] helpful effective, positive, practical, productive, useful, valuable; concept 401 Ant. destructive, hurting, injurious, negative, unhelpful construe [v] deduce; explain analyze, decipher, dene, explicate, expound, gure it to be*, infer, interpret, ones best guess*, parse, read, render, spell out, take, translate, understand; concepts 37,57 consul [n] representative delegate, emissary, envoy, lawyer, legate; concepts 354,355 consulate [n] embassy consular ofce, government ofce, ministry; concepts 439,449 consult [v] ask, confer argue, ask advice of, be closeted with, brainstorm*, call in, cogitate, collogue, commune, compare notes, confab, confabulate, consider, debate, deliberate, discuss, examine, ap*, groupthink*, huddle, interrogate, interview, kick ideas around*, negotiate, parlay, pick ones brains*, powwow*, put heads together*, question, refer to, regard, respect, review, seek advice, seek opinion of, take account of, take a meeting*, take counsel, talk over, toss ideas around*, treat, turn to; concepts 17,48,56 consultant [n] professional advisor advisor, authority, counsel, expert, freelancer, guide, master, maven, mentor, pro*, specialist, veteran; concepts 348,350 consultation [n] asking, conference appointment, argument, buzz session*, clambake*, confab*, conference, council, deliberation, dialogue, discussion, examination, groupthink*, hearing, huddle, interview, meeting, powwow*, second opinion*, session; concepts 48,114,324 consume [v1] use up absorb, apply, avail oneself of, deplete, devour, dissipate, dominate, drain, drivel, eat up, employ, engross, exhaust, expend, nish, nish up, fritter away, frivol away, go, go through, have recourse to, lavish, lessen, monopolize, obsess, preoccupy, prot by, put away, put to use, run out of, run through, spend, squander, throw away, trie, utilize, vanish, wash up, waste, wear out; concept 225 Ant. accumulate, collect, gather, neglect, not use, store consume [v2] eat, drink absorb, bolt, chow down*, devour, down, eat up, feed, gobble*, gorge, gulp, guzzle, hoover*, ingest, ingurgitate, inhale, meal, mow*, nibble, partake, polish off*, punish, put away*, put down*, scarf*, snack, stuff ones face*, swallow, swill, take, toss down*, wolf*; concept 169 Ant. fast, starve consume [v3] destroy annihilate, crush, decay, demolish, devastate, eat up, exhaust, expend, extinguish, lay waste, overwhelm, ravage, raze, ruin, suppress, waste, wreck; concept 252 Ant. build, construct consumer [n] person who buys merchandise, services buyer, customer, end user, enjoyer, purchaser, shopper, user; concept 348 Ant. marketer, merchandiser

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consummate [adj] ultimate, best able, absolute, accomplished, complete, conspicuous, downright, faultless, nished, awless, gifted, ideal, impeccable, inimitable, matchless, out-and-out*, peerless, perfect, perfected, polished, positive, practiced, ripe, skilled, superb, superlative, supreme, talented, thoroughgoing, total, trained, transcendent, unmitigated, unqualied, unsurpassable, utter, virtuosic, whole; concepts 528,572 Ant. incomplete, unnished, worst consummate [v] achieve, nish accomplish, button down*, call a day*, can*, carry out, clean up, clinch, close, come, come through, compass, complete, conclude, crown, drop curtain*, effectuate, end, fold up, get it together*, go the distance*, halt, knock off, mop up, perfect, perform, polish off*, put away*, put nishing touch on*, put lid on*, put to bed*, sew up, sign, take care of, terminate, top it off, ultimate, wind up, wrap, wrap up; concepts 234,704,706 Ant. neglect consummation [n] achievement, fulllment cleanup, completion, culmination, doing it to a T*, end, mop-up, payoff, perfection, realization, to a nish, wind-up*, wrap, wrap-up*; concept 706 Ant. failure, unfulllment consumption [n] devouring; use burning, consuming, damage, decay, decrease, depletion, desolation, destruction, devastation, diminution, dispersion, dissipation, drinking, eating, exhaustion, expenditure, loss, misuse, ruin, swallowing, using up, utilization, waste, wear and tear; concepts 156,169,225,252 Ant. fasting, starvation contact [n1] form of communication acquaintance, association, channel, commerce, communion, companionship, connection, inuence, intercourse, junction, meeting, network, touch, union, unity; concepts 278,388,687 contact [n2] touching approximation, closeness, collision, connection, contiguity, contingence, hit, impingement, junction, juxtaposition, nearness, propinquity, proximity, relation, strike, taction, touch, union; concept 747 Ant. avoidance contact [v] communicate with approach, be in touch with, buzz*, call, check with, connect, get, get ahold of, get in touch with, interact, interface, network*, phone, reach, reach out, relate, speak to, talk, telephone, touch base*, visit, write to; concept 266 Ant. avoid contagion [n] infection bane, contamination, corruption, illness, miasma, pestilence, plague, poison, pollution, taint, transmission, venom, virus; concept 306 contagious [adj] communicable catching, deadly, endemic, epidemic, epizootic, impartible, infectious, inoculable, pestiferous, pestilential, poisonous, spreading, taking, transmissible, transmittable; concept 314 Ant. noncommunicable contain [v1] include, hold accommodate, be composed of, comprehend, comprise, consist of, embody, embrace, enclose, encompass, have, have capacity for, hold, incorporate, involve, seat, subsume, take in; concepts 112,736,742 Ant. exclude contain [v2] hold back, control bottle up*, check, collect, compose, cool*, cork*, curb,

harness, hog-tie*, hold in, keep back, keep lid on*, put half nelson on*, rein, repress, restrain, restrict, simmer down, smother, stie, stop; concepts 94,191 container [n] holder for physical object alembic, bag, beaker, bin, bottle, bowl, box, bucket, bunker, caisson, can, canister, canteen, capsule, carafe, carton, cask, casket, cauldron, chamber, chest, churn, cistern, cradle, crate, crock, dish, ewer, rkin, ask, hamper, hod, hopper, humidor, hutch, jar, jeroboam, jug, kettle, magnum, package, packet, pail, pit, pod, poke, pot, pottery, pouch, purse, receptacle, reliquary, repository, sac, sack, scuttle, stein, storage, tank, tub, utensil, vase, vat, vessel, vial; concept 494 contaminate [v] adulterate alloy, befoul, corrupt, debase, debauch, dele, deprave, desecrate, dirty, harm, infect, injure, muck up, pervert, poison, pollute, profane, radioactivate, soil, spoil, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, vitiate; concepts 252,254 Ant. clean, cure, heal, purify, sterilize contamination [n] adulteration contagion, corruption, decay, delement, dirtying, disease, epidemic, lth, foulness, impurity, infection, pestilence, plague, poisoning, pollution, radioactivation, rottenness, spoliation, taint; concepts 230,306,674 Ant. cleaning, cure, healing, purication, sterilization contemplate [v1] think about seriously; plan aim, aspire to, brood over, chew over, consider, cool out*, deliberate, design, envisage, excogitate, expect, foresee, intend, kick around*, mean, meditate on, mind, mull over, muse over, observe, percolate, perpend, ponder, propose, purpose, reect upon, ruminate, size up, speculate, study, take in, think of, weigh; concepts 17,36 Ant. discard, disregard, forget, neglect, scorn, slight contemplate [v2] gaze at audit, behold, consider, examine, eye, inspect, notice, observe, peer, penetrate, peruse, pierce, pore over, probe, pry, regard, scan, scrutinize, see, stare at, study, survey, view, witness; concept 623 Ant. disregard, look away, scorn contemplation [n1] deep thought; planning ambition, cogitation, consideration, deliberation, design, intention, meditation, musing, plan, pondering, purpose, reection, reverie, rumination, study; concept 410 Ant. disdain, disregard, neglect, rejection, slight contemplation [n2] gazing at examination, inspection, looking at, observation, scrutiny, survey, viewing; concept 623 Ant. avoidance, disregard contemplative [adj] deep in thought attentive, cogitative, in brown study*, intent, introspective, lost, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, rapt, reecting, reective, ruminative, speculative, thinking, thoughtful; concepts 402,403 Ant. disdainful, disregarding, negligent, rejecting, scornful, shallow, unreective contemporary [adj1] modern abreast, la mode*, au courant, contempo*, current, existent, extant, hot off press*, in fashion, instant, in vogue, just out*, latest, leading-edge*, mod*, new, newfangled, now, present, present-day, recent, red-hot*, state-of-the-art*, today*, topical, ultramodern, up*, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute,

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voguish, with it*; concepts 578,589,797 Ant. old, old-fashioned, past, preceding contemporary [adj2] existing, occurring at same time accompanying, associated, attendant, coetaneous, coeval, coexistent, coexisting, coincident, concomitant, concurrent, connected, contemporaneous, current, linked, present, related, simultaneous, synchronal, synchronic, synchronous; concept 820 Ant. future, past, preceding, succeeding contempt [n1] disdain, disrespect antipathy, audacity, aversion, condescension, contumely, deance, derision, despisal, despisement, despite, disesteem, disregard, distaste, hatred, indignity, malice, mockery, neglect, recalcitrance, repugnance, ridicule, scorn, slight, snobbery, stubbornness; concept 29 Ant. admiration, affection, approbation, approval, endorsement, love, regard, respect, sanction contempt [n2] state of disgrace discredit, disesteem, disfavor, dishonor, disrepute, humiliation, ignominy, infamy, insignicancy, opprobrium, shame, stigma; concepts 388,674 Ant. endorsement, regard, respect contemptible [adj] despicable, shameful abhorrent, abject, abominable, bad, base, beggarly, cheap, crass, currish, degenerate, despisable, detestable, dirty, disgusting, hateful, heel, ignoble, ignominious, inferior, low, lowdown*, lowest, mean, odious, outcast, paltry, pitiable, pitiful, poor, sad, scummy*, scurvy*, shabby, sordid, sorry*, swinish, unworthy, vile, worthless, wretched; concept 550 Ant. admirable, admired, good, honorable, loved, respectable, worthy contemptuous [adj] arrogant, insolent audacious, bold, cavalier, cheeky, cold-shoulder, condescending, contumelious, cool, derisive, derisory, disdainful, disrespectful, dog it*, hard, hard-nosed, haughty, high and mighty*, high hat*, insulting, on high horse*, opprobrious, sardonic, scornful, sneering, snippy, snobbish, snooty*, snotty*, supercilious, temperamental, uppity, upstage; concept 401 Ant. humble, polite, respected, shy contend [v1] compete, ght argue, battle, clash, confront, contest, controvert, cope, dispute, emulate, encounter, face, give all ones got*, give ones all*, go after, go for, go for broke*, go for it*, go for jugular*, grapple, have at*, jockey for position*, jostle, knock oneself out*, litigate, lock horns*, make play for*, meet, mix it up with*, oppose, oppugn, push, push for, resist, rival, scramble for, shoot at, shoot for, skirmish, stand, strive, struggle, tangle with, tug, vie, withstand; concepts 92,106 Ant. abandon, desert, give up, leave, retreat contend [v2] argue afrm, allege, assert, aver, avow, blast, charge, claim, come at, cross, debate, defend, dictate, dispute, enjoin, y in face of*, gang up on, go at, have at*, have bone to pick*, hold, insist, jump on, justify, lace into*, lay into*, let have it*, light into*, lock horns with*, maintain, mix, mix it up*, prescribe, put up argument, report, rip*, say, set to, sock it to one*, stick it to*, take on, tell, urge, vindicate, warrant, zap*; concept 46 Ant. cede, give in, give up, surrender content [adj] happy, agreeable appeased, at

ease, cant complain*, comfortable, complacent, contented, fat dumb and happy*, fullled, gratied, pleased as punch*, satised, smug, tickled pink*, willing; concept 403 Ant. depressed, disagreeable, discontent, dissatised, disturbed, needy, unhappy, upset, wanting content [n1] comfort, happiness contentment, ease, gratication, peace, peace of mind, pleasure, satisfaction; concept 410 Ant. discontent, displeasure, uncomfortableness, unhappiness content [n2] essence, meaning burden, composition, constitution, gist, idea, matter, signicance, subject, subject matter, substance, text, thought; concept 682 content [n3] capacity, volume lling, load, measure, packing, size; concepts 719,740 content [v] please appease, bewitch, captivate, charm, delight, enrapture, gladden, gratify, humor, indulge, make happy, mollify, placate, reconcile, satisfy, sufce, thrill, tickle; concepts 7,22 Ant. anger, displease, disturb, upset contented [adj] at ease; happy at peace, cheerful, comfortable, complacent, content, glad, gratied, pleased, satised, serene, thankful; concept 403 Ant. depress, discontent, discontented, dissatised, disturbed, unhappy, unsatised, upset contention [n1] competition altercation, argument, battle, beef*, belligerency, bone of contention*, bone to pick*, combat, conict, contest, controversy, difference, disaccord, discord, dispute, dissension, dissent, dissidence, disunity, enmity, feuding, ght, ak*, hassle, hostility, quarrel, rivalry, run-in, scene, scrap, set-to*, squabble, static, strife, struggle, variance, war, wrangle, wrangling; concepts 92,106 Ant. affection, consideration, friendliness, friendship, good will, kindness, sympathy contention [n2] argument for idea advancement, afrmation, allegation, assertion, asseveration, avowal, belief, charge, claim, contestation, declaration, demurrer, deposition, discussion, explanation, ground, hurrah, hypothesis, idea, maintaining, opinion, plea, position, predication, profession, rumpus, stand, thesis, view; concepts 46,278,689 contentious [adj] quarrelsome antagonistic, argumentative, belligerent, combative, disagreeable, factious, perverse, petulant, querulous, testy; concepts 401,542 contentment [n] comfort, happiness complacency, content, contentedness, ease, equanimity, fulllment, gladness, gratication, peace, pleasure, repletion, satisfaction, serenity; concept 410 Ant. discomfort, discontent, displeasure, dissatisfaction, misery, sadness, unhappiness contents [n] elements of larger object capacity, cargo, chapters, connotation, constituents, details, divisions, essence, lling, freight, furnishing, gist, guts, implication, ingredients, innards, inside, lading, load, meaning, nub, packing, shipment, signicance, size, space, stufng, subject matter, subjects, substance, sum, text, themes, topics, volume; concept 835 contest [n1] competition challenge, concours, discussion, game, match, meet, meeting,

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proving, rencounter, sport, testing, tournament, trial, trying; concepts 92,363 contest [n2] ght, struggle action, affray, altercation, battle, battle royal*, beef*, brawl, brush, combat, conict, controversy, debate, discord, dispute, emulation, encounter, engagement, fray, go*, hassle, rivalry, row, rumble*, run-in, scrap, set-to*, shock, skirmish, static, strife, striving, tug-of-war, warfare, wrangle; concepts 106,320 Ant. agreement, calm, peace, quiet, stillness, tranquility contest [v1] argue, challenge blast, call in question, debate, dispute, doubt, give it ones all*, go for it*, go for jugular*, jockey for position*, jump on, litigate, mix it up with*, object to, oppose, push, question, scramble for, shoot for*, stand up for, tangle; concept 46 Ant. agree, allow, give up, resign contest [v2] ght altercate, attack, battle, brawl, break with, buck, compete, conict, contend, cross, defend, duel, feud, ght over, gang up on, hassle, knuckle with, lay a nger on*, lay out, put on gloves*, put up dukes*, quarrel, repel, rival, row, rumpus, scrap, scufe, set to, sock*, square off, strike, struggle, take on, tilt, traverse, vie, withstand, wrangle; concept 106 Ant. agree contestant [n] competitor adversary, antagonist, aspirant, battler, candidate, challenger, combatant, contender, contester, dark horse*, disputant, entrant, favorite, hopeful, member, participant, player, rival, scrapper*, team member, warrior; concept 366 context [n] framework, circumstances ambience, background, conditions, connection, frame of reference, lexicon, relation, situation, substance, text, vocabulary; concepts 682,696 contiguous [adj] adjacent, in contact abutting, adjoining, approximal, beside, bordering, close, contactual, conterminous, juxtaposed, juxtapositional, meeting, near, near-at-hand, nearby, neighboring, next, next door to, next to, touching; concept 586 Ant. divided, separated continence [n] self-restraint abstemiousness, abstinence, asceticism, celibacy, chastity, forbearance, moderation, refraining, self-control, sobriety, temperance, virtue; concept 633 continent [adj] chaste, pure abstemious, abstentious, abstinent, ascetic, austere, bridled, celibate, curbed, inhibited, modest, restrained, self-restrained, sober, temperate; concept 550 Ant. impure, incontinent, unchaste contingency [n] chance happening; possibility accident, break, chance, crisis, crossroads, emergency, event, eventuality, exigency, fortuity, happening, if its cool*, incident, juncture, likelihood, occasion, odds, opportunity, pass, pinch, predicament, probability, strait, turning point, uncertainty, zero hour*; concepts 650,679,693 Ant. certainty, deniteness, reality, surety, truth contingent [adj] conditional; possible accidental, casual, chance, controlled by, dependent, uky, fortuitous, haphazard, incidental, likely, odd, probable, probably, random, subject to, unanticipated, uncertain, unexpected, unforeseeable, unforeseen, unpredictable; concept 552 Ant. certain, denite, real, sure, truthful, unconditional

contingent [n] group of followers batch, body, bunch, deputation, detachment, disciples, mission, quota, sect, section, set; concept 417 continual [adj] constant, incessant aeonian, around-the-clock, ceaseless, connected, consecutive, continuous, dateless, endless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, frequent, interminable, oftrepeated, permanent, perpetual, persistent, persisting, recurrent, regular, relentless, repeated, repetitive, running, staying, steady, timeless, unbroken, unceasing, unchanging, unending, unfailing, unagging, uninterrupted, unremitting, unvarying, unwaning; concepts 534,798 Ant. broken, ceasing, checked, halting, inconstant, infrequent, intermittent, interrupted, occasional, temporary continuance [n] duration constancy, continuation, endurance, extension, guts*, longevity, period, permanence, perpetuation, protraction, run, survival, term, vitality; concepts 637,804,807 Ant. arrest, end, ending, nish, hindrance, obstruction, stop, stoppage continuation [n] addition; maintenance assiduity, augmenting, continuance, continuing, continuity, duration, endurance, enduring, extension, furtherance, going on, increase, increasing, line, maintaining, perpetuating, perpetuation, persisting, postscript, preservation, preserving, producing, production, prolongation, prolonging, propagation, protracting, protraction, sequel, succession, supplement, sustaining, sustenance, tenacity; concepts 640,651,804 Ant. cessation, end, nish, halt, stop, termination continue [v1] persist, carry on abide, advance, carry forward, draw out, endure, extend, forge ahead, get on with it*, go on, hang in*, keep at, keep on, keep on truckin*, keep the ball rolling*, keep up, last, lengthen, linger, live on, loiter, maintain, make headway, move ahead, never cease, outlast, outlive, perdure, persevere, persist in, press on, progress, project, prolong, promote, pursue, push on, reach, remain, rest, ride, run on, stand, stay, stay on, stick at, stick to, survive, sustain, uphold; concept 239 Ant. cease, complete, desist, discontinue, end, nish, halt, stop continue [v2] begin again; resume begin over, begin where one left off, carry on, carry over, go on with, pick up, proceed, recapitulate, recommence, reestablish, reinstate, reinstitute, renew, reopen, restart, restore, return to, take up; concept 234 Ant. complete, desist, discontinue, end, nish continuity [n] progression chain, cohesion, connection, constancy, continuance, continuousness, continuum, dovetailing, durability, duration, endurance, extension, ow, interrelationship, linking, perpetuity, persistence, prolongation, protraction, sequence, stability, stamina, succession, survival, train, uniting, unity, vitality, whole; concept 721 Ant. break, discontinuity, intermittence, interruption, stoppage continuous [adj] constant, unending connected, consecutive, continued, day and night*, endless, everlasting, extended, for ever and ever, interminable, looped, no end of*, no end to, on a treadmill*, perpetual, prolonged,

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regular, repeated, stable, steady, timeless, unbroken, unceasing, undivided, unfaltering, uninterrupted; concepts 482,798 Ant. ceasing, completed, discontinuous, ending, nished, halting, intermittent, interrupted, sporadic, stopping contort [v] disgure, distort bend, convolute, curve, deform, gnarl, knot, misshape, torture, twist, warp, wind, wrench, writhe; concepts 147,184 Ant. beautify, smooth contortion [n] distortion, mutilation anamorphosis, crookedness, deformation, deformity, dislocation, grimace, malformation, misproportion, misshapement, pout, twist, ugliness, unsightliness, wryness; concepts 436,580 Ant. beauty, smoothness contour [n] outline, prole curve, delineation, guration, gure, form, lineament, lines, relief, shape, silhouette; concept 436 contraband [adj] black-market; unlawful banned, bootleg, bootlegged, disapproved, excluded, forbidden, hot*, illegal, illicit, interdicted, prohibited, proscribed, shut out, smuggled, taboo, unauthorized, verboten; concepts 319,545 Ant. allowed, lawful, legal, permitted contraband [n] black-market production bootlegging, counterfeiting, crime, dealing, goods*, moonshine*, piracy, plunder, poaching, rum-running*, smuggling, stuff, swag, theft, trafcking, violation, wetbacking*; concepts 192,338 Ant. legal goods contraceptive [n] birth control method armor, barrier method, coil, condom, diaphragm, foam, hormone, intrauterine device, IUD, jelly, loop, pill, planned parenthood, preventative, preventive medicine, prophylactic, rhythm method, ring, rubber, safety, shield, spermicidal cream, sponge, vaginal suppository; concepts 307,446 contract [n] agreement, deal arrangement, bargain, bond, commission, commitment, compact, concordat, convention, covenant, deposition, dicker*, engagement, evidence, guarantee, handshake*, indenture, liability, mise, obligation, pact, paper, pledge, promise, proof, record, settlement, stipulation, treaty, understanding; concepts 271,684 Ant. disagreement, misunderstanding contract [v1] condense abate, abbreviate, abridge, become smaller, clench, compress, conne, constrict, consume, curtail, decline, decrease, deate, draw in, dwindle, ebb, edit, epitomize, evaporate, fall away, fall off, grow less, lessen, lose, narrow, omit, purse, recede, reduce, shrink, shrivel, subside, syncopate, take in, tighten, wane, waste, weaken, wither, wrinkle; concepts 169,236,247 Ant. amplify, dilate, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen, spread, stretch contract [v2] come to terms accept offer, adjust, agree, arrange, assent, bargain, become indebted, bound, buy, circumscribe, clinch, close, come around, commit, consent, covenant, dicker*, engage, enter into, rm a deal*, give ones word, go along with*, hammer out deal*, initial*, ink*, its a deal*, limit, make terms, negotiate, obligate, owe, pact, pledge, promise, put in writing, set, settle, shake hands on it*, sign for, sign papers, sign up, stipulate, swear

to, undertake, work out details*; concepts 8,50,88 Ant. break off, disagree contract [v3] catch disease acquire, afict, be aficted with, become infected with, be ill with, bring on, cause, come down with, decline, derange, develop, disorder, fall, fall victim to, get, go down with, incur, indispose, induce, obtain, sicken, sink, succumb to, take, take ones death, upset, weaken; concepts 93,308 Ant. give contraction [n] drawing in; shortening abbreviating, abbreviation, abridging, abridgment, compression, condensation, condensing, connement, conning, constriction, curtailing, curtailment, cutting down, decrease, decreasing, deating, deation, diminishing, diminution, drawing together, dwindling, elision, evaporating, evaporation, lessening, lopping, narrowing, omission, omitting, receding, recession, reducing, reduction, shrinkage, shrinking, shrivelling, tensing, tightening, withdrawal, withdrawing; concepts 469,776 Ant. amplication, dilation, enlargement, expansion, extension, increase, lengthening, spread, stretch contradict [v] be at variance with belie, buck, call in question*, challenge, confront, contravene, controvert, counter, counteract, cross, dare, deny, differ, disafrm, disclaim, disprove, dispute, y in the face of*, gainsay, have bone to pick*, impugn, negate, negative, oppose, refuse to accept, repudiate, take on, thumbs down*, traverse; concepts 46,54,665 Ant. accept, agree, approve, concede, conrm, corroborate, OK, reconcile, sign, verify, vouch contradiction [n] variance to something bucking, conict, confutation, contravention, deance, denial, difference, disagreement, discrepancy, dispute, dissension, gainsaying, incongruity, inconsistency, negation, opposite, opposition; concepts 46,278,665 Ant. acceptance, agreement, approval, concession, conrmation, corroboration, OK, reconcilement, verication contradictory [adj] antagonistic adverse, against, agin, anti, antipodal, antipodean, antithetic, antithetical, con, conicting, contrary, converse, counter, counteractive, diametric, discrepant, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, irreconcilable, negating, no go*, nullifying, opposing, opposite, ornery*, paradoxical, polar, repugnant, reverse; concept 542 Ant. agreeing, conrming, consistent, reconcilable, reconciled, vouching contraption [n] device apparatus, appliance, contrivance, doohickey*, gadget, gizmo*, machine, mechanism, rig, Rube Goldberg device*, thingamajig*, widget; concepts 463,499 contrary [adj] antagonistic; opposite adverse, anti, antipathetic, antipodal, antipodean, antithetical, balky, clashing, conicting, contradictory, contrariant, contumacious, converse, counter, diametric, discordant, dissentient, dissident, froward, headstrong, hostile, inconsistent, inimical, insubordinate, intractable, negative, nonconforming, nonconformist, obstinate, opposed, ornery*, paradoxical, perverse, rebellious, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, restive, reverse, stubborn, unruly, wayward, wrongheaded; concept 401 Ant. accommodating, agreeing, alike, concordant,

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correspondent, harmonious, homogeneous, like, obliging, similar contrast [n] difference adverse, antithesis, comparison, contradiction, contradistinction, contraposition, contrariety, converse, differentiation, disagreement, disparity, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distinction, divergence, diversity, foil, heterogeneity, incompatibility, incongruousness, inconsistency, inequality, inverse, oppositeness, opposition, reverse, unlikeness, variance, variation; concepts 561,665 Ant. agreement, conformity, copy, equality, facsimile, homogeneousness, likeness, similarity, uniformity, unity contrast [v] compare, differ balance, be a foil to*, be contrary to, be dissimilar, be diverse, be unlike, be variable, bracket, collate, conict, contradict, depart, deviate, differentiate, disagree, distinguish, diverge, hang, hold a candle to*, match up, mismatch, oppose, separate, set in opposition, set off, stack up against*, stand out, vary, weigh; concepts 39,561,665 Ant. accord, agree, be alike, be equal, be similar, coincide, concur, conform contravene [v] go against, contradict abjure, breach, break, combat, conict with, counteract, cross, defy, disafrm, disobey, encroach, exclude, ght, gainsay, hinder, impugn, infract, infringe, interfere, interpose, intrude, negate, offend, oppose, overstep, refute, reject, repudiate, resist, spurn, thwart, transgress, traverse, trespass, violate; concepts 46,106,121,192 Ant. agree, aid, allow, approve, assent, assist, concur, consent, endorse, help, permit, uphold contribute [v1] donate, provide accord, add, afford, ante up, assign, bequeath, bequest, bestow, chip in, come through, commit, confer, devote, dispense, dole out*, dower, endow, enrich, furnish, give, give away, go Dutch*, grant, hand out, kick in*, pitch in*, pony up*, present, proffer, sacrice, share, subscribe, subsidize, supply, sweeten the kitty*, tender, will; concepts 108,140 Ant. harm, hurt, neglect, oppose, shun, subtract, take, take away, withdraw, withhold contribute [v2] be partly responsible for add to, advance, aid, assist, augment, be conducive, be instrumental, conduce, do ones bit*, nger in the pie*, fortify, get in the act*, have a hand in*, help, lead, put in two cents*, redound, reinforce, sit in on, strengthen, supplement, support, tend, uphold; concepts 83,110,244 Ant. counteract, disapprove, neglect, shun, withhold contribution [n] gift, offering addition, a hand, alms, augmentation, benefaction, benecence, bestowal, charity, donation, do ones part*, gifting, grant, handout, helping hand, improvement, increase, input, present, signicant addition, subscription, supplement, write-off*; concepts 337,340 contrite [adj] regretful apologetic, attritional, chastened, compunctious, conscience-stricken, humble, penitent, penitential, remorseful, repentant, sorrowful, sorry; concept 403 Ant. hurtful, indifferent, mean, unrepentant contrition [n] regret attrition, compunction, contriteness, humiliation, penance, penitence, penitency, remorse, repentance, rue, ruth,

self-reproach, sorrow; concept 410 Ant. hurtfulness, indifference, meanness contrivance [n1] plan, fabrication angle, artice, brainchild, coinage, design, dodge, expedient, formation, gimmick, intrigue, invention, inventiveness, machination, measure, plot, project, ruse, scheme, slant, stratagem, switch, trick, twist; concept 660 Ant. disorganization contrivance [n2] gadget apparatus, appliance, brainchild, coinage, contraption, convenience, creation, device, discovery, engine, equipment, gear, gimcrack*, harness, implement, instrument, invention, machine, material, mechanism, tackle, thingamabob*, thingamajig*, tool, utensil, whatsis*, widget*; concepts 260,463,499 contrive [v1] invent, design come up with, concoct, construct, cook up, create, devise, dream up*, engineer, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, formulate, frame*, handle, hatch, improvise, make, make up*, manipulate, manufacture, move, plan, plot, project, rig*, scheme, throw together*, trump up*, vamp, wangle, whip up*; concepts 36,173 Ant. disorganize contrive [v2] bring about, succeed with difculty achieve, angle, arrange, carry out, cogitate, collude, compass, concoct, connive, develop, devise, effect, elaborate, engineer, execute, nagle*, hatch, hit upon, intrigue, jockey*, machinate, manage, maneuver, manipulate, mastermind, negotiate, pass, plan, play games*, plot, project, scheme, shift, swing, work out, wrangle; concepts 36,91,94 Ant. demolish, destroy, ruin, stop, waste, wreck contrived [adj] overly planned affected, articial, elaborate, fake, false, forced, labored, manipulated, overdone, phony, recherch, strained, unnatural, unspontaneous; concepts 564,582 control [n] command, mastery ascendancy, authority, bridle, charge, check, clout, containment, curb, determination, direction, discipline, domination, dominion, drivers seat*, force, government, guidance, inside track, juice, jurisdiction, limitation, management, manipulation, might, oversight, predomination, qualication, regimentation, regulation, restraint, restriction, ropes, rule, strings*, subjection, subordination, superintendence, supervision, supremacy, sway, upper hand*, weight, wire pulling*; concept 376 Ant. helplessness, powerlessness, relinquishment, renouncement, weakness control [v1] have charge of administer, administrate, advise, be in saddle*, boss, bully, call, call the signals*, command, conduct, deal with, direct, discipline, dominate, domineer, govern, guide, handle, head, head up*, hold purse strings*, hold sway over*, hold the reins*, instruct, lead, manage, manipulate, overlook, oversee, pilot, predominate, push buttons*, quarterback*, regiment, regulate, reign over, rule, run*, run the show*, run things*, steer, subject, subjugate, superintend, supervise; concept 117 Ant. abandon, forsake, give up, let go, relinquish, renounce, resign control [v2] curb, hold back adjust, awe, bridle, check, collect, compose, constrain, contain, cool, corner, cow, limit, monopolize, quell, regulate, rein in, repress, restrain, simmer down*, smother, subdue; concept 130 Ant. chance, jump in, let go, risk, rush

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controversial [adj] at issue arguable, argumentative, contended, contentious, contestable, controvertible, debateable, disputable, disputatious, disputed, doubtable, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, in dispute, litigious, moot, open to discussion*, open to question*, polemical, questionable, suspect, uncertain, under discussion; concepts 535,546 Ant. agreeable, incontrovertible, peaceful, uncontroversial, undisputed, undoubted, unquestionable controversy [n] debate, dispute altercation, argument, beef*, bickering, brush, contention, difference, discussion, disputation, dissention, embroilment, falling-out*, ak, fuss, hurrah, miff, polemic, quarrel, row, rumpus, scene, scrap, squabble, strife, tiff*, words, wrangle, wrangling; concepts 46,278,665 Ant. accord, agreement, forbearance, harmony, peace, quiet controvert [v] oppose, argue break, challenge, confound, confute, contest, contradict, counter, debate, deny, disconrm, discuss, disprove, dispute, oppugn, question, rebut, refute, wrangle; concepts 21,46 Ant. agree, forbear, harmonize, make peace, restrain contumacious [adj] headstrong, obstinate alienated, contrary, disaffected, estranged, factious, froward, haughty, inexible, insubordinate, insurgent, intractable, intransigent, irreconcilable, mutinous, obdurate, perverse, pig-headed, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, seditious, stubborn, unyielding; concept 401 Ant. following, obedient, subordinate, tractable, willing contusion [n] bruise, injury bang, bump, cut, discoloration, knock, mouse, swelling, wale, wound; concept 309 conundrum [n] puzzle brain-teaser, closed book*, enigma, mystery, mystication, poser*, problem, puzzlement, riddle, why*; concepts 532,666,690 convalescent [adj] improving, recuperating ambulatory, discharged, dismissed, gaining strength, getting better, getting over something*, getting well, healing, mending, on the mend*, past crisis, perked up*, rallying, recovering, rejuvenated, rejuvenating, released, restored, strengthening; concept 314 Ant. failing, faltering, regressing, sickly, weak, worsening convene [v] bring together; meet assemble, call, call in, collect, come together, congregate, convoke, corral, gather, get together, hold meeting, muster, open, rally, round up, scare up*, sit, summon, unite; concepts 60,114,324 Ant. adjourn, call off, cancel, disperse, dissemble convenience [n1] availability, usefulness; useful thing accessibility, accessory, accommodation, advancement, advantage, agreeableness, aid, amenity, appliance, appropriateness, assistance, avail, benet, comfort, comforts, contribution, cooperation, decency, ease, enjoyment, facility, tness, furtherance, handiness, help, life, luxury, means, ministration, ministry, openness, opportuneness, promotion, receptiveness, relief, satisfaction, service, serviceability, succor, suitability, suitableness, support, time saver, use, utility; concepts 658,712 Ant. inconvenience, inexpedience, inutility, unsuitability, uselessness, waste convenience [n2] spare time chance, freedom,

hour, leisure, liberty, occasion, ones own sweet time*, opportunity, place, preference, spare moment*, suitable time, whenever; concept 807 convenient [adj1] appropriate, useful acceptable, accommodating, adaptable, adapted, advantageous, agreeable, aiding, assisting, available, benecial, comfortable, commodious, conducive, contributive, decent, favorable, t, tted, good, handy, helpful, in public interest, opportune, proper, ready, roomy, seasonable, serviceable, suitable, suited, timely, timesaving, user-friendly*, well-planned; concept 560 Ant. awkward, inappropriate, inconvenient, ineffectual, inopportune, unadaptable, unhandy, unsuited, unuseful convenient [adj2] nearby accessible, adjacent, adjoining, all around, at elbows*, at ngertips*, at hand, available, central, close, close at hand, close-by, contiguous, easy to reach, handy, immediate, in neighborhood, next, next door, nigh, on deck*, on tap*, under ones nose*, within reach; concept 586 Ant. distant, far, inconvenient, out-of-the-way, unavailable convent [n] nunnery abbey, cloister, monastery, religious community, retreat, school; concepts 368,516 convention [n1] conference assemblage, assembly, clambake, confab*, congress, convocation, council, delegates, delegation, get together, meet*, meeting, members, powwow*, rally, representatives, show; concepts 114,324,417 convention [n2] practice, tradition canon, code, covenance, custom, etiquette, fashion, form, formality, habit, law, percept, precept, propriety, rule, understanding, usage; concept 688 Ant. strangeness convention [n3] agreement bargain, bond, compact, concord, concordat, contract, covenant, pact, protocol, stipulation, transaction, treaty; concepts 271,684 Ant. disagreement, discord conventional [adj1] common, normal accepted, accustomed, button-down, commonplace, correct, current, customary, decorous, everyday, expected, fashionable, formal, general, habitual, in established usage, ordinary, orthodox, plain, popular, predominant, prevailing, prevalent, proper, regular, ritual, routine, square, standard, stereotyped, straight, traditional, tralatitious, typical, usual, well-known, wonted; concepts 530,547 Ant. abnormal, exotic, foreign, irregular, strange, uncommon, unconventional, uncustomary, unusual conventional [adj2] unoriginal bigoted, bourgeois, commonplace, conforming, conservative, demure, doctrinal, dogmatic, drippy, hackneyed, hidebound, humdrum, illiberal, inexible, in rut, insular, isolationist, lame, literal, moderate, moral, narrow, narrow-minded, not heretical, obstinate, parochial, pedestrian, prosaic, puritanical, rigid, routine, rube*, run-of-the-mill, sober, solemn, square, stereotyped, straight, straightlaced, strict, stuffy, uptight; concept 550 Ant. different, exotic, foreign, new, original, strange, unique converge [v] gather assemble, coincide, combine, come together, concenter, concentrate, concur, encounter, enter in, focalize, focus, join, meet, merge, mingle, rally, unite;

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concepts 113,114 Ant. disperse, diverge, divide, scatter, separate, spread conversant [adj] experienced, familiar with abreast, acquainted, alive, apprehensive, au courant, au fait, aware, cognizant, comprehending, conscious, cool*, down with*, hep*, hip*, informed, into, kept posted, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, on the beam*, perceptive, percipient, plugged in*, practiced, procient, sensible, sentient, skilled, up*, up-to-date, versant, versed, well-informed, witting; concept 402 Ant. ignorant, inexperienced, quiet, silent conversation [n] dialogue, discourse chat, colloquy, comment, communication, communion, confab*, confabulation, conference, consultation, converse, debate, discussion, exchange, expression, gab*, gossip, hearing, intercourse, jive*, observation, palaver, parley, pillow talk*, powwow*, questioning, remark, repartee, speech, talk, talkfest*, tte--tte*, ventilation*, visit, yak*; concept 266 Ant. quiet, quietude, silence converse [adj] opposite antipodal, antipodean, antithetical, contradictory, contrary, counter, counterpole, different, reverse, reversed, transposed; concept 564 Ant. complementary, equal, same, similar converse [n] opposite antipode, antipole, antithesis, contra, contrary, counter, counterpole, inverse, obverse, other side, reverse; concept 665 Ant. equal, same, similarity converse [v] talk chat, chew the fat*, chitchat*, commune, confer, discourse, exchange, gab*, parley, rap*, schmooze*, speak, use, yak*; concept 266 Ant. be quiet, be silent conversion [n] change, adaptation about-face*, alteration, born again*, change of heart*, changeover, exchange, ip-op*, ux, growth, innovation, metamorphosis, metanoia, metasis, modication, novelty, passage, passing, permutation, progress, proselytization, qualication, reclamation, reconstruction, reformation, regeneration, remodelling, reorganization, resolution, resolving, reversal, see the light*, switch, transguration, transformation, translation, transmogrication, transmutation, turning, turning around; concepts 232,701 Ant. idleness, sameness convert [n] new believer catechumen, disciple, follower, neophyte, novice, novitiate, proselyte; concept 361 convert [v1] change; adapt alter, apply, appropriate, commute, downlink, download, interchange, make, metamorphose, modify, remodel, reorganize, restyle, revise, switch, switch over, transgure, transform, translate, transmogrify, transmute, transpose, turn; concepts 232,701 Ant. endure, hold, idle, keep, persist, remain, stay, wait convert [v2] change belief, especially regarding religion actuate, alter conviction, assimilate to, baptize, be born again*, bend, bias, brainwash, bring, bring around, budge, cause to adopt, change into, change of heart*, convince, create anew, impel, incline, lead, lead to believe, make over, move, persuade, proselyte, proselytize, redeem, reform, regenerate, save, see the light*, sway, turn; concepts 12,14,35 Ant. hold, remain

convertible [adj] changeable able to be changed, adaptable, adjustable, exchangeable, modiable, swappable, switchable; concept 534 convex [adj] rounded, curving outward arched, bent, biconvex, bulged, bulging, bulgy, gibbous, outcurved, protuberant, raised; concept 486 Ant. concave, depressed, sinking convey [v1] transport back, bear, bring, carry, channel, conduct, dispatch, ferry, fetch, forward, funnel, grant, guide, hump, lead, lug, move, pack, pipe, ride, schlepp*, send, shoulder, siphon, support, tote, traject, transfer, transmit, truck; concepts 187,217 Ant. hold, keep, maintain, retain convey [v2] express message break, carry, communicate, conduct, disclose, impart, make known, pass on, project, put across, relate, reveal, send, tell, transmit; concept 60 Ant. keep secret, refrain, withhold conveyance [n] transport car, carriage, carrying, communication, machine, movement, transfer, transference, transmission, transportation, vehicle; concepts 143,501,503 Ant. hold, possession convict [n] criminal captive, con, culprit, felon, jailbird*, long-termer*, loser*, malefactor, prisoner, repeater*; concept 412 Ant. victim convict [v] nd guilty adjudge, attaint, bring to justice, condemn, declare guilty, doom, frame, imprison, pass sentence on, pronounce guilty, put away, put the screws to*, rap*, send up*, send up the river*, sentence, throw the book at*; concepts 18,317 Ant. exonerate, free, liberate, release conviction [n1] belief, opinion condence, creed, doctrine, dogma, eye, faith, feeling, judgment call, mind, persuasion, principle, reliance, say so*, sentiment, slant, tenet, view; concept 689 conviction [n2] guilty sentence; assurance assuredness, certainty, certitude, condemnation, condemning, condence, determining guilt, earnestness, fall, fervor, rmness, rap, reliance, sureness, surety, unfavorable verdict; concepts 317,410 Ant. overturning convince [v] gain the condence of argue into, assure, brainwash, bring around, bring home to*, bring to reason*, change, demonstrate, draw, effect, establish, get, hook*, induce, make a believer*, overcome, persuade, prevail upon, prompt, prove, put across, refute, satisfy, sell*, sell one on*, sway, talk into, turn, twist ones arm*, win over; concept 68 convincing [adj] persuasive acceptable, authentic, believeable, cogent, conclusive, credible, dependable, faithful, hopeful, impressive, incontrovertible, likely, moving, plausible, possible, powerful, presumable, probable, rational, reasonable, reliable, satisfactory, satisfying, solid, sound, swaying, telling, trustworthy, trusty, valid; concepts 267,537,552 Ant. doubtful, dubious, implausible, improbable, incredible, unconvincing, unlikely, unpersuasive convivial [adj] fun-loving back-slapping*, cheerful, clubby*, companionable, conversible, entertaining, festal, festive, friendly, gay, genial, glad-handering*, happy, hearty, hilarious, holiday, jocund, jolly, jovial, lively, merry, mirthful,

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pleasant, sociable, vivacious; concepts 401,404 Ant. blah, dull, serious, solemn, staid convocation [n] assembly assemblage, conclave, concourse, confab*, conference, congregation, congress, convention, council, diet, get-together, meet, meeting, powwow*, synod, turnout; concept 114 convoluted [adj] complicated bafing, complex, confused, elaborate, impenetrable, intricate, involved, labyrinthine, perplexing, puzzling, serpentine, tangled, tortuous; concept 562 Ant. simple, straightforward convolution [n] loop, spiral coil, coiling, complexity, contortion, curlicue, exing, gyration, helix, intricacy, involution, serpentine, sinuosity, sinuousness, snaking, swirl, tortuousness, twist, undulation, winding; concept 436 Ant. line, straightness convoy [n] guard, escort attendance, attendant, companion, protection; concept 423 convoy [v] protect, escort accompany, attend, bear, bring, chaperon, companion, company, conduct, consort, defend, guard, pilot, safeguard, shepherd, shield, usher, watch; concepts 96,110 Ant. ignore, neglect convulsion [n1] muscle spasm algospasm, attack, contortion, contraction, cramp, epilepsy, t, paroxysm, seizure, throe, tremor; concept 308 convulsion [n2] disturbance agitation, cataclysm, clamor, commotion, disaster, ferment, furor, outcry, quaking, rocking, seism, shaking, shock, tottering, trembling, tumult, turbulence, upheaval, upturn; concepts 152,748 Ant. harmony, peace cook [n] person who prepares food baker, chef, hash slinger*, mess sergeant, servant, sous chef; concept 348 cook [v] prepare food, usually using heat bake, barbecue, blanch, boil, braise, brew, broil, brown, burn, coddle, curry, decoct, deep fry, devil, doctor*, escallop, x, French fry, fricassee, fry, griddle, grill, heat, imbue, melt, microwave, mull, nuke*, panfry, parboil, parch, percolate, poach, pressure-cook, reduce, roast, ruin*, saut, scald, scorch, sear, seethe, simmer, sizzle, spoil*, steam, steep, stew, toast, warm up; concept 170 cook up [v] devise arrange, concoct, contrive, dream up, fabricate, falsify, formulate, frame, hatch, improvise, invent, make up, plan, plot, prepare, scheme, vamp; concepts 17,36 cool [adj1] cold, nippy air-conditioned, algid, arctic, biting, chill, chilled, chilling, chilly, coldish, frigid, frore, frosty, gelid, hawkish, nipping, refreshing, refrigerated, shivery, snappy, wintry; concept 605 Ant. hot, temperate, warm cool [adj2] calm, collected assured, composed, coolheaded, deliberate, detached, dispassionate, impassive, imperturbable, levelheaded, nonchalant, philosophical, phlegmatic, placid, quiet, relaxed, self-controlled, self-possessed, serene, stolid, together, tranquil, unagitated, unemotional, unexcited, unappable, unrufed; concept 401 Ant. agitated, annoyed, excited, upset cool [adj3] aloof, disapproving annoyed, apathetic, distant, frigid, impertinent, impudent,

incurious, indifferent, insolent, lukewarm, offended, offhand, ofsh, procacious, reserved, solitary, standofsh, unapproachable, uncommunicative, unenthusiastic, unfriendly, uninterested, unresponsive, unsociable, unwelcoming, withdrawn; concept 404 Ant. approving, friendly, kind, responsive, warm cool [adj4] excellent boss*, dandy, divine, glorious, hunky-dory*, keen, marvelous, neat, nifty, sensational, swell; concept 572 Ant. poor, square, uncool, unpopular cool [v1] chill abate, air-condition, air-cool, ally, calm, freeze, frost, infrigidate, lessen, lose heat, mitigate, moderate, reduce, refrigerate, temper; concept 255 Ant. heat, warm cool [v2] take a break; abate allay, assuage, calm, calm down, chill, compose, control, dampen, lessen, mitigate, moderate, quiet, reduce, rein, repress, restrain, simmer down, suppress, temper; concepts 240,384 Ant. continue, go on, increase, step up coop [n] pen birdcage, cage, corral, enclosure, hutch, lock-up, mew, pound; concept 494 coop [v] conne cage, close in, corral, detain, enclose, fence in, hem in, hold captive, hold prisoner, impound, imprison, incarcerate, intern, keep, lock up, pen, put under lock and key*, shut in, shut up, trap; concept 191 Ant. set free cooperate [v] aid, assist abet, advance, agree, back up, band, befriend, be in cahoots*, chip in, coadjute, coincide, collaborate, combine, comply with, concert, concur, conduce, conspire, contribute, coordinate, espouse, forward, further, go along with, help, join forces, join in, league*, lend a hand*, participate, partner, pitch in*, play ball*, pool resources, pull together, second, share in, show willingness, side with, stick together, succor, take part, unite, uphold, work side by side, work together; concepts 110,112 Ant. block, delay, disturb, encumber, handicap, hinder, impede, obstruct, prevent, stop cooperation [n] mutual effort aid, alliance, assistance, cahoots*, coaction, coadjuvancy, coalition, collaboration, combination, combined effort, communion, company, concert, concurrence, confederacy, confederation, confunction, conspiracy, doing business with, esprit de corps, federation, fusion, give-and-take, harmony, help, helpfulness, logrolling*, participation, partisanship, partnership, playing ball*, reciprocity, responsiveness, service, society, symbiosis, synergism, synergy, teaming, teamwork, unanimity, union, unity; concepts 110,112, 388,677 Ant. blockage, delay, encumbrance, handicap, hindrance, obstruction, prevention, stoppage cooperative [adj1] joint, unied agreeing, coacting, coactive, coadjuvant, coefcient, collaborating, collaborative, collective, collegial, collusive, combined, combining, common, concerted, concurring, coordinated, hand in glove*, harmonious, in league, interdependent, joining, participating, reciprocal, shared, symbiotic, synergetic, synergic, team, united, uniting; concept 538 Ant. disjoint, disobliging, disunited, divided, separate, uncooperative, uncoordinated cooperative [adj2] helpful accommodating, companionable, obliging, responsive, sociable,

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supportive, useful; concepts 538,555 Ant. disobliging, encumbering, hindering, hurting, preventing, uncooperative, unhelpful, unsupportive co-opt [v] to assimilate in order to take over or appropriate absorb, accept, admit, adopt, bring in, bring into line, bring into the fold, connaturalize, convert, draw in, elect, embrace, encompass, enfold, homogenize, homologize, include, incorporate, make ones own, take in, take over; concepts 232,701 coordinate [adj] equivalent alike, coequal, correlative, correspondent, counterpart, equal, equalized, like, parallel, same, tantamount; concept 566 Ant. different, dissimilar, unequal, unparallel coordinate [v] match, relate accommodate, adjust, agree, atune, combine, conduce, conform, correlate, get it together*, get ones act together*, harmonize, integrate, mesh, organize, pool, proportion, pull together, quarterback*, reconcile, reconciliate, regulate, shape up, synchronize, systematize, team up; concepts 36,84,158 Ant. disintegrate, mismatch, uncoordinate, unrelate cop [n] policeperson deputy, atfoot*, fuzz*, lawman, ofcer of the law, patrolman, patrolwoman, peace ofcer, policeman, police ofcer, policewoman, sheriff, the man*; concepts 299,354 cope [v] manage, contend battle with, buffet, carry on, confront, deal, dispatch, encounter, endure, face, get a handle on*, get by, grapple, hack*, hack it*, handle, hold ones own*, live with, make go of it*, make it*, make out*, make the grade*, pit oneself against*, rise to occasion, struggle, struggle through, suffer, survive, tangle, tussle, weather, wrestle; concepts 23,35 copious [adj] abundant alive with, a mess of*, ample, aplenty, bounteous, bountiful, coming out of ears*, crawling with*, extensive, exuberant, full, galore, generous, heavy, lavish, liberal, lush, luxuriant, no end*, overowing, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, profuse, prolix, replete, rich, superabundant, thick with, verbose, wordy; concept 771 Ant. lacking, meager, needing, needy, poor, rare, scarce, wanting copiousness [n] abundance afuence, amplitude, bountifulness, bounty, cornucopia, exuberance, fullness, horn of plenty*, lavishness, luxuriance, plentifulness, plenty, richness, superabundance; concept 767 Ant. lack, need, poorness, rareness, scarcity, want cop out [v] abandon, quit back down, back off, back out, backpedal, desert, dodge, excuse, give the slip*, have alibi, rationalize, renege, renounce, revoke, skip, use pretext, welsh, withdraw; concepts 121,156 Ant. be ready, face, ready, take on copulate [v] have sexual relations be carnal, bed, breed, cohabit, conjugate, couple, do it*, fool around*, fornicate, go all the way*, go to bed*, have coition, have relations, have sex, lay*, lie with, make it*, make love, make out*, mate, sleep together, sleep with, unite; concept 375 Ant. abstain, refrain copy [n] duplicate, imitation archetype, carbon, carbon copy*, cast, clone, counterfeit, counterpart, ditto*, ectype, efgy, ersatz, facsimile,

forgery, hard copy, image, impersonation, impression, imprint, likeness, microche, mimeograph, miniature, mirror, model, offprint, parallel, pattern, photocopy, photograph, photostat, portrait, print, reection, replica, replication, representation, reprint, reproduction, rubbings, similarity, simulacrum, simulation, study, tracing, transcript, transcription, type, Xerox*; concepts 269,667,716 Ant. original, origination, source copy [v1] duplicate carbon, cartoon, clone, counterfeit, delineate, depict, ditto, draw, dupe, engrave, engross, fake, forge, imitate, knock off*, limn, manifold, mimeo, mirror, mold, paint, paraphrase, photocopy, photostat, picture, plagiarize, portray, reduplicate, reect, repeat, replicate, represent, reproduce, rewrite, sculpture, simulate, sketch, stat, trace, transcribe, Xerox*; concept 171 copy [v2] imitate act like, ape, burlesque, do, do a take-off*, do like*, echo, embody, emulate, epitomize, fake, follow, follow example, follow suit, go like*, illustrate, incarnate, knock off*, make like*, mimic, mirror, mock, model, parody, parrot, personify, phony, pirate, play a role, pregure, repeat, sham, simulate, steal, take leaf out of book*, take off*, travesty, typify; concepts 59,139,242 Ant. be original coquet [v] tease dally, irt, fool, gold-dig*, lead on, make eyes at*, operate, philander, string along, titillate, toy, trie, vamp, wanton, wink at*; concepts 375,384 Ant. be shy cord [n] rope bond, connection, cordage, ber, line, link, string, tendon, tie, twine; concepts 470,680 cordial [adj] friendly, sociable affable, affectionate, agreeable, amicable, buddy-buddy*, cheerful, clubby, companionable, congenial, convivial, cozy, earnest, genial, glowing, gracious, happy, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, hearty, invigorating, jovial, mellow, neighborly, palsywalsy*, polite, red-carpet*, responsive, sincere, social, sympathetic, tender, warm, warmhearted, welcoming, wholehearted; concept 401 Ant. aloof, cool, disagreeable, hostile, indifferent, inhospitable, uncordial, unfriendly, unpleasant, unsociable cordiality [n] friendliness, sociability affability, agreeability, agreeableness, amenity, amiability, approbation, approval, earnestness, enjoyableness, favor, geniality, gratefulness, heartiness, mutuality, pleasantness, reciprocity, responsiveness, sincerity, sweetness and light*, sympathy, understanding, warmth, wholeheartedness; concept 633 Ant. aloofness, coolness, hostility, ill will, indifference, unfriendlines, unsociability core [n] center, gist amount, base, basis, body, bottom line, bulk, burden, consequence, corpus, crux, essence, focus, foundation, heart, import, importance, kernel, main idea, mass, meat*, meat and potatoes*, middle, midpoint, midst, nitty gritty*, nub, nucleus, origin, pith, pivot, purport, quick, root, signicance, staple, substance, thrust, upshot; concepts 442,668,826 Ant. covering, exterior, exteriority, outside, perimeter, surface corner [n1] angle bend, branch, cloverleaf, crook, crossing, edge, fork, intersection, joint,

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junction, projection, ridge, rim, shift, V*, veer, Y*; concepts 436,484,513 corner [n2] niche angle, cavity, compartment, cranny, hideaway, hide-out, hole, indentation, nook, recess, retreat; concepts 440,471,513 corner [n3] predicament box, difculty, dilemma, distress, x, hole, impasse, impediment, jam, knot, pickle, plight, scrape, tight spot; concepts 674,675 corner [v] trap bottle, bring to bay, capture, catch, collar*, fool, get on ropes*, have up a tree*, mousetrap*, nab, put out, seize, tree, trick, trouble; concepts 59,90 Ant. allow, let go, release cornerstone [n] vital element anchor, base, essential, foundation, key element, keystone, linchpin, main ingredient, mainspring, mainstay, pillar; concepts 442,826 corny [adj] trite, clichd banal, commonplace, dull, feeble, hackneyed, mawkish, melodramatic, old-fashioned, old hat*, sentimental, shopworn, stale, stereotyped, stupid, tired, warmed-over; concept 550 Ant. new, original, unique corollary [n] conclusion, deduction aftereffect, analogy, consequence, culmination, effect, end, end product, induction, inference, issue, precipitate, result, sequel, sequence, upshot; concepts 230,410,529 corporal [adj] bodily, physical anatomical, carnal, corporeal, eshly, eshy, gross, human, material, objective, phenomenal, sensible, somatic, substantial, tangible; concept 542 Ant. cerebral, immaterial, intangible, mental, spiritual corporate [adj] allied amalgamated, associated, collaborative, collective, combined, common, communal, concerted, incorporated, joint, pooled, shared, united; concepts 563,577 corporation [n] business organization, usually large association, bunch, business, clan, company, corporate body, crew, crowd, enterprise, gang, hookup*, jungle*, legal entity, megacorp*, mob, multinational, octopus*, outt, partnership, ring, shell, society, syndicate, zoo*; concept 325 corporeal [adj] bodily, physical anatomical, carnal, corporal, eshly, eshy, human, material, mortal, objective, phenomenal, sensible, somatic, substantial, tangible; concept 542 Ant. cerebral, immaterial, intangible, mental, spiritual corps [n] group trained for action band, body, brigade, company, contingent, crew, detachment, division, outt, party, posse, regiment, squad, squadron, team, troop, troupe, unit; concepts 294,322,417 corpse [n] dead body body, bones*, cadaver, carcass, carrion, deceased, departed, mort*, remains, stiff*; concepts 390,417 corpulent [adj] fat, chubby baby elephant*, beefy*, blimp*, bulky, burly, embonpoint, fat, eshy, gross, having a bay window*, having a spare tire*, heavy, hefty, husky, large, lusty, obese, overblown, overweight, plump, portly, roly-poly*, rotund, stout, tubby, weighty, well-padded*; concepts 406,491,773 Ant. skinny, slender, slight, thin corpus [n] body of text bulk, collection, compi-

lation, complete works, core, entirety, extant works, mass, oeuvre, opera omnia, staple, substance, whole; concept 271 corral [n] enclosure compound, paddock, pen, pound, stockade; concept 494 corral [v] enclose cage, conne, coop up, fence in, lock up, pen, shut in, shut up; concept 191 Ant. set free correct [adj1] accurate, exact according to Hoyle*, actual, amen*, appropriate, cooking with gas*, dead on*, equitable, factual, faithful, faultless, awless, for sure, free of error, impeccable, just, legitimate, nice, okay, on target*, on the ball*, on the beam*, on the button*, on the money*, on the nose*, on track*, perfect, precise, proper, regular, right, right as rain*, righteous, right on*, right stuff*, rigorous, stone, strict, true, undistorted, unmistaken, veracious, veridical; concepts 542,557,574 Ant. awed, imprecise, inaccurate, incorrect, inexact, wrong correct [adj2] proper, appropriate acceptable, becoming, careful, comme il faut, conforming, conventional, decent, decorous, diplomatic, done, tting, meticulous, nice, okay, punctilious, right, right stuff*, scrupulous, seemly, standard, suitable; concepts 401,558 Ant. improper, inappropriate, incorrect, untting, unsuitable correct [v1] x, adjust alter, ameliorate, amend, better, change, clean up, clean up act*, cure, debug*, doctor*, do over, edit, emend, ddle with, x up, get with it*, go over, help, improve, launder, make over, make right, make up for, mend, pay dues*, pick up, polish, put in order, reclaim, reconstruct, rectify, redress, reform, regulate, remedy, remodel, reorganize, repair, retouch, review, revise, right, scrub*, set right, set straight, shape up, straighten out, touch up, turn around, upgrade; concept 126 Ant. blow, blunder, goof, mistake correct [v2] discipline, chastise administer, admonish, castigate, chasten, chide, penalize, punish, reprimand, reprove; concepts 52,122 Ant. be permissive, coddle, indulge, pamper, pet, spoil correction [n1] adjustment; xing alteration, amelioration, amending, amendment, changing, editing, emendation, improvement, indemnication, mending, modication, rectication, redress, reexamination, remodeling, repair, reparation, rereading, revisal, revising, righting; concept 126 Ant. blunder, goof, mistake correction [n2] discipline admonition, castigation, chastisement, punishment, punition, reformation, reproof, rod; concept 122 Ant. allowance, coddling, indulgence, permissiveness, petting, spoiling corrective [adj] healing, curing antidotal, counteracting, curative, disciplinary, palliative, penal, punitive, reformatory, rehabilitative, remedial, restorative, therapeutic; concept 537 Ant. harmful, hurtful, hurting, injurious, paining correctly [adv] right accurately, bettingly, decently, decorously, tly, ttingly, justly, nicely, perfectly, precisely, properly, rightly, to a T*, well; concept 558 Ant. awed, inaccurately, incorrectly, mistakenly, wrongly correctness [n1] accuracy deniteness, denitiveness, denitude, exactitude, exactness,

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faultlessness, delity, preciseness, precision, regularity, truth; concepts 638,654 Ant. fault, aw, imperfection, impreciseness, inaccuracy, incorrectness, inexactness, wrong correctness [n2] propriety bon ton, civility, correctitude, decency, decorousness, decorum, tness, good breeding, order, orderliness, properness, rightness, seemliness; concepts 633,656 Ant. impropriety, incorrectness, indelity, unacceptableness, unseemliness, unsuitability, unsuitableness correlate [v] equate, compare associate, be on same wavelength*, connect, coordinate, correspond, have good vibes*, interact, parallel, relate mutually, tie in*, tune in on*; concept 39 Ant. differ, disassociate, disconnect, imbalance correlation [n] equating, equivalence alternation, analogue, complement, correspondence, correspondent, counterpart, interaction, interchange, interconnection, interdependence, interrelation, interrelationship, match, parallel, pendant, reciprocity, relationship; concepts 388,667 Ant. difference, disassociation, disconnection, imbalance correspond [v1] agree, complement accord, amount, approach, assimilate, be consistent, be identical to, be similar to, coincide, compare, conform, correlate, dovetail, equal, t, harmonize, lip sync, match, partake of, reciprocate, resemble, rival, square, tally, touch; concept 664 Ant. differ, disagree correspond [v2] communicate in writing answer, drop a kite*, drop a line*, drop a note*, epistolize, exchange letters, have pen pal, hear from, keep in touch, pen, put pen to paper*, reply, scribble, send letter, send word, write; concepts 79,266 correspondence [n1] agreement accord, analogy, coherence, coincidence, comparability, comparison, concurrence, conformity, congruity, consistency, correlation, equivalence, tness, harmony, likeness, match, regularity, relation, resemblance, similarity, symmetry; concept 664 Ant. difference, disagreement correspondence [n2] communication by writing exchange of letters, letters, mail, messages, post, reports, writing; concepts 79,277,278 correspondent [n] person communicating in writing contributor, epistler, epistolarian, freelancer, gazetteer, journalist, letter writer, pen pal, reporter, stringer*, writer; concepts 348,423 corresponding [adj] equivalent, matching agnate, akin, alike, analogous, answering, comparable, complementary, consonant, correlative, correspondent, coterminus, identical, interrelated, kin, kindred, like, parallel, reciprocal, similar, synonymous, undifferentiated; concept 566 Ant. differing, disparaging, dissimilar, mismatched, unlike corridor [n] hallway aisle, couloir, entrance hall, entranceway, foyer, hall, ingress, lobby, passage, passageway; concept 440 corroborate [v] back up information, story approve, authenticate, bear out, certify, check on, check out, check up, conrm, declare true, document, double check, endorse, establish, give nod*, justify, okay, prove, ratify, rubber-stamp*,

strengthen, substantiate, support, sustain, validate, verify; concepts 49,57 Ant. contradict, deny, disallow, disclaim, refute, reject corrode [v] wear away; eat away bite, canker, consume, corrupt, destroy, deteriorate, erode, gnaw, impair, oxidize, rot, rust, scour, waste; concepts 156,169,186,250 Ant. aid, build, fortify, help corrosion [n] disintegration decay, decomposition, degeneration, deterioration, erosion, oxidation, rust, wear; concepts 309,720 corrosive [adj] consuming, wearing; bitter acerb, acerbic, acrid, biting, caustic, corroding, cutting, destructive, erosive, incisive, sarcastic, strongly acid, trenchant, venomous, virulent, wasting; concept 537 Ant. contributing, fortifying, supporting corrugated [adj] ridged, grooved channelled, creased, crinkled, crumpled, exed, uted, folded, furrowed, puckered, roughened, rumpled, wrinkled; concepts 485,606 Ant. at, smooth corrupt [adj1] dishonest base, bent, bribable, crooked, debauched, double-dealing, exploiting, extortionate, faithless, fast and loose*, xed, foul, fraudulent, gone to the dogs*, inconstant, iniquitous, knavish, mercenary, nefarious, on the take*, open, padded*, perdious, praetorian, proteering, racket up*, reprobate, rotten, shady, snide, suborned, tainted, treacherous, two-faced, underhanded, unethical, unfaithful, unprincipled, unscrupulous, untrustworthy, venal, wide open*; concept 545 Ant. decent, honest, honorable, principled, pure, trustworthy, truthful, uncorrupt, upright corrupt [adj2] debased, vicious abandoned, abased, baneful, boorish, degenerate, degraded, deleterious, depraved, dishonored, dissolute, evil, agitious, infamous, loose, low, miscreant, monstrous, nefarious, perverse, proigate, rotten, villainous; concepts 401,545 Ant. clean, decent, helpful, high, kind, noble, sound, wholesome corrupt [adj3] adulterated, rotten altered, contaminated, decayed, deled, distorted, doctored, falsied, foul, infected, noxious, polluted, putrescent, putrid, tainted; concepts 485,613 Ant. clean, pure, puried, sound, wholesome corrupt [v] pervert; pollute abase, abuse, adulterate, animalize, bastardize, blemish, blight, bribe, contaminate, damage, debase, debauch, decay, decompose, deface, dele, deform, degrade, demean, demoralize, deprave, depreciate, despoil, disgure, disgrace, dishonor, x, grease palm*, harm, hurt, ill-treat, impair, infect, injure, lower, lure, maltreat, mar, mistreat, misuse, outrage, pull down, putrefy, ravage, reduce, rot, ruin, spoil, square, stain, suborn, subvert, taint, undermine, violate, vitiate, warp, waste; concepts 14,240 Ant. better, chasten, cleanse, dignify, improve, purify corruption [n1] dishonesty breach of trust, bribery, bribing, crime, crookedness, demoralization, exploitation, extortion, ddling, fraud, fraudulency, graft, jobbery, malfeasance, misrepresentation, nepotism, on the take*, payoff, payola*, proteering, racket*, shadiness*, shady deal*, shufe, skimming, squeeze*,

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unscrupulousness, venality; concept 645 Ant. decency, honesty, honor, truthfulness, wholesomeness corruption [n2] baseness atrocity, decadence, degeneration, degradation, depravity, evil, immorality, impurity, infamy, iniquity, looseness, lubricity, perversion, proigacy, sinfulness, turpitude, vice, viciousness, vulgarity, wickedness; concepts 633,645 Ant. decency, goodness, honor, kindness, wholesomeness corruption [n3] adulteration debasement, decay, delement, distortion, doctoring, falsication, foulness, infection, noxiousness, pollution, putrefaction, putrescence, rot, rottenness; concept 723 Ant. cleanliness, cleanness, pureness, purication, purity, sterility cosmetic [adj] beautifying; relating to appearance corrective, gooky*, improving, makeup, nonessential, painted, remedial, restorative, supercial, surface, touching-up; concept 579 Ant. disguring cosmic [adj] limitless; universal catholic, cosmogonal, cosmogonic, cosmopolitan, ecumenical, empyrean, global, grandiose, huge, immense, innite, measureless, planetary, vast, worldwide; concept 772 Ant. bounded, limited cosmopolitan [adj] worldly-wise catholic, cultivated, cultured, ecumenical, global, gregarious, metropolitan, planetary, polished, public, smooth, sophisticated, universal, urbane, welltravelled, worldly, worldwide; concept 589 Ant. country, rural, rustic cosmos [n1] universe creation, galaxy, macrocosm, macrocosmos, megacosm, nature, solar system, star system, world; concepts 511,770 cosmos [n2] ordered system harmony, order, organization, scheme, structure; concepts 727,770 cost [n1] expense; price paid amount, arm and a leg*, bad news*, bite*, bottom dollar*, bottom line*, charge, damage*, disbursement, dues, expenditure, gure, line, nick*, nut*, outlay, payment, price, price tag, rate, score*, setback*, squeeze*, tab, tariff, ticket, toll, top dollar*, value, worth; concepts 328,336 cost [n2] penalty, sacrice damage, deprivation, detriment, expense, forfeit, forfeiture, harm, hurt, injury, loss, suffering; concepts 676,679 Ant. repayment, retribution cost [v1] command a price of amount to be asked, be demanded, be given, be marked at, be needed, be paid, be priced at, be received, be valued at, be worth, bring in, come to, mount up, move back, nick*, rap*, require, sell at, sell for, set back, take, to the tune of*, yield; concepts 328,336 cost [v2] harm; exact a penalty do disservice to, expect, hurt, infuriate, lose, necessitate, obligate, require; concept 246 cost-effective [adj] economical practical, protable, worthwhile; concept 542 costly [adj1] expensive an arm and leg*, cher*, dear, excessive, executive, exorbitant, extortionate, extravagant, fancy, high, highly priced, high-priced, inordinate, precious, premium, pricey, steep, stiff*, top, valuable; concept 334 Ant. cheap, inexpensive, reasonable costly [adj2] priceless gorgeous, inestimable,

invaluable, lavish, luxurious, opulent, precious, rich, splendid, sumptuous, valuable; concept 567 Ant. cheap, not valuable, poor costly [adj3] harmful, damaging catastrophic, deleterious, disastrous, loss-making, ruinous, sacricial; concept 537 Ant. aiding, helpful costume [n] set of clothes apparel, attire, clothing, dress, duds*, ensemble, fashion, garb, getup*, guise, livery, mode, outt, rig*, robes*, style, suit, uniform, wardrobe; concept 451 cot [n] temporary bed army bed, berth, bunk, camp bed, folding bed, gurney, small bed, trundle; concept 443 cottage [n] tiny house; lodging box, bungalow, cabana, cabin, caboose, camp, carriage house, chalet, cot, home, hut, lean-to, lodge, ranch, shack, shanty, small house; concept 516 couch [n] sofa; long, upholstered furniture bed, chair, chaise longue, chestereld, davenport, daybed, divan, lounge, love seat, ottoman, resting place, settee; concept 443 couch [v] express in particular way formulate, frame, phrase, put, set forth, utter, word; concept 51 couch potato [n] inactive person bystander, goof-off*, idler, laggard, lazy person, loafer, lotuseater*, lounger, observer, slouch, sluggard, spectator, televiewer*, TV viewer, viewer; concept 423 cough [n] expelled air with sound ahem, bark, cold, croup, frog in throat*, hack, hem, tickle in throat*, whoop; concepts 65,316 cough [v] expelling air with sound bark, choke, clear throat, convulse, expectorate, hack, hawk, hem, spit up, vomit, whoop; concepts 65,308 council [n] people assembled for purpose assembly, board, body, brain trust*, cabinet, chamber, clan, committee, conclave, confab*, conference, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, diet, directorate, gang, gathering, governing body, groupthink*, huddle*, kitchen cabinet*, meet, ministry, mob, ofcial family, outt, panel, parliament, powwow*, ring, senate, synod; concepts 299,325,381 counsel [n1] guidance admonition, advice, advisement, caution, consideration, consultation, deliberation, direction, forethought, information, instruction, kibitz*, recommendation, steer, suggestion, tip, tip-off*, two cents worth*, warning, word to the wise*; concepts 75,274 counsel [n2] legal representative adviser, advocate, attorney, barrister, bomber*, counselor, legal adviser, legal beagle*, legal eagle*, lip*, mouthpiece*, patch*, shyster*, solicitor; concept 355 counsel [v] give advice admonish, advise, advocate, caution, charge, confab*, direct, enjoin, exhort, give pointer, give two cents*, guide, huddle*, inform, instruct, keep posted, kibitz*, order, prescribe, prompt, put bug in ear*, put heads together*, put on to, recommend, reprehend, show the ropes*, steer, suggest, teach, tip, tip off*, tout, urge, warn, wise one up*; concepts 75,317 counselor [n] legal representative; adviser advocate, ambulance chaser*, attorney, counsel, front*, guide, instructor, legal beagle*, legal eagle*, lip*, mentor, mouthpiece*, pleader, solicitor, squeal*, teacher*; concept 355

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count [n] tally; number calculation, computation, enumeration, numbering, outcome, poll, reckoning, result, sum, toll, total, whole; concept 766 Ant. estimate, guess count [v1] add, check in order add up, calculate, cast, cast up, cipher, compute, enumerate, estimate, gure, foot, keep tab, number, numerate, reckon, run down, score, sum, take account of, tally, tell, tick off, total, tot up; concept 764 Ant. estimate, guess count [v2] consider, deem await, esteem, expect, hope, impute, judge, look, look upon, rate, regard, think; concepts 18,43 Ant. disregard, ignore count [v3] have importance carry weight, cut ice*, enter into consideration, import, matter, mean, militate, rate, signify, tell, weigh; concept 668 count [v4] include await, expect, hope, look, number among, take into account, take into consideration; concepts 26,112 Ant. exclude countenance [n1] appearance, usually of the face aspect, biscuit*, cast, demeanor, expression, face, features, gills*, kisser*, look, looks, map*, mask, mien, mug*, phizog*, physiognomy, poker face*, potato*, puss*, visage; concepts 716,718 countenance [n2] self-control calmness, composure, presence of mind, self-composure; concept 633 countenance [v] approve, support abet, accept, advocate, aid, applaud, approbate, back, bear with, champion, commend, condone, conrm, cope, encourage, endorse, favor, get behind, give green light*, give stamp of approval*, give the nod*, go along with, go for, grin and bear it*, handle, help, hold with, invite, live with*, nod at, okay*, put John Hancock on*, put up with, sanction, sign off on*, sit still for*, smile on*, stand for, stomach something*, swallow*, thumbs up*, uphold; concepts 10,50,88 Ant. deny, disagree, disapprove, discourage, ght, oppose, refuse counter [adj] opposite, opposing adverse, against, antagonistic, anti, antipodal, antipodean, antithetical, conicting, contradictory, contrary, contrasting, converse, diametric, hindering, impeding, obstructive, obverse, opposed, polar, reverse; concepts 544,581 Ant. agreeing, concurring, corresponding, corroborating, equal, same, similar counter [adv] contrary, reverse against, at variance with, contrarily, contrariwise, conversely, in deance of, opposite, versus; concepts 544, 581 Ant. equally, same, similarly counter [v] answer, respond in retaliation backtalk, beat, bilk, buck, circumvent, contravene, counteract, counterwork, cross, dash, disappoint, y in the face of*, foil, frustrate, have bone to pick*, hinder, hit back, match, meet, offset, oppose, parry, pit, play off, resist, respond, retaliate, return, ruin, take on, thumbs down*, vie, ward off; concepts 45,121 counteract [v] do opposing action annul, buck, cancel, cancel out, check, contravene, correct, counterbalance, countercheck, countervail, counterwork, cross, defeat, x, foil, frustrate, go against, halt, hinder, invalidate, negate, negative, neutralize, offset, oppose, prevent,

rectify, redress, resist, right, thwart; concepts 87,96,126 Ant. aid, approve, assist, help, support counterbalance [v] offset an action amend, atone for, balance, cancel, compensate, correct, counteract, counterpoise, countervail, equalize, make up for, outweigh, rectify, redeem, set off; concepts 87,96,126 counterfeit [adj] fake, simulated affected, assumed, bent, bogus*, brummagem, copied, crock, deceptive, delusive, delusory, ersatz, faked, false, feigned, ctitious, shy*, forged, framed, fraudulent, Hollywood*, imitation, misleading, mock, not genuine, not kosher*, phony*, pirate, plant*, pretended, pretentious, pseudo, put-on*, queer, sham, snide, soft shell*, spurious, suppositious, two-faced*, wont y*, wrong; concepts 549,582 Ant. genuine, real, true counterfeit [n] fake, forgery actor, bogus*, bum, copy, deceit, deception, dummy, facsimile, fraud, gyp, hoax, humbug, imitation, imposture, junque*, phony, pseudo, put-on*, reproduction, sell*, sham, simulacrum; concepts 648,725 Ant. reality, real thing counterfeit [v] make deceitful imitation act like, affect, ape, assume, bluff, carbon, cheat, circulate bad money, clone, coin, copy, defraud, delude, ditto, do, do like*, dupe, fabricate, fake, feign, forge, go like*, imitate, impersonate, knock off*, make like*, make money, mimeo, mimic, mint, phony*, phony up*, pretend, put on*, sham, simulate, stat, Xerox*; concepts 59,171 Ant. be honest countermand [v] annul, cancel a command override, recall, repeal, rescind, retract, retreat, reverse, revoke; concepts 50,53,88 Ant. allow, approve, permit, sanction counterpart [n] match; identical part or thing analogue, carbon copy*, complement, copy, correlate, correlative, correspondent, dead ringer*, ditto*, doppelganger, duplicate, equal, equivalent, fellow, like, look alike, mate, obverse, opposite, opposite number, peas in a pod*, pendant, ringer*, spit and image*, spitting image*, supplement, tally, twin, two of a kind; concepts 667,834 Ant. opposite countless [adj] innumerable bags of*, endless, gobs*, heap*, immeasurable, incalculable, innite, innumerous, jillion*, legion, limitless, loads*, lots of, many, measureless, mess*, mint*, mucho*, multitudinous, myriad, numberless, oodles*, passel of*, peck, pile, raft*, scads*, slew*, stack*, tidy sum, umpteen*, uncountable, uncounted, untold, wad*, whole slew*, zillion*; concepts 762,781 Ant. calculable, countable, counted, limited, measurable, numbered, numerable count on/count upon [v] depend on; rely aim for, bank on, bargain for, believe, believe in, bet bottom dollar*, bet on, expect from, heed, lean on, pin faith on, place condence in, plan on, reckon on, rest on, score, stake on, swear by, tab, take as gospel truth*, take for granted, take on trust, trust; concepts 12,26 Ant. disbelieve, distrust, not expect count out [v] disregard, exclude bar, bate, debar, eliminate, except, get rid of, leave out, leave out of account, mark off, pass over, rule

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out, suspend; concept 25 Ant. consider, gure on, include, regard country [adj] rural, pastoral agrarian, agrestic, Arcadian, bucolic, campestral, countried, georgic, homey, out-country, outland, provincial, rustic, uncultured, unpolished, unrened, unsophisticated; concepts 401,536,589 Ant. city, metropolitan, urban country [n1] political territory; nation citizenry, citizens, commonwealth, community, constituents, electors, grass roots, homeland, inhabitants, kingdom, land, native land, patria, people, polity, populace, public, realm, region, society, soil, sovereign state, state, terrain, voters; concepts 379,508,510 country [n2] rural area; area away from city back country, backwoods, boondocks*, boonies*, bush, countryside, cow country*, farmland, farms, forests, green belt*, hinterland, middle of nowhere*, outback, outdoors, province, sticks*, up country*, wide open space*, wilderness, wilds, woodlands, woods; concepts 508,513 Ant. city, metropolis, urbanity country mile [n] long distance far piece, good way, great distance; concepts 651,739,790 countryside [n] non-city environment back roads*, boonies*, country, environment, land, landscape, non-urban area, scenery, setting, sticks*, surroundings, terrain; concept 508 county [n] province or district of area canton, constituency, division, shire; concepts 508,513 coup [n] achievement, often by maneuver accomplishment, action, coup de mitre, coup dtat, deed, exploit, feat, overthrow, plot, revolution, stratagem, stroke, stroke of genius*, stunt, successful stroke, tour de force, upset; concept 706 coup de grce [n] nishing blow blow, clincher*, comeuppance, deathblow, defeat, nal blow, nal stroke, kill, knockout, mercy stroke, mortal blow, quietus; concepts 95,252 coup dtat [n] violent seizure coup, overthrow, palace revolution, power play*, putsch*, rebellion, revolt, revolution, takeover; concepts 86,90,320 couple [n] pair of things brace, couplet, deuce*, doublet, duo, dyad, husband and wife, item, newlyweds, set, span, team, twain, twosome, yoke; concepts 432,766 couple [v] join two things bracket, bring together, buckle, clasp, coalesce, cohabit, come together, conjoin, conjugate, connect, copulate, harness, hitch, hook up, link, marry, match, pair, unite, wed, yoke; concepts 113,114,297,375 Ant. disconnect, disjoin, divide, separate, unbuckle, uncouple coupon [n] discount ticket advertisement, box top*, card, certicate, credit slip, detachable portion, order blank, premium certicate, ration slip, redeemable part, redemption slip, slip, token, voucher; concept 331 courage [n] boldness, braveness adventuresomeness, adventurousness, audacity, backbone, bravery, bravura, daring, dash, dauntlessness, determination, lan, endurance, enterprise, fearlessness, rmness, fortitude, gallantry, gameness, grit, guts, hardihood, heroism, intrepidity, lion-heartedness, mettle, nerve, pluck, power,

prowess, pugnacity, rashness, recklessness, resolution, spirit, spunk, stoutheartedness, temerity, tenacity, valor, venturesomeness; concepts 411,633 Ant. cowardice, faintheartedness, fear, meekness, timidity, weakness courageous [adj] brave, bold adventuresome, adventurous, assured, audacious, cool, daredevil, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, ery, re-eating*, gallant, game, gritty*, gutsy*, hardy, heroic, high-spirited, impavid, indomitable, intrepid, lionhearted, martial, nervy, plucky*, red-blooded*, resolute, Spartan, stalwart, stand tall*, stouthearted, strong, tenacious, tough, Trojan*, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, valorous, venturesome, venturous; concepts 401,404 Ant. cowardly, fainthearted, fearful, fearing, meek, shy, timid, weak courier [n] messenger bearer, carrier, dispatcher, emissary, envoy, express, go-between, gofer*, gopher*, herald, intelligencer, internuncio, runner; concept 348 Ant. receiver, sender course [n1] progress, advance advancement, chain, channels, consecution, continuity, development, ow, furtherance, line, manner, march, movement, order, plan, policy, polity, procedure, program, progression, red tape*, row, scheme, sequel, sequence, series, string, succession, system, unfolding, way; concepts 704,727 course [n2] path, channel aisle, aqueduct, boards, byway, canal, circuit, conduit, direction, duct, ow, groove, itinerary, lap, line, movement, orbit, passage, range, road, route, run, rut, scope, stream, tack, track, trail, trajectory, watercourse, way; concepts 501,514 course [n3] length of action duration, elapsing, lapse, passage, passing, progress, sweep, term, time; concept 804 course [n4] plan of study class, conference, curriculum, discussion group, interest, laboratory, lecture, matriculation, meeting, method, period, preparation, procedure, program, regimen, schedule, seminar, session, speciality, subject; concept 287 course [v] ow; run career, chase, dart, dash, follow, gallop, gush, hasten, hunt, hurry, hustle, pursue, race, rush, scamper, scoot, scurry, speed, spring, stream, surge, tumble; concepts 150,152 court [n1] yard, garden of building cloister, close, compass, courtyard, curtilage, enclosure, forum, patio, piazza, plaza, quad, quadrangle, square, street; concepts 509,513 court [n2] rulers attendants castle, cortege, entourage, hall, lords and ladies, palace, retinue, royal household, staff, suite, train; concepts 296,348 court [n3] judicial system bar, bench, court of justice, forum, judge, justice, kangaroo court*, law court, magistrate, seat of judgment, session, tribunal; concepts 299,318 court [n4] building for legal proceedings bar, bench, city hall, county courthouse, courthouse, courtroom, federal building, hall of justice, justice building, law court, municipal building, tribunal; concepts 318,439 court [n5] wooing address, attention, homage, love, respects, suit; concept 32 court [v] fawn over, pay attention to allure, ask in marriage, attract, beseech, bid, bootlick,

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captivate, charm, chase, cultivate, curry favor, date, entice, entreat, atter, follow, gallant, go out with, go steady, go together, go with, grovel, importune, invite, keep company with, make love to, make overture, make time with*, pander to, pay addresses to, pay court to, please, pop the question*, praise, propose, pursue, run after*, seek, seek the hand of, serenade, set ones cap*, solicit, spark, spoon*, sue, sweetheart, take out, woo; concepts 32, 384 Ant. disregard, ignore courteous [adj] gentle, mannerly affable, attentive, ceremonious, civil, civilized, complaisant, considerate, courtly, cultivated, debonair, elegant, gallant, genteel, gracious, polished, polite, rened, respectful, soft-spoken, suave, thoughtful, urbane, well-behaved, well-bred, wellmannered, well-spoken; concepts 267,401 Ant. bad-mannered, discourteous, impolite, rude, uncivil, uncourteous, unmannerly, unrened courtesy [n1] good manners address, affability, amenities, amiability, attentiveness, ceremony, chivalry, civility, comity, complaisance, consideration, cordiality, courteousness, courtliness, cultivation, culture, deference, elegance, familiarity, favor, friendliness, gallantness, gallantry, generosity, geniality, gentleness, good behavior, good breeding, graciousness, indulgence, kindness, polish, politeness, renement, respect, reverence, solicitude, suavity, sympathy, tact, thoughtfulness, urbanity; concepts 633,644 Ant. bad manners, discourtesy, impoliteness, pompousness, rudeness, unmannerliness courtesy [n2] favor, indulgence accommodation, benevolence, bounty, charity, chivalry, compassion, consent, consideration, dispensation, generosity, kindness, liberality, service, unselshness; concepts 337,388,633 Ant. discourtesy, disfavor, disregard courtly [adj] rened manner adulatory, affable, aristocratic, august, ceremonious, chivalrous, civil, civilized, complimentary, conventional, cultured, decorous, dignied, elegant, attering, formal, gallant, gracious, high-bred, imposing, lofty, obliging, polished, polite, preux, prim, rened, stately, studied, urbane; concept 401 Ant. impolite, indecorous, inelegant, lowbred, provincial, rough, uncivil, unpolished, unrened courtship [n] dating, romance courting, engagement, keeping company*, love, lovemaking, pursuit, suit, wooing; concept 388 cove [n] inlet, small niche anchorage, arm, bay, bayou, bight, cave, cavern, creek, estuary, rth, frith, gulf, harbor, hole, lagoon, nook, retreat, slough, sound, wash; concept 509 covenant [n] pact, promise agreement, arrangement, bargain, bond, commitment, compact, concordat, contract, convention, deal, deed, dicker*, handshake*, papers, stipulation, transaction, treaty, trust; concept 684 Ant. disagreement covenant [v] agree bargain, concur, contract, engage, pledge, plight, promise, stipulate, swear, undertake, vow; concepts 8,71,317 Ant. break, disagree cover [n1] wrapping, cover-up awning, bark, binding, camouage, canopy, canvas, cap, caparison, case, ceiling, cloak, clothing, coating,

covering, coverlet, disguise, dome, dress, drop, envelope, facade, false front*, g leaf, front, guise, hood, integument, jacket, lid, marquee, mask, masquerade, overlay, paint, parasol, polish, pretense, put-on*, roof, screen, seal, semblance, sheath, sheet, shroud, smoke screen*, spread, stopper, tarp, tarpaulin, tegument, tent, top, umbrella, varnish, veil, veneer, windowdressing, wrapper, wraps; concepts 484,750 cover [n2] hiding place asylum, camouage, concealment, covert, defense, drop, front, guard, harbor, harborage, haven, port, protection, refuge, retreat, safety, sanctuary, screen, security, shelter; concept 198 cover [v1] wrap, hide blanket, board up, bury, bush up, cache, camouage, canopy, cap, carpet, cloak, clothe, coat, conceal, cover up, crown, curtain, daub, disguise, do on the sly*, dress, eclipse, encase, enclose, enfold, ensconce, enshroud, envelop, hood, house, invest, layer, mantle, mask, obscure, overcast, overlay, overspread, protect, put on, screen, secrete, set on, shade, shield, shroud, stash*, superimpose, superpose, surface, veil; concept 172 Ant. lay bare, lay out, reveal, uncover, unwrap cover [v2] protect, guard bulwark, defend, fend, house, reinforce, safeguard, screen, secure, shelter, shield, watch over; concept 96 Ant. abandon, disregard, forget, ignore, leave alone cover [v3] include, contain be enough, comprehend, comprise, consider, deal with, embody, embrace, encompass, examine, incorporate, involve, meet, provide for, reach, refer to, sufce, survey, take account of; concept 643 Ant. exclude cover [v4] describe in published writing broadcast, detail, investigate, narrate, recount, relate, report, tell of, write up; concepts 60,79 Ant. disregard, forget, ignore cover [v5] ll in for, compensate balance, counterbalance, double for, insure, make good, make up for, offset, relieve, stand in for*, substitute, take over, take the rap for*; concepts 110,126 cover [v6] travel across area cross, do, journey over, pass over, pass through, range, track, traverse, trek; concept 224 covert [adj] clandestine, underhanded buried, camouaged, cloaked, concealed, disguised, dissembled, furtive, hidden, hush-hush*, incog*, incognito, masked, obscured, private, privy, QT*, secret, shrouded, stealthy, sub rosa, surreptitious, ulterior, undercover, underhand, underthe-table*, under wraps*, unsuspected, veiled; concepts 544,548 Ant. aboveboard, candid, frank, honest, open, overt, public, unconcealed covertly [adv] clandestine, underhandedly by stealth, clandestinely, furtively, hush-hush*, in camera, in holes and corners*, on the QT*, on the quiet, on the sly, privately, secretly, slyly, stealthily, sub rosa, surreptitiously, undercover, under wraps*, wildcat*; concepts 544,548 Ant. candidly, frankly, honestly, openly, overtly, publicly cover-up [n] concealment burial*, camouage, closeting, complicity, conspiracy, disguising, dissimulation, evasion, front, masking, pretense, smoke-screen, whitewash; concept 188 covet [v] desire strongly aspire to, begrudge, choose, crave, desiderate, envy, fancy, hanker

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for*, have eye on*, have hots for*, itch for*, long for, lust after, spoil for, thirst for, want, wish for, yearn for, yen for*; concept 20 Ant. abjure, be generous, give, not want covetous [adj] greedy; very desirous acquisitive, avaricious, avid, close-sted, eager, ensurient, envious, gluttonous, grabby, grasping, green-eyed*, grudging, hogging, itchy*, jealous, keen, mercenary, piggish*, prehensile, rapacious, ravenous, selsh, swinish*, voracious, yearning; concept 401 Ant. benevolent, generous, giving cow [v] browbeat, intimidate abash, appall, awe, bludgeon, bluster, buffalo, bulldoze, bully, daunt, discomt, disconcert, dishearten, dismay, dragoon, embarrass, enforce, faze, frighten, hector, lean on*, overawe, push around*, rattle, scare, showboat*, strong-arm*, subdue, terrorize, turn on the heat*, unnerve, walk heavy*; concepts 7,19,52 Ant. encourage, hearten, inspirit coward [n] person who is scared, easily intimidated alarmist, baby*, caitiff, chicken*, chicken heart*, chicken liver*, craven, cur, dastard, deserter, faintheart, faint-of-heart, fraidy-cat*, funk, gutless*, invertebrate*, jellysh*, lily liver, malingerer, mouse*, pessimist, poltroon, quitter, rabbit*, recreant, scaredy cat*, shirk, shirker, skulker, sneak, weakling, white liver*, wimp*, yellow*, yellow belly*; concept 423 Ant. aggressor, hero cowardice [n] timidity cold feet*, faintheartedness, fear, fearfulness, funk, gutlessness, mousiness, pusillanimity, wimpiness; concept 27 cowardly [adj] fearful afraid, anxious, apprehensive, backward, base, caitiff, chickenhearted, cowering, cowhearted, craven, dastardly, difdent, dismayed, fainthearted, frightened, gutless, having the willies*, jittery, lacking courage, lily-livered*, nervous, no guts, panicky, paper tiger*, pigeonhearted*, pusillanimous, recreant, retiring, running scared, scared, shrinking, shy, soft*, spineless*, timid, timorous, weak, weak-kneed*, worthless, yellow*, yellow-bellied*; concept 401 Ant. bold, brave, courageous, daring, dauntless, unafraid, undaunted, unfearful cowboy [n] mounted cattle hand bronco, bronco-buster, buckaroo, cattle herder, cattleman, cowhand, cowpoke, cowpuncher, drover, gaucho, herdsman, rancher, stockman, vaquero, wrangler; concept 258 cower [v] hide, hover in fear apple-polish*, blench, bootlick*, brownnose*, cringe, crouch, draw back, fawn, inch, grovel, honey*, kowtow*, quail*, recoil, shrink, skulk, sneak, toady*, tremble, truckle, wince; concepts 188,384 Ant. come out coy [adj] very modest backward, bashful, blushing, coquettish, demure, difdent, evasive, irtatious, humble, kittenish, overmodest, prudish, rabbity, reserved, retiring, self-effacing, shrinking, shy, skittish, timid, unassertive; concepts 401,404 Ant. aggressive, forward, immodest, impudent, unshy cozy [adj] comforting, soft, warm comfortable, comfy, cuddled up, cushy, easeful, in clover, intimate, in velvet*, on bed of roses*, restful, safe, secure, sheltered, snug, snug as bug in

rug*, snuggled down, tucked up; concepts 485,605,606 Ant. uncomfortable crabby/crabbed [adj] in a bad mood acid, acrid, acrimonious, awkward, bad-tempered, blunt, brusque, captious, choleric, churlish, cranky*, cross, crotchety, crusty*, cynical, difcult, dour, fretful, gloomy, glum, grouchy*, harsh, huffy, ill-humored, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, misanthropic, morose, nastytempered, peevish, perverse, petulant, prickly, saturnine, snappish, snappy, sour, splenetic, sulky, sullen, surly, tart, testy, tough, trying, unsociable; concepts 401,403 Ant. happy crack [adj] super, rst-rate able, ace, adept, best, capital, choice, crackerjack*, deluxe, elite, excellent, expert, rst-class, handpicked, pro*, procient, skilled, skillful, superior, talented; concepts 528,542,574 Ant. bad, inferior, poor crack [n1] break, crevice breach, chink, chip, cleft, cranny, crevasse, cut, discontinuity, division, ssure, fracture, gap, hole, interstice, interval, rent, rift, rima, rimation, rime, split; concepts 469,513 crack [n2] loud sound, usually from hitting bang, bash, belt, blast, blow, boom, buffet, burst, clap, clip, clout, crash, cuff, explosion, go, noise, pop, report, shot, slam, slap, smack, smash, snap, splintering, splitting, stab, stroke, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, wham; concepts 189,595 crack [n3] attempt to do something ing, go, opportunity, pop, shot, stab, try, whack, whirl; concept 87 crack [n4] joke dig, funny remark, gag, insult, jest, jibe, quip, remark, return, smart remark, wisecrack, witticism; concept 273 crack [v1] break, usually into parts burst, chip, chop, cleave, crackle, crash, damage, detonate, explode, fracture, hurt, impair, injure, pop, ring, rive, sever, shiver, snap, splinter, split; concept 248 Ant. x, mend crack [v2] lose self-control become deranged, become insane, blow ones mind*, blow up, break down, bug out*, collapse, ip*, give way*, go bonkers*, go crazy, go to pieces*, lose it*, succumb, yield; concept 13 Ant. be calm, compose crack [v3] hit very hard bash, buffet, clip, clout, cuff, slap, thump, thunder, wallop, whack; concept 189 crack [v4] discover meaning, answer break, cryptanalyze, decipher, decode, decrypt, fathom, gure out, get answer, solve, work out; concepts 37,38 Ant. misunderstand crackdown [n] restraint clampdown, crush, end, repression, stop, strike, suppression; concepts 240,832 cracker [n] hard, often salted, baked wafer biscuit, bun, cookie, hardtack, pretzel, rusk, saltine; concept 457 crack up [v] break down mentally become demented, become psychotic, blow a fuse*, collapse, come apart at seams*, decline, derange, deteriorate, fail, ip out*, freak out*, go bonkers*, go crazy, go nuts, go off deep end*, go off rocker*, go out of mind*, go to pieces*, have breakdown, schizz out*, sicken; concept 13 Ant. be calm

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cradle [n1] small bed for baby baby bed, bassinet, cot, crib, hamper, Moses basket, pannier, trundle bed; concept 443 cradle [n2] early childhood; origins babyhood, beginning, birthplace, fount, fountain, fountainhead, infancy, nativity, nursery, origin, source, spring, ultimate cause, wellspring; concepts 648,817 cradle [v] hold in arms; nurture lull, nestle, nourish, nurse, rock, support, tend, watch over; concepts 190,295 craft [n1] expertise, skill ability, adeptness, adroitness, aptitude, art, artistry, cleverness, competence, cunning, dexterity, expertness, ingenuity, knack, know-how*, prociency, technique; concepts 409,706 craft [n2] deceit, scheme art, artfulness, artice, cageyness, canniness, contrivance, craftiness, cunning, disingenuity, duplicity, foxiness, guile, ruse, shrewdness, slyness, stratagem, strategy, subterfuge, subtlety, trickery, wiles, wiliness; concepts 645,660 Ant. honesty, openness craft [n3] business, discipline art, calling, career, employment, handicraft, line, mtier, occupation, profession, pursuit, trade, vocation, work; concept 360 Ant. avocation, entertainment, recreation craft [n4] water or air vehicle aircraft, airplane, air ship, barge, blimp, boat, bottom, plane, ship, shipping, spacecraft, vessel, watercraft, zeppelin; concepts 504,506 craftsperson [n] person skilled in art articer, artisan, journeyperson, machinist, maker, manufacturer, mechanic, skilled worker, smith, specialist, technician, wright; concept 348 Ant. bumbler, unskilled crafty [adj] clever, scheming adroit, artful, astute, cagey, calculating, canny, crazy like fox*, cunning, deceitful, deep, designing, devious, disingenuous, duplicitous, foxy*, fraudulent, guileful, insidious, intelligent, keen, knowing, sharp, shrewd, slick, slippery*, sly, smart, smooth, street smart*, streetwise*, subtle, tricky, vulpine, wily; concept 401 Ant. honest, naive, unclever craggy [adj] jagged asperous, broken, cragged, harsh, precipitous, rock-bound, rocky, rough, rugged, scabrous, scraggy, stony, uneven, unlevel, unsmooth; concepts 490,606 Ant. at, smooth cram [v1] ll to overowing; compress charge, chock, choke, compact, crowd, crush, devour, drive, force, gobble, gorge, guzzle, heap, ingurgitate, jam, jam-pack*, load, overcrowd, overeat, overll, pack, pack em in*, pack in, pack it in*, pack like sardines*, press, ram, sardine*, satiate, shove, slop, slosh, squash, squeeze, stive, stuff, tamp*, thrust, wedge, wolf*; concepts 208,740 Ant. let out, open, release cram [v2] study intensely burn midnight oil*, heavy booking*, hit the books*, megabook*, mug up*, read, review, revise; concept 17 cramp [n] muscle spasm ache, charley horse*, circumscription, connement, constipation, contraction, convulsion, crick, hindrance, impediment, kink, obstruction, pain, pang, restriction, shooting pain, stiffness, stitch, stricture, twinge; concepts 308,728

cramp [v] hinder, restrain bottle up*, box up*, check, circumscribe, clamp, clasp, clog, conne, constrain, coop up*, encumber, fasten, grip, hamper, hamstring, handicap, impede, inhibit, limit, object, obstruct, restrict, shackle, stymie, thwart; concepts 130,191 Ant. allow, let go, release cramped [adj] congested, overcrowded awkward, circumscribed, close, closed in, conned, crabbed, crowded, hemmed in*, illegible, incommodious, indecipherable, irregular, jammed in, little, minute, narrow, packed, pent, restricted, small, squeezed, tight, tiny, tucked up, two-by-four*, uncomfortable; concepts 483,773 Ant. free, open, uncongested, uncramped, uncrowded, uninhibited, unobstructed cranky [adj] in bad mood bad-humored, bearish, cantankerous, choleric, crabby, cross, crotchety, cussed, disagreeable, got up on wrong side of bed*, grouchy, grumpy, hot-tempered, illhumored, irascible, irritable, like a bear*, mean, ornery*, out of sorts, perverse, quick-tempered, ratty, snappish, tetchy, ugly, vinegary; concepts 401,403 Ant. amiable, cheerful, happy cranny [n] nook, opening breach, byplace, chink, cleft, crack, crevice, ssure, gap, hole, interstice, niche; concepts 440,513 crappy [adj] poor cheap, inferior, junky, lousy, shoddy, sub-par, trashy, useless, worthless; concept 571 crapshoot [n] big chance iffy proposition, risk, risky business, shot in the dark*, spin of the roulette wheel*; concepts 675,693 crash [n1/v1] bang; banging sound blast, boom, burst, clang, clap, clash, clatter, clattering, crack, din, peal, racket, slam, smash, smashing, sound, thunder, thunderclap, wham; concepts 65,521,595 crash [n2] collision, accidental hitting accident, bump, collapse, concussion, crack-up*, crunch, debacle, ditch, fender bender*, fender tag*, impact, jar, jolt, percussion, pileup, ram, rearender*, shock, sideswipe, smash, smashup*, splashdown*, stack-up*, thud*, thump*, total*, washout*, wreck; concept 189 crash [n3] computer system failure abend, head crash, program crash, program error, program failure, system crash, system error; concepts 699,706 crash [v2] break into pieces bang into, crack up, crunch, dash, disintegrate, fracture, fragment, pile up, shatter, shiver, sideswipe, smash, smash up, splinter, total*, wrack up*; concept 248 crash [v3] fall bite the dust*, bump, collapse, collide, crash-land, ditch, dive, drive into, drop, fall at*, fall headlong, fall prostrate, give way, go in*, hurtle, lurch, meet, overbalance, overturn, pancake*, pitch, plough into*, plunge, prang, slip, smash, splash down, sprawl, topple, tumble, upset, washout*; concept 181 crass [adj] coarse, insensitive asinine, blundering, boorish, bovine, churlish, dense, doltish, gross, indelicate, inelegant, loutish, lowbrow, lumpish, oash, obtuse, Philistine, raw, rough, rude, stupid, uncouth, unrened, vulgar, witless; concept 401 Ant. careful, delicate, kind, nice, rened, sensitive, tactful crate [n] wooden container box, cage, carton, case, chest, package; concept 494

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crave [v1] desire intensely ache for, covet, cry out for, die for*, dream, eat ones heart out*, fancy, give eyeteeth for*, hunger for*, itch for*, long for, lust after, need, pine for*, require, sigh for, spoil for, suspire, thirst for*, want, yearn for, yen for*; concept 20 Ant. abjure, dislike, hate, not want, spurn crave [v2] beg ask, beseech, call for, demand, entreat, implore, necessitate, petition, plead for, pray for, require, seek, solicit, supplicate, take; concepts 48,53 Ant. not want craven [adj] weak, timid chicken*, cowardly, dastardly, fearful, gutless, lily-livered*, meanspirited, poltroonish, pusillanimous, scared, timorous, weak-kneed*, wimpish*, wimpy*, wussy*, yellow*, yellow-bellied*; concepts 401,550 Ant. bold, brave, courageous, heroic, strong craven [n] timid person caitiff, chicken*, coward, dastard, fraidy cat*, nebbish, poltroon, quitter, recreant, scaredy cat*, weakling, wheyface, wimp*, wuss*, yellow belly*; concept 423 craving [n] strong desire appetite, appetition, hankering, hunger, hurting, itch*, longing, lust, munchies*, need, passion, thirst, urge, yearning, yen*; concepts 20,709 Ant. dislike, distaste, hate, indifference crawl [v1] move very slowly clamber, creep, drag, drag oneself along, go on all fours, go on belly, grovel, hang back, inch, lag, loiter along, lollygag*, move at snails pace*, move on hands and knees, plod, poke, pull oneself along, scrabble, slide, slither, squirm, worm, wriggle, writhe; concept 151 crawl [v2] humble oneself abase oneself, applepolish*, brownnose*, cringe, fawn, grovel, toady, truckle; concepts 35,48 craze [n] fad, strong interest chic, cry, enthusiasm, fashion, fever, furor, infatuation, in thing*, kick*, mania, mode, monomania, newest wrinkle*, novelty, passion, preoccupation, rage, the last word*, the latest thing*, trend, vogue, wrinkle; concepts 532,690 craze [v] make insane bewilder, confuse, dement, derange, distemper, distract, drive mad, enrage, frenzy, infatuate, iname, madden, unbalance, unhinge; concepts 7,19 Ant. balance, clear up, steady crazed [adj] insane berserk, certiable, crazy, demented, deranged, frenzied, hysterical, lunatic, mad, maniac, manic, mental*, out of ones mind, psychopathic, raving; concept 403 Ant. sane crazy [adj1] mentally strange ape, barmy, batty, berserk, bonkers*, cracked, crazed, cuckoo, daft, delirious, demented, deranged, dingy*, dippy*, erratic, aky, ipped*, ipped out*, freaked out*, fruity*, idiotic, insane, kooky, lunatic, mad, maniacal, mental*, moonstruck*, nuts, nutty, nutty as fruitcake*, of unsound mind, out of ones mind, out of ones tree*, out to lunch*, potty*, psycho*, round the bend*, schizo*, screwball*, screw loose*, screwy*, silly, touched*, unbalanced, unglued*, unhinged*, unzipped*, wacky; concept 403 Ant. balanced, realistic, reasonable, responsible, sane, sensible, smart crazy [adj2] unrealistic, fantastic absurd, balmy, beyond all reason, bizarre, cockeyed, derisory,

eccentric, fatuous, foolhardy, foolish, goofy*, half-baked*, harebrained*, idiotic, ill-conceived, impracticable, imprudent, inane, inappropriate, insane, irresponsible, loony, ludicrous, nonsensical, odd, out of all reason, outrageous, peculiar, preposterous, puerile, quixotic, ridiculous, senseless, short-sighted, silly, strange, unworkable, weird, wild; concept 529 Ant. believeable, realistic, reasonable, sensible crazy [adj3] infatuated, in love ardent, beside oneself*, devoted, eager, enamored, fanatical, hysterical, keen, mad, passionate, smitten, wild, zealous; concept 403 Ant. dislike, hate creak [v] grind, grate with high noise chirr, crepitate, groan, rasp, scrape, scratch, screech, sound, squeak, squeal; concepts 65,186,215 cream [n1] lotion, oil cerate, chrism, cosmetic, demulcent, emulsion, essence, jelly, liniment, moisturizer, ointment, paste, salve, unction, unguent; concepts 466,467,468 cream [n2] the best choice, crme de la crme*, elite, fat, favorite, nest, ower, pick, pride, prime*, prize, skim*, top; concept 668 Ant. worst creamy [adj] smooth, buttery creamed, feathery, uffy, gloppy*, gooey, gooky*, goopy*, greasy, gunky, luscious, lush, milky, oily, rich, soft, velvety; concept 606 crease [n] fold, wrinkle bend, bulge, cockle, corrugation, furrow, groove, line, overlap, pleat, plica, pucker, ridge, rimple, rivel, ruck, rugosity, tuck; concepts 452,757 crease [v] fold, rumple bend, cockle, corrugate, crimp, crinkle, crumple, dog-ear*, double up, plait, pleat, pucker, purse, ridge, ruck up, screw up*, wrinkle; concepts 158,219 create [v] develop in mind or physically actualize, author, beget, bring into being, bring into existence, bring to pass, build, cause to be, coin, compose, conceive, concoct, constitute, construct, contrive, design, devise, discover, dream up, effect, erect, establish, fabricate, fashion, father, forge, form, formulate, found, generate, give birth to, give life to, hatch, imagine, initiate, institute, invent, invest, make, occasion, organize, originate, parent, perform, plan, procreate, produce, rear, set up, shape, sire, spawn, start; concepts 173,239,251 Ant. destroy, ruin creation [n1] development of entity conception, constitution, establishment, formation, formulation, foundation, generation, genesis, imagination, inception, institution, laying down, making, nascency, nativity, origination, procreation, production, setting up, siring; concept 173 Ant. destruction, ruin creation [n2] all living things cosmos, life, living world, macrocosm, macrocosmos, megacosm, nature, totality, universe, world; concepts 389,429 Ant. death creation [n3] invention, concoction achievement, brainchild, chef-doeuvre, concept, handiwork, magnum opus, opus, piece, pice de rsistance, production, work, work of genius; concepts 259,260 creative [adj] artistic, imaginative clever, cool*, demiurgic, deviceful, fertile, formative, gifted, hip*, ingenious, innovational, innovative,

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innovatory, inspired, inventive, leading-edge*, original, originative, productive, prolic, stimulating, visionary, way out*; concept 402 Ant. uncreative, ungifted, unimaginative, uninspired, unproductive, untalented creativity [n] artistry cleverness, genius, imagination, imaginativeness, ingenuity, inspiration, inventiveness, originality, resourcefulness, talent, vision; concepts 409,410 creator [n] inventor; God architect, author, begetter, brain, deity, designer, founder, framer, generator, initiator, maker, originator, prime mover, producer, sire; concepts 348,352,361 Ant. destroyer, destructor creature [n] being, beast animal, body, brute, creation, critter*, fellow, individual, living being, living thing, lower animal, man, mortal, party, person, personage, quadruped, soul, varmint*, woman; concept 389 Ant. abstract, inanimate credence [n] trust, acceptance accepting, admission, admitting, assurance, belief, certainty, condence, credit, dependence, faith, reliance, stock, store; concept 689 Ant. distrust, faithlessness credentials [n] references, attestation accreditation, authorization, card, certicate, character, deed, diploma, docket, document, documentation, endorsement, letter of credence, letter of introduction, license, missive, papers, passport, proof, recommendation, sanction, testament, testimonial, title, token, voucher, warrant; concepts 271,685 credibility [n] believeableness believability, chance, integrity, likelihood, plausibility, possibility, probability, prospect, reliability, satisfactoriness, solidity, solidness, soundness, tenability, trustworthiness, validity; concepts 650,725 Ant. implausibility, improbability, unreasonableness credible [adj] believable aboveboard, colorable, conceivable, conclusive, creditable, dependable, determinative, honest, honest to God*, imaginable, likely, plausible, possible, probable, probably, rational, reasonable, reliable, satisfactory, satisfying, seeming, sincere, solid, sound, straight, supposable, tenable, thinkable, trustworthy, trusty, up front*, valid; concepts 552,582 Ant. implausible, impossible, improbable, inconceivable, incredible, unbelievable, unimaginable, unlikely, untenable credit [n1] recognition; trust acclaim, acknowledgment, approval, attention, belief, Brownie points*, commendation, condence, credence, distinction, faith, fame, glory, honor, kudos*, merit, notice, pat on the back*, points*, praise, reliance, strokes*, thanks, tribute; concepts 69,410 Ant. disacknowledgement, disapproval, disbelief, disclaimer, discredit, dishonor, disregard, disrespect credit [n2] reputation, status authority, character, clout, esteem, estimation, fame, good name, inuence, position, prestige, regard, renown, repute, standing, weight; concept 388 Ant. discredit, disrespect, ill repute credit [n3] deferred payment arrangement; assets balance, bond, capital outlay, continuance, debenture, extension, installment buying, installment plan, lien, loan, mortgage, on

account, on the arm*, on the cuff*, plastic*, respite, securities, stock, surplus cash, tab, trust, wealth; concept 335 Ant. cash credit [v1] believe, depend on accept, bank on, buy, consider, deem, fall for*, feel, hand it to one, have faith in, hold, pat on back, rely on, sense, swallow*, take as gospel truth*, take stock in*, think, trust; concept 12 Ant. disbelieve, mistrust, not buy, not subscribe credit [v2] accredit, assign to ascribe to, attribute to, chalk up to, charge to, defer, impute, lay, refer; concept 18 Ant. discredit, renege creditable [adj] praiseworthy admirable, batting a thousand*, believeable, commendable, decent, deserving, estimable, excellent, exemplary, honest, honorable, laudable, meritorious, nasty*, not too shabby*, organic, palmary, reputable, reputed, respectable, salt of the earth*, satisfactory, suitable, well-thought-of, worthy; concept 542 Ant. disrespected, unworthy credulous [adj] gullible, naive accepting, believing, born yesterday*, dupable, easy mark*, falling for*, green, overtrusting, simple, swallow whole, taken in, trustful, trusting, uncritical, unquestioning, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unwary; concept 404 Ant. skeptical, suspecting, suspicious, untrusting creed [n] belief, principles articles of faith, canon, catechism, church, confession, conviction, cult, doctrine, dogma, faith, ideology, persuasion, profession, religion, tenet, weltanschauung; concepts 688,689 creek [n] stream of water brook, brooklet, burn, crick, ditch, race, rill, rindle, river, rivulet, run, runnel, spring, streamlet, tributary, watercourse; concept 514 creep [v] crawl along, usually on ground approach unnoticed, crawl on all fours, edge, glide, grovel, gumshoe*, inch, insinuate, lurk, pussyfoot, scrabble, scramble, skulk, slink, slither, snake*, sneak, squirm, steal, tiptoe, worm, wriggle, writhe; concept 151 creepy [adj] nasty, scary awful, direful, disgusting, disturbing, dreadful, eerie, frightening, ghoulish, gruesome, hair-raising, horrible, itching, itchy, macabre, menacing, nightmarish, ominous, shuddersome, sinister, terrifying, threatening, unpleasant, weird; concept 570 Ant. good, nice, normal, pleasant, pleasing, unscary crescendo [n] increase to climax apex, ascension, building, climb, crest, critical mass, culmination, elevation, escalation, intensication, peak, pinnacle, rise, summit, surge, upsurge, zenith; concept 836 crescent [adj] sickle-shaped bowed, bowshaped, concave, convex, crescentic, crescentiform, curved, falcate, semicircular; concept 486 crescent [n] sickle-shaped object bow, concave gure, convex gure, cresentoid, curve, demilune, half-moon, horned moon, lune, meniscus, new moon, old moon, sickle; concept 436 crest [n1] highest point acme, apex, apogee, climax, crescendo, crown, culmination, fastigium, head, height, noon, peak, pinnacle, ridge, roof, summit, top, vertex; concept 836 Ant. bottom, nadir

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crest [n2] emblem, symbol badge, bearings, charge, device, insignia; concept 284 crest [n3] topknot on head of animal aigrette, caruncle, chine, cockscomb, comb, crown, feather, hogback, mane, panache, plume, ridge, tassel, tuft; concept 399 crestfallen [adj] disappointed ass in a sling*, blue, cast down, chapfallen, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the dumps*, in a funk*, inconsolable, low, sad, singing the blues*, taken down*; concept 403 Ant. cheered, elated, encouraged, excited, happy, hearted, inspirited cretin [n] obnoxious stupid person creep, fool, idiot, imbecile, loser, moron; concepts 350,423 crevice/crevasse [n] crack, gap abyss, chasm, chink, cleft, crack, cranny, cut, division, ssure, fracture, hole, interstice, opening, precipice, rent, rift, slit, split; concepts 509,513 crew [n] group working together aggregation, assemblage, band, bevy, bunch, cluster, collection, company, complement, congregation, corps, covey, crowd, faction, gang, hands, herd, horde, lot, mob, organization, pack, party, posse, retinue, sailors, sect, set, squad, swarm, team, troop, troupe, workers, working party; concepts 381,417 crib [n] baby bed bassinet, bin*, box*, bunk, cot, cradle, manger, Moses basket*, rack*, stall*, trundle bed; concept 443 crick [n] muscle spasm ache, charley horse*, convulsion, cramp, jarring, kink, pain, stitch, twinge, wrench; concepts 308,728 crime [n] offense against the law abomination, antisocial behavior, atrocity, breach, break, caper, case, corruption, criminality, delict, delictum, delinquency, depravity, dereliction, enormity, evil, evil behavior, fast one*, fault, felony, hit, illegality, immorality, infraction, infringement, iniquity, job, lawlessness, malefaction, malfeasance, misconduct, misdeed, misdemeanor, mortal sin, outrage, racket, scandal, sneak, tort, transgression, trespass, unlawful act, vice, villainy, violation, wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing; concept 192 Ant. good deed, kindness criminal [adj] lawless, felonious bent, caught, corrupt, crooked, culpable, deplorable, dirty, heavy, hung up*, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, immoral, indictable, iniquitous, nefarious, off base*, out of line*, peccant, racket, scandalous, senseless, shady*, smoking gun*, unlawful, unrighteous, vicious, villainous, wicked, wildcat*, wrong; concept 545 Ant. correct, lawful, legal, moral, right, righteous criminal [n] person who breaks the law bad actor*, blackmailer, black marketeer, con, convict, crook, culprit, delinquent, desperado, deuce, evildoer, ex-con, felon, fugitive, gangster, guerilla, heavy*, hood*, hoodlum, hooligan*, hustler, inside person*, jailbird, lawbreaker, malefactor, mobster, mug, muscle*, offender, outlaw, racketeer, repeater, scofaw, sinner, slippery eel*, thug*, transgressor, trespasser, wrongdoer, yardbird*; concept 412 Ant. law, police crimp [v] fold or curl coil, crease, crimple, crinkle, crisp, crumple, ow, frizz, pleat,

rimple, ruck, screw, scrunch, set, swirl, undulate, wave, wrinkle; concepts 137,213,250 Ant. straighten cringe [v] inch, recoil from danger blench, cower, crawl, crouch, dodge, draw back, duck, eat dirt, grovel, kneel, quail, quiver, shrink, shy, start, stoop, tremble, wince; concepts 188,195 Ant. come forward crinkle [v] crumple, rufe cockle, coil, crackle, crease, crimp, crimple, curl, fold, hiss, pucker, ruck, rumple, rustle, scallop, screw, scrunch, seam, swish, twist, whisper, wind, wreathe, wrinkle; concepts 65,137,213,250 Ant. straighten cripple [v1] disable; make lame attenuate, blunt, debilitate, disarm, dislimb, dismember, enfeeble, hamstring*, hurt, immobilize, incapacitate, injure, lame, maim, mangle, mutilate, palsy, paralyze, prostrate, sap, sideline*, stie, undermine, unstrengthen, weaken; concept 246 Ant. aid, assist, enable, help, strengthen, support cripple [v2] hinder action, progress bring to standstill, cramp, damage, destroy, halt, hamstring*, impair, put out of action*, ruin, spoil, stie, vitiate; concept 121 Ant. aid, allow, assist, capacitate, encourage, help crippled [adj] disabled bedridden, broken, damaged, defective, deformed, enfeebled, game, gimp*, halt, hamstrung*, handicapped, harmed, hog-tied*, housebound, impaired, incapacitated, laid up*, lame, maimed, mangled, marred, mutilated, out of commission*, paralyzed, sidelined*; concepts 314,485 Ant. healthy, walking crisis [n] critical situation big trouble*, catastrophe, change, climacteric, climax, confrontation, contingency, corner, crossroad, crunch*, crux, culmination, deadlock, dilemma, dire straits*, disaster, embarrassment, emergency, entanglement, exigency, extremity, height, hot potato*, hour of decision*, imbroglio, impasse, juncture, mess, moment of truth*, necessity, pass, perplexity, pickle*, pinch*, plight, point of no return*, predicament, pressure, puzzle, quandary, situation, stew, strait, trauma, trial, trouble, turning point, urgency; concept 674 Ant. calm, peace crisp [adj1] brittle, dry crispy, crumbly, crunchy, crusty, rm, fresh, friable, green, plump, ripe, short, unwilted; concept 606 Ant. exible, limp, soft crisp [adj2] fresh, chilly bracing, brisk, clear, cloudless, invigorating, refreshing, stimulating; concepts 525,605 Ant. temperate, warm crisp [adj3] short, curt in presentation abrupt, biting, brief, brusque, clear, clear-cut, cutting, incisive, penetrating, piquing, pithy, provoking, stimulating, succinct, tart, terse; concept 267 Ant. lengthy, long crisp [adj4] smart, snappy in appearance clean-cut, neat, orderly, spruce, tidy, wellgroomed, well-pressed; concept 579 Ant. rufed, rumpled criterion [n] test, gauge for judgment archetype, basis, benchmark, canon, example, exemplar, fact, foundation, law, measure, model, norm, opinion, original, paradigm, pattern, point of comparison, precedent, principle, proof, prototype, rule, scale, standard, touchstone,

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yardstick; concepts 290,688 Ant. change, conjecture, fancy, guess, possibility, probability critic [n1] analyst, interpreter analyzer, annotator, arbiter, authority, caricaturist, cartoonist, commentator, connoisseur, diagnostic, evaluator, expert, expositor, judge, pundit, reviewer, sharpshooter; concept 348 critic [n2] faultnder, detractor aristarch, attacker, backseat driver*, belittler, blamer, carper, caviler, censor, censurer, complainant, complainer, defamer, disapprover, disparager, disputer, doubter, fretter, hypercritic, maligner, muckraker, mud-slinger*, nagger*, nit-picker*, panner*, quibbler, reviler, scolder, sidewalk superintendent*, slanderer, vilier, worrier, zapper*; concept 412 Ant. complimenter, praiser critical [adj1] fault-nding, detracting analytical, belittling, biting, calumniatory, captious, carping, caviling, cavillous, censorious, censuring, choleric, condemning, critic, cutting, cynical, demanding, demeaning, derogatory, diagnostic, disapproving, discerning, discriminating, disparaging, exacting, exceptive, nicky, fussy, hairsplitting, humbling, hypercritical, lowering, nagging, niggling, nit-picking*, overcritical, particular, penetrating, reproachful, sarcastic, satirical, scolding, severe, sharp, trenchant, withering; concept 267 Ant. complimentary, laudatory, praising critical [adj2] urgently important acute, allimportant, climacteric, conclusive, consequential, crucial, dangerous, deciding, decisive, desperate, determinative, dire, exceptive, grave, hairy*, hazardous, high-priority, integral, momentous, perilous, pivotal, precarious, pressing, risky, serious, signicant, strategic, urgent, vital, weighty; concept 568 Ant. trivial, uncritical, unimportant critical mass [n] crisis point critical point, critical stage, crossroads*, crunch time, do or die time*, high noon*, irreversible momentum, moment of truth, point of no return, sink or swim time*, the Rubicon, turning point; concept 674 criticism [n1] interpretation, analysis appraisal, appreciation, assessment, comment, commentary, critique, elucidation, essay, estimate, evaluation, examination, exposition, judgment, notice, observation, opinion, pan*, rating, rave*, review, reviewal, scorcher, sideswipe*, sleighride*, study, write-up; concepts 271,277, 278 Ant. estimation, guess, supposition criticism [n2] verbal disapproval animadversion, aspersion, bad press*, blast, brickbats, Bronx cheer*, call down*, carping, cavil, caviling, censure, critical remarks, cut*, denunciation, disparagement, faultnding, ak*, hit*, knock*, nit-picking, objection, opprobrium, pan, panning, put down, quibble, rap on knuckles*, reproof, roast*, slam*, slap*, slap on wrist*, static, stricture, swipe*, vitriol, zapper*; concept 52 Ant. approval, compliment, praise criticize [v1] disapprove, judge as bad animadvert on, bash, blame, blast, blister, carp, castigate, censure, chastise, chide, clobber, come down on, condemn, cut down*, cut to bits*, cut up*, denounce, denunciate, disparage, do a number on*, dress down*, excoriate, nd fault, uff*, fulminate against, fustigate, give bad

press*, hit, jump on*, knock*, lambaste*, nag at, nit-pick, pan, pick at, rap*, reprehend, reprimand, reprobate, reprove, rip*, roast*, scathe, scorch*, skin*, skin alive*, slam*, slog*, slug*, take down*, trash*, trim*, zap*; concept 52 Ant. approve, compliment, laud, praise criticize [v2] analyze, interpret appraise, assess, comment upon, evaluate, examine, give opinion, judge, pass judgment on, probe, review, scrutinize, study; concepts 37,103 Ant. estimate, guess, suppose critique [n] analysis, essay appraisal, assessment, comment, commentary, criticism, editorial, examination, exposition, ak*, judgment, notice, pan*, putdown*, rap*, rave*, review, reviewal, slam*, slap*, study, takedown*, write-up, zapper*; concepts 51,52, 271 Ant. compliment, praise croak [v] make husky, squawking noise caw, crow, gasp, grunt, quack, squawk, utter huskily, utter throatily, wheeze; concept 77 crony [n] ally, companion accomplice, acquaintance, associate, bosom buddy*, buddy, chum, colleague, comate, comrade, condant, friend, good buddy*, intimate, mate, pal, partner, sidekick*; concept 423 Ant. enemy, foe crook [n] criminal, thief cheat, lcher, knave, pilferer, purloiner, racketeer, robber, rogue, scoundrel, shark*, shyster*, swindler, villain; concept 412 Ant. law, police crook [v] bend, angle bow, curve, ex, fork, hook, meander, notch, round, slither, snake, wind, zigzag; concepts 213,738 Ant. straighten crooked [adj1] bent, angled agee, anfractuous, angular, asymmetric, awry, bowed, catawampus*, circuitous, cockeyed*, contorted, crippled, curved, curving, deformed, deviating, devious, disgured, distorted, errant, gnarled, hooked, incurving, indirect, irregular, kinky, knurly, lopsided, meandering, misshapen, not straight, oblique, out of shape, rambling, roundabout, screwy*, serpentine, sinuous, skewed, slanted, snaky, spiral, tilted, topsy-turvy*, tortile, tortuous, twisted, twisting, uneven, warped, winding, zigzag; concepts 486,490, 581 Ant. straight crooked [adj2] evil, corrupt crafty, criminal, deceitful, devious, dishonest, dishonorable, double-dealing, dubious, fraudulent, illegal, indirect, iniquitous, lying, nefarious, questionable, ruthless, shady, shifty, suborned, treacherous, underhand, unlawful, unprincipled, unscrupulous, untruthful; concept 545 Ant. good, honest, law-abiding, lawful, moral crop [n] harvest of fruit, vegetable annual production, byproduct, crops, fruitage, fruits, gathering, gleaning, output, produce, product, reaping, seasons growth, vintage, yield; concept 429 crop [v] cut, trim off chop, clip, curtail, detach, detruncate, disengage, hew, lop, mow, pare, pollard, prune, reduce, shave, shear, shorten, skive, slash, snip, top, truncate; concept 176 cross [adj] very angry; in a bad mood annoyed, cantankerous, captious, caviling, choleric, churlish, crabby*, cranky, crotchety*, crusty, disagreeable, faultnding, fractious, fretful, grouchy, grumpy, ill-humored, ill-tempered,

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impatient, irascible, irritable, jumpy, out of humor, peeved, peevish, pettish, petulant, put out*, querulous, quick-tempered, ratty, short, snappy, splenetic, sullen, surly, testy, tetchy, touchy, vexed, waspish; concepts 401,403 Ant. animated, cheerful, happy, pleasant cross [v1] traverse an area bridge, cruise, cut across, extend over, ford, go across, meet, move across, navigate, overpass, pass over, ply, sail, span, transverse, voyage, zigzag; concepts 159, 224 Ant. remain, stay cross [v2] intersect, lie across bisect, crisscross, crosscut, decussate, divide, intercross, intertwine, lace, lie athwart of, rest across; concepts 738,747 Ant. divide, part, separate cross [v3] hybridize, mix blend, crossbreed, cross-fertilize, cross-mate, cross-pollinate, interbreed, intercross, mingle, mongrelize; concepts 250,257 Ant. unmix cross [v4] betray, hinder backtalk, block, bollix, buck, crab, cramp, crimp, deny, double-cross, ummox, foil, foul up*, frustrate, have bone to pick*, impede, interfere, knock props out*, louse up*, obstruct, oppose, resist, sell*, sell out*, snafu*, stab in the back*, stonewall*, stump, stymie, take on, take wind out of sails*, thwart; concepts 7,19,59,121 Ant. abet, aid, assist, help cross-examine [v] ask pointed questions catechize, check, cross-question, debrief, examine, grill, interrogate, investigate, pump, put the screws to*, question, quiz, sweat, third-degree*; concepts 48,53,317 crossing [n] pathway to traverse larger path bridge, cloverleaf, crossroad, crosswalk, crossway, decussation, exchange, grade crossing, grating, gridiron, interchange, intersection, junction, loop, network, overpass, passage, screen, traversal, traverse, underpass; concepts 501,513 crosswise/crossways [adj] across, at an angle angular, aslant, athwart, at right angles, awry, contrariwise, crisscross, cross, crossing, diagonally, from side to side, horizontally, longways, on the bias, over, perpendicular, sideways, thwart, transversal, transverse, transversely, traverse, vertically; concept 581 crotchety [adj] irritable, often due to old age awkward, bad-tempered, bearish, cantankerous, contrary, crabby*, cranky, cross, cross-grained, crusty, curmudgeonly, difcult, disagreeable, eccentric, fractious, grouchy, grumpy, irritable, obstinate, obstreperous, odd, ornery*, peevish, queer, surly, testy, unusual, vinegary*, waspish, waspy; concepts 401,403 Ant. cheerful, happy, pleasant crouch [v] stoop low; cringe bend, bend down, bow, cower, dip, duck, grovel, huddle, hunch, hunker down, kneel, quail, quat, scrooch down, squat, stoop, wince; concept 213 Ant. stretch crow [v] brag, exult babble, blow, bluster, boast, cackle, caw, cock-a-doodle-doo*, cry, ourish, gas, gloat, glory in, gurgle, jubilate, mouth, prate, puff, rodomontade, squawk, strut, swagger, triumph, vaunt, whoop; concept 49 crowd [n1] large assembly army, array, blowout, bunch, cattle, circle, clique, cloud, cluster, company, concourse, conuence, conux, congeries, congregation, coterie, crew,

crush, deluge, drove, faction, ock, ood, gaggle, great unwashed*, group, herd, horde, host, jam, legion, lot, mass, masses, meet, mob, multitude, muster, organization, pack, party, people, posse, press, rabble, rank and le*, scores, sellout, set, stream, surge, swarm, throng, troupe, tumult; concepts 381,417 crowd [n2] special group of friends bunch, circle, clique, coterie, faction, group, in-crowd, lot, posse, push, set; concepts 387,417 crowd [v] cram, press into area bear, bunch, bundle, chock, cluster, congest, congregate, crush, deluge, elbow, ock, gather, huddle, jam, jam-pack*, justle, mass, muster, overcrowd, pack, pack em in*, pack like sardines*, pile, push, ram, sardine*, shove, squash, squeeze, squish*, stream, surge, swamp, swarm, throng, top off, troop; concepts 208,740 Ant. abandon, leave, retreat crowded [adj] busy, congested awash, brimful, brimming, chock-full, clean, close, compact, crammed, cramped, crushed, dense, elbow-toelbow*, lled to the rafters*, t to bust*, full, full house*, full up*, huddled, jammed, jampacked*, loaded, lousy with*, massed, mobbed, mob scene*, overowing, packed, populous, sardined*, sold out, SRO*, standing room only*, stiff with*, stuffed, swarming, teeming, thick, thickset, thronged, tight, topped off, up to here*, up to the hilt*, wall-to-wall*; concepts 481,483,774 Ant. empty, uncongested, uncrowded, unlled crown [n1] top; best acme, apex, climax, crest, culmination, fastigium, head, meridian, peak, perfection, pinnacle, roof, summit, tip, top, ultimate, vertex, zenith; concepts 706,836 Ant. bottom, worst crown [n2] tiara for royalty chaplet, circlet, coronal, coronet, diadem, garland, headband, headdress, wreath; concept 452 crown [n3] royalty crowned head, monarch, monarchy, potentate, ruler, sovereign, sovereignty, supreme ruler, the throne; concept 422 crown [v1] reward, dignify adorn, arm, authorize, commission, coronate, delegate, determine, dower, enable, endow, endue, ennoble, enthrone, erect, establish, exalt, festoon, x, heighten, honor, inaugurate, induct, install, invest, raise, sanction, settle, set up, stabilize, strengthen; concepts 50,69,88 Ant. dishonor, disregard, ne, punish crown [v2] be the culmination of cap, climax, complete, consummate, crest, nish, fulll, perfect, put nishing touch on, round off, surmount, terminate, top, top off; concepts 234,706 crown [v3] hit, usually on head biff, box, cuff, knock, punch, smite, strike; concept 189 crowning [adj] climactic consummate, culminating, excellent, nal, paramount, principal, sovereign, supreme, ultimate; concepts 531,548 crucial [adj] critical, important acute, central, clamorous, climacteric, climatic, compelling, deciding, decisive, desperate, dire, essential, hanging by thread*, high-priority, imperative, insistent, momentous, necessary, on thin ice*, pivotal, pressing, searching, showdown*, touch and go*, touchy, urgent, vital; concept 568 Ant. inessential, trivial, uncritical, unimportant

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crucify [v1] execute; torture near to death excruciate, hang, harrow, kill, martyr, martyrize, nail to cross, persecute, rack, torment, torture; concept 252 Ant. exalt crucify [v2] browbeat, destroy with words afict, agonize, bedevil, bother, harrow, ill-treat, lampoon, pan, ridicule, smite, tear to pieces*, torment, torture, try, wipe the oor with*; concepts 7,19,52 Ant. compliment, exalt, laud, praise crude [adj1] vulgar, unpolished in manner awkward, backward, barnyard*, boorish, cheap, cloddish, clumsy, coarse, crass, dirty, earthy, lthy, foul, grody*, gross*, ignorant, ill-bred, indecent, indelicate, inelegant, insensible, lewd, loud, loud-mouthed, loutish, lowbred, oash, obscene, raunchy*, raw, rough, rude, savage, smutty*, tacky*, tactless, uncouth, unenlightened, ungainly, unskillful; concepts 267,401 Ant. gentle, nice, polished, rened, tasteful crude [adj2] unrened, natural amateurish, callow, coarse, green, harsh, homemade, homespun, immature, impure, inexpert, in the rough*, makeshift, outline, prentice, primitive, raw, rough, rough-hewn, rude, rudimentary, rustic, simple, sketchy, thick, undeveloped, unnished, unformed, ungraded, unmatured, unmilled, unpolished, unprepared, unprocessed, unprocient, unsorted, untaught, untrained, unworked, unwrought; concepts 562,578, 589,797 Ant. formal, planned, rened, sophisticated, stilted cruel [adj] vicious, pitiless; causing pain atrocious, barbarous, bestial, bitter, bloodthirsty, brutal, brutish, callous, cold-blooded, degenerate, demoniac, depraved, evil, excruciating, ferocious, erce, inty, hard, hard-hearted, harsh, hateful, heartless, hellish, implacable, inexorable, inhuman, inhumane, malevolent, merciless, monstrous, painful, pernicious, poignant, rancorous, relentless, revengeful, ruthless, sadistic, sinful, spiteful, tyrannical, unfeeling, unkind, unnatural, unrelenting, vengeful, vicious, virulent, wicked; concepts 401,570 Ant. charitable, compassionate, considerate, feeling, gentle, kind, merciful, sympathetic, thoughtful, uncruel cruelty [n] brutality, harshness animality, barbarism, barbarity, bestiality, bloodthirstiness, brutishness, callousness, coarseness, coldness, depravity, despotism, ferocity, endishness, erceness, hard-heartedness, heartlessness, inhumanity, insensibility, insensitiveness, malice, malignity, masochism, mercilessness, murderousness, persecution, rancor, ruthlessness, sadism, savageness, savagery, severity, spite, spitefulness, torture, truculence, unfeelingness, unkindness, venom, viciousness, wickedness; concept 633 Ant. charity, compassion, consideration, feeling, gentility, kindness, mercy, niceness, thoughtfulness cruise [n] sailing expedition boat trip, crossing, jaunt, journey, sail, sailing, sea trip, voyage; concepts 224,292,363 cruise [v] sail boat, coast, drift, fare, gad, gallivant, go, hie, jaunt, journey, keep steady pace, meander, navigate, pass, proceed, push on, repair, travel, voyage, wander about, wend; concepts 147,151,159,224

crumb [n] tiny bit, morsel atom, dab, dash, dram, drop, grain, iota, jot, mite, ounce, particle, pinch, scrap, seed, shred, sliver, smidgen, snippet, soupon, speck; concept 831 crumble [v] break or fall into pieces break up, collapse, crumb, crush, decay, decompose, degenerate, deteriorate, disintegrate, dissolve, fragment, go to pieces, granulate, grind, molder, perish, powder, pulverize, putrefy, triturate, tumble; concepts 181,248,469 Ant. build, put together crumbly [adj] brittle breakable, corroded, crisp, crunchy, decayed, degenerated, deteriorated, deteriorating, disintegrated, eroded, fragile, frail, frangible, friable, oxidized, perishing, powdery, pulverizable, rotted, rotten, rusted, shivery, short, soft, worn; concepts 485,606 Ant. exible, pliable, soft crummy [adj] lousy cheap, contemptible, crappy*, grotty, inferior, miserable, pathetic, poor, rotten, second-rate, shabby, sub-par, third-rate, useless, worthless; concept 571 crumple [v] make or become wrinkled break down, buckle, cave in, collapse, crease, crimp, crimple, crinkle, crush, fall, fold, give way, go to pieces, pucker, rimple, ruck, rumple, screw, scrunch, shrivel, wad, wrinkle; concepts 184,208,252 Ant. straighten crunch [n] crucial point crisis, critical point, crux, difculty, emergency, hour of decision*, moment of truth*, problem, test, trouble, trying time*; concepts 388,674,675 Ant. trivia crunch [v] grind, chew beat, bite, champ, chaw, chomp, crush, gnaw, masticate, munch, ruminate, scrunch; concepts 169,186 crunchy [adj] brittle chewy, crackling, crisp, crispy, crumbly, crusty; concept 606 crusade [n] campaign for cause cause, demonstration, drive, evangelism, expedition, holy war, jihad, march, movement, push; concept 300 crush [n1] crowd of animate beings drove, gathering, horde, huddle, jam, multitude, party, press, push, throng, tumult; concepts 417,432 crush [n2] infatuation beguin, desire, ame, love affair, passion, puppy love*, torch; concept 20 Ant. dislike, hate, hatred crush [v1] compress, smash beat, bray, break, bruise, buck, comminute, contriturate, contuse, crease, crowd, crumble, crunch, embrace, enfold, express, hug, jam, kablooey*, mash, pound, powder, press, pulverize, push, romp, rumple, squash, squeeze, squish, total*, trample, tread, triturate, wrinkle; concepts 208,219,246,252 Ant. let go, release, uncompress, unwrinkle crush [v2] defeating soundly annihilate, bear down, beat, blot out*, blow away*, conquer, defeat, demolish, extinguish, force down, ice*, kill, obliterate, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, quelch, quell, reduce, ruin, squelch, stamp out*, strangle, subdue, subjugate, suppress, vanquish, wreck; concepts 95,252 Ant. lose, surrender, yield crush [v3] humiliate abash, browbeat, chagrin, dispose of, dump, hurt, mortify, overwhelm, put away*, put down*, quash, quell, shame, suppress; concepts 7,19 Ant. build up, compliment, encourage, inspirit, praise

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crust [n] stiff outer layer; coating band, bloom, border, caking, coat, concretion, covering, edge, encrustation, lm, hull, incrustation, integument, layer, outside, rind, scab, shell, skin, surface, verge; concept 484 crusty [adj1] irritable, often due to old age abrupt, bluff, blunt, brief, brusque, cantankerous, captious, choleric, crabbed, crabby*, cranky, cross, curt, dour, gruff, harsh, illhumored, irascible, peevish, prickly, sarcastic, saturnine, scornful, short, short-tempered, snappish, snarling, snippety, snippy, splenetic, surly, testy, touchy, vinegary*; concept 401 Ant. cheerful, happy, nice, pleasant crusty [adj2] brittle on outside crisp, crispy, crunchy, friable, hard, short, well-baked, well-done; concepts 462,606 Ant. exible, pliable, pliant, soft, soggy crux [n] most important part body, bottom line*, core, decisive point, essence, gist, heart, kernel, matter, meat*, meat and potatoes*, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, purport, substance, thrust; concepts 668,826 Ant. trivia cry [n1] weeping and making sad sounds bawl, bawling, bewailing, blubber, blubbering, howl, howling, keening, lament, lamentation, mourning, shedding tears, snivel, snivelling, sob, sobbing, sorrowing, tears, the blues*, wailing, weep, whimpering, yowl; concepts 77,469 cry [n2] calling out; yelling acclamation, bark, bawl, bay, bellow, cackle, call, caw, chatter, cheer, clack, clamor, cluck, coo, crow, ejaculation, exclamation, expletive, fuss, gobble, groan, grunt, hiss, holler, hoot, howl, hullabaloo, hurrah, meow, mewling, moo, motto, nicker, note, outcry, pipe, quack, report, roar, ruckus, scream, screech, shout, shriek, song, squall, squawk, squeak, trill, uproar, vociferation, wail, whine, whinny, whistle, whoop, yammer, yawp*, yell, yelp, yoo-hoo; concepts 47,77,278 cry [v1] weep and make sad sounds bawl, bemoan, bewail, blub, blubber, boohoo*, break down, burst into tears*, caterwaul, choke up, complain, crack up*, deplore, dissolve in tears*, fret, grieve, groan, howl, keen, lament, let go, let it all out*, mewl, moan, mourn, put on the weeps*, regret, ring the blues*, shed bitter tears*, shed tears, sigh, sniff, snivel, sob, sorrow, squall, turn on waterworks*, wail, weep, whimper, whine, yammer, yowl; concepts 77,469 cry [v2] call out, yell bark, bawl, bay, bellow, bleat, cackle, call, caw, chatter, cheer, clack, clamor, cluck, coo, croak, crow, ejaculate, exclaim, gabble, growl, grunt, hail, hiss, holler, holler out, hoot, howl, low, meow, moo, nicker, pipe, quack, roar, scream, screech, shout, shriek, sing out, snarl, squawk, trill, tweet, twitter, vociferate, whinny, whistle, whoop, yawp*, yelp; concepts 47,77 cry [v3] advertise announce, bark*, broadcast, build up, hawk, hype*, press-agent*, proclaim, promulgate, publicize, publish, puff*, trumpet*; concept 324 crybaby [n] malcontent bellyacher, complainer, critic, faultnder, griper, grumbler, moaner, sissy, softy*, whiner, wimp*, wuss*; concept 412

crypt [n] burial place catacomb, cave, cavern, cell, chamber, compartment, grave, grotto, mausoleum, room, sepulcher, tomb, undercroft, vault; concept 305 cryptic [adj] secret; obscure in meaning abstruse, ambiguous, apocryphal, arcane, cabalistic, dark, Delphian, Delphic, enigmatic, equivocal, esoteric, evasive, hidden, incomprehensible, inexplicable, murky, mysterious, mystic, mystical, mystifying, occult, opaque, oracular, perplexing, puzzling, recondite, secretive, strange, tenebrous, unclear, unfathomable, uninformative, vague, veiled; concepts 267, 576,682 Ant. clear, obvious, plain, seen, straightforward crystal [adj] clear, transparent clear-cut, limpid, lucent, lucid, luminous, pellucid, translucent, transpicuous, unblurred; concepts 617,618 Ant. clouded, foggy cubicle [n] ofce compartment booth, cell, chamber, cubbyhole, desk, nook, ofce, pigeonhole, room, stall, work area; concept 434 cuddle [v] hold fondly, closely bundle, burrow, caress, clasp, cosset, curl up, dandle, embrace, enfold, feel up*, fondle, huddle, hug, kiss, love, nestle, nuzzle, pet, snug, snuggle, touch; concepts 190,375 Ant. push away cuddly [adj] huggable, embraceable caressible, cuddlesome, kissable, lovable, plump, snuggly, soft, warm; concept 485 Ant. despicable, disgusting cudgel [n] baton for hitting bastinado, bat, billy*, billyclub, birch, blackjack, bludgeon, cane, club, cosh*, ferule, mace, nightstick, paddle, rod, sap, shill, shillelagh, spontoon, stick, switch, truncheon; concept 500 cue [n] signal to act catchword, clue, hint, hot lead*, idea, indication, inkling, innuendo, in the wind*, intimation, job, key, lead, mnemonic, nod, notion, prod, prompt, prompting, reminder, sign, suggestion, telltale*, tip-off, warning; concepts 278,284,628 cuff [n] beating with hands belt, biff, box, buffet, chop, clip, clout, hit, knock, poke, punch, rap, slap, smack, sock, thump, wallop, whack; concept 189 cuff [v] beat with hands bat, belt, biff, box, buffet, clap, clobber*, clout, hit, knock, pummel, punch, slap, smack, spank, thump, whack; concept 189 cuisine [n] food cooking, dishes, eats*, fare, grub*, meal, menu; concept 459 cull [v1] pick out for reason choose, discriminate, elect, extract, glean, mark, optate, opt for, pluck, prefer, select, sift, single out, take, thin, thin out, winnow; concepts 41,142 cull [v2] gather accumulate, amass, collect, extract, garner, glean, pick up, round up; concept 109 culminate [v] come to a climax cap, climax, close, come to a head*, conclude, crown, end, end up, nish, go over the mountain*, go the route*, rise to crescendo, round off, shoot ones wad*, terminate, top off*, wind up*; concept 119 Ant. begin, commence, open, start culmination [n] conclusion; climactic stage acme, all the way*, apex, apogee, blow off*, capper*, climax, completion, consummation, critical mass, crown, crowning touch, nale,

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nish, height, limit, maximum, meridian, ne plus ultra, noon, payoff, peak, perfection, pinnacle, punch line*, summit, top, zenith; concepts 230,635,676 Ant. beginning, commencement, opening, start culpable [adj] responsible for action amiss, answerable, at fault, blamable, blameful, blameworthy, caught, caught in the act*, caught red-handed*, censurable, demeritorious, dirty, found wanting, guilty, hung up, impeachable, indictable, in the wrong, liable, off base, out of line*, punishable, reprehensible, responsible, sinful, smoking gun*, to blame, unholy, wrong; concepts 404,545 Ant. blameless, inculpable, innocent, not guilty, right culprit [n] person responsible for wrongdoing con, convict, criminal, delinquent, evildoer, ex-con, felon, fugitive, guilty party, jailbird*, malefactor, miscreant, offender, rascal, sinner, transgressor, wrongdoer, yardbird*; concept 412 cult [n1] group sharing belief band, body, church, clan, clique, creed, denomination, faction, faith, following, party, persuasion, religion, school, sect; concepts 369,387 cult [n2] worship; form of ceremony admiration, ceremony, craze, creed, cultus, devotion, faddism, faith, idolization, liturgy, persuasion, religion, reverence, rite, ritual, veneration; concepts 410,689 cultivate [v1] develop land for growing breed, crop, dress, farm, fertilize, garden, harvest, labor, manage, mature, plant, plow, prepare, propagate, raise, ripen, seed, tend, till, work; concepts 253, 257 Ant. destroy, ignore, neglect cultivate [v2] enrich situation; give special attention advance, ameliorate, better, bolster, bring on, brownnose*, butter up*, cherish, civilize, court, develop, discipline, elevate, encourage, enrich, foster, further, get in with*, get next to*, get on good side of*, improve, nourish, nurse, nurture, play up to*, polish, promote, rene, run after, seek friendship, shine up to*, suck up to*, take pains with, train; concepts 244,384 Ant. ignore, neglect cultivate [v3] nurture, take care of aid, ameliorate, better, cherish, devote oneself to, educate, encourage, forward, foster, further, help, improve, instruct, nurse, patronize, promote, pursue, raise, rear, rene, support, teach, train; concepts 110,295 Ant. ignore, neglect cultivation [n1] development of land for growing agrology, agronomics, agronomy, farming, gardening, horticulture, planting, plowing, tillage, tilling, working; concept 257 cultivation [n2] culture, sophistication, education advancement, aestheticism, breeding, civility, civilization, delicacy, discernment, discrimination, enlightenment, gentility, good taste, grounding, improvement, learning, letters, manners, polish, progress, rened taste, renement, schooling, taste; concepts 411,655,673 Ant. ignorance, unsophistication cultivation [n3] nurture, help advancement, advocacy, development, encouragement, enhancement, fostering, furtherance, patronage, promotion, support; concepts 110,657 Ant. destruction, harm, hurt, neglect cultural [adj] educational, enlightening adorn-

ing, advancing, artistic, beautifying, benecial, broadening, civilizing, constructive, corrective, developmental, dignifying, disciplining, edifying, educative, elevating, ennobling, enriching, expanding, glorifying, helpful, humane, humanizing, inuential, inspirational, instructive, learned, liberal, liberalizing, nurturing, ornamenting, polishing, promoting, raising, rened, rening, regenerative, socializing, stimulating, uplifting, widening; concepts 537,555,589 culture [n1] breeding, education, sophistication ability, accomplishment, address, aestheticism, art, capacity, civilization, class, courtesy, cultivation, delicacy, dignity, discrimination, dress, elegance, elevation, enlightenment, erudition, experience, fashion, nish, gentility, good taste, grace, improvement, kindness, learning, manners, nobility, perception, polish, politeness, practice, prociency, renement, savoir-faire, science, skill, tact, training, urbanity; concepts 388,633,678 culture [n2] ideas, values of a people arts and sciences, civilization, convention, customs, development, ethnology, folklore, folkways, grounding, habit, humanism, knowledge, lifestyle, mores, society, the arts, way of life; concepts 388,689 culture [n3] development of land agriculture, agrology, agronomics, agronomy, cultivation, farming, gardening, raising, tending; concept 257 cultured [adj] well-bred, experienced able, accomplished, advanced, aesthetic, appreciative, au courant, blue-stocking*, chivalrous, civilized, courteous, cultivated, distingue, educated, elegant, enlightened, erudite, gallant, genteel, highbrow*, high-class, informed, intellectual, intelligent, knowledgeable, lettered, liberal, literary, literate, mannerly, polished, polite, rened, savant, scholarly, sensitive, sophisticated, tasteful, tolerant, traveled, understanding, up-to-date, urbane, versed, well-informed; concept 550 Ant. ignorant, inexperienced, stupid, unsophisticated culvert [n] ditch for ow of water canal, channel, conduit, drain, duct, gutter, pipe, watercourse; concept 509 cumbersome [adj] clumsy, awkward bulky, burdensome, clunker, clunking, clunky, cumbrous, embarrassing, galumphing, heavy, hefty, incommodious, inconvenient, leaden, massive, oppressive, ponderous, tiresome, unhandy, unmanageable, unwieldy, wearisome, weighty; concepts 544,773 Ant. graceful cumulative [adj] accruing; growing in size or effect accumulative, additive, additory, advancing, aggregate, amassed, augmenting, chain, collective, heaped, heightening, increasing, increscent, intensifying, magnifying, multiplying, snowballing*, summative; concepts 540,548,786 Ant. decreasing, subtracting cunning [adj1] devious acute, artful, astute, cagey, canny, crafty, crazy like fox*, deep, fancy footwork*, foxy, guileful, insidious, keen, knowing, Machiavellian, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick, slippery, sly, sly boots*, smart, smarts, smooth, street-smart*, streetwise*, subtle, tricky, wary, wily; concepts 401,545 Ant. gullible, kind, naive, shy

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cunning [adj2] imaginative able, adroit, canny, clever, crackerjack*, deft, dexterous, ingenious, intelligent, masterful, skillful, slighty, sly, smart, smooth, subtle, well-laid, well-planned; concept 402 Ant. unclever, unimaginative cup [n] container for drinking beaker, bowl, cannikin, chalice, cupful, demitasse, draught, drink, goblet, grail, mug, potion, stein, taster, teacup, tumbler, vessel; concept 494 cupboard [n] storage cabinet buffet, closet, depository, facility, locker, press, repository, sideboard, storeroom, wardrobe; concept 443 cupidity [n] greed, strong desire acquisitiveness, avarice, avariciousness, avidity, covetousness, craving, eagerness, graspingness, greediness, hunger, infatuation, itching*, longing, lust, passion, possessiveness, rapaciousness, rapacity, voracity, yearning; concepts 20,709 Ant. dislike, distaste cur [n1] rotten, lowly animate being blackguard, black sheep*, bum, cad, coward, dog*, goodfor-nothing*, heel*, hound*, neer-do-well*, rat*, riffraff*, scoundrel, scum*, skunk*, snake*, stinker*, toad*, villain, worm*, wretch, yellow dog*; concepts 389,412 cur [n2] animal of mixed breed crossbreed, hybrid, mongrel, mutt; concept 394 curable [adj] able to be improved, xed amenable, capable, correctable, corrigible, healable, improvable, mendable, not hopeless, not too bad, reparative, restorable, subject to cure; concepts 314,485 Ant. incurable, unhelpable curative [adj] healing, health-giving alleviative, benecial, corrective, curing, healthful, helpful, invigorating, medicable, medicative, medicinal, pick-me-up*, remedial, remedying, restorative, salutary, sanative, shot in the arm*, therapeutic, tonic, vulnerary, what the doctor ordered*, wholesome; concepts 314,537 Ant. harmful, hurting, injurious, painful curator [n] caretaker of collection administrator, conservator, custodian, director, guardian, keeper, manager, steward; concept 348 curb [n] restraining device; check barrier, border, brake, bridle, chain, control, deterrent, edge, harness, hindrance, ledge, limitation, lip, rein, restrainer, restraint, restriction, rim; concepts 376,497,652,745 Ant. encouragement, opening curb [v] repress, restrict abstain, bit, bottle up*, box in, bridle, bring to screeching halt*, check, clog, constrain, contain, control, cook*, cool down, cool off, deny, entrammel, fetter, hamper, hinder, hobble, hog-tie*, hold back, hold down, hold in, ice*, impede, inhibit, keep lid on*, keep tight rein on*, leash, manacle, moderate, muzzle, refrain, rein in, restrain, retard, scrub*, send up, shackle, subdue, suppress, tame, tie, tie up, withhold; concepts 121,130 Ant. aid, assist, encourage, foster, help curdle [n] sour; change into coagulated substance acerbate, acidify, acidulate, clabber, clot, coagulate, condense, congeal, curd, ferment, go off, spoil, thicken, turn, turn sour; concept 456 cure [n] solution to problem, often health aid, alleviation, antidote, assistance, catholicon, corrective, counteractant, counteragent, countermeasure, drug, elixir, elixir vitae, x, healing,

healing agent, help, medicament, medicant, medication, medicine, nostrum, panacea, pharmacon, physic, placebo, proprietary, quick x*, recovery, redress, remedy, reparation, restora-tive, therapeutic, treatment; concepts 110,307,311 Ant. disease, problem cure [v1] heal, ease bad situation alleviate, ameliorate, attend, better, cold turkey*, correct, doctor, dose, dress, dry out*, help, improve, kick, kick the habit*, make better, make healthy, make whole, medicate, mend, minister to, nurse, palliate, quit cold*, rectify, redress, rehabilitate, relieve, remedy, repair, restore, restore to health, right, shake, sweat it out*, treat; concepts 126,244,310 Ant. depress, hurt, injure cure [v2] cook, age food dry, re, harden, keep, kipper, pickle, preserve, salt, smoke, steel, temper; concept 170 curio [n] knickknack antique, bauble, bibelot, bygone, collectible, collectors item, objet d art, toy, trie, trinket, whatnot; concept 446 curiosity [n1] intense desire to know, understand concern, eagerness, inquiring mind, inquiringness, inquisitiveness, interest, interestingness, intrusiveness, investigation, meddlesomeness, meddling, mental acquisitiveness, nosiness, ofciousness, prying, questioning, regard, searching, snoopiness, snooping, thirst for knowledge; concepts 20,410 Ant. disinterest, indifference curiosity [n2] odd item anomaly, bibelot, bygone, conversation piece, curio, exoticism, freak, knickknack, marvel, monstrosity, nonesuch, objet dart, oddity, peculiar object, prodigy, rarity, singular object, trinket, unusual object, wonder; concept 260 Ant. normality curious [adj1] desiring knowledge, understanding analytical, disquisitive, examining, impertinent, inquiring, inquisitive, inspecting, interested, interfering, intrusive, investigative, meddlesome, meddling, nosy, peeping, peering, prurient, prying, puzzled, questioning, scrutinizing, searching, snoopy*, tampering; concepts 403,542 Ant. disinterested, incurious, indifferent, uninterested curious [adj2] very odd bizarre, exotic, extraordinary, marvelous, mysterious, novel, oddball, peculiar, puzzling, quaint, queer, rare, remarkable, singular, strange, unconventional, unexpected, unique, unorthodox, unusual, weird, wonderful; concepts 547,564 Ant. average, normal, ordinary, usual curl [n] loop, ringlet, curve coil, crimp, crispation, curlicue, ourish, frizz, kink, quirk, spiral, swirl, twist, wave, whorl; concepts 418,436 Ant. line curl [v] bend, loop buckle, coil, contort, convolute, corkscrew, crimp, crinkle, crisp, crook, curve, entwine, fold, form into ringlets, frizz, indent, kink, lap, meander, ringlet, ripple, roll, scallop, snake, spiral, swirl, turn, twine, twirl, twist, undulate, wave, wind, wreathe, writhe, zigzag; concepts 147,184,213 Ant. straighten curly [adj] looping, forming ringlets coiled, convoluted, corkscrew, crimped, crimpy, crinkling, crinkly, crisp, curled, curling, frizzed, frizzy, fuzzy, kinky, looped, permed, spiralled,

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waved, waving, wavy, winding, wound; concepts 406,486 Ant. straight currency [n] paper and coin money of a country almighty dollar*, bills, bread*, cabbage*, cash, chicken feed*, coinage, coins, cold cash*, dinero*, dough*, folding money, green stuff*, legal tender, medium of exchange, moolah*, notes, piece of change*, roll*, specie, wad*; concept 340 current [adj] contemporary; common accepted, accustomed, afoot, circulating, common knowledge, customary, cutting-edge*, doing, existent, extant, fad, fashionable, general, going around, hot*, in, in circulation, in progress, instant, in the mainstream, in the news, in use, in vogue, leading-edge*, mod*, modern, now*, on front burner*, ongoing, popular, present, present-day, prevailing, prevalent, rampant, regnant, rife, ruling, state-of-the-art, swinging, topical, trendy, up-to-date, widespread; concepts 530,820 Ant. antiquated, old, old-fashioned, past, uncommon, uncontemporary current [n] ow of something, usually water course, draught, drift, ebb and ow, ood, ux, jet, juice, progression, river, run, rush, spate, stream, tidal motion, tide; concepts 514,519,738 curriculum [n] course of study educational program, modules, program of studies, schedule, studies, subjects, syllabus; concept 287 curse [n1] hateful, swearing remark anathema, ban, bane, blaspheming, blasphemy, commination, cursing, cussing*, cuss word*, damning, denunciation, dirty name*, dirty word*, double whammy*, execration, expletive, four-letter word*, fulmination, imprecation, malediction, malison, naughty words*, no-no*, oath, objuration, obloquy, obscenity, profanation, profanity, sacrilege, swearing, swear word, vilication, whammy*; concepts 54,278 Ant. compliment, praise curse [n2] misfortune wished upon someone afiction, bane, burden, calamity, cancer, cross, disaster, evil, evil eye*, hydra, jinx, ordeal, pestilence, plague, scourge, torment, tribulation, trouble, vexation, voodoo; concepts 674,675 cursed [adj1] damned, doomed for bad ending accursed, bedeviled, blankety-blank*, blasted, blessed, blighted, cast out, confounded, doggone*, excommunicate, execrable, fey, foredoomed, hell re*, ill-fated, infernal, snakebit*, star-crossed, unholy, unsanctied, villainous, voodooed*; concepts 548,571 Ant. blessed cursed [adj2] detestable, hateful abominable, accursed, atrocious, damnable, devilish, disgusting, execrable, endish, heinous, infamous, infernal, loathsome, odious, pernicious, pestilential, vile; concepts 404,571 Ant. great, kind, nice, sweet cursory [adj] casual, hasty brief, careless, depthless, desultory, fast, half-assed*, halfbaked*, haphazard, hit or miss*, hurried, offhand, passing, perfunctory, quick, random, rapid, shallow, short, sketchy, slapdash, slight, sloppy, speedy, summary, supercial, swift, uncritical; concepts 562,588,589 Ant. complete, meticulous, painstaking, perfect, thorough, unhurried

curt [adj] abrupt, rude blunt, breviloquent, brief, brusque, churlish, compendiary, compendious, concise, crusty, gruff, imperious, laconic, offhand, peremptory, pithy, sharp, short, short and sweet, snappish, snippety, snippy, succinct, summary, tart, terse, unceremonious, uncivil, ungracious; concept 267 Ant. ceremonious, civil, gracious, lengthy, polite curtail [v] cut short; abridge abbreviate, boil down, chop, clip, contract, cramp, cut, cut back, decrease, diminish, dock, downsize, get to meat*, halt, lessen, lop, minify, pare down, put in nutshell*, reduce, retrench, roll back, shorten, slash, trim, truncate; concepts 130,236,247 Ant. extend, increase, lengthen, prolong curtain [n] window covering blind, decoration, drape, drapery, lm, hanging, jalousie, oleo, portiere, rag, roller, screen, shade, shield, shroud, shutter, valance, veil, Venetian blind; concept 444 curtains [n] the end bitter end, death, end of life, end of the line*, exit, extinction, lights out*, taps*; concepts 195,304 curvaceous [adj] voluptuous, full-gured bosomy, buxom, curvesome, curvilinear, curvy, rounded, shapely, statuesque, well-developed, well-proportioned, well-rounded, zaftig*; concepts 406,490 Ant. at curvature [n] rounded part of thing, usually body part arc, arch, arching, bend, bow, curve, curving, curvity, deection, exure, incurvation, round, shape; concepts 754,757 curve [n] arched, rounded line or object ambit, arc, arch, bend, bight, bow, camber, catenary, chord, circle, circuit, circumference, compass, concavity, contour, crook, curlicue, curvation, curvature, ellipse, festoon, exure, hairpin, half-moon, helix, horseshoe, hyperbola, incurvation, incurvature, loop, meniscus, ogee, parabola, quirk, rondure, round, sinuosity, sweep, swerve, trajectory, turn, vault, whorl; concept 436 Ant. line curve [v] bending in a shape or course arc, arch, bend, bow, buckle, bulge, coil, concave, convex, crook, crumple, curl, deviate, divert, gyrate, hook, incurve, inect, loop, round, skew, snake, spiral, stoop, swerve, turn, twist, veer, wind, wreathe; concepts 147,184,213,738 Ant. straighten curved [adj] bowed, bent arced, arched, arciform, arrondi, biected, circular, compass, crooked, curly, curvaceous, curvilinear, declinate, elliptical, enbowed, humped, incurvate, incurved, looped, loopy, round, rounded, serpentine, sigmoid, sinuous, skewed, snaky, S-shaped, sweeping, swirly, turned, twisted, twisting, twisty, wreathed; concepts 486,490 Ant. straight cushion [n] pillow, pad beanbag, bolster, buffer, bumper, fender, hassock, headrest, mat, rest, seat, sham, squab, woolsack; concepts 444,464,484 cushion [v] pad, protect from blow bolster, buttress, cradle, dampen, deaden, insulate, mufe, pillow, seclude, soften, stie, support, suppress; concept 680 cushy [adj] lush, comfortable agreeable, comfy*, easy, pleasant, plum, soft*, undemanding; concept 334

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custodian [n] caretaker, maintenance person baby sitter, bodyguard, Cerberus, claviger, cleaner, cleaning person, concierge, curator, escort, guardian, housesitter, keeper, maintenance person, manager, overseer, protector, sitter, steward, super*, superintendent, supervisor, swamper*, warden, watchdog, watchperson; concept 348 custody [n1] supervision, charge of something aegis, auspices, care, conservation, custodianship, guardianship, keeping, management, observation, preservation, protection, safekeeping, salvation, superintendence, trusteeship, tute-lage, ward, wardship, watch; concept 117 custody [n2] connement, jailing arrest, detention, duress, imprisonment, incarceration, jail, keeping; concepts 90,691 Ant. freedom, liberation, liberty custom [n1] habitual action addiction, beaten path*, characteristic, consuetude, daily grind*, fashion, form, grind*, groove, habit, habitude, hang-up*, into*, manner, matter of course, mode, observance, practice, praxis, precedent, procedure, proprieties, routine, rule, second nature*, shot, swim, thing, trick, usage, use, way, wont; concept 633 Ant. departure, deviation, difference, divergence, irregularity custom [n2] ritual, traditional action attitude, canon, ceremony, character, convention, conventionalism, design, dictates, established way, etiquette, fashion, folkways, form, formality, inheritence, manner, matter of course, method, mode, mold, mores, observance, observation, pattern, performance, policy, practice, praxis, precedent, precept, rite, routine, rule, second nature*, style, system, taste, type, unwritten law, unwritten rule, usage, use, vogue, way; concepts 644,688 Ant. departure, deviation customarily [adv] ordinarily; as a rule as a matter of course, as usual, commonly, consistently, conventionally, frequently, generally, habitually, naturally, normally, regularly, routinely, traditionally, usually, wontedly; concepts 530,547 Ant. differently, divergently, occasionally, rarely, sometimes customary [adj] usual, established accepted, according to Hoyle*, accustomed, acknowledged, by the numbers*, chronic, common, conrmed, conventional, established, everyday, familiar, fashionable, frequent, general, habitual, household, in a rut*, in the groove*, normal, ordinary, orthodox, playing it safe*, popular, prescriptive, recognized, regular, regulation, routine, same old*, SOP*, standard, standard operating procedure*, stipulated, traditional, understood, universal, wonted; concepts 530,547 Ant. abnormal, different, irregular, occasional, rare, sometime, unusual customer [n] buyer of goods, services client, clientele, consumer, habitu, patron, prospect, purchaser, regular shopper; concept 348 Ant. owner cut [n1] incision carving, chip, chop, cleavage, cleft, dissection, ssure, furrow, gash, graze, groove, intersection, kerf, laceration, mark, nick, nip, notch, opening, passage, penetration, pierce, prick, rabbet, rent, rip, scarication, sculpture, section, shave, slash, slit, slot, snip, stab, stroke, trench, trim, wound; concept 309

cut [n2] reduction, diminution cutback, decrease, decrement, downsize, economy, fall, lessening, lowering, reduction, saving; concepts 698,776 Ant. increase cut [n3] portion of prot allotment, allowance, bite, chop*, division, kickback*, lot, member, moiety, part, partage, percentage, piece, quota, section, segment, share, slice; concept 344 cut [n4] style, shape of clothing conguration, construction, fashion, gure, form, look, mode; concepts 655,754 cut [n5] insult abuse, hateful remark, indignity, offense; concept 52 Ant. compliment, nicety, praise cut [n6] type, kind cast, description, feather, ilk, lot, mold, sort, stamp; concept 378 cut [v1] sever, chop with sharp instrument; incise amputate, behead, bisect, bite, carve, chine, chip, chisel, cleave, clip, crop, curtail, decussate, dice, dispatch, dissect, dissever, divide, facet, fell, itch, gash, guillotine, hack, hash, hew, intersect, lacerate, lay open, level, lop, massacre, mince, mow, mow down, nick, notch, part, penetrate, perforate, pierce, prune, puncture, quarter, rabbet, raze, reap, rend, rip, rive, saber, saw, scarify, scissor, score, scythe, separate, shave, shear, sickle, skive, slash, slaughter, slay, slice, slit, sliver, snip; concept 252 cut a deal [v] make a deal bargain, barter, bicker, dicker*, do business, hammer out a deal*, negotiate, trade, work out a deal*; concept 324 cutback [n] decrease abatement, belt-tightening, curtailment, decline, decrement, economy, lessening, lowering, reduction, reversal; concept 698 Ant. increase, raise cute [adj] perky, attractive adorable, beautiful, charming, dainty, delightful, pleasant, pretty; concepts 404,579 Ant. homely, ugly cut in [v] interrupt break in, butt in*, chisel in*, horn in*, interfere, interpose, intervene, intrude, move in, obtrude; concept 234 Ant. allow cut off [v1] prevent; interrupt block, break in, bring to end, catch, close off, disconnect, discontinue, halt, insulate, intercept, intersect, intervene, intrude, isolate, obstruct, renounce, segregate, separate, sequester, suspend; concept 234 Ant. allow, encourage, permit cut off [v2] disinherit in will cut out of will, disown, renounce; concept 317 Ant. give cut out [v] excise, remove carve, cease, delete, displace, eliminate, exclude, exsect, extirpate, extract, give up, oust, pull out, refrain from, sever, stop, supersede, supplant, usurp; concept 211 Ant. add, include cut out for [adj] adapted adequate, competent, designed, equipped, t, tted, good for, qualied, suitable, suited; concept 558 Ant. inadequate, incompetent, untted, unqualied, unsuitable, unsuited, wrong cut short [v] bring to an end; leave unnished abbreviate, abort, abridge, break off, check, diminish, end, nish, halt, hinder, intercept, interrupt, postpone, quit, shorten, stop, terminate; concepts 121,234 Ant. continue, lengthen, prolong

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cutthroat [adj] ruthless barbarous, bloodthirsty, cruel, dog-eat-dog*, ferocious, hard as nails*, merciless, pitiless, relentless, savage, unprincipled, vicious; concepts 401, 404 cutting [adj] nasty, hateful acerbic, acid, acrimonious, barbed, biting, bitter, caustic, clear-cut, crisp, hurtful, incisive, ingoing, malicious, penetrating, piercing, pointed, probing, raw, sarcastic, sardonic, scathing, severe, sharp, stinging, trenchant, wounding; concept 267 Ant. kind, nice, pleasant cutting edge [n] newest technology advancement, avant-garde, fore, forefront, front line, innovation, invention, leading edge, new wave, point, vanguard; concept 668 cut up [v1] make fun of; criticize censure, condemn, crucify, denounce, give a rough time*, knock, pan*, rap, reprehend, reprobate, ridicule, skin, vilify; concept 52 cut up [v2] be rowdy act up, caper, carry on*, cavort, clown, fool around, joke, misbehave, play, play jokes, romp, roughhouse, show off, whoop it up*; concept 384 Ant. be serious cut up [v3] chop, mince carve, dice, divide, slice; concept 176 cybernetics [n] science studying brain function to design analagous mechanical systems articial intelligence, automatic technology, automation, autonetics, electronic communication, radiodynamics, robotization, telemechanics; concepts 274,349 cyberpunk [n] computer hacker computer nerd, engineer, geek, hacker, programmer; concept 348 cyberspace [n] computer world communications, computer network, data bank, data network, electronic highway, electronic mail, email, global village, infobahn*, information space, information superhighway*, information technology, Internet, online community, virtual community, virtual library, virtual reality, Web, World Wide Web, WWW; concepts 349,770 cycle [n] era, phase aeon, age, alternation, chain, circle, circuit, course, eon, isochronism, loop, orbit, period, periodicity, revolution, rhythm, ring, rotation, round, run, sequel, sequence, series, succession, wheel; concepts 816,817 cyclical [adj] happening at regular intervals circular, patterned, periodic, recurrent, recurring, regular, repeated, repetitive, seasonal; concepts 816, 817 cynic [n] nonbeliever carper, caviler, detractor, disbeliever, doubter, doubting Thomas*, egoist, egotist, outer, misanthrope, misanthropist, misogamist, misogynist, mocker, pessimist, questioner, satirist, scoffer, skeptic, sneerer, unbeliever; concepts 361,423 Ant. believer, optimist cynical [adj] nonbelieving; doubtful contemptuous, derisive, ironic, misanthropic, misanthropical, mocking, pessimistic, sarcastic, sardonic, scofng, scornful, skeptical, sneering, suspicious, unbelieving, wry; concepts 267,403 Ant. believing, hopeful, optimistic, trusting, undoubting cyst [n] unusual growth bag, bleb, blister, injury, pouch, sac, sore, vesicle, wen; concept 306

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dab [n] small quantity bit, blob, dollop, drop, eck, ick, pat, peck, smidgen, smudge, speck, spot, stroke, tap, touch; concept 835 Ant. glob, mass dab [v] blot up; touch lightly bedaub, besmear, daub, pat, peck, plaster, smear, smudge, stipple, swab, tap, wipe; concept 612 dabble [v] play at; tinker amuse oneself with, be amateur, dally, dilly-dally*, ddle with*, irt with*, horse around*, idle, kid around*, mess around*, monkey*, monkey around*, muck around*, not be serious*, play, play around*, play games with, toy with, trie, trie with, work supercially; concept 87 Ant. take seriously dabbler [n] amateur abecedarian, beginner, dilettante, loafer, nonprofessional, novice, potterer, pretender, smatterer, tinkerer, trier, tyro, uninitiate; concepts 348,366 Ant. professional dad [n] father daddy*, old man*, pa*, papa*, pappy*, parent, pop; concepts 394,400,414, 419,423 daffy [adj] silly, crazy clownish, crackers*, daft, demented, deranged, dotty, foolish, goofy* loony*, nuts, nutty*; concept 403 daft [adj] stupid; crazy absurd, asinine, bedlamite, bonkers, cracked*, crackers*, daffy*, demented, deranged, dopey*, aky*, foolish, fried*, giddy, half-baked*, idiotic, inane, insane, in the ozone*, lunatic, mad, mental*, nuts, nutty*, off the wall*, out of ones gourd*, ridiculous, screwy*, silly, simple, touched, unbalanced, unhinged*, unsound, wacky, whacko*, witless; concept 403 Ant. brainy, bright, intelligent, smart, understanding dagger [n] knife anlace, bayonet, blade, bodkin, cutlass, dirk, poniard, sidearm, skean, stiletto, stylet, switchblade, sword; concepts 495,499 daily [adj] occurring every day; during the day circadian, common, commonplace, constantly, cyclic, day after day, day by day, day-to-day, diurnal, everyday, from day to day, often, once a day, once daily, ordinary, per diem, periodic, quotidian, regular, regularly, routine; concepts 541,801 Ant. at night, nightly, nocturnal dainty [adj1] delicate, fragile, ne airy, attractive, beautiful, bonny, charming, choice, comely, cute, darling, delectable, delicious, delightful, diaphanous, elegant, ethereal, exquisite, fair, feeble, frail, graceful, lacy, light, lovely, neat, nice, palatable, petite, pleasing, precious, pretty, rare, recherch, rened, savory, select, soft, subtle, superior, sweet, tasteful, tasty, tender, thin, toothsome, trim, well-made; concepts 490,491,606 Ant. clumsy, coarse, harsh, heavy, rough dainty [adj2] nicky, particular acute, choosy, delicate, fastidious, nical, nicking, fussy, mincing, nice, perceptive, persnickety*, rened, scrupulous, tasteful; concept 404 Ant. accepting, easy dairy [n] producer of milk products buttery, cow barn, creamery, dairy farm, factory, farm, pasteurizing plant; concepts 449,517 dalliance [n1] dawdling dabbling, delay,

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delaying, dilly-dallying*, frittering, frivoling, idling, loang, loitering, playing, poking*, procrastinating, procrastination, puttering, toying, triing; concepts 151,210,681 Ant. hastening, hurrying, push, rush dalliance [n2] love affair affair, a little on the side*, amorous play, carrying on*, ing, fooling around*, frolicking, hanky-panky*, messing around*, relationship, seduction, toying*, working late at ofce*; concepts 114,375,388 dally [v1] dawdle, delay boondoggle*, drag, fool around, fool with, fritter away, hang about*, horse around*, idle, jerk off*, lag, linger, loiter, lollygag*, play around*, play games with*, procrastinate, put off, putter, tarry, trail, trie with, waste time, while away; concepts 151,210,681 Ant. hasten, hurry, push, rush dally/dally with [v2] have love affair be insincere with, carry on, cosset, fool around*, frivol, frolic, gambol, have a ing, lead on, play around*, rollick, romp, tamper, wanton; concepts 114,375 dam [n] embankment, wall bank, barrage, barrier, dike, ditch, gate, grade, hindrance, levee, milldam, millpond, obstruction, weir; concept 470 dam [v] hold back; block bar, barricade, brake, check, choke, clog, close, conne, hinder, hold in, impede, obstruct, repress, restrain, restrict, retard, slow, stop up, suppress; concepts 130,191 Ant. free, let go, liberate, release, unblock, unclog, unloose damage [n1] injury, loss accident, adulteration, adversity, afiction, bane, blemish, blow, breakage, bruise, casualty, catastrophe, cave-in, contamination, corruption, debasement, depreciation, deprivation, destruction, deterioration, detriment, devastation, disservice, disturbance, evil, hardship, harm, hurt, illness, impairment, iniction, knockout, marring, mischief, mishap, mutilation, outrage, pollution, ravage, reverse, ruin, ruining, spoilage, stroke, suffering, waste, wound, wreckage, wrecking, wrong; concepts 309,674 Ant. advantage, benet, blessing, boon, favor, improvement, prot damage [v] cause injury, loss abuse, bang up*, batter, bleach, blight, break, burn, contaminate, corrode, corrupt, crack, cripple, deface, dele, dirty, discolor, disgure, disintegrate, dismantle, fade, gnaw, harm, hurt, impair, incapacitate, infect, injure, lacerate, maim, maltreat, mangle, mar, mutilate, pollute, ravage, rot, ruin, rust, scathe, scorch, scratch, smash, split, spoil, stab, stain, tamper with, tarnish, tear, undermine, vitiate, weaken, wear away, wound, wreak havoc on*, wreck, wrong; concepts 246,252 Ant. benet, bless, enhance, favor, x, improve, mend, perfect, repair damaged [adj] broken, not working beat-up, bent, blemished, busted, dinged, down, awed, ubbed*, fouled up, glitched*, gone, hurt, impaired, imperfect, injured, in need of repair, in poor condition, in smithereens*, kaput*, loused up*, marred, messed up*, mucked up*, no go*, on the blink*, on the fritz*, out of action*, out of kilter*, out of whack*, rundown, screwed up*, shot, snafued*, spoiled, sunk*, totaled*, unsound; concepts 485,560

Ant. xed, mended, ok, perfect, repaired, unbroken, undamaged, working damage(s) [n2] cost for problem amends, bill, charge, compensation, expense, ne, forfeit, indemnity, reimbursement, reparation, satisfaction, total; concepts 123,329 Ant. award, compensation, prot, recompense, reward damaging [adj] hurtful to reputation bad, deleterious, detrimental, disadvantageous, evil, harmful, injurious, mischievous, nocent, nocuous, prejudicial, ruinous; concept 537 Ant. benecial, favorable, helpful damn [v] condemn, denounce abuse, anathematize, attack, ban, banish, blaspheme, blast, castigate, cast out, censure, complain of, confound, convict, criticize, cry down, curse, cuss*, darn, denunciate, doom, drat, excommunicate, excoriate, execrate, expel, ame, fulminate against, imprecate, inveigle against, jinx, object to, objurgate, pan*, penalize, proscribe, punish, revile, sentence, slam, swear, thunder against*; concepts 52,54 Ant. bless, cherish, commend, elevate, exalt, favor, glorify, laud, praise, promote damnable [adj] atrocious, horrible abhorrent, abominable, accursed, blamed, blessed, culpable, cursed, dang*, darn, depraved, despicable, detestable, dratted, execrable, hateful, odious, offensive, outrageous, wicked; concepts 545,570 Ant. admirable, blessed, cherished, exalted, favorable, favored, good, laudatory, loveable, praiseworthy damnation [n] everlasting punishment condemnation, doom, hell, perdition, suffering, torment; concept 679 damned [adj] hateful, unwelcome accursed, all-red*, anathematized, bad, blanketyblank*, blasted, blessed*, bloody*, blooming*, condemned, confounded, cursed, cussed*, damnable, dang*, darn*, darned*, despicable, detestable, doggone*, done for*, doomed, dratted*, execrable, gone to blazes*, infamous, infernal*, loathsome, lost, lousy, reprobate, revolting, unhappy, voodooed*; concepts 545,570 Ant. blessed, cherished, favored, likeable, loveable, nice, praiseworthy, welcome damp [adj] wet, humid clammy, cloudy, dank, dewy, drenched, dripping, drippy, drizzly, irriguous, misty, moist, muggy, oozy, saturated, soaked, soaking, sodden, soggy, sopping, steam bath*, steamy, sticky, vaporous, waterlogged, wettish; concept 603 Ant. arid, dessicated, dried, dry, parched dampen [v1] make wet bedew, besprinkle, dabble, humidify, moisten, rinse, spray, sprinkle, water, wet; concept 256 Ant. dry dampen [v2] spoil spirits allay, check, chill, cloud, cool, curb, dash, deaden, deject, depress, diminish, discourage, dismay, dispirit, dull, humble, inhibit, moderate, mufe, mute, restrain, stie; concepts 7,19 Ant. brighten, encourage, hearten, inspirit, uplift damsel [n] maiden colleen, lady, lass, lassie, miss, virgin, woman, young girl, young woman; concepts 414,415 dance [n1/v] moving feet and body to music bob*, boogie, boogie down*, bunny hop, caper, careen, cavort, Charleston, conga, cut a rug*, disco, it*, foot it*, foxtrot, frolic, gambol,

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get down*, hoof it*, hop, hustle, jig, jitter*, jitterbug, jive*, jump, leap, one-step, prance, promenade, rhumba, rock, rock n roll, samba, shimmy, skip, spin, step, strut, sway, swing, tango, tap, tread, trip, trip the light fantastic*, twist, two-step, waltz, whirl; concepts 292,363 dance [n2] party for moving to music ball, brawl, disco, formal, hoedown, hop, jump, masquerade, mingle, prom, promenade, shindig, social, sock hop; concept 383 dancer [n] ballerina ballet dancer, belly-dancer, chorus girl, coryphee, danseur, danseuse, go-go dancer, hoofer*, line-dancer, prima ballerina, show girl, tap-dancer; concept 352 dandle [v] caress, cuddle amuse, cosset, cradle, dance, fondle, love, nuzzle, pet, play, ride on knee, rock, sport, toss, toy*, toy with*; concepts 147,190 dandruff [n] scurf akes, seborrhea; concept 831 dandy [adj] ne, excellent capital, cool*, exemplary, famous, rst-class, rst-rate, vestar*, y*, glorious, grand, great, groovy*, hunky-dory*, keen, marvelous, model, neat, nifty, paragon, peachy*, prime, splendid, sup rior, swell, terric; concept 574 Ant. bad, inferior, not good, second-rate, unacceptable danger [n] hazard, troublesome situation clouds, crisis, double trouble*, dynamite, emergency, endangerment, exigency, exposure, hot potato*, insecurity, instability, jeopardy, menace, peril, pitfall, possibility, precariousness, precipice, probability, risk, risky business*, slipperiness, storm, thin ice*, threat, uncertainty, venture, vulnerability; concept 675 Ant. care, carefulness, guard, preservation, safety, security dangerous [adj] hazardous, troubling alarming, bad, breakneck*, chancy, critical, dangersome, deadly, delicate, dynamite, exposed, fatal, formidable, hairy*, heavy*, hot*, impending, impregnable, insecure, jeopardous, loaded, malignant, menacing, mortal, nasty, on collision course*, parlous, perilous, portentous, precarious, pressing, queasy, risky, serious, serpentine, shaky, speculative, terrible, thorny*, threatening, ticklish*, touch-and-go*, touchy, treacherous, ugly*, unhealthy, unsafe, unstable, urgent, viperous, vulnerable, wicked; concept 548 Ant. careful, guarded, safe, secure, unhazardous, untroubled dangerously [adv] precariously alarmingly, carelessly, critically, daringly, desperately, gravely, harmfully, hazardously, perilously, precariously, recklessly, riskily, seriously, severely, unsafely, unsecurely; concept 548 Ant. carefully, on guard, safely, securely dangle [v] suspend brandish, depend, droop, entice, ap, aunt, ourish, hang, hang down, lure, sling, sway, swing, tantalize, tempt, trail, wave; concepts 153,190 dangling [adj] supported from above drooping, droopy, hanging, pendent, pendulous, suspended; concept 485 dank [adj] clammy chilly, close, damp, dewy, dripping, humid, moist, muggy, slimy, soggy, steamy, sticky, wet, wettish; concept 603 Ant. dry, parched dapper [adj] well-groomed, neat bandbox,

brisk, chic, chichi, classy, clean, dainty, dashing, doggy*, dressed to kill*, dressed to nines*, jaunty, natty, nice, nifty, nimble, nobby, posh, prim, rakish, ritzy, sassy, sharp, showy, smart, snazzy*, snug, spiff, spiffy, spruce, spry, stylish, swank, swanky, swell, trim, turned out, well turned out; concept 579 Ant. dirty, dishevelled, rufed, rumpled, scruffy, shabby, sloppy, tousled, ungroomed, wrinkled dappled [adj] mottled, freckled brindle, brindled, checkered, discolored, ecked, motley, multicolor, multicolored, multihued, parti-colored, piebald, pied, speckled, spotted, stippled, varicolored, variegated, versicolor, versicolored; concept 618 Ant. uncolored, unecked, unspotted dare [n] challenge, deance cartel, defy, provocation, stump, taunt; concepts 53,87 dare [v1] challenge, defy someone beard, brave, bully, call ones bluff, confront, cope, denounce, disregard, face, face off, front, goad, insult, knock chip off shoulder*, laugh at, make my day*, meet, mock, muster courage, oppose, outdare, provoke, resist, run the gauntlet, scorn, spurn, square off, step over the line, take one on, taunt, threaten, throw down gauntlet; concepts 14,53 dare [v2] take a risk; be courageous adventure, attempt, be bold, brave, endanger, endeavor, gamble, go ahead, hazard, make bold, pluck up, presume, risk, run the risk, speculate, stake, take a chance, take heart, try, try ones hand*, undertake, venture; concepts 35,87 Ant. be careful, hold back, refrain daredevil [n] thrill-seeker adventurer, hotdog*, madcap, risk-taker, show-off, stuntman, stuntperson, stuntwoman; concept 423 daring [adj] adventurous adventuresome, audacious, bold, brassy*, brave, cheeky, cocky, courageous, crusty, fearless, re eating*, foolhardy, forward, game, go for broke*, gritty, gutsy*, gutty*, hot shot*, impudent, impulsive, intrepid, nervy, obtrusive, out on a limb*, plucky, rash, reckless, salty*, smart, smartalecky*, spunky*, temerarious, valiant, venturesome; concept 401 Ant. afraid, bashful, chicken, cowardly, fearful, meek, shy, timid, unadventurous, unwilling dark [adj1] lack of light aphotic, atramentous, black, blackish, caliginous, Cimmerian, clouded, cloudy, crepuscular, darkened, dim, dingy, drab, dull, dun, dusk, dusky, faint, foggy, gloomy, grimy, ill-lighted, indistinct, inky, lightless, lurid, misty, murky, nebulous, obfuscous, obscure, opaque, overcast, pitchblack, pitch-dark, pitchy, rayless, shaded, shadowy, shady, somber, sooty, stygian, sunless, tenebrous, unlighted, unlit, vague; concept 617 Ant. bright, brilliant, illuminated, light, lucid, luminous, radiant, shining, visible, vivid dark [adj2] shaded complexion, hair adumbral, bistered, black, brunet, brunette, dark-complexioned, dark-skinned, dusky, ebon, ebony, sable, swart, swarthy, tan; concepts 406,618 Ant. light dark [adj3] hidden, secret abstruse, anagogic, arcane, cabalistic, complicated, concealed, cryptic, deep, Delphian, enigmatic, esoteric, intricate, knotty, mysterious, mystic, mystical,

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mystifying, not known, obscure, occult, puzzling, recondite; concepts 402,576,582 Ant. apparent, distinct, evident, manifest, plain, visible dark [adj4] grim, hopeless bleak, cheerless, dismal, doleful, drab, foreboding, gloomy, joyless, morbid, morose, mournful, ominous, sinister, somber, unpropitious; concept 548 Ant. bright, brilliant, encouraging, hopeful, shining dark [adj5] evil, satanic atrocious, bad, corrupt, damnable, foul, hellish, horrible, immoral, infamous, infernal, nefarious, sinful, sinister, vile, wicked; concept 545 Ant. good, moral dark [adj6] ignorant benighted, uncultivated, unenlightened, unlettered, unread; concept 402 dark [adj7] angry, upset dour, forbidding, frowning, glowering, glum, ominous, scowling, sulky, sullen, threatening; concept 401 Ant. cheerful, happy, pleased dark [n1] place, time without light caliginosity, darkness, dead of night, dimness, dusk, duskiness, evening, gloom, midnight, murk, murkiness, night, nightfall, nighttime, obscurity, opacity, semidarkness, shade, shadows, twilight, witching hour; concepts 620,810 Ant. brightness, day, daylight, daytime, illumination, light, lightness, morning dark [n2] ignorance; mystery concealment, denseness, inscrutability, seclusion, secrecy, thickness; concepts 409,410 Ant. cognizance, enlightening, intelligence, sense, sensibility, understanding darken [v] become shaded, unlit becloud, bedim, blacken, cloud over, cloud up, deepen, dim, eclipse, fog, gray, haze, make dim, murk, obfuscate, obscure, overcast, overshadow, shade, shadow, tone down*; concept 469 Ant. brighten, illuminate, lighten, whiten dark horse [n] long shot hundred-to-one shot, improbability, outside chance, sleeper, small chance, underdog, unexpected winner, unknown, unlikelihood, unlikely winner; concepts 366,423 darkness [n1] place, time that is unlit black, blackness, blackout, brownout, calignosity, Cimmerian shade, cloudiness, crepuscule, dark, dimness, dusk, duskiness, eclipse, gloom, lightlessness, murk, murkiness, nightfall, obscurity, pitch darkness, shade, shadiness, shadows, smokiness, tenebrosity, twilight; concept 620 Ant. brightness, day, daylight, daytime, illumination, light, lightness, morning darkness [n2] ignorance; mystery blindness, concealment, denseness, inscrutability, isolation, privacy, seclusion, secrecy, unawareness; concept 409 Ant. cognizance, enlightening, intelligence, sense, sensibility, understanding darling [n] sweetheart, favorite person angel*, apple of ones eye*, baby*, beloved, boyfriend, dear, dearest, dearie*, dear one, fair-haired boy*, ame, friend, girlfriend, hearts desire*, honeybunch, lamb*, light of my life*, love, lover, one and only*, pet*, precious, sugar*, sweetie, treasure*, truelove; concept 423 Ant. enemy, foe darn [interj] damn confound it, cripes, damn it, dang*, darnation, doggone, drat*, gosh-darn; concepts 52,54

dart [v] race away; propel bound, career, cast, course, dash, ash, ing, it, oat, y, gallop, hasten, heave, hurry, hurtle, launch, move quickly, pitch, plunge, run, rush, sail, scamper, scoot, scud, scurry, shoot, skim, speed, spring, sprint, spurt, start, tear, throw, thrust, whiz; concepts 150,195,222 dash [n1] fast race for short distance birr, bolt, dart, haste, onset, run, rush, sortie, sprint, spurt, zip; concept 150 dash [n2] air, style animation, birr, brio, clat, lan, energy, esprit, ourish, force, impressiveness, intensity, life, might, oomph*, panache, power, spirit, strength, vehemence, verve, vigor, vim, vivacity, zing, zip; concepts 411,655,673 Ant. drab, dullness, frumpiness dash [n3] small amount; suggestion bit, drop, few drops, avor, grain, hint, lick, little, part, pinch, scattering, seasoning, smack, smidgen, soupon, sprinkle, sprinkling, squirt, streak, suspicion, taste, tincture, tinge, touch, trace, trie, zest; concept 831 Ant. glob, lump dash [v1] run very fast for short distance boil, bolt, bound, career, charge, chase, course, dart, y, gallop, get on it*, haste, hasten, hurry, lash, make a run for it*, make it snappy*, race, rush, rush at, scamper, scoot, scurry, shoot, speed, spring, sprint, tear; concept 150 dash [v2] break by hitting or throwing violently beat, bludgeon, cast, charge, crash, cudgel, destroy, ing, hit, hurl, hurtle, lunge, plunge, shatter, shiver, slam, sling, smash, splash, splatter, splinter, throw; concepts 189,222,248 Ant. aid, assist, encourage, help, inspirit dash [v3] discourage, frustrate abash, bafe, balk, beat, bilk, blast, blight, chagrin, chill, circumvent, cloud, confound, dampen, disappoint, discomfort, dismay, dispirit, foil, nip, ruin, spoil, thwart; concepts 7,19,121 dashboard [n] instrument panel control panel, indicator panel, instrument board; concepts 463,499 dashing [adj] bold, amboyant adventurous, alert, animated, chic, dapper, daring, dazzling, debonair, elegant, exclusive, exuberant, fashionable, fearless, gallant, gay, jaunty, keen, lively, modish, plucky, rousing, showy, smart, spirited, sporty, stylish, swank, swashbuckling, swish, vivacious; concepts 404,589 Ant. boring, calm, drab, dull, plain, unimpressive, unstylish dastardly [adj] rotten base, contemptible, cowardly, craven, despicable, low, mean, pusillanimous, underhanded, vile; concepts 404,545,570,571,574 data [n] information in visible form abstracts, brass tacks*, chapter and verse*, circumstances, compilations, conclusions, details, documents, dope, dossier, evidence, experiments, facts, gures, goods, info, input, knowledge, materials, measurements, memorandums, notes, picture, proof, reports, results, scoop, score, statistics, testimony, whole story*; concept 274 data bank [n] database computerized information, data processing, storage; concept 274 data processor [n] computer calculator, CPU, laptop, MAC, Macintosh, mainframe, microcomputer, number cruncher, PC, personal computer, word processor; concepts 269,463

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date [n1] point in time; particular day or time age, century, course, day, duration, epoch, era, generation, hour, juncture, moment, period, quarter, reign, span, spell, stage, term, time, while, year; concepts 800,801,802,815 date [n2] social engagement appointment, assignation, call, interview, meeting, rendezvous, tryst, visit; concepts 114,386 date [n3] person accompanying another socially blind date, boyfriend, companion, escort, friend, girlfriend, lover, partner, steady, sweetheart; concept 423 date [v1] assign a time afx a date to, belong to, carbon-date, chronicle, come from, determine, exist from, x, x the date of, isolate, mark, measure, originate in, put in its place, record, register; concepts 18,37 date [v2] see person socially associate with, attend, consort with, court, deuce it*, escort, x up, go around together*, go around with*, go out with, go steady, go together, keep company, make a date, see, step around, take out, woo; concept 114 date [v3] become obsolete antiquate, archaize, obsolesce, obsolete, outdate, show ones age; concept 105 dated [adj] out-of-date antiquated, archaic, behind the times, obsolescent, obsolete, old-fashioned, old hat, outdated, outmoded, out of style, pass, unfashionable; concepts 530,578,797 daub [v] coat; make dirty begrime, besmear, bespray, blur, cover, dab, deface, dirty, eck, grime, paint, plaster, slap on, smear, smirch, smudge, spatter, speckle, splatter, spot, spread, stain, sully, variegate, varnish; concepts 172,250 daughter [n] female child female offspring, girl, offspring, woman; concepts 415,424 daunt [v] frighten, alarm appall, bafe, browbeat, bully, consternate, cow, deter, discourage, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, foil, horrify, intimidate, overawe, put off*, scare, shake, subdue, terrify, thwart; concepts 7,19 Ant. aid, assist, embolden, encourage, hearten, help, incite, inspirit, stimulate, undaunt, urge dauntless [adj] bold, courageous aweless, brave, daring, doughty, fearless, gallant, game, heroic, indomitable, intrepid, invincible, lionhearted, resolute, stouthearted, unafraid, unconquerable, undaunted, unfearing, uninching, valiant, valorous; concept 401 Ant. afraid, daunted, discouraged, disheartened, fearful, frightened, intimidated, scared, terried davenport [n] sofa; small desk chestereld, convertible sofa, couch, daybed, futon, secretary, sofa bed, writing desk; concept 443 dawdle [v] delay; waste time amble, bum around*, dally, diddle-daddle*, dilly-dally*, drag, fool around*, fritter away*, get no place fast*, goof off*, hang around*, hang out*, idle, lag, laze, lazy, loaf, loiter, loll, lounge, mosey*, poke*, procrastinate, put off, saunter, scrounge around, shlep along*, sit around*, sit on ones butt*, stay, stroll, tarry, toddle, trie, wait, warm a chair*; concepts 210,681 Ant. forward, hasten, hurry, push, rush, speed dawn [n1] beginning of day aurora, break of day, bright, cockcrow, crack of dawn, dawning,

daybreak, daylight, day peep, early bright, rst blush, rst light, light, morn, morning, sunrise, sunup, wee hours*; concepts 810,815 Ant. dusk, end, evening, eventide, setting, sundown, sunset dawn [n2] a beginning advent, alpha, birth, commencement, dawning, emergence, foundation, genesis, head, inception, onset, opening, origin, outset, outstart, rise, source, start, unfolding; concept 832 Ant. conclusion, end, ending, nish dawn [v] start appear, begin, develop, emerge, glimmer, initiate, lighten, loom, open, originate, rise, show itself, unfold; concept 119 Ant. end, nish, set day [n1] light part of every 24 hours astronomical day, bright, dawn-to-dark, daylight, daytime, diurnal course, early bright, light, light of day, mean solar day, nautical day, sidereal day, sunlight, sunrise-to-sunset, sunshine, working day; concepts 801,803,810,821 Ant. evening, night day [n2] era age, ascendancy, cycle, epoch, generation, height, heyday, period, prime, term, time, years, zenith; concepts 802,816 daybook [n] journal album, datebook, diary, FilofaxTM, ledger, log, logbook, memo pad, notebook, record, scrapbook; concepts 280,283 daybreak [n] beginning of light hours aurora, break of day, bright, cockcrow, crack of dawn, dawn, dawning, daylight, day peep, dayspring, early bright, rst light, morn, morning, sunrise, sunup; concepts 810,815 Ant. darkness, eventide, sundown, sunset daycare [n] child care center babysitter, kindergarten, nursery school, playgroup, pre-K, pre-school; concept 295 daydream [n] fantasy thought of when awake castle in the air*, conceiving, dream, fancy, fancying, gment of imagination, fond hope, fools paradise*, head trip*, imagination, imagining, in a zone*, mind trip*, musing, phantasm, phantasy, pie in the sky*, pipe dream, reverie, stargazing, trip*, vision, wish, woolgathering; concept 529 Ant. reality daydream [v] make up fantasy build castles in air*, conceive, dream, envision, fancy, fantasize, hallucinate, imagine, moon, muse, pipe dream*, stargaze, trip out*, woolgather; concepts 17,36 daylight [n] light part of 24 hours aurora, dawn, day, daybreak, daytime, during the day, light, light of day, sunlight, sunrise, sunshine; concept 810 Ant. darkness, evening, night, sunset daze [n] confusion befuddlement, bewilderment, distraction, gauze, glaze, haze, lala-land*, maze, muddledness, nadaville*, narcosis, shock, stupefaction, stupor, trance; concept 410 Ant. expectation, understanding daze [v] confuse, shock addle, amaze, astonish, astound, befog, befuddle, benumb, bewilder, blind, blur, confound, dazzle, disorder, distract, dizzy, dumbfound, abbergast, fuddle, mix up, muddle, mystify, numb, overpower, overwhelm, paralyze, perplex, petrify, puzzle, rock, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, surprise; concepts 16,42 Ant. expect

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dazzle [v] confuse, amaze astonish, awe, bedazzle, blind, blur, bowl over*, daze, excite, fascinate, glitz*, hypnotize, impress, overawe, overpower, overwhelm, razzle-dazzle, strike dumb*, stupefy, surprise; concepts 16,42 Ant. bore dazzling [adj] radiant beaming, bright, brilliant, ashy, glaring, glittering, ravishing, resplendent, sensational, shining, sparkling, splendid, stunning; concept 617 deacon [n] clergyperson church ofcer, cleric, elder, priest; concept 361 deactivate [v] decommission demilitarize, disband, make inactive, shut down, shut off; concepts 25,121,188 dead [adj1] no longer alive asleep, bereft of life, bloodless, bought the farm*, breathless, buried, cadaverous, checked out*, cold, cut off, deceased, defunct, departed, done for*, erased, expired, extinct, gone, gone to meet maker*, gone to reward*, inanimate, inert, late, lifeless, liquidated, mortied, no more, not existing, offed*, out of ones misery*, passed away, perished, pushing up daisies*, reposing, resting in peace, spiritless, stiff, unanimated, wasted; concept 539 Ant. alive, animated, being, existent, existing, live, living, subsisting dead [adj2] indifferent, cold anesthetized, apathetic, asleep, boring, callous, deadened, dull, at, frigid, glazed, inert, insensitive, insipid, lukewarm, numb, numbed, paralyzed, senseless, spiritless, stagnant, stale, still, tasteless, torpid, unfeeling, uninteresting, unresponsive, vapid, wooden; concept 550 Ant. active, animated, interested, live, living, responsive, spirited, warm dead [adj3] not working barren, bygone, defunct, departed, exhausted, extinct, gone, inactive, inoperable, inoperative, lost, obsolete, spent, stagnant, sterile, still, tired, unemployed, unprotable, useless, vanished, wearied, worn, worn out; concept 560 Ant. active, alive, animate, animated, live, operative, working dead [adj4] complete, total absolute, bloody, downright, entire, nal, out-and-out*, outright, perfect, sure, thorough, unconditional, unmitigated, unqualied, utter, whole; concept 531 Ant. continuing, enduring, incomplete, unnished dead [adv] completely, totally absolutely, direct, directly, due, entirely, exactly, right, straight, straightly, undeviatingly, wholly; concepts 531,772 Ant. incompletely deadbeat [n] freeloader bum, debtor, leech, loafer, moocher, parasite, sponge; concepts 412,423 deaden [v] diminish, mufe, quiet abate, alleviate, anesthetize, benumb, blunt, check, chloroform, consume, cushion, damp, dampen, depress, deprive, desensitize, destroy, devitalize, dim, dope, drown, dull, etherize, exhaust, freeze, frustrate, gas, hush, impair, incapacitate, injure, knock out, KO*, lay out, lessen, mute, numb, paralyze, put out of order*, put to sleep, quieten, reduce, repress, retard, slow, smother, soften, stie, stun, stupefy, suppress, tire, tone down, unnerve, weaken; concepts 130,240 Ant. animate, build, enliven, increase, strengthen

dead end [n] cul-de-sac; deadlock blank wall, blind alley, Catch-22, corner, draw, impasse, nowhere to turn, obstacle, road block, stalemate, standoff, stumbling block; concept 674 deadline [n] due date bound, cutoff, limit, period, target date, time frame, time limit, zero hour; concepts 513,745,815,832 deadlock [n] stalemate, impasse box*, Catch22*, cessation, checkmate, corner, dead end, dead heat, dilemma, draw, full stop, gridlock, halt, hole, pause, pickle, plight, posture, predicament, quandary, standoff, standstill, tie, wall*; concept 674 Ant. agreement, breakthrough deadly [adj1] causing end of life baleful, baneful, bloodthirsty, bloody, cannibalistic, carcinogenic, cruel, dangerous, death-dealing, deathly, deleterious, destroying, destructive, fatal, grim, harmful, homicidal, injurious, internecine, killing, lethal, malignant, mortal, mortiferous, murderous, noxious, pernicious, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, poisonous, ruthless, savage, slaying, suicidal, toxic, unrelenting, venomous, violent, virulent; concept 537 Ant. animating, energizing, harmless, healthful, healthy, invigorating, wholesome deadly [adj2] ghostly ashen, corpselike, dead, deadened, deathful, deathlike, deathly, ghastly, pallid, wan, white; concept 539 Ant. lively dead-on [adj] accurate by the book, deadcenter, denite, direct, exact, on the button*, on the mark*, on the money*, on the nose*, precise, to the point; concept 535 deadpan [adj] expressionless blank, impassive, nobody home*, poker-faced, serious, stony, straight-faced, unreadable, vacant, wooden; concept 406 deaf [adj1] without hearing deafened, earless, hard of hearing, stone deaf*, unable to hear; concept 591 Ant. hearing deaf [adj2] unwilling bullheaded*, headstrong, indifferent, intractable, mulish*, oblivious, obstinate, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded*, self-willed, strong-willed, stubborn, to listen blind, unaware, unconcerned, unhearing, unmoved; concept 401 Ant. attentive, aware, conscious, listening, willing deafening [adj] very loud at full volume, blaring, booming, ear-piercing*, ear-popping*, ear-splitting*, noisy, ringing, roaring, rowdy, screaming, thunderous, turned up, vociferous; concepts 592,594 deal [n1] agreement, bargain accord, arrangement, buy, compromise, conception, contract, pact, pledge, prearrangement, transaction, understanding; concept 684 Ant. disagreement, misunderstanding deal [n2] amount, share abundance, degree, distribution, extent, plenty, plethora, portion, quantity, shake, superabundance, transaction; concepts 344,787,835 deal [n3] distribution of playing cards appointment, chance, cut and shufe*, fresh start, game, hand, opportunity, round; concept 363 deal [v2] do business bargain, barter, bicker, buy and sell, dicker*, hammer out deal*, handle, horse trade*, knock down price*, negotiate, sell, stock, swap, trade, trafc, treat, work out deal; concept 324 Ant. deny, refuse

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deal [v3] distribute administer, allot, apportion, assign, bestow, come across with*, deliver, disburse, dish out*, dispense, disperse, disseminate, divide, divvy*, dole out*, drop, fork out*, fork over*, give, hand out, impart, inict, measure, mete out, partake, participate, partition, render, reward, share, strike; concepts 108,140 Ant. hold, keep deal/deal with [v1] handle, manage act, approach, attend to, behave, behave toward, clear, concern, conduct oneself, consider, control, cope with, direct, discuss, get a handle on something*, hack it*, handle, have to do with, live with*, make a go of it*, make it*, oversee, play, review, rid, see to, serve, take, take care of, treat, unburden, use; concepts 94,117 Ant. mismanage dealer [n] business owner banker, bursar, businessperson, chandler, changer, dispenser, marketer, merchandiser, merchant, retailer, trader, tradesperson, trafcker, vendor, wholesaler; concept 347 Ant. customer dealings [n] business relations affairs, balls in air*, business, commerce, concerns, doings, intercourse, irons in re*, matters, proceedings, ropes*, sale, strings*, things, trade, trafc, transactions, truck, wire pulling*, wires*; concept 324 dean [n] leader of institution administrator, authority, dignitary, doyen, ecclesiastic, guide, lead, legislator, pilot, president, principal, professor, senior, tack; concept 350 Ant. pupil, student dear [adj1] beloved, favorite cherished, close, darling, doll face, endeared, esteemed, familiar, intimate, loved, pet, precious, prized, respected, treasured; concepts 555,567 Ant. common, despised, hateful, unimportant, valueless, worthless dear [adj2] very expensive an arm and a leg*, at a premium, cher*, costly, fancy, high, highpriced, out of sight*, overpriced, pretty penny*, pricey*, prized, steep, stiff*, valuable; concept 334 Ant. cheap, inexpensive, low-priced, valueless, worthless dear [n] beloved person darling, favorite, heartthrob, honey, love, loved one, lover, pet, precious, sweetheart, treasure; concept 423 Ant. despised, hate dearly [adv1] extremely greatly, profoundly, to a great extent, very, very much; concept 772 dearly [adv2] lovingly affectionately, devotedly, fondly, tenderly, yearningly; concept 403 Ant. hatefully dearth [n] insufciency, scarcity absence, default, defect, deciency, exiguousness, famine, inadequacy, infrequency, lack, meagerness, miss, need, paucity, poverty, privation, rareness, scantiness, scantness, shortage, slim pickings*, sparsity, uncommonness, want; concepts 646,674,709 Ant. abundance, excess, plentifulness, plenty, sufciency death [n] end of life afterlife, annihilation, bereavement, casualty, cessation, curtains*, darkness, decease, demise, departure, destruction, dissolution, downfall, dying, end, ending, eradication, eternal rest, euthanasia, exit, expiration, extermination, extinction, fatality, nis*, nish, grave, grim reaper*, heaven, loss,

mortality, necrosis, obliteration, oblivion, paradise, parting, passing, passing over, quietus, release, repose, ruin, ruination, silence, sleep, termination, tomb; concept 304 Ant. being, birth, entity, existence, life, living deathly [adj1] suggesting end of life appalling, cadaverous, corpselike, deathlike, defunctive, dreadful, gaunt, ghastly, grim, gruesome, haggard, horrible, macabre, pale, pallid, wan, wasted; concepts 579,618 Ant. animated, beginning, blooming, blossoming, lively deathly [adj2] fatal deadly, extreme, intense, lethal, mortal, mortiferous, noxious, pestilent, pestilential, terrible; concept 537 Ant. benign, harmless, healthful, healthy, life-giving, strengthening debacle [n] catastrophe beating, blue ruin*, breakdown, collapse, crack-up*, crash, defeasance, defeat, devastation, disaster, dissolution, downfall, drubbing, failure, asco, havoc, licking, overthrow, reversal, rout, ruin, ruination, shellacking*, smash, smashup, trouncing, vanquishment, washout, wreck; concept 674 Ant. boon, miracle, wonder debase [v1] degrade, shame abase, bemean, cast down, cheapen, corrupt, cripple, debauch, debilitate, demean, demoralize, deprave, devaluate, devalue, disable, disgrace, dishonor, drag down*, dump on*, enfeeble, uff off*, humble, humiliate, lower, put away, put down, reduce, sap, shoot down, sink, take down*, take down a peg*, undermine, weaken; concepts 7,19,52,54 Ant. elevate, honor, laud, praise, upgrade, value debase [v2] adulterate abase, animalize, bastardize, bestialize, contaminate, corrupt, damage, dele, depreciate, doctor, dope up*, impair, load, pervert, pollute, sophisticate, spoil, taint, vitiate, weight, worsen; concepts 240,250 Ant. clean, clear, enhance, improve, purify debatable [adj] controversial arguable, between rock and hard place*, between sixes and sevens*, betwixt and between*, bone of contention*, borderline, chancy*, contestable, disputable, doubtful, dubious, iffy*, in dispute, moot, mootable*, open to question, problematic, problematical, questionable, the jurys out*, touch and go*, uncertain, undecided, unsettled, up for discussion; concepts 267,535 Ant. certain, inarguable, incontrovertible, indubious, questionable, sure, uncontestable, undoubted debate [n] discussion of issues; consideration agitation, altercation, argument, argumentation, blah-blah*, cogitation, contention, contest, controversy, controverting, deliberation, dialectic, disputation, dispute, forensic, hassle, match, meditation, mooting, polemic, rebutting, reection, refuting, tiff, words, wrangle; concepts 56,532 Ant. agreement debate [v] argue, discuss agitate, altercate, answer, bandy, bicker, bump heads*, canvass, chew the fat*, cogitate, confab*, confute, consider, contend, contest, controvert, cross swords*, deliberate, demonstrate, differ, discept, disprove, dispute, hammer away at*, hash over*, hassle, have at it*, kick around*, knock around*, lock horns*, moot, oppose, pettifog, pick a bone*, prove, put up argument, question, reason, rebut, refute, rehash, set to, talk back*,

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talk game*, thrash out*, toss around*, wrangle; concepts 24,56 Ant. agree, go along debauch [v] deprave, corrupt abuse, bastardize, bestialize, betray, brutalize, debase, dele, deower, demoralize, fornicate, fraternize, go bad*, go to hell*, intrigue, inveigle, lead astray*, live in the gutter*, lure, pervert, pollute, ravish, ruin, seduce, subvert, tempt, violate, vitiate, warp; concepts 14,240,375 Ant. clean, cleanse, improve, purify, upgrade debauched [adj] violated, corrupted abandoned, corrupt, debased, deled, degenerate, degraded, depraved, deteriorated, dissipated, dissolute, fast, gone bad*, gone to the dogs*, immoral, in the gutter*, licentious, perverted, proigate, reprobate, vitiate, vitiated, wanton, wicked; concept 545 Ant. clean, cleansed, improved, pure, puried, uncorrupt, unpolluted, virtuous debauchery [n] immoral self-indulgence bender*, binge, blowout*, burning candle at both ends*, bust, carousal, depravity, dissipation, dissoluteness, drunk*, excess, fast living*, fornication, gluttony, incontinence, indulgence, intemperance, intimacy, la dolce vita*, lasciviousness, lechery, lewdness, license, licentiousness, life in fast lane*, lust, orgy, overindulgence, revel, revelry, seduction, sensuality, sybaritism, tear*; concepts 633, 645 Ant. benevolence, giving, mercifulness, unselshness debenture [n] certicate of debt bond, I.O.U., promise to pay, voucher; concepts 318,684 debilitate [v] incapacitate attenuate, blunt, cripple, devitalize, disable, enervate, enfeeble, eviscerate, exhaust, extenuate, harm, hurt, injure, mar, prostrate, relax, sap, spoil, unbrace, undermine, unstrengthen, weaken, wear out; concepts 240,246 Ant. aid, assist, cure, energize, help, invigorate, mend, strengthen debility [n] incapacity, weakness decrepitude, disease, enervation, enfeeblement, exhaustion, faintness, feebleness, frailty, inrmity, languor, malaise, sickliness, unhealthiness; concept 316 Ant. ability, capability, health, strength, vigor debonair [adj] charming, elegant affable, buoyant, casual, cheerful, courteous, dashing, detached, happy, jaunty, lighthearted, nonchalant, pleasant, rened, smooth, sprightly, suave, urbane, well-bred; concept 401 Ant. awkward, clumsy, inelegant, uncharming, undebonair debrief [v1] question ask questions, crossexamine, examine, gather intelligence, give the third degree*, grill, interrogate, interview, investigate, probe, put through the wringer*, quiz, work over; concepts 48,53 debrief [v2] silence censor, dummy up*, gag, hold ones tongue*, hush up, mute, muzzle, put the lid on, quash, say nothing, shut up, sit on*, soft-pedal*, squelch, stie, suppress; concept 266 debris [n] litter, waste bits, crap*, detritus, dregs, dross, fragments, garbage, junk, offal, pieces, refuse, remains, riffraff, rubbish, rubble, ruins, trash, wreck, wreckage; concept 260 Ant. cleanliness, neatness, purity debt [n] money owed to others albatross*, arrearage, arrears, bad news*, baggage*, below the line*, bill, bite*, capital, check, chit*, claim,

commitment, credit, cuff*, damage*, dead horse*, debenture, debit, decit, due, dues, duty, encumbrance, indebtedness, in hock*, in the hole*, in the red*, invoice, IOU, liability, manifest, mortgage, note, obligation, outstandings*, price tag*, promissory note, receipt, reckoning, red ink*, responsibility, score, tab, tally, voucher; concepts 329,344 Ant. asset, cash, credit, excess, prot debug [v] troubleshoot adjust, correct, x, iron out, remedy, remove errors, repair, sort out, straighten out, unravel, unscramble, untangle, work the bugs out of; concepts 126,212 debunk [v] disprove, ridicule cut down to size*, deate, demystify, discover, disparage, expose, lampoon, mock, puncture, show up*, uncloak, unmask, unshroud; concepts 49,60 Ant. prove, uphold debut [n] rst public appearance admission, appearance, beginning, bow, coming out*, coming out party*, entrance, entree, rst step*, graduating, graduation, inauguration, incoming, initiation, introduction, launching, opener, presentation; concept 386 Ant. closing, nale debutante [n] young woman deb, teenage girl, young girl, young lady; concepts 415,424 decadence [n] perversion; deterioration of morality corruption, debasement, decay, declension, decline, degeneracy, degeneration, degradation, devolution, dissipation, dissolution, downfall, downgrade, evil, excess, fall, gluttony, incontinence, intemperance, lasciviousness, lechery, lewdness, licentiousness, regression, sensuality, sybaritism; concept 645 Ant. humility, morality decadent [adj] corrupt, self-indulgent debased, debauched, decaying, declining, degenerate, degraded, depraved, dissolute, effete, evil, gone bad, gone to the dogs*, immoral, lost, moribund, overripe, perverted, wanton, wicked; concept 545 Ant. benevolent, good, humble, kind, moral decal [n] sticker advertisement, decalcomania, decorative picture, emblem, symbol, token; concepts 259,284,625 decamp [v] depart suddenly beat it, bolt, break camp, clear out, depart, disappear, escape, evacuate, ee, head for the hills*, hightail*, hit the road*, make a break for it, make oneself scarce*, make tracks*, run away, scram, skedaddle*, slip away, vamoose; concepts 102,150,195 decanter [n] vessel bottle, canteen, carafe, container, cruet, ask, jug, magnum, pitcher, wine bottle; concept 494 decapitate [v] behead ax, bring to the block*, chop off ones head, decollate, execute, guillotine; concept 176 decay [n] breaking down, collapse adulteration, atrophy, blight, caries, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decadence, decline, decomposition, decrease, decrepitude, degeneracy, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, dying, extinction, fading, failing, gangrene, impairment, mortication, perishing, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, putridness, rot, rotting, ruin, ruination, rust, senescence, spoilage, spoilation, wasting, wasting away, withering;

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concepts 230,674,716 Ant. development, ourish, germination, growth, improvement, ripening, strength, strengthening decay [v] deteriorate, crumble atrophy, become contaminated, be impaired, blight, break up, collapse, corrode, curdle, decline, decompose, dele, degenerate, depreciate, discolor, disintegrate, dissolve, dry-rot, dwindle, fade, fail, get worse, go bad, go to seed*, go to the dogs*, hit rock bottom*, hit the skids*, lessen, mildew, mold, molder, mortify, pejorate, perish, pollute, putrefy, putresce, reach depths, rot, sap, shrivel, sicken, sink, slump, spoil, suppurate, turn, wane, waste away, weaken, wear away, wither; concepts 240,246,469 Ant. build, develop, ourish, germinate, grow, improve, ripen, strengthen decayed [adj] rotten, falling apart addled, bad, carious, carrion, corroded, decomposed, effete, gangrenous, moldered, overripe, perished, putreed, putrescent, putrid, rank, riddled, rotted, ruined, spoiled, wasted, withered; concept 485 Ant. developing, ourishing, germinating, growing, improving, ripening decease [n] death buying the farm*, curtains*, defunction, demise, departure, dissolution, dying, grim reaper*, passing, passing away, passing over, quietus, release, silence, sleep, taps*, the end; concept 304 Ant. birth decease [v] pass away; expire buy a one-way ticket*, call off all bets*, cease, check out*, cool off*, croak*, deep six*, depart, die, drop, go, pass, pass away, pass on, pass over, perish, succumb; concept 304 Ant. bear, be born deceased [adj] dead asleep, bit the dust*, cold*, defunct, departed, exanimate, expired, extinct, nished, former, gave up the ghost*, gone, inanimate, kicked the bucket*, late, lifeless, lost, passed on, pushing up daisies*; concept 539 Ant. alive, born, lively, living deceit [n1] practice of misleading ambidexterity, ambidextrousness, artice, cheating, chicane, chicanery, cozening, craft, craftiness, cunning, deceitfulness, deception, defrauding, dirty dealing*, dirty pool*, dishonesty, dissemblance, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity, entrapping, fraud, fraudulence, guile, hypocrisy, imposition, overreaching, pretense, slyness, smoke and mirrors*, trapping, treachery, trickery, two-facedness*, two-timing*, underhandedness; concepts 59,633 Ant. frankness, honesty, openness, truth, truthfulness, uprightness deceit [n2] particular type of trick, misleading artice, blind, cheat, chicanery, crocodile tears*, deception, dirty trick*, dirty work*, duplicity, fake, feint, imam*, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, imposture, misrepresentation, pretense, ruse, sell, sellout, sham, shift, smoke and mirrors*, snow job*, soft soap*, spoof, stratagem, subterfuge, sweet talk*, swindle, trick, whitewash*, wile; concepts 59,660 deceitful [adj] dishonest, insincere artful, astucious, astute, beguiling, clandestine, counterfeit, crafty, cunning, deceiving, deceptive, delusive, delusory, designing, disingenuous, double-dealing, duplicitous, fallacious, false, feline, foxy, fraudulent, furtive, guileful, hypocritical, illusory, impostrous, indirect,

insidious, knavish, lying, mendacious, misleading, rascal, roguish, shifty, slick, sly, sneaky, stealthy, subtle, treacherous, tricky, two-faced*, underhand, underhanded, untrustworthy, untruthful, wily; concept 401 Ant. faithful, frank, honest, loyal, open, sincere, trustworthy, truthful, upright deceive [v] mislead; be dishonest bamboozle*, beat, beat out of, beguile, betray, bilk, buffalo*, burn, cheat, circumvent, clip, con, cozen, cross up, defraud, delude, disappoint, double-cross, dupe, ensnare, entrap, fake, falsify, eece, fool, gouge, gull, hoax, hoodwink, hook*, humbug, impose upon, lead on, outwit, play joke on, pull fast one*, put on, rob, scam, screw, sell, skin, suck in*, swindle, take advantage of, take for, take for ride*, take in, take to cleaners*, trick, victimize; concepts 7,19,59 Ant. be honest decency [n] respectable behavior appropriateness, ceremoniousness, civility, conventionality, correctness, courtesy, decorum, dignity, etiquette, tness, ttingness, formality, good form, good manners, honesty, modesty, propriety, respectability, righteousness, seemliness, virtue; concept 633 Ant. immodesty, immorality, impropriety, indecency, obsceneness, obscenity decent [adj1] respectable, appropriate approved, becoming, betting, chaste, clean, comely, comme il faut, conforming, continent, correct, decorous, delicate, ethical, t, tting, good, honest, honorable, immaculate, mannerly, modest, moral, nice, noble, on the up and up*, polite, presentable, proper, prudent, pure, reserved, right, seemly, spotless, stainless, standard, straight, straight arrow*, straight shooting*, suitable, trustworthy, unblemished, undeled, untarnished, upright, virtuous, worthy; concepts 401,558 Ant. inappropriate, indecent, poor, unrespectable, unsuitable, unsuited decent [adj2] kind, generous accommodating, courteous, friendly, gracious, helpful, obliging, thoughtful, virtuous; concepts 404,542 Ant. disobliging, indecent, unaccommodating, ungenerous, unkind decent [adj3] sufcient, tolerable acceptable, adequate, all right, ample, average, comfortable, common, competent, enough, fair, fair to middling*, good, mediocre, middling, moderately good, passable, presentable, reasonable, respectable, right, satisfactory, sufcing, unexceptional, unimpeachable, unobjectionable; concepts 533,558,572 Ant. indecent, insufcient, intolerable, unsuitable deception [n1] misleading; being dishonest beguilement, betrayal, blarney*, boondoggle*, cheat, circumvention, cozenage, craftiness, cunning, deceit, deceitfulness, deceptiveness, defraudation, dirt, disinformation, dissimulation, double-dealing, dupery, duplicity, equivocation, falsehood, fast one*, imam*, fraud, fraudulence, guile, hokum*, hypocrisy, imposition, insincerity, juggling, legerdemain, lying, mendacity, pretense, prevarication, snow job*, sophism, treachery, treason, trickery, trickiness, trumpery, untruth; concepts 7,19,59 Ant. frankness, honesty, honor, openness, trustworthiness, truth, truthfulness, uprightness deception [n2] trick artice, bilk, bluff, catch, cheat, chicane, con, condence game, con

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game*, cover-up, crock, decoy, device, dodge, fallacy, fast one*, fast shufe*, feint, b, fraud, gimmick, hoax, hogwash*, hustle, illusion, imposture, jive*, lie, malarkey*, mares-nest*, pretext, ride*, ruse, scam, sham, shift, shuck, snare, snow job*, stall, sting, story, stratagem, subterfuge, swindle, trap, trick, whitewash*, wile, wrinkle*; concepts 59,230 deceptive [adj] dishonest ambiguous, astucious, beguiling, bum*, catchy, crafty, cunning, deceitful, deceiving, deluding, delusive, delusory, designing, disingenuous, fake, fallacious, false, shy, foxy, fraudulent, illusory, imposturous, indirect, insidious, lying, misleading, mock, oblique, off*, phony, plausible, rascal, roguish, scheming, seeming, serpentine, shifty, slick, slippery, sly, sneaky, snide, specious, spurious, subtle, treacherous, tricky, two-faced*, underhand, underhanded, unreliable, wily; concepts 401,582 Ant. forthright, frank, honest, open, truthful, upright decide [v] make a determination; settle an issue adjudge, adjudicate, agree, arrive at conclusion, award, call shots*, cast the die*, choose, cinch, clinch, come to agreement, come to conclusion, come to decision, commit oneself, conclude, conjecture, decree, determine, draw a conclusion, elect, end, establish, gure, x upon, form opinion, gather, go down line*, guess, have nal word*, judge, make a decision, make up mind, mediate, opt, pick, poll, purpose, reach decision, resolve, rule, select, set, surmise, take a stand, tap, vote, will; concept 18 Ant. defer, delay, hesitate, postpone, procrastinate, put off, wait decided [adj1] certain, denite absolute, assured, categorical, cinched, clear, clear-cut, clinched, destined, determined, distinct, emphatic, explicit, express, fated, for sure*, indisputable, in the bag*, nailed*, on ice*, positive, prearranged, predetermined, pronounced, resolved, runaway*, settled, sure, unalterable, unambiguous, undeniable, undisputed, unequivocal, unmistakable, unquestionable; concept 535 Ant. indenite, uncertain, undecided decided [adj2] determined, strong-willed assertive, bent, certain, cocksure, decisive, deliberate, earnest, emphatic, established, rm, xed, inexible, intent, iron-jawed*, mulish, positive, purposeful, resolute, resolved, serious, set, settled, strong-minded, sure, unbending, unfaltering, unhesitating, unwavering, unyielding; concepts 401,403 Ant. deferential, delaying, hesitant, postponing, procrastinating, undecided decidedly [adv] certainly absolutely, bloody*, by all means, clearly, decisively, determinedly, distinctly, downright, emphatically, at out*, for a fact*, in spades*, no catch*, no holds barred*, no ifs ands or buts*, no mistake*, no strings attached*, of course, positively, powerful, real, really, right, straight out, strongly, sure, surely, terribly, terrically, unequivocally, unmistakably; concept 535 deciding [adj] determining chief, conclusive, critical, crucial, decisive, important, inuential, key, necessary, prime, principal, signicant; concepts 546,568 Ant. inconclusive, insignicant, secondary, trivial, uncritical, unimportant

decimate [v] destroy annihilate, butcher*, commit genocide, execute, exterminate, kill off, massacre, obliterate, slaughter, stamp out, wipe out; concept 252 decipher [v] gure out, understand analyze, break, break down, bring out, cipher, construe, crack, decode, deduce, disentangle, dope out, elucidate, encipher, explain, expound, nd the key, interpret, make clear, make out, puzzle out, read, render, reveal, solve, spell, translate, unfold, unravel, unriddle; concepts 15,31,37 Ant. code, encode, scramble decision [n1] conclusion; resolution reached accommodation, accord, adjudication, adjudicature, adjustment, agreement, arbitration, arrangement, choice, compromise, declaration, determination, end, nding, judgment, opinion, outcome, prearrangement, preference, reconciliation, resolution, result, ruling, selection, sentence, settlement, showdown, the call, the nod, understanding, verdict; concepts 278,689 Ant. deferment, deferral, delay, indecision, postponement decision [n2] strength of mind or will backbone, decidedness, decisiveness, determination, doggedness, earnestness, rmness, fortitude, grit, iron will, obstinacy, obstinance, perseverance, persistence, pluck*, purpose, purposefulness, purposiveness, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, seriousness, spine, stubbornness, volition, will, will power; concepts 410,411 Ant. indecision, indeniteness, indetermination, procrastination, wavering decisive [adj] denite absolute, all out*, assured, bent, certain, conclusive, crisp, critical, crucial, decided, denitive, determined, fateful, nal, rm, at out*, forceful, imperative, imperious, incisive, inuential, intent, litmus test*, momentous, peremptory, positive, resolute, resolved, set, settled, signicant, straight out*, strong-minded, trenchant; concept 535 Ant. indecisive, indenite, procrastinating, unpositive deck [v] put on clothing, usually nice accouter, adorn, appoint, array, attire, beautify, bedeck, clothe, decorate, dress, dress up, embellish, festoon, garland, garnish, grace, gussy up*, ornament, prettify, primp, slick, trim; concept 167 Ant. disrobe, unclothe declaim [v] proclaim; get on a soapbox attack, bloviate, blow hot air*, declare, decry, denounce, harangue, hold forth, inveigh, lecture, mouth, orate, perorate, pile it on*, proclaim, rail, rant, recite, soapbox*, speak, spiel*, spout*, talk big*; concepts 49,51 declaration [n1] assertion of belief or knowledge acknowledgment, admission, advertisement, afrmation, allegation, announcement, answer, attestation, averment, avowal, bomb*, broadcast, communication, deposition, disclosure, enunciation, explanation, exposition, expression, hot air*, information, notice, notication, oath, pitch, presentation, profession, promulgation, protestation, publication, remark, report, revelation, saying, say so*, spiel*, statement, story, testimony, two cents worth*, utterance; concepts 49,274,278 Ant. denial, disavowal, retraction declaration [n2] ofcial proclamation acclamation, afdavit, allegation, announcement,

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article, attestation, bulletin, canon, charge, conrmation, constitution, credo, creed, denunciation, deposition, document, edict, gospel, indictment, manifesto, notice, notication, plea, proclamation, profession, promulgation, pronouncement, pronunciamento, resolution, testament, testimony, ultimatum; concepts 271,274,278 Ant. denial, retraction declare [v1] make known clearly or ofcially acknowledge, advance, advocate, afrm, allegate, allege, announce, argue, assert, asservate, attest, aver, avow, be positive, blaze, bring forward, certify, cite, claim, confess, conrm, contend, convey, demonstrate, disclose, enunciate, give out, inform, insist, maintain, manifest, notify, pass, proclaim, profess, promulgate, pronounce, propound, publish, put forward, reafrm, reassert, render, repeat, reveal, set forth, show, sound, state, stress, swear, tell, testify, validate, vouch; concepts 49,60 Ant. deny, disavow, retract declare [v2] claim as possession acknowledge, admit, avouch, avow, confess, convey, disclose, divulge, impart, indicate, manifest, notify, own, profess, represent, reveal, state, swear; concepts 57,60 Ant. deny, disclaim declassify [v] open to the public display, exhibit, make available, make public, publicize, show; concept 261 decline [n1] lessening abatement, backsliding, comedown, cropper*, decay, decrepitude, degeneracy, degeneration, descent, deterioration, devolution, diminution, dissolution, dive, downfall, downgrade, downturn, drop, dwindling, ebb, ebbing, enfeeblement, failing, failure, fall, falling off, op, lapse, on the skids*, pratfall, recession, relapse, senility, skids*, slump, wane, waning, weakening, worsening; concepts 674,698,699 Ant. betterment, improvement, increase, rise decline [n2] downward change in value, position declivity, decrease, depression, descent, dip, downslide, downswing, downtrend, downturn, drop, drop-off, fall-off, hill, incline, lapse, loss, lowering, pitch, sag, slide, slip, slope, slump; concepts 336,346,738 Ant. ascent, increase, rise decline [v1] say no abjure, abstain, avoid, balk, beg to be excused, bypass, demur, deny, desist, disapprove, dismiss, dont buy*, forbear, forgo, gainsay, nix*, not accept, not hear of, not think of, pass on*, refrain, refuse, reject, renounce, reprobate, repudiate, send regrets, shy, spurn, turn down, turn thumbs down*; concepts 45, 51 Ant. accept, say yes decline [v2] lessen, become less abate, backslide, cheapen, decay, decrease, degenerate, depreciate, deteriorate, diminish, disimprove, disintegrate, droop, drop, dwindle, ebb, fade, fail, fall, fall off, ag, go downhill*, go to pot*, go to the dogs*, hit the skids*, languish, lapse, lose value, lower, pine, recede, relapse, retrograde, return, revert, rot, sag, settle, shrink, sink, slide, subside, wane, weaken, worsen; concepts 240,698 Ant. improve, increase, rise decline [v3] descend dip, droop, drop, fall, go down, lower, sag, set, settle, sink, slant, slope; concepts 151,181 Ant. ascend, go up, rise

decode [v] decipher break, clear up, crack, crack the code, decrypt, gure out, nd the solution, interpret, make clear, read, solve, translate, unravel, unriddle, unscramble, untangle, work out; concepts 15,31,37 decommission [v] withdraw from active service deactivate, demilitarize, make inactive, retire, shut down, shut off; concepts 25,121 decompose [v1] rot, break up break down, crumble, decay, disintegrate, dissolve, fall apart, fester, molder, putrefy, putresce, spoil, taint, turn; concept 469 Ant. combine, develop, grow, improve decompose [v2] analyze by taking apart anatomize, atomize, break down, break up, decompound, disintegrate, dissect, dissolve, distill, resolve, separate; concepts 24,103 Ant. combine, join, put together, unite decomposition [n] rot, breakdown atomization, corruption, decay, disintegration, dissipation, dissolution, division, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity; concepts 230,674 Ant. combination, development, growth, improvement deconstructionist [n/adj] exposing a texts multiple meanings critical, debunking, demystifying, demythifying, hermeneutical, reinterpreting, revisionist; concept 268 decontaminate [v] clean antiseptize, cleanse, disinfect, fumigate, make sterile, purify, sanitize, sterilize, wash; concepts 161,165 decor [n] colors, furnishings of a place adornment, color scheme, decoration, interior design, ornamentation; concepts 622,723 decorate [v1] beautify, embellish add nishing touches, adorn, bedeck, bedizen, brighten, burnish, color, deck, do up*, dress out*, dress up*, enhance, enrich, festoon, nish, x up, frill, furbish, garnish, gild, grace, gussy up*, idealize, illuminate, jazz up*, ornament, paint, perfect, prank, renovate, spruce up*, trim; concepts 162,177 decorate [v2] honor and give medal cite, laureate, pin medal on, plume; concept 132 decoration [n1] beautication, embellishment adornment, beautifying, bedecking, bedizenment, designing, elaboration, enhancement, enrichment, festooning, ounce, ourish, frill, furbelow, garnish, garnishing, illumination, improvement, ornament, ornamentation, redecorating, spangle, trimming; concepts 162,177 Ant. eyesore decoration [n2] particular type of embellishment appliqu, arabesque, bauble, braid, color, curlicue, design, dingbat*, doodad*, extravagance, fandangle*, festoon, ligree, nery, ounce, ourish, fretwork, frill, frippery, furbelow, fuss, garbage*, garnish, garniture, gewgaws, gilt, gimcracks*, gingerbread, inlay, jazz*, lace, ornament, parquetry, plaque, ribbon, scroll, sequin, spangle, thing*, tinsel, tooling, trimming, trinket, wreath; concepts 259,260 decoration [n3] medal of honor accolade, award, badge, bays, citation, colors, cross, distinction, emblem, garter, kudos, laurels, medal, mention, order, Purple Heart, ribbon, star; concept 337 decorative [adj] beautifying adorning, cosmetic, embellishing, enhancing, fancy, orid,

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nonfunctional, ornamental, prettifying, pretty; concept 579 Ant. ugly decorous [adj] appropriate, suitable au fait, becoming, betting, ceremonial, ceremonious, civilized, comely, comme il faut, conforming, conventional, correct, decent, demure, de rigueur, dignied, done, elegant, t, tting, formal, good, mannerly, meet, moral, nice, polite, prim, proper, punctilious, rened, respectable, right, seasonable, sedate, seemly, staid, well-behaved; concepts 401,558 Ant. impolite, inappropriate, indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, unt, unrened, unseemly, unsuitable decorum [n] appropriate behavior, good manners breeding, civility, conduct, convenance, convention, correctitude, correctness, courtliness, decency, demeanor, deportment, dignity, etiquette, form, formality, gentility, good grace, gravity, habits, order, orderliness, politeness, politesse, properness, propriety, protocol, punctilio, respectability, seemliness, tact, usage; concept 633 Ant. bad behavior, bad manners, impoliteness, indecency, rudeness decoy [n] bait, trap allurement, attraction, beard*, blind, blow off*, booster, camouage, catch, chicane, chicanery, come-on, deception, drawing card, ensnarement, enticement, facade, fake, front, imitation, inducement, inveiglement, lure, nark, plant, pretense, seducement, shill, sitting duck*, snare, stick, stoolie*, stool pigeon*, temptation, trick, trickery; concepts 59,230,680 decoy [v] bait, entrap allure, come on, con, deceive, delude, egg one on*, ensnare, ensorcell, entice, fascinate, inveigle, lead on*, lead up garden path*, lure, mislead, mousetrap*, rope in*, seduce, shill, steer, suck in*, tempt, toll, tout, trap, wile; concepts 16,59 decrease [n] diminishing, lessening abatement, compression, condensation, constriction, contraction, cutback, decline, declining, decrescence, depression, diminution, discount, downturn, dwindling, ebb, falling off, loss, reduction, shrinkage, striction, subsidence, waning; concept 698 Ant. addition, development, enlargement, expansion, growth, increase, raise decrease [v] grow less or make less abate, calm down, check, contract, crumble, curb, curtail, cut down, decay, decline, degenerate, depreciate, deteriorate, devaluate, die down, diminish, droop, drop, drop off, dry up, dwindle, ease, ebb, evaporate, fade, fall off, lessen, let up, lighten, lose edge, lower, modify, narrow down, peter out, quell, quiet, reduce, restrain, run low, settle, shrink, shrivel, sink, slacken, slack off, slash, slow down, slump, soften, subside, tail off, wane, waste, weaken, wear away, wear down, wither; concepts 240,698 Ant. add, develop, enlarge, expand, grow, increase, raise decree [n] mandate, legal order act, announcement, behest, bidding, charge, charging, command, commandment, declaration, decretum, dictum, direction, directive, edict, enactment, injunction, instruction, judgment, law, order, ordinance, precept, prescript, proclamation, promulgation, pronouncement, rap*, regulation, rule, ruling, say, statute, the riot act*, the word*, ukase; concepts 318,685

decree [v] order rule or action announce, command, compel, constrain, decide, declare, demand, determine, dictate, enact, force, impose, lay down the law*, oblige, ordain, prescribe, proclaim, pronounce, put ones foot down*, read the riot act*, require, rule, set; concepts 50,53,81,88,317 decrepit [adj] deteriorated, debilitated, especially as a result of age aged, anile, antiquated, battered, bedraggled, broken-down, creaky, crippled, dilapidated, doddering, effete, feeble, imsy, fragile, frail, haggard, incapacitated, inrm, insubstantial, old, quavering, ramshackle, rickety, run-down, seedy, senile, shabby, shaking, superannuated, tacky, threadbare, tired, tottering, tumble-down, unsound, used, wasted, weak, weakly, weather-beaten, worn, worn-out; concepts 406,485 Ant. t, healthy, young decriminalize [v] legalize allow, declare lawful, legitimize, make legal, permit, regulate, sanction; concepts 298,317 decry [v] criticize, blame abuse, asperse, badmouth*, belittle, calumniate, censure, condemn, cry down, defame, denounce, depreciate, derogate, detract, devalue, diminish, discount, discredit, disgrace, disparage, do a number on*, downgrade, dump on*, hit*, knock*, lower, malign, mark down, minimize, opprobriate, pan*, poor-mouth*, put down, rail against, rap, reprehend, reprobate, run down, slam*, take away, take swipe at*, throw stones at*, traduce, underestimate, underrate, undervalue, vilify, write off; concepts 44,52 Ant. applaud, compliment, exalt, laud, praise dedicate [v1] donate, set aside for special use address, allot, apply, apportion, appropriate, assign, commit, consign, devote, give, give over to, inscribe, offer, pledge, restrict, surrender; concepts 18,50,88,135 Ant. misapply, misuse, steal, take dedicate [v2] sanctify anoint, bless, consecrate, hallow, set apart; concepts 69,367 Ant. alienate, desecrate, misuse dedicated [adj] loyal, hard-working committed, devoted, enthusiastic, faithful, given over to, old faithful*, purposeful, single-hearted, single-minded, sworn, true blue*, true to the end*, wholehearted, zealous; concepts 404, 542 Ant. apathetic, lazy dedication [n1] faithfulness, loyalty adherence, allegiance, commitment, devotedness, devotion, single-mindedness, wholeheartedness; concepts 411,657 Ant. disloyalty, unfaithfulness dedication [n2] speech of praise; sanctication address, celebration, consecration, devotion, envoy, glorication, hallowing, inscription, message; concepts 69,367 Ant. apathy deduce [v] gure out, understand add up, analyze, assume, be afraid, boil down, cogitate, collect, conceive, conclude, consider, deduct, deem, derive, draw, fancy, gure, gather, glean, have a hunch*, imagine, infer, judge, make, make out, presume, presuppose, ratiocinate, read into, reason, regard, surmise, take to mean; concepts 15,24 deducible [adj] understandable a priori, consequent, deductive, derivable, dogmatic, following, inferable, inferential, provable, reasoned, traceable; concepts 402,529

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deduct [v] take away or out; reduce abstract, allow, bate, cut back, decrease by, diminish, discount, dock, draw back, knock off, lessen, rebate, reduce, remove, roll back, subtract, take, take from, take off, withdraw, write off; concepts 236,247 Ant. add, increase, raise deduction [n1] conclusion, understanding answer, assumption, cogitation, concluding, consequence, consideration, contemplation, corollary, deliberation, derivation, nding, illation, inference, inferring, judgment, meditation, mulling, musing, opinion, pondering, ratiocination, reasoning, reection, result, rumination, sequitur, speculation, thinking, thought; concepts 15,24,689 Ant. confusion deduction [n2] something subtracted abatement, abstraction, allowance, credit, cut, decrease, decrement, depreciation, diminution, discount, dockage, excision, rebate, reduction, removal, subtraction, withdrawal, write-off; concepts 763,776 Ant. addition, increase, rise deed [n1] achievement accomplishment, act, action, adventure, ballgame, big idea*, bit, byplay, cause, commission, crusade, do, enterprise, exploit, fact, feat, follow through, game, happenin*, performance, plan, quest, reality, securing, stunt, thing*, tour de force, truth, winning; concepts 4,706 deed [n2] legal paper assigning property; contract agreement, bargain, certicate, charter, compact, conveyance, covenant, document, indenture, instrument, lease, papers, proof, record, release, security, title, transaction, voucher, warranty; concepts 271,318 deem [v] regard, consider account, allow, appraise, assume, be afraid, believe, calculate, conceive, conjecture, credit, daresay, divine, esteem, estimate, expect, feel, guess, hold, imagine, judge, know, presume, reckon, sense, set store by, suppose, surmise, suspect, think, understand, view; concepts 12,28 deep [adj1] extending very far, usually down abysmal, abyssal, below, beneath, bottomless, broad, buried, deep-seated, distant, downreaching, far, fathomless, immersed, inmost, low, profound, rooted, subaqueous, submarine, submerged, subterranean, sunk, underground, unfathomable, wide, yawning; concepts 737,777 Ant. shallow deep [adj2] abstract, complicated in meaning abstruse, acute, arcane, complex, concealed, Delphic, difcult, discerning, esoteric, hard to understand, heavy*, hermetic, hidden, incisive, intricate, learned, mysterious, obscure, occult, Orphic, penetrating, profound, recondite, sagacious, secret, serious, Sibylline, wise; concepts 402,529 Ant. frivolous, ignorant, shallow, supercial, trivial, unintelligent deep [adj3] scheming, devious acute, artful, astute, canny, contriving, crafty, cunning, designing, foxy, guileful, insidious, intriguing, keen, knowing, plotting, sharp, shrewd, sly, tricky, wily; concept 404 Ant. aboveboard, artless, open deep [adj4] absorbed, engrossed in activity abstracted, centered, concentrated, enfolded, engaged, xed, focused, immersed, intent, into, lost, musing, preoccupied, rapt, set, wrapped,

wrapped up; concept 542 Ant. ighty, supercial deep [adj5] intense in effect on senses bass, booming, dark, extreme, full-toned, grave, great, hard, low, low-pitched, low-toned, profound, resonant, rich, sonorous, strong, vivid; concepts 537,594,618 Ant. light, pale, quiet, soft deep [n] the sea blue*, brine, briny*, Davy Joness locker*, drink*, main, middle, ocean, Poseidons realm*, the high seas; concept 514 deepen [v1] make depth greater dig, dig out, dredge, excavate, expand, extend, hollow, scoop out, scrape out; concept 250 Ant. ll deepen [v2] make more intense aggravate, develop, enhance, expand, extend, grow, heighten, increase, intensate, intensify, magnify, mount, redouble, reinforce, rise, rouse, strengthen; concepts 236,245,697 Ant. lighten, pale, quieten, soften deeply [adv] completely, intensely acutely, affectingly, distressingly, feelingly, genuinely, gravely, intensely, mournfully, movingly, passionately, profoundly, sadly, seriously, severely, surely, thoroughly, to the quick; concepts 531,772 Ant. incompletely, little, slightly deep-seated [adj] ingrained built-in, chronic, conrmed, deep down, deeply felt, deep-rooted, dyed-in-the-wool, established, xed, habitual, inborn, inbred, inherent, lodged in ones brain*, longstanding, longtime, subconscious; concepts 535,549 deep space [n] region beyond Earths solar system intergalactic space, interplanetary space, interstellar space, outer space; concepts 370,511 deface [v] mar, mutilate blemish, contort, damage, deform, demolish, destroy, dilapidate, disgure, distort, harm, impair, injure, mangle, misshape, obliterate, ruin, scratch, spoil, sully, tarnish, trash*, vandalize, wreck; concepts 246,252 Ant. adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, x, mend, ornament, repair de facto [adv] in reality actual, actually, existing, genuinely, in effect, in fact, real, really, tangible, truly, veritably; concept 582 defamation [n] libel, slander aspersion, backbiting, backstabbing, belittlement, black eye*, calumny, character assassination, cheap shot*, denigration, depreciation, detraction, dirt, dirty laundry*, disparagement, dump*, dynamite, hit, knock, lie, low-down dirty*, mud, obloquy, opprobrium, scorcher, slam*, slap in face*, slime, slur, smear, tale, traducement, vilication; concept 54 Ant. approval, commendation, compliment, exaltation, praise defamatory [adj] libelous, slanderous abusive, calumnious, contumelious, denigrating, derogatory, detracting, detractive, disparaging, injurious, insulting, maligning, opprobrious, traducing, vilifying, vituperative; concepts 267,537 Ant. approving, commending, complimentary, exalting, praising defame [v] inict libel or slander asperse, bad-mouth*, belie, besmirch, blacken, blister, calumniate, cast aspersions on, cast slur on, denigrate, detract, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disparage, do a number on*, knock, malign, pan*, put zingers on*, roast, scandalize, scorch,

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slam, smear, speak evil of*, stigmatize, throw mud at*, traduce, vilify, villainize, vituperate; concepts 7,19,54 Ant. approve, commend, compliment, exalt, praise default [n] failure; want absence, blemish, blunder, dearth, defect, deciency, delinquency, dereliction, disregard, error, fault, imperfection, inadequacy, insufciency, lack, lapse, miss, neglect, nonpayment, offense, omission, overlooking, oversight, privation, shortcoming, slight, transgression, vice, weakness, wrongdoing; concepts 335,699,709 Ant. advantage, payment, perfection, satisfaction, success default [v] dodge payment bilk, defraud, dishonor, evade, fail, leave town*, meet under arch*, neglect, put on the cuff*, rat*, repudiate, run out on*, see in the alley, shirk, skate*, skip, skip out on*, stiff*, swindle, welch, welsh; concepts 59,63,330 Ant. pay defeat [n1] overthrow, beating ambush, annihilation, beating, blow, break, breakdown, check, collapse, conquest, count, debacle, defeasance, destruction, discomture, downthrow, drubbing*, embarrassment, extermination, failure, fall, insuccess, killing*, KO*, lacing, licking, loss, massacre, mastery, nonsuccess, paddling, rebuff, repulse, reverse, rout, ruin, scalping, setback, shellacking*, slaughter, subjugation, thrashing, trap, trashing, trimming, triumph, trouncing, vanquishment, waxing, whaling, whipping, whitewashing*; concept 95 Ant. conquest, success, triumph, victory, win defeat [n2] frustration disappointment, discomture, downfall, failure, foil, loss, rebuff, repulse, reversal, reverse, setback, thwarting; concept 410 Ant. attainment, mastery, success, triumph defeat [v1] conquer in military manner ambush, annihilate, bar, bear down, beat, best, block, butcher, crush, decimate, demolish, discomt, drown, entrap, nish off, halt, hinder, impede, lick, mow down, obliterate, obstruct, outank, outmaneuver, overpower, overrun, overthrow, overwhelm, parry, prevail over, quell, reduce, repel, repress, repulse, roll back, rout, route, sack, scatter, shipwreck, sink, slaughter, smash, subdue, subjugate, suppress, surmount, swamp, torpedo*, trample, trash, upset, vanquish, whip, wipe out; concepts 95,320 Ant. give up, lose, surrender defeat [v2] conquer in athletic contest beat, bust*, clobber*, cream*, deck*, drop*, drub*, edge, ax*, og*, oor*, knock out*, KO*, lambaste*, lick, outhit, outjump, outplay, outrun, overpower, plow under*, pommel*, pound*, powder*, pulverize*, run roughshod over*, skin*, steamroll*, take, take it all*, take to cleaners*, tan*, thrash, total, trounce, wallop*, whack*, whomp*, win, work over*, zap*; concepts 95,363 Ant. give up, lose, surrender defeat [v3] frustrate bafe, balk, beat down*, beat the system*, blank, block, bury, cast down, cause setback, checkmate, circumvent, confound, contravene, cook*, counterplot, cross, disappoint, discomt, disconcert, disprove, edge out*, foil, invalidate, neutralize, nonplus, nose out*, nullify, outwit, overturn, put end to*, puzzle, quell, reduce, refute, ruin, scuttle,

shave*, shellac*, skunk*, spoil, squash, stump, subdue, subjugate, surmount, take wind out of sails*, throw for loop*, thwart, undo, victimize; concepts 14,121 Ant. abet, aid, encourage, help, inspirit defect [n] blemish, imperfection birthmark, blot, blotch, break, bug, catch, check, crack, deciency, deformity, discoloration, drawback, error, failing, fault, aw, foible, frailty, gap, glitch, gremlin, hole, inrmity, injury, irregularity, kink, knot, lack, mark, marring, mistake, patch, rift, rough spot, scar, scarcity, scratch, seam, second, shortage, shortcoming, sin, speck, spot, stain, taint, unsoundness, vice, want, weakness, weak point; concepts 309,580,646 Ant. advantage, improvement, perfection, strength defect [v] break from belief, faith abandon, abscond, apostatize, back out, break faith*, change sides, depart, desert, fall away from, forsake, go, go back on, go over, go over the fence*, lapse, leave, pull out, quit, rat*, rebel, reject, renege, renounce, revolt, run out, schism, sell out*, spurn, take a walk*, tergiversate, tergiverse, turn, turn coat*, walk out on, withdraw; concepts 198,367 Ant. come in, join defection [n] abandonment alienation, apostasy, backsliding, deciency, dereliction, desertion, disaffection, disloyalty, disownment, divorce, estrangement, failing, failure, faithlessness, forsaking, lack, parting, rebellion, recreancy, rejection, repudiation, retreat, revolt, separation, severance, sundering, tergiversation, withdrawal; concepts 195,198 Ant. joining defective [adj] broken, not working abnormal, amiss, blemished, damaged, decient, faulty, awed, impaired, imperfect, inadequate, incomplete, injured, insufcient, lacking, on the bum*, out of order, poor, seconds, sick, subnormal, unnished, unhealthy, unsound, wanting; concepts 560,565 Ant. excellent, faultless, awless, perfect, unbroken defend [v1] protect avert, battle, beat off, bulwark, care for, cherish, conserve, contend, cover, entrench, espouse, fend off, ght, ght for, fortify, foster, garrison, guard, guard against, hedge, hold, hold at bay, house, insure, keep safe, look after, maintain, mine, nourish, oppose, panoply, preserve, prevent, provide sanctuary, repel danger, resist, retain, safeguard, save, screen, secure, shelter, shield, stave off, sustain, take in, uphold, war, ward off, watch, watch over, withstand; concepts 96,110 Ant. abandon, attack, desert, leave, quit, relinquish, resign, surrender defend [v2] show support for advocate, aid, apologize for, argue, assert, back, back up, bear one out*, befriend, champion, come to defense of, cover for, endorse, espouse, exculpate, exonerate, explain, go to bat for*, guarantee, justify, maintain, plead, prove a case, put in a good word*, rationalize, recommend, ride shotgun for*, say in defense, second, speak up for, stand by, stand up for, stick up for, stonewall*, support, sustain, thump for, uphold, vindicate, warrant; concepts 10,49 Ant. deny, forsake, renounce defendant [n] accused appellant, litigant, offender, prisoner, suspect; concept 412

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defense [n1] armament; protection system aegis, armor, arms, barricade, bastille, bastion, bulwark, buttress, citadel, cover, deterrence, dike, embankment, fastness, fence, fort, fortication, fortress, garrison, guard, immunity, munitions, palisade, parapet, position, protection, rampart, redoubt, resistance, safeguard, security, shelter, shield, stockade, stronghold, trench, wall, ward, warfare, weaponry, weapons; concepts 321,322,500 Ant. desertion, ight, surrender defense [n2] explanation, justication answer, apologetics, apologia, apologizing, apology, argument, cleanup, copout*, exculpation, excuse, excusing, exoneration, explaining, extenuation, sh story*, jive, off-time*, plea, rationalization, rejoinder, reply, response, retort, return, song and dance*, story, vindication, whitewash*; concepts 57,278 Ant. betrayal, capitulation, yielding defenseless [adj] powerless, vulnerable caught, endangered, exposed, hands tied*, helpless, indefensible, in line of re*, like a clay pigeon*, like a sitting duck*, naked*, on the line*, on the spot*, open, out on limb*, pigeon*, poor, unarmed, unguarded, unprotected, up the creek*, weak, wide open*; concepts 555,576 Ant. powerful, strong defensible [adj] justiable condonable, defendable, excusable, t, logical, pardonable, permissible, plausible, proper, tenable, valid, vindicable, warrantable; concept 528 Ant. indefensible, invalid, unjustiable, unvindicable defensive [adj] protective, watchful arresting, averting, balking, checking, conservative, coping with, defending, foiling, forestalling, frustrating, guarding, in opposition, interrupting, opposing, preservative, preventive, protecting, resistive, safeguarding, thwarting, uptight*, warding off, withstanding; concepts 401,550 Ant. undefensive, unprotective, unwary, unwatchful defer [v1] hold off, put off adjourn, block, delay, detain, extend, give rain check*, hang re*, hinder, hold up, impede, intermit, lay over, lengthen, obstruct, postpone, procrastinate, prolong, prorogue, protract, put on back burner*, put on hold*, put on ice*, remit, retard, set aside, shelve, slow, stall, stay, suspend, table, waive; concepts 121,130 Ant. advance, expedite, forge, forward, hasten, hurry defer [v2] yield accede, accommodate, acquiesce, adapt, adjust, admit, agree, assent, bow, buckle, capitulate, cave, comply, concede, cringe, fawn, give in to, knuckle*, knuckle under*, kowtow*, obey, submit, succumb, truckle; concept 83 Ant. advance, force, forge deference [n1] obedience, compliance acquiescence, capitulation, complaisance, condescension, docility, obeisance, submission, yielding; concept 633 Ant. disobedience, impoliteness, noncompliance deference [n2] attention, homage acclaim, civility, consideration, courtesy, esteem, honor, obeisance, politeness, regard, respect, reverence, thoughtfulness, veneration; concepts 10,410 Ant. dishonor, disregard, ignorance deferential [adj] respectful, considerate civil,

complaisant, courteous, disarming, duteous, dutiful, ingratiating, ingratiatory, insinuating, insinuative, obedient, obeisant, obsequious, polite, regardful, reverential, saccharine, silken, silky, submissive; concept 401 Ant. arrogant, disobedient, disrespectful, immodest, impolite, inconsiderate, noncompliant deferment/deferral [n] postponement adjournment, delay, holdover*, moratorium, pause, putting off*, stay, suspension; concepts 121,130 Ant. advance, expedition, forging deferred [adj] put off till a later time adjourned, assessed, charged, delayed, funded, held up, indebted, in waiting, negotiated, on hold*, on the shelf*, pigeonholed*, postponed, prolonged, protracted, remanded, renegotiated, retarded, scrubbed*, stalled, staved off, temporized; concept 820 Ant. advanced, forwarded, furthered, hastened, hurried deance [n] disobedience, disregard affront, audacity, back talk*, big talk*, boldness, bravado, brazenness, call, cartel, challenge, command, confrontation, contempt, contrariness, contumacy, dare, defy, effrontery, enjoinder, factiousness, gas*, guts*, hot air*, impudence, impugnment, insolence, insubordination, insurgence, insurgency, intractableness, lip*, muster*, opposition, order, perversity, provocation, rebellion, rebelliousness, recalcitrance, revolt, sass*, spite, stump, summons, temerity, throwing of the gauntlet*, unruliness; concepts 633,657 Ant. acquiescence, obedience, regard, respect, submission, subordination deant [adj] disobedient, disregardful aggressive, audacious, bold, challenging, contumacious, daring, gutsy*, insolent, insubmissive, insubordinate, mutinous, obstinate, provocative, rebellious, recalcitrant, reckless, refractory, resistant, resistive, sassy*, truculent; concept 401 Ant. acquiescent, obedient, respectful, submissive, submitting, subordinating deciency [n] imperfection, inadequacy absence, bug*, dearth, defalcation, default, defect, decit, demerit, dereliction, failing, failure, fault, aw, frailty, glitch*, inability to hack it*, insufcience, insufciency, lack, loss, need, neglect, paucity, privation, scantiness, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, sin, want, weakness; concepts 635,666,674 Ant. adequacy, enough, faultlessness, perfection, plenty, satisfaction, sufciency, superuity decient [adj] imperfect, inadequate amiss, bad, damaged, defective, exiguous, faulty, awed, found wanting, impaired, incomplete, inferior, infrequent, injured, insufcient, lacking, marred, meager, not cut out for*, not enough, not make it*, not up to scratch*, outta gas*, rare, scant, scanty*, scarce, second ddle*, second string, short, shy, sketchy, skimpy, third string*, unassembled, unequal, unnished, unsatisfactory, wanting, weak; concepts 531,565 Ant. adequate, ample, enough, excessive, faultless, awless, perfect, satisfactory, sufcient, superuous decit [n] shortage of something needed, required arrears, dead horse*, defalcation, default, deciency, due bill, dues, inadequacy, in hock*, insufcience, insufciency, in the hole*, in the red, lack, loss, paucity, red ink*,

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scantiness, shortcoming, shortfall, underage; concepts 335,646 Ant. enough, excess, plenty, superuousness decit spending [n] paying out in excess of income debt, debt explosion, decit nancing, in the red, megadebt, negative cash ow, no assets, overspending; concepts 324,330,344 dele [v] corrupt, violate abuse, adulterate, befoul, besmirch, contaminate, debase, deower, degrade, desecrate, dirty, discolor, disgrace, dishonor, hurt, maculate, make foul, mess up*, molest, muck up*, pollute, profane, rape, ravish, scuzz up*, seduce, shame, smear, soil, stain, sully, taint, tar, tarnish, trash, vitiate; concepts 54,156,246 Ant. clean, clease, hallow, honor, purify, sanctify deled [adj] corrupted, violated besmirched, common, cooked, desecrated, dirty, dishonored, exposed, impure, mucked up*, polluted, profaned, ravished, spoilt, tainted, trashed*, unclean, vitiated; concept 570 Ant. clean, cleansed, hallowed, honorable, pure, puried, sanctied dene [v1] give description ascertain, assign, call a spade a spade*, characterize, construe, decide, delineate, denominate, denote, describe, designate, detail, determine, dub, elucidate, entitle, etch, exemplify, explain, expound, formalize, illustrate, interpret, label, lay it out*, nail it down*, name, prescribe, represent, specify, spell out, tag, translate; concepts 55,57,62 Ant. confuse, distort, tangle, twist dene [v2] delimit, outline belt, border, bound, circumscribe, compass, conne, curb, delineate, demarcate, distinguish, edge, encircle, enclose, encompass, envelop, establish, fence in, x, ank, gird, girdle, limit, mark, mark out, rim, set, set bounds to, settle, stake out, surround, verge, wall in; concepts 18,60,758 denite [adj1] exact, clear audible, bold, categorical, clean-cut, clear-cut, clearly dened, complete, crisp, denitive, determined, distinct, distinguishable, downright, explicit, express, xed, forthright, full, graphic, incisive, marked, minute, not vague, obvious, palpable, particular, plain, positive, precise, pronounced, ringing, severe, sharp, silhouetted, specic, straightforward, tangible, unambiguous, undubitable, unequivocal, unmistakable, visible, vivid, welldened, well-grounded, well-marked; concept 557 Ant. imprecise, indenite, indistinct, inexact, not clear, obscure, uncertain, unclear, undened, vague denite [adj2] xed, certain, positive assigned, assured, beyond doubt, circumscribed, convinced, decided, dened, determinate, determined, established, guaranteed, limited, narrow, precise, prescribed, restricted, set, settled, sure; concept 535 Ant. indeterminate, inexact, uncertain, unxed, unlimited, vague denitely [adv] certainly absolutely, beyond any doubt, categorically, clearly, decidedly, doubtless, doubtlessly, easily, explicitly, expressly, far and away*, nally, indubitably, no ifs ands or buts about it*, obviously, plainly, positively, specically, surely, undeniably, unequivocally, unmistakably, unquestionably, without doubt, without fail, without question; concepts 535,552 Ant. doubtfully, dubiously, indenitely, questionably

denition [n] description analogue, annotation, answer, characterization, clarication, clue, comment, commentary, cue, delimitation, delineation, demarcation, denotation, determination, diagnosis, drift, elucidation, exemplication, explanation, explication, exposition, expounding, xing, formalization, gloss, individuation, interpretation, key, outlining, rationale, rendering, rendition, representation, settling, signication, solution, statement of meaning, terminology, translation; concepts 274,278,689 Ant. ambiguity, nonsense, vagueness denitive [adj] authoritative absolute, actual, categorical, clear-cut, closing, complete, completing, concluding, conclusive, decisive, denite, determining, downright*, ending, exhaustive, express, nal, nishing, at out*, last, limiting, nailed down, perfect, plain, precise, real, reliable, settling, specic, straight out, terminal, terminating, ultimate, unambiguous; concepts 531,535,574 Ant. incomplete, inconclusive, inexact, interim, temporary, unreliable deate [v1] reduce or cause to contract collapse, decrease, depreciate, depress, devalue, diminish, empty, exhaust, atten, puncture, shrink, squash, void; concepts 236,247,776 Ant. blow up, expand, inate deate [v2] humiliate chasten, cut down to size*, dash, debunk, disconcert, dispirit, humble, kick in the teeth*, knock down*, let down easy*, let wind out of sails*, mortify, puncture balloon*, put down*, shoot down*, take down*; concepts 7,19 Ant. boost, build up, inate deect [v] bounce off; turn aside avert, bend, cover up, curve, deviate, disperse, diverge, divert, fend, glance off, hold off, hook, keep off, parry, pivot, ricochet, sheer, shy, sidetrack, slew, slip, swerve, twist, veer, volte-face, wheel, whip, whirl, wind; concepts 147,189,194 deower [v] ravish; take away beauty assault, dele, deorate, depredate, desecrate, despoil, devour, force, harm, have, mar, molest, outrage, possess, ravage, ravish, ruin, seduce, spoil, violate; concept 375 deforestation [n] clear-cutting denuding, desertication, erosion, logging; concepts 252,257,698 deform [v] distort, disgure batter, blemish, buckle, contort, cripple, damage, deface, aw, gnarl, grimace, impair, injure, knot, maim, malform, mangle, mar, misshape, mutilate, ruin, skew, spoil, twist, warp, wince; concepts 246,250 Ant. beautify, improve deformed [adj] disgured, distorted askew, awry, bent, blemished, bowed, buckled, contorted, cramped, crippled, crooked, curved, damaged, disjointed, gnarled, grotesque, humpbacked, hunchbacked, ill-made, irregular, knotted, maimed, malformed, mangled, marred, misproportioned, misshapen, out of shape, scarred, twisted, ugly, warped; concepts 485,486 Ant. beautied, beautiful, graceful, improved, shapely, symmetrical deformity [n] disgurement, distortion aberration, abnormality, asymmetry, buckle, contortion, corruption, crookedness, damage, defacement, defect, depravity, evil, grossness, hideousness, impairment, injury, irregularity,

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knot, malconformation, malformation, misproportion, misshape, misshapenness, repulsiveness, ugliness, unattractiveness, unnaturalness, unsightliness, warp; concept 580 Ant. beauty, grace, shapeliness defraud [v] cheat, bilk bamboozle, beguile, burn, chouse, circumvent, clip, con, cozen, deceive, delude, do, do number on*, do out of*, dupe, embezzle, eece, imam, foil, hoax, jive*, milk*, outwit, pilfer, pull fast one*, rip off*, rob, shaft*, shuck*, stick*, sucker into*, swindle, take*, take in*, take to the cleaners*, trick, victimize; concept 59 Ant. contribute, help, repay, support defray [v] pay bear the cost*, chip in*, cover cost, nance, foot the bill*, fund, pay for, pick up the bill*, pick up the check*, pick up the tab*, settle; concepts 108,115,327,341,351 deft [adj] agile, clever able, adept, adroit, apt, crack, cute, dexterous, expert, eet, handy, having good hands, having know-how, ingenious, neat, nimble, procient, prompt, quick, ready, skilled, skillful; concept 527 Ant. awkward, clumsy, inept, unhandy, unskillful defunct [adj] extinct, not functioning asleep, bygone, cold, dead, deceased, departed, done for*, down the drain*, exanimate, expired, gone, had it*, inanimate, inoperative, invalid, kaput*, late, lifeless, lost, nonexistent, obsolete, out of commission*, vanished; concepts 539, 560 Ant. alive, existent, existing, functioning, live, operating, operative, valid, working defuse [v] disarm; smooth over alleviate, cripple, deactivate, demilitarize, diminish, disable, lessen, moderate, mollify, pacify, pad, restrain, soften, soothe, subdue, weaken; concepts 7,22,142,211,320 defy [v] challenge, frustrate bafe, beard, brave, confront, contemn, dare, defeat, deride, despise, disregard, elude, face, out, y in face of*, foil, front, gibe*, hang tough*, hurl deance at, ignore, insult, make my day*, mock, oppose, outdare, provoke, repel, repulse, resist, ridicule, scorn, slight, spurn, stick*, stick fast*, take one on*, thwart, venture, violate, withstand; concepts 78,87 Ant. give in, obey, surrender, yield degeneracy [n1] corruption abasement, decadence, degradation, depravity, dissoluteness, downfall, immorality, inferiority, meanness, poorness; concept 645 Ant. morality degeneracy [n2] decay, deterioration atrophy, debasement, declination, decline, decrease, depravation, devolution, downfall, downgrade; concepts 230,469 Ant. development, improvement degenerate [adj] corrupt, deteriorated base, debased, debauched, decadent, decayed, degenerated, degraded, demeaned, depraved, dissolute, effete, failing, fallen, atitious, immoral, infamous, low, mean, miscreant, nefarious, overripe, perverted, retrograde, retrogressive, rotten, sinking, unhealthy, vicious, villainous, vitiated, wicked, worsen; concepts 545,570 Ant. moral, upright, virtuous degenerate [v] decay, deteriorate backslide, come apart at seams*, corrode, corrupt, decline, decrease, deprave, descend, die on vine*, disimprove, disintegrate, fall off, go downhill*,

go to pieces*, go to the dogs*, lapse, lessen, regress, retrogress, return, revert, rot, sink, slip, vitiate, worsen; concepts 469,698,702 Ant. develop, improve degradation [n] depravity, shame abasement, debasement, decadence, decline, degeneracy, degeneration, demotion, derogation, deterioration, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, downgrading, evil, humiliation, ignominy, mortication, perversion, reduction; concepts 230,410 Ant. admiration, approval, elevation, honor, promotion, upgrade degrade [v] shame, humiliate abase, belittle, bemean, bench, break, bump, bust, canker, cast down, cheapen, corrupt, cut down to size*, debase, debauch, declass, decry, degenerate, demean, demote, depose, deprave, derogate, deteriorate, detract, diminish, disbar, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disparage, downgrade, humble, impair, injure, lessen, lower, mudsling*, pan*, pervert, put down, reduce, rule out, run down*, shoot down*, sink, slam, take down*, take down a peg*, tear down*, vitiate, weaken; concepts 7,19,240 Ant. admire, approve, elevate, honor, promote, upgrade degrading [adj] debasing cheapening, demeaning, derogatory, disgraceful, downgrading, humiliating, lowering; concepts 267,555,570 degree [n1] unit of measurement amount, amplitude, caliber, dimension, division, expanse, extent, gauge, gradation, grade, height, intensity, interval, length, limit, line, link, mark, notch, period, plane, point, proportion, quality, quantity, range, rate, ratio, reach, rung, scale, scope, severity, shade, size, space, stage, stair, standard, step, stint, strength, tenor, term, tier; concepts 651,783,792 degree [n2] recognition of achievement; rank or grade of position approbation, approval, baccalaureate, caliber, class, compass, credentials, credit, dignication, dignity, distinction, eminence, grade, height, honor, level, magnitude, order, pitch, point, position, potency, qualication, quality, quantity, range, rank, reach, scope, sheepskin, shingle, sort, stage, standard, standing, station, status, strength, testimonial, testimony; concepts 388,706 dehydrate [v] take moisture out of cottonmouth, desiccate, drain, dry, dry out, dry up, evaporate, exsiccate, parch, sear; concepts 250,469 Ant. hydrate, moisten, wet deify [v] elevate, glorify adore, apostheosize, consecrate, ennoble, enthrone, exalt, extol, idealize, idolize, immortalize, venerate, worship; concepts 69,367 Ant. degrade, dishonor, lower deign [v] lower oneself condescend, consent, deem worthy, patronize, see t*, stoop, think t*, vouchsafe; concept 35 Ant. be proud, hold head high deity [n] god, worshiped being celestial, celestial being, creator, divine being, divinity, goddess, godhead, idol, immortal, supreme being; concepts 368,370 dj vu [n] already seen or experienced familiarity, past-life experience, recall, recognition, remembrance; concepts 40,529 dejected [adj] depressed, blue abject, all torn up*, atrabilious, black, bleak, broody, bummed

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out*, cast down, cheerless, clouded, crestfallen, dampened, dashed, despondent, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, dismal, dispirited, doleful, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the dumps*, down in the mouth*, dragged, drooping, droopy, gloomy, glum, heavyhearted, hurting*, in the pits*, low, low-spirited, melancholy, miserable, moody, mopey*, mopish*, morose, sad, sagging, shot down*, spiritless, woebegone, wretched; concept 403 Ant. cheerful, encouraged, happy, joyous delay [n] deferment, interruption adjournment, bind, check, cooling-off period*, cunctation, dawdling, demurral, detention, discontinuation, downtime*, libuster, hangup*, hindrance, holding, holding pattern*, hold-up*, impediment, interval, jam, lag, lingering, logjam*, loitering, moratorium, obstruction, postponement, problem, procrastination, prorogation, putting off*, remission, reprieve, retardation, retardment, setback, showstopper*, stall, stay, stop, stoppage, surcease, suspension, tarrying, tie-up, wait; concepts 121,130,666 Ant. advance, dispatch, expedition, furtherance, hastening, hurry, rush, speed delay [v] cause stop in action adjourn, arrest, bar, bide time, block, check, choke, clog, conne, curb, dawdle, defer, detain, deter, dillydally*, discourage, drag, encumber, libuster, gain time, hamper, hold, hold over, impede, inhibit, interfere, intermit, keep, keep back, lag, lay over, linger, loiter, obstruct, postpone, prevent, procrastinate, prolong, prorogue, protract, put off, remand, repress, restrict, retard, shelve, slacken, stall, stave off, stay, suspend, table, tarry, temporize, withhold; concepts 121,130,237 Ant. advance, dispatch, expedite, further, hasten, hurry, rush, speed delectable [adj] delicious, enjoyable adorable, agreeable, ambrosial, appetizing, charming, choice, dainty, darling, delicate, delightful, delish, divine, enticing, exquisite, gratifying, heavenly, inviting, luscious, lush, palatable, pleasant, pleasurable, rare, sapid, satisfying, savory, scrumptious, tasty, toothsome, yummy; concepts 574,579,613 Ant. bad, disagreeable, horrible, nauseating, offensive, repulsive, sickening, unpleasant, unsatisfying delegate [n] representative, often governmental agent, alternate, ambassador, appointee, catchpole*, commissioner, consul, deputy, emissary, envoy, factor, front*, legate, member, member of congress, minister, mouthpiece, nominee, peoples choice, pinch hitter*, plenipotentiary, proxy, regent, rep*, replacement, senator, spokesperson, stand-in, substitute, surrogate, vicar, viceroy; concept 354 delegate [v1] give authority; empower accredit, appoint, assign, authorize, cast, charge, choose, commission, constitute, depute, deputize, designate, elect, give nod, invest, license, mandate, name, nominate, ordain, place trust in, select, swear in, warrant; concepts 50,88 Ant. keep delegate [v2] assign responsibility authorize, consign, devolve, entrust, give, hand over, hold responsible for, parcel out*, pass on*, relegate, send on errand, send on mission, shunt, transfer; concepts 50,88,143 Ant. keep

delegation [n1] assignment of responsibility appointment, apportioning, authorization, charge, commissioning, committal, consigning, consignment, conveyance, conveying, deputation, deputization, deputizing, devolution, entrustment, giving over, installation, investiture, mandate, nomination, ordination, reference, referring, relegation, sending away, submittal, submitting, transferal, transference, transferring, trust; concepts 50,88,143,685 Ant. keeping delegation [n2] group of representatives commission, contingent, deputation, embassy, envoys, gathering, legation, mission, organization; concepts 299,301 delete [v] erase, remove annul, black out, bleep, blot out, blue-pencil*, cancel, clean, clean up, cross out, cut, cut out, decontaminate, destroy, drop, edit, efface, eliminate, exclude, expunge, obliterate, omit, pass up, rub, rub out, rule out, sanitize, snip, squash, squelch, sterilize, strike out, trim, wipe out, X-out*; concept 211 Ant. add, put in deleterious [adj] harmful, damaging bad, destroying, destructive, detrimental, hurtful, injurious, mischievous, nocent, nocuous, pernicious, prejudicial, prejudicious, ruining, ruinous; concepts 537,570 Ant. aiding, assisting, helpful deliberate [adj] intentional advised, aforethought, calculated, careful, cautious, coldblooded, conscious, considered, cut-and-dried*, designed, designful, done on purpose, express, xed, intended, judged, meticulous, planned, pondered, prearranged, predesigned, predeterminate, predetermined, premeditated, prepense, projected, provident, prudent, purposed, purposeful, purposive, reasoned, resolved, schemed, scrupulous, studied, studious, thoughtful, thought out, voluntary, wary, weighed, willful, with forethought, witting; concepts 401,542 Ant. chance, indeterminate, unintentional, unmethodical, unsystematic, unwitting deliberate [v] think about seriously; discuss argue, bat it around*, cerebrate, chew over*, cogitate, consider, consult, contemplate, debate, excogitate, hammer away at*, judge, kick around, knock around, meditate, mull over, muse, ponder, pour it on*, put on thinking cap*, rack brains*, reason, reect, revolve, roll, ruminate, run up a agpole*, speculate, stew over*, study, sweat over*, talk over, turn over, weigh; concepts 17,24,56 deliberately [adv] intentionally advisedly, after consideration, apurpose, by design, calculatingly, consciously, designed, determinedly, emphatically, freely, in cold blood, independently, knowingly, meaningfully, on purpose, pointedly, premeditatively, prepensely, purposely, purposively, resolutely, studiously, to that end, voluntarily, willfully, with a view to, with eyes wide open*, with malice aforethought*, without qualms, wittingly; concepts 401,542 Ant. indetermindedly, unintentionally, unwittingly deliberation [n] serious thought, discussion application, attention, brainwork, calculation, care, carefulness, caution, cerebration, circumspection, cogitation, confabulation, conference, consideration, consultation, debate, forethought, heed, meditation, prudence, purpose, rap,

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ratiocination, reection, speculation, study, ventilation, wariness; concepts 17,24,56 delicacy [n1] daintiness, neness of structure airiness, debility, diaphaneity, elegance, etherealness, exquisiteness, fragility, frailness, frailty, gossameriness, inrmity, lightness, slenderness, smoothness, softness, subtlety, tenderness, tenuity, translucency, transparency, weakness; concepts 611,733 Ant. coarseness, heaviness, indelicacy, inelegance, robustness, roughness delicacy [n2] delicious, gourmet food ambrosia, banquet, bonne bouche, dainty, delight, dessert, feast, goody, indulgence, luxury, morsel, nectar, pleasure, rarity, regale, relish, savory, special, sweet, tidbit, treat; concept 457 delicate [adj1] dainty, weak aerial, balmy, breakable, choice, delectable, delicious, delightful, elegant, ethereal, exquisite, faint, lmy, ne, ne-grained, nespun, imsy, fracturable, fragile, frail, frangible, gauzy, gentle, gossamery, graceful, hairline, mild, muted, nice, pale, pastel, rare, recherch, select, shatterable, shattery, slight, soft, subdued, subtle, superior, tender; concepts 490,574,606 Ant. coarse, harsh, heavy, indelicate, inelegant, robust, rough, strong delicate [adj2] sickly ailing, debilitated, decrepit, feeble, imsy, fragile, frail, inrm, shatterable, shattery, slender, slight, susceptible, tender, unhealthy, weak; concept 314 Ant. healthful, healthy, strong delicate [adj3] fussy, discriminating alert, careful, critical, dainty, fastidious, nical, nicking, nicky, gentle, nice, particular, persnickety, prudish, pure, rened, scrupulous, sensitive, squeamish, thin-skinned; concept 404 Ant. imprecise, indelicate, indiscriminating, uncritical delicate [adj4] difcult, sticky (situation) critical, hair-trigger*, precarious, sensitive, ticklish, touchy, tricky, uncertain, unpredictable, volatile; concept 565 delicate [adj5] careful, tactful accurate, adept, cautious, considerate, deft, detailed, diplomatic, discreet, expert, foresighted, heedful, masterly, minute, politic, precise, procient, prudent, sensitive, skilled, tactical, wary; concepts 401,542 Ant. indelicate, inelegant, insensitive, uncareful, unscrupulous delicately [adv] carefully beautifully, cautiously, daintily, deftly, elegantly, exquisitely, fastidiously, nely, gracefully, lightly, precisely, sensitively, skillfully, softly, subtly, tactfully; concepts 542,544 Ant. indelicately, strongly, uncarefully delicatessen [n] eatery caf, cafeteria, charcuterie, deli, restaurant, sandwich shop, subway shop; concept 449 delicious [adj] pleasing, especially to the taste adorable, ambrosial, appetizing, choice, dainty, darling, delectable, delightful, delish*, distinctive, divine, enjoyable, enticing, exquisite, t for king*, good, gratifying, heavenly, luscious, lush, mellow, mouthwatering, nectarous, nice, palatable, piquant, pleasant, rare, rich, sapid, savory, scrumptious, spicy, sweet, tasteful, tasty, tempting, titillating, toothsome, wellprepared, well-seasoned, yummy*; concepts

572,613 Ant. disagreeable, distasteful, horrible, unpleasant, unsavory delight [n] enjoyment, happiness contentment, delectation, ecstasy, enchantment, felicity, fruition, gladness, glee, gratication, hilarity, jollity, joy, joyance, mirth, pleasure, rapture, relish, satisfaction, transport; concept 410 Ant. depression, disappointment, dismay, melancholy, misery, pain, sorrow, trouble, unhappiness delight [v] make happy; experience happiness allure, amuse, arride, attract, be the ticket*, charm, cheer, content, delectate, divert, enchant, enrapture, entertain, exult, fascinate, freak out, gladden, glory, go over big*, gratify, groove*, hit the spot*, jubilate, knock dead*, knock out*, please, pleasure, ravish, rejoice, satisfy, score, send, slay, thrill, tickle pink*, tickle to death*, turn on, wow; concepts 7,22 Ant. depress, disappoint, dismay, distress, pain, trouble delighted [adj] very happy captivated, charmed, ecstatic, elated, enchanted, entranced, excited, fullled, gladdened, gratied, joyous, jubilant, overjoyed, pleasantly surprised, pleased, thrilled; concept 403 Ant. depressed, disappointed, dismayed, melancholy, miserable, pained, sorrowful, troubled, unhappy delightful [adj] pleasant, charming adorable, agreeable, alluring, ambrosial, amusing, attractive, beautiful, captivating, cheery, clever, congenial, darling, delectable, delicious, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, entertaining, fair, fascinating, gratifying, heavenly, ineffable, lovely, luscious, lush, pleasing, pleasurable, rapturous, ravishing, refreshing, satisfying, scrumptious, thrilling, yummy*; concepts 401,404 Ant. bad, disappointing, horrible, unamusing, unenjoyable, unhappy, unpleasant delight in [v] take pleasure from admire, adore, amuse oneself, appreciate, be content, be pleased, cherish, dig*, eat up*, enjoy, feast on, get a kick out of*, get high on*, get off on*, glory in, groove on*, indulge in, like, live a little*, live it up*, love, luxuriate in, relish, revel in, savor; concepts 32,410 Ant. dislike, hate delineate [v] describe; outline characterize, chart, dene, depict, detail, draft, draw, gure, lay out, limn, mark, plot, portray, represent, sketch out, trace; concepts 36,55,174 delinquency [n] misconduct crime, default, dereliction, failure, fault, lapse, misbehavior, misdeed, misdemeanor, neglect, nonobservance, offense, oversight, weakness, wrongdoing; concepts 192,645 Ant. good behavior delinquent [adj] irresponsible, defaulting behind, blamable, blameworthy, careless, censurable, criminal, culpable, defaultant, derelict, disregardful, faulty, guilty, lax, neglectful, negligent, offending, overdue, procrastinating, red-handed*, remiss, reprehensible, shabby, slack, tardy, unpaid; concepts 401,570 Ant. behaving, careful, responsible delinquent [n] criminal, often young behind, blackguard, black sheep*, culprit, dawdler, deadbeat*, deadhead*, debtor, defaulter, derelict, desperado, evader, fallen angel*, felon, hoodlum*, jailbird*, JD*, juvenile delinquent, juvie*, lawbreaker, loafer, lounger, malefactor,

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miscreant, neglecter, no show*, offender, outlaw, punk*, recreant, reprobate, sinner, wrongdoer, young offender; concept 412 delirious [adj1] mentally imbalanced aberrant, bewildered, confused, crazed, crazy, demented, deranged, deviant, deviate, disarranged, disordered, distracted, disturbed, ipped*, ipped out*, hallucinatory, incoherent, insane, irrational, lightheaded, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, manic, off ones head*, out of ones head*, out of ones skull*, rambling, raving, unhinged, unreasonable, unsettled, wandering; concept 402 Ant. balanced, collected, normal, sane delirious [adj2] excited; very happy beside oneself*, carried away*, corybantic, crazy, delighted, drunk*, ecstatic, enthused, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, furious, hysterical, intoxicated, mad, overwrought, rabid*, rapturous, thrilled, transported, wild; concepts 401,403 Ant. unexcited, unhappy delirium [n] madness aberration, ardor, dementia, derangement, ecstasy, enthusiasm, fervor, fever, frenzy, furor, fury, hallucination, hysteria, insanity, lunacy, mania, passion, rage, raving, transport, zeal; concept 410 Ant. balance, calmness, saneness deliver [v1] transfer, carry bear, bring, cart, come across with*, convey, dish out*, distribute, drop, fork over*, gimme*, give, hand, hand-carry, hand over, pass, put on, put out, remit, transport, truck; concepts 108,217 Ant. hold, keep, retain deliver [v2] relinquish possession abandon, cede, commit, give up, grant, hand over, let go, resign, surrender, transfer, turn over, yield; concepts 116,131 Ant. capture, limit, restrain, restrict deliver [v3] free, liberate acquit, discharge, emancipate, loose, ransom, redeem, release, rescue, save, unshackle; concept 127 Ant. conne, detain, imprison, restrain, restrict deliver [v4] announce, proclaim address, bring out, broach, chime in, come out with, communicate, declare, express, give, give forth, impart, present, pronounce, publish, read, say, state, tell, throw out, utter, vent, voice; concepts 51,60 Ant. be quiet, keep, withhold deliver [v5] administer; throw aim, deal, direct, dispatch, ing, give, hurl, inict, launch, pitch, send, strike, transmit; concepts 217,222 deliver [v6] discharge, give forth accouch, bear, birth, born, dispense, feed, nd, hand, hand over, produce, provide, release, supply, turn over; concepts 179,374 deliverance [n] liberation acquittal, delivery, emancipation, extrication, freeing, redemption, release, rescue, salvation, saving; concept 134 delivery [n1] transfer, transmittal carting, commitment, consignment, conveyance, dispatch, distribution, drop, freighting, giving over, handing over, impartment, intrusting, mailing, parcel post, portage, post, rendition, shipment, surrender, transmission; concepts 108,217 Ant. hold, keeping, retention delivery [n2] articulation of message accent, diction, elocution, emphasis, enunciation, inection, intonation, modulation, pronunciation, speech, utterance; concepts 47,595 Ant. quiet, secrecy

delivery [n3] childbirth accouchement, bearing, birth, birthing, bringing forth, Caesarian section, childbearing, connement, geniture, labor, lying-in, parturition, travail; concepts 302,373,374 delivery [n4] giving of freedom deliverance, emancipation, escape, freeing, liberation, pardon, release, rescue, salvage, salvation; concept 127 Ant. capture, connement, imprisonment, restraint delivery room [n] birthing room birthing center, hospital room; concepts 312,439,449 delude [v] deceive, fool beguile, betray, bluff, caboodle*, cheat, con, cozen, disinform, do a number on*, double-cross, dupe*, gull*, hoax*, hoodwink*, illude, impose on, jive*, juggle*, lead up garden path*, misguide, mislead, mousetrap*, outfox, play trick on, snow*, string along, sucker*, take in, trick; concept 59 Ant. be truthful deluge [n] downpour, ood of something avalanche, barrage, cataclysm, cataract, drencher, ux, inundation, niagara, overowing, overrunning, pour, rush, spate, torrent; concepts 432,524,787 deluge [v1] inundate with water douse, drench, drown, engulf, ood, ush, gush, overow, overrun, overwhelm, pour, sluice, soak, sop, souse, stream, submerge, swamp, wet, whelm; concept 256 deluge [v2] overwhelm abound, crowd, engulf, ood, glut, inundate, overcome, overcrowd, overload, overrun, oversupply, snow*, snow under*, swamp, teem; concepts 42,140 delusion [n] misconception, misbelief apparition, blunder, casuistry, chicanery, daydream, deception, deceptiveness, dream, eidolon, error, fallacy, false impression, fancy, fantasy, gment*, fools paradise*, ghost, hallucination, head trip*, ignis fatuus, illusion, lapse, mirage, misapprehension, mistake, optical illusion, oversight, phantasm, phantom, pipe dream*, self-deception, shade, speciousness, spuriousness, trickery, trip, vision; concept 689 Ant. actuality, certainty, fact, reality, surety, truth delusive [adj] deceptive apparent, beguiling, chimerical, deceiving, deluding, fallacious, false, fanciful, fantastic, illusive, illusory, imaginary, misleading, ostensible, quixotic, seeming, specious, spurious, visionary; concept 582 Ant. actual, certain, factual, honest, real, truthful deluxe [adj] superior, plush choice, costly, dainty, delicate, elegant, exclusive, expensive, exquisite, rst-class, grand, luscious, lush, luxuriant, luxurious, opulent, palatial, posh, rare, recherch, rich, ritzy, select, special, splendid, sumptuous, super, swank, swanky; concept 574 Ant. inferior, poor delve [v] dig into task, action burrow, dig, dredge, examine, excavate, explore, ferret out*, go into, gouge out, inquire, investigate, jump into, leave no stone unturned*, look into, probe, prospect, ransack, really get into*, research, rummage, scoop out, search, seek, shovel, sift, spade, trowel, turn inside out*, unearth; concepts 87,103,216 demagogue [n] agitating person agitator, fanatic, rebrand*, fomenter, haranger,

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hothead*, incendiary, inciter, inamer, instigator, politician, rabble-rouser*, radical, rebel, revolutionary, soapbox orator*, troublemaker; concepts 359,412 demand [n] question, request appeal, application, arrogation, bid, bidding, call, call for, charge, claim, clamor, command, counterclaim, entreatment, entreaty, exaction, impetration, imploration, importunity, imposition, inquiry, insistence, interest, interrogation, lien, necessity, need, occasion, order, petition, plea, prayer, pursuit, requirement, requisition, rush, sale, search, solicitation, stipulation, suit, supplication, trade, ultimatum, use, vogue, want; concept 662 Ant. grant, offer, reply demand [v1] ask strongly for something abuse, appeal, apply, arrogate, badger, beg, beseech, besiege, bid, challenge, charge, cite, claim, clamor for, coerce, command, compel, constrain, counterclaim, direct, dun, enjoin, entreat, exact, expect, force, hit, hit up, impetrate, implore, importune, inquire, insist on, interrogate, knock, nag, necessitate, oblige, order, pester, petition, postulate, pray, press, question, request, require, requisition, solicit, stipulate, sue for, summon, supplicate, tax, urge, whistle for; concept 53 Ant. give, grant, offer, reply demand [v2] require ask, call for, command, crave, cry out for, fail, involve, lack, necessitate, need, oblige, take, want; concepts 26,646 Ant. give, present, supply demanding [adj] challenging, urgent ambitious, backbreaker*, bothersome, clamorous, critical, dictatorial, difcult, exacting, exhausting, exigent, fussy, grievous, hard, imperious, importunate, insistent, nagging, onerous, oppressive, pressing, querulous, strict, stringent, taxing, tough, troublesome, trying, wearing, weighty; concepts 542,565 Ant. easy, facile, trivial, unchallenging, undemanding demarcation [n] boundary, division bound, conne, delimitation, differentiation, distinction, enclosure, limit, margin, separation, split, terminus; concept 745 demean [v] humble, humiliate abase, badmouth*, belittle, bemean, cast down, contemn, cut down to size*, cut rate, debase, decry, degrade, derogate, descend, despise, detract, dis*, disparage, dump on*, knock down*, lower, pan*, poor-mouth*, scorn, sink, stoop*; concepts 7,19,54 Ant. boost, enhance, improve, upgrade demeanor [n] behavior, manner address, air, attitude, bearing, carriage, comportment, conduct, deportment, disposition, mien, poise, port, presence, set; concepts 411,633 demented [adj] crazy, insane bananas*, bemused, crackbrained*, daft, delirious, deranged, distracted, distraught, ipped out*, foolish, frenzied, fruity*, hysterical, idiotic, in the ozone*, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, manic, non compos mentis, nutty as a fruitcake*, out of ones gourd*, out of ones tree*, psycho, psychopathic, psychotic, schitzy*, schizoid*, unbalanced, unglued*, unhinged*, unsound, whacko*; concept 403 Ant. balanced, rational, reasonable, sane, sensible dementia [n] senility Alzheimers disease, derangement, insanity, madness, mental decay,

mental deterioration, mental disorder, personality change, softening of the brain*, unbalance; concepts 316,410 demise [n] fate, usually death annihilation, collapse, curtains, decease, departure, dissolution, downfall, dying, end, ending, expiration, extinction, failure, fall, nal thrill*, last out*, last roundup*, lights out*, numbers up*, passing, quietus, ruin, silence, sleep, termination; concepts 105,304,679 Ant. birth democracy [n] government in which people participate commonwealth, egalitarianism, emancipation, equalitarianism, equality, freedom, justice, liberal government, representative government, republic, suffrage; concepts 299, 688,689 democratic [adj] representative, self-governing autonomous, common, communal, constitutional, egalitarian, equal, free, friendly, individualistic, informal, just, libertarian, orderly, popular, populist, self-ruling, socialist; concepts 319,536 demography [n] study of human population anthropology, census-taking, population analysis, population density, population growth, population size, population studies, population vital statistics; concept 349 demolish [v] destroy; consume annihilate, break, bulldoze, burst, crack, crush, decimate, defeat, devastate, devour, dilapidate, dismantle, eat, atten, gobble up, knock down, level, obliterate, overthrow, overturn, pulverize, put away, put in toilet*, raze, ruin, sink, smash, take apart, take out, tear down, torpedo*, total*, trash*, undo, wax*, wipe off map*, wrack, wreck; concepts 169,252 Ant. build, construct, x, produce, rebuild, repair, restore demolition [n] destruction annihilation, bulldozing, explosion, extermination, knocking down, leveling, razing, wrecking; concept 252 Ant. building, construction, xing, production, repair demon [n] evil, devilish being or inuence archend, beast, brute, end, goblin, hellion, imp, incubus, little devil*, malignant spirit, monster, rascal, rogue, Satan, succubus, vampire, villain; concepts 370,412 Ant. angel, god demonic [adj] evil aroused, bad, crazed, demoniac, demoniacal, devilish, diabolic, diabolical, endish, red, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, hellish, impious, infernal, insane, inspired, mad, maniacal, manic, possessed, satanic, serpentine, unhallowed, violent, wicked; concepts 404,545 Ant. angelic, godlike, good, moral demonstrable [adj] provable, evident ascertainable, attestable, axiomatic, certain, conclusive, deducible, evincible, incontrovertible, indubitable, inferable, irrefutable, obvious, palpable, positive, self-evident, undeniable, unmistakable, veriable; concepts 529,535 Ant. distorted, doubtful, obscure, undemonstrable, unveriable, vague demonstrate [v1] display, show authenticate, determine, establish, evidence, evince, exhibit, expose, aunt, indicate, make evident, make out, manifest, prove, roll out*, show and tell*, test, testify to, trot out*, try, validate; concept 97 Ant. conceal, hide

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demonstrate [v2] explain, illustrate conrm, debunk, describe, express, give for instance, make clear, ostend, proclaim, set forth, show how, teach, testify to, walk one through*; concept 57 Ant. confuse, distort, falsify, misrepresent demonstrate [v3] display or take public action for a cause exhibit, fast, lie in, manifest, march, march on, parade, picket, protest, rally, sit in, stage walkout, strike, walkout; concepts 261,300 demonstration [n1] display of proof afrmation, conrmation, description, evidence, exhibition, explanation, exposition, expression, illustration, induction, manifestation, presentation, proof, show, spectacle, substantiation, test, testimony, trial, validation; concept 261 Ant. concealment, hiding demonstration [n2] display of belief in cause by taking public action fast, lie-in*, love-in*, march, mass lobby, parade, peace march, picket, picket line, protest, rally, sit-in*, strike, teach-in*, walkout; concepts 261,300 demonstrative [adj1] expressive, communicative affectionate, candid, effusive, emotional, evincive, expansive, explanatory, expository, frank, gushing, histrionic, illustrative, indicative, loving, open, outgoing, outpouring, outspoken, plain, profuse, symptomatic, tender, unconstrained, unreserved, unrestrained, warmhearted; concepts 267,401 Ant. cold, cool, inexpressive, reserved, restrained, uncommunicative, undemonstrative, unemotional demonstrative [adj2] conclusive authenticating, certain, convincing, decisive, denite, nal, proving, showing, specic, validating; concepts 531,537 Ant. anticlimactic, confusing, inconclusive, mysterious demonstrator [n] protester agitator, boycotter, disrupter, dissenter, marcher, objector, picketer, radical, revolter, revolutionary, rioter, striker, troublemaker; concept 412 demoralize [v1] depress, unnerve abash, blow out, blow up, chill, cripple, damp, dampen, daunt, debilitate, deject, disarrange, disconcert, discountenance, discourage, dishearten, disorder, disorganize, disparage, dispirit, disturb, embarrass, enfeeble, get to*, jumble, muddle, nonplus, psych out*, rattle, sap, send up*, shake, snarl, take apart*, take steam out*, undermine, unglue*, unman, unsettle, unzip*, upset, weaken; concepts 7,19 Ant. boost, comfort, encourage, uplift demoralize [v2] corrupt, pervert bastardize, bestialize, brutalize, debase, debauch, deprave, lower, vitiate, warp; concept 14 Ant. make good, moralize, purify demote [v] downgrade, lower in rank bench*, break, bump, bust, declass, degrade, demean, demerit, dismiss, disrate, hold back, kick downstairs*, lower, reduce, relegate, set back; concepts 233,351 Ant. improve, promote, rate, upgrade demur [v] disagree balk, cavil, challenge, combat, complain, deprecate, disapprove, dispute, doubt, ght, hem and haw*, hesitate, object, oppose, pause, protest, pussyfoot*, refuse, remonstrate, resist, scruple, shy, stick, stickle, strain, take exception*, vacillate, wait and

see*, waver; concepts 46,54 Ant. accept, agree, consent, go along demure [adj] reserved, affected backward, bashful, blushing, close, coy, decorous, difdent, earnest, humble, modest, nice, prim, prissy, proper, prudish, reticent, retiring, sedate, serious, shy, silent, skittish, sober, solemn, staid, strait-laced, timid, unassertive, unassuming, unassured; concepts 401,404 Ant. aggressive, bold, extroverted, outgoing, shameless, strong den [n1] cavern, hideaway atelier, burrow, cave, cloister, couch, cubbyhole, haunt, hideout, hole, hotbed, lair, lodge, nest, retreat, sanctuary, sanctum, shelter, snuggery, study; concepts 448,513 den [n2] room for relaxation or informal entertaining family room, library, media room, playroom, recreation room, rec room*, rumpus room, studio, TV room; concepts 440,448 denial [n] dismissal, refusal of belief in statement abnegation, abstaining, adjuration, brush-off, cold shoulder*, contradiction, controversion, declination, disallowance, disapproval, disavowal, disclaimer, dismissing, disproof, dissent, forswearing, gainsaying, nay, negation, negative, nix*, nonacceptance, noncommittal, no way*, prohibition, protestation, rebuff, rebuttal, refraining, refusing, refutal, refutation, rejecting, rejection, renegement, renouncement, renunciation, repudiating, repudiation, repulse, retraction, turndown, veto; concepts 45,54 Ant. afrmation, agreement, approval, avowal, claim, corroboration, vouching denigrate [v] belittle, malign asperse, bad mouth*, besmirch, blacken, blister, calumniate, decry, defame, dis*, disparage, give black eye*, impugn, knock*, libel, mudsling*, put down*, revile, rip up*, roast*, run down*, scandalize, slander, tear down*, traduce, vilify; concepts 52,54 Ant. boost, cherish, compliment, praise denizen [n] resident citizen, dweller, habitant, indweller, inhabitant, inhabiter, liver, national, native, occupant, resider, subject; concept 413 Ant. alien, foreigner, immigrant denomination [n1] religious belief church, communion, connection, creed, cult, faith, group, persuasion, religion, school, sect; concepts 368,689 denomination [n2] classication body, category, class, grade, group, size, type, unit, value; concept 378 denomination [n3] name appellation, appellative, brand, cognomen, compellation, designation, ag, handle, identication, label, moniker, nomen, slot, style, surname, tab, tag, term, title; concept 683 denotation [n] meaning, description designation, explanation, implication, indication, signication, specication; concepts 268,682 denote [v] designate, mean add up, announce, argue, bespeak, betoken, connote, evidence, express, nger, ash, hang sign on*, imply, import, indicate, insinuate, intend, make, mark, peg, prove, put down for, put nger on*, show, signify, spell, stand for, symbol, symbolize, tab, tag, typify; concepts 55,682 denouement [n] the end result climax, close, completion, conclusion, culmination, end, nal

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curtain*, nale, last act*, resolution, windup*; concept 832 denounce [v] condemn, attack accuse, adjudicate, arraign, blacklist, blame, boycott, brand, castigate, censure, charge, charge with, criticize, damn, declaim, decry, denunciate, derogate, dress down, excoriate, expose, nger*, hang something on*, impeach, implicate, impugn, incriminate, indict, inveigh against, knock, ostracize, proscribe, prosecute, rap, rat*, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprobate, reprove, revile, scold, show up, skin*, smear, stigmatize, take to task, threaten, upbraid, vilify, vituperate; concepts 44,52 Ant. approve, commend, compliment, praise dense [adj1] compressed, thick close, closeknit, compact, condensed, crammed, crowded, heaped, heavy, impenetrable, jammed, jampacked*, massed, opaque, packed, packed like sardines*, piled, solid, substantial, thickset; concept 483 Ant. open, scattered, sparse, thin, uncompressed dense [adj2] slow, stupid blockheaded*, boorish, doltish, dull, dumb, fatheaded*, ignorant, imbecilic, impassive, lethargic, numskulled*, oash, obtuse, phlegmatic, simple, slowwitted, sluggish, stolid, thick, torpid; concept 402 Ant. brainy, clever, intelligent, smart density [n] bulk, mass body, closeness, compactness, concretion, consistency, crowdedness, denseness, frequency, heaviness, impenetrability, massiveness, quantity, solidity, substantiality, thickness, tightness; concept 722 Ant. openness, sparsity, thinness dent [n] depression, scrape, chip cavity, concavity, crater, crenel, cut, dimple, dint, dip, embrasure, furrow, hollow, impression, incision, indentation, nick, notch, pit, scallop, score, scratch, sink, trough; concept 580 Ant. bulge dent [v] chip, scrape, depress dig, dimple, dint, furrow, gouge, hollow, imprint, indent, make concave, mark, nick, notch, perforate, pit, press in, push in, ridge, scratch; concepts 176,189, 208,246 Ant. bulge dentures [n] false teeth articial teeth, bridge, choppers*, dental plate, implants, partial, set of teeth; concept 393 denude [v] strip bare, disrobe, expose, eece, lay bare*, peel, uncover, undress; concept 211 denunciation [n] condemnation, criticism accusation, arraignment, blame, castigation, censure, charge, cursing, damning, denouncement, derogation, dressing down*, fulmination, incrimination, indictment, invective, knock*, obloquy, rap*, reprehension, reprimand, reprobation, smearing, stigmatization, upbraidment, vilication; concept 52 Ant. appreciation, approval, commendation, compliment, praise deny [v] disagree, renounce, decline abjure, abnegate, ban, begrudge, call on, contradict, contravene, controvert, curb, disacknowledge, disallow, disavow, disbelieve, discard, disclaim, discredit, disown, disprove, doubt, enjoin from, eschew, exclude, forbid, forgo, forsake, gainsay, hold back, keep back, negate, negative, not buy, nullify, oppose, rebuff, rebut, recant, refuse, refute, reject, repudiate, restrain, revoke, sacrice, say no to, spurn, taboo, take exception to, turn down, turn thumbs down*, veto, withhold;

concepts 46,49,52 Ant. accede, acknowledge, admit, afrm, agree, allow, concede, confess, corroborate, go along, grant deodorant [n] something that freshens air freshener, antiperspirant, cleanser, cosmetic, deodorizer, disinfectant, fumigant, fumigator, smoke screen*; concept 492 deodorize [v] freshen aerate, air, depollute, disinfect, fumigate, neutralize, purify, sanitize, sterilize, sweeten, ventilate; concepts 161,244 depart [v1] leave, retreat abandon, abdicate, absent, beat it*, blast off*, cut and run*, cut out*, decamp, desert, disappear, emigrate, escape, evacuate, exit, get away, git*, go, go away, go forth, hit the bricks*, hit the road*, hit the trail*, make a break*, march out, migrate, move on, move out, part, perish, pull out, quit, remove, retire, sally forth*, say goodbye*, scram*, secede, set forth, shove off*, slip away*, split*, start, start out, take leave, tergiversate, troop*, vacate, vanish, withdraw; concept 195 Ant. arrive, come, enter depart [v2] diverge from normal, expected abandon, cast, desert, deviate, differ, digress, disagree, discard, dissent, excurse, forsake, ramble, reject, repudiate, stray, swerve, turn aside, vary, veer, wander; concepts 665,697 Ant. continue, keep to, linger, stay, wait departed [adj] dead bought the farm*, buried, deceased, expired, gone, in the grave*, laid to rest*, late, passed away, pushing up daisies*, six feet under*, stiff; concept 539 department [n1] section of organization, area administration, agency, area, arena, beat, board, branch, bureau, canton, circuit, commission, commune, constituency, division, force, ofce, parish, precinct, quarter, range, staff, station, subdivision, territory, tract, unit, ward; concepts 381,440,508 department [n2] area of interest, expertise activity, administration, assignment, avocation, bailiwick, berth, bureau, business, capacity, class, classication, domain, dominion, duty, eld, function, incumbency, jurisdiction, line, niche, occupation, ofce, province, realm, responsibility, slot, specialty, sphere, spot, station, vocation, walk of life, wing; concept 349 department store [n] retail store anchor store, chain store, dime store, discount store, ve-and-dime store, outlet store, shop, store; concepts 325,439,448,449 departure [n1] leaving abandonment, adieu, bow out*, cong, decampment, desertion, egress, egression, embarkation, emigration, escape, evacuation, exit, exodus, expatriation, farewell, ight, getaway*, going, going away, goodbye*, hegira, migration, parting, passage, powder*, quitting, recession, removal, retirement, retreat, sailing, separation, setting forth, setting out, stampede, start, takeoff, taking leave, taking off, vacation, vanishing act*, walkout, withdrawal, withdrawing; concept 195 Ant. arrival, coming, entrance departure [n2] deviation from normal, expected aberration, branching off, branching out, change, declination, deection, difference, digression, divergence, diversion, innovation, in thing*, last word*, latest thing*, new wrinkle*, novelty, rambling, shift, straying, turning,

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variance, variation, veering, wandering; concepts 665,697 Ant. abidance, continuation, keeping, stay depend [v1] count on, rely upon bank on*, bet bottom dollar on*, bet on*, build upon, calculate on, conde in, gamble on*, lay money on*, lean on*, reckon on, trust in, turn to; concept 26 depend [v2] be contingent on be at mercy of, be based on, be conditioned, be connected with, be determined by, be in control of, be in the power of, be subject to, be subordinate to, bottom, found, ground, hang, hang in suspense, hang on, hinge on, pend, rest, rest on, rest with, revolve around, revolve on, stand on, stay, trust to, turn on; concept 711 dependable [adj] reliable, responsible always there, carrying the load*, certain, constant, faithful, good as ones word*, loyal, rocklike*, secure, stable, staunch, steadfast, steady, sturdy, sure, to be counted on, tried, tried-and-true, true, trustworthy, trusty, unfailing; concepts 542,560 Ant. dishonest, irresponsible, uncertain, undependable, unreliable, unsteady, unsure dependence/dependency [n1] condence, reliance assurance, belief, credence, expectation, faith, hope, interdependence, responsibility, responsibleness, stability, steadiness, stock, trust, trustiness, trustworthiness; concepts 410, 689 Ant. freedom, independence, strength dependence/dependency [n2] addiction, need attachment, contingency, habit, helplessness, hook, inability, security blanket, servility, subjection, subordination, subservience, vulnerability, weakness, yoke; concepts 20,709 Ant. independence, subtraction, want dependent [adj1] weak, helpless abased, clinging, counting on, debased, defenseless, humbled, immature, indigent, inferior, lesser, minor, poor, reliant, relying on, secondary, subordinate, tied to apron strings*, under, under thumb*, unsustaining, vulnerable; concepts 404,574 Ant. independent, mature, strong, unreliant dependent [adj2] contingent, determined by accessory to, ancillary, appurtenant, conditional, controlled by, counting, depending, incidental to, liable to, provisory, reckoning, regulated by, relative, reliant, relying, subject to, subordinate, subservient, susceptible, sustained by, trusting, under control of; concept 546 Ant. free, independent depict [v] describe, render in drawing or writing characterize, delineate, design, detail, illustrate, image, interpret, limn, narrate, outline, paint, picture, portray, relate, report, represent, reproduce, sculpt, sketch, state; concepts 79,174 Ant. confuse, distort, mix up depiction [n] description, rendering delineation, drawing, illustration, image, likeness, outline, picture, portraiture, portrayal, presentment, representation, sketch; concepts 259,268 deplete [v] consume, exhaust supply bankrupt, bleed*, decrease, dig into, diminish, drain, draw, dry up, empty, evacuate, expend, nish, impoverish, lessen, milk*, reduce, sap, spend, squander, suck dry*, undermine, use up, wash up, waste, weaken; concepts 142,169,225 Ant. add, augment, expand, ll, give, increase depleted [adj] consumed, exhausted all in*, bare, bleary*, collapsed, decreased, depreciated,

destitute, devoid of, drained, effete, emptied, far-gone*, in want, kaput*, lessened, out of, pooped out*, reduced, sapped, short of, sold, sold out, spent, sucked out*, used, used up, vacant, washed out, wasted, weakened, without resources, worn, worn out; concepts 576,771 Ant. augmented, enlarged, increased, unconsumed, unused deplorable [adj] unfortunate, shameful afictive, awful, blameworthy, bummer*, calamitous, dire, dirty, disastrous, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, distressing, dolorous, downer*, dreadful, execrable, faulty, godawful*, grievous, grim, heartbreaking, heartrending, horrifying, intolerable, lamentable, lousy, melancholy, miserable, mournful, opprobrious, overwhelming, pitiable, poor, regrettable, reprehensible, rotten, sad, scandalous, sickening, stinking, terrible, tragic, unbearable, unsatisfactory, woeful, wretched; concepts 529,570,574 Ant. cheerful, delightful, excellent, good, happy, shameless deplore [v] regret; condemn abhor, be against, bemoan, bewail, carry on, censure, complain, cry, denounce, deprecate, disapprove of, eat ones heart out*, grieve for, hate, hurt, lament, moan, mourn, object to, repent, rue, sing the blues*, sorrow over, take on, weep; concepts 21,29 Ant. approve, be happy, delight, praise, rejoice, revel deploy [v] redistribute, station troops or weapons arrange, display, dispose, expand, extend, fan out, form front, open, position, put out patrol, set out, set up, spread out, take battle stations, unfold, use, utilize; concepts 158,213,320 Ant. not use, withhold deport [v] banish cast out, dismiss, displace, exile, expatriate, expel, expulse, extradite, oust, relegate, ship out, transport; concepts 198,211,217 Ant. allow, permit, stay deportation [n] banishment displacement, eviction, exile, expatriation, expulsion, extradition, ostracism, relegation, removal, transportation; concepts 198,211,217 Ant. approval, permission deportment [n] carriage, manner of person actions, address, air, appearance, aspect, bearing, behavior, cast, comportment, conduct, demeanor, mien, port, posture, set, stance; concept 633 depose [v] oust from position boot out, bounce, break, can*, cashier, chuck, degrade, demote, dethrone, discrown, dismiss, displace, downgrade, drum out, eject, freeze out*, give heaveho*, impeach, kick out*, overthrow, remove from ofce, ride out on rail*, run out of town*, send packing*, subvert, throw out, throw out on ear*, uncrown, unfrock, unmake, unseat, upset; concepts 133,298,320 deposit [n1] down payment; money saved drop, installment, money in the bank, partial payment, pledge, retainer, security, stake, warranty; concepts 340,344 Ant. debit, withdrawal deposit [n2] accumulation of solid alluvium, delta, deposition, dregs, drift, grounds, lees, precipitate, precipitation, sediment, settlings, silt; concepts 432,470,471 deposit [v] locate, put in place for safekeeping accumulate, amass, bank, collect, commit,

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deliver, ditch, drop, entrust, garner, give in trust, hoard, install, invest, keep, lay, lay away, park, place, plant*, plop*, plunk*, plunk down*, precipitate, put aside, put by, repose, rest, salt away*, save, settle, sit down, sock away*, squirrel away*, stash, stock up, store, stow, transfer, treasure; concepts 134,201,330 Ant. take away, take out deposition [n1] dethroning, ousting degradation, discharge, dismissal, displacement, ejection, impeachment, overthrow, removal, unfrocking; concepts 133,298,320 deposition [n2] attestation of truth, especially in legal matters afdavit, afrmation, allegation, announcement, declaration, evidence, sworn statement, testimony; concepts 271,318 depository [n] storage place archive, arsenal, bank, bunker, cache, collection, depot, gallery, magazine, museum, repertory, repository, safe, safe-deposit box, store, storehouse, tomb, vault, warehouse; concept 435 depot [n] storage place; station annex, armory, base, depository, destination, garage, haltingplace, haven, junction, loft, lot, magazine, ofce, repository, stopping-place, store, storehouse, storeroom, terminal, terminus, waiting room, warehouse, yard; concepts 435,449 deprave [v] corrupt, lead astray bastardize, bestialize, brutalize, debase, debauch, degrade, demoralize, pervert, seduce, subvert, vitiate, warp; concept 14 Ant. ennoble, improve, moralize depraved [adj] corrupt, immoral abandoned, bad, base, debased, debauched, degenerate, degraded, dirty*, dirty-minded, dissolute, evil, fast*, lthy*, agitous, gone to the dogs*, kinky*, lascivious, lewd, licentious, low, mean, miscreant, nefarious, perverted, proigate, putrid, rotten, shameless, sinful, twisted, unhealthy, unnatural, vicious, vile, villainous, vitiate, vitiated, wanton, warped, wicked; concept 545 Ant. good, honorable, just, moral, noble, pure, uncorrupt, upright, virtuous depravity [n] corruption, immorality abandonment, baseness, contamination, criminality, debasement, debauchery, degeneracy, degradation, depravation, evil, iniquity, lewdness, licentiousness, perversion, proigacy, sensuality, sinfulness, vice, viciousness, vitiation, wickedness; concept 645 Ant. good, honor, justice, morality, nobility, purity, uprightness, virtue deprecate [v] belittle, condemn cut down to size*, depreciate, derogate, detract, disapprove of, discommend, discountenance, disesteem, disfavor, disparage, expostulate, frown, mudsling*, not go for*, object, pooh-pooh*, poor mouth*, protest against, put down*, rip*, run down*, take dim view of, take down, take exception to; concepts 7,19,52 Ant. approve, build up, commend, compliment, endorse, laud, praise depreciate [v1] devalue, lose value abate, cheapen, decay, decrease, decry, deate, depress, deteriorate, devalorize, diminish, downgrade, drop, dwindle, erode, fall, lessen, lower, mark down, reduce, soften, underrate, undervalue, worsen, write down, write off; concepts 698,776 Ant. gain value, increase, overrate, raise, rate

depreciate [v2] belittle, ridicule abuse, asperse, attack, calumniate, censure, clamor against, condemn, contemn, decry, defame, denigrate, denounce, deprecate, deride, derogate, detract, discount, discountenance, discredit, disgrace, disparage, dispraise, fault, nd fault with, humble, knock, look down on*, lower, malign, minimize, put down, rap, revile, roast*, run down*, scoff at, scorn, slam, slander, slight, slur, smear, sneer at, spurn, take down a peg*, traduce, underestimate, underrate, undervalue, vilify; concepts 7,19,52 Ant. approve, commend, compliment, exalt, laud, praise, recommend depreciation [n] devaluation accounting allowance, deation, fall, loss of value, reduction, slump; concepts 137,236,240,247 depredation [n] devastation, destruction burglary, crime, desecration, desolation, despoiling, laying waste, marauding, pillage, plunder, ransacking, rapine, ravaging, robbery, sacking, spoliation, stealing, theft, wasting; concepts 192,252 Ant. boon, construction, goodness, miracle, wonder depress [v1] deject, make despondent; exhaust abase, afict, ail, bear down, beat, beat down*, bother, bug*, bum out*, cast down, chill*, cow*, damp, dampen, darken, daunt, debase, debilitate, degrade, desolate, devitalize, discourage, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, distress, disturb, drag*, drain, dull, enervate, faze, keep under, lower, mock, mortify, oppress, perturb, press, put down*, reduce, reduce to tears*, run down*, sadden, sap*, scorn, slow, throw cold water on*, torment, trouble, try, turn one off*, upset, weaken, weary, weigh down*; concepts 7,19,240 Ant. cheer, comfort, encourage, excite, lift, make happy, stimulate depress [v2] devalue cheapen, debase, depreciate, diminish, downgrade, impair, lessen, lower, reduce; concepts 240,330 Ant. increase, raise depress [v3] push down couch, demit, dip, droop, atten, let down, level, lower, press down, settle, sink, smoosh, squash; concept 208 Ant. push up, raise, uplift depressant [n] sedative calmant, downer, intoxicant, relaxant, tranquilizer; concept 7 depressed [adj1] discouraged bad, bleeding*, blue*, bummed out*, cast-down, crestfallen, crummy*, dejected, despondent, destroyed, disconsolate, dispirited, down, down and out*, downcast, downhearted, down in the dumps*, down in the mouth*, dragged*, fed up*, glum, grim, hurting, in a blue funk*, in pain*, in the dumps*, in the pits*, in the toilet*, let down, low, low-down, low-spirited, lugubrious, melancholy, moody, morose, on a downer*, pessimistic, ripped, sad, sob story*, spiritless, taken down*, torn up*, unhappy, weeping, woebegone; concept 403 Ant. cheerful, comforted, encouraged, happy, satised, unburdened depressed [adj2] concave, pushed down hollow, indented, recessed, set back, sunken; concept 490 Ant. bulging, convex, pushed up, raised depressed [adj3] disadvantaged cheapened, depreciated, deprived, destitute, devalued, distressed, ghetto, ghost, impaired, needy, poor,

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poverty-stricken, run-down, shanty, skid row*, underprivileged, weakened; concepts 334,555 Ant. blessed, ourishing, prosperous, rich depressing [adj] discouraging, upsetting black, bleak, daunting, dejecting, disheartening, dismal, dispiriting, distressing, dreary, funereal, gloomy, heartbreaking, hopeless, joyless, melancholic, melancholy, mournful, oppressive, sad, saddening, somber; concept 529 Ant. cheering, encouraging, happy depression [n1] low spirits; despair abasement, abjection, abjectness, blahs*, bleakness, blue funk*, bummer, cheerlessness, dejection, desolation, desperation, despondency, disconsolation, discouragement, dispiritedness, distress, dole, dolefulness, dolor, downheartedness, dreariness, dullness, dumps, ennui, gloom, gloominess, heaviness of heart, heavyheartedness, hopelessness, lowness, lugubriosity, melancholia, melancholy, misery, mortication, qualm, sadness, sorrow, the blues*, trouble, unhappiness, vapors*, woefulness, worry; concept 410 Ant. cheerfulness, encouragement, happiness, hope, hopefulness depression [n2] economic decline bad times*, bankruptcy, bear market*, big trouble*, bottom out*, bust, crash, crisis, deation, dislocation, downturn, drop, failure, hard times*, inactivity, ination, overproduction, panic, paralysis, rainy days*, recession, retrenchment, sag, slide, slowness, slump, stagation, stagnation, unemployment; concepts 324,330,335 Ant. recovery, surge depression [n3] concavity, cavity basin, bowl, crater, dent, dimple, dip, excavation, hole, hollow, impression, indentation, pit, pocket, sag, scoop, sink, sinkage, sinkhole, vacuity, vacuum, valley, void; concept 513 Ant. bulge, convexity, protuberance deprivation [n] taking, keeping away; need denial, deprival, destitution, detriment, disadvantage, dispossession, distress, divestiture, divestment, expropriation, hardship, loss, privation, removal, seizure, want, withdrawal, withholding; concepts 121,142,709 Ant. bestowal, endowment, giving, indulgence, offer, offering, presentation, supply deprive [v] keep or take away something wanted, needed bankrupt, bare, bereave, denude, despoil, disinherit, dismantle, dispossess, disrobe, divest, dock, expropriate, hold back, lose, oust, rob, seize, skim, stiff, strip, wrest; concepts 121,142 Ant. appropriate, bestow, confer, endow, give, indulge, offer, present, supply depth [n1] distance down or across base, bottom, declination, deepness, draft, drop, expanse, extent, fathomage, intensity, lower register, lowness, measure, measurement, pit, pitch, profoundness, profundity, remoteness, sounding; concepts 737,790 Ant. height depth [n2] insight, wisdom acuity, acumen, astuteness, brain, discernment, intellect, intelligence, keenness, penetration, profoundness, profundity, sagacity, sense, sharpness, weightiness; concept 409 deputize [v] appoint as a deputy assign, authorize, commission, consign, delegate, depute, entrust, mandate; concept 50

deputy [n] assistant, agent aide, ambassador, appointee, assembly member, backup, commissioner, councilor, delegate, dogcatcher*, factor, legate, lieutenant, minister, proxy, regent, replacement, representant, representative, secondin-command, sub, subordinate, substitute, surrogate; concept 348 Ant. chief, manager derange [v] make crazy; confuse confound, craze*, dement, disarrange, disarray, discommode, discompose, disconcert, disorder, disorganize, displace, distract, disturb, drive mad, frenzy, madden, make insane, mess up*, misplace, muss*, perplex, rufe, rummage, unbalance, unhinge*, unsettle, upset; concepts 16,84 Ant. calm, comfort deranged [adj] crazy, insane ape*, baked*, bananas*, berserk, cracked*, crazed, delirious, demented, disarranged, disconcerted, disordered, displaced, distracted, dotty*, ipped*, ipped out*, frantic, frenzied, fried*, irrational, loco*, lunatic, mad, maddened, maniac, maniacal, nuts*, perplexed, schizzo*, unbalanced, unglued*, unhinged*, unscrewed*, unsettled, unsound, unzipped*, whacko*; concept 403 Ant. balanced, calm, ok, sane deregulate [v] remove imposed controls on a system decontrol, denationalize, leave be, let alone, not interfere, not meddle, not tamper; concepts 94,117 deregulation [n] the removal of imposed controls on a system disinvolvement, free competition, free enterprise, free trade, isolationism, laissez-faire, liberalism, noninterference, nonintervention, self-regulating market; concept 299 derelict [adj1] careless, negligent behindhand, delinquent, disregardful, irresponsible, lax, regardless, remiss, slack, undependable, unreliable, untrustworthy; concept 542 Ant. careful, caring derelict [adj2] deserted, forsaken abandoned, castoff, desolate, dilapidated, dingy, discarded, faded, lorn, neglected, ownerless, relinquished, ruined, run-down, seedy, shabby, solitary, threadbare, uncouth; concept 560 Ant. improved, populated derelict [n] destitute or down-and-out person beggar, bum, castaway, dawdler, drifter, oater, grifter, hobo, neer-do-well*, outcast, renegade, skidrow bum, stiff, stumblebum*, tramp, vagabond, vagrant; concepts 412,423 deride [v] make fun of; insult banter, chaff, contemn, detract, dis*, disdain, disparage, do a number on*, dump on*, out, gibe, jeer, jolly, kid, knock, laugh at, lout, mock, pan, poohpooh*, put down*, quiz, rag*, rally, razz*, rib*, ridicule, roast*, scoff, scorn, slam, sneer, taunt, twit; concepts 52,54 Ant. commend, compliment, atter, praise, revere de rigeur [adj] proper, right au fait, becoming, comme il faut, conventional, correct, decent, decorous, done, tting, necessary, required; concept 558 Ant. improper, wrong derision [n] insult, disrespect backhanded compliment*, brickbat*, Bronx cheer*, butt*, comeback, contempt, contumely, crack, dig*, disdain, disparagement, dump*, jab, jest, joke, laughingstock, laughter, mockery, object of ridicule, parting shot, pilgarlic, put-down, raillery, ridicule, satire, scofng, scorn, slam*,

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slap, sneering; concepts 52,278 Ant. adulation, commendation, compliment, attery, praise derisive [adj] ridiculing cheeky*, cocky, contemptuous, crusty, disdainful, ip*, fresh, gally, insulting, jeering, mocking, nervy, out-of-line, rude, sarcastic, sassy, scofng, scornful, smart*, smart-alecky*, taunting; concept 267 Ant. complimentary, attering, praising, respectful derivable [adj] deducible a priori, attributable, available, determinable, dogmatic, extractable, inferable, likely, obtainable, reasoned, resultant, traceable; concept 529 Ant. inconcludable, underivable derivation [n] root, source ancestry, basis, beginning, descent, etymology, foundation, genealogy, inception, origin, provenance, provenience, spin-off, well, wellspring, whence it came; concept 648 Ant. conclusion, consequence, effect, end, outgrowth, result derivative [adj] borrowed, transmitted from source acquired, ancestral, caused, cognate, coming from, connate, copied, evolved, hereditary, imitative, inferential, inferred, not original, obtained, plagiaristic, plagiarized, procured, rehashed, secondary, secondhand, subordinate, uninventive, unoriginal; concept 549 Ant. inventive, original, unborrowed, unique derivative [n] product, descendant by-product, offshoot, outgrowth, spin-off, wave; concept 260 Ant. invention, original, root, source derive [v] deduce a conclusion acquire, arrive, assume, collect, determine, develop, draw, educe, elaborate, elicit, evolve, excogitate, extract, follow, formulate, gain, gather, get, glean, infer, judge, make, make out, obtain, procure, put together, reach, receive, trace, work out; concepts 15,18 Ant. create, invent derive from [v] come from; arise descend, emanate, ow, head, issue, originate, proceed, rise, spring from, stem from; concept 648 dernier cri [n] the latest thing fad, look, the last word*, the newest fashion, vogue; concept 655 derogatory [adj] offensive, uncomplimentary aspersing, belittling, calumnious, censorious, contumelious, critical, damaging, decrying, defamatory, degrading, demeaning, deprecatory, depreciative, despiteful, detracting, disdainful, dishonoring, disparaging, fault-nding, humiliating, injurious, malevolent, malicious, maligning, minimizing, opprobrious, reproachful, sarcastic, scornful, slanderous, slighting, spiteful, unfavorable, unattering, vilifying; concepts 267,570 Ant. appreciative, complimentary, favorable, attering, praising derriere [n] backside ass, bottom, buns, buttocks, can, cheeks, fanny, heinie, keister, posterior, rear, rear end, seat; concept 392 descend [v1] move down, lower a cascade, cataract, cave in*, coast, collapse, crash, crouch, decline, deplane, detrain, dip, disembark, dismount, dive, dribble*, drop, fall, fall prostrate, get down, get off, go down, gravitate, ground, incline, light, lose balance, penetrate, pitch, plop, plummet, plunge, prolapse, set, settle, sink, slant, slide, slip, slope, slough off, slump, stoop, stumble, submerge, subside, swoop, toboggan, topple, trickle, trip, tumble, weep; concepts 147,181,213 Ant. ascend, go up, increase, rise

descend [v2] condescend abase oneself, concede, degenerate, deteriorate, humble oneself, lower oneself, patronize, stoop; concepts 23,35 descend [v3] trace ancestry from; be passed or handed down arise, derive, issue, originate, proceed, spring; concept 108 descendant [n] person in line of ancestry brood, child, children, chip off old block*, get*, heir, issue, kin, offshoot, offspring, posterity, product, progeniture, progeny, scion, seed, spin-off*; concepts 296,414 Ant. ascendant, predecessor descent [n1] moving down; lowering cave-in, coast, coming down, crash, declension, declination, decline, declivity, dip, downgrade, droop, drop, drop-off, fall, falling, grade, gradient, header, hill, inclination, incline, landslide, plummeting, plunge, plunging, precipitation, prolapse, sag, settlement, sinkage, sinking, slant, slide, slip, slope, swoop, tailspin, topple, tumble; concepts 147,181,213,738 Ant. ascension, ascent, elevation, increase, rise, upgrade descent [n2] line of ancestry blood, extraction, family, family tree, genealogy, heredity, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, relationship; concept 296 descent [n3] deterioration abasement, anticlimax, cadence, comedown, debasement, decadence, decline, degradation, discomture, down, downcome, downfall, lapse, pathos, slump; concepts 230,674 Ant. improvement, upgrade descent [n4] assault, attack advance, foray, incursion, invasion, pounce, raid, swoop; concepts 86,320 describe [v] explain in speech, writing call, characterize, chronicle, communicate, construe, convey image, dene, delineate, depict, detail, distinguish, draw, elucidate, epitomize, exemplify, explicate, expound, express, illuminate, illustrate, image, impart, interpret, label, limn, make apparent, make clear, make sense of, make vivid, mark out, name, narrate, outline, paint, particularize, picture, portray, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report, represent, sketch, specify, state, tell, term, trace, transmit, write up; concept 55 Ant. confuse, misrepresent, mix up description [n1] account in speech, writing ABCs*, blow by blow, brief, characterization, chronicle, confession, declaration, denition, delineation, depiction, detail, explanation, explication, ngerprint, information, make, monograph, narration, narrative, picture, portraiture, portrayal, presentment, recital, recitation, record, recountal, rehearsal, report, representation, rundown, sketch, specication, statement, story, summarization, summary, tale, version, vignette, writeup, yarn; concept 268 Ant. misrepresentation description [n2] class, kind brand, breed, category, character, classication, feather, genre, genus, ilk, kidney, nature, order, sort, species, stripe, type, variety; concept 378 descriptive [adj] explanatory anecdotic, characteristic, characterizing, circumstantial, classicatory, clear, denitive, delineative, depictive, describing, designating, detailed, eloquent, explicative, expository, expressive,

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extended, graphic, identifying, illuminating, illuminative, illustrative, indicative, interpretive, lifelike, narrative, particularized, pictorial, picturesque, revealing, specic, true to life, vivid; concepts 267,557 Ant. confusing, cursory, undescriptive desecrate [v] abuse, violate befoul, blaspheme, commit sacrilege, contaminate, dele, depredate, desolate, despoil, devastate, devour, dishonor, make lose face*, mess up*, pervert, pillage, pollute, profane, prostitute, ravage, sack*, spoil, spoliate, waste; concepts 246,252 Ant. honor, praise, sanctify desecration [n] violation, abuse blasphemy, debasement, delement, impiety, irreverence, profanation, sacrilege; concepts 246,252 Ant. honor, praise, sanctication desegregate [v] eliminate segregation abolish segregation, commingle, give equal access, integrate, open, unify; concepts 113,114 desensitize [v] dull anesthetize, benumb, deaden, make inactive, make less sensitive, numb, render insensible; concepts 130,240 desert [adj] barren, uncultivated arid, bare, desolate, infertile, lonely, solitary, sterile, uninhabited, unproductive, untilled, waste, wild; concept 560 Ant. cultivated, fertile, productive desert [n] wasteland; dry area arid region, badland, barren, barren land, ats, lava bed, Sahara, sand dunes, solitude, wild, wilderness, wilds; concepts 508,517 Ant. wetland desert [v] abandon, defect abscond, apostatize, bail out*, beach, betray, bolt, check out*, chuck, cop out*, crawl out, decamp, depart, duck*, escape, ee, y, forsake, give up, go, go AWOL*, go back on, go over the hill*, go west*, jilt, leave, leave high and dry*, leave in the lurch*, leave stranded, light, maroon, opt out, play truant, pull out, quit, relinquish, renounce, resign, run out on*, sneak off*, split*, strand, take a hike*, take off, tergiversate, throw over, vacate, violate oath, walk; concepts 195,297 Ant. aid, assist, come back, help, stay, support deserted [adj] abandoned, unoccupied bare, barren, bereft, cast off, derelict, desolate, empty, forlorn, forsaken, godforsaken*, isolated, left, left in the lurch*, left stranded, lonely, lorn, neglected, relinquished, solitary, uncouth, uninhabited, vacant; concepts 485,577 Ant. busy, crowded, populated, populous deserter [n] fugitive from responsibility absconder, apostate, AWOL*, backslider, betrayer, criminal, defector, delinquent, derelict, escapee, escaper, hookey player*, lawbreaker, maroon, no-show*, recreant, refugee, renegade, runaway, shirker, slacker, traitor, truant; concepts 358,412,423 desertion [n] abandonment abrogation, absconding, apostasy, avoidance, backsliding, betrayal, castoff, defecting, departing, departure, derelict, dereliction, disaffection, disavowal, disavowing, divorce, elusion, escape, evasion, falling away, falseness, ight, forsaking, going back on*, leaving, marooning, perdy, recreancy, rejection, relinquishment, renunciation, repudiation, resignation, retirement, retreat, running out on*, secession, tergiversation,

treachery, truancy, withdrawal; concepts 195,297 Ant. aid, assistance, help, staying deserts [n] what is due one chastening, chastisement, comeuppance, compensation, deserving, discipline, disciplining, due, get hers*, get his*, guerdon, lumps*, meed, merit, payment, penalty, punishment, recompense, requital, retribution, return, revenge, reward, right, talion, what is coming to one*, what one is asking for*; concepts 129,710 deserve [v] be entitled to be given ones due*, be in line for*, be worthy of, demand, earn, gain, get, get comeuppance*, get what is coming to one*, have it coming*, have the right to, justify, lay claim to, merit, procure, rate, warrant, win; concept 129 deserving [adj] worthy, meritorious admirable, commendable, due, estimable, tting, laudable, needy, praisable, praiseworthy, righteous, rightful, thankworthy; concept 404 Ant. undeserving, unworthy desiccate [v] take moisture out of anhydrate, dehydrate, deplete, devitalize, divest, drain, dry, dry up, evaporate, exsiccate, parch, sear, shrivel, wither, wizen; concepts 137,250 Ant. moisten, moisturize, wet design [n1] sketch, draft architecture, arrangement, blueprint, chart, comp, composition, conception, constitution, construction, delineation, depiction, diagram, doodle, drawing, dummy, form, formation, idea, layout, makeup, map, method, model, outline, paste-up, pattern, perspective, picture, plan, scheme, study, tracery, tracing, treatment; concepts 268,625,660 design [n2] artful conception arrangement, conguration, construction, depiction, device, doodle, drawing, gure, form, illustration, motif, motive, organization, painting, pattern, picture, portrait, shape, sketch, style; concept 259 design [n3] intention action, aim, angle, animus, big picture*, brainchild*, child*, conation, conspiracy, deliberation, end, enterprise, game plan*, gimmick, goal, intendment, intrigue, lay of the land*, machination, meaning, notion, object, objective, picture, pitch, plan, play, plot, point, project, proposition, purport, purpose, recipe, reection, scenario, scene, schema, scheme, setup, story, target, thinking, thought, trick, undertaking, view, volition, whats cooking*, will; concepts 410,660 design [v1] plan, outline accomplish, achieve, arrange, block out, blueprint, cast, chart, construct, contrive, create, delineate, describe, devise, diagram, dope out, draft, draw, effect, execute, fashion, form, frame, fulll, invent, lay out, perform, produce, project, set out, sketch, sketch out, trace, work out; concept 36 Ant. disorder, disorganize design [v2] create, conceive compose, contrive, cook up*, devise, dream up*, fabricate, fashion, form, frame, invent, make up, originate, produce, think up; concepts 43,173 design [v3] intend, mean to do aim, contemplate, contrive, destine, devise, make, mind, plan, prepare, project, propose, purpose, scheme, tailor; concepts 35,36 designate [v1] name, entitle baptize, call, christen, cognominate, denominate, dub, label, nickname, nominate, style, term, title; concept 62

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designate [v2] specify as selection allocate, allot, appoint, apportion, appropriate, assign, authorize, button down*, characterize, charge, choose, commission, connote, constitute, dene, delegate, denote, depute, deputize, describe, dictate, earmark*, elect, evidence, favor, nger*, indicate, individualize, make, mark, mete, name, nominate, opt, peg*, pick, pin down, pinpoint, prefer, put down for*, reseve, set apart, set aside, show, single, slot, stipulate, tab*, tag*, tap*; concepts 41,129 designation [n1] name, label, mark appellation, appellative, class, classication, cognomen, compellation, denomination, description, epithet, identication, key word, moniker, nickname, nomen, style, title; concept 683 designation [n2] delegation, selection appointment, classication, identication, indication, pigeonhole*, recognition, specication; concept 41 designedly [adv] intentionally apurpose, by design, calculatedly, deliberately, knowingly, on purpose, prepensely, purposedly, purposely, purposively, studiously, willfully, wittingly; concepts 402,535 Ant. innocently, unconsciously, unintentionally, unknowingly, unwittingly designer [n] creator architect, author, costumier, couturier, deviser, engineer, fabricator, fashion designer, fashioner, inventor, maker, originator, planner, producer; concept 352 designing [adj] plotting, crafty artful, astute, conniving, conspiring, crooked, cunning, deceitful, devious, heedful, intriguing, Machiavellian, observant, scheming, sharp, shrewd, sly, treacherous, tricky, unscrupulous, wily; concept 542 Ant. aboveboard, artless, honest, not clever, unplanned desirable [adj1] attractive, seductive adorable, alluring, beautiful*, charming, covetable, enticing, fascinating, fetching, sexy; concepts 372,579 Ant. bad, disagreeable, disgusting, unattractive, undesirable desirable [adj2] advantageous, good acceptable, advisable, agreeable, benecial, covetable, eligible, enviable, expedient, grateful, gratifying, helpful, pleasing, preferable, protable, useful, welcome, worthwhile; concepts 560,572 Ant. bad, detrimental, disadvantageous, evil, harmful, hurtful, injurious, unprotable desire [n1] want, longing admiration, ambition, appetite, ardor, aspiration, attraction, avidity, concupiscence, covetousness, craving, craze, cupidity, devotion, doting, eagerness, fancy, fascination, fervor, fondness, frenzy, greed, hankering*, hunger, inclination, infatuation, itch*, lasciviousness, lechery, libido, liking, love, lust, mania, motive, need, passion, predilection, proclivity, propensity, rapaciousness, rapture, ravenousness, relish, salacity, solicitude, thirst, urge, voracity, will, wish, yearning; concepts 20,709 Ant. aversion, disgust, dislike, distaste, hate, hatred, repulsion desire [n2] request appeal, entreaty, hope, importunity, petition, solicitation, supplication, want, wish; concept 662 Ant. answer, antagonism, reply desire [v1] want, long for aim, aspire to, be smitten, be turned on by*, choose, cotton to,

covet, crave, desiderate, die over*, enjoy, fall for*, fancy, give eyeteeth for*, go for*, hanker after*, have eyes for*, have the hots for*, hunger for, like, lust after, make advances to, partial to, pine, set heart on*, spoil for, sweet on*, take a liking to*, take a shine to*, take to*, thirst, wish for, yearn for; concept 20 Ant. not want desire [v2] ask, request beg, bespeak, entreat, importune, petition, seek, solicit; concept 48 Ant. answer desirous [adj] aspiring, hopeful acquisitive, ambitious, amorous, anxious, avid, covetous, craving, desiring, eager, enthusiastic, grasping, greedy, hot*, itchy*, keen, longing, lustful, passionate, prehensile, ready, stimulated, turned on*, willing, wishful, wishing, yearning; concept 529 Ant. reluctant, unambitious, unenthusiastic, unhopeful desist [v] stop, refrain from abandon, abstain, avoid, break off, cease, discontinue, end, forbear, give over, give up, halt, have done with*, knock off*, leave off, not do, pause, quit, relinquish, resign, surcease, suspend, yield; concept 119 Ant. carry on, continue, endure, go on, keep on, persevere, restart, resume desk [n] table counter, davenport, escritoire, lecturn, reading stand, rolltop, school desk, secretary, workspace, writing desk; concept 443 desk jockey [n] an ofce worker clerical worker, desk worker, pencil driver, pencil pusher, pen pusher, white-collar worker; concept 348 desktop publishing [n] producing publications with computer software desktop*, electronic publishing, formatting, outputting, typesetting; concept 277 desolate [adj1] unused, barren abandoned, bare, bleak, derelict, desert, destroyed, dreary, empty, forsaken, godforsaken*, isolated, lonely, lonesome, lorn, ruined, solitary, unfrequented, uninhabited, unoccupied, vacant, waste, wild; concepts 485,560 Ant. cultivated, populated, used desolate [adj2] depressed, despondent abandoned, acheronian, bereft, black, bleak, blue, cheerless, comfortless, companionless, dejected, disconsolate, dismal, dolorous, down, downcast, forlorn, forsaken, funereal, gloomy, hurting, in a blue funk*, inconsolable, joyless, lonely, lonesome, lorn, melancholy, miserable, somber, tragic, wretched; concept 403 Ant. cheerful, happy, pleased desolate [v] ravage, destroy depopulate, depredate, desecrate, despoil, devastate, devour, lay low, lay waste, pillage, plunder, ruin, sack, spoliate, waste; concept 252 Ant. build, construct, improve desolation [n1] uninhabitated area; barrenness bareness, bleakness, desert, devastation, dissolution, extinction, forlornness, isolation, loneliness, ruin, solitariness, solitude, waste, wildness, wreck; concepts 517,710 Ant. civilization desolation [n2] distress, unhappiness anguish, dejection, despair, gloom, gloominess, loneliness, melancholy, misery, mourning, sadness, sorrow, woe, wretchedness; concept 410 Ant. cheer, comfort, happiness, joy

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despair [n] depression, hopelessness anguish, dashed hopes, dejection, desperation, despondency, discouragement, disheartenment, forlornness, gloom, melancholy, misery, ordeal, pain, sorrow, trial, tribulation, wretchedness; concept 410 Ant. cheer, cheerfulness, condence, faith, happiness, hopefulness, joy, joyfulness, trust despair [v] give up hope abandon, be hopeless, despond, destroy, drop, atten, give way, have heavy heart*, let air out*, lose faith, lose heart, relinquish, renounce, resign, surrender, take down, yield; concept 21 Ant. anticipate, expect, have faith, hope, wish for despairing [adj] upset, despondent anxious, at end of ones rope*, blue, brokenhearted, cant win*, cynical, dejected, depressed, desperate, disconsolate, downcast, forlorn, frantic, griefstricken, hopeless, inconsolable, in pain*, in the dumps*, in the pits*, in the soup*, melancholic, melancholy, miserable, not a prayer*, no-win*, oppressed, pessimistic, sad, shot down*, strabilious, suicidal, sunk*, weighed down*, wretched; concept 403 Ant. condent, encouraged, expectant, hopeful desperado [n] criminal bandit, convict, cutthroat, gangster, hoodlum, lawbreaker, mugger, outlaw, rufan, thug; concept 412 desperate [adj1] reckless, outrageous atrocious, audacious, bold, careless, dangerous, daring, death-defying, determined, devilmay-care, foolhardy, frantic, frenzied, furious, hasty, hazardous, headlong, headstrong, heinous, impetuous, incautious, madcap, monstrous, precipitate, rash, risky, scandalous, shocking, venturesome, violent, wild; concept 401 Ant. condent, content, satised, secure, unworried desperate [adj2] extreme, intense acute, climacteric, concentrated, critical, crucial, dire, drastic, exquisite, erce, furious, great, terrible, urgent, vehement, very grave, vicious, violent; concepts 537,540,569 Ant. calm, content, contented, satisfactory, satised desperate [adj3] hopeless at end of ones rope*, back to the wall*, cant win*, dead duck*, despairing, despondent, desponding, downcast, forlorn, futile, gone*, goner*, hard up*, inconsolable, in the soup*, in the toilet*, irrecoverable, irremediable, irretrievable, no-chance*, no-way*, no-win*, running out of time*, sad, sunk*, up against it*, up the creek*, useless, vain, wretched; concept 548 Ant. hopeful desperately [adv1] severely badly, carelessly, dangerously, dramatically, ercely, gravely, greatly, harmfully, hysterically, like crazy*, like mad*, perilously, seriously; concept 569 Ant. calmly, easily, trivially desperately [adv2] frightfully appallingly, fearfully, hopelessly, shockingly; concept 403 desperation [n1] hopelessness agony, anguish, anxiety, concern, dejection, depression, desolation, despair, despondency, discomfort, disconsolateness, distraction, distress, fear, gloom, grief, heartache, melancholy, misery, pain, pang, sorrow, torture, trouble, unhappiness, worry; concept 410 Ant. condence, contentment, security

desperation [n2] rashness carelessness, deance, foolhardiness, frenzy, heedlessness, impetuosity, madness, recklessness; concept 633 Ant. calm, cautiousness, collectedness, peace, peacefulness despicable [adj] hateful; beyond contempt abject, awful, base, beastly, cheap, contemptible, degrading, detestable, dirty, disgraceful, disreputable, down, ignominious, infamous, insignicant, loathsome, low, low-life*, mean,no-good*, pitiful, reprehensible, shameful, slimy*, sordid, vile, worthless, wretched; concepts 404,570 Ant. desirous, honorable, likeable, loveable, respectable, virtuous, worthy despise [v] look down on abhor, abominate, allergic to*, contemn, deride, detest, disdain, disregard, eschew, execrate, feel contempt for, out, hate, have no use for*, loathe, look down nose at*, misprize, neglect, put down*, reject, renounce, repudiate, revile, scorn, shun, slight, snub, spurn, undervalue, wipe out*; concept 29 Ant. admire, appreciate, cherish, like, love despite [prep] in spite of, regardless of against, although, even though, even with, in contempt of, in deance of, in the face of, notwithstanding, undeterred by; concept 544 despoil [v] ravage, destroy denude, depopulate, depredate, deprive, desecrate, desolate, devastate, devour, dispossess, divest, loot, maraud, pillage, plunder, raid, rie, rob, sack, spoil, spoliate, strip, vandalize, waste, wreak havoc, wreck; concept 252 Ant. build, construct, improve despondent [adj] depressed all torn up*, blue*, bummed-out*, cast-down, dejected, despairing, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, dispirited, doleful, down, downcast, downhearted, forlorn, gloomy, glum, griefstricken, grieving, hopeless, in a blue funk*, in despair, in the pits*, low, low-spirited, melancholy, miserable, morose, mourning, sad, shot down*, sorrowful, woebegone, wretched; concept 403 Ant. cheerful, elated, happy, hopeful, spirited, up despot [n] dictator autocrat, Hitler*, monocrat, oppressor, slavedriver, tyrant; concepts 354,412 despotism [n] absolute power authoritarianism, autocracy, dictatorship, tyranny; concept 133 dessert [n] sweet treat cake, candy, confection, cookie, frozen dessert, frozen treat, fruit, ice cream, last course, pastry, pie, pudding, sweet, sweet course, tart; concept 457 destination [n] goal; place one wants to go aim, ambition, design, end, harbor, haven, intention, journeys end, landing-place, object, objective, purpose, resting-place, station, stop, target, terminal, terminus; concepts 198,659 Ant. beginning, source, start destine [v] predetermine, ordain allot, appoint, assign, consecrate, decide, decree, dedicate, design, determine, devote, doom, doom to, earmark*, fate, foreordain, intend, mark out, predestine, preform, preordain, purpose, reserve; concept 18 destined [adj1] bound for, fated in near future at hand, brewing*, certain, closed, coming, compelled, compulsory, condemned, designed, directed, doomed, foreordained, forthcoming,

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hanging over*, impending, ineluctable, inescapable, inevitable, inexorable, in prospect, instant, in store, intended, in the cards*, in the wind*, looming, meant, menacing, near, ordained, overhanging, predesigned, predestined, predetermined, que sera sera*, sealed, settled, stated, that is to be, that will be, threatening, to come, unavoidable, way the ball bounces*; concept 537 Ant. avoidable, unscheduled destined [adj2] en route, on the road to appointed, appropriated, assigned, bent upon, booked, bound for, chosen, consigned, delegated, designated, determined, directed, entrained, heading, ordered to, prepared, routed, scheduled, specied; concept 584 destiny [n] fate afterlife, break*, breaks*, certainty, circumstance, conclusion, condition, constellation, course of events, cup, design, divine decree, doom, expectation, nality, foreordination, fortune, future, happenstance, hereafter, horoscope, inevitability, intent, intention, karma, kismet*, lot, luck, Moirai, objective, ordinance, portion, predestination, predetermination, prospect, serendipity, the stars*, way the ball bounces*, way the cookie crumbles*, what is written*, wheel of fortune*, world to come*; concept 679 Ant. choice, free will, volition destitute [adj] down and out; wanting bankrupt, beggared, bereft, busted, dead broke*, decient, depleted, deprived of, devoid of, dirt poor*, divested, drained, empty, exhausted, at*, at broke*, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, in need of, insolvent, lacking, moneyless, necessitous, needy, on the breadline*, on the rocks*, penniless, penurious, pinched, played out*, poor, poverty-stricken, stony, strapped, stripped, totaled, wiped out*, without; concept 334 Ant. lucky, prosperous, rich, secure, wealthy destroy [v] demolish, devastate abort, annihilate, annul, axe*, blot out, break down, butcher*, consume, cream*, crush, damage, deface, desolate, despoil, dismantle, dispatch, end, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, gut*, impair, kill, lay waste, level, liquidate, maim, mar, maraud, mutilate, nuke*, nullify, overturn, quash, quell, ravage, ravish, raze, ruin, sabotage, shatter, slay, smash, snuff out*, spoliate, stamp out, suppress, swallow up*, tear down, torpedo*, total, trash*, vaporize, waste, wax*, wipe out, wreck, zap*; concept 252 Ant. build, construct, create, improve, repair, restore destruction [n] demolition, devastation abolishing, abolition, annihilation, assassinating, bane, carnage, crashing, crushing, disintegrating, disrupting, dissolving, downfall, elimination, end, eradication, extermination, extinction, extinguishing, extirpation, havoc, invalidating, invalidation, liquidation, loss, massacre, murder, overthrow, ravaging, ruin, ruination, sacking, shattering, slaughter, slaying, subjugation, subversion, subverting, undoing, wreckage, wrecking; concepts 230, 252 Ant. building, construction, creation, improvement, reparation, restoration destructive [adj1] injurious, devastating annihilative, baleful, baneful, calamitous, cancerous, cataclysmic, catastrophic, consump-

tive, cutthroat, damaging, deadly, deleterious, detrimental, dire, disastrous, eradicative, evil, extirpative, fatal, fell, harmful, hurtful, internecine, lethal, lethiferous, mortal, noisome, noxious, pernicious, pestiferous, pestilential, ruinous, slaughterous, suicidal, toxic, venomous, wrackful, wreckful; concept 537 Ant. aiding, assisting, building, creative, helpful, productive destructive [adj2] hurtful, disparaging abrasive, adverse, antagonistic, cankerous, caustic, contrary, corrosive, deleterious, derogatory, detrimental, discouraging, discrediting, erosive, hostile, injurious, invalidating, negative, offensive, opposed, troublesome, undermining, vicious; concepts 267,537 Ant. encouraging, hopeful, positive desultory [adj] random aimless, chance, chaotic, deviating, erratic, haphazard, orderless, rambling, unmethodical, unstable, unsystematic, without purpose; concepts 535,548,557 detach [v] disconnect, cut off abstract, disafliate, disassemble, disassociate, disengage, disentangle, disjoin, dismount, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, free, isolate, loose, loosen, part, remove, segregate, separate, sever, sunder, take apart, tear off, uncouple, unfasten, unx, unhitch, withdraw; concept 135 Ant. attach, combine, connect, couple, link, merge, unite detached [adj1] disconnected alone, apart, discrete, disjoined, divided, emancipated, free, isolate, isolated, loose, loosened, removed, separate, severed, unaccompanied, unconnected; concept 490 Ant. attached, combined, connected, coupled, linked, merged, united detached [adj2] aloof, disinterested; neutral abstract, apathetic, casual, cool*, dispassionate, distant, impartial, impersonal, incurious, indifferent, laid-back*, objective, out of it*, pokerfaced*, remote, removed, reserved, spaced-out, spacey*, staid, stolid, unbiased, uncommitted, unconcerned, uncurious, uninvolved, unpassioned, unprejudiced, withdrawn; concepts 401,404 Ant. biased, compassionate, engaged, interested, sympathetic detachment [n1] disconnection disengagement, disjoining, dissolution, disunion, division, divorce, divorcement, partition, rupture, separation, severing, split-up; concepts 388,747 Ant. attachment, combination, connection, linkage, merger detachment [n2] aloofness brown study*, coldness, coolness, disinterestedness, dreaminess, impartiality, incuriosity, indifference, neutrality, nonpartisanship, objectivity, preoccupation, remoteness, reverie, unconcern, woolgathering*; concept 633 Ant. bias, compassion, interest, kindness, sympathy detachment [n3] military troop army, body, detail, division, force, organization, party, patrol, special force, squad, task force, troupe, unit; concept 322 detail [n1] feature, specic aspect ABCs*, accessory, article, brass tacks*, chapter and verse*, circumstantiality, component, count, cue, design, dope*, element, fact, factor, ne point, fraction, item, meat and potatoes*, minor point, minutia, nicety, nitty-gritty*, nuts and bolts*, part, particular, peculiarity, plan, point, portion, respect, schedule, singularity,

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specialty, specication, structure, technicality, thing, trait, trivia, triviality; concept 831 Ant. whole detail [n2] military troop army, assignment, body, detachment, duty, fatigue, force, kitchen police, KP*, organization, party, special force, squad, unit; concept 322 detail [v1] specify, make clear analyze, catalog, circumstantiate, communicate, delineate, depict, describe, designate, elaborate, embellish, enumerate, epitomize, exhibit, y speck*, get down to brass tacks*, individualize, itemize, lay out, narrate, particularize, portray, produce, quote chapter and verse*, recapitulate, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report, reveal, set forth, show, specialize, spell out, spread, stipulate, summarize, sweat details*, tell, uncover; concepts 55,57,60 Ant. hide, misrepresent, suppress, withhold detail [v2] assign specic task allocate, appoint, charge, commission, delegate, detach, send; concepts 50,88 detailed [adj] itemized, particularized abundant, accurate, all-inclusive, amplied, at length, blow-by-blow*, circumstantial, circumstantiated, clocklike, complete, complicated, comprehensive, copious, denite, described, developed, disclosed, elaborate, elaborated, enumerated, exact, exhausting, exhaustive, nicky*, full, fussy*, individual, individualized, intricate, meticulous, minute, narrow, nice, point-by-point, precise, seriatim, specic, specied, thorough, unfolded; concept 557 Ant. brief, cursory, inexhaustive, nonspecic, sparing, uncomplicated, undetailed detain [v] hold, keep back; arrest apprehend, bog down*, bust*, buttonhole*, check, conne, constrain, decelerate, delay, hang up*, hinder, hold up*, ice*, impede, inhibit, intern, jail, mire, nab*, pick up, pinch*, pull in*, put away*, reserve, restrain, retard, run in, send up, set back, slow down, slow up, withhold; concepts 191,317 Ant. free, let go, liberate, release detect [v] discover ascertain, catch, descry, dig up*, disclose, distinguish, encounter, espy, expose, nd, hit on*, hit upon*, identify, meet, meet with, nose out*, note, notice, observe, recognize, reveal, scent, see, smell out*, smoke out*, spot, stumble on, track down, tumble into, turn up, uncover, unmask, wise up to*; concepts 38,183 Ant. miss, not see, overlook, pass by detection [n] discovery apprehension, disclosure, espial, expos, exposure, ferreting out, nd, revelation, strike, tracking down, uncovering, unearthing, unmasking; concepts 38, 183 Ant. failure, miss, mistake detective [n] investigator of crime agent, analyst, bird dog*, bloodhound*, bull*, constable, cop, dick*, eavesdropper, eye*, fed*, nk*, atfoot*, gumshoe*, informer, nark*, peeper*, P. I.*, plainclothes ofcer, police ofcer, private eye, private investigator, prosecutor, reporter, roper, scout, sergeant, shadow*, shamus*, Sherlock Holmes*, shooy*, sleuth, slewfoot*, snoop*, spy, tail*; concept 348 dtente [n] peace amity, cooling off, equal power, harmony, relaxation, relief, tranquility, truce; concepts 388,691

detention [n] connement, imprisonment apprehension, arrest, arrestation, bust*, custody, delay, detainment, hindrance, holding back, holding pen*, immurement, impediment, incarceration, internment, keeping in, nab, pen*, pickup, pinch*, quarantine, restraint, retention, time up the river*, withholding; concepts 191,317 Ant. freedom, liberation, release deter [v] check, inhibit from action act like a wet blanket*, avert, block, caution, chill, cool, damp, dampen, daunt, debar, disadvise, discourage, dissuade, divert, forestall, forfend, frighten, hinder, impede, intimidate, obstruct, obviate, preclude, prevent, prohibit, put a damper on, put off, restrain, rule out, scare, shut out, stave off, stop, talk out of, throw cold water on*, turn off, warn; concept 121 Ant. encourage, instigate, persuade, promote, put on to, stimulate, support, turn on, urge detergent [n] soap cleaner, solvent; concept 492 deteriorate [v] decay, degenerate adulterate, alloy, become worse, be worse for wear*, break, corrode, corrupt, crumble, debase, debilitate, decline, decompose, degrade, deprave, depreciate, descend, disimprove, disintegrate, ebb, fade, fail, fall apart, ag, go downhill*, go to pieces*, go to pot*, go to the dogs*, hit the skids*, impair, injure, languish, lapse, lessen, lose it, lose quality, lower, mar, pervert, regress, retrograde, retrogress, rot, sink, skid, slide, spoil, undermine, vitiate, weaken, wear away, worsen; concept 698 Ant. build, construct, develop, get better, improve deterioration [n] decay, degeneration abasement, adulteration, atrophy, corrosion, crumbling, debasement, decadence, decaying, declension, declination, decline, decomposition, degradation, degringolade, depreciation, descent, devaluation, dilapidation, disintegration, dislocation, disrepair, downfall, downgrade, downturn, drop, fall, lapse, lessening, perversion, retrogression, rotting, ruin, slump, spoiling, vitiation, worsening; concepts 230,698 Ant. betterment, building, construction, development, improvement determination [n1] perseverance assurance, backbone*, boldness, bravery, certainty, certitude, constancy, conviction, courage, dauntlessness, decision, dedication, doggedness, dogmatism, drive, energy, fearlessness, rm-ness, fortitude, grit, guts*, hardihood, heart*, independence, indomitability, intrepidity, nerve*, obstinacy, persistence, pluck*, purpose, purposefulness, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, self-condence, single-mindedness, spine*, spunk*, steadfastness, stiff upper lip*, stubbornness, tenacity, valor, willpower; concepts 411,657 Ant. disinterest, doubt, hesitation, irresolution, spinelessness, vacillation determination [n2] conclusion decision, judgment, measurement, opinion, perception, purpose, resolution, resolve, result, settlement, solution, verdict, visualization; concepts 685,689 Ant. beginning, start determine [v1] conclude, decide actuate, arbitrate, call the shots*, cinch, clinch, complete, dispose, drive, end, gure, nish,

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x upon, halt, impel, incline, induce, move, nail down*, opt, ordain, persuade, pin down*, predispose, regulate, resolve, rule, settle, take a decision, tap, terminate, ultimate, wind up*, wrap up*; concepts 18,35,234 Ant. begin, start determine [v2] discover, nd out add up to*, ascertain, boil down to*, catch on, certify, check, demonstrate, detect, divine, establish, gure, gure out, have a hunch*, hear, learn, make out, see, size up, tell, tumble, unearth, verify, work out; concepts 15,31 Ant. miss, overlook determine [v3] choose, decide destine, doom, elect, establish, fate, nger*, x, foreordain, make up mind, predestine, predetermine, preform, preordain, purpose, resolve, settle; concept 18 Ant. doubt, hesitate, waver determine [v4] dictate, govern, regulate affect, bound, circumscribe, command, condition, control, decide, delimit, devise, direct, impel, impose, incline, induce, inuence, invent, lead, limit, manage, mark off, measure, modify, plot, rule, shape; concept 94 determined [adj] driven, persistent bent, bent on, buckled down*, constant, decided, decisive, dogged, earnest, rm, xed, hard-asnails*, hardboiled*, intent, mean business*, obstinate, on ice*, pat, persevering, purposeful, resolute, resolved, serious, set, set on, settled, single-minded, solid, steadfast, strong-minded, strong-willed, stubborn, tenacious, unfaltering, uninching, unhesitating, unwavering; concepts 404,542 Ant. exible, hesitating, irresolute, vacillating, wavering, weak deterrent [n] impediment, restraint bridle, check, curb, defense, determent, discouragement, disincentive, hindrance, leash, obstacle, preventative, preventive, rein, shackle; concept 680 Ant. catalyst, encouragement, incentive detest [v] hate; feel disgust toward abhor, abominate, be allergic to, despise, dislike intensely, down on, execrate, feel aversion toward, feel hostility toward, feel repugnance toward, have no use for*, loathe, recoil from, reject, repudiate; concept 29 Ant. adore, cherish, like, love, prize, respect detestable [adj] loathsome, abominable abhorred, abhorrent, accursed, atrocious, awful, despicable, disgusting, execrable, godawful*, grody*, gross*, hateable, hateful, heinous, horrid, lousy, low-down, maggot, monstrous, obnoxious, odious, offensive, outrageous, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, shocking, sorry, vile; concepts 529,542 Ant. admirable, adorable, adored, cherished, likeable, loveable, prized, respectable, respected dethrone [v] oust degrade, depose, discrown, dismiss, displace, uncrown, unmake; concepts 298,320 Ant. crown, enthrone, put in power detonate [v] set off bomb bang, blast, blow up, burst, discharge, explode, fulminate, kablooey*, let go, mushroom*, push the button*, shoot off, touch off, va-voom*; concept 179 Ant. dismantle detonation [n] explosion bang, blast, blowout, blow-up, boom, discharge, ignition; concepts 179,320,521 detour [n] indirect course alternate route, back road, branch, bypass, bypath, byway,

circuit, circuitous route, circumbendibus*, circumnavigation, circumvention, crotch, deviation, divergence, diversion, fork, roundabout way, runaround, secondary highway, service road, substitute, temporary route; concept 501 detract [v] take away a part; lessen backbite*, belittle, blister, cheapen, cut rate, decrease, decry, depreciate, derogate, devaluate, diminish, discount, discredit, disesteem, draw away, knock*, laugh at, lower, minimize, misprize, reduce, subtract from, underrate, undervalue, vilipend, withdraw, write off; concepts 52,54,236,247 Ant. add to, increase, optimize detraction [n] misrepresentation; slander abuse, aspersion, backbiting*, backstabbing*, belittlement, calumny, damage, defamation, denigration, deprecation, derogation, disesteem, disparagement, harm, hit, hurt, injury, injustice, innuendo, insinuation, knock*, libel, libeling, lie, maligning, minimization, muckraking*, obloquy, pejorative, revilement, ridicule, running down*, scandal, scandalmongering, scurrility, slam, smear campaign*, tale, traducement, traducing, vilication, vituperation, wrong; concepts 52,54,63 Ant. admiration, adulation, attery, praise detriment [n] disadvantage damage, disability, disservice, drawback, handicap, harm, hurt, impairment, injury, liability, loss, marring, mischief, prejudice, spoiling; concepts 309,674 Ant. advantage, assistance, benet, gain, help, prot detrimental [adj] damaging, disadvantageous adverse, bad, baleful, deleterious, destructive, disturbing, evil, harmful, hurtful, ill, inimical, injurious, mischievous, negative, nocuous, pernicious, prejudicial, unfavorable; concepts 537,570 Ant. advantageous, assisting, benecial, helpful, protable detritus [n] debris deposit, fragments, grains, leavings, rubble, scree, sediment, shavings; concept 260 devalue [v] depreciate cheapen, cut rate, debase, decrease, decry, devalorize, devaluate, knock off, lower, mark down, nose dive, revalue, take down, underrate, undervalue, write down, write off; concepts 330,335 Ant. increase, overvalue, raise devastate [v] demolish, destroy depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devour, do one in*, lay waste, level, pillage, plunder, raid, ravage, raze, ruin, sack, smash, spoil, spoliate, stamp out*, take apart, total*, trash*, waste, wipe off map*, wreck; concepts 246,252 Ant. build, construct, enrich, help, improve devastation [n] destruction confusion, defoliation, demolition, depredation, desolation, havoc, loss, pillage, plunder, ravages, ruin, ruination, spoliation, waste; concept 674 Ant. building, construction, creation develop [v1] cultivate, prosper advance, age, enroot, establish, evolve, expand, ourish, foster, grow, grow up, maturate, mature, mellow, progress, promote, ripen, thrive; concepts 253,427,704 Ant. halt, repress develop [v2] expand, work out actualize, advance, amplify, augment, beautify, broaden, build up, cultivate, deepen, dilate, elaborate, enlarge, enrich, evolve, exploit, extend, nish,

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heighten, improve, intensify, lengthen, magnify, materialize, perfect, polish, promote, realize, rene, spread, strengthen, stretch, unfold, widen; concepts 700,775 Ant. circumscribe, compress, conne, decrease, lessen, narrow develop [v3] begin; occur acquire, arise, befall, betide, break, break out, breed, chance, come about, come off, commence, contract, ensue, establish, follow, form, generate, go, happen, invest, originate, pick up, result, start, transpire; concept 119 Ant. cease, discontinue, end, halt, stop develop [v4] unfold; be made known account for, acquire, actualize, disclose, disentangle, elaborate, evolve, exhibit, explain, explicate, foretell, form, materialize, produce, reach, realize, recount, state, uncoil, uncover, unfurl, unravel, unroll, untwist, unwind; concepts 60,261 developer [n] real estate developer builder, planner, real estate investor; concept 348 development [n1] growth adding to, addition, adulthood, advance, advancement, advancing, augmentation, augmenting, boost, buildup, developing, elaborating, enlargement, evolution, evolvement, evolving, expansion, owering, hike, improvement, increase, increasing, making progress, maturation, maturing, maturity, ongoing, perfecting, progress, progression, reinforcement, reinforcing, ripening, spread, spreading, unfolding, unraveling, upgrowth, upping; concepts 700,704,775 Ant. decline, decrease, stoppage development [n2] happening, incident change, circumstance, conclusion, denouement, event, eventuality, eventuation, issue, materialization, occurrence, outcome, phenomenon, result, situation, transpiration, turn of events, upshot; concept 3 deviant [adj] abnormal, different aberrant, anomalous, atypical, bent, devious, divergent, freaky, heretical, heteroclite, irregular, kinky, off-key, perverse, perverted, preternatural, queer, twisted, unorthodox, unrepresentative, untypical, variant, varying, wandering, wayward, weird; concept 564 Ant. normal, regular, standard, usual deviate [v] stray from normal path aberrate, angle off, avert, bear off, bend, bend the rules*, break pattern, circumlocate, contrast, deect, depart, depart from, differ, digress, divagate, diverge, drift, edge off*, err, get around, go amiss, go haywire*, go off on tangent*, go out of control*, go out of way, leave beaten path*, not conform, part, shy, swerve, swim against stream*, take a turn, turn, turn aside, vary, veer, wander; concepts 195,665,697 Ant. go straight, keep, stay deviation [n] change, departure aberration, alteration, anomaly, breach, crotch, deection, detour, difference, digression, discrepancy, disparity, divergence, diversion, uctuation, fork, hereticism, inconsistency, irregularity, modication, shift, transgression, turning, variance, variation; concepts 665,697,738 Ant. conformity, sameness, straightforwardness, uniformity device [n1] instrument, tool accessory, agent, apparatus, appliance, arrangement, article, construction, contraption, contrivance, creation,

doohickey*, equipment, expedient, gadget, gear, gimmick, implement, invention, machine, makeshift, material, means, mechanism, medium, outt, resort, resource, rigging*, Rube Goldberg invention*, shift, tackle, thingamabob*, utensil, whatchamacallit*, whatnot*, whatsit*; concepts 463,499 device [n2] ploy, scheme, maneuver artice, cabal, chicanery, clever move, craft, craftiness, cunningness, design, dodge, evasion, expedient, fake, feint, nesse, gambit, game, gimmick, improvisation, loophole*, machination, method, pattern, plan, plot, project, proposition, purpose, racket, ruse, shift, stratagem, strategy, stunt, subterfuge, trap, trick, wile; concept 660 device [n3] symbol, emblem badge, colophon, crest, design, ensign, gure, insignia, logo, motif, motto, pattern, scroll, sign, slogan, token; concept 284 devil [n] demon adversary, archend, beast, Beelzebub, bte noire, brute, common enemy, dastard, diablo, djinn, dybbuk, enfant terrible*, evil one, end, genie, hellion, imp, knave, Lucifer, Mephistopheles, monster, ogre, Prince of Darkness, rogue, Satan, scamp, scoundrel, the dickens*, the Erinyes, the Furies, villain; concepts 370,412 Ant. angel, god devilish [adj] wicked accursed, atrocious, bad, brutish, cloven-footed, cursed, damnable, demoniac, demonic, detestable, diabolic, diabolical, evil, execrable, endish, hellborn, hellish, infernal, inhuman, iniquitous, Mephistophelian, nefarious, satanic, serpentine, unhallowed, villainous; concept 545 Ant. angelic, godlike, good, moral devils advocate [n] mediator apologist, pleader, polemicist, sophist; concepts 348,423 devious [adj1] dishonest, crafty artful, calculating, crooked, deceitful, double-dealing, duplicitous, errant, erring, evasive, faking one out*, shy*, foxy*, fraudulent, guileful, indirect, insidious, insincere, not straightforward, oblique, obliquitous, playing games, playing politics*, put on, roundabout, scheming, shady, shifty, shrewd, sly, sneaking, sneaky, surreptitious, treacherous, tricky, underhanded, wily; concepts 401,404 Ant. artless, frank, honest, open, straightforward, trustworthy, truthful devious [adj2] crooked; indirect ambiguous, bending, circuitous, confounding, confusing, curving, detouring, deviating, digressing, digressory, diverting, errant, erratic, excursive, exuous, misleading, obscure, out-of-theway, rambling, remote, removed, roundabout, serpentine, straying, tortuous, twisting, wandering; concept 581 Ant. direct, straight devise [v] conceive, dream up ad-lib, arrange, blueprint*, brainstorm*, cast, chart, cogitate, come up with, concoct, construct, contrive, cook up*, craft, create, design, discover, dope out*, fake it, forge, form, formulate, frame*, get off*, hatch, head trip*, imagine, improvise, intrigue, invent, machinate, make up, mastermind*, plan, play it by ear*, plot, prepare, project, scheme, shape, spark, think up, throw together, trump up*, vamp, whip up*, work out; concepts 36,43 Ant. borrow devoid [adj] empty, wanting bare, barren, bereft, decient, denuded, destitute, free from,

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innocent, lacking, needed, sans*, unprovided with, vacant, void, without; concepts 483,485 Ant. complete, lled, full devote [v] commit ones energies, thoughts allot, apply, apportion, appropriate, assign, bestow, bless, concern oneself, conde, consecrate, consign, dedicate, donate, enshrine, entrust, give, give away, hallow, hand out, occupy oneself, pledge, present, reserve, sanctify, set apart, vow; concepts 17,108,112 Ant. misappropriate, misuse, waste devoted [adj] committed, loyal adherent, affectionate, ardent, behind one, caring, concerned, consecrated, constant, crazy about*, dear, dedicated, devout, doting, dutiful, faithful, fervid, fond, gone on*, lovesome, loving, staunch, steadfast, stuck on*, thoughtful, true, true-blue*, wild about*, zealous; concept 542 Ant. apathetic, disloyal, inconstant, neglectful, negligent, uncommitted, unfaithful, untrustworthy devotee [n] ardent supporter; fan addict, adherent, admirer, acionado, amateur, believer, booster, buff, disciple, enthusiast, fanatic, fancier, end, follower, groupie, habitu, junkie, lover, rooter, supporter, votarient, votary; concept 423 Ant. adversary, antagonist, enemy devotion [n] commitment; loyalty adherence, adoration, affection, allegiance, ardor, attachment, consecration, constancy, dedication, deference, devotedness, devotement, devoutness, earnestness, enthusiasm, faithfulness, fealty, fervor, delity, fondness, intensity, love, observance, passion, piety, reverence, sanctity, service, sincerity, spirituality, worship, zeal; concepts 32,657 Ant. apathy, carelessness, indifference, neglect, negligence devour [v] swallow, consume absorb, annihilate, appreciate, be engrossed by, be preoccupied, bolt, bolt down*, chow down*, cram*, delight in, destroy, dispatch, do compulsively, do voraciously, drink in, eat, enjoy, exhaust, feast on, feed on, gloat over, gobble, gorge*, go through, gulp, guzzle, hoover*, imbibe, ingest, inhale, partake of, pig out*, polish off*, ravage, rejoice in, relish, revel in, scarf down*, spend, stuff, take, take in, use up, waste, wipe out, wolf*, wolf down*; concepts 169,225 Ant. abstain, pick devout [adj] sincerely believing; devoted adherent, adoring, ardent, deep, earnest, faithful, fervent, fervid, genuine, godly, goody-goody*, goody two-shoes*, heart-and-soul, heartfelt, holy, intense, orthodox, passionate, pietistic, pious, prayerful, profound, religious, reverent, revering, serious, sincere, venerating, worshiping, zealous; concept 542 Ant. insincere, irreligious, unbelieving dew [n] moisture condensation, water droplets; concepts 467,524 dewy-eyed [adj] innocent dovelike, green, inexperienced, naive, pure, sinless, uncorrupted, undeled, unworldly, wide-eyed; concept 404 dexterity [n] aptitude, ability address, adroitness, aptness, art, artistry, cleverness, craft, cunning, deftness, effortlessness, expertise, expertness, facility, nesse, handiness, ingenuity, knack, know-how, mastery, neatness, nimbleness, prociency, readiness, skill, skillfulness,

smoothness, tact, touch; concepts 409,630 Ant. awkwardness, clumsiness, inability, ineptness dexterous [adj] ingenious, procient able, active, acute, adept, adroit, agile, apt, artful, canny, clever, crack*, crackerjack*, deft, effortless, expert, facile, handy, having the know-how*, masterly, neat, nimble, nimblengered, prompt, quick, savvy, skilled, skillful, slick, sly, smooth; concepts 402, 527 Ant. awkward, clumsy, inept, inexpert, unable, unhandy, unskilled diabolic [adj] evil, endish atrocious, cruel, damnable, demoniac, demonic, devilish, hellish, impious, infernal, Mephistophelian, monstrous, nasty, nefarious, satanic, serpentine, shocking, unhallowed, unpleasant, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked; concept 545 Ant. gentle, kind, moral, nice diagnose [v] identify problem, disease analyze, determinate, determine, diagnosticate, distinguish, interpret, investigate, pinpoint, place, pronounce, recognize, spot; concepts 38,310 Ant. misdiagnose diagnosis [n] identication of problem, disease analysis, conclusion, examination, interpretation, investigation, opinion, pronouncement, scrutiny, summary; concepts 283,689 diagonal [adj] angled askew, bevel, beveled, bias, biased, cater-cornered, catty-cornered, cornerways, cross, crossways, crosswise, inclining, kitty-cornered*, oblique, skewing, slanted, slanting, transversal, transverse; concept 581 diagonally [adv] at an angle askew, aslant, cater-corner, catty-corner, cornerwise, crosswise, kitty-corner*, obliquely, on a slant, on the bias, slantingways, slantways, slantwise, slaunchways; concept 581 diagram [n] drawing, sketch of form or plan big picture*, blueprint, chart, description, design, draft, gure, oor plan, game, game plan, ground plan, layout, outline, perspective, representation, rough draft; concepts 625,660 dial [v] tune to desired position punch, ring, rotate, turn, twist, wheel, zero in on*; concept 201 dialect [n] local speech accent, argot, cant, idiom, jargon, language, lingo, localism, patois, patter, pronunciation, provincialism, regionalism, slang, terminology, tongue, vernacular, vocabulary; concept 276 dialectic [adj] logical, rational analytic, argumentative, controversial, dialectical, persuasive, polemical, rationalistic; concept 529 Ant. illogical, irrational dialectic [n] logic, reasoning argumentation, contention, debate, deduction, discussion, disputation, forensic, logical argument, mooting, persuasion, polemics, question-and-answer method, ratiocination; concept 37 dialogue/dialog [n] talk, exchange of ideas chat, colloquy, communication, confab*, confabulation, conference, conversation, converse, discourse, discussion, duologue, interlocution, lines*, parlance, parley, powwow, remarks, repartee, script, sides, small talk*; concept 56 diameter [n] measurement across object bore, breadth, broadness, caliber, module, width; concept 760

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diametric/diametrical [adj] opposed, conicting adverse, antipodal, antipodean, antithetical, contradictory, contrary, contrasting, converse, counter, facing, opposite, polar, reverse; concept 564 Ant. approving, coinciding, like, same, similar diaphanous [adj] ne, see-through chiffon, clear, cobweblike, delicate, lmy, imsy, gauzy, gossamer, light, pellucid, pure, sheer, thin, translucent, transparent; concepts 490,606 Ant. opaque, thick diarrhea [n] loose bowels dysentery, ux, Montezumas revenge*, the runs*, the trots*; concept 306 diary [n] recounting of activities in writing account, agenda, appointment book, chronicle, daily record, daybook, engagement book, journal, log, minutes, notebook, record; concept 283 diaspora [n] the spreading out of a group of people disbandment, dispersal, dispersion, dissolution, escape, exodus, mass exodus, refugee ow; concept 195 diatribe [n] harangue, criticism abuse, castigation, denunciation, disputation, invective, jeremiad, objection, onslaught, philippic, reviling, screed, stricture, tirade, vituperation; concept 52 Ant. praise, recommendation dibs [n] claim dueness, entitlement, preemptive declaration, privilege, request, rights; concepts 278,318,376,709 dicey [adj] risky capricious, chancy, dangerous, difcult, erratic, uctuant, iffy*, incalculable, ticklish, tricky, uncertain, unpredictable, whimsical; concepts 535,552 Ant. certain, safe, sure dichotomy [n] division difference, difference of opinion, disagreement, disunion, separation, split; concepts 98,135 dicker [v] bargain; argue about barter, buy and sell, chaffer, cut a deal*, haggle*, hammer out a deal*, huckster*, negotiate, palter, trade, work out a deal*; concepts 46,330 Ant. agree dictate [n] command; rule behest, bidding, code, decree, dictum, direction, edict, at, injunction, law, mandate, order, ordinance, precept, principle, requirement, statute, ultimatum, word; concepts 274,318,688 Ant. request dictate [v1] command; give instructions bid, bulldoze*, call the play*, call the shots*, call the tune*, charge, control, decree, direct, enjoin, govern, guide, impose, instruct, lay down, lay down the law, lead, manage, ordain, order, prescribe, pronounce, put foot down*, read the riot act*, regiment, rule, set, take the reins*, walk heavy*; concepts 53,60 Ant. ask, implore, request dictate [v2] read out for the record compose, deliver, draft correspondence, emit, formulate, give account, give forth, interview, orate, prepare draft, say, speak, talk, transmit, utter, verbalize; concepts 60,324 dictator [n] absolute ruler absolutist, adviser, authoritarian, autocrat, boss, chief, commander, despot, disciplinarian, fascist, Hitler*, leader, magnate, mogul, oligarch, oppressor, ringleader, slavedriver, totalitarian, tycoon, tyrant, usurper; concept 354 dictatorial [adj] tyrannical, authoritarian absolute, arbitrary, arrogant, autocratic, bossy,

clamorous, crack-the-whip*, despotic, dictative, doctrinaire, dogmatic, domineering, egotistic, rm, haughty, imperative, imperious, ironhanded, oppressive, overbearing, peremptory, pompous, proud, stern, throwing weight around, totalitarian, unlimited, unrestricted; concept 542 Ant. democratic, docile, passive dictatorship [n] absolute rule authoritarianism, autocracy, coercion, despotism, fascism, garrison state, Nazism, reign of terror*, totalitarianism, tyranny, unlimited rule; concepts 133, 299,641 Ant. democracy diction [n] style of speech; articulation command of language, delivery, elocution, eloquence, enunciation, expression, uency, gift of gab*, inection, intonation, language, line, lingo, locution, oratory, parlance, phrase, phraseology, phrasing, pronunciation, rhetoric, usage, verbalism, verbiage, vocabulary, wordage, wording; concepts 47,276 dictionary [n] book of word meanings concordance, cyclopedia, encyclopedia, glossary, language, lexicon, palaver, promptory, reference, terminology, vocabulary; concept 280 dictum [n1] saying; proverb adage, aphorism, apothegm, axiom, brocard, gnome, maxim, moral, motto, precept, rule, saw, truism; concepts 278,689 dictum [n2] decree, pronouncement afrmation, assertion, command, declaration, dictate, edict, at, order; concept 278 didactic [adj] educational academic, advisory, donnish, edifying, enlightening, exhortative, expository, homiletic, hortative, instructive, moral, moralizing, pedagogic, pedantic, preachy, preceptive, schoolmasterist, sermonic, sermonizing, teacherish, teacherly, teachy; concept 548 die [v1] pass away; stop living be no more*, be taken, breathe ones last*, cease to exist, conk*, croak*, decease, demise, depart, drop, drop off, drown, expire, nish, give up the ghost*, go way of all esh*, kick the bucket*, perish, relinquish life, rest in peace, succumb, suffocate; concept 304 Ant. be born, begin, live die [v2] wither, dwindle abate, bate, break down, crumble, decay, decline, degenerate, deteriorate, dilapidate, diminish, disappear, droop, ease off, ebb, end, expire, fade, fade away, fade out, fail, fall, zzle out*, go bad*, go downhill*, halt, lapse, let up, lose power, melt away, moderate, molder, pass, peter out*, rankle, recede, retrograde, rot, run down, run low, run out, sink, slacken, stop, subside, vanish, wane, weaken, wear away, wilt; concepts 469,698 Ant. develop, ourish, grow, improve die-hard [adj] uncompromising conservative, convinced, dyed-in-the-wool*, extremist, rm, fogyish, immovable, inexible, intransigent, old-line*, orthodox, Philistine, reactionary, right, standpat, Tory*, traditionalistic, ultraconservative, unreconstructed; concepts 404,542 Ant. compromising, conceding, exible diehard [n] overenthusiastic person bitter ender*, Bourbon*, dyed-in-the-wool*, extremist, fanatic, fogy, fundamentalist, intransigent, mossback*, old liner*, praetorian, pullback*, reactionary, right, rightist, right-winger, standpat, standpatter, stick-in-the-mud*, Tory*,

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true blue*, ultraconservative, zealot; concepts 359,423 diet [n1] abstinence from food dietary, fast, nutritional therapy, regime, regimen, restriction, starvation, weight-reduction plan; concept 660 Ant. indulgence diet [n2] daily intake of food aliment, bite, comestibles, commons, daily bread, edibles, fare, goodies, grubbery, menu, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, provisions, rations, snack, subsistence, sustenance, viands, victuals; concepts 457,459 diet [v] abstain from food count calories*, eat sparingly, fall off, fast, go without, lose weight, reduce, skinny down*, slim, slim down, starve, tighten belt*, watch weight*; concept 169 Ant. gorge, indulge differ [v1] be dissimilar, distinct alter, bear no resemblance, be distinguished from, be off the beaten path*, be unlike, clash with, conict with, contradict, contrast, depart from, deviate from, digress, disagree, divaricate from, diverge, diversify, jar with, lack resemblance, modify, not conform, not look like, qualify, reverse, run counter to, show contrast, sing a different tune*, stand apart, take exception, turn, vary; concept 665 Ant. agree, be same, conform differ [v2] clash; hold opposing views bicker*, bump heads*, contend, debate, demur, disaccord, disagree, discept, discord, dispute, dissent, divide, ght, go after each other, go at it*, hit a clinker*, hit a sour note*, jar*, lock horns*, object, oppose, protest against, quarrel, squabble, take issue, vary, war; concept 46 Ant. agree, consent, harmonize difference [n1] dissimilarity, distinctness aberration, alteration, anomaly, antithesis, asymmetry, change, characteristic, contrariety, contrariness, contrast, departure, deviation, digression, discongruity, discrepancy, disparity, dissemblance, distinction, divergence, diversity, exception, heterogeneity, idiosyncrasy, inequality, irregularity, nonconformity, opposition, particularity, peculiarity, separateness, separation, singularity, unconformity, unlikeness, unorthodoxness, variance, variation, variety; concept 665 Ant. accord, agreement, alikeness, concurrence, conformity, likeness, sameness, similarity, uniformity difference [n2] opposing views argument, beef*, blowup*, bone to pick*, brannigan, brawl, brush*, brush-off*, catamaran, clash, conict, contention, contrariety, contretemps, controversy, debate, disaccord, disagreement, discord, discordance, dispute, dissension, dissent, dissidence, disunity, dustup*, estrangement, hassle, quarrel, row*, run-in*, scrap*, set-to*, spat*, strife, tiff*, variance, words*, wrangle; concepts 46,388 Ant. agreement, assent, concurrence, consent different [adj1] dissimilar, unlike a far cry from*, altered, antithetic, at odds, at variance, changed, clashing, colorful, contradistinct, contradistinctive, contrary, contrasting, contrastive, deviating, differential, discrepant, disparate, distant, distinct, distinctive, divergent, divers, diverse, incommensurable, incomparable, inconsistent, individual, like night and day*, mismatched, mismated, offbeat, opposed,

other, otherwise, particular, peculiar, poles apart*, single, unalike, unequal, unrelated, unsimilar, variant, various; concepts 487,564, 573 Ant. alike, correspondent, homogeneous, like, resembling, same, similar different [adj2] separate, distinct another, another story, atypical, bizarre, discrete, diverse, especial, express, extraordinary, individual, novel, original, other, out of the ordinary, particular, peculiar, rare, several, singular, something else, special, specialized, specic, startling, strange, uncommon, unconventional, unique, unusual, various; concept 564 Ant. conventional, correspondent, harmonious, normal, same, standard, unied, united different [adj3] miscellaneous, various anthologized, assorted, asymmetrical, collected, disparate, dissonant, divergent, divers, diverse, diversied, diversiform, heterogeneous, incongruous, inconsistent, indiscriminate, jarring, manifold, many, multifarious, multiform, numerous, omnifarious, omniform, several, some, sundry, varicolored, varied, variegated, varietal, variform; concept 772 Ant. normal, same, similar, standard, uniform differentiate [v1] make a distinction antithesize, characterize, comprehend, contrast, demarcate, discern, discrepate, discriminate, extricate, individualize, individuate, know, know whats what*, mark, mark off, redline*, separate, set apart, set off, sever, severalize, split hairs*, tell apart, understand; concepts 15,38 Ant. associate, confuse, connect, group, link, mix up differentiate [v2] change; make different adapt, alter, assort, convert, diversify, mismatch, mismate, modify, transform, variegate, vary; concept 232 Ant. allow, leave differently [adv] in another way; otherwise abnormally, adversely, antagonistically, antithetically, asymmetrically, conictingly, contradictorily, contrarily, contrastingly, contrastively, discordantly, disparately, dissimilarly, distinctively, divergently, diversely, hostilely, in a different manner, incompatibly, incongruously, individually, negatively, nonconformably, on the contrary, on the other hand, oppositely, poles apart, separately, uniquely, unorthodoxly, unusually, variously, vice versa; concept 564 difcult [adj1] hard on someone; hard to do ambitious, arduous, backbreaker*, bothersome, burdensome, challenging, crucial, demanding, difcile, easier said than done*, effortful, exacting, formidable, galling, Gargantuan*, hardwon, heavy, Herculean*, immense, intricate, irritating, labored, laborious, no picnic*, not easy, onerous, operose, painful, problem, problematic, prohibitive, rigid, severe, stiff, strenuous, titanic, toilsome, tough, troublesome, trying, unyielding, uphill, upstream, wearisome; concept 538 Ant. calm, easy, free, manageable, plain, simple, uncomplicated difcult [adj2] complicated; hard to comprehend abstract, abstruse, bafing, bewildering, complex, confounding, confusing, dark, deep, delicate, enigmatic, enigmatical, entangled, esoteric, formidable, hard to explain, hard to solve, hidden, inexplicable, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, loose, meandering, mysterious,

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mystical, mystifying, nice, obscure, obstinate, paradoxical, perplexing, problematical, profound, puzzling, rambling, subtle, tangled, thorny, ticklish, troublesome, unclear, unfathomable, unintelligible, vexing; concept 529 Ant. easy, simple, straightforward, uncomplicated difcult [adj3] unmanageable socially argumentative, bearish, boorish, dark, demanding, fastidious, nicky, fractious, fussy, grim, hard to please, impolite, intractable, irritable, oash, obstreperous, perverse, picky, refractory, rigid, rude, tiresome, tough, troublesome, trying, unaccommodating, unamenable; concepts 404,542,555 Ant. calm, friendly, sociable difculty [n1] problem; situation requiring great effort adversity, arduousness, awkwardness, barricade, check, complication, crisis, crux, dead end, deadlock, deep water*, dilemma, distress, emergency, exigency, x*, frustration, hardship, hazard, hindrance, hitch*, hot water*, impasse, knot*, labor, laboriousness, mess, misfortune, muddle, obstacle, obstruction, pain, painfulness, paradox, perplexity, pickle*, predicament, quagmire, quandary, scrape*, snag*, stew*, strain, strait, strenuousness, struggle, stumbling block*, tribulation, trouble; concepts 674,677 Ant. calm, ease, felicity, peace, tranquility difculty [n2] mental burden ado, aggravation, annoyance, anxiety, bafement, bother, care, charge, complication, crisis, depression, discouragement, distress, embarrassment, emergency, exigency, frustration, grievance, hangup, harassment, imbroglio, inconvenience, irritation, jam, maze, mess, millstone*, misery, oppression, perplexity, pickle*, pinch, predicament, pressure, puzzle, quandary, ramication, responsibility, scrape*, setback, strain, strait, stress, strife, struggle, to-do*, trouble, vicissitude, weight, worry; concepts 410,532,690 Ant. calmness, contentment, peace, pleasure, satisfaction difculty [n3] argument altercation, beef*, bickering, controversy, dispute, falling-out*, ght, hassle, misunderstanding, quarrel, squabble, strife, trouble; concept 46 Ant. harmony, peace difdence [n] hesitancy; lack of condence backwardness, bashfulness, constraint, doubt, fear, hesitation, humility, insecurity, meekness, modesty, mousiness, reluctance, reserve, selfconsciousness, sheepishness, shyness, timidity, timidness, timorousness, unassertiveness; concept 633 Ant. boldness, condence difdent [adj] hesitant; uncondent backward, bashful, blenching, chary, constrained, coy, demure, distrustful, doubtful, dubious, inching, humble, insecure, meek, modest, mousy, rabbity, reluctant, reserved, retiring, self-conscious, self-effacing, sheepish, shrinking, shy, suspicious, timid, timorous, unassertive, unassuming, unassured, unobtrusive, unpoised, unsure, withdrawn; concept 401 Ant. bold, condent diffuse [adj1] spread out broadcast, catholic, circulated, diluted, dispersed, disseminated, distributed, expanded, extended, general, prevalent, propagated, radiated, scattered, separated, strewn, thin, unconcentrated, universal,

widespread; concepts 530,583,772 Ant. compact, compressed, concentrated, conned, limited, restricted diffuse [adj2] wordy circumlocutory, copious, diffusive, digressive, discursive, dull, exuberant, lavish, lengthy, long, long-winded, loose, meandering, palaverous, profuse, prolix, rambling, random, redundant, vague, verbose, wafing, windy; concept 267 Ant. abbreviated, abridged, brief, short, succinct diffusion [n] spread; wide distribution circulation, dispersal, dispersion, dissemination, dissipation, expansion, propaganda, propagation, scattering; concepts 634,651 Ant. collection, concentration dig [n] insult crack, cut, cutting remark, gibe, innuendo, jeer, quip, slur, sneer, taunt, wisecrack; concept 54 Ant. compliment, attery, praise dig [v1] delve into; hollow out bore, break up, bulldoze, burrow, cat, channel, clean, concave, deepen, depress, dig down, discover, dredge, drill, drive, enter, excavate, exhume, fork out, go into, gouge, grub, harvest, hoe, investigate, mine, penetrate, pierce, pit, probe, produce, quarry, root, root out, rout, sap, scoop, scoop out, search, shovel, sift, spade, till, tunnel, turn over, uncover, undermine, unearth; concept 178 Ant. ll dig [v2] thrust object into drive, gouge, jab, jog, nudge, plunge, poke, prod, punch, ram, sink, stab, stick; concept 208 dig [v3] investigate; discover bring to light*, come across, come up with, delve, dig down, expose, extricate, nd, go into, inquire, look into, probe, prospect, research, retrieve, root, search, search high and low*, shake down*, sift*, turn inside out*, turn upside down*, uncover, unearth; concepts 31,103,216 dig [v4] enjoy, like appreciate, follow, go for*, groove*, love, mind, relish, understand; concept 32 Ant. dislike dig [v5] understand accept, apprehend, catch, comprehend, follow, grasp, recognize, see, take, take in; concept 15 Ant. misunderstand, not get digest [n] abridgement of something written abstract, aperu, brief, compendium, condensation, epitome, pandect, prcis, rsum, short form, sketch, summary, survey, syllabus, sylloge, synopsis; concept 271 Ant. unabridgement digest [v1] assimilate food absorb, chymify, consume, dissolve, eat, incorporate, macerate, swallow, take; concept 169 digest [v2] make shorter; abridge abbreviate, abstract, boil down, classify, codify, compress, condense, cut, cut down, cut to bone*, decrease, epitomize, get to the meat*, inventory, methodize, nutshell*, put in a nutshell*, reduce, shorten, sum, summarize, summate, sum up, survey, synopsize, systematize, tabulate, trim; concepts 236,247 Ant. detail, enlarge, expand, lengthen digest [v3] come to understand absorb, analyze, assimilate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, grasp, master, meditate, ponder, study, take in, think about, think over; concept 15 Ant. misunderstand digest [v4] tolerate, endure abide, bear, brook, go, stand, stomach, swallow, take; concept 23

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dig in [v] begin with enthusiasm bite, burrow, chew, commence, consume, delve, eat, rise, set about, spring, start eating; concepts 100,169 Ant. avoid, delay, postpone, procrastinate digit [n1] number Arabic, chiffer, cipher, gure, integer, notation, numeral, symbol, whole number; concepts 765,784 digit [n2] small appendage of animate being claw, extremity, fang, feeler, nger, fork, hook, index nger, phalange, pinkie, pointer, ring nger, thumb, toe; concept 392 digital library [n] multimedia library digital object library, electronic library, information superhighway, national information infrastructure, virtual library; concept 274 dignied [adj] honorable aristocratic, august, courtly, decorous, distingu, distinguished, eminent, formal, grand, grave, great, highbrow*, highfalutin*, imperial, imperious, lofty, magisterial, magnicent, nifty*, noble, proud, rened, regal, reserved, respected, solemn, somber, stately, superior, upright; concepts 404,555,574 Ant. dishonorable, indecorous, undignied dignify [v] make honorable; glorify adorn, advance, aggrandize, distinguish, elevate, ennoble, erect, exalt, grace, honor, magnify, prefer, promote, raise, sublime, uprear; concepts 244,700 Ant. belittle, condemn, degrade, demote, detract, disgrace, humiliate, insult, shame dignitary [n] high ranking person big gun*, big kahuna*, bigshot*, bigwig*, celebrity, luminary, ofcial, person of inuence, star, top cat*, VIP*; concepts 388,668 dignity [n] excellence, nobility address, cachet, character, consequence, courtliness, culture, decency, decorum, distinction, elevation, eminence, ethics, etiquette, glory, grace, grandeur, gravity, greatness, hauteur, honor, importance, loftiness, majesty, merit, morality, nobleness, perfection, poise, prestige, propriety, quality, rank, regard, renown, respectability, seemliness, self-respect, signicance, solemnity, splendor, standing, state, stateliness, station, stature, status, sublimity, virtue, worth, worthiness; concepts 388,411,668 Ant. lowliness digress [v] stray, deviate aberrate, beat about the bush*, be diffuse, circumlocute, depart, divagate, drift, excurse, get off the point, get off the subject, get sidetracked, go by way of*, go off on a tangent*, long way*, meander, ramble, roam, swerve, turn aside, veer, wander, wander away; concepts 195,266,697 Ant. be direct, stay digression [n] deviation; straying apostrophe, aside, deection, departure, detour, difference, discursion, divagation, divergence, diversion, drifting, episode, excursion, excursus, footnote, incident, note, obiter dictum, parenthesis, rambling, variation, wandering; concepts 278,665,697 Ant. directness, straightness dilapidated [adj] falling apart; in ruins battered, beat-up, broken-down, crumbling, crumbly, crummy*, damaged, decayed, decaying, decrepit, derelict, dingy, dog-eared*, faded, fallen-in, impaired, in a bad way*, injured, marred, neglected, old, ramshackle, ratty*, raunchy, rickety, rinky-dink*, rundown, seedy, shabby, shaky, slummy, tacky,

threadbare, tumble-down, uncared for, unimproved, unkempt, used-up, worn-out; concepts 485,560 Ant. in good repair, rebuilt dilate [v] stretch, widen amplify, augment, be profuse, be prolix, broaden, develop, distend, enlarge, expand, expatiate, expound, extend, increase, inate, lengthen, prolong, protract, puff out, spin off, swell; concept 57 Ant. compress, constrict, contract, lessen, reduce dilatory [adj] procrastinating backward, behindhand, dallying, delaying, deliberate, laggard, late, lax, lazy, leisurely, lingering, loitering, moratory, neglectful, negligent, putting off, remiss, slack, slow, sluggish, snail-like*, tardy, tarrying, time-wasting, unhasty, unhurried; concepts 542,799 Ant. diligent, eager, enthusiastic, hard-working, ready, zealous dilemma [n] crisis bind*, box*, Catch-22*, corner, difculty, double bind*, embarrassment, x, hole, hooker*, impasse, jam, mess, mire, perplexity, pickle*, plight, predicament, problem, puzzle, quandary, scrape, spot, strait, tight corner*; concepts 674,675 Ant. miracle, solution, wonder dilettante [adj] amateurish artsy fartsy*, dabbling, green*, half-baked*, half-cocked*, rookie, tenderfoot*, unaccomplished, ungifted, unskilled; concept 527 Ant. professional dilettante [n] amateur abecedarian, aesthete, connoisseur, dabbler, dallier, greenhorn*, nonprofessional, rookie, smatterer, tenderfoot*, trier, tyro, uninitiate; concept 423 Ant. professional diligence [n] perseverance in carrying out action activity, alertness, application, assiduity, assiduousness, attention, attentiveness, briskness, care, carefulness, constancy, earnestness, exertion, heed, heedfulness, industry, intensity, intent, intentness, keenness, laboriousness, pertinacity, quickness, sedulousness, vigor; concepts 657,677 Ant. inactivity, indifference, laziness, lethargy, neglect diligent [adj] persevering, hard-working active, assiduous, attentive, busy, careful, conscientious, constant, eager, eager beaver*, earnest, grind*, indefatigable, industrious, laborious, occupied, operose, painstaking, persistent, persisting, pertinacious, plugging*, sedulous, steadfast, studious, tireless, unagging, unrelenting, untiring; concepts 326,538,542 Ant. inactive, indifferent, languid, lazy, lethargic, negligent dilly-dally [v] waste time dawdle, delay, hem and haw*, hesitate, linger, loiter, meander, mosey, move slowly, procrastinate, vacillate; concepts 151,210,681 dilute [v] make thinner; weaken adulterate, alter, attenuate, cook, cut, decrease, deliquesce, diffuse, diminish, doctor*, doctor up*, irrigate, lace, lessen, liquefy, mitigate, mix, moderate, modify, needle*, phony up*, plant, qualify, reduce, shave*, spike, temper, water, water down; concept 250 Ant. concentrate, strengthen, thicken diluted/dilute [adj] thinned, weakened adulterated, attenuated, cut, impaired, impoverished, laced, light, moderated, reduced, shaved*, spiked, tempered, washy, watered down, waterish, watery, wishy-washy*; concepts 485,606 Ant. concentrated, strengthened, thickened

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dim [adj1] darkish blah, bleary, blurred, caliginous, cloudy, dark, dingy, dreary, dull, dusk, dusky, faded, faint, at, fuzzy, gloomy, gray, ill-dened, indistinct, lackluster, lightless, mat, monotone, monotonous, murky, muted, obscured, opaque, overcast, pale, poorly lit, shadowy, sullied, tarnished, tenebrous, unclear, unilluminated, vague, weak; concept 617 Ant. bright, brilliant, clear, distinct, light dim [adj2] unfavorable with regard to opinion depressing, disapproving, discouraging, gloomy, skeptical, somber, suspicious, unpromising; concept 542 Ant. favorable, good dim [adj3] not very intelligent boorish, dense, dim-witted, doltish, dull, dumb, oash, obtuse, slow, slow on uptake*, stupid, thick*, weakminded; concept 402 Ant. bright, intelligent, smart dim [v] darken; obscure becloud, bedim, befog, blear, blur, cloud, dull, eclipse, fade, fog, haze, lower, muddy, obfuscate, pale, tarnish, turn down; concepts 250,627 Ant. brighten, lighten dimensions/dimension [n] proportions; range admeasurement, ambit, amplitude, bigness, bulk, capacity, compass, depth, dimensionality, extension, extensity, extent, greatness, height, importance, largeness, length, magnitude, measure, measurement, reach, scale, scope, size, volume, width; concepts 730,792 diminish [v1] become or cause to be less abate, abbreviate, attenuate, become smaller, close, contract, curtail, cut, decline, decrease, depreciate, die out, drain, dwindle, ebb, extenuate, fade away, lessen, lower, minify, moderate, peter out, recede, reduce, retrench, shrink, shrivel, slacken, subside, taper, temper, wane, weaken; concepts 698,776 Ant. develop, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, increase, lengthen, prolong diminish [v2] belittle abuse, bad-mouth*, cheapen, cut down to size*, decry, demean, depreciate, derogate, detract from, devalue, dispraise, dump on*, give comeuppance*, knock off high horse*, minimize, pan*, poormouth*, put away*, put down*, run down*, tear down*; concept 54 Ant. compliment, atter, praise diminution [n] lessening, reduction abatement, alleviation, contraction, curtailment, cut, cutback, decay, decline, decrease, deduction, retrenchment, weakening; concepts 698,776 Ant. development, enlargement, expansion, growth, increase diminutive [adj] tiny, petite bantam, bitsy*, bitty*, button*, Lilliputian, little, midget, mini, miniature, minute, peewee*, pint-sized, pocket, pocket-sized, small, teensy*, teensyweensy*, teeny*, teeny-weeny*, undersize, wee*, weeny*; concept 789 Ant. big, huge, large, tall dimple [n] indentation cleft, concavity, dent, depression, divot, hollow, pit; concept 490 dimwit [n] a stupid person blockhead, bonehead, dolt, dullard, dunce, fool, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, moron, numskull, simpleton, twit; concept 412 din [n] loud, continuous noise babel, bedlam, boisterousness, brouhaha, buzz, clamor, clangor, clash, clatter, commotion, confusion, crash, disquiet, hoo-ha*, hubbub, hullabaloo*,

hurly-burly*, jangle, music, outcry, pandemonium, percussion, racket, row, shout, sound, stridency, tintamarre*, tintinnabulation, tumult, uproar; concept 595 dine [v] eat, often formally banquet, breakfast, consume, do lunch*, eat out*, fall to*, feast, feed on, lunch, sup, supper; concept 169 Ant. abstain diner [n] casual restaurant with varied menu Automat*, bistro, booth, caf, canteen, chuck wagon*, coffee shop, concession, dump*, eatery*, eating house, facility, fast-food outlet, greasy spoon*, grill, hash house*, ice-cream parlor, lunch counter, lunchroom, lunch wagon, mess hall, quick-lunch, saloon, sandwich shop, snack bar, tearoom; concept 449 dingy [adj] soiled, tacky bedimmed, brokendown, colorless, dark, darkish, dilapidated, dim, dirty, discolored, drab, dreary, dull, dusky, faded, gloomy, grimy, muddy, murky, obscure, run-down, seedy, shabby, smirched, somber, sullied, tarnished, threadbare, tired; concepts 485,617 Ant. bright, clean, immaculate, neat, pure, spotless dinky [adj] tiny, small bush-league*, dainty, insignicant, lesser, Lilliputian, mini, miniature, minor, minor-league*, neat, petite, secondary, second rate*, small-fry*, small-time*, trim; concept 789 Ant. big, huge, large dinner [n] evening meal banquet, blowout*, chow*, collation, din-din*, eats*, feast, feedbag*, fete, main meal, major munch*, potluck, principal meal, refection, regale, repast, ribs*, spread*, supper, table dhte; concept 459 dip [n1] submersion in liquid bath, dive, douche, drenching, ducking, immersion, plunge, soak, soaking, swim; concept 256 dip [n2] something for dunking concoction, dilution, infusion, mixture, preparation, solution, suffusion, suspension; concepts 260,466 dip [n3] depression; decline basin, concavity, declivity, descent, downslide, downswing, downtrend, drop, fall, fall-off, hole, hollow, inclination, incline, lowering, pitch, sag, sink, sinkage, sinkhole, slip, slope, slump; concepts 513,697,738 Ant. ascent, increase, rise dip [v1] put into liquid baptize, bathe, douse, drench, duck, dunk, immerse, irrigate, lave, lower, moisten, pitch, plunge, rinse, slop, slosh, soak, souse, splash, steep, submerge, submerse, wash, water, wet; concepts 201,256 dip [v2] lower, descend bend, decline, disappear, droop, drop down, fade, fall, go down, incline, nose-dive, plummet, plunge, reach, recede, sag, set, settle, sheer, sink, skew, skid, slant, slip, slope, slue, slump, spiral, subside, swoop, tilt, tumble, veer, verge; concept 181 Ant. ascend, raise dip [v3] scoop, ladle bail, bale, bucket, decant, dish, draft off, draw, draw out, dredge, handle, lade, lift, offer, reach into, shovel, spoon, strain; concepts 196,225 dip into [v] try, sample appropriate, browse, dabble, ip through, get, glance at, glance over, leaf through, peruse, play at, rie through*, run over, run through, scan, seize, skim, take, taste, thumb through*; concepts 87,623 diploma [n] certicate for achievement authority, award, charter, commission, conrmation,

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credentials, degree, honor, recognition, sheepskin, shingle, voucher, warrant; concepts 271,337 diplomacy [n] tact address, artfulness, craft, delicacy, delicatesse, discretion, expedience, nesse, negotiation, poise, politics, savoir-faire, skill, statecraft, subtlety; concepts 388,633 Ant. bad manners, impoliteness, rudeness diplomat [n] politician, consul agent, ambassador, attach, cabinet member, charg d affaires, conciliator, emissary, envoy, expert, go-between, legate, mediator, minister, moderator, negotiator, plenipotentiary, public relations person, representative, tactician; concepts 354,359 diplomatic [adj] politic, tactful adept, arch, artful, astute, bland, brainy, cagey, calculating, capable, clever, conciliatory, conniving, contriving, courteous, crafty, cunning, deft, delicate, dexterous, discreet, gracious, guileful, intriguing, opportunistic, polite, prudent, savvy, scheming, sensitive, sharp, shrewd, sly, smooth, strategic, suave, subtle, wily; concepts 401,542 Ant. artless, impolite, rude, tactless dire [adj1] urgent; crucial acute, burning, clamant, clamorous, climacteric, critical, crying, desperate, drastic, exigent, extreme, immoderate, imperative, importunate, instant, pressing; concepts 546,568,799 Ant. trivial, unimportant dire [adj2] terrible, ominous afictive, alarming, appalling, awful, black, calamitous, cataclysmic, catastrophic, cruel, deplorable, depressing, disastrous, dismal, distressing, dreadful, fearful, erce, frightful, gloomy, grievous, grim, heartbreaking, horrible, horrid, lamentable, oppressing, portentous, redoubtable, regrettable, ruinous, scowling, shocking, terric, ugly, unfortunate, woeful; concepts 537,548,570 Ant. fortunate, good, lucky, nice direct [adj1] honest absolute, bald, blunt, candid, categorical, downright, explicit, express, forthright, frank, matter-of-fact, open, outspoken, person-to-person, plain, plainspoken, point-blank, sincere, straight, straightforward, straight from the shoulder*, talk turkey*, unambiguous, unconcealed, undisguised, unequivocal, unreserved; concept 267 Ant. devious, dishonest, indirect, wily direct [adj2] undeviating; uninterrupted beeline*, continuous, even, horizontal, in bee line*, in straight line, linear, nonstop, not crooked, point-blank, right, shortest, straight, straight ahead, straightaway, through, true, unbroken, unswerving; concepts 482,581 Ant. changing, deviating, indirect, intermittent, interrupted, varying direct [adj3] face-to-face; next to contiguous, rsthand, head-on, immediate, lineal, next, personal, primary, prompt, proximate, resultant, succeeding; concepts 585,586 Ant. indirect direct [v1] manage, oversee administer, advise, be in the drivers seat*, boss, call the shots*, carry on, conduct, control, control the affairs of, dispose, dominate, govern, guide, handle, have the say, head up*, inuence, keep, lead, operate, ordain, preside over, quarterback*, regulate, rule, run, run the show*, run things*, shepherd, superintend, supervise, take the

reins*; concepts 94,117 Ant. misguide, mismanage, neglect direct [v2] give instructions; teach address, advise, bid, charge, command, deliver, dictate, enjoin, give directions, give orders, inform, instruct, lecture, order, read, tell, warn; concepts 53,61 Ant. misguide, mislead direct [v3] point in a direction; guide address, aim, beam, cast, conduct, escort, x, focus, head, incline, indicate, intend, lay, lead, level, mean, move in, pilot, point, point the way, present, route, see, set, shepherd, show, sight, sight on, slant, steer, target, train, turn, zero in; concepts 187,201 Ant. diverge, misdirect direct [v4] send, usually by mail system address, designate, inscribe, label, mail, mark, route, superscribe; concept 217 direct [v5] put all of efforts toward address, aim, apply, bend, buckle down, devote, endeavor, x, give, set, settle, strive, throw, try, turn; concepts 87,677 direction [n1] management administration, charge, command, control, government, guidance, leadership, order, oversight, superintendence, supervision; concepts 299,325 direction [n2] course, route aim, angle, area, aspect, bearing, beeline*, bent, bias, current, drift, end, inclination, line, objective, orientation, outlook, path, point of compass, proclivity, range, region, road, set, side, slant, spot, standpoint, stream, tack, tendency, that-away*, tide, track, trajectory, trend, viewpoint, way; concepts 657,738 Ant. deviation, misdirection, wrong way direction(s) [n3] instructions, guidance advice, advisement, assignment, brieng, directive, guidelines, indication, lowdown*, notication, plan, prescription, recommendation, regulation, sealed order, specication, specs*, steer*, summons, tip, word*; concepts 271,274 Ant. misdirection, misinstruction directive [n] command, instruction charge, communication, decree, dictate, edict, injunction, mandate, memo, memorandum, message, notice, order, ordinance, regulation, ruling, ukase, word; concepts 271,274,662 Ant. answer directly [adv1] the shortest route as a crow ies*, beeline*, dead, direct, due, exactly, plump, precisely, right, slam bang*, slap, smack, smack dab*, straight, straightly, undeviatingly, unswervingly, without deviation; concepts 581,778 Ant. indirectly directly [adv2] as soon as possible anon, at once, contiguously, dead*, due, rst off, forthwith, immediately, in a second, instantaneously, instanter, instantly, presently, promptly, pronto*, quickly, right away, shortly, speedily, straightaway, straight off; concept 820 directly [adv3] straightforwardly candidly, faceto-face, honestly, in person, literally, openly, personally, plainly, point-black, truthfully, unequivocally, verbatim, without prevarication, word for word; concept 267 Ant. indirectly director [n] manager administrator, big person*, boss, chair, chief, controller, exec, executive, executive ofcer, governor, head, head honcho*, helmer, key player*, kingpin*, leader, organizer, overseer, person upstairs*, player,

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principal, producer, skipper*, supervisor, top dog*, top person*; concepts 347,352 directory [n] reference book; guide agenda, almanac, atlas, blue book, book, catalogue, charts, gazeteer, hit list*, index, laundry list*, lineup, list, little black book*, record, register, roster, scorecard, short list*, social register, syllabus, white pages*, whos who*, yellow pages*; concepts 280,283 direful [adj] fearful; horrible apocalyptic, appalling, awful, baleful, baneful, calamitous, dreadful, fateful, ghastly, gloomy, horrid, ill-boding, inauspicious, ominous, shocking, terrible, terric, unlucky, unpropitious; concepts 537,570 Ant. good, nice dirge [n] sad song chant, coronach, cry, death march, death song, elegy, funeral song, hymn, jeremiad, keen, lament, march, monody, requiem, threnody; concept 595 dirigible [n] airship blimp, hot-air balloon, zeppelin; concept 504 dirt [n1] grime, impurity crud*, dreck, dregs, excrement, feculence, lth, lthiness, gook*, ground, gunk*, mire, muck, mud, rottenness, scuz*, sleaze, slime, smudge, smut, soil, stain, tarnish; concept 509 Ant. cleanliness, pureness, purity, sterility dirt [n2] obscenity; immorality chicanery, double-dealing, lth, fourberie, fraud, indecency, lubricity, pornography, smut; concept 645 Ant. morality dirt [n3] soil clay, dust, earth, loam, real estate, terra rma; concept 509 dirt [n4] gossip buzz, intimate intelligence, juicy morsel, news, rumor, talk, the lowdown; concepts 274,278 dirty [adj1] soiled, unclean bedraggled, begrimed, black, contaminated, cruddy*, crummy, deled, disarrayed, dishabille, disheveled, dreggy, dungy, dusty, lthy, foul, fouled, greasy, grimy, grubby, grungy*, icky*, lousy, messy, mucky*, muddy, mung*, murky, nasty, pigpen*, polluted, raunchy, scummy*, scuzzy*, slatternly, slimy, sloppy, slovenly, smudged, smutty, sooty, spattered, spotted, squalid, stained, straggly, sullied, undusted, unhygienic, unkempt, unlaundered, unsanitary, unsightly, unswept, untidy, unwashed, yucky*; concept 485 Ant. clean, pure, spotless, sterile dirty [adj2] obscene, pornographic base, blue, coarse, contemptible, despicable, lthy, immoral, impure, indecent, lewd, low, mean, nasty, off-color, ribald, risqu, salacious, scatological, scurvy, smutty, sordid, squalid, unchaste, unclean, uncleanly, vile, vulgar; concepts 542,545 Ant. clean, moral, upright dirty [adj3] dishonest below the belt*, cheating, corrupt, crooked, deceitful, double-dealing, foul, shabby, shady, shifty, sleazy, sneaky, sordid, underhanded, unethical, unscrupulous, untruthful; concept 267 Ant. clean, nice dirty [v] cause to be soiled begrime, besoil, blacken, blotch, blur, botch, coat, contaminate, corrupt, debase, decay, dele, discolor, draggle, encrust, foul, grime, make dusty, make impure, mess up, mold, muddy, pollute, rot, smear, smirch, smoke, smudge, smutch, spatter, spoil, spot, stain, sully, sweat, taint, tar,

tarnish; concept 254 Ant. clean, cleanse, purify, sterilize dirty old man [n] pervert degenerate, lecher, sex maniac, sleazebag; concept 412 dirty tricks [n] dishonest practices dirty pool*, funny business*, malicious tactics, monkey business*, shady business, skullduggery, unethical behavior; concepts 59,633,657 disability [n] disadvantage, restriction afiction, ailment, defect, detriment, disqualication, drawback, impairment, inability, incapacity, incompetency, inexperience, inrmity, injury, invalidity, lack, untness, weakness; concepts 309,316,410 Ant. advantage, tness, strength disable [v] render inoperative; cripple attenuate, batter, blunt, damage, debilitate, disarm, disenable, disqualify, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, hamstring*, handicap, harm, hock*, hogtie*, hurt, immobilize, impair, incapacitate, invalidate, kibosh*, knock out*, maim, mangle, mar, mutilate, muzzle, paralyze, pinion, prostrate, put out of action*, render incapable, ruin, sabotage, sap, shatter, shoot down*, spoil, take out*, throw monkey wrench in*, total*, unbrace, undermine, unt, unstrengthen, weaken, wreck; concepts 130,246 Ant. aid, assist, enable, help, improve disabled [adj] incapacitated broken-down, conned, decrepit, disarmed, hamstrung*, handicapped, helpless, hurt, incapable, inrm, laid-up, lame, maimed, out-of-action*, outof-commission*, paralyzed, powerless, rundown, sidelined, stalled, weakened, worn-out, wounded, wrecked; concepts 314,527 Ant. able, healthy disadvantage [n2] hurt, loss damage, deprivation, detriment, disservice, harm, injury, prejudice; concepts 230,309,679 Ant. advantage, benet, blessing, gain, prot disadvantaged [adj] underprivileged deprived, discriminated against, handicapped, hindered, impaired, impoverished, poor; concept 334 Ant. privileged, prosperous, rich, wealthy disadvantageous [adj] detrimental, inconvenient adverse, contrary, damaging, debit-side, deleterious, depreciative, depreciatory, derogatory, detracting, disparaging, downside, dyslogistic, harmful, hurtful, ill-timed, inexpedient, injurious, inopportune, objectionable, on the debit side, pejorative, prejudicial, slighting, uncomplimentary, unfavorable, unprotable; concepts 334,537,555 Ant. advantageous, convenient, helpful, well-timed disadvantage(s) [n1] difculty, trouble adverse circumstance, bar, blocking, burden, defect, deciency, deprivation, detriment, disability, discommodity, drawback, failing, fault, aw, y in the ointment*, hamper, handicap, hardship, hindrance, impediment, imperfection, imposition, inadequacy, inconvenience, inutility, lack, liability, limitation, minus, nuisance, objection, obstacle, privation, problem, restraint, snag, stumbling block*, weakness, weak point; concepts 666,674 Ant. advantage, good fortune disaffect [v] lose affection for, estrange agitate, alienate, antagonize, discompose, disquiet, disturb, disunify, disunite, divide, repel, upset,

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wean; concepts 7,19,135,384 Ant. content, make happy, please disaffected [adj] alienated, estranged antagonistic, discontented, disloyal, dissatised, hostile, indifferent, mutinous, rebellious, seditious, uncompliant, unfriendly, unsubmissive; concept 403 Ant. contented, happy, pleased disaffection [n] alienation, estrangement animosity, antagonism, antipathy, aversion,breach, disagreement, discontent, dislike, disloyalty, dissatisfaction, hatred, hostility, ill will, repugnance, resentment, unfriendliness; concepts 388,410 Ant. attraction, happiness, harmony, pleasure disagree [v1] be different be discordant, be dissimilar, clash, conict, contradict, counter, depart, deviate, differ, discord, disharmonize, dissent, diverge, run counter to, vary, war; concept 665 Ant. agree, coincide, harmonize disagree [v2] argue; hold differing opinion altercate, battle, bicker, brawl, break with, bring action, clash, contend, contest, controversialize, controvert, debate, differ, disaccord, discept, discord, dispute, dissent, divide, fall out*, feud, ght, go for the jugular*, haggle, have words*, jump on*, lay into*, let have it, logomachize, object, oppose, palter, quarrel, quibble, rip, row, scrap, set to, skirmish, spar, spat, sue, take issue, take on, war, wrangle, zap*; concepts 12,46 Ant. accept, acquiesce, agree, concur, consent disagree [v3] be injurious be distasteful, be disturbing, be sickening, be unsuitable, bother, discomfort, distress, go against the grain*, hurt, injure, make ill, nauseate, sicken, trouble, upset; concept 246 Ant. aid, help disagreeable [adj1] bad-tempered, irritable bellicose, brusque, cantankerous, churlish, contentious, contrary, cross, difcult, disobliging, disputatious, eristic, grouchy, ill-natured, nasty, obnoxious, offensive, out of sorts, peevish, pettish, petulant, querulous, rude, snappy, surly, ugly, unfriendly, ungracious, unlikable, unpleasant, uptight, waspish, whiny; concept 401 Ant. agreeable, friendly, happy, nice, pleasant disagreeable [adj2] disgusting, offensive annoying, awful, bad, bothersome, displeasing, distasteful, distressing, drag, nasty, objectionable, obnoxious, pain, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, rotten, sour, unhappy, uninviting, unpalatable, unpleasant, unsavory, upsetting, woeful; concepts 537,548 Ant. agreeable, inoffensive, nice, pleasant, pleasing disagreement [n1] dispute, quarrel altercation, animosity, antagonism, argument, atmospherics, bickering, breach, break, clash, clashing, conict, contention, contest, controversy, crosspurposes, debate, difference, discord, dissent, dissidence, disunion, disunity, division, divisiveness, falling out, feud, ght, friction, hassle, hostility, ill feeling, ill will, jarring, misunderstanding, opposition, rupture, spat, split, squabble, strife, tension, variance, vendetta, words, wrangle; concepts 46,388 Ant. acquiescence, agreement, harmony, peace disagreement [n2] difference, unlikeness clash, disaccord, discordance, discrepancy, disharmonism, disharmony, disparity, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, divergence, divergency, diversity, incompatibility, incongruity, incongruousness,

inconsistency, variance; concept 665 Ant. agreement, likeness, sameness, similarity disallow [v] reject, prohibit abjure, cancel, censor, debar, deny, disacknowledge, disavow, disclaim, dismiss, disown, embargo, exclude, forbid, keep back, kill, nix*, pass on, proscribe, put down, rebuff, refuse, repudiate, shut out, taboo*, veto, withhold, zing*; concepts 21,25, 30 Ant. allow, permit disappear [v] vanish; cease abandon, abscond, be done for, be gone, be lost, be no more*, be swallowed up, cease to exist, clear, come to naught, decamp, dematerialize, depart, die, die out, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, drop out of sight*, ebb, end, end gradually, escape, evanesce, evanish, evaporate, exit, expire, fade, fade away, ee, y, go, go south*, leave, leave no trace, melt, melt away, pass, pass away, perish, recede, retire, retreat, sink, take ight, vacate, vamoose*, wane, withdraw; concepts 102,105,195 Ant. appear, arrive, come in disappearance [n] vanishing ceasing to exist, decline and fall, dematerialization, departure, desertion, disappearing act, disintegration, dispersal, dissipation, dissolution, ebbing, eclipse, escape, evanescence, evaporation, exit, exodus, fading, ight, going, loss, melting, passing, receding, recession, removal, retirement, wane, wearing away, withdrawal; concepts 102,105, 195 Ant. appearance, arrival, coming, entrance disappoint [v] sadden, dismay; frustrate abort, bafe, balk, bring to naught, bungle, cast down, chagrin, circumvent, come to nothing, dash, dash hopes*, deceive, delude, disconcert, disenchant, disgruntle, dishearten, disillusion, dissatisfy, dumbfound, embitter, fail, fall down on, fall at, fall short of, foil, founder, hamper, hinder, leave in the lurch*, let down, miscarry, mislead, not show, put out, ruin prospects, stand up, tease, thwart, torment, vex; concepts 7,19,699 Ant. delight, excite, make happy, please, satisfy disappointed [adj] let down, saddened aghast, balked, beaten, chapfallen, complaining, crestfallen, defeated, depressed, despondent, disconcerted, discontented, discouraged, disenchanted, disgruntled, disillusioned, dissatised, distressed, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the dumps*, foiled, frustrated, hopeless, objecting, shot down, taken down, thwarted, unhappy, unsatised, upset, vanquished, worsted; concept 403 Ant. delighted, excited, happy, pleased, satised disappointment [n1] saddening situation; letdown bitter pill*, blind alley*, blow, blunder, bringdown, bummer, bust*, calamity, defeat, disaster, discouragement, downer*, downfall, drag, dud, error, failure, false alarm*, faux pas*, asco, zzle, ash in the pan*, impasse, inefcacy, lemon*, miscalculation, mischance, misfortune, mishap, mistake, obstacle, old one-two*, setback, slip, washout; concepts 230,674 Ant. boost, comfort, happiness, help, miracle, pleasure, relief, success, wonder disappointment [n2] mental upset; displeasure adverse fate, adversity, bafement, blow, chagrin, defeat, despondency, discontent, discouragement, disenchantment, disgruntlement,

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disillusion, disillusionment, dissatisfaction, distress, failure, frustration, lack of success, letdown, mortication, nonsuccess, regret, setback, the knocks*, unfulllment; concept 410 Ant. delight, encouragement, euphoria, happiness, pleasure, satisfaction disapproval [n] condemnation blackball*, black list*, blame, boo*, boycott, brickbat,call down, castigation, catcall*, censure, criticism, denunciation, deprecation, disapprobation, discontent, disfavor, dislike, disparagement, displeasure, dissatisfaction, hiss*, nix*, objection, opprobrium, ostracism, reproach, reproof, slap on wrist*, stricture, thumbs down*, vitriol, zing*; concepts 278,689 Ant. agreement, approval, endorsement, sanction disapprove [v] condemn blame, censure, chastise, criticize, damn, decry, denounce, deplore, deprecate, detract, disallow, discommend, discountenance, disesteem, disfavor, dislike, dismiss, dispraise, expostulate, nd fault with, nd unacceptable, frown on, look askance at, look down on, nix*, object to, oppose, pan*, pass on, refuse, reject, remonstrate, reprehend, reprobate, reprove, set aside, slam, spurn, take dim view of, take exception to, turn down, veto, zing*; concepts 18,21,52 Ant. agree, approve, endorse, like, love, sanction disarm [v1] render defenseless conciliate, cripple, deactivate, debilitate, deescalate, demilitarize, demobilize, disable, disband, disqualify, incapacitate, invalidate, neutralize, occupy, pacify, paralyze, prostrate, skin, strip, subdue, subjugate, unarm, weaken; concepts 142,211,320 Ant. arm disarm [v2] persuade allure, attract, bewitch, captivate, charm, coax, convince, enchant, fascinate, seduce, set at ease, unarm, urge, win over; concepts 7,19,22,68 disarmament [n] reduction of weapons arms limitation, arms reduction, conquest, crippling, de-escalation, demilitarization, demobilization, disablement, disqualication, freeze, neutralizing, occupation, pacication, paralyzing, rendering powerless, subjugation; concepts 142,211,320 Ant. arming, buildup disarming [adj] charming bewitching, convincing, deferential, ingratiating, ingratiatory, insinuating, insinuative, inveigling, irresistible, likable, persuasive, saccharine, seductive, silken, silky, winning; concept 401 Ant. despicable, disgusting disarrange [v] disorder derange, discompose, disturb, get out of order, jumble, mess, mix up, rufe, scramble, shufe, unsettle, untidy; concepts 240,250 disarray [n] disorder, confusion, mess anarchy, ataxia, chaos, clutter, disarrangement, discomposure, disharmony, dishevelment, disorganization, holy mess*, indiscipline, jumble, muddle, shambles*, snarl, tangle, topsy-turviness*, unholy mess*, unruliness, untidiness, upset; concepts 230,727 Ant. arrangement, harmony, order, orderliness, organization disaster [n] accident, trouble act of God*, adversity, afiction, bad luck, bad news*, bale, bane, blight, blow, bust, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, collapse, collision, crash, debacle, defeat, depression, emergency,

exigency, failure, fall, fell stroke*, asco, ood, op, grief, hard luck, harm, hazard, holocaust, hot water*, ill luck, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, reverse, rock, rough, ruin, ruination, setback, slip, stroke, the worst*, tragedy, undoing, upset, washout*, woe; concepts 674,675 Ant. blessing, good fortune, good luck, miracle, prosperity, success, triumph, win, wonder disaster area [n] scene of destruction area of devastation, chaos, confusion, crisis zone, earthquake zone, emergency area, ood zone, havoc, hot spot, war zone; concepts 230,674 disastrous [adj] detrimental, devastating adverse, calamitous, cataclysmal, cataclysmic, catastrophic, destructive, dire, dreadful, fatal, fateful, hapless, harmful, ill-fated, ill-starred, luckless, ruinous, terrible, tragic, unfavorable, unfortunate, unlucky, unpropitious, untoward; concepts 537,548 Ant. blessed, fortunate, lucky, miraculous, prosperous, successful, triumphant, winning, wondrous disavow [v] reject abjure, contradict, deny, disacknowledge, disallow, disclaim, disown, drop out, forswear, gainsay, go back on word*, impugn, negate, negative, refuse, renege, renig, repudiate, wash hands of*, weasel out of*, welsh, worm out of*; concepts 18,25 Ant. agree, approve, sanction, vouch for, vow disband [v] break up demobilize, destroy, disperse, dissolve, fold, scatter, separate, thin out; concept 234 disbelief [n] doubt, skepticism atheism, distrust, dubiety, incredulity, mistrust, nihilism, rejection, repudiation, spurning, unbelief, unbelievingness, unfaith; concepts 21,689 Ant. belief, trust disbelieve [v] doubt discount, discredit, distrust, eschew, give no credence to, mistrust, not accept, not buy, not credit, not swallow*, question, reject, repudiate, scoff at, scorn, scout, suspect, unbelieve; concept 21 Ant. believe, trust disbelieving [adj] suspicious, doubting aporetic, cagey, cynical, incredulous, leery, mistrustful, questioning, quizzical, show-me*, skeptical, unbelieving; concept 403 Ant. believing, trusting, unquestioning, unsuspicious disburse [v] spend money acquit, ante up*, come across, come through, come up with, contribute, cough up*, deal, defray, dispense, disperse, distribute, divide, divvy*, dole out*, expend, foot the bill*, give, lay out*, measure out, outlay, partition, pay out, pony up*, put out, shell out*, use; concepts 108,341 Ant. deposit, hoard, hold, retain, save, set aside disbursement [n] payment cost, disposal, expenditure, expense, outgoing, outlay, spending; concept 344 Ant. deposit, hoard, savings discard [v] get rid of abandon, abdicate, abjure, adios*, banish, can*, cancel, cashier, cast aside, chuck, deep-six*, desert, dispatch, dispense with, dispose of, dispossess, ditch, divorce, do away with, drop, dump, eject, eliminate, expel, forsake, free of, give up, have done with, jettison, junk*, oust, part with, protest, put by, reject, relinquish, remove, renounce, repeal, repudiate, scrap, shake off, shed, sweep away, throw away, throw out,

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throw overboard*, toss aside, write off; concept 180 Ant. embrace, keep, retain discern [v] catch sight of; recognize and understand anticipate, apprehend, ascertain, behold, descry, detect, determine, difference, differentiate, discover, discrepate, discriminate, distinguish, divine, espy, extricate, gure out, nd out, focus, foresee, get a load of*, get the picture*, get wise to, judge, know, make distinction, make out, note, notice, observe, perceive, pick out, read, remark, rubberneck*, secern, see the light*, see through, separate, severalize, spot, take in, view; concepts 15,38 Ant. disregard, neglect, overlook discernible [adj] recognizable; distinct apparent, appreciable, audible, clear, detectable, discoverable, distinguishable, noticeable, observable, obvious, palpable, perceivable, perceptible, plain, sensible, tangible, visible; concepts 535,576,619 Ant. indistinct, invisible, obscured, unnoticeable, unrecognizable discerning [adj] discriminating acute, astute, bright, brilliant, clear-sighted, clever, critical, gnostic, ingenious, insighted, insightful, intelligent, judicious, knowing, knowledgeable, penetrating, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, piercing, sagacious, sage, sensitive, sharp, shrewd, subtle, wise; concept 402 Ant. disregardful, neglectful, negligent, overlooking, undiscerning, undiscriminating discharge [n1] setting free acquittal, clearance, disimprisonment, exoneration, liberation, pardon, parole, probation, release, remittance; concept 127 Ant. hold, imprisonment, incarceration, keep, retention discharge [n2] dismissal from responsibility ax, bounce, bums rush*, cong, demobilization, ejection, gate, old heave ho*, pink slip*, the boot*, the door*, walking papers*; concepts 324,351 Ant. assignment, delegation, employment, engagement, hiring discharge [n3] detonation barrage, blast, burst, explosion, ring, fusillade, report, salvo, shot, shower, volley; concept 521 Ant. loading discharge [n4] pouring forth elimination, emission, emptying, excretion, exudation, ow, ooze, pus, secretion, seepage, shower, suppuration, vent, voiding; concepts 179,748 Ant. damming discharge [n5] unloading disburdening, emptying, unburdening, unlading; concept 211 Ant. loading discharge [n6] carrying out of responsibility accomplishment, achievement, execution, fulllment, observance, performance; concept 706 discharge [n7] payment of debt acquittal, disbursement, liquidation, satisfaction, settlement; concepts 341,344 Ant. indebtedness, owing discharge [v1] set free absolve, acquit, allow to go*, clear, disimprison, dismiss, emancipate, exonerate, expel, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, oust, pardon, release, unbind, unchain, unshackle; concept 127 Ant. detain, hold, imprison, keep discharge [v2] dismiss from responsibility absolve, ax, boot out*, bounce, bump, bust, can*, cashier, disburden, discard, disencumber, dispense, displace, eject, excuse, exempt, expel, re, freeze out*, give one notice, kick out, lay

off, let go, let off, let one go, let out, lock out*, nix*, oust, privilege from, relieve, remove, replace, ride out on rail*, run out of town*, show the door*, spare, supersede, supplant, terminate, unload; concepts 324,351 Ant. assign, delegate, employ, engage, hire discharge [v3] detonate weapon blast, explode, re, let off, set off, shoot, shoot off; concept 179 Ant. load discharge [v4] pour forth break out, disembogue, dispense, ejaculate, emit, empty, erupt, excrete, exude, give off, gush, leak, ooze, release, send forth, spew, void, vomit; concepts 152,179 Ant. dam discharge [v5] unload carry away, disburden, empty, off-load, remove, remove cargo, send, take away, take off, unburden, unlade, unpack, unship, unstow; concept 211 Ant. load discharge [v6] carry out responsibility accomplish, achieve, do, execute, fulll, meet, observe, perform; concept 91 discharge [v7] pay, settle debt clear, honor, liquidate, meet, pay up, quit, relieve, satisfy, square up; concept 341 Ant. owe discharge [v8] invalidate agreement abrogate, annul, cancel, dissolve, quash, render void, vacate, void; concept 121 disciple [n] believer, follower adherent, apostle, attendant, booster, buff, bug*, catechumen, cohort, convert, devotee, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, end, freak, groupie, hound*, junkie*, learner, nut*, partisan, proselyte, pupil, rooter*, satellite, sectary, sectator, student, supporter, votary, witness, zealot; concepts 361,423 Ant. god disciplinarian [n] person who makes others work hard authoritarian, bully, despot, drill sergeant, enforcer, formalist, master, sergeant, stickler, strict teacher, sundowner, teacher, trainer, tyrant; concepts 350,354,423 discipline [n1] regimen, training conduct, control, cultivation, curb, development, domestication, drill, drilling, education, exercise, inculcation, indoctrination, limitation, method, orderliness, practice, preparation, regulation, restraint, self-command, self-control, selfgovernment, self-mastery, self-restraint, strictness, subordination, will, willpower; concepts 94,326,410 Ant. chaos, confusion, disorder, disorganization, neglect, negligence, permissiveness discipline [n2] punishment castigation, chastisement, comeuppance, correction, getting yours*, hell to pay*, punition, rod; concepts 122,123 Ant. award, reward discipline [n3] eld of study; subject of interest area, branch of knowledge, course, curriculum, specialty; concept 349 disc jockey [n] radio personality announcer, broadcaster, deejay*, dj*, pancake turner*, radio performer, shock jock*, video jockey, vj*; concept 348 disclaim [v] deny abandon, abjure, abnegate, belittle, contradict, contravene, criticize, decline, deprecate, disacknowledge, disafrm, disallow, disavow, discard, disown, disparage, divorce oneself from, forswear, gainsay, minimize, negate, recant, refuse, reject, renounce, repudiate, retract, revoke, spurn, traverse, turn back on, wash hands of*; concept 54

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Ant. accept, acknowledge, admit, allow, claim, own disclaimer [n] repudiation abjuration, abnegation, clause, denial, disavowal, dissociation, renunciation, retraction, waiver; concept 45 disclose [v] reveal, make public acknowledge, admit, avow, bare, betray, blab, bring to light*, broadcast, come out of the closet*, communicate, confess, discover, display, divulge, exhibit, expose, give away, impart, lay bare, leak, let slip, make known, mouth*, open, own, publish, relate, reveal, show, snitch*, spill, spill the beans*, squeal*, tell, uncover, unfurl, unveil, utter; concept 60 Ant. conceal, hide, secrete, withhold disclosure [n] announcement, revelation acknowledgment, admission, advertisement, betrayal, blow-by-blow*, broadcast, confession, declaration, discovery, divulgation, divulgence, enlightenment, exposal, expos, exposure, handout, impartance, impartation, leak, make, picture, publication, revealing, revealment, rundown, snitch*, squeal*, tip*, tip-off*, uncovering, unveilment, ventilation; concept 274 Ant. secret disco [n] discotheque club, dance hall, nightclub, nightspot; concepts 293,439,449 discolor [v] fading, dirtying of hue besmear, besmirch, blot, dele, mar, mark, rust, smear, soil, stain, streak, sully, tar, tarnish, tinge; concepts 250,469 Ant. brighten, color discomt [v] defeat, frustrate; confuse abash, annoy, bafe, balk, beat, bother, checkmate, confound, demoralize, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, disturb, embarrass, faze, uster, foil, irk, outwit, overcome, perplex, perturb, prevent, rattle, rufe, take aback, thwart, trump, unsettle, upset, vex, worry, worst; concepts 7,19,95 Ant. surrender, yield discomture [n] embarrassment, frustration abashment, agitation, beating, chagrin, comedown, confusion, conquest, defeasance, defeat, demoralization, descent, disappointment, discomposure, disconcertion, disconcertment, disquiet, failure, humiliation, overthrow, perturbation, rout, ruin, shame, undoing, unease, uneasiness, upset, vanquishment, vexation; concepts 410,674 Ant. surrender, yielding discomfort [n] irritation, pain ache, annoyance, discomture, discomposure, displeasure, disquiet, distress, embarrassment, hardship, hurt, inquietude, malaise, nuisance, soreness, trouble, uneasiness, unpleasantness, upset, vexation; concepts 410,728 Ant. comfort, ease, easiness, pleasure, relief discomfort [v] irritate; cause pain discomt, discompose, disquiet, distress, disturb, embarrass, make uncomfortable, nettle, perturb, upset, vex; concepts 7,19,246,313 Ant. aid, alleviate, comfort, ease, help, relieve discommode [v] annoy bother, burden, disoblige, disquiet, disturb, uster, harass, incommode, inconvenience, irk, molest, perturb, put out, trouble, upset, vex; concepts 7,19 Ant. make happy, please discompose [v] provoke, agitate annoy, bewilder, bother, confuse, discombobulate, discomt, disconcert, dismay, disorganize, displease, disquiet, disturb, embarrass, faze, urry, uster,

harass, harry, irk, irritate, nettle, perplex, perturb, pester, plague, rattle, rufe, unhinge, unsettle, upset, vex, worry; concepts 7,19 Ant. calm, compose, soothe disconcert [v] shake up; confuse abash, agitate, bafe, balk, bewilder, bug, confound, demoralize, disarrange, discombobulate, discomt, discompose, discountenance, disturb, embarrass, faze, uster, foul up, frustrate, get to, hinder, nonplus, perplex, perturb, psych out*, put off, puzzle, rattle, rufe, take aback, throw off balance, trouble, unbalance, undo, unsettle, upset, upset apple cart*, worry; concepts 7,16, 19 Ant. calm, comfort, soothe disconcerted [adj] confused; shaken annoyed, bewildered, caught off balance, come apart, distracted, disturbed, embarrassed, fazed, ustered, in botheration, messed-up, mixed-up, nonplussed, out of countenance, perturbed, psyched-out*, rattled, rufed, shook-up*, spaced-out*, taken aback, thrown, troubled, unglued, unsettled, unzipped*, upset; concept 403 Ant. calm, composed, concerted, soothed, unworried disconnect [v] take apart; uncouple abstract, break it off, break it up, cut off, detach, disassociate, disengage, disjoin, dissever, dissociate, disunite, divide, drop it, part, separate, sever, sideline, unx; concepts 98,135 Ant. attach, connect, couple, hitch, hook, join, link, plug disconnected [adj] confused; discontinuous broken, detached, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, inchoate, incoherent, incohesive, interrupted, irrational, irregular, jumbled, loose, mixed-up, muddled, rambling, separated, uncontinuous, uncoordinated, unintelligible, wandering; concepts 267,482 Ant. attached, coherent, connected, continuous, intelligible, joined, understandable disconsolate [adj] depressed, unhappy bad, black, blue, cheerless, cold, comfortless, crestfallen, crushed, dark, dejected, desolate, despairing, destroyed, dispirited, distressed, doleful, down, downcast, downhearted, dreary, forlorn, gloomy, grief-stricken, heartbroken, hopeless, hurting, inconsolable, in pain*, in the pits*, low, melancholy, miserable, ripped*, sad, somber, sorrowful, torn-up*, woebegone, woeful, wretched; concept 403 Ant. cheerful, consoled, happy, solaced, soothed discontent [n] dissatisfaction depression, discontentment, displeasure, envy, fretfulness, regret, restlessness, uneasiness, unhappiness, vexation; concept 410 Ant. contentedness, easiness, happiness, patience, pleasure, satisfaction discontented/discontent [adj] unhappy, dissatised blue, complaining, crabby, disaffected, disgruntled, displeased, disquieted, disturbed, exasperated, fed up, fretful, griping, kvetching*, malcontent, malcontented, miserable, perturbed, picky, restless, ungratied, upset, vexed; concept 403 Ant. content, contented, happy, patient, pleased, satised, uncomplaining discontinuance [n] stop, suspension of activity adjournment, alternation, cease, cessation, close, closing, desistance, desuetude, discontinuation, disjunction, disruption, ending, nish, intermission, interruption, separation, stopping,

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termination; concept 119 Ant. continuation, restarting, retry discontinue [v] prevent activity from going on abandon, bag it*, blow off*, break off*, call it quits, cease, close, desist, disconnect, disjoin, dissever, disunite, drop, end, nish, give over, give up, halt, interpose, interrupt, intervene, kill, knock off*, leave off, part, pause, put an end to, quit, refrain from, scrub, separate, stop, surcease, suspend, terminate; concepts 121,234 Ant. carry on, continue, restart, retry discontinuous [adj] broken; intermittent alternate, desultory, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, tful, gaping, inchoate, incoherent, incohesive, interrupted, irregular, muddled, spasmodic, unconnected, unorganized; concept 482 Ant. connected, contiguous, continuous, regular, unbroken, discord [n1] conict, disagreement animosity, antagonism, antipathy, clash, clashing, collision, contention, difference, disaccord, discordance, discrepancy, disharmony, dispute, dissension, dissent, dissidence, dissonance, disunion, disunity, division, enmity, friction, fuss, hassle, hostility, incompatibility, incongruity, inharmony, lack of concord, mischief, opposition, polarization, rancor, row, ruckus, rupture, scene, spat, split, static, strife, variance, wrangling; concept 388 Ant. accord, agreement, cooperation, harmony, peace discord [n2] noise cacophony, clamor, clinker, din, disharmony, dissonance, harshness, jangle, jarring, racket, sour note, tumult; concept 595 Ant. harmoniousness, harmony discordant [adj] not in harmony; conicting antagonistic, antipathetic, at odds, cacophonous, clashing, contradictory, contrarient, contrary, different, disagreeing, discrepant, dissonant, divergent, grating, harsh, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, inharmonious, jangling, jarring, on a sour note*, opposite, quarreling, strident, uncongenial, unharmonious, unmelodious, unmixable; concepts 558,564,592,594 Ant. agreeable, agreeing, concordant, cooperating, harmonious discount [n] reduction in cost abatement, allowance, commission, concession, cut, cut rate, decrease, deduction, depreciation, diminution, drawback, exemption, knock-off*, markdown, modication, percentage, premium, qualication, rebate, remission, rollback, salvage, something off, subtraction, tare; concepts 335,763 Ant. increase, mark-up, premium, rise discount [v1] lower, reduce cost abate, allow, deduct, depreciate, diminish, hold a sale, knock off*, make allowance for, mark down, modify, rebate, redeem, remove, sell at discount, strike off, subtract, take away, take off, undersell; concept 236 Ant. increase, mark up, raise discount [v2] ignore; treat as insignicant belittle, blink at*, brush off*, depreciate, derogate, detract from, disbelieve, discredit, dispraise, disregard, doubt, fail, forget, minimize, mistrust, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, pass over, question, reject, scoff at, scout, slight; concepts 21,30 Ant. attend, pay attention, recognize discountenance [v1] reject, oppose condemn, count me out*, deprecate, disapprove, discommend, discourage, disesteem, disfavor, dispute,

frown on*, hold no brief for*, not go for*, not stand for*, object to, put down, resist, take a dim view of*, take exception to*; concept 21 Ant. approve, back, countenance, sanction, support discountenance [v2] embarrass, disconcert abash, chagrin, confuse, discomt, discompose, faze, humiliate, rattle, shame; concepts 7,19,54 discourage [v1] dishearten, dispirit abash, afict, alarm, appall, awe, beat down, bother, break ones heart*, bully, cast down, chill, confuse, cow, dampen, dash, daunt, deject, demoralize, deprecate, depress, dismay, disparage, distress, droop, frighten, intimidate, irk, overawe, prostrate, repress, scare, throw cold water on*, trouble, try, unnerve, vex, weigh; concept 14 Ant. encourage, hearten, inspire, inspirit discourage [v2] deter, dissuade; restrain check, chill, control, curb, deprecate, disadvise, discountenance, disfavor, disincline, divert, frighten, hinder, hold back, hold off, impede, indispose, inhibit, interfere, keep back, obstruct, prevent, put off, quiet, repress, scare, shake, talk out of, throw cold water on*, turn aside, turn off, warn, withhold; concepts 68,121 Ant. encourage, inspire, spur on discouraged [adj] disheartened beat, beatdown, blue, caved-in, come-apart, crestfallen, dashed, daunted, depressed, deterred, dismayed, dispirited, down, downbeat, downcast, downin-mouth*, glum*, gone to pieces*, in a funk*, in blue funk*, in the dumps*, lost momentum, pessimistic, sad; concept 403 Ant. encouraged, heartened, inspired discouragement [n1] despondency cold feet*, dejection, depression, despair, disappointment, discomture, dismay, downheartedness, hopelessness, loss of condence, low spirits, melancholy, pessimism, sadness, the blues*; concept 410 Ant. cheerfulness, happiness, hopefulness discouragement [n2] restraint bar, constraint, curb, damper, deterrent, disincentive, hindrance, impediment, obstacle, opposition, rebuff, setback; concept 674 Ant. catalyst, encouragement, incentive discouraging [adj] upsetting black, bleak, dampening, daunting, depressing, depressive, deterring, disadvantageous, disappointing, disheartening, dismal, dismaying, dispiriting, dissuading, dreary, gloomy, hindering, inopportune, off-putting, oppressive, repressing, unfavorable, unpropitious; concepts 403,529 Ant. auspicious, encouraging, favorable, heartening, inspiring, inspiriting discourse [n] dialogue; dissertation address, article, chat, communication, conversation, converse, descant, discussion, disquisition, essay, gabfest*, homily, huddle, lecture, memoir, monograph, monologue, oration, paper, rhetoric, sermon, speaking, speech, talk, thesis, tractate, treatise, utterance, verbalization; concept 266 Ant. quiet, silence discourse [v] discuss, speak about argue, chew*, comment, commentate, confab*, confer, converse, debate, declaim, descant, develop, dilate upon, dispute, dissert, dissertate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, explain, expound, give a meeting, harangue, hold forth, lecture, modulate, orate, perorate,

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remark, sermonize, talk, treat, voice; concepts 51,56 Ant. be quiet discourteous [adj] rude, impolite abrupt, badmannered, boorish, brusque, cavalier, cheeky*, churlish, contumelious, crude, crusty*, curt, disrespectful, ip, fresh, ill-bred, ill-mannered, impertinent, inaffable, indelicate, insolent, inurbane, oash, offhand, rustic, sassy, smartalecky*, uncivil, uncouth, ungenteel, ungracious, unmannerly, unrened; concept 401 Ant. civil, courteous, gracious, mannered, polite, rened, respectful, well-bred discover [v] nd, uncover ascertain, bring to light, catch, come across, come upon, conceive, contrive, debunk, design, detect, determine, devise, dig up, discern, disclose, distinguish, elicit, espy, explore, ferret out*, get wind of*, get wise to*, glimpse, hear, identify, invent, learn, light upon, locate, look up, nose out*, notice, observe, originate, perceive, pick up on*, pioneer, realize, recognize, reveal, see, sense, smoke out*, spot, think of, turn up, unearth; concepts 31,183 Ant. lose, miss, pass by discovery [n1] nding, uncovering analysis, ascertainment, authentication, calculation, certication, detection, determination, diagnosis, discernment, disclosure, distinguishing, empiricism, encounter, espial, experimentation, exploration, exposition, exposure, feeling, hearing, identication, introduction, invention, learning, locating, location, origination, perception, revelation, sensing, sighting, strike, unearthing, verication; concepts 31,183 Ant. loss, miss discovery [n2] treasure; invention algorithm, bonanza*, breakthrough, conclusion, contrivance, coup, data, design, device, nd, nding, formula, godsend*, innovation, law, luck, luck out*, machine, method, principle, process, result, secret, theorem, way; concepts 260,532 Ant. loss discredit [v1] blame, detract from blow up*, bring into disrepute, bring to naught, censure, defame, degrade, destroy, disconsider, disesteem, disfavor, disgrace, dishonor, disparage, disprove, explode, expose, frown upon*, knock bottom out of*, mudsling*, poke full of holes*, pooh-pooh*, puncture, put down, reect on, reproach, ruin, run down, shoot, show up, slander, slur, smear, take rug out from under*, tear down*, vilify; concepts 44,54 Ant. commend, credit, honor, praise discredit [v2] doubt, question challenge, deny, disbelieve, discount, dispute, distrust, mistrust, put under suspicion, reject, scoff at; concept 21 Ant. believe, credit, trust discreet [adj] cautious, sensible alert, attentive, awake, cagey, calculating, careful, chary, circumspect, civil, conservative, considerate, controlled, diplomatic, discerning, discriminating, gingerly, guarded, having foresight, heedful, intelligent, judicious, like a clam*, moderate, noncommittal, not rash, observant, on lookout*, politic, precautious, prudent, reasonable, reserved, restrained, safe, sagacious, strategic, tactful, temperate, thoughtful, vigilant, wary, watchful, wise, worldly-wise; concept 401 Ant. careless, foolish, incautious, indiscreet, rash, reckless, thoughtless, uncareful, undiscerning

discrepancy [n] conict, disagreement alterity, contrariety, difference, discordance, disparity, dissemblance, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, dissonance, distinction, divergence, divergency, error, far cry*, incongruity, inconsistency, miscalculation, otherness, split, unlikeness, variance, variation; concept 665 Ant. agreement, concordance, concurrence, consistency, harmony, parity discrepant [adj] disagreeing at variance, conicting, contradictory, contrary, different, differing, disconsonant, discordant, disparate, dissonant, divergent, diverse, incompatible, incongruent, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, unmixable, varying; concept 564 Ant. agreeing, concurring, consistent, harmonious discrete [adj] individual detached, different, disconnected, discontinuous, distinct, diverse, separate, several, unattached, various; concept 564 Ant. attached, combined, joined discretion [n] caution, judgment acumen, attention, calculation, canniness, care, carefulness, chariness, circumspection, concern, considerateness, consideration, deliberation, diplomacy, discernment, discrimination, foresight, forethought, good sense, gumption, heed, heedfulness, judiciousness, maturity, observation, perspicacity, precaution, presence of mind, providence, prudence, responsibility, sagacity, sense, shrewdness, solicitude, tact, thoughtfulness, vigilance, wariness, warning, watchfulness, wisdom; concept 657 Ant. carelessness, indiscretion, thoughtlessness discretionary [adj] open to choice at the call*, elective, facultative, judge and jury, leftover, nonmandatory, nonobligatory, open, optional, unrestricted; concept 546 Ant. nondiscretionary discriminate [v1] show prejudice be bigot, be partial, contradistinguish, disfavor, favor, hate, incline, judge, segregate, separate, set apart, show bias, single out, treat as inferior, treat differently, victimize; concepts 32,384 discriminate [v2] differentiate, distinguish assess, collate, compare, contradistinguish, contrast, difference, discern, discrepate, evaluate, extricate, judge, know, know whats what*, make out*, note, perceive, remark, segregate, separate, sever, severalize, sift, specify, split hairs*, tell apart, tell the difference; concepts 15,38 Ant. confuse, mix up discriminating [adj] critical acute, astute, careful, choicy, choosy, cultivated, discerning, distinctive, eclectic, fastidious, nical, nicky, fussy, individualizing, judicious, keen, opinionated, particular, persnickety*, picky, prudent, rened, select, selective, sensitive, tasteful, wise; concepts 404,542 Ant. uncritical, undiscriminating discrimination [n1] bias bigotry, favoritism, hatred, inequity, injustice, intolerance, partiality, prejudice, unfairness, wrong; concepts 29,689 Ant. fairness, tolerance discrimination [n2] particularity in taste acumen, acuteness, astucity, astuteness, bias, clearness, decision, difference, differentiation, discernment, distinction, judgment, keenness, penetration, perception, percipience, perspicacity, preference, renement, sagacity,

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sense, separation, shrewdness, subtlety, taste, understanding; concepts 32,410,655 Ant. indifference discursive [adj] rambling deviating, digressive, erratic, excursive, long-winded, meandering, prolix, roaming, roving, spreading, wandering; concept 267 discuss [v] talk over with another altercate, argue, bounce off*, canvass, compare notes, confabulate, confer, consider, consult with, contend, contest, converse, debate, deliberate, descant, discept, discourse about, dispute, dissert, dissertate, examine, exchange views on*, explain, gure, get together, go into, groupthink*, hash over*, hold forth, jaw*, kick about*, knock around*, moot, put heads together*, reason about, review, sift, take up, thrash out*, toss around*, ventilate, weigh; concept 56 Ant. be quiet discussion [n] talk with another altercation, analysis, argument, argumentation, canvass, colloquy, confabulation, conference, consideration, consultation, contention, controversy, conversation, debate, deliberation, dialogue, discourse, disputation, dispute, dissertation, examination, exchange, excursus, groupthink*, huddle, interview, meet, meeting, powwow*, quarrel, review, scrutiny, symposium, ventilation, wrangling; concept 56 Ant. quiet, silence disdain [n] hate; indifference antipathy, arrogance, aversion, contempt, contumely, derision, despisal, despisement, despite, dislike, disparagement, hatred, haughtiness, hauteur, insolence, loftiness, pride, ridicule, scorn, sneering, snobbishness, superbity, superciliousness; concept 29 Ant. admiration, esteem, favor, like, love, praise, respect disdain [v] scorn abhor, be allergic to*, belittle, chill, contemn, deride, despise, disregard, hate, ignore, look down nose at*, look down on, misprize, pooh-pooh*, put down*, refuse, reject, scout, slight, sneer at, spurn, undervalue; concepts 29,30 Ant. admire, approve, esteem, favor, praise, respect disdainful [adj] scornful aloof, antipathetic, arrogant, averse, cavalier, contemning, contemptuous, cool, derisive, despising, egotistic, haughty, high-and-mighty*, hoity-toity*, indifferent, insolent, lordly, overbearing, proud, rejecting, repudiating, scouting, sneering, snooty*, supercilious, superior, toplofty, unsympathetic, uppity*; concept 401 Ant. esteemable, favoring, loving, praising, respectful disease [n] ailment, afiction ache, affection, attack, blight, breakdown, bug*, cancer, canker, collapse, complaint, condition, contagion, contamination, convulsions, debility, decrepitude, defect, disorder, distemper, endemic, epidemic, feebleness, fever, t, u, hemorrhage, ill health, illness, indisposition, infection, inrmity, inammation, malady, misery, pathosis, plague, seizure, sickliness, sickness, spell, stroke, syndrome, temperature, unhealthiness, unsoundness, upset, virus, visitation; concept 306 Ant. health diseased [adj] unhealthy aficted, ailing, indisposed, infected, infectious, inrm, rotten, sick, sickly, tainted, unsound, unwell, unwholesome; concept 314 Ant. t, healthy

disembark [v] get off transportation alight, anchor, arrive, come ashore, debark, deplane, detrain, dismount, go ashore, land, put in, step out of; concept 159 Ant. embark, get on, leave disembowel [v] gut clean, disbowel, draw, empty, eviscerate, exenterate, extract; concepts 206,211 disenchanted [adj] let down blas, cynical, disappointed, disenthralled, disentranced, disillusioned, embittered, indifferent, jaundiced, knowing, mondaine, out of love, sick of, sophisticate, sophisticated, soured, undeceived, worldly, worldly-wise; concept 403 Ant. enchanted, encouraged disengage [v] free from connection abstract, back off, back out, cut loose, cut out, detach, disassociate, disconnect, disentangle, disjoin, dissociate, disunite, divide, drop out, ease, extricate, liberate, loose, loosen, opt out, pull the plug, release, separate, set free, unbind, uncouple, undo, unfasten, unx, unloose, untie, weasel out*, withdraw; concept 135 Ant. attach, bind, connect, engage, fasten, join, unite disentangle [v] unwind, disconnect; solve bail one out*, clear up, detach, discumber, disembroil, disencumber, disengage, disinvolve, emancipate, expand, extricate, free, let go, let off, loose, open, part, resolve, separate, sever, simplify, sort out, sunder, unbraid, undo, unfold, unravel, unscramble, unsnarl, untangle, untie, untwine, untwist, work out; concepts 127,135 Ant. entangle, entwine, twist, wind disfavor [n] dislike; disgrace aversion, disapprobation, disapproval, discredit, disesteem, dishonor, disinclination, displeasure, disregard, disrepute, disrespect, dissatisfaction, distaste, distrust, doghouse*, indisposition, mistrust, shame, thumbs down*, unpopularity; concept 29 Ant. approval, endorsement, favor, like disgure [v] make ugly blemish, damage, deface, dele, deform, disfashion, disfeature, distort, hurt, injure, maim, mangle, mar, mutilate, scar; concepts 137,246,250 Ant. adorn, beautify, decorate, ornament disgorge [v] vomit be sick*, discharge, lose ones lunch*, regurgitate, retch, spew, throw up, upchuck*; concepts 179,185,308 disgrace [n] state of shame; bad reputation abasement, abuse, baseness, black eye*, blemish, blur, brand, comedown, contempt, contumely, corruption, culpability, debasement, debasing, defamation, degradation, derision, disbarment, discredit, disesteem, disfavor, dishonor, disrepute, disrespect, humbling, humiliation, ignominy, ill repute, infamy, ingloriousness, meanness, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, pollution, prostitution, put-down, reproach, scandal, scorn, slander, slight, slur, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish, turpitude, venality; concept 388 Ant. esteem, exaltation, honor, respect disgrace [v] bring shame upon abase, attaint, besmirch, blot, debase, defame, dele, degrade, depress, deride, derogate, desecrate, discredit, disfavor, dishonor, disparage, disregard, disrespect, expel, give a black eye*, humble, humiliate, libel, lose face*, lower, mock, put down, reduce, reproach, ridicule, slander, slur, snub,

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stain, stigmatize, sully, taint, take down a peg*, tar and feather*, tarnish; concepts 14,54,384 Ant. esteem, exalt, honor, respect disgraceful [adj] shameful, low blameworthy, contemptible, degrading, detestable, discreditable, dishonorable, disreputable, ignoble, ignominious, infamous, inglorious, mean, offensive, opprobrious, scandalous, shabby, shady, shocking, shoddy, unrespectable, unworthy; concept 555 Ant. exalted, honorable, respectable disgruntled [adj] unhappy; critical annoyed, bad tempered, bellyaching*, crabbing*, crabby, cranky, disappointed, discontent, discontented, displeased, dissatised, griping, grouchy, grousing, grumpy, irritable, irritated, kicking, kvetching*, malcontent, malcontented, peeved,peevish, petulant, put out, sulky, sullen, testy, uncontent, ungratied, vexed; concepts 401,403 Ant. contented, happy, pleased, satised, uncritical disguise [n] covering, makeup for deception beard, blind, camouage, charade, cloak, color, coloring, concealment, costume, counterfeit, cover-up, dissimulation, dress, facade, face, faking, false front*, g leaf*, front*, get-up, guise, illusion, make-believe, mask, masquerade, pageant, pen name, pretense, pretension, pretentiousness, pseudonym, put-on, red herring*, screen, semblance, smoke screen*, trickery, veil, veneer; concepts 446,451,680 disguise [v] mask; misrepresent affect, age, alter, antique, assume, beard, belie, camouage, change, cloak, color, conceal, counterfeit, cover, cover up, deceive, dissemble, dissimulate, doctor up*, dress up, fake, falsify, feign, front, fudge*, garble, gloss over, hide, make like, make up, masquerade, mufe, obfuscate, obscure, pretend, put on a false front*, put on a front*, put on an act*, put up a front*, redo*, screen, secrete, sham, shroud, simulate, touch up, varnish, veil, wear cheaters*, whitewash*; concepts 59,137,172,188,202 Ant. expose, open, represent, reveal, uncover, unmask disguised [adj] unrecognizable camouaged, changed, cloaked, covered, covert, fake, false, feigned, hidden, incog, masked, pretend, undercover; concepts 547,619 Ant. bare, open, recognizable, revealed, uncovered, unmasked disgust [n] aversion; repulsion abhorrence, abomination, antipathy, detestation, dislike, distaste, hatefulness, hatred, loathing, nausea, nauseation, nauseousness, objection, repugnance, revolt, revulsion, satiation, satiety, sickness, surfeit; concepts 410,720 Ant. admiration, appeal, desire, esteem, fondness, like, liking, loving, respect, reverence disgust [v] cause aversion; repel abominate, be repulsive, bother, cloy on, disenchant, displease, disturb, ll with loathing, gross out*, insult, irk, make one sick*, nauseate, offend, offend morals of, outrage, pall, pique, put off, reluct, repulse, revolt, scandalize, shock, sicken, surfeit, turn off, turn ones stomach*, upset; concepts 7,19 Ant. admire, appeal, desire, esteem, like, love, respect, revere disgusted [adj] sickened; offended abhorred, appalled, displeased, fastidious, fed up*, full up*, grossed out*, had bellyful*, had enough*, had it*, nauseated, nauseous, outraged, overwrought, queasy, repelled, repulsed, revolted,

satiated, scandalized, sick, sick and tired of*, sick of*, squeamish, teed off*, tired, turned off*, unhappy, up to here*, weary; concept 403 Ant. attracted, delighted, desirous, happy, pleased disgusting [adj] sickening; repulsive abominable, awful, beastly, cloying, creepy, detestable, distasteful, foul, frightful, ghastly, grody*, gross*, gruesome, hateful, hideous, horrid, horric, icky*, loathsome, lousy, macabre, monstrous, nasty, nauseating, nerdy*, noisome, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, offensive, outrageous, repellent, repugnant, revolting, rotten, satiating, scandalous, scuzzy*, shameless, shocking, sleazeball*, sleazy*, stinking, surfeiting, vile, vulgar, yecchy*, yucky*; concepts 485,548 Ant. attractive, desirous, pleasant, pleasing dish [n1] eating receptacle bowl, casserole, ceramic, china, container, cup, mug, pitcher, plate, platter, porringer, pot, pottery, salver, saucer, tray, vessel; concept 494 dish [n2] main part of meal course, eats*, entre, fare, food, helping, recipe, serving; concepts 457,460,461 dish [n3] attractive woman angel, babe*, bathing beauty, beauty queen, broad*, bunny*, centerfold, chick*, cover girl, cupcake*, cutie, cutie-pie*, doll*, dollface, dreamboat*, dream girl, fox*, glamor girl, good-looking woman, honey*, hot dish*, hot number*, peach*, pinup, raving beauty, sex bunny*, sex kitten*, sex pot*, tomato*; concepts 415,424 disharmony [n] conict, discord clash, contention, difference, disaccord, dissension, dissonance, dissonancy, friction, inharmoniousness, strife, variance; concepts 388, 665 Ant. accord, agreement, compatibility, concord, harmony dishearten [v] depress, ruin ones hopes cast down, chill*, crush, damp, dampen, dash, daunt, deject, demoralize, deter, discourage, disincline, dismay, disparage, dispirit, get down*, humble, humiliate, indispose, put a damper on*, put down, shake, throw a pall over*; concepts 7,19 Ant. encourage, hearten, inspirit disheveled [adj] wrinkled, unkempt in appearance bagged out*, beat up*, bedraggled, blowzy*, dirty, disarranged, disarrayed, disordered, frowzy*, grubby*, messed up, messy, mussed up*, mussy, rufed, rumpled, scuzzy, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly, tousled, unbuttoned, uncombed, unfastidious, untidy, unzipped*; concepts 485,579 Ant. neat, ordered, orderly, tidy, unwrinkled dishonest [adj] lying, untruthful backbiting*, bent, blufng, cheating, corrupt, crafty, crooked, cunning, deceitful, deceiving, deceptive, designing, disreputable, double-crossing, double-dealing, elusive, false, fraudulent, guileful, hoodwinking*, mendacious, misleading, perdious, recreant, shady, shifty, sinister, slippery*, sneaking, sneaky, swindling, traitorous, treacherous, tricky, two-faced*, two-timing*, unctuous, underhanded, unfair, unprincipled, unscrupulous, untrustworthy, villainous, wily; concept 267 Ant. aboveboard, ethical, fair, frank, honest, moral, open, principled, scrupulous, trustworthy, truthful

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dishonesty [n] lying; unwillingness to tell the truth artice, bunk, cheating, chicane, chicanery, corruption, craft, criminality, crookedness, cunning, deceit, double-dealing, duplicity, faithlessness, falsehood, falsity, imam*, fourberie, fraud, fraudulence, graft, guile, hanky-panky*, hocus-pocus*, improbity, infamy, indelity, insidiousness, mendacity, perdiousness, perdy, racket, rascality, sharp practice*, slyness, stealing, swindle, treachery, trickery, trickiness, unscrupulousness, wiliness; concepts 59,633,657 Ant. fairness, frankness, honesty, openness, scrupulousness, sincerity, truthfulness dishonor [n] state of shame abasement, abuse, affront, blame, degradation, discourtesy, discredit, disesteem, disfavor, disgrace, disrepute, ignominy, indignity, infamy, insult, obloquy, odium, offense, opprobrium, outrage, reproach, scandal, slight; concept 388 Ant. credit, esteem, honor dishonor [v] shame, degrade abase, attaint, blot, corrupt, debase, debauch, defame, dele, disconsider, discredit, disgrace, disoblige, give a black eye*, libel, make lose face*, reect on, slander, sully; concept 54 Ant. credit, esteem, honor, upgrade dishonorable [adj] shameful, corrupt base, blackguardly, contemptible, crooked, deceitful, despicable, devious, discreditable, disgraceful, disreputable, fraudulent, ignoble, ignominious, infamous, inglorious, low, miscreant, offensive, opprobious, putrid, scandalous, shabby, shady, treacherous, unprincipled, unrespectable, unscrupulous, untrustworthy; concept 555 Ant. blameless, ethical, honorable, principled, respectable, trustworthy, uncorrupt, worthy dish out [v] distribute allocate, deliver, dispense, dole out*, fork over*, furnish, give out, hand, hand out, hand over, inict, ladle, mete out, present, produce, scoop, serve, serve up, spoon, supply, transfer, turn over; concept 140 Ant. take disillusioned [adj] disappointed blas, broken, brought down to earth*, debunked, disabused, disenchanted, disenthralled, disentranced, embittered, enlightened, freed, indifferent, knowing, let-down, mondaine, out of love*, punctured, sadder and wiser*, shattered, sophisticated, undeceived, worldly, worldlywise*; concept 403 Ant. enchanted, encouraged, enthusiastic disinclination [n] unwillingness to do or believe something alienation, antipathy, aversion, demur, disfavor, dislike, disliking, displeasure, disrelish, dissatisfaction, distaste, hatred, hesitance, indisposition, lack of desire, lack of enthusiasm, loathness, objection, opposition, reluctance, repugnance, resistance; concepts 29,410,657 Ant. bent, desire, enthusiasm, incentive, inclination, leaning, willingness disinclined [adj] unwilling afraid, antipathetic, averse, backward, balking, doubtful, dubious, hesitating, indisposed, loath, not in the mood*, objecting, opposed, protesting, reluctant, resistant, shy, shying, slow, sticking, uneager, unsympathetic; concepts 403,542 Ant. bent, desirous, disposed, enthusiastic, inclined, leaning, willing

disinfect [v] make clean, pure antisepticize, cleanse, decontaminate, deodorize, fumigate, purify, sanitize, sterilize; concept 165 Ant. dirty, pollute disingenuous [adj] insincere artful, crooked, cunning, deceitful, designing, dishonest, duplicitous, false, feigned, foxy, guileful, indirect, insidious, mendacious, oblique, shifty*, sly, tricky, two-faced*, uncandid, underhanded, unfair, unfrank, wily; concepts 401,542 Ant. frank, honest, ingenuous, naive, sincere disinherit [v] cut off in will of bequeathal bereave, cut off without a cent*, deprive, disafliate, disown, dispossess, divest, evict, exclude, exheridate, neglect, oust, repudiate, rob; concepts 25,317 Ant. bequeath, give disintegrate [v] fall apart; reduce to pieces atomize, break apart, break down, break up, come apart, crumble, decay, decline, decompose, degenerate, deliquesce, descend, detach, dilapidate, disband, disconnect, disimprove, dismantle, disorganize, disperse, disunite, divide, fade away, fall to pieces*, molder, pulverize, putrefy, rot, separate, sever, shatter, sink, splinter, spoil, taint, take apart, turn, turn to dust*, wash away, wash out, wither, worsen; concepts 252,469 Ant. combine, meld, unite disinterested [adj] detached, uninvolved aloof, candid, casual, dispassionate, equitable, even-handed, impartial, impersonal, incurious, indifferent, just watching the clock*, lackadaisical, negative, neutral, nonpartisan, not giving a damn*, outside, perfunctory, remote, unbiased, unconcerned, uncurious, unprejudiced, unselsh, withdrawn; concepts 401,403 Ant. biased, concerned, interested, involved, passionate, prejudiced disjointed [adj] loose, disconnected aimless, confused, cool, discontinuous, disordered, displaced, disunited, divided, far-out, tful, fuzzy, inchoate, incoherent, incohesive, irrational, jumbled, muddled, out-of-it*, out-to-lunch*, rambling, separated, spaced-out*, spacey*, spasmodic, split, unattached, unconnected, unorganized; concepts 267,482,585 Ant. coherent, connected, contiguous, jointed, ordered, united disk [n] round object circle, disc, discoid, discoidal, discus, dish, an, plate, platter, quoit, sabot, saucer, shell; concept 436 dislike [n] antagonism, hatred toward something animosity, animus, antipathy, aversion, deprecation, detestation, disapprobation, disapproval, disesteem, disfavor, disgust, disinclination, displeasure, dissatisfaction, distaste, enmity, hostility, indisposition, loathing, objection, offense, opposition, prejudice, repugnance; concept 29 Ant. approval, like, liking, love dislike [v] be antagonistic toward something; hate abhor, abominate, antipathize, avoid, be allergic to*, bear malice toward, be averse to, be turned off to*, condemn, contemn, deplore, despise, detest, disapprove, disesteem, disfavor, disrelish, eschew, execrate, grossed out on*, have hard feelings*, have no stomach for*, have no taste for, loathe, look down on, lose interest in, make faces at*, mind, not appreciate, not care for, not endure, not feel like, not take kindly to, object to, regret, resent, scorn,

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shudder at, shun; concept 29 Ant. approve, like, love dislocate [v] displace break, disarticulate, disconnect, disengage, disjoint, disorder, disrupt, disturb, disunite, divide, jumble, misplace, mix up, move, put out of joint, remove, rummage, separate, shift, transfer, unhinge, upset; concepts 135,147 Ant. keep together, order dislocation [n] displacement break, confusion, disarray, disarticulation, disconnection, discontinuity, disengagement, disorder, disorganization, disruption, disturbance, division, luxation, misplacement, unhinging; concepts 316,720,727 Ant. order, ordering dislodge [v] knock loose dig out, disentangle, dislocate, displace, disturb, eject, evict, extricate, force out, oust, remove, uproot; concepts 147,213 disloyal [adj] unfaithful alienated, apostate, cheating, disaffected, double-crossing, estranged, faithless, false, perdious, recreant, seditious, snaky*, subversive, traitorous, treacherous, treasonable, two-faced*, twotiming*, unloyal, unpatriotic, untrue, untrustworthy, wormlike*; concept 401 Ant. faithful, loyal, true, trustworthy disloyalty [n] unfaithfulness apostasy, bad faith, betrayal of trust, breach of trust, breaking of faith, deceitfulness, disaffection, doubledealing, faithlessness, falseness, falsity, inconstancy, indelity, perdiousness, perdy, recreancy, sedition, seditiousness, subversive activity, treachery, treason, untrueness, violation; concept 633 Ant. faithfulness, loyalty, trueness, trustworthiness dismal [adj] bleak, dreary, gloomy afictive, black, boring, cheerless, cloudy, dark, depressed, depressing, desolate, despondent, dim, dingy, disagreeable, discouraging, disheartening, dispiriting, doleful, dolorous, dull, forlorn, frowning, funereal, ghastly, gruesome, hopeless, horrible, horrid, inauspicious, in the pits*, joyless, lonesome, lowering, lugubrious, melancholy, miserable, monotonous, morbid, murky, oppressive, overcast, sad, shadowy, somber, sorrowful, tedious, tenebrous, troublesome, unfortunate, unhappy; concepts 525,536,548 Ant. bright, cheerful, glad, happy, hopeful, light, pleasant dismantle [v] take apart annihilate, bankrupt, bare, break down, break up, decimate, demolish, denudate, denude, deprive, destroy, disassemble, dismember, dismount, disrobe, divest, fell, knock down, level, part out, pull down, raze, ruin, strike, strip, subvert, take down, take to pieces, tear down, undo, unrig, wrack, wreck; concepts 135,168,252 Ant. assemble, build, combine, construct, put together, raise dismay [n] disappointed feeling; distress agitation, alarm, anxiety, apprehension, blue funk*, blues*, bummer*, chagrin, cold feet*, consternation, discouragement, disheartenment, disillusionment, downer*, dread, dumps*, fear, fright, funk*, hassle, horror, letdown, panic, terror, the blahs*, trepidation, upset; concepts 27,410,690 Ant. assurance, condence, encouragement, happiness dismay [v] disappoint, ll with consternation abash, affright, agitate, alarm, appall, bewilder,

bother, chill, confound, daunt, discomt, discompose, disconcert, discourage, dishearten, disillusion, dispirit, disquiet, distress, disturb, dumbfound, embarrass, faze, ummox*, uster, foul up*, frighten, get to, horrify, louse up*, mess up*, muck up*, mystify, nonplus, paralyze, perplex, put off, puzzle, rattle, scare, screw up*, shake, snafu*, take aback, terrify, terrorize, throw, throw into a tizzy*, unhinge*, unnerve, upset; concepts 7,19 Ant. assure, encourage, make happy dismember [v] cut into pieces amputate, anatomize, cripple, disassemble, disjoint, dislimb, dislocate, dismantle, dismount, dissect, divide, maim, mutilate, part, rend, sever, sunder, take down; concepts 98,135,176 Ant. join dismiss [v1] send away, remove; free abolish, banish, boot*, brush off*, bundle, cast off*, cast out*, chase, chuck, clear, decline, deport, detach, disband, discard, dispatch, dispense with, disperse, dispose of, dissolve, divorce, do without, drive out, eject, expel, force out, have done with*, kick out*, let go, let out, lock out*, outlaw, push aside, push back, reject, release, relegate, relinquish, repel, repudiate, rid, send off, send packing*, shed, show out*, slough off, supersede, sweep away*, turn out; concepts 127,217 Ant. accept, hold, keep, maintain, preserve, welcome dismiss [v2] remove from job, responsibility ax*, boot*, boot out*, bounce*, bump*, can*, cashier*, defrock, depone, depose, deselect, discharge, disemploy, disfrock, displace, disqualify, drop, re, furlough, give notice to, give the ax*, give the gate*, give the heave-ho*, give walking papers*, give warning, impeach, kick out*, lay off, let go*, let out*, oust, pension, pink-slip*, put away*, recall, retire, sack*, send packing*, shelve*, shut out*, suspend, terminate, turn away, unfrock, unseat, wash out*; concepts 324,351 Ant. appoint, employ, engage, hire, keep, secure dismiss [v3] put out of ones mind banish, contemn, deride, despise, discard, disdain, dispel, disregard, drop, out, gibe, gird, jeer, kiss off*, laugh away*, lay aside, mock, pooh-pooh*, rally, reject, relegate, repudiate, repulse, ridicule, scoff, scorn, scout, set aside, shelve*, spurn, taunt, twit; concept 35 Ant. accept, welcome dismissal [n] release adjournment, banishment, bounce, brush-off, cold shoulder*, cong, deportation, deposal, deposition, discharge, dislodgment, displacement, dispossession, dissolution, door*, end, eviction, exile, exorcism, expatriation, expulsion, freedom, freeing, housecleaning*, kiss-off*, layoff, liberation, marching orders*, notice, old heave-ho*, ostracism, ouster, permission, pink slip*, relegation, removal, suspension; concepts 127,217,351 Ant. acceptance, appointment, employment, hiring, maintainance, retention, welcome dismount [v] get off something higher alight, debark, deplane, descend, detrain, disembark, get down, light; concept 195 Ant. get up, mount disobedience [n] misbehavior; noncompliance with rules deance, dereliction, disregard, indiscipline, infraction, infringement, insubmission,

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insubordination, insurgence, intractableness, mutiny, neglect, nonobservance, perversity, rebellion, recalcitrance, refractoriness, revolt, revolution, riot, sabotage, sedition, strike, stubbornness, transgression, unruliness, violation, waywardness; concept 633 Ant. behavior, obedience, observance, submission disobedient [adj] deant, mischievous contrary, contumacious, disorderly, fractious, froward, headstrong, insubordinate, intractable, naughty, noncompliant, nonobservant, obstreperous, perverse, recalcitrant, refractory, resistive, uncompliant, undisciplined, unruly, wayward, willful; concept 401 Ant. accepting, behaving, nice, obedient, observant, submitting disobey [v] disregard rules; refuse to conform balk, be remiss, break rules, contravene, counteract, dare, decline, defy, desert, differ, disagree, evade, out, y in face of*, go counter to, ignore, infringe, insurrect, misbehave, mutiny, neglect, not heed, not listen, not mind, object, overstep, pay no attention to, rebel, recalcitrate, resist, revolt, revolution, revolutionize, riot, rise in arms*, run riot*, set aside, shirk, strike, take law into own hands*, transgress, violate, withstand; concepts 30,192,384 Ant. conform, go along, obey, oblige, regard, submit disoblige [v] displease, annoy affront, bother, discommode, disturb, incommode, inconvenience, insult, offend, put about, put out, slight, trouble, upset, vex; concepts 7,19 Ant. agree, oblige, please disobliging [adj] rude, annoying awkward, disagreeable, discourteous, ill-disposed, ill-natured, unaccommodating, unamiable, uncivil, uncongenial, uncooperative, unhelpful, unpleasant; concept 401 Ant. accommodating, agreeable, civil, cooperative, courteous, mannered, mannerly, polite disorder [n1] chaos, clutter anarchy, ataxia, confusion, derangement, disarrangement, disarray, discombobulation, disorderliness, disorganization, huddle, irregularity, jumble, mess, muddle, rats nest*, shambles, snarl, topsyturviness*, untidiness; concept 230 Ant. arrangement, conformity, method, order, orderliness, organization, system disorder [n2] social commotion; mental confusion agitation, anarchism, anarchy, brawl, bustle, chaos, clamor, complication, convulsion, discombobulation*, discord, disorganization, distemper, disturbance, dither, entanglement, ght, ap, fracas, fuss, hubbub, hullabaloo*, imbroglio, insurrection, lawlessness, mayhem, misrule, mob rule*, quarrel, rebellion, reign of terror*, revolution, riot, rioting, ruckus, rumpus, static, strike, terrorism, tizzy*, trouble, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, unrest, unruliness, uproar; concepts 388,410 Ant. health disorder [n3] illness afiction, ailment, cachexia, complaint, disease, diseasedness, indisposition, inrmity, malady, sickness, unhealth, upset; concept 306 Ant. health disorder [v] mix up, disarrange clutter, confound, confuse, derange, discompose, discreate, dishevel, disjoint, dislocate, disorganize, disrupt, distemper, disturb, embroil, jumble, mess up, muddle, muss up*, rummage, rumple,

scatter, shufe, tumble, unsettle, upset; concepts 240,250 Ant. arrange, conform, neaten, order, regulate, systematize disordered [adj] in a mess all over the place*, confused, deranged, disarranged, discombobulated, disconnected, discontinuous, disjointed, dislocated, disorganized, displaced, incoherent, in confusion, jumbled, mislaid, misplaced, molested, moved, muddled, out-of-place, removed, roiled, rufed, rumpled, shifted, shufed, stirred up, tampered-with, tangled, tossed, tousled, tumbled, unsettled, untidy; concepts 485,535 Ant. arranged, methodical, neat, ordered, orderly, organized, systematic, systematized, trim disorderly [adj1] messy, untidy all over the place*, chaotic, cluttered, confused, dislocated, disorganized, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, irregular, jumbled, mixed up, out-of-control*, out-of-line*, out-of-step*, out-of-whack*, scattered, scrambled, slovenly, topsy-turvy*, tumult, uncombed, undisciplined, unkempt, unmethodical, unrestrained, unsystematic, untrained; concepts 485,535 Ant. arranged, neat, ordered, orderly, organized, systematized, trim disorderly [adj2] causing trouble; unlawful boisterous, disobedient, disruptive, drunk, fractious, indisciplined, intemperate, noisy, obstreperous, off-base*, on-a-tear*, out-ofline*, out-of-order*, raucous, rebellious, refractory, riotous, rowdy, stormy, termagant, tumultous/tumultuous, turbulent, uncompliant, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly, wayward; concepts 401,545 Ant. behaved, conforming, disciplined, manageable, orderly, well-behaved disorganization [n] unordered situation or thing anarchy, chaos, confusion, derangement, disarray, disjointedness, disorder, disruption, dissolution, disunion, foul-up*, incoherence, mix-up, rats nest*, screw-up*, unconnectedness, unholy mess*; concepts 674,727 Ant. coherence, method, neatness, order, organization, plan, system, tidiness disorganize [v] disrupt arrangement; make shambles of break down, break up, clutter, complicate, confound, confuse, demobilize, derange, destroy, disarrange, disarray, disband, discompose, discreate, dishevel, dislocate, disorder, disperse, disturb, embroil, jumble, litter, mess up, mislay, misplace, muddle, perturb, put out of order, scatter, scramble, shufe, toss, turn topsy-turvy, unsettle, upset; concepts 250,252,384 Ant. compose, neaten, order, organize, plan, systematize, tidy disorganized [adj] unmethodical; messed up chaotic, confused, disordered, disorderly, haphazard, jumbled, mixed up, muddled, screwed up*, shufed, unsystematic; concepts 485,585 Ant. methodical, neat, ordered, organized, planned, regulated, systematic, systematized, tidy disoriented [adj] confused, unstable adrift, all at sea*, astray, bewildered, discombobulated, lost, mixed-up, not adjusted, off-beam*, offcourse, out-of-joint*, perplexed, unbalanced, unhinged, unsettled; concept 403 Ant. balanced, oriented, settled, understanding, unpuzzled

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disown [v] refuse to acknowledge abandon, abjure, abnegate, cast off, deny, disacknowledge, disallow, disavow, discard, disclaim, divorce oneself from, refuse to recognize, reject, renounce, repudiate, retract; concepts 50,54,88 Ant. accept, acknowledge, allow, avow, claim disparage [v] criticize; detract from abuse, belittle, chill*, cry down, decry, defame, degrade, deject, demoralize, denigrate, deprecate, depreciate, deride, derogate, dis*, discourage, discredit, disdain, dishearten, dismiss, dispirit, dispraise, downcry, dump on*, lower, malign, minimize, pan*, put down, put hooks in*, rap*, ridicule, roast*, run down*, scorch, scorn, slam*, slander, smear*, sour grapes*, tear down, traduce, underestimate, underrate, undervalue, vilify, write off; concepts 7,19,52,54 Ant. approve, commend, compliment, atter, laud, praise, sanction disparagement [n] strong criticism; detraction aspersion, backbiting*, backstabbing*, belittlement, blame, calumny, censure, condemnation, contempt, contumely, debasement, degradation, denunciation, depreciation, derision, derogation, discredit, disdain, impairment, lessening, lie, prejudice, reproach, ridicule, scandal, scorn, slander, tale, underestimation; concepts 52,54 Ant. approval, commendation, compliment, attery, praise, sanction disparate [adj] at odds, different at variance, contrary, contrasting, discordant, discrepant, dissimilar, distant, distinct, divergent, diverse, far cry, incommensurate, incompatible, inconsistent, inconsonant, like night and day*, poles apart, separate, unalike, unequal, unequivalent, uneven, unlike, unsimilar, various; concept 564 Ant. alike, equal, like, same, similar disparity [n] difference alterity, discrepancy, disproportion, dissemblance, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distinction, divergence, divergency, diverseness, gap, imbalance, imparity, incongruity, inequality, otherness, unevenness, unlikeness, variation; concept 665Ant. alikeness, equality, likeness, sameness, similarity dispassionate [adj] unfeeling, impartial abstract, aloof, calm, candid, cold-blooded, cold-sh*, collected, composed, cool, cool cat*, couldnt care less*, detached, disinterested, fair, iceberg*, impersonal, imperturbable, indifferent, judicial, just, laid back, moderate, neutral, nondiscriminatory, nonpartisan, objective, poker-faced*, quiet, serene, sober, temperate, tough, unbiased, unemotional, unexcitable, unexcited, unappable, uninvolved, unmoved, unprejudiced, unrufed; concepts 401,404 Ant. biased, emotional, excited, feeling, involved, moved, partial, passionate, prejudiced, subjective dispatch [n1] speed in carrying out action alacrity, celerity, expedition, expeditiousness, haste, hurry, hustle, precipitateness, promptitude, promptness, quickness, rapidity, rustle, speediness, swiftness; concepts 755,818 Ant. retention, slowing dispatch [n2] communication account, bulletin, communiqu, document, instruction, item, letter, message, missive, news, piece, report, story; concepts 271,277,278

dispatch [v1] hurry, send fast accelerate, address, consign, dismiss, express, forward, hand-carry, hasten, issue, quicken, railroad*, remit, route, run with, run with ball*, ship, speed, transmit, walk through; concepts 152,217 Ant. hold, hold back, keep, prohibit, retain dispatch [v2] nish; consume conclude, devour, discharge, dispose of, eat up, expedite, lay low, perform, polish off*, scarf down*, settle; concepts 169,234 dispatch [v3] kill assassinate, bump off*, butcher*, destroy, eliminate, execute, nish, nish off*, murder, put away*, put end to, slaughter, slay, take out*; concepts 238,252 dispel [v] drive away thought, belief allay, banish, beat off*, break it up*, break up*, bust up*, cancel, chase away, crumble, deploy, disband, disintegrate, dismiss, disperse, dissipate, distribute, eject, eliminate, expel, oust, repel, resolve, rout, scatter, scramble, split up*; concepts 14,35 Ant. accumulate, collect, garner, gather, recall dispensable [adj] not necessary; able to be thrown away disposable, excessive, expendable, minor, needless, nonessential, removable, superuous, trivial, unimportant, unnecessary, unrequired, useless; concept 546 Ant. indispensable, irreplaceable, necessary, needed, useful dispensation [n1] allocation of supply allotment, appointment, apportionment, award, bestowal, conferment, consignment, courtesy, dealing out, disbursement, distribution, dole, endowment, favor, indulgence, kindness, part, portion, quota, service, share; concepts 140,337 dispensation [n2] management administration, direction, economy, plan, regulation, scheme, stewardship, system; concepts 325,660,770 dispensation [n3] permission exception, exemption, immunity, indulgence, license, privilege, relaxation, relief, remission, reprieve; concept 685 Ant. denial, veto dispense [v1] dole out supply allocate, allot, apportion, assign, come across with, deal, deal out, disburse, dish out*, distribute, divide, divvy*, fork out*, furnish, give, give away, give with, hand out, hand over, lot, measure, mete out, partition, portion, prepare, prorate, share, shell out*; concept 140 Ant. receive, take dispense [v2] operate, administer apply, carry out, command, direct, discharge, enforce, execute, handle, implement, manage, maneuver, manipulate, swing, undertake, wield; concept 117 dispense [v3] exempt from responsibility absolve, discharge, except, excuse, exonerate, let off, privilege from, release, relieve, reprieve, spare; concept 110 dispense with [v] omit; do away with abolish, abstain from, brush aside, cancel, dispose of, disregard, do without, forgo, get rid of, give up, ignore, pass over, relinquish, render needless, shake off, waive; concept 30 Ant. accept, keep, regard, retain, take, use disperse [v] distribute; scatter banish, besprinkle, break up, broadcast, cast forth, circulate, deal, diffuse, disappear, disband, disburse, discharge, dislodge, dismiss, dispel, disseminate,

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dissipate, dissolve, divvy*, dole out, eject, intersperse, measure out, partition, propagate, radiate, rout, scatter, scramble, send off, separate, shed, sow, split up, spray, spread, strew, take off in all directions*, vanish; concepts 135,217 Ant. arrange, assemble, collect, garner, gather dispirited [adj] dejected, sad blue*, bummedout*, crestfallen, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, down*, downbeat, downcast, downhearted, dragged*, funky*, gloomy, glum, in the doldrums, low, melancholy, morose, shot-down*, spiritless, woebegone; concept 403 Ant. encouraged, enthused, happy, heartened, inspirited displace [v1] move, remove from normal place change, crowd out, derange, disarrange, disestablish, dislocate, dislodge, displant, dispossess, disturb, eject, evict, expel, expulse, force out, lose, mislay, misplace, relegate, shift, transpose, unsettle, uproot; concepts 147,213 Ant. leave displace [v2] remove from position of responsibility banish, can*, cashier*, cut out*, deport, depose, dethrone, discard, discharge, discrown, disenthrone, dismiss, disthrone, exile, expatriate, re, oust, relegate, remove, replace, sack*, step into shoes of*, succeed, supersede, supplant, take over, take the place of, transport, uncrown, unmake, usurp; concepts 133,298, 300 Ant. leave display [n] public showing; spectacle act, affectation, arrangement, array, arrayal, blaze, bravura, dash, demonstration, example, exhibit, exhibition, expo*, exposition, exposure, fanfare, ourish, for show, frame-up*, frippery, front, grandstand play*, layout, manifestation, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pageant, panorama, parade, pedantry, pomp, presentation, pretension, pretentiousness, revelation, sample, scheme, shine, showboat*, splash, splendor, splurge, spread, unfolding, vanity; concepts 261,386 Ant. hiding display [v] show for public viewing, effect advertise, arrange, bare, betray, boast, brandish, bring to view, demonstrate, disclose, emblazon, evidence, evince, exhibit, expand, expose, extend, feature, ash, aunt, ourish, glaze, grandstand*, illustrate, impart, lay bare*, lay out, make clear, make known, manifest, model, open, open out, parade, perform, present, promote, promulgate, publish, represent, reveal, set out, showcase, show off, sport, spread out, stretch out, trot out*, uncover, unfold, unfurl, unmask, unroll, unveil, vamp; concept 261 Ant. conceal, cover, hide, secrete, withhold displease [v] make unhappy aggravate, anger, annoy, antagonize, bother, cap, chagrin, cool, curdle*, cut to the quick*, disappoint, discontent, disgruntle, disgust, disoblige, dissatisfy, enrage, exasperate, fret, frustrate, gall, hurt, incense, irk, irritate, nettle, offend, perplex, pique, play dirty, provoke, put out, repel, revolt, rile, roil, sound, turn off*, upset, vex, wing*, worry, zing*; concepts 7,19 Ant. appease, calm, compose, delight, humor, make happy, please, satisfy displeasure [n] unhappiness, anger annoyance, aversion, disapprobation, disapproval, discon-

tentment, disfavor, disgruntlement, disinclination, dislike, disliking, disrelish, dissatisfaction, distaste, incensement, indignation, indisposition, irritation, offense, pique, resentment, umbrage, vexation, wrath; concept 410 Ant. calm, composure, delight, happiness, pleasure, satisfaction disposal [n1] parting with or throwing something away auctioning, bartering, chucking, clearance, conveyance, demolishing, demolition, destroying, destruction, discarding, dispatching, dispensation, disposition, dumping, ejection, jettison, jettisoning, junking, relegation, relinquishment, removal, riddance, sacrice, sale, scrapping, selling, trading, transfer, transference, vending; concept 180 Ant. hold, keeping, retention disposal [n2] conclusion, settlement of situation action, allocation, arrangement, array, assignment, assortment, bequest, bestowal, consignment, control, conveyance, determination, dispensation, disposition, distribution, division, effectuation, end, gift, grouping, order, ordering, placing, position, provision, sequence, transfer, winding up; concepts 119,230 Ant. beginning, start dispose [v] place, order; deal with actuate, adapt, adjust, arrange, array, bend, bias, call the tune*, condition, determine, distribute, x, govern, group, incline, induce, inuence, lay down the law*, lead, locate, make willing, marshal, methodize, motivate, move, organize, predispose, prepare, promote, prompt, put, put ones foot down*, put to rights, range, rank, read the riot act*, regulate, ride herd on*, set, set in order, settle, shepherd, stand, sway, systematize, tailor, tempt; concepts 84,117,158,180 Ant. disarrange, disorder, displace, disturb, mismanage disposed [adj] inclined to a type of behavior apt, at drop of hat*, biased, fain, game*, game for, given, liable, likely, minded, of a mind to*, partial, predisposed, prone, ready, subject, tending toward, willing; concepts 542,552 Ant. indisposed, unlikely, unready, unwilling dispose of [v1] throw away adios*, bestow, chuck*, deep six*, destroy, discard, dump, eighty-six*, eliminate, le in circular le*, get rid of, give, jettison, junk*, kiss*, kiss off*, make over, part with, relinquish, scrap, sell, transfer, unload; concept 180 Ant. hold, keep, retain dispose of [v2] settle a matter chop, cut, cut off, deal with, decide, determine, do the trick*, end, nish, knock off*, polish off*, put away, take care of; concepts 18,234 Ant. begin, continue, start disposition [n1] personal temperament bag*, being, bent, bias, cast, character, complexion, constitution, cup of tea*, druthers*, emotions, ash, frame of mind, groove*, habit, humor, identity, inclination, individualism, individuality, leaning, make-up, mind-set*, mood, nature, penchant, personality, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, readiness, spirit, stamp, temper, tendency, tenor, thing*, tone, type, vein; concept 411 disposition [n2] arrangement, management of a situation adjustment, classication, control,

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decision, direction, disposal, distribution, grouping, method, order, ordering, organization, placement, plan, regulation, sequence; concepts 6,660 Ant. disarrangement, mismanagement dispossess [v] deprive appropriate, eject, evict, expel, expropriate, oust, put out, throw into the street*; concepts 121,142 disproportion [n] imbalance asymmetry, difference, discrepancy, disparity, imparity, inadequacy, inequality, insufciency, irregularity, lopsidedness, unevenness, unsuitableness; concepts 665,667 Ant. balance, equality, evenness, parity, proportion disproportionate [adj] out of balance asymmetric, excessive, incommensurate, inordinate, irregular, lopsided, nonsymmetrical, out of proportion, overbalanced, superuous, too much, unequal, uneven, unreasonable, unsymmetrical; concepts 564,566,771 Ant. balanced, equal, even, proportionate disprove [v] prove false belie, blow sky high*, blow up*, break, confound, confute, contradict, contravene, controvert, deny, disconrm, discredit, explode, expose, nd unfounded, impugn, invalidate, knock bottom out of*, knock props out*, negate, negative, overthrow, overturn, poke holes in*, puncture, rebut, refute, set aside, shoot, shoot holes in*, tear down*, throw out, traverse, weaken; concept 58 Ant. credit, prove, validate disputable [adj] debatable; open to discussion arguable, controversial, doubtful, dubious, moot, mootable, problematic, questionable, uncertain; concepts 529,535 Ant. inarguable, indisputable, unquestionable disputation [n] controversy argumentation, debate, dialectic, dispute, dissension, forensic, mooting, polemics; concepts 278,532 Ant. harmony disputatious [adj] argumentative cantankerous, captious, caviling, contentious, controversial, dissentious, litigious, polemical, pugnacious, quarrelsome; concepts 401,542 Ant. agreeable, calm, peaceful dispute [n] argument altercation, beef*, bickering, bone of contention*, brawl, broil, brouhaha, commotion, conict, contention, controversy, debate, difference of opinion, disagreement, discord, discussion, dissension, disturbance, embroilment, falling-out, feud, reworks*, are-up, fracas, friction, fuss, hubbub, miff*, misunderstanding, polemic, quarrel, row, rumpus*, squabble, squall, strife, tiff, uproar, variance, words, wrangle; concepts 46,106,278 Ant. agreement dispute [v] argue agitate, altercate, bicker, brawl, bump heads*, canvass, challenge, clash, confute, contend, contest, contradict, controvert, debate, deny, disafrm, discept, discuss, disprove, doubt, gainsay, hassle, have at*, impugn, jump on ones case*, kick around*, lock horns*, moot, negate, pick a bone*, quarrel, question, quibble, rebut, refute, squabble, take on, thrash out, toss around*, wrangle; concept 46 Ant. agree, give in, go along disqualication [n] disability; rejection for participation awkwardness, clumsiness, debarment, disenablement, disentitlement,

elimination, exclusion, incapacitation, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, ineligibility, ineptitude, lack, untness, unprociency; concept 630 Ant. ability, aptitude, capability disqualify [v] be unt for; be ineligible bar, bate, debar, disable, disenable, disentitle, disfranchise, eighty-six*, except, exclude, impair, incapacitate, invalidate, nix*, not make the cut*, paralyze, preclude, prohibit, rule out, suspend, unt, weaken; concepts 121,699 Ant. allow, be eligible, capacitate, t, permit, qualify disquiet [n] worry; mental upset ailment, alarm, angst, anxiety, care, concern, concernment, disquietude, distress, disturbance, fear, ferment, foreboding, fretfulness, inquietude, nervousness, restiveness, restlessness, solicitude, storm, trouble, turmoil, uneasiness, unrest; concepts 410,532,690 Ant. calm, collectedness, ease, peace disquiet [v] worry; make uneasy agitate, annoy, bother, concern, discompose, distress, disturb, uster, fret, harass, incommode, perplex, perturb, pester, plague, trouble, unhinge, unsettle, upset, vex; concepts 7,19 Ant. calm, ease, please, settle, soothe disquieting [adj] upsetting annoying, bothersome, disconcerting, distressing, disturbing, irritating, perplexing, perturbing, troublesome, troubling, unnerving, unsettling, vexing, worrying; concept 529 Ant. calming, pleasing, settling, soothing disregard [n] ignoring apathy, brush-off*, contempt, disdain, disesteem, disfavor, disinterest, disrespect, forgetting, heedlessness, inadvertence, inattention, indifference, insouciance, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, neglect, neglecting, negligence, oblivion, omission, omitting, overlooking, oversight, scorn, slight, slighting, the cold shoulder*, unconcern, unmindfulness; concepts 30,633 Ant. attention, esteem, honor, note, regard, respect disregard [v] ignore; make light of blink at*, brush aside, brush away, brush off, coldshoulder*, contemn, despise, discount, disdain, disobey, disparage, fail, forget, have no use for*, laugh off*, leave out of account, let go, let off easy*, let pass*, live with*, look the other way*, miss, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, pass over, pay no attention to, pay no heed to, pay no mind*, pooh-pooh*, scorn, shut eyes to*, slight, snub, take no notice of, tune out*, turn a blind eye*, turn a deaf ear*, vilipend, wink at*; concept 30 Ant. attend, esteem, note, pay attention, regard, respect disrepair [adj] broken; deteriorated busted*, damaged, dead, decayed, decrepit, down, kaput*, not functioning, on the blink*, on the fritz*, out of commission*, out of order, worn out, wracked*; concept 485 Ant. good, unbroken disrepair [n] state of deterioration collapse, decay, decrepitude, dilapidation, ruination; concept 230 Ant. good condition, repair disreputable [adj] dishonorable, lowly abject, bad, base, beggarly, cheap, contemptible, derogatory, despicable, discreditable, disgraceful, disorderly, dissolute, ignominious, in bad, infamous, inglorious, in low esteem, in the doghouse*, lewd, libidinous, licentious, mean, no

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good*, notorious, opprobrious, pitiable, scandalous, scurvy, shabby, shady, shameful, shocking, shoddy, sordid, sorry, unprincipled, vicious, vile; concept 404 Ant. decent, ethical, honorable, principled, reputable, respected disrepute [n] dishonor, shame blemish, blot, brand, cloud, discredit, disesteem, disfavor, disgrace, ignominy, ill fame, ill favor, ill repute, infamy, ingloriousness, notoriety, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, reproach, scandal, scar, slur, smear, spot, stain, stigma, taint, unpopularity; concept 411 Ant. esteem, good reputation, honor disrespect [n] disregard, rudeness toward someone boldness, coarseness, contempt, discourtesy, dishonor, ippancy, hardihood, impertinence, impiety, impoliteness, impudence, incivility, insolence, insolency, insolentness, irreverence, lack of respect, sacrilege, unmannerliness; concepts 29,633 Ant. civility, esteem, honor, regard, respect, reverence disrespectful [adj] insulting, rude aweless, bad-mannered, blasphemous, bold, cheeky*, contemptuous, discourteous, disgracious, ip*, ippant, fresh, ill-bred, ill-mannered, impertinent, impious, impolite, impudent, insolent, irreverent, misbehaved, nervy*, out-of-line*, profanatory, profane, sacrilegious, sassy*, saucy*, smart-alecky*, snippy*, uncivil, unlial, ungracious; concepts 267,401 Ant. civil, courteous, mannered, mannerly, nice, respectful disrobe [v] take off ones clothes bare, denudate, denude, deprive, dismantle, divest, doff, husk*, peel*, remove, shed, shuck*, slip out of, strip, take it off, unbutton*, unclothe, uncover, undress; concept 167 Ant. clothe, put on disrupt [v1] upset, disorganize agitate, bollix, confuse, disarray, discombobulate, discompose, disorder, disturb, mess up, mix up, muck up*, muddle, muddy the waters*, psych out*, put off, rattle, rattle ones cage*, rummage, screw up*, shake, spoil, throw, unsettle, upset the apple cart*; concepts 16,84,234 Ant. arrange, organize, ready disrupt [v2] break, interrupt breach, break into, break up, fracture, hole, interfere with, intrude, obstruct, open, rupture, unsettle, upset; concepts 98,135 disruptive [adj] causing trouble, confusion disorderly, distracting, disturbing, obstreperous, off-base*, out-of-line*, out-of-order*, rowdy, troublemaking, troublesome, unruly, unsettling, upsetting; concepts 401,537 Ant. calming, disciplined, settling, soothing, well-behaved dissatisfaction [n] discontent, unhappiness annoyance, anxiety, aversion, boredom, chagrin, complaint, desolation, disapproval, discomfort, discouragement, disfavor, disgruntlement, disinclination, dislike, disliking, dismay, displeasure, disquiet, disrelish, distaste, distress, ennui, envy, exasperation, fretfulness, frustration, heartburn, hopelessness, indisposition, irritation, jealousy, lamentation, malcontent, malcontentment, oppression, querulousness, regret, resentment, trouble, uneasiness, weariness, worry; concepts 29,410 Ant. contentment, happiness, pleasure, satisfaction dissatisfactory [adj] unsatisfactory bad, damaged, decient, disappointing, displeasing, distressing, inadequate, insufcient, junky*, lame,

mediocre, no good, not satisfying, not up to par*, offensive, poor, rotten, unacceptable, unsatisfying, unsuitable, unworthy, useless; concepts 529,558,570 dissatised [adj] discontented, unhappy annoyed, begrudging, bothered, complaining, crabby*, critical, disaffected, disappointed, disgruntled, displeased, ennuied, envious, faultnding, fed-up*, fretful, fretting, frustrated, griping, grudging, grumbling, grumpy*, insatiable, irked, jaundiced, jealous, kvetching*, malcontent, malcontented, not satised, offended, picky, plaintive, put-out*, querulous, sniveling, sulky, sullen, unappeased, unassuaged, unfullled, ungratied, unsated, unsatised, vexed; concept 403 Ant. contented, fullled, gratied, happy, pleased, satised dissect [v1] cut up; take apart anatomize, break up, cut, dichotomize, disjoin, disjoint, dislimb, dismember, dissever, divide, exscind, exsect, lay open, operate, part, prosect, quarter, section, sever, slice, sunder; concepts 98,176 Ant. connect, join, mend, sew dissect [v2] analyze anatomize, break down, decompose, decompound, examine, explore, inquire about, inspect, investigate, resolve, scrutinize, study; concept 24 dissection [n1] cutting up, particularly of a dead body anatomization, anatomy, autopsy, dismemberment, examination, necropsy, operation, postmortem, vivisection; concepts 176,310 Ant. connection, joining, mending, sewing dissection [n2] thorough analysis breakdown, breakup, criticism, critique, examination, inquest, inspection, investigation, resolution, review, scrutiny, study; concepts 24,290 dissemble [v] disguise, pretend affect, camouage, cloak, conceal, counterfeit, cover, cover up, dissimulate, doublespeak*, double-talk*, dress up, fake, falsify, feign, four-ush*, hide, let on*, make like*, mask, pass, play possum*, pussyfoot*, put on a false front*, put on a front*, put on an act*, put up a front*, put up a smoke screen*, sham*, shroud, shuck and jive*, signify, simulate, stonewall*, whitewash*; concepts 59,188,716 Ant. admit, allow disseminate [v] distribute, scatter advertise, announce, annunciate, blaze, blazon, broadcast, circulate, declare, diffuse, disject, disperse, dissipate, proclaim, promulgate, propagate, publicize, publish, radiate, sow, spread, strew; concepts 108,140,201,222 Ant. collect, gather dissemination [n] distribution airing, broadcasting, circulation, diffusion, dissipation, promulgation, propagation, publication, publishing, spread; concepts 651,746 Ant. collection, gathering dissension [n] conict of opinion altercation, argument, bad vibes*, bickering, clinker*, contention, controversy, difference, disaccord, disagreement, discord, discordance, dispute, dissent, dissidence, disunity, faction, factionalism, ak*, friction, fuss, quarrel, scene, sour note*, static, strife, trouble, variance, wrangle; concepts 46,278,665 Ant. agreement, approval, authorization, concurrence, conrmation, peace, ratication

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dissent [n] disagreement, disapproval bone*, bone of contention*, bone to pick*, clinker*, conict, contention, denial, difference, disaccord, discord, dissension, dissidence, disunity, far cry*, ak*, hassle, heresy, heterodoxy, misbelief, nonagreement, nonconcurrence, nonconformism, nonconformity, nope*, objection, opposition, poles apart*, protest, refusal, resistance, schism, sour note*, spat, split, strife, unorthodoxy, variance; concepts 29,665,689 Ant. agreement, approval, authorization, concurrence, endorsement, ratication, sanction dissent [v] disagree argue, balk, break with, buck, contradict, decline, demur, differ, disaccord, discord, divide, y in the face of*, object, oppose, pettifog, protest, put up a ght*, put up an argument, refuse, say not a chance*, say nothing doing*, say no way*, shy, stickle, vary, wrangle; concepts 21,46 Ant. agree, approve, assent, authorize, concur, consent, endorse, ratify, sanction dissertation [n] scholarly thesis argumentation, commentary, critique, discourse, disputation, disquisition, essay, exposition, memoir, monograph, tractate, treatise; concepts 271,287 disservice [n] unkindness bad turn, detriment, disfavor, harm, hurt, injury, injustice, insult, outrage, prejudice, wrong; concepts 309,645, 674 Ant. benevolence, favor, giving, good turn, kindness, service dissidence [n] difference of opinion bad vibes*, contention, disaccord, disagreement, discordance, disharmony, dispeace, dispute, dissension, dissent, feud, heresy, heterodoxy, misbelief, nonconformism, nonconformity, rupture, schism, sour note*, strife, unorthodoxy; concepts 278,633,689 Ant. agreement, harmony, peace dissident [adj] disagreeing, differing discordant, dissentient, dissenting, heretical, heterodox, nonconformist, schismatic, sectarian, unorthodox; concept 403 Ant. agreeing, conforming dissident [n] person who holds different belief agitator, dissenter, heretic, misbeliever, nonconformist, protester, rebel, recusant, schismatic, schismatist, sectary, separatist; concepts 359,423 Ant. yes-man dissimilar [adj] not alike; not capable of comparison antithetical, antonymous, contradictory, contrary, different, disparate, distant, divergent, diverse, far cry*, heterogeneous, individual, like night and day*, march to a different drummer*, mismatched, mismated, not similar, offbeat, opposite, poles apart*, unequal, unique, unlike, unrelated, unsimilar, various, weird*; concept 564 Ant. alike, compatible, equal, matched, related, same, similar dissimilarity [n] unlikeness alterity, contrast, difference, discord, discordance, discrepancy, disparity, dissemblance, dissimilitude, distance, distinction, divarication, divergence, divergency, diversity, heterogeneity, incomparability, incongruity, inconsistency, inconsonance, nonuniformity, offset, otherness, separation, severance, unrelatedness, variance, variation; concept 665 Ant. compatibility, equality, likeness, relatedness, sameness, similarity dissimulate [v] conceal, disguise beard*,

camouage, cloak, deceive, dissemble, dress up, fake, feign, hide, make-believe, mask, present a false face*, present a false front*, pretend; concepts 59,172,188 Ant. be honest dissipate [v1] expend, spend be wasteful with, blow*, burn up*, consume, deplete, dump*, fritter away, indulge oneself, kiss goodbye*, lavish, misspend, misuse, run through, squander, throw away, trie away, use up, waste; concepts 156,169 Ant. accumulate, collect, gather, hoard, save dissipate [v2] disappear dispel, disperse, dissolve, drive away, evanesce, evaporate, melt away, run dry, scatter, spread, vanish; concepts 105,469 Ant. appear dissipated [adj1] used up blown, burnt out*, consumed, destroyed, exhausted, kaput*, played out*, scattered, spent, squandered, wasted; concepts 560,576 Ant. accumulated, gathered, hoarded, saved, stored dissipated [adj2] self-indulgent abandoned, corrupt, debauched, dissolute, gone bad*, gone to seed*, gone to the dogs*, hellbent*, intemperate, proigate, rakish, wicked; concepts 401,545 Ant. conservative, unselsh, virtuous dissipation [n1] amusement, entertainment, occasionally to excess bender*, binge, blowout, bust*, celebration, circus, distraction, diversion, divertissement, gratication, party, recreation, self-indulgence, tear*, toot*, wingding*; concepts 363,386 dissipation [n2] wantonness abandonment, debauchery, dissoluteness, dissolution, drunkenness, evil, excess, extravagance, free-living, high-living*, indulgence, intemperance, lavishness, life in the fast lane*, prodigality, proigacy, self-gratication, squandering, to hell in handbasket*, waste; concept 633 Ant. unselshness, virtue dissipation [n3] disappearance diffusion, disintegration, dispersal, dispersion, dissemination, dissolution, distribution, emission, extravagance, improvidence, radiation, scattering, spread, vanishing, wastage, waste; concepts 230,651,720 Ant. appearance dissociate [v] part company with; separate abstract, alienate, break off, detach, disassociate, disband, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, disperse, disrupt, distance, disunite, divide, divorce, estrange, isolate, quit, scatter, segregate, set apart, uncouple, unx; concepts 135,384 Ant. associate, attach, join dissociation [n] detachment, separation break, disconnection, disengagement, disjunction, distancing, disunion, division, divorce, isolation, segregation, severance; concept 388 Ant. association, attachment, connection, union dissolute [adj] lacking restraint, indulgent abandoned, corrupt, debauched, degenerate, depraved, dissipated, evil, fast*, fast and loose*, gone bad*, high living*, intemperate, in the fast lane*, lascivious, lax, lecherous, lewd, libertine, licentious, light, loose*, nighthawk*, night owl*, on the take*, open, player*, proigate, rafsh, rakish, reprobate, slack, swift, sybaritic, unconstrained, unprincipled, unrestrained, vicious, wanton, wayward, wicked, wild; concepts 401,545 Ant. chaste, good, moral, pure, resolute, respectful, virtuous

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dissolution [n1] separation, rupture breaking up, detachment, disintegration, disunion, division, divorce, divorcement, parting, partition, resolution, split-up; concepts 230,388 Ant. combination, connection, solution, unication dissolution [n2] death; destruction adjournment, conclusion, curtains, decay, decease, decomposition, defunction, demise, disappearance, disbandment, discontinuation, dismissal, dispersal, end, ending, evaporation, extinction, nish, liquefaction, melting, overthrow, passing, quietus, release, resolution, ruin, silence, sleep, solution, suspension, termination; concepts 105,304,469,703 Ant. beginning, commencement, construction, start dissolve [v1] melt from solid to liquid; mix in defront, deliquesce, diffuse, uidify, ux, fuse, liquefy, liquesce, render, run, soften, thaw, waste away; concepts 469,702 Ant. coagulate, concentrate, solidify, unmix dissolve [v2] disappear, disintegrate break down, break into pieces, break up, crumble, decline, decompose, diffuse, dilapidate, disband, disperse, dissipate, dwindle, evanesce, evaporate, fade, melt away, perish, separate, unmake, vanish, waste away; concepts 105,469 Ant. appear, assemble, integrate, put together, unite dissolve [v3] annul, discontinue abrogate, adjourn, annihilate, break up, cancel, collapse, decimate, demolish, destroy, destruct, discharge, dismiss, disorganize, disunite, divorce, do away with, end, eradicate, invalidate, loose, overthrow, postpone, put an end to, quash, render void, repeal, resolve into, ruin, separate, sever, shatter, shoot, suspend, terminate, unmake, vacate, void, wind up, wrack, wreck; concepts 121,234,252 Ant. continue, marry, resolve dissonance [n1] disagreement antagonism, conict, contention, controversy, difference, disaccord, discord, discrepancy, disharmony, disparity, dissension, dissidence, incongruity, inconsistency, strife, variance; concepts 278,665,689 Ant. agreement, concord, harmony dissonance [n2] noise, discord cacophony, harshness, jangle, jarring, unmelodiousness; concept 595 Ant. accord, consonance, harmony, peacefulness, resonance dissonant [adj1] different, conicting anomalous, at variance, differing, disagreeing, disconsonant, discordant, discrepant, dissentient, incompatible, incongruent, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, irreconcilable, irregular, sour note*, unmixable; concept 564 Ant. coinciding, compatible, complementary, consonant, similar dissonant [adj2] unharmonious cacophonic, cacophonous, discordant, disharmonic, disharmonious, grating, harsh, inharmonic, inharmonious, jangling, jarring, out of tune, raucous, strident, tuneless, unmelodious, unmusical; concepts 592,594 Ant. concordant, harmonious dissuade [v] talk out of advise against, caution against, chicken out*, counsel, cry out against, deprecate, derail, deter, disadvise, discourage, disincline, divert, exhort, expostulate, faze, hinder, lean on*, persuade not to, prevent, prick, put off, remonstrate, throw a wet blanket on*, throw cold water on*, throw off, thwart,

turn off*, urge not to, warn; concepts 68,78 Ant. incite, persuade, talk into distance [n1] interval, range absence, ambit, amplitude, area, bit, breadth, compass, country mile*, expanse, extension, extent, farness, far piece*, gap, good ways*, heavens, hinterland, horizon, lapse, length, objective, orbit, outpost, outskirts, provinces, purlieu, purview, radius, reach, remoteness, remove, scope, separation, size, sky, space, span, spread, stretch, sweep, way, width; concepts 651,739,790 distance [n2] aloofness coldness, coolness, frigidity, reserve, restraint, stiffness; concept 633 Ant. affection, friendliness, sympathy, warmth distance [v] dissociate oneself; leave behind break away from the pack, outdo, outpace, outrun, outstrip, pass, put in proportion, separate oneself; concept 195 Ant. associate, be friendly, go to distant [adj1] faraway abroad, abstracted, apart, a piece, arms length*, asunder, away, backwoods, beyond range, far, far back, farung, far-off, farther, further, inaccessible, indirect, in the background, in the boonies*, in the distance, in the sticks*, isolated, middle of nowhere*, not home*, obscure, outlying, out of earshot*, out of range, out of reach, out-of-the-way, remote, removed, retired, secluded, secret, separate, sequestered, telescopic, unapproachable, ways*, wide of*, yonder*; concepts 576,778 Ant. adjacent, close, near, nearby, neighboring distant [adj2] aloof arrogant, ceremonious, cold, cool, formal, haughty, insociable, laid back, modest, ofsh, on ice*, proud, put on airs*, remote, reserved, restrained, reticent, retiring, shy, solitary, standoff, standofsh, stiff, stuck-up*, unapproachable, uncompanionable, unconcerned, unfriendly, unsociable, uppity*, withdrawn; concepts 401,404 Ant. friendly, kind, sympathetic, warm distaste [n] dislike, hate abhorrence, antipathy, aversion, detestation, disfavor, disgust, disinclination, displeasure, disrelish, dissatisfaction, hatred, horror, hostility, indisposition, loathing, repugnance, repulsion, revolt, revulsion; concept 29 Ant. desire, like, love, loving distasteful [adj] repulsive, unpleasant abhorrent, abominable, afictive, bitter, detestable, disagreeable, dislikable, displeasing, at, avorless, galling, grievous, grody*, gross*, hateful, icky*, insipid, loathsome, nauseous, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, offensive, painful, repellent, repugnant, savorless, tasteless, unappetizing, undesirable, uninviting, unlikable, unpalatable, unsavory, yicky*, yucky*; concepts 529,589,613 Ant. agreeable, delectable, delicious, palatable, pleasant, pleasing distend [v] bulge, swell amplify, augment, balloon, bloat, dilate, distort, enlarge, expand, increase, inate, lengthen, puff, stretch, widen; concepts 157,469,780 Ant. cave in, contract, deate, fall, shrink distended [adj] swollen bloated, bulging, enlarged, expanded, inated, puffed out, puffy, stretched, tumescent, tumid, turgid; concept 485 distill [v] make pure; draw out something boil

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down, brew, clarify, concentrate, condense, cook, cut, cut down, cut to the bone*, dribble, drip, drop, evaporate, express, extract, ferment, get to the meat*, infuse, precipitate, press, press out, purify, rarefy, rectify, rene, squeeze out, steam, sublimate, trickle, trim, vaporize, volatilize; concepts 165,170,211,219 Ant. dirty, pollute distillation [n] distillate cleansing, purication, rening; concepts 165,367 distinct [adj1] apparent, obvious audible, categorical, clean-cut, clear, clear-cut, decided, denite, enunciated, evident, explicit, express, incisive, lucid, manifest, marked, noticeable, palatable, patent, perspicuous, plain, prescribed, recognizable, sharp, sharp-cut, specic, transparent, trenchant, unambiguous, unequivocal, unmistakable, well-dened; concepts 535, 591,619 Ant. ambiguous, fuzzy, hazy, indistinct, obscure, undened, vague distinct [adj2] different; unconnected detached, discrete, disparate, dissimilar, distinctive, disunited, divergent, diverse, especial, individual, offbeat, particular, peculiar, poles apart*, separate, separated, several, single, sole, special, specic, unassociated, unattached, unique, various; concept 564 Ant. connected, like, resembling, similar distinction [n1] differentiation; feature acumen, acuteness, alterity, analysis, characteristic, clearness, contrast, diagnosis, difference, differential, discernment, discrepancy, discreteness, discretion, discrimination, dissemblance, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, divergence, divergency, division, earmark, estimation, individuality, judgment, mark, marking, nicety, otherness, particularity, peculiarity, penetration, perception, qualication, quality, renement, sensitivity, separation, sharpness, tact, unlikeness; concepts 411,665 distinction [n2] prominence; achievement accolade, account, award, badge, bays, celebrity, consequence, credit, decoration, eminence, excellence, fame, air, greatness, illustriousness, importance, kudos, laurels, manner, merit, name, note, perfection, preeminence, prestige, quality, rank, renown, reputation, repute, style, superiority, worth; concepts 388,671,706 Ant. insignicance, lowliness, mediocrity, unimportance distinctive [adj] different, unique characteristic, cool, diacritic, diagnostic, discrete, distinguishing, excellent, extraordinary, far cry, gnarly*, idiosyncratic, individual, like night and day*, offbeat, original, outstanding, peculiar, perfect, poles apart*, proper, separate, single, singular, special, superior, typical, uncommon, unreal, weird, wicked; concepts 564,574 Ant. common, normal, resembling, same, similar, standard distinguish [v1] tell the difference analyze, ascertain, categorize, characterize, classify, collate, decide, demarcate, determinate, determine, diagnose, diagnosticate, differentiate, discriminate, divide, estimate, extricate, gure out, nger*, identify, individualize, individuate, judge, know, label, make out, mark, mark off, name, part, pinpoint, place, qualify, recognize, select, separate, set apart, set off, sift, signalize, single out, singularize, sort out, specify, spot,

tag, tell apart, tell between, tell from; concepts 15,18,38 distinguish [v2] discern, identify beam*, catch, descry, detect, dig, discover, discriminate, eye, eyeball*, ash*, focus, get a load of*, get an eyeful*, know, make out, mark, note, notice, observe, perceive, pick out, pick up on*, read, recognize, remark, see, spot, spy, take in, tell, view; concepts 38,626 distinguish [v3] make famous acknowledge, admire, celebrate, dignify, honor, immortalize, pay tribute to, praise, signalize; concept 69 distinguished [adj] famous, outstanding acclaimed, aristocratic, arresting, big name*, brilliant, celebrated, conspicuous, dignied, distingu, eminent, especial, esteemed, extraordinary, famed, foremost, glorious, great, highly regarded, honored, illustrious, imposing, marked, memorable, name, noble, nonpareil, notable, noted, noteworthy, peerless, prominent, remarkable, renowned, reputable, royal, salient, shining, signal, singular, special, stately, striking, superior, talked of, unforgettable, venerable, well-known; concept 574 Ant. common, insignicant, ordinary, standard, unextraordinary, unknown distort [v] deform; falsify alter, angle, belie, bend, bias, buckle, change, collapse, color, con, contort, crush, curve, deceive, decline, deteriorate, deviate, disgure, doctor*, fake, fudge*, garble, gnarl, knot, lie, make out like, mangle, melt, misconstrue, misinterpret, misrepresent, misshape, pervert, phony up*, put one on, sag, scam*, slant, slump, snow*, torture, trump up*, twist, warp, whitewash*, wind, wrench, writhe; concepts 63,137,232, 250 Ant. beautify, shape nicely, straight distortion [n] deformity; falsication baloney*, bend, bias, BS*, buckle, coloring, contortion, crock, crookedness, exaggeration, intorsion, jazz*, jive*, lie, line, malconformation, malformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, misshape, misstatement, misuse, mutilation, perversion, slant, smoke*, story*, tall story*, torture, twist, twistedness, warp; concepts 63,580 Ant. beauty, clarity, perfection distract [v] divert attention; confuse abstract, addle, agitate, amuse, befuddle, beguile, bewilder, call away, catch ies*, confound, derange, detract, discompose, disconcert, disturb, divert, draw away, engross, entertain, uster, frenzy, harass, lead astray*, lead away, madden, mislead, mix up, occupy, perplex, puzzle, sidetrack, stall, throw off*, torment, trouble, turn aside, unbalance, unhinge*; concepts 14,16 Ant. clarify, explain distraction [n] having ones attention drawn away aberration, abstraction, agitation, amusement, beguilement, bewilderment, commotion, complication, confusion, disorder, dissipation, disturbance, diversion, divertissement, engrossment, entertainment, frenzy, game, interference, interruption, pastime, perplexity, preoccupation, recreation; concepts 293,410,532,690 distraught [adj] very upset, worked-up addled, agitated, anxious, beside oneself, bothered, concerned, confused, crazed*, crazy, discomposed, distracted, distrait, distressed, ustered, frantic, harassed, hysterical, in a panic, like a chicken

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with its head cut off*, mad, muddled, nonplussed, nuts*, out of ones mind*, overwrought, perturbed, rattled, raving, shook up, thrown*, tormented, troubled, unglued*, unscrewed*, unzipped*, wild, worried; concepts 401,403,690 Ant. calm, gladdened, happy, pleased, untroubled distress [n1] pain, agony ache, afiction, anguish, anxiety, bad news*, blues*, care, concern, cross, dejection, desolation, disappointment, discomfort, disquietude, dolor, embarrassment, grief, headache, heartache, heartbreak, irritation, malaise, misery, mortication, ordeal, pang, perplexity, sadness, shame, sorrow, stew, suffering, throe, torment, torture, trial, tribulation, trouble, twinge, unconsolability, unhappiness, vexation, visitation, woe, worriment, worry, wretchedness; concepts 410, 532 Ant. comfort, happiness, health, pleasure distress [n2] hardship, adversity bad luck, bummer*, calamity, can of worms*, catastrophe, crunch*, destitution, difculty, disaster, downer*, drag*, exigency, hard knocks*, hard time*, holy mess*, hot water*, indigence, jam*, misfortune, need, pickle*, pinch*, poverty, privation, rigor, rotten luck*, scrape*, straits, throe, ticklish spot*, tough break*, tough luck*, trial, trouble, unholy mess*, vicissitude, want; concept 674 Ant. advantage, benet, miracle distress [v] worry, upset afict, aggrieve, agonize, ail, be on ones case*, bother, break, bug, burn up, depress, desolate, discombobulate*, disquiet, disturb, do a number on*, dog*, eat*, get*, get to*, give a hard time*, grieve, harass, harry, hound, hurt, injure, irk, irritate, make it tough for*, miff, nag, needle, nit-pick, oppress, pain, peeve, perplex, pester, pick on, plague, push, push buttons*, rack, sadden, strain, strap, stress, tick off*, torment, torture, trouble, try, vex, weigh, wound; concepts 7,19,313 Ant. assist, calm, comfort, help, soothe distressed [adj] upset aficted, agitated, all torn up*, antsy, anxious, basket case*, bothered, bugged, bummed out*, bundle of nerves*, concerned, cut up*, discombobulated*, disconsolate, distracted, distrait, distraught, dragged, exercised, dgety, harassed, hyper*, in a stew*, in a tizzy*, inconsolable, jittery, jumpy, miffed, peeved, perturbed, ripped*, saddened, shaky, shook*, shook up*, shot down*, spooked*, strung out*, tormented, troubled, unconsolable, unglued*, up the wall*, uptight*, wired, worried, wrecked*, wretched; concept 403 Ant. calm, collected, comforted, glad, happy, joyful distress signal [n] alarm burglar alarm, call for help*, danger signal, re alarm, mayday, SOS, warning signal; concepts 269,463 distribute [v1] allocate, deliver, spread administer, allot, apportion, appropriate, assign, bestow, circulate, consign, convey, cut up, deal, deal out, diffuse, disburse, dish out*, dispense, disperse, dispose, disseminate, divide, divvy up*, dole out*, donate, endow, fork out*, give, give away, hand out, issue, lot out, measure out, mete, parcel, partition, pass out, pay out, present, prorate, radiate, ration, scatter, share, shell out*, slice up, sow, strew; concepts 98,140,217 Ant. collect, gather, hoard, hold, keep, maintain, preserve, store

distribute [v2] classify arrange, assort, categorize, class, le, group, order; concept 84 distribution [n1] allocation, dispersion administration, alloting, allotment, apportioning, apportionment, assessment, assigning, circulating, circulation, dealing, delivery, diffusion, dispensation, dispersal, disposal, disposing, dissemination, dissipating, division, dole, handing out, handling, mailing, marketing, partition, partitioning, propagation, prorating, rationing, scattering, sharing, spreading, trading, transport, transportation; concepts 98,140,217 Ant. collection, gathering, hoard, hoarding, maintenance, store distribution [n2] classication arrangement, assortment, disposal, disposition, grouping, location, order, ordering, organization, placement, sequence; concepts 109,727 distributor [n] wholesaler dealer, jobber, merchandiser, middleperson, salesperson, trader; concept 347 district [n] geographical area commune, community, department, locale, locality, neck of the woods*, neighborhood, parcel, parish, precinct, quarter, region, section, sector, stomping ground*, territory, turf*, vicinage, vicinity, ward; concept 508 distrust [n] lack of faith in something disbelief, doubt, misdoubt, misgiving, mistrust, qualm, question, skepticism, suspicion, wariness; concepts 21,689 Ant. assurance, belief, certainty, condence, credit, faith, surety, trust distrust [v] be suspicious, skeptical of be wary of, disbelieve, discredit, doubt, misbelieve, mistrust, question, smell a rat*, suspect, wonder about; concept 21 Ant. be condent, believe, credit, trust distrustful [adj] disbelieving been hit before*, cagey, cautious, chary, cynical, doubtful, doubting, dubious, fearful, jealous, leery, mistrustful, skeptical, suspicious, uneasy, uptight, wary; concepts 403,542 Ant. assured, believing, certain, faithful, trustful, trusting, unsuspecting disturb [v1] bother, upset afict, agitate, ail, alarm, amaze, annoy, arouse, astound, badger, burn up*, complicate, confound, confuse, depress, discompose, dishearten, disrupt, distract, distress, excite, uster, frighten, gall, grieve, harass, interfere, interrupt, intrude, irk, irritate, make uneasy, molest, muddle, outrage, pain, perplex, perturb, pester, pique, plague, provoke, puzzle, rattle, rouse, rufe, shake, shake up*, startle, tire, trouble, unhinge*, unnerve, unsettle, vex, worry; concepts 7,19 Ant. appease, calm, comfort, pacify, quiet, reassure, soothe disturb [v2] disorder; dislocate confuse, derange, disarrange, disarray, discompose, disorganize, displace, distort, foul up*, interfere, jumble, louse up*, mess up, mix up, move, muddle, remove, replace, shift, tamper, unsettle, upset; concepts 84,137,250 Ant. arrange, locate, order, organize, sort disturbance [n] commotion; upset agitation, annoyance, big scene*, big stink*, bother, brawl, brouhaha, clamor, confusion, convulsion, derangement, disarrangement, disorder, disruption, distraction, eruption, explosion, ferment, sticuffs, ap, fracas, fray, fuss, hindrance, hubbub, hullabaloo*, insurrection,

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interruption, intrusion, molestation, perturbation, quake, quarrel, racket, rampage, restlessness, riot, ruckus, rumble, shock, spasm, stink*, stir*, storm, to-do*, tremor, tumult, turmoil, upheaval, uprising, uproar, violence; concepts 388,410,674,720 Ant. calm, order, peace, quiet, tranquility ditch [n] gulley canal, channel, chase, cut, dike, drain, excavation, furrow, gutter, mine, moat, trench, watercourse; concepts 509,513 ditch [v] get rid of abandon, desert, discard, dispose of, drop, dump*, eighty-six*, forsake, jettison, junk*, leave, reject, scrap*, throw away, throw out, throw overboard*; concept 180 Ant. pick up ditsy [adj] silly airbrained, airheaded, daffy*, dippy*, dipsy*, dizzy*, dopey, eccentric, empty, giddy, goofy*, inane, kooky*, rattlebrained, scatterbrained; concepts 314,401 ditto [n] the same; duplicate clone, copy, double, duplication, facsimile, likewise, reproduction, the above, the very words*; concepts 664,667,716 ditty [n] song ballad, composition, jingle, tune; concept 595 ditz [n] scatterbrain airbrain, airhead, birdbrain*, dingbat*, uffhead*, ninny, rattlebrain, silly person, space case; concepts 412,423 diva [n] prima donna famous singer, lead singer, opera singer; concept 352 dive [n1] descent, usually underwater belly op*, dash, dip, duck, ducking, fall, header* headlong* jump, leap, lunge, nosedive, pitch, plunge, spring, submergence, submersion, swoop; concepts 147,181 Ant. ascent, jump dive [n2] dirty, sleazy establishment bar, barroom, beer garden* cabaret, dump, ea trap*, ophouse*, hangout, hole, honky-tonk*, joint, lounge, night club, pool hall, pub, saloon, taproom, tavern; concept 449 dive [v] descend, usually going underwater belly op*, dip, disappear, drop, duck, fall, go headrst, gutter, header*, jump, leap, lunge, nose-dive, pitch, plumb, plummet, plunge, spring, submerge, swoop, vanish, vault; concepts 147,181,194 Ant. ascend, go up, jump diverge [v1] go in different directions bend, bifurcate, branch, branch off, depart, deviate, digress, divagate, divaricate, divide, excurse, fork, part, radiate, ramble, separate, split, spread, stray, swerve, veer, wander; concepts 195,738 Ant. agree, converge, join, parallel diverge [v2] be different from; be at odds argue, conict, contrast, depart, deviate, differ, digress, disagree, disapprove, dissent, oppose, stray, swerve, turn aside, vary, wander; concepts 46,665 Ant. agree, concur divergence [n] branching out; difference aberration, alteration, alterity, crotch, deection, departure, detour, deviation, digression, disagreeing, discrepancy, disparity, dissemblance, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distinction, divagation, divergency, diversity, division, fork, mutation, otherness, parting, radiation, ramication, separation, turning, unlikeness, variety, varying; concepts 665,738 Ant. accord, agreement, concord, convergence, harmony, sameness

divergent [adj] differing aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, antithetical, atypical, conicting, contradictory, contrary, deviating, different, disagreeing, disparate, dissimilar, dissonant, distant, diverging, diverse, factional, factious, irregular, off-key, opposite, poles apart*, separate, unalike, unequal, unlike, unnatural, unsimilar, untypical, variant, various; concept 564 Ant. agreeing, convergent, similar diverse [adj] different; various assorted, contradictory, contrary, contrasted, contrasting, contrastive, differing, discrete, disparate, dissimilar, distant, distinct, divergent, diversied, diversiform, incommensurable, like night and day*, manifold, miscellaneous, mixed bag*, multifarious, opposite, separate, several, sundry, unalike, unequal, unlike, varied, varying; concepts 564,772 Ant. alike, conforming, identical, like, parallel, similar, uniform diversify [v] spread out; branch out alter, assort, change, expand, mix, modify, transform, variegate, vary; concepts 232,697 Ant. conform, stay same, unvary diversion [n1] change in a course, path aberration, alteration, deection, departure, detour, deviation, digression, divergence, fake out*, red herring*, turning, variation; concepts 501, 738 Ant. conforming, staying diversion [n2] entertainment, recreation amusement, ball, beguilement, delectation, delight, disport, dissipation, distraction, divertissement, enjoyment, eld day*, frivolity, fun, fun and games*, game, gratication, grins*, high time*, hoopla*, laughs*, levity, merrygo-round*, pastime, picnic*, play, pleasure, relaxation, relish, sport, whoopee*; concepts 292,363,386 Ant. chore, task, vocation, work diversity [n] variety, difference assortment, dissimilarity, distinction, distinctiveness, divergence, diverseness, diversication, heterogeneity, medley, mixed bag*, multeity, multifariousness, multiformity, multiplicity, range, unlikeness, variance, variegation, variousness; concepts 651,665 Ant. identicalness, sameness, similarity, uniformity divert [v1] turn a different direction alter, avert, change, deect, modify, pivot, redirect, sheer, swerve, switch, turn aside, veer, volte-face, wheel, whip, whirl; concepts 187,213 Ant. be direct, keep to, maintain, stay divert [v2] amuse, entertain beguile, break one up*, delight, fracture one*, get ones jollies*, gladden, gratify, knock em dead*, make happy, panic, please, put em away*, recreate, regale, relax, slay, tickle, wow; concept 9 Ant. anger, irritate, make mad, upset divert [v3] take attention away abstract, attract attention, bend the rules*, catch ies*, circumlocute, detach, deter, detract, disadvise, discourage, disengage, dissuade, distract, disturb, draw away, get around, lead astray, lead away, send on a wild-goose chase*, sidetrack, stall; concepts 7,19,22 divest [v] dispossess; take off bankrupt, bare, bereave, bleed, denudate, denude, deprive, despoil, disinherit, dismantle, disrobe, ditch*, doff, dump, eighty-six*, lose, milk*, oust, plunder, remove, rob, seize, spoil, strip, take from, unclothe, uncover, undress, unload; concepts

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139,142,211 Ant. clothe, cover, invest, possess, take divide [v1] separate, disconnect abscind, bisect, branch, break, break down, carve, chop, cleave, cross, cut, cut up, demarcate, detach, dichotomize, disengage, disentangle, disjoin, dislocate, dismember, dissect, dissever, dissociate, dissolve, disunite, divorce, halve, intersect, isolate, loose, part, partition, pull away, quarter, rend, rupture, section, segment, segregate, sever, shear, split, subdivide, sunder, tear, unbind, undo; concepts 98,135,137 Ant. append, attach, collect, combine, connect, couple, gather, join, link, unite divide [v2] distribute allocate, allot, apportion, articulate, cut, cut in*, cut one in*, cut up, deal, deal out, disburse, dish out*, dispense, disperse, divvy up*, dole out*, factor, fork out*, go fty-fty*, hand out, hand over, lot out, measure out, parcel, partition, piece up, portion, prorate, quota, ration, share, shell out*, shift, slice, slice up, split up; concepts 98,140 Ant. hold, keep, maintain, retain divide [v3] put in order; classify arrange, categorize, grade, group, separate, sort; concept 84 Ant. disarrange, disorganize divide [v4] disagree, alienate break up, cause to disagree, come between, differ, disaccord, dissent, disunite, estrange, part, pit against, separate, set against, set at odds*, sow dissension*, split, vary; concepts 46,266 Ant. agree, convince, persuade dividend [n] ones share, prot allotment, allowance, appropriation, bonus, carrot*, check, coupon, cut*, dispensation, divvy*, extra, gain, gravy*, guerdon, interest, lagniappe*, meed, pay, portion, premium, prize, proceeds, remittance, returns, reward, surplus, taste*; concepts 337,344 Ant. loss divination [n] fortune-telling augury, clairvoyancy, horoscopy, occultism, palmistry, prediction, premonition, prognostication, prophecy, soothsaying; concepts 70,278,689 divine [adj] godlike, perfect all-powerful, almighty, ambrosial, angelic, anointed, beatic, beautiful, blissful, celestial, consecrated, deic, deistic, eternal, exalted, excellent, glorious, godly, hallowed, heavenly, holy, immaculate, magnicent, marvelous, mystical, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, rapturous, religious, sacramental, sacred, sacrosanct, sanctied, spiritual, splendid, superhuman, superlative, supernatural, supreme, theistic, transcendent, transcendental, transmundane, unearthly, wonderful; concepts 568,574 divine [v] prophesy anticipate, apprehend, conjecture, deduce, discern, forebode, forefeel, foreknow, foresee, foretell, go out on a limb*, guess, infer, intuit, perceive, predict, previse, prognosticate, see, see in the cards*, suppose, surmise, suspect, take a shot*, take a stab*, understand, visualize; concept 28 divinity [n] absolute being; divine nature celestial, deity, genius, god, goddess, godhead, godhood, godliness, godship, guardian spirit, higher power, holiness, lord, prime mover, sanctity, spirit; concepts 368,370 Ant. devil, evil division [n1] separation, disconnection analysis, apportionment, autopsy, bisection, break-

ing, breaking down, breaking up, carving, contrasting, cutting up, demarcation, departmentalizing, detaching, detachment, diagnosis, disjuncture, dismemberment, disparting, disseverance, dissolution, distinguishing, distribution, disunion, disuniting, dividing, divorce, parceling, parting, partition, reduction, rending, rupture, segmentation, selection, separating, severance, splitting up, subdivision, vivisection; concepts 98,135 Ant. accord, agreement, connection, unication, unison, unity division [n2] something produced from separating afliate, associate, border, boundary, branch, category, chunk, class, compartment, cut, degree, demarcation, department, divide, dividend, divider, dividing line, divvy*, end, fraction, fragment, grouping, head, kind, lobe, lump, member, moiety, offshoot, parcel, partition, piece, piece of action*, portion, rake-off*, ramication, section, sector, segment, share, slice, sort, split, subdivision, wedge; concepts 378,382,710,835 Ant. system, whole division [n3] breach, estrangement conict, difference of opinion, difculty, disaccord, disagreement, discord, disharmony, dispute, dissension, dissent, dissidence, dissonance, disunion, feud, rupture, split, trouble, variance, words; concept 388 Ant. agreement, juncture, unication divisive [ad] dissenting alienating, at odds, discordant, disruptive; concepts 401,537 divorce [n] split-up of marriage annulment, breach, break, breakup, decree nisi, dedomiciling, detachment, disparateness, dissociation, dissolution, disunion, division, divorcement, on the rocks*, parting of the ways*, partition, rupture, separate maintenance, separation, severance, split, splitsville*; concept 297 Ant. marriage divorce [v] split up a marriage annul, break up, cancel, disconnect, disjoin, dissever, dissociate, dissolve, disunite, divide, nullify, part, put away, separate, sever, split, sunder, unmarry; concept 297 Ant. marry divulge [v] make known; confess admit, betray, blab, blow the whistle*, broadcast, communicate, cough up*, declare, disclose, discover, exhibit, expose, fess up*, give away, go public*, gossip, impart, leak, let hair down*, let slip*, mouth, open up*, own up*, proclaim, promulgate, publish, reveal, spill, spill the beans*, spring, tattle, tell, tip off*, uncover; concept 60 Ant. conceal, hide, keep, secrete divvy up [v] divide allocate, apportion, cut, cut up the pie*, dole out, go halves*, measure out, mete out, share, split; concepts 98,140 dizzy [adj1] light-headed, confused addled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, blind, blinded, dazed, dazzled, distracted, disturbed, dumb, dumbfounded, faint, gaga*, giddy, groggy*, hazy, light, muddled, off balance*, out of control*, punch-drunk*, punchy*, puzzled, reeling, shaky, slap-happy*, staggered, staggering, swimming*, tipsy, unsteady, upset, vertiginous, weak in the knees*, weak-kneed*, whirling, wobbly, woozy; concepts 314,480 Ant. clear, clear-headed, unconfused dizzy [adj2] ighty, scatterbrained capricious, changeable, crazy, empty-headed, fatuous,

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feather-brained, ckle, foolish, frivolous, giddy, harebrained, heady, inane, light-headed, silly, skittish, unstable; concept 402 Ant. clear-thinking, sensible, smart DNA [n] deoxyribonucleic acid chromosome, gene, genetic code, heredity, nucleic acid, RNA; concept 648 do [v1] carry out accomplish, achieve, act, arrange, be responsible for, bring about, cause, close, complete, conclude, cook*, create, determine, discharge, do ones thing*, effect, end, engage in, execute, nish, x, fulll, get ready, get with it*, go for it*, look after, make, make ready, move, operate, organize, perform, prepare, produce, pull off*, see to, succeed, take care of business*, take on, transact, undertake, wind up*, work, wrap up*; concept 91 Ant. defer, destroy, fail, idle, lose, miss, neglect, pass, put off, undo do [v2] be sufcient answer, avail, be adequate, be enough, be good enough for, be of use, be useful, give satisfaction*, pass muster*, satisfy, serve, sufce, suit; concepts 646,656 do [v3] gure out, solve adapt, decipher, decode, interpret, puzzle out, render, resolve, translate, transliterate, transpose, work out; concept 15 do [v4] act, behave acquit oneself, appear, bear, carry, come on like*, comport, conduct, demean, deport, discourse, enact, fare, get along, get by, give, go on, impersonate, make out*, manage, muddle through*, operate, perform, personate, play, playact, portray, present, produce, put on*, quit, render the role, seem, stagger along*; concept 633 do [v5] travel, visit cover, explore, journey, look at, pass through, stop in, tour, track, traverse; concept 224 do [v6] cheat beat, bilk, chouse, con, cozen, deceive, defraud, dupe, eece*, imam*, gyp*, hoax, overreach, swindle, take for a ride*, trick; concept 59 do away with [v] get rid of; destroy abolish, bump off*, cancel, discard, discontinue, do in*, eliminate, exterminate, nish, kill, liquidate, murder, put an end to, put to death, remove, slaughter, slay, take away, wipe out*; concepts 180,252 Ant. build, construct, get, keep docile [adj] compliant, submissive accommodating, acquiescent, adaptable, agreeable, amenable, biddable, childlike, complacent, cool, docious, ductile, easily inuenced, easy, easygoing, gentle, governable, humble, laidback, manageable, meek, mellow, mild, obedient, obliging, orderly, pliable, pliant, quiet, resigned, soft, tame, teachable, tractable, usable, weak-kneed*, well-behaved, willing, yielding; concepts 401,404 Ant. determined, headstrong, inexible, intractable, obstinate, opinionated, stubborn, uncooperative, unyielding dock [n] waterfront berth, embarkment, harbor, jetty, landing, landing pier, levee, lock, marina, pier, quay, slip, wharf; concept 439 dock [v] land on the waterfront anchor, berth, drop anchor, hook up, join, link up, moor, put in, rendezvous, tie up, unite; concept 159 Ant. set sail, ship out docket [n] program, agenda calendar, card, schedule, tab, tally, ticket, timetable; concept 271

doctor [n] medical practitioner bones*, doc*, expert, general practitioner, healer, intern, MD, medic, medical person, medico, physician, professor*, quack*, scientist, specialist, surgeon; concept 357 Ant. patient doctor [v1] x up, treat administer, apply medication, attend, do up, x, give treatment, medicate, mend, overhaul, patch up*, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, repair, revamp, supply; concepts 110,310 Ant. harm, hurt, injure doctor [v2] adulterate, pervert add to, alter, change, cut, deacon, debase, dilute, disguise, dope up*, falsify, fudge*, gloss, load, misrepresent, mix with, sophisticate, spike*, tamper with, water down, weight; concept 240 Ant. clean, purify doctrinaire [adj] dogmatic, opinionated authoritarian, authoritative, biased, bigoted, bullheaded*, dictative, dictatorial, dogged, fanatical, impractical, inexible, insistent, magisterial, mulish, obstinate, one-sided, pertinacious, pigheaded*, rigid, speculative, stiff-necked*, stubborn, unrealistic; concepts 267,401 Ant. amenable, exible, manageable, obedient, submissive doctrine [n] opinion; principle article, article of faith, attitude, axiom, basic, belief, canon, concept, convention, conviction, credenda, creed, declaration, dogma, fundamental, gospel, implantation, inculcation, indoctrination, instruction, position, precept, pronouncement, propaganda, proposition, regulation, rule, statement, teaching, tenet, tradition, universal law, unwritten rule; concepts 688,689 Ant. disbelief, heterodoxy, skepticism, unbelief document [n] written communication archive, certicate, credentials, deed, diary, evidence, form, instrument, language, pages, paper, record, report, script, testimony, token; concept 271 Ant. speech documentary [n] investigative report account, broadcast, docudrama, feature, lm, information, narrative; concepts 271,282 dodder [v] shake quiver, shiver, shudder, stagger, sway, teeter, totter, tremble, wobble; concepts 150,152 doddering [adj] aged, feeble anile, decrepit, dotard, faltering, oundering, inrm, senile, shaky, tottering, trembling, unsteady, weak; concepts 314,488,578,797 Ant. agile, young, youthful dodge [n] trick, feint contrivance, device, machination, method, plan, plot, ploy, ruse, scheme, stratagem, strategy, subterfuge, wile; concept 660 dodge [v] avoid circumlocute, dark, deceive, ditch, duck, elude, equivocate, escape, evade, fence, fend off, fudge*, get around, get out of, give the slip*, hedge, juke, lurch, malinger, move to the side*, parry, pussyfoot*, put the move on*, shake, shake off*, shift, shirk, shortcircuit, shufe, sidestep, skip out on*, skirt, slide, slip, swerve, tergiversate, tergiverse, trick, turn aside, weasel*; concepts 59,102 Ant. confront, encounter, face, meet, stand up to doer [n] go-getter achiever, busy person, dynamo*, energetic person, man of action, motivator, mover and shaker*, risk-taker, woman of action; concept 706

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doff [v] remove cast off, discard, disrobe, peel, put aside, shed, shuck, slip off, strip, take off, undress; concepts 211,453 do for [v1] destroy defeat, deprive, nish, kill, ruin, shatter, slaughter, slay; concepts 238,252 Ant. bear, create do for [v2] help abet, aid, assist, benefact, care for, help out, lend a hand*, look after, provide for, steady, support; concept 110 Ant. deny, refuse dog [n] canine mammal bitch, bowwow*, cur, doggy, do*, ea bag*, hound, mans best friend*, mongrel, mutt, pooch*, pup, puppy, stray, tail-wagger*, tyke; concept 400 dog [v] chase after; bother bedog, haunt, hound, plague, pursue, shadow, tag, tail, track, trail, trouble; concept 207 Ant. leave alone, let go dog-eat-dog [adj] competitive aggressive, brutal, cutthroat, every person for themselves*, erce, ruthless, vicious; concept 542 dogged [adj] determined, persistent adamant, bullheaded*, rm, hanging tough*, hardheaded*, hard-nosed*, indefatigable, inexorable, inexible, insistent, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, perseverant, perseverative, persevering, pertinacious, pigheaded*, relentless, resolute, rigid, single-minded, staunch, steadfast, steady, stubborn, tenacious, tough nut*, unbending, unagging, unshakable, unyielding; concepts 401,542 Ant. indifferent, irresolute, undetermined, yielding dogleg [n] bend curve, hairpin curve, sharp turn; concept 436 dogma [n] belief, principle article, article of faith, canon, conviction, credenda, credo, creed, doctrine, gospel, opinion, persuasion, precept, rule, teachings, tenet, view; concepts 688,689 Ant. ambiguity, doubt, indecision, unbelief, uncertainty dogmatic [adj1] dictatorial, opinionated arbitrary, arrogant, assertive, bigoted, bullheaded*, categorical, cocksure*, condent, denite, despotic, determined, dictative, doctrinaire, domineering, downright, egotistical, emphatic, fanatical, fascistic, formal, high and mighty*, imperious, intolerant, magisterial, narrowminded, obdurate, obstinate, one-sided, overbearing, peremptory, pigheaded*, prejudiced, stiff-necked, stubborn, tenacious, tyrannical, unequivocal, wrong-headed; concepts 267, 542 Ant. amenable, doubting, exible, indecisive, manageable, obedient, questioning, skeptical, submissive dogmatic [adj2] based on absolute truth a priori, as a matter of course, assertive, authoritarian, authoritative, axiomatic, by at, by natural law, by nature, canonical, categorical, deducible, deductive, derivable, doctrinaire, doctrinal, eternal, excathedra, formal, imperative, inevitable, on faith, oracular, orthodox, peremptory, positive, pragmatic, prophetic, reasoned, systematic, theoretical, unchangeable, unerring, unqualied; concepts 530,567, 582 Ant. ambiguous, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, uctuating, indecisive, not positive, uncertain, vacillating do-gooder [n] idealist altruist, bleeding heart, good Samaritan, humanitarian, philanthropist, volunteer; concepts 416,423

do in [v] destroy; exhaust assassinate, bankrupt, bump off*, butcher*, cool*, dilapidate, dispatch, do away with*, eliminate, execute, fatigue, nish, frazzle*, kill, knock out*, liquidate, murder, put away*, ruin, shatter, slaughter, slay, tire, wear out, weary, wreck; concepts 137,250,252 Ant. bear, create, invent doing [n] achievement accomplishing, accomplishment, achieving, act, action, carrying out, deed, execution, exploit, handiwork, implementation, performance, performing, thing; concept 706 doings [n] actions acts, affairs, deal, deed, events, goings-on, happenings, matters, proceeding; concept 1 doldrums [n] depression apathy, black mood*, blahs*, blue funk*, blues*, boredom, bummer*, dejection, disinterest, dismals, downer, dullness, dumps*, ennui, funk*, gloom, inactivity, indifference, inertia, lassitude, letdown, listlessness, malaise, mopes*, slump, stagnation, stupor, tedium, torpor, yawn*; concept 410 Ant. elation, gladness, glee, happiness, joy dole [n] allowance, allocation allotment, alms, apportionment, benet, charity, dispensation, distribution, division, donation, gift, grant, gratuity, handout, living wage, mite, modicum, parcel, pittance, portion, quota, relief, share, subsistence, trie; concepts 337,344 doleful [adj] depressing aficted, cast down, cheerless, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, dirgeful, dismal, dispirited, distressing, dolent, dolorous, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth*, dreary, forlorn, funereal, gloomy, grieving, lamentable, lugubrious, melancholy, mournful, painful, piteous, pitiful, plaintive, rueful, sad, somber, sorrowful, woebegone, woeful, wretched; concepts 403,529 Ant. cheerful, elated, glad, gleeful, happy, joyful dole out [v] allocate, distribute administer, allot, apportion, assign, deal, deal out, dispense, disperse, divide, divvy*, give, hand out, lot, measure, mete, mete out, parcel, partition, share, share out; concepts 108,140 Ant. collect, gather, hoard, hold doll [n1] toy person baby, dolly, efgy, gure, gurine, manikin, marionette, model, moppet*, puppet; concept 446 doll [n2] generous person darling, decent person, helpful person, honey*, prince*, sweetheart, sweetie; concepts 296,423 doll [n3] attractive woman angel, babe*, bathing beauty, beauty queen, broad*, bunny*, centerfold, chick*, cover girl, cupcake*, cutie, cutiepie*, dish*, dollface, dreamboat*, dream girl, fox*, glamour girl, good-looking woman, honey*, hot dish*, hot number*, peach*, pin-up, raving beauty, sex bunny*, sex kitten*, sexpot*, tomato*; concepts 415,424 dollar [n] paper money ace*, bank note, bill, buck*, certicate, clam*, cucumber*, currency, folding money, greenback*, legal tender, note, one-spot*, single; concept 340 Ant. change, coin dollop [n] lump bit, blob, glob, gob, mass, piece, portion; concepts 432,786,835 doll up [v] beautify oneself; dress up deck out*, x up, gussy up*, preen, primp, put on best

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clothes, smarten up*, spiff*, spruce up*; concepts 162,167,202 Ant. dress down dolly [n] handtruck carrier, cart, pushcart; concepts 499,505 dolor [n] misery, anguish agony, distress, grief, heartache, heartbreak, passion, ruth, sadness, sorrow, suffering; concept 410 Ant. cheer, happiness, hopefulness dolorous [adj] miserable, anguished aficted, afictive, calamitous, deplorable, dire, distressing, doleful, dolent, dolesome, grievous, harrowing, heart-rending, lamentable, lugubrious, melancholy, mournful, painful, plaintive, regrettable, rueful, ruthful, sad, sorrowful, woebegone, woeful, wretched; concepts 401,403 Ant. cheery, happy, hopeful dolt [n] stupid person airhead*, blockhead*, boob*, chump*, dimwit*, dodo*, dope, dork*, dumbbell*, dumdum*, dunce, fool, goon*, idiot, ignoramus, lamebrain*, lunkhead*, meathead*, nitwit*, sap*, simpleton, stupid, yo-yo*; concepts 412,423 Ant. brain, genius domain [n] area of expertise, rule authority, bailiwick, concern, demesne, department, discipline, district, dominion, empire, estate, eld, home park*, jurisdiction, land, neck of the woods*, occupation, orbit*, power, province, quarter, realm, region, scope, slot, specialty, sphere, stomping grounds*, terrain, territory, turf, walk, wing; concepts 349,518,710 dome [n] arched part of ceiling arcade, arch, bubble, bulge, covering, cupola, mosque, roof, span, top, vault; concept 440 domestic [adj1] household calm, devoted, domiciliary, family, home, homelike, homeloving, homely, indoor, pet, private, sedentary, settled, stay-at-home, subdued, submissive, tame, trained, tranquil; concept 542 Ant. business, industrial, ofce domestic [adj2] not foreign handcrafted, homegrown, homemade, indigenous, inland, internal, intestine, intramural, municipal, national, native; concepts 536,549 Ant. alien, foreign domesticate [v] tame; habituate acclimatize, accustom, break, break in, breed, bring up, bust, corral, domiciliate, familiarize, gentle, herd, hitch, housetrain, naturalize, raise, reclaim, round up, subdue, teach, train, yoke; concepts 202,285 domesticity [n] home life domestication, family life, staying at home; concept 516 domestic partner [n] live-in signicant other beneciary, cohabitant, companion, housemate, longtime companion, lover, partner, spouse; concept 414 domicile [n] human habitat abode, accommodation, apartment, castle, commorancy, condo*, condominium, co-op, crash pad*, dump, dwelling, habitation, home, house, joint, legal residence, mansion, pad*, rack*, residence, residency, roof over head*, roost*, settlement; concepts 439,516 dominance [n] supremacy ascendancy, authority, command, control, domination, dominion, government, inuence, paramountcy, power, preeminence, preponderance, prepotence, prepotency, rule, sovereignty, sway, upper hand, whip hand; concepts 376,668 Ant. modesty, subordination, weakness

dominant [adj1] superior, controlling ascendant, assertive, authoritative, bossy, chief, commanding, demonstrative, despotic, domineering, effective, rst, foremost, governing, imperative, imperious, leading, main, obtaining, outweighing, overbalancing, overbearing, overweighing, paramount, powerful, predominant, predominate, preeminent, preponderant, presiding, prevailing, prevalent, principal, regnant, reigning, ruling, sovereign, supreme, surpassing, transcendent; concept 574 Ant. humble, inferior, modest, reserved, retiring, unaggressive, unassuming, uncontrolling dominant [adj2] main, primary capital, chief, inuential, major, number one*, outstanding, paramount, predominant, preeminent, prevailing, prevalent, principal, prominent, stellar; concept 568 Ant. inferior, secondary, subordinate dominate [v1] govern, rule boss, call the shots*, command, control, detract from, dictate, direct, domineer, eclipse, handle, have ones way*, have upper hand*, head, hold sway over*, inuence, keep under thumb*, lay down the law*, lead, lead by the nose*, manage, monopolize, outshine, overbear, overrule, overshadow, play rst ddle*, predominate, preponderate, prevail, prevail over, reign, rule the roost*, run, run the show*, sit on top of*, subject, subjugate, superabound, sway, tyrannize; concepts 94,117,298 Ant. follow, go along, submit, surrender, yield dominate [v2] tower above bestride, look down upon, loom over, overlie, overlook, overtop, stand over, survey; concepts 741, 752 Ant. be below domination [n] control; subjection ascendancy, authority, command, despotism, dictatorship, dominance, dominion, inuence, jurisdiction, might, oppression, power, preponderancy, prepotence, prepotency, repression, rule, sovereignty, strings*, subordination, superiority, suppression, supremacy, sway, tyranny; concept 376 Ant. following, submission, surrender, yielding domineer [v] oppress; assume authority be in the saddle*, bend, bluster, boss around*, browbeat, bulldoze*, bully*, call the shots*, dominate, hector, henpeck*, in the drivers seat*, intimidate, keep under thumb*, kick around*, lead by the nose*, menace, overbear, predominate, preponderate, prevail, push the buttons*, reign, rule, rule the roost*, run the show*, run things*, swagger, threaten, throw weight around*, tyrannize; concepts 14,94 Ant. follow, submit, surrender, yield domineering [adj] oppressive, authoritarian arrogant, autocratic, bossy, coercive, crack the whip*, despotic, dictatorial, egotistic, highhanded, imperative, imperial, imperious, in drivers seat*, insolent, iron-handed*, on high horse*, overbearing, peremptory, tyrannical; concept 401 Ant. submissive, surrendering, yielding dominion [n] area of rule; authority ascendancy, authorization, bailiwick, command, commission, control, country, demesne, district, domain, dominance, domination, empire, enclave, eld, government, jurisdiction,

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management, power, preeminence, prepotence, prepotency, prerogative, privilege, property, province, realm, regency, regiment, regimentation, region, reign, rule, seniority, sovereignty, sphere, state, stomping grounds*, supremacy, sway, terrain, territory, turf, walk; concepts 198,376,710 Ant. outside donate [v] make a gift of accord, ante up*, award, bequeath, bestow, chip in*, confer, contribute, devote, dole out*, do ones part*, feed the kitty*, get in the act*, get it up*, give, give away, grant, hand out, lay on, pass the hat*, present, provide, subscribe, sweeten the pot*; concept 108 Ant. keep, renege donation [n] gift a hand*, aid, allowance, alms, appropriation, assistance, benefaction, benecence, bequest, boon, charity, contribution, dole, do ones part*, endowment, gifting, grant, gratuity, handout, help, helping hand* largess, lump, offering, philanthropy, pittance, present, presentation, ration, relief, subscription, subsidy, subvention, write-off*; concepts 337,340 done [adj1] accomplished, nished all in*, all over*, a wrap*, brought about, brought to pass, buttoned up*, compassed, complete, completed, concluded, consummated, depleted, down, drained, effected, effete, ended, executed, exhausted, xed, fullled, over, perfected, performed, realized, rendered, set, spent, succeeded, terminated, through, used up, wired, wrought; concepts 528,531 Ant. incomplete, undone, unnished, unperfected done [adj2] thoroughly cooked baked, boiled, brewed, broiled, browned, crisped, fried, ready, stewed; concepts 462,613 Ant. rare, raw, undone done [adj3] approved, agreed upon compacted, determined, okay, settled, youre on*; concept 558 Ant. denied, vetoed done for [adj] beaten, defeated broken, conquered, dashed, destroyed, doomed, nished, foiled, lost, ruined, through, undone, vanquished, washed-up*, wrecked; concepts 537,570 Ant. accomplished, successful done in [adj] exhausted all in*, bushed*, dead, depleted, done, effete, fagged, far-gone*, on last leg*, ready to drop*, spent, tired, used up, washed-out*, weary, worn-out; concepts 314,485 Ant. rested Don Juan [n] ladies man Casanova*, charmer, lady-killer*, libertine, lover, philanderer, playboy, Romeo*, seducer, skirt chaser, smooth operator, stud, woman chaser; concept 423 donkey [n] small domestic horselike mammal ass, burro, horse, jackass, jennet, jenny, maud, moke, mule, neddy, pony, Rocky Mountain canary*; concept 400 donnybrook [n] brawl battle royal, ght, fracas, fray, free-for-all, hoedown*, melee, rhubarb*, riot, row, rumble, shindig, slugfest*, turmoil, uproar; concepts 46,106 donor [n] giver of gift almsgiver, altruist, angel*, backer, benefactor, benefactress, bestower, conferrer, contributor, donator, grantor, heavy hitter*, patron, philanthropist, presenter, Santa Claus*, savior, subscriber; concept 359 do-nothing [n] bum couch potato*, goof-off*, idler, lazybones, lazy person, loafer, moocher, slacker; concepts 412,423

doodad [n] gadget contraption, contrivance, doohickey*, gismo, object, thing, thingamabob*, thingamajig*, whatchamacallit*, widget; concepts 463,499 doohickey [n] gadget contraption, contrivance, doodad*, gismo, object, thing, thingamabob*, thingamajig*, whatchamacallit*, widget; concepts 463,499 doom [n] fate or decision, usually unpleasant annihilation, calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, circumstance, conclusion, condemnation, death, decree, destination, destiny, destruction, disaster, downfall, end, xed future, foreordination, fortune, handwriting on wall*, judgment, Judgment Day, karma, kismet, lap of the gods*, lot, Moira, opinion, portion, predestination, predetermination, ruin, sentence, tragedy, verdict, way the ball bounces*, way the cookie crumbles*; concept 679 doomed [adj] condemned, hopeless bedeviled, bewitched, convicted, cursed, cut down, damned, dead duck*, destroyed, done, done for*, fated, foreordained, ill-fated, ill-omened, in the cards*, kiss of death*, lost, luckless, menaced, overthrown, overwhelmed, predestined, que sera sera*, reprobate, ruined, sentenced, star-crossed, sunk, suppressed, threatened, thrown down, undone, unfortunate, unredeemed, wrecked; concept 537 Ant. hopeful, lucky doomsayer [n] alarmist Chicken Little, doom merchant, pessimist, scaremonger; concepts 412,423 door [n] entrance to room, building aperture, egress, entry, entryway, exit, gate, gateway, hatch, hatchway, ingress, opening, portal, postern, slammer; concept 440 doorbell [n] chime buzzer, door knocker, ringer; concepts 74,284,529,685 do out of [v] cheat balk, beat out of*, bilk, con, deceive, deprive, steal, swindle, trick; concepts 59,139 doozy [n] winner beauty, humdinger*, killer*, lulu*, smash hit, something; concepts 366,416 dope [n1] stupid person ass, blockhead*, dimwit*, dolt, donkey*, dunce, fool, idiot, lame-brain*, simpleton; concepts 412,423 Ant. brain, genius dope [n2] drug narcotic, opiate, stimulant; concept 307 dope [n3] inside news account, details, developments, facts, info*, information, knowledge, lowdown*, tip*; concept 274 dope [v] drug someone adulterate, anesthetize, deaden, debase, inject, knock out*, load, narcotize, put to sleep, sedate, soak, sophisticate, stupefy; concepts 156,310 dopey [adj] stupid comatose, dense, dumb, foolish, heavy, hebetudinous, idiotic, lethargic, senseless, silly, simple, slow, sluggish, slumberish, thick, torpid; concept 402 Ant. brainy, intelligent, sensible, smart dormant [adj] inactive; sleeping abeyant, asleep, closed down, comatose, down, fallow, hibernating, inert, inoperative, latent, lethargic, lurking, on the shelf*, out of action*, passive, potential, prepatent, quiescent, sidelined, slack, sluggish, slumbering, smoldering, suspended, torpid; concept 539 Ant. active, lively

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dormitory [n] living quarters bedroom, dorm, dorm room, sleeping quarters; concept 448 dose [n] portion of drug or other consumable application, dosage, dram, draught, ll, x*, hit*, lot, measure, measurement, nip*, potion, prescription, quantity, share, shot*, slug*, spoonful; concepts 307,835 dossier [n] le archives, information, personal account, portfolio, prole, record, recorded information, report, summary; concepts 271,281 dot [n] tiny mark, drop atom, circle, dab, droplet, eck, yspeck, grain, iota, jot, mite, mote, particle, period, pinpoint, point, speck, spot, tittle; concepts 284,831 dot [v] make spot(s) bespeckle, dab, dabble, eck, freckle, pepper, pimple, sprinkle, stipple, stud; concepts 79,174 dotage [n] feebleness, old age advanced age, decrepitude, elderliness, fatuity, imbecility, inrmity, second childhood*, senectitude, senility, weakness; concepts 405,715 Ant. childhood, strength, youngness, youth, youthfulness dote on/dote upon [v] lavish affection on admire, adore, be fond of, be infatuated with, be sweet on*, cherish, enjoy, fancy, hold dear, idolize, like, love, pet, prize, treasure, worship; concept 32 Ant. ignore, neglect doting [adj] indulgent; serving adoring, affectionate, devoted, fascinated, fatuous, fond, foolish, lovesick, lovesome, loving, silly, simple, struck; concept 401 Ant. ignorance, neglect, negligence dotty [adj] crazy absurd, daft, demented, disturbed, eccentric, foolish, goofy*, loony*, mentally unbalanced, nuts*, nutty, odd, peculiar, queer, ridiculous, strange, twisted, unconventional, weird; concept 403 double [adj] in a pair as much again, bifold, binary, binate, coupled, dual, dualistic, duple, duplex, duplicate, duplicated, geminate, paired, repeated, second, twice, twin, twofold, two times; concept 771 Ant. single double [n] something which exactly resembles another angel, clone, companion, coordinate, copy, counterpart, dead ringer*, duplicate, image, impersonator, lookalike*, match, mate, picture, portrait, reciprocal, replica, ringer*, simulacrum, spitting image*, stand-in*, twin; concepts 664,716 double [v] make two of; make twice as large amplify, augment, dualize, dupe, duplicate, duplify, enlarge, fold, grow, increase, infold, loop, magnify, multiply, plait, pleat, plicate, redouble, repeat, replicate, supplement; concepts 236,245 Ant. disect, divide, halve double back [v] reverse path backtrack, circle, dodge, loop, retrace ones steps, return, turn; concepts 224,232 Ant. forge, forward, go forward double-cross [v] betray beguile, bluff, cheat, con, cross, deceive, defraud, four-ush*, hoodwink*, humbug*, illude, juggle, mislead, sell, sell out*, split, swindle, take in, trick, two-time*; concepts 7,19,59 Ant. be open, tell truth double-dealing [adj] cheating, deceitful ambidextrous, crooked, dishonest, double, duplicitous, fraudulent, hypocritical, insincere, lefthanded*, lying, perdious, sneaky, swindling,

treacherous, tricky, two-faced*, two-timing*, underhanded, untrustworthy, wily; concept 401 Ant. forthright, honest, truthful double-dealing [n] betrayal, cheating bad faith, chicane, chicanery, deceit, deception, dishonesty, duplicity, foul play*, fourberie, fraud, hanky-panky*, hypocrisy, mendacity, perdy, sharp practice*, treachery, trickery, two-timing*; concept 59 Ant. forthrightness, honesty, truthfulness double entendre [n] play on words ambiguity, amphibiology, double meaning, equivocality, equivocation, equivoque, innuendo, joke, pun, tergiversation; concepts 278,682 double standard [n] contrasting principles contradictory standard, two sets of rules; concepts 46,278,665 double-talk [n] nonsense communicated amphibiology, balderdash, baloney*, bull*, drivel, equivocation, imam*, gibberish, jazz*, mumbo jumbo*, rigmarole; concept 278 Ant. sense, straight talk doubt [n] lack of faith, conviction; questioning agnosticism, ambiguity, apprehension, confusion, demurral, difculty, difdence, dilemma, disbelief, discredit, disquiet, distrust, dubiety, dubiousness, faithlessness, faltering, fear, hesitancy, hesitation, incertitude, incredulity, indecision, irresolution, lack of condence, misgiving, mistrust, perplexity, problem, qualm, quandary, rejection, reluctance, scruple, skepticism, suspense, suspicion, uncertainty, vacillation, wavering; concepts 21,410,689, 690 Ant. belief, certainty, condence, dependence, faith, reliance, trust doubt [v] lack condence in; question be apprehensive of, be curious, be dubious, be in a quandary, be puzzled, be uncertain, be undetermined, call in question, challenge, demur, disbelieve, discredit, dispute, distrust, fear, uctuate, give no credence, harbor suspicion, have qualms, hesitate, imagine, impugn, insinuate, misdoubt, misgive, mistrust, not buy*, query, read differently, scruple, shilly-shally*, skepticize, smell a rat*, surmise, suspect, take dim view of, vacillate, waver, wonder at; concept 21 Ant. be certain, believe, not question, rely, trust doubter [n] person who does not believe agnostic, cynic, disbeliever, headshaker*, questioner, skeptic, unbeliever, zetetic; concepts 361,423 Ant. believer, truster doubtful [adj1] questionable, unclear ambiguous, borderline, chancy, clouded, contingent, debatable, dicey, disreputable, doubtable, dubious, dubitable, equivocal, far-fetched, fat chance, shy*, hazardous, hazy, iffy*, impugnable, inconclusive, indecisive, indenite, indeterminate, indistinct, insecure, long shot*, obscure, on thin ice*, open, pending, precarious, problematic, shady, sneaky*, speculative, suspect, suspicious, touch-and-go*, touchy, uncertain, unconrmed, undecided, uneasy, unsettled, unstable, unsure, up for grabs*; concepts 529,535 Ant. certain, clear, conrmed, decided, denite, exact, resolved, settled, unquestionable doubtful [adj2] not believing agnostic, bafed, confused, discomposed, disconcerted,

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distracted, distrustful, disturbed, doubting, dubious, equivocal, faithless, faltering, ustered, hesitant, hesitating, in a quandary, in clouds*, indecisive, in dilemma, irresolute, like doubting Thomas*, lost, not following, of two minds*, perplexed, puzzled, questioning, skeptical, suspicious, tentative, theoretical, troubled, uncertain, unconvinced, undecided, unresolved, unsettled, unsure, vacillating, wavering, without belief; concepts 403,542 Ant. believing, certain, condent, convinced, sure, trusting doubting Thomas [n] skeptic disbeliever, doubter, questioner, unbeliever; concepts 361, 423 doubtless [adv] certainly; most likely absolutely, apparently, assuredly, clearly, easily, for sure, indisputably, no ifs ands or buts*, of course, ostensibly, positively, precisely, presumably, probably, seemingly, supposedly, surely, truly, undoubtedly, unequivocally, unquestionably, without doubt; concepts 535, 552 Ant. doubted, doubtedly, dubious, improbably, questionable, uncertain, unlikely dough [n] money beans*, boodle*, bread*, bucks*, cabbage*, cash, change, chips, clams*, coin, coinage, cold cash, currency, dinero, funds, greenback*, hard cash*, legal tender, lettuce*, loot, moola, pesos*, wealth; concept 340 doughnut [n] sweet ring-shaped fried cake bun, cruller, danish, dunker*, pastry, sinker*, sweet roll; concepts 457,461 do up [v] physically prepare; x clean, doctor, enclose, nish, gift-wrap, launder, mend, overhaul, package, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, repair, revamp, wash, wrap; concepts 126,165,182 Ant. hurt, injure, ruin dour [adj] gloomy, grim bleak, crabbed, dismal, dreary, forbidding, glum, hard, harsh, morose, saturnine, severe, sour, stringent, sulky, sullen, surly, ugly, unfriendly; concepts 401,542 Ant. bright, cheerful, cheery, happy douse [v] drench, extinguish with liquid blow out, deluge, drown, duck, dunk, immerse, plunge, put out, quench, saturate, slop, slosh, smother, snuff, snuff out, soak, sop, souse, spatter, splash, splatter, squench, steep, submerge, submerse, wet; concepts 250,256 Ant. dry dovetail [v] link, t together accord, agree, check out, coincide, conform, correspond, go, harmonize, interlock, jibe, join, match, mortise, square, sync*, sync up*, tally, tenon, unite; concepts 113,664 Ant. disconnect, disunite, unlink dowdy [adj] poorly dressed; old-fashioned antiquated, archaic, baggy, bedraggled, blowsy*, bygone, dated, dingy, drab, dull, frowzy*, frumpy*, homely, moldy, old hat*, outdated, outmoded, out-of-date, pass, plain, run-down, scrubby*, shabby, slatternly, sloppy, slovenly, stodgy, tacky, tasteless, unfashionable, unkempt, unseemly, unstylish, untidy, vintage, wrinkled; concept 589 Ant. chic, classy, fashionable, modern do without [v] get along without abstain from, dispense, endure, forgo, give up; concepts 23, 646 down [adj1/adv] below; physically lower bottomward, cascading, declining, depressed,

descending, downgrade, downhill, downward, dropping, earthward, falling, gravitating, groundward, inferior, nether, precipitating, sagging, sinking, sliding, slipping, slumping, subjacent, to the bottom, under, underneath; concepts 583,586,735 Ant. above, higher down [adj2] unhappy bad, blue*, cast down, chapfallen, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, disheartened, dispirited, downcast, downhearted, low, miserable, off, sad, slack, sluggish; concept 403 Ant. cheerful, cheery, happy, heartened down-and-out [adj] poverty-stricken beaten, beggared, defeated, derelict, destitute, nished, impoverished, needy, outcast, penniless, ruined, vagabond, vagrant; concept 334 Ant. rich, wealthy, well-to-do downbeat [adj] pessimistic cheerless, defeatist, dejected, dispirited, gloomy, hopeless, negative, unhappy, unhopeful; concepts 403,548 downcast [adj] depressed, unhappy bad, blue, brooding, bummed out*, cast down, chapfallen, cheerless, crestfallen, daunted, dejected, despondent, disappointed, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, dismayed, dispirited, distressed, doleful, down, downhearted, down in the dumps*, down-in-the-mouth*, dragged*, droopy, dull, forlorn, gloomy, glum, heartsick, in pain, listless, low, low-spirited, miserable, moody, mopey*, morose, oppressed, sad, shot down*, singing the blues*, sunk*, troubled, weighed down*, woebegone; concept 403 Ant. cheerful, elated, glad, happy, heartened, satised downer [n] depressing experience bad deal*, bad scene*, bad trip*, bummer*, drag*, misfortune, raw deal, rotten hand; concepts 674,679 downfall [n] disgrace, ruin atrophy, bane, breakdown, cloudburst, collapse, comedown, comeuppance, debacle, decadence, declension, degeneracy, degeneration, deluge, descent, destruction, deterioration, devolution, discomture, down, drop, failure, fall, ood, on the rocks*, overthrow, rack and ruin*, road to ruin*, ruination, storm, the skids*, undoing; concepts 674,679,699 Ant. accomplishment, ascent, rise, success downgrade [n] slope decline, declivity, descent, dip, hill, inclination, pitch; concepts 509,738 Ant. upgrade downgrade [v] lower in opinion or rank abase, bench*, break*, bump*, bust*, declass, decrease, decry, degrade, demerit, demote, denigrate, depreciate, detract from, devalorize, devalue, disparage, disrate, humble, mark down, minimize, reduce, run down, set back, take down a peg*, undervalue, write off*; concepts 7,19,54,240 Ant. improve, promote, raise, upgrade downhearted [adj] depressed, unhappy blue*, chapfallen, crestfallen, dejected, despondent, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, dismayed, dispirited, down, downcast, low, low-spirited, sad, sorrowful, spiritless, woebegone; concept 403 Ant. cheered, happy, heartened, uplifted downhill [adj] descending declining, dipping, dropping, falling, sloping downward; concepts 583,586,735

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downlink [n] transmission path for data circuit, communications pathway, network, pathway, signal route; concept 269 download [v] transfer data from one computer system to another boot up, compute, computerize, crunch numbers*, digitize, initialize, input, keyboard, key in, load, log in, log out, program, run; concepts 211,217,223 downplay [v] minimize attach little importance to, deemphasize, devalue, give little weight to, lessen, make light of, play down, soften, think nothing of, whitewash; concepts 54,240,247 downpour [n] tremendous pouring of rain cloudburst, deluge, drencher, ood, inundation, monsoon, rainstorm, storm, torrential rain; concept 526 Ant. sprinkle downright [adj] thorough, absolute blatant, blunt, categorical, certain, clear, complete, damned, explicit, at, gross, honest, indubitable, open, out-and-out, outright, plain, positive, simple, sincere, straight, straightforward, sure, thoroughgoing, total, undisguised, unequivocal, unmitigated, unqualied, unquestionable, utter, whole; concept 531 downside [n] a negative aspect of a situation defect, disadvantage, drawback, fault, aw, inconvenience, minus, problem, trouble; concepts 666,674 downsize [v] to decrease in size, especially of a workforce curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, decrease, deduct, diminish, phase down, phase out, reduce, retrench, roll back, roll down, scale back, scale down, shrink, step down, trim, trim away, tune down; concepts 236,240,247 downtime [n] time during which an activity is stopped break, breathing spell, freedom, free time, halt, interim, interlude, intermission, letup, lull, pause, recess, repose, respite, rest, spare time, spell, stay, suspension, time on ones hands, time out, time to burn, time to kill; concept 807 down-to-earth [adj] reasonable, practical common, commonsense, easy, hard, hardboiled, hardheaded, matter-of-fact, mundane, no-nonsense, plainspoken, pragmatic, rational, realistic, sane, sensible, sober, unfantastic, unidealistic, unsentimental; concepts 402,558 Ant. excitable, excited, impractical, unreasonable, unsensible downtrodden [adj] aficted, abused abject, a slave to*, at ones beck and call*, at ones feet*, at ones mercy*, destitute, distressed, exploited, have-not, helpless, in ones clutches*, in ones pocket*, in ones power*, led by the nose*, maltreated, mistreated, needy, oppressed, overcome, persecuted, subjugated, subservient, suppressed, tyrannized, underdog*, underfoot*, under ones thumb*; concept 542 Ant. happy, respected, satised downturn [n] drop decline, descent, deterioration, dip, downtick, fall, plunge, retreat, sinking, slide, slump; concepts 336,346,738 downy [adj] uffy featherlike, feathery, eecy, fuzzy, light, plumate, plumose, pubescent, silky, soft, velutinous, velvety, woolly; concepts 604,606 doze [n] light sleep catnap, drowse, forty winks*, nap, shut-eye*, siesta, slumber, snooze*; concepts 315,681

doze [v] take a nap catch a wink*, catnap, cop some zs*, drift off*, drop off*, drowse, nod off*, sleep, sleep lightly, slumber, snooze; concepts 315,681 drab [adj] dull, colorless arid, blah*, bleak, boring, brown, characterless, cheerless, desolate, dingy, dismal, dreary, dry, dull as dishwater*, faded, at, gloomy, gray, grungy, lackluster, lusterless, muddy, murky, run-down, same, shabby, somber, subfuse, unchanging, uninspired, vapid, zero*; concepts 536,617,618 Ant. bright, colorful, inspired draconian [adj] harsh brutal, cruel, drastic, exorbitant, extreme, heavy-handed, oppressive, rough, severe, strict, very severe; concept 401 draft [n1] something formulated; plan abstract, blueprint, delineation, outline, preliminary form, rough sketch, version; concepts 271,660 draft [n2] check for paying money bank draft, bill, bond, cheque, coupon, debenture, IOU, letter of credit, money order, order, promissory note, receipt, warrant; concepts 332,344 draft [n3] gust of air breeze, current, eddy, puff, wind; concept 437 draft [n4] military conscription allotment, assignment, call of duty, call-up*, greetings*, impressment, induction, letter from Uncle Sam*, levy, lottery, recruiting, registration, roll call*, selection, selective service; concept 321 draft [n5] drink of beverage drag*, drain, drench, glass, peg*, quaff, swallow, swig*, swill*; concepts 169,454 draft [v1] formulate adumbrate, block out, characterize, compose, concoct, contrive, delineate, design, devise, draw, draw up, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, frame, invent, make, manufacture, outline, plan, prepare, project, rough, shape, skeleton, sketch; concepts 36,79,173 draft [v2] select for military force call up, choose, conscribe, conscript, dragoon, enlist, enroll, impress, indite, induct, muster, press, recruit, sign on, sign up; concepts 8,320 drag [n1] bad situation annoyance, bore, bother, burden, encumbrance, hang-up, hindrance, impediment, nuisance, pain, pest, pill, sway, trouble; concept 674 drag [n2] a puff while smoking breathing, draw, inhalation, pull, smoke; concept 185 drag [v1] haul something to a new place draw, hale, lug, magnetize, move, pull, schlepp*, tow, trail, transport, truck, tug, yank; concepts 206,213 drag [v2] move very slowly be delayed, be quiescent, crawl, creep, dally*, dawdle*, delay, encounter difculty*, hang*, inch*, lag, lag behind, limp along, linger, loiter, mark time*, poke*, procrastinate, put off*, sag, shamble, shufe, slow down, stagnate, straggle, tarry, trail behind*, traipse; concepts 151,681 Ant. rush dragging [adj] tiresome, monotonous boring, drawn-out, dull, going slowly, humdrum, lengthy, long, overlong, prolonged, protracted, tedious, wearisome; concepts 482,798 Ant. energizing, lively dragnet [n] manhunt all points bulletin, chase, pursuit, search; concept 207 drag on/drag out [v] extend time of action continue, draw out, endure, extend, go on

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slowly, keep going, lengthen, persist, prolong, protract, spin out, stretch out; concept 239 Ant. complete drag queen [n] cross-dresser female impersonator, transvestite; concept 412 drain [n] channel through which liquid runs off cesspool, cloaca, conduit, culvert, ditch, duct, outlet, pipe, sewer, sink, trench, watercourse; concept 501 drain [v1] remove liquid; remove supply abate, bankrupt, bleed, bleed dry*, catheterize, consume, debilitate, decrease, deplete, devitalize, diminish, dissipate, divert, draft, draw off, drink up, dry, empty, evacuate, exhaust, expend, fatigue, lter off, nish, free from, get last drop*, get rid of, gulp down, impoverish, lessen, milk*, pump, pump out, quaff, reduce, sap, siphon, spend, strain, suck, suck dry*, swallow, tap, tax, tire out, use up, waste, wear, wear down, weary, withdraw; concepts 142,211, 225 Ant. ll, pour drain [v2] seep, discharge liquid abate, decline, decrease, diminish, dwindle, effuse, exude, lter off, ow, ow out, leak, leave dry, ooze, osmose, percolate, reduce, run off, taper off, trickle, well; concepts 179,698 Ant. ll drained [adj] used up; exhausted all in*, beat*, bleary, burned out*, dead, dead tired*, depleted, dragging, effete, far-gone, hacked*, pooped*, spent, washed-out, weary, wiped-out*, worn-out; concepts 485,560 Ant. energized, full, lively drama [n1] theatrical piece; acting boards*, Broadway*, climax, comedy, dramatic art, dramatization, dramaturgy, farce, footlights, histrionic art, melodrama, play, production, scene, show, show business, showmanship, stagecraft, stage show, tear-jerker*, theater, theatricals, thespian art, tragedy, vehicle*; concepts 263,271,293 Ant. comedy drama [n2] turmoil in real life climax, comedy, crisis, dramatics, emotion, excitement, farce, histrionics, melodrama, scene, spectacle, tension, theatrics, tragedy; concept 674 dramatic [adj] exciting, moving affecting, breathtaking, climactic, comic, effective, electrifying, emotional, expressive, farcical, histrionic, impressive, melodramatic, powerful, sensational, startling, striking, sudden, suspenseful, tense, theatrical, thespian, thrilling, tragic, vivid; concepts 537,548 Ant. comedic, normal, ordinary, undramatic, unexciting, unmoving, usual dramatization [n] drama dramatics, entertainment, melodrama; concepts 263,271,293 dramatize [v] make a performance of act, amplify, burlesque, enact, exaggerate, execute, farcialize, give color to, ham it up*, lay it on*, make a production of, melodramatize, overdo, overstate, perform, playact, play on heartstrings*, play to gallery, play up, present, produce, show, splash, stage, tragedize; concepts 49,59,292 drape [v] hang over, adorn array, cloak, clothe, cover, dangle, display, don, dress, droop, drop, enclose, enswathe, envelop, enwrap, fold, hang, lean over, let fall, line, model, roll, sprawl, spread, spread-eagle, suspend, swathe, wrap; concept 172 Ant. undrape

drastic [adj] severe, extreme desperate, dire, exorbitant, extravagant, forceful, harsh, immoderate, radical, strong; concepts 537,569 Ant. calm, collected, easy, mild draw [n] tie in competition dead end*, dead heat*, deadlock, even steven*, photo nish*, stalemate, standoff, tie; concept 706 draw [v1] move something by pulling attract, bring, carry, convey, cull, draft, drag, drain, educe, elicit, evoke, extract, fetch, gather, haul, hook, jerk, lug, magnetize, pick, pluck, pump, rake, siphon, tap, tow, trail, trawl, tug, wind in, wrench, yank; concept 206 Ant. exhale, propel, push, repel, repulse draw [v2] create a likeness in a picture caricature, chart, compose, crayon, delineate, depict, describe, design, draft, engrave, etch, express, form, formulate, frame, graph, limn, map out, mark, model, outline, paint, pencil, portray, prepare, prole, sketch, trace, write; concepts 79,174 draw [v3] deduce collect, conclude, derive, gather, get, infer, judge, make, make out, take; concept 15 draw [v4] allure, inuence argue into, attract, bewitch, bring around, bring forth, call forth, captivate, charm, convince, elicit, enchant, engage, entice, evoke, fascinate, get, induce, invite, lure, magnetize, persuade, prompt, take, wile, win over; concepts 7,19,22,68 Ant. alienate, estrange, push away, rebuff, reject, repel, repulse, turn off draw [v5] take out, extend attenuate, choose, drain, elongate, extort, extract, lengthen, pick, pull out, respire, select, single out, stretch, suck, take; concept 142 Ant. put in, shorten drawback [n] disadvantage check, defect, deciency, detriment, difculty, disability, evil, failing, fault, aw, y in the ointment*, handicap, hindrance, hitch, ill, impediment, imperfection, inconvenience, lack, nuisance, obstacle, shortcoming, snag, stumbling block*, trouble, weakness; concepts 666,674 Ant. advantage, benet, boon, extra, perfection draw back [v] retract from position deduct, discount, pull back, recede, recoil, reel in, retreat, sheathe, shrink, start back, subtract, take away, withdraw; concepts 195,213 Ant. forge, go forward, start drawing [n] illustration cartoon, commercial art, comp, delineation, depiction, design, doodle, etching, graphics, layout, likeness, outline, painting, picture, portrayal, representation, sketch, storyboard, study, tracing, work of art; concept 625 drawl [v] lengthen, draw out chant, drag out, drone, extend, intone, nasalize, prolong, pronounce slowly, protract, utter; concepts 77,239 Ant. clip, shorten drawn [adj] tense, fatigued fraught, haggard, harassed, harrowed, peaked, pinched, sapped, starved, strained, stressed, taut, thin, tired, worn; concept 485 Ant. relaxed, unstressed draw on [v] use to advantage effect, employ, exploit, extract, fall back on, have recourse to, make use of, rely on, require, take from; concept 225 draw out [v] prolong attract, continue, drag, drag out, elongate, extend, lead on, lengthen,

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make longer, prolongate, protract, pull, spin, spin out*, stretch, string out*, tug; concepts 236,239,245 Ant. clip, shorten draw up [v] draft document compose, formulate, frame, indite, make, prepare, write, write out; concept 79 dread [adj] horrible, terrifying alarming, awe-inspiring, awful, creepy*, dire, frightening, frightful, shuddersome, terrible; concept 537 Ant. pleasant, pleasing, welcomed, wonderful dread [n] fear affright, alarm, apprehension, aversion, awe, cold feet*, consternation, creeps*, dismay, fright, funk*, goose bumps*, horror, jitters, panic, phobia, stage fright, terror, trepidation, trepidity, worriment; concept 27 Ant. bravery, condence, courage, encouragement, want, welcoming dread [v] anticipate with horror apprehend, be afraid, cringe, fear, have cold feet*, misdoubt, quake, shrink from, shudder, tremble; concept 27 Ant. encourage, want, welcome dreadful [adj] horrible, frightening abominable, alarming, appalling, atrocious, awful, bad, beastly, creepy*, dire, distressing, fearful, formidable, frightful, frozen, ghastly, godawful*, grievous, grim, grody*, gross*, hideous, horrendous, horric, icky*, lousy, mean, monstrous, rotten, shameful, shocking, shuddersome, spooky, terrible, terric, tragic, tremendous, wicked; concepts 537,550 Ant. pleasant, pleasing, welcomed, wonderful dream [n1] illusion, vision bubble*, castle in the air*, chimera, daydream, delusion, fancy, fantasy, hallucination, head trip*, idea, image, imagination, impression, incubus, mental picture, nightmare, pie in the sky*, pipe dream*, rainbow, reverie, specter, speculation, thought, trance, vagary, wraith; concept 529 Ant. actuality, certainty, existence, fact, reality, substance, truth dream [n2] goal ambition, aspiration, design, desire, ight of fancy*, hope, notion, pipe dream*, wish; concept 659 dream [v] conjure up scenario be delirious, be moonstruck, be up in clouds*, brainstorm, build castles in air*, conceive, concoct, cook up*, crave, create, daydream, devise, envisage, fancy, fantasize, formulate, hallucinate, hanker*, hatch*, have a ash*, have a nightmare*, have a notion*, have a vision, hunger, idealize, imagine, invent, long, lust, make up, picture, pine, search for pot of gold*, sigh, stargaze*, sublimate, think, think up, thirst, visualize; concepts 17,529 dreamer [n] visionary daydreamer, escapist, fantasizer, idealist, romantic, star-gazer, theorizer, Walter Mitty*; concepts 361,416 dreamland [n] sleep, fantasy world cloud cuckoo land, ideal place, land of Nod, nevernever land, seventh heaven, Shangri-La, slumber, Utopia; concept 315 Ant. real world, wakefulness dream up [v] concoct plan contrive, cook up*, create, devise, frame, hatch*, imagine, invent, make up, spin*, think up; concepts 17,36 dreamy [adj] illusory, romantic abstracted, astral, calming, chimerical, daydreaming, excellent, fanciful, fantastic, gentle, idealistic, imaginary, immaterial, impractical, intangible,

introspective, introvertive, lulling, marvelous, misty, musing, mythical, nightmarish, otherworldly, out of this world*, pensive, phantasmagoric, phantasmagorical, preoccupied, quixotic, relaxing, shadowy, soothing, speculative, unreal, unsubstantial, utopian, vague, visionary, whimsical; concept 582 Ant. horrible, terrible, unromantic dreary [adj] gloomy, lifeless black, blah, bleak, boring, cheerless, colorless, comfortless, damp, depressing, depressive, dingy, dismal, dispiriting, doleful, downcast, drab, dull, forlorn, funereal, glum, humdrum, joyless, lonely, lonesome, melancholy, monotonous, mournful, oppressive, pedestrian, raw, routine, sad, somber, sorrowful, tedious, uneventful, uninteresting, wearisome, windy, wintry, wretched; concepts 525,544 Ant. bright, clear, happy, light, pleasant dredge [v] deepen bring up, clean, dig up, raise, unearth, widen; concept 178 dregs [n1] sediment deposits, dirt, draff, lees, residue, settlings, slag, waste; concept 260 dregs [n2] bad person loser, outcast, rabble, riffraff, scum, trash; concept 412 drench [v] wet thoroughly deluge, dip, douse, drown, duck, dunk, ood, imbrue, immerse, impregnate, inundate, pour, saturate, seethe, soak, sodden, sop, souse, steep, submerge, teem; concept 256 Ant. dry, parch dress [n] clothing; womans garment accouterment, apparel, attire, attirement, civvies*, costume, covering, drape, dry goods, duds*, ensemble, evening clothes, frock, garb, gear, gown, guise, habiliment, habit, muumuu, outt, raiment, robe, shift, skirt, smock, suit, Sunday best*, things*, threads*, tog, toga, toggery, trappings, uniform, vestment, wardrobe; concept 451 dress [v1] put on clothing adorn, apparel, array, attire, bedeck, bundle up, change, clad, clothe, costume, cover, deck, decorate, don, drape, embellish, t out, furbish, garb, ornament, outt, primp, put on, raiment, rig, robe, slip into, slip on, spruce up, suit up, trim, turn out, wear; concept 167 Ant. bare, disrobe, lay bare, unclothe, undress dress [v2] physically prepare; groom adjust, align, arrange, comb, decorate, dispose, do up, t, make ready, ornament, set, straighten, trim; concept 202 Ant. disarray, mess up, rumple, wrinkle dress [v3] cover a wound attend, bandage, bind, cauterize, cleanse, give rst aid, heal, plaster, sew up, sterilize, treat; concepts 172, 310 Ant. open, uncover, undress dress down [v] scold bawl out, berate, carpet, castigate, censure, chew out*, lash, rail, rake over coals*, ream, rebuke, reprimand, reprove, tear into*, tell off*, tongue-lash*, upbraid; concept 52 Ant. compliment, atter, praise dresser [n] chest of drawers bureau, cabinet, chiffonier, closet, highboy, wardrobe; concept 443 dressing-down [n] severe scolding bawlingout, castigation, chiding, lambasting, reprimand, reproach, tongue-lashing, upbraiding; concepts 123,278 dress up [v] put on ones best clothes array, attire, beautify, clothe, deck out*, embellish,

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t out*, x up, gussy up*, improve, overdress, preen, prettify, primp, prink, slick, smarten, spiff up*, spruce up*, titivate; concept 167 Ant. dress casually, dress down dressy [adj] formal, fashionable chic, classy, dressed to kill*, dressed to the nines*, dressed up*, elaborate, elegant, fancy, in high feather*, looking sharp, ornate, ritzy, smart, stylish; concepts 579,589 Ant. casual, dowdy, inelegant, informal, unstylish dribble [v] trickle distill, drip, drivel, drizzle, drool, drop, fall in drops, leak, ooze, run, salivate, seep, slaver, slobber, spout, squirt, trill, weep; concepts 179,185 Ant. pour drift [n1] accumulation alluvion, bank, batch, bunch, bundle, clump, cluster, deposit, heap, hill, lot, mass, mound, mountain, parcel, pile, set, shock, stack; concepts 432,524 drift [n2] meaning, signicance of communication aim, design, direction, end, gist, implication, import, intention, object, progress, progression, purport, scope, signicance, tendency, tenor; concept 682 drift [v] move aimlessly accumulate, aim, amass, amble, be carried along, coast, dance, draw near, icker, it, itter, oat, ow, utter, gad*, gallivant*, gather, go-that-a-way*, go with the tide*, gravitate, hover, kick around*, linger, malinger, meander, mosey*, muck*, ride, sail, saunter, scud, skim, slide, stray, stroll, tend, waft, wander, wash*; concept 147 Ant. decide, direct, guide, set drifter [n] wanderer derelict, hobo, itinerant, nomad, rolling stone, tramp, transient, vagabond, vagrant; concepts 412,423 drill [n1] practice, exercise assignment, call, conditioning, constitutional, daily dozen*, discipline, dress, drilling, dry run*, gym, homework, instruction, learning by doing, maneuvers, marching, preparation, repetition, run-through*, shakedown*, training, tryout, warm-up, workout; concepts 87,290 drill [n2] tool for boring auger, awl, bit, borer, corkscrew, countersink, dibble, gimlet, implement, jackhammer, punch, riveter, rotary tool, trepan, trephine, wimble; concept 499 drill [v1] train, discipline accustom, break, break in, exercise, get into shape, habituate, hone, instruct, lick into shape, practice, rehearse, teach, tune up, walk through, work out; concepts 117,285 drill [v2] bore hole dig, penetrate, perforate, pierce, prick, punch, puncture, sink in; concept 220 drink [n] beverage; alcoholic beverage alcohol, booze*, brew, cup, draft, glass, gulp, libation, liquid, liquor, potable, potation, potion, refreshment, shot, sip, slug*, spirits, spot*, swallow, swig, taste, thirst quencher*, toast; concept 454 Ant. food drink [v] take in liquid absorb, belt*, booze*, consume, dissipate, down, drain, gargle, gulp, guzzle*, hit the bottle*, imbibe, indulge, inhale, irrigate, lap*, liquor up*, nip*, partake of, put away, quaff, sip, slosh, slurp, soak up, sop, sponge, suck, sup, swallow, swig, swill, tank up*, thirst, tipple*, toast, toss off*, wash down*, wet whistle*; concept 169 drip [v] drop, trickle dribble, drizzle, exude,

lter, plop, rain, splash, sprinkle, trill, weep; concept 181 Ant. pour drive [n1] journey by vehicle airing, commute, excursion, expedition, hitch, jaunt, joyride, lift, outing, pickup, ramble, ride, run, spin, Sunday drive*, tour, trip, turn, whirl; concept 224 drive [n2] campaign for cause action, advance, appeal, crusade, effort, enterprise, get-up-andgo*, initiative, push, surge; concepts 87,300 drive [n3] persons will to achieve ambition, clout, effort, energy, enterprise, re in belly*, get-up-and-go, goods*, gumption*, guts*, impellent, impetus, impulse, initiative, momentum, motivation, motive, moxie*, pep, pressure, punch*, push*, right stuff*, spunk*, steam*, stuff*, vigor, vitality, what it takes*, zip*; concepts 411,706 drive [v1] move or urge on actuate, act upon, animate, arouse, bulldoze*, chase, coerce, compel, constrain, dog*, egg on*, encourage, force, goad, goose*, harass, hasten, herd, hound*, hurl, hurry, hustle, impel, induce, inspire, instigate, kick, lean on*, make, motivate, nag, oblige, overburden, overwork, pound, press, pressure, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, push, put up to*, railroad*, ride herd on*, rouse, rush, send, shepherd, shove, spirit up, spur, steamroll*, stimulate, work on, worry; concepts 68,147,208 Ant. check, curb, discourage, dissuade, halt, repress, retard, stop drive [v2] moving, controlling a vehicle actuate, advance, bear down, bicycle, bike, burn rubber*, burn up the road*, coast, cruise, cycle, dash, direct, drag, re up*, oor it*, y, guide, handle, impel, lean on it*, make sparks y*, manage, mobilize, motor, operate, pour it on*, propel, push, ride, roll, run, send, speed, spin, start, steer, step on it*, step on the gas*, tailgate, tool*, transport, travel, turn, vehiculate*, wheel; concepts 148,187 Ant. halt, stop drive [v3] hit with heavy blow batter, beat, butt, dash, dig, hammer, jackhammer, knock, maul, plunge, pop, punch, ram, run, shoot, sink, smite, sock, stab, stick, strike, throw, thrust, thump, twack*, whack*, wham*; concept 189 drive at [v] mean, suggest as meaning aim, allude to, contemplate, design, get at, have in mind, hint at, imply, indicate, intend, intimate, propose, refer to, signify; concepts 73,682 drivel [n] foolish talk babble, balderdash*, blather, bunk*, double-talk, gibberish, gobbledygook*, Greek*, hogwash*, hooey*, jabber*, nonsense, poppycock*, prating, rot*, rubbish*, tripe*, twaddle*; concept 278 Ant. sense drivel [v1] talk foolishly babble, blabber, blather*, blethe, gab, gabble, prate, prattle, ramble, twaddle*, wafe*; concept 266 drivel [v2] drool dribble, salivate, slaver, slobber; concepts 185,256 driver [n] person who engineers vehicle autoist, automobilist, cabbie, chauffeur, coach person, hack*, handler, jockey, leadfoot*, motorist, operator, road hog*, trainer, whip*; concept 423 Ant. passenger driving [adj] forceful active, compelling, dynamic, energetic, enterprising, galvanic, impellent, lively, propulsive, sweeping, urging,

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vigorous, violent; concept 540 Ant. unforceful, weak, wimpy drizzle [v] ne rain dribble, drip, drop, mist, mizzle, shower, spit, spray, sprinkle; concept 526 Ant. downpour droid [n] robot android, clone, cyborg, drone; concept 463 droll [adj] amusing, farcical absurd, camp, campy, clownish, comic, comical, crack-up, diverting, eccentric, entertaining, for grins*, funny, gagged up*, gelastic, humorous, jocular, joshing, laffer, laughable, ludicrous, odd, preposterous, quaint, queer, quizzical, ridiculous, riot, risible, waggish, whimsical; concepts 267,548 Ant. dramatic, serious, traumatic, unfunny drone [n1] person who is lazy idler, leech, loafer, lounger, parasite, slug, sluggard, sponger*; concept 412 Ant. overachiever, workaholic drone [n2] continuous noise buzz, hum, murmur, purr, sound, vibration, whirr; concept 595 Ant. quiet, silence drone [v] making noise continuously bombinate, buzz, chant, drawl, hum, intone, nasalize, purr, sound, strum, thrum, vibrate, whirr; concepts 65,77 Ant. be quiet, silence drool [n1] saliva drivel, expectoration, salivation, slaver, slobber, spit, spittle; concept 467 drool [v1] drivel dribble, lick ones chops*, salivate, slaver, slobber, water at the mouth; concept 467 drool [v2] salivate dribble, drivel, froth, ooze, run, slabber, slaver, slobber, spit, water, water at the mouth; concepts 185,256 drool [v3] desire, lust after dote on, enthuse, fondle, gush, lick chops*, make much of, pet, rave, rhapsodize, rhapsody, slobber over*, spoil, want; concept 20 droop [v] hang down; languish bend, dangle, decline, depress, diminish, drop, fade, fail, faint, fall down, ag, lean, let down, loll, lop, sag, settle, sink, sling, slouch, slump, subside, suspend, weaken, wilt, wither; concepts 181,699 Ant. inate, rise droopy [adj] limp bent, drooping, abby, oppy, languid, languorous, lassitudinous, pendulous, sagging, saggy, slouchy, stooped, wilting; concept 485 Ant. full, inated, raised drop [n1] globule bead, bit, bubble, crumb, dab, dash, dewdrop, driblet, drip, droplet, iota, molecule, morsel, nip, ounce, particle, pearl, pinch, sip, smidgen, speck, splash, spot, taste, tear, teardrop, trace, trickle; concepts 467, 468 drop [n2] steep decline; hole abyss, chasm, declivity, deepness, depth, descent, dip, fall, plunge, precipice, slope, tumble; concepts 181,509 Ant. incline, mound, mountain, rise drop [n3] decrease cut, decline, descent, deterioration, dip, downfall, downslide, downswing, downtrend, downturn, fall, fall-off, landslide, lapse, lowering, precipitation, reduction, sag, slide, slip, slump, tumble, upset; concepts 698,776 Ant. increase, rise drop [v1] fall in globules bead, bleed, descend, distill, drain, dribble, drip, emanate, hail, leak, ooze, percolate, precipitate, seep, snow, splash, trickle, trill; concept 179 Ant. downpour, pour

drop [v2] let go of; fall abandon, bring down, cave in, collapse, decline, depress, descend, dive, duck, dump, fell, oor, op, give up, go down, ground, keel over*, knock, loosen, lower, nose-dive*, pitch, plummet, plump, plunge, release, relinquish, shed, shoot, sink, slide, slip, slump, topple, tumble, unload; concepts 181,200 Ant. ascend, mount, rise, take up drop [v3] abandon; ignore abort, adios*, be alienated from, break with, call off, cancel, cast off, cease, desert, discontinue, dismiss, disown, ditch*, divorce, dust off*, eighty-six*, end, forfeit, forget about, forsake, give up, have done with*, interrupt, jilt, kick*, leave, lose, part from, part with, quit, reject, relinquish, remit, renounce, repudiate, resign, sacrice, scratch*, scrub*, separate, shake, stop, terminate, throw over, wash out*, waste one*, wipe out*, write off*; concepts 30, 121,195 Ant. continue, do, mount, pursue, take up drop in [v] visit blow in*, call, call upon, come by, come over, go and see*, look in on, look up, pop in*, run in*, stop, stop by, stop in, turn up; concept 227 drop in the bucket [n] small amount bit, drop in the ocean*, not enough, pittance, small change*, small potatoes*, small quantity, speck, trivial amount; concept 831 drop off [v1] decrease decline, diminish, dwindle, fall away, fall off, lessen, sag, slacken, slide, slip, slump; concepts 698,776 Ant. go up, increase, rise drop off [v2] deliver deposit, give, hand over, leave, let off, present, set down, unload; concept 108 Ant. receive, take away drop off [v3] fall asleep catnap, doze, doze off*, drowse, have forty winks*, nod, nod off*, snooze; concepts 210,315 Ant. awake, wake drop out [v] stop doing an activity abandon, back out, cease, forsake, give notice, give up, leave, quit, renege, retreat, withdraw; concept 121 Ant. begin, carry out, engage, join droppings [n] excrement cow pies*, cowplop*, crap, dung, feces, fertilizer, guano, manure, meadow mufn*, night soil*, ordure, poop*; concept 260 drought [n] dryness; shortage of supply aridity, dearth, deciency, dehydration, desiccation, dry spell, insufciency, lack, need, parchedness, rainlessness, scarcity, want; concepts 607,646 Ant. monsoon, wetness drove [n] large gathering collection, company, crowd, crush, drive, ock, herd, horde, mob, multitude, pack, press, rout, run, swarm, throng; concepts 397,432 drown [v] submerge in liquid; submerge and die asphyxiate, deluge, dip, douse, drench, engulf, ood, go down, go under, immerse, inundate, knock over, obliterate, overcome, overow, overpower, overwhelm, plunge, prostrate, sink, soak, sop, souse, stie, suffocate, swamp, whelm, wipe out; concepts 252,256 Ant. oat, rescue, save drowsy [adj] sleepy comatose, dazed, dopy, dozing, dozy, dreamy, drugged, half asleep, heavy, indolent, lackadaisical, languid, lazy, lethargic, lulling, napping, nodding, out of it*,

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restful, sluggish, slumberous, snoozy, somnolent, soothing, soporic, tired, torpid; concepts 406,539 Ant. alert, awake, energized, lively drub [v] thrash beat, cane, clobber, defeat, og, hit, lash, pound, spank, strike, tan, trounce, wallop, whip; concept 95 drudge [n] slave, very hard worker factotum, grind*, laborer, menial, nose to grindstone*, peon*, plodder*, servant, toiler, workaholic, worker, workhorse; concept 348 Ant. idler, laze drudge [v] work very hard back to the salt mines*, dig, grind*, hammer*, keep nose to grindstone*, labor, muck*, perform, plod, plow, plug away*, pound*, schlepp*, slave, slog, sweat, toil, travail; concepts 87,100,324 Ant. avoid, be lazy, dodge, hesitate, idle drudgery [n] hard, tedious work backbreaker*, chore, daily grind*, elbow grease*, grind*, gruntwork*, labor, menial labor, rat race, slavery, struggle, sweat, toil, travail, workout; concept 362 Ant. snap drug [n] medication biologic, cure, depressant, dope, essence, medicament, medicinal, medicine, narcotic, opiate, pharmaceutic, pharmaceutical, physic, pill, poison, potion, prescription, remedy, sedative, stimulant, tonic; concept 307 drug [v] put under inuence of medication analgize, anesthetize, benumb, blunt, deaden, desensitize, dope*, dope up, dose, dose up*, x, hit, knock out*, medicate, narcotize, numb, poison, relax, sedate, stupefy, treat; concept 310 drugged [adj] under the inuence of medication benumbed, blown away*, coked*, comatose, dazed, doped, dopey*, oating*, ying*, high*, junked-up*, loaded*, narcotized, on a trip*, out of it*, ripped*, smashed*, spaced-out*, stoned*, strung out*, stupeed, unconscious; concept 314 Ant. clean, undrugged druggist [n] pharmacist apothecary, pharmacologist, posologist; concept 357 drum [v] beat, tap a beat boom*, pulsate, rap, reverberate, roar, strum, tattoo, throb, thrum, thunder*; concepts 65,189 drum into [v] make a point strongly din into, drive home*, hammer away*, harp on*, instill, reiterate; concepts 49,75 drum up [v] gather support for something attract, bid for, canvass, discover, obtain, petition, round up, solicit, succeed in nding; concepts 68,300 Ant. dissuade, repulse, turn off drunk [adj] intoxicated by alcohol bashed, befuddled, boozed up*, buzzed*, crocked*, feeling no pain*, ushed*, ying*, fuddled, glazed*, groggy, high*, inebriated, juiced*, laced*, liquored up*, lit*, lush, muddled, plastered*, potted*, seeing double*, sloshed*, stewed*, stoned*, tanked*, three sheets to the wind*, tight*, tipsy, totaled*, under the inuence, under the table*, wasted*; concepts 314,545 Ant. sober, straight drunk/drunkard [n] person who is inebriated alcoholic, boozer*, carouser*, dipsomaniac, drinker, guzzler*, inebriate, lush*, sot*, sponge*, wino*; concept 423 dry [adj1] moistureless anhydrous, arid, athirst, baked, bald, bare, barren, dehydrated, depleted,

desert, desiccant, desiccated, drained, dried-up, droughty, dusty, evaporated, exhausted, hard, impoverished, juiceless, not irrigated, parched, rainless, sapless, sapped, sear, shriveled, stale, thirsty, torrid, unmoistened, waterless; concept 603 Ant. damp, dripping, humid, juicy, moist, soaked, soggy, watery, wet dry [adj2] dull, uninteresting apathetic, blah, boring, bromidic, draggy, dreary, dull as dishwater*, dusty, ho hum*, impassive, inelaborate, insipid, matter-of-fact, modest, monotonous, naked, phlegmatic, plain, simple, tedious, tiresome, trite, weariful, wearisome; concept 529 Ant. exciting, interesting, juicy, lively, untiring dry [adj3] sarcastic, sharp-tongued acerbic, arcane, biting, caustic, cutting, cynical, deadpan, droll, harsh, humorous, ironical, keen, low-key, restrained, salty, sardonic, satirical, sharp, sly, sour, subtle, tart; concept 267 dry [v] take moisture out of anhydrate, bake, blot, concentrate, condense, dehumidify, dehydrate, deplete, desiccate, drain, empty, evaporate, exhaust, exsiccate, freeze-dry, harden, kiln, mummify, parch, scorch, sear, shrivel, soak up, sponge, stale, swab, torrefy, towel, wilt, wipe, wither, wizen; concepts 250,469 Ant. dampen, soak, water, wet dual [adj] two-fold bifold, binal, binary, coupled, double, doubleheader, duple, duplex, duplicate, matched, paired, twin; concept 762 dub [v] name, label something baptize, bestow, call, christen, confer, denominate, designate, entitle, knight, nickname, style, tag, term, title; concept 62 dubious [adj1] doubtful arguable, chancy, debatable, difdent, disputable, dubitable, equivocal, far-fetched, shy*, y-by-night*, hesitant, iffy*, improbable, indecisive, moot, mootable, open, perplexed, problematic, questionable, reluctant, shady, skeptical, suspect, suspicious, touch and go*, trustless, unassured, uncertain, unclear, unconvinced, undecided, undependable, unlikely, unreliable, unsure, untrustworthy, untrusty, wavering; concept 552 Ant. certain, denite, doubtless, positive, reliable, sure, trustworthy, trusty, undoubtful dubious [adj2] vague, unclear ambiguous, debatable, disinclined, doubtful, equivocal, indenite, indeterminate, mistrustful, obscure, open, problematic, problematical, undecided, unsettled; concepts 535,576 Ant. certain, clear, denite, unambiguous, unobscure duck [v] drop down; avoid bend, bob, bow, crouch, dip, dive, dodge, double, elude, escape, evade, fence, lower, lurch, move to side, parry, plunge, shirk, shun, shy, sidestep, stoop, submerge; concepts 102,154,181 Ant. face, jump, meet duck soup [n] easily accomplished task a breeze, a snap, cakewalk, childs play, easy thing, easy to do, piece of cake; concept 693 duct [n] channel, pipe aqueduct, canal, conduit, course, funnel, passage, tube, vessel, watercourse; concept 501 ductile [adj] pliant, exible adaptable, amenable, biddable, docile, extensile, malleable, manageable, moldable, plastic, pliable, responsive, submitting, supple, tractable, yielding;

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concepts 488,490 Ant. hard, inexible, intractable, stiff, unyielding dud [n] failure bomb, bummer, bust, debacle, op, lemon, loser, washout; concept 674 Ant. success dude [n1] friend buddy, chap, fellow, guy; concept 423 dude [n2] dapper man Beau Brummel*, coxcomb, dandy, fancy Dan*, fashion plate, ne gentleman, fop, slicker*, stud; concept 423 duds [n] clothes accouterment, apparel, array, civvies*, costume, covering, dress, nery, frippery, frock, garb, garments, habiliment, outt, rags*, raiment, sportswear, Sunday best*, tatters*, threads*, wardrobe; concept 451 due [adj1] unpaid; owing money chargeable, collectible, expected, in arrears, IOU, mature, not met, outstanding, overdue, owed, payable, receivable, scheduled, to be paid, unliquidated, unsatised, unsettled; concept 334 Ant. paid due [adj2] appropriate, proper becoming, coming, condign, deserved, earned, equitable, fair, t, tting, good, just, justied, merited, obligatory, requisite, rhadamanthine, right, rightful, suitable; concept 558 Ant. improper, inappropriate, insufcient, unjustied, unmerited, unrightful, unsuitable due [adv] directly dead, direct, exactly, right, straight, straightly, undeviatingly; concepts 581,799 Ant. indirectly due [n] expected reward be in line for*, claim, comeuppance, compensation, deserts*, entitlement, guerdon, interest, merits, need, payment, perquisite, prerogative, privilege, rate, recompense, repayment, reprisal, retaliation, retribution, revenge, right, rights, satisfaction, title, vengeance, what is coming to one*; concepts 337,710 duel [n] ght affair of honor, bout, challenge, engagement, fencing, joust, shootout, single combat, sword ght; concepts 53,532 dues [n] payment for membership ante, arrearage, assessment, charge, charges, collection, contribution, custom, debit, debt, duty, fee, kickback, levy, liability, obligation, pay, protection, rates, tax, toll; concepts 344,679 duff [n] rear end ass, backside, behind, buns*, butt*, buttocks, cheeks*, derriere, fanny*, gluteus maximus, heinie*, keister, posterior, seat*; concept 392 dulcet [adj] melodious agreeable, musical, pleasing to the ear, pleasurable, sweet, sweetsounding; concept 594 dull [adj1] unintelligent addled, backward, besotted, boring, brainless, daffy, daft, dense, dim, dim-witted, doltish, dumb, feeble-minded, half-baked, ignorant, imbecilic, indolent, insensate, low, moronic, not bright, numskulled, obtuse, scatterbrained, shallow, simple, simpleminded, slow, sluggish, stolid, stupid, tedious, thick, unintellectual, vacuous, wearisome, witless; concept 402 Ant. intelligent, keen, sharp, smart, witty dull [adj2] insensitive accustomed, apathetic, blank, boring, callous, colorless, dead, depressed, empty, even, at, heavy, impassible, inactive, indifferent, inert, insensible, jejune, languid, lifeless, listless, lumpy, monotonous, passionless, placid, prosaic, quiet, regular,

routine, slack, slow, sluggish, spiritless, stagnant, still, stolid, torpid, unexciting, unresponsive, unsympathetic, usual, vacuous; concept 542 Ant. lively, quick, sensitive, vivacious dull [adj3] boring, uninteresting abused, archaic, arid, big yawn*, blah, colorless, common, commonplace, dead, dismal, dreary, driveling, dry, familiar, at, hackneyed, heavy, hoary, ho hum*, humdrum*, insipid, jejune, longwinded, monotonous, oft-repeated*, ordinary, out-of-date, plain, pointless, prolix, prosaic, prosy, repetitious, repetitive, routine, run-of-the-mill*, soporic, stale, stock, stupid, tame, tedious, tired, tiresome, trite, unimaginative, uninspiring, usual, usual thing, vapid, worn-out; concepts 529,530 Ant. active, exciting, interesting, lively dull [adj4] not sharp blunt, blunted, edentate, edgeless, at, not keen, obtuse, pointless, round, square, toothless, turned, unpointed, unsharpened; concept 486 Ant. knifelike, pointed, serrated, sharp dull [adj5] uneventful accustomed, apathetic, blah, boring, dead, depressed, draggy*, even, falling off, at, inactive, inert, languid, lifeless, listless, monotonous, placid, quiet, regular, routine, sitting tight*, slack, slothful, slow, sluggish, stagnant, still, stolid, tight, torpid, unexciting, unresponsive, usual, without incident, yawn; concept 548 Ant. active, eventful, exciting, interesting, lively dull [adj6] drab, lackluster in effect on senses ashen, black, blind, cloudy, cold, colorless, dark, dead, dim, dingy, dismal, dun, dusky, faded, feeble, at, grimy, hazy, indistinct, leaden, lifeless, low, matte, mousy, muddy, mufed, murky, muted, obscure, opaque, overcast, plain, shadowy, sober, soft, softened, somber, sooty, subdued, subfusc, toned-down, unlit; concepts 594,617 Ant. bright, clear, light, luminous, lustrous dullard [n] dolt airhead*, blockhead*, boob*, dimwit, dope*, dork*, dumbbell*, dunce, fool, idiot, imbecile, lamebrain*, lunkhead*, meathead*, nitwit, simpleton, stupid person; concepts 412,423 dullsville [adj] boring blah*, dead*, deadsville, dragsville, hicksville, tedious; concepts 529,548 duly [adv] accordingly, properly appropriately, at the proper time, bettingly, correctly, decorously, deservedly, on time, punctually, rightfully, suitably; concepts 558,799 Ant. improperly, unduly, unsuitably dumb [adj1] unable to speak at a loss for words*, inarticulate, incoherent, mousy*, mum, mute, quiet, silent, soundless, speechless, tongue-tied, uncommunicative, voiceless, wordless; concept 593 Ant. speaking dumb [adj2] stupid, unintelligent dense, dim-witted, doltish, dull, feebleminded, foolish, moronic, simple-minded, thick*; concept 402 Ant. bright, intelligent, sharp, smart dumbbell [n] stupid person dodo*, dolt, dullard, dumbo*, dumdum*, dummy, dunce, idiot, ignoramus, moron, simpleton; concepts 412,423 Ant. brain, genius dumbfound [v] astound, confuse amaze, astonish, bewilder, blow away*, blow ones mind*,

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boggle, bowl over*, confound, abbergast, knock over with feather*, nonplus, overwhelm, puzzle, stagger, startle, stun, surprise, take aback, throw, throw into a tizzy*; concepts 16,42 Ant. clear up, explain, explicate, lay out dumbfounded [adj] astounded, confused agape, aghast, amazed, astonished, bamboozled*, beat, bewildered, blown away*, bowled over*, breathless, buffaloed*, confounded, dismayed, dumb, abbergasted, oored, knocked, licked, nonplused, overcome, overwhelmed, puzzled, shocked, speechless, staggered, startled, stuck, stumped, stunned, surprised, taken aback, thrown, thunderstruck*; concept 403 Ant. aware, expectant, unsurprised dumbstruck [adj] shocked amazed, astonished, astounded, blown away, dumbfounded, abbergasted, jolted, rendered speechless, startled, stunned, stupeed; concept 42 dummy [n1] mannequin copy, counterfeit, duplicate, gure, form, imitation, manikin, model, ringer*, sham*, stand-in, sub, substitute; concepts 436,716 Ant. being, entity dummy [n2] stupid person blockhead*, dimwit*, dolt*, dullard*, dunce, fool, idiot, ignoramus, moron, numskull, oaf, simpleton; concepts 412,423 Ant. brain, genius dump [n1] junkyard ash heap*, cesspool, depot, dumping ground, garbage lot, junk pile*, magazine, refuse heap, rubbish pile, swamp; concepts 438,449,680 dump [n2] slummy establishment hole, hovel, joint*, mess*, pigpen*, pigsty*, shack, shanty, slum, sty; concepts 449,673 dump [v] drop, throw away cast, chuck, clear out, deep-six*, deposit, discard, discharge, dispose of, ditch, drain, eject, empty, evacuate, expel, exude, ing, ing down, get rid of, jettison, junk, leave, let fall, scrap, throw down, throw out, throw overboard*, tip, unload, unpack; concepts 180,181 Ant. hold, keep, maintain, save dumps [n] depression blahs*, blues*, bummer, cheerlessness, doldrums, dreariness, gloom, gloominess, low spirits, melancholy, sulks, the blues*, trouble, unhappiness, woefulness; concept 410 dumpy [adj] short and stout chubby, chunky, fat, homely, plump, podgy, pudgy, roly-poly, squat, stocky, stumpy, tubby; concept 491 dunce [n] stupid person ass, birdbrain*, blockhead*, bonehead*, buffoon, dimwit*, dolt, donkey*, dope, dork*, drip*, dullard, dunderhead*, fool, goof, goof ball*, half-wit, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, jerk, knucklehead*, lame-brain*, lightweight*, moron, nerd*, nincompoop*, ninny*, nitwit, numskull, oaf, pinhead*, scatterbrain*, schnook*, simpleton, twit*; concepts 412,423 Ant. brain, genius dune [n] hill hillock, hummock, knoll, ridge, sand drift, sand dune, sand pile; concept 509 dung [n] excrement cow pies*, cowplop*, crap, droppings, feces, fertilizer, guano, manure, meadow mufn*, night soil*, ordure, poop*; concept 260 dungarees [n] blue jeans denims, jeans, pants, trousers; concept 451 dungeon [n] prison cell, oubliette, torture chamber, vault; concepts 439,449,516

dunk [v] dip in liquid douse, duck, immerse, saturate, soak, sop, souse, submerge, submerse; concept 256 duo [n] twosome brace, couple, doublet, dyad, pair; concept 787 dupe [n] person who is fooled butt*, chump*, easy mark*, sh*, fool, mark*, patsy*, pigeon*, pushover*, sap*, sitting duck*, sucker, victim; concept 423 Ant. cognizant dupe [v] fool someone bafe, bamboozle*, beguile, betray, catch, cheat, chicane, circumvent, con, cozen, deceive, defraud, delude, doublecross, dust*, imam*, gull, hoax, hoodwink*, hornswoggle, jerk around*, kid, mislead, outwit, overreach, pull ones leg*, pull something*, rip off*, rook*, rope in*, shaft, spoof, swindle, trick, victimize; concept 59 duplex [adj] twofold double, paired, twin; concept 771 duplicate [adj] matching alike, corresponding, dualistic, duple, duplex, equal, equivalent, identic, identical, indistinguishable, same, self-same, tantamount, twin, twofold, very same; concepts 563,566 Ant. different, unmatching duplicate [n] copy, reproduction analogue, carbon, carbon copy*, chip off the old block*, clone, companion, coordinate, copycat*, correlate, counterfeit, counterpart, counterscript, dead ringer*, ditto*, double, dupe*, duplication, facsimile, fake, fellow, germination, imitation, knockoff*, likeness, lookalike, match, mate, obverse, parallel, phony, photocopy, photostat, pirate, reciprocal, recurrence, repetition, replica, replication, repro*, ringer*, second, similarity, spitting image*, stat, twin, Xerox*; concepts 664,667,716 Ant. archetype, model, original, prototype duplicate [v] make a copy; repeat act like, clone, copy, counterfeit, ditto*, do again, do a takeoff*, do like*, double, dualize, dupe, echo, fake, go like*, imitate, knock off*, make like*, make replica, make twofold, manifold, mimeo, mirror, multiply, phony, photocopy, photostat, pirate*, redo, redouble, reduplicate, remake, replicate, repro, reproduce, rework, stat, take off as*, trace, Xerox*; concepts 91,171 duplicitous [adj] deceptive cheating, deceitful, dishonest, double-dealing, shady, two-faced, two-timing; concepts 401,582 duplicity [n] deception artice, chicanery, cunning, deceit, dirty dealing*, dirty pool*, dirty trick, dirty work*, dishonesty, dissemblance, dissimulation, double-dealing, dualism, duality, faithlessness, falsehood, fraud, guile, hypocrisy, Judas kiss*, one-upmanship, perdiousness, perdy, skullduggery, stab in back*, treacherousness, treachery, two-facedness*, twoness; concepts 59,63 Ant. forthrightness, honesty, trustworthiness durability [n] sturdiness over time backbone, constancy, durableness, endurance, grit, guts*, gutsiness, hard as nails*, heart*, imperishability, intestinal fortitude, lastingness, moxie*, permanence, persistence, stamina, starch*, staying power*, stick-to-itiveness*; concepts 721,731,732 Ant. impermanency, poorness, unreliability, weakness durable [adj] sturdy, long-lasting abiding, constant, dependable, diuturnal, enduring, fast,

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rm, xed, impervious, lasting, long-continued, perdurable, perduring, permanent, persistent, reliable, resistant, sound, stable, stout, strong, substantial, tenacious, tough; concepts 482, 488,489 Ant. fragile, impermanent, poorly made, temporary, undependable, unsturdy, weak duration [n] length of action, event continuance, continuation, continuity, endurance, extent, period, perpetuation, persistence, prolongation, run, span, spell, stretch, term, tide, time; concept 804 duress [n] threat, hardship bondage, captivity, coercion, compulsion, connement, constraint, control, detention, discipline, force, imprisonment, incarceration, pressure, restraint, violence; concepts 14,674 during [prep] concurrently with an activity, event all along, all the while, amid, as, at the same time as, at the time, for the time being, in the course of, in the interim, in the meanwhile, in the middle of, in the time of, meanwhile, mid, midst, over, pending, the time between, the whole time, throughout, until, when, while; concept 820 dusk [n] early evening dark, dimday, dimmet, eventide, gloaming, gloom, night, nightfall, sundown, sunset, twilight; concept 810 Ant. dawn dusky [adj] dark-hued; murky adusk, bistered, bleak, brunette, caliginous, cheerless, cloudy, crepuscular, dark, dark-complexioned, darkish, desolate, dim, dismal, dull, funereal, gloomy, joyless, lightless, obscure, overcast, sable, shadowy, shady, swart, swarthy, tenebrous, twilight, twilit, unilluminated, veiled; concepts 617,618 Ant. bright, clear, light dust [n] tiny particles in the air ashes, cinders, dirt, dust bunnies*, earth, lth, akes, fragments, gilings, granules, grime, grit, ground, lint, loess, powder, refuse, sand, smut, soil, soot; concept 437 dust [v] sprinkle tiny particles besprinkle, cover, dredge, powder, scatter, sift, spray, spread; concepts 172,222 dusty [adj] lled with or covered with powdery particles arenaceous, arenose, chalky, crumbly, dirty, friable, granular, grubby, sandy, sooty, unclean, undusted, unswept, untouched; concept 485 Ant. clean, clear dutiful [adj] obedient binding, compliant, conscientious, deferential, devoted, docile, duteous, faithful, incumbent on, obligatory, punctilious, regardful, respectful, reverential, submissive; concept 542 Ant. betraying, disobedient, faithless, irresponsible, undutiful, unfaithful, unrespectful duty [n1] responsibility, assignment burden, business, calling, charge, chore, commission, commitment, committal, contract, devoir, dues, engagement, function, hook*, job, load, millstone*, minding the store*, mission, must, need, obligation, occupation, ofce, onus, ought*, pains, part, province, role, service, station, string*, taking care of business*, task, trouble, trust, undertaking, weight, work; concepts 362,376,679 Ant. disregard, irresponsibility duty [n2] tax on foreign goods assessment, custom, customs, due, excise, impost, levy, rate, revenue, tariff, toll; concept 329

duty [n3] moral obligation accountability, accountableness, allegiance, amenability, answerability, burden, call of duty, charge, conscience, deference, devoir, faithfulness, good faith, honesty, integrity, liability, loyalty, obedience, pledge, respect, reverence; concept 388 Ant. faithlessness, inconstancy, treachery dwarf [adj] miniature, tiny baby, diminutive, low, petite, pocket, small, undersized; concept 773 Ant. big, giant, huge, large dwarf [n] very small person bantam, dwaring, homunculus, Lilliputian*, midget, Tom Thumb*; concept 424 Ant. giant dwarf [v] minimize belittle, check, detract from, dim, diminish, dominate, hinder, look down upon, lower, make small, micrify, minify, overshadow, predominate, retard, rise above, stunt, suppress, tower above, tower over; concepts 7,19,698,741 Ant. maximize, oversize dwell [v] live in abide, bide, bunk*, continue, crash*, establish oneself, exist, op*, hang ones hat*, hang out*, hole up*, inhabit, keep house, locate, lodge, make ones home, nest, occupy, park*, perch*, pitch tent*, quarter, remain, rent, reside, rest, room, roost*, settle, sojourn, squat*, stay, stop, tarry, tenant, tent; concept 226 dwelling [n] home abode, castle, commorancy, den, digs*, domicile, dump*, establishment, habitat, habitation, haunt, hole in the wall*, house, lodging, pad, quarters, residence, residency; concept 516 dwell on/dwell upon [v] linger over; be engrossed in consider, continue, elaborate, emphasize, expatiate, harp on*, involve oneself, tarry over; concepts 17,239 Ant. forget, ignore, miss, pass dwindle [v] waste away; taper off abate, bate, become smaller, close, contract, decay, decline, decrease, die away, die down, die out, diminish, drain, drop, ebb, fade, fall, grow less, lessen, peter out*, pine, shrink, shrivel, sink, slack off*, subside, taper, wane, weaken, wither; concepts 698,776 Ant. develop, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, increase, save, swell dye [n] coloring agent color, colorant, dyestuff, pigment, stain, tincture, tinge, tint; concept 259 Ant. bleach, whitener dye [v] change color with mixture impregnate, pigment, stain, tincture, tinge, tint; concept 250 Ant. bleach, fade, whiten dyed-in-the-wool [adj] through and through absolute, complete, deep-down, deeply ingrained, deep-rooted, die-hard, entrenched, xed, genuine, hardened, long-standing, to the core*, unchangeable, uncompromising; concept 554 dying [adj] failing, expiring at deaths door*, at end of rope*, decaying, declining, disintegrating, done for*, doomed, ebbing, fading, fated, nal, giving up the ghost*, going, in extremis, moribund, mortal, one foot in grave*, on last leg*, passing, perishing, sinking, vanishing, withering; concept 539 Ant. creating, developing, growing, living, reviving dynamic [adj] active, vital activating, aggressive, changing, charismatic, coming on strong*, compelling, driving, effective, electric, energetic, energizing, enterprising, forceful,

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forcible, go-ahead*, go-getter*, go-getting*, highpowered, hyped-up, inuential, intense, lively, lusty, magnetic, peppy*, play for keeps*, play hard ball*, potent, powerful, productive, progressive, red-blooded*, strenuous, vehement, vigorous, vitalizing, zippy*; concepts 404,540,542 Ant. apathetic, boring, dull, inactive, passive, unexciting dynamite [n] explosive gelignite, nitroglycerin, TNT, trinitrotoluene; concept 500 dynamo [n] go-getter achiever, ball of re*, bundle of energy*, busy person, doer, eager beaver*, energetic person, reball*, generator, hard worker, hot shot, live wire*, mover and shaker*, pistol*, risk-taker, spark plug*, whiz kid*; concept 706 dynasty [n] area of rule absolutism, ascendancy, dominion, empire, government, house, regime, sovereignty, sway; concepts 435,508 dysfunctional [adj] socially impaired broken, debilitated, decayed, defective, deteriorated, awed, inhibited, maladjusted, malfunctional, sick, undermined, unt, wounded; concept 314

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each [adj] every all, any, exclusive, individual, one by one*, particular, personal, piece by piece*, respective, separate, several, single, specic, various, without exception; concept 577 Ant. none each [adv] apiece; for one all, a pop*, a shot*, aside, a throw*, by the, every, individually, per, per capita, per head, per person, per unit, proportionately, respectively, separately, singly, without exception; concept 577 each [pron] each one each and every one*, each other, every last one, every one, one, one and all*, one another; concept 577 Ant. none eager [adj] anxious, enthusiastic acquisitive, agog, ambitious, antsy, appetent, ardent, athirst, avid, breathless, champing at the bit*, covetous, craving, desiring, desirous, dying to, earnest, fervent, fervid, greedy, gung ho*, hankering, heated, hot*, hot to trot*, hungry*, impatient, intent, keen, longing, pining, rarin to go*, ready and willing*, restive, restless, self-starting, solicitous, thirsty, vehement, voracious, warmblooded*, wild, wishful, yearning, zealous; concepts 326,401,542 Ant. apathetic, disinterested, dispassionate, unconcerned, uneager, unenthusiastic eager beaver [n] active person ambitious person, ball of re*, busy bee*, busy person, doer, dynamo, reball*, go-getter, hot shot, live wire*, pistol*, self-starter, spark plug*, workhorse; concept 706 eagerness [n] enthusiasm, anxiousness alacrity, ambition, anticipation, ardor, avidity, earnestness, excitement, fervor, greediness, gusto, heartiness, hunger, impatience, impetuosity, intentness, keenness, longing, promptness, quickness, solicitude, thirst, vehemence, voracity, yearning, zeal, zest, zing*; concepts 20,633,657 Ant. apathy, disinterest eagle-eyed [adj] keen-eyed clear-sighted, hawk-eyed, observant, perceptive, perspicacious, sharp-eyed, X-ray eye; concepts 402,542

ear [n] attention appreciation, consideration, discrimination, hearing, heed, mark, mind, note, notice, observance, observation, perception, regard, remark, sensitivity, taste; concept 532 early [adj1] in the beginning a bit previous, aboriginal, ancient, antecedent, antediluvian, antiquated, brand-new, budding, early bird*, fresh, initial, new, original, preceding, premier, prevenient, previous, primal, prime, primeval, primitive, primordial, prior, pristine, proleptical, raw, recent, undeveloped, young; concepts 799,828 Ant. late early [adj2] sooner than expected advanced, ahead of time, anticipative, anticipatory, before appointed time, beforehand, direct, immature, immediate, matinal, on short notice*, on the dot*, overearly, oversoon, preceding, precipitant, precocious, preexistent, premature, previous, prompt, pronto, punctual, quick, seasonable, soon, speedy, unanticipated, unexpected, untimely; concept 820 Ant. later early [adv1] sooner than expected a bit previous, ahead of time, anon, beforehand, before long, betimes, briey, bright and early*, directly, early bird*, ere long, far ahead, immediately, in advance, in good time*, in the bud*, in time, on short notice*, on the dot*, oversoon, prematurely, presently, previous, promptly, pronto, proximately, quick, shortly, soon, too soon, unexpectedly, with time to spare*; concept 820 Ant. later early [adv2] immediately at once, betimes, directly, rst, freshly, in a jiffy*, in an instant*, in no time*, instantaneously, instantly, newly, presto, primitively, promptly, recently, right away, seasonably, soon, straightaway, summarily, thereon, thereupon, timely, without delay; concepts 799,828 Ant. late earmark [n] signature characteristic attribute, differential, distinction, feature, hallmark, label, marking, peculiarity, quality, stamp, tag, token, trademark, trait; concept 644 earmark [v] reserve allocate, designate, keep back, label, maintain, mark out, name, set aside, slot, tab, tag; concept 129 Ant. throw away, use, waste earn [v1] make money acquire, attain, be gainfully employed, be in line for*, bring home*, bring home the bacon*, bring home the groceries*, bring in, clean up*, clear*, collect, consummate, cop*, derive, draw, effect, gain, gather, get, gross, hustle, make, make fast buck*, make it big*, net, obtain, pay ones dues*, perform, pick up, procure, prot, pull*, pull down*, rate, realize, reap, receive, scare up*, score*, scrape together*, secure, snag*, sock*, turn, win, wrangle; concepts 330,351 Ant. cost, lose, spend, throw away earn [v2] deserve a reward acquire, attain, bag, be entitled to, be worthy of, come by, gain, harvest, merit, net, rate, reap, score, warrant, win; concepts 120,129 earnest [adj1] very enthusiastic ardent, busy, devoted, diligent, eager, fervent, fervid, heartfelt, impassioned, industrious, keen, passionate, perseverant, purposeful, sedulous, sincere, urgent, vehement, warm, wholehearted, zealous; concepts 326,401,542 Ant. ippant,

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unconcerned, unenthusiastic, unpassionate, unpurposeful, unthoughtful earnest [adj2] serious; very important close, constant, determined, rm, xed, for real, grave, intent, mean business, meaningful, no-fooling, no-nonsense, playing hard ball*, resolute, resolved, sedate, sincere, sober, solemn, somber, stable, staid, steady, thoughtful, weighty; concept 568 Ant. ippant, insincere, thoughtless, trivial, unimportant, unserious earnestness [n] determination; seriousness absorption, ardor, attentiveness, concentration, decision, deliberation, devotion, doggedness, eagerness, engrossment, enthusiasm, fervor, rmness, gravity, intensity, intentness, keenness, passion, perseverance, persistence, purposefulness, resolution, resolve, seriousmindedness, sincerity, sobriety, solemnity, stress, tenacity, urgency, vehemence, warmth, zeal; concepts 633,657 Ant. ippancy, insincerity, unimportance earnings [n] money for work performed balance, bottom line*, emolument, gain, gate, groceries*, income, in the black*, lucre, net, pay, payoff, piece of the pie*, proceeds, prot, receipts, remuneration, return, revenue, reward, salary, salt*, stipend, take-home*, takings, wages; concept 344 Ant. bills, debt, losses, payout earsplitting [adj] loud blaring, deafening, noisy, penetrating, piercing, ringing, shrill, strident, thunderous; concepts 592,594 Earth [n1] the world apple*, big blue marble*, cosmos, creation, dust*, globe, macrocosm, orb, planet, sphere, star, sublunary world, terra, terra rma, terrene, terrestrial sphere, universe, vale; concept 511 earth [n2] ground, soil alluvium, clay, clod, coast, compost, deposit, dirt, dry land, dust, ll, glebe, gravel, humus, land, loam, marl, mold, muck, mud, peat moss, sand, shore, sod, subsoil, surface, terra rma, terrain, terrane, topsoil, turf; concept 509 earthling [n] human being earth dweller, humankind, man, person, tellurian, woman; concept 417 earthly [adj1] physically concerning land or its inhabitants alluvial, carnal, corporeal, geotic, global, human, in all creation, material, mortal, mundane, nonspiritual, physical, profane, secular, subastral, sublunary, tellurian, telluric, temporal, terraqueous, terrene, terrestrial, uncelestial, under the sun*, unspiritual, worldly; concept 536 Ant. heavenly, immaterial, spiritual, unearthly earthly [adj2] conceivable feasible, imaginable, likely, mortal, possible, potential, practical, probable; concept 552 Ant. inconceivable earthmover [n] bulldozer backhoe, excavator, grader, heavy machinery, tracked vehicle; concept 505 earthquake [n] tremor from inside the earth convulsion, fault, macroseism, microseism, movement, quake, quaker*, seimicity, seism, seismism, shake, shock, slip, temblor, trembler*, undulation, upheaval; concepts 144,526 earthy [adj] unsophisticated bawdy, coarse, crude, down, down home*, down-to-earth*,

dull, easygoing, folksy, funky*, hard-boiled*, home folk*, homely, homey, indelicate, lowbred, lusty, mundane, natural, pragmatic, ribald, robust, rough, simple, unidealistic, uninhibited, unrened; concept 542 Ant. cultured, elegant, rened, sophisticated ease [n1] peace, quiet; lack of difculty afuence, ataraxia, bed of roses*, calm, calmness, comfort, content, contentment, easiness, enjoyment, gratication, happiness, idleness, inactivity, inertia, inertness, leisure, luxury, passivity, peace of mind*, prosperity, quietness, quietude, relaxation, repose, requiescence, rest, restfulness, satisfaction, security, serenity, supinity, tranquility; concepts 388,410,673 Ant. difculty, disquiet, excitableness, furor, strife, turmoil, uneasiness, unrest ease [n2] facility, freedom adroitness, affability, aplomb, breeze, childs play*, cinch, cleverness, composure, dexterity, dispatch, duck soup*, easygoingness, efciency, effortlessness, expertise, expertness, familiarity, exibility, uency, informality, insouciance, knack, liberty, naturalness, nonchalance, poise, pushover, quickness, readiness, relaxedness, setup, simplicity, skillfulness, smoothness, smooth sailing*, snap, unaffectedness, unconstraint, unreservedness; concepts 376,388,630 Ant. difculty, effort, inhibition, perplexity, restriction ease [v1] alleviate, help abate, aid, allay, ameliorate, anesthetize, appease, assist, assuage, attend to, calm, cheer, clear the way*, comfort, cure, disburden, disengage, doctor, expedite, facilitate, forward, free, further, improve, lessen, let up on, lift, lighten, make easier, meliorate, mitigate, moderate, mollify, nurse, open the door*, pacify, palliate, promote, quiet, relax, release, relent, relieve, run interference for*, simplify, slacken, smooth, soften, soothe, speed, speed up, still, tranquilize, untighten; concepts 110,310 Ant. annoy, increase, irritate, perplex, vex, worsen ease [v2] guide, move carefully disentangle, edge, extricate, facilitate, handle, inch, induce, insert, join, loose, loosen, maneuver, relax, remove, right, set right, slack, slacken, slide, slip, squeeze, steer, untighten; concept 187 Ant. make difcult, vex easel [n] stand frame, mount, tripod; concepts 442,733,757 easement [n] right of way access, legal right, means of access, passage; concepts 318,685 easily [adv1] without difculty calmly, comfortably, competently, conveniently, coolly, dexterously, efciently, effortlessly, evenly, facilely, uently, freely, handily, hand over st*, hands down*, just like that*, lightly, like nothing*, no sweat*, nothing to it*, piece of cake*, plainly, quickly, readily, regularly, simply, smoothly, steadily, surely, swimmingly, uncomplicatedly, well, with ease, with no effort, without a hitch*, without trouble; concept 565 Ant. difcultly easily [adv2] without a doubt absolutely, actually, almost certainly, assuredly, beyond question, by far, certainly, clearly, decidedly, denitely, doubtless, doubtlessly, far and away, indeed, indisputably, indubitably, no doubt, plainly, positively, probably, really, surely, truly, undeniably, undoubtedly, unequivocally,

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unquestionably; concepts 535,552 Ant. doubtedly, dubitably, questionably easy [adj1] not difcult accessible, apparent, basic, childs play*, cinch, clear, easily done, effortless, elementary, evident, facile, inconsiderable, light, little, manageable, manifest, mere, no bother*, no problem*, no sweat*, not burdensome, nothing to it*, no trouble*, obvious, painless, paltry, picnic*, piece of cake*, plain, plain sailing*, pushover*, royal, simple, simple as ABC*, slight, smooth, snap, straightforward, uncomplicated, undemanding, uninvolved, untroublesome, wieldy, yielding; concept 565 Ant. arduous, complex, complicated, demanding, difcult, hard, intricate, involved, laborious, uneasy easy [adj2] leisurely, relaxed at ease, calm, carefree, comfortable, comfy, commodious, composed, content, contented, cozy, cursive, cushy, easeful, effortless, owing, uent, forthright, gentle, in clover*, languid, light, mild, moderate, peaceful, pleasant, prosperous, quiet, running, satised, secure, serene, slow, smooth, snug, soft, spontaneous, substantial, successful, temperate, thriving, tranquil, undemanding, undisturbed, unexacting, unhurried, untroubled, unworried, well-to-do; concepts 542,544 Ant. difcult, exhausting, hard, oppressive, trying, uneasy, unleisurely, unrelaxed easy [adj3] tolerant, permissive accommodating, amenable, benign, biddable, charitable, clement, compassionate, compliant, condoning, deceivable, deludable, dupable, easygoing, excusing, exploitable, eeceable, exible, forbearing, forgiving, gentle, gullible, humoring, indulgent, kindly, lax, lenient, liberal, light, merciful, mild, moderate, mollycoddling*, naive, pampering, pardoning, soft, spoiling, submissive, susceptible, sympathetic, temperate, tractable, trusting, unburdensome, unoppressive, unsuspicious; concept 401 Ant. difcult, impossible, intolerant, onery, strict, unpermissive easy [adj4] good-humored affable, amiable, at ease, carefree, casual, complaisant, diplomatic, familiar, friendly, gentle, good-natured, goodtempered, graceful, gracious, gregarious, informal, mild, natural, obliging, open, pleasant, polite, relaxed, secure, smooth, sociable, suave, tolerant, unaffected, unanxious, undemanding, unforced, unpretentious, urbane; concept 404 Ant. difcult, unhappy easy as pie [adj] very easy duck soup, easily done, easily managed, easy as can be, like falling off a log*, like shooting sh in a barrel*, like stealing candy from a baby*, no sweat, simple, simple as ABC; concepts 527,565 easygoing [adj] complacent, permissive amenable, breezy, calm, carefree, casual, collected, complaisant, composed, devilmay-care*, even-tempered*, exible, free and easy*, hang-loose*, happy-go-lucky*, indolent, indulgent, informal, insouciant, laid-back*, lazy, lenient, liberal, low-pressure, mild, moderate, nonchalant, offhand, outgiving, patient, placid, poised, relaxed, self-possessed, serene, tolerant, tranquil, unconcerned, uncritical, undemanding, unhurried, uninhibited; concept 404 Ant. agitated, critical,

demanding, hurried, hyped, intolerant, nervous, strict, upset, worried eat [v1] consume food absorb, attack, banquet, bite, bolt*, break bread*, breakfast, chew, chow down*, cram*, devour, digest, dine, dispatch, dispose of, fall to, feast upon, feed, gobble up*, gorge, gormandize, graze*, have a bite*, have a meal, have for, ingest, inhale*, lunch, make pig of oneself*, masticate, munch, nibble, nosh*, partake of, peck at*, pick, pig out*, polish off*, pork out*, put away*, ruminate, scarf*, scoff, snack, sup, swallow, take food, take in, take nourishment, wolf; concept 169 eat [v2] erode, wear away; use up bite, condense, corrode, crumble, decay, decompose, disappear, disintegrate, dissipate, dissolve, drain, exhaust, gnaw, liquefy, melt, nibble, rot, run through, rust, spill, squander, vanish, waste away; concepts 225,469 Ant. build, maintain, preserve eatable [adj] able to be consumed appetizing, comestible, culinary, delicious, delish*, dietary, digestible, edible, esculent, t, good, harmless, kosher*, nutritious, nutritive, palatable, piquant, safe, satisfying, savory, scrumptious, succulent, tasty, tempting, wholesome, yummy*; concepts 462,613 Ant. inedible, undelicious, uneatable, unpalatable, unwholesome eat high on the hog [v] live well be in fat city*, be in hog heaven*, be sitting pretty, have it good, have it made, sit pretty; concept 5 eating disorder [n] unhealthy disturbance in eating behavior anorexia nervosa, bingeing, bulimarexia, bulimia, compulsive eating, hypheragia, pica, psychological disorder, purging; concept 316 eats [n] food chow, comestibles, eatables, fare, grub*, meals, nosh*, nourishment, nutriment, provisions, rations, snacks, sustenance, tidbits, victuals, vittles; concept 457 eat up [v] to accept buy, stand still for, swallow; concept 12 eavesdrop [v] listen without permission be all ears*, bend an ear*, bug, ears into*, listen in, monitor, overhear, pry, snoop, spy, tap, tune in on*, wire, wiretap; concepts 188,596 Ant. ignore ebb [n] regression; decline abatement, backow, decay, decrease, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, diminution, drop, dwindling, fading away, agging, going out, lessening, low tide, low water, outward ow, petering out*, recession, reuence, reux, retreat, retrocession, retroux, shrinkage, sinking, slackening, subsidence, sweep, wane, waning, weakening, withdrawal; concepts 195,698 Ant. ow, incline, increase, rise ebb [v] subside; decline abate, decay, decrease, degenerate, deteriorate, die down, die out, diminish, drop, dwindle, ease off, fade away, fall, fall away, fall back, ag, ow back, go out, languish, lessen, let up, melt, moderate, peter out, recede, relent, retire, retreat, retrocede, shrink, sink, slacken, wane, weaken, withdraw; concepts 195,698 Ant. ow, increase, rise ebullience [n] enthusiasm agitation, animation, buoyancy, effervescence, effusiveness, elation, excitement, exhilaration, exuberance, exuberancy, ferment, gaiety, high-spiritedness, high

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spirits, liveliness, vitality, vivaciousness, vivacity, zest; concept 633 Ant. apathy, disinterest ebullient [adj] enthusiastic agitated, bouncy, brash, buoyant, chipper*, chirpy*, effervescent, effusive, elated, excited, exhilarated, exuberant, frothy*, gushing, high-spirited, in high spirits*, irrepressible, vivacious, zestful, zippy*; concept 401 Ant. apathetic, disinterested, unenthusiastic eccentric [adj] bizarre, unusual aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, beat*, bent*, bizarre, capricious, characteristic, cockeyed, crazy, curious, droll, erratic, far out*, aky, freak, freakish, funky*, funny, idiosyncratic, irregular, kooky, nutty, odd, oddball, offbeat, off-center, off the wall*, out in left eld*, outlandish, peculiar, quaint, queer, quirky, quizzical, singular, strange, uncommon, unconventional, unnatural, way out*, weird, whimsical, wild; concepts 547,564 Ant. boring, common, dull, normal, ordinary, plain, regular, standard, unexciting, usual eccentric [n] person who is bizarre, unusual beatnik, character, freak, hippie, kook, loner, maverick, nonconformist, nut*, oddball, oddity, odd person, original, queer duck*, rare bird*, three-dollar bill*, weirdo; concept 423 Ant. normal, standard eccentricity [n] bizarreness, unusualness aberration, abnormality, anomaly, caprice, capriciousness, foible, freakishness, hereticism, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, irregularity, kink, nonconformity, oddity, oddness, outlandishness, peculiarity, queerness, quirk, singularity, strangeness, unconventionality, unorthodoxness, waywardness, weirdness, whimsicality, whimsicalness; concepts 647,665 Ant. commonality, dullness, normality, regularness, standard, uniformity, usual, usualness ecclesiastical [adj] churchly clerical, diaconal, episcopal, holy, ministerial, orthodox, parochial, pastoral, religious, sectarian, spiritual; concepts 536,582 echelon [n] class, level degree, le, grade, line, ofce, place, position, queue, rank, row, string, tier; concepts 378,388 echo [n] repeat, copy answer, imitation, mirror, mirror image, onomatopoeia, parallel, parroting, rebound, reection, reiteration, repercussion, repetition, reply, reproduction, reverberation, ringing, rubber stamp*; concepts 595,695,716 echo [v] repeat, copy ape, ditto*, do like*, go like*, imitate, impersonate, make like*, mimic, mirror, parallel, parrot, react, recall, redouble, reect, reiterate, reproduce, resemble, resound, respond, reverberate, ring, rubber-stamp*, second, vibrate; concepts 91,171 clat [n] style brio, dash, dynamism, lan, air, ourish, gusto, oomph*, panache, pizzazz*, stylishness, verve, vigor, vitality, vivaciousness, vivacity, zest, zing*; concept 655 eclectic [adj] comprehensive, general allembracing, assorted, broad, catholic, dilettantish, diverse, diversied, heterogeneous, inclusive, liberal, many-sided, mingled, mixed, multifarious, multiform, selective, universal, varied, wide-ranging; concepts 537,772 Ant. incomprehensive, narrow, particular, specic, unvaried

eclipse [n] shadowing of the sun concealment, darkening, decline, diminution, dimming, extinction, extinguishment, obliteration, obscuration, occultation, penumbra, shading, shroud, veil; concepts 522,624 eclipse [v1] obscure, veil adumbrate, becloud, bedim, blot out, cloud, darken, dim, extinguish, murk, overshadow, shadow, shroud; concept 250 Ant. clear, explain, lay out eclipse [v2] surpass achievement exceed, excel, outdo, outshine, overrun, surmount, tower above, transcend; concept 141 Ant. fall behind ecology [n] environmental science bionomics, conservation, preservation; concepts 134,257 economic [adj] business-related; nancial bread-and-butter*, budgetary, commercial, scal, industrial, material, mercantile, monetary, money-making, pecuniary, productive, protable, prot-making, remunerative, solvent, viable; concepts 334,536 economical [adj1] conservative with resources; careful avaricious, canny, chary, circumspect, close, closested, cost-effective, curmudgeonly, efcient, frugal, meager, mean, methodical, miserly, money-saving, niggardly*, on the rims*, parsimonious, penny-pinching*, pennywise*, penurious, practical, provident, prudent, prudential, saving, scrimping, skimping, spare, sparing, stingy, thrifty, tight, time-saving, unwasteful, watchful, work-saving; concept 542 Ant. careless, expensive, uncareful, uneconomical, wasteful economical [adj2] inexpensive bought for a song*, cheap, cost next to nothing*, cost nothing, cut rate, dime a dozen*, dirt cheap*, dog cheap*, fair, low, low-priced, low tariff, marked down, moderate, modest, on sale, quite a buy*, reasonable, reduced, sound, steal*; concept 334 Ant. expensive, uneconomical, unreasonable economize [v] save money be frugal, be prudent, be sparing, conserve, cut back, cut corners*, cut down, keep within means, make ends meet*, manage, meet a budget, pay ones way*, pinch pennies*, retrench, run tight ship*, scrimp, shepherd, skimp, stint, stretch a dollar*, tighten ones belt*; concept 330 Ant. spend, squander, throw away economy [n] saving, frugality abridgement, austerity, care, carefulness, caution, curtailment, cutback, decrease, deduction, direction, discretion, husbandry, layoff, meanness, miserliness, moratorium, niggardliness, parcity, parsimony, providence, prudence, recession, reduction, regulation, restraint, retrenchment, rollback, scrimping, shrinkage, skimping, sparingness, stinginess, supervision, thrift, thriftiness; concepts 117,330,335 Ant. spending, squandering eco-rich [adj] possessing an abundance of natural resources bountiful, clean, owing, full, green, natural, plentiful, pure, rich; concept 518 ecosystem [n] environment ecological community, environs; concepts 515,673,696 ecstasy [n] bliss beatitude, blessedness, cool*, delectation, delight, delirium, ebullience, elation, enchantment, enthusiasm, euphoria,

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exaltation, felicity, fervor, frenzy, gladness, happiness, heaven, inspiration, intoxication, joy, joyfulness, paradise, rapture, ravishment, rhapsody, seventh heaven*, trance, transport, twilight zone*; concept 410 Ant. despair, sorrow, torment, trouble, unhappiness ecstatic [adj] very happy, blissful athrill, beatic, crazy, delirious, dreamy, elated, enraptured, enthusiastic, entranced, euphoric, fervent, oating, ying high*, frenzied, gone*, high*, in exaltation, in seventh heaven*, joyful, joyous, mad, on cloud nine*, out, overjoyed, pleased as punch*, rapturous, ravished, rhapsodic, sent*, sunny, thrilled, tickled pink*, tickled to death*, transported*, turned on*, upbeat, wild; concept 403 Ant. despaired, sorrowful, tormented, troubled, unhappy ecumenical [adj] general all-comprehensive, all-inclusive, all-pervading, catholic, comprehensive, cosmic, cosmopolitan, global, inclusive, planetary, unifying, universal, worldwide; concepts 537,772 eddy [n] current swirl, tide, vortex, whirlpool; concept 514 Eden [n] Paradise Arcadia, garden, Garden of Eden, heaven, heaven on earth, promised land, Shangri-La, Utopia; concepts 370,410,515 edge [n1] border, outline bend, berm, bound, boundary, brim, brink, butt, circumference, contour, corner, crook, crust, curb, end, extremity, frame, fringe, frontier, hem, hook, ledge, limb, limit, line, lip, margin, molding, mouth, outskirt, peak, perimeter, periphery, point, portal, rim, ring, shore, side, skirt, split, strand, term, threshold, tip, trimming, turn, verge; concepts 484,513 Ant. center, inside, interior, middle, surface edge [n2] advantage allowance, ascendancy, bulge, dominance, draw, handicap, head start, lead, odds, start, superiority, upper hand*, vantage; concept 712 Ant. block, disadvantage edge [v1] border, trim bind, bound, decorate, fringe, hem, margin, outline, rim, shape, skirt, surround, verge; concepts 751,758 Ant. center edge [v2] defeat narrowly creep, ease, inch, inltrate, nose out*, sidle, slip by, slip past, squeeze by*, squeeze past*, steal, worm*; concept 95 Ant. lose, wallop edge [v3] sharpen le, grind, hone, polish, sharpen, strop, whet; concepts 137,250 Ant. blunt, dull, thicken edgy [adj] nervous anxious, critical, excitable, excited, high-strung, ill at ease, impatient, irascible, irritable, keyed up*, overstrung, restive, restless, skittish, tense, touchy, uneasy, uptight; concept 401 Ant. calm, composed, easy-going, laid-back edible [adj] able to be eaten comestible, digestible, eatable, esculent, t, good, harmless, nourishing, nutritious, nutritive, palatable, savory, succulent, tasty, toothsome, wholesome; concepts 462,613 Ant. harmful, inedible, poisonous, unpalatable edict [n] pronouncement, order act, canon, command, commandment, decree, decretum, dictate, dictum, directive, enactment, at, injunction, instrument, judgment, law, mandate, manifesto, ordinance, precept, prescript, procla-

mation, pronunciamento, regulation, rule, ruling, statute, ukase, writ; concepts 278,662,688 edication [n] improvement, education betterment, elevation, elucidation, enhancement, enlightenment, guidance, illumination, information, instruction, irradiation, knowledge, learning, nurture, schooling, teaching, tuition, uplifting; concepts 31,287,700 Ant. destruction, worsening edice [n] structure building, construction, erection, habitation, house, monument, pile, rockpile*, skyscraper, towers; concept 439 edit [v] rewrite, rene adapt, alter, amplify, analyze, annotate, arrange, assemble, assign, blue-pencil*, boil down*, butcher, censor, check, choose, compile, compose, condense, correct, cut, delete, discard, doctor, draft, emend, excise, feature, ne-tune, nish, y speck*, go over, make up, massage*, polish, prepare, prescribe, proofread, publish, put together, rearrange, recalibrate, rectify, redact, regulate, rehash, rephrase, report, revise, scrub*, select, set up, strike out, style, tighten, trim, write over; concepts 79,126,203 edition [n] issue of publication copy, impression, imprint, number, printing, program, publication, reissue, release, reprint, reprinting, version, volume; concept 280 editorial [n] commentary article, critique, opinion, report, review; concepts 51,278 educate [v] teach information, experience brainwash*, brief, civilize, coach, cultivate, develop, discipline, drill, drum into, edify, enlighten, exercise, explain, foster, improve, indoctrinate, inform, instruct, let in on, mature, nurture, put hip*, put through the grind*, rear, school, show the ropes*, train, tutor; concepts 61,285 Ant. learn educated [adj] learned, experienced accomplished, acquainted with, brainy, civilized, coached, corrected, cultivated, cultured, developed, enlightened, enriched, erudite, expert, nished, tted, formed, informed, initiated, instructed, intelligent, knowledgeable, lettered, literary, literate, nurtured, polished, prepared, professional, rened, scholarly, schooled, scientic, shaped, skilled, tasteful, taught, trained, tutored, versed in, well-informed, well-read, well-taught, well-versed; concept 402 Ant. ignorant, illiterate, inexperienced, stupid, uncultured, uneducated, unsophisticated education [n] instruction, development of knowledge apprenticeship, background, book learning*, brainwashing*, breeding, catechism, civilization, coaching, cultivation, culture, direction, discipline, drilling, edication, enlightenment, erudition, nish, guidance, improvement, inculcation, indoctrination, information, learnedness, learning, literacy, nurture, pedagogy, preparation, propagandism, proselytism, reading, rearing, renement, scholarship, schooling, science, study, teaching, training, tuition, tutelage, tutoring; concepts 285,287,409 Ant. ignorance educational [adj] instructional academic, cultural, didactic, informational, informative, instructive, scholarly, scholastic, tutorial; concept 536

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educator [n] teacher coach, dean, department head, educationist, instructor, lecturer, mentor, monitor, professor, schoolteacher, trainer, tutor; concept 350 educe [v] bring out, elicit come out, conclude, deduce, derive, develop, distill, drag, draw, draw out, evince, evoke, evolve, excogitate, extort, extract, gain, get, infer, milk*, obtain, procure, pull, reason, secure, think out, wrest, wring; concepts 37,142 eerie [adj] spooky awesome, bizarre, crawly, creepy, fantastic, fearful, frightening, ghostly, mysterious, scary, spectral, strange, supernatural, superstitious, uncanny, unearthly, weird; concept 537 Ant. funny, normal, ordinary, silly efface [v] erase blot out, blue-pencil, cancel, cross out, delete, destroy, edit, eliminate, expunge, fade, obliterate, rub out, scratch out, white out, wipe out; concepts 211,215 effect [n1] result aftereffect, aftermath, backlash, backwash, can of worms*, causatum, chain reaction*, conclusion, consequence, corollary, denouement, development, end, end product, event, eventuality, fallout, ak*, follow through, follow-up, fruit, issue, outcome, outgrowth, precipitate, pursuance, ramication, reaction, reex, repercussion, response, sequel, sequence, side effect, spin-off, upshot*, waves*; concept 230 Ant. beginning, cause, commencement, foundation, origin, source, start effect [n2] impact, impression action, clout, drift, effectiveness, efcacy, efciency, enforcement, essence, execution, fact, force, implementation, import, imprint, inuence, mark, meaning, power, purport, purpose, reality, sense, signicance, strength, tenor, use, validity, vigor, weight; concept 687 effect [v] carry out, accomplish achieve, actualize, actuate, begin, bring about, bring off, bring on, buy, carry through, cause, complete, conceive, conclude, consummate, create, do a number*, do ones thing*, do the job*, do the trick*, do to a T*, draw on, effectuate, enact, enforce, execute, fulll, generate, get across, get to, give rise to, implement, induce, initiate, invoke, make, make it*, make waves*, perform, procure, produce, pull it off*, put across, realize, render, secure, sell, turn out, turn the trick*, unzip*, yield; concepts 91,706 Ant. fail, forget, ignore, neglect, overlook effective [adj1] productive, persuasive able, active, adequate, capable, cogent, compelling, competent, convincing, direct, effectual, efcacious, efcient, emphatic, energetic, forceful, forcible, having lead in pencil*, impressive, live, moving, on the ball*, operative, playing hardball*, potent, powerful, powerhouse*, practical, producing, resultant, serviceable, serving, sound, striking, sufcient, telling, trenchant, useful, valid, virtuous, wicked*, yielding; concept 537 Ant. fruitless, impotent, incapable, ineffective, unproductive, useless, weak effective [adj2] in use at the time active, actual, current, direct, dynamic, in effect, in execution, in force, in operation, operative, real; concepts 560,582,799 Ant. inoperative, useless effectiveness [n] inuence capability, clout, cogency, effect, efcacy, efciency, force,

forcefulness, performance, point, potency, power, punch, strength, success, use, validity, validness, verve, vigor, weight; concepts 676, 687 Ant. ineffectiveness, unproductivity, uselessness effects [n] belongings accouterments, chattels, goods, holdings, paraphernalia, possessions, property, stuff, things, trappings; concepts 446,710 effectual [adj] inuential; authoritative accomplishing, achieving, adequate, binding, capable, conclusive, decisive, determinative, effecting, effective, efcacious, efcient, forcible, fullling, in force, lawful, legal, licit, potent, powerful, practicable, productive, qualied, serviceable, sound, strong, successful, telling, useful, valid, virtuous, workable; concepts 319,528,537 Ant. impotent, incapable, ineffectual, unproductive, unsuccessful, useless, weak effeminate [adj] having female qualities epicene, feminine, womanish, womanlike, womanly; concepts 401,404 Ant. manly, masculine effervescence [n1] zz, foam bubbles, bubbling, ebullition, ferment, fermentation, froth, frothing, sparkle; concepts 437,522 effervescence [n2] enthusiasm, vivacity animation, buoyancy, ebullience, excitedness, excitement, exhilaration, exuberance, exuberancy, gaiety, happiness, high spirits, joy, liveliness, vim, vitality, volatility, zing*; concepts 633, 657 Ant. dullness, atness effervescent [adj1] zzing, foaming airy, boiling, bouncy, bubbling, bubbly, carbonated, elastic, expansive, fermenting, frothing, frothy, resilient, sparkling, volatile; concepts 462,485 Ant. at, stale effervescent [adj2] enthusiastic, vivacious animated, bouncy, brash, bubbly, buoyant, ebullient, excited, exhilarated, exuberant, gleeful, happy, high-spirited, hilarious, in high spirits*, irrepressible, jolly, joyous, lively, merry, mirthful, sprightly, vital, zingy; concept 401 Ant. dull, inactive, serious, sober, unenthusiastic effete [adj1] spoiled, exhausted burnt out*, corrupt, debased, decadent, decayed, declining, decrepit, degenerate, dissipated, dissolute, drained, enervated, enfeebled, far-gone*, feeble, immoral, obsolete, overrened, overripe, played out*, soft, spent, vitiated, washedout*, wasted, weak, worn out; concept 560 Ant. capable, tireless effete [adj2] unproductive barren, fruitless, impotent, infecund, infertile, sterile, unfruitful, unprolic; concept 527 Ant. productive, useful, working efcacious [adj] efcient, productive active, adequate, capable, competent, effective, effectual, energetic, inuential, operative, potent, powerful, puissant, serviceable, strong, successful, useful, virtuous; concepts 528,537 Ant. incapable, inefcacious, inefcient, unproductive, unsuccessful, useless efcacy [n] efciency; productiveness ability, adequacy, capability, capableness, capacity, competence, effect, effectiveness, efcaciousness, energy, force, inuence, performance, potency, power, strength, success, sufciency,

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use, vigor, virtue, weight; concepts 641,676, 706 Ant. failure, inefcacy, inefciency, unproductiveness, uselessness, weakness efciency [n] adeptness, effectiveness ability, abundance, adaptability, address, adequacy, capability, capableness, competence, competency, completeness, economy, effectualness, efcacy, energy, expertise, facility, faculty, know-how, performance, potency, power, powerfulness, productiveness, productivity, prociency, prowess, quantity, readiness, resourcefulness, response, skill, skillfulness, suitability, suitableness, talent, thoroughness; concepts 409,630,658 Ant. helplessness, impotence, inability, incompetence, ineffectiveness, inefciency, weakness efcient [adj] adept, effective able, accomplished, active, adapted, adequate, apt, businesslike, capable, clever, competent, conducive, decisive, deft, dynamic, economic, economical, effectual, efcacious, energetic, equal to, experienced, expert, familiar with, tted, good at, good for, handy, masterly, organized, potent, powerful, practiced, productive, procient, protable, qualied, ready, saving, shrewd, skilled, skillful, systematic, talented, tough, useful, valuable, virtuous, well-organized; concepts 402,527,560 Ant. helpless, impotent, incompetent, ineffective, inefcient, powerless, unable, weak efgy [n] dummy gure, icon, idol, image, likeness, model, picture, portrait, puppet, representation, statue; concept 436 Ant. being, entity effort [n] work, exertion accomplishment, achievement, act, aim, application, aspiration, attempt, battle, crack*, creation, deed, discipline, drill, elbow grease*, endeavor, energy, enterprise, essay, exercise, feat, ing*, force, go*, industry, intention, job, labor, old college try*, pains, power, product, production, pull, purpose, push, resolution, shot*, spurt, stab*, strain, stress, stretch, strife, striving, struggle, sweat, tension, toil, training, travail, trial, trouble, try, tug*, undertaking, venture, whack*; concepts 87,362,677,724 Ant. hesitation, idleness, inactivity, laziness, passivity effortless [adj] easy childs play*, cursive, duck soup*, facile, owing, uent, light, no problem*, no sweat*, offhand, painless, picnic*, piece of cake*, royal, running, simple, smooth, snap*, uncomplicated, undemanding, untroublesome; concept 565 Ant. complicated, demanding, difcult, effortful, hard, labored effrontery [n] nerve, boldness arrogance, assurance, audacity, backtalk, brashness, brass*, brazenness, cheek*, cheekiness, chutzpah*, crust*, disrespect, face, gall, guff, hardihood, impertinence, impudence, incivility, insolence, lip*, presumption, rudeness, sass, sauce*, self-assurance, self-condence, shamelessness, smart talk, temerity; concepts 411, 633 Ant. manners, modesty, shame, shyness effulgent [adj] glowing, luminous beaming, blazing, bright, brilliant, dazzling, aming, uorescent, incandescent, lambent, lucent, lustrous, radiant, resplendent, shining, splendid, vivid; concept 617 effusion [n] outpouring address, diffusion, discharge, efuence, efuvium, efux, emana-

tion, emission, exudate, gush, gushing, ooze, outow, pouring, shedding, stream, verbosity, wordiness; concepts 179,266 effusive [adj] gushing, profuse all jaw*, big mouthed*, demonstrative, ebullient, enthusiastic, expansive, extravagant, exuberant, freeowing, fulsome, gabby*, gushy*, lavish, outpouring, overowing, prolix, talkative, unconstrained, unreserved, unrestrained, verbose, windbag*, windy*, wordy; concepts 267,542 egalitarian [adj] equal democratic, equitable, even-handed, impartial, just, unbiased; concepts 319,536 egg [n] seed, cell; embryo of an animal bud, cackle*, cackleberry*, germ, nucleus, oospore, ovum, roe, rudiment, spawn, yellow eye*; concepts 389,392 egghead [n] intellectual bluestocking, bookworm*, brain*, geek*, genius, highbrow, know-it-all*, longhair*, rocket scientist*, scholar, thinker; concepts 350,416 egg on [v] push to do something agitate, arouse, drive, encourage, excite, exhort, goad, incite, instigate, pique, prick, prod, prompt, propel, rally, sic, spur, stimulate, stir up, urge, whip up; concept 68 Ant. discourage, dissuade, hold back, talk out of ego [n] personality character, psyche, self, selfadmiration, selfdom, self-pride; concept 411 egocentric [adj] thinking very highly of oneself conceited, egoistic, egoistical, egomaniacal, egotistic, egotistical, individualist, individualistic, megalomaniac, narcissistic, pompous, self-absorbed, self-centered, self-concerned, self-indulgent, self-interested, selsh, selfloving, self-serving, stuck-up, vainglorious, wrapped up in oneself; concept 404 Ant. altruistic, humble, modest, reserved, seless, shy, submissive, timid, unassuming egoism/egotism [n] self-centeredness arrogance, assurance, boastfulness, boasting, bragging, conceit, conceitedness, egocentricity, egomania, gasconade, haughtiness, insolence, megalomania, narcissism, ostentation, overcondence, preoccupation with self, presumption, pride, self-absorption, self-admiration, selfcondence, self-importance, self-interest, selshness, self-love, self-possession, selfregard, self-worship, superiority, swellheadedness, vainglory, vanity, vaunting; concept 411 Ant. altruism, humility, selessness egotistic/egoistic [adj] thinking very highly of oneself affected, aloof, autocratic, boastful, boasting, bragging, conceited, egocentric, egomaniacal, haughty, individualistic, inated, inner-directed, intimate, intrinsic, introverted, isolated, narcissistic, obsessive, opinionated, personal, pompous, prideful, proud, puffed up*, self-absorbed, self-admiring, self-centered, self-important, snobbish, stuck on oneself*, stuck-up*, subjective, superior, swollen, vain, vainglorious; concept 404 Ant. altruistic, humble, modest, reserved, seless, shy, submissive, timid, unassuming egregious [adj] outstandingly bad; outrageous arrant, atrocious, capital, deplorable, extreme, agrant, glaring, grievous, gross*, heinous, infamous, insufferable, intolerable, monstrous, nefarious, notorious, outright, preposterous,

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rank, scandalous, shocking, stark; concepts 545,548 Ant. little, minor, secondary, slight egress [n] passage out departure, doorway, emanation, emergence, escape, exit, exiting, exodus, issue, opening, outlet, setting-out, vent, way out, withdrawal; concepts 195,440 Ant. entrance ejaculate [v] eject semen climax, come*, discharge, have an orgasm, spurt; concepts 152,179 eject [v] throw or be thrown out banish, bounce*, bump, cast out, debar, disbar, discharge, disgorge, dislodge, dismiss, displace, dispossess, ditch, do away with*, drive off, dump*, eighty-six*, ejaculate, eliminate, emit, eradicate, eruct, erupt, evict, exclude, expel, expulse, extrude, re, force out, get rid of, give the boot*, heave out*, irrupt, kick out*, kiss goodbye*, oust, reject, rout, sack, send packing*, show the gate to*, spew, spit out, spout, squeeze out, throw overboard*, turn out, unloose, vomit; concepts 179,222 Ant. take in ejection [n] expulsion banishment, disbarment, discharge, dismissal, elimination, eviction, exile, ouster, removal, the boot*, the heave-ho*, the sack*, throwing out; concepts 179,748 eke out [v] make something last barely exist, be economical with, be frugal with, be sparing with, economize on, get by*, stretch out; concept 239 Ant. use up, waste elaborate [adj] intricate; involved busy, careful, complex, complicated, decorated, detailed, elegant, embellished, exact, extensive, extravagant, fancy, fussy, garnished, highly wrought, high tech*, imposing, knotty, labored, labyrinthine, luxurious, many-faceted, minute, ornamented, ornate, ostentatious, overdone, overworked, painstaking, perfected, plush, posh, precise, prodigious, rened, showy, skillful, sophisticated, studied, thorough, with all the extras*, with all the options*, with bells and whistles*; concept 562 Ant. general, normal, plain, regular, simple, uncomplicated, unelaborate, uninvolved, usual elaborate [v] make detailed; expand amplify, bedeck, clarify, comment, complicate, deck, decorate, develop, devise, discuss, embellish, enhance, enlarge, evolve, expatiate, explain, expound, esh out, garnish, improve, interpret, ornament, particularize, polish, produce, rene, specify, unfold, work out; concept 57 Ant. make simple, simplify lan [n] vivacity animation, ardor, brio, dash, esprit, air, impetuosity, impetus, life, oomph*, panache, spirit, style, verve, vigor, vim, zest, zing*; concept 411 Ant. dullness, lifelessness elapse [v] go by; slip away expire, ow, glide by, lapse, pass, pass away, pass by, roll by, roll on, run out, transpire, vanish; concept 6 elastic [adj1] pliant, rubbery adaptable, bouncy, buoyant, ductile, extendible, extensible, exible, irrepressible, limber, lithe, malleable, moldable, plastic, pliable, resilient, rubberlike, springy, stretchable, stretchy, supple, tempered, yielding; concepts 490,606 Ant. inelastic, rigid, stiff, tense, unexible, unyielding elastic [adj2] adaptable, tolerant accommodating, adjustable, airy, animated, bouncy, buoyant, complaisant, compliant, ebullient, effervescent,

expansive, exible, gay, high-spirited, lively, recuperative, resilient, soaring, spirited, sprightly, supple, variable, vivacious, volatile, yielding; concept 404 Ant. difcult, inexible, intolerant, unadaptable, ungiving elasticity [n] stretchiness adaptability, adjustability, exibility, uidity, give*, malleability, plasticity, pliancy, resilience, rubberiness, springiness, suppleness; concept 731 Ant. rigidity elated [adj] very happy animated, aroused, blissful, cheered, delighted, ecstatic, elevated, enchanted, enraptured, euphoric, exalted, excited, exhilarated, exultant, red up*, ying*, ying high*, gleeful, high, hopped up*, in heaven*, in high spirits*, in seventh heaven*, intoxicated, joyful, joyous, jubilant, looking good*, on cloud nine*, overjoyed, proud, puffed up*, roused, set up, transported, turnedon*; concepts 22,403 Ant. depressed, down, sad, sorrowful, unhappy elation [n] extreme happiness bliss, buoyancy, buzz, charge, cloud nine*, delight, ecstasy, enthusiasm, euphoria, exaltation, excitement, exhilaration, exultation, glee, high, high spirits, intoxication, jollies*, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, jubilation, kick*, kicks*, rapture, stars in ones eyes*, transport, triumph, up*, upper*; concept 410 Ant. depression, sadness, sorrow, unhappiness elbow [n] angular part of arm; angularly shaped item ancon, angle, bend, bow, corner, crazy bone*, crook, crutch, curve, fork, funny bone*, half turn, hinge, joint, turn; concepts 418,436 elbow [v] push aside bend, bulldoze, bump, crowd, hook, hustle, jostle, knock, nudge, press, rough and tumble*, shoulder, shove; concept 208 elbow grease [n] physical effort effort, exertion, labor, muscle, oomph*, strain, strength, sweat, toil; concepts 87,100,351,360,362 elbow room [n] room to maneuver breathing space, clearance, freedom, latitude, leeway, license, margin, play, room, space; concept 739 elder [adj] born earlier ancient, earlier, rstborn, more mature, older, senior; concepts 578,797 Ant. last-born, younger, youngest elder [n] older person ancestor, ancient, forebearer, golden ager*, matriarch, oldest, old fogey*, oldster*, patriarch, senior, senior citizen, superior, veteran; concept 424 Ant. junior, minor, youngster, youth elderly [adj] in old age aged, aging, ancient, been around*, declining, gray*, hoary, long in tooth*, lot of mileage*, no spring chicken*, old, olden, on last leg*, over the hill*, retired, tired, venerable; concepts 578,797 Ant. young, youth elect [v] select as representative; choose accept, admit, appoint, ballot, conclude, cull, decide upon, designate, determine, go down the line, judge, mark, name, nominate, optate, opt for, pick, pick out, prefer, receive, resolve, settle, settle on, single out, take, tap, vote, vote for; concepts 41,300 Ant. ignore, vote down, vote out election [n] choosing; voting alternative, appointment, ballot, balloting, choice, decision,

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determination, franchise, judgment, option, poll, polls, preference, primary, referendum, selection, ticket, vote-casting; concepts 41,300 electioneering [n] campaigning barnstorming*, canvassing, polling, voting; concept 87 elective [adj] able to be chosen constituent, discretionary, electoral, facultative, nonobligatory, not compulsory, optional, selective, voluntary, voting; concept 535 Ant. required electric/electrical [adj] charged; energetic AC, DC, dynamic, electrifying, exciting, juiced*, magnetic, motor-driven, power-driven, rousing, stimulating, stirring, tense, thrilling, voltaic; concept 540 Ant. boring, uncharged, unenergetic, unexciting electricity [n] energized matter, power AC, current, DC, electromagneticism, electron, galvanism, heat, hot stuff*, ignition, juice*, light, magneticism, service, spark, tension, utilities, voltage; concept 520 electrify [v] thrill, stimulate amaze, animate, astonish, astound, charge, commove, disturb, dynamize, energize, enthuse, excite, re, frenzy, galvanize, invigorate, jar, jolt, magnetize, power, provoke, rouse, send, shock, stagger, startle, stir, strike, stun, take ones breath away*, wire*; concepts 7,22,42 Ant. bore, dull electronics [n] electronic devices camcorders, CD players, computer chips, computers, electronic components, integrated circuitry, radios, stereos, televisions, transistors, VCRs, video cameras; concepts 463,499 elegance [n] cultivated beauty, taste breeding, charm, class, courtliness, cultivation, culture, delicacy, dignity, discernment, distinction, exquisiteness, felicity, gentility, good taste, grace, gracefulness, grandeur, hauteur, lushness, luxury, magnicence, nicety, nobility, noblesse, ornateness, polish, politeness, poshness, propriety, purity, renement, restraint, rhythm, sophistication, splendor, style, sumptuousness, symmetry, tastefulness; concepts 655,671,718 Ant. crudeness, inelegance, poor taste, roughness, ugliness elegant [adj] beautiful, tasteful affected, appropriate, apt, aristocratic, artistic, august, chic, choice, classic, clever, comely, courtly, cultivated, cultured, dainty, delicate, dignied, effective, exquisite, fancy, fashionable, ne, genteel, graceful, grand, handsome, ingenious, luxurious, majestic, modish, neat, nice, noble, opulent, ornamented, ornate, ostentatious, overdone, polished, rare, recherch, rened, rich, select, simple, stately, stuffy, stylish, stylized, sumptuous, superior, turgid, wellbred; concepts 574,579,589 Ant. crude, inelegant, rough, ugly, unfashionable, unrened, unsophisticated, untasteful elegiac [adj] lamenting doleful, funereal, melancholy, mournful, sad, sorrowful, threnodial; concept 403 elegy [n] dirge death song, funeral song, knell, lament, plaint, requiem, threnody; concepts 262,293,595 element [n1] essential feature aspect, basic, basis, bit, component, constituent, detail, drop, facet, factor, fundamental, hint, ingredient, item, material, matter, member, part, particle, particular, piece, portion, principle, root,

section, stem, subdivision, trace, unit, view; concepts 668,826,829 element [n2] place where one feels comfortable domain, environment, eld, habitation, medium, milieu, sphere; concepts 198,516 Ant. foreign land elementary [adj] simple, basic ABCs, abecedarian, basal, beginning, childs play*, clear, duck soup*, easy, elemental, essential, facile, foundational, fundamental, initial, introductory, meat and potatoes*, original, plain, prefatory, preliminary, primary, primitive, primo*, rudimentary, simplest, simplex, simplied, straightforward, substratal, uncomplex, uncomplicated, underlying; concepts 546, 562 Ant. abstruse, advanced, complex, complicated, compound, difcult, hard, intricate, involved, secondary elephantine [adj] huge behemothic, big, colossal, enormous, extensive, gargantuan, giant, gigantic, grand, great, humongous, immense, jumbo*, large, mammoth, massive, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, titanic, towering; concepts 771,773 elevate [v1] lift up erect, fetch up*, heighten, hike up*, hoist, jack up*, levitate, poise, pump, put up, pyramid*, raise, ramp, rear, shoot up*, stilt, take up, tilt, uphold, uplift, upraise; concept 196 Ant. decrease, depress, drop, lessen, lower, push down elevate [v2] promote; augment advance, aggrandize, appoint, boost, build up, dignify, enhance, ennoble, exalt, further, glorify, heighten, honor, increase, intensify, magnify, prefer, put up, skip, swell, upgrade; concepts 69,351,700 Ant. condemn, demote, denounce, deprecate, disdain, lessen, lower, spurn elevate [v3] raise spirits animate, boost, brighten, bring up, buoy up*, cheer, elate, excite, exhilarate, glorify, hearten, inspire, lift up*, perk up*, rene, rouse, sublimate, uplift; concepts 7,22 Ant. depress, disgrace, distress, lower, shame, trouble, upset elevated [adj1] highly moral or dignied animated, big-time*, bright, elated, eloquent, eminent, ethical, exalted, exhilarated, formal, grand, grandiloquent, heavy, high, high-own*, high-minded, honorable, inated, lofty, noble, righteous, stately, sublime, superb, upright, upstanding, virtuous; concepts 402,545,567 Ant. base, immoral, lowly, undignied elevated [adj2] raised up aerial, high, high-rise, lifted, raised, stately, tall, towering, upheaved, uplifted, upraised, uprisen; concept 779 Ant. base, decreased, dropped, lessened, lowered, lowly elevation [n1] height; high ground acclivity, altitude, ascent, boost, eminence, heave, hill, hillock, hoist, levitation, mountain, platform, ridge, rise, roof, top, uplift, upthrow; concepts 509,741 Ant. depression, lowness elevation [n2] advancement, promotion aggrandizement, apotheosis, boost, deication, eminence, ennoblement, exaltation, exaltedness, glorication, grandeur, immortalization, lionization, loftiness, magnication, nobility, nobleness, preference, preferment, prelation, raise, sublimity, upgrading; concepts 69,351, 668 Ant. demotion, disdain, spurning

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elevator [n] lift conveyor, dumbwaiter, escalator, hoist; concept 196 elf [n] small, fairytale character brownie, eln, fairy, fay, leprechaun, nisse, pixie; concept 370 Ant. giant eln [adj] mischievous; small delicate, devilish, disobedient, elsh, frolicsome, impish, little, minute, misbehaving, naughty, petite, playful, prankish, puckish, puny, rascally, slight, sprightly, tiny; concepts 401,545 elicit [v] draw out arm-twist*, badger, bite*, bring, bring forth, bring out, bring to light*, call forth, cause, derive, educe, evince, evoke, evolve, exact, extort, extract, fetch, give rise to, milk*, obtain, put muscle on*, put the arm on*, rattle, shake, shake down*, squeeze, wrest, wring; concepts 68,142 Ant. cover, hide, keep, repress, supress eligible [adj] t, worthy acceptable, appropriate, becoming, capable of, desirable, discretionary, elective, employable, equal to, tted, in line for*, in the running*, licensed, likely, preferable, privileged, proper, qualied, satisfactory, seemly, suitable, suited, trained, up to*, usable; concepts 527,558 Ant. improper, inappropriate, ineligible, unt, unsuitable, unsuited, unworthy eliminate [v] remove, throw out annihilate, blot out*, bump off*, cancel, cast out, count out, cut out, defeat, discard, discharge, dismiss, dispense with, dispose of, disqualify, disregard, do away with, drive out, drop, eject, eradicate, erase, evict, exclude, expel, exterminate, get rid of, ignore, invalidate, kill, knock out*, leave out, liquidate, murder, omit, oust, phase out, put out, reject, rub out*, rule out, set aside, shut the door on*, slay, stamp out*, take out, terminate, waive, waste, wipe out*; concepts 30,211 Ant. accept, choose, include, keep, ratify, sanction, welcome elimination [n] removal cut, destruction, discard, displacement, dropping, ejection, eradication, exclusion, expulsion, extermination, omission, rejection, riddance, taking away, weeding out, withdrawal; concept 180 elite [adj] best, rst-class aristocratic, choice, cool*, crack*, elect, exclusive, gilt-edged, greatest, noble, out of sight*, out of this world*, pick, selected, super, tip-top*, top, top drawer*, topight, top-notch, upperclass, world-class; concepts 555,574 Ant. common, low-class, lower, lowerclass, ordinary, poor, worst elite [n] high-class persons aristocracy, beautiful people*, best, blue blood*, carriage trade*, celebrity, choice, country club set*, cream, crme de la crme*, crowd, elect, establishment, fast lane*, fat*, ower, gentility, gentry, glitterati, high society*, in-crowd*, jet-set*, main line*, nobility, old money*, optimacy, pride, prime, prize, quality, select, society, top, upper class, upper crust*; concepts 387,388, 417 Ant. commonality, lower class, low-life, ordinary elitist [n] snob highbrow, name-dropper, pompous ass, pompous person, social climber, stiff, stuffed shirt; concept 423 elixir [n] remedy cure-all, elixir of life, extract, medicine, mixture, panacea, philosophers

stone, potion, principle, solution; concepts 307,311,693,712 elliptical [adj] oval-shaped egg-shaped, ellipsoidal, oblong, ovoid; concept 486 elocution [n] articulation declamation, delivery, diction, dramatic, eloquence, enunciation, expression, locution, oratory, pronunciation, public speaking, reading, rhetoric, speech, speechcraft, speechmaking, utterance, voice culture, voice production; concept 47 Ant. inarticulation, mispronouncement elongate [v] make longer drag ones feet*, drag out, draw, draw out, extend, ll, lengthen, let out, pad*, prolong, prolongate, protract, put rubber in*, spin out, stretch; concepts 137,239,250 Ant. constrict, contract, shorten elongated [adj] lengthened dragged out, drawn out, expanded, extended, increased, made longer, outstretched, prolonged, protracted, stretched, strung out; concepts 482,779,798 elope [v] run away to be married abscond, bolt, decamp, disappear, escape, ee, y, go secretly, go to Gretna Green*, leave, run off, skip*, slip away, slip out, steal away; concept 297 eloquence [n] skillful way with words ability, appeal, articulation, command of language, delivery, diction, dramatic, expression, expressiveness, expressivity, facility, fervor, ow, uency, force, forcefulness, gift of gab*, grandiloquence, loquacity, meaningfulness, melliuousness, oration, oratory, passion, persuasiveness, poise, power, rhetoric, spirit, style, vigor, vivacity, volubility, wit, wittiness; concepts 68,278,630 Ant. dullness, inarticulateness eloquent [adj] having a skillful way with words affecting, ardent, articulate, expressive, facund, fervent, fervid, uent, forceful, glib, grandiloquent, graphic, impassioned, impressive, indicative, magniloquent, meaningful, moving, outspoken, passionate, persuasive, poignant, potent, powerful, revealing, rhetorical, sententious, signicant, silver-tongued*, smooth-spoken*, stirring, suggestive, telling, touching, vivid, vocal, voluble, well-expressed; concept 267 Ant. dull, inarticulate elsewhere [adv] in another place abroad, absent, away, formerly, gone, hence, not here, not present, not under consideration, otherwhere, outside, remote, removed, somewhere, somewhere else, subsequently; concept 586 elucidate [v] explain in detail annotate, clarify, clear, clear up, decode, demonstrate, draw a picture*, enlighten, exemplify, explicate, expound, get across*, gloss, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, make perfectly clear, make plain, make see daylight*, prove, shed light on*, spell out*, throw light on*, unfold; concept 57 Ant. be vague, confuse, distract, make ambiguous, mix up, mystify, obscure elude [v] avoid; escape bafe, beat around the bush*, be beyond someone*, bilk, circumvent, confound, cop out*, ditch, dodge, double, duck, eschew, evade, ee, y, foil, frustrate, get around, get away from, give the runaround*, give the slip*, give wide berth to*, hem and haw*, not touch, outrun, outwit, pass the buck*, pass up, puzzle, run around, shirk, shuck, shun, shy, stall, stay shy of*, steer clear of*,

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stonewall*, stump, thwart; concepts 30,38, 59,102 Ant. attract, confront, encounter, entice, face, invite, meet, take on elusive [adj] evasive, mysterious ambiguous, bafing, cagey, deceitful, deceptive, difcult to catch, elusory, equivocal, evanescent, fallacious, eeting, fraudulent, fugacious, fugitive, greasy, illusory, imponderable, incomprehensible, indenable, insubstantial, intangible, misleading, occult, phantom, puzzling, shifty, shy, slippery, stonewalling*, subtle, transient, transitory, tricky, unspecic, volatile; concepts 529,542 Ant. attracting, confronting, encountering, enticing, facing, inviting emaciated [adj] undernourished; thin anorexic, atrophied, attenuate, attenuated, bony, cadaverous, consumptive, famished, gaunt, haggard, lank, lean, like a bag of bones*, meager, peaked, pinched, scrawny, skeletal, skeletonlike, skin-and-bones*, skinny, starved, thin as rail*, underfed, wasted, wizened; concepts 490,491 Ant. fat, heavy, overnourished, overweight, plump e-mail [n] electronic mail chat message, online correspondence, online mail, voice mail; concept 266 emanate [v] come forth; give off arise, birth, derive, discharge, egress, emerge, emit, exhale, exit, exude, ow, initiate, issue, originate, proceed, radiate, rise, send forth, spring, stem; concepts 179,221,648 Ant. take, withdraw emanation [n] emergence, discharge arising, beginning, derivation, drainage, efuence, efuent, efux, effusion, ejaculation, emerging, emission, escape, exhalation, exudation, ow, owing, gush, issuance, issuing, leakage, oozing, origin, origination, outow, outpour, proceeding, radiation, springing, welling; concepts 179,221 Ant. taking, withdrawal emancipate [v] set free affranchise, deliver, discharge, disencumber, disenthral, enfranchise, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, release, unbind, unchain, unfetter, unshackle; concept 127 Ant. hold, imprison, incarcerate emancipation [n] freedom deliverance, delivery, enfranchisement, independence, liberation, liberty, release, setting free; concept 691 emasculate [v] weaken, deprive of force alter, debilitate, devitalize, enervate, x*, impoverish, vitiate; concepts 240,250 Ant. aid, assist, help embalm [v] preserve, immortalize anoint, cherish, consecrate, conserve, enshrine, freeze, lay out, mummify, prepare, process, store, treasure, wrap; concept 202 embargo [n] prohibition, restriction ban, bar, barrier, blockage, check, hindrance, impediment, interdict, interdiction, proscription, restraint, stoppage; concepts 119,130 embark [v] get on transportation object board, commence, emplane, enter, entrain, go aboard ship, launch, leave port, plunge into, put on board, set about, set out, set sail, take on board, take ship; concepts 159,195,224 Ant. disembark, stay embark on [v] begin undertaking, journey broach, commence, engage, enter, get off, initiate, jump off, launch, open, plunge into,

set about, set out, set to, start, take up, tee off*; concepts 100,221 embarrass [v] cause mental discomfort abash, agitate, annoy, bewilder, bother, bug, catch one short*, chagrin, confuse, discombobulate*, discomt, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, distract, distress, disturb, dumbfound, faze, uster, give a bad time*, give a hard time*, hang up*, irk, let down*, make a monkey of*, mortify, nonplus, perplex, perturb, plague, put in a hole*, put in a spot*, put on the spot*, put out of countenance*, puzzle, rattle, shame, show up*, stun, tease, throw, throw into a tizzy*, upset; concepts 7,19,54 Ant. comfort, gladden, help, please embarrassing [adj] humiliating, shaming awkward, bewildering, compromising, confusing, delicate, difcult, disagreeable, discomting, discommoding, discommodious, disconcerting, distracting, distressing, disturbing, equivocal, exasperating, impossible, incommodious, inconvenient, inopportune, mortifying, perplexing, puzzling, rattling, sensitive, shameful, sticky, ticklish, touchy, tricky, troublesome, troubling, uncomfortable, uneasy, unpropitious, unseemly, upsetting, worrisome; concepts 537,548 Ant. comfortable, unshameful embarrassment [n] humiliation, shame awkwardness, awkward situation, bashfulness, bind, boo boo*, chagrin, clumsiness, complexity, confusion, destitution, difculty, dilemma, discomture, discomposure, disconcertion, distress, egg on face*, faux pas, x, hitch, hot seat*, hot water*, impecuniosity, indebtedness, indiscretion, inhibition, mess, mistake, mortication, pickle*, pinch, plight, poverty, predicament, puzzle, quandary, scrape, selfconsciousness, shyness, snag, stew, strait, tangle, timidity, unease, uneasiness; concepts 410,674 Ant. comfort, condence embassy [n] residence, ofces of overseas representatives commission, committee, consular ofce, consulate, delegation, diplomatic ofce, legation, ministry, mission; concepts 439,449, 516 embattle [v] prepare for battle arm, array, equip, fortify, furnish, make ready, militarize, mobilize, prepare for combat, strengthen, supply; concept 202 embed [v] sink, implant bury, deposit, dig in, drive in, enclose, fasten, x, hammer in, impact, inx, ingrain, inlay, insert, install, lodge, pierce, plant, plunge, press, put into, ram in, root, set, stick in, stuff in, thrust in, tuck in; concepts 178,188 Ant. dig up embellish [v] make beautiful; decorate add bells and whistles*, adorn, amplify, array, beautify, bedeck, color, deck, dress up*, elaborate, emblaze, embroider, enhance, enrich, exaggerate, festoon, x up*, fudge*, garnish, gild, give details, grace, gussy up*, magnify, ornament, overstate, spiff up*, spruce up*, trim; concepts 49,162,177,700 Ant. deface, disgure, mar, simplify, spoil, uglify embellishment [n] beautication; decorating adornment, coloring, decoration, doodad*, elaboration, embroidering, embroidery, enhancement, enrichment, exaggeration,

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fandangle*, oridity, owery speech, frill, froufrou*, fuss*, garnish, gilding, gingerbread*, hyperbole, icing on the cake*, jazz*, ornament, ornamentation, ostentation, overstatement; concepts 177,278,700,718 Ant. disgurement, injury, simplication, spoliation embers [n] hot ashes from re ash, brand, cinders, clinkers, coals, rebrand, live coals, slag, smoking remnants, smoldering remains; concepts 260,478 embezzle [v] steal money, often from employer abstract, appropriate, defalcate, lch, forge, loot, misapply, misappropriate, misuse, peculate, pilfer, purloin, put hand in cookie jar*, put hand in till*, skim, thieve; concept 139 Ant. compensate, give, pay, reimburse, return embezzlement [n] stealing money, often from employer abstraction, appropriation, defalcation, lching, fraud, larceny, misapplication, misappropriation, misuse, peculation, pilferage, pilfering, purloining, skimming, theft, thieving; concept 139 Ant. compensation, pay, reimbursement, return embitter [v] upset, alienate acerbate, acidulate, aggravate, anger, annoy, bitter, bother, disaffect, disillusion, envenom, exacerbate, exasperate, irritate, make bitter, make resentful, poison, sour, venom, worsen; concepts 7,14,19 Ant. calm, comfort, make happy, pacify embittered [adj] resentful bitter, disaffected, full of hate, irritated, rancorous, sore, spiteful; concepts 267,404 emblazon [v] adorn add nishing touches, beautify, brighten, color, deck, decorate, do up*, embellish, x up, gussy up*, jazz up*, ornament, paint, spruce up; concepts 162,177 emblem [n] crest adumbration, arms, attribute, badge, banner, brand, character, coat of arms, colophon, colors, design, device, gure, ag, hallmark, identication, image, impress, insignia, logo, mark, marker, medal, memento, miniature, monogram, motto, pennant, regalia, reminder, representation, scepter, seal, sign, standard, symbol, token, trademark, type; concepts 259,284,625 embodiment [n] representation, manifestation apotheosis, archetype, cast, collection, comprehension, conformation, embracement, encompassment, epitome, example, exemplar, exemplication, expression, form, formation, incarnation, inclusion, incorporation, integration, matter, organization, personication, prosopopoeia, quintessence, realization, reication, structure, symbol, systematization, type; concepts 118,686 Ant. exclusion embody [v1] represent; materialize actualize, complete, concretize, demonstrate, emblematize, epitomize, evince, exemplify, exhibit, express, exteriorize, externalize, hypostatize, illustrate, incarnate, incorporate, manifest, mirror, objectify, personalize, personify, realize, reify, show, stand for, substantiate, symbolize, typify; concept 118 Ant. disembody, exclude embody [v2] include, integrate absorb, amalgamate, assimilate, blend, bring together, codify, collect, combine, comprehend, comprise, concentrate, consolidate, contain, embrace, encompass, establish, fuse, have, incorporate, involve, merge, organize, subsume, systematize, take in,

unify; concepts 112,113 Ant. disembody, disintegrate, exclude embolden [v] encourage boost, buoy, cheer, energize, enhearten, exhilarate, give courage, give pep talk*, goad, inspire, inspirit, invigorate, psyche up, push, rally, reassure, refresh, revitalize, spur, stir, sway; concepts 7,22 emboss [v] imprint adorn, carve, decorate, etch, impress, punch, sculpt, stamp; concept 79 embrace [v1] hold tightly in ones arms bear hug*, clasp, clinch, cling, clutch, cradle, cuddle, encircle, enfold, entwine, envelop, fold, fondle, grab, grasp, grip, hug, lock, nuzzle, press, seize, snuggle, squeeze, take in arms*, wrap; concepts 190,191 Ant. let go, release embrace [v2] include in ones beliefs; take into account accept, accommodate, admit, adopt, avail oneself of, comprehend, comprise, contain, cover, deal with*, embody, enclose, encompass, espouse, get into*, go in for*, grab, have, incorporate, involve, make use of, provide for, receive, seize, subsume, take advantage of, take in, take on, take up, welcome; concepts 12,15,112 Ant. disbelieve, distrust, exclude, reject, shun embroider [v1] add fancy stitching, adornment beautify, bedeck, braid, color, cross-stitch, deck, decorate, embellish, x up, garnish, gild, gussy up*, knit, ornament, pattern, quilt, spruce up*, stitch, weave pattern, work; concepts 177,218 embroider [v2] exaggerate information aggrandize, amplify, blow-up*, build up, color, distend, dramatize, elaborate, embellish, enhance, enlarge, expand, falsify, fudge*, heighten, hyperbolize, lie, magnify, make federal case*, make mountain out of molehill*, overdo, overelaborate, overembellish, overemphasize, overestimate, overstate, pad*, play up*, puff*, romanticize, spread on thick*, stretch, stretch the truth*, yeast*; concept 58 embroidery [n] fancy stitching adornment, appliqu, arabesque, bargello, brocade, crewel, crochet, cross-stitch, decoration, lace, lacery, needlepoint, needlework, quilting, sampler, tapestry, tatting, tracery; concepts 218,259 embroil [v] involve in dispute; complicate cause trouble, compromise, confound, confuse, derange, disorder, disturb, disunite, encumber, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, implicate, incriminate, involve, mire, mix up, muddle, perplex, snarl, tangle, trouble; concepts 7,19,86 Ant. exclude, uncomplicate embryonic [adj] rudimentary beginning, developing, early, elementary, evolving, germinal, immature, incipient, undeveloped; concepts 485,578,797 emend [v] correct alter, amend, better, edit, emendate, improve, polish, rectify, redact, retouch, revise, right, touch up; concept 126 Ant. make mistake, worsen emerge [v] come out, arise appear, arrive, become apparent, become known, become visible, come forth, come into view, come on the scene, come to light, come up, crop up, dawn, derive, develop, egress, emanate, ow, gush, issue, loom, make appearance, materialize, originate, proceed, rise, show, spring, spring up, spurt, steam, stem, surface, transpire,

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turn up; concepts 105,118 Ant. disappear, fade, go away, leave emergency [n] crisis, danger accident, climax, clutch*, compulsion, crossroad, crunch*, depression, difculty, distress, exigency, extremity, x, hole, impasse, juncture, meltdown*, misadventure, necessity, pass, pinch*, plight, predicament, pressure, push, quandary, scrape, squeeze, strait, tension, turning point, urgency, vicissitude, zero hour*; concepts 674,675 Ant. calm, peace emergency room [n] trauma center critical care facility, emergency clinic, ER, ICU, intensive care unit, triage room; concept 312 emergent [adj] resulting appearing, budding, coming, developing, eforescent, emanant, emanating, issuing forth, outgoing, rising; concept 537 Ant. declining, dependent emigrant [n] person who leaves his or her native country alien, colonist, departer, displaced person, migr, evacuee, exile, expatriate, fugitive, migrant, migrator, outcast, pilgrim, refugee, traveler, wanderer, wayfarer; concepts 413,423 Ant. nationalist, native emigrate [v] move to new country depart, migrate, move abroad, quit, remove, transmigrate; concept 198 Ant. remain, stay migr [n] emigrant displaced person, DP, exile, expatriate, foreigner, migrant, refugee; concept 413 eminence [n1] importance, fame authority, celebrity, credit, dignity, distinction, esteem, famousness, glory, greatness, honor, illustriousness, inuence, kudos, loftiness, notability, note, power, preeminence, prepotency, prestige, prominence, prominency, rank, renown, reputation, repute, signicance, standing, superiority, weight; concepts 388,668,671 Ant. inferiority, unimportance eminence [n2] high ground altitude, elevation, height, highland, highness, hill, hillock, knoll, loftiness, peak, project, prominence, promontory, raise, ridge, rise, summit, upland; concepts 509,741 Ant. at, low ground eminent [adj] very important; famous august, big-gun*, big-league*, big-name*, big-time*, celeb*, celebrated, celebrious, conspicuous, distinguished, dominant, elevated, esteemed, exalted, famed, grand, great, high, high-ranking, illustrious, lionlike, lofty, name, noble, notable, noted, noteworthy, of note, outstanding, page-oner*, paramount, preeminent, prestigious, prominent, redoubted, renowned, star, superior, superstar, VIP*, well-known; concepts 555,568 Ant. disrespected, inferior, undistinguished, unimportant, unnotable eminently [adv] exceptionally; well conspicuously, exceedingly, extremely, greatly, highly, notably, outstandingly, prominently, remarkably, strikingly, suitably, surpassingly, very; concept 574 Ant. unimportantly, unremarkably emir [n] prince amir, chieftain, governor, leader, shah, sheik; concepts 347,354 emissary [n] deputy agent, ambassador, bearer, carrier, consul, courier, delegate, envoy, front, go-between, herald, hired gun*, intermediary, internuncio, legate, messenger, rep*, representative, scout, spy; concepts 348,423

emission [n] issuance, diffusion discharge, ejaculation, ejection, emanation, exhalation, exudation, issue, radiation, shedding, transmission, utterance, venting; concept 179 Ant. concealment, containment, refrain, repression, suppression, withholding emit [v] diffuse, discharge afford, beam, belch, breathe, cast out, disembogue, drip, eject, emanate, erupt, evacuate, excrete, exhale, expectorate, expel, expend, expire, extrude, exude, give off, give out, give vent to, gush, issue, jet, let off, loose, ooze, pass, perspire, pour, pronounce, purge, radiate, reek, secrete, send forth, send out, shed, shoot, speak, spew, spill, spit, squirt, throw out, transmit, utter, vent, voice, void, vomit, yield; concepts 108,179, 266 Ant. conceal, contain, refrain, repress, suppress, withhold emollient [adj] soothing balsamic, demulcent, healing, lenitive, palliative, relieving, remedial, softening; concepts 7,22,110,384 emollient [n] lotion balm, cream, lenitive, liniment, moisturizer, oil, ointment, salve, soothing agent, unguent; concepts 311,446, 466 emote [v] express emotion act, dramatize, exaggerate, ham it up*, overact, overdramatize, overplay; concept 292 emoticon [n] keyboard symbol code, :-) emotag, smiley, winkey; concept 284 emotion [n] mental state affect, affection, affectivity, agitation, anger, ardor, commotion, concern, desire, despair, despondency, disturbance, drive, ecstasy, elation, empathy, excitability, excitement, feeling, fervor, grief, gut reaction, happiness, inspiration, joy, love, melancholy, passion, perturbation, pride, rage, remorse, responsiveness, sadness, satisfaction, sensation, sensibility, sensitiveness, sentiment, shame, sorrow, sympathy, thrill, tremor, vehemence, vibes, warmth, zeal; concept 410 Ant. physicality emotional [adj] demonstrative about feelings affecting, ardent, disturbed, ecstatic, emotive, enthusiastic, excitable, exciting, falling apart*, fanatical, feeling, fervent, fervid, ckle, ery, heartwarming, heated, histrionic, hot-blooded*, hysterical, impassioned, impetuous, impulsive, irrational, moving, nervous, overwrought, passionate, pathetic, poignant, responsive, roused, sensitive, sentient, sentimental, spontaneous, stirred, stirring, susceptible, tear-jerking*, temperamental, tender, thrilling, touching, warm, zealous; concepts 403,542 Ant. physical emotionless [adj] unfeeling, undemonstrative blank, chill, cold, cold-blooded*, cold sh*, cool, cool cat*, deadpan, detached, dispassionate, distant, at, frigid, glacial*, heartless, icy, immovable, impassive, impersonal, in cold blood*, indifferent, laid back*, matter-of-fact, nonemotional, nowhere*, poker face*, remote, reserved, stony-eyed*, thick-skinned*, toneless, unemotional, unimpassioned, with straight face; concepts 401,403,542 Ant. demonstrative, emotional, feeling, passionate, sympathetic empathize [v] identify with comprehend, feel for, imagine, put oneself in anothers place, relate to, share, stand in ones shoes, suffer with, sympathize, understand; concepts 34,110

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empathy [n] understanding afnity, appreciation, being on same wavelength*, being there for someone*, communion, community of interests, compassion, comprehension, concord, cottoning to*, good vibrations*, hitting it off*, insight, picking up on*, pity, rapport, recognition, responsiveness, soul, sympathy, warmth; concepts 32,409,411 Ant. apathy, misunderstanding, unfeelingness emperor [n] ruler czar, dictator, empress, king, monarch, prince, sovereign, sultan; concepts 347,354 emphasis [n] importance, prominence accent, accentuation, attention, decidedness, force, headline, highlight, impressiveness, insistence, intensity, moment, positiveness, power, preeminence, priority, signicance, strength, stress, underlining, underscoring, weight; concepts 668,682 Ant. insignicance, unimportance emphasize [v] stress, give priority to accent, accentuate, afrm, articulate, assert, bear down, charge, dramatize, dwell on, enlarge, enunciate, headline, highlight, hit*, impress, indicate, insist on, italicize, labor the point*, limelight*, maintain, make a point, make clear, make emphatic, make much of*, mark, pinpoint, play up*, point out*, point up*, press, pronounce, punctuate, put accent on*, reiterate, repeat, rub in*, spotlight*, underline, underscore, weight; concepts 49,57 Ant. depreciate, forget, ignore, play down, understate emphatic [adj] insistent, unequivocal absolute, accented, assertive, assured, categorical, certain, cogent, condent, decided, denite, denitive, determined, direct, distinct, dogmatic, dynamic, earnest, energetic, explicit, express, at, for a face*, forceful, forcible, important, impressive, marked, momentous, no mistake*, pointed, positive, potent, powerful, pronounced, resounding, signicant, sober, solemn, stressed, striking, strong, sure, telling, trenchant, unmistakable, vigorous; concepts 267,535 Ant. equivocal, indenite, indistinct, insignicant, reserved, understated, unpronounced empire [n] place ruled by sovereign; rule authority, command, commonwealth, control, domain, dominion, federation, government, people, power, realm, sovereignty, supremacy, sway, union; concepts 198,299,376 empirical/empiric [adj] practical; based on experience experient, experiential, experimental, factual, observational, observed, pragmatic, provisional, concepts 548,582 Ant. hypothetical, impractical, speculative, theoretical, unobserved employ [v1] make use of apply, bestow, bring to bear*, engage, exercise, exert, exploit, ll, handle, keep busy*, manipulate, occupy, operate, put to use*, spend, take up*, use, use up*, utilize; concept 225 Ant. ignore, misuse, shun, unemploy employ [v2] give money in exchange for work performed bring on board*, come on board*, commission, contract, contract for, engage, enlist, hire, ink*, obtain, place, procure, put on*, retain, secure, sign on*, sign up*, take on, truck with*; concept 351 Ant. re, lay off, let go employed [adj] working active, at it*, at work, busy, engaged, hired, in a job, in collar*, in

harness*, inked*, in place, laboring, occupied, on board*, on duty*, on the job*, on the payroll*, operating, plugging away*, selected, signed*; concepts 538,560 Ant. idle, inactive, unemployed, unengaged, unoccupied employee [n] person being paid for working for another or a corporation agent, apprentice, assistant, attendant, blue collar*, breadwinner*, clerk, cog*, company person, craftsperson, desk jockey*, domestic, hand, help, hired gun*, hired hand*, hireling, jobholder, laborer, member, operator, pink collar*, plug*, representative, sales help, salesperson, servant, slave, staff member, wage-earner, white collar*, worker, working stiff*; concept 348 employer [n] person, business who hires workers big cheese*, big shot*, boss, businessperson, capitalist, CEO*, chief, CO*, company, corporation, director, entrepreneur, establishment, executive, rm, front ofce, head, head honcho*, juice*, kingpin*, management, manager, manufacturer, meal ticket*, organization, outt, overseer, owner, patron, president, proprietor, slavedriver*, superintendent, supervisor; concept 347 employment [n1] working for a living; engagement in activity application, assignment, avocation, awarding, business, calling, carrying, commissioning, contracting, craft, employ, engaging, enlistment, enrollment, exercise, exercising, exertion, eld, function, game*, hire, hiring, job, line, mtier, mission, number, occupation, occupying, ofce, position, post, profession, pursuit, racket*, recruitment, retaining, service, servicing, setup, signing on*, situation, taking on, thing*, trade, using, vocation, what one is into*, work; concepts 349, 351,360 Ant. idleness, inactivity, unemployment employment [n2] using something adoption, appliance, application, disposition, exercise, exercising, exertion, exploitation, handling, operation, play, purpose, usage, usance, use, utilization; concepts 225,658,694 Ant. misuse emporium [n] market bazaar, boutique, chain, co-op, cut-rate store*, discount store, ve-anddime*, ea market, galleria, mall, mart, outlet, outlet store, shop, shopping center, shopping plaza, stand, store, supermarket, thrift shop; concept 449 empower [v] authorize, enable accredit, allow, capacitate, charge, commission, delegate, entitle, entrust, grant, invest, legitimize, license, okay, permit, privilege, qualify, sanction, vest, warrant; concepts 50,88 Ant. disenfranchise, refuse, reject, revoke empress [n] female ruler princess, queen, sovereign; concepts 347,354 emptiness [n] void, bareness blank, blankness, chasm, depletedness, desertedness, desolation, destitution, exhaustion, gap, hollowness, inanition, vacancy, vacuity, vacuum, waste; concepts 720,733 Ant. capacity, ll, fullness empty [adj1] containing nothing abandoned, bare, barren, blank, clear, dead, deated, depleted, desert, deserted, desolate, despoiled, destitute, devoid, dry, evacuated, exhausted, forsaken, godforsaken*, hollow, lacking, stark,

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unlled, unfurnished, uninhabited, unoccupied, vacant, vacated, vacuous, void, wanting, waste; concepts 481,774,786 Ant. complete, entire, lled, full, replete, sated, satised empty [adj2] fruitless, ineffective aimless, banal, barren, cheap, dead, deadpan, devoid, dishonest, dumb, expressionless, fatuous, at, frivolous, futile, hollow, idle, ignorant, inane, ineffectual, inexpressive, insincere, insipid, jejune, meaningless, nugatory, otiose, paltry, petty, purposeless, senseless, silly, trivial, unintelligent, unreal, unsatisfactory, unsubstantial, vacuous, vain, valueless, vapid, worthless; concepts 402,570,575 Ant. abundant, copious, effective, fruitful, productive, sufcient empty [adj3] hungry famished, ravenous, starving, unfed, unlled; concept 406 Ant. lled, full, sated, satised empty [v] remove contents clear, consume, decant, deplete, discharge, disgorge, drain, drink, dump, ebb, eject, escape, evacuate, exhaust, expel, ow out, gut, leak, leave, make void, pour out, purge, release, run out, rush out, tap, unburden, unload, use up, vacate, void; concept 211 Ant. ll empty-headed [adj] ighty, scatterbrained brainless, dizzy, featherbrained, frivolous, giddy, harebrained, ignorant, illiterate, inane, know-nothing, silly, skittish, stupid, uneducated, unschooled, untaught, vacant, vacuous; concept 402 Ant. cognizant, intelligent, sensible, slick, smart emulate [v] copy the actions of challenge, compete, compete with, contend, contend with, ditto*, do*, do like*, follow, follow in footsteps*, follow suit*, follow the example of*, go like*, imitate, make like*, mimic, mirror, outvie, pattern after*, rival, rivalize, take after*, vie with; concepts 87,171 enable [v] allow, authorize accredit, approve, capacitate, commission, condition, empower, endow, facilitate, t, give power, implement, invest, let, license, make possible, permit, prepare, provide the means*, qualify, ready, sanction, set up, warrant; concepts 50,83,88, 99 Ant. block, disallow, halt, hinder, inhibit, oppose, prevent, stop enact [v1] act out; accomplish achieve, appear as, depict, discourse, do, execute, go on*, perform, personate, play, playact, play the part of, portray, represent; concepts 91,292 Ant. fail, hinder, repeal, stop enact [v2] authorize, legislate accomplish, appoint, bring about, carry through, command, constitute, decree, determine, dictate, effect, effectuate, establish, execute, x, formulate, get the oor*, institute, jam through*, make, make into law, make laws, ordain, order, pass, proclaim, put in force, put through, railroad*, railroad through*, ratify, sanction, set, steamroll*, transact, vote favorably*, vote in*; concepts 50,88,298,317 Ant. hinder, prevent, refuse, veto enactment [n1] playacting achievement, acting, depiction, execution, impersonation, performance, personation, personication, playing, portrayal, representation; concepts 263,292 enactment [n2] law; authorization command, commandment, decree, dictate, edict, execution,

legislation, order, ordinance, proclamation, ratication, regulation, statute; concepts 318, 685 Ant. block, disallowance, hindrance, stop, veto enamel [n] paint, often shiny cloisonn, coating, nish, glaze, gloss, japan, lacquer, polish, stain, topcoat, varnish, veneer; concepts 259,260,467 enamor [v] fascinate, captivate attract, bewitch, charm, enchant, endear, enrapture, enthrall, entice, entrance, fall in love with*, grab, infatuate, make hit with*, please, slay*, sweep off feet*, turn on*; concepts 7,22, 375 Ant. dislike, hate enamored [adj] in love amorous, attracted, besotted, bewitched, captivated, charmed, crazy about*, devoted, dotty, enchanted, enraptured, entranced, fascinated, fond, gone*, has a thing about*, hooked*, infatuated, loving, nuts about*, silly about*, smitten, stuck on*, swept off ones feet*, taken*, wild about*; concepts 32,403 Ant. disliked, hated encampment [n] camp bivouac, campground, campsite, rest area, site; concepts 198,516 encapsulate [v1] encase box, cover, enclose, envelop, sheathe, wrap; concepts 112,209,758 encapsulate [v2] epitomize abbreviate, abridge, capsulize, condense, cut, digest, prcis, shorten, summarize, sum up, synopsize; concepts 236, 247 enchant [v] delight, mesmerize allure, beguile, bewitch, captivate, carry away*, cast a spell on*, charm, delectate, draw, enamor, enrapture, ensorcell, enthrall, entice, entrance, fascinate, grab, gratify, hex, hypnotize, kill*, knock dead*, magnetize, make a hit with*, make happy*, please, send*, slay*, spell, spellbind, sweep off feet*, take, thrill, turn on*, voodoo*, wile, wow*; concepts 7,22 Ant. bother, disenchant, disgust, repel, repulse enchanting [adj] fascinating, delightful alluring, appealing, attractive, beguiling, bewitching, captivating, charming, delectable, endearing, enthralling, entrancing, exciting, glamorous, intriguing, lovely, pleasant, pleasing, ravishing, seductive, siren, sirenic, winsome; concepts 404,529 Ant. bothering, disenchanting, disgust, repellent, repulsive enchantress [n] sorceress charmer, diviner, femme fatale, seductress, siren, vamp, witch; concepts 361,412,415 encircle [v] circumscribe band, begird, cincture, circle, circuit, compass, cover, enclose, encompass, enfold, enring, envelop, environ, gird in, girdle, halo, hem in*, inclose, invest, ring, surround, wreathe; concept 758 Ant. let go, unloose enclose [v] put inside, surround blockade, block off, bound, box up, cage, circle, circumscribe, close in, conne, coop, corral, cover, encase, encircle, encompass, enfold, enshroud, environ, fence, fence off*, hedge, hem in*, imbue, immure, implant, impound, imprison, include, induct, insert, intern, jail, limit, lock in*, lock up*, mew, mure, pen, restrict, set apart, shut in, veil, wall in, wrap; concepts 112,209,758 Ant. free, let go, release, unloose enclosure [n1] area bounded by something asylum, aviary, bowl, building, cage, camp,

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cell, close, coliseum, coop, corral, court, courtyard, den, dungeon, garden, ghetto, hutch, jail, pale, park, patch, pen, place, plot, pound, precinct, prison, quad, quadrangle, region, room, stadium, stockade, sty, vault, walk, yard, zone; concepts 439,448,513 Ant. open enclosure [n2] something included with a letter check, circular, copy, document, form, information, money, printed matter, questionnaire; concept 271 encode [v] encrypt cipher, conceal, cryptograph, make secret, put into code; concept 188 encompass [v1] surround, circumscribe beset, circle, compass, encircle, enclose, envelop, environ, gird, girdle, hem in, ring; concept 758 encompass [v2] include, contain admit, comprehend, comprise, cover, embody, embrace, have, hold, incorporate, involve, subsume, take in; concept 112 Ant. exclude encore [n] another round of applause; repeat acclamation, cheers, number, plaudits, praise, reappearance, repeat performance, repetition, response, return; concept 264 encounter [n1] chance meeting appointment, brush, concurrence, confrontation, interview, rendezvous; concept 384 Ant. avoidance, evasion, retreat encounter [n2] ght, argument action, battle, bout, brush, clash, collision, combat, conict, contention, contest, dispute, engagement, ap*, fray, hassle, quarrel, rumpus*, run-in*, scrap, set-to*, skirmish, velitation, violence; concepts 46,86,106 Ant. surrender, yielding encounter [v1] happen upon alight upon, bear, bump into, chance upon, close, come across, come upon, confront, cross the path*, descry, detect, espy, experience, face, fall in with*, nd, front, hit upon, meet, meet up with, rub eyeballs*, run across, run into, run smack into*, suffer, sustain, turn up, undergo; concepts 38,384 Ant. avoid, evade, retreat, run away encounter [v2] ght, attack affront, battle, clash with, collide, combat, conict, confront, contend, cross swords*, do battle*, engage, face, grapple, meet, strive, struggle; concepts 86,106 Ant. let go, surrender, yield encourage [v1] stimulate spiritually animate, applaud, boost, brighten, buck up*, buoy, cheer, cheer up, comfort, console, embolden, energize, enhearten, enliven, excite, exhilarate, fortify, galvanize, give shot in arm*, gladden, goad, hearten, incite, inspire, inspirit, instigate, praise, prick, prop up*, psych up*, push, rally, reassure, refresh, restore, revitalize, revivify, rouse, spur, steel, stir, strengthen, sway; concepts 7,22 Ant. dampen, deject, depress, deter, discourage, dispirit, dissuade, uninspire encourage [v2] give support; help abet, advance, advocate, aid, approve, assist, back, back up, befriend, bolster, boost, brace, comfort, console, countenance, develop, ease, egg on*, endorse, favor, fortify, forward, foster, further, get behind, give a leg up*, go for*, improve, instigate, invite, pat on the back, prevail, promote, pull for*, push, reassure, reinforce, relieve, root for*, sanction, second, serve, side with*, smile upon*, solace, spur, strengthen, subscribe to, subsidize, succor,

support, sustain, uphold; concepts 8,110 Ant. block, confuse, deter, discourage encouragement [n] help, support advance, advocacy, aid, animation, assistance, backing, boost, cheer, comfort, condence, consolation, consoling, easement, enlivening, faith, favor, rmness, fortitude, helpfulness, hope, incentive, incitement, inspiration, inspiritment, invigoration, optimism, promotion, reassurance, reassuring, refreshment, relief, relieving, reward, shot in the arm*, softening, solacing, stimulation, stimulus, succor, supporting, trust, urging; concepts 7,22,110,410 Ant. denunciation, derision, deterrent, discouragement encroach [v] invade anothers property, business appropriate, arrogate, barge in*, butt in*, crash, elbow in*, entrench, horn in*, impinge, infringe, interfere, interpose, intervene, intrude, make inroads*, meddle, muscle in*, overstep, put two cents in*, squeeze in*, stick nose into*, trench, trespass, usurp, work in, worm in*; concepts 7,19,86,159 Ant. keep off encumber [v] bother, burden block, charge, clog, cramp, discommode, embarrass, hamper, handicap, hang up, hinder, hog-tie*, hold up, impede, incommode, inconvenience, lade, load, make difcult, obstruct, oppress, overburden, overload, retard, saddle, saddle with*, slow down, tax, trammel, weigh down, weight; concepts 121,130 Ant. aid, assist, help encumbrance [n] burden albatross, ball and chain*, cross, debt, duty, guilt, handicap, hindrance, impediment, load, millstone, monkey on ones back*, obstruction, responsibility, saddle, thorn in ones side*, weight, worry; concepts 532,690 encyclopedic [adj] comprehensive all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, broad, catholic, complete, discursive, exhaustive, extensive, general, thorough, thorough-going, universal, vast, wide-ranging, widespread; concepts 267,772 Ant. brief, incomplete, summary, uncomprehensive end [n1] extreme, limit borderline, bound, boundary, butt end, conne, cusp, deadline, edge, extent, extremity, foot, head, heel, limitation, neb, nib, point, prong, spire, stub, stump, tail, tail end, term, terminal, termination, terminus, tip, top, ultimate; concept 745 Ant. beginning, cause, foundation, origin end [n2] completion, stop accomplishment, achievement, adjournment, attainment, bottom line*, cease, cessation, close, closing, closure, conclusion, consequence, consummation, culmination, curtain, denouement, desistance, desuetude, determination, discontinuance, execution, expiration, expiry, nale, nis, nish, fulllment, issue, last word*, omega, outcome, payoff, perfection, realization, resolution, result, retirement, sign-off*, target, termination, terminus, upshot*, windup, wrap-up*; concepts 119,230,832 Ant. beginning, commencement, opening, start end [n3] intention, aim aspiration, design, drift, goal, intent, mark, object, objective, point, purpose, reason, where ones heading*; concept 659 Ant. means end [n4] leftover part bit, butt end, dregs, fragment, leaving, lees, particle, piece, portion,

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remainder, remnant, residue, scrap, share, side, stub, tag end; concept 835 end [n5] death, destruction annihilation, demise, dissolution, doom, expiration, extermination, extinction, nish, passing, ruin, ruination; concept 304 Ant. birth, construction, creation end [v1] bring to an end abolish, abort, accomplish, achieve, break off, break up, call it a day*, call off*, cease, close, close out, complete, conclude, consummate, crown, culminate, cut short, delay, determine, discontinue, dispose of, dissolve, drop, expire, nish, get done, give up, halt, interrupt, pack it in*, perorate, postpone, pull the plug*, put the lid on*, quit, relinquish, resolve, settle, sew up*, shut down*, stop, switch off*, terminate, top off*, ultimate, wind up*, wrap, wrap up*; concept 234 Ant. begin, commence, create, start end [v2] die or kill abolish, annihilate, cease, depart, desist, destroy, die, expire, exterminate, extinguish, lapse, put to death, ruin, run out, wane; concepts 252,304 Ant. bear, create, give birth endanger [v] put in jeopardy be careless, chance, chance it*, expose, hazard, imperil, lay on the line*, lay open*, leave defenseless, leave in the middle*, make liable, menace, peril, play into ones hands*, put at risk, put in danger, put on the spot*, risk, stick ones neck out*, subject to loss, threaten, venture; concepts 246,252,384 Ant. aid, assist, comfort, help, save, take care endangered [adj] imperiled at risk, facing extinction, in danger, threatened; concepts 231,407 endear [v] attract attention attach, bind, captivate, charm, cherish, engage, prize, treasure, value, win; concepts 7,22,32 Ant. disenchant, repulse endearing [adj] lovable adorable, captivating, charming, dear, irresistible, sweet, winning; concept 404 endeavor [n] attempt to achieve something aim, all*, best shot*, crash project*, dry run*, effort, enterprise, essay, exertion, ing, full blast*, full court press*, full steam*, go, header*, labor, lick*, old college try*, ones all*, ones level best*, push, shot*, stab*, striving, struggle, toil, travail, trial, try, try-on*, undertaking, venture, whack*, whirl*, work; concept 87 Ant. idleness, laziness endeavor [v] attempt to achieve something address, aim, apply, aspire, assay, bid for, buck, determine, dig, do ones best*, drive at, essay, go for*, go for broke*, grind, hammer away*, hassle, have a crack*, have a shot at*, have a swing at*, hump*, hustle, intend, labor, make an effort, make a run at*, offer, peg away*, plug, pour it on*, purpose, push, risk, scratch, seek, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, take on, take pains*, try, undertake, venture; concept 87 Ant. be idle, ignore, laze, procrastinate, put off endemic [adj] native local, regional; concept 536 ending [n] conclusion catastrophe, cessation, close, closing, closure, completion, consummation, coup de grace, culmination, denouement,

desistance, dissolution, epilogue, expiration, nale, nish, lapse, omega, outcome, period, resolution, stop, summation, swan song*, termination, terminus, upshot, wane, windup; concepts 119,230,832 Ant. beginning, commencement, introduction, opening, start endless [adj] not stopping, not nishing amaranthine, boundless, ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, countless, deathless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, illimitable, immeasurable, immortal, incalculable, incessant, indeterminate, innite, interminable, limitless, measureless, monotonous, multitudinous, never-ending, no end of, no end to, numberless, overlong, perpetual, self-perpetuating, unbounded, unbroken, undivided, undying, unending, unfathomable, uninterrupted, unlimited, unsurpassable, untold, without end; concepts 482,551,798 Ant. bounded, completing, ending, nishing, limited, passing, stopping, terminable endorse [v1] support, authorize accredit, advocate, afrm, approve, attest, authenticate, back, back up*, bless, boost, certify, champion, commend, conrm, countenance, defend, favor, give a boost to, give green light*, give ones word*, give the go-ahead*, give the nod*, go along with*, go to bat for*, go with, guarantee, lend ones name to, okay, praise, push, ratify, recommend, rubber-stamp*, sanction, second, stand behind, stand up for*, stump for*, subscribe to, sustain, underwrite, uphold, vouch for, warrant, witness; concepts 10,50,69, 88,300 Ant. censure, disapprove, oppose, protest, reject, repel, unauthorize endorse [v2] countersign a check add ones name to, authenticate, autograph, cosign, notarize, put John Hancock on*, put signature on, rubber-stamp*, say amen to*, sign, sign off on, sign on dotted line*, subscribe, superscribe, undersign, underwrite; concepts 50,79,88,330 endorsement [n] support, authorization advocacy, afrmation, approbation, approval, backing, championing, commercial, conrmation, countersignature, favor, at, go-ahead*, green light*, hubba-hubba*, okay, pat on back*, permission, qualication, ratication, recommendation, sanction, seal of approval, signature, stroke, subscription to, superscription, the nod*, warrant; concept 685 Ant. censure, disapproval, opposition, rejection endow [v] give large gift accord, award, back, bequeath, bestow, come through with, confer, contribute, donate, empower, enable, endue, enhance, enrich, establish, favor, nance, found, fund, furnish, grant, heighten, invest, lay on*, leave, make over*, organize, promote, provide, settle on, sponsor, subscribe, subsidize, supply, support, vest in, will; concepts 108, 341 Ant. receive, take endowment [n1] large gift award, benefaction, benet, bequest, bestowal, boon, bounty, dispensation, donation, fund, funding, gifting, grant, gratuity, income, inheritance, largess, legacy, nest egg, pension, presentation, property, provision, revenue, stake, stipend, subsidy, trust; concepts 337,340 Ant. loss endowment [n2] personal talent, ability aptitude, attribute, capability, capacity, faculty, air, genius, gift, habilitation, power,

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qualication, quality, turn; concepts 411,630 Ant. drawback, inability, weakness end up [v] become eventually; come to a close arrive nally, cease, come to a halt, nish, nish as, nish up, stop, turn out to be, wind up; concept 119 endurable [adj] tolerable bearable, livable, sufferable, supportable, sustainable; concept 548 Ant. changeable, intolerable, tiring, unendurable endurance [n1] bearing hardship; staying power ability, allowance, backbone, bearing, capacity, continuing, cool, coolness, courage, enduring, forebearance, fortitude, grit, guts, gutsiness, heart*, holding up*, intestinal fortitude, mettle, moxie*, patience, perseverance, persistence, pertinacity, pluck, resignation, resistance, resolution, restraint, spunk, stamina, standing, starch*, strength, submission, sufferance, suffering, tenacity, tolerance, toleration, undergoing, vitality, will, withstanding; concepts 411,633 endurance [n2] continuity, lastingness continuance, continuation, durability, duration, immutability, longevity, permanence, persistence, stability; concept 804 Ant. end, eetingness endure [v1] bear hardship abide, accustom, allow, bear the brunt*, be patient with, brave, brook, cope with, countenance, eat, encounter, experience, face, feel, go through, grin and bear it*, hang in*, keep up, know, live out, live through, meet with, never say die*, permit, put up with, repress feelings, resign oneself, ride out*, sit through, stand, stick, stick it out*, stomach*, subject to, submit to, suffer, support, sustain, swallow*, take, take it*, take patiently, tolerate, undergo, weather, withstand; concept 23 endure [v2] continue; be durable abide, be, be left, be long lived, be timeless, bide, carry on, carry through, cling, exist, go on, hang on*, have no end, hold, hold on, hold out, keep on, last, linger, live, live on, never say die*, outlast, outlive, perdure, persist, prevail, remain, ride out*, run on, stand, stay, stay on, stick to*, superannuate, survive, sustain, wear, wear on, wear well*; concepts 239,407,804 Ant. discontinue enemy [n] someone hated or competed against adversary, agent, antagonist, archenemy, asperser, assailant, assassin, attacker, backbiter, bad person*, bandit, betrayer, calumniator, competitor, contender, criminal, defamer, deler, detractor, disputant, emulator, falsier, fth column*, foe, guerrilla, informer, inquisitor, invader, murderer, opponent, opposition, other side*, prosecutor, rebel, revolutionary, rival, saboteur, seditionist, slanderer, spy, terrorist, traducer, traitor, vilier, villain; concepts 322,412 Ant. aide, ally, assistant, condante, friend, helper energetic [adj] full of life; forceful active, aggressive, animated, ball of re*, breezy, brisk, demoniac, driving, dynamic, enterprising, forcible, fresh, hardy, high-powered, indefatigable, industrious, kinetic, lively, lusty, peppy, potent, powerful, red-blooded*, rugged, snappy, spirited, sprightly, spry, stalwart, strenuous, strong, sturdy, tireless, tough, unagging,

untiring, vigorous, vital, vivacious, zippy*; concepts 404,542 Ant. idle, inactive, lazy, lethargic, lifeless, slow, sluggish, tired energize [v] activate; give more life actify, activize, animate, arm, build up, electrify, empower, enable, enliven, excite, fortify, goose*, innervate, inspirit, invigorate, jazz up*, juice up*, liven up, motivate, pep up, prime, pump up*, put zip into*, quicken, reinforce, start up, stimulate, strengthen, sustain, switch on, trigger, turn on, vitalize, work up, zap*; concepts 7,22,231,700 Ant. deactivate, debilitate, sap, tire, weaken, weary energy [n1] persons spirit and vigor activity, animation, application, ardor, birr, dash, drive, effectiveness, efcacy, efciency, lan, endurance, enterprise, exertion, re, force, forcefulness, fortitude, get-up-and-go*, go, hardihood, initiative, intensity, juice, life, liveliness, might, moxie*, muscle, operativeness, pep, pizzazz, pluck, potency, power, puissance, punch, spirit, spontaneity, stamina, steam, strength, toughness, tuck, vehemence, verve, vim, virility, vitality, vivacity, zeal, zest, zing, zip*; concept 411 Ant. idleness, inactivity, laziness, lethargy, tiredness energy [n2] generated power application, burn, conductivity, current, dynamism, electricity, force, friction, gravity, heat, horsepower, juice, kilowatts, magnetism, potential, pressure, radioactivity, rays, reaction, response, service, steam, strength, voltage, wattage; concept 520 enervate [v] tire, wear out debilitate, devitalize, disable, enfeeble, exhaust, fatigue, incapacitate, jade, paralyze, sap, unnerve, vitiate, weaken, weary; concepts 156,225,250 Ant. activate, animate, empower, energize, invigorate, liven, strengthen enervated [adj] exhausted, worn out debilitated, deteriorated, devitalized, done in, enfeebled, fatigued, feeble, gone to seed*, incapacitated, lackadaisical, languid, languishing, languorous, limp, listless, on the ropes*, out of condition*, out of gas*, out of shape*, paralyzed, prostrate, prostrated, run-down, rusty, sapped, soft, spent, spiritless, tired, undermined, unnerved, vitiated, washed out, weak, weakened; concepts 485,560 Ant. activated, active, animated, energized, enthusiastic, invigorated, lively, strengthened enfeeble [v] make very weak attenuate, blunt, cripple, debilitate, deplete, devitalize, diminish, disable, exhaust, fatigue, incapacitate, sap, undermine, unhinge, unnerve, weaken, wear out; concepts 240,252 Ant. strengthen enfold [v] embrace, hug bear hug, cinch, clasp, clinch, clutch, cover, drape, encase, enclose, encompass, enshroud, envelop, envelope, enwrap, fold, girdle, grab, hold, invest, press, shroud, squeeze, surround, swathe, veil, wrap, wrap up; concepts 191,219 Ant. let go enforce [v] put a rule, plan in force accomplish, administer, administrate, apply, carry out, coerce, commandeer, compel, constrain, crack down, demand, dictate, discharge, dragoon, drive, effect, egg on*, emphasize, exact, execute, exert, expect, extort, force upon, fortify, fulll, goad, hound, impel, implement, impose, incite, insist on, invoke, lash, lean on, make,

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necessitate, oblige, perform, press, prosecute, put into effect, put screws to*, reinforce, require, sanction, spur, strain, stress, strongarm, support, urge, whip, wrest; concepts 50,88,133,298,317 Ant. abandon, disregard, drop, forego, forget, give up, neglect, overlook enforcement [n] requirement to obey; implementation of rule(s) administration, application, carrying out, coercion, compulsion, compulsory law, constraint, duress, enforcing, exaction, execution, fullling, imposition, impulsion, insistence, lash, martial law, necessitation, obligation, prescription, pressure, prosecution, reinforcement, spur, whip; concepts 133,298, 317,685 Ant. abandon, disregard, forgetfulness, neglect, renunciation, slight enfranchise [v] set free citizenize, emancipate, empower, free, give rights to, grant citizenship to, liberate, manumit, naturalize, release; concept 110 Ant. enslave engage [v1] hire for job, use appoint, bespeak, book, bring on board*, charter, come on board*, commission, contract, employ, enlist, enroll, ink*, lease, place, prearrange, put on, rent, reserve, retain, secure, sign on, sign up, take on, truck with*; concepts 129,351 Ant. banish, discharge, dismiss, eject, expel, re, let go, oust, release engage [v2] occupy oneself; engross absorb, allure, arrest, bewitch, busy, captivate, catch, charm, draw, embark on, employ, enamor, enchant, enter into, enthrall, fascinate, give a try*, give a whirl*, go for broke*, go in for*, go out for*, grip*, have a ing at*, have a go at*, have a shot at*, imbue, immerse, interest, involve, join, keep busy, monopolize, partake, participate, pitch in, practice, preengage, preoccupy, set about, soak, tackle*, take part, tie up, try on for size*, undertake; concepts 87,363 Ant. decline, refuse, reject, shun engage [v3] promise to marry afance, agree, betroth, bind, catch, commit, contract, covenant, give ones word*, guarantee, hook, obligate, oblige, pass, pledge, tie, troth, turn on*, undertake, vouch, vow; concept 297 Ant. break off, break up engage [v4] start a ght; attack assail, assault, combat, do battle with, encounter, face, fall on, give battle to, join battle with, launch, meet, strike, take on; concepts 86,106,320 Ant. give up, surrender, yield engage [v5] interconnect; bring into operation activate, apply, attach, dovetail, energize, fasten, get going, interact, interlace, interlock, intermesh, interplay, join, lock, mesh, switch on; concepts 85,113,160,221 Ant. cancel, defuse, disconnect engaged [adj1] promised to be married afanced, asked for, betrothed, bound, committed, contracted, future, given ones word*, going steady*, hooked*, intended, matched, pinned, pledged, plighted, ringed, spoken for, steady; concept 555 Ant. available, uninvolved engaged [adj2] operating; busy absorbed, at work, committed, connected with, dealing in, deep, doing, employed, engrossed, immersed, in place, intent, interested, in use, involved, occupied, performing, practicing, preoccupied, pursuing, rapt, signed, tied up, unavailable,

working, wrapped up*; concepts 542,555,576 Ant. disengaged, inoperable, not working engagement [n1] pledge to marry assurance, betrothal, betrothing, betrothment, bond, commitment, compact, contract, espousal, match, oath, obligation, pact, plight, promise, troth, undertaking, vow, word; concept 297 Ant. break-up, disengagement engagement [n2] meeting; date appointment, arrangement, assignation, blind date*, commission, commitment, date, errand, get-together, gig, going out*, interview, invitation, meet, seeing one*, stint, tryst, visit; concept 384 engagement [n3] battle action, combat, conict, confrontation, contest, encounter, ght, fray, skirmish; concepts 106,320 Ant. surrender engaging [adj] charming agreeable, alluring, appealing, attractive, bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enticing, entrancing, fascinating, fetching, glamorous, interesting, intriguing, inviting, likable, lovable, magnetic, mesmeric, pleasant, pleasing, prepossessing, siren, sweet, winning, winsome; concept 404 Ant. boring, repulsive, tiresome, undesirable, unlikeable engender [v] cause to happen; cause an action arouse, beget, breed, bring about, bring forth, create, develop, excite, foment, generate, give birth to, give rise to, hatch, incite, induce, instigate, lead to, make, muster, occasion, precipitate, procreate, produce, propagate, provoke, quicken, rouse, spawn, stimulate, stir, work up; concepts 221,242 Ant. destroy, nish, halt, kill, stop engine [n] device that drives a machine agent, apparatus, appliance, barrel, contrivance, cylinder, diesel, dynamo, fan, generator, horses*, implement, instrument, means, mechanism, motor, piston, pot*, powerhouse, power plant, power train, putt-putt*, rubber band*, tool, transformer, turbine, weapon, whats under the hood*; concepts 463,464 engineer [n] person who puts together things architect, builder, contriver, designer, deviser, director, inventor, manager, manipulator, originator, planner, schemer, sights*, surveyor, techie*, technie*; concept 348 engineer [v] devise; bring about angle, arrange, cause, come up with, con, conceive, concoct, contrive, control, cook*, create, direct, doctor, effect, encompass, nagle*, jockey*, machinate, manage, maneuver, manipulate, negotiate, operate, organize, originate, plan, plant, play games*, plot, pull strings*, pull wires*, put one on*, put one over*, put over*, put through, rig*, scam, scheme, set up, superintend, supervise, swing, upstage, wangle, work; concepts 36,173,251 engrave [v] carve letters or designs into bite, burn, chase, chisel, crosshatch, cut, diaper, embed, enchase, etch, x, grave, hatch, impress, imprint, inx, ingrain, initial, inscribe, instill, intaglio, lithograph, lodge, mezzotint, ornament, print, scratch, stipple; concepts 79,174,176 engraving [n] carving of letters or design into something blocking, chasing, chiselling, cutting, dry point, enchasing, etching, illustration, impression, inscribing, inscription,

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intaglio, lithograph, mezzotint, photoengraving, photogravure, print, rotogravure, scratch, woodcut; concepts 79,174,176,625 engross [v] hold ones attention absorb, apply, arrest, assimilate, attract, become lost, be hung*, bewitch, busy, captivate, consume, corner, engage, engulf, enrapture, enthrall, fascinate, ll, grip, hog*, immerse, involve, monopolize, occupy, preoccupy, sew up*, soak, take up, up on*; concepts 14,17 Ant. forget, ignore, reject, repulse, turn off engrossed [adj] preoccupied; attentive to absorbed, all wound up*, assiduous, bugged*, busy, captivated, caught up, caught up in, consumed, deep, diligent, engaged, enthralled, fascinated, end for*, gone*, gripped, head over heels*, heavily into*, hooked, hung up, immersed, industrious, intent, into*, intrigued, lost, monopolized, occupied, rapt, really into*, riveted, sedulous, submerged, taken up with, tied up, turned on*, up to here in*, wrapped up*; concepts 403,542 Ant. bored, disenthralled, disinterested, ignoring, inattentive, oblivious, uncaring, uninterested, unoccupied engrossing [adj] very interesting absorbing, all-consuming, captivating, compelling, consuming, controlling, enthralling, exciting, fascinating, gripping, intriguing, monopolizing, obsessing, preoccupying, provoking, riveting, stimulating; concept 529 Ant. boring, repellent, repulsive, uninteresting engulf [v] absorb, overwhelm bury, consume, deluge, drown, encompass, engross, envelop, ood, imbibe, immerse, inundate, overow, overrun, overwhelm, plunge, submerge, swallow up, swamp, whelm; concepts 169,172,256 enhance [v] improve, embellish add to, adorn, aggrandize, amplify, appreciate, augment, beautify, boom, boost, build up, complement, elevate, embroider, enlarge, exaggerate, exalt, esh out*, heighten, increase, intensify, lift, magnify, pad*, pyramid*, raise, reinforce, strengthen, swell, upgrade; concepts 162, 177, 244 Ant. decrease, x, lower, minimize, reduce, worsen enigma [n] mystery bewilderment, cliffhanger, conundrum, crux, cryptogram, Gordian knot*, grabber*, knot*, mind-boggler*, mind-twister*, mystication, parable, perplexity, problem, puzzle, puzzlement, puzzler, question, question mark, riddle, secret, sixty-four dollar question*, sphinx*, sticker, stickler, stumper, teaser, tough nut to crack*, twister, why*; concept 532 enigmatic/enigmatical [adj] mysterious ambiguous, cryptic, dark, Delphian*, doubtful, equivocal, incomprehensible, indecipherable, inexplicable, inscrutable, obscure, occult, oracular, perplexing, puzzling, recondite, secret, Sibylline*, sphinxlike, stickling, stumping, teasing, uncertain, unfathomable, unintelligible; concepts 529,576,582 Ant. clear, obvious, unmysterious enjoin [v1] order, command adjure, admonish, advise, appoint, bid, call upon, caution, charge, counsel, decree, demand, dictate, direct, forewarn, impose, instruct, ordain, prescribe, require, rule, tell, urge, warn; concepts 53,78 enjoin [v2] forbid ban, bar, deny, disallow, inhibit, interdict, outlaw, place injunction on,

preclude, prohibit, proscribe, restrain, taboo; concepts 50,53,88,130 Ant. allow, permit enjoy [v1] take pleasure in, from something adore, appreciate, be entertained, be fond of, be pleased, cotton to*, delight in, dig*, dote on*, drink in*, eat up*, fancy, ip over*, freak out on*, get a charge out of*, get a kick out of*, get high on*, go, have a ball*, have a good time, have fun, like, live a little*, live it up*, love, luxuriate in, mind, paint the town*, rejoice in, relish, revel in, savor, take joy in, thrill to; concepts 32,384 Ant. detest, dislike, hate enjoy [v2] have the benet or use of be blessed, be favored, boast, command, experience, have, hold, maintain, occupy, own, possess, process, reap the benets*, retain, use; concept 710 Ant. lack, need, want enjoyable [adj] pleasing; to ones liking agreeable, amusing, clear sailing*, delectable, delicious, delightful, entertaining, fun, genial, gratifying, groovy*, just for grins*, just for kicks*, just for laughs*, just for the heck of it*, likable, lots of laughs*, pleasant, pleasurable, preferable, relishable, satisfying, welcome; concepts 529,548 Ant. disagreeable, displeasing, unenjoyable, unhappy, unpleasant, unsatisfying enjoyment [n1] delight in something amusement, delectation, diversion, enjoying, entertainment, fruition, fun, gladness, gratication, gusto, happiness, hedonism, indulgence, joy, loving, luxury, pleasure, recreation, rejoicing, relaxation, relish, satisfaction, savor, self-indulgence, sensuality, thrill, triumph, zest; concepts 32,410 Ant. displeasure, dissatisfaction, misery, sorrow, unhappiness, woe enjoyment [n2] possession; use of advantage, benet, exercise, having, indulgence, ownership, spending, using; concept 710 Ant. lack, need, want enlarge [v] make or grow bigger; increase add to, aggrandize, amplify, augment, beef up*, blow up*, boost, broaden, build, bulk, develop, diffuse, dilate, distend, elaborate, elongate, embroider, exaggerate, expand, expatiate, extend, give details, grow, grow larger, heighten, inate, jack up*, jazz up*, lengthen, magnify, make larger, mount, multiply, pad*, pyramid*, rise, slap on*, snowball*, spread, stretch, swell, upsurge, wax, widen; concepts 137,236,245,780 Ant. abridge, compress, condense, curtail, decrease, diminish, lessen, lower, reduce, shrink enlargement [n] increase, expansion aggrandizement, amplication, augmentation, blow up, elongation, extension, growth, spread; concept 780 Ant. abridgment, compression, decrease, lessening, lowering, reduction, shrinkage enlighten [v] explain thoroughly; make aware acquaint, advise, apprise, brief, catechize, cause to understand, civilize, convert, counsel, direct, disclose, divulge, edify, educate, elucidate, give faith*, give the lowdown*, give the word*, guide, illume, illuminate, illumine, imitate, improve, inculcate, indoctrinate, inform, inspirit, instruct, let in on, open up, persuade, preach, put on to*, reveal, save, school, teach, tell, train, update, uplift; concepts 57,60,75

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Ant. be vague, bewilder, confound, confuse, delude, mislead, obscure, puzzle enlightened [adj] informed, educated aware, broad-minded, civilized, cultivated, hip to*, instructed, in the picture*, knowing whats what*, knowledgeable, learned, liberal, literate, open-minded, plugged in*, reasonable, rened, savvy, sharp, sophisticated, tuned in*, wised up*; concept 402 Ant. confounded, confused, in the dark, misled, perplexed, uneducated, unenlightened, uninformed enlightenment [n] awareness, understanding broad-mindedness, civilization, comprehension, cultivation, culture, edication, education, information, insight, instruction, knowledge, learning, literacy, open-mindedness, renement, sophistication, teaching, wisdom; concept 409 Ant. bewilderment, confusion, ignorance, puzzlement enlist [v] sign up for responsibility admit, appoint, assign, attract, call to arms, call up, conscribe, conscript, draft, embody, employ, engage, enroll, enter, enter into, gather, get, hire, hitch, incorporate, induct, initiate, inscribe, interest, join, join up, levy, list, mobilize, muster, oblige, obtain, place, press into service, procure, record, recruit, register, reserve, secure, serve, sign on, take on, volunteer; concepts 8, 320 Ant. avoid, dodge, shun enliven [v] inspire, vitalize animate, brace up, brighten, buck up, buoy, cheer, cheer up, divert, entertain, excite, exhilarate, re, re up, galvanize, give a lift, give life to, gladden, hearten, inspirit, invigorate, jazz up*, juice up*, let sunshine in*, pep up*, perk up*, pick up, put pep into, quicken, recreate, refresh, rejuvenate, renew, restore, rouse, snap out of it*, spark, spice, spice up*, stimulate, vivicate, vivify, wake up, work up*, zap*; concepts 7, 22 Ant. bore, dull, enervate, exhaust, fatigue, subdue, tire en masse [adj] all at once all in all, all together, altogether, as a body, as a group, as a whole, as one, bodily, by and large*, ensemble, generally, in a body, in a group, in a mass, jointly, on the whole, together; concept 577 Ant. one at a time, singly enmesh [v] involve in a situation box in, catch, drag into*, draw in, embroil, ensnare, entangle, entrap, hook, implicate, incriminate, lay a trap for*, lay for*, make party to*, net, snare, snarl, tangle, trammel, trap; concepts 59,112 Ant. exclude, leave out enmity [n] hatred, animosity acrimony, alienation, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bad blood*, bitterness, daggers*, detestation, dislike, hate, hostility, ill will, loathing, malevolence, malice, malignancy, malignity, rancor, spite, spleen, uncordiality, unfriendliness, venom; concept 29 Ant. afnity, fellowship, friendship, good will, kindness, love ennui [n] boredom apathy, blahs, blues, dejection, depression, dissatisfaction, doldrums, dumps*, fatigue, ho hums*, lack of interest, languidness, languor, lassitude, listlessness, melancholy, sadness, satiety, spiritlessness, surfeit, tedium, weariness, yawn*; concept 410 Ant. energy, enthusiasm, excitement, liveliness, vigor

enormity [n1] horribleness abomination, atrociousness, atrocity, crime, depravity, disgrace, evil, evilness, agrancy, grossness, heinousness, horror, monstrosity, monstrousness, nefariousness, outrage, outrageousness, rankness, turpitude, vice, viciousness, vileness, villainy, wickedness; concepts 645,666 Ant. goodness enormity [n2] extreme largeness bigness, bulk, enormousness, greatness, hugeness, immensity, magnitude, massiveness, size, tremendousness, vastness; concept 730 Ant. smallness, tininess, triviality enormous [adj] very large astronomic, barn door*, blimp*, colossal, excessive, gargantuan, gigantic, gross, huge, humongous, immense, jumbo*, mammoth, massive, monstrous, mountainous, prodigious, stupendous, supercolossal*, titanic*, tremendous, vast, whopping; concept 773 Ant. insignicant, little, minute, small, tiny enough [adj] plenty abundant, acceptable, adequate, all right already*, ample, bellyful*, bounteous, bountiful, comfortable, competent, complete, copious, decent, enough already*, fed up*, full, had it*, last straw*, lavish, plenteous, plentiful, replete, satisfactory, satisfying, sick and tired of*, sufcient, sufcing, suitable, unlimited, up to here*; concepts 546,771 Ant. inadequate, insufcient enough [adv] adequately abundantly, acceptably, admissibly, amply, averagely, barely, commensurately, decently, fairly, moderately, passably, proportionately, rather, reasonably, satisfactorily, so-so*, sufciently, tolerably; concepts 546,558,771 Ant. inadequately enough [n] plenty abundance, adequacy, ampleness, ample supply, competence, plenitude, right amount, sufciency, sufcient; concepts 646,767 Ant. inadequacy, insufciency enquire [v] ask about analyze, check, examine, explore, go over, inquire, inspect, investigate, look into, probe, pry, query, question, scrutinize, search, seek, seek an answer, want to know; concepts 24,48 enquiry [n] inquest analysis, examination, exploration, inquiry, inquisition, inspection, interrogation, investigation, probe, query, questioning, research, study; concepts 24,48,290 enrage [v] make very upset aggravate, anger, ask for it*, exasperate, get under skin*, hack*, incense, incite, iname, infuriate, ire, irritate, madden, make blood boil*, make see red*, needle, provoke, rile, steam up*, T-off*, umbrage, whip up*; concepts 7,14,19 Ant. appease, calm, compose, pacify, placate, please, soothe enraged [adj] furious aggravated, angered, angry, boiling*, exasperated, fuming, incensed, inamed, infuriated, irate, livid, mad, pushed too far*, riled, upset; concept 403 enrapture [v] captivate allure, attract, beguile, bewitch, charm, delight, elate, enamor, enchant, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, gladden, gratify, please, ravish, rejoice, score, send, spellbind, transport; concepts 7,22 Ant. disgust, displease, offend, repel enrich [v] improve, embellish adorn, aggrandize, ameliorate, augment, beef up*, better, build, build up, cultivate, decorate, develop,

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endow, enhance, gure in, esh out*, grace, hike up*, hop up*, jack up*, jazz up*, make rich, ornament, pad, parlay, pour it on*, pyramid*, rene, run up*, soup up*, spike*, step up, supplement, sweeten*, up*, upgrade; concepts 177,244 Ant. decrease, deplete, impoverish, reduce, take enroll [v1] sign up for membership accept, admit, become student, call up, employ, engage, enlist, enter, join, join up, matriculate, muster, obtain, recruit, register, serve, sign on, subscribe, take course, take on; concepts 114,129 Ant. avoid, dodge, ignore, pass, reject enroll [v2] list, record afx, bill, book, catalog, chronicle, engross, enlist, enter, le, ll out, index, inscribe, insert, inventorize, mark, matriculate, note, poll, register, schedule, slate; concepts 79,125 Ant. cancel, dismiss, neglect enrollment [n] registration for membership acceptance, accession, admission, conscription, engagement, enlistment, entrance, entry, induction, inux, listing, matriculation, rally, reception, record, recruitment, response, student body, students, subscription; concepts 288,388,417 en route [adj] on the way to destination advancing, along the way, bound, driving, entrained, en voyage*, ying, heading toward, in passage, in transit, making headway*, midway, on the road*, pressing on, progressing, traveling; concepts 577,586 Ant. derailed, detained, off the path, sidetracked ensconce [v] hide; tuck away bury, cache, conceal, cover, curl up, ditch, establish, x, install, locate, nestle, place, plant, protect, screen, seat, secrete, set, settle, shelter, shield, situate, snuggle up, stash, station; concepts 188,201 Ant. reveal, take out, uncover, unveil ensemble [adv] at the same time all at once, altogether, as a body, as a group, as a whole, as one, at once, en masse, in concert; concept 577 ensemble [n1] collection aggregate, assemblage, band, cast, choir, chorus, company, composite, entirety, gathering, glee club, group, octet, orchestra, organization, outt, quartet, quintet, set, sextet, sum, total, totality, trio, troupe, whole; concepts 294,432 ensemble [n2] clothing outt coordinates, costume, garb*, get-up*, suit, togs*; concept 451 enshrine [v] hold as sacred apotheosize, bless, cherish, consecrate, dedicate, embalm, exalt, hallow, idolize, preserve, revere, sanctify, treasure; concepts 69,367 Ant. dele, desecrate, disrespect enshroud [v] cover cloak, conceal, hide, mask, pall, shroud; concepts 172,188 ensign [n] ag banderole, banner, colors, emblem, gonfalon, insignia, pennant, standard, streamer, symbol; concepts 284,473 enslave [v] make someone a servant bind, capture, chain, check, circumscribe, coerce, compel, conne, deprive, disenfranchise, disfranchise, dominate, enchain, enclose, enthrall, fetter, get hooks into*, hobble, hold, immure, imprison, incarcerate, indenture, jail, keep under thumb*, oppress, put in irons*, reduce, restrain, restrict, secure, shackle, shut

in, subdue, subject, subjugate, suppress, tether, tie, yoke; concepts 14,90,130,191 Ant. allow, emancipate, free, let go, liberate ensnare [v] trap bag*, bat eyes at*, capture, catch, cheat, come on, deceive, decoy, embroil, enmesh, entangle, entice, entrap, hook, inveigle, lure, mislead, net, rope in, snag, snare, snarl, suck in*, tangle, trick; concepts 59,90 Ant. free, let go, liberate, release ensue [v] start to happen; come to pass appear, arise, attend, be consequent on, befall, be subsequent to, come after, come next, come up, derive, develop, emanate, eventualize, eventuate, ow, follow, issue, occur, proceed, result, stem, succeed, supervene, turn out, turn up; concepts 119,242 Ant. antecede, precede ensuing [adj] resultant after, coming, coming up, consequent, consequential, following, later, next, next off, posterior, postliminary, subsequent, subsequential; concepts 548,820 Ant. antecedent, preceding ensure [v] guarantee; make secure arrange, assure, certify, cinch, clinch, conrm, effect, establish, guard, insure, lock on*, lock up*, make certain, make safe, make sure, nail down*, okay, protect, provide, put on ice*, safeguard, secure, set out, warrant; concept 71 entail [v] require; result in bring about, call for, cause, demand, encompass, entangle, evoke, give rise to, impose, involve, lead to, necessitate, occasion, require, tangle; concepts 242,646 entangle [v] involve, mix up bewilder, burden, catch, clog, come on, complicate, compromise, confuse, corner, dishevel, duke in, embarrass, embrangle, embroil, enchain, enmesh, ensnare, entrap, fetter, hamper, hook, impede, implicate, intertangle, intertwine, interweave, jumble, knot, lead on, mat, muddle, perplex, puzzle, ravel, rope in, set up, snag, snare, snarl, swindle, tangle, trammel, trap, twist, unsettle; concepts 59,90,112 Ant. disentangle, exclude, explain, untangle, untwist entanglement [n] complication, predicament affair, association, cobweb, complexity, confusion, difculty, embarrassment, embroilment, enmeshment, ensnarement, entrapment, imbroglio, intricacy, intrigue, involvement, jumble, knot, liaison, mesh, mess, mix-up, muddle, snare, tangle, tie-up, toil, trap, web; concepts 666,674 Ant. disentanglement, simplicity entente [n] agreement accord, arrangement, deal, pact, settlement, treaty, understanding; concepts 271,331 enter [v1] come, put into a place access, arrive, barge in*, blow in*, break in, breeze in*, burst in, bust in*, butt in*, come in, crack, crawl, creep, crowd in*, drive in, drop in, fall into, gain entre, get in, go in, horn in*, immigrate, inltrate, ingress, insert, insinuate, introduce, intrude, invade, jump in, make an entrance, make way, move in, pass into, penetrate, pierce, pile in, pop in*, probe, rush in, set foot in, slip, sneak, work in, worm in*, wriggle; concept 159 Ant. depart, exit, go, leave, withdraw enter [v2] embark on; take part in become member, begin, commence, commit oneself, enlist, enroll, get oneself into*, inaugurate, join, join up, lead off, muster*, open, participate in,

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set about, set out on, set to, sign on, sign up, start, subscribe, take up, tee off*; concepts 114,234 Ant. abstain, forget, refrain, stop enter [v3] record, list admit, docket, inject, inscribe, insert, intercalate, interpolate, introduce, log, note, post, put in, register, set down, take down; concept 125 Ant. delete, erase enterprise [n1] adventure, undertaking action, activity, affair, attempt, baby*, bag*, ballgame*, biggie*, big idea*, bit*, business, campaign, cause, company, concern, crusade, deal, deed, do*, effort, endeavor, engagement, essay, establishment, rm, ier*, follow through*, game*, happening, hazard, house, move, operation, outt, performance, pet project*, plan, plunge*, program, project, proposition, purpose, pursuit, risk, scheme, speculation, stake, striving, stunt, task, thing*, trade, try, venture, work; concepts 87,324,325,362 Ant. idleness, inactivity, unemployment enterprise [n2] resourcefulness, energy activity, adventurousness, alertness, ambition, audacity, boldness, courage, daring, dash, drive, eagerness, enthusiasm, force, foresight, get-upand-go*, gumption, hustle, industry, initiative, inventiveness, pluck, push, readiness, resource, self-reliance, spirit, venturesomeness, vigor, zeal; concepts 411,657 Ant. apathy, idleness, indolence, passiveness, passivity enterprising [adj] resourceful, energetic active, advancing, adventurous, aggressive, alert, ambitious, aspiring, audacious, bold, busy, coming on strong*, craving, daring, dashing, diligent, driving, eager, enthusiastic, go-ahead*, go-go*, gumptious, hard ball*, hardworking, hungry, hustling, industrious, intrepid, itching, keen, lively, lusting, peppy, progressive, pushing, ready, self-starting, snappy, spanking, spark plug*, spirited, stirring, take-over, up-andcoming*, venturesome, vigorous, yearning, zealous, zippy*; concepts 326,404,542 Ant. inactive, passive, unadventurous, unambitious, unenthused, unimaginative, unresourceful entertain [v1] amuse absorb, beguile, captivate, charm, cheer, comfort, crack up*, delight, distract, divert, ecstasize, elate, engross, enliven, enthrall, gladden, grab, gratify, humor, indulge, inspire, inspirit, interest, knock dead*, make merry, occupy, pique, please, recreate, regale, relax, satisfy, slay, solace, stimulate, tickle; concepts 9,292 Ant. bore, tire entertain [v2] accommodate visitors admit, be host, board, chaperone, dine, do the honors*, feed, foster, give a party, harbor, have a do*, have a get-together*, have company, have guests, have visitors, house, invite, lodge, nourish, pick up the check*, pop for*, put up*, quarter, receive, recreate, regale, room, show hospitality, spring for*, throw a party*, treat, welcome, wine and dine*; concepts 377,384 Ant. refuse, reject, turn away entertain [v3] think about seriously cherish, cogitate on, conceive, consider, contemplate, deliberate, foster, harbor, heed, hold, imagine, keep in mind, maintain, muse over, ponder, recognize, support, think over; concept 17 Ant. disregard, forget, reject entertaining [adj] amusing, pleasing absorbing, affecting, be a ball*, captivating, charming,

cheerful, cheering, clever, compelling, delightful, diverting, droll, enchanting, engaging, engrossing, enjoyable, enthralling, enticing, entrancing, exciting, fascinating, fun, funny, gas*, gay, humorous, impressive, inspiring, interesting, lively, moving, piquant, pleasant, pleasurable, poignant, priceless, provocative, recreative, relaxing, restorative, riot, rousing, scream, side-splitting, stimulating, stirring, striking, thrilling, witty; concepts 529,537 Ant. boring, dull, laborious, sad, tiring, unamusing, unfunny, unpleasant entertainment [n] amusement, pleasure ball*, bash*, big time*, blast*, blow out*, celebration, cheer, clambake*, delight, dissipation, distraction, diversion, divertissement, enjoyment, feast, frolic, fun, fun and games*, gaiety, game, good time*, grins*, high time*, laughs*, leisure activity, lots of laughs*, merriment, merrymaking, party, pastime, picnic, play, recreation, regalement, relaxation, relief, revelry, satisfaction, shindig*, sport, spree, surprise, treat, wingding*; concepts 383,384,386,388 Ant. chore, drudgery, labor, task, work enthrall [v] captivate absorb, beguile, bewitch, charm, enchant, engage, enrapture, enslave, entrance, fascinate, grab, grip, hold spellbound, hook, hypnotize, intrigue, mesmerize, preoccupy, rivet, spellbind, subdue, subject, subjugate; concepts 7,19,22 Ant. bore, dull, tire, turn off, weary enthusiasm [n] keen interest, excitement activity, ardency, ardor, avidity, conviction, craze, dash, devotion, eagerness, earnestness, ecstasy, lan, emotion, energy, exhilaration, fad, fanaticism, feeling, fervor, fever, eriness, re, ame, are, frenzy, fury, gaiety, glow, go*, heat, hilarity, hobby, impetuosity, intensity, interest, joy, joyfulness, keenness, life, mania, mirth, nerve, oomph*, orgasm, passion, pep, rapture, red heat*, relish, snap, spirit, transport, vehemence, verve, vim, vivacity, warmth, zeal, zealousness, zest; concepts 633,657 Ant. aloofness, apathy, coldness, coolness, doubt, indifference, lethargy, pessimism, weariness enthusiast [n] person active in interest addict, admirer, acionado, believer, buff, bug*, bum*, devotee, eccentric, fan, fanatic, follower, freak, habitu, lover, maniac, monomaniac, nut*, optimist, participant, partisan, rooter, supporter, votary, worshiper, zealot; concept 423 Ant. critic, detractor, pessimist enthusiastic [adj] interested, excited agog, animated, anxious, ardent, athirst, attracted, avid, bugged*, concerned, crazy about*, devoted, dying to*, eager, earnest, ebullient, exhilarated, exuberant, fanatical, fascinated, fervent, fervid, forceful, gaga*, gone on*, gung ho*, hearty, intent, keen, keyed up*, lively, nutty*, obsessed, passionate, pleased, rabid, red-hot*, rhapsodic, spirited, tantalized, thrilled, titillated, unqualied, vehement, vigorous, wacky*, warm, wholehearted, willing, zealous; concepts 401,542 Ant. apathetic, disinterested, doubting, indifferent, lethargic, pessimistic, unenthusiastic, unexcited, weary entice [v] allure; persuade attract, bait, bat eyes at*, beguile, cajole, coax, decoy, draw, entrap, inveigle, lead on, lure, prevail on, seduce, tempt,

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toll, turn on*, wheedle; concepts 7,19,22,68 Ant. disgust, dissuade, repel, repulse, turn away, turn off enticement [n] allurement; persuasion attraction, bait, blandishment, cajolery, coaxing, come hither*, come-on*, decoy, fascination, inducement, inveiglement, lure, mousetrap*, promise, seduction, snare, sweetener*, sweetening, temptation, trap; concepts 7,19,22,68 Ant. disgust, dissuasion, repulsion entire [adj] complete, whole absolute, all, choate, consolidated, continuous, full, gross, intact, integral, integrated, outright, perfect, plenary, sound, thorough, total, unbroken, undamaged, undiminished, undivided, unied, unimpaired, uninjured, unmarked, unmarred, unmitigated, unreserved, unrestricted, untouched; concepts 482,531 Ant. abridged, incomplete, limited, part entirely [adv] completely absolutely, alone, altogether, exclusively, fully, in every respect, only, perfectly, plumb, quite, reservedly, solely, thoroughly, totally, undividedly, uniquely, utterly, well, wholly, without exception, without reservation; concepts 531,535 Ant. incompletely, partially entirety [n] wholeness, whole absoluteness, aggregate, all, allness, collectiveness, collectivity, completeness, complex, comprehensiveness, ensemble, entireness, everything, fullness, gross, intactness, integrality, integrity, omneity, omnitude, oneness, perfection, plenitude, sum, sum total, the works*, total, totality, undividedness, unity, universality, whole ball of wax*, whole bit*, whole enchilada*, whole nine yards*; concepts 635,837 Ant. fraction, incompleteness, part, partiality, section entitle [v1] name, label baptize, call, characterize, christen, denominate, designate, dub, nickname, style, subtitle, term, title; concept 62 entitle [v2] hold right to accredit, allow, authorize, be in line for*, confer a right, empower, enable, enfranchise, t for, have coming*, let, license, make eligible, permit, qualify for, rate, warrant; concepts 50,83,88,129 entity [n1] object that exists article, being, body, creature, existence, individual, item, material, matter, organism, presence, quantity, single, singleton, something, stuff, subsistence, substance, thing; concept 433 Ant. abstract, concept, idea entity [n2] nature of a being actuality, essence, existence, integral, integrate, quiddity, quintessence, reality, subsistence, substance, sum, system, totality; concepts 411,644 Ant. abstract entomb [v] bury embalm, ensepulcher, enshrine, hold last rites for*, hold services for*, inhume, inter, inurn, lay to rest*, put six feet under*, sepulcher, sepulture, tomb; concept 367 entourage [n] followers associates, attendants, companions, company, cortege, court, courtiers, escort, following, groupies*, hangers-on*, retainers, retinue, staff, suite, sycophants, toadies*, train; concepts 387,417 Ant. leader entrails [n] internal organs bowels, guts, innards, insides, internal parts, viscera, vitals; concept 393 entrance [n1] a way into a place access, approach, archway, avenue, corridor, door,

doorway, entry, entryway, gate, gateway, hall, hallway, ingress, inlet, lobby, opening, passage, passageway, path, porch, port, portal, portico, staircase, threshold, vestibule, way; concept 440 Ant. exit entrance [n2] coming into a place; introduction access, accession, adit, admission, admittance, appearance, approach, arrival, baptism, beginning, commencement, debut, enlistment, enrollment, entre, entry, immigration, import, importation, inception, incoming, ingoing, ingress, ingression, initiation, invasion, outset, passage, penetration, progress, start, trespass; concepts 119,159 Ant. conclusion, departure, exit, leave entrance [v] captivate, hypnotize anesthetize, attract, bewitch, charm, delight, enchant, enrapture, enthrall, fascinate, gladden, mesmerize, please, put in a trance, ravish, rejoice, spellbind, transport; concepts 7,14,22 Ant. disgust, repel, repulse, turn off entrant [n] person entering competition, starting new activity aspirant, beginner, candidate, competitor, contestant, convert, entry, incomer, initiate, neophyte, newcomer, new member, novice, participant, petitioner, player, probationer, rival, solicitor, tenderfoot*; concepts 366,423 Ant. fan, spectator entrap [v] capture, involve allure, bag*, beguile, benet, box in*, catch, decoy, embroil, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entice, hook, implicate, inveigle, lay for*, lead on, lure, net, reel in*, rope in*, seduce, set up, snare, suck in*, tempt, trap, trick; concepts 59,90,112 Ant. clear, disentangle, exclude, free, liberate, release entreat [v] plead with appeal to, ask, beg, beseech, blandish, coax, conjure, crave, enjoin, exhort, implore, importune, invoke, pester, petition, plague, pray, press, request, supplicate, urge, wheedle; concepts 48,53 Ant. answer, command, demand entreaty [n] plea appeal, application, imploration, imprecation, petition, prayer, request, suit, supplication; concepts 318,662 Ant. answer, command, demand entre [n] admittance access, adit, admission, connection, contact, debut, door, entrance, entry, importation, in, incoming, induction, ingress, introduction, open arms*, open door*, way; concepts 388,685 Ant. blackballing, rejection entrench [v1] establish, make inroads anchor, conrm, dene, dig in, embed, ensconce, fence, x, fortify, found, ground, hole up, implant, inx, ingrain, install, lodge, plant, protect, root, seat, set, settle, strengthen; concepts 518,710 entrench [v2] trespass break in on, encroach, impinge, infringe, interfere, interlope, intervene, intrude, invade, make inroads*, stick nose into*; concept 192 Ant. stay off entrepreneur [n] person who starts a business alone administrator, backer, businessperson, contractor, executive, founder, impressario, industrialist, manager, organizer, producer, promoter, undertaker; concept 347 entropy [n] deterioration breakup, collapse, decay, decline, degeneration, destruction, falling apart, worsening; concepts 230,698

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entrust [v] give custody, authority to allocate, allot, assign, authorize, bank, bend an ear*, charge, commend, commit, confer, conde, consign, count, delegate, deliver, depend, deposit with, hand over, impose, invest, leave with, reckon, relegate, rely, trust, turn over; concepts 50,88,108 entry [n1] way in to a place access, adit, approach, avenue, door, doorway, entrance, foyer, gate, hall, ingress, ingression, inlet, lobby, opening, passage, passageway, portal, threshold, vestibule; concept 440 Ant. egress, exit entry [n2] introduction; permission to enter access, adit, admission, admittance, appearance, coming in, entering, entrance, entre, free passage*, ingress, initiation, introgression, way; concepts 388,685 Ant. blackballing, conclusion, refusal, rejection entry [n3] person participating in competition; effort attempt, candidate, competitor, contestant, entrant, participant, player, submission; concept 366 Ant. fan, spectator entry [n4] listing in a record account, item, jotting, memo, memorandum, minute, note, registration; concept 270 entwine [v] twist around braid, coil, corkscrew, curl, embrace, encircle, enmesh, entangle, interlace, interplait, intertwine, interweave, knit, lace, plait, spiral, surround, twine, weave, wind, wreathe; concepts 147,201,754 Ant. unravel, untwist, unwind enumerate [v] list, count add up, calculate, cite, compute, count noses*, detail, gure, identify, inventory, itemize, keep tabs*, mention, name, number, particularize, quote, recapitulate, recite, reckon, recount, rehearse, relate, run down, run off*, specialize, specify, spell out, sum, take account of, tally, tell, tick off*, total; concepts 57,125,764 Ant. not count enunciate [v] speak clearly afrm, announce, articulate, declare, deliver, develop, enounce, express, intone, lay down, modulate, outline, phonate, postulate, proclaim, promulgate, pronounce, propound, publish, say, show, sound, state, submit, utter, vocalize, voice; concepts 47,51 Ant. mispronounce, mufe, mumble envelop [v] encase, hide blanket, cage, cloak, conceal, contain, coop, corral, cover, drape, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, enfold, engulf, enshroud, enwrap, fence, gird, girdle, guard, hem, immure, invest, obscure, overlay, overspread, pen, protect, roll, sheathe, shield, shroud, shut in, superimpose, surround, swaddle, swathe, veil, wrap, wrap up; concepts 172,188 Ant. free, let go, let loose, open, release, uncover, unwrap envelope [n] wrapper bag, box, case, casing, cloak, coat, coating, container, cover, covering, enclosure, hide, jacket, pocket, pouch, receptacle, sheath, shell, skin, vesicle, wrapping; concept 494 enviable [adj] desired, blessed advantageous, covetable, desirable, excellent, favored, fortunate, good, lucky, privileged, superior, welcome; concept 574 Ant. disadvantaged, undesirable, undesired, unenviable, unfavored, unlucky envious [adj] jealous, resentful appetent, aspiring, begrudging, coveting, covetous, craving,

desiring, desirous, distrustful, fain, grasping, greedy, green-eyed*, green with envy*, grudging, hankering, invidious, jaundiced, longing for, malicious, spiteful, suspicious, umbrageous, watchful, wishful, yearning; concepts 401,403 Ant. comfortable, condent, content, kind, pleased, unenvious environment [n] surroundings, atmosphere ambiance, aura, backdrop, background, circumstances, climate, conditions, context, domain, element, encompassment, entourage, habitat, hood*, jungle*, locale, medium, milieu, neck of the woods*, neighborhood, purlieus, scene, scenery, setting, situation, status, stomping ground*, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf, zoo*; concepts 515,673,696 environment [n2] Earths system of natural resources atmosphere, biosphere, ecosphere, ecosystem, environs, Gaia; concepts 511,515 environmentalist [n] conservationist eagle freak*, ecologist, greenie*, naturalist, preservationist, tree-hugger*; concepts 515,673,696 environs [n] neighborhood bound, boundary, compass, conne, district, fringes*, limits, locality, outskirts, precinct, purlieus, suburb, surroundings, territory, turf, vicinity; concept 516 envisage/envision [v] picture in ones mind anticipate, behold, conceive, conceptualize, contemplate, externalize, fancy, feature, foresee, form mental picture of*, grasp, have a picture of*, image, imagine, look upon, materialize, objectify, predict, realize, regard, see, survey, think up, view, view in minds eye*, vision, visualize; concepts 17,43 envoy [n] deputy agent, ambassador, attach, bearer, carrier, charg daffaires, consul, courier, delegate, diplomat, emissary, intermediary, internuncio, legate, medium, messenger, minister, nuncio, plenipotentiary, representative, vicar; concepts 348,354 envy [n] jealousy backbiting, coveting, covetousness, enviousness, evil eye*, green-eyed monster*, grudge, grudging, grudgingness, hatred, heartburn, ill will, invidiousness, jaundiced eye*, lusting, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignity, opposition, prejudice, resentfulness, resentment, rivalry, spite; concept 410 Ant. comfort, condence, contentedness, good will, kindness, pleasure envy [v] be jealous of another be envious, begrudge, covet, crave, desire, die over*, eat ones heart out*, grudge, hanker, have hard feelings*, hunger, long, lust, object to, resent, thirst, turn green*, want, yearn; concepts 10,20 Ant. be condent, be content eon [n] an age aeon, ages, time period, years; concept 807 ephemeral [adj] momentary, passing brief, episodic, evanescent, eeting, itting, fugacious, fugitive, impermanent, short, short-lived, temporary, transient, transitory, unenduring, volatile; concepts 798,801 Ant. enduring, eternal, everlasting, interminable, lasting, long, permanent, perpetual epic [n] long story heroic poem, legend, narrative, saga, tale; concept 282 Ant. short story epicure [n] gourmet bon vivant, connoisseur, Epicurean, gastronome, gastronomer, gastronomist, gourmand; concepts 348,423

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epicurean [adj] loving food and ner things gluttonous, gourmandizing, gourmet, hedonistic, libertine, lush, luxurious, pleasure-seeking, self-indulgent, sensual, sensuous, sybaritic, voluptuous; concept 401 epicurean [n] gourmet bon vivant, connoisseur, critic, epicure, gastronome, gastronomer, glutton, gourmand, hedonist, pleasure seeker, sensualist, specialist, sybarite; concept 423 epidemic [adj] widespread catching, communicable, contagious, endemic, general, infectious, pandemic, prevailing, prevalent, rampant, rife, sweeping, wide-ranging; concepts 314,537 Ant. limited epidemic [n] widespread disease contagion, endemic, growth, outbreak, pest, pestilence, plague, rash, scourge, spread, upsurge, wave, whats going around*; concepts 306,316 epigram [n] witticism aphorism, bon mot, joke, motto, pithy saying, quip, quirk; concept 278 epilogue [n] afterword coda, concluding speech, conclusion, ending, nale, follow-up, peroration, postlude, postscript, sequel, summation, swan song*; concepts 264,270,278 Ant. foreword, introduction, preface episode [n] adventure; scene affair, business, chapter, circumstance, doings, event, experience, goings-on*, happening, incident, installment, interlude, matter, occasion, occurrence, part, passage, section, thing*, whats going down*; concepts 3,4 episodic [adj] intermittent; composed of several tales anecdotal, digressive, disconnected, discursive, disjointed, incidental, irregular, occasional, picaresque, rambling, roundabout, segmented, soap opera*, sporadic, wandering; concept 482 Ant. connected, lasting, permanent, regular, unbroken epistle [n] letter billet doux*, cannonball*, card, communication, dispatch, FYI*, get-well, invite, kite*, line*, love letter, memo, message, missive, note, poison pen*, postcard, scratch*, tab*, thank-you; concept 271 epitaph [n] inscription on a gravestone commemoration, elegy, epigraph, eulogy, hic jacet, legend, memorial, monument, remembrance, requiescat in pace, sentiment; concept 278 epithet [n] nickname appellation, description, designation, name, sobriquet, tag, title; concept 683 epitome [n1] perfect example apotheosis, archetype, embodiment, essence, exemplar, exemplication, illustration, last word*, personication, quintessence, representation, type, typication, ultimate; concept 686 epitome [n2] abbreviation abridgment, abstract, brief, compendium, condensation, conspectus, contraction, digest, prcis, recapitulation, rsum, summary, summation, syllabus, synopsis; concept 283 Ant. addition, enlargement, expansion, extension, increase, unabridgement epitomize [v1] typify characterize, embody, exemplify, illustrate, mean, model, personify, represent, stand for, symbolize; concept 644 epitomize [v2] encapsulate abbreviate, abridge, capsulize, compress, condense, contract, cut, digest, reduce, shorten, summarize, sum up, synopsize; concepts 236,247

epoch [n] period age, date, era, span, time; concepts 807,822 equable [adj] steady, calm agreeable, composed, consistent, constant, easy-going, even, even-tempered, imperturbable, level-headed, methodical, orderly, placid, regular, serene, smooth, stabile, stable, systematic, temperate, tranquil, unchanging, unexcitable, unappable, unuctuating, uniform, unrufed, unvarying; concepts 401,542,544 Ant. changeable, excitable, uctuating, irregular, spasmodic, vacillating, variable, varying, wavering equal [adj1] alike according, balanced, break even, commensurate, comparable, coordinate, correspondent, corresponding, double, duplicate, egalitarian, equivalent, evenly matched, fty-fty*, homologous, identic, identical, indistinguishable, invariable, level, look-alike, matched, matching, one and the same, parallel, proportionate, same, same difference*, spit and image*, stack up with*, tantamount, to the same degree, two peas in pod*, uniform, unvarying; concepts 487,566,573 Ant. different, not alike, unequal, unlike, unmatched, variable, varying equal [adj2] fair, unbiased dispassionate, egalitarian, equable, even-handed, impartial, just, nondiscriminatory, nonpartisan, objective, uncolored, unprejudiced, without distinction; concepts 401,542 Ant. biased, disproportionate, unequal, unequitable, unfair, unjust equal [n] peer alter ego, coequal, companion, compeer, competitor, complement, copy, counterpart, double, duplicate, equivalent, like, likeness, match, mate, parallel, rival, twin; concept 423 Ant. inferior equal [v] make even, be even with agree, amount to, approach, balance, be commensurate, be identical, be level, be tantamount, break even, come up to, compare, comprise, consist of, coordinate, correspond, emulate, equalize, equate, equipoise, equiponderate, keep pace with*, level, live up to*, match, measure up, meet, parallel, partake of, rank with, reach, rise to, rival, run abreast, square with, tally, tie, touch; concept 667 Ant. disproportion, imbalance, unmatch, vary equality [n] similarity, balance; egalitarianism adequation, civil rights, commensurateness, coordination, correspondence, equal opportunity, equatability, equilibrium, equipoise, equivalence, evenness, fairness, fair play*, fair practice, fair shake*, homology, identity, impartiality, isonomy, likeness, par, parallelism, parity, sameness, tolerance, uniformity; concepts 388,645,667 Ant. difference, disproportion, dissimilarity, imbalance, inequality, unfairness equalize [v] make the same; balance adjust, commeasure, communize, compare, coordinate, democratize, emulate, equal, equate, establish, even, even up, handicap, level, match, parallel, regularize, rival, smooth, socialize, square, standardize, trim; concepts 126,232 Ant. disproportion, imbalance, unmatch, vary equanimity [n] levelheadedness aplomb, assurance, ataraxia, ataraxy, calm, calmness, composure, condence, cool, coolness, detachment, equability, imperturbability, patience, peace,

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phlegm, placidity, poise, presence of mind*, sangfroid, self-possession, serenity, steadiness, tranquillity; concepts 410,633 Ant. agitation, alarm, anxiety, discomposure, excitableness, upset, worry equate [v] balance; think of together agree, assimilate, associate, average, be commensurate, compare, consider, correspond to, correspond with, equalize, even, hold, level, liken, make equal, match, offset, pair, paragon, parallel, regard, relate, represent, similize, square, tally, treat; concepts 37,39,667 Ant. disagree, imbalance, unliken equilibrium [n] balance; evenness calm, calmness, composure, cool, coolness, counterbalance, counterpoise, equanimity, equipoise, poise, polish, rest, serenity, stability, stasis, steadiness, steadying, symmetry; concepts 633,731 Ant. imbalance, unevenness equip [v] make ready with supplies accouter, adorn, appoint, arm, array, attire, deck, deck out*, decorate, dress, endow, feather nest*, t out, x up, furnish, gear, gear up*, heel*, implement, line nest*, man, outt, prep*, prepare, provide, qualify, ready, rig, set up, stake, stock, supply, turn out; concepts 140,182 equipment [n] supplies, gear for activity accessories, accompaniments, accouterments, apparatus, appliances, appurtenances, articles, attachments, baggage, belongings, contraptions, contrivances, devices, equipage, facilities, ttings, xtures, furnishings, furniture, gadgets, habiliments, impedimenta, kit and kaboodle*, machinery, material, materiel, miscellaneous, outt, paraphernalia, provisioning, provisions, rig*, setup, shebang*, stock, store, stuff, tackle, things, tools, trappings, traps, utensils; concepts 364,446,496 equitable [adj] impartial candid, cricket, decent, disinterested, dispassionate, due, ethical, even-handed, even-steven*, fair, fair and square*, fair shake*, fair-to-middling*, honest, impersonal, just, level, moral, nondiscriminatory, nonpartisan, objective, proper, proportionate, reasonable, right, rightful, square, square deal*, stable, unbiased, uncolored, unprejudiced; concepts 542,545 Ant. biased, disproportionate, partial, prejudiced, unequitable, unfair, unjust, unreasonable equity [n1] impartiality disinterestedness, equitableness, even-handedness, fair-mindedness, fairness, fair play, honesty, integrity, justice, justness, nonpartisanship, piece, reasonableness, rectitude, righteousness, square deal*, uprightness; concepts 645,657 Ant. bias, inequity, partiality, unfairness, unjustness equity [n2] money invested in possession capital, investment, outlay; concepts 332,344 equivalence [n] sameness, similarity adequation, agreement, alikeness, compatibility, conformity, correlation, correspondence, equality, evenness, exchangeability, identity, interchangeability, interchangeableness, likeness, match, par, parallel, parity, synonym, synonymy; concepts 667,670 Ant. difference, dissimilarity, inequality, unlikeness equivalent [adj] same, similar agnate, akin, alike, analogous, carbon*, commensurate, comparable, convertible, copy, correlative,

correspondent, corresponding, ditto*, duplicate, equal, even, homologous, identical, indistinguishable, interchangeable, like, of a kind, parallel, proportionate, reciprocal, same difference*, substitute, synonymous, tantamount; concepts 487,566,573 Ant. changeable, different, dissimilar, mismatched, unequal, unlike equivalent [n] equal, counterpart carbon copy*, correspondent, dead ringer*, ditto, like, match, obverse, opposite, parallel, peer, reciprocal, same difference*, spitting image*, substitute, twin; concepts 667,670 Ant. difference equivocal [adj] doubtful, uncertain ambiguous, ambivalent, amphibological, borderline, clear as mud*, clouded*, disreputable, dubious, evasive, shy*, fuzzy*, hazy*, indenite, indeterminate, indistinct, misleading, muddled, muzzy*, oblique, obscure, open, problematic, puzzling, questionable, suspect, suspicious, tenebrous, unclear, undecided, unexplicit, unintelligible, vague, with mixed feelings*; concepts 529,535 Ant. certain, clear, denite, determined, obvious, plain, sure, unequivocal, unquestionable equivocate [v] avoid an issue beat around the bush*, beg the question*, blow hot and cold*, cavil, cloud the issue*, con, cop a plea*, cop out*, cover up*, dodge, double-talk, elude, escape, eschew, evade, falsify, fence, b, ipop*, fudge*, give run around*, hedge, hem and haw*, jive*, lie, mince words, palter, parry, pass the buck*, prevaricate, pussyfoot, quibble, run around, shuck, shufe, sidestep, sit on the fence*, stonewall*, tell white lie*, tergiversate, tergiverse, wafe*, weasel*; concepts 63,102 Ant. face, meet, speak on equivocation [n] avoidance of an issue ambiguity, amphibology, casuistry, coloring, con, cop out, cover, cover-up, deceit, deception, deceptiveness, delusion, dissimulation, distortion, double entendre, double meaning, double talk, doubtfulness, duplicity, equivocality, evasion, fallacy, b, bbing, hedging, lie, line*, lying, misrepresentation, prevarication, quibbling routine, run-around, shufing, song*, song and dance*, sophistry, speciousness, spuriousness, stall, stonewall*, tergiversation, wafe*; concepts 63,278 Ant. directness, facing, meeting era [n] time period in history aeon, age, cycle, date, day, days, eon, epoch, generation, stage, term, time; concepts 807,816 eradicate [v] destroy; remove abate, abolish, annihilate, blot out*, demolish, deracinate, do away with, efface, eliminate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, liquidate, mow down*, obliterate, off*, purge, raze, root out*, rub out*, scratch*, scrub, shoot down, squash, stamp out*, take out*, torpedo*, total, trash, unroot, uproot, wash out, waste, weed out*, wipe out*; concepts 211,252 Ant. aid, assist, bear, create, establish, x, help, institute, plant erase [v] remove; rub out abolish, annul, black out, blank, blot, blue pencil*, cancel, cross out, cut, cut out, delete, disannul, dispatch, efface, eliminate, excise, expunge, extirpate, gut, kill, launder*, negate, nullify, obliterate, scratch out*, stamp out*, strike, strike out, take out, trim, wipe out*, withdraw, X-out*; concepts 211,215 Ant. add, insert, put in

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erect [adj] straight up arrect, cocked, elevated, erectile, rm, perpendicular, raised, rigid, standing, stiff, upright, upstanding, vertical; concepts 485,581,604 Ant. prone, prostrate erect [v] build; establish assemble, bring about, cobble up*, cock, compose, construct, create, effect, elevate, fabricate, fashion, t together, forge, form, found, frame, fudge together*, heighten, hoist, initiate, institute, join, knock together*, lift, make, make up, manufacture, mount, organize, pitch, plant, prefabricate*, produce, put together, put up, raise, rear, run up, set up, shape, stand, stand up, throw together*, throw up, upraise, uprear; concepts 168,221 Ant. raze, topple ergo [adv] for that reason accordingly, consequently, hence, in consequence, so, then, therefore, thereupon, thus, thusly; concept 544 ergonomics [n] human engineering comfort design, functional design, human factors, user-friendly systems, workplace efciency; concept 349 erode [v] deteriorate; wear away abrade, bite, consume, corrode, crumble, destroy, disintegrate, eat, gnaw, grind down, scour, spoil, waste, wear down; concepts 252,469 Ant. build, construct, x, rebuild erosion [n] deterioration; wearing away abrasion, attrition, consumption, corrosion, decrease, desedimentation, despoliation, destruction, disintegration, eating away, grinding down, spoiling, washing away, wear, wearing down; concepts 252,257,698 Ant. building, construction, rebuilding, strengthening erotic [adj] sexy amative, amatory, amorous, aphrodisiac, bawdy, blue*, carnal, concupiscent, earthy, erogenous, fervid, lthy, eshly, hot*, impassioned, kinky*, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, obscene, off-color*, prurient, purple*, raunchy, raw, romantic, rousing, salacious, seductive, sensual, sexual, spicy, steamy, stimulating, suggestive, titillating, venereal, voluptuous; concepts 372,545 Ant. bland, cold, dull, frigid, unerotic erotica [n] pornography adult literature, adult materials, dirt*, obscene art, obscene literature, porn, sexually explicit art, sexually explicit literature, smut, soft porn, X-rated materials; concept 280 eroticism [n] sexual excitement arousal, libido, lust, stimulation, titillation; concepts 20,709 err [v] make a mistake; do wrong be inaccurate, be incorrect, be in error, be mistaken, blow*, blunder, bollix*, boo-boo*, deviate, drop the ball*, fall, ub*, foul up*, go astray, goof*, go wrong, lapse, louse up*, make a mess of*, mess up*, misapprehend, misbehave, miscalculate, misjudge, muff*, offend, screw up*, sin, slip up*, snafu*, snarl up, stray, stumble, transgress, trespass, wander; concept 101 Ant. correct errand [n] task assignment, charge, commission, duty, job, message, mission; concept 362 errant [adj] wrong; deviant aberrant, deviating, devious, drifting, errable, erratic, erring, fallible, heretic, meandering, misbehaving, mischievous, miscreant, naughty, offending, off straight and narrow*, rambling, ranging, roaming, roving, shifting, sinning, stray, straying, unorthodox,

unreliable, wandering, wayward; concepts 542, 545,581 Ant. correct, righteous erratic [adj] unpredictable; wandering aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, arbitrary, bizarre, capricious, changeable, desultory, devious, dicey, directionless, dubious, eccentric, tful, aky*, uctuant, idiosyncratic, iffy*, incalculable, inconsistent, inconstant, irregular, meandering, mercurial, nomadic, oddball*, peculiar, planetary, rambling, roving, shifting, spasmodic, strange, stray, uncertain, undirected, unnatural, unreliable, unstable, unusual, vagarious, variable, volatile, wayward, weird, whimsical; concepts 535,542,581 Ant. certain, consistent, denite, dependable, predictable, regular, reliable, steady, sure, unchanging erroneous [adj] wrong, incorrect all off*, all wet*, amiss, askew, awry, defective, fallacious, false, faulty, awed, inaccurate, inexact, invalid, misguided, mistaken, off, specious, spurious, unfounded, unsound, untrue, way off, wrong number*; concepts 267,570,582 Ant. correct, right, true, valid error [n] mistake; wrong absurdity, bad job*, blunder, boner*, boo-boo*, delinquency, delusion, deviation, erratum, failure, fall, fallacy, falsehood, falsity, fault, faux pas, aw, glitch, goof*, howler*, inaccuracy, lapse, misapprehension, misbelief, miscalculation, misconception, miscue, misdeed, misjudgment, mismanagement, miss, misstep, misunderstanding, offense, omission, oversight, screamer*, screw-up*, sin, slight, slip, slipup, solecism, stumble, transgression, trespass, untruth, wrongdoing, X*; concepts 101,230,674,699 Ant. accuracy, certainty, correction, right, truth, validity ersatz [adj] articial bogus, copied, counterfeit, fake, false, imitation, manufactured, phony, pretended, sham, simulated, spurious, substitute, synthetic; concept 582 Ant. genuine, real erstwhile [adj] former bygone, ex, late, old, once, one-time, past, preceding, previous, quondam, sometime; concept 820 erudite [adj] well-educated, cultured brainy, cultivated, educated, highbrow, in the know, into*, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, literate, savvy, scholarly, scholastic, studious, wellread, wise up*; concept 402 Ant. common, ignorant, uncultured, uneducated erudition [n] higher education bookishness, brains, cultivation, culture, enlightenment, intellectuality, knowledge, learnedness, learning, letters, literacy, lore, pedantry, renement, savvy, scholarliness, scholarship, science, studiousness; concepts 287,409 Ant. ignorance erupt [v] give forth, eject with force appear, belch, blow up, boil, break out, burst, cast out, detonate, discharge, emit, eruct, explode, extravasate, are up*, go off*, gush, hurl, jet, pour forth, rupture, spew, spit, spout, spurt, throw off*, touch off*, vent, vomit; concepts 179,222 eruption [n] ejection access, blast, blow-up, breakout, burst, discharge, explosion, are-up, ow, gust, outbreak, outburst, sally, venting, vomiting; concepts 179,467 escalate [v] increase, be increased amplify, ascend, broaden, climb, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, heighten, intensify, magnify, make worse,

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mount, raise, rise, scale, step up, widen; concepts 236,245 Ant. decrease, diminish, lessen, lower, weaken escapade [n] adventure, usually lighthearted antic, caper, ing, folly, frolic, gag, high jinks, lark, mischief, monkeyshines*, prank, rib*, roguery, rollick, romp, scrape, shenanigans*, spree, stunt, trick, vagary; concepts 384,386 escape [n] breaking away; getaway abdication, avoidance, AWOL*, beat, bolt, break, breakout, bypassing, circumvention, decampment, deliverance, departure, desertion, disappearance, dodging, ducking, elopement, elusion, elusiveness, eschewal, evasion, evasiveness, extrication, fadeout, ight, freedom, hegira, lam, leave, liberation, out, outbreak, powder, release, rescue, retreat, runaround, shunning, sidestepping, slip, spring, withdrawal; concept 102 Ant. capture, maintenance, stay escape [v] break away from abscond, avoid, bail out*, bolt, burst out, circumvent, cut and run*, cut loose*, decamp, depart, desert, disappear, dodge, double, duck, duck out*, elope, elude, emerge, evade, ee, y, y the coop*, get away with*, get off*, go scot-free*, leave, make getaway*, make off*, make oneself scarce*, pass, play hooky*, run, run away, run off*, run out on*, shun, skip, slip, slip away, steal away, take a powder*, take ight, take on the lam*, vanish, work out of, wriggle out*; concept 102 Ant. capture, remain, stay escapee [n] fugitive defector, deserter, dodger, escaped prisoner, hunted person, jail-breaker, refugee, runaway; concept 412 eschew [v] have nothing to do with abandon, abjure, abstain, avoid, double, duck, elude, evade, forgo, forswear, give up, have no truck with*, let well enough alone*, not touch, refrain, renounce, sacrice, shun, shy, shy away from, steer clear of*, swear off*; concepts 30,102 Ant. embrace, like, love escort [n] protection; accompaniment alarm clock*, attendant, beau, bird dog*, bodyguard, cavalier, chaperon, companion, company, consort, convoy, convoyer, cortege, date, entourage, fellow, friend, gallant, guard, guide, partner, protector, retinue, safeguard, squire, train, warden*; concepts 419,423 escort [v] act as a companion, guard accompany, attend, bear, bring, carry, chaperon, company, conduct, consort with, convoy, date, direct, drag, go with, guide, lead, partner, pilot, protect, route, see, shepherd, show, squire, steer, take out, usher; concepts 114,384,714 Ant. abandon, desert, drop, leave, lose, maroon, neglect escrow [n] collateral bond, deed, guarantee, insurance, pledge, security; concepts 71,271,685 esoteric [adj] mysterious, obscure abstruse, acroamatic, arcane, cabalistic, cryptic, deep, Delphic, heavy, hermetic, hidden, inner, inscrutable, mystic, mystical, occult, Orphic, private, profound, recondite, secret, Sibylline; concepts 529,576,582 Ant. common, familiar, known, obvious, public, unmysterious especial [adj] exceptional, particular chief, distinguished, dominant, exclusive, express, extraordinary, individual, marked, notable, noteworthy, outstanding, paramount, peculiar,

personal, predominant, preeminent, preponderant, principal, private, set, signal, singular, special, specic, supreme, surpassing, uncommon, unique, unusual; concepts 535,564,574 Ant. common, general, normal, ordinary, unexceptional, unspecic, usual especially [adv] exceptionally, particularly abnormally, above all, before all else, chiey, conspicuously, curiously, eminently, exclusively, expressly, extraordinarily, in particular, in specie, mainly, markedly, notably, oddly, outstandingly, peculiarly, preeminently, primarily, principally, remarkably, signally, singularly, specially, specically, strangely, strikingly, supremely, unaccountably, uncommonly, uncustomarily, uniquely, unusually, wonderfully; concepts 535,564,574 Ant. commonly, generally, normally, ordinarily, unexceptionally, usually espionage [n] spying intelligence, reconnaissance, secret service, shadowing, tailing, undercover operations, undercover work, underground activities; concepts 348,412 esplanade [n] promenade avenue, boardwalk, path, walk, walkway; concepts 6,501 espouse [v1] stand up for; support accept, adopt, advocate, approve, back, champion, defend, embrace, get into*, go in for*, maintain, stand behind*, take on, take up, uphold; concept 10 Ant. forsake, reject espouse [v2] marry betroth, catch, take as spouse, unite, wed; concept 297 Ant. divorce esprit de corps [n] group spirit camaraderie, common bond, cooperation, group loyalty, morale, solidarity, team spirit; concept 410 essay [n1] written discourse article, composition, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, explication, exposition, manuscript, paper, piece, study, theme, thesis, tract, treatise; concept 271 essay [n2] try, attempt aim, bid, dry run*, effort, endeavor, exertion, experiment, hassle, labor, ones all*, ones level best*, shot*, striving, struggle, test, toil, travail, trial, try on*, tryout, undertaking, venture, whack*, work; concept 87 Ant. idleness, pass essay [v] try, attempt aim, assay, endeavor, have a crack*, have a go*, have a shot*, have at it*, labor, make a run at*, offer, put to the test*, seek, strive, struggle, take a stab at*, take a whack at*, take on, test, toil, travail, try out, undertake, venture, work; concept 87 Ant. be idle, forget, neglect, pass essence [n1] heart, signicance aspect, attribute, backbone, base, basis, be-all and endall*, being, bottom, bottom line*, burden, caliber, character, chief constituent, constitution, core, crux, element, entity, essentia, essentiality, ber, form, fundamentals, germ, grain, kernel, life, lifeblood, main idea, marrow, meaning, meat*, name of game*, nature, nitty-gritty*, nub, nucleus, pith, point, principle, property, quality, quiddity, quintessence, reality, root, soul, spirit, structure, stuff, substance, timber, vein, virtuality; concepts 411,661,668,688 essence [n2] distillate, concentrate balm, cologne, drug, effusion, elixir, extract, fragrance, juice, liquor, perfume, potion, scent, spirits, tincture; concepts 260,467

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essential [adj1] important, vital capital, cardinal, chief, constitutive, crucial, foremost, fundamental, imperative, indispensable, leading, main, necessary, necessitous, needed, needful, prerequisite, principal, required, requisite, righthand, wanted; concept 567 Ant. accessory, auxiliary, inessential, minor, nonessential, secondary, subsidiary, unimportant essential [adj2] basic, fundamental absolute, basal, cardinal, cold, complete, congenital, connate, constitutional, deep-seated, elemental, elementary, ideal, inborn, inbred, inherent, innate, intrinsic, key, main, material, meat and potatoes*, name of the game*, nitty-gritty*, nub, perfect, primary, prime, primitive, principal, quintessential, substratal, underlying; concepts 546,549 Ant. atypical, minor, secondary essential [n] necessity, basic ABCs*, bottom line*, brass tacks*, condition, element, essence, re and ice*, fundamental, groceries*, guts*, heart, meat and potatoes*, must, name of the game*, nitty-gritty*, nuts and bolts*, part and parcel*, precondition, prerequisite, principle, quintessence, requirement, requisite, rudiment, sine qua non, stuff, substance, vital part, where ones at*; concepts 646,661,826 Ant. accessory, auxiliary, nonessential, subsidiary, throwaway, trivia establish [v1] set up, organize authorize, base, build, constitute, create, decree, domiciliate, enact, endow, ensconce, entrench, erect, x, form, found, ground, implant, inaugurate, inculcate, install, institute, land, lay foundation, live, lodge, moor, originate, place, plant, practice, provide, put, ring in, rivet, root, secure, set down, settle, stabilize, start, start ball rolling*, station, stick; concepts 168,173,221 Ant. destroy, disestablish, invalidate, ruin, unsettle establish [v2] authenticate; demonstrate ascertain, authorize, base, certify, circumstantiate, conrm, constitute, corroborate, decree, determine, discover, enact, nd out, formulate, learn, legislate, make, make out, predicate, prescribe, prove, ratify, rest, show, stay, substantiate, validate, verify; concepts 49,50,88,97 Ant. confuse, disprove, invalidate establishment [n1] organization; creation enactment, endowment, formation, formulation, foundation, founding, inauguration, installation, institution, setting up; concepts 173,221 establishment [n2] business, institution abode, building, company, concern, corporation, enterprise, factory, rm, foundation, house, institute, ofce, organization, outt, plant, quarters, residence, setup, structure, system, workplace; concepts 323,325,449 establishment [n3] ruling class; bureaucracy authority, city hall*, conservatives, diehards*, established order, Old Guard*, powers that be*, them, the system*; concepts 347,354 Ant. proletariat estate [n1] extensive manor and its property acreage, area, country home, country place, demesne, domain, dominion, farm, nca, freehold, grounds, holdings, lands, parcel, plantation, quinta, ranch, residence, rural seat, territory, villa; concept 516 estate [n2] persons possessions, property, wealth assets, belongings, bequest, capital,

chattels, devise, earthly possessions, effects, endowment, fortune, goods, heritage, inheritance, legacy, patrimony, substance; concepts 340,710 estate [n3] class, rank bracket, caste, category, classication, condition, echelon, footing, form, grade, level, lot, order, period, place, position, quality, repair, shape, situation, sphere, standing, state, station, status, stratum; concepts 378,388 esteem [v1] think highly of admire, appreciate, apprise, be fond of, cherish, consider, hold dear, honor, idolize, like, look up to*, love, prize, regard, regard highly, respect, revere, reverence, think the world of*, treasure, value, venerate, worship; concept 32 Ant. abuse, dislike, disregard, disrespect, hate, insult, mock, ridicule esteem [v2] consider, believe account, calculate, deem, estimate, hold, judge, rate, reckon, regard, think, view; concept 12 Ant. deride, disbelieve, disregard, disrespect estimable [adj] honorable, worthy admirable, admired, appreciable, august, big name*, big time*, commendable, decent, deserving, esteemed, excellent, good, high-powered, honored, in limelight*, laudable, major league*, meretorious, meritable, name, noble, palmary, praisable, praiseworthy, reputable, reputed, respectable, respected, sterling, valuable, valued, venerable, well-thought-of*; concepts 567,572 Ant. bad, dishonorable, inestimable, insignificant, poor, unworthy estimate [n] approximate calculation; educated guess appraisal, appraisement, assay, assessment, ballpark gure*, belief, conclusion, conjecture, estimation, evaluation, gauging, guess, guesstimate*, impression, judgment, measure, measurement, mensuration, opinion, point of view, projection, rating, reckoning, sizing up*, stock, surmise, survey, thought, valuation; concepts 28,37,689,784 estimate [v] guess, try to value account, appraise, assay, assess, believe, budget, calculate roughly, cast, cipher, class, classify, compute, conjecture, consider, count, decide, deduce, determine, enumerate, evaluate, examine, expect, gure, form opinion, gauge, guess, guesstimate*, judge, look into, look upon, number, outline, plan, predict, prophesy, rank, rate, reason, reckon, regard, run over*, scheme, set a gure*, size up*, sum, suppose, surmise, suspect, tax, think, think through*; concepts 28,37,764 estimation [n] belief, guess admiration, appraisal, appreciation, arithmetic, assessment, calculating, ciphering, computation, consideration, considered opinion, credit, esteem, estimate, estimating, evaluation, favor, guring, impression, judgment, opinion, predicting, reckoning, regard, respect, stock, valuation, veneration, view; concepts 28,689 Ant. disbelief estrange [v] destroy the affections of alien, alienate, antagonize, break up, disaffect, disunify, disunite, divert, divide, divorce, drive apart, leave, make hostile, part, put on the outs*, separate, set at odds*, sever, split, sunder, turn off*, wean, withdraw, withhold; concepts 7,19,297,384 Ant. engage, marry, unite

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estrangement [n] destruction of affections alienation, antagonization, breach, break-up, disaffection, disassociation, disunity, division, divorce, hostility, leave, leaving, parting, removal, schism, separation, split, withdrawal, withholding; concepts 297,388 Ant. connection, marriage, union estuary [n] mouth arm, creek, rth, fjord, inlet, tidewater, waterway; concepts 509,514 et cetera [adj] and so forth along with others, and all, and on and on, and others, and so on, and the like, and the rest, blah blah blah*, et al., whatever, whatnot; concepts 267,577 etch [v] carve compose, corrode, cut, dene, delineate, depict, describe, eat into, engrave, erode, execute, furrow, grave, impress, imprint, incise, ingrain, inscribe, outline, picture, portray, reduce, represent, set forth, stamp; concepts 174,176 etching [n] art created by carving engraving, impression, imprint, inscription, mezzotint, photoengraving, photogravure, print, reproduction, rotogravure, transferring; concept 259 eternal [adj] without pause; endless abiding, ageless, always, amaranthine, boundless, ceaseless, constant, continual, continued, continuous, dateless, deathless, enduring, everlasting, forever, illimitable, immemorial, immortal, immutable, imperishable, incessant, indenite, indestructible, innite, interminable, lasting, never-ending, perdurable, perennial, permanent, perpetual, persistent, relentless, termless, timeless, unbroken, unceasing, undying, unending, unfading, uninterrupted, unremitting, without end; concepts 482,798 Ant. brief, changeable, changing, ending, ephemeral, stopping, temporary, terminable, transient eternally [adv] endlessly always, continually, ever, evermore, forever, forevermore, for ever so long*, for keeps, in perpetuum, perpetually, regularly, till cows come home*; concept 798 Ant. briey, changeably, temporarily, transiently eternity [n] forever aeon, afterlife, age, ages, blue moon*, dogs age*, endlessness, endless time, everlastingness, forever and a day*, future, immortality, imperishability, inniteness, innitude, innity, kingdom come*, other world*, perpetuity, timelessness, time without end, wild blue yonder*, world without end*; concepts 370,804,818 ethereal [adj] delicate, heavenly aerial, airy, celestial, dainty, divine, empyreal, empyrean, exquisite, fairy, lmy, ne, gaseous, ghostly, gossamer, impalpable, insubstantial, intangible, light, rareed, rened, spiritual, sublime, subtle, supernal, tenuous, unearthly, unsubstantial, unworldly, vaporous, vapory; concepts 491, 549,582,606 Ant. earthly, indelicate, worldly ethical [adj] moral, righteous Christian, clean, conscientious, correct, decent, elevated, equitable, fair, tting, good, high-principled, honest, honorable, humane, just, kosher*, moralistic, noble, principled, proper, respectable, right, right-minded, square, straight, true blue*, upright, upstanding, virtuous; concept 545 Ant. corrupt, dishonest, immoral, improper, unethical, unjust, unrighteous

ethics/ethic [n] moral philosophy, values belief, conduct, conscience, convention, conventionalities, criteria, decency, ethos, goodness, honesty, honor, ideal, imperative, integrity, moral code, morality, mores, natural law, nature, practice, principles, right and wrong, rules of conduct, standard, standards, the Golden Rule*; concepts 645,688,689 Ant. corruption, immorality ethnic [adj] racial, cultural indigenous, national, native, traditional, tribal; concept 549 etiquette [n] manners, politeness amenities, civility, code, convention, courtesy, customs, decency, decorum, deportment, dignity, form, formalities, good behavior*, mores, politesse, proper behavior, propriety, protocol, ps and qs*, rules, seemliness, social graces, suavities, usage; concept 633 Ant. bad manners etymology [n] word history derivation, development, etymon, origin, phrase history, phrase origin, root, source; concept 275 eulogize [v] praise, glorify acclaim, applaud, bless, celebrate, commend, compliment, cry up, exalt, extol, atter, give a bouquet*, give a posy*, hymn, idolize, laud, magnify, panegyrize, pay tribute to, sing praises; concept 69 Ant. calumniate, condemn, criticize eulogy [n] praise, acclamation acclaim, accolade, adulation, applause, citation, commendation, compliment, encomium, exaltation, glorication, laudation, paean, panegyric, plaudit, salutation, tribute; concepts 69,278 Ant. calumny, condemnation, criticism euphemism [n] nice way of saying something circumlocution, delicacy, oridness, grandiloquence, ination, pomposity, pretense, purism; concepts 275,278 euphonious [adj] pleasing to the ear agreeable, clear, dulcet, harmonious, melliuous, melodious, musical, rhythmic, smooth, sweet-sounding, tuneful, well-pitched; concept 563 euphoria [n] extreme happiness bliss, dreamland, ecstasy, elation, exaltation, exhilaration, exultation, frenzy, glee, health, high spirits, intoxication, joy, joyousness, jubilation, madness, rapture, relaxation, transport; concept 410 Ant. depression, despair, misery, sorrow, unhappiness, woe euthanasia [n] mercy killing assisted suicide, putting out of misery*; concept 252 evacuate [v] clear an area; empty abandon, bail out*, cut out, decamp, depart, desert, discharge, displace, eject, expel, forsake, hightail, leave, move out, pack up, pull out, quit, relinquish, remove, run for the hills*, skidaddle*, vacate, withdraw; concepts 179, 195 Ant. come in, enter, ll, load, occupy evade [v] get away from avoid, bafe, balk, beat around bush*, beg the question*, bypass, cavil, circumvent, conceal, confuse, cop out, deceive, decline, dodge, double, duck, elude, equivocate, escape, eschew, fence, fend off*, ee, y, fudge*, get around, give the runaround*, hedge, hide, keep distance*, lay low*, lead on a merry chase*, lie, parry, pass up, pretend, prevaricate, pussyfoot, put off, shift, shirk, shuck, shufe, shun, shy, sidestep, slip out, sneak away*, steer clear of*,

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tergiversate, trick, wafe*, weasel*; concepts 30,102 Ant. face, meet, take on evaluate [v] judge appraise, assay, assess, calculate, check, check out, class, classify, criticize, decide, estimate, gure out, ture, gauge, grade, guesstimate*, look over, peg*, price out, rank, rate, read, reckon, set at, size, size up*, survey, take account of, take measure, valuate, value, weigh; concepts 18,24,103 evaluation [n] judgment appraisal, appraisement, assessment, calculation, decision, estimate, estimation, guesstimation*, interpretation, opinion, rating, stock, take, valuation; concepts 24,103,689 evanescent [adj] transient brief, disappearing, fading, eeting, momentary, passing, shortlived, temporary, tenuous, vanishing; concepts 551,798 evangelism [n] preaching ministration, sermonizing, spreading the word, teaching; concept 361 evangelist [n] preacher circuit rider, minister, missionary, pastor, religious teacher, revivalist, televangelist, television evangelist, television preacher, TV evangelist; concept 361 evaporate [v] dry up, dissolve clear, concentrate, dehumidify, dehydrate, dematerialize, desiccate, disappear, dispel, disperse, dissipate, evanesce, evanish, fade, fade away, melt, parch, pass, vanish, vaporize, weaken; concepts 469, 698 Ant. dampen, soak, wet evaporation [n] drying up; dissolution dehydration, dematerialization, desiccation, disappearance, dispelling, dispersal, dissipation, escape, evanescence, fading, melting, vanishing, vaporescence, vaporization; concepts 469,607,698 Ant. dampening, soaking, wetting evasion [n] escape, avoidance artice, circumvention, cop-out*, cunning, ditch*, dodge*, dodging, elusion, equivocating, equivocation, eschewal, evading, evasiveness, excuse, fancy footwork*, fudging*, jive, lie, obliqueness, pretext, prevarication, quibble, routine, run-around, ruse, shift, shirking, shufing, shunning, slip*, sophism, sophistry, stall, stonewall*, subterfuge, trick, trickery; concepts 59,63,102 Ant. directness, facing, meeting evasive [adj] deceitful, tricky ambiguous, cagey, casuistic, casuistical, cunning, deceptive, devious, dissembling, elusive, elusory, equivocating, false, fugitive, greasy, indirect, intangible, lying, misleading, oblique, prevaricating, shifty, shufing, slippery, sly, sophistical, stonewalling*, unclear, vague; concepts 267,401,542 Ant. direct, forthright, honest, ready, straight, straightforward even [adj1] at, uniform alike, balanced, consistent, constant, continual, continuous, direct, equal, ush, homogenous, horizontal, level, matching, metrical, parallel, planate, plane, plumb, proportional, regular, right, same, smooth, square, stabile, stable, steady, straight, surfaced, true, unbroken, unchanging, undeviating, unuctuating, uninterrupted, unvaried, unvarying, unwavering, unwrinkled; concepts 480,490 Ant. broken, different, disparate, irregular, rough, uneven even [adj2] calm, undisturbed composed,

cool, equable, equanimous, even-tempered, imperturbable, peaceful, placid, serene, stable, steady, tranquil, unexcitable, unrufed, well-balanced; concept 401 Ant. agitated, irregular, troubled even [adj3] commensurate; having no advantage balanced, coequal, comparable, coterminous, drawn, equal, equalized, equivalent, even-steven*, exact, fty-fty*, horse to horse*, identical, level, matching, neck and neck*, on a par*, parallel, proportional, proportionate, same, similar, smack in the middle*, square, tied, uniform; concept 566 Ant. irregular, unequal, uneven even [adj4] fair, impartial balanced, disinterested, dispassionate, equal, equitable, fair and square*, honest, just, matching, nonpartisan, square, straightforward, unbiased, unprejudiced; concepts 267,542 Ant. biased, partial, unfair even [adv] still, yet all the more, despite, disregarding, indeed, in spite of, much, notwithstanding, so much as; concept 544 even [v] balance, make smooth align, equal, equalize, atten, ush, grade, lay, level, match, pancake*, plane, regularize, roll, square, stabilize, steady, symmetrize, uniform; concepts 231,757 Ant. break, furrow, lump, roughen even-handed [adj] fair aboveboard, balanced, disinterested, equitable, honest, honorable, impartial, just, neutral, nonpartisan, objective, on the level*, on the up-and-up*, reasonable, square, straight, unbiased, unprejudiced, upright, virtuous; concept 542 evening [n] latter part of a day black, close, dark, decline, dim, dusk, duskiness, early black*, eve, even, eventide, late afternoon, nightfall, sundown, sunset, twilight; concepts 801,806,810 Ant. morning event [n1] occurrence, happening accident, act, action, advent, adventure, affair, appearance, business, calamity, case, catastrophe, celebration, ceremony, chance, circumstance, coincidence, conjuncture, crisis, deed, development, emergency, episode, experience, exploit, fact, function, holiday, incident, juncture, marvel, matter, milestone, miracle, misfortune, mishap, mistake, occasion, occurrence, pass, phase, phenomenon, predicament, proceeding, shift, situation, story, thing*, tide, transaction, triumph, turn, wonder; concept 2 event [n2] effect, result aftereffect, aftermath, case, causatum, chance, conclusion, consequence, end, end result, eventuality, fortuity, hap, happenstance, issue, offshoot, outcome, outgrowth, product, resultant, sequel, sequent, termination, upshot; concept 230 Ant. cause, source event [n3] performance, competition bout, contest, game, match, meet, tournament; concepts 263,363 even-tempered [adj] easygoing calm, collected, complacent, composed, cool, level-headed, patient, relaxed, stable, steady, unexcitable, unrufed; concepts 401,404 eventful [adj] signicant, busy active, consequential, critical, crucial, decisive, exciting, fateful, full, historic, important, lively, memorable, momentous, notable, noteworthy, outstanding, remarkable, signal; concept 548

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Ant. dull, insignicant, normal, ordinary, trivial, uneventful, unnoteworthy, usual eventual [adj] future, concluding closing, conditional, consequent, contingent, dependent, down the pike*, down the road*, ending, endmost, ensuing, nal, hindmost, indirect, inevitable, in the cards*, last, later, latter, overall, possible, prospective, resulting, secondary, succeeding, terminal, ulterior, ultimate, vicarious; concepts 552,820 Ant. past eventuality [n] something that probably will happen aftereffect, aftermath, any case, case, chance, consequence, contingency, effect, event, go-down*, goings-on*, happening, issue, likelihood, outcome, possibility, probability, result, sequel, toss-up, upshot*; concepts 230,650 Ant. improbability, unlikelihood eventually [adv] in the course of time after all, at last, at the end of the day*, nally, hereafter, in future, in the end, in the long run*, one day, someday, sometime, sooner or later*, ultimately, when all is said and done*, yet; concepts 552,820 eventuate [v] be a consequence be consequent, befall, come about, come to pass, end, ensue, eventualize, follow, happen, issue, occur, result, stop, take place, terminate; concepts 2,242 Ant. cause ever [adv] always, at any time anytime, at all, at all times, at any point, by any chance*, consistently, constantly, continually, endlessly, eternally, everlastingly, evermore, forever, for keeps, in any case*, incessantly, in perpetuum, invariably, on any occasion*, perpetually, regularly, relentlessly, till cows come home*, to the end of time*, unceasingly, unendingly, usually; concepts 798,799 everlasting [adj] innite, never-ending abiding, amaranthine, boundless, ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, deathless, endless, eternal, immortal, imperishable, incessant, indestructible, interminable, lasting, limitless, perdurable, permanent, perpetual, termless, timeless, unceasing, undying, unending, uninterrupted, unremitting; concept 798 Ant. ceasing, concluding, ending, temporary, terminating, transient every [adj] each, all each one, whole, without exception; concept 531 Ant. none everybody/everyone [n] all involved, all human beings; the whole world all, all and sundry*, anybody, each one, each person, every person, generality, masses, people, populace, the public, the whole, young and old*; concept 417 Ant. nobody/noone everyday [adj] common accustomed, average, commonplace, conventional, customary, daily, dime a dozen*, dull, familiar, frequent, garden variety*, habitual, informal, lowly, mainstream, middle-of-the-road*, mundane, normal, ordinary, per diem, plain, prosaic, quotidian, routine, run-of-the-mill*, stock, unexceptional, unimaginative, unremarkable, usual, vanilla*, whitebread*, wonted, workaday; concepts 530,547 Ant. abnormal, different, exceptional, special, uncommon, unexpected, unfamiliar, unusual everything [n] entirety aggregate, all, all in all, all that, all things, business, complex, each

thing, every little thing*, xins*, lock stock and barrel*, lot, many things, sum, the works*, total, universe, whole, whole ball of wax*, whole caboodle*, whole enchilada*, whole lot*, whole shebang*; concepts 432,837 Ant. nothing everywhere [adv] in all places all around, all over, all over creation*, all over the map*, far and wide*, here and there*, here till Sunday*, high and low*, in all quarters, in each place, in every direction, in every place, inside and out, near and far*, omnipresent, overall, pole to pole*, the world over*, throughout, ubiquitous, ubiquitously, universally, wherever; concept 583 Ant. nowhere evict [v] throw out from residence boot out*, bounce*, chase, dislodge, dismiss, dispossess, eject, expel, extrude, force out, heave-ho*, kick out*, oust, out, put out, remove, send packing*, show out, show the door*, shut out, toss out on ear*, turn out; concepts 122,198,211 Ant. admit, board, include, lease, receive, rent, take in, welcome eviction [n] throwing out of a residence boot*, bounce*, bums rush*, clearance, dislodgement, dispossession, ejection, expulsion, kicking out*, ouster, removal, rush, the gate*, walking papers*; concepts 123,198,211 Ant. admittance, boarding, including, leasing, receiving, renting, welcome, welcoming evidence [n] proof afrmation, attestation, averment, cincher*, clincher*, clue, conrmation, corroboration, cue, data, declaration, demonstration, deposition, documentation, dope*, goods*, gospel, grabber*, grounds, index, indication, indicia, info*, information, manifestation, mark, sign, signicant, smoking gun*, substantiation, symptom, testament, testimonial, testimony, token, witness; concepts 274,318 Ant. contradiction, disproof, heresay, refutation evidence [v] prove attest, bespeak, betoken, conrm, connote, demonstrate, denote, designate, display, evince, exhibit, expose, illustrate, indicate, manifest, mark, ostend, proclaim, reveal, show, signify, testify to, witness; concepts 57,97,317 Ant. contradict, disprove, refute evident [adj] apparent, clear axiomatic, barefaced*, clear-cut, conspicuous, crystal clear*, distinct, fact, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, logical, manifest, noticeable, obvious, open-and-shut*, palpable, patent, perceptible, plain, plain as day*, reasonable, straightforward, tangible, unambiguous, unmistakable, visible; concepts 529,535 Ant. disputable, hidden, indenite, mistakable, obscure, secret, uncertain, unclear, unknown, unsure, vague evidently [adv] apparently, clearly doubtless, doubtlessly, incontestably, incontrovertibly, indisputably, it seems, it would seem, manifestly, obviously, ofcially, ostensibly, outwardly, patently, plainly, professedly, seemingly, to all appearances*, undoubtedly, unmistakably, without question; concept 535 Ant. doubtfully, mistakably, obscurely, questionably, vaguely evil [adj] sinful, immoral angry, atrocious, bad, baneful, base, beastly, calamitous, corrupt,

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damnable, depraved, destructive, disastrous, execrable, agitious, foul, harmful, hateful, heinous, hideous, iniquitous, injurious, loathsome, low, malecent, malevolent, malicious, malignant, nefarious, no good, obscene, offensive, pernicious, poison, rancorous, reprobate, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, spiteful, stinking, ugly, unpleasant, unpropitious, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, wrathful, wrong; concepts 545,570 Ant. auspicious, decent, good, honest, moral, sinless, upright, virtuous evil [n] badness, immorality; disaster afiction, baseness, blow, calamity, catastrophe, corruption, crime, criminality, curse, debauchery, depravity, devilry, diabolism, harm, hatred, heinousness, hurt, ill, impiety, indecency, infamy, iniquity, injury, knavery, lewdness, licentiousness, looseness, malevolence, malignity, meanness, mischief, misery, misfortune, obscenity, outrage, pain, perversity, ruin, sin, sinfulness, sorrow, suffering, turpitude, vice, viciousness, vileness, villainy, wickedness, woe, wrong, wrongdoing; concept 645 Ant. good, goodness, morality, virtue evildoer [n] wrongdoer bad person, criminal, devil, evil person, felon, gangster, lawbreaker, murderer, psychopath, sinner, sociopath, troublemaker, villain; concept 412 evince [v] manifest attest, declare, demonstrate, disclose, display, furnish, indicate, prove, reveal, show; concepts 118,261 evocative [adj] suggestive calling up, expressive, graphic, redolent, remindful of, reminiscent, resonant with; concept 266 evoke [v] induce, stimulate arouse, awaken, call, call forth, conjure, educe, elicit, evince, evolve, excite, extort, extract, give rise to, invoke, milk*, provoke, raise, rally, recall, rouse, stir up, summon, waken; concepts 228,242 Ant. halt, quell, repress, silence, stie, stop, suppress evolution [n] development, progress change, enlargement, evolvement, expansion, owering, growth, increase, maturation, natural process, progression, transformation, unfolding, working out; concept 704 Ant. blockage, decrease, halt, stoppage evolve [v] develop, progress advance, derive, disclose, educe, elaborate, emerge, enlarge, excogitate, expand, get, grow, increase, mature, obtain, open, result, ripen, unfold, work out; concepts 236,245,704 Ant. block, decrease, halt, stop exacerbate [v] infuriate; make worse add insult to injury*, aggravate, annoy, egg on*, embitter, enrage, envenom, exasperate, excite, fan the ames*, feed the re*, go from bad to worse*, heat up*, heighten, hit on*, increase, iname, intensify, irritate, madden, provoke, push ones button*, rattle ones cage*, rub salt in a wound*, vex, worsen; concepts 7,19 Ant. aid, calm, comfort, help, soothe exact [adj1] accurate, precise bulls-eye*, careful, clear, clear-cut, correct, dead on*, denite, distinct, downright, explicit, express, faithful, faultless, identical, literal, methodical, nailed down*, nice, on target*, on the button*, on the money*, on the numbers*, orderly, particular, perfect, right, right on*, rigorous,

sharp, specic, true, unequivocal, unerring, veracious, verbal, verbatim; concepts 535,557 Ant. approximate, imprecise, inaccurate, incorrect, indenite, inexact exact [adj2] careful, painstaking conscientious, conscionable, demanding, exacting, nicky, fussy, heedful, meticulous, punctilious, punctual, rigorous, scrupulous, severe, strict; concept 542 Ant. approximate, careless, uncareful, unreliable exact [v] demand, call for assess, bleed, call, challenge, claim, coerce, command, compel, constrain, extort, extract, force, gouge, impose, insist upon, lean on, levy, oblige, pinch, postulate, put on, require, requisition, shake down*, solicit, squeeze, wrench, wrest, wring; concepts 53,142 Ant. give exacting [adj] demanding burdensome, by the book*, careful, critical, difcult, exigent, nicky, fussy, grievous, hard, harsh, hypercritical, imperious, nit-picking, onerous, oppressive, painstaking, particular, persnickety, picky, precise, rigid, rigorous, severe, stern, strict, stringent, taxing, tough, trying, unsparing, weighty; concepts 401,404 Ant. giving, lending exactly [adv] accurately, particularly absolutely, altogether, bang*, carefully, completely, correctly, denitely, explicitly, expressly, faithfully, faultlessly, for a fact, for certain, for sure*, indeed, in every respect, just, literally, methodically, no mistake, on the dot*, on the money*, on the nail*, on the nose*, positively, precisely, quite, right, rigorously, scrupulously, severely, sharp, specically, square, strictly, the ticket*, totally, truly, truthfully, unequivocally, unerringly, utterly, veraciously, wholly; concepts 535,557 Ant. inaccurately, inexactly exactness [n] accuracy, precision carefulness, correctness, deniteness, denitiveness, denitude, exactitude, faithfulness, faultlessness, nicety, orderliness, painstakingness, preciseness, promptitude, regularity, rigor, rigorousness, scrupulousness, strictness, truth, unequivocalness, veracity; concepts 638,654 Ant. carelessness, imprecision, inaccuracy, inexactness, irregularity exaggerate [v] overstate, embellish amplify, blow out of proportion*, boast, boost, brag, build up, caricature, color, cook up*, corrupt, distort, embroider, emphasize, enlarge, exalt, expand, fabricate, falsify, fudge*, go to extremes*, heighten, hike, hyperbolize, inate, intensify, lay it on thick*, lie, loud talk*, magnify, make too much of*, misquote, misreport, misrepresent, overdo, overdraw, overemphasize, overestimate, pad*, pretty up*, puff, put on, pyramid*, romance, romanticize, scam, stretch, up*; concept 63 Ant. depreciate, minimize, play down, reduce, understate exaggerated [adj] overstated, embellished a bit thick*, abstract, amplied, articial, bouncing, caricatural, distorted, embroidered, exalted, excessive, extravagant, fabricated, fabulous, false, fantastic, farfetched, hammy, highly colored, histrionic, hyperbolic, impossible, inated, magnied, melodramatic, out of proportion, overblown, overdone, overestimated, overkill, overwrought, preposterous, preten-

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tious, schmaltzy, sensational, spectacular, steep, strained, stylized, tall, too much*, too-too*, unrealistic; concepts 267,542,562 Ant. depreciated, minimized, played down, reduced, understated, unembellished, unexaggerated exaggeration [n] overstatement, embellishment aggrandizement, amplication, baloney*, boasting, caricature, coloring, crock*, elaboration, embroidery, emphasis, enlargement, exaltation, excess, extravagance, fabrication, falsehood, fancy, fantasy, gure of speech, sh story*, ight of fancy*, hogwash*, hyperbole, ination, jazz*, line*, magnication, misjudgment, misrepresentation, overemphasis, overestimation, pretension, pretentiousness, rant, romance, stretch, tall story*, untruth, whopper*, yarn*; concepts 63,278,663 Ant. minimization, reduction, understatement, unembellishment exalt [v] promote, praise acclaim, advance, aggrandize, apotheosize, applaud, bless, boost, build up*, commend, dignify, distinguish, ennoble, erect, eulogize, extol, glorify, halo, honor, idolize, intensify, laud, magnify, pay homage to, pay tribute to, raise, revere, set on pedestal*, sublime, transgure, upgrade, uprear, worship; concepts 10,69 Ant. castigate, condemn, criticize, debase, denounce, humiliate exaltation [n1] promotion, praise acclaim, acclamation, advancement, aggrandizement, apotheosis, applause, blessing, dignity, elevation, eminence, ennoblement, extolment, glorication, glory, grandeur, high rank, homage, honor, idolization, laudation, lionization, loftiness, magnication, panegyric, plaudits, prestige, reverence, rise, tribute, upgrading, uplifting, worship; concepts 69,278 Ant. castigation, condemnation, criticism, debasement, denunciation, humiliation exaltation [n2] great joy animation, bliss, delectation, delight, ecstasy, elation, elevation, euphoria, excitement, exhilaration, exultation, inspiration, intoxication, joyousness, jubilation, rapture, stimulation, transport, uplift; concepts 32,410 Ant. depression, misery, sorrow, unhappiness, woe exalted [adj] praised; held in high esteem astral, august, dignied, elevated, eminent, exaggerated, excessive, rst, grand, high, highest, highest-ranking, high-minded, highranking, honorable, honored, ideal, illustrious, immodest, imposing, inated, intellectual, leading, lofty, magnicent, noble, number one, outstanding, overblown, pompous, prestigious, pretentious, proud, self-important, sublime, superb, superior, top-drawer*, top-ranking, uplifting; concepts 404,529 Ant. condemned, criticized, debased, denounced, humiliated examination [n1] test, analysis assay, audit, battery, blue book*, breakdown, canvass, catechism, checking, checkup, cross-examination, diagnosis, dissection, exam, experiment, exploration, nal, grilling, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, inspection, interrogation, investigation, legwork*, make-up, observation, once-over*, oral, perlustration, perusal, probe, quest, questioning, questionnaire, quiz, raid, reconnaissance, research, review, scan, scrutiny, search, study, survey, the eye*, third degree*, trial, tryout, view, written; concept 290

examination [n2] medical checkup autopsy, biopsy, exam, inquiry, observation, physical, postoperative, probe, test; concepts 103,310 examine [v1] analyze, test appraise, assay, audit, canvass, case, check, check out, chew over*, consider, criticize, delve into, dig into, explore, eye*, nger*, frisk, go into, go over, go through, gun*, inquire, inspect, investigate, look over, look see*, parse, pat down, peruse, pick at, ponder, pore over, probe, prospect, prove, read, reconnoiter, research, review, scan, scope, screen, scrutinate, scrutinize, search into, sift, size up*, study, survey, sweep, take stock of*, try, turn over*, vet, view, weigh, winnow*; concepts 24,103 examine [v2] ask questions pointedly catechize, check, cross-examine, experiment, give the third*, give the third degree*, grill, inquire, interrogate, judge, measure, pump, put through the wringer*, query, quiz, try, try out, weigh; concept 48 example [n] instance, model archetype, case, case history, case in point, citation, copy, excuse, exemplar, exemplication, for instance, ideal, illustration, kind of thing, lesson, object, original, paradigm, paragon, part, pattern, precedent, prototype, quotation, representation, sample, sampling, specimen, standard, stereotype, symbol; concept 686 exasperate [v] upset, provoke aggravate, agitate, anger, annoy, bug*, disturb, drive up the wall*, embitter, enrage, exacerbate, excite, gall, get*, get under ones skin*, incense, iname, infuriate, irk, irritate, madden, make waves*, needle*, nettle, peeve, pique, rankle, rile, roil, rouse, T-off*, try the patience of, vex, work up; concepts 7,19 Ant. calm, comfort, ease, placate, please, soothe exasperation [n] upset, provocation aggravation, anger, annoyance, besetment, bother, botheration, displeasure, exacerbation, fury, ire, irritant, irritation, nuisance, passion, pest, pique, plague, rage, resentment, vexation, wrath; concepts 29,410 Ant. calming, calmness, comfort, ease, placation, pleasing, soothing excavate [v] dig up burrow, cut, delve, empty, gouge, grub, hollow, mine, quarry, scoop, scrape, shovel, spade, trench, tunnel, uncover, unearth; concept 178 Ant. ll excavation [n] site of digging; digging blasting, burrow, cavity, cut, cutting, dig, disinterring, ditch, dugout, exhuming, hole, hollow, mine, mining, pit, quarry, removal, scooping, shaft, shoveling, trench, trough, unearthing; concepts 178,509,513 Ant. lling excavator [n] earthmover backhoe, bulldozer, digger, heavy machinery; concept 505 exceed [v] be superior to; surpass beat, best, better, break record*, cap, distance, eclipse, excel, get upper hand*, go beyond, go by, have advantage, have a jump on*, have it all over*, out-distance, outdo, outpace, outreach, outrun, outshine, outstrip, overstep, overtake, overtax, pass, rise above*, run circles around*, surmount, top, transcend; concept 141 Ant. be inferior, fail, fall behind exceedingly [adv] very; exceptionally awfully, enormously, especially, excessively, extraordinarily, extremely, greatly, highly, hugely,

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immoderately, in a marked degree, inordinately, powerful, really, remarkably, strikingly, superlatively, surpassingly, terribly, too much, unusually, vastly, vitally; concept 569 excel [v] be superior; surpass beat, be good, be master of, be procient, be skillful, best, be talented, better, cap, come through, eclipse, exceed, go beyond, go to town*, improve upon, make it, outdo, outrival, outshine, outstrip, pass, predominate, shine, show talent, surmount, take precedence, top, transcend, wax*; concepts 141,671,706 Ant. be inferior, fail excellence [n] superiority arete, class, distinction, clat, eminence, excellency, neness, goodness, greatness, high quality, merit, perfection, preeminence, purity, quality, superbness, supremacy, transcendence, virtue, worth; concept 671 Ant. failure, imperfection, inferiority excellent [adj] superior, wonderful A-1*, accomplished, admirable, attractive, capital, certied, champion, choice, choicest, desirable, distinctive, distinguished, estimable, exceptional, exemplary, exquisite, ne, nest, rst, rst-class, rst-rate, good, great, high, incomparable, invaluable, magnicent, meritorious, notable, noted, outstanding, peerless, piked*, premium, priceless, prime, select, skillful, sterling, striking, superb, superlative, supreme, tiptop*, top-notch, transcendent, world-class; concept 574 Ant. bad, failing, imperfect, indistinguished, inferior, poor, second-class, second-rate, unnoteworthy, unworthy except [prep] other than apart from, aside from, bar, barring, besides, but, excepting, excluding, exclusive of, exempting, if not, lacking, leaving out, minus, not for, omitting, outside of, rejecting, save, saving, short of, without, with the exception of; concept 577 except [v] leave out ban, bar, bate, count out, debar, disallow, eliminate, exclude, exempt, expostulate, inveigh, object, omit, pass over, protest, reject, remonstrate, rule out, suspend, taboo; concepts 25,30,211 Ant. admit, allow, include exception [n1] leaving out barring, debarment, disallowment, excepting, exclusion, excusing, expulsion, noninclusion, omission, passing over, rejection, repudiation, reservation; concepts 25,30,211 Ant. admittal, admittance, allowance, inclusion exception [n2] special case; irregularity allowance, anomalism, anomaly, departure, deviation, difference, dispensation, eccentricity, exemption, freak, inconsistency, nonconformity, oddity, peculiarity, perquisitor, privilege, privileged person, quirk; concepts 423,665 Ant. normality, regularity, usualness exceptional [adj1] irregular aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, atypical, deviant, distinct, extraordinary, inconsistent, infrequent, notable, noteworthy, odd, peculiar, phenomenal, rare, remarkable, scarce, singular, special, strange, uncommon, uncustomary, unheard-of, unimaginable, unique, unordinary, unprecedented, unthinkable, unusual; concept 564 Ant. common, conventional, expected, general, normal, ordinary, regular, unexceptional, usual exceptional [adj2] excellent, wonderful brainy, extraordinary, ne, rst-class, rst-rate, good,

high, marvelous, outstanding, phenomenal, premium, prodigious, remarkable, singular, special, superior, world-class; concepts 572,574 Ant. inferior, mediocre, ok, unexceptional, unnoteworthy, unprodigious excerpt [n] citation; something taken from a whole extract, fragment, notation, note, part, passage, pericope, piece, portion, quotation, quote, saying, section, selection; concepts 270,274,835 Ant. insert, whole excerpt [v] take a part from a whole choose, cite, cull, extract, glean, note, pick, pick out, quote, select, single out; concepts 41,142, 211 Ant. insert excess [n1] overabundance of something balance, by-product, enough, exorbitance, exuberance, fat, fulsomeness, glut, inundation, lavishness, leavings, leftover, luxuriance, nimiety, overdose, overow, overkill, overload, overmuch, overrun, oversupply, overweight, plenty, plethora, profusion, recrement, redundance, redundancy, refuse, remainder, residue, rest, spare, superabundance, supererogation, superuity, surfeit, surplus, the limit, too much*, too much of a good thing*, waste, wastefulness; concepts 787,824,835 Ant. dearth, deciency, insufciency, lack, need, poverty, shortcoming, want excess [n2] overindulgence in personal desires debauchery, dissipation, dissoluteness, exorbitance, extravagance, extreme, extremity, immoderacy, immoderation, indulgence, inordinateness, intemperance, overdoing, prodigality, saturnalia, self-indulgence, unrestraint; concepts 633,645 Ant. deprivation, economy, frugality, moderation, privation excessive [adj] too much; overdone boundless, disproportionate, dissipated, dizzying, enormous, exaggerated, exorbitant, extra, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, indulgent, inordinate, intemperate, limitless, more, needless, over, overboard, overkill, overmuch, plethoric, prodigal, proigate, recrementitious, redundant, self-indulgent, sky-high*, steep, stiff, stratospheric*, super, superabundant, superuous, supernatural, too many, towering, unbounded, unconscionable, undue, unmeasurable, unreasonable, way out*; concepts 560, 771,781 Ant. insufcient, moderate, reasonable, underdone exchange [n1] trade; deal barter, buying and selling, castling, change, commerce, commutation, conversion, correspondence, dealing, interchange, interdependence, interrelation, network, quid pro quo, rearrangement, reciprocation, reciprocity, replacement, revision, shift, shufe, shufing, substitution, supplanting, supplantment, swap, switch, tit for tat*, trafc, transaction, transfer, transposing, transposition, truck*; concepts 104,324 exchange [n2] place where stocks are bought, sold curb, market, net, network, over the counter, stock exchange, store, the Big Board*, the Street*, Wall Street*; concepts 325,449 exchange [v] trade alternate, bandy, bargain, barter, buy and sell, cash in, castle, change, change hands*, commute, contact with, convert into, correspond, deal in, displace, ip-op*, give and take*, go over to*, hook up, horse

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trade, interchange, invert, link up, market, network, pass to, pay back, rearrange, reciprocate, replace, return the compliment*, reverse, revise, seesaw, shift, shufe, shuttle, substitute, swap, swap horses*, switch, trafc, transact, transfer, transpose, truck*, turn the tables*; concept 104 Ant. hold, keep excise [n] tax on goods customs, duty, import tax, levy, surcharge, tariff, toll; concept 329 excise [v] remove, delete amputate, black out, blot out*, blue pencil*, cross out, cut, cut off, cut out, cut up, destroy, edit, elide, eradicate, erase, expunge, exscind, exsect, exterminate, extirpate, extract, gut, knock off*, launder*, lop off*, resect, scissor out, scratch out, slash, stamp out*, strike, trim, wipe out, X out*; concept 211 Ant. add, put in excitable [adj] easily upset or inspired agitable, alarmable, demonstrative, edgy, emotional, enthusiastic, dgety, erce, ery, galvanic, hasty, high-strung, hot-headed, hot-tempered, hysterical, impatient, impetuous, impulsive, inammable, intolerant, irascible, mercurial, moody, nervous, neurotic, overzealous, passionate, peevish, quick, quick-tempered, rash, reckless, restless, sensitive, short fused, skittish, susceptible, temperamental, testy, touchy, uncontrolled, uneasy, vehement, violent, volatile, volcanic; concepts 401,404 Ant. calm, easy, easy-going, insensitive, laid-back, passive, unexcitable, uninspired excite [v] inspire; upset accelerate, agitate, amaze, anger, animate, annoy, arouse, astound, awaken, bother, chafe, delight, discompose, disturb, electrify, elicit, energize, evoke, feed the re*, re, uster, foment, galvanize, goad, incite, induce, iname, infuriate, instigate, intensify, irritate, jar, jolt, kindle, madden, mock, move, offend, precipitate, provoke, quicken, rouse, start, stimulate, stir up, taunt, tease, thrill, titillate, touch off, vex, waken, wake up, warm, whet, work up, worry; concepts 7,14,19,22 Ant. bore, calm, compose, deaden, lull, moderate, pacify, quiet, repress, tranquilize excited [adj] inspired; upset aame, agitated, animated, annoyed, aroused, awakened, beside oneself*, charged, delighted, discomposed, disconcerted, disturbed, eager, enthusiastic, feverish, red up*, frantic, high*, hot*, hot and bothered*, hyperactive, hysterical, in a tizzy*, inamed, juiced up*, jumpy*, keyed up*, moved, nervous, on edge*, on re*, overwrought, passionate, piqued, provoked, roused, rufed, steamed up*, stimulated, stirred, thrilled, tumultous/tumultuous, wild, wired*, worked up, zipped up*; concepts 401,403 Ant. bored, calm, composed, easygoing, laid-back, unenthused, unenthusiastic, unexcited, uninspired excitement [n] enthusiasm; incitement action, activity, ado, adventure, agitation, animation, bother, buzz*, commotion, confusion, discomposure, disturbance, dither*, drama, elation, emotion, excitation, feeling, ferment, fever, urry, frenzy, furor, fuss, heat*, hubbub*, hullabaloo*, hurry, hysteria, impulse, instigation, intoxication, kicks*, melodrama, motivation, motive, movement, passion, perturbation, provocation, rage, stimulation, stimulus, stir,

thrill, titillation, to-do*, trepidation, tumult, turmoil, urge, warmth, wildness; concepts 388,410,633 Ant. apathy, boredom, calm, calmness, dullness, lull, peace exciting [adj] inspiring, exhilarating agitative, animating, appealing, arousing, arresting, astonishing, bracing, breathtaking, commoving, dangerous, dramatic, electrifying, exhilarant, eye-popping*, far-out*, ne, ashy, groovy*, hair-raising*, heady*, hectic, impelling, impressive, interesting, intoxicating, intriguing, lively, melodramatic, mind-blowing, moving, neat, overpowering, overwhelming, provocative, racy, rip-roaring*, rousing, sensational, showy, spine-tingling*, stimulating, stirring, thrilling, titillating, wild, zestful; concepts 529,542,548 Ant. boring, moderate, unenthused, unenthusiastic, unexciting, uninspiring, unpromising, unstimulating exclaim [v] shout out assert, bellow, blurt, burst out, call, call aloud, call out, cry, cry out, declare, ejaculate, emit, gure, holler, proclaim, rend the air*, roar, say loudly, shout, state, utter, vociferate, yawp*, yell; concepts 47,49 Ant. be quiet exclamation [n] shout; assertion bellow, call, clamor, cry, ejaculation, expletive, holler, interjection, outcry, roar, utterance, vociferation, yawp*, yell; concepts 49,77 Ant. quiet, silence exclude [v] expel, forbid ban, bar, bate, blackball*, blacklist, block, bounce, boycott, close out, count out, debar, disallow, drive out, eject, eliminate, embargo, estop, evict, except, force out, get rid of, ignore, interdict, keep out, leave out, lock out, obviate, occlude, omit, ostracize, oust, pass over, preclude, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, put out, refuse, refuse admittance, reject, remove, repudiate, rule out, set aside, shut out, shut the door on*, sideline, suspend, throw out, veto, ward off; concepts 25,30, 121 Ant. accept, add, admit, allow, include, incorporate, take on, welcome exclusion [n] expulsion; forbiddance ban, bar, blackball*, blockade, boycott, coventry, cut, debarment, debarring, discharge, dismissal, ejection, elimination, embargo, eviction, exception, excommunication, interdict, interdicting, interdiction, keeping out, lockout, nonadmission, occlusion, omission, ostracism, ousting, preclusion, prevention, prohibition, proscription, refusal, rejection, relegation, removal, repudiation, segregation, separation, suspension, veto; concepts 25,30,121 Ant. acceptance, addition, admittance, allowance, inclusion, incorporation, welcome exclusive [adj] unshared, restricted absolute, aloof, aristocratic, chic, choice, chosen, circumscribed, clannish, classy, cliquish, closed, complete, conned, country club, discriminative, elegant, entire, exclusionary, exclusory, fashionable, full, independent, licensed, limited, narrow, only, particular, peculiar, posh, preferential, private, privileged, prohibitive, restrictive, ritzy, segregated, select, selsh, single, snobbish, socially correct, sole, swank, total, undivided, unique, upper crust*, whole; concepts 554,567 Ant. divided, part, partial, shared, unlimited, unrestricted

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exclusively [adv] particularly alone, but, completely, entirely, one and only, onliest, only, singularly, solely, wholly; concept 554 Ant. unlimited, unrestricted exclusive of [prep] except for aside from, bar, barring, bating, besides, but, debarring, excepting, excluding, leaving aside, not counting, omitting, outside of, restricting, ruling out, save; concept 554 Ant. inclusive of excogitate [v] think about seriously conceive, consider, contemplate, contrive, deliberate, derive, develop, devise, educe, evolve, frame, invent, mind, mull over, perpend, ponder, ruminate, study, think out, think up, weigh, work out; concepts 17,24 Ant. disregard, ignore excommunicate [v] banish anathematize, ban, cast out, curse, denounce, dismiss, eject, exclude, expel, oust, proscribe, remove, repudiate, unchurch; concepts 317,367 Ant. allow, include, permit, welcome excoriate [v1] scrape layers off abrade, chafe, ay, fret, gall, peel, rub, scarify, scratch, skin, strip; concepts 211,215 excoriate [v2] denounce, criticize attack, berate, blister, castigate, censure, chastise, condemn, ay, lambaste, lash, rebuke, reproach, reprove, revile, scathe, scold, scorch, slash, tear into, upbraid, vilify; concept 52 Ant. compliment, laud, praise excrement [n] feces crap, droppings, dung, guano, manure, poop, sewage, stool, waste, waste matter; concept 260 excrete [v] discharge, usually liquied substance defecate, egest, ejaculate, eject, eliminate, emanate, evacuate, exhale, expel, exudate, exude, give off, leak, pass, perspire, produce, remove, secrete, sweat, throw off, urinate, void; concepts 179,185 excruciating [adj] torturous, painful acute, agonizing, burning, chastening, consuming, exquisite, extreme, grueling, harrowing, insufferable, intense, piercing, punishing, racking, rending, searing, severe, sharp, shooting, stabbing, tearing, tormenting, torturesome, torturing, unbearable, unendurable, violent; concepts 314,548,609 Ant. bearable, endurable, helpful, pleasant, pleasing, soothing exculpate [v] forgive absolve, acquit, amnesty, clear, condone, discharge, disculpate, dismiss, excuse, exonerate, explain, free, justify, let off*, pardon, rationalize, release, remit, vindicate, wipe slate clean*; concepts 10,127,317 Ant. blame, condemn, sentence excursion [n] journey circuit, cruise, day trip, digression, expedition, jaunt, junket, outing, picnic, pleasure trip, ramble, round trip, safari, tour, trek, trip, walk, wandering; concepts 224,384 excusable [adj] allowable all right, condonable, defensible, exculpatory, explainable, fair, forgivable, justiable, minor, moderate, not too bad*, okay, pardonable, passable, permissible, plausible, reasonable, remittable, reprievable, slight, specious, temperate, tenable, trivial, understandable, venial, vindicable, vindicatory, warrantable, within limits; concept 558 Ant. blameable, inexcusable, unallowable, unforgivable, unjustiable excuse [n] reason, explanation alibi, apology, cleanup*, cop-out*, cover*, cover story*,

coverup, defense, disguise, evasion, expedient, extenuation, sh story*, grounds, jive*, justication, makeshift, mitigation, plea, pretext, rationalization, regrets, routine, semblance, shift, song*, song and dance*, stall, stopgap*, story, substitute, subterfuge, trick*, vindication, whitewash*, why and wherefore*; concepts 59,661 excuse [v] forgive, absolve; justify acquit, alibi, apologize for, appease, bear with, clear, condone, cover, defend, discharge, dispense from, exculpate, exempt, exempt from, exonerate, explain, extenuate, forgive, free, give absolution, grant amnesty, indulge, let go*, let off*, liberate, make allowances for, mitigate, overlook, pardon, pass over*, plead ignorance, pretext, purge, rationalize, release, relieve, remit, reprieve, shrive, shrug off*, spare, take rap for*, tolerate, vindicate, whitewash*, wink at*; concepts 10,57,83 execrable [adj] horrible, sickening abhorrent, abominable, accursed, atrocious, confounded, cursed, damnable, defective, deplorable, despicable, detestable, disgusting, foul, hateful, heinous, horric, loathsome, low, monstrous, nauseous, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repulsive, revolting, vile, wretched; concept 542 Ant. nice, pleasant execrate [v] hate abhor, abominate, accurse, anathematize, censure, condemn, curse, damn, denounce, deplore, despise, detest, excoriate, imprecate, loathe, objurgate, reprehend, reprobate, reprove, revile, vilify; concept 29 Ant. like, love execration [n] hating abhorrence, abomination, anathema, blasphemy, condemnation, contempt, curse, cursing, cussing, damnation, denunciation, detestation, detesting, excoriation, hatred, imprecation, loathing, malediction, odium, profanity, swearing, vilication; concept 29 Ant. liking, loving execute [v1] kill assassinate, behead, bump off*, do in*, electrocute, eliminate, nish, gas, guillotine, hang, knock off*, liquidate, murder, purge, put away*, put to death, shoot; concept 252 Ant. bear, create execute [v2] carry out a task accomplish, achieve, act, administer, administrate, bring off, bring to fruition, cause, come through, complete, consummate, deal with, discharge, do, do the job*, do the trick*, do to a T*, earn wings*, effect, enact, enforce, nish, fulll, get there*, govern, hack it*, hit*, implement, make it*, meet, percolate*, perform, play, polish off*, prosecute, pull off*, put into effect, put over*, put through, realize, render, sail through*, score*, take care of, take care of business*, transact; concepts 91,706 Ant. abandon, disregard, fail, forget, ignore, leave, miss, neglect, shirk execution [n1] killing beheading, capital punishment, contract killing*, crucixion, decapitation, electrocution, gassing, guillotining, hanging, hit, impalement, lethal injection, necktie party*, punishment, rub out*, shooting, strangling, strangulation; concept 252 execution [n2] carrying out of a task accomplishment, achievement, administration, completion, consummation, delivery, discharge,

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doing, effect, enactment, enforcement, fullling, implementation, nuts and bolts*, operation, performance, prosecution, realization, rendering, style; concepts 91,706 Ant. abandoning, disregard, failure, forgetting, ignorance, leaving, neglect executive [adj] administrative controlling, decision-making, directing, governing, managerial, managing, ruling; concept 527 executive [n] person who manages an organization administration, administrator, big wheel*, boss, brass, businessperson, CEO*, chief, CO*, commander, director, directorate, entrepreneur, exec*, government, governor, head, head honcho*, head person*, heavyweight*, hierarchy, higher-up*, industrialist, key player*, leader, leadership, management, manager, ofcer, ofcial, skipper*, supervisor, top brass*, tycoon, VIP*; concepts 347,354 exemplar [n] ideal archetype, copy, criterion, epitome, example, exemplication, illustration, instance, mirror, model, paradigm, paragon, pattern, prototype, specimen, standard, type; concept 686 exemplary [adj] ideal admirable, batting a thousand*, blameless, bueno*, characteristic, classic, classical, commendable, correct, estimable, excellent, good, guiltless, honorable, illustrative, inculpable, innocent, irreprehensible, laudable, meritorious, model, neato*, not bad*, not too shabby*, paradigmatic, praiseworthy, prototypical, punctilious, pure, quintessential, representative, righteous, sterling, typical, virtuous, worthy; concepts 404,572, 574 Ant. erring, incorrect, unideal, wrong exemplify [v] serve as an example body, cite, clarify, clear up, demonstrate, depict, display, elucidate, emblematize, embody, enlighten, epitomize, evidence, exhibit, illuminate, illustrate, instance, manifest, mirror, personify, quote, represent, show, spell out, symbolize, typify; concepts 97,118 exempt [adj] freed from responsibility absolved, beat the rap*, clear, cleared, discharged, excepted, excluded, excused, favored, free, immune, let go*, let off*, liberated, not liable, not responsible, not subject, off the hook*, outside, privileged, released, set apart, spared, special, unbound, unchecked, unrestrained, unrestricted, unshackled, void of, walked*; concepts 319, 554 Ant. accountable, answerable, liable, nonexempt, responsible exempt [v] relieve, absolve clear, discharge, dispense, except, excuse, exonerate, free, go easy on*, grant immunity, let off*, let off the hook*, liberate, pass by, privilege from, release, spare, wipe the slate*, write off; concepts 50, 83,88,127 Ant. blame exemption [n] freedom from a responsibility absolution, discharge, dispensation, exception, exoneration, immunity, impunity, privilege, release; concepts 652,685,691 Ant. accountability, answerability, liability, responsibility exercise [n1] work, effort act, action, activity, calisthenics, constitutional*, daily dozen*, discharge, discipline, drill, drilling, examination, exercising, exertion, gym, labor, lesson, movement, occupation, operation, performance, problem, pursuit, recitation, schoolwork, study,

task, test, theme, toil, training, warm-up, workout; concepts 87,290,362,363 exercise [n2] accomplishment, use application, discharge, employment, enjoyment, exertion, fulllment, implementation, operation, performance, practice, pursuit, utilization; concepts 225,706 Ant. disuse, misuse exercise [v1] put to use apply, bestow, bring to bear, devote, drill, employ, enjoy, execute, exert, exploit, handle, operate, practice, put into practice, rehearse, sharpen, use, utilize, wield; concept 225 Ant. ignore, not use exercise [v2] do repeatedly, especially to improve break, break in, condition, cultivate, develop, discipline, drill, dry run*, exert, x, foster, groom, habituate, hone, improve, inure, labor, lick into shape*, limber up, loosen up, maneuver, ply, practice, prepare, pump iron*, put out, put through grind*, put through mill*, rehearse, run through, set, strain, teach, train, tune up, walk through, warm up, work, work out; concepts 87,363 exercise [v3] upset, worry abrade, afict, agitate, annoy, bother, burden, chafe, distress, disturb, gall, irk, occupy, pain, perturb, preoccupy, provoke, trouble, try, vex; concepts 7,19 exert [v] make use of apply, apply oneself, bring into play*, bring to bear*, dig*, employ, endeavor, exercise, expend, give all ones got*, give best shot*, labor, make effort, peg away*, plug*, ply, pour it on*, push, put forth, put out, strain, strive, struggle, sweat it*, throw, toil, try hard, use, utilize, wield, work; concepts 87,225 exertion [n] hard work action, activity, application, attempt, effort, elbow grease*, employment, endeavor, exercise, hard pull*, industry, labor, long pull*, operation, pains, strain, stretch, striving, struggle, toil, travail, trial, trouble, use, utilization; concepts 87,362,677 Ant. idleness, laziness exfoliate [v] peel desquamate, doff, ake off, scale off, shed; concepts 142,176,211 exhale [v] breathe out breathe, discharge, eject, emanate, emit, evaporate, expel, give off, issue, let out, respire, steam, vaporize; concept 163 Ant. breathe in, inhale exhaust [v1] tire or wear out bankrupt, burn out*, conk out*, cripple, debilitate, disable, do in*, drain, draw, enervate, enfeeble, fag, fatigue, frazzle, impoverish, overdo, overexert, overextend, overfatigue, overtire, overwork, peter out*, poop*, poop out*, prostrate, run ragged*, sap*, suck dry*, tucker*, use up, weaken, wear down, weary; concepts 250, 469 Ant. animate, invigorate, refresh exhaust [v2] consume, use up bankrupt, bleed dry*, deplete, devour, dispel, disperse, dissipate, drain, draw, dry, eat, eat up*, empty, expend, nish, impoverish, run out, run through, spend, squander, strain, suck dry*, take last of, void, wash up, waste; concepts 169,225 Ant. refresh, replenish exhausted [adj1] extremely tired all in*, beat*, bleary, bone-weary, bushed, crippled, dead*, dead tired*, debilitated, disabled, dog-tired*, done for*, done in*, drained, effete, enervated, frazzled, had it*, kaput*, limp, out on ones feet*, outta gas*, prostrated, ready to drop*,

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run-down, sapped*, shot*, spent, tired out, wasted*, weak, weakened, wearied, worn, worn out; concepts 406,485 Ant. animated, energetic, fresh, invigorated, lively, vigorous exhausted [adj2] used up all gone, at an end, bare, consumed, depleted, dissipated, done, drained, dry, empty, expended, nished, gone, spent, squandered, void, washed-out, wasted; concepts 560,771 Ant. plenty, refreshed, restored, saved, stored, unused exhaustion [n] tiredness burnout*, collapse, consumption, debilitation, debility, enervation, expenditure, fatigue, feebleness, lassitude, prostration, weariness; concepts 410,720 Ant. energy, liveliness, readiness, vigor exhaustive [adj] all-inclusive, complete allembracing, all-encompassing, all-out, catholic, comprehensive, embracive, encyclopedic, extensive, far-reaching, from A to Z*, full, full-blown, full-dress*, full-scale, in-depth, intensive, no stone unturned*, out-and-out*, profound, radical, sweeping, the word, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, whole-hog*; concepts 531,772 Ant. excluding, incomplete, unnished exhibit [n] viewing; presentation display, exhibition, exposition, fair, illustration, model, performance, show; concepts 259,261 Ant. concealment, cover, hiding exhibit [v] put on view; present advertise, air, brandish, demonstrate, disclose, display, disport, evidence, evince, expose, express, feature, ash, aunt, illustrate, indicate, let it all hang out*, make clear, make plain, manifest, mark, offer, ostend, parade, parade wares*, proclaim, reveal, roll out, show, show and tell*, showcase, show off, strut stuff*, trot out*, wave around*; concept 261 Ant. conceal, cover, hide exhibition [n] showing, demonstration advertisement, airing, an act*, a scene*, carnival, display, exhibit, expo, exposition, fair, reworks, ash*, front*, manifestation, offering, pageant, performance, presentation, representation, show, sight, spectacle; concepts 261,386 exhibitionism [n] attention-seeking behavior exposing oneself, ashing*, immodesty, indecent exposure, self-display, showing off; concepts 261,386 exhilarate [v] make very happy animate, boost, buoy, cheer, commove, delight, elate, enliven, exalt, excite, gladden, inspire, inspirit, invigorate, juice*, lift, pep up*, perk up*, pick up, put zip into*, quicken, rejoice, send, snap up*, stimulate, thrill, turn on*, uplift, vitalize; concepts 7,22 Ant. agitate, depress, discourage, sadden, upset, worry exhilarating [adj] stimulating, cheering animating, animative, bracing, breathtaking, electric, elevating, enlivening, exalting, exciting, exhilarant, exhilarative, exhilaratory, eye-popping*, gladdening, inspiring, inspiriting, intoxicating, invigorating, quickening, rousing, stimulative, stirring, thrilling, tonic, uplifting, vitalizing; concepts 529,548 Ant. agitating, boring, depressing, discouraging, upsetting, worrying exhilaration [n] great happiness, excitement animation, a rush*, cheerfulness, delight, elation, electrication, elevation, enlivenment, euphoria, exaltation, excitation, ring, gaiety,

galvanization, gladness, gleefulness, head rush*, high spirits*, hilarity, inspiration, invigoration, joy, joyfulness, liveliness, mirth, quickening, sprightliness, stimulation, uplift, vitalization, vivacity, vivication; concept 410 Ant. agitation, depression, discouragement, unhappiness, upset, worry exhort [v] urge, warn admonish, advise, beseech, bid, call upon, caution, counsel, egg on*, encourage, enjoin, entreat, goad, incite, insist, persuade, plead, preach, press, pressure, prick, prod, prompt, propel, spur, stimulate; concepts 75,78 exhortation [n] warning, urging admonition, advice, beseeching, bidding, caution, counsel, encouragement, enjoinder, entreaty, goading, incitement, instigation, lecture, persuasion, preaching, sermon; concepts 75,78,274 exhume [v] dig up, especially the dead disclose, disembalm, disentomb, disinhume, disinter, resurrect, reveal, unbury, uncharnel, unearth; concept 178 Ant. bury exigency/exigence [n] difculty; demand acuteness, constraint, contingency, crisis, criticalness, crossroad, demandingness, dilemma, distress, duress, emergency, extremity, x, hardship, imperativeness, jam, juncture, necessity, need, needfulness, pass, pickle*, pinch, plight, predicament, pressingness, pressure, quandary, requirement, scrape*, stress, turning point*, urgency, vicissitude, want, wont, zero hour*; concepts 646,674, 709 Ant. ease, easiness, ordinariness exigent [adj1] urgent, pressing acute, burning, clamant, clamorous, constraining, critical, crucial, crying, imperative, importunate, insistent, instant, menacing, necessary, needful, threatening; concepts 548,568 Ant. ordinary, unpressured, usual exigent [adj2] difcult, taxing arduous, burdensome, demanding, exacting, grievous, hard, harsh, onerous, oppressive, rigorous, severe, stiff, strict, stringent, superincumbent, tough, weighty; concepts 537,542 Ant. easy, facile, unpressured exiguous [adj] scanty bare, conned, diminutive, inadequate, limited, little, meager, narrow, negligible, paltry, petty, poor, restricted, skimpy, slender, slight, small, spare, sparse, tenuous, thin, tiny; concepts 771,789 Ant. plenty exile [n1] deportation from a place banishment, diaspora, dispersion, displacement, exclusion, expatriation, expulsion, extradition, migration, ostracism, proscription, relegation, scattering, separation; concept 298 exile [n2] person deported from a place deportee, displaced person, DP*, migr, expatriate, expellee, fugitive, nonperson*, outcast, outlaw, person without country*, refugee; concepts 354,412,423 exile [v] deport from place banish, cast out, displace, dispossess, drive out, eject, evacuate, expatriate, expel, expulse, extradite, ostracize, oust, outlaw, proscribe, relegate, transport, turn out; concepts 122,198,298 Ant. import, take in, welcome exist [v1] be living abide, be, be extant, be latent, be present, breathe, continue, endure,

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happen, last, lie, live, move, obtain, occur, prevail, remain, stand, stay, subsist, survive; concept 407 Ant. die exist [v2] get along in life consist, dwell, eke out a living*, endure, get by*, go on, inhere, kick*, lie, live, make it*, reside, stay alive*, subsist, survive; concepts 100,226 existence [n] life actuality, animation, being, breath, continuance, continuation, duration, endurance, entity, essence, hand one is dealt*, individuality, journey, ling, permanence, perseverance, presence, rat race*, reality, real world*, something, subsistence, survival, the big game*, world; concepts 407,639 Ant. death, inanimateness exit [n1] way out of a place avenue, door, egress, re escape, gate, hole, opening, outlet, passage out, vent; concept 440 Ant. entrance exit [n2] leaving adieu, death, demise, departure, egress, egression, evacuation, exodus, expiration, expiry, farewell, going, goodbye, leave-taking, offgoing, retirement, retreat, stampede, withdrawal; concept 195 Ant. arrival, arriving, coming, entering, entrance exit [v] leave a place bid farewell, blow*, depart, do vanishing act*, ake off*, get*, get away, get off, git*, go, go away, go out, issue, move, move out, quit, retire, retreat, say goodbye, split*, take a hike*, take ones leave*, withdraw; concept 195 Ant. arrive, come in, enter, go in exodus [n] leaving departure, egress, egression, emigration, evacuation, exit, exiting, ight, going out, journey, migration, offgoing, retirement, retreat, withdrawal; concept 195 Ant. arrival, entrance exonerate [v] excuse, clear of responsibility or blame absolve, acquit, disburden, discharge, dismiss, except, exculpate, exempt, free, justify, let off*, let off hook*, liberate, pardon, release, relieve, sanitize, vindicate, whitewash*, wipe slate clean*; concepts 10,127,317 Ant. accuse, blame, charge, condemn, incarcerate, incriminate, sentence exorbitant [adj] extravagant, excessive absonant, dear, enormous, exacting, expensive, extortionate, extreme, high, highway robbery*, immoderate, inordinate, out of sight*, outrageous, overboard, overmuch, over ones head*, preposterous, pricey, steep*, stiff*, towering, unconscionable, undue, unreasonable, unwarranted, up to here*, wasteful; concepts 334,547,558 Ant. cheap, inexpensive, low, moderate, reasonable, sensible exorcise [v] free from evil spirits cast out, dismiss, drive out, expel, purge, purify, remove; concept 179 exorcism [n] expelling evil spirits casting out, ceremony, ejection, expulsion, purication, ritual; concepts 165,367 exotic [adj] not native or usual; mysterious alien, alluring, avant garde, bizarre, colorful, curious, different, enticing, external, extraneous, extraordinary, extrinsic, far out*, fascinating, foreign, glamorous, imported, introduced, kinky*, outlandish, outside, peculiar, peregrine, romantic, strange, striking, unfamiliar, unusual, way out*, weird*; concepts 542,549 Ant. familiar, normal, ordinary, usual

expand [v1] extend, augment aggrandize, amplify, beef up*, bloat, blow up*, bolster, broaden, bulk up*, burgeon, detail, develop, diffuse, dilate, distend, elaborate, embellish, enlarge, explicate, fan out*, fatten, ll out, grow, heighten, hike, increase, inate, lengthen, magnify, mount, multiply, mushroom, open, open out, outspread, pad, piggyback*, prolong, protract, puff up*, pyramid*, slap on*, soup up*, spread, spread out, stretch, stretch out, swell, tack on*, thicken, unfold, unfurl, unravel, unroll, upsurge, wax*, widen; concepts 236,245 Ant. abbreviate, contract, lessen, lower, shorten, shrink expand [v2] go into detail amplify, beef up*, build up, develop, dilate, discourse, drag out*, elaborate, embellish, enlarge, expatiate, expound, extend, esh out*, spell out, sweeten; concept 57 Ant. abbreviate, abridge, shorten expanse [n] large space, usually open amplitude, area, belt, breadth, compass, distance, domain, extension, extent, eld, immensity, latitude, length, margin, orbit, plain, radius, range, reach, region, remoteness, room, scope, span, sphere, spread, stretch, sweep, territory, tract, uninterrupted space, width, wilderness; concepts 509,513,651,788 expansion [n] growth amplication, augmentation, breadth, development, diffusion, dilation, distance, distension, enlargement, evolution, expanse, extension, increase, ination, magnication, maturation, multiplication, opening out, space, spread, stretch, swelling, unfolding, unfurling; concepts 700,704,780 Ant. lessening, shrinkage, stagnation expansionism [n] growth development, economic expansion, imperialism, progress; concepts 427,469,703,704,775 expansive [adj1] broad, comprehensive all-embracing, ample, big, dilatant, elastic, expanding, expansile, extensive, far-reaching, great, inclusive, large, scopic, scopious, stretching, thorough, unrepressed, unsuppressed, voluminous, wide, wide-ranging, widespread; concept 772 Ant. limited, narrow expansive [adj2] talkative affable, communicative, demonstrative, easy, effervescent, effusive, extroverted, free, friendly, garrulous, generous, genial, gregarious, gushy, lavish, liberal, loquacious, open, outgoing, sociable, unconstrained, uninhibited, unreserved, unrestrained, warm; concept 267 Ant. quiet, reserved, silent expatriate [n] person thrown out of a country departer, deportee, displaced person, emigrant, migr, evacuee, exile, expellee, migrant, outcast, refugee; concepts 354,412,423 expatriate [v] throw out of a country banish, deport, displace, exile, expel, expulse, ostracize, oust, proscribe, relegate, transport; concepts 130,198,211 Ant. allow, welcome expect [v1] believe strongly; anticipate apprehend, assume, await, bargain for, bargain on, be afraid, calculate, conjecture, contemplate, count on, divine, envisage, feel, gure, forecast, foreknow, foresee, gather, hope, hope for, imagine, in the cards*, look, look ahead to, look for, look forward to*, predict, presume, presuppose, reckon, see coming*, sense,

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suppose, surmise, suspect, take, think, trust, understand, wait for, watch for; concepts 12,26 expect [v2] want, wish call for, count on, demand, exact, insist on, look for, rely upon, require; concept 20 expectancy [n] anticipation assumption, assurance, belief, calculation, condence, conjecture, expectation, hope, likelihood, looking forward, outlook, prediction, presentation, presentiment, presumption, probability, prospect, reliance, supposition, surmise, suspense, trust, view, waiting; concepts 410,689 expectant [adj1] anticipating alert, anticipative, anxious, apprehensive, awaiting, breathless, eager, expecting, hopeful, hoping, in suspense, looking for, on edge*, on tenterhooks*, prepared, raring*, ready, vigilant, waiting, waiting on, watchful, with bated breath*; concepts 403,406 expectant [adj2] preparing to give birth enceinte, expecting, gravid, parturient, pregnant, with child*; concept 485 expectation [n] belief, anticipation apprehension, assumption, assurance, calculation, chance, condence, conjecture, design, expectancy, fear, forecast, hope, intention, likelihood, looking forward, motive, notion, outlook, possibility, prediction, presumption, probability, promise, prospect, reliance, supposition, surmise, suspense, trust, view; concepts 410,689 expecting [adj] pregnant carrying, expectant, in a family way*, with child*; concepts 406,485 expediency/expedience [n1] appropriateness; worth advantage, advantageousness, advisability, appositeness, aptness, benet, convenience, desirability, effectiveness, efciency, tness, helpfulness, judiciousness, meetness, opportunism, opportunity, order, policy, practicality, pragmatism, protability, protableness, properness, propitiousness, propriety, prudence, rightness, suitability, usefulness, utilitarianism, utility; concepts 656,658 Ant. disadvantage, inappropriateness expediency/expedience [n2] resource bandaid*, contrivance, design, device, dodge, easy way out*, gimmick*, makeshift*, maneuver, means, measure, method, recourse, resort, scheme, shift, step, stopgap*, stratagem, strategy, substitute, surrogate, tactic, trick; concepts 660,712 expedient [adj] worthwhile, appropriate ad hoc, advantageous, advisable, benecial, convenient, desirable, discreet, effective, feasible, t, tting, helpful, judicious, meet, opportune, politic, possible, practicable, practical, pragmatic, protable, proper, prudent, seasonable, suitable, tactical, timely, useful, utilitarian, wise; concepts 558,560 Ant. inappropriate, inexpedient, unbenecial, unprotable, unworthwhile expedient [n] resource contrivance, device, gency, instrument, instrumentality, makeshift, maneuver, means, measure, medium, method, recourse, refuge, resort, scheme, shift, stopgap, stratagem, substitute; concepts 660,712 expedite [v] make happen faster accelerate, advance, assist, cut the red tape*, dispatch, facilitate, fast track*, forward, grease wheels*, hand-carry, handle personally, hand-walk*,

hasten, hurry, precipitate, press, promote, quicken, railroad*, run interference*, run with the ball*, rush, shoot through*, speed, speed up, urge, walk it through*; concept 242 Ant. block, cease, check, delay, halt, hinder, slow, stop expedition [n1] journey; people on a journey campaign, caravan, cavalcade, company, crew, crowd, cruise, crusade, enterprise, entrada, excursion, exploration, explorers, eet, jaunt, junket, mission, outing, party, patrol, peregrination, picnic, posse, quest, safari, squadron, swing, team, tour, travel, travellers, trek, trip, undertaking, voyage, voyagers, wayfarers; concepts 224,417 expedition [n2] speed; speeding up alacrity, celerity, dispatch, expeditiousness, goodwill, haste, hurry, hustle, promptitude, promptness, punctuality, quickness, rapidity, readiness, swiftness; concepts 242,755 Ant. blockage, delay, halt, hindrance, slowing, stoppage expeditious [adj] immediate, speedy active, alert, breakneck, brisk, diligent, effective, effectual, efcient, fast, eet, hasty, instant, nimble, prompt, punctual, quick, rapid, ready, swift; concepts 542,588 Ant. pokey, retarded, slow expel [v1] discharge belch, blow out, cast out, disgorge, dislodge, drive out, ejaculate, eruct, erupt, evacuate, exhaust, exudate, exude, get rid of, irrupt, pass, remove, spew, throw out, vomit; concept 179 Ant. absorb, admit, take in expel [v2] throw out, banish ban, bar, blackball*, bust, cast out, chase, deport, discharge, dismiss, displace, dispossess, drum out, eject, eliminate, evict, exclude, exile, expatriate, expulse, re, give the boot*, give the hook*, give walking papers*, kick out, oust, proscribe, send packing*, show the door*, suspend, throw out on ear*, turn out; concepts 122,130,198 Ant. admit, allow, permit, take in, welcome expend [v] exhaust; spend ante up*, blow*, consume, disburse, dish out*, dispense, dissipate, distribute, employ, nish, foot the bill*, fork out*, give, go through*, lay out, outlay, pay, pay out, put out*, shell out*, splurge*, spring for*, throw money at*, use up, wash up*; concepts 225,341 Ant. hold, keep, save expendable [adj] not important dispensable, disposable, excess, inessential, nonessential, replaceable, superuous, unimportant; concepts 546,575 Ant. important, indispensable, necessary, useful expenditure [n] payment amount, application, bottom line*, cash on barrelhead*, charge, come to*, consumption, cost, disbursement, dissipation, expense, gure, investment, kickback*, outgo, outlay, output, payoff, price, rate, setback*, spending, splurge, squander, throw*, tune*, use, valuation, value, waste; concept 344 Ant. savings expense [n] cost, payment amount, assessment, bite*, bottom line*, budget, charge, consumption, debit, debt, decrement, deprivation, disbursement, duty, expenditure, forfeit, forfeiture, insurance, investment, liability, loan, loss, mortgage, obligation, outdo*, outlay, out of pocket*, output, overhead, payroll, price, price tag, rate, responsibility, risk, sacrice,

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spending, sum, surcharge, tariff, toll, upkeep, use, value, worth; concepts 328,329,336,344 expensive [adj] high-priced an arm and a leg*, at a premium, big-ticket*, costly, dear, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, fancy, high, highway robbery*, holdup*, immoderate, inordinate, invaluable, lavish, out of sight*, overpriced, plush, posh, pretty penny*, pricey*, rich, ritzy*, sky-high*, steep*, stiff*, swank*, too high, uneconomical, unreasonable, upscale*, valuable; concept 334 Ant. cheap, inexpensive, low-priced, moderate, reasonable experience [n1] knowledge acquaintance, action, actuality, background, caution, combat, contact, doing, empiricism, evidence, existence, exposure, familiarity, forebearance, intimacy, involvement, inwardness, judgment, knowhow*, maturity, observation, participation, patience, perspicacity, practicality, practice, proof, reality, savoir-faire, seasoning, sense, skill, sophistication, strife, struggle, training, trial, understanding, wisdom, worldliness; concept 409 Ant. ignorance, immaturity, inexperience experience [n2] happening, occurrence adventure, affair, encounter, episode, event, incident, ordeal, test, trial, trip; concepts 2,696 experienced [adj] knowledgeable, knowing accomplished, accustomed, adept, been around*, been there*, broken in*, capable, competent, cultivated, dynamite, expert, familiar, having something on the ball*, instructed, in the know*, knowing ones stuff*, knowing the score*, mature, matured, old, old hand*, practical, practiced, pro, professional, qualied, rounded, seasoned, skillful, sophisticated, sport, tested, the right stuff*, trained, tried, versed, vet, veteran, well-versed, wise, worldly, worldly-wise*; concepts 402,527 Ant. green, ignorant, immature, inexperienced, unfamiliar, unknowledgeable, unseasoned, unsophisticated experiment [n] investigation, test agreement, analysis, assay, attempt, check, dissection, dry run*, enterprise, essay, examination, exercise, experimentation, ing*, measure, observation, operation, practice, probe, procedure, proof, quiz, R and D*, rehearsal, research, research and development, scrutiny, search, speculation, study, trial, trial and error*, trial run*, try, tryon, tryout, undertaking, venture, verication; concepts 103,290 experiment [v] investigate, test analyze, assay, diagnose, examine, explore, fool with*, futz around*, mess around*, play around with*, practice with, probe, prove, put to the test*, research, sample, scrutinize, search, shake down*, speculate, study, try, try on, try on for size*, try out, venture, verify, weigh; concepts 24,87,103 experimental [adj] exploratory beginning, developmental, empirical, experiential, rst stage, laboratory, momentary, on approval, pilot, preliminary, preparatory, primary, probationary, provisional, speculative, temporary, tentative, test, trial, trial-and-error, unconcluded, under probation, unproved; concept 535 Ant. proven, tested, tried expert [adj] knowledgeable, procient able,

adept, adroit, apt, big league*, clever, crack, crackerjack*, deft, dexterous, experienced, facile, handy, practiced, professional, qualied, savvy, schooled, sharp, skilled, skillful, slick, trained, virtuoso; concepts 402,527 Ant. amateur, inexpert, unknowledgeable, unskilled, untrained expert [n] master, specialist ace*, adept, artist, artiste, authority, buff, connoisseur, doyen, graduate, guru*, hot shot*, old hand*, old pro*, phenomenon, pro, professional, procient, shark*, virtuoso, whiz*, wizard; concepts 348,350,416 Ant. amateur, apprentice, ignoramus, novice expertise/expertness [n] knowledge, prociency ability, ableness, adroitness, aptness, art, cleverness, command, competence, craft, cunning, deftness, dexterity, dodge*, facility, nesse, goods*, ingeniousness, judgment, knack*, know-how*, line*, makings*, oil*, ones thing*, prowess, readiness, savvy, sharpness, skill, skillfulness, stuff*; concepts 409,630 Ant. ignorance, inexpertness, lack expiate [v] make amends for absolve, amend, appease, atone, atone for, compensate, correct, do penance, excuse, forgive, pay ones dues*, rectify, redeem, redress, remedy, square things*; concepts 67,126 expiration [n] nish, demise cessation, close, closing, conclusion, death, decease, departure, dying, elapsing, end, expiry, going, passing, termination, terminus; concepts 119,304 Ant. beginning, birth, commencement, inception, start expire [v1] come to an end bite the dust*, buy it*, cash in chips*, cease, close, conclude, croak*, decease, depart, die, elapse, end, nish, go, kick the bucket*, lapse, pass, pass away, pass on, pass over, perish, quit, run out, stop, strike out*, terminate, up and die*; concepts 119,304 Ant. bear, begin, commence, start expire [v2] breathe out emit, exhale, expel; concepts 163,185 Ant. breathe in, inhale explain [v] make clear; give a reason for account for, analyze, annotate, break down, bring out, clarify, clear up, construe, decipher, dene, demonstrate, describe, diagram, disclose, elucidate, excuse, explicate, expound, get across*, go into detail, illustrate, interpret, justify, make plain*, manifest, paraphrase, point out, put across, put in plain English*, rationalize, read, rene, render, resolve, reveal, set right, solve, spell out*, teach, tell, throw light upon*, translate, unfold, unravel, untangle; concept 57 Ant. be vague, complicate, confuse, mystify, obscure, perplex explanation [n] clarication; reason account, annotation, answer, breakdown, brief, cause, comment, commentary, confession, denition, demonstration, description, details, display, elucidation, evidence, example, excuse, explication, exposition, expression, gloss, history, illustration, information, interpretation, justication, meaning, mitigation, motive, narration, note, recital, rendition, report, resolution, sense, showing, signicance, specication, statement, story, summary, tale, talking, telling, vindication, writing; concepts 271,274,661 Ant. complication

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explanatory [adj] descriptive allegorical, analytical, annotative, critical, declarative, demonstrative, diagrammatic, discursive, elucidatory, enlightening, exegetic, exegetical, explicative, expositional, expository, graphic, guiding, hermeneutic, illuminative, illustrative, informative, informing, instructive, interpretive, justifying, summary, supplementary; concept 267 Ant. confusing, mysterious, obscure, perplexing, puzzling, vague expletive [n] swear word; exclamation curse, cuss, cuss word, interjection, oath; concept 275 explicate [v] clarify, expand amplify, clear up, construe, demonstrate, develop, dilate, elucidate, enlarge upon, enucleate, expatiate, explain, expound, give the big picture*, illustrate, interpret, make clear, make explicit, make plain*, run down, spell out*, tell why, unfold, untangle, work out; concept 57 Ant. cloud, complicate, confuse, mystify, obscure, tangle explicit [adj] specic, unambiguous absolute, accurate, categorical, certain, clean-cut, clear, clear-cut, correct, denite, denitive, direct, distinct, exact, express, frank, lucid, obvious, on the nose*, open, outspoken, patent, perspicuous, plain, positive, precise, stated, straightforward, sure, understandable, unequivocal, unqualied, unreserved; concepts 267,529,535 Ant. ambiguous, confused, equivocal, implicit, indenite, obscure, unspecic, vague explode [v1] blow up backre, blast, blaze, blow to kingdom come*, break out, burst, collapse, convulse, detonate, discharge, erupt, ame up, are up, fracture, jet, kablooey*, let go*, mushroom*, rupture, set off, shatter, shiver, split, thunder; concepts 179,320 Ant. implode explode [v2] discredit belie, confute, debunk, deate, discard, disprove, invalidate, puncture, refute, repudiate, shoot down*, shoot full of holes*; concept 54 Ant. prove exploit [n] achievement accomplishment, adventure, attainment, coup, deed, do, effort, enterprise, escapade, feat, job, maneuver, performance, stroke, stunt, tour de force, venture; concept 706 exploit [v] take advantage of; misuse abuse, apply, avail oneself of, bleed*, capitalize on, cash in on*, employ, exercise, nesse, eece*, get mileage out of*, handle, impose upon, jockey*, make capital of, make use of, maneuver, manipulate, milk*, mine*, play*, play on, prot by, prot from, put to use, skin*, soak*, stick*, use, utilize, work; concepts 156,225 exploitation [n] taking advantage bleeding*, proteering, using; concepts 156,225 exploration [n] investigation; survey analysis, examination, expedition, inquiry, inspection, probe, reconnaissance, research, scrutiny, search, study, tour, travel, trip; concepts 216,224 explore [v] investigate; survey analyze, burrow, delve into, dig into, examine, go into*, have a look*, hunt, inquire into, inspect, leave no stone unturned*, look into, probe, prospect, question, reconnoitre, research, scout, scrutinize, search, seek, sift, test, tour, travel, traverse, try, turn inside out*; concepts 103,216,224

explorer [n] trailblazer adventurer, experimenter, inquisitive person, pathnder, pilgrim, pioneer, searcher, seeker, traveler; concepts 348,413 explosion [n] eruption, discharge access, backre, bang, blast, blowout, blowup, burst, clap, combustion, concussion, crack, detonation, ring, t, are-up, fulmination, gust, ignition, outbreak, outburst, paroxysm, percussion, pop, report, roar, salvo; concepts 179,320,521 Ant. implosion explosive [adj] volatile, dangerous at the boiling point*, bursting, charged, consequential, convulsive, detonating, detonative, ebullient, eruptive, ery, forceful, frenzied, fulminant, fulminating, hazardous, impetuous, meteoric, overwrought, perilous, raging, rampant, stormy, tense, touchy, ugly, uncontrollable, unstable, vehement, violent, wild; concept 542 Ant. calm, peaceful, safe explosive [n] something that blows up ammunition, bomb, booby trap*, charge, detonator, dynamite, reworks, grease*, grenade, gunpowder, mine, missile, mulligan, munition, nitroglycerin, pineapple*, powder, propellant, shell, shot, soup*, TNT*; concept 500 exponent [n1] person who supports, advocates backer, booster, champion, defender, demonstrator, expositor, expounder, interpreter, partisan, promoter, propagandist, proponent, protagonist, second, seconder, spokesperson, supporter, upholder; concept 423 exponent [n2] example denotation, exemplar, illustration, index, indication, model, representative, sample, sign, specimen, token, type; concepts 284,686 export [v] sell or trade abroad consign, convey, dump, nd market, nd outlet, freight, send out, ship, smuggle, transport, transship; concepts 217,324 Ant. buy, import expos [n] disclosure betrayal, confession, construction, divulgence, exegesis, explanation, explication, exposal, exposition, exposure, interpretation, revelation, truth, uncovering; concept 274 Ant. secret, silence expose [v1] reveal advertise, air, bare, betray, brandish, bring to light*, broadcast, crack, debunk, denude, dig up*, disclose, display, disport, divulge, exhibit, feature, ash, aunt, give away, lay bare*, lay open*, leak, let cat out of bag*, let out*, make known, manifest, open, open to view, parade, present, prove, publish, put on view, report, show, show off, smoke out*, spill, streak, tip off*, trot out*, unclothe, uncover, unearth, unfold, unmask, unshroud, unveil; concepts 60,261 Ant. conceal, cover, hide expose [v2] subject to danger endanger, hazard, imperil, jeopardize, lay open*, leave open*, make liable, make vulnerable, peril, put in harms way*, risk; concept 246 Ant. guard, protect, save, shield exposed [adj1] made public apparent, bare, bared, brought to light*, caught, clear, debunked, dened, denuded, disclosed, discovered, divulged, dug up*, evident, exhibited, for show, found out, laid bare*, made manifest, manifest, naked, on display, on the spot*, on view, open, peeled, resolved, revealed, shown,

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solved, stripped, unconcealed, uncovered, unhidden, unmasked, unprotected, unsealed, unsheltered, unveiled, visible; concept 576 Ant. concealed, guarded, private, protected, secret exposed [adj2] in danger accessible, in peril, laid bare*, laid open*, left open*, liable, menaced, open, prone, sensitive, subject, susceptible, threatened, unguarded, unprotected, vulnerable; concepts 485,548 Ant. guarded, protected, safe, sheltered, shielded exposition [n1] written description account, analysis, annotation, article, comment, commentary, composition, construal, construction, critique, delineation, details, discourse, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, editorial, elucidation, enucleation, enunciation, essay, exegesis, explanation, explication, expos, expounding, history, illustration, interpretation, monograph, paper, piece, position paper, presentation, report, review, statement, story, study, tale, text, theme, thesis, tract, tractate, treatise; concepts 268,271 exposition [n2] fair bazaar, circus, county fair, demonstration, display, exhibition, expo, marketplace, mart, pageant, presentation, production, show, showing; concept 386 expository [adj] descriptive critical, disquisitional, elucidative, exegetic, explanatory, explicative, explicatory, hermeneutic, illustrative, informative, interpretive; concept 267 expostulate [v] reason with argue, dissuade, oppose, protest, remonstrate; concept 46 exposure [n] uncovering; putting in view or danger acknowledgment, airing, baring, betrayal, confession, defenselessness, denudation, denunciation, disclosure, display, divulgence, divulging, exhibition, expos, giveaway, hazard, introduction, jeopardy, laying open, liability, manifestation, nakedness, openness, peril, presentation, publicity, revelation, risk, showing, susceptibility, susceptiveness, susceptivity, unfolding, unmasking, unveiling, vulnerability, vulnerableness; concepts 60,261 Ant. concealment, covering, hiding expound [v] talk about in great detail clarify, comment, construe, delineate, describe, discourse, elucidate, enucleate, exemplify, explain, explicate, express, illustrate, interpret, present, set forth, spell out, state, unfold; concept 57 express [adj1] certain, precise accurate, categorical, clean-cut*, clear, clear-cut, considered, denite, denitive, deliberate, designful, direct, distinct, especial, exact, explicit, expressed, individual, intended, intentional, out-and-out*, outright, particular, plain, pointed, premeditated, set, singular, special, specic, unambiguous, unconditional, unmistakable, unqualied, uttered, voiced, voluntary, willing, witting; concepts 535,556,653 Ant. imprecise, indenite, obscure, uncertain, vague express [adj2] direct, speedy accelerated, fast, high-speed, nonstop, quick, rapid, swift, velocious; concepts 548,588 Ant. indirect, slow express [v1] articulate; signify, mean add up to*, air, assert, asseverate, bespeak, broach, circulate, communicate, connote, convey, couch, declare, denote, depict, designate,

disclose, divulge, embody, enunciate, evince, exhibit, formulate, frame*, give, hint, import, indicate, insinuate, intend, intimate, make known, manifest, phrase, pop off*, proclaim, pronounce, put, put across, put into words*, represent, reveal, say, show, speak, spell, stand for, state, suggest, symbolize, tell, testify, utter, vent, ventilate, verbalize, voice, word; concepts 51,682 express [v2] discharge by squeezing or force crush, dispatch, distill, expel, extract, force out, forward, press out, ship, squeeze out; concept 179 expression [n1] verbalization announcement, argument, articulation, assertion, asseveration, choice of words, commentary, communication, declaration, denition, delivery, diction, elucidation, emphasis, enunciation, execution, explanation, exposition, formulation, idiom, interpretation, intonation, issue, language, locution, mention, narration, phrase, phraseology, phrasing, pronouncement, remark, rendition, set phrase, speaking, speech, statement, style, term, turn of phrase, utterance, vent, voice, voicing, word, writ; concepts 47, 268,276 expression [n2] facial appearance air, aspect, cast, character, contortion, countenance, face, grimace, grin, look, mien, mug*, pout*, simper, smile, smirk, sneer, visage; concept 716 expressionless [adj] having a blank look on face dead*, deadpan, dull, empty, sh-eyed*, impassive, inexpressive, inscrutable, lackluster, lusterless, nobody home*, poker-faced*, stolid, straight-faced, stupid, unexpressive, vacant, vacuous, wooden; concept 406 Ant. animated, demonstrative, expressive expressive [adj] telling, revealing alive, allusive, articulate, artistic, brilliant, colorful, demonstrative, dramatic, eloquent, emphatic, energetic, forcible, graphic, indicative, ingenious, lively, masterly, meaningful, mobile, moving, passionate, pathetic, pictorial, picturesque, poignant, pointed, pregnant, representative, responsive, revelatory, showy, signicant, silver-tongued*, spirited, stimulating, stirring, striking, strong, suggestive, sympathetic, tender, thoughtful, touching, understanding, vivid, warm; concepts 267, 537 Ant. expressionless, inexpressive, passive, undemonstrative expressly [adv1] purposely especially, exactly, in specie, intentionally, on purpose, particularly, precisely, specially, specically; concept 556 expressly [adv2] denitely, unambiguously absolutely, categorically, clearly, decidedly, directly, distinctly, explicitly, in no uncertain terms*, manifestly, outright, plainly, pointedly, positively, specically, unequivocally, unmistakably; concept 535 Ant. ambiguously expressway [n] large, well-travelled road freeway, interstate, parkway, superhighway, thruway, turnpike; concept 501 expropriate [v] seize accroach, annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, commandeer, conscate, deprive of property, dispossess, impound, preempt, requisition, sequester, take, take over; concepts 90,142 Ant. appropriate, distribute, give

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expulsion [n] banishing banishment, boot*, bounce, debarment, deportment, discharge, dislodgment, dismissal, displacement, dispossession, driving out, ejection, eviction, exclusion, exile, expatriation, extrusion, forcing out, ostracism, ouster, ousting, proscription, purge, relegation, removal, rush, suspension; concepts 130,211,298 Ant. import, welcoming expunge [v] destroy, obliterate abolish, annihilate, annul, black, black out*, blot out, blue pencil*, call all bets off*, call off, cancel, cut, delete, discard, drop, efface, eradicate, erase, exclude, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, gut, kayo*, kill, knock off*, KO*, launder*, omit, raze, remove, scrub*, strike out, take out, trim, wipe out, X out*, zap*; concepts 211,252 Ant. bear, build, construct, create expurgate [v] censor, cut bleep*, bleep out*, blip*, blue pencil*, bowdlerize, cleanse, clean up, decontaminate, lustrate, purge, purify, sanitize, screen, scrub*, squash, sterilize; concepts 165,232 Ant. allow, permit exquisite [adj1] beautiful, excellent, nely detailed admirable, attractive, charming, choice, comely, consummate, cultivated, dainty, delicate, delicious, discerning, discriminating, elegant, errorless, ethereal, fastidious, ne, awless, impeccable, incomparable, irreproachable, lovely, matchless, meticulous, outstanding, peerless, perfect, pleasing, polished, precious, precise, rare, recherch, rened, select, selective, splendid, striking, subtle, superb, superior, superlative; concepts 574, 579,589 Ant. crude, awed, horrible, horrifying, imperfect, inferior, poor, ugly exquisite [adj2] intense acute, concentrated, consummate, desperate, excruciating, extreme, erce, furious, keen, piercing, poignant, sharp, terrible, transcending, vehement, vicious, violent; concept 569 Ant. dull, ordinary extant [adj] in existence actual, alive, around, being, contemporary, current, existent, existing, immediate, in current use, instant, living, not lost, present, present-day, real, remaining, subsisting, surviving, undestroyed; concepts 539,582 Ant. dead, extinct, gone extemporaneous/extemporary [adj] unrehearsed, improvised ad hoc, ad lib, at rst glance, automatic, by ear*, casual, expedient, extempore, free, immediate, impromptu, improv*, improvisatory, improviso, informal, jamming*, made-up, makeshift, offhand, off the cuff*, off the top of head*, on impulse, on-the-spot*, snap, spontaneous, spur-of-themoment*, taking for ride*, thought out loud*, tossed off*, tossed out*, unplanned, unpremeditated, unprepared, unstudied, winging it*; concepts 267,799 Ant. planned, prepared, read, rehearsed, written extemporize [v] improvise ad-lib, dash out, devise, do offhand*, improvisate, invent, knock off*, make up, play by ear*, toss off*; concept 51 Ant. plan, prepare, read, rehearse extend [v1] make larger, longer add to, aggrandize, amplify, augment, beef up*, boost, broaden, carry on, continue, crane, develop, dilate, drag ones feet*, drag out, draw, draw out, elongate, enhance, enlarge, expand, fan out, go on, heighten, increase, last, lengthen,

let out, magnify, mantle, multiply, open, pad, prolong, prolongate, protract, run on, spin out, spread, spread out, stall, stretch, string out, supplement, take, unfold, unfurl, unroll, widen; concepts 236,239,245 Ant. abridge, condense, contract, curtail, cut, decrease, lessen, lower, shorten, shrink extend [v2] offer accord, advance, allocate, allot, award, bestow, bring forward, confer, donate, give, grant, hold out, impart, place at disposal, pose, present, proffer, put forth, put forward, reach out, stretch out, submit, tender, yield; concepts 66,67 Ant. hold, keep, maintain, take back extended [adj1] lengthened continued, drawnout, elongate, elongated, enlarged, lengthy, long, prolonged, protracted, spread, spread out, stretched out, unfolded, unfurled, very long; concepts 782,798 Ant. abbreviated, abridged, compressed, condensed, contracted, curtailed, cut, lessened, reduced, shortened extended [adj2] widespread, comprehensive broad, enlarged, expanded, expansive, extensive, far-ung, far-reaching, large-scale, outspread, scopic, scopious, spread, sweeping, thorough, wide; concept 772 Ant. abbreviated, abridged, narrow, reduced extension [n] enlargement, continuation addendum, addition, adjunct, amplication, annex, appendage, appendix, arm, augmentation, branch, broadening, compass, continuing, delay, development, dilatation, distension, drawing out, elongation, expansion, extent, increase, lengthening, orbit, postponement, production, prolongation, protraction, purview, radius, reach, scope, span, spread, spreading out, stretch, stretching, supplement, sweep, widening, wing; concepts 236,245,824 Ant. abbreviation, abridgment, compression, contraction, curtailment, decrease, reduction, shortening extensive [adj] far-reaching, thorough across the board*, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, big, blanket*, boundless, broad, capacious, commodious, comprehensive, comprising, considerable, expanded, extended, far-ung*, general, great, hefty, huge, inclusive, indiscriminate, large, large-scale, lengthy, long, major, pervasive, prevalent, protracted, roomy, scopic, scopious, sizable, spacious, sweeping, unexclusive, universal, unrestricted, vast, voluminous, wall to wall*, wholesale, wide, wide-ranging, widespread; concepts 772,773 Ant. limited, narrow, restricted, short, uncomprehensive extent [n] range, magnitude admeasurement, ambit, amount, amplitude, area, bounds, breadth, bulk, capaciousness, compass, degree, dimensions, duration, elbowroom*, expanse, expansion, extension, intensity, leeway, length, limit, mass, matter, measure, neighborhood, orbit, order, period of time, play, proliferation, proportions, purview, quantity, radius, reach, scope, size, space, spaciousness, span, sphere, stretch, sweep, term, territory, time, tract, tune, vicinity, volume, wideness, width; concepts 651,730,743,745,783,000,000 extenuate [v] lessen, mitigate decrease, diminish, downplay, excuse, justify, make allowances, minimize, moderate, palliate, qualify, reduce, soften; concepts 247,698,776

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extenuating [adj] serving as an excuse condoning, diminishing, justifying, lessening, mitigating, moderating, palliating, qualifying, reducing, sanitizing, softening, varnishing, whitewashing*; concept 537 exterior [adj] outside exoteric, external, extraneous, extraterrestrial, extraterritorial, extrinsic, foreign, marginal, outdoor, outer, outermost, outlying, outmost, outward, over, peripheral, supercial, surface; concept 583 Ant. central, interior, middle exterior [n] visible part appearance, aspect, coating, cover, covering, exteriority, external, facade, face, nish, outside, polish, rind, shell, skin, supercies, superstratum, surface; concept 484 Ant. center, core, interior, middle exterminate [v] kill abolish, annihilate, blot out*, decimate, destroy, do away with*, eliminate, eradicate, erase, execute, extinguish, extirpate, nish off, massacre, obliterate, put an end to*, rub out*, send to kingdom come*, slaughter, stamp out*, wipe out*; concept 252 Ant. bear, create external [adj] outside, extrinsic alien, apparent, exterior, extraneous, foreign, independent, out, outer, outermost, outmost, outward, over, peripheral, supercial, surface, visible; concept 583 Ant. inside, internal, intrinsic extinct [adj] dead, obsolete abolished, archaic, asleep, bygone, cold*, dead and gone*, deceased, defunct, departed, disappeared, done for*, doused, ended, exanimate, exterminated, extinguished, fallen, gone, inactive, late, lifeless, lost, no longer known, out, outmoded, pass, passed on, snuffed out*, superseded, terminated, unknown, vanished, vanquished, void; concept 539 Ant. alive, existing, extant, living extinction [n] dying out annihilation, death, destruction, elimination, end of life, no life, obsolescence, thing of the past*; concept 252 extinguish [v1] put out a re blot out, blow out, choke, douse, drown, out, quench, smother, snuff out, stamp out, stie, suffocate, trample; concept 256 Ant. light extinguish [v2] kill; quash abate, abolish, annihilate, blot out*, check, crush, destroy, eliminate, end, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, obliterate, obscure, put down, put the lid on*, quell, remove, squash, stamp out, suppress, wipe out*; concepts 95,252 Ant. bear, create extirpate [v] destroy; uproot abate, abolish, annihilate, blot out*, cut out, demolish, deracinate, efface, eliminate, eradicate, erase, excise, expunge, exsect, exterminate, extinguish, kill, raze, remove, root out, wipe out*; concepts 211,252 Ant. help, leave alone extol [v] sing the praises of acclaim, applaud, bless, boost, brag about, celebrate, commend, cry up*, eulogize, exalt, give a boost to, give a bouquet*, glorify, hand it to*, hats off to*, hear it for*, hymn, laud, magnify, make much of, panegyrize, pay tribute to, praise, puff up*, push, rave, root, stroke*; concept 69 Ant. blame, criticize extort [v] cheat; blackmail bleed*, bully, clip, coerce, demand, educe, elicit, evince, exact, extract, eece, force, get, gouge, hold up*, ice*,

make pay through nose*, milk*, obtain, pinch, pull ones leg*, put screws to*, put the arm on*, secure, shake down*, skin*, soak, squeeze, stick, sting, wrench, wrest, wring; concepts 53 extortion [n] blackmail; cheating arm, badger, bite, coercion, compulsion, demand, exaction, force, fraud, oppression, payoff, payola*, pressure, protection, racket, rapacity, shake, shakedown*, squeeze, stealing, swindle, theft; concepts 53,139,192,342 extra [adj] accessory; excess added, additional, ancillary, another, auxiliary, beyond, button*, extraneous, extraordinary, fresh, further, fuss*, gingerbread*, gravy*, ice*, in addition, inessential, in reserve, in store, lagniappe*, leftover, more, needless, new, one more, optional, other, over and above*, perk*, plus, redundant, reserve, spare, special, superuous, supernumerary, supplemental, supplementary, surplus, tip, unnecessary, unneeded, unused; concepts 546,771 Ant. basic, elementary, essential, fundamental, integral, necessary extra [adv] particularly considerably, especially, exceptionally, extraordinarily, extremely, markedly, noticeably, rarely, remarkably, uncommon, uncommonly, unusually; concepts 557,569 extra [n] accessory addendum, addition, adjunct, afx, appendage, appurtenance, attachment, bonus, complement, extension, supernumerary, supplement; concept 824 Ant. basic, essential, fundamental, necessity extract [n] something condensed from whole abstract, citation, clipping, concentrate, cutting, decoction, distillate, distillation, elicitation, essence, excerpt, infusion, juice*, passage, quotation, selection; concepts 270,835 Ant. insertion extract [v1] physically remove, draw out avulse, bring out, catheterize, cull, derive, distill, eke out, elicit, eradicate, evoke, evulse, exact, express, extirpate, extort, extricate, garner, gather, get, glean, obtain, pick up, pluck, press out, pry, pull, reap, secure, select, separate, siphon, squeeze, take, tear, uproot, weed out*, withdraw, wrest, wring, yank; concepts 206,211 Ant. add, insert, put in extract [v2] select a quotation abridge, abstract, bring forth, choose, cite, condense, copy, cull, cut out, deduce, derive, educe, elicit, evolve, excerpt, glean, quote, shorten; concepts 79, 142,211 Ant. edit in, insert extraction [n1] removal from whole; distillation abstraction, derivation, drawing, elicitation, eradication, evocation, evulsion, expression, extirpation, extrication, pulling, separation, taking out, uprooting, withdrawal, wrenching, wresting; concept 211 Ant. addition, insertion, introduction extraction [n2] ancestry, origin birth, blood, derivation, descent, family, lineage, parentage, pedigree, race, stock; concepts 296,648 extradite [v] send to another place by force abandon, apprehend, arrest, bring to justice, bring to trial, deliver, give up, release, surrender; concepts 217,317 extraneous [adj1] unneeded; irrevelant accidental, additional, adventitious, beside the point, extra, foreign, immaterial, impertinent, inadmis-

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sible, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, incidental, inessential, needless, nonessential, off the subject, peripheral, pointless, redundant, superuous, supplementary, unconnected, unessential, unnecessary, unrelated; concept 546 Ant. appropriate, basic, essential, integral, necessary, needed, pertinent, relevant extraneous [adj2] foreign adventitious, alien, exotic, external, extrinsic, out of place, strange; concept 549 Ant. national, native extraordinary [adj] strange and wonderful amazing, bizarre, boss*, curious, exceptional, fab*, fantastic, ash*, gnarly*, heavy*, inconceivable, incredible, marvelous, odd, off beaten path*, out of the ordinary, outstanding, particular, peculiar, phenomenal, rare, remarkable, singular, special, strange, stupendous, surprising, terric, uncommon, unfamiliar, unheardof, unimaginable, unique, unprecedented, unthinkable, unusual, unwonted, weird, wicked*; concepts 564,572 Ant. common, commonplace, customary, familiar, normal, ordinary, unextraordinary, unsurprising, usual extrapolate [v] infer anticipate, assume, conclude, deduce, envision, gure, foresee, foretell, guess, hypothesize, make an educated guess*, predict, project, see ahead, theorize; concepts 12,15,37 extrasensory perception [n] psychic powers clairvoyance, ESP, intuition, keen intuition, second sight, sixth sense, telepathy, vision; concepts 409,410 extraterrestrial [n] alien E.T.*, little green man*, Martian, men from outer space*, space being, space inhabitant; concept 423 extravagance [n] indulgence; waste absurdity, amenity, dissipation, exaggeration, excess, exorbitance, expenditure, folly, frill, icing on the cake*, immoderation, improvidence, lavishness, luxury, outrageousness, overdoing, overindulgence, overspending, preposterousness, prodigality, proigacy, profusion, recklessness, squander, squandering, superuity, unreasonableness, unrestraint, unthrift, wastefulness, wildness; concepts 335,337,787 Ant. economy, moderation, providence, saving, thrift, thriftiness extravagant [adj] indulgent, wasteful absurd, bizarre, costly, crazy, exaggerated, excessive, exorbitant, expensive, extortionate, extreme, fanciful, fancy, fantastic, amboyant, ashy, foolish, garish, gaudy, grandiose, immoderate, implausible, improvident, imprudent, inordinate, lavish, ludicrous, nonsensical, ornate, ostentatious, outrageous, overpriced, preposterous, pretentious, prodigal, proigate, reckless, ridiculous, showy, silly, spendthrift, steep, unbalanced, unconscionable, unreasonable, unrestrained; concepts 334,560,771 Ant. close, economical, moderate, provident, reasonable, saving, stingy, thrifty, unpretentious extravaganza [n] spectacle caricature, display, divertissement, ight of fancy*, pageant, parody, show, spectacular; concepts 263,293 extreme [adj1] very great acute, consummate, high, highest, intense, maximal, maximum, severe, sovereign, supreme, top, ultimate, utmost, uttermost; concepts 569,771,781 Ant. limited, mild, moderate

extreme [adj2] beyond reason and convention absolute, desperate, dire, downright, drastic, egregious, exaggerated, exceptional, excessive, extraordinary, extravagant, fabulous, fanatical, agrant, gross, harsh, immoderate, improper, imprudent, inordinate, intemperate, irrational, nonsensical, out-and-out*, out of proportion, outrageous, overkill, preposterous, rabid, radical, remarkable, rigid, severe, sheer, stern, strict, thorough, unbending, uncommon, uncompromising, unconventional, unreasonable, unseemly, unusual, utter, zealous; concepts 547,558,569 Ant. mild, moderate extreme [adj3] faraway far-off, farthest, nal, furthermost, last, most distant, outermost, outmost, remotest, terminal, ultimate, utmost, uttermost; concept 778 Ant. close, near extreme [n] ultimate; limit acme, apex, apogee, bitter end, boundary, ceiling, climax, consummation, crest, crown, culmination, depth, edge, end, excess, extremity, height, inordinancy, maximum, nadir, nth degree*, peak, pinnacle, pole, termination, top, utmost, uttermost, zenith; concepts 484,706,745,836 extremely [adv] greatly, intensely acutely, almighty, awfully, drastically, exceedingly, exceptionally, excessively, exorbitantly, extraordinarily, highly, hugely, immensely, immoderately, inordinately, intensely, markedly, mortally, notably, over, overly, overmuch, parlous, plenty, powerful, prohibitively, quite, radically, rarely, remarkably, severely, strikingly, surpassingly, terribly, terrically, to nth degree*, too, too much*, totally, ultra*, uncommonly, unduly, unusually, utterly, very*, violently, vitally; concepts 569,771,781 Ant. mildly, moderately extremist [n] person zealous about a belief agitator, die-hard, fanatic, radical, revolutionary, revolutionist, ultra, ultraist, zealot; concepts 359,423 Ant. conservative, moderate extremity [n1] ultimate; limit acme, acuteness, adversity, apex, apogee, border, bound, boundary, brim, brink, butt, climax, consummation, crisis, depth, dire straits, disaster, edge, end, excess, extreme, extremes, frontier, height, last, margin, maximum, nadir, outside, pinnacle, plight, pole, remote, rim, setback, terminal, termination, terminus, tip, top, trouble, verge, vertex, zenith; concepts 484,706,745,836 extremity [n2] animate beings appendage backside, nger, ipper, foot, hand, leg, limb, paw, posterior, toe; concept 392 extricate [v] get out of a situation; relieve of responsibility bail out*, clear, deliver, detach, difference, differentiate, disburden, discumber, disembarrass, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, disinvolve, extract, free, get off the hook*, get out from under*, let go, let off*, liberate, loose, loosen, pull out, release, remove, rescue, resolve, save ones neck*, separate, sever, untie, withdraw, wriggle out of*; concepts 102,127 Ant. entangle, involve extrinsic [adj] foreign acquired, alien, exotic, exterior, external, extraneous, gained, imported, outer, outside, outward, supercial; concept 549 Ant. essential, integral, interior, intrinsic, necessary extrovert [n] sociable person character*,

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exhibitionist, gregarious person, life of the party*, showboat*, show-off*; concept 423 Ant. introvert extroverted [adj] outgoing congenial, cordial, demonstrative, friendly, gregarious, personable, sociable, social, unreserved; concept 404 extrude [v] force out boot*, chase, dismiss, eject, evict, expel, kick out, press, project, squeeze*, throw out, thrust; concepts 208,222 exuberance [n1] energy, enthusiasm abandon, animation, ardor, bounce, buoyancy, cheerfulness, eagerness, ebullience, effervescence, excitement, exhilaration, fervor, friskiness, gayness, get up and go*, high spirits, juice*, life, liveliness, pep, pepper*, spirit, sprightliness, vigor, vitality, zap*, zest*, zip*; concept 633 Ant. discouragement, lifelessness exuberance [n2] profusion abundance, afuence, copiousness, effusiveness, exaggeration, excessiveness, fulsomeness, lavishness, lushness, luxuriance, plenitude, plenty, prodigality, richness, superabundance, superuity, teemingness; concepts 710,767 Ant. insufciency, lack, need, want exuberant [adj1] energetic, enthusiastic animated, ardent, bouncy, brash, buoyant, cheerful, chipper, eager, ebullient, effervescent, elated, excited, exhilarated, feeling ones oats*, frolicsome, gay, high-spirited, lively, passionate, sparkling, spirited, sprightly, vigorous, vivacious, zappy*, zestful, zingy*, zippy*; concept 401 Ant. depressed, discouraged, lifeless, unenthusiastic, unexcited exuberant [adj2] profuse abundant, afuent, copious, diffuse, effusive, exaggerated, excessive, fecund, fertile, fruitful, fulsome, lavish, lush, luxuriant, opulent, overdone, overowing, plenteous, plentiful, prodigal, prolic, rampant, rich, riotous, superabundant, superuous, teeming; concept 781 Ant. insufcient, lacking, needing, wanting exude [v] display, emit bleed, discharge, emanate, evacuate, excrete, exhibit, expel, ow out, give forth, give off, issue, leak, manifest, ooze, pass, percolate, radiate, secrete, seep, show, sweat, throw off, trickle, weep; concepts 118,179 Ant. conceal, hide exult [v1] be joyful be delighted, be elated, be happy, be in high spirits*, be jubilant, be overjoyed, celebrate, cheer, jubilate, jump for joy*, make merry*, rejoice; concepts 32,266 Ant. be sad, grieve, mourn exult [v2] boast bluster, brag, bully, crow, gloat, glory, revel, show off, take delight in*, triumph, vaunt; concept 49 Ant. conceal, hide exultant [adj] very happy blown away*, delighted, ecstatic, elated, exulting, ipping, ushed, ying, gleeful, high, joyful, joyous, jubilant, overjoyed, rejoicing, reveling, transported, triumphant, turned on*, wowed*; concept 403 Ant. depressed, discouraged, sad, sorrowful, unhappy exultation [n] celebration, reveling crowing, delight, elation, glee, gloating, glory, happiness, high spirits, joy, joyousness, jubilance, jubilation, merriment, rejoicing, satisfaction, transport, triumph; concepts 32,410 Ant. discouragement eye [n1] judgment, opinion appreciation, belief,

conviction, discernment, discrimination, eagle eye*, feeling, mind, perception, persuasion, point of view, recognition, scrutiny, sentiment, surveillance, tab, taste, view, viewpoint, watch; concepts 411,689 eye [n2] optical organ of an animate being baby blue*, blinder*, eyeball, headlight*, lamp*, ocular, oculus, optic, peeper*, pie*; concept 392 eye [v] gaze at, scrutinize check out, consider, contemplate, eyeball*, gape, give the eye*, glance at, have a look, inspect, keep eagle eye on*, leer, look at, ogle, peruse, regard, rubberneck*, scan, size up*, stare at, study, survey, take a look, take in, view, watch; concepts 17,623,626 Ant. look away eye-catching [adj] noticeable attractive, beautiful, cant miss it*, conspicuous, gorgeous, manifest, obvious, showy, spectacular, striking, stunning; concepts 529,579 eyeful [n] spectacular-looking person beauty, dazzler*, knockout*, looker, lovely, show, spectacle, stunner*, vision; concept 424 Ant. eyesore eyeglasses [n] glasses bifocals, cheaters*, contact lenses, contacts, goggles, lorgnette, monocle, pair of glasses, pince-nez, reading glasses, shades, specs*, spectacles, sunglasses, trifocals; concept 446 eyesight [n] vision optics, perceiving, perception, range of view, seeing, sight, view; concept 629 eyesore [n] mess, ugliness atrocity, blemish, blight, blot, blot on landscape*, deformity, disgurement, disgrace, distortion, dump, horror, monstrosity, sight, ugly thing; concepts 674,716 Ant. beauty, eyeful, sight eyewitness [n] person who sees an event occur beholder, bystander, looker-on, observer, onlooker, passer-by, spectator, viewer, watcher, witness; concept 423

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fable [n] fantasy, story allegory, apologue, bestiary, bunk*, crock*, fabrication, fairy story, fairy tale, falsehood, fantasy, b, ction, gment, sh story*, hogwash*, invention, legend, lie, myth, old chestnut*, old saw*, one for the birds*, parable, romance, tale, tall story, untruth, white lie*, whopper*, yarn; concept 282 Ant. truth fabled [adj] legendary fabulous, famed, famous, fanciful, ctional, mythical, mythological, storied, unreal; concept 568 Ant. unheard of, unknown fabric [n1] cloth, material bolt, ber, goods, stuff, textile, texture, web; concept 473 fabric [n2] structure building, consistency, constitution, construction, foundation, frame, framework, infrastructure, make-up, mold, organization, stamp, substance, texture; concepts 733,757 fabricate [v1] manufacture assemble, brainstorm, build, cobble up*, compose, concoct, construct, contrive, cook up*, create, devise, dream up, erect, fashion, t together, form, formulate, frame, head trip*, invent, join, knock together*, make, make up, mix,

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organize, piece together, prefab*, produce, put together, shape, structure, think up, throw together*, throw up*, turn out, whip up*, whomp up*; concepts 36,173,205,251 Ant. break, demolish, destroy, ruin, wreck fabricate [v2] falsify, make up a story coin, concoct, contrive, counterfeit, devise, fake, feign, b, forge, form, fudge*, invent, jive*, lie, make like*, misrepresent, pretend, prevaricate, trump up*; concepts 58,63 Ant. tell truth fabrication [n1] lie artifact, concoction, deceit, fable, fairy story*, fake*, falsehood, b, ction, gment, forgery, hogwash*, invention, jazz*, jive*, line*, myth, opus, smoke*, song and dance*, untruth, work, yarn; concepts 63,278 Ant. truth fabrication [n2] something manufactured assemblage, assembly, building, construction, creation, erection, product, production; concepts 205,260,338 fabulous [adj] amazing, wonderful 10*, A-1*, aces*, A-OK*, astonishing, astounding, awesome, best, breathtaking, cool*, doozie*, extravagant, fab*, fantastic, ctitious, rst-class, greatest, groovy*, immense, inconceivable, incredible, legendary, marvelous, mindblowing*, out-of-sight*, out-of-this-world*, outrageous, peachy*, phenomenal, primo*, prodigious, rad*, remarkable, spectacular, striking, stupendous, super, superb, terric, top drawer*, tops*, turn-on*, unbelievable, unreal, wicked*; concepts 529,572 Ant. common, normal, ordinary, simple facade [n] appearance, often deceptive beard*, bluff, color, disguise, exterior, face, fake, false colors*, false front*, front, frontage, guise, look, mask, phony, pretense, put-on*, semblance, show, veneer, window dressing*; concept 716 Ant. character, personality face [n1] front of something; expression, exterior air, appearance, aspect, cast, clock, countenance, dial*, disguise, display, facet, features, nish, frontage*, frontal, frontispiece, frown, glower, grimace, guise, kisser*, light*, lineaments, look, makeup, map*, mask, mug*, obverse, paint*, physiognomy, pout, presentation, prole, scowl, seeming, semblance, show, showing, silhouette, simulacrum, smirk, surface, top, visage; concepts 484,716,836 Ant. back, behind, rear face [n2] pretense, nerve air, audacity, boldness, brass*, cheek*, chutzpah*, cloak, condence, cover, disguise, effrontery, facade, false front*, front, gall, impertinence, impudence, mask, presumption, semblance, show, veil; concepts 633,657 Ant. character, personality face [n3] authority, status dignity, honor, image, prestige, reputation, self-respect, social position, standing; concept 388 face [v1] come up against a situation abide, accost, affront, allow, bear, beard, be confronted by, bit the bullet*, brace, brave, brook, challenge, confront, contend, cope with, countenance, court, cross, dare, deal with, defy, encounter, endure, experience, eyeball*, ght, y in face of*, go up against*, grapple with, make a stand*, meet, oppose, resist, risk, run into, square off*, stand, stomach*, submit, suffer, sustain, swallow*, take, take it, take on,

take the bull by the horns*, tell off*, tolerate, venture, withstand; concepts 23,35,117 Ant. hide, retreat, run, withdraw face [v2] be opposite; look at be turned toward, border, confront, front, front onto, gaze, glare, meet, overlook, stare, watch; concepts 623,747 Ant. back face [v3] put paint or nish on clad, coat, cover, decorate, dress, nish, front, level, line, overlay, plaster, polish, redecorate, renish, remodel, sheathe, shingle, side, skin, smooth, surface, veneer; concepts 172,202 face-lift [n] beautication; cosmetic surgery new look, nose job, plastic surgery, renovation, repair, restoration, revival, rhytidectomy; concept 162 facet [n] surface; aspect angle, appearance, character, face, feature, front, hand, level, obverse, part, phase, plane, side, slant, switch, twist; concept 835 face the music [v] face up to be punished, bite the bullet*, grin and bear it*, pay the piper*, swallow the pill*, take ones lumps*, take ones medicine*; concept 23 facetious [adj] tongue-in-cheek, kidding amusing, blithe, capering, clever, comic, comical, droll, dry, fanciful, farcical, ip*, ippant, frivolous, funny, gay, humorous, indecorous, ironic, irreverent, jesting, jocose, jocular, joking, joshing, laughable, ludicrous, merry, not serious, playful, pleasant, pulling ones leg*, punning, putting one on*, ridiculous, salty, sarcastic, satirical, smart, sportive, sprightly, waggish, whimsical, wisecracking, witty, wry; concept 267 Ant. formal, grave, serious, unfunny facile [adj] easy; easily mastered accomplished, adept, adroit, apparent, articulate, breeze, childs play*, cursory, deft, dexterous, easy as pie*, effortless, fast talk*, ip*, uent, glib, hasty, light, obvious, picnic*, practiced, procient, pushover*, quick, ready, shallow, simple, skillful, slick*, smooth, supercial, uncomplicated, untroublesome, voluble; concepts 527,565 Ant. arduous, complicated, confusing, difcult, hard, involved, laborious, profound facilitate [v] assist the progress of aid, ease, expedite, forward, further, grease the wheels*, hand-carry*, help, make easy, open doors*, promote, run interference for*, simplify, smooth, speed, speed up, walk through*; concepts 110,242 Ant. block, check, delay, detain, hinder, prohibit, stop facility [n1] ease; ability address, adroitness, aptitude, bent, childs play*, competence, dexterity, efciency, effortlessness, expertness, uency, knack, leaning, lightness, poise, prociency, propensity, quickness, readiness, skill, skillfulness, smoothness, smooth sailing*, spontaneity, tact, turn, wit; concepts 630,666 Ant. difculty, hardness facility [n2] convenience accommodation, advantage, aid, amenity, appliance, comfort, equipment, tting, material, means, opportunity, resource, tool; concepts 693,712 Ant. difculty, hardness facsimile [n] reproduction carbon, carbon copy*, chip off old block*, clone, copy, copycat*, dead ringer*, ditto*, double, dupe*, duplicate, knock-off*, likeness, look-alike, mimeo,

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miniature, mirror, photocopy, photostat, print, reduplication, replica, replication, repro*, ringer*, spitting image*, stat, transcript, twin, Xerox*; concepts 271,625,716 Ant. original fact [n1] veriable truth; reality actuality, appearance, authenticity, basis, bottom line*, brass tacks*, case, certainty, certitude, concrete happening, dope*, evidence, experience, genuineness, gospel, gospel truth*, how it is*, intelligence, law, like it is*, matter*, naked truth*, palpability, permanence, scene, scripture, solidity, stability, substantiality, verity, whats what*; concepts 688,725 Ant. fabrication, lie fact [n2] event; detail of action accomplishment, act, action, actuality, adventure, affair, being, case, circumstance, conception, consideration, construction, creation, data, datum, deed, entity, episode, evidence, experience, factor, fait accompli, feature, happening, incident, information, item, manifestation, occurrence, organism, particular, performance, phenomenon, point, proceeding, specic, statistic, transaction, truism; concepts 2,274,433 Ant. lie faction [n1] group sharing a belief or cause band, bloc, bunch, cabal, camp, caucus, cell, circle, clan, clique, club, coalition, combination, combine, combo, concern, conclave, confederacy, conspiracy, contingent, coterie, crew, crowd, design, division, entente, gang, guild, insiders, intrigue, junta, knot, lobby, machine, minority, mob, network, offshoot, outt, partnership, party, pressure group, ring, schism, sect, section, sector, set, side, splinter group, team, unit, wing; concepts 301,387 Ant. entirety, total, whole faction [n2] conict, strife disagreement, discord, disharmony, dissension, disunity, division, divisiveness, friction, inghting, quarrelsomeness, rebellion, sedition, tumult, turbulence; concepts 106,684 Ant. agreement, conformity, peace, unity factious [adj] conicting, warring alienated, belligerent, contending, contentious, contumacious, disaffected, disputatious, dissident, divisive, estranged, ghting, hostile, insubordinate, insurgent, insurrectionary, litigious, malcontent, mutinous, partisan, quarrelsome, rebellious, refractory, rival, sectarian, seditious, troublemaking, tumultous/tumultuous, turbulent; concept 542 Ant. agreeing, cooperating, cooperative, peaceful, united factor [n] determinant agency, agent, aid, antecedent, aspect, board, cause, circumstance, component, consideration, constituent, element, xins*, inuence, ingredient, instrument, instrumentality, item, makins*, means, part, part and parcel*, point, portion, thing; concepts 831,835 factory [n] manufacturing plant branch, cooperative, rm, forge, foundry, industry, laboratory, machine shop, manufactory, mill, mint, salt mines*, shop, sweatshop*, warehouse, workroom, works, workshop; concepts 439,441,449 factotum [n] handyperson general employee, jack of all trades, man/girl Friday, Mr/Ms Fixit, odd-job person, personal assistant; concept 348 facts [n] inside information bottom line*, brass tacks*, certainty, clue, cue, data, details, dope*,

gospel, info*, inside dope*, like it is*, lowdown*, numbers, poop*, reality, scoop*, score*, story, whole story*; concept 274 Ant. lies factual [adj] real, correct absolute, accurate, actual, authentic, card-carrying*, certain, circumstantial, close, credible, descriptive, exact, faithful, genuine, hard, kosher*, legit*, legitimate, literal, objective, on the level*, positive, precise, righteous, specic, straight from horses mouth*, sure, sure-enough*, true, true-to-life*, unadorned, unbiased, undoubted, unquestionable, valid, veritable; concepts 535,582 Ant. biased, false, imprecise, incorrect, unfactual, untruthful faculty [n1] ability, skill adroitness, aptitude, aptness, bent, capability, capacity, cleverness, dexterity, facility, air, forte, genius, gift, instinct, intelligence, knack, knowing way around*, leaning, nose*, peculiarity, penchant, pistol*, power, predilection, proclivity, propensity, property, quality, readiness, reason, right stuff*, sense, strength, talent, turn, what it takes*, wits; concept 630 Ant. inability, incompetence, ineptness, lack, need faculty [n2] teachers in educational institution academics, advisers, body, clinic, college, corps, department, employees, institute, instructors, lecturers, literati, mentors, organization, pedagogues, personnel, professorate, professors, profs*, researchers, scholars, society, staff, tutors, university, workers; concepts 288,350 Ant. students fad [n] craze affectation, amusement, caprice, chic, conceit, cry, custom, dernier cri, eccentricity, fancy, fantasy, fashion, fool notion*, frivolity, furor, hobby, humor, in, innovation, in thing*, kick, kink, latest word*, mania, mode, newest wrinkle*, new look*, passing fancy*, passion, quirk, rage, sport, style, thing, trend, vagary, vogue, whim, whimsy, wrinkle; concept 655 Ant. standard, tradition fade [v1] lose color achromatize, become colorless, blanch, bleach, blench, clear, decolorize, dim, disappear, discolor, dissolve, dull, etiolate, evanish, evaporate, grow dim, lose brightness, lose luster, muddy, neutralize, pale, tarnish, tone down, vanish, wash out; concepts 250,469,622 Ant. brighten, color, sharpen, strengthen fade [v2] dwindle, die out abate, attenuate, clear, decline, deliquesce, deteriorate, die away, die on vine*, dim, diminish, disappear, disperse, dissolve, droop, ebb, etiolate, evanesce, evanish, evaporate, fag out*, fail, fall, ag, fold, hush, languish, lessen, melt, melt away, moderate, perish, peter out*, poop out*, quiet, rarefy, shrivel, sink, slack off*, taper, thin, tire, tucker out*, vanish, wane, waste away, weaken, wilt, wither; concepts 105,698 Ant. enhance, improve, recover, strengthen faded [adj] bleached; used achromatic, ashen, bedraggled, dim, dingy, discolored, dull, etiolated, indistinct, lackluster, lusterless, murky, not shiny, pale, pallid, run-down, seedy, shabby, shopworn, tacky, tattered, threadbare, tired, wan, washed out, wasted, worn; concepts 560,617,618 Ant. brightened, colored, strengthened fail [v1] be unsuccessful abort, backslide, back wrong horse*, be defeated, be demoted, be

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found lacking*, be in vain*, be ruined, blunder, break down, come to naught, come to nothing, decline, deteriorate, fall, fall at*, fall short*, fall through*, zzle, op, ounder, fold, founder, go astray*, go down*, go downhill*, go down swinging*, go up in smoke*, go wrong, hit bottom*, hit the skids*, lose control, lose out, lose status, meet with disaster, miscarry, miss, miss the boat*, play into, run aground*, slip, turn out badly; concept 699 Ant. accomplish, achieve, earn, gain, merit, obtain, prosper, reach, succeed, win fail [v2] abandon, forsake abort, back out, blink, break ones word, desert, disappoint, discount, disregard, fault, forget, funk, go astray, ignore, let down, miscarry, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, slight, slip; concepts 7,19 Ant. capture, complete, deliver, nish, obtain, procure fail [v3] lose money be cleaned out*, become insolvent, be in arrears, be ruined, be taken to the cleaners*, break, close, close down*, close ones doors*, crash, defalcate, default, dishonor, drop, drop a bundle*, end, nish, fold, go bankrupt, go belly up*, go broke*, go bust*, go into chapter 11*, go out of business*, go to the wall*, go under*, go up*, lose big*, lose ones shirt*, overdraw, repudiate, terminate; concepts 330,335 Ant. earn, gain, obtain, win failing [adj] not well, weak declining, defeated, decient, faint, feeble, inadequate, insufcient, scant, scanty, scarce, short, shy, unavailing, unprosperous, unsuccessful, unsufcient, unthriving, vain, wanting; concepts 485,489 Ant. healthy, ok, rebounding, strong, thriving, well failing [n] lapse, shortcoming blind spot*, defect, deciency, drawback, error, failure, fault, aw, foible, frailty, imperfection, inrmity, miscarriage, misfortune, vice, weakness, weak point*; concepts 411,674 Ant. advantage, strength, strong point fail-safe [adj] guaranteed not to fail condent, covered, foolproof, protected, reliable, reliant, safeguarded, secure, sound, sure; concepts 535,542,544 failure [n1] lack of success abortion, bankruptcy, bomb, botch*, breakdown, bungle*, bust, checkmate, collapse, decay, decline, defeat, deciency, decit, deterioration, downfall, failing, false step*, faux pas, asco, ash in the pan*, op*, frustration, implosion, inadequacy, lead balloon*, lemon*, loser, loss, mess, misadventure, miscarriage, misstep, nonperformance, nonsuccess, overthrow, rout, rupture, sinking ship*, stalemate, stoppage, total loss, turkey*, washout*, wreck; concepts 699,706 Ant. accomplishment, achievement, attainment, earnings, gain, merit, success, win failure [n2] person who does not succeed also-ran*, bankrupt, beat*, born loser*, bum, castaway, deadbeat, defaulter, derelict, disappointment, dud*, op, good-for-nothing*, has-been, incompetent, insolvent, loafer, loser, lumpy*, might-have-been*, moocher*, nobody, no-good, nonperformer, prodigal, turkey*, underachiever, washout*; concepts 412,423 Ant. achiever, success faint [adj1] having little effect on senses aside, bated, bland, bleached, blurred, breathless,

deadened, deep, delicate, dim, distant, dull, dusty, faded, faltering, far-off, feeble, gentle, hazy, hoarse, hushed, ill-dened, imperceptible, inaudible, indistinct, lenient, light, low, lowpitched, mild, moderate, mufed, murmuring, muted, muttering, obscure, out of earshot*, padded, pale, piano, quiet, remote, shadowy, slight, smooth, soft, softened, soothing, stied, subdued, tenuous, thin, unclear, vague, wan, weak, whispered; concepts 537,594,617 Ant. clear, distinct, heavy, loud, strong faint [adj2] weak delicate, dizzy, drooping, enervated, exhausted, faltering, fatigued, feeble, fragile, languid, lethargic, lightheaded, slight, tender, unenthusiastic, woozy; concepts 314,485 Ant. bold, brave, courageous, resolute, strong faint [n] unconsciousness blackout, collapse, dizziness, grayout, insensibility, knockout, stupor, swoon, syncope, vertigo; concepts 308,316 Ant. consciousness faint [v] lose consciousness become unconscious, be overcome, black out, collapse, drop, fade, fail, fall, icker, go out like light*, keel over, languish, pass out, succumb, swoon, weaken; concepts 303,308 fainthearted [adj] timid afraid, cowardly, cowed, cowering, fearful, frightened, gutless, having cold feet*, intimidated, lily-livered*, meek, mousy, spineless, unassertive, weak, wimpy*, yellow*; concept 401 fair [adj1] impartial, unprejudiced aboveboard, benevolent, blameless, candid, civil, clean, courteous, decent, disinterested, dispassionate, equal, equitable, even-handed, frank, generous, good, honest, honorable, impartial, just, lawful, legitimate, moderate, nonpartisan, objective, on the level*, on up-and-up*, open, pious, praiseworthy, principled, proper, reasonable, respectable, righteous, scrupulous, sincere, square, straight, straightforward, temperate, trustworthy, unbiased, uncolored, uncorrupted, upright, virtuous; concept 542 Ant. biased, partial, prejudiced, unfair, unjust, unreasonable fair [adj2] light-complexioned, light-haired argent, blanched, bleached, blond, blonde, chalky, colorless, creamy, faded, fair-haired, fair-skinned, axen-haired, light, milky, neutral, pale, pale-faced, pallid, pearly, sallow, silvery, snowy, tow-haired, tow-headed, white, whitish; concepts 406,618 Ant. dark fair [adj3] mediocre, satisfactory adequate, all right, average, common, commonplace, decent, fairish, indifferent, intermediate, mean, medium, middling, moderate, not bad*, okay, ordinary, passable, pretty good*, reasonable, respectable, satisfactory, so-so*, tolerable, up to standard*, usual; concept 530 fair [adj4] beautiful attractive, beauteous, bonny, charming, chaste, comely, dainty, delicate, enchanting, exquisite, good-looking, handsome, lovely, pretty, pulchritudinous, pure; concept 579 Ant. repulsive, ugly fair [adj5] bright, cloudless (weather) balmy, calm, clarion, clear, clement, dry, favorable, ne, mild, placid, pleasant, pretty, rainless, smiling, sunny, sunshiny, tranquil, unclouded, undarkened, unthreatening; concept 525 Ant. cloudy, inclement, rainy, stormy

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fair [n] exposition, carnival bazaar, celebration, centennial, display, exhibit, exhibition, expo*, festival, fete, gala, market, observance, occasion, pageant, show, spectacle; concepts 377,386 fairly [adv1] somewhat adequately, averagely, enough, kind of, moderately, more or less, passably, pretty well, quite, rather, ratherish, reasonably, some, something, sort of, so-so*, tolerably; concept 786 fairly [adv2] justly deservedly, equitably, honestly, honorably, impartially, objectively, properly, reasonably, without favor, without fear; concept 542 Ant. unfairly, unjustly fairness [n] justice candor, charitableness, charity, civility, consideration, courtesy, decency, decorum, disinterestedness, due, duty, equitableness, equity, exactitude, fair-mindedness, fair shake*, give and take*, good faith, goodness, honesty, honor, humanity, impartiality, integrity, justness, legitimacy, moderation, open-mindedness, propriety, rationality, reasonableness, right, righteousness, rightfulness, rightness, seemliness, square deal*, suitability, tolerance, truth, uprightness, veracity; concepts 645,657 Ant. inequity, injustice, partiality, unfairness, wrong fairy [n] supernatural being bogie, brownie, elf, enchanter, fay, genie, gnome, goblin, gremlin, hob, imp, leprechaun, mermaid, nisse, nymph, pixie, puck, siren, spirit, sprite, sylph; concept 370 fait accompli [n] done deed accomplished fact, certainty, fact of life, hard facts, irreversible accomplishment, irreversible act, irreversible truth, matter of fact, reality, undeniable fact; concepts 689,725 faith [n1] trust in something acceptance, allegiance, assent, assurance, belief, certainty, certitude, condence, constancy, conviction, credence, credit, credulity, dependence, faithfulness, fealty, delity, hope, loyalty, reliance, stock, store, sureness, surety, troth, truth, truthfulness; concept 689 Ant. disbelief, distrust, doubt, misgiving, skepticism, suspicion faith [n2] belief in a higher being; community of believers canon, church, communion, confession, connection, conviction, credo, creed, cult, denomination, doctrine, dogma, doxy, gospel, orthodoxy, persuasion, piety, piousness, principle, profession, religion, revelation, sect, teaching, tenet, theism, theology, worship; concepts 368,689 Ant. agnosticism, denial, doubt, rejection, skepticism, unbelief faithful [adj1] loyal, reliable affectionate, allegiant, ardent, attached, behind one, circumspect, conding, conscientious, constant, dependable, devoted, dutiful, dyed-in-the-wool*, enduring, fast, rm, genuine, hard-core*, honest, honorable, incorruptible, loving, obedient, on the level*, patriotic, resolute, scrupulous, sincere, staunch, steadfast, steady, straight, string along with*, sure, tried, tried and true*, true, true-blue*, trustworthy, trusty, truthful, unchanging, unswerving, unwavering, upright, veracious; concepts 401,545 Ant. dishonest, disloyal, false, inconstant, treacherous, unfaithful, unreliable, untrue faithful [adj2] authentic, accurate close, credi-

ble, exact, just, lifelike, precise, right, similar, strict, true, trusty, undistorted, veracious, veridical; concepts 487,573 Ant. different, false, inaccurate, inexact, uncertain faithfulness [n] devotion adherence, adhesion, allegiance, ardor, attachment, care, constancy, dependability, duty, fealty, delity, loyalty, piety, trustworthiness, truth; concepts 633,645,689 Ant. dishonesty, disloyalty, falseness, inconstancy, treachery faithless [adj] disloyal capricious, changeable, changeful, cheating, deceitful, dishonest, double-crossing*, double-dealing*, doubting, dubious, false, ckle, uctuating, inconstant, perdious, recreant, skeptical, traitorous, treacherous, two-faced*, two-timing*, unbelieving, unconverted, unfaithful, unloyal, unreliable, unstable, untrue, untrustworthy, untruthful, wavering; concepts 401,545 Ant. believing, faithful, constant, loyal, reliable, true faithlessness [n] disloyalty betrayal, disbelief, dishonesty, doubt, falseness, ckleness, fraud, inconstancy, indelity, perdiousness, perdy, skepticism, treacherousness, treachery, treason, unfaithfulness; concepts 633,645 Ant. belief, faithfulness, constancy, loyalty fake [adj] false, imitation affected, articial, assumed, bogus, concocted, counterfeit, fabricated, ctitious, forged, fraudulent, invented, make-believe, mock, phony, pretended, pseudo*, reproduction, sham, simulated, spurious; concepts 401,582 Ant. genuine, original, real, true, truthful fake [n] imposter, copy actor, bluffer, charlatan, cheat, counterfeit, deception, fabrication, faker, imam*, forgery, four-usher*, fraud, gold brick*, hoax, imitation, imposition, imposture, junque, make-believe, mountebank, phony, plant*, pretender, pretense, pseudo*, put-on, reproduction, scam, sham*, sleight, spoof, swindle, trick; concepts 260,412 Ant. original, reality fake [v] pretend act, affect, assume, bluff, copy, counterfeit, disguise, dissimulate, fabricate, feign, forge, put on, put on an act*, sham, simulate, spoof; concept 59 falderal [n] folderol, foolishness absurdity, baloney, bunk*, craziness, garbage, gibberish, gobbledygook*, horse feathers*, lunacy, nonsense, stupidity, twaddle; concept 633 fall [n1] descent; lowering abatement, belly op*, cut, decline, declivity, decrease, diminution, dip, dive, downgrade, downward slope, drop, dwindling, ebb, falling off, header*, incline, lapse, lessening, nose dive*, plummet, plunge, pratfall*, recession, reduction, slant, slip, slope, slump, spill, tumble; concepts 152,181,776 Ant. ascent, climb, rise, scaling fall [n2] defeat, overthrow abasement, breakdown, capitulation, collapse, death, degradation, destruction, diminution, disaster, dive, downfall, drop, failure, humiliation, loss, resignation, ruin, surrender, tumble; concepts 116,230,674,699 fall [v1] descend; become lower abate, backslide, be precipitated, break down, buckle, cascade, cave in, collapse, crash, decline, decrease, depreciate, diminish, dip, dive, drag,

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droop, drop down, dwindle, ease, ebb, ag, op, fold up, go down, gravitate, hit the dirt*, keel over, land, lapse, lessen, nose-dive, pitch, plummet, plunge, recede, regress, relapse, settle, sink, slip, slope, slump, spin, stumble, subside, take a header*, tip over, topple, totter, trail, trip, tumble, wane; concepts 152,181,776 Ant. ascend, climb, go up, rise, scale fall [v2] be overthrown by an enemy; surrender back down, be casualty, be destroyed, be killed, be lost, bend, be taken, capitulate, defer to, die, drop, eat dirt*, fall to pieces*, give in, give up, give way, go down, go under, lie down, obey, pass into enemy hands*, perish, resign, slump, submit, succumb, yield; concepts 116,699 Ant. advance, attain, overcome, overthrow, reach, win fall [v3] happen arrive, become, befall, chance, come about, come to pass, occur, take place; concept 119 fallacious [adj] false, wrong beguiling, deceiving, deceptive, deluding, delusive, delusory, erroneous, ctitious, shy*, fraudulent, illogical, illusory, incorrect, invalid, irrational, mad, misleading, mistaken, off*, phony, reasonless, sophistic, sophistical, spurious, unfounded, ungrounded, unreal, unreasonable, unreasoned, unsound, untrue, way off*; concepts 267,570,582 Ant. correct, real, true, truthful fallacy [n] illusion, misconception aberration, ambiguity, artice, bias, casuistry, cavil, deceit, deception, deceptiveness, delusion, deviation, elusion, equivocation, erratum, erroneousness, error, evasion, falsehood, faultiness, aw, heresy, illogicality, inconsistency, inexactness, invalidity, misapprehension, miscalculation, misconstrual, misinterpretation, mistake, non sequitur, notion, paradox, perversion, preconception, prejudice, quibbling, quirk, solecism, sophism, sophistry, speciousness, subterfuge, untruth; concepts 410,689,725 Ant. certainty, evidence, fact, honesty, reality, right, surety, truth fall back [v] retreat back, draw back, give back, recede, recoil, retire, retrocede, retrograde, surrender, withdraw, yield; concept 195 Ant. forge, forward, progress fallen [adj1] disgraced, ruined collapsed, decayed, dishonored, immoral, loose, ruinous, shaken, shamed, sinful, unchaste; concepts 539,555 Ant. honorable, honored, lauded fallen [adj2] dead casualty, killed, lost, perished, slain, slaughtered; concept 539 fall for [v] become infatuated with desire, fall in love with, ip over, go head over heels*, lose ones head over*, succumb; concept 32 Ant. repulse fall guy [n] scapegoat chopping block, dupe, patsy, pigeon, sacrice, sap, schmuck, stooge, sucker, victim, whipping boy; concept 412 fallible [adj] able or prone to err careless, deceptive, errable, errant, erring, faulty, frail, heedless, human, ignorant, imperfect, in question, liable, mortal, questionable, uncertain, unreliable, untrustworthy, weak; concept 542 Ant. certain, correct, denite, infallible, perfect, reliable, strong, sure, unerring falling-out [n] disagreement altercation, argument, clash, dispute, exchange, feud, ght,

friction, misunderstanding, quarrel; concepts 46,388 fall out [v1] argue altercate, bicker, clash, differ, disagree, ght, quarrel, spar, squabble; concept 46 Ant. agree, concur fall out [v2] come to pass befall, chance, happen, occur, result, take place, turn out; concept 4 fallow [adj] inactive dormant, idle, inert, neglected, quiescent, resting, slack, uncultivated, undeveloped, unplanted, unplowed, unproductive, unseeded, untilled, unused, vacant, virgin; concepts 485,560 Ant. active, cultivated, developed, used fall to [v] set about doing apply oneself to, begin, be up to, buckle down*, commence, jump in, pitch in*, start, undertake, wade into*; concepts 100,221 Ant. be idle, forget, ignore, laze, neglect false [adj1] wrong, made up apocryphal, beguiling, bogus, casuistic, concocted, contrary to fact, cooked-up*, counterfactual, deceitful, deceiving, delusive, dishonest, distorted, erroneous, ersatz*, fake, fallacious, fanciful, faulty, ctitious, shy, fraudulent, illusive, imaginary, improper, inaccurate, incorrect, inexact, invalid, lying, mendacious, misleading, misrepresentative, mistaken, off the mark*, phony, sham, sophistical, specious, spurious, trumped up*, unfounded, unreal, unsound, untrue, untruthful; concepts 267,570,582 Ant. accurate, actual, correct, factual, genuine, known, precise, real, right, substantiated, true, valid false [adj2] dishonest, hypocritical apostate, base, beguiling, canting, corrupt, crooked, deceitful, deceiving, deceptive, deluding, delusive, devious, dishonorable, disloyal, double-dealing*, duplicitous, faithless, falsehearted, forsworn, foul, lying, malevolent, malicious, mean, misleading, mythomaniac, perdious, perjured, rascally, recreant, renegade, scoundrelly, traitorous, treacherous, treasonable, two-faced*, underhanded, unfaithful, unscrupulous, untrustworthy, venal, villainous, wicked; concepts 267,401 Ant. genuine, honest, just, reliable, right, straight, true, truthful false [adj3] fake, counterfeit adulterated, alloyed, articial, assumed, bent, bogus*, brummagem, bum*, colored, contrived, copied, crock*, deceptive, disguised, ersatz*, fabricated, factitious, feigned, shy*, forged, framed*, hollow, imitation, made-up, makebelieve, manufactured, meretricious, mock, ostensible, phony, pretended, pseudo*, seeming, shady, sham*, simulated, snide, so-called*, spurious, substitute, synthetic, unreal, wrong; concept 582 Ant. actual, genuine, real, valid falsehood [n] lie canard, cover-up, deceit, deception, dishonesty, dissimulation, distortion, equivocation, erroneousness, error, fable, fabrication, fakery, fallaciousness, fallacy, falseness, falsity, feigning, b, bbery, ction, gment, fraud, half truth, hogwash*, line, mendacity, misstatement, perjury, pretense, prevarication, sham*, story, tale, tall tale*, untruism, untruth, untruthfulness, whopper*, yarn; concepts 63,278 Ant. truth falsely [adv] deceitfully basely, behind ones back*, crookedly, dishonestly, dishonorably,

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disloyally, faithlessly, falseheartedly, malevolently, maliciously, perdiously, roguishly, traitorously, treacherously, underhandedly, unfaithfully, unscrupulously; concepts 267,401 Ant. honestly, truthfully false teeth [n] dentures articial teeth, bridge, choppers*, dental plate, implants, partial, set of teeth; concept 393 falsies [n] padded bra props, WonderbraTM; concept 451 falsify [v] alter, misrepresent adulterate, belie, change, color, con, contort, contradict, contravene, cook, counterfeit, deacon, deceive, deny, distort, doctor, dress up*, embroider, equivocate, exaggerate, fake, fake it, b, forge, fourush*, frame up*, garble, gloss, lie, misquote, misstate, palter, pervert, phony up*, prevaricate, promote, put on an act*, salt*, tamper with, traverse, trump up*, twist, warp; concept 63 falsity [n] dishonesty, deception canard, cheating, deceit, deceptiveness, disingenuousness, double-dealing, duplicity, erroneousness, error, faithlessness, fake, fallacy, falsehood, b, fraud, fraudulence, hypocrisy, inaccuracy, indelity, insincerity, lie, mendacity, misrepresentation, perdiousness, perdy, prevarication, sham, story, tale, treachery, uncandidness, unfaithfulness, unreality, untruth; concepts 278,645,725 Ant. honesty, truth, truthfulness falter [v] stumble, stutter be undecided, bobble, break, drop the ball*, ounder, uctuate, uff, halt, hem and haw*, hesitate, lurch, quaver, reel, rock, roll, scruple, shake, speak haltingly, stagger, stammer, stub toe*, teeter, topple, totter, tremble, trip up, vacillate, waver, whife, wobble; concepts 18,147,266 Ant. continue, endure, maintain, persist, remain, stay fame [n] celebrity acclaim, acclamation, account, acknowledgment, character, credit, dignity, distinction, clat, elevation, eminence, esteem, estimation, exaltation, favor, glory, greatness, heyday, honor, illustriousness, immortality, kudos, laurels, luster, majesty, name, nobility, note, notoriety, place, popularity, position, preeminence, prominence, public esteem, rank, recognition, regard, renown, rep*, report, reputation, repute, splendor, standing, stardom, station, superiority; concept 388 familiar [adj1] common, well-known accustomed, commonplace, conventional, customary, domestic, everyday, frequent, garden variety*, habitual, homespun, household, humble, informal, intimate, known, matter-of-fact, mundane, native, natural, old hat*, ordinary, plain, prosaic, proverbial, recognizable, repeated, routine, simple, stock, unceremonious, unsophisticated, usual, wonted, workaday; concepts 530,547 Ant. foreign, new, strange, uncommon, undistinguished, unfamiliar, unknown, unremarkable familiar [adj2] knowledgeable abreast, acquainted, apprised, at home with*, au courant, au fait, aware, cognizant, conscious, conversant, grounded*, informed, in on*, in the know*, introduced, kept posted*, mindful, no stranger to*, plugged in*, savvy, tuned in*, up*, up on*, versant, versed in, well up in*, with it*; concept 402 Ant. ignorant, unacquainted, unknowledgeable familiar [adj3] friendly, bold affable, amicable,

buddy-buddy*, chummy*, close, comfortable, condential, cordial, cozy, dear, easy, forward, free, free-and-easy*, fresh, genial, gracious, impudent, informal, intimate, intrusive, near, neighborly, nervy, obtrusive, ofcious, open, palsy, palsy-walsy*, presuming, presumptuous, relaxed, sassy*, smart, snug, sociable, thick, tight, unceremonious, unconstrained, unreserved, wise; concept 555 Ant. aloof, cold, cool, distant, reserved, unapproachable, unfamiliar, unfriendly familiarity [n1] friendliness acquaintance, acquaintanceship, boldness, closeness, ease, fellowship, forwardness, freedom, freshness, friendship, informality, intimacy, liberty, naturalness, openness, presumption, sociability, unceremoniousness; concept 388 Ant. aloofness, cool, distance, frigidity, reserve, unfriendliness familiarity [n2] knowledgeableness acquaintance, awareness, cognition, comprehension, experience, feel, grasp, knowledge, sense, understanding; concept 409 Ant. ignorance, unfamiliarity familiarize [v] make or become acquainted with, knowledgeable about accustom, adapt, adjust, awaken to, become adept in, become aware of, break the ice*, bring into use, case*, check out, coach, come to know, condition, enlighten, gain friendship, get in, get lay of land*, get lowdown on*, get together, get to know, get with it*, habituate, inform, instruct, inure, let down hair*, let know, let next to, make conversant, make used to, mix, naturalize, popularize, post, prime, put on to*, school, season, tip off*, train, use, wont; concepts 15,38 family [n] kin, offspring; classication ancestors, ancestry, birth, blood, brood, children, clan, class, descendants, descent, dynasty, extraction, folk, forebears, genealogy, generations, genre, group, heirs and assigns, house, household, inheritance, in-laws, issue, kind, kindred, kith and kin, line, lineage, mnage, network, parentage, pedigree, people, progenitors, progeny, race, relations, relationship, relatives, siblings, strain, subdivision, system, tribe; concepts 296,378,397 family tree [n] family history ancestral tree, ancestry, bloodline, descent, genealogical chart, genealogy, heredity, lineage, pedigree; concept 296 famine [n] hunger dearth, destitution, drought, misery, paucity, poverty, scarcity, starvation, want; concepts 674,709 Ant. feast, plenty, stores, supply famished [adj] starving could eat a horse*, dog-hungry*, empty, ying light*, having the munchies*, hollow, hungering, hungry, ravening, ravenous, starved, starved to death*, voracious; concepts 20,406,546 Ant. full, sated, satiated, satised famous [adj] legendary, notable to many acclaimed, applauded, august, brilliant, celebrated, conspicuous, distinguished, elevated, eminent, exalted, excellent, extraordinary, foremost, glorious, grand, great, honored, illustrious, important, imposing, inuential, in limelight*, in spotlight*, leading, lionized, memorable, mighty, much-publicized, noble,

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noted, noteworthy, notorious, of note, outstanding, peerless, powerful, preeminent, prominent, recognized, remarkable, renowned, reputable, signal, splendid, talked about*, well-known; concept 568 Ant. inconspicuous, obscure, unknown, unnotable, unremarkable fan [n1] blower of air air conditioner, blade, draft, abellum, leaf, palm leaf, propeller, thermantidote, vane, ventilator, windmill; concept 463 fan [n2] person enthusiastic about an interest addict, adherent, admirer, acionado, amateur, buff, devotee, follower, freak*, groupie*, habitu, hound, lover, rooter, supporter, votary, zealot; concepts 352,366,423 fan [v1] blow on aerate, air-condition, air-cool, cool, refresh, rufe, spread, ventilate, wind, winnow; concepts 199,208 fan [v2] provoke add fuel, agitate, arouse, enkindle, excite, expand, extend, impassion, increase, rouse, stimulate, stir up, whip up, work up; concept 14 fanatic [n] person overenthusiastic about an interest activist, addict, bigot, bug*, crank*, crazy, demon, devotee, enthusiast, extremist, end*, fool, freak, maniac, militant, monomaniac, nut*, radical, ultraist, visionary, zealot; concepts 352,359,366 fanatical [adj] overenthusiastic biased, bigoted, bugged*, burning*, contumacious, credulous, devoted, dogmatic, domineering, enthusiastic, erratic, extreme, fervent, feverish, ery, frenzied, headstrong, high on*, immoderate, impassioned, impulsive, incorrigible, infatuated, mad, monomaniacal, narrow-minded, nuts for*, obsessed, obsessive, obstinate, opinionated, partial, partisan, passionate, possessed, prejudiced, rabid, radical, raving, single-minded, stubborn, turned on*, unruly, violent, visionary, wild, willful, zealous; concept 401 Ant. disinterested, dispassionate, impartial, unenthusiastic fanaticism [n] overenthusiasm abandonment, arbitrariness, bias, bigotry, contumacy, dedication, devotion, dogma, enthusiasm, extremism, faction, frenzy, hatred, illiberality, immoderation, incorrigibility, infatuation, injustice, intolerance, madness, monomania, obsessiveness, obstinacy, partiality, partisanship, passion, prejudice, rage, single-mindedness, stubbornness, superstition, tenacity, transport, unfairness, unreasonableness, unruliness, violence, willfulness, zeal, zealotry; concepts 633,689 Ant. disinterest, impartiality, unenthusiasm fanciful [adj] imaginary, romantic absurd, aerial, bizarre, blue sky*, capricious, castles in the air*, chimerical, curious, dreamlike, extravagant, fabulous, fairy-tale, fancied, fantastic, fantastical, ctional, ctitious, ctive, aky*, oating, ideal, illusory, imaginative, imagined, incredible, kinky*, legendary, mythical, notional, offbeat, on cloud nine*, pie in the sky*, pipe dream*, poetic, preposterous, shadowy, suppositious, unreal, visionary, whimsical, wild; concepts 529,572 Ant. grave, ordinary, real, serious, sincere, unfanciful, unimaginative, unromantic fancy [adj] extravagant, ornamental adorned, baroque, beautifying, chichi*, complicated, cushy, custom, decorated, decorative, deluxe,

elaborate, elegant, embellished, fanciful, orid, frilly, froufrou*, garnished, gaudy, gingerbread*, intricate, lavish, ornate, ostentatious, resplendent, rich, rococo, showy, special, spiffy*, sumptuous, unusual; concepts 562,579 Ant. plain, unfancy, unornamented fancy [n1] impulse, urge caprice, conceit, conception, contrariness, creation, cup of tea*, desire, druthers*, ash, fools paradise*, groove*, humor, idea, image, imagination, impression, inclination, irrationality, liking, mind, notion, perverseness, pleasure, thing*, thought, vagary, velleity, visualization, weakness for, whim, will; concepts 20,532 Ant. dislike, hate fancy [n2] liking, dream big eyes*, chimera, conception, daydream, delusion, envisagement, envisioning, eyes for*, fabrication, fantasy, gment, fondness, hallucination, hankering, idea, illusion, imagination, imaginativeness, inclination, invention, itch*, mirage, nightmare, notion, partiality, penchant, phantasm, picture, pie in the sky*, pipe dream*, predilection, preference, relish, reverie, romancing, sweet tooth*, vision, yearning, yen; concepts 20,32,409 Ant. certainty, fact, reality, truth fancy [v1] imagine, create be inclined to think, believe, conceive, conjecture, dream up, envisage, envision, fantasize, feature*, guess, head trip*, image, infer, make up, make up off top of ones head*, phantom, picture, realize, reckon, spark, spitball*, suppose, surmise, think, think likely, think up, trump up*, vision, visualize; concept 43 fancy [v2] love, desire approve, be attracted to, be captivated by, be enamored of, be in love with, care for, crave, crazy about*, desire, dream of, endorse, fall for, favor, like, long for, lust after, mad for*, prefer, relish, sanction, set ones heart on*, take a liking to*, take to, wild for*, wish for, yearn for; concepts 17,20,32 Ant. dislike, hate fanfare [n] cheering alarum, array, ballyhoo*, demonstration, display, ourish, hullabaloo*, panoply, parade, pomp, shine, show, trump, trumpet call*; concept 377 fanny [n] buttocks ass, backside, behind*, bottom*, buns*, butt*, cheeks*, derriere, gluteus maximus, heinie*, hindquarters, posterior, rear end, rump*, seat*, tail; concept 392 fantasize [v] dream about desires build castles in air*, daydream, envision, hallucinate, head trip*, imagine, invent, live in a dream world*, moon, romance, trip out*, woolgather*; concept 17 fantastic [adj1] strange, different; imaginary absurd, articial, capricious, chimerical, comical, crazy, eccentric, erratic, exotic, extravagant, extreme, fanciful, far-fetched, ctional, foolish, foreign, freakish, grotesque, hallucinatory, illusive, imaginative, implausible, incredible, insane, irrational, ludicrous, mad, misleading, nonsensical, odd, outlandish, out of sight*, peculiar, phantasmagorical, preposterous, quaint, queer, ridiculous, singular, suppositious, unbelievable, unlikely, unreal, wacky*, weird, whimsical; concepts 564,582 Ant. common, commonplace, conventional, customary, familiar, ordinary, plain, usual fantastic [adj2] enormous cracking, extreme,

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great, huge, humongous, massive, monstrous, monumental, overwhelming, prodigious, severe, stupendous, towering, tremendous; concept 781 Ant. little, small, tiny fantastic [adj3] wonderful, excellent A-1*, awesome, best, best ever, cats meow*, delicious, far out*, rst-class, rst-rate, great, like wow*, marvelous, out of sight*, out of this world*, primo*, sensational, superb, unreal*; concepts 572,574 Ant. bad, poor, unpleasant fantasy [n] imagination, dream air castle, apparition, appearance, Atlantis*, bubble*, chimera, conceiving, creativity, daydream, delusion, envisioning, externalizing, fabrication, fairyland*, fancy, fancying, fantasia, gment*, ight, ight of imagination, fools paradise*, hallucination, head trip*, illusion, imaginativeness, imagining, invention, mind trip*, mirage, nightmare, objectifying, originality, rainbow*, reverie, trip, Utopia, vagary, vision; concepts 20,529,689 Ant. reality, truth FAQ [n] frequently asked questions common answers, common questions, listed questions and answers; concepts 48,53 far [adj/adv1] at a great distance afar, a good way, a long way, bit, deep, distant, end of rainbow*, faraway, far-ung*, far-off, far piece*, far-removed, good ways*, long, middle of nowhere*, miles, outlying, out-of-the-way*, piece, remote, removed, stones throw*, ways*; concepts 586,778 Ant. close, near far [adv2] considerably decidedly, extremely, greatly, incomparably, much, notably, quite, signicantly, somewhat, very, very much, well; concepts 772,781 faraway [adj] remote, distant absent, abstracted, beyond the horizon, distant, dreamy, far, far-ung*, far-off, far-removed, lost, outlying, preoccupied, quite a ways*, removed, well away; concepts 586,778 Ant. close, near farce [n] nonsense, satire absurdity, broad comedy, buffoonery, burlesque, camp, caricature, comedy, high camp*, horseplay*, interlude, joke, low camp*, mock, mockery, parody, play, pratfall comedy, ridiculousness, sham*, skit, slapstick, travesty; concepts 263,293 Ant. sobriety, tragedy farcical [adj] absurd amusing, camp, campy*, comic, comical, derisory, diverting, droll, for grins*, funny, gelastic, joshing, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, outrageous, preposterous, ridiculous, risible, slapstick, stupid; concepts 267,542 Ant. real, reasonable, sensible, serious, tragic fare [n1] amount charged for transportation book, charge, check, expense, passage, price, slug, tariff, ticket, token, toll; concept 329 fare [n2] food served at meals commons, diet, eatables, eats*, edibles, meals, menu, provision, rations, slop*, sustenance, swill*, table, victuals; concepts 457,459 fare [v] get along; turn out advance, do, get by, get on, go, handle, happen, hie, journey, make headway, make out, manage, muddle through, pass, proceed, progress, prosper, prove, shift, stagger; concepts 100,117,704 farewell [n] departing saying; departure adieu, adieus, adieux, adios, bye-bye, cheerio, ciao, goodbye, hasta la vista, have a nice day, leave-

taking, parting, salutation, sendoff, so long, ta-ta, valediction; concepts 195,278 Ant. greeting, hello far-fetched [adj] hard to believe bizarre, doubtful, dubious, eccentric, fantastic, shy*, forced, hard to swallow*, illogical, implausible, improbable, incoherent, inconsequential, incredible, labored, preposterous, queer, recondite, strained, strange, suspicious, unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely, unnatural, unrealistic; concepts 529,552,582 Ant. believable, natural, plausible, realistic far-ung [adj] wide-ranging comprehensive, distant, extensive, far-reaching, global, remote, spacious, widely distributed, widespread; concepts 576,778 farm [n] land for agriculture or animal breeding acreage, acres, arboretum, claim, demense, enclosure, estate, farmstead, eld, freehold, garden, grange, grassland, holding, homestead, lawn, meadow, nursery, orchard, pasture, patch, plantation, ranch, soil, vineyard; concepts 258,449,509,517 farm [v] produce crops, raise animals bring under cultivation, crop, cultivate, direct, dress, garden, graze, grow, harrow, harvest, homestead, husband, landscape, look after, operate, pasture, plant, plow, ranch, reap, run, seed, sow, subdue, superintend, tend, till, till the soil, work; concepts 117,253,324 farmer [n] person who produces crops, raises animals agriculturalist, agriculturist, agronomist, breeder, clodhopper*, cob*, country person, cropper, cultivator, feeder, gardener, gleaner, grazer, grower, harvester, hired hand, homesteader, horticulturist, laborer, peasant, planter, plower, producer, rancher, reaper, sharecropper, sower, tender, tiller, villein; concepts 347,348 farming [n] producing crops, raising animals agriculture, agronomics, agronomy, breeding, crop-raising, cultivation, culture, feeding, fertilizing, gardening, geoponics, gleaning, grazing, growing, harvesting, homesteading, hydroponics, landscaping, operating, production, ranching, reaping, seeding, sharecropping, soil culture, threshing, tillage; concepts 117,253,324 far-out [adj] very unconventional boss*, cool*, deep*, excellent, fabulous, fantastic, groovy*, hip*, neat, nifty, rad*, sensational, strange, super, swell, trendy, unorthodox, way-out, weird, wild, wonderful; concept 572 far-reaching [adj] broad, widespread extensive, far-ranging, important, momentous, pervasive, signicant, sweeping, wide; concept 772 Ant. incomprehensible, insignicant, narrow, trivial, unimportant far-sighted [adj] looking ahead wisely acute, canny, cautious, clairvoyant, commonsensical, cool-headed*, discerning, judicious, levelheaded, perceptive, politic, prescient, provident, prudent, sagacious, sage, shrewd, well-balanced, wise; concept 402 Ant. incautious, rash, shortsighted, uncareful, unthinking, unwise fart [n] atulence gas, vapors, wind; concept 465 fart [v] expel gas break wind, cut one*, cut the cheese*, pass gas, rip one*, toot; concept 465

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farther [adv] at a greater distance beyond, further, longer, more distant, more remote, remoter, yon, yonder; concepts 586,778 Ant. closer, nearer farthest [adv] most distant extreme, farthermost, furthermost, furthest, last, lattermost, outermost, outmost, remotest, ultimate, utmost, uttermost; concepts 586,778 Ant. closest, nearest fascinate [v] captivate, hold spellbound absorb, allure, animate, arouse, attach, attract, beguile, bewitch, charm, compel, delight, draw, enamor, enchant, engage, engross, enrapture, enslave, ensnare, enthrall, entice, entrance, excite, re, gladden, hypnotize, infatuate, interest, intoxicate, intrigue, invite, kindle, lure, mesmerize, overpower, overwhelm, pique, please, provoke, ravish, rivet, seduce, spellbind, stimulate, stir, subdue, tantalize, tempt, thrill, titillate, transx, transport, win; concepts 7,11,22 Ant. bore, disenchant, disenthrall, disinterest, repel, tire fascinated [adj] captivated, spellbound absorbed, aroused, attracted, beguiled, bewitched, charmed, dazzled, delighted, enamored, enchanted, engrossed, enraptured, enthralled, enticed, entranced, excited, fond of, hypnotized, infatuated, in love with, intoxicated, mesmerized, overpowered, seduced, sent, smitten, sold on*, stuck on*, tantalized, thrilled, titillated, transxed, transported, under a spell*; concepts 32,403 Ant. bored, disenchanted, disenthralled, disinterested, repulsed, tired, uninterested fascinating [adj] interesting, spellbinding alluring, appealing, attractive, bewitching, captivating, charming, compelling, delectable, delightful, enchanting, engaging, engrossing, enticing, glamorous, gripping, intriguing, irresistible, ravishing, riveting, seducing, seductive, siren; concept 529 Ant. boring, repulsive, uninteresting fascination [n] strong interest allure, appeal, attraction, bug*, charisma, charm, enchantment, enthrallment, glamour, grabber*, hang-up*, lure, magic, magnetism, obsession, piquancy, power, pull*, sorcery, spell, thing*, thing for*, trance, witchcraft, witchery; concepts 20,32,532,690 Ant. boredom, disinterest fascism [n] political system of dictatorship absolutism, authoritarianism, autocracy, bureaucracy, despotism, Nazism, one-party system, party government, racism, regimentation, totalitarianism; concepts 299,301,689 Ant. democracy fascist [n] dictator authoritarian, autocrat, Nazi, totalitarian, tyrant; concept 354 fashion [n1] latest style, prevailing taste appearance, bandwagon*, chic, conguration, convention, craze, cry, cultism, cultus, custom, cut, dernier cri, fad, faddism, gure, form, furor, in thing*, last word*, latest*, latest thing*, line*, look, make, mode, model, mold, newest wrinkle*, pattern, rage, shape, thing*, tone, trend, usage, vogue; concept 655 fashion [n2] attitude, manner convention, custom, demeanor, device, etiquette, form, formality, formula, guise, method, mode, modus operandi, mores, observance, order, practice, precedent, prescription, prevalence,

procedure, sort, style, system, technique, tendency, tone, trend, usage, vein, vogue, way; concepts 644,657 fashion [v] adjust, design, create accommodate, adapt, build, carve, construct, contrive, cook up*, cut, devise, dream up*, erect, fabricate, t, forge, form, frame*, knock together*, make, manufacture, model, mold, plan, plot, produce, sculpture, shape, suit, tailor, throw together*, turn out*, work; concepts 168,173,232 fashionable [adj] stylish, up-to-date a go-go*, la mode*, all the rage*, chic, chichi*, contemporary, current, customary, dashing, faddy*, favored, y*, genteel, hot*, in style, in-thing*, in vogue, last word*, latest*, latest thing*, mod*, modern, modish*, natty*, new, newfangled, now, popular, prevailing, rakish, smart, swank, trendsetting, trendy, upscale*, upto-the-minute*, usual, well-liked, with it*; concepts 579,589 Ant. old-fashioned, out, unfashionable, unpopular fast [adj1] speedy accelerated, active, agile, blue streak*, breakneck*, brisk, chop-chop*, dashing, double-time*, electric, expeditious, expeditive, ashing, eet, eeting, ying, hairtrigger*, hasty, hot, hurried, hypersonic, in a jiffy*, in nothing at*, lickety split*, like a bat out of hell*, like all get out*, like crazy*, like mad*, nimble, on the double*, PDQ*, posthaste, presto, pronto, quick, racing, rapid, ready, screamin*, snap*, snappy*, speedball*, supersonic, swift, velocious, winged; concepts 588,799 Ant. plodding, slow, tardy, unhurried fast [adj2] xed, immovable adherent, ardent, attached, close, constant, constrained, durable, faithful, fastened, rm, fortied, glued, held, impregnable, indelible, inextricable, lasting, loyal, permanent, resistant, resolute, secure, set, sound, stable, staunch, steadfast, stuck, sure, tenacious, tight, true, true blue*, unwavering, wedged; concepts 488,542 Ant. exible, impermanent, insecure, loose, movable, unattached, unxed fast [adj3] immoral, promiscuous bawdy, careless, debauched, depraved, devil-may-care*, dissipated, dissolute, easy, extravagant, irtatious, frivolous, gadabout*, giddy, incontinent, indecent, intemperate, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, licentious, light, loose, lustful, proigate, rakish, reckless, salacious, self-gratifying, self-indulgent, sportive, sporty, unchaste, wanton, wild; concept 545 Ant. good, moral, upright fast [adv1] speedily apace, chop-chop*, expeditiously, at-out*, eetly, full tilt*, hastily, hurriedly, in a ash*, in haste, in nothing at*, in short order*, like a ash*, like a shot*, like greased lightning*, like wildre*, posthaste, presto, promptly, pronto, quick, quickly, rapidly, soon, swift, swiftly; concepts 588,799 Ant. slow, slowly fast [adv2] xedly deeply, rm, rmly, hard, securely, solidly, soundly, steadfastly, tight, tightly; concept 488 Ant. loosely, unxedly fast [n] abstention from eating abstinence, diet, fasting, xerophagy; concept 169 Ant. eating, feast, gluttony, gorging, stufng fast [v] go without food abstain, deny oneself, diet, famish, forbear, go hungry, not eat,

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refrain, starve; concept 169 Ant. eat, glut, gorge, stuff fasten [v] make secure; join together adhere, afx, anchor, attach, band, bar, batten, belt, bind, bolt, bond, brace, button, catch, cement, chain, cleave, close, cohere, connect, couple, embed, establish, x, freeze to*, girth, glue, grip, hitch, hitch on, hold, hook, hook up, implant, inx, jam, knot, lace, leash, link, lock, lodge, make rm, moor, mortise, nail, rivet, rope, screw, seal, set, settle, solder, stay put, stick, strengthen, string, tack on, tag, tie, tighten, truss, unite, wedge, weld; concepts 85,113,160 Ant. detach, disconnect, loosen, open, release, unchain, unfasten, unlink, unlock fastener [n] holder bolt, buckle, button, catch, clasp, fastening, latch, lock, rivet, screw, snap; concept 499 fastidious [adj] very careful, meticulous captious, choosy, critical, dainty, demanding, difcult, discriminating, easily disgusted, exacting, nical, nicky, fussbudgety*, fussy, hard to please*, hypercritical, nice, nit-picky, overdelicate, overnice, particular, persnickety*, picky, punctilious, queasy, squeamish, stickling; concepts 542,550 Ant. indifferent, indiscriminating, uncareful, uncouth, uncritical, undemanding fat [adj1] overweight beefy*, big, blimp, bovine, brawny, broad, bulging, bulky, bull, burly, butterball*, chunky*, corpulent, distended, dumpy, elephantine, eshy, gargantuan, gross, heavy, heavyset*, hefty, husky, inated, jelly-belly*, lard, large, meaty*, obese, oversize, paunchy, plump, plumpish, ponderous, porcine, portly, potbellied, pudgy*, roly-poly*, rotund, solid, stout, swollen, thickset*, weighty, whalelike*; concept 491 Ant. skinny, slender, slight, slim, thin fat [adj2] containing an oily substance adipose, fatlike, fatty, greasy, oleaginous, suety, unctuous; concept 485 Ant. lean fat [adj3] productive, rich afuent, cushy, fertile, ourishing, fruitful, good, lucrative, lush, protable, prosperous, remunerative, thriving; concept 334 Ant. impoverished, poor, unproductive fat [n] overweight, adipose tissue blubber, bulk, cellulite, corpulence, excess, fatness, ab, esh, grease, lard, obesity, overabundance, overow, paunch, plethora, suet, superuity, surfeit, surplus, tallow; concepts 723,734 fatal [adj1] deadly, lethal baleful, baneful, calamitous, cataclysmic, catastrophic, deathly, destructive, disastrous, fateful, nal, ill-fated, ill-starred, incurable, inevitable, killing, malec, malignant, mortal, mortiferous, noxious, pernicious, pestilent, pestilential, poisonous, ruinous, terminal, virulent; concept 537 Ant. healthful, life-giving, nourishing, vital, wholesome fatal [adj2] critical, very important crucial, decisive, destined, determining, doomed, fateful, nal, foreordained, inevitable, predestined, unlucky; concepts 531,568 Ant. trivial, unimportant, unnecessary fatalism [n] resignation to a fate acceptance, destinism, determinism, necessitarianism, passivity, predestinarianism, predestination, stoicism; concept 689

fatality [n] death, loss; ability to cause such accident, casualty, deadliness, destructiveness, disaster, dying, inevitability, lethality, lethalness, mortality, necrosis, noxiousness, poisonousness, virulence; concepts 304,675 Ant. birth fat chance [n] no chance impossible, not a prayer, no way, snowballs chance in hell*, unthinkable, very little chance, when hell freezes over*; concept 552 fat city [n] paradise cloud nine*, hog heaven*, pig heaven*; concepts 370,410,515 fate [n] predetermined course break, chance, circumstance, consequence, cup*, destination, destiny, divine will*, doom, effect, end, ending, fortune, future, handwriting on the wall*, horoscope, inescapableness, issue, karma, kismet, lot, luck, Moirai, nemesis, outcome, portion, predestination, providence, stars*, termination, upshot, wheel of fortune*; concept 679 fated [adj] governed by fate decided by fate, destined, doomed, foreordained, imminent, impending, inescapable, inevitable, in the stars*, predestined, predetermined, prejudged, preordained, unavoidable; concepts 548,820 fateful [adj1] signicant acute, apocalyptic, conclusive, critical, crucial, decisive, determinative, direful, doomful, eventful, important, inauspicious, momentous, ominous, portentous, resultful; concept 568 Ant. insignicant, unimportant fateful [adj2] deadly calamitous, cataclysmic, catastrophic, destructive, disastrous, fatal, lethal, mortal, ominous, ruinous; concept 537 Ant. healthful, healthy, life-giving father [n1] male person who begets children ancestor, begetter, dad, daddy*, forebearer, origin, pa, padre, papa, parent, pop*, predecessor, procreator, progenitor, sire, source; concepts 394,400,414,419,423 Ant. mother father [n2] priest abb, clergyman, confessor, cur, ecclesiastic, minister, padre, parson, pastor, preacher, reverend; concept 361 father/mother [n3] founder, inventor administrator, architect, author, builder, creator, dean, elder, encourager, generator, initiator, introducer, leader, maker, matriarch, motor*, mover, organizer, originator, patriarch, patron, prime mover*, promoter, promulgator, publisher, sire, sponsor, supporter; concepts 347,423 father [v] sire beget, conceive, create, dream up, engender, establish, found, generate, invent, originate, procreate, produce, sow the seeds of*, spawn, trigger; concepts 173,239,251 Ant. mother fatherland [n] homeland home, motherland, native land, the old country; concepts 510,515,648 fathom [v] discern, understand appreciate, apprehend, catch, cognize, comprehend, dig, divine, estimate, gure out, follow, gauge, get, get to the bottom*, grasp, have, interpret, know, measure, penetrate, perceive, pierce, pinpoint, plumb, probe, recognize, savvy, sound, unravel; concepts 15,38 Ant. misunderstand, not get fatigue [n] tiredness brain fag*, burnout*, debility, dullness, enervation, ennui, exhaustion,

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faintness, fatigation, feebleness, heaviness, languor, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, overtiredness, weakness, weariness; concepts 316,405 Ant. energy, freshness, liveliness, spirit, vigor fatigue [v] tire, wear out bedraggle, burn out*, bush*, conk out*, debilitate, deplete, disable, drain, droop, drop, enervate, exhaust, fag, zzle, ag, jade*, knock out*, languish, overtire, peter out*, poop*, poop out*, prostrate, sag, sink, succumb, take, tucker, weaken, wear down, weary; concepts 137,225,240,250 Ant. energize, envigorate, refresh fatigued [adj] tired all in*, beat*, bedraggled, blas, burned out*, bushed*, dead*, dead-beat*, dead-tired*, dog-tired*, dog-weary*, done in*, droopy, dropping, enervated, exhausted, fagged out*, jaded*, languid, languorous, lassitudinous, listless, out of gas*, overtired, played out*, pooped*, prostrate, ready to drop*, spent*, tuckered*, washed out*, wasted*, weary, worn, worn-out, zonked*; concept 485 Ant. alert, energized, keen, lively, refreshed, vivacious fatness [n] overweight adiposity, breadth, bulkiness, corpulence, distension, ab*, esh, eshiness, girth, grossness, heaviness, heftiness, ination, largeness, obesity, plumpness, portliness, protuberance, pudginess, rotundity, size, stoutness, tumidity, weight; concept 734 Ant. skinniness, slimness, thinness, underweight fatten [v] grow or make bigger; nourish augment, bloat, broaden, build up, coarsen, cram, distend, expand, feed, ll, gain weight, increase, overfeed, plump, put esh on*, put on weight, round out, spread, stuff, swell, thicken, thrive, wax; concepts 236,245,250 Ant. thin, undernourish fatty [adj] full of adipose tissue blubbery, fatlike, greasy, lardaceous, lardy, oily, oleaginous, rich, suety, unctuous; concept 485 Ant. defatted, lean, low-fat, thin fatuous [adj] stupid absurd, asinine, birdbrained*, boneheaded*, brainless*, dense, dull, foolish, idiotic, imbecile, inane, insensate, jerky*, lamebrained*, ludicrous, lunatic, mad, mindless, moronic, puerile, sappy, silly, simple, vacuous, witless; concept 402 Ant. aware, bright, intelligent, keen, sensible, smart faucet [n] spigot bibb, bibcock, hydrant, nozzle, spout, stopcock, tap, valve; concepts 445,464 fault [n1] blame, sin; mistake accountability, answerability, blunder, crime, culpability, defect, delinquency, dereliction, error, evil doing, failing, aw, foible, frailty, guilt, impropriety, inaccuracy, indiscretion, inrmity, lapse, liability, loss of innocence, malfeasance, malpractice, misconduct, miscue, misdeed, misdemeanor, negligence, offense, omission, onus, oversight, peccancy, responsibility, slip, slip-up*, solecism, transgression, trespass, vice, weakness, wrong, wrongdoing; concepts 101,192,699 Ant. advantage, benet, blessing, correctness, good, perfection fault [n2] physical defect blemish, debility, deciency, demerit, imperfection, inrmity, lack, pimple, shortcoming, weakness, weak point, zit*; concept 580 Ant. perfection, soundness, strength fault-nding [adj] critical captious, carping,

fussy, hairsplitting*, hard to please, hypercritical, nagging, niggling, nit-picking, overcritical, pettifogging, quibbling; concept 267 faultless [adj] having nothing wrong with it above reproach, accurate, blameless, classic, clean, correct, crimeless, errorless, exemplary, exquisite, faithful, awless, foolproof, guiltless, ideal, immaculate, impeccable, inculpable, innocent, intact, irreproachable, model, on target*, perfect, pure, right on*, sinless, spotless, stainless, supreme, textbook*, unblemished, unguilty, unspotted, unsullied, whole; concepts 545,572 Ant. blemished, awed, imperfect, tainted faulty [adj] not working; incorrect adulterated, amiss, awry, bad, below par, blamable, blemished, botched, broken, cracked, damaged, debased, defective, decient, distorted, erroneous, fallacious, fallible, false, awed, frail, impaired, imperfect, imprecise, inaccurate, inadequate, incomplete, inexact, injured, insufcient, invalid, lame, leaky, lemon, maimed, malformed, malfunctioning, marred, out of order, rank, sick, tainted, unt, unreliable, unretentive, unsound, warped, weak, wrong; concepts 560,570 Ant. accurate, correct, perfect, sound, strong, working faux pas [n] blunder in etiquette blooper*, boo-boo*, breach, break, bungle, error, op, ub*, gaffe*, goof*, impropriety, indecorum, indiscretion, mess-up, misconduct, misjudgment, misstep, mistake, oversight, solecism; concepts 101,384 favor [n] approval, good opinion; help accommodation, account, admiration, aid, approbation, assistance, backing, benediction, benet, benevolence, benignity, bias, blessing, boon, championship, compliment, consideration, cooperation, courtesy, dispensation, encouragement, esteem, estimation, friendliness, gift, good turn*, good will*, grace, indulgence, kindness, largess, obligement, okay, partiality, patronage, present, regard, respect, service, support, token; concepts 10,110,689 Ant. disapproval, disfavor favor [v1] pamper, reward; help abet, accommodate, advance, aid, assist, befriend, be partial to, do a kindness, do right by*, esteem, facilitate, further, gratify, humor, indulge, make exception, oblige, play favorites*, promote, pull strings*, show consideration, side with, smile upon*, spare, spoil, treat well, value; concept 110 Ant. hinder, hurt, thwart favor [v2] prefer, like accept, advocate, appreciate, approbate, approve, back, be in favor of, be on ones side*, buck for*, champion, choose, commend, cotton to*, countenance, encourage, endorse, esteem, eulogize, fancy, ash on*, for, go for*, hold with, honor, incline, lean toward, look up to, opt for, patronize, pick, praise, prize, regard highly, root for, sanction, single out*, support, take a liking to*, take a shine to*, take to*, think well of, tilt toward*, value; concept 32 Ant. disfavor, dislike favor [v3] look like be the image of*, be the picture of*, feature, resemble, simulate, take after*; concept 716 favorable [adj1] approving, friendly acclamatory, afrmative, agreeable, amicable, approba-

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tive, approbatory, assenting, benevolent, benign, benignant, commending, complimentary, encouraging, enthusiastic, inclined, in favor of, kind, kindly, laudatory, okay, positive, praiseful, predisposed, reassuring, recommendatory, supportive, sympathetic, understanding, welcoming, well-disposed, well-intentioned; concept 401 Ant. bad, disagreeable, unfavorable, unfriendly, unpromising favorable [adj2] good, timely, advantageous appropriate, auspicious, benec, benecial, benign, bright, cheering, convenient, encouraging, fair, t, fortunate, full of promise, gratifying, happy, healthful, helpful, hopeful, kindly, lucky, nice, opportune, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, pleasureful, promising, propitious, prosperous, providential, reassuring, seasonable, suitable, toward, useful, welcome, welltimed, wholesome, worthy; concepts 537,558, 572 Ant. bad, derogatory, detrimental, harmful, hindering, hurtful, hurting, injurious, unfavorable, unhelpful favorably [adv1] genially, in a kindly manner agreeably, amiably, approvingly, cordially, courteously, enthusiastically, fairly, generously, graciously, heartily, helpfully, positively, receptively, usefully, willingly, with approbation, with approval, without prejudice; concept 401 Ant. unfavorably, unfriendly favorably [adv2] opportunely, advantageously auspiciously, conveniently, fortunately, happily, protably, prosperously, satisfyingly, successfully, swimmingly, to ones advantage, well; concepts 537,558,572 Ant. disadvantageously, unfavorably favored [adj] popular advantaged, best-liked, blessed, chosen, elite, fair-haired*, lucky, pet*, preferred, privileged, recommended, selected, singled out, sweetheart, well-liked; concepts 529,568 Ant. disfavored, unpopular favorite [adj] preferred admired, adored, beloved, best-loved, cherished, choice, darling, dear, dearest, desired, especial, esteemed, favored, intimate, liked, main, number one*, personal, pet*, pleasant, popular, precious, prized, revered, sweetheart*, treasured, wished-for; concepts 529,568 Ant. disliked, hated, loathed favorite [n] something or someone cherished, prized apple of eye*, beloved, chalk*, choice, darling, dear, fave*, front-runner*, ideal, idol, love, main, minion, number one*, paramour, pet*, pick, preference, shoo-in*, teachers pet*; concepts 423,446 Ant. hate, peeve favoritism [n] bias, partiality discrimination, inclination, inequity, nepotism, one-sidedness, partisanship, preference, preferential treatment, unfairness; concepts 41,388,645 Ant. fairness, impartiality, justice fawn [n] baby deer baby buck, baby doe, yearling; concepts 394,400 fawn [v] ingratiate oneself to; serve abase, apple-polish*, be at beck and call*, be obsequious, be servile, blandish, bow, brownnose*, buddy up*, butter up*, cajole, cater to, cave in to*, cotton*, court, cower, crawl, creep, cringe, crouch, curry favor*, debase, defer, fall all over, fall on ones knees*, atter, grovel, honey up*, invite, jolly, kneel, kowtow*, lay it on*,

lick boots*, make up to, massage*, oil*, pander, pay court*, play up to*, scrape, slaver, snow*, stoop, stroke*, submit, toady*, truckle*, woo*, yield; concepts 110,384 Ant. ignore fawning [adj] deferential, groveling abject, adulatory, bootlicking*, bowing, brownnosing*, compliant, cowering, crawling, cringing, attering, humble, ingratiating, kowtowing*, mealy-mouthed*, obsequious, parasitic, prostrate, scraping, servile, slavish, sniveling, spineless, submissive, subservient, sycophant, sycophantic; concept 401 Ant. aloof, cool, disinterested, proud, unfriendly fax [n] facsimile copy, duplicate, electronic message, reproduction, transmission; concepts 269,667,716 fax [v] copy deliver, relay, send, transmit; concepts 269,667,716 faze [v] embarrass abash, annoy, appall, bother, confound, confuse, daunt, discomt, disconcert, discountenance, dismay, dumbfound, horrify, irritate, muddle, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, rattle, vex; concepts 7,19 fear [n] alarm, apprehension abhorrence, agitation, angst, anxiety, aversion, awe, bte noire, chickenheartedness*, cold feet*, cold sweat*, concern, consternation, cowardice, creeps, despair, discomposure, dismay, disquietude, distress, doubt, dread, faintheartedness, foreboding, fright, funk*, horror, jitters, misgiving, nightmare, panic, phobia, presentiment, qualm, recreancy, reverence, revulsion, scare, suspicion, terror, timidity, trembling, tremor, trepidation, unease, uneasiness, worry; concept 27 Ant. bravery, courage, fearlessness, heroism, unconcern fear [v] feel alarm; be scared of anticipate, apprehend, avoid, be afraid, be anxious, be apprehensive, be disquieted, be frightened, be in awe, blanch, break out in a sweat*, cower, crouch, dare not, dread, expect, falter, feel concern, inch, foresee, fret, have butteries*, have qualms, lose courage*, quail, quaver, shrink, shudder, shun, shy, start, suspect, tremble, wilt, worry; concept 27 Ant. brave fearful [adj1] alarmed, apprehensive autter, afraid, aghast, agitated, anxious, chicken, chickenhearted*, difdent, discomposed, disquieted, disturbed, fainthearted, frightened, goosebumpy*, have cold feet*, hesitant, in a dither*, intimidated, jittery, jumpy, lily-livered*, mousy, nerveless, nervous, nervy, panicky, perturbed, phobic, pusillanimous, quivery, rabbity*, running scared*, scared, shaky, sheepish*, shrinking, shy, skittish, solicitous, spineless, tense, timid, timorous, tremulous, uneasy, unmanly, weak-kneed*, worried, yellow*; concept 401 Ant. bold, brave, courageous, inapprehensive, unafraid, unfearful fearful [adj2] horrifying appalling, astounding, atrocious, awful, baleful, bloodcurdling, creepy, dire, distressing, dreadful, eerie, formidable, frightful, ghastly, ghoulish, grievous, grim, grisly, gruesome, hair-raising*, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horric, lurid, macabre, monstrous, morbid, overwhelming, redoubtable, shocking, shuddersome, sinister, strange, sublime, terrible, tremendous, unearthly, unspeakable; concept 529 Ant. good, nice, pleasant

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fearless [adj] brave, unafraid assured, aweless, bodacious, bold, brassy, cheeky, chesty*, cocky, condent, cool hand*, courageous, crack*, daring, dashing, dauntless, doughty, ip*, fresh*, gallant, game, gritty, gutsy, heroic, icy*, indomitable, intrepid, lionhearted, nervy, plucky, salty*, sanguine, sassy*, smart, spunky, sure, temerarious, unabashed, undaunted, uninching, valiant, valorous, wise; concept 401 Ant. afraid, apprehensive, fearful, timid feasible [adj] possible, doable achievable, advantageous, appropriate, attainable, benecial, breeze, cinch, duck soup*, easy as pie*, expedient, t, tting, likely, no sweat*, performable, pie*, piece of cake*, practicable, practical, probable, protable, pushover, realizable, reasonable, simple as ABC*, snap, suitable, viable, workable, worthwhile; concepts 528,552,558 Ant. impossible, inconceivable, unfeasible, unlikely, unpractical, unreasonable feast [n] banquet and celebration barbecue, big feed*, blow*, blowout*, carnival, carousal, clambake, dinner, entertainment, fest, festival, festivity, fete, esta, gala, jollication, merrymaking, picnic, refreshment, regale, repast, spread, treat, wassail; concepts 377,459 feast [v] eat a great amount or very well banquet, dine, eat sumptuously, entertain, gorge, gormandize, indulge, overindulge, regale, stuff, stuff ones face*, treat, wine and dine*; concept 169 Ant. abstain, fast feat [n] achievement accomplishment, act, action, adventure, attainment, conquest, consummation, coup, deed, effort, enterprise, execution, exploit, performance, stunt, tour de force, triumph, venture, victory; concepts 1,706 Ant. failure, idleness, inaction feather [n] tuft of bird; plumage calamus, crest, down, n, uff, fringe, penna, pinion, pinna, plume, plumule, pompon, quill, shaft, spike, wing; concept 399 feature [n1] characteristic affection, angle, article, aspect, attribute, character, component, constituent, detail, differential, earmark*, element, facet, factor, gag*, gimmick, hallmark, idiosyncrasy, individuality, ingredient, integrant, item, mark, notability, particularity, peculiarity, point, property, quality, savor, slant*, speciality, specialty, trait, twist*, unit, virtue; concepts 831,834,835 feature [n2] highlight, special attraction big show*, crowd puller*, draw, drawing card*, headliner*, innovation, main item, peculiarity, prominent part, speciality, specialty; concepts 386,829 feature [n3] special article in publication column, comment, item, piece, report, story; concept 270 feature [v] give prominence to accentuate, advertise, blaze*, call attention to, emphasize, headline*, italicize, make conspicuous, mark, play up*, point up*, present, promote, set off*, spotlight*, star, stress, underline, underscore; concept 60 Ant. disregard, ignore featureless [adj] nondescript bland, characterless, faceless, forgettable, nameless, plain, stark, unadorned; concepts 485,589

features [n] facial characteristics appearance, countenance, face, lineaments, looks, mien, mug*, physiognomy, puss*, visage; concept 418 featuring [adj] giving prominence to calling attention to, displaying, drawing attention to, giving center stage to*, headlining*, highlighting, making much of*, pointing up*, presenting, promoting, pushing, recommending, showing, showing off*, starring, turning, turning the spotlight on*; concept 292 febrile [adj] feverish delirious, fevered, ery, ushed, hallucinatory, hot, inamed, pyretic; concepts 314,605 Ant. cold, freezing, frigid feckless [adj] without purpose aimless, carefree, careless, feeble, fustian, futile, good-fornothing*, hopeless, incautious, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, irresponsible, meaningless, reckless, shiftless, uncareful, useless, weak, wild, worthless; concepts 404,542 Ant. competent, effective, effectual, efcient, purposeful, responsible, strong, useful fecund [adj] productive breeding, fertile, fructiferous, fruitful, generating, pregnant, proliferant, prolic, propagating, reproducing, rich, spawning, teeming; concept 537 Ant. impotent, infertile, sterile, unfruitful, unproductive federation [n] partnership, organization alliance, amalgamation, association, bunch, coalition, combination, confederacy, crew, crowd, entente, family, federacy, gang, league, mob, outt, pool, ring, syndicate, syndication, tribe, union; concepts 323,381,417 fed up [adj] disgusted with annoyed, blas, blue*, bored, depressed, discontented, dismal, dissatised, down, gloomy, glum, jaded, sated, satiated, sick and tired*, surfeited, tired, up to here*, weary; concept 403 Ant. happy, overjoyed, pleased fee [n] charge for service or privilege account, ante*, bill, bite*, chunk*, commission, compensation, consideration, cost, cut*, emolument, end*, expense, gravy*, handle, hire, honorarium, house*, juice*, pay, payment, percentage, piece*, piece of the action*, price, rake-off*, recompense, remuneration, reward, salary, share, slice*, stipend, take*, take-in*, toll, wage; concepts 329,344 feeble [adj] not strong; ineffective aged, ailing, chicken*, debilitated, decrepit, delicate, doddering, dopey*, effete, emasculated, enervated, enfeebled, etiolated, exhausted, failing, faint, abby*, at, fragile, frail, gentle, helpless, impotent, inadequate, incompetent, indecisive, ineffectual, inefcient, inrm, insubstantial, insufcient, lame, languid, low, out of gas*, paltry, poor, powerless, puny, sapless, sickly, slight, strengthless, tame, thin, unconvincing, vitiated, weak, weakened, weakly, wimpy*, woozy*, zero*; concepts 267,489,527 Ant. able, effective, hardy, healthy, hearty, powerful, solid, sound, strong feebleminded [adj] mentally handicapped dim-witted, dull-witted, dumb, half-witted, imbecilic, moronic, retarded, simple, slow, soft in the head, stupid, unintelligent, weakminded; concepts 402,548 feebleness [n] lack of strength; ineffectiveness debility, decrepitude, delicacy, disease, effete-

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ness, enervation, etiolation, exhaustion, imsiness, frailness, frailty, inability, inadequacy, incapacity, incompetence, ineffectualness, inrmity, inrmness, insignicance, insufciency, lameness, languor, lassitude, malaise, senility, sickliness, unhealthiness, weakness; concepts 630,676,732 Ant. ability, effectiveness, health, heartiness, power, soundness, strength feed [n] food animal food, barley, corn, fodder, forage, grain, grass, grub, hay, meal, pasturage, provender, provisions, silage, straw, vittles; concepts 457,460,461 feed [v] give nourishment; augment banquet, bolster, cater, cram, deliver, dine, dish out*, dispense, encourage, fatten, feast, ll, nd, foster, fuel, furnish, give, gorge, hand, hand over, maintain, minister, nourish, nurse, nurture, provide, provision, regale, satisfy, stock, strengthen, stuff, supply, support, sustain, victual, wine and dine*; concepts 107,140 Ant. starve feedback [n] response answer, assessment, comeback, comment, criticism, evaluation, observation, reaction, rebuttal, reply, retaliation, sentiment; concept 278 feed on [v] consume devour, eat, exist on, fare, feast, graze, have a bite*, ingest, live on*, meal, munch, nibble, nurture, partake, pasture*, peck*, pig out*, prey on, scarf*, snack, sponge, subsist, take, take nourishment; concept 169 feel [n] texture; air ambience, atmosphere, aura, feeling, nish, impression, mood, palpation, quality, semblance, sensation, sense, surface, tactility, taction, touch, vibes; concepts 611, 673 feel [v1] touch, stroke apperceive, caress, clasp, clutch, explore, nger, fondle, frisk, fumble, grapple, grasp, grip, grope, handle, manipulate, maul, palm, palpate, paw, perceive, pinch, ply, poke, press, run hands over*, sense, squeeze, test, thumb, tickle, try, twiddle, wield; concept 612 feel [v2] experience accept, acknowledge, appear, appreciate, be affected, be aware of, be excited, be impressed, be sensible of, be sensitive, be turned on to*, comprehend, discern, encounter, endure, enjoy, exhibit, get*, get in touch*, get vibes*, go through*, have, have a hunch*, have funny feeling*, have vibes*, know, meet, note, notice, observe, perceive, receive, remark, resemble, savor, see, seem, sense, suffer, suggest, take to heart*, taste, undergo, understand, welcome; concepts 15,34,38 feel [v3] believe assume, be convinced, be of the opinion, conclude, conjecture, consider, credit, deduce, deem, esteem, gather, guess, have a hunch*, have the impression*, hold, infer, intuit, judge, know, presume, repute, sense, suppose, surmise, suspect, think; concept 12 Ant. disbelieve feeling [n1] sensation, especially of touch activity, awareness, consciousness, enjoyment, excitability, excitation, excitement, feel, innervation, motility, motor response, pain, perceiving, perception, pleasure, reaction, receptivity, reex, responsiveness, sense, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, tactility, tangibility, titillation;

concept 608 Ant. insensibility, numbness, unconsciousness feeling [n2] idea, impression apprehension, belief, consciousness, conviction, eye*, hunch*, inclination, inkling, instinct, mind, notion, opinion, outlook, persuasion, point of view, presentiment, reaction, sense, sentiment, suspicion, thought, view; concepts 532,689,690 Ant. concrete, solid, thing feeling [n3] a state of mind, often strong action, affection, appreciation, ardor, behavior, capacity, compassion, concern, cultivation, culture, delicacy, discernment, discrimination, emotion, empathy, faculty, fervor, fondness, heat, imagination, impression, intelligence, intensity, intuition, judgment, keenness, palpability, passion, pathos, pity, reaction, renement, sensibility, sensitivity, sentiment, sentimentality, sharpness, spirit, sympathy, tangibility, taste, tenderness, understanding, warmth; concepts 409,410 feeling [n4] ambience air, atmosphere, aura, impression, imprint, mood, quality, semblance; concept 673 feign [v] pretend act, affect, assume, bluff*, counterfeit, devise, dissemble, dissimulate, do a bit*, fabricate, fake, forge, four-ush*, give appearance of, imagine, imitate, invent, make show of*, phony up*, play, play possum*, put on, put on act*, put up a front*, sham*, simulate, stonewall*; concept 59 Ant. be true feigned [adj] pretended affected, articial, assumed, counterfeit, fabricated, fake, faked, false, ctitious, imaginary, imagined, imitation, insincere, phony, pretended, pseudo*, put-on*, sham*, simulated, spurious; concepts 401,582 Ant. genuine, real, sincere feint [n] pretense artice, bait, blind, bluff, cheat, deceit, distraction, dodge, duck, expedient, fake, gambit, hoax, hoodwinking*, imposture, make-believe, maneuver, mock attack, play, ploy, pretension, pretext, ruse, sham*, shift, snare, stall, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, wile; concepts 633,660,725 Ant. truth feisty [adj] spirited; touchy active, alive, bubbly, courageous, difcult, enthusiastic, excitable, ery, frisky, full of pep, game, gritty, gutsy, gutty, high-strung, hot-blooded, lively, mettlesome, ornery, peppy, quarrelsome, scrappy, sensitive, spunky, thin-skinned, tough, truculent, zestful; concepts 404,542 felicitate [v] congratulate commend, compliment, praise, recommend, rejoice with, salute, wish joy to; concept 69 Ant. condemn, reject felicitous [adj] appropriate, suitable applicable, apposite, apropos, apt, convincing, t, tting, germane, happy, inspired, just, meet, neat, opportune, pat, pertinent, proper, propitious, relevant, seasonable, telling, timely, wellchosen, well-timed; concepts 558,799 Ant. improper, inappropriate, infelicitous, inopportune, untting, unsuitable, untimely felicity [n1] happiness bliss, cheerfulness, contentment, delight, ecstasy, elation, enjoyment, euphoria, exhilaration, exuberance, glee, good spirits, joviality, joy, jubilation, merriment, mirth, pleasure, rapture, well-being; concept 410 felicity [n2] appropriateness applicability, aptness, becomingness, suitability; concept 558

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fell [v] chop down blow down, bowl over*, bring down, cause to fall, cleave, cut, cut down, dash, demolish, down, drop, atten, oor*, gash, ground, hack, hew, knock down, knock over, lay low*, level, mangle, mow down*, prostrate, pull down, raze, rive, sever, shoot, shoot down*, slash, split, strike down, sunder, throw down, tumble; concepts 176,181 Ant. build, construct, erect, raise fellow [n] male or female colleague, friend assistant, associate, cohort, companion, compeer, comrade, concomitant, confrere, consort, coordinate, counterpart*, coworker, double, duplicate, equal, instructor, lecturer, match, mate, member, partner, peer, professor, reciprocal, twin; concepts 348,423 Ant. enemy fellowship [n] sociability, association acquaintance, affability, alliance, amity, camaraderie, club, communion, companionability, companionship, company, comradeship, conviviality, familiarity, friendliness, guild, intimacy, kindliness, league, order, society, sodality, togetherness; concepts 387,388 felon [n] criminal con, convict, delinquent, ex-con*, jailbird*, lawbreaker, lifer*, loser*, malefactor, offender, outlaw, yardbird*; concept 412 Ant. police felonious [adj] criminal base, corrupt, evil, illegal, illicit, lawbreaking, villainous, wrongful; concept 545 felony [n] crime arson, assault, burglary, criminal offense, foul play, murder, offense, rape, robbery, violation, wrongdoing; concept 192 female [adj] having the qualities or characteristics of a woman effeminate, fecund, feminine, fertile, maternal, muliebrous, womanish, womanly; concepts 371,408 Ant. male, masculine female [n] woman daughter, femme, gal, gentlewoman, girl, grandmother, lady, madam, matron, Miss/Mrs./Ms., mother, she, sister; concept 415 Ant. male, man femininity/feminine [n/adj] womanly effeminate, effete, fertile, gender, gynic, womanhood, womanish, womanliness; concepts 371,372,408,648 Ant. masculinity femme fatale [n] seductress attractive woman, dangerous woman, enchantress, enticing woman, siren, temptress, vamp; concepts 361,412,415 fence [n] barrier used to enclose a piece of land backstop, balustrade, bar, barbed wire, barricade, block, boards, chains, Cyclone, defense, dike, guard, hedge, net, paling, palisade, pickets, posts, rail, railing, rampart, roadblock, shield, stakes, stockade, stop, wall; concepts 260, 476,479 fence [v1] enclose or separate an area bound, cage, circumscribe, conne, coop, corral, defend, encircle, fortify, girdle, guard, hedge, hem, immure, mew, mure, pen, protect, rail, restrict, secure, surround, wall; concept 758 Ant. release, set free, uncoop fence [v2] dodge; beat around the bush avoid, bafe, cavil, duck, equivocate, evade, feint, foil, hedge, maneuver, outwit, parry, prevaricate, quibble, shift, shirk, sidestep, stonewall*, tergiversate; concepts 30,59 Ant. face, meet fend [v] defend bulwark, cover, dodge, guard, oppose, parry, protect, repel, resist, safeguard,

screen, secure, shield; concept 96 Ant. surrender, yield fender [n] piece protecting part of a vehicle apron, buffer, bumper, cover, curb, cushion, frame, guard, mask, mudguard*, protector, screen, shield, splashboard, ward; concept 502 fend for [v] take care of eke out existence*, look after, make do, make provision for, provide for, stay alive*, subsist, support, survive, sustain; concept 100 Ant. ignore, neglect fend off [v] keep at bay avert, avoid, beat off*, deect, drive back*, hold at bay*, keep at a distance, keep at arms length*, keep off, parry, rebuff, rebuke, rebut, refuse, reject, repel, repulse, resist, snub, spurn, stave off, turn aside, ward off; concept 96 Ant. let in feral [adj] untamed animal, brutal, ferocious, erce, raging, savage, tameless, uncultivated, undomesticated, wild; concepts 401,542 ferment [n1] substance causing chemicals to split into simpler substances bacteria, bacterium, barm, ebullition, enzyme, fermentation agent, leaven, leavening, mold, seethe, simmer, yeast; concept 478 ferment [n2] agitation, uprising ailment, brouhaha, clamor, commotion, convulsion, disquiet, disquietude, disruption, disturbance, excitement, fever, ap, frenzy, furor, fuss, heat, hell broke loose*, hubbub, imbroglio, outcry, restiveness, restlessness, row, rumble, scene, state of unrest, stew*, stink*, stir, storm, todo*, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, unrest, upheaval, uproar, upturn; concepts 106,674 Ant. calm, contentedness, happiness, peace, pleasure ferment [v] split into simpler substances; be agitated acidify, be violent, boil, brew, bubble, churn, concoct, dissolve, effervesce, evaporate, excite, fester, zz, foam, foment, froth, heat, incite, iname, leaven, moil, overow, provoke, ripen, rise, rouse, seethe, simmer, sour, sparkle, stir up, work; concepts 7,19,22,250 ferocious [adj] violent, barbaric barbarous, bloodthirsty, brutal, brutish, cruel, fell, feral, erce, frightful, grim, implacable, inhuman, inhumane, lupine, merciless, murderous, pitiless, predatory, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, relentless, ruthless, sanguinary, savage, tigerish, truculent, unmerciful, unrestrained, untamed, vehement, vicious, voracious, wild, wolsh; concepts 401,542 Ant. gentle, innocent, kind, mild, nonviolent, tame, tender ferocity [adj] erceness barbarity, bloodthirstiness, brutality, cruelty, ferociousness, murderousness, savagery, viciousness, violence, wildness; concepts 401,542 ferret out [v] trace, search out ascertain, be on to, bring to light*, chase, determine, dig up*, disclose, discover, drive out, elicit, extract, follow, get at*, hunt, learn, nose out*, penetrate, pick up on, pierce, probe, pry, pursue, quest, root out*, seek, smell out*, smoke out*, track down, trail, unearth; concepts 183,216 ferry [n] transportation boat barge, ferryboat, packet, packet boat, passage boat; concept 506 ferry [v] carry across bear, buck, carry, chauffeur, convey, lug*, move across, pack, run, schlepp*, send, ship, shuttle, tote*, transport; concepts 187,217

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fertile [adj] ready to bear, produce abundant, arable, bearing, black, bountiful, breeding, breedy, bringing forth, childing, fecund, feracious, owering, owing with milk and honey*, fruitful, generative, gravid, hebetic, loamy, lush, luxuriant, plenteous, plentiful, pregnant, procreant, producing, productive, proliferant, prolic, puberal, pubescent, rank, rich, spawning, teeming, uberous, vegetative, virile, with child*, yielding; concepts 372,485 Ant. barren, fruitless, impotent, infertile, sterile, unproductive, useless fertility [n] readiness to bear, produce abundance, copiousness, fecundity, feracity, fruitfulness, generative capacity, gravidity, luxuriance, plentifulness, potency, pregnancy, productiveness, productivity, prolicacy, prolicity, puberty, pubescence, richness, uberty, virility; concepts 372,723 Ant. aridity, childlessness, emptiness, infertility, sterility fertilize [v] make ready to bear, produce beget, breed, compost, cover, dress, enrich, fecundate, feed, fructify, generate, germinate, impregnate, inseminate, lime, make fruitful, make pregnant, manure, mulch, pollinate, procreate, propagate, top-dress, treat; concepts 257,374,375 fertilizer [n] dressing to aid production of crops buffalo chips*, compost, cow chips*, dung, guano, humus, manure, maul*, mulch, peat moss, plant food, potash, top dressing*; concepts 260,399,429 fervent/fervid [adj] enthusiastic, excited animated, ardent, blazing, burning, devout, dying to*, eager, earnest, ecstatic, emotional, enthused, falling all over oneself*, ery, glowing, go great guns*, heartfelt, hearty, hot*, hot-blooded*, impassioned, intense, passionate, perfervid, pious, religious, responsive, serious, sincere, unfeigned, vehement, warm, warmhearted, wholehearted, zealous; concepts 401,542 Ant. cool, discouraged, dispirited, impassive, uncaring, unenthusiastic, unexcited fervor [n] excitement, enthusiasm animation, ardency, ardor, devoutness, eagerness, earnestness, fervency, re*, heartiness, heat*, hurrah, intensity, jazz*, love, oomph*, passion, pep talk*, piety, piousness, religiousness, seriousness, sincerity, solemnity, vehemence, warmth, weakness, wholeheartedness, zeal, zealousness; concepts 633,657 Ant. apathy, coolness, discouragement fester [v] intensify; become inamed aggravate, blister, canker, chafe, decay, gall, gather, irk, maturate, putrefy, rankle, rot, smolder, suppurate, ulcer, ulcerate; concepts 469,698 Ant. dissipate, get better, heal, lessen festival [n] celebration anniversary, carnival, commemoration, competition, entertainment, fair, feast, festivities, fete, eld day, esta, gala, holiday, jubilee, merrymaking, treat; concept 377 festive [adj] decorated, celebratory blithe, bouncy, carnival, cheery, chipper*, chirpy, convivial, festal, gala, gay, gleeful, go-go*, grooving, happy, hearty, holiday, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, jubilant, juiced up*, jumping, lighthearted, merry, mirthful, peppy*, perky, rocking*, snappy*, swinging, upbeat,

zippy*; concepts 403,548 Ant. depressed, gloomy, somber, undecorated festivity [n] celebration, revelry amusement, bash*, blowout*, carousal*, clambake*, conviviality, do*, entertainment, festival, fun, fun and games*, gaiety, happiness, hilarity, hoopla, jamboree, jollity, joviality, joyfulness, levity, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, party, pleasure, revel, reveling, revelment, shindig*, sport, whoopee*, wingding*; concepts 377,383 festoon [v] decorate adorn, deck, drape, garnish, hang, trim, wreath; concepts 162,177 fetch [v] go get, bring in back, bear, be sold for, bring, bring back, bring to, buck, call for, carry, conduct, convey, deliver, draw forth, earn, elicit, escort, get, give rise to, go for, gun, heel, lead, lug*, make, obtain, pack, piggyback*, produce, realize, retrieve, ride, sell, sell for, schlepp*, shoulder*, tote, transport, truck*, yield; concepts 90,124,131 Ant. free, let go fetching [adj] alluring, attractive beautiful, captivating, charming, cute, enchanting, enticing, fascinating, intriguing, luring, pleasing, sweet, taking, tempting, winsome; concepts 537,579 Ant. repellent, repulsive, ugly, unalluring, unattractive fete [n] celebration, party ball, banquet, bazaar, do*, fair, festival, esta, gala; concept 377 fete [v] throw a party for someone celebrate, entertain, feast, festival, hold reception for, holiday, honor, lionize, make much of*, roll out the red carpet*, treat, wine and dine*; concept 384 fetid [adj] foul, rancid corrupt, fusty, grody*, gross*, icky*, loathsome, lousy, malodorous, mephitic, noisome, noxious, offensive, putrid, rank, reeking, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, smelly, stenchy, stinking, stinky, strong, yecchy*, yucky*; concept 598 Ant. aromatic, clean, fragrant, pure, sweet fetish [n1] obsession bias, craze*, desire, xation, golden calf*, ide xe, leaning, luck, mania, partiality, penchant, periapt, predilection, prejudice, preoccupation, prepossession, proclivity, propensity, stimulant, thing*; concepts 529,689 fetish [n2] object believed to have supernatural powers amulet, charm, cult object, idol, image, juju*, mascot, phylactery, superstition, talisman, voodoo doll*, zemi; concepts 446,687 fetter [v] tie up, hold bind, chain, check, clog, conne, cuff, curb, drag feet, encumber, hamper, hamstring*, handcuff, hang up, hinder, hobble, hog-tie*, hold captive, leash, manacle, put straitjacket on*, repress, restrain, restrict, shackle, throw monkey wrench in*, trammel; concepts 130,191 Ant. free, let go, loose, loosen, release fetters [n] bindings; bondage bilboes, bonds, captivity, chains, check, cuffs, curb, handcuffs, hindrance, irons, manacles, obstruction, restraint, shackles, trammels; concepts 130,191 fettle [n] spirits condition, emotional state, mental state, order, shape, sound condition, state of mind; concepts 407,411 fetus [n] unborn young blastosphere, blastula, developing infant, embryo, fertilized egg; concepts 414,424 feud [n] major argument; estrangement altercation, bad blood*, bickering, broil*, combat,

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conict, contention, contest, controversy, disagreement, discord, dispute, dissension, enmity, faction, falling out*, ght, fracas, grudge, hostility, quarrel, rivalry, row, run-in*, squabble, strife, vendetta; concepts 46,106,388 Ant. agreement, comradeship, friendship feud [v] ght bitterly; fall out be at daggers with*, be at odds*, bicker, brawl, clash, contend, dispute, duel, quarrel, row, squabble, war; concepts 46,106 Ant. agree, make peace, socialize fever [n] state of high temperature or agitation burning up*, delirium, ecstasy, excitement, febrile disease, ferment, fervor, re, ush, frenzy, heat, intensity, passion, pyrexia, restlessness, running a temperature*, the shakes*, turmoil, unrest; concepts 410,610 Ant. chill, coldness, freeze, frigidity feverish [adj1] having a high temperature above normal*, aguey, burning, burning up*, febrile, fevered, ery, ushed, having the shakes*, hectic, hot, inamed, on re, pyretic, running a temperature*; concept 605 Ant. chilled, chilly, cold, freezing feverish [adj2] excited, agitated burning, distracted, fervid, fevered, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, furious, heated, hectic, high-strung*, impatient, keyed up*, nervous, obsessive, overwrought, passionate, restless; concept 401 Ant. calm, collected, content, cool, easy-going, unexcited few [adj] hardly any exiguous, few and far between*, imperceptible, inconsequential, inconsiderable, infrequent, insufcient, lean, less, meager, middling, minor, minority, minute, negligible, not many, not too many*, occasional, paltry, petty, piddling, rare, scant, scanty, scarce, scarcely any, scattered, scattering, seldom, semioccasional, short, skimpy, slender, slight, slim, some, sparse, sporadic, stingy, straggling, thin, triing, uncommon, unfrequent, widely spaced; concepts 771,789 Ant. many, much few [pron] scarcely any not many, not too many*, scattering, several, slim pickings*, small number, smatter, smattering, some, spattering, sprinkling; concept 787 Ant. many, much anc/ance [n] person engaged to marry afanced person, betrothed, engaged person, future*, husband-to-be, intended, prospective spouse, steady*, wife-to-be; concepts 414,423 asco [n] catastrophe abortion, blunder, botched situation, breakdown, debacle, disaster, dumb thing to do*, dumb trick*, embarrassment, error, failure, farce, ap, op, mess, miscarriage, route, ruin, screwup*, stunt, washout*; concept 674 Ant. advantage, benet, blessing, boon, miracle, success, wonder at [n] order, proclamation authorization, command, decree, dictate, dictum, edict, endorsement, mandate, ordinance, permission, precept, sanction, ukase, warrant; concept 685 Ant. question, request b [n] undetailed lie canard, crock*, equivocation, evasiveness, fabrication, fairy tale*, falsehood, falsity, ction, invention, jazz*, line*, mendacity, misrepresentation, prevarication, spinach*, story, tale, untruth, untruthfulness,

white lie*, whopper*, yarn*; concepts 278,282 Ant. truth b [v] tell an undetailed lie concoct, create ction, equivocate, fabricate, falsify, invent, jive*, make up, palter, plant, prevaricate, promote, shovel*, speak with forked tongue*, stretch the truth*, tell a little white lie*, trump up*; concept 63 Ant. be honest, tell truth ber [n1] strand of material cilia, cord, bril, lament, footlet, grain, grit, hair, shred, staple, string, strip, tendril, thread, tissue, tooth, vein, warp, web, woof; concepts 392,428,611,831 ber [n2] texture essence, fabric, feel, hand, nap, nature, pile, spirit, substance; concepts 411,682 brous [adj] stringy coarse, broid, hairy, muscular, pulpy, ropy, sinewy, stalky, threadlike, tissued, veined, wiry, woody; concept 606 Ant. nonbrous ckle [adj] vacillating, blowing hot and cold arbitrary, capricious, changeable, cheating, coquettish, double-crossing, faithless, tful, ighty, frivolous, inconstant, irresolute, lubricious, mercurial, mutable, quicksilver, sneaking, temperamental, ticklish, two-timing, unfaithful, unpredictable, unstable, unsteady, untrue, variable, volatile, whimsical, yo-yo*; concepts 401,534,545 Ant. aware, cognizant, constant, faithful, reliable, stable, steady ction [n] made-up story anecdote, best seller, book, cliff-hanger*, clothesline*, concoction, crock*, drama, fable, fabrication, falsehood, fancy, fantasy, b, gment of imagination*, sh story*, hooey*, imagination, improvisation, invention, legend, lie, misrepresentation, myth, narrative, novel, potboiler*, prevarication, romance, smoke*, storytelling, tale, tall story*, terminological inexactitude, untruth, whopper*, work of imagination, yarn*; concepts 63,271,280,282 Ant. non-ction, truth ctitious [adj] untrue, made-up apocryphal, articial, assumed, bogus*, chimerical, concocted, cooked-up*, counterfeit, created, deceptive, delusive, delusory, dishonest, ersatz*, fabricated, factitious, fake, faked, false, fanciful, fantastic, fashioned, feigned, ctional, ctive, gmental, hyped up*, illusory, imaginary, imagined, improvised, invented, made, makebelieve, misleading, mock, mythical, phony, queer, romantic, sham*, simulated, spurious, suppositious, supposititious, synthetic, trumped-up*, unreal; concepts 267,582 Ant. actual, certain, conrmed, factual, genuine, proven, real, sincere, sure, true, truthful ddle [v] mess with, tinker dabble, doodle, feel, dget, nger, fool, handle, interfere, mess, mess around*, monkey*, play, potter, puddle, putter, tamper, touch, toy, trie, twiddle; concepts 87,291 delity [n1] faithfulness in a relationship allegiance, ardor, attachment, constancy, dependability, devotedness, devotion, faith, fealty, integrity, loyalty, piety, reliability, staunchness, steadfastness, true-heartedness, trustworthiness; concepts 32,388 Ant. disloyalty, faithlessness, indelity, lying, treachery delity [n2] conformity to a standard accuracy, adherence, adhesion, attachment, closeness,

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constancy, correspondence, exactitude, exactness, faithfulness, loyalty, naturalism, preciseness, precision, realism, scrupulousness, verism; concept 636 Ant. inconstancy, nonconformity, unsteadiness, vacillation, wavering dget [v] move restlessly be antsy*, be hyper*, be nervous, be on pins and needles*, be spooked*, be wired*, bustle, chafe, ddle, fret, fuss, hitch, jiggle, jitter, joggle, jump, play, squirm, stir, toss, trie, twiddle, twitch, wiggle, worry; concept 147 Ant. be still, relax, rest dgety [adj] restlessly moving antsy*, apprehensive, high-strung*, hyper*, impatient, jerky, jittery, jumpy, nervous, nervous wreck*, nervy, on edge*, on pins and needles*, restive, restless, spooked*, spooky*, twitchy, uneasy, unrestful, up the wall*, wired*; concept 401 Ant. quiet, relaxed, restful, resting, still, unmoving eld [n1] open land that can be cultivated acreage, cropland, enclosure, farmland, garden, glebe, grassland, green, ground, lea, mead, meadow, moorland, pasture, patch, plot, ranchland, range, terrain, territory, tillage, tract, vineyard; concepts 509,517 eld [n2] persons taking part in competition applicants, candidates, competition, competitors, contestants, entrants, entries, nominees, participants, possibilities, runners; concepts 325,365,417 eld [n3] sphere of inuence, activity, interest, study area, avocation, bailiwick, bounds, calling, champaign, circle, compass, connes, cup of tea*, demesne, department, discipline, domain, dominion, environment, job, jurisdiction, limits, line, long suit*, margin, mtier, occupation, orbit, precinct, province, purview, racket, range, reach, region, scope, speciality, specialty, sweep, terrain, territory, thing, vocation, walk, weakness, work; concept 349 eld [n4] arena with special use, as athletics amphitheater, battleeld, circuit, course, court, diamond, fairground, golf course, green, gridiron, grounds, landing strip, lot, park, playground, playing area, racecourse, race track, range, rink, stadium, terrain, theater, track, turf; concepts 364,438,449 eld [v] catch a hit or thrown object cover, deal with, deect, handle, hold, occupy, patrol, pick up, play, retrieve, return, stop, turn aside; concept 164 eld trip [n] outing day trip, excursion, expedition, school outing, school trip; concepts 224,386 end [n1] dastardly person barbarian, beast, brute, degenerate, demon, devil, diablo*, evil spirit, hellion, imp, little devil*, Mephistopheles, monster, ogre, Satan, savage, serpent, troll; concept 412 Ant. angel, friend end [n2] person overenthusiastic about interest addict, acionado, bigot, devotee, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, freak, maniac, monomaniac, nut*, votarist, votary, zealot; concept 423 endish [adj] diabolical atrocious, beastly, brutish, cruel, demonic, demonical, devilish, diabolic, evil, hellish, inhuman, malicious, nefarious, sadistic, satanic, savage, vicious, wicked; concept 545 erce [adj] violent, menacing angry, animal,

ape, awful, barbarous, bloodthirsty, blustery, boisterous, bold, brutal, brutish, cruel, cutthroat*, dangerous, enraged, fell, feral, ferocious, ery, ipped*, frightening, furious, horrible, howling, impetuous, infuriated, intense, malevolent, malign, murderous, passionate, powerful, primitive, raging, raving, relentless, savage, stormy, strong, tempestuous, terrible, threatening, tigerish, truculent, tumultous/tumultuous, uncontrollable, untamed, vehement, venomous, vicious, wild; concepts 525,537,540 Ant. calm, gentle, kind, meek, nonviolent, peaceful, tame, tender, unthreatening ercely [adv] violently, menacingly angrily, awfully, boldly, brutally, ferociously, forcefully, forcibly, frantically, frenziedly, frighteningly, furiously, hard, horribly, impetuously, in a frenzy, irresistibly, like cats and dogs*, madly, maleciently, malevolently, malignly, mightily, monstrous, no holds barred*, passionately, riotously, roughly, savagely, severely, stormily, tempestuously, terribly, threateningly, tigerishly, tooth and nail*, turbulently, uncontrollably, vehemently, venomously, viciously, wildly, with bared teeth*; concepts 525,537,540 Ant. gently, kindly, mildly, quietly, tamely ery [adj] passionate; on re ablaze, are, aame, agitable, alight, blazing, burning, choleric, combustible, conagrant, enthusiastic, excitable, febrile, fervid, fevered, feverish, erce, aming, aring, ickering, ushed, glowing, heated, hot, hot-blooded, hot-headed*, hot-tempered*, igneous, ignited, impassioned, impetuous, impulsive, inamed, in ames, intense, irascible, irritable, madcap, peppery, perfervid, precipitate, red-hot*, spirited, unrestrained, vehement, violent; concepts 401,542,605 Ant. cold, cool, dull, at, impassive, subdued esta [n] day of rest; religious celebration carnival, feast, festival, holiday, holy day, saints day, vacation; concepts 377,386 ght [n1] physical encounter action, affray, altercation, argument, battle, battle royal*, bout, brawl, broil, brush, clash, combat, conict, confrontation, contention, contest, controversy, difculty, disagreement, dispute, dissension, dogght, duel, engagement, exchange, feud, sticuffs*, fracas, fray, freefor-all*, fuss, hostility, joust, match, melee, quarrel, riot, rivalry, round, row, ruckus, rumble, scrap*, scrimmage, scufe, set-to*, skirmish, sparring match, strife, struggle, tiff, to-do*, tussle, war, wrangling; concept 106 Ant. peace ght [n2] courage, will to resist aggression, aggressiveness, attack, backbone, belligerence, boldness, combativeness, gameness, hardihood, mettle, militancy, pluck, pugnacity, resistance, spirit; concept 411 ght [v1] engage in physical encounter altercate, assault, attack, bandy with*, battle, bear arms, bicker, box, brawl, brush with*, buck, carry on war, challenge, clash, contend, cross swords, dispute, do battle, duel, exchange blows, feud, are up, go to war, grapple, joust, meet, mix it up*, oppugn, ply weapons, protect, quarrel, repel, resist, rowdy, scrap, scufe, skirmish, spar, strive, struggle, take all comers*,

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take the eld*, take up the gauntlet*, tiff*, tilt*, traverse, tug, tussle, wage war, war, withstand, wrangle, wrestle; concept 106 Ant. agree, make peace, surrender, yield ght [v2] oppose action, belief argue, bicker, buck*, buckle down*, carry on, combat, conduct, contest, continue, defy, dispute, effect, endure, engage in, exert oneself, fall out, force, further, hammer away*, hassle, lay into*, light into*, maintain, make a stand against*, oppose, persevere, persist, prosecute, push forward, put up an argument*, repel, resist, row, spare no effort*, squabble, stand up to*, strive, struggle, support, take on, take pains*, tangle with, toil on, travail, traverse, uphold, wage, withstand, wrangle; concepts 46,100,384 Ant. agree, believe, support, uphold ght back/ght off [v] defend oneself beat off*, bottle up*, check, contain, control, curb, fend off, hold at bay*, hold back, keep at bay*, oppose, put up ght, repel, reply, repress, repulse, resist, restrain, retaliate, stave off, ward off; concepts 96,106 Ant. give in, give up, surrender, yield ghter [n] person engaged in hostile encounter aggressor, antagonist, assailant, battler, belligerent, boxer, brawler, bruiser*, bully, champion, combatant, competitor, contender, contestant, disputant, duelist, GI, gladiator, heavy*, jouster, mercenary, militant, opponent, person-at-arms, pugilist, punching bag*, rival, scrapper, serviceperson, slugger, soldier, tanker*, warrior, wildcat*; concepts 358,366, 412 Ant. peacemaker ghting [adj] aggressive, warlike angry, argumentative, battling, bellicose, belligerent, boxing, brawling, combative, contending, contentious, determined, disputatious, disputative, fencing, ferocious, hawkish, hostile, jingoistic, jousting, martial, militant, militaristic, pugnacious, quarrelsome, ready to ght, resolute, scrappy, skirmishing, sparring, tilting, truculent, unbeatable, under arms*, up in arms*, warmongering, wrestling; concept 401 Ant. peaceloving ghting [n] battle, encounter argument, battle royal*, beef*, bloodshed, blowup, bout, brannigan, brawling, brush, combat, conict, contention, dispute, donnybrook*, exchange, ap*, fracas, free-for-all*, go, hassle, hell broke loose*, hostility, joust, match, melee, mix, punch out*, riot, roughhouse*, row, rowdy, rumble, rumpus, run-in*, scramble, scrap*, scrimmage, scufe, set-to*, spat, strife, struggle, tiff, war, warfare, words, wrangle; concept 106 Ant. ceasere, peace, surrender gment [n] creation in ones mind bubble*, castle in the air*, chimera, daydream, dream, fable, fabrication, falsehood, fancy, fantasy, ction, illusion, improvisation, invention, lie, nightmare, production; concept 529 Ant. reality gurative [adj] not literal, but symbolic allegorical, denotative, descriptive, emblematic, emblematical, fanciful, orid, owery, illustrative, metaphoric, metaphorical, ornate, pictorial, poetical, representative, signifying, typical; concepts 267,582 Ant. literal, real, straightforward

gure [n1] numeral; numeric value amount, character, chiffer, cipher, cost, digit, integer, number, price, quotation, rate, sum, symbol, terms, total, worth; concepts 784,787 Ant. letter gure [n2] form, shape; physical structure anatomy, appearance, attitude, bod*, body, build, carriage, cast, chassis*, conguration, conformation, constitution, delineation, development, frame, mass, measurements, outline, physique, pose, posture, proportions, shadow, silhouette, substance, torso; concepts 733,754,757 gure [n3] object with design; depiction cast, composition, decoration, device, diagram, drawing, efgy, embellishment, emblem, illustration, image, model, mold, motif, motive, ornamentation, pattern, piece, portrait, representation, sketch, statue; concepts 259,625 gure [n4] famous person celebrity, character, dignitary, force, leader, notability, notable, personage, personality, presence, somebody, worthy; concepts 354,423 Ant. commoner gure [v1] calculate, compute add, cast, cipher, count, count heads*, count noses*, cut ice*, dope out*, enumerate, estimate, x a price, foot*, guess, keep tabs*, number, reckon, run down, sum, summate, take account of, tally, tot*, total, totalize, tote*, tot up*, work out; concepts 197,764 Ant. estimate, guess gure [v2] understand; decide, infer catch on to, cipher, clear up, comprehend, conclude, crack, decipher, decode, determine, discover, disentangle, dope out*, fathom, follow, get*, make heads or tails of*, make out*, master, opine, puzzle out, reason, resolve, rule, see, settle, solve, suppose, think, think out, unfold, unravel, unriddle, unscramble, untangle; concepts 15,18,37 gurehead [n] person who is leader in name only cipher, front*, mouthpiece*, nominal head, nonentity, nothing, puppet*, straw boss*, straw person, titular head, token; concepts 354,423 gure in [v] contribute to act, appear, be conspicuous, be featured, be included, be mentioned, have a place in, play a part*; concept 112 gure of speech [n] communication that is not meant literally; stylistic device adumbration, allegory, alliteration, allusion, analogue, anaphora, anticlimax, antistrophe, antithesis, aposiopesis, apostrophe, asyndeton, bathos, comparison, conceit, echoism, ellipsis, euphemism, euphuism, exaggeration, hyperbole, image, imagery, irony, litotes, metaphor, metonymy, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, parable, paradox, parallel, personication, proteron, rhetoric, satire, simile, synecdoche, trope, tropology, turn of phrase, understatement; concepts 275,278 lch [v] steal cop*, crib*, embezzle, hustle*, lift*, misappropriate, pilfer*, pinch*, purloin, rip off*, rob, scrounge, sneak, snipe, snitch*, swipe, take, thieve, walk off with*; concepts 139,142 Ant. contribute, give le [n1] system of order, placement for ease of use book, cabinet, case, census, charts, circular le*, data, directory, docket, documents, dossier, folder, index, information, list,

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notebook, pigeonhole*, portfolio, record, register, repository; concepts 271,770 le [n2] line, queue column, echelon, list, parade, rank, row, string, tier, troop; concept 727 le [v1] put in place, order alphabetize, arrange, catalog, catalogue, categorize, classify, deposit, docket, document, enter, index, list, pigeonhole*, record, register, slot, tabulate; concepts 84,158 Ant. disarrange, disorder le [v2] rub down, grind abrade, burnish, erode, nish, furbish, grate, level, polish, rasp, raze, rene, scrape, shape, sharpen, smooth; concepts 137,186,215,250 libuster [n] obstruction of progress, especially in verbal argument delay, hindrance, holding the oor*, interference, opposition, postponement, procrastination, stonewalling*, talkathon*; concept 298 Ant. catalyst, impetus, incentive, progression ligree [n] ornamental art fretwork, interlace, lacework, lattice, ornamentation, tracery; concept 473 ll [n] capacity all one wants, ample, enough, ller, padding, plenty, satiety, stufng, sufciency, sufcient; concepts 719,736,794 Ant. emptiness ll [v1] to put in and occupy the whole of block, blow up, brim over, bulge out, charge, choke, clog, close, congest, cram, crowd, distend, fulll, furnish, glut, gorge, heap, impregnate, inate, jam-pack, lade, load, meet, overow, overspread, pack, pack like sardines*, permeate, pervade, plug, puff up*, pump up, ram, ram in*, replenish, sate, satiate, satisfy, saturate, shoal, stock, stopper*, store, stretch, stuff, supply, swell, take up, top, top off*; concepts 107,209 Ant. deplete, drain, empty, exhaust, spend, take, use, void ll [v2] execute, fulll answer, assign, carry out, discharge, dispatch, distribute, elect, engage, x, hold, meet, name, occupy, ofciate, perform, satisfy, take up; concept 91 ll in [v1] answer in writing advise, apprise, clue, complete, ll out, inform, insert, notify, post, sign, tell, warn, write in; concepts 45,79 Ant. leave blank ll in [v2] act as substitute deputize, insinuate, interject, interpose, replace, represent, stand in, substract, take the place of, understudy; concept 128 lling/ller [n] something that takes up capacity batting, bushing, cartridge, center, content, contents, cylinder, dressing, ll, guts*, impletion, inlay, innards, inside, layer, liner, mixture, pack, packing, pad, padding, rell, replenishment, shim, stufng, wad, wadding; concepts 826,830 Ant. emptiness lm [n1] coating, tissue; mist blur, brume, cloud, coat, covering, dusting, fabric, foil, fold, gauze, haze, haziness, integument, layer, leaf, membrane, mistiness, nebula, obscuration, opacity, partition, pellicle, scum*, sheet, skin, transparency, veil, web; concepts 478,524 lm [n2] movie cinema, dailies*, ick*, footage, motion picture, moving picture, photoplay, picture, picture show, rushes, show, silent*, talkie*; concept 293 lm [v] take photographs photograph, put in the can*, record, roll, shoot, take; concept 173

lmy [adj1] nespun, fragile chiffon, cobwebby*, dainty, delicate, diaphanous, ne, ne-grained, imsy, oaty, gauzy, gossamer, insubstantial, see-through*, sheer, tiffany, transparent, wispy; concept 606 Ant. nontransparent, opaque, substantial lmy [adj2] covered with mist; blurry bleary, blurred, cloudy, dim, hazy, membranous, milky, misty, opalescent, opaque, pearly; concepts 525,603 Ant. clean, clear, see-through, translucent, transparent lter [v] separate to rene; seep through clarify, clean, distill, drain, dribble, escape, exude, ltrate, leak, metastasize, ooze, osmose, penetrate, percolate, permeate, purify, rene, screen, sieve, sift, soak through, strain, trickle, winnow; concepts 135,165 Ant. collect, combine lth [n] dirt, pollution carrion, contamination, corruption, crud*, delement, dregs, dung, excrement, feces, feculence, lthiness, foul matter, foulness, garbage, grime, impurity, manure, mire, muck, mud, nastiness, ordure, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, refuse, rottenness, sediment, sewage, silt, sleaze, slime, slop, sludge, slush, smut, trash, uncleanness; concepts 260,674 Ant. cleanliness, purity, sterility lthy [adj1] dirty, polluted begrimed, black, blackened, cruddy*, crummy*, disheveled, fecal, feculent, foul, grimy*, gross*, grubby*, grungy*, impure, loathsome, miry, mucky*, muddy, nasty, obscene, offensive, putrid, repulsive, revolting, scummy, sleazy, slimy, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly, smoky, soiled, soily, sooty, squalid, unclean, uncleanly, unkempt, unwashed, verminous, vile, yecchy*; concepts 485,570 Ant. clean, pure, sterile, unpolluted lthy [adj2] vulgar, obscene base, bawdy, blue*, coarse, contemptible, corrupt, depraved, despicable, dirty-minded*, foul, foul-mouthed, impure, indecent, lewd, licentious, low, mean, nasty, offensive, pornographic, raunchy, scatological, scurvy, smutty, suggestive, vicious, vile; concepts 267,545 Ant. chaste, clean, decent, pure nagle [v] maneuver cheat, contrive, deceive, manipulate, plot, scheme, swindle, trick, wheel and deal*; concepts 36,59 nal [adj1] ending, last closing, concluding, crowning, end, eventual, nishing, hindmost, lag, last-minute, latest, latter, supreme, terminal, terminating, ultimate; concepts 531,820 Ant. beginning, commencing, rst, opening, starting nal [adj2] conclusive, denitive absolute, decided, decisive, denite, determinate, determinative, nished, incontrovertible, irrefutable, irrevocable, settled, unanswerable, unappealable; concept 535 Ant. continuing, inconclusive, interim, introductory, persistent, temporary nale [n] ending of an event afterpiece, blowoff*, button*, cessation, chaser*, climax, close, closer*, conclusion, consummation, crowning glory*, culmination, denouement, end, end piece, epilogue, nis, nish, last act, payoff*, peroration, summation, swan song*, termination, windup*; concept 832 Ant. beginning, debut, rst act, opening, start

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nality [n] deniteness, conclusiveness certitude, completeness, decidedness, decisiveness, entirety, nish, inevitableness, intactness, integrity, irrevocability, perfection, resolution, terminality, totality, unavoidability, wholeness; concepts 635,638,832 Ant. continuity, inconclusiveness, indeniteness nalize [v] nish, complete action agree, clinch*, conclude, consummate, decide, settle, sew up*, tie up*, work out, wrap up; concept 91 Ant. begin, introduce, open, start nally [adv1] beyond any doubt assuredly, beyond recall*, beyond shadow of doubt*, certainly, completely, conclusively, convincingly, decisively, denitely, determinately, done with, enduringly, for all time*, for ever, for good*, in conclusion, inescapably, inexorably, irrevocably, lastly, once and for all*, past regret*, permanently, settled, with conviction; concept 535 Ant. doubtfully, dubiously, inconclusively nally [adv2] in the end; after period of time after all, after a while, already, as a sequel, at last, at length, at long last*, at the end, at the last moment, belatedly, despite delay*, eventually, in conclusion, in spite of all*, in the eleventh hour*, in the long run*, lastly, someday, sometime, sooner or later*, subsequently, tardily, ultimately, yet; concept 799 nance [n] economic affairs accounts, banking, business, commerce, economics, nancial affairs, investment, money, money management; concepts 360,770 nance [v] offer loan money; set up in business back, bank, bankroll, capitalize, endow, oat*, fund, go for*, grubstake*, guarantee, juice*, lay on one*, loan shark*, patronize, pay for, pick up the check*, pick up the tab*, prime the pump*, promote, provide funds, provide security, put up money, raise dough*, sponsor, stake, subsidize, support, underwrite; concepts 108,115,341 Ant. call in, take nances [n] person or corporations money, property affairs, assets, balance sheet, budget, capital, cash, condition, funds, net, net worth, resources, revenue, wealth, wherewithal, worth; concepts 340,710 nancial [adj] having to do with money banking, budgeting, business, commercial, economic, scal, monetary, numbers*, numeric, pecuniary, pocket; concept 334 nancier [n] person who lends money, advises backer, banker, bankroller, broker, businessperson, capitalist, entrepreneur, fat cat*, grubstaker*, manipulator*, merchant, money, moneybags*, money lender, operator*, person who writes the checks*, rich person, Santa Claus*, speculator, sponsor, staker, stockbroker, tycoon, usurer; concepts 347,348,353 nancing [n] money for operating expenses costs, expenditure, funding, loan, matching funds, outgo, outlay, payment; concepts 340,344 nd [n] discovery acquisition, asset, bargain, boast, bonanza, catch, gem, good buy, jewel, one in a million*, pride, treasure, treasure trove; concepts 337,712 Ant. loss nd [v1] catch sight of, lay hands on arrive at, bring to light*, bump into*, chance upon, collar*, come across, come upon, come up with*,

corral, descry, detect, dig up*, discern, discover, distinguish, encounter, espy, expose, fall in with*, ferret out, happen upon*, hit upon*, identify, lay ngers on, light upon*, locate, make out, meet, notice, observe, perceive, pinpoint, recognize, recover, run across, run into, scare up*, sight, smoke out*, spot, strike, stumble upon, track down, trip on*, turn up*, uncover, unearth; concept 183 Ant. fail, lose, miss, pass by nd [v2] achieve, win acquire, attain, be ones lot*, earn, fall to the lot*, gain, get, meet, meet with, obtain, procure; concepts 124,706 Ant. fail, fall short, forfeit, lose nding [n] judgment, verdict award, conclusion, data, decision, decree, discovery, pronouncement, recommendation, sentence; concept 685 nd out [v] discover, learn ascertain, catch, catch on, detect, determine, disclose, divine, expose, hear, identify, note, observe, perceive, realize, reveal, see, uncover, unearth, unmask; concepts 31,183 Ant. conceal, cover, hide ne [adj1] excellent, masterly accomplished, aces*, admirable, attractive, beautiful, capital, choice, cool*, crack*, dandy*, elegant, enjoyable, exceptional, expensive, exquisite, fashionable, rst-class, rst-rate, rst-string, ve-star*, gilt-edged*, gnarly*, good-looking, great, handsome, lovely, magnicent, mean, neat*, not too shabby*, ornate, outstanding, pleasant, rare, rened, select, showy, skillful, smart, solid, splendid, striking, subtle, superior, supreme, top, top-notch, unreal*, well-made, wicked*; concepts 528,574,579 Ant. bad, poor ne [adj2] cloudless, sunny balmy, bright, clarion, clear, clement, dry, fair, pleasant, rainless, undarkened; concept 525 Ant. cloudy, dark, rainy, stormy ne [adj3] dainty, delicate; sheer diaphanous, ethereal, exquisite, lmy, ne-drawn, negrained, ne-spun, imsy, fragile, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, granular, impalpable, light, lightweight, little, loose, minute, porous, powdered, powdery, pulverized, quality, slender, small, thin, threadlike, transparent; concepts 491,606 Ant. coarse, rough, thick ne [adj4] discriminating, exact abstruse, acute, clear, critical, cryptic, delicate, distinct, enigmatic, esoteric, fastidious, ne-spun, hairline, hairsplitting, intelligent, keen, minute, nice, obscure, petty, precise, pure, quick, recondite, rened, sensitive, sharp, sterling, strict, subtle, tasteful, tenuous, triing, unadulterated, unpolluted; concept 557 Ant. awkward, crude, uncouth, undiscriminating, unrened ne [n] penalty in money amends, amercement, assessment, damages, forfeit, mulct, punishment, reparation, rip; concept 123 Ant. amends, award, compensation, reimbursement, reward ne [v] penalize in monetary way alienate, amerce, conscate, dock*, exact, extort, hit with*, levy, make pay, mulct, pay through the nose*, punish, sconce, seize, sequestrate, slap with*, tax, throw book at*; concepts 122,342 Ant. award, compensate, reimburse, reward nery [n] best clothing apparel, bib and tucker*, caparison, decoration, fancy dress, formals,

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frippery*, full dress, gear, regalia, splendor, suit, Sunday best* trappings, trimmings, trinkets; concept 451 Ant. rags nesse [n] know-how, maneuver acumen, adeptness, adroitness, artfulness, artice, big stick*, bluff, cleverness, competence, con, craft, craftiness, cunning, delicacy, diplomacy, discernment, discretion, feint, gimmick, grift, guile, polish, quickness, racket*, run-around*, ruse, savoir-faire, savvy, skill, sophistication, stratagem, subtlety, tact, trick, wile; concepts 409,657 Ant. ignorance nesse [v] maneuver, manipulate angle, beguile, bluff, exploit, nagle*, jockey*, operate, play, play games*, pull strings*, pull wires*, rig*, wangle; concepts 36,59 Ant. bobble, mishandle ne-tune [v] make small adjustments adjust, calibrate, make improvements, set, tune up, tweak; concepts 202,212 nger [n] appendage of hand antenna*, claw, digit, extremity, feeler*, hook*, pinky*, pointer*, ring nger, tactile member, tentacle*, thumb; concept 392 nger [v1] touch lightly feel, ddle, grope, handle, manipulate, maul, meddle, palpate, paw, play with, thumb, toy with; concept 612 Ant. manhandle nger [v2] choose, designate appoint, determine, identify, indicate, locate, make, name, nominate, pin down*, point out, specify, tap; concept 41 Ant. ignore, pass over nicky [adj] overparticular choosy, critical, dainty, difcult, fastidious, nical, nicking, fussbudget*, fussy, hard to please, nice, nit-picking, overnice, persnickety*, picky, scrupulous, squeamish, stickling; concepts 401,404,556 Ant. easy, open, uncritical nish [n1] conclusion; completion accomplishment, achievement, acquirement, acquisition, annihilation, attainment, cease, cessation, close, closing, culmination, curtain*, curtains*, death, defeat, denouement, desistance, end, ending, end of the line*, end of the road*, nale, nis, last, last stage, ruin, stop, termination, terminus, winding-up*, wind-up, wrap, wrap-up*; concepts 119,832 Ant. beginning, commencement, initiation, introduction, start nish [n2] coating; perfecting appearance, beauty, burnish, cultivation, culture, elaboration, glaze, grace, grain, lacquer, luster, patina, perfection, polish, renement, shine, smoothness, surface, texture, veneer; concepts 611, 655 nish [v1] bring to a conclusion; get done accomplish, achieve, bag it*, break up, bring to a close, carry through, cease, clinch, close, complete, conclude, crown*, culminate, deal with, determine, discharge, do, effect, end, execute, nalize, fold, fulll, get out of the way*, halt, hang it up*, have done with*, make, make short work of*, mop up*, perfect, put nishing touches on*, round off*, round up*, scratch, scrub, settle, sew up*, shut down, shutter*, stop, terminate, top off*, ultimate, wind up*, wrap, wrap up*; concepts 91,234 Ant. begin, commence, initiate, introduce, start nish [v2] consume, use up deplete, devour, dispatch, dispose of, drain, drink, eat, empty,

exhaust, expend, go, run through*, spend, use, wash up*; concepts 169,225 Ant. keep, maintain, save, store nish [v3] defeat; kill annihilate, assassinate, best*, bring down*, carry off*, destroy, dispatch, dispose of, do in*, down, execute, exterminate, get rid of*, liquidate, overcome, overpower, put an end to, put away*, rout, rub out*, ruin, slaughter, slay, take off*, take out*, vaporize, worst*; concepts 95,252 Ant. bear, create nish [v4] put a coating on; perfect coat, develop, elaborate, face, gild, lacquer, polish, rene, smooth, stain, texture, veneer, wax; concepts 172,202 nished [adj1] cultivated, rened accomplished, all-around, classic, consummate, cultured, elegant, expert, exquisite, awless, impeccable, many-sided, masterly, perfected, polished, professional, procient, skilled, smooth, suave, urbane, versatile; concepts 404,528 Ant. crude, uncultivated, unnished, unrened, unsophisticated nished [adj2] complete, done accomplished, achieved, brought about, ceased, closed, come to an end, compassed, concluded, consummated, decided, discharged, dispatched, disposed of, done for, done with, effected, effectuated, elaborated, ended, entire, executed, nal, nalized, fullled, full, in the past, lapsed, made, over, over and done*, perfected, performed, put into effect*, realized, resolved, satised, settled, sewn up*, shut, stopped, terminated, through, tied up*, worked out*, wound up*, wrapped up*; concepts 528,531 Ant. crude, incomplete, unnished nished [adj3] consumed, used up bankrupt, devastated, done, done for*, done in*, drained, empty, exhausted, gone, liquidated, lost, played out*, ruined, spent, through, undone, washed up*, wiped out*, wrecked*; concepts 334,560 Ant. held, kept, saved, stored nite [adj] subject to limitations bound, bounded, circumscribed, conditioned, conned, denable, denite, delimited, demarcated, determinate, exact, xed, limited, precise, restricted, specic, terminable; concepts 535,554 Ant. endless, innite, interminable, unlimited, unrestricted nk [n] informer canary*, narc, nark, rat*, scab, snake*, snitch, squealer, stoolie, stool pigeon, tattletale, tipster, weasel, whistleblower; concepts 412,423 re [n1] burning blaze, bonre, campre, charring, coals, combustion, conagration, devouring, element, embers, ame and smoke, ames, are, glow, hearth, heat, holocaust, hot spot*, incandescence, inferno, luminosity, oxidation, phlogiston, pyre, rapid oxidation, scintillation, scorching, sea of ames*, searing, sparks, tinder, up in smoke*, warmth; concepts 478,521 re [n2] barrage of projectiles attack, bombarding, bombardment, bombing, cannonade, cannonading, crossre, explosion, fusillade, hail, round, salvo, shelling, sniping, volley; concepts 86,320 re [n3] animation, vigor ardor, brio, calenture, dash, drive, eagerness, lan, energy, enthusiasm, excitement, exhilaration, fervency, fervor,

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force, ginger*, gusto, heartiness, heat, impetuosity, intensity, life, light, liveliness, luster, passion, pep*, punch*, radiance, red heat*, scintillation, snap*, sparkle, spirit, splendor, starch, verve, vim, virtuosity, vivacity, white heat*, zeal, zing, zip; concept 411 Ant. apathy, dullness, lethargy, spiritlessness re [v1] cause to burn enkindle, ignite, kindle, light, put a match to*, set ablaze, set aame, set alight, set re to, set on re, start a re, touch off*; concept 249 re [v2] detonate or throw a weapon cast, discharge, eject, explode, ing, heave, hurl, launch, let off*, loose, pitch, pull trigger, set off*, shell, shoot, toss, touch off*; concepts 179,222 re [v3] excite, arouse animate, electrify, enliven, enthuse, exalt, galvanize, heighten, impassion, incite, iname, inform, inspire, inspirit, intensify, intoxicate, irritate, provoke, quicken, rouse, stir, thrill; concept 14 Ant. bore, dull re [v4] dismiss from responsibility ax*, boot*, can*, discharge, drop, eject, expel, give bums rush*, give marching orders*, give one notice*, give pink slip*, give the sack*, hand walking papers*, kick out*, lay off, let one go*, oust, pink slip*, sack*, terminate; concepts 50,88,351 Ant. hire re alarm [n] smoke detector danger signal, emergency alarm, re bell, heat sensor, siren, smoke alarm; concepts 269,463 rearm [n] gun handgun, heat*, musket, pistol, revolver, rie, shotgun, weapon; concept 500 rebrand [n] agitator demonstrator, guerrilla, instigator, malcontent, protester, rabble-rouser, rebel, revolutionist, troublemaker; concepts 359,412,423 recracker [n] reworks bottle rockets, bursts, cherry bomb, re owers, illuminations, pyrotechnics, rockets, Roman candles, sparklers; concept 293 replace [n] hearth for burning wood bed of coals, blaze, chimney, reside, furnace, grate, hearthside, hob, ingle, inglenook, ingleside, settle, stove; concepts 440,443 reproof [adj] resistant to burning asbestos, concrete, re-resistant, incombustible, noncandescent, noncombustible, nonammable, noninammable; concept 485 Ant. waterproof reworks [n] pyrotechnic display at celebrations bottle rockets, bursts, recrackers, re owers, illuminations, rockets, Roman candles, sparklers; concept 293 rm [adj1] inexible close, close-grained, compact, compressed, concentrated, concrete, condensed, congealed, dense, ne-grained, hard, hardened, heavy, impenetrable, impermeable, impervious, inelastic, jelled, nonporous, refractory, rigid, set, solid, solidied, stiff, sturdy, substantial, thick, tough, unyielding; concepts 604,606 Ant. exible, loose, slack, soft, supple, weak, yielding rm [adj2] stable, unmoving anchored, bolted, braced, cemented, closed, durable, embedded, fast, fastened, xed, immobile, immovable, motionless, mounted, nailed, petried, riveted, robust, rooted, screwed, secure, secured, set, settled, soldered, solid, sound, spiked, stationary, steady, strong, sturdy, substantial, taut,

tenacious, tight, tightened, unuctuating, unshakable, welded; concept 488 Ant. moving, unsettled, unstable, wavering rm [adj3] unalterable, denite abiding, adamant, bent, bound, consistent, constant, dead set on*, determined, enduring, established, exact, explicit, xed, at, going, hang tough*, inexible, intent, never-failing, obdurate, persevering, persistent, prevailing, resolute, resolved, set, settled, specic, stable, stand pat*, stated, staunch, steadfast, steady, stipulated, strict, strong, sure, tenacious, true, unbending, unchangeable, undeviating, uninching, unqualied, unshakable, unshaken, unwavering, unyielding; concepts 267,403,542 Ant. alterable, changeable, indenite, irresolute rm [n] business association, bunch, company, concern, conglomerate, corporation, crew, crowd, enterprise, gang, house, megacorp, mob, multinational, organization, outt, partnership, ring; concepts 323,325 rmament [n] heaven empyrean, lid*, sky, the blue*, the skies, vault, welkin, wild blue yonder*; concept 437 Ant. hell rmly [adv1] immovably durably, enduringly, fast, xedly, hard, inexibly, like a rock*, motionlessly, rigidly, securely, solid, solidly, soundly, stably, steadily, stify, strongly, substantially, thoroughly, tight, tightly, uninchingly, unshakeably; concepts 488,489,604 Ant. exibly, movably, weakly rmly [adv2] with determination adamantly, constantly, decisively, doggedly, indefatigably, intently, obdurately, obstinately, perseveringly, persistently, pertinaciously, purposefully, resolutely, staunchly, steadfastly, stolidly, strictly, stubbornly, tenaciously, through thick and thin*, unchangeably, unwaveringly, with heavy hand*; concepts 534,542 Ant. changeably, indenitely, waveringly, weakly rmness [n1] stiffness compactness, density, durability, xedness, hardness, impenetrability, impermeability, imperviousness, impliability, inelasticity, inexibility, resistance, rigidity, solidity, temper, tensile strength, toughness; concepts 722,726 Ant. exibility, softness, weakness rmness [n2] immovability durability, solidity, soundness, stability, steadiness, strength, substantiality, tautness, tension, tightness; concepts 731,732 Ant. inrmity, instability, movability rmness [n3] resolution, resolve constancy, decidedness, decision, determination, xedness, xity, inexibility, obduracy, obstinacy, purposefulness, purposiveness, staunchness, steadfastness, strength, strictness; concepts 410,633 Ant. indeniteness, uncertainty rst [adj1] earliest in order aboriginal, ahead, antecedent, anterior, basic, beginning, cardinal, early, elementary, rst off*, front, fundamental, head, headmost, inaugural, inceptive, incipient, initial, in the beginning, introductory, key, leading, lead off*, least, number one*, numero uno*, opening, original, pioneer, premier, primary, prime, primeval, primitive, primogenial, primordial, pristine, right up front*, rudimentary, slightest, smallest; concepts 585,632,820 Ant. nal, last

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rst [adj2] highest in importance advanced, A-number-1*, arch, champion, chief, dominant, eminent, rst-class, rst-string*, foremost, greatest, head, head of the line*, leading, main, number one*, outstanding, paramount, predominant, preeminent, premier, primary, prime, primo*, principal, ranking, ruling, sovereign, supreme, top-ight*, top of the list; concept 568 Ant. last, least rst [adv] at the beginning at the outset, before all else, beforehand, initially, in the rst place, originally, to begin with, to start with; concepts 585,820 Ant. nally, last rst-class/rst-rate [adj] superior, excellent capital, choice, dandy, ne, rst-string*, vestar*, in class by itself*, prime*, shipshape, sound, supreme, tiptop*, top, top-notch*, very good; concept 574 Ant. bad, inferior, lesser, poor, second-class/second-rate rsthand [adj] direct eyewitness, immediate, primary, straight, straight from the horses mouth*; concept 267 Ant. hearsay, impersonal, indirect rst name [n] forename baptismal name, baptism name, Christian name, given name; concepts 62,268 Ant. last name, surname scal [adj] monetary budgetary, commercial, economic, nancial, money, pecuniary, pocket; concept 334 sh [v] throwing bait to catch seafood angle, bait, bait the hook*, bob, cast, cast ones hook*, cast ones net*, chum, extract, extricate, nd, go shing, haul out*, net, produce, pull out, seine, trawl, troll; concept 363 sherman [n] angler clam digger, sher, lobsterman, piscator, rodman, trawler, troller; concept 423 sh for [v] look for; hint angle, angle for, elicit, hope for, hunt for, invite, search for, seek, solicit, try to evoke; concepts 20,75 shing [n] angling y-shing, freshwater shing, piscary, trawling, trolling; concept 363 shy [adj] doubtful, suspicious ambiguous, doubtable, dubious, dubitable, equivocal, far-fetched, funny, implausible, improbable, odd, problematic, queer, questionable, shady, suspect, uncertain, unlikely; concept 552 Ant. aboveboard, honest, likely, probable, real, truthful, unquestionable, unsuspicious ssion [n] splitting atomic reaction, atom smashing, dividing, division, nuclear ssion, parting, severance, splitting the atom, thermonuclear reaction; concept 500 t [adj1] suitable, appropriate able, adapted, adequate, advantageous, apposite, apt, becoming, betting, benecial, capable, comely, comme il faut, competent, conformable, convenient, correct, correspondent, deserving, desirable, due, equipped, equitable, expedient, favorable, feasible, felicitous, tted, tting, good enough, happy, just, likely, meet, opportune, practicable, preferable, prepared, proper, qualied, ready, right, rightful, seasonable, seemly, tasteful, timely, trained, well-suited, wise, worthy; concept 558 Ant. inadequate, inappropriate, incorrect, unt, unsuitable, unsuited, unworthy t [adj2] healthy, in good physical shape ablebodied, competent, t as a ddle*, hale, in good

condition, muscled, robust, slim, sound, strapping*, toned, trim, up to snuff*, well, wholesome, wrapped tight*; concepts 314,485 Ant. inadequate, poor, weak t [n] seizure; sudden emotion access, attack, blow, bout, burst, caprice, conniption*, convulsion, epileptic attack, frenzy, humor, jumps*, mood, outbreak, outburst, paroxysm, rage, rush, spasm, spate, spell, stroke, tantrum, throe, torrent, turn, twitch, whim, whimsy; concepts 13,303 t [v1] belong, correspond accord, agree, answer, apply, be apposite, be apt, become, be comfortable, be consonant, bet, be in keeping, click*, concur, conform, consist, dovetail*, go, go together, go with, harmonize, have its place, interlock, join, match, meet, parallel, relate, respond, set, suit, tally; concept 664 t [v2] equip accommodate, accoutre, arm, x, furnish, get, implement, kit out*, make, make up, outt, prepare, provide, ready, rig*; concept 182 t [v3] adapt, change adjust, alter, arrange, conform, dispose, fashion, modify, place, position, quadrate, reconcile, shape, square, suit, tailor, tailor-make*; concept 232 tful [adj] irregular, sporadic bits and pieces*, broken, capricious, catchy*, changeable, desultory, disturbed, erratic, ickering, uctuating, haphazard, herky-jerky*, hit-or-miss*, impulsive, inconstant, intermittent, interrupted, onagain-off-again, periodic, random, recurrent, restive, restless, shifting, spasmodic, spastic*, spotty, unstable, variable; concepts 482, 534 Ant. constant, continuous, regular, undisturbed, unvarying, even tness [n1] good condition fettle*, good health, health, kilter*, repair, robustness, shape, strength, trim, vigor; concepts 316, 723 Ant. poor health tness [n2] appropriateness accommodation, accordance, adaptation, adequacy, admissibility, agreeableness, applicability, appositeness, aptitude, aptness, assimilation, auspiciousness, compatibility, competence, concurrency, congeniality, congruousness, consistency, consonance, convenience, correspondence, decency, decorum, eligibility, expediency, harmony, keeping, order, patness, pertinence, preparedness, propriety, qualication, readiness, relevancy, rightness, seasonableness, seemliness, suitability, timeliness; concept 656 Ant. inappropriateness, unsuitability tted [adj1] appropriate, right adapted, conformable, cut out for, equipped, matched, proper, qualied, suitable, suited, tailor-made; concept 558 Ant. inappropriate, incorrect, unt, unprepared, unqualied, wrong tted [adj2] equipped accoutered, appointed, armed, furnished, implemented, outtted, provided, rigged out*, set up, supplied; concepts 560,589 Ant. ill-equipped, lacking, needing, untted, unprepared tting [adj] appropriate, suitable applicable, apt, becoming, comme il faut, correct, decent, decorous, desirable, due, felicitous, happy, just, just what was ordered*, meet, on the button*, on the nose*, proper, right, right on*, seemly, thats the ticket*; concept 558

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Ant. improper, inappropriate, incorrect, untting, unseemly, unsuitable tting [n] accessory accouterment, appointment, attachment, component, connection, convenience, equipment, extra, furnishing, furniture, instrument, paraphernalia, part, piece, trimming, unit; concept 824 x [n] difcult or ticklish situation box*, corner*, dilemma, embarrassment, hole*, hot water*, jam*, mess*, pickle*, plight, predicament, quandary, scrape, spot*; concept 674 Ant. ease, good, peace x [v1] establish, make rm afx, anchor, attach, bind, catch, cement, congeal, connect, consolidate, couple, embed, entrench, fasten, freeze to*, glue, graft, harden, implant, inculcate, inx, ingrain, install, instill, link, locate, lodge, moor, nail down*, pin, place, plant, position, rigidify, rivet, root, secure, set, settle, solidify, stabilize, stay put, steady, stick, stiffen, thicken, tie; concepts 85,113,160,201 Ant. change, destroy, disarrange, disorganize, unsettle x [v2] determine, decide agree on, appoint, arrange, arrive at, conclude, dene, establish, limit, name, resolve, set, settle, solve, specify, work, work out; concept 18 Ant. disturb, ignore, neglect x [v3] mend, repair adjust, amend, correct, debug, doctor, do up*, emend, face-lift*, ddle with, overhaul, patch, put to rights*, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, regulate, restore, retread, revamp, revise, see to*, sort, tune up; concepts 126,212 Ant. break, corrupt, destroy, unx x [v4] prepare, plan ahead arrange, dispose, frame, prearrange, precontrive, predesign, preorder, preplan, put up, rig*, set up, stack the deck*; concept 36 Ant. forget, ignore, neglect x [v5] focus on concenter, concentrate, direct, fasten, xate, level at, put, rivet; concept 623 Ant. ignore, look away x [v6] cook a meal t, get, get ready, heat, make, make up, microwave, prepare, ready, warm, whip up*; concept 170 Ant. eat out x [v7] manipulate, inuence an event bribe, buy, buy off, corrupt, ddle*, have, lubricate, maneuver, pull strings*, reach, square, suborn, tamper with; concepts 192,232 Ant. play fair x [v8] wreak vengeance on cook someones goose*, get*, get even, get revenge, hurt, pay back, punish, take retribution; concept 86 Ant. aid, assist, help xate [v] focus become attached, center on, direct, haunt, infatuate, obsess, rivet ones eyes*, zero in on; concepts 17,623 xation [n] obsession addiction, case, complex, craze, crush, fascination, fetish, hang-up*, ide xe, infatuation, mania, preoccupation, thing; concepts 532,690 xed [adj1] permanent, steady anchored, attached, established, fast, rm, hitched, hooked, immobile, immotile, immovable, located, locked, made fast, nailed*, quiet, rigid, rooted, secure, set, settled, situated, solid, stable, steadfast, stiff, still, tenacious, tight; concepts 488,551,583,649 Ant. changeable, impermanent, unxed, unsteady xed [adj2] intent, resolute; established abiding, agreed, arranged, certain, changeless,

circumscribed, conrmed, decided, dened, denite, denitive, determinate, enduring, rm, inalterable, inexible, in the bag*, inveterate, level, limited, narrow, never-failing, planned, prearranged, precise, resolved, restricted, rigged, rooted, set, settled, set-up, stated, steadfast, steady, still, stipulated, sure, unbending, unblinking, unchangeable, undeviating, unfaltering, uninching, unmodiable, unmovable, unqualied, unwavering; concepts 535,554 Ant. indenite, irresolute, unestablished, unxed, variable xed [adj3] repaired back together, going, in order, in working order, mended, put right, rebuilt, retted, sorted, whole; concept 560 Ant. broken, in disrepair, unxed xture [n] tting, appliance accessory, appendage, appurtenance, attachment, component, device, equipment; concept 463 x up [v] prepare, beautify deck*, dress up, furnish, gussy up*, primp, provide, rehabilitate, repair, smarten, spiff*, spruce up*; concepts 162,202 Ant. corrupt, deface, dele, uglify zz [v] bubble buzz, effervesce, zzle, froth, hiss, seethe, sibilate, simmer, sparkle, sputter, whisper, whoosh; concept 469 Ant. be at zzle [v] collapse, fall through abort, be a asco*, come to nothing*, die, end, end in defeat*, end in disappointment*, fail, fold, miscarry, misre, miss the mark*, peter out*, wane; concept 699 Ant. build, develop, progress zzy [adj] effervescent aerated, bubbling, bubbly, carbonated, gassy, sparkling, spumante; concept 462 Ant. at, still abbergast [v] surprise abash, amaze, astonish, astound, blow away*, bowl over*, confound, daze, disconcert, dumbfound, make speechless, nonplus, overcome, overwhelm, put away*, shock, stagger, stun, throw, throw for a loop*; concept 42 Ant. expect abby [adj] baggy, fat drooping, enervated, accid, exuous, oppy*, gone to seed*, hanging, irresilient, lax, limp, loose, out of condition*, out of shape*, pendulous, rusty, sagging, shapeless, slack, sloppy, soft, tender, toneless, unt, yielding; concepts 486,490 Ant. rm, lean, slim, taut, thin, tight accid [adj] drooping debilitated, emasculated, enervated, enfeebled, abby, imsy, inelastic, irresilient, lax, limp, loose, nerveless, quaggy, sapped, slack, soft, weak, weakened; concepts 485,604 Ant. rm, taut, tight ag [n] pennant, symbol banderole, banner, bannerol, burgee, colors, emblem, ensign, gonfalon, jack, pennon, standard, streamer; concepts 284,473 ag [v1] decline, fall off abate, deteriorate, die, droop, ebb, fade, fail, faint, languish, peter out*, pine, sag, sink, slump, succumb, taper off*, wane, weaken, weary, wilt; concepts 698,699 Ant. do well, increase, rise, strengthen ag [v2] signal gesture, give a sign to, hail, indicate, motion, salute, warn, wave; concept 74 agellate [v] whip, lash beat, beat the living daylights out of*, belt, ay, og, hit, lash, spank, tan*, tan someones hide*, thrash; concept 189

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agrant [adj] aunting, blatant; without shame arrant, atrocious, awful, bare-faced*, bold, brazen, capital, conspicuous, crying, disgraceful, dreadful, egregious, enormous, agitous, aming, ashy*, glaring, grody*, gross*, hanging out*, heinous, immodest, infamous, noticeable, notorious, obvious, open, ostentatious, out-and-out*, outrageous, rank, scandalous, shameful, shameless, shocking, stick out like sore thumb*, striking, undisguised, wicked; concepts 401,545,576 Ant. concealed, disguised, hidden, mild, moral, restrained, secret agship [n] leader bellwether, chief, crown jewel, otilla leader, forerunner, front runner, head, lead ship, mother ship; concepts 347,354 ail [v] beat, strike bash, batter, club, og, hit, knock, lash, maltreat, pummel, slug, smack, smash, sock, thrash, thwack, whale; concepts 189,246 air [n] talent, style ability, accomplishment, aptitude, aptness, bent, chic, dash, elegance, faculty, feel, genius, gift, glamour, head, knack, mastery, panache, pizzazz*, presence, shine*, splash*, taste, turn, zip*; concepts 630,706 Ant. inability, incapacity, ineptitude, ineptness ak [n] complaint, criticism abuse, bad press*, brickbat*, censure, condemnation, disapprobation, disapproval, disparagement, fault-nding, hostility, knock*, opposition, pan*, rap*, swipe*; concepts 52,278 Ant. compliment, praise ake [n] scale, peel cell, disk, drop, foil, lamella, lamina, layer, leaf, membrane, pellicle, plate, scab, section, shaving, sheet, skin, slice, sliver, wafer; concept 831 ake [v] peel off blister, chip, delaminate, desquamate, drop, exfoliate, pare, scab, scale, shed, slice, sliver, trim, wear away; concepts 157,469 aky [adj] eccentric birdy*, crazy, goofy*, half-cracked, haywire, nutty, odd, peculiar, queer, screwy, unconventional, wacky; concepts 547,564 amboyant [adj] extravagant, theatrical baroque, bombastic, brilliant, camp, chichi*, colorful, dashing, dazzling, elaborate, exciting, aky*, aming, ashy, orid, gassy*, gaudy, glamorous, jazzy*, luscious, luxuriant, ornate, ostentatious, peacockish, pretentious, resplendent, rich, rococo, showy, splashy, sporty, swank*, swashbuckling*; concepts 401,589 Ant. calm, moderate, modest, restrained, tasteful, unashy ame [n1] re blaze, brightness, conagration, are, ash, holocaust, light, rapid oxidation, wildre; concepts 478,521 ame [n2] lover; passion affection, ardor, baby, beau, beloved, boyfriend, darling, dear, desire, enthusiasm, fervor, re, girlfriend, heartthrob, honey, inamorata, inamorato, keenness, love, paramour, spark, steady, swain, sweetheart, sweetie, truelove; concepts 32,423 Ant. hate ame [n3] insulting e-mail message abusive e-mail message, abusive newsgroup message, abusive newsgroup posting, ame-mail, ame war, insulting newsgroup message, insulting newsgroup posting; concepts 52,54,278 ame [v] burn blaze, coruscate, re, are, are

up, ash, glare, glint, glow, ignite, kindle, light, oxidize, shine; concept 249 aming [adj1] burning ablaze, are, aame, alight, blazing, brilliant, conagrant, ery, aring, glowing, ignited, in ames, raging, red, red-hot*; concept 485 aming [adj2] very angry, vehement ardent, aroused, blazing, bright, burning, fervent, frenzied, hot, hot-blooded*, impassioned, intense, passionate, raging, red-hot*, scintillating, vivid, white-hot*; concepts 267,403 Ant. gleeful, happy, joyful, pleased ammable [adj] easily set are burnable, combustible, ignitable, incendiary, inammable; concept 485 Ant. reproof, ameproof, incombustible, non-ammable ank [n] haunch of an animate being ham, hand, hip, loin, pleuron, quarter, side, thigh, wing; concept 392 ap [n1] winged or extended part of an object accessory, adjunct, appendage, apron, cover, drop, y, fold, hanging, lapel, lobe, lug, overlap, pendant, pendulosity, ply, queue, skirt, strip, tab, tag, tail, tippet; concepts 471,824 ap [n2] commotion agitation, banging, brouhaha, confusion, dither, uster, utter, fuss, lather*, panic, pother*, state*, stew*, sweat*, tizzy, to-do, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, twitter*; concepts 230,674 Ant. calm, peace, peacefulness ap [v] utter agitate, beat, dangle, ail, ash, op, hang, lop, shake, swing, swish, thrash, thresh, vibrate, wag, wave; concept 149 are [v1] erupt, blow blaze, boil over, break out, burn, burn up, burst, dart, dazzle, explode, re up, ash, icker, utter, fume, glare, glow, go off, lose control, rant, seethe, shimmer, shoot, waver; concepts 13,179,249 are [v2] spread broaden, grow, splay, widen; concept 469 are-up [n] sudden outbreak blowup, epidemic, eruption, explosion, gush, outburst, rise; concept 633 ash [n1] shimmer, icker beam, bedazzlement, blaze, burst, coruscation, dazzle, ame, are, glance, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, glow, illumination, imprint, impulse, incandescence, luster, phosphorescence, quiver, radiation, ray, reection, scintillation, shine, spark, sparkle, streak, stream, twinkle, twinkling, vision; concepts 521,624 ash [n2] instant, split second breathing, burst, jiffy, minute, moment, outburst, shake, show, trice, twinkling; concepts 808,821 ash [n3] demonstration burst, display, manifestation, outburst, show, sign, splash, swank; concept 261 ash [v1] shimmer, icker beam, bedazzle, blaze, blink, coruscate, dazzle, ame, are, glance, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, glow, incandesce, light, phosphoresce, radiate, reect, scintillate, shine, shoot out, spangle, spark, sparkle, twinkle; concept 624 ash [v2] move fast and display bolt, brandish, dart, dash, disport, exhibit, expose, aunt, it, ourish, y, parade, race, shoot, show, show off, speed, spring, streak, sweep, trot out, whistle, zoom; concepts 150,261 Ant. pause, slow, walk

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ashback [n] remembrance ash from the past*, hallucination, memory, nostalgia, recall, recollection, reliving, reminiscence, thoughts of the past*, voice from the past*; concepts 40,529 ash point [n] crucial moment breaking point, crisis, critical moment, hour of decision, moment of truth, turning point, zero hour; concept 674 ashy [adj] amboyant, in poor taste blatant, brazen, catchpenny*, cheap, chintzy, aunting, orid, garish, gaudy, glaring, glittering, glittery, glitzy, jazzy*, loud, meretricious, ornate, ostentatious, showy, snazzy, sparkling, tacky*, tasteless, tawdry, tinsel, vulgar; concept 589 Ant. plain, simple, subdued, tasteful, unamboyant, unashy, ungaudy, unobtrusive ask [n] small container for liquid alembic, ampulla, bag, beaker, bottle, canteen, carafe, caster, chalice, crock, cruet, crystal, decanter, demijohn, ewer, asco, acon, agon, asket, glass, goblet, gourd, horn, jar, jug, noggin, phial, retort, tumbler, urn, vial; concept 494 at [adj1] level, smooth collapsed, complanate, decumbent, deated, depressed, empty, even, extended, fallen, ush, horizontal, laid low, low, oblate, outstretched, pancake*, planar, planate, plane, procumbent, prone, prostrate, punctured, reclining, recumbent, splay, spread out, supine, tabular, unbroken; concepts 486,490 Ant. broken, elevated, raised, rough, rounded, rugged, uneven at [adj2] dull, lackluster to the senses banal, blah, bland, blind, boring, colorless, dead, dim, drab, draggy, avorless, ho hum*, inane, innocuous, insipid, jejune, lead balloon*, lifeless, matte, monotonous, muted, pointless, prosaic, prosy, sapless, spiritless, stale, tasteless, tedious, uninteresting, unpalatable, unsavory, unseasoned, vanilla*, vapid, watery, weak, whitebread*; concepts 529,537 Ant. bubbly, effervescent, sharp at [adj3] absolute, positive categorical, direct, downright, explicit, nal, xed, indubitable, out-and-out*, peremptory, plain, straight, unconditional, unequivocal, unmistakable, unqualied, unquestionable; concept 535 Ant. indenite at [n] apartment chambers, condo, co-op*, crash pad*, oor-through, go-down, joint*, lodging, pad*, railroad apartment, rental, room, rooms, suite, tenement, walk-up; concept 516 at-out [adv] at top speed all-out, all the way, at a good clip*, for all ones worth*, full blast, head over heels*, in full gallop*, lickety-split, the whole nine yards*, to the max, unrestrainedly, wide open, without reservation; concepts 574,762,781 atten [v] level out abrade, beat down, compress, crush, debase, deate, depress, even out, fell, oor, ush, grade, ground, iron out, knock down, lay, lay low, mow down, plane, plaster*, prostrate, raze, roll, smash, smooth, spread out, squash, straighten, subdue, trample; concepts 137,250,469,702 Ant. break, elevate, make uneven, raise, round atter [v1] compliment excessively adulate, beslaver, blandish, bootlick*, brownnose*, build up*, butter up*, cajole, cater to, charm,

con, court, fawn*, get next to*, glorify, grovel, humor, inveigle, jolly, lay it on thick*, massage, oil*, overpraise, play up to*, praise, rub the right way*, salve, sell, snow*, soften*, soft-soap*, spread it on*, stroke, suck up to*, sweeten up*, sweet-talk*, toady*, wheedle, work on*, work over*; concepts 59,69 Ant. belittle, castigate, condemn, criticize, denounce, insult, offend atter [v2] complement, enhance adorn, beautify, become, decorate, do something for*, embellish, enrich, nish, go with*, grace, ornament, perfect, put in best light*, set off, show to advantage, suit; concepts 162,664 Ant. mismatch atterer [n] complimenter apple polisher*, backscratcher, booster, bootlicker*, brownnose*, cajoler, charmer, fawner, unkey, lackey, puffer*, sweet talker*, sycophant, teachers pet, toady, yes-person*; concepts 59,69 attery [n] false praise, compliments adulation, applause, approbation, blandishment, blarney*, bootlicking*, cajolery, commendation, encomium, eulogy, eyewash*, fawning*, attering, ummery, fulsomeness, gallantry, gratication, hokum*, honeyed words, incense, ingratiation, jive*, laud, mush*, obsequiousness, palaver, plaudits, pretty speech, puffery*, servility, smoke*, snow*, snow job*, soft-soap*, soft words, stroke*, sweet talk*, sycophancy, toadyism, tribute, truckling, unctuousness; concepts 59,69 Ant. belittlement, castigation, condemnation, criticism, denunciation, insult, offense atulent [adj] pretentious, long-winded bombastic, inated, oratorical, overblown, pompous, prolix, shallow, supercial, swollen, tedious, tumescent, tumid, turgid, windy, wordy; concepts 267,404 Ant. brief, unpretentious aunt [v] make an exhibition, show off advertise, air, boast, brandish, break out, broadcast, declare, disclose, display, disport, divulge, expose, fan it*, ash, ash about, ourish, gasconade, grandstand*, hotdog*, let it all hang out*, make a scene*, parade, proclaim, put on an act*, reveal, roll out, show and tell, showcase, smack with*, sport, spring on*, streak, throw weight around*, trot out*, vaunt, wave around, whip out*; concept 261 Ant. conceal, hide, refrain avor [n1] odor and taste acidity, aroma, astringency, bitterness, essence, extract, gusto, hotness, piquancy, pungency, relish, saltiness, sapidity, sapor, savor, seasoning, smack, sourness, spiciness, sweetness, tang, tartness, twang, vim, wallop, zest, zing; concept 614 avor [n2] aura, essence aspect, character, feel, feeling, property, quality, soupon, stamp, style, suggestion, tinge, tone, touch; concept 673 avor [v] add seasoning add zing, add zip, ginger, hot it up*, imbue, impart, infuse, lace, leaven, pepper, pep up*, salt, season, spice; concept 170 avoring [n] spice, extract added to food additive, condiment, distillation, essence, herb, quintessence, relish, sauce, seasoning, spirit, tincture, zest; concept 428 aw [n] imperfection blemish, bug, catch*,

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Catch-22*, defect, disgurement, failing, fault, foible, glitch*, gremlin*, pitfall, slipup, speck, spot, stain, typo*, vice, wart*, weakness, weak spot; concepts 580,674 Ant. ne point, perfection, strength awless [adj] spotless, intact absolute, entire, faultless, immaculate, impeccable, irreproachable, perfect, sound, unblemished, unbroken, undamaged, unimpaired, unmarred, unsullied, whole; concepts 574,579 Ant. damaged, defective, disgured, awed, imperfect eck [n] spot, pinpoint mark bit, dot, mite, mote, patch, pinpoint, speck, speckle, stipple, streak, stripe; concepts 284,831 eck [v] mark with spots bespeckle, besprinkle, dapple, dot, dust, maculate, mottle, speckle, stipple, streak, variegate; concept 79 edgling [n] beginner in activity apprentice, chick, colt, greenhorn*, learner, neophyte, nestling, newcomer, novice, rookie, tenderfoot*, trainee, tyro*; concepts 352,366,424 Ant. expert, professional ee [v] run away to escape abscond, avoid, beat a hasty retreat*, blow*, bolt*, break, cut and run*, cut out*, decamp, depart, desert, elude, evade, y, y the coop*, get*, get away, get the hell out*, hotfoot*, jump, leave, make a getaway*, make off*, make oneself scarce*, make ones escape*, make quick exit*, make tracks*, retreat, scamper, scoot, scram*, skedaddle*, skip*, split*, step on it*, step on the gas*, take a hike*, take ight, take off, vamoose*, vanish; concepts 102,150,195 Ant. face, meet, stand, stay, wait eece [v] plunder, steal bleed*, burn*, cheat*, clip*, con, cozen, defraud, despoil, imam*, gouge, hustle, jerk around*, milk*, mulct, overcharge, pluck, rie, rip off*, rob, rook*, rope in*, run a game on*, sell a bill of goods*, shaft*, strip, swindle, take for a ride*, take to the cleaners*; concepts 59,139,342 Ant. give, offer eecy [adj] downy, woolly; like a lambs coat occose, occulent, uffy, hairy, hirsute, lanose, pileous, pilose, shaggy, soft, whiskered; concept 606 eet [adj] quick in movement agile, barreling, breakneck*, brisk, expeditious, expeditive, fast, ying, hasty, in nothing at*, like greased lightning*, lively, mercurial, meteoric, nimble, nimble-footed, on the double*, rapid, screaming, speedball*, speedy, swift, winged; concepts 584,588 Ant. clumsy, slow eet [n] group of ships argosy, armada, otilla, formation, line, naval force, navy, sea power, squadron, tonnage, vessels, warships; concepts 322,432,506 eeting [adj] brief, transient cursory, ephemeral, evanescent, fading, ash in the pan*, itting, ying, fugacious, fugitive, impermanent, meteoric, momentary, passing, short, short-lived, sudden, temporary, transitory, vanishing, volatile; concepts 551,798 Ant. constant, continual, endless, enduring, lasting, lengthy, long, long-lived, permanent, perpetual esh [n1] body tissue, skin beef, brawn, cells, corpuscles, fat, fatness, esh and blood, food, meat, muscle, plasm, plasma, protoplasm, sinews, thews, weight; concept 392

esh [n2] humankind animality, carnality, homo sapiens, humanity, human nature, human race, living creatures, mortality, people, physicality, physical nature, race, sensuality, stock, world; concepts 407,417 eshly [adj1] lecherous, desiring sex animal, animalistic, bodily, carnal, erotic, gross, lascivious, lewd, lustful, profane, sensual, venereal, voluptuous; concepts 372,529,545 Ant. immaterial, religious, spiritual eshly [adj2] bodily corporal, corporeal, earthly, human, material, mundane, of this world, physical, secular, somatic, terrestrial, worldly; concept 536 Ant. mentally, spiritual eshy [adj] overweight adipose, ample, beefy*, brawny, chubby*, chunky*, corpulent, fat, gross, heavy, hefty, husky, meaty*, obese, plump, porcine, portly, pudgy*, pulpy, sarcous, stout, tubby*, weighty, well-padded*, zaftig*; concepts 406,491,773 Ant. skinny, thin, underweight ex [v] bend angle, contract, crook, curve, lean, mold, ply, spring, stretch, tighten, tilt, yield; concepts 147,149 Ant. be stiff, extend, straighten exibility [n] elasticity, adaptability adjustability, affability, complaisance, compliance, docility, extensibility, accidity, exibleness, give, limberness, litheness, plasticity, pliability, pliancy, resilience, springiness, suppleness, tensility, tractability; concepts 652,731 Ant. constraint, inelasticity, inexibility, resistance exible [adj1] pliable, bendable adjustable, bending, ductile, elastic, extensible, extensile, exile, formable, formative, impressionable, like putty*, limber, lithe, malleable, moldable, plastic, pliant, soft, spongy, springy, stretch, stretchable, stretchy, supple, tensile, tractable, tractile, whippy*, willowy, yielding; concepts 485,488 Ant. brittle, inexible, resistant, rigid, stiff, unbendable, unpliable, unyielding exible [adj2] adaptable, responsive acquiescent, adjustable, amenable, biddable, complaisant, compliant, discretionary, docile, gentle, going every which way*, hanging loose*, like putty in hands*, manageable, open, rolling with punches*, tractable, variable; concepts 401,542 Ant. inexible, obstinate, ornery, stern, stubborn, unaccommodating, unadaptable, unresponsive, unyielding ick [v] light touch dab, icker, ip, hit, pat, snap, tap, tip, touch lightly; concept 612 icker [n] spark, glimmer beam, are, ash, gleam, oscillation, quivering, ray, scintillation, twinkle, vibration; concepts 145,624,831 icker [v] sparkle, utter blare, blaze, blink, burn, dance, are, ash, it, itter, uctuate, glance, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, glow, hover, oscillate, quaver, quiver, scintillate, shimmer, swing, tremble, twinkle, vibrate, waver; concepts 152,624 ier [n] yer, pilot ace*, aeronaut, air person, aviator, aviatrix, jet*, navigator; concept 348 ight [n1] ying; journey aerial navigation, aeronautics, arrival, aviation, avigation, departure, gliding, hop, jump, mounting, navigation, shuttle, soaring, take-off, transport, trip, volitation, voyage, winging; concept 224

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ight [n2] eeing; departure beat*, break*, breakout, escape, escapement, escaping, exltration, exit, exodus, fugue, getaway, getaway car*, lam, out*, powder*, retreat, retreating, running away, slip*, spring*; concepts 102, 195 Ant. standing, staying, waiting ightiness [n] irresponsibility airheadedness*, capriciousness, changeability, dizziness, ckleness, ippancy, frivolity, giddiness, inconstancy, instability, levity, lightness, mercurialness, variability, volatility, whimsicality, whimsicalness; concept 633 Ant. responsibility ighty [adj] ckle, irresponsible airheaded*, birdbrained*, bubbleheaded*, capricious, changeable, dingbat*, dingdong*, dizzy*, effervescent, empty-headed, featherbrained*, frivolous, gaga*, giddy, harebrained*, impetuous, impulsive, inconstant, lightheaded, lively, mercurial, scatterbrained, silly, thoughtless, twit, unbalanced, unstable, unsteady, volatile, whimsical, wild; concept 401 Ant. responsible imam [v] deceive, swindle bilk, burn*, cheat, chisel, con, defraud, diddle*, dupe*, eece, fool, gip*, gull, gyp*, hose*, pull a fast one*, rip off*, rook*, sandbag, scam, shaft, steal, take for a ride*, trick; concepts 59,139,192 imsy [adj1] not strong; light, thin chiffon, cutrate*, decrepit, defective, delicate, diaphanous, feeble, fragile, frail, gauzy, gossamer, house of cards*, inadequate, inrm, insubstantial, meager, papery, rickety, rinkydink*, shaky, shallow, sheer, slapdash*, sleazy, slight, supercial, tacky, transparent, unsound, unsubstantial, weak, wobbly; concept 606 Ant. rm, heavy, solid, strong, sturdy, substantial, thick, tough imsy [adj2] unconvincing, implausible assailable, baseless, contemptible, controvertible, fallacious, false, feeble, frivolous, groundless, illogical, improbable, inadequate, inane, inconceivable, incredible, inept, lame, poor, puerile, supercial, thin, transparent, triing, trivial, unbelievable, ungrounded, unpersuasive, unreasonable, unsatisfactory, unsubstantial, weak, weakly, wishful; concept 267 Ant. convincing, plausible, reasonable, serious, strong inch [v] shy away, wince avoid, balk, blanch, blench, blink, cower, cringe, crouch, draw back, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, ee, quail, recede, recoil, retire, retreat, shirk, shrink, shun, start, swerve, withdraw; concepts 102,150 Ant. confront, face, meet ing [n1] casual throw cast, chuck, ring, heave, hurl, launching, lob, peg, pitch, shot, slinging, toss; concept 222 ing [n2] unrestrained behavior affair, attempt, binge, celebration, crack*, essay, fun, gamble, go*, good time, indulgence, orgy, party, rampage, shot*, splurge, spree, stab*, trial, try, venture, whirl; concept 386 ing [v] throw with abandon cast, catapult, chuck*, dump, re, heave, hurl, jerk, launch, let y*, lob, peg*, pitch, precipitate, propel, send, shy*, sling, toss; concept 222 inty [adj] stern cruel, rm, hard, inexible, rigid, steely, stony, unsympathetic, unyielding; concept 604 ip [n/v] throw, jump with abandon cast, chuck, ick, jerk, pitch, snap, spin, toss, twist; concepts 194,222

ip-op [n] reversal about-face, change, change of heart, turn-around, U-turn; concepts 674,679 ip out [v] lose ones cool blow a gasket*, blow ones mind*, blow ones stack*, blow ones top*, crack up*, y off the handle*, freak out*, go ape*, go ballistic*, go berserk*, go crazy*, go haywire*, go nuts*, go off the deep end*, hit the ceiling*, lose control of oneself, lose it*, lose ones composure, lose ones mind, lose ones temper, wig out*; concept 13 ippancy [n] irreverence archness, cheek, cheekiness, cockiness, disrespectfulness, ightiness, freshness, frivolity, impertinence, impishness, impudence, levity, lightness, mischievousness, pertness, playfulness, roguishness, rudeness, sauciness, volatility, waggishness; concept 633 Ant. courtesy, respect, reverence, seriousness ippant [adj] irreverent brassy, breezy, cheeky*, cocky, disrespectful, ighty, ip*, fresh, frivolous, glib, impertinent, impudent, insolent, lippy*, nervy*, offhand, pert, playful, rude, sassy*, smart*, smart-alecky*, supercial; concept 401 Ant. courteous, respectful, reverent, serious ip side [n] reverse side back, B-side*, contraposition, opposite side, other side, other side of the fence*; concept 665 irt [n] person who makes advances coquette, cruiser*, heartbreaker, operator*, philanderer, player, seducer, siren, swinger, tease, trier, vamp, vixen, wanton, wolf*; concept 423 irt [v] make advances toward someone banter, bat eyes at*, come hither*, come on*, coquet, dally, disport, eyeball*, fool, gam*, hit on*, lead on, linger with, make a move*, make a pass*, ogle, philander, pick up*, pitch*, proposition, tease, wink at*; concepts 375, 384 Ant. be faithful irtation [n] amorous advance amour, coquetry, courting, cruising, dalliance, irting, intrigue, pickup*, romance, romancing, tease, teasing, toying*, triing*; concepts 32,375, 384 Ant. faithfulness irtatious [adj] provocative, teasing amorous, arch, come-hither*, come-on*, coquettish, coy, dallying, enticing, irty, libidinous, spoony*, sportive; concepts 401,404 Ant. cool, modest, shy, unprovocative it [v] utter, move rapidly dance, dart, ash, eet, icker, oat, y, hover, hurry, pass, run, rush, sail, scud*, skim, speed, sweep, whisk, whiz, wing, zip; concept 150 oat [v] lie on the surface be buoyant, bob, drift, glide, hang, hover, move gently, poise, rest on water, ride, sail, skim, slide, slip along, smooth along, stay aoat, swim, waft, wash; concept 153 Ant. drown, sink ock [n] congregation army, assembly, bevy, brood, cloud, collection, colony, company, convoy, crowd, crush, drift, drove, ight, gaggle, gathering, group, herd, host, legion, litter, mass, multitude, pack, progeny, rout, scores, skein, throng; concepts 391,432 ock [v] congregate collect, converge, crowd, gather, group, herd, huddle, mass, throng, troop; concepts 109,384 Ant. disperse, separate, spread

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og [v] whip, lash beat, belt, cane, castigate, chastise, ferule, agellate, ax, ay, give the cat onine tails*, hide, hit, larrup, lather, leather*, paddle, scourge, spank, strike, stripe, tan ones hide*, thrash, trounce, wax*, whack, whale*, whomp*, whop*; concept 189 ood [n] overwhelming ow, quantity abundance, alluvion, bore, bounty, cataclysm, cataract, current, deluge, downpour, drencher, drift, eager, excess, ow, ux, freshet, glut, inundation, multitude, niagara, outgushing, outpouring, overow, plenty, pour, profusion, rush, spate, stream, superabundance, superuity, surge, surplus, tide, torrent, tsunami, wave; concepts 179,524,787 ood [v] inundate or submerge brim over, choke, deluge, drown, engulf, ll, ow, glut, gush, immerse, overow, oversupply, overwhelm, pour over, rush, saturate, surge, swamp, swarm, sweep, whelm; concepts 179,209,740 oor [n] bottom of a room; level of a multistory building basement, boards, canvas, carpet, cellar, deck, downstairs, at, ooring, ground, landing, lowest point, mat, mezzanine, nadir, rug, stage, story, tier, upstairs; concept 440 Ant. ceiling oor [v] perplex, confound bafe, beat, bewilder, bowl over*, bring down*, bring up short*, conquer, defeat, discomt, disconcert, down, drop, dumbfound, fell, atten, ground, knock down, lay low*, level, nonplus, overthrow, prostrate, puzzle, stump, throw; concepts 16,95 Ant. clear up, explain oor it [v] drive at full speed accelerate, barrel, gather momentum, go at-out, nail it*, open the throttle, put the pedal to the metal*, sprint, step on it*, step on the gas; concepts 234,242 oozy [n] sexually promiscuous woman bimbo, broad, doxy, easy make, hooker, moll, nympho, piece of tail*, prostitute, tramp, whore; concepts 348,412,415,419 op [n] miserable failure bomb, bust, debacle, disaster, dud*, asco, lemon*, loser, miscarriage, nonstarter, washout*; concepts 674,699 Ant. accomplishment, achievement, success op [v1] fall limply, collapse dangle, droop, drop, ag, ap, ounder, utter, hang, jerk, lop, quiver, sag, slump, stagger, teeter, topple, toss, totter, tumble, wave, wiggle; concepts 144,181 op [v2] fail miserably bomb*, close, come apart*, come to nothing*, fall at*, fall short*, ummox, fold, founder, miscarry, misre, wash out*; concept 699 Ant. accomplish, achieve, succeed ophouse [n] cheap hotel eabag, eabox, eahouse, eatrap, op joint, run-down boarding house, run-down hotel; concepts 439,449,516 oppy [adj] limp drooping, droopy, abby, accid, loose, pendulous, relaxed, sagging, saggy, slack; concept 485 Ant. erect, stiff oral [adj] decorated with owers blooming, blossoming, blossomy, botanic, decorative, dendritic, eforescent, ower-patterned, owery, herbaceous, sylvan, verdant; concept 589 orid [adj1] very elaborate aureate, baroque, busy, decorative, embellished, euphuistic, gurative, amboyant, owery, fussy, garnished, grandiloquent, high-own, luscious, magnilo-

quent, ornamental, ornamented, ornate, overblown, pretentious, rhetorical, rich, sonorous; concepts 267,589 Ant. inelaborate, natural, plain, undecorated, unornate orid [adj2] ushed, ruddy blowzy, ush, glowing, high-colored, pink, reddened, rubicund, sanguine; concepts 406,618 Ant. pale, pallid, white otilla [n] small eet argosy, armada, group, navy, squadron, unit, vessels; concepts 322,432,506 otsam [n] oating debris cargo, castoffs, jetsam, junk, odds and ends, sea-drift, wreckage; concepts 260,674 ounce [v] bounce; intermittently move ing, jerk, mince, nancy, prance, sashay, spring, stamp, storm, strut, swish, throw, toss; concept 149 ounder [v] struggle; be in the dark blunder, bobble, cast about, come apart at the seams*, drop the ball*, fall down, op, ummox, foul up*, fumble, go at backwards*, go to pieces*, grope, labor, lurch, make a mess of, miss ones cue*, muddle, plunge, pratfall*, screw up*, slip up*, snafu*, strive, stub ones toe*, stumble, thrash, toil, toss, travail, trip up*, tumble, wallow, work at; concepts 101,699 Ant. do well, succeed ourish [n] curlicue, decoration curl, embellishment, furbelow, garnish, ornamentation, plume, quirk, spiral, sweep, twist; concepts 259,284 ourish [v1] grow, prosper amplify, arrive, augment, batten, bear fruit, be on top of heap*, bloom, blossom, boom, burgeon, come along, develop, do well, expand, ower, get ahead, get on*, go, go great guns*, hit it big*, increase, live high on hog*, make out*, multiply, score, succeed, thrive, wax; concepts 141,704,706 Ant. cease, fail, hinder, languish, stunt ourish [v2] wave about brandish, display, aunt, utter, shake, sweep, swing, swish, twirl, vaunt, wag, wield; concepts 147,152 ourishing [adj] prospering, going well blooming, burgeoning, doing well, expanding, exuberant, going strong, growing, in full swing*, in the pink*, in top form*, lush, luxuriant, mushrooming, profuse, prosperous, rampant, rank, rich, roaring, robust, successful, thriving, vigorous; concept 528 Ant. ceasing, decreasing, failing, languishing, stunted, undeveloping out [v] show contempt for affront, defy, deride, disregard, gibe, gird, insult, jeer, laugh at, mock, outrage, quip, repudiate, ridicule, scoff, scorn, slight, sneer, spurn, taunt, thumb nose at*; concept 54 Ant. honor, respect ow [n] issue, abundance breeze, continuance, continuation, continuity, course, current, deluge, discharge, draft, draw, dribble, drift, ebb, effusion, electricity, emanation, ood, ux, gush, juice, leakage, movement, oozing, outow, outpouring, plenty, plethora, progress, progression, river, run, sequence, series, spate, spout, spurt, stream, succession, tide, train, wind; concepts 146,179,467,787 Ant. trickle ow [v] issue, surge, run out abound, arise, brim, cascade, circulate, continue, course, deluge, discharge, disembogue, dribble, ebb, emanate, emerge, emit, exudate, exude, ood,

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glide, gurgle, gush, inundate, jet, leak, move, ooze, overow, pass, percolate, pour, proceed, progress, pullulate, regurgitate, result, ripple, roll, rush, slide, sluice, smooth along, spew, spill, splash, spring, spurt, sputter, squirt, stream, sweep, swell, swirl, teem, trickle, tumble, void, well forth; concepts 146,179 Ant. trickle owchart [n] sequential diagram ow diagram, ow sheet; concepts 625,660 ower [n1] bloom of a plant annual, blossom, bud, cluster, eforescence, oret, oweret, head, herb, inorescence, perennial, pompon, posy, shoot, spike, spray, vine; concepts 425,428 ower [n2] best, choicest part cream, elite, nest point, freshness, greatest point, height, pick, pride, prime, prize, top; concepts 668,829 Ant. worst ower [v] bloom, ourish batten, blossom, blow, burgeon, eforesce, mature, open, outbloom, prosper, thrive, unfold; concepts 253,704 Ant. close, die, droop, fade, sag, shrink, shrivel owery [adj] ornate, especially referring to speech or writing aureate, baroque, bombastic, declamatory, diffuse, embellished, euphemistic, euphuistic, fancy, gurative, orid, grandiloquent, high-own, magniloquent, ornamented, overwrought, prolix, purple, redundant, rhetorical, rococo, sonorous, swollen, verbose, windy, wordy; concepts 267,589 Ant. inelaborate, plain, unembellished, unowery, unornate owing [adj] gushing, abounding brimming, continuous, cursive, easy, falling, ooded, uent, uid, uidic, full, issuing, liqueed, liquid, overrun, pouring out, prolic, rich, rippling, rolling, running, rushing, sinuous, smooth, spouting, streaming, sweeping, teeming, tidal, unbroken, uninterrupted; concepts 482,584 Ant. trickling uctuate [v] vacillate, change alter, alternate, be undecided, blow hot and cold*, ebb and ow, utter, go up and down*, hem and haw*, hesitate, oscillate, rise and fall*, seesaw*, shift, swing, undulate, vary, veer, vibrate, wave, waver, yo-yo*; concepts 13,469,697 Ant. hold, persist, remain, stay ue [n] pipe channel, chimney, duct, exhaust pipe, passage, smoke duct, tube, vent; concept 440 uent [adj] articulate chatty, cogent, copious, cursive, declamatory, disputatious, easy, effortless, effusive, eloquent, facile, owing, garrulous, glib, liquid, loquacious, melliuent, melliuous, natural, persuasive, prompt, quick, ready, running, silver-tongued*, smooth, smooth-spoken, talkative, verbose, vocal, voluble, well-versed, wordy; concepts 267, 584 Ant. effortful, hesitant, inarticulate, unuent, unprepared uff [n1] down eiderdown, feathers, eece, oss, fuzz, lint, wool; concept 606 uff [n2] mistake blooper*, bungling, error, false step, ub*, fumble, miscalculation, miscue, miss, muddle, muff, oversight, slip, slipup*, stumble; concepts 101,230,410 uffy [adj] soft, furry creamy, downy, featherlike, feathery, eecy, occulent, ossy,

gossamer, linty, pile, silky, velutinous; concept 606 Ant. coarse, rough, smooth uid [adj1] liquid aqueous, owing, uent, in solution, juicy, liqueed, lymphatic, melted, molten, running, runny, serous, uncongealed, watery; concepts 603,757 Ant. solid uid [adj2] adaptable, changeable adjustable, changeful, exible, oating, uctuating, indenite, malleable, mercurial, mobile, mutable, protean, shifting, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variable; concepts 534,542 Ant. inexible, stable, unchangeable uid [n] liquid aqua, broth, chaser, cooler, goo*, goop*, juice, liquor, solution, vapor; concept 467 Ant. solid uke [n] chance occurrence accident, blessing, break, contingency, fortuity, fortunate, fortune, good fortune*, good luck, incident, lucky break*, odd chance, quirk, stroke of luck*, windfall; concepts 4,679,693 Ant. certainty, design, plan uky [adj] chance accidental, casual, chancy, coincidental, contingent, fortuitous, incalculable, incidental, lucky, odd, uncertain, variable; concept 552 Ant. certain, designed, planned, sure ume [n] chute channel, conduit, run, sluice, spillway; concepts 501,514 ummox [v] confuse bafe, bewilder, buffalo*, confound, discombobulate*, disconcert, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, stump, throw*, throw off*; concept 16 urry [n] commotion, burst ado, agitation, brouhaha, bustle, confusion, disturbance, excitement, ferment, ap*, aw, uster, utter, furor, fuss, gust, haste, hurry, outbreak, pother, spell, spurt, squall, stir*, to-do, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, whirl, whirlwind; concepts 230,524 Ant. calm, calmness, quiet urry [v] agitate, confuse bewilder, bother, bustle, discombobulate*, discompose, disconcert, disquiet, distract, disturb, excite, uster, utter, frustrate, fuss, galvanize, hassle, hurry, hustle, perplex, perturb, provoke, quicken, rattle, rufe, stimulate, unhinge, unsettle, upset; concepts 7,19 Ant. calm, comfort, quiet ush [adj1] at even, horizontal, level, planate, plane, smooth, square, true; concepts 486,490 Ant. rough, uneven ush [adj2] overowing, abundant afuent, close, full, generous, lavish, liberal, opulent, prodigal, rich, wealthy, well-off; concepts 334,771 Ant. lacking ush [n] blush bloom, color, freshness, glow, pinkness, redness, rosiness, ruddiness; concept 622 Ant. pale ush [v1] become or make pink or red blush, burn, color, color up, crimson, ame, glow, go red, mantle, pink, pinken, redden, rose, rouge, suffuse; concepts 250,469 Ant. pale, uncolor ush [v2] inundate with liquid cleanse, douche, drench, eject, expel, ood, hose, rinse, swab, wash; concepts 165,179 ushed [adj] pink, glowing ablaze, animated, aroused, blushing, burning, crimson, elated, embarrassed, enthused, exhilarated, feverish, orid, full-blooded, high, hot, inspired, intoxicated, red, rosy, rubicund, ruddy, sanguine, thrilled; concepts 401,403,618 Ant. pale, pallid

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uster [n] perturbation, upset agitation, brouhaha, commotion, disturbance, dither, ap*, urry, utter, furor, rufe, state*, to-do*, turmoil; concept 410 Ant. calm, calmness, comfort, peace uster [v] upset, perturb addle, agitate, bewilder, bother, confound, confuse, craze*, discombobulate*, discompose, disquiet, distract, disturb, excite, ip*, urry, frustrate, fuddle*, get to*, hassle, heat*, hurry, make nervous, make waves*, muddle, mystify, nonplus, perplex, psych*, puzzle, rattle, rufe, spook*, stir up*, throw off balance*, unhinge*, work up*; concepts 7,16,19 Ant. calm, comfort, settle utter [v] wave rapidly, ap agitate, bat, beat, dance, drift, icker, it, itter, op, uctuate, hover, lop, oscillate, palpitate, pulsate, quaver, quiver, ripple, rufe, shake, shiver, swing, throb, tremble, vibrate, wiggle, wobble; concepts 150,152 ux [n] state of constant change alteration, change, ow, uctuation, uidity, instability, modication, motion, mutability, mutation, transition, unrest; concept 697 Ant. constancy, stability, steadiness y [v1] take to the air, usually employing wings aviate, barnstorm*, bend the throttle*, buzz*, circle, circumnavigate, climb, control, cross, dart, dash, dive, drift, at-hat*, eet, it, oat, utter, glide, hop, hover, hurry, jet, jet out, jet over, maneuver, mount, operate, pilot, reach, remain aloft, rush, sail, scud*, seagull*, shoot, skim, skirt, sky out*, soar, speed, swoop, take a hop*, take ight, take off, take wing, travel, whisk*, whiz*, whoosh*, wing*, wing in*, zip*, zoom*; concepts 148,150,224 Ant. land, stay on ground, walk y [v2] run or pass swiftly barrel, bolt, breeze, career, dart, dash, elapse, ee, it, glide, go like the wind*, hasten, hurry, hustle, make off*, pass, race, roll, run its course*, rush, scamper, scoot, shoot, slip away*, speed, sprint, tear, whiz*, zoom*; concepts 150,818 y [v3] escape, ee abscond, avoid, bolt, break, clear, clear out*, cut and run*, decamp, disappear, get away, hasten away, hide, hightail*, light out*, make a getaway*, make a quick exit*, make off, run*, run for it, run from, skedaddle*, skip, steal away, take ight, take off, withdraw; concepts 102,195 Ant. confront, face, remain, stay y-by-night [adj] undependable brief, cowboy*, dubious, here-today-gone-tomorrow*, impermanent, questionable, shady, shifty, short-lived, slimy*, slippery*, treacherous, trustless, unreliable, unsure, untrustworthy; concepts 542,551 Ant. dependable, reliable, reputable, responsible, trustworthy yer [n] person who navigates an aircraft ace*, air person, aviator, ier, jet*, navigator, pilot; concept 348 ying [adj] in the air, winged aerial, aeronautical, airborne, avian, drifting, express, apping, eet, oating, uttering, gliding, hovering, mercurial, mobile, on the wing, plumed, soaring, speedy, streaming, swooping, volant, volar, volitant, waving, winging, zooming; concept 584 Ant. ground, grounded

ying saucer [n] spaceship extraterrestrial vessel, spacecraft, UFO, unidentied ying object; concepts 504,506 foam [n] bubbles formed from a liquid cream, uff, froth, head, lather, scum, spray, spume, suds, surf, yeast; concept 260 foam [v] become bubbly aerate, boil, burble, effervesce, ferment, zz, froth, gurgle, hiss, lather, seethe, simmer, sparkle; concepts 170,469 Ant. become at foamy [adj] bubbly barmy, boiling, burbling, carbonated, creamy, ebullient, effervescent, fermented, zzy, frothy, lathery, scummy*, seething, simmering, spumescent, spumous, spumy, sudsy, yeasty; concept 485 Ant. at focus [n] center of attraction bulls eye*, center, core, cynosure, focal point, headquarters*, heart, hub, limelight*, locus, meeting place, nerve center*, point of convergence, polestar, seat, spotlight, target; concepts 532, 826,829 focus [v] aim attention at adjust, attract, bring out, center, centralize, concenter, concentrate, convene, converge, direct, fasten, x, xate, get detail, home in*, home in on*, hone in*, join, key on*, knuckle down*, meet, move in, pinpoint, pour it on*, put, rivet, sharpen, spotlight*, sweat*, zero in*, zoom in*; concepts 17,623 Ant. ignore, neglect fodder [n] animal feed animal food, barley, corn, food, forage, grain, grass, grub, hay, meal, pasturage, provender, provisions, silage, straw, vittles; concepts 457,460,461 foe [n] person who is an opponent adversary, antagonist, anti*, enemy, hostile party, rival; concept 412 Ant. friend fog [n1] heavy mist that reduces visibility brume, cloud, efuvium, lm, gloom, grease, ground clouds, haze, London fog, miasma, murk, murkiness, nebula, obscurity, pea soup*, smaze, smog, smoke, smother, soup*, steam, vapor, visibility zero-zero*, wisp; concepts 524,627 Ant. clearness fog [n2] mental unclarity befuddlement, blindness, confusion, daze, haze, maze, mist, muddledness, muddlement, obscurity, perplexity, stupor, trance, vagueness; concept 410 Ant. cognizance, understanding fog [v] muddle, obscure addle, becloud, bedim, befuddle, bewilder, blind, blur, cloud, confuse, darken, daze, dim, eclipse, mist, muddy, mystify, obfuscate, perplex, puzzle, steam up, stupefy; concepts 250,526 Ant. clear up, explain foggy [adj] hazy, obscure blurred, ceiling zero*, closed in, clouded, cloudy, dark, dim, lmy, fogged in, fuzzy, gray, indistinct, misty, murky, mushy, nebulous, pea-soupy*, smazy, smoggy, socked in*, soupy*, unclear, vague, vaporous, vapory, zero-zero*; concepts 403,525 Ant. clear foghorn [n] warning signal alarm, danger signal, signal, siren; concepts 269,463 foible [n] personal imperfection characteristic, defect, eccentricity, failing, fault, frailty, idiosyncrasy, inrmity, kink, mannerism, oddity, peculiarity, quirk, shortcoming, singularity, vice, weakness, weak point; concepts 411,644 Ant. strength

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foil [n] contrast antithesis, background, complement, counterblow, defense, guard, setting; concept 665 foil [v] circumvent, nip in the bud bafe, balk, beat, bilk, bollix*, buffalo*, check, checkmate, counter, crab, cramp, crimp, curb, dash, defeat, disappoint, disconcert, ditch, dodge, duck, elude, faze, foul up*, frustrate, get around*, give the run-around*, give the slip*, hang up*, hinder, juke, nullify, outwit, prevent, rattle, restrain, run circles around*, run rings around*, shake, shake off, shufe off, skip, stop, stymie, throw monkey wrench in*, thwart, upset the apple cart*; concepts 121,130 Ant. abet, aid, assist, help foist [v] force upon compel to accept, fob off, impose, insert fraudulently, palm off, pass off, pull a fast one*, ram down ones throat*, sneak in; concept 14 fold [n] double thickness bend, circumvolution, cockle, convolution, corrugation, crease, crimp, crinkle, dogs ear*, ection, exure, furrow, gather, gathering, groove, knife-edge*, lap, lapel, layer, loop, overlap, plait, pleat, plica, plication, plicature, ply, pucker, ridge, rimple, rivel, ruche, ruck, rufe, rumple, shirring, smocking, tuck, turn, wrinkle; concept 754 fold [v1] lay in creases bend, cockle, corrugate, crimp, crisp, crumple, curl, dog-ear*, double, double over, furrow, gather, groove, hem, intertwine, knit, lap, overlap, overlay, plait, pleat, plicate, pucker, purse, replicate, ridge, ruche, ruck, rufe, telescope, tuck, turn under, wrinkle; concept 184 Ant. atten, leave, unbend fold [v2] encase, enclose do up, enfold, entwine, envelop, involve, wrap, wrap up; concept 209 Ant. free, let out, loose, loosen fold [v3] fail, close become insolvent, be ruined, break, bust, collapse, crash, crumple, give, go bankrupt, go bust, go into Chapter 11*, go under*, impoverish, pauper, pauperize, shut down, yield; concepts 324,699 Ant. achieve, succeed folder [n] paper envelope for holding items binder, case, le, pocket, portfolio, sheath, wrapper, wrapping; concept 260 foliage [n] leaves frondescence, greenness, growth, herbage, leafage, umbrage, vegetation, verdure; concept 428 folk [n] persons relations, acquaintances body politic, clan, community, confederation, culture group, ethnic group, family, general public, group, house, household, inhabitants, kin, kindred, lineage, masses, mnage, nation, nationality, people, population, proletariat, public, race, settlement, society, state, stock, tribe; concepts 296,379 folklore [n] tales from the past ballad, custom, fable, folk story, legend, myth, mythology, mythos, oral literature, superstition, tradition, wisdom; concept 282 folks [n] family brood, clan, horde, household, kin, parents, people, relatives, tribe; concepts 296,378,397 folksy [adj] informal, simple cozy, downto-earth*, homely, homey, low-key, modest, natural, plain, rustic, unassuming, unpretentious; concepts 562,589

follow [v1] take the place of be subsequent to, chase, come after, come from, come next, displace, ensue, go after, go next, postdate, proceed from, pursue, replace, result, spring from, succeed, supersede, supervene, supplant; concepts 128,242,813 Ant. neglect, pass over, shun, slight follow [v2] trail, pursue physically accompany, attend, bring up the rear*, catenate, chase, come with, concatenate, convoy, dog*, dog the footsteps of*, draggle, escort, freeze, give chase, go after, go with, hound*, hunt, onto*, persecute, put a tail on*, run after, run down, schlepp along*, search, seek, shadow, shag*, spook*, stalk, stick to, string along, tag, tag after*, tag along*, tail, tailgate*, take out after, track; concept 207 Ant. go before, lead, precede follow [v3] act in accordance with abide by, accord, adhere to, adopt, attend, be consistent with, be devoted to, be guided by, be in keeping, be interested in, comply, conform, copy, cultivate, do like, emulate, follow suit, give allegiance to, harmonize, heed, hold fast, imitate, keep, keep abreast of, keep an eye on, live up to, match, mimic, mind, mirror, model on, note, obey, observe, pattern oneself upon, reect, regard, serve, string along*, support, take after, take as an example, watch; concepts 8,91,171 Ant. avoid, disregard, scorn follow [v4] understand accept, appreciate, apprehend, catch*, catch on*, comprehend, dig*, fathom, get*, get the picture*, grasp, realize, see, take in*; concept 15 Ant. misunderstand, not get follower [n] person who believes or has great interest addict, adherent, admirer, advocate, apostle, attendant, backer, believer, bootlicker*, buff, client, cohort, companion, convert, copycat, devotee, disciple, fan, fancier, freak*, habitu, hanger-on*, helper, imitator, lackey*, member, minion, parasite, participant, partisan, patron, promoter, proselyte, protg, pupil, representative, satellite, sectary, servant, sidekick, stooge*, supporter, sycophant, toady*, vassal, votary, worshiper, zealot; concepts 352,366,423 Ant. leader following [adj] happening, being next or after after a while, afterward, attendant, a while later, back, by and by, coming, coming after, coming next, consecutive, consequent, consequential, directly after, ensuing, henceforth, hinder, in pursuit, in search of, in the wake of, later, later on, latter, next, next off*, on the scent*, posterior, presently, proximate, pursuing, rear, resulting, sequent, sequential, serial, seriate, specied, subsequent, succeeding, successive, supervenient, then, trailing, when; concepts 585,811, 818,820 Ant. rst, leading, preceding following [n] persons of an interest or belief adherents, audience, circle, clientage, clientele, cortege, coterie, dependents, entourage, fans, group, groupies*, hangers-on*, patronage, patrons, public, retinue, rout, suite, support, supporters, train; concepts 294,387,417 Ant. disbelievers follow through [v] bring to a conclusion complete, conclude, consummate, pursue, see through; concept 91 Ant. leave, not nish

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follow up [v] make inquiries check out, nd out about, investigate, look into, make sure, pursue; concept 103 Ant. avoid, dodge, forget folly [n] nonsense, ridiculous idea absurdity, craziness, daftness, dottiness, dumb thing to do*, dumb trick*, fatuity, foolishness, idiocy, imbecility, impracticality, imprudence, inadvisability, inanity, indiscretion, irrationality, lunacy, madness, obliquity, preposterousness, rashness, recklessness, senselessness, silliness, stupidity, triviality, unsoundness, vice, witlessness; concepts 410,633 Ant. judgment, knowledge, seriousness, understanding, wisdom foment [v] instigate, provoke abet, agitate, arouse, brew, cultivate, encourage, excite, fan the ames*, foster, goad, incite, nurse, nurture, promote, quicken, raise, set, set on, sow the seeds*, spur, start, stimulate, stir up, whip up*; concepts 14,221 Ant. cease, dampen, discourage, dissuade, stop fond [adj] have a liking or taste for addicted, adoring, affectionate, amorous, attached, caring, devoted, doting, enamored, indulgent, keen on, lovesome, lovey-dovey*, loving, mushy*, partial, predisposed, responsive, romantic, sentimental, silly over, sympathetic, tender, warm; concepts 32,542 Ant. hating, hostile fondle [v] touch lovingly bear hug*, caress, clutch, cosset, cuddle, dandle, embrace, feel, fool around*, grab, grope, hug, love, make love to, neck, nestle, nuzzle, pat, paw, pet, play footsie*, snuggle, squeeze, stroke; concepts 190,375 fondness [n] liking or taste for affection, attachment, devotion, fancy, kindness, love, partiality, penchant, predilection, preference, soft spot, susceptibility, tenderness, weakness; concept 32 Ant. dislike, hate, hatred, loathing font [n1] source fount, fountain, genesis, origin, root, seed, wellspring; concept 648 font [n2] print type face, typeface; concepts 79 food [n] edible material aliment, bite*, board, bread, cheer, chow*, comestible, cookery, cooking, cuisine, diet, drink, eatable, eats*, entre, fare, fast food, feed, fodder*, foodstuff, goodies*, grit*, groceries*, grub*, handout*, home cooking, keep, larder, meal, meat, menu, mess*, moveable feast, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, provision, ration, refreshment, slop*, snack, store, subsistence, support, sustenance, table, take out, tuck, viand, victual, vittles*; concepts 457,460,461 Ant. beverage, drink food court [n] public area where variety of food is sold cafe, counter, fast food, food festival, restaurant, smorgasbord; concepts 439,448,449 foodie [n] lover of food bon vivant, bon viveur, connoisseur, gastronome, glutton, gourmand, gourmet, hedonist, sensualist; concept 366 food poisoning [n] poisoning caused by eating food botulism, ptomaine poisoning, salmonella; concept 537 fool [n] stupid or ridiculous person ass, birdbrain*, blockhead*, bonehead*, boob*, bore, buffoon, clod*, clown, cretin*, dimwit*, dolt*, dope*, dumb ox*, dunce, dunderhead*, easy mark*, fair game*, fathead*, goose*, halfwit,

idiot, ignoramus, illiterate, imbecile, innocent, jerk*, lamebrain*, lightweight*, loon*, moron, nerd*, nincompoop*, ninny*, nitwit, numskull*, oaf, sap*, schlemiel*, silly, simpleton, stooge*, sucker*, turkey*, twerp*, twit*, victim; concepts 412,423 Ant. brain fool [v] trick, mislead bamboozle*, bluff, cheat, chicane, con, deceive, delude, diddle, dupe, fake out*, imam*, fox*, gull, hoax, hoodwink*, jive*, juke*, kid, lead on, make believe, outfox, play-act*, play a trick on, pretend, put on, put one over on*, scam*, snow*, spoof*, suck in*, take in*, trie; concept 59 fool around [v] waste time dawdle, hang around*, idle, kill time*, lark, mess around*, play around*; concept 681 Ant. labor, toil, work fooled [adj] tricked bamboozled*, conned, deceived, deluded, duped, imammed*, hornswoggled*, misled, outfoxed*, snowed*, sucked in*; concept 537 Ant. clear, cognizant, unfooled, untricked foolhardy [adj] impetuous, rash adventuresome, adventurous, audacious, bold, breakneck*, daredevil, daring, devil-may-care*, harebrained*, headstrong, imprudent, incautious, irresponsible, madcap, off deep end*, out on limb*, precipitate, reckless, temerarious, venturesome, venturous, wide open; concept 401 Ant. careful, cautious, discreet, thoughtful fooling [n] joking, tricks blufng, buffoonery, clownishness, farce, frolicking, high jinks*, horseplay, jesting, joshing, kidding, making light*, mockery, nonsense, pretense, roughhouse*, roughhousing*, rowdiness, sham*, skylarking*, spoong, teasing, triing; concept 59 Ant. seriousness foolish [adj] nonsensical, idiotic absurd, asinine, brainless, cockamamy*, crazy, daffy*, daft, dippy*, doltish*, dotty*, fantastic, fatuous, feebleminded*, half-baked*, half-witted*, harebrained*, ill-advised, ill-considered, imbecilic, imprudent, incautious, indiscreet, injudicious, insane, irrational, jerky*, kooky*, loony*, ludicrous, lunatic, mad, moronic, nerdy*, nutty*, preposterous, ridiculous, senseless, short-sighted, silly, simple, stupid, unintelligent, unreasonable, unwise, wacky*, weak, witless, zany*; concepts 401,542,544 Ant. careful, cautious, circumspect, prudent, sensible, serious, thoughtful, unfoolish, wise foolishly [adv] idiotic, without due consideration absurdly, ill-advisedly, imprudently, incautiously, indiscreetly, injudiciously, mistakenly, short-sightedly, stupidly, unwisely; concepts 401,542,544 Ant. carefully, cautiously, sensibly, thoughtfully, wisely foolishness [n] idiocy, nonsense absurdity, absurdness, bunk*, carrying-on*, claptrap*, craziness, dumb trick*, folly, foolery, fool trick, horse feathers*, impracticality, imprudence, inanity, indiscretion, insanity, insensibility, irrationality, irresponsibility, ludicrousness, lunacy, mistake, poppycock*, preposterousness, rubbish*, senselessness, silliness, stupidity, tommyrot*, twaddle, unreasonableness, unwiseness, weakness, witlessness; concept 633 Ant. care, carefulness, caution, circumspec-

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tion, prudence, sense, seriousness, thoughtfulness, wiseness foolproof [adj] infallible certain, dependable, fail-safe, faultless, awless, goofproof, guaranteed, idiot-proof*, never-failing, perfect, reliable, safe, sure, sure-re, tested, tried, unassailable, unerring, unfailing; concepts 535,582 foot [n1] extremity of an animate being hoof, pad, paw; concept 392 foot [n2] base of an object bottom, foundation, lowest point, nadir, pier; concept 442 Ant. lid, top foot [n3] twelve inches/30.48 centimeters measured cubic, square; concepts 790,791 footing [n1] foundation, basis basement, bedrock, bottom, establishment, foot, foothold, ground, groundwork, infrastructure, installation, resting place, seat, seating, settlement, substratum, substructure, underpinning, understructure, warrant; concepts 442,661 footing [n2] social status capacity, character, condition, grade, place, position, rank, relations, relationship, situation, standing, state, station, terms; concept 388 footloose [adj] free easygoing, free and easy, go-as-you-please, loose, unattached, uncommitted, unengaged; concepts 401,542 footprint [n] footmark footstep, hoofprint, impression, imprint, spoor, track, trail, tread; concepts 513,628 fop [n] dandy beau, Beau Brummel, clotheshorse, coxcomb, dude, fashion plate, macaroni, peacock, popinjay; concept 423 for [conj] in consequence of the fact that as, as long as, because, being, considering, inasmuch as, now, since, whereas; concept 544 for [prep] in consideration of after, as, benecial to, concerning, conducive to, during, for the sake of, in contemplation of, in exchange for, in favor of, in furtherance of, in order to, in order to get, in place of, in pursuance of, in spite of, in the direction of, in the interest of, in the name of, notwithstanding, on the part of, on the side of, pro, supposing, to, to counterbalance, to go to, to the amount of, to the extent of, toward, under the authority of, with a view to, with regard to, with respect; concept 544 forage [v] search madly for beat, cast about, comb, explore, ne-tooth-comb*, grub, hunt, pilfer, plunder, raid, rake, ransack, ravage, rummage, scour, scrounge, seek; concept 216 foray [n] incursion, attempt attack, depredation, descent, inroad, invasion, irruption, raid, reconnaissance, sally, sortie; concepts 86,90,159 Ant. abstention, idleness, laziness forbear [v] resist the temptation to abstain, avoid, bridle, cease, curb, decline, desist, escape, eschew, evade, forgo, go easy*, hold back*, inhibit, keep, keep from, omit, pause, refrain, restrain, sacrice, shun, stop, withhold; concepts 35,121,130,681 Ant. continue, indulge, involve, partake, use forbearance [n] resisting, avoidance abstinence, endurance, fortitude, going easy on*, living with*, longanimity, moderation, patience, patientness, refraining, resignation, restraint, self-control, temperance, tolerance; concepts 410,633 Ant. continuation, indulgence, involvement, pursual, use

forbearing [adj] tolerant being big*, charitable, clement, considerate, easy, forgiving, gentle, going easy on*, going easy with*, humane, humanitarian, indulgent, lenient, living with*, longanimous, long-suffering, merciful, mild, moderate, patient, soft-shell*, thoughtful; concepts 404,542 Ant. impatient, intolerant, merciless, strict, uncontrolled forbid [v] outlaw, prohibit an action ban, block, cancel, censor, check, debar, declare illegal, deny, deprive, disallow, embargo, enjoin, exclude, forestall, forfend, freeze*, halt, hinder, hold up, impede, inhibit, interdict, lock up, nix*, obstruct, obviate, oppose, preclude, prevent, proscribe, put the chill on*, restrain, restrict, rule out, say no*, shut down*, shut out*, spike*, stop, stymie*, taboo*, veto, withhold; concept 121 Ant. allow, approve, authorize, permit, sanction forbidden [adj] outlawed, prohibited banned, closed, closed-down*, closed-up*, contraband, no-no*, off limits, out of bounds, proscribed, refused, taboo*, verboten, vetoed; concept 548 Ant. allowed, approved, authorized, permitted, sanctioned forbidden fruit [n] taboo desired object, golden apple, illicit love, no-no*, prohibition; concepts 532,687 forbidding [adj] ominous, daunting abhorrent, disagreeable, dour, foreboding, frightening, glowering, grim, hostile, menacing, odious, offensive, off-putting, repellent, repulsive, sinister, threatening, tough, ugly, unapproachable, unfriendly, unpleasant; concepts 537,550 Ant. approachable, friendly, undaunting force [n1] physical energy, power arm, brunt, clout, coercion, compulsion, conscription, constrait, draft, duress, dynamism, effort, enforcement, exaction, extortion, full head of steam*, fury, horsepower, impact, impetus, impulse, might, momentum, muscle, pains*, potency, potential, pow*, pressure, punch, push, sinew, sock*, speed, steam, stimulus, strain, strength, stress, strong arm*, stuff*, subjection, tension, trouble, velocity, vigor, violence, what it takes*; concepts 641,724 Ant. powerlessness, weakness force [n2] mental power, energy ability, authority, bite*, capability, coercion, cogency, competence, determination, dominance, drive, duress, effect, effectiveness, efcacy, emphasis, erceness, forcefulness, gumption, guts*, impressiveness, inuence, intensity, intestinal fortitude, obligation, persistence, persuasiveness, point, pressure, puissance, punch, push, requirement, sapience, stress, validity, validness, vehemence, vigor, willpower; concepts 410,677 Ant. incompetence, weakness force [n3] military organization armed forces, army, battalion, body, cell, corps, crew, detachment, division, guard, horses, host, legion, patrol, regiment, reserves, shop, soldiers, squad, squadron, troop, unit; concepts 322,417 force [v1] obligate to do something apply, bear down, bear hard on, bind, blackmail, bring pressure to bear upon*, burden, cause, charge, choke, coerce, command, compel, concuss, conscript, constrain, contract, demand, draft, drag, dragoon*, drive, enforce, enjoin, exact,

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extort, x, impel, impose, impress, inict, insist, limit, make, move, necessitate, oblige, obtrude, occasion, order, overcome, pin down, press, pressure, pressurize, put screws to*, put squeeze on*, require, restrict, sandbag*, shotgun*, strong-arm*, urge, wrest, wring; concept 14 Ant. let go force [v2] use violence upon assault, blast, break in, break open, burst, bust open, crack open, dele, extort, jimmy*, propel, pry, push, rape, ravish, spoil, squeeze, thrust, twist, undo, violate, wrench, wrest, wring; concepts 156, 208 Ant. surrender, yield forced [adj] compulsory, strained affected, articial, begrudging, binding, bound, coerced, coercive, compelled, conscripted, constrained, contrived, enforced, factitious, false, grudging, inexible, insincere, involuntary, labored, mandatory, obligatory, peremptory, rigid, slave, stiff, stringent, unnatural, unwilling, wooden*; concepts 542,548 Ant. noncompulsory, spontaneous, unforced, voluntary forceful [adj] effective, powerful ball of re*, bullish*, cogent, coming on strong, commanding, compelling, constraining, convincing, dominant, dynamic, electric, elemental, energetic, forcible, gutsy*, mighty, persuasive, pithy, potent, powerhouse, puissant, punch, punchy*, steamroller*, stringent, strong, takecharge, take-over, telling, titanic, vehement, vigorous, violent, virile, weighty; concepts 267,401,550 Ant. feeble, impotent, ineffective, meek, unforceful, weak forcible [adj] powerful, aggressive active, armed, assertive, coercive, cogent, compelling, compulsory, drastic, effective, efcient, energetic, forceful, impressive, intense, mighty, militant, persuasive, potent, puissant, strong, telling, valid, vehement, vigorous, violent, weighty; concepts 267,537 Ant. nonaggressive, weak forcibly [adv] against ones will by force, coercively, compulsorily, effectively, energetically, hard, mightily, powerfully, strongly, under protest, vigorously; concepts 544,548 Ant. noncompulsorily, weakly fore [adv] in the front ahead, ante*, antecedently, before, beforehand, forward, in advance, near, nearest, precedently, previous; concepts 585,820 Ant. aft, back forebearer [n] family predecessor ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, author, begetter, forerunner, founder, materfamilias, matriarch, originator, parent, paterfamilias, patriarch, precursor, primogenitor, procreator, progenitor, relative, sire; concept 414 forebode [v] predict, warn augur, betoken, bode, divine, forecast, foresee, foreshadow, foretell, foretoken, forewarn, indicate, omen, portend, premonish, presage, prognosticate, promise; concepts 70,78 foreboding [n] misgiving, bad omen anxiety, apprehension, apprehensiveness, augury, bad vibes*, chill, dread, fear, foreshadowing, foretoken, forewarning, funny feeling*, handwriting on the wall*, portent, prediction, premonition, prenotion, presage, presentiment, prognostic, prophecy, sinking feeling*, vibes*, warning, wind change*; concepts 78,689,690

Ant. fortune, good omen, luck, providence forecast [n] prediction, often of weather or business anticipation, augury, budget, calculation, cast, conjecture, divination, estimate, foreknowledge, foreseeing, foresight, foretelling, forethought, foretoken, guess, outlook, planning, precognition, prescience, prevision, prognosis, prognostication, projection, prophecy; concepts 28,37,70,78 forecast [v] predict, guess adumbrate, anticipate, augur, calculate, call the turn*, conclude, conjecture, demonstrate, determine, divine, dope out*, estimate, gure, gure out*, foresee, foretell, gather, gauge, infer, in the cards*, plan, portend, predetermine, presage, prognosticate, prophesy, reason, see it coming*, soothsay, surmise, telegraph; concepts 28,37,70,78 forefather [n] ancestor antecedent, ascendant, forebearer, patriarch, precursor, predecessor, primogenitor, procreator, progenitor; concept 414 forefront/foreground [n] prominence beginning, center, cutting-edge*, focus, fore, forepart, front, lead, leading-edge*, limelight*, on the line*, spearhead*, state-of-the-art, vanguard; concept 668 Ant. back, background, rear, unimportance foregoing [adj] come before; previous above, aforementioned, aforesaid, aforestated, antecedent, anterior, former, past, precedent, preceding, prior; concept 585 Ant. after foreign [adj1] from another country, experience adopted, alien, alienated, antipodal, barbarian, barbaric, borrowed, derived, different, distant, estranged, exiled, exotic, expatriate, external, extralocal, extraneous, extrinsic, far, faraway, far-fetched, far-off, from abroad, immigrant, imported, inaccessible, nonnative, nonresident, not domestic, not native, offshore, outlandish, outside, overseas, remote, strange, transoceanic, unaccustomed, unexplored, unfamiliar, unknown; concepts 536,549 Ant. local, national, native foreign [adj2] irrelevant accidental, adventitious, extraneous, extrinsic, heterogeneous, immaterial, impertinent, inapposite, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, irrelative, repugnant, unassimilable, uncharacteristic, unrelated; concepts 267,537 Ant. characteristic, familiar, known, regular, relevant foreigner [n] person from another country alien, fresh off the boat*, greenhorn*, immigrant, incomer, newcomer, outlander, outsider, stranger; concept 413 Ant. citizen, local, national, native foremost [adj] rst in rank, order A-1*, A-number-1*, arch, at the cutting edge*, at the leading edge*, champion, chief, front, head, headmost, heavy, heavy stuff*, heavyweight*, highest, hotdog*, hotshot*, hot stuff*, inaugural, initial, leading, most important, number one*, original, paramount, preeminent, premier, primary, prime, primo*, principal, supreme; concepts 568,585,799 Ant. inferior, last, least, lowest, secondary, unimportant forensic [adj] judicial, legal argumentative, debatable, dialectic, dialectical, disputative, juridical, juristic, moot, polemical, rhetorical; concepts 267,319

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foreordain [v] doom, fate destinate, destine, foredoom, foreshadow, foretell, prearrange, predestine, predetermine, preform, preordain, reserve; concept 70 foreplay [n] fondling action*, caress, cuddling, heavy petting, kissing, lovemaking, making out, necking, oral sex, petting, sex, sexual activity; concepts 375,388 forerunner [n1] messenger, herald advertiser, advocate, ancestor, announcer, author, envoy, forebearer, foregoer, harbinger, initiator, originator, pioneer, precursor, progenitor, prognostic, prototype; concepts 414,423 forerunner [n2] example, sign advertisement, announcement, antecedent, antecessor, augury, exemplar, foregoer, foreshadow, foretoken, forewarning, indication, mark, model, omen, pattern, portent, precursor, predecessor, premonition, presage, prognostic, prototype, sign, token, warning; concept 529 Ant. result foresee [v] anticipate, predict apprehend, call the turn*, crystal ball it*, discern, divine, dope out*, envisage, espy, expect, forebode, forecast, forefeel, foreknow, foretell, have a hunch*, perceive, preknow, presage, previse, prevision, prognosticate, prophesy, psych out*, see, see it coming*, understand, visualize; concepts 26,70 foreshadow [v] indicate adumbrate, augur, be in the wind*, betoken, bode, forebode, foretell, hint, imply, omen, portend, predict, pregure, presage, promise, prophesy, shadow, signal, suggest, telegraph; concepts 70,75,261 foresight [n] mental preparedness anticipation, canniness, care, carefulness, caution, circumspection, clairvoyance, discernment, discreetness, discretion, economy, far-sightedness, foreknowledge, forethought, insight, longsightedness, perception, precaution, precognition, preconception, premeditation, premonition, prenotion, prescience, prospect, providence, provision, prudence, sagacity; concepts 409,410 Ant. hindsight, ignorance, thoughtlessness forest [n] area with a large number of trees backwoods, brake, chase, clump, coppice, copse, cover, covert, grove, growth, jungle, park, shelter, stand, thicket, timber, timberland, weald, wildwood, wood, woodland, woodlot, woods; concepts 509,517 foretell [v] predict, warn adumbrate, announce, anticipate, apprehend, augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, call, call it*, call the shot*, crystal ball it*, declare, disclose, divine, divulge, dope*, dope out*, gure, gure out*, forebode, forecast, foreknow, foreshadow, forewarn, make book*, portend, pregure, presage, proclaim, prognosticate, prophesy, psych, read, reveal, see something coming*, signify, soothsay, tell; concepts 70,78 forethought [n] mental preparedness anticipation, canniness, caution, deliberation, discreetness, discretion, far-sightedness, foresight, gumption, judgment, planning, precaution, premeditation, providence, provision, prudence, sense; concept 410 Ant. hindsight, ignorance, thoughtlessness forever [adv1] for all time; everlasting always, durably, endlessly, enduringly, eternally, evermore, everything considered*, for always,

forevermore, for good*, for keeps*, for life*, immortally, innitely, in perpetuity, in perpetuum, interminably, lastingly, now and forever*, on and on*, permanently, perpetually, till blue in the face*, till death do us part*, till Doomsday*, till the cows come home*, till the end of time*, unchangingly, world without end*; concepts 551,649,798,799 Ant. brief, never, temporary forever [adv2] not ceasing, continually all the time, constantly, endlessly, eternally, everlastingly, incessantly, interminably, perpetually, regularly, unendingly, unremittingly; concepts 534,798 Ant. ceasing, ending, never forewarn [v] caution that something may happen admonish, advise, alarm, alert, apprise, dissuade, ag, forbode, give fair warning*, give the high sign*, portend, premonish, pull ones coat*, put a bug in ones ear*, put one wise*, put on guard*, telegraph, tip, tip off, wave a red ag*; concept 78 foreword [n] introduction to a document exordium, overture, preamble, preface, preliminary, prelude, prelusion, proem, prolegomenon, prologue; concept 270 Ant. addendum, epilogue, postscript forfeit [n] something given as sacrice cost, damages, ne, loss, mulct, penalty, relinquishment; concept 123 Ant. gain, victory, win forfeit [v] give up something in sacrice abandon, be deprived of, be stripped of, drop, give over, lose, relinquish, renounce, sacrice, surrender; concept 116 Ant. gain, prot, win forge [v1] counterfeit coin, copy, design, duplicate, fabricate, fake, falsify, fashion, feign, frame, imitate, invent, make, phony up*, pirate*, produce, reproduce, scratch, trace, transcribe, trump up*; concepts 59,171 forge [v2] make something from scratch beat, build, construct, contrive, create, devise, fabricate, fashion, form, frame, hammer out*, invent, manufacture, mold, pound, put together, shape, turn out, work; concepts 168,173,175,205,251 forgery [n] counterfeiting; counterfeit item bogus*, carbon*, carbon copy, cheat, coining, copy, fabrication, fake, faking, falsication, fraudulence, imitating, imitation, imposition, imposture, lookalike, phony, pseudo, sham*, twin, workalike*; concepts 59,171,716 forget [v1] not be able to remember blow, clean forget*, consign to oblivion*, dismiss from mind, disremember, draw a blank*, escape ones memory*, fail to remember, let slip from memory*, lose consciousness of, lose sight of*, misrecollect, obliterate, think no more of*; concept 40 Ant. learn, recall, recollect, remember forget [v2] leave behind blink, discount, disregard, drop, fail, ignore, lose sight of*, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, pass over, skip, slight, transgress, trespass; concepts 30, 116 Ant. carry, remember, take forgetful [adj] tending to not remember absent, absent-minded, abstracted, airheaded*, amnemonic, amnesic, asleep on the job*, bemused, careless, distracted, dreamy, heedless, inattentive, lax, like an absent-minded professor*, looking out window*, mooning, moony*,

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neglectful, negligent, nirvanic, not on the job*, oblivious, out of it*, out to lunch*, pipe dreaming*, preoccupied, remiss, slack, sloppy, unmindful, unwitting, woolgathering*; concepts 403,550 Ant. attentive, mindful, recalling, remembering, retentive forgetfulness [n] consistent inability to remember absentmindedness, abstraction, amnesia, blackout, blank, blockout, carelessness, dreaminess, fugue, heedlessness, hypomnesia, inattention, lapse of memory, laxness, lethe, limbo, loss of memory, negligence, nirvana, oblivion, obliviousness, paramnesia, repression, short memory, suppression; concepts 410, 644 Ant. attentiveness, heed, mindfulness, remembering forgive [v] stop blame and grant pardon absolve, accept apology, acquit, allow for, amnesty, bear no malice*, bear with, bury the hatchet*, clear, commute, condone, dismiss from mind, efface, exculpate, excuse, exempt, exonerate, extenuate, forget, kiss and make up*, laugh off*, let bygones be bygones*, let it go*, let off*, let off easy*, let pass*, let up on*, make allowance, overlook, palliate, pocket, purge, release, relent, remit, reprieve, respite, spring, think no more of*, turn other cheek*, wink at*, wipe slate clean*; concepts 12,50,88 Ant. accuse, blame, censure, charge, punish forgiveness [n] pardon; end of blame absolution, acquittal, amnesty, charity, clemency, compassion, condonation, dispensation, exculpation, exoneration, extenuation, grace, immunity, impunity, indemnity, justication, lenience, lenity, mercy, overlooking, palliation, purgation, quarter, quittance, remission, remittal, reprieve, respite, vindication; concepts 685,689 Ant. accusation, blame, censure, charge, punishment, sentence forgo [v] give up, do without abandon, abdicate, abjure, abstain, cede, desist, eschew, forbear, forsake, give in, go on the wagon*, leave alone, leave out, pack in*, pass, pass on, pass up, quit, refrain, relinquish, renounce, resign, resist, sacrice, sit out*, surrender, swear off*, take the cure*, take the oath*, waive, yield; concepts 121,130,681 Ant. continue, indulge, keep, use forgotten [adj] out of ones mind abandoned, blanked out*, blotted out*, blown over*, buried, bygone, clean forgot*, consigned to oblivion*, disremembered*, drew a blank*, erased, fell between the cracks*, gone, lapsed, left behind, left out, lost, obliterated, omitted, past, past recollection, repressed, slipped ones mind*, suppressed, unrecalled, unremembered; concepts 402,403,529 Ant. recalled, recollected, remembered fork [v] go separate ways angle, bifurcate, branch off, branch out, divaricate, diverge, divide, part, split; concepts 98,738 Ant. join forked [adj] going separate ways angled, bid, bifurcate, bifurcated, branched, branching, dichotomous, dichotonic, divaricate, divided, furcate, furcated, pronged, split, tined, tridented, zigzag; concepts 485,581 Ant. joined, unbranched for keeps [adv] forever for good, permanently, till hell freezes over*; concepts 551,649, 798,799

for kicks [adv] for fun for mere pleasure, for no useful reason, for the hell of it; concepts 537,572 forlorn [adj] hopeless, inconsolable abandoned, alone, bereft, blue*, cheerless, comfortless, cynical, defenseless, depressed, deserted, desolate, despairing, desperate, despondent, destitute, destroyed, disconsolate, down and out*, dragging*, forgotten, forsaken, friendless, fruitless, futile, godforsaken*, helpless, homeless, in the dumps*, lonely, lonesome, lost, miserable, oppressed, pathetic, pessimistic, pitiable, pitiful, solitary, tragic, unhappy, vain, weighed down, woebegone, wretched; concept 403 Ant. cheerful, comforted, consolable, happy, hopeful, joyful, pleased form [n1] shape; arrangement anatomy, appearance, articulation, cast, conguration, conformation, construction, contour, cut, design, die, embodiment, fashion, gure, formation, framework, mode, model, mold, outline, pattern, plan, prole, scheme, silhouette, skeleton, structure, style, system; concepts 184,660,754,757 Ant. shapelessness form [n2] animate body and its condition anatomy, being, build, condition, fettle*, gure, tness, frame, health, object, outline, person, phenomenon, physique, shape, silhouette, thing, torso, trim*; concepts 316,389,720 form [n3] accepted procedure; ceremony behavior, by the book*, by the numbers*, canon, ceremonial, channels*, conduct, convenance, convention, custom, decorum, done thing*, etiquette, fashion, formality, habit, law, layout, manner, manners, method, mode, practice, precept, proceeding, process, propriety, protocol, regulation, rite, ritual, ropes*, rule, setup, style, usage, way; concept 688 form [n4] document that requires answers or information application, blank, chart, data sheet, letter, paper, questionnaire, sheet; concept 271 form [n5] type, kind arrangement, character, class, description, design, grade, guise, make, manifestation, manner, method, mode, order, practice, rank, semblance, sort, species, stamp, style, system, variety, way; concepts 6,378 form [n6] organization, arrangement format, framework, harmony, order, orderliness, placement, plan, proportion, scheme, structure, symmetry; concept 727 Ant. disarrangement, disorganization form [v1] bring into existence; make, produce arrange, assemble, block out, bring about, build, cast, complete, compose, conceive, concoct, constitute, construct, consummate, contrive, cook up*, create, cultivate, cut, design, develop, devise, dream up, erect, establish, fabricate, fashion, nish, x, forge, found, frame, hammer out*, invent, knock off*, make up, manufacture, model, mold, organize, outline, pattern, perfect, plan, plot, project, put together, scheme, set, set up, shape, structure, throw together, trace, turn out*, work; concepts 168,173,205,251 Ant. break, destroy, hurt, ruin form [v2] come into being; arise accumulate, acquire, appear, become a reality, become visible, condense, crystallize, develop, eventuate, fall into place*, grow, harden, materialize,

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mature, rise, set, settle, shape up, show up, take on character, take shape*; concepts 105,704 Ant. destroy, kill, ruin form [v3] educate, discipline breed, bring up, give character, instruct, rear, school, teach, train; concepts 285,295 Ant. neglect form [v4] comprise, be a part of act as, compose, constitute, gure in, make, make up, serve as; concept 643 formal [adj1] established, orderly academic, approved, ceremonial, ceremonialistic, ceremonious, conrmed, conventional, decorous, directed, explicit, express, xed, formalistic, lawful, legal, methodical, ofcial, precise, prescribed, pro forma, proper, punctilious, regular, rigid, ritual, ritualistic, set, solemn, stately, stereotyped, stereotypical, strict, systematic; concepts 533,547 Ant. disorderly, informal, relaxed formal [adj2] stiff, affected, correct aloof, by the numbers*, ceremonious, conventional, decorous, distant, exact, nominal, playing the game*, polite, precise, prim, punctilious, reserved, seemly, sententious, starched*, stilted*, straight arrow*, stuffy*, unbending; concept 401 Ant. customary, informal, normal, relaxed, unaffected formality [n1] convention, custom academism, ceremony, convenance, conventionality, form, gesture, liturgy, matter of form*, ofcialism, procedure, red tape*, rite, ritual, rituality, rubric, rule, service, solemnity, solemnness, stereotype, tradition; concept 688 Ant. informality formality [n2] etiquette, protocol ceremoniousness, conventionalism, correctness, decorum, formalism, honors, mummery, politesse, propriety, ps and qs*, punctiliousness; concept 633 Ant. informality format [n] layout, plan arrangement, composition, conguration, dimensions, gure, form, formation, formula, look, makeup, pattern, scheme, setup, shape, size; concepts 625,660 formation [n] composition, establishment accumulation, architecture, arrangement, compilation, conguration, constitution, construction, creation, crystallization, deposit, design, development, dispersal, disposition, embodiment, evolution, fabrication, gure, forming, generation, genesis, grouping, induction, makeup, manufacture, order, organization, pattern, production, rank, structure, synthesis; concepts 173,260 formative [adj] inuential, impressionable determinative, developmental, immature, impressible, malleable, moldable, pliant, sensitive, shaping, susceptible; concepts 534,537 Ant. destructive, noninuential former [adj] previous in time or order above, aforementioned, aforesaid, ancient, antecedent, anterior, bygone, departed, earlier, erstwhile, ex-*, rst, foregoing, late, long ago*, long gone, of yore*, old, once, one-time, past, preceding, prior, quondam, sometime, whilom; concepts 585,820 Ant. after, current, ensuing, following, future, present, prospective, subsequent, succeeding formerly [adv] previously in time or order aforetime, already, anciently, at one time, away

back, a while back, back, back when*, before, before now, before this, down memory lane*, earlier, eons ago*, erewhile, erstwhile, heretofore, in former times, in the olden days*, in the past, lately, long ago, of old, of yore, olden days*, once, once upon a time*, radically, some time ago, time was*, used to be*, water under the bridge*; concepts 585,820 Ant. currently, future, presently, subsequently formidable [adj1] horrible, terrifying appalling, awful, dangerous, daunting, dire, dismaying, dreadful, fearful, erce, frightful, horric, imposing, impregnable, intimidating, menacing, redoubtable, shocking, terrible, terric, threatening; concept 537 Ant. feeble, friendly, harmless, nice, pleasant, powerless, weak formidable [adj2] difcult, overwhelming allpowerful, arduous, awesome, ballbuster, challenging, colossal, dismaying, effortful, great, hard, impressive, indomitable, intimidating, labored, laborious, mammoth, mighty, murder*, onerous, overpowering, powerful, puissant, rough*, rough go*, staggering, strenuous, tall order*, toilsome, tough*, tough proposition*, tremendous, uphill*; concept 565 Ant. easy, not hard, pleasant, trivial formless [adj] disorganized, vague amorphous, baggy*, blobby*, chaotic, crude, inchoate, incoherent, indenite, indeterminate, indistinct, nebulous, obscure, orderless, raw, rough, rude, shapeless, unclear, undened, unformed, unorganized; concepts 485,535,589 Ant. coherent, distinct, formed, organized, shaped, specic formula [n] set preparation; rule, recipe blueprint, canon, code, credo, creed, custom, description, direction, equation, form, formulary, maxim, method, modus operandi, precept, prescription, principle, procedure, rite, ritual, rote, rubric, specications, theorem, way; concepts 268,688 formulate [v] plan, specify systematically codify, coin, compose, concoct, contrive, cook up, couch, dene, detail, develop, devise, draft, draw up*, dream up*, evolve, express, forge, frame, give form to, hatch, indite, invent, make, make up*, map, originate, particularize, phrase, prepare, put, set down*, systematize, vamp, work, work out; concepts 36,173,202 fornicate [v] have sexual intercourse be promiscuous, commit adultery, philander, sleep around; concepts 375,384 fornication [n] sexual intercourse coition, coitus, copulation, intimacy, lovemaking, relations, screwing around, sex, sleeping around; concepts 375,384 for openers [adv] as a beginning rst off, for starters, to begin with; concepts 815,833 forsake [v] abandon, turn ones back on abdicate, cast off, change ones tune*, desert, disclaim, disown, drift away*, forgo, forswear, give up, have done with, jettison, jilt, kiss goodbye*, leave, leave at*, leave high and dry*, quit, relinquish, renounce, repudiate, resign, run out on*, set aside, show the door*, spurn, surrender, take the oath*, throw over*, walk out on*, wash ones hands of*, yield; concepts 30,195,384 Ant. go back, rediscover, return, revert

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forsaken [adj] abandoned cast off, derelict, deserted, desolate, destitute, disowned, forlorn, friendless, godforsaken*, ignored, isolated, jilted, left at the altar*, left behind, left in the lurch*, lonely, lorn, marooned, outcast, solitary, thrown over*; concept 555 Ant. cherished, helped, nurtured, wanted for sure [adv] denitely certainly, dead sure, for a fact, for certain, for real, no doubt, no question, no two ways about it, really, sure thing, unquestionably; concepts 535,552 forswear [v] abandon, disavow abjure, deny, disclaim, disown, drop, forgo, forsake, give up, recall, recant, reject, renege, renounce, repudiate, retract, swear off, take back, withdraw; concepts 44,54 Ant. go back to, revert forte [n] persons strong point ability, ableness, aptitude, competence, effectiveness, efciency, eminency, faculty, gift*, long suit*, medium, mtier, oyster*, speciality, strength, strong suit*, talent, thing*; concepts 409,411 Ant. weakness fort/fortress [n] stronghold acropolis, blockhouse, camp, castle, citadel, fastness, fortication, garrison, redoubt, station; concept 439 forth [adv] outward ahead, alee, along, away, rst, forward, into, into the open*, on, onward, out; concept 581 forthcoming [adj] expected, imminent accessible, anticipated, approaching, at hand, available, awaited, coming, destined, fated, future, impending, inescapable, in evidence, inevitable, in preparation, in prospect, in store*, in the cards*, in the wind*, nearing, obtainable, oncoming, on tap*, open, pending, predestined, prospective, ready, resulting, upcoming; concepts 548,799 Ant. bygone, distant, gone, past forthright [adj] straightforward, honest aboveboard, bald, blunt, call a spade a spade*, candid, categorical, direct, directly, forward, frank, from the hip*, like it is*, no lie*, open, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, real, simple, sincere, straight, undisguised, up front*; concept 267 Ant. devious, dishonest, secret, untruthful forthwith [adv] immediately abruptly, at once, away, directly, instantly, now, quickly, right away*, right now*, straightaway, suddenly, tout de suite, without delay; concepts 544,820 Ant. later fortication [n] reinforced position barricade, barrier, bastion, battlement, block, blockhouse, breastwork, buffer, bulwark, castle, citadel, consolidation, defense, earthwork, embattlement, entrenchment, fastness, fort, fortress, garrison, keep, outpost, parapet, preparation, presidio, protection, reinforcement, stockade, strengthening, stronghold, support, wall; concepts 439,729 fortify [v1] make strong and secure; add to brace, build up, bulwark, buttress, charge up, consolidate, embattle, entrench, garrison, gird, prepare, prop, protect, punch up*, ready, reinforce, secure, shore up*, soup up*, steel*, step up, strengthen, support; concept 202 Ant. decrease, hurt, injure, weaken fortify [v2] encourage, reassure arouse, brace, buck up*, build up, cheer, conrm, embolden, energize, enliven, hearten, invigorate, pour it on*, punch up*, rally, refresh, reinforce, renew,

restore, rouse, stiffen, stir, strengthen, sustain; concepts 7,22 Ant. discourage, dissuade, weaken fortitude [n] strength of mind; guts backbone*, boldness, braveness, bravery, constancy, courage, courageousness, dauntlessness, determination, endurance, fearlessness, rmness, grit*, gutsiness, hardihood, heart, intrepidity, mettle, moxie, nerve, patience, perseverance, pith, pluck, resoluteness, resolution, spine*, spirit, spunk, stamina, starch, staying power, stick-to-itiveness*, stomach, stoutheartedness, tenacity, true grit*, valiancy, valor, valorousness, what it takes*; concepts 410,411 Ant. cowardice, helplessness, weakness fortuitous [adj] lucky, accidental arbitrary, casual, chance, contingent, uke*, uky*, fortunate, haphazard, happy, incidental, luck in*, luck out*, lucky-dog*, odd, providential, random, serendipitous, unforeseen, unplanned; concepts 548,552 Ant. calculated, deliberate, designed, intentional, planned, unlucky fortunate [adj] having good luck advantageous, afuent, auspicious, blessed, born with a silver spoon*, bright, charmed, convenient, encouraging, favorable, favored, felicitous, ourishing, fortuitous, gaining, get a break*, golden, happy, healthy, helpful, hopeful, in luck*, in the gravy*, lucky, on a roll*, opportune, overcoming, protable, promising, propitious, prosperous, providential, rosy, sitting pretty, successful, sunny side*, thriving, timely, triumphant, victorious, wealthy, well-off, well-todo; concepts 404,542,572 Ant. adverse, sad, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky, untoward, upset fortunately [adv] luckily auspiciously, by good luck, by happy chance*, favorably, happily, in good time*, in the nick of time*, opportunely, prosperously, providentially, satisfyingly, seasonably, successfully, swimmingly, well; concepts 537,544,572 Ant. sadly, unfortunately, unhappily, unluckily fortune [n1] wealth, possessions afuence, capital, estate, gold mine*, inheritance, opulence, portion, property, prosperity, resources, riches, substance, treasure, worth; concepts 335,710 Ant. hardship, misfortune, poverty fortune [n2] fate, lot in life accident, break*, certainty, chance, circumstances, contingency, destiny, doom, expectation, experience, ftyfty*, ghting chance*, uke*, fortuity, fortunateness, good break, hazard, history, karma*, kismet*, life, luck, lucked into*, lucked out*, luckiness, lucky break*, lucky hit*, Moirai, portion, providence, roll of the dice*, run of luck*, star, streak of luck, success, way the ball bounces*, way the cookie crumbles*, wheel of fortune*; concept 679 fortune-teller [n] person attempting to tell the future augur, clairvoyant, crystal ball gazer, diviner, medium, mind reader, oracle, palmist, palm reader, predicter, prophet, psychic, seer, soothsayer, spiritualist, tarot reader, tea-leaf reader; concepts 348,423 forum [n1] meeting assembly, colloquium, conclave, conference, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, council, gathering, get-together*, rally, seminar, symposium; concept 324

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forum [n2] setting agency, apparatus, avenue, backdrop, channel, framework, means, mechanism, medium, meeting place, place, scene, stage, vehicle, venue; concepts 198,263 forward [adj1] advancing, early ahead, forth, forward-looking, in advance, leading, onward, precocious, premature, progressing, progressive, propulsive, well-developed; concept 528 Ant. backward, later, past, reversing forward [adj2] in front, rst advance, anterior, facial, fore, foremost, front, head, leading, ventral; concepts 581,583,585 Ant. back, last forward [adj3] brash, impertinent aggressive, assuming, audacious, bantam, bare-faced, bold, brazen, cheeky*, coming on strong*, condent, familiar, fresh, impudent, nervy*, overassertive, overweening, pert, presuming, presumptuous, pushing, pushy*, rude, sassy*, saucy*, selfassertive, smart, smart-alecky*, uppity*, wise; concepts 401,404 Ant. meek, reserved, shy, timid forward [adv] toward the front in order, time ahead, alee, along, ante, antecedently, before, beforehand, fore, forth, in advance, into prominence, into view, on, onward, out, precedently, previous, to the fore*, vanward; concepts 581,585,799 Ant. back, backward, past forward [v1] aid, expedite advance, assist, back, champion, cultivate, encourage, favor, foster, further, hasten, help, hurry, promote, serve, speed, support, uphold; concepts 68, 110 Ant. cease, halt, hinder, impede, stop forward [v2] send, ship address, consign, deliver, dispatch, express, freight, post, remit, route, transmit, transport; concept 217 Ant. hold, keep, maintain fossil [n] organic remains of a previous time deposit, eolith, impression, neolith, paleolith, petrifaction, reconstruction, relic, skeleton, specimen, trace; concepts 429,470,509 foster [v1] promote, support advance, back, champion, cherish, cultivate, encourage, feed, foment, forward, further, harbor, nurse, nurture, serve, stimulate, uphold; concept 110 Ant. condemn, discourage foster [v2] give care or accommodation to assist, bring up, care for, cherish, entertain, favor, harbor, help, house, lodge, minister to, nourish, nurse, oblige, raise, rear, serve, shelter, sustain, take care of; concepts 110,140,295 Ant. ignore, neglect foul [adj1] disgusting, dirty abhorrent, abominable, base, contaminated, despicable, detestable, disgraceful, dishonorable, egregious, fetid, lthy, gross*, hateful, heinous, horrid, icky*, impure, infamous, iniquitous, loathsome, malodorous, mucky*, nasty, nauseating, nefarious, noisome, notorious, offensive, pigpen*, polluted, putrid, rank*, raunchy*, repellent, repulsive, revolting, rotten, scandalous, shameful, squalid, stinking*, sullied, tainted, unclean, vicious, vile, wicked, yecchy*, yucky*; concepts 485,529 Ant. clean, fragrant, pleasing, pure, wonderful foul [adj2] vulgar, offensive abusive, blasphemous, blue*, coarse, dirty, lthy, foul-mouthed, gross*, indecent, lewd, low, nasty, obscene, profane, raunchy, scatological, scurrilous,

smutty*; concept 267 Ant. clean, innocent, inoffensive, moral foul [adj3] corrupt, dishonest caitiff, crooked, dirty, fraudulent, inequitable, monstrous, shady, underhand, underhanded, unfair, unjust, unscrupulous, vicious; concepts 537, 548 Ant. fair, good, honest, incorrupt, just foul [n] infraction breach, encroachment, error, faux pas, infringement, offense, slip*, violation; concepts 192,691 foul [v] make or become dirty befoul, begrime, besmear, besmirch, block, catch, choke, clog, contaminate, dele, desecrate, discolor, ensnare, entangle, ll, jam, pollute, profane, smear, smudge, snarl, soil, spot, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, twist; concepts 250,469 Ant. clean, purify, sterilize foul play [n] treacherous action bad deed, corruption, crime, cruel act, dirty trick, dirty work, felony, fraud, funny business, lawbreaking, murder, violence, wrong; concept 645 foul up [v] make a mess of botch, bungle, confuse, jumble, mismanage, mix up*, muck up*, muddle, screw up*, snafu*, snarl, tumble; concepts 16,234 Ant. x, mend, organize found [v1] bring into being begin, commence, constitute, construct, create, endow, erect, establish, fashion, x, form, get going, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch, organize, originate, plant, raise, ring in*, settle, settle up, start, start the ball rolling*, start up; concept 221 Ant. destroy, end found [v2] put on a base bottom, build, erect, establish, ground, predicate, raise, rear, rest, root, stay, support, sustain; concepts 168,221 foundation [n1] basis for something physical or mental ABCs*, authority, base, basics, bed, bedrock, bottom, bottom line*, brass tacks*, foot, footing, ground, groundwork, guts*, heart*, infrastructure, justication, nitty-gritty*, nub*, nuts and bolts*, prop, reason, root, stay, substratum, substructure, support, underpinning, understructure; concepts 442,826 foundation [n2] established institution association, charity, company, corporation, endowment, establishment, guild, inauguration, institute, organization, plantation, settlement, set-up, society, trusteeship; concept 381 founder [n] person who establishes an institution architect, author, beginner, benefactor, builder, constructor, creator, designer, establisher, forebearer, framer, generator, initiator, institutor, inventor, maker, organizer, originator, patron, planner, prime mover*; concepts 347,423 founder [v] go under, fail abort, be lost, break down, collapse, come to nothing, fall, fall through, go down, go lame, go to bottom, lurch, miscarry, misre, sink, sprawl, stagger, stumble, submerge, submerse, trip; concepts 181,699 Ant. accomplish, achieve, succeed fountain [n] source, often of liquid bubbler, cause, font, fount, geyser, gush, inception, inspiration, jet, lode, mainspring, mine, origin, play, provenance, provenience, pump, reservoir, root, spout, spray, spring, stream, well, wellhead, wellspring; concepts 514,648 fountainhead [n] principal source; person who originates administrator, architect, author,

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builder, creator, father, fount, fountain, generator, initiator, leader, maker, mother, originator, spring, wellspring; concepts 348,350 foxy [adj] shrewd artful, astute, canny, crafty, cunning, deceitful, deep, devious, dishonest, experienced, guileful, insidious, intelligent, knowing, retiary, sharp, slick, sly, subtle, tricky, vulpine, wily; concepts 401,404 Ant. naive, unclever, unintelligent, unsmart foyer [n] receiving area antechamber, anteroom, entrance hall, lobby, reception, vestibule; concepts 440,441,448 fracas [n] disturbance, ght affray, altercation, battle, battle royal*, bickering, brawl, broil*, brouhaha, dispute, donnybrook*, feud, ap*, fray, free-for-all*, hassle, knock-down-dragout*, melee, mix up*, quarrel, riot, row, ruction, rufe, rumpus, run-in*, scrimmage, scufe, set-to*, squabble, stew*, trouble, tumult, uproar, words*; concepts 46,106 Ant. calm, harmony, peace fraction [n1] part bite, chunk, cut, division, end, fragment, half, piece, portion, section, share, slice; concept 835 Ant. entirety, total, whole fraction [n2] incomplete number bit, division, fragment, part, partial, piece, portion, quotient, ratio, section, segment, slice, subdivision; concept 765 fractional [adj] partial apportioned, compartmental, compartmented, constituent, dismembered, dispersed, divided, fragmentary, frationary, incomplete, parceled, part, piecemeal, sectional, segmented; concept 785 Ant. all, entire, total fractious [adj] grouchy, cross awkward, captious, crabby*, disorderly, fretful, froward, huffy*, indocile, indomitable, intractable, irritable, mean, ornery*, peevish, perverse, pettish, petulant, querulous, recalcitrant, refractory, restive, scrappy, snappish, testy, thin-skinned, touchy, uncompliant, undisciplined, unmanageable, unruly, wayward, wild; concepts 267,401 Ant. agreeable, complaisant, happy, nice, patient fracture [n] break, rupture breach, cleavage, cleft, crack, discontinuity, disjunction, displacement, ssure, fragmentation, gap, mutilation, opening, rent, rift, schism, severance, splinter, split, wound; concepts 309,513 fragile [adj] breakable, dainty brittle, crisp, crumbly, decrepit, delicate, feeble, ne, imsy, fracturable, frail, frangible, friable, inrm, insubstantial, shatterable, shivery, slight, unsound, weak, weakly; concepts 485,489 Ant. durable, rm, strong, tough, unbreakable fragment [n] part, chip ace, atom, bit, bite, chunk, crumb, cut, end, fraction, gob*, grain, hunk, iota, job*, lump*, minim, morsel, particle, piece, portion, remnant, scrap, share, shiver, shred, slice, sliver, smithereen*; concept 835 Ant. entirety, total, whole fragment [v] break into pieces burst, come apart, crumble, disintegrate, disunite, divide, rend, rive, shatter, shiver, smash, splinter, split, split up; concepts 98,135,137,246,469 Ant. complete, total fragmentary [adj] broken, incomplete bitty, disconnected, discrete, disjointed, fractional,

incoherent, part, partial, piecemeal, scattered, scrappy, sketchy, unsystematic; concept 785 Ant. all, complete, total, unbroken, whole fragrance [n] pleasant odor aroma, aura, balm, bouquet, incense, perfume, redolence, scent, smell, spice; concept 600 Ant. stench, stink fragrant [adj] smelling pleasant ambrosial, aromal, aromatic, balmy, delectable, delicious, delightful, odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, perfumy, redolent, savory, spicy, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling; concept 598 Ant. noxious, putrid, stale, stinking frail [adj] breakable, weak brittle, dainty, decrepit, delicate, feeble, shy, imsy, fracturable, fragile, frangible, inrm, insubstantial, puny, sad, shatterable, shattery, sickly, slender, slight, slim, tender, tenuous, thin, unsound, unsubstantial, vulnerable, wimpy*, wishywashy*, wispy; concepts 485,489 Ant. rm, strong, unbreakable frailty [n] weakness, aw Achilles heel*, blemish, daintiness, debility, decrepitude, defect, deciency, delicacy, error, failing, fallibility, fault, feebleness, imsiness, foible, foil, imperfection, inrmity, peccability, peccadillo, shortcoming, solecism, suscept, weak point*; concepts 101,230,411,580 Ant. rmness, strength frame [n] skeleton, casing anatomy, architecture, body, build, cage, carcass, construction, enclosure, fabric, ounce, form, framework, fringe, groundwork, hem, mount, mounting, outline, physique, scaffold, scaffolding, scheme, setting, shell, stage, structure, support, system, trim, trimming, truss, valance; concepts 442,733,757 frame [v1] build assemble, back, border, constitute, construct, encase, enclose, erect, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, institute, invent, lath, make, manufacture, mat, model, mold, mount, panel, produce, put together, raise, set up, shingle; concepts 168,758 Ant. destroy, raze frame [v2] compose, plan block out, conceive, concoct, contrive, cook up, design, devise, draft, draw up, dream up*, form, formulate, hatch, indite, invent, make, make up, map out, outline, prepare, shape, sketch, vamp, write; concepts 36,173 frame of mind [n] state of mind attitude, constitution, disposition, emotions, inner nature, makeup, mentality, mood, nature, spirit, state, temperament; concepts 410,689 framework [n] foundation, core bare bones*, cage, fabric, frame, frame of reference*, groundwork, plan, schema, scheme, shell, skeleton, structure; concepts 439,479,733 franchise [n] authority, right authorization, ballot, charter, exemption, freedom, immunity, patent, prerogative, privilege, suffrage, vote; concept 376 frank [adj] completely honest aboveboard, apparent, artless, bare-faced*, blunt, bold, brazen, call a spade a spade*, candid, direct, downright, easy, familiar, at-out*, forthright, free, from the hip*, guileless, heart-to-heart*, ingenuous, lay it on the line*, like it is*, matter-of-fact, naive, natural, open, outright, outspoken, plain, plain-spoken, real, saying what one thinks*, scrupulous, sincere, straight, straightforward,

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transparent, truthful, unconcealed, undisguised, uninhibited, unreserved, unrestricted, up front*, upright; concepts 267,582 Ant. devious, dishonest, evasive, insincere, secretive frankfurter [n] cylindrical meat sausage bowwow*, Coney Island*, dog*, footlong*, frank, hot dog, link, weenie*, wiener, wienerwurst; concepts 457,460 frankly [adv] very honestly bluntly, candidly, dead level*, dead on*, directly, forthrightly, freely, from the hip*, in truth, laid on the line*, level, on the level*, on the line*, openly, plainly, straight, straightforwardly, without reserve; concept 267 Ant. deviously, dishonestly, insincerely, secretively frantic [adj] distressed, distracted agitated, angry, at wits end*, berserk, beside oneself*, corybantic, crazy, delirious, deranged, distraught, excited, ipped out*, fraught, freaked out*, frenetic, frenzied, furious, hectic, hot and bothered*, hot under the collar*, hyper*, in a stew*, in a tizzy*, insane, keyed up*, mad, out of control, overwrought, rabid, raging, raving, shook up*, spazzed out*, unglued*, unscrewed*, unzipped*, violent, weird, weirded out*, wigged out*, wild, wired*, worked up*, zonkers*; concepts 403,542 Ant. calm, collected, composed, docile, peaceful, tranquil fraternity [n] brotherhood afliation, camaraderie, club, fellowship, frat*, guild, house, kinship, order, sisterhood, society, sorority; concepts 381,387 Ant. sisterhood, sorority fraternize [v] associate with be friendly, be sociable with, club together, consort with, fall in with, go around with, hang out with, hobnob*, keep company with, make friends, mingle with, mix with, rub elbows with, rub shoulders with, run with, socialize with; concepts 114,384 Ant. disagree, ignore fraud [n1] trickery, deception artice, bamboozlement*, blackmail, cheat, chicane, chicanery, con, craft*, deceit, double-dealing*, dupery, duping, duplicity, extortion, fake, fast one*, fast shufe*, imam*, fourberie, fraudulence, graft, guile, hanky-panky*, hoax, hocus-pocus*, hoodwinking*, hustle*, imposture, line, misrepresentation, racket, scam, sell, shakedown*, sham*, sharp practice*, skunk*, smoke*, song*, song and dance*, spuriousness, sting, string, swindle, swindling, treachery; concepts 59,192,645 Ant. fairness, honesty, justice fraud [n2] person who is false, deceitful bastard, bluffer, charlatan, cheat, counterfeit, crook, deceiver, double-dealer*, fake, forger, fourusher*, hoaxer, horse trader*, impostor, mechanic*, mountebank, phony, play actor*, pretender, quack*, racketeer, sham*, shark*, swindler; concept 412 fraudulent [adj] deceptive, false bamboozling*, counterfeit, crafty, criminal, crooked, deceitful, devious, dishonest, dishonorable, double-dealing*, duplicitous, fake, forged, mock, phony, pseudo, sham*, spurious, swindling, treacherous, tricky; concepts 545,582 Ant. authentic, genuine, honest, real, valid fraught [adj] full of abounding, attended, bristling, charged, lled, heavy, laden, replete, stuffed; concepts 483,771 Ant. empty

fray [n] ght, battle affray, battle royal*, brawl, broil*, brouhaha*, clash, combat, conict, contest, disturbance, donnybrook*, engagement, fracas, melee, quarrel, riot, row, ruckus, rumble, rumpus, scufe, set-to*; concepts 86,106 Ant. agreement, harmony, peace fray [v] shred, come apart become ragged, become threadbare, chafe, erode, frazzle, fret, ravel, rip, rub, tatter, tear, unravel, wear, wear away, wear thin; concept 214 frazzle [n] exhaustion; something very worn collapse, enervation, lassitude, prostration, rag, remnant, shred; concepts 410,720 frazzle [v] wear out exhaust, fray, knock out, poop*, prostrate, rip, shred, tear, tire, tucker*, wear; concepts 156,186 Ant. maintain, preserve freak [n1] something, someone very abnormal aberration, abortion, anomaly, chimera, curiosity, geek*, grotesque, malformation, miscreation, misshape, monster, monstrosity, mutant, mutation, oddity, queer, rarity, sport, weirdo*; concepts 424,580 Ant. normality, ordinary, regular freak [n2] irregularity, whim caprice, conceit, crochet, fad, fancy, folly, humor, megrim, quirk, turn, twist, vagary, whimsy; concept 679 Ant. commonality, ordinary, regularity freak [n3] person enthused about something addict, acionado, buff, bug*, devotee, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, end*, maniac, nut*, zealot; concepts 352,366,423 freak [v] become extraordinarily upset ip out*, go beserk, go insane, go mad, lose control, rave, unhinge*, wig out*; concepts 7,19,80 freakish [adj] abnormal, unusual aberrant, arbitrary, bizarre, capricious, crazy, erratic, fantastic, far-out, freaky, grotesque, malformed, monstrous, odd, outlandish, outr, preternatural, queer, strange, unconventional, vagarious, wayward, weird, whimsical, wild; concept 564 Ant. common, general, natural, normal, ordinary, standard, usual freak out [v] lose ones cool blow a gasket*, blow ones mind*, blow ones stack*, blow ones top*, break down, come unglued, crack up*, ip out*, y off the handle*, freak out*, go ape*, go ballistic*, go berserk*, go crazy*, go haywire*, go nuts*, go off the deep end*, hit the ceiling*, lose control of oneself, lose it*, lose ones composure, lose ones mind, lose ones temper, wig out*; concepts 7,19,80 freckle [n] small discoloration on skin blemish, blotch, daisy, dot, lentigo, macula, mole, patch, pepper, pigmentation, pit, pock, pockmark, speck, speckle, sprinkle, stipple; concept 392 free [adj1] without charge chargeless, comp*, complimentary, costless, for love*, for nothing*, freebie*, free of cost, free ride*, gratis, gratuitous, handout, on the cuff*, on the house*, paper*, unpaid, unrecompensed; concept 334 Ant. costly, expensive, high-priced, priced free [adj2] unrestrained personally able, allowed, at large, at liberty, casual, clear, disengaged, easy, escaped, familiar, fancyfree*, footloose*, forward, frank, free-spirited, free-wheeling, independent, informal, lax, liberal, liberated, loose, off the hook*, on ones own*, on the loose*, open, permitted, relaxed,

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unattached, uncommitted, unconned, unconstrained, unengaged, unfettered, unhampered, unimpeded, unobstructed, unregulated, unrestricted, untrammeled; concepts 401,542 Ant. bound, conned, hindered, limited, restrained free [adj3] unrestrained politically at liberty, autarchic, autonomic, autonomous, democratic, emancipated, enfranchised, freed, independent, individualistic, liberated, self-directing, selfgoverning, self-ruling, separate, sovereign, sui juris, unconstrained, unenslaved, unregimented; concepts 319,536 Ant. barred, bound, enslaved, prevented, suppressed free [adj4] not busy; unoccupied at leisure, available, clear, empty, extra, idle, loose, not tied down*, spare, unemployed, unengaged, unhampered, unimpeded, uninhabited, unobstructed, unused, vacant; concept 485 Ant. busy, occupied, scheduled, tied-up free [adj5] generous, unsparing big, bighearted*, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, eager, handsome, hospitable, lavish, liberal, municent, open-handed*, prodigal, unstinging, willing; concept 404 Ant. mean, niggardly, tight-sted free [v1] liberate, let go absolve, acquit, bail, bail out*, clear, cut loose*, deliver, demobilize, discharge, disengage, disenthrall, disimprison, dismiss, emancipate, enfranchise, extricate, let loose*, let off*, let off the hook*, let out, loose, loosen, manumit, pardon, parole, put on the street*, ransom, redeem, release, relieve, reprieve, rescue, save, set free, spring*, turn loose, turn out, unbind, uncage, unchain, undo, unfetter, unx, unleash, untie; concept 127 Ant. conne, enslave, hold, incarcerate, restrain free [v2] take burden from cast off, clear, cut loose, decontaminate, deliver, discharge, disembarrass, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, empty, excuse, exempt, extricate, put off, ransom, redeem, relieve, rescue, rid, unburden, undo, unlade, unload, unpack, unshackle; concepts 110,211 Ant. burden, compel, limit, suppress freebie [n] something for nothing complimentary ticket, free lunch, free pass, gift, giveaway, handout; concept 337 freedom [n1] independence, license to do as one wants abandon, abandonment, ability, bent, carte blanche, compass, discretion, elbowroom*, exemption, facility, exibility, free rein*, full play*, full swing*, immunity, indulgence, laissez faire, latitude, laxity, leeway, liberty, margin, opportunity, own accord*, play, plenty of rope*, power, prerogative, privilege, proigacy, rampancy, range, rein, right, rope*, scope, sweep, swing, unrestraint; concept 693 Ant. captivity, connement, imprisonment, incarceration, limitation, servitude, slavery freedom [n2] political independence abolition, abolitionism, autarchy, autonomy, citizenship, deliverance, delivery, democracy, discharge, disengagement, disimprisonment, emancipation, enfranchisement, exemption, extriction, franchise, home rule*, immunity, impunity, liberation, liberty, manumission, parole, prerogative, privilege, probation, redemption, release, relief, representative government,

rescue, salvage, salvation, self-determination, self-government, sovereignty; concept 691 Ant. communism, government, subjection, subordination, suppression freedom [n3] easy attitude abandon, boldness, brazenness, candor, directness, disrespect, ease, facility, familiarity, forthrightness, forwardness, frankness, impertinence, informality, ingenuousness, lack of reserve, lack of restraint, laxity, license, openness, overfamiliarity, presumption, readiness, spontaneity, unconstraint; concept 633 Ant. difculty, limitation, reserve, restraint, restriction free-for-all [n] ght affray, battle, brawl, broil*, brouhaha*, fracas, fray, knock-downdrag-out*, melee, riot, row, ruction; concept 106 Ant. calm, harmony, peace freelance [adj] independent free agent, nonstaff, self-employed, unafliated; concept 554 freely [adj1] without restriction advisedly, as you please*, at ones discretion, at ones pleasure, at will, candidly, deliberately, designedly, fancy-free*, frankly, intentionally, of ones own accord*, of ones own free will*, openly, plainly, purposely, spontaneously, unchallenged, unreservedly, voluntarily, willingly, without hindrance, without prompting, without reserve, without restraint, without urging; concept 401 Ant. bound, limited freely [adv2] easily, smoothly done abundantly, amply, as one pleases*, bountifully, cleanly, copiously, effortlessly, extravagantly, facilely, lavishly, liberally, lightly, like water*, loosely, open-handedly, readily, unhindered, unobstructedly, unstintingly, well, with a free hand*, without encumbrance*, without hindrance*, without restraint*, without stint*; concept 544 Ant. difcultly free spirit [n] maverick bohemian, dissenter, eccentric, nonconformist, radical; concept 359 freeware [n] free software public-domain software, shareware; concepts 274,660 freeway [n] expressway artery, beltway, highway, interstate, parkway, road, superhighway, thoroughfare, thruway; concept 501 free will [n] persons full intent and purpose assent, choice, consent, desire, determination, discretion, free choice, freedom, inclination, intention, mind, option, own say so*, own sweet way*, pleasure, power, say so*, velleity, volition, voluntary decision, willingness, wish; concepts 20,410 Ant. responsibility freeze [v1] make cold enough to become solid benumb, bite, chill, chill to the bone*, congeal, frost, glaciate, harden, ice over, ice up, nip, pierce, refrigerate, solidify, stiffen; concepts 255,521 Ant. boil, heat freeze [v2] stop dampen, depress, discourage, dishearten, x, hold up, inhibit, peg, suspend; concepts 14,121 Ant. continue, go freezer [n] icebox cold storage, cooler, refrigerator; concepts 202,255 freezing [adj] very cold arctic, biting, bitter, chill, chilled, chilly, cutting, frigid, frost-bound, frosty, gelid, glacial, hawkish, icy, nippy, numbing, one-dog night*, penetrating, polar, raw, shivery, Siberian*, snappy*, two-dog night*, wintry; concept 605 Ant. boiling, heated, hot

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freight [n] goods being shipped bales, ballast, bulk, burden, carriage, consignment, contents, conveyance, encumbrance, fardel, haul, lading, load, merchandise, pack, packages, payload, shipment, shipping, tonnage, transportation, wares, weight; concept 338 frenetic [adj] maniacal corybantic, delirious, demented, distraught, excited, fanatical, frantic, frenzied, furibund, furious, hyper*, in a lather*, insane, lost it*, mad, obsessive, overwrought, phrenetic, rabid, unbalanced, unscrewed*, weirded out*, wigged out*, wild, wired*; concept 403 Ant. balanced, calm frenzied [adj] uncontrolled agitated, berserk, convulsive, corybantic, delirious, distracted, distraught, excited, feverish, frantic, frenetic, furious, hysterical, mad, maniacal, nuts*, rabid, wild; concepts 542,544 Ant. calm, controlled frenzy [n] uncontrolled state or situation aberration, agitation, blow, blow a fuse*, blow ones cork*, blow ones stack*, blow ones top*, bout, burst, conniption*, convulsion, craze, delirium, derangement, distemper, distraction, dithers*, excitement, ferment, fever, t, ap*, ip ones lid*, free-for-all*, furor, fury, fuss, hell broke loose*, hysteria, insanity, lather, lunacy, madness, mania, outburst, paroxysm, passion, rage, row, ruckus, ruction, rumble, rumpus, seizure, spasm, stew, stir, to-do*, transport, turmoil, wingding*; concepts 230,410,674 Ant. calmness, peace, peacefulness frequency [n] commonness, repetitiveness abundance, beat, constancy, density, frequentness, iteration, number, oscillation, periodicity, persistence, prevalence, pulsation, recurrence, regularity, reiteration, repetition, rhythm; concept 634 Ant. infrequency, irregularity, uncommonness frequent [adj] common, repeated a good many*, commonplace, constant, continual, customary, everyday, expected, familiar, general, habitual, incessant, intermittent, iterated, manifold, many, monotonous, numberless, numerous, periodic, perpetual, persistent, pleonastic, profuse, recurrent, recurring, redundant, reiterated, reiterative, successive, thick, ubiquitous, usual, various; concept 530 Ant. inconstant, infrequent, irregular, occasional, rare, sporadic, uncommon, unrepeated, unusual frequent [v] be a regular customer of affect, attend, attend regularly, be at home in*, be found at, be often in, drop in, go to, hang about*, hang around*, hang out at*, haunt*, hit*, infest, overrun, patronize, play*, resort, revisit, visit often; concepts 227,384 frequently [adv] commonly, repeatedly again and again*, as a rule*, at regular intervals, at short intervals, at times, by ordinary, customarily, every now and then*, generally, habitually, in many instances*, in quick succession, intermittently, many a time*, many times, much, not infrequently, not seldom, oft, often, oftentimes, ofttimes, ordinarily, over and over, periodically, recurrently, regularly, spasmodically, successively, thick and fast*, time and again*, usually, very often; concepts 530,544,799 Ant. infrequently, not much, rarely, seldom, uncommonly

fresh [adj1] new, just produced beginning, brand-new*, comer, contemporary, crisp, crude, current, different, gleaming, glistening, green*, hot*, hot off the press*, immature, just out*, late, latest, mint*, modern, modernistic, natural, neoteric, newborn, newfangled*, novel, now, original, radical, raw, recent, sparkling, stateof-the-art, the latest*, this seasons*, unconventional, unprocessed, unseasoned, untouched, unusual, up-to-date, virginal, whats happening*, young, youthful; concepts 578,797 Ant. old, stale, tired, used fresh [adj2] additional added, another, auxiliary, else, extra, farther, further, increased, more, new, other, renewed, supplementary; concepts 546,824 Ant. old, used fresh [adj3] refreshing to the senses bracing, bright, brisk, clean, clear, colorful, cool, crisp, denite, fair, invigorating, not stale, pure, quick, sharp, spanking, sparkling, stiff, stimulating, sweet, uncontaminated, unpolluted, vivid; concept 537 Ant. stale, tired fresh [adj4] energetic, healthy active, alert, blooming, bouncing, bright, bright-eyed, bushytailed*, chipper*, clear, dewy, fair, orid, glowing, good, hardy, invigorated, keen, like new, lively, refreshed, rehabilitated, relaxed, relieved, rested, restored, revived, rosy, ruddy, sprightly, spry, stimulated, undimmed, unfaded, unused, unwearied, unwithered, verdant, vigorous, vital, wholesome, young; concepts 485,542 Ant. exhausted, lifeless, tired, unenergetic, worn fresh [adj5] inexperienced artless, callow, green*, natural, new, raw, tenderfooted*, uncultivated, unpracticed, unskilled, untrained, untried, unversed, young, youthful; concept 404 Ant. experienced fresh [adj6] sassy, brazen bold, cheeky*, disrespectful, familiar, ip*, ippant, forward, impertinent, impudent, insolent, nervy*, pert, presumptuous, rude, saucy*, smart*, smartalecky*, snippy*, wise; concepts 267,401 Ant. gentle, kind, polite freshen [v] make like new; revitalize activate, air, cleanse, enliven, invigorate, purify, refresh, restore, revive, rouse, spruce up, sweeten, titivate, ventilate; concept 244 Ant. overuse freshman [n] rst-year student beginner, frosh*, greenhorn, novice, rookie, underclassman, undergrad*, undergraduate; concept 348 freshness [n] newness bloom, brightness, callowness, cleanness, clearness, dew, dewiness, glow, greenness, inexperience, innovativeness, inventiveness, novelty, originality, rawness, shine, sparkle, vigor, viridity, youth; concept 715 Ant. oldness, staleness fret [v1] worry, be annoyed affront, agonize, anguish, bleed, bother, brood, carp, carry a heavy load*, chafe, chagrin, distress oneself, eat ones heart out*, fume, fuss, get into a dither*, grieve, lose sleep over*, mope*, pother*, stew, sweat it out*, take on, torment, upset oneself; concept 410 Ant. calm, comfort, soothe fret [v2] upset someone abrade, agitate, bother, displease, distress, disturb, gall, get on nerves*, goad, harass, irk, irritate, nag, nettle, peeve, pique, provoke, rile, rufe, torment, trouble, vex; concepts 7,19 Ant. appease, pacify, placate, please

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fret [v3] rub hard abrade, chafe, corrode, erode, excoriate, fray, gall, rife, ripple, wear away, wear threadbare; concept 215 fretful [adj] irritable captious, carping*, caviling, complaining, contrary, crabby*, cranky*, critical, cross, crotchety*, edgy, faultnding, fractious, huffy*, mean, ornery*, out of sorts*, peevish, perverse, petulant, querulous, shorttempered, snappish*, splenetic, testy, touchy, uneasy, worried, wreck*; concepts 401,403 Ant. calm, cheered, easy-going, happy, joyous, laid-back, pleased, relaxed friction [n1] rubbing abrasion, agitation, attrition, chang, erosion, ling, fretting, grating, grinding, irritation, massage, rasping, resistance, scraping, soreness, traction, trituration, wearing away; concept 215 friction [n2] disagreement animosity, antagonism, bad blood*, bad feeling*, bickering, bone to pick*, conict, counteraction, discontent, discord, disharmony, dispute, dissension, faction, factionalism, ak*, hassle, hatred, hostility, impedance, incompatibility, interference, opposition, quarrel, resentment, resistance, rivalry, row*, ruckus*, rumpus*, set-to*, sour note*, strife, trouble, wrangling*; concepts 46,106,674 Ant. agreement, harmony, peace friend [n1] condant, companion acquaintance, ally, alter ego, associate, bosom buddy*, buddy, chum*, classmate, cohort, colleague, companion*, compatriot, comrade, consort, cousin, crony, familiar, intimate, mate, pal, partner, playmate, roommate, schoolmate, sidekick, soul mate*, spare*, well-wisher; concept 423 Ant. enemy, foe friend [n2] benefactor accomplice, adherent, advocate, ally, associate, backer, partisan, patron, supporter, well-wisher; concept 348 Ant. detractor, opponent friendless [adj] without companionship or condant abandoned, adrift, alienated, all alone*, all by ones self*, alone, cut off*, deserted, estranged, forlorn, forsaken, isolated, lonely, lonesome, marooned*, ostracized, shunned, solitary, unattached, without ties; concept 555 Ant. attached, befriended, beloved, liked, loved friendliness [n] companionability affability, amiability, amity, benevolence, camaraderie, comity, comradery, congeniality, conviviality, cordiality, friendship, geniality, goodwill, kindliness, kindness, neighborliness, open arms*, sociability, warmth; concept 388 Ant. aloofness, coldness, incompatibility friendly [adj] intimate, companionable affable, affectionate, amiable, amicable, attached, attentive, auspicious, benecial, benevolent, benign, buddy-buddy*, chummy*, civil, close, clubby, comradely, conciliatory, conding, convivial, cordial, faithful, familiar, favorable, fond, genial, good, helpful, kind, kindly, loving, loyal, neighborly, on good terms*, outgoing, peaceable, peaceful, propitious, receptive, sociable, solicitous, sympathetic, tender, thick, welcoming, well-disposed*; concept 555 Ant. aloof, antagonistic, cold, cool, incompatible, uncompanionable, unfriendly, unreceptive, unsociable friendship [n] companionship accord, acquaintanceship, affection, afnity, agreement,

alliance, amiability, amicability, amity, association, attachment, attraction, benevolence, closeness, coalition, comity, company, concord, consideration, consonance, devotion, empathy, esteem, familiarity, favor, favoritism, fondness, friendliness, fusion, good will, harmony, intimacy, league, love, pact, partiality, rapport, regard, sociability, society, sodality, solidarity, understanding; concepts 388,714 Ant. enmity, hate, hatred fright [n1] extreme apprehension alarm, cold sweat*, consternation, dismay, dread, fear, horror, panic, quaking, scare, shiver, shock, terror, trepidation, trepidity; concept 410 Ant. fearlessness fright [n2] horrifying or unpleasant sight bother, eyesore*, frump*, mess, monstrosity, nuisance, scarecrow, ugliness; concept 718 Ant. beauty frighten [v] shock, scare affright, agitate, alarm, appall, astound, awe, browbeat*, bulldoze*, chill, chill to the bone*, cow, curdle the blood*, daunt, demoralize, deter, disburb, discomfort, disconcert, discourage, dishearten, dismay, disquiet, faze, horrify, intimidate, make blood run cold*, make teeth chatter*, panic, perturb, petrify, repel, scare away, scare off, scare to death*, spook, startle, stiff, strike terror into*, terrify, terrorize, unhinge*, unnerve; concepts 14,42 Ant. calm, comfort, exhilarate, gladden frightened [adj] very scared abashed, affrighted, afraid, aghast, alarmed, anxious, butteries*, chicken*, chicken-hearted*, cowed*, dismayed, fearful, frozen, have cold feet*, having kittens*, hung up*, in a cold sweat*, in a panic*, in a sweat*, jellysh*, jittery, jumpy, lily-livered*, mousy*, numb, panicky, petried, pushing the panic button*, rabbity*, running scared*, scared stiff*, shaky, shivery, sissy*, spooked, startled, terried, terrorized, terrorstricken, unnerved, uptight, yellow*; concepts 403,690 Ant. calm, comforted, happy frightful [adj2] offensive annoying, awful, bad, calamitous, disagreeable, dreadful, extreme, ghastly, great, hideous, horrible, insufferable, lewd, shocking, terrible, terric, unpleasant, vile, wicked, wrong; concepts 529,545 Ant. delightful, gentle, inoffensive, nice frightful/frightening [adj1] scary, shocking alarming, appalling, atrocious, awesome, awful, chilling, daunting, dire, direful, dismaying, disquieting, dread, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, formidable, ghastly, grabber, grim, grisly, gruesome, hair-raising, hairy, harrowing, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrifying, inconceivable, intimidating, lurid, macabre, menacing, morbid, ominous, petrifying, portentous, repellent, spooky, terrible, terrifying, traumatic, unnerving, unspeakable; concepts 529,537 Ant. calming, comforting, pleasing frigid [adj1] extremely cold antarctic, arctic, chill, chilly, cool, freezing, frost-bound, frosty, frozen, gelid, glacial, hyperboreal, icebox*, ice-cold, icy, refrigerated, Siberian*, snappy, three-dog night*, wintry; concept 605 Ant. hot, warm frigid [adj2] unresponsive aloof, austere, chilly, cold, cold-hearted*, cold-shoulder*, cool,

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forbidding, formal, frosty, icy, impotent, indifferent, lifeless, passionless, passive, repellent, rigid, stiff, unapproachable, unbending, unfeeling, unloving; concept 404 Ant. amicable, amorous, lovable, loving, responsive, warm frill [n] luxury, nice touch amenity, decoration, doodad*, extravagance, fandangle, ounce, foppery*, frippery*, fuss, garbage*, garnish, gathering, gimcrack*, gingerbread*, jazz*, lace, rufe, superuity, thing*, tuck; concepts 646,655,824 Ant. plainness fringe [n] border, trimming binding, borderline, brim, brink, edge, edging, ounce, hem, limit, mane, march, margin, outside, outskirts, perimeter, periphery, rickrack, rufe, skirt, tassel, verge; concepts 484,825 Ant. center, inside, interior, middle fringe benet [n] additional benet extra, perk, perquisite, plus, privilege; concept 344 frippery [n] waste, nonsense adornment, bauble, decoration, fanciness, fandangle*, ashiness, frill, fussiness, gaudiness, knickknack, meretriciousness, ornament, ostentation, pretentiousness, showiness, tawdriness, toy, trinket; concepts 655,824 Ant. plainness frisk [v1] cavort bounce, caper, dance, frolic, gambol, hop, jump, lark, leap, play, prance, rollick, romp, skip, sport, trip; concept 384 frisk [v2] search check, fan, inspect, run over, shake down; concept 216 frisky [adj] full of spirit active, antic, bouncy, coltish*, dashing, feeling ones oats*, frolicsome, full of beans*, gamesome, high-spirited, in high spirits*, jumpy, kittenish*, larkish, lively, peppy, playful, prankish, rollicking, romping, spirited, sportive, wicked, zesty, zippy; concepts 401,542,555 Ant. depressed, down, lifeless fritter [v] waste away be wasteful with, blow*, cast away, consume, dally, diddle away, dissipate, frivol, go through*, idle, lavish, misspend, run through*, spend like water*, squander, throw away, trie; concepts 156,341 Ant. hold, save, store frivolity [n] silliness, childishness coquetting, dallying, ightiness, ippancy, irting, ummery, folly, fribble, frippery, frivolousness, fun, gaiety, game, giddiness, jest, levity, lightheartedness, lightness, nonsense, play, puerility, shallowness, sport, superciality, toying, triing, triviality, volatility, whimsicality, whimsy; concepts 388,633 Ant. sensibility, seriousness, wiseness frivolous [adj] trivial, silly barmy*, childish, dizzy*, empty-headed*, facetious, featherbrained*, ighty, ip, ippant, foolish, gay, giddy*, harebrained*, idiotic, idle, ill-considered, impractical, juvenile, light, light-minded, minor, niggling*, nonserious, not serious, paltry, peripheral, petty, playful, pointless, puerile, scatterbrained*, senseless, shallow, sportive, supercial, tongue-in-cheek*, unimportant, unprofound, volatile, whimsical; concepts 401,402,575 Ant. grave, mature, sensible, serious, solemn, thoughtful, wise frock [n] womens garment apron, clothing, dress, gown, habit, muumuu, robe; concept 451 frog [n] jumping amphibian bullfrog, croaker*, polliwog, toad; concept 394

frolic [n] amusement, revel antic, drollery, escapade, fun, fun and games*, gaiety, gambol, game, high jinks*, joke, joviality, lark, merriment, monkeyshines*, play, prank, romp, shenanigan*, skylarking*, sport, spree, tomfoolery*, trick; concepts 59,386 frolic [v] have fun, make merry caper, carouse, cavort, cut capers, cut loose*, fool around*, frisk, gambol, go on a tear*, kick up ones heels*, lark, let go*, let loose*, play, prance, raise hell*, revel, riot, rollick, romp, sport, spree, whoop it up*; concepts 384,386 frolicsome [adj] playful antic, coltish, frisky, fun, gamesome, gay, gleeful, happy, impish, jocular, jovial, kittenish, lively, merry, mischievous, roguish, rollicking, sportive, sprightly; concept 542 Ant. serious, staid, stiff from [prep1] outside of, separating against, in distinction to, out of possession of, taken away; concept 583 from [prep2] arising out of beginning at, coming out of, deriving out of, originating at, starting with; concept 549 from scratch [adv] from the very beginning from square one, from the ground up, from the top, initially; concepts 585,799,828 front [adj] lead, beginning advanced, ahead, anterior, facial, rst, fore, foremost, forward, frontal, head, headmost, in the foreground, leading, obverse, topmost, vanward, ventral; concepts 567,583,585,632 Ant. back, ending, nal, nishing, rear front [n1] forward, beginning part of something anterior, bow, breast, brow, exterior, facade, face, facing, fore, foreground, forehead, forepart, frontage, frontal, frontispiece, front line, head, lead, obverse, proscenium, top, van, vanguard; concepts 833,835,836 Ant. back, rear front [n2] appearance put on for show air, aspect, bearing, blind, carriage, coloring, countenance, cover, cover-up*, demeanor, disguise, display, expression, exterior, facade, face, fake, gure, manner, mask, mien, phony, port, presence, pretext, put-on*, show, veil, window dressing*; concept 716 front [v] look out on to border, confront, cover, encounter, face, look over, meet, overlay, overlook; concept 746 frontier [n1] boundary borderland, borderline, bound, connes, edge, limit, march, perimeter, verge; concepts 513,745 frontier [n2] unexplored, unoccupied area of land backcountry, backwater, backwoods, boondocks*, boonies*, bush, hinterland, outback, outskirts, sticks*, unknown*; concept 509 Ant. metropolis front runner [n] leader best bet*, favorite, rst choice, forerunner, top seed; concepts 347,354 frost [n] extreme cold blight, dip, drop, freeze, hoarfrost, ice, Jack Frost*, rime; concepts 524,610 Ant. heat frosting [n] icing covering, glaze, spread, sugar coating, topping; concepts 457,460,461 frosty [adj] very cold antarctic, arctic, chill, chilly, cool, frigid, frozen, gelid, glacial, hoar, ice-capped, icicled, icy, nippy*, rimy, shivery, wintry; concept 605 Ant. heated, hot, warm

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froth [n] lather, bubbles barm, ebullition, effervescence, zz, foam, head, scud, scum, spindrift, spray, spume, suds, yeast; concepts 260,467,468 frothy [adj] bubbly barmy, bubbling, fermenting, zzing, zzy, foaming, foamy, soapy, spumescent, spumous, spumy, sudsy, with a head on*, yeasty; concept 485 Ant. at frown [v1] scowl cloud up*, do a slow burn*, give a dirty look*, give the evil eye*, glare, gloom, glower, grimace, knit brows*, look black*, look daggers*, look stern*, lower, pout, sulk; concept 185 Ant. grin, smile frown [v2] disapprove deprecate, discommend, discountenance, discourage, disesteem, disfavor, dislike, look askance at*, not take kindly to*, object, show displeasure, take a dim view of*; concepts 21,29 Ant. approve, condone, encourage frozen [adj1] very cold antarctic, arctic, chilled, frigid, frosted, icebound, ice-cold, ice-covered, iced, icy, numb, Siberian*; concept 605 Ant. boiled, heated, hot frozen [adj2] stopped xed, pegged, petried, rooted, stock-still, suspended, turned to stone; concepts 534,584 Ant. continual, continued, moving frugal [adj] economical abstemious, canny, careful, chary, conserving, discreet, meager, meticulous, mingy*, niggardly*, parsimonious, penny-pinching*, penny-wise*, preserving, provident, prudent, saving, scrimping, sparing, Spartan*, stingy, thrifty, tight, tightwad*, unwasteful, wary; concept 334 Ant. generous, lavish, spendthrifty, uneconomical, wasteful frugality [n] economizing avarice, avariciousness, carefulness, conservation, economy, forehandedness, good management, miserliness, moderation, niggardliness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, penuriousness, providence, prudence, saving, scrimping, stinginess, thrift, thriftiness; concepts 330,335 Ant. generosity, lavishness, wastefulness fruit [n1] edible part of vegetative growth developed after owering berry, crop, drupe, grain, harvest, nut, pome, produce, product, yield; concepts 426,428 fruit [n2] result of labor advantage, benet, consequence, effect, outcome, pay, prot, result, return, reward; concepts 230,337 fruitful [adj] productive abounding, abundant, advantageous, benecial, blooming, blossoming, breeding, childing, conducive, copious, effective, fecund, fertile, ourishing, ush, fructiferous, gainful, plenteous, plentiful, profitable, profuse, proliferant, prolic, propagating, reproducing, rewarding, rich, spawning, successful, useful, well-spent, worthwhile; concepts 528,537,560 Ant. barren, impotent, sterile, unfruitful, unproductive fruition [n] achievement, maturation accomplishment, actualization, attainment, completion, consummation, enjoyment, fulllment, gratication, materialization, maturity, perfection, pleasure, realization, ripeness, satisfaction, success; concepts 704,706 Ant. failure, unfulllment fruitless [adj] bringing no advantage, product abortive, barren, empty, futile, gainless, idle,

ineffective, ineffectual, infertile, in vain, pointless, protless, spinning ones wheels*, sterile, to no avail*, to no effect*, unavailable, unavailing, unfruitful, unproductive, unprotable, unprolic, unsuccessful, useless, vain, wild goose chase*; concepts 528,537,560 Ant. copious, fruitful, plentiful, potent, productive, protable, successful, useful frumpy [adj] dowdy badly dressed, baggy, blowsy*, dingy, drab, dull, frumpish, homely, old-fashioned, outdated, plain, poorly dressed, shabby, sloppy, stodgy, unfashionable, unkempt, unstylish; concept 589 frustrate [v] thwart, disappoint annul, arrest, bafe, balk, bar, beat, block, cancel, check, circumvent, confront, conquer, counter, counteract, cramp, cramp ones style*, crimp, dash, dash ones hope*, defeat, depress, discourage, dishearten, foil, forbid, forestall, foul up*, give the run around*, halt, hang up*, hinder, hold up, impede, inhibit, lick, negate, neutralize, nullify, obstruct, obviate, outwit, overcome, preclude, prevent, prohibit, render null and void*, ruin, stump*, stymie*, upset the applecart*; concepts 7,19,121 Ant. aid, assist, cooperate, encourage, facilitate, help, support frustrated [adj] disappointed, thwarted balked*, crabbed*, cramped, crimped, defeated, discontented, discouraged, disheartened, embittered, foiled, fouled up*, hung up on*, irked, resentful, stonewalled*, stymied*, through the mill*, ungratied, unsated, unslaked, up the wall*; concept 403 Ant. encourage, fullled, inspirited, stimulated, uplifted frustration [n] disappointment, thwarting annoyance, bitter pill*, blocking, blow, bummer, chagrin, circumvention, contravention, curbing, defeat, disgruntlement, dissatisfaction, downer*, drag*, failure, zzle, foiling, grievance, hindrance, impediment, irritation, letdown, nonfulllment, nonsuccess, obstruction, old one-two*, resentment, setback, unfulllment, vexation; concepts 410,674 Ant. aid, assistance, cooperation, encouragement, facilitation, help, support fry [v] cook in hot oil brown, french fry, fricassee, frizzle, pan fry, saut, sear, singe, sizzle; concept 170 frying pan [n] skillet fry pan, gridiron, spider, wok; concepts 493,494 fuddy-duddy [n] fussy person fussbudget, fusspot*, old fogy*, old geezer*, old poop*, square*, stick-in-the-mud*, stuffed shirt*; concept 423 fudge [v] fake, misrepresent avoid, color, cook up*, dodge, embellish, embroider, equivocate, evade, exaggerate, falsify, hedge, magnify, overstate, pad, patch, shufe, slant, stall; concepts 59,63 Ant. tell truth fuel [n] something providing energy ammunition, combustible, electricity, encouragement, food, gas, incitement, juice, material, means, nourishment, propellant, provocation; concepts 467,520,523,661 fuel [v] give energy to charge, fan, feed, ll er up*, ll up, re, gas, gas up*, incite, iname, nourish, service, stoke up*, supply, sustain, tank up*; concepts 107,140 Ant. de-energize, deplete, discourage, unfuel

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fugitive [adj] eeing, transient avoiding, brief, criminal, elusive, ephemeral, errant, erratic, escaping, evading, evanescent, eeting, itting, ying*, fugacious, hot*, impermanent, lamster, momentary, moving, on the lam*, passing, planetary, running away*, short*, short-lived, temporary, transitory, unstable, volatile, wandering, wanted; concepts 551,584,798 Ant. confronting, facing, permanent fugitive [n] person escaping from law or other pursuer bolter, derelict, deserter, displaced person, dodger, migr, escapee, escaper, evacuee, exile, y-by-night*, hermit, hunted person, outcast, outlaw, recluse, refugee, runagate, runaway, stray, transient, truant, vagabond, waif, walkout; concept 412 fulll [v] bring to completion accomplish, achieve, answer, be just the ticket*, carry out, comply with, conclude, conform, discharge, do, effect, effectuate, execute, ll, ll the bill*, nish, hit the bulls-eye*, implement, keep, make it*, make the grade*, meet, obey, observe, perfect, perform, please, realize, render, satisfy, score*, sufce, suit; concepts 7,22,91,706 Ant. fail, miss, neglect fullled [adj] completed accomplished, achieved, actualized, attained, brought about, brought to a close, carried out, compassed, concluded, consummated, crowned, delighted, dispatched, effected, effectuated, executed, nished, gratied, made good*, matured, obtained, perfected, performed, pleased, put into effect, reached, realized, satised; concepts 403,531 Ant. disappointed, incomplete, unnished, unfullled, unsatised fulllment [n] accomplishment, completion achievement, attainment, carrying out, carrying through, consummation, contentedness, contentment, crowning, discharge, discharging, effecting, end, gratication, implementation, just the ticket*, kick*, kicks* observance, perfection, realization, you got it*; concepts 230,706 Ant. disappointment, dissatisfaction, failure, frustration, unfulllment full [adj1] brimming, lled abounding, abundant, adequate, awash, big, bounteous, brimful, burdened, bursting, chockablock, chock-full, competent, complete, crammed, crowded, entire, extravagant, glutted, gorged, imbued, impregnated, intact, jammed, jammed full*, jam-packed*, laden, lavish, loaded, overowing, packed, packed like sardines, padded, plenteous, plentiful, plethoric, profuse, replete, running over, sated, satiated, satised, saturated, stocked, stuffed, sufcient, suffused, surfeited, teeming, voluminous, weighted; concepts 481,483,773,774,786 Ant. empty, incomplete, void full [adj2] thorough absolute, abundant, adequate, all-inclusive, ample, blow-by-blow*, broad, choate, circumstantial, clocklike, complete, comprehensive, copious, detailed, entire, exhaustive, extensive, generous, integral, itemized, maximum, minute, particular, particularized, perfect, plenary, plenteous, plentiful, unabridged, unlimited, whole; concept 531 Ant. incomplete full [adj3] deep in sound clear, distinct, loud, resonant, rich, rounded, throaty; concept 594

full [adj4] satiated in hunger glutted, gorged, jaded, lousy with*, sated, satiate, stuffed, surfeited, up to here*; concepts 406,481, 774 Ant. empty, hungry, needy, starved, unsatised full-blooded [adj] purebred; strong hardy, hearty, powerful, robust, sound, thoroughbred, unmixed, vigorous, virile, vital; concepts 314,489,613 full-bodied [adj] robust concentrated, fruity, full-avored, heady*, heavy, lusty, mellow, potent, redolent, rich, strong, well-matured; concepts 489,613 Ant. weak full-grown/full-edged [adj] developed, ripe, ready adult, full-blown*, grown, grownup, in ones prime*, marriageable, mature, nubile, of age, perfected, prime, ripened; concepts 558,578,797 Ant. new, small, underdeveloped, undeveloped, unripe, young fullness [n] abundance, breadth adequateness, ampleness, amplitude, broadness, completeness, completion, comprehensiveness, congestion, copiousness, curvaceousness, dilation, distension, enlargement, entirety, extensiveness, ll, glut, plenitude, plenty, plenum, profusion, repletion, roundness, satiation, satiety, saturation, scope, sufciency, surfeit, swelling, totality, tumescence, vastness, voluptuousness, wealth, wholeness, wideness; concepts 635,730 Ant. emptiness, incompleteness, need, void, want full-scale [adj] total, all-out all-encompassing, comprehensive, exhaustive, extensive, fullblown*, full-dress*, full-out*, in-depth, major, proper, sweeping, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unlimited, wide-ranging; concepts 531,772 Ant. incomplete, incomprehensive, partial fully [adv1] completely, in all respects absolutely, all out*, all the way*, altogether*, entirely, every inch*, from A to Z*, from soup to nuts*, heart and soul*, intimately, outright, perfectly, positively, quite, royal*, thoroughly, through and through*, totally, utterly, wholly, without exaggeration; concepts 531,772 Ant. incompletely, partially, partly fully [adv2] sufciently, adequately abundantly, amply, comprehensively, enough, plentifully, satisfactorily, well; concept 558 Ant. inadequately, insufciently, partly fulminate [v] criticize harshly animadvert, berate, blow up, bluster, castigate, censure, condemn, curse, declaim, denounce, denunciate, execrate, explode, fume, intimidate, inveigh against, menace, protest, rage, rail, reprobate, swear at, thunder, upbraid, vilify, vituperate; concepts 52,54 Ant. compliment, defend, atter, praise, support fulmination [n] tirade, condemnation blast, curse, denunciation, diatribe, discharge, explosion, intimidation, invective, obloquy, outburst, philippic, reprobation, warning; concepts 52,54,278 Ant. compliment, defense, attery, praise, support fulsome [adj] sickening or excessive behavior adulatory, bombastic, buttery*, canting, cloying, coarse, extravagant, fawning, attering, glib, grandiloquent, hypocritical, immoderate, ingratiating, inordinate, insincere, magnilo-

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quent, mealy-mouthed*, nauseating, offensive, oily*, oleaginous, overdone, saccharine, sanctimonious, slick*, slimy*, smarmy*, smooth, suave, sycophantic, unctuous, wheedling*; concepts 267,401 Ant. reasonable, sincere fumble [v] bumble, mess up bollix*, botch*, bungle*, err, feel, ounder, ub*, uff*, goof*, grapple, grope, lose the handle*, louse up*, miseld, mishandle, mismanage, scrabble*, screw up*, spoil, stumble; concepts 101,181 Ant. do well fume [v] get very upset about anger, blow up*, boil, bristle, burn, chafe, chomp at the bit*, get hot*, get steamed up*, rage, rant, rave, seethe, smoke*, storm*; concepts 21,29,410 Ant. be calm, be happy fumes [n] pollution, gas in air efuvium, exhalation, exhaust, haze, miasma, reek, smog, smoke, stench, vapor; concepts 437,600 fumigate [v] disinfect, ventilate air out, antisepticize, circulate, decontaminate, deodorize, fan, freshen, purify, sanitize, sterilize, vaporize; concepts 51,60 fun [adj] good, happy amusing, boisterous, convivial, diverting, enjoyable, entertaining, lively, merry, pleasant, witty; concepts 537, 572 Ant. bad, sad, unfun, unhappy, woeful fun [n] amusement, play absurdity, ball*, big time*, blast*, buffoonery, celebration, cheer, clowning, distraction, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, escapade, festivity, foolery, frolic, gaiety, gambol, game*, good time*, grins*, high jinks*, holiday, horseplay*, jesting, jocularity, joke, joking, jollity, joy, junketing, laughter, living it up*, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, nonsense, pastime, picnic*, playfulness, pleasure, recreation, rejoicing, relaxation, riot, romp, romping, solace, sport, tomfoolery*, treat, whoopee*; concepts 386,388 Ant. sadness, work function [n1] capacity, job action, activity, affair, behavior, business, charge, concern, duty, employment, exercise, faculty, goal, mark, mission, object, objective, occupation, ofce, operation, part, post, power, province, purpose, raison dtre*, responsibility, role, service, situation, target, task, use, utility, work; concepts 362,659 function [n2] social occasion affair, celebration, do*, gathering, get-together*, meeting, party, reception; concept 386 function [v] perform, work act, act the part*, behave, be in action, be in commission, be in operation, be running, cook, do, do duty*, do ones thing*, get with it*, go, go to town*, move, ofcialize, ofciate, operate, percolate*, react, run, serve, take, take care of business*; concepts 87,362 Ant. idle, malfunction functional [adj] working handy, occupational, operative, practicable, practical, serviceable, useful, utile, utilitarian, utility; concept 560 Ant. broken, idle, malfunctioning, unfunctional fund [n] repository, reserve armamentarium, capital, endowment, foundation, hoard, inventory, kitty*, mine, pool*, reservoir, source, stock, store, storehouse, supply, treasury, trust, vein; concepts 332,340,710 fund [v] provide money for back, bankroll,

capitalize, endow, nance, oat, grubstake*, juice*, patronize, pay for, pick up the check*, pick up the tab*, promote, stake, subsidize, support; concepts 115,341 Ant. take fundamental [adj] basic, important axiological, axiomatic, basal, bottom, bottom-line*, cardinal, central, constitutional, constitutive, crucial, elemental, elementary, essential, rst, foundational, grass-roots*, indispensable, integral, intrinsic, key, major, meat-and-potatoes*, necessary, organic, original, paramount, primary, prime, primitive, primordial, principal, radical, requisite, rudimentary, signicant, structural, substratal, substrative, supporting, sustaining, theoretical, underived, underlying, vital; concepts 546,567 Ant. additional, advanced, auxiliary, extra, minor, secondary, subordinate, trivial, unimportant fundamental [n] basic, essential part ABCs*, axiom, basis, bottom line*, brass tacks*, coal and ice*, component, constituent, cornerstone, element, factor, foundation, guts*, heart, law, nitty-gritty*, principium, principle, rock bottom*, rudiment, rule, sine qua non*, theorem; concepts 668,688,826,829 Ant. addition, auxiliary, extra, subordinate, trivia fundraiser [n] pledge drive appeal for funds, bazaar, charity event, charity sale, philanthropic enterprise, radiothon, telethon; concepts 337,657 funds [n] cash reserve accounts receivable, afuence, assets, backing, bankroll, belongings, bread*, budget, capital, collateral, currency, dough*, earnings, nance, uid assets, hard cash*, kitty*, lucre, means, money, money in the bank*, money on hand*, nest egg*, nut*, petty cash, pork barrel*, possessions, proceeds, prots, property, ready money*, resources, revenue, savings, scratch*, securities, specie, stakes*, store*, stuff*, substance, treasure, wealth, wherewithal*, winnings*; concepts 340,710 Ant. debt funeral [n] ceremony for the dead burial, cremation, entombment, exequies, funeration, inhumation, interment, last rites, obit, obsequies, planting, requiem, sepulture, services, solemnities; concepts 172,386 Ant. baptism, christening funereal [adj] depressing black, bleak, dark, deathlike, dirgelike, disheartening, dismal, doleful, dreary, elegiac, gloomy, grave, grim, lamenting, lugubrious, melancholy, mournful, oppressive, sad, sepulchral, serious, solemn, somber, woeful; concepts 403,537,542 Ant. cheerful, happy, joyful, lively, upbeat funk [n] fear, depression alarm, cold sweat*, despondency, fright, gloom, misery, panic, trembling; concepts 27,410 Ant. happiness, joy funnel [v] direct down a path carry, channel, conduct, convey, lter, move, pass, pipe, pour, siphon, traject, transmit; concepts 187,217 funny [adj1] comical, humorous absurd, amusing, antic, blithe, capricious, clever, diverting, droll, entertaining, facetious, farcical, for grins*, gas*, gay, gelastic, good-humored, hilarious, humdinger, hysterical, jocose, jocular, joking, jolly, killing*, knee-slapper*, laughable, ludicrous, merry, mirthful, playful, priceless, rich, ridiculous, riot, riotous, risible, screaming,

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side-splitting*, silly, slapstick, sportive, waggish, whimsical, witty; concepts 267,529,537 Ant. dramatic, melancholy, sad, serious, tragic, unamusing, unfunny funny [adj2] odd, peculiar bizarre, curious, dubious, fantastic, mysterious, perplexing, puzzling, queer, remarkable, strange, suspicious, unusual, weird; concepts 552,564 Ant. common, normal, standard, usual funny money [n] counterfeit money bad currency, bad money, counterfeit currency, fake currency, fake money, false currency, false money, play money; concepts 648,725 fur [n] hair on animals brush, coat, down, uff, fuzz, hide, jacket, lint, pelage, pelt, pile, skin, wool; concept 399 furbish [v] polish; renovate brighten, buff, burnish, clean, deck out*, x up, glaze, gloss, gussy up*, improve, recondition, refurbish, rehabilitate, renew, restore, rub, shine, smarten up*, spruce up*; concepts 162,165,700 furious [adj1] extremely angry, very mad bent*, bent out of shape*, beside oneself*, boiling*, browned off*, bummed out*, corybantic, crazed, demented, desperate, enraged, erce, t to be tied*, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, fuming, hacked, hopping mad*, incensed, infuriated, insane, irrational, livid, maddened, maniac, on the warpath*, rabid, raging, smoking*, steamed, unreasonable, up in arms*, vehement, vicious, violent, wrathful; concept 403 Ant. cheerful, elated, excited, exhilarated, happy, pleased furious [adj2] stormy, turbulent agitated, blustering, blustery, boisterous, concentrated, excessive, exquisite, extreme, erce, aming, impetuous, intense, intensied, raging, rampageous, rough, savage, tempestuous, terrible, tumultous/tumultuous, ungovernable, unrestrained, vehement, vicious, violent, wild; concepts 525,537,548 Ant. calm, mild, moderate, peaceful, quiet furlough [n] leave of absence layoff, leave, liberty, rest and recreation, rest and recuperation, rest and relaxation, R&R, sabbatical, shore leave, shutdown, vacation; concepts 802,807 furnace [n] heating mechanism boiler, calefactor, cinerator, cremator, forge, Franklin stove, heater, heating system, incinerator, kiln, oil burner, smithy, stove; concept 463 Ant. freezer furnish [v1] decorate, supply accoutre, apparel, appoint, arm, array, clothe, endow, equip, feather a nest*, t, t out*, x up*, gear, line a nest*, make habitable, outt, provide, provision, purvey, rig, stock, store, turn out; concepts 140,177,182 Ant. leave plain, unfurnish furnish [v2] give, reveal information afford, bestow, deliver, dispense, endow, feed, grant, hand, hand over, offer, present, provide, supply, transfer, turn over; concepts 60,67,108 Ant. conceal, hide, secret furnishings [n] appliances, furniture accessories, accouterments, appointments, dcor, equipment, ttings, xtures, gear, provisions, trappings; concept 443 furniture [n] household property appliance, appointment, bed, bookcase, buffet, bureau, cabinet, chair, chattel, chest, commode, couch, counter, cupboard, davenport, desk, dresser,

effect, equipment, ttings, furnishing, goods, highboy, hutch, movables, possession, sideboard, sofa, stool, table, thing, wardrobe; concept 443 furor [n] disturbance, excitement ado*, agitation, big scene*, big stink*, bustle, commotion, craze, enthusiasm, fad, ferment, ap*, freefor-all*, frenzy, fury, fuss, hell broke loose*, hullabaloo*, hysteria, lunacy, madness*, mania, outburst, outcry, rage, row, ruckus, stir*, to-do*, tumult, uproar, whirl; concepts 230,388,410 Ant. calm, peace furrow [n] ditch channel, corrugation, crease, crinkle, crows-foot*, dike, uting, fold, groove, gutter, hollow, line, plica, rabbet, ridge, rimple, rivel, ruck, rut, seam, trench, wrinkle; concept 513 further [adj] additional added, another, else, extra, farther, fresh, in addition, more, new, other, supplementary; concept 771 further [adv] additionally again, also, as well as, besides, beyond, distant, farther, in addition, moreover, on top of*, over and above*, then, to boot, whats more*, yet, yonder; concept 771 further [v] advance, lend support aid, assist, back up, bail out*, ballyhoo*, champion, contribute, encourage, engender, expedite, facilitate, forward, foster, generate, give a boost to*, go with, hasten, help, lend a hand*, open doors*, patronize, plug, promote, propagate, push, serve, speed, succor, take care of, work for; concepts 69,87,110 Ant. block, cease, check, curtail, delay, frustrate, halt, hinder, impede, obstruct, prevent, protest, stop furtherance [n] advancement advocacy, backing, boosting, carrying-out, championship, progress, progression, promotion, prosecution, pursuit; concepts 110,704 Ant. blockage, curtailment, delay, hindrance, impediment, stoppage furthermore [adv] in addition additionally, along, as well, besides, likewise, moreover, not to mention, to boot, too, whats more*, withal, yet; concepts 577,824 furthest [adj] most distant extreme, farthest, most remote, outermost, outmost, remotest, ultimate, uttermost; concepts 586,778 Ant. closest, nearest furtive [adj] sneaky, secretive artful, calculating, cautious, circumspect, clandestine, cloaked, conspiratorial, covert, crafty*, creepy*, cunning, disguised, elusive, evasive, foxy, guileful, hidden, hush-hush*, insidious, masked, scheming, shifty*, skulking, slinking*, sly, stealthy, subrosa*, surreptitious, tricky*, undercover, underhand, underhanded, under-the-table*, under wraps*, wily; concepts 548,576 Ant. aboveboard, forthright, honest, open, truthful fury [n] anger, wrath acerbity, acrimony, asperity, boiling point*, conniption, energy, ferocity, erceness, re, are-up, force, frenzy, furor, impetuosity, indignation, intensity, ire, madness, might, passion, power, rabidity, rage, rampancy, rise, savagery, severity, slow burn*, sore, stew*, storm*, tempestuousness, turbulence, vehemence, violence; concepts 29,410 Ant. calm, happiness, peace

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fuse [v] meld, intermix agglutinate, amalgamate, bind, blend, cement, coalesce, combine, commingle, deliquesce, dissolve, federate, ux, integrate, interblend, interfuse, intermingle, join, liquefy, liquesce, melt, merge, mingle, run, run together, smelt, solder, thaw, unite, weld; concept 113 Ant. disconnect, divide, separate fusillade [n] rapid outburst barrage, broadside, burst of re, hail, salvo, volley; concept 633 fusion [n] melding; mixture admixture, alloy, amalgam, amalgamation, blend, blending, coadunation, coalescence, coalition, commingling, commixture, compound, federation, heating, immixture, integration, intermixture, junction, liquefaction, liquication, melting, merger, merging, smelting, soldering, synthesis, unication, union, uniting, welding; concepts 113,260,432 Ant. disconnection, division, separation fuss [n] disturbance, trouble ado, agitation, altercation, argument, bickering, bother, broil*, bustle, commotion, complaint, confusion, controversy, difculty, display, dispute, excitement, falling-out*, ght, ap, urry, utter, fret, furor, hassle, kick-up*, objection, palaver, perturbation, quarrel, row, ruckus, scene, squabble, stew*, stink*, stir, storm, to-do*, turmoil, unrest, upset, wingding*, worry; concepts 46,106,388,633 Ant. calm, peace fussy [adj] meticulous, particular careful, choosy, conscientious, conscionable, dainty, difcult, discriminating, exact, exacting, fastidious, nical, nicky, fretful, fuddy-duddy*, hard to please*, heedful, nit-picking*, overfastidious, painstaking, persnickety, picky, picky-picky*, punctilious, punctual, querulous, scrupulous, squeamish, stickling; concepts 401,404 Ant. uncritical, undemanding, unfussy fustian [adj] pompous arrogant, boastful, bombastic, conceited, aunting, high and mighty*, highfalutin, lofty, ostentatious, pontical, portentous, pretentious, puffed up*, ranting, self-centered, self-important, vain, vainglorious; concepts 267,401,542 futile [adj] hopeless, pointless abortive, barren, bootless, delusive, empty, exhausted, forlorn, fruitless, hollow, idle, impracticable, impractical, ineffective, ineffectual, insufcient, in vain, no dice*, nugatory, on a treadmill*, otiose, out the window*, protless, resultless, save ones breath*, sterile, to no avail*, to no effect*, to no purpose*, triing, trivial, unavailing, unimportant, unneeded, unproductive, unprotable, unreal, unsatisfactory, unsubstantial, unsuccessful, useless, vain, valueless, worthless; concepts 528,548,560 Ant. fruitful, hopeful, productive, protable futility [n] uselessness emptiness, frivolousness, fruitlessness, hollowness, idleness, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, meaninglessness, pointlessness, senselessness, unprotableness, worthlessness; concept 560 futon [n] sofa bed convertible sofa, couch, davenport, daybed, sofa; concept 443 future [adj] to come; expected approaching, booked, budgeted, close at hand*, coming, coming up, destined, down the line*, down the pike, down the road*, eventual, fated, nal, forthcoming, from here in, from here on, from

here to eternity*, from now on in*, imminent, impending, inevitable, in the cards*, in the course of time, in the ofng*, just around the corner*, later, likely, looked toward, near, next, planned, prospective, scheduled, subsequent, to be*, ulterior, ultimate, unborn, unfolding, up; concept 820 Ant. past future [n] time to come aftertime, afterward, by and by*, destiny, eternity, expectation, fate, futurity, hereafter, innity, life to come, millennium, morrow, ofng, outlook, posterity, prospect, subsequent time, to be*, tomorrow, world to come*; concepts 679,807,811,818 Ant. past futuristic [adj] ahead of ones time advanced, cutting edge, innovative, modern, pioneering, revolutionary, visionary; concepts 578,589,797 fuzz [n] uff down, dust ball*, dust bunnies*, ber, oss, fur, hair, lanugo, lint, nap, pile; concept 260 Ant. smoothness fuzzy [adj1] uffy down-covered, downy, ossy, frizzy, furry, hairy, linty, napped, pilate, velutinous, woolly; concept 606 Ant. smooth fuzzy [adj2] out of focus bleary, blurred, dim, distorted, faint, foggy, hazy, ill-dened, indenite, indistinct, misty, mufed, murky, obscure, shadowy, unclear, unfocused, vague; concept 619 Ant. clear

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gab [n] conversation blab*, blather*, chat, chitchat*, gossip, idle talk*, loquacity*, palaver*, prattle, small talk*, talk, tte--tte, tongue-wagging*, yak*, yakkety-yak*; concept 278 Ant. silence gab [v] talk a lot blabber*, blather*, buzz*, chatter, gossip, jabber*, jaw*, prate, prattle, yak*, yakkety-yak*; concept 266 Ant. be quiet gabby [adj] talkative chattering, chatty, effusive, garrulous, glib, gossiping, gushing, jabbering, long-winded*, loose-lipped*, loquacious, mouthy*, prattling, prolix, talky, verbose, voluble, windy*, wordy; concept 267 Ant. close-mouthed, quiet, secretive gad [v] roam about cruise, gallivant, hit the road*, hit the trail*, jaunt, knock about*, knock around*, maunder, mooch*, ramble, range, rove, run around*, stray, traipse, wander; concepts 149,224 gady [n] goad; nuisance annoyance, energizer, excitant, irritant, motivator, mover, pest, prod, spur, stimulator; concepts 412,674 gadget [n] device, novelty apparatus, appliance, business, concern, contraption, contrivance, doodad*, doohickey*, gimmick, gizmo*, invention, object, thing*, thingamajig, tool, utensil, whatchamacallit*, widget*; concepts 463,499 gadgetry [n] mechanism appliances, bells and whistles, contraptions, ingenious device, instrumentation, machinery, works; concepts 463,499 gaffe [n] mistake, goof blooper*, blunder, boner*, boo-boo*, faux pas*, howler*, impropriety, indecorum, indiscretion, putting foot in mouth*, slip*, solecism; concepts 101,230 Ant. correction

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gag [n] practical joke crack, drollery, hoax, jest, quip, ruse, trick, wile, wisecrack, witticism; concept 59 gag [v1] silence, stop up balk, bottle up*, choke, constrain, cork*, cork up*, curb, deaden, demur, garrote, keep the lid on*, mufe, muzzle, obstruct, put the lid on*, quiet, repress, restrain, shut down, shy, squash*, squelch, stie, still, stumble, suppress, tape up*, throttle*, tongue-tie*; concepts 121,130 gag [v2] vomit, choke be nauseated, disgorge, gasp, heave, nauseate, pant, puke*, retch, sicken, spew, strain, struggle, throw up; concepts 179,308 gaiety [n] happiness, celebration animation, blitheness, brightness, brilliance, cheer, color, colorfulness, conviviality, effervescence, elation, entertainment, exhilaration, festivity, frolic, fun, geniality, gladness, glee, glitter, good humor*, grins*, high spirits*, hilarity, joie de vivre, jollity, joviality, joyousness, lightheartedness, liveliness, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, pleasantness, radiance, revel, reveling, revelry, shindig*, showiness, sparkle, sport, sprightliness, vivacity, whoopee*, wingding*; concepts 377,388 Ant. sadness, solemnity, unhappiness gaily [adv] happily, brightly blithely, brilliantly, cheerfully, colorfully, amboyantly, ashily, gleefully, glowingly, joyfully, laughingly, lightheartedly, merrily, showily, sparklingly, spiritedly, splendidly, vivaciously, with lan*, with spirit*; concepts 542,589 Ant. sadly, solemnly, unhappily gain [n] acquisition, winnings accretion, accrual, accumulation, achievement, addition, advance, advancement, advantage, attainment, benet, boost, buildup, cut, dividend, earnings, emolument, gravy*, growth, headway*, hike*, improvement, income, increase, increment, lucre, payoff, proceeds, produce, prot, progress, receipts, return, rise, share, take, up*, upping*, velvet*, yield; concepts 337, 344,706, 710 Ant. expenditure, forfeit, forfeiture, loss, waste gain [v] acquire, win accomplish, achieve, advance, ameliorate, annex, attain, augment, benet, boost, bring in, build up, capture, clear, collect, complete, consummate, earn, enlarge, enlist, expand, fulll, gather, get, glean, grow, harvest, have, improve, increase, land, make, make a killing*, move forward, net, obtain, overtake, parlay, perfect, pick up, procure, produce, prot, progress, promote, rack up*, reach, realize, reap, score*, secure, succeed, win over; concepts 120,124,129 Ant. exhaust, forfeit, lose, miss, pass, spend, waste gainful [adj] very productive, protable advantageous, benecial, fat, fruitful, generous, going, going concern*, good, in the black*, lucrative, lush, moneymaking, paid off, paying, remunerative, rewarding, rich, satisfying, substantial, sweet*, useful, well-paying, worthwhile; concept 334 Ant. disadvantageous, unproductive, unprotable, useless gainsay [v] contradict combat, contravene, controvert, cross, deny, disafrm, disagree, disclaim, disprove, dispute, ght, impugn, negate, negative, oppose, refute, repudiate,

resist, traverse, withstand; concepts 52,54 Ant. agree, concur, go along gait [n] way an animal or person moves, walks amble, bearing, canter, carriage, clip, gallop, get along, lick, march, motion, movement, pace, run, speed, step, stride, tread, trot, walk; concept 149 gala [adj] celebratory bright, colorful, convivial, festal, festive, gay, happy, jovial, joyful, merry; concept 548 gala [n] festival affair, ball, bash, blast*, blowout*, carnival, celebration, clambake, dance, do, festivity, fete, esta, function, get-together*, hop, jamboree, moveable feast, pageant, party, prom, roast, shindig*, stag, to-do*, wingding*; concepts 377,383 galaxy [n] nebula elliptical galaxy, irregular galaxy, island universe, Milky Way, spiral galaxy, star cluster, star system; concepts 370,511 gale [n] violent storm blast, blow, burst, chinook, cyclone, hurricane, mistral, monsoon, outbreak, outburst, squall, tempest, tornado, typhoon, wind, windstorm; concepts 524,526 gall [n] nerve, brashness acrimony, animosity, arrogance, bitterness, brass, brazenness, cheek*, chutzpah*, conceit, condence, crust cynicism, effrontery, guts*, haughtiness, hostility, impertinence, impudence, insolence, malevolence, malice, overbearance, pomposity, presumption, rancor, sauciness, self-importance, spite, venom; concepts 411,633 Ant. modesty, reservations, shyness gall [v1] upset, irritate aggravate, annoy, bedevil, bother, burn, chafe, chide, disturb, exasperate, fret, grate, harass, harry, iname, irk, nag, peeve, pester, plague, provoke, rile, roil, rub, rufe, scrape, torment, trouble, vex, worry; concepts 7,19 Ant. cheer, encourage, enliven, exhilarate, make happy gall [v2] rub raw abrade, bark, burn, chafe, corrode, erode, excoriate, le, fray, frazzle, fret, grate, graze, irritate, scrape, scratch, scuff, skin, wear; concept 215 gallant [adj] brave, splendid attentive, bold, considerate, courageous, courteous, courtly, daring, dashing, dauntless, dignied, doughty, fearless, re-eating*, game*, glorious, gracious, grand, gritty*, hairy*, heroic, honorable, intrepid, lionhearted*, lofty, magnanimous, noble, plucky*, polite, quixotic, stately, stouthearted, suave, thoughtful, urbane, valiant, valorous; concepts 404,542 Ant. afraid, cowardly, fearful, timid, ungentlemanly, unmannerly gallantry [n] bravery, civility address, attentiveness, audacity, boldness, courage, courageousness, courteousness, courtesy, daring, dauntlessness, deference, derring-do*, duty, elegance, fearlessness, graciousness, honor, intrepidity, mettle, nerve, nobility, pluck*, poise, politeness, prowess, resolution, reverence, savoir-faire, spirit, tact, urbanity, valiance, valor; concepts 411,657 Ant. cowardliness, fear gallery [n1] balcony arcade, loggia, mezzanine, patio, porch, upstairs, veranda; concept 440 gallery [n2] showplace for wares exhibit, exhibition room, hall, museum, salon, showroom, studio, wing; concepts 448,449

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gallery [n3] audience, usually seated high attendance, onlookers, peanut gallery*, public, spectators; concepts 294,417 galling [adj] very upsetting acid, afictive, aggravating, annoying, bitter, bothersome, distasteful, exasperating, grievous, harassing, humiliating, irksome, irritating, nettlesome, painful, plaguing, provoking, rankling, unpalatable, vexatious, vexing; concepts 7, 19 Ant. cheering, comforting, pleasing, satisfying, soothing, wonderful gallivant [v] run around, gad about cruise, jaunt, meander, mooch, ramble, range, roam, rove, stray, traipse, wander; concepts 149,224 Ant. behave gallop [v] bolt, race with slight jumping motion amble, canter, career, course, dart, dash, y, hasten, hurdle, hurry, jump, leap, lope, pace, rack, run, rush, shoot, speed, spring, sprint, stride, tear along, trot, zoom; concepts 150,194 galvanize [v] inspire, stimulate animate, arouse, astonish, awaken, commove, electrify, energize, excite, re*, frighten, innervate, invigorate, jolt, motivate, move, pique, prime, provoke, quicken, shock, spur, startle, stir, stun, thrill, vitalize, wake, zap*; concepts 7,14,22 Ant. depress, deter, discourage, disparage, dissuade, retard gambit [n] plan, plot artice, design, device, gimmick, jig, maneuver, play, ploy, ruse, trick; concept 660 gamble [n] chance, speculation action, bet, ing, leap*, long shot*, lottery, outside chance*, rafe, risk, shot in the dark*, spec*, stab*, throw of the dice*, toss up*, uncertainty, venture, wager; concepts 28,363 Ant. design, guard, insurance, plan, protection, safeguard gamble [v] take a chance on winning back, bet, brave, buck the odds*, cast lots*, challenge, cut the cards, dare, defy, endanger, face, ip the coin*, game, go for broke*, hazard, imperil, jeopardize, lay money on*, lot, make a bet, play, plunge, put, put faith in, put trust in, risk, set, shoot the moon*, shoot the works*, speculate, stake, stick ones neck out*, take a yer*, tempt fortune*, trust to luck, try ones luck, venture, wager; concepts 28,363 Ant. be careful, design, ensure, guard, insure, plan, safeguard gambol [v] tumble playfully bound, caper, carry on, cavort, cut, cut a caper*, cut loose*, fool around*, frisk, frolic, hop, horse around*, jump, kibitz around*, kick up ones heels*, lark, leap, play, prance, revel, roister, rollick, romp, skip, sport, spring, whoop it up*; concepts 149,194,363 game [adj1] brave, willing bold, courageous, dauntless, desirous, disposed, dogged, eager, fearless, gallant, hardy, heroic, inclined, interested, intrepid, nervy*, persevering, persistent, plucky*, prepared, ready, resolute, spirited, spunky, unafraid, uninching, up for*, valiant, valorous; concept 404 Ant. afraid, cautious, cowardly, disinclined, fearful, unprepared, unready, unwilling game [adj2] debilitated ailing, bad, crippled, deformed, disabled, incapacitated, injured, lame, maimed, weak; concepts 314,485 Ant. able, capable, working game [n1] entertainment adventure, amusement, athletics, business, distraction, diversion,

enterprise, festivity, frolic, fun, jest, joke, lark, line, merriment, merrymaking, occupation, pastime, plan, play, proceeding, pursuit, recreation, romp, scheme, sport, sports, undertaking; concepts 292,363 game [n2] individual sporting event competition, contest, match, meeting, round, tournament; concept 364 game [n3] undomesticated animals chased for food chase, sh, fowl, kill, meat, prey, quarry, ravin, victim, wild animals; concepts 394, 457,460 game [n4] plot, trick butt, derision, design, device, hoax, joke, object of ridicule, plan, ploy, practical joke, prank, scheme, stratagem, strategy, tactic; concepts 59,660 gamely [adv] bravely boldly, courageously, dauntlessly, eagerly, enthusiastically, fearlessly, stoutly, with ones head held high*; concept 401 gamut [n] range area, catalogue, compass, diapason, extent, eld, panorama, scale, scope, series, spectrum, sweep; concepts 651,788 gamy [adj] ill-smelling; corrupt fetid, foul, malodorous, pungent, rancid, rank, reeking, seamy, sordid, strong-avored, strong-smelling, strong-tasting, tainted; concept 598 gang [n] group, mob of people assemblage, band, bunch, circle, clan, clique, club, cluster, combo*, company, coterie, crew, crowd, herd, horde, knot, lot, organization, outt, pack, party, posse, ring, set, shift, squad, syndicate, team, tribe, troop, troupe, workers, zoo*; concept 387 gangling [adj] rangy awkward, bony, gawky, lanky, leggy, long-legged, long-limbed, lumbering, skinny, spindly, tall, thin; concepts 490,491 gangster [n] person involved in illegal activities bandit, bruiser*, criminal, crook, dealer, desperado, goon*, hit person, hood, hoodlum, hooligan*, Maoso*, member of the family, mobster, pusher, racketeer, robber, rufan, soldier*, thug, tough; concept 412 gap [n] break, breach aperture, arroyo, blank, caesura, canyon, chasm, cleft, clove, crack, cranny, crevice, cut, dele, difference, disagreement, discontinuity, disparity, divergence, divide, division, fracture, gorge, gulch, gully, hiatus, hole, hollow, inconsistency, interlude, intermission, interruption, interspace, interstice, interval, lacuna, lull, notch, opening, orice, pause, ravine, recess, rent, respite, rest, rift, rupture, separation, slit, slot, space, vacuity, void; concepts 513,665 Ant. closure gape [v1] gawk beam, bore, eye, eyeball*, focus, get a load of*, get an eyeful*, give the eye*, glare, gloat, goggle*, look, ogle, peer, rubberneck*, size up*, stare, take in*, wonder, yawp*; concept 623 gape [v2] be wide open cleave, crack, dehisce, divide, frondesce, gap, part, split, yaw, yawn; concept 135 Ant. close gaping [adj] wide open broad, cavernous, chasmal, great, vast, yawning; concepts 485, 490 Ant. closed, shut garage [n] storage building for vehicles, workplace barn, carport*, car stall*, parking

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lot, parking space, repair shop, shop, storage; concepts 439,449 garb [n] clothing apparel, appearance, array, attire, clothes, costume, dress, duds*, feathers*, form, garment, gear, guise, habiliment, habit, outt, rags*, raiment, robes*, semblance, things*, threads*, uniform, vestments, wear; concept 451 garb [v] t with clothes apparel, array, attire, clad, clothe, cover, deck, deck out*, drape, dress, dud*, t out*, garment, raiment, rig out*, rig up*, robe, suit up*, tog*, turn out*; concept 167 Ant. disrobe, unclothe garbage [n] refuse, litter bits and pieces*, debris, detritus, dreck, dregs, dross, lth, junk, muck, odds and ends*, offal, rubbish, rubble, scrap, scrapings, sewage, slop*, sweepings, swill, trash, waste; concept 260 garble [v] mix up, misrepresent belie, color, confuse, corrupt, distort, doctor, falsify, jumble, misinterpret, mislead, misquote, misstate, mutilate, obscure, pervert, slant, tamper with, twist, warp; concepts 59,63 Ant. decipher, order, pronounce, represent, translate, unscramble garden [n] cultivated plants, owers back yard, bed, cold frame, conservatory, enclosure, eld, greenhouse, hothouse, nursery, oasis, patch, patio, plot, terrace; concepts 509,517 gargantuan [adj] very large big, colossal, elephantine, enormous, giant, gigantic, heavyweight, huge, humongous, immense, jumbo, leviathan, mammoth, massive, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, prodigious, supercolossal*, super-duper*, titanic, towering, tremendous, vast, whopping*; concepts 491,773 Ant. little, miniscule, small, tiny gargle [v] rinse the mouth with liquid irrigate, swish, trill, use mouthwash; concepts 169, 308,616 garish [adj] ashy, tasteless blatant, brassy, brazen, cheap, chintzy, aunting, gaudy, glaring, glittering, kitschy*, loud, meretricious, ornate, ostentatious, overdone, overwrought, rafsh, screaming*, showy, tawdry, tinsel, vulgar; concept 589 Ant. discreet, modest, normal, plain, tasteful garland [n] strand of material, usually hung bays, chaplet, coronal, crown, festoon, honors, laurel, palm, wreath; concepts 260,429 garment [n] article of clothing apparel, array, attire, costume, covering, drapes*, dress, duds*, feathers*, garb, gear, get-up*, habiliment, habit, outt, raiment, robe, things*, threads*, togs*, uniform, vestments, wear, weeds*; concept 451 garner [v] collect, accumulate amass, assemble, cull, cumulate, deposit, extract, gather, glean, harvest, hive, hoard, lay in*, lay up*, pick up, put by*, reap, reserve, roll up*, save, stockpile, store, stow away, treasure; concepts 109,135 Ant. disperse, dissipate, divide, separate, spread garnish [n] embellishment, improvement adornment, decoration, enhancement, furbelow, gingerbread*, ornament, ornamentation, tinsel, trim, trimming; concept 824 Ant. decrease, divestment, plainness garnish [v] embellish, improve adorn, beautify, bedeck, deck, decorate, dress up, enhance, x

up, grace, gussy up*, ornament, set off*, spiff up*, spruce up*, trim; concept 244 Ant. decrease, divest, harm, hurt, leave plain, strip garrison [n] military post, fort barracks, base, camp, citadel, command post, encampment, fortication, fortress, stronghold; concepts 321,439 garrulous [adj] talkative babbling, blabbermouth*, chattering, chatty, effusive, ap jaw*, gabby, glib, gossiping, gushing, longwinded*, loose-lipped*, loose-tongued*, loquacious, motormouth*, mouthy, prating, prattling, prolix, prosy, running on at the mouth*, verbose, voluble, wind-bag*, windy*, wordy, yakkity*, yakky*; concepts 267,404 Ant. mum, quiet, reserved, silent, still, untalkative gas [n] something not liquid or solid efuvium, fumes, miasma, smoke, stream, vapor, volatile substance; concept 465 Ant. liquid, solid gash [n] cut made by slicing cleft, furrow, gouge, incision, laceration, mark, nip, notch, rent, slash, slit, split, tear, wound; concept 309 gash [v] cut by slicing carve, cleave, furrow, gouge, incise, injure, lacerate, lance, mark, nip, notch, pierce, rend, slash, slit, split, tear, wound; concepts 137,176 gasket [n] seal cap, covering, packing, stopper; concepts 85,160 gasoline [n] fuel diesel fuel, gasohol, juice*, oil, petrol, propellant; concepts 467,520,523,661 gasp [n] sharply drawn breath blow, ejaculation, exclamation, gulp, heave, pant, puff, wheeze, whoop; concepts 163,595 gasp [v] draw breath in sharply blow, catch ones breath, choke, convulse, ght for breath, gulp, heave, inhale, inspire, pant, puff, respire, snife, snort, wheeze, whoop; concept 163 gastric [adj] pertaining to the stomach abdominal, celiac, duodenal, enteric, gastrocolic, intestinal, stomach, stomachic, stomachical, ventral; concept 393 gate [n] movable barrier at entrance access, bar, conduit, door, doorway, egress, exit, gateway, issue, lock, opening, passage, port, portal, revolving door, slammer*, turnstile, way, weir; concepts 440,445 gatekeeper [n] watchperson doorkeeper, guard, lookout, monitor, protector, security ofcer, sentinel, sentry; concept 348 gather [v1] come or bring together accumulate, aggregate, amass, assemble, associate, bunch up, capture, choose, close with, cluster, collect, concentrate, congregate, convene, converge, corral, crowd, cull, draw, draw in, ock, forgather, gang up, garner, get together, group, hang around*, hang out*, heap, herd, hoard, huddle, make the scene*, marshal, mass, meet, muster, pick, pile up, pluck, poke*, pour in, punch*, rally, reunite, round up*, scare up*, scrape together*, show up, stack up, stockpile, swarm, throng, unite; concepts 109,114 Ant. allot, deal, disperse, distribute, divide, scatter, separate, spread gather [v2] be led to believe; infer assume, conclude, deduce, draw, expect, nd, hear, imagine, judge, learn, make, presume, reckon, suppose, surmise, suspect, take, think, understand; concept 15 Ant. misunderstand

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gather [v3] harvest, pick out crop, cull, draw, extract, garner, glean, heap, ingather, mass, pick up, pile, pluck, reap, select, stack, take in; concept 257 Ant. grow, plant gather [v4] gain, increase build, deepen, enlarge, expand, grow, heighten, intensify, rise, swell, thicken, wax; concept 780 gathering [n] assemblage, accumulation acquisition, affair, aggregate, aggregation, association, band, body, bunch, caucus, clambake*, collection, company, concentration, conclave, concourse, conference, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, crowd, crush, drove, ock, function, gain, get-together*, group, heap, herd, horde, huddle, junction, knot, levy, mass, meet, meeting, muster, parley, party, pile, powwow*, rally, roundup, social function, society, stock, stockpile, swarm, throng, turnout, union; concepts 324,386,417 gauche [adj] tactless, unsophisticated awkward, bumbling, clumsy, crude, graceless, green, halting, ham-handed*, heavy-handed, ignorant, illbred, ill-mannered, inelegant, inept, insensitive, lacking, maladroit, oash, uncouth, uncultured, unhappy, unpolished, wooden*; concept 404 Ant. elegant, graceful, mannerly, polished, rened, sophisticated, tactful, tasteful gaudy [adj] bright and vulgar blatant, brazen, brilliant, catchpenny*, chichi*, chintzy, coarse, crude, ashy, aunting, orid, frou-frou*, garish, gay, glaring, gross, gussied up*, jazzy, kitschy*, loud, meretricious, obtrusive, ostentatious, pizzazz*, pretentious, putting on the ritz*, rafsh, ritzy, screaming*, showy, snazzy, splashy, splendiferous, tasteless, tawdry, tinsel; concepts 589,618 Ant. calm, drab, dull, modest, plain, rened, simple, sophisticated gauge [n] measure, standard barometer, basis, benchmark, bore, capacity, check, criterion, degree, depth, example, exemplar, extent, guide, guideline, height, indicator, magnitude, mark, meter, model, norm, pattern, rule, sample, scale, scope, size, span, test, thickness, touchstone*, type, width, yardstick; concepts 647, 680,688,792 Ant. estimate, guess gauge [v] measure, judge adjudge, appraise, ascertain, assess, calculate, calibrate, check, check out, compute, count, determine, estimate, evaluate, eye*, gure, gure in, guess, guesstimate, have ones number*, look over, meter, peg*, quantify, quantitate, rate, reckon, scale, size, size up*, take account of, tally, value, weigh; concepts 37,764 Ant. estimate, guess gaunt [adj] skinny angular, anorexic, attenuated, bare, bleak, bony, cadaverous, desolate, dismal, dreary, emaciated, forbidding, forlorn, grim, haggard, harsh, lank, lean, like a bag of bones*, meager, peaked, peaky, pinched, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, skeletal, skeleton, skin and bones*, spare, thin, wasted; concepts 406, 490,491 Ant. plump, thick, well-nourished gauzy [adj] see-through, gossamer in texture delicate, diaphanous, lmy, imsy, insubstantial, light, lucid, pellucid, sheer, thin, tiffany, translucent, transparent; concept 606 Ant. cloudy, foggy, heavy, obscured, opaque, thick gawk [v] stare at in amazement bore*, eyeball*, gape, gaze, glare, gloat, goggle*, look, ogle, peer, rubberneck*, yawp*; concept 623

gawky [adj] clumsy awkward, bumbling, clownish, gauche, loutish*, lumbering, lumpish*, lumpy, maladroit, oash, rude, rustic, splay, uncouth, ungainly; concepts 550,584 Ant. athletic, graceful, lithe gay [adj1] happy alert, animate, animated, blithe, blithesome, bouncy, brash, carefree, cheerful, cheery, chipper*, chirpy, condent, convivial, devil-may-care*, festive, forward, frivolous, frolicsome, fun-loving, gamesome, glad, gleeful, hilarious, insouciant, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, keen, lighthearted, lively, merry, mirthful, playful, pleasureseeking, presuming, pushy, rollicking, selfassertive, sparkling, spirited, sportive, sprightly, sunny, vivacious, wild, zippy*; concepts 403,542 Ant. depressed, discouraged, sad, unhappy, upset, worried gay [adj2] colorful, vivid brave, bright, brilliant, amboyant, ashy, fresh, garish, gaudy, intense, rich, showy; concepts 589, 618 Ant. colorless, dull, lifeless, plain, uncolorful gay [adj3] homosexual homoerotic, homophile, lesbian, Sapphic; concept 372 Ant. heterosexual gaze [n] long, xed stare sh eye*, glaring, gun*, look, looking, ogling, peek, peep, rubbernecking*, scrutiny, seeing, survey, watching; concept 623 gaze [v] stare at admire, beam*, bore*, contemplate, eye, eyeball*, gape, gawk, get a load of*, get an eyeful*, glare, gloat, inspect, lamp*, look, look xedly, moon*, observe, ogle, peek, peep, peer, pin*, pipe*, regard, rubber*, rubberneck*, scrutinize, see, size up*, survey, take in*, view, watch, wonder; concepts 623,626 gazebo [n] pavilion arbor, bandstand, belvedere, bower, kiosk, platform, rotunda, summerhouse; concepts 440,443 gear [n1] equipment accessory, accouterment, adjunct, apparatus, appendage, appurtenance, baggage, belongings, contraption, effects, encumbrances, ttings, habiliment, harness, impedimenta, instrument, kit, kit and kaboodle*, luggage, machinery, material, materiel, means, outt, paraphernalia, possessions, rigging, setup, stuff, supply, tackle, things, tools, trappings; concept 496 gear [n2] toothed part of wheel cog, cogwheel, gearwheel, pinion, ragwheel, sprocket, spurwheel; concept 464 gear [n3] clothing apparel, array, attire, clothes, costume, drapes*, dress, duds*, feathers*, garb, garments, habit, outt, rags*, threads*, toggery*, togs*, wear; concept 451 gear [v] prepare, equip accouter, adapt, adjust, appoint, arm, blend, t, t out*, furnish, harness, match, organize, outt, ready, regulate, rig*, suit, tailor, turn out; concepts 182,202 geek [n] odd person; computer expert buffoon, computer specialist, curiosity, dolt, dork, freak, goon, guru, nerd, techie, weirdo; concepts 352,366,423 gelatinous [adj] coagulated gluey, glutinous, gummy, jelled, jellied, jelly-like, mucilaginous, pudding*, sticky, thick, viscid, viscous; concept 606 Ant. liquid

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geld [v] castrate alter*, emasculate, eunuchize, x*, neuter, spay, sterilize, unman; concepts 240,250 gem [n] precious stone; treasure bauble*, glass*, hardware*, jewel, jewelry, masterpiece, nonpareil, ornament, paragon, pearl, pick, prize, rock*, sparkler*, stone, trump*; concepts 337,446,474 gender [n] grammatical rules applying to nouns that connote sex or animateness common, feminine, gender-specic, masculine, neuter; concept 408 genealogy [n] persons family tree ancestry, blood line, derivation, descent, extraction, generation, genetics, heredity, history, line, lineage, parentage, pedigree, progeniture, stemma, stirps, stock, strain; concept 296 general [adj1] common, accepted accustomed, broad, commonplace, conventional, customary, everyday, extensive, familiar, generic, habitual, humdrum, inclusive, matter-of-course*, natural, normal, ordinary, popular, prevailing, prevalent, public, regular, routine, run-of-themill*, typical, uneventful, universal, usual, wide, widespread, wonted; concepts 530,547 Ant. abnormal, exceptional, extraordinary, individual, novel, rare, unaccepted, uncommon, unique, unusual general [adj2] inexact, approximate ill-dened, imprecise, inaccurate, indenite, loose, not partial, not particular, not specic, uncertain, undetailed, unspecic, vague; concept 557 Ant. circumscribed, denite, exact, individual, limited, particular, singular, specic general [adj3] comprehensive across-theboard*, all-around*, all-embracing*, allinclusive*, ample, blanket, broad, catholic, collective, comprehending, diffuse, ecumenical, encyclopedic, endless, extensive, far-reaching, generic, global, inclusive, indiscriminate, innite, limitless, miscellaneous, overall, panoramic, sweeping, taken as a whole, total, ubiquitous, unconned, universal, unlimited, wide, worldwide; concepts 537,772 Ant. circumscribed, limited generality [n] vague notion abstraction, abstract principle, generalization, half-truth, law, loose statement, observation, principle, sweeping statement, universality; concepts 688,689 Ant. detail, specic, specicity generalize [v] make a sweeping assumption, statement be metaphysical, conclude, derive, discern, discover, establish, hypothesize, induce, observe, philosophize, postulate, speculate, stay in the clouds*, theorize, vapor; concepts 37,49 Ant. except, specize generally [adv] mainly, in most cases about, all in all, almost always, altogether, approximately, as a rule, broadly, by and large, chiey, commonly, conventionally, customarily, en masse, extensively, for the most part, habitually, largely, mostly, normally, on average, on the whole, ordinarily, overall, popularly, practically, predominantly, primarily, principally, publicly, regularly, roughly, roundly, thereabouts, typically, universally, usually, widely; concepts 530,547,772 Ant. exactly, particularly, rarely, seldom, specically generate [v] produce, create accomplish,

achieve, bear, beget, breed, bring about, bring to pass, cause, develop, effect, engender, form, found, get up, give birth to, give rise to, hatch, inaugurate, induce, initiate, institute, introduce, make, multiply, muster, occasion, originate, parent, perform, procreate, propagate, provoke, reproduce, set up, spawn, whip up*, work up; concepts 173,205,251,374 Ant. break, destroy generation [n1] creation, production bearing, begetting, breeding, bringing forth, engenderment, formation, fructifying, genesis, multiplying, origination, procreation, propagation, reproduction, spawning; concepts 173,205, 374 Ant. destruction generation [n2] era; age group aeon, breed, contemporaries, crop, day, days, eon, epoch, peers, period, rank, span, step, time, times; concepts 807,816 generic [adj] common, general all-encompassing, blanket, collective, comprehensive, inclusive, nonexclusive, sweeping, universal, wide; concept 530 Ant. exclusive, individual, particular, specic generosity [n] spirit of giving all heart*, almsgiving, altruism, benecence, benevolence, bounteousness, bounty, charitableness, charity, free giving, goodness, heart, high-mindedness, hospitality, kindness, largesse, liberality, magnanimity, municence, nobleness, openhandedness, philanthropy, profusion, readiness, unselshness; concepts 411,657 Ant. greed, meanness, selshness, stinginess generous [adj1] giving, big-hearted acceptable, altruistic, benecent, benevolent, big, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, considerate, easy, equitable, excellent, fair, free, good, greathearted, helpful, high-minded, honest, honorable, hospitable, just, kind, kindhearted, kindly, lavish, liberal, lofty, loose, magnanimous, moderate, municent, noble, open-handed, philanthropic, prodigal, profuse, reasonable, soft-touch*, thoughtful, tolerant, ungrudging, unselsh, unsparing, unstinting, willing; concepts 404,542 Ant. greedy, mean, miserly, selsh, stingy generous [adj2] plentiful abundant, afuent, ample, aplenty, bounteous, bountiful, copious, dime a dozen*, full, galore, handsome, large, lavish, liberal, luxuriant, no end*, no end in sight*, overowing, plenteous, rich, stinking with*, unstinting, wealthy; concepts 334,589, 781 Ant. depleted, wanting genesis [n] beginning, creation alpha, birth, commencement, dawn, dawning, engendering, formation, generation, inception, opening, origin, outset, propagation, provenance, provenience, root, source, start; concepts 119,832 Ant. conclusion, end, nale, nish genetic [adj] coming from heredity abiogenetic, ancestral, digenetic, eugenic, genesiological, genital, hereditary, historical, matriclinous, patrimonial, phytogenetic, sporogenous, xenogenetic; concepts 314,549 Ant. acquired genial [adj] extremely nice and happy affable, agreeable, amiable, amicable, blithe, cheerful, cheering, cheery, chipper*, chirpy*, congenial, convivial, cordial, easygoing, enlivening, favorable, friendly, gentle, glad, good-natured,

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gracious, hearty, high, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyous, kind, kindly, merry, neighborly, perky, pleasant, sociable, sunny*, sunny side up*, up*, upbeat, upper*, warm, warm-hearted; concepts 401,404 Ant. aloof, cold, cool, cranky, irritable, moody, unfriendly, unhappy geniality [n] extreme niceness affability, agreeability, agreeableness, amenity, amiability, cheerfulness, cheeriness, congenialness, conviviality, cordiality, enjoyableness, friendliness, gladness, good cheer, good nature, gratefulness, happiness, heartiness, jollity, joviality, joy, joyousness, kindliness, kindness, mirth, pleasance, pleasantness, sunniness*, sweetness and light*, warmheartedness, warmth; concepts 411,633 Ant. aloofness, coldness, coolness, irritation, moodiness, unfriendliness, unhappiness genie [n] mythical being demon, djinni, jinnee, jinni, spirit, wizard; concept 361 genius [n] gift of high intellect ability, accomplishment, acumen, acuteness, adept, aptitude, aptness, astuteness, bent, brain, brilliance, capability, capacity, creativity, discernment, Einstein*, endowment, expert, faculty, air, grasp, head, imagination, inclination, ingenuity, inspiration, intelligence, inventiveness, knack, mature, originality, percipience, perspicacity, power, precocity, prodigy, propensity, prowess, reach, sagacity, superability, talent, turn, understanding, virtuoso, wisdom; concepts 350,409, 416 Ant. idiot, imbecile genocide [n] mass extermination annihilation, carnage, decimation, ethnic cleansing, holocaust, massacre, mass execution, mass murder, race extermination, slaughter; concept 252 genre/genus [n] type, class brand, category, character, classication, fashion, group, kind, school, sort, species, style; concepts 378,388, 655 genteel [adj] sophisticated, cultured affected, aristocratic, articial, chivalrous, civil, conned, courteous, courtly, cultivated, distingu, elegant, fashionable, formal, graceful, hollow, intolerant, la-di-da*, mannerly, noble, ostentatious, polished, polite, pompous, precious, pretentious, priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, rened, respectable, straitlaced, stuffy*, stylish, urbane, well-behaved, well-bred, well-mannered; concepts 401,404 Ant. boorish, callous, rough, rude, rugged, uncultured, unrened, unsophisticated gentility [n] sophistication, cultivation aristocracy, blue blood*, civility, courtesy, courtliness, culture, decorum, elegance, elite, etiquette, ower*, formality, gentle birth*, gentlefolk, gentry, good breeding*, good family*, good manners*, high birth*, mannerliness, nobility, optimacy, polish, politeness, propriety, quality, rank, renement, respectability, ruling class*, society, upper class, upper crust*, urbanity; concepts 388,411 Ant. coarseness, crudeness, roughness, rusticity gentle [adj1] having a mild or kind nature affable, agreeable, amiable, benign, biddable, bland, compassionate, considerate, cool*, cultivated, disciplined, docile, domesticated, dovelike*, easy, genial, humane, kindly, laid back*, lenient, manageable, meek, mellow, merciful, moderate, pacic, peaceful, placid, pleasant,

pleasing, pliable, quiet, soft, softhearted, sweet-tempered, sympathetic, tame, taught, temperate, tender, tractable, trained, warmhearted; concepts 404,542 Ant. crude, rough, troubled, unkind, violent, wild gentle [adj2] mild, temperate in effect on senses balmy, bland, calm, clement, delicate, easy, faint, feeble, gradual, halcyon, hushed, imperceptible, lenient, light, low, low-pitched, low-toned, mellow, mild, moderate, muted, peaceful, placid, quiet, sensitive, serene, slight, slow, smooth, soft, soothing, subdued, tender, tranquil, untroubled; concepts 525,537,594 Ant. harsh, loud, odorous, putrid, rough, sharp, strong gentle [adj3] of noble birth aristocratic, blueblooded*, Brahmin*, courteous, cultured, elegant, genteel, highborn, highbred, noble, polished, polite, rened, upper-class, well-born, well-bred; concept 555 Ant. crude, low gentleperson [n] polite, well-mannered person aristocrat, brick*, good egg*, good person, nice person, noble, scholar; concept 423 genuine [adj1] authentic, real 24-carat*, absolute, accurate, actual, authenticated, bona de, -carat*, certain, certied, demonstrable, exact, existent, factual, for real*, good, hard, honest, honest-to-goodness*, indubitable, in the esh*, kosher*, legit, legitimate, literal, natural, ofcial, original, palpable, plain, positive, precise, proved, pure, real stuff*, sound, sterling, sure-enough*, tested, true, unadulterated, unalloyed, undoubted, unimpeachable, unquestionable, unvarnished, valid, veritable, very, whole; concept 582 Ant. counterfeit, false, illegitimate, sham, unreal genuine [adj2] unaffected; honest actual, artless, candid, earnest, frank, heartfelt, known, natural, open, positive, real, reliable, righteous, sincere, true, trustworthy, undesigning, unfeigned, unimpeachable, unpretended, unquestionable, up front*, valid, well-established; concepts 267,542 Ant. affected, deceiving, deceptive, dishonest, insincere, misleading genus [n] type brand, breed, category, class, compartment, department, division, genre, group, kind, make, model, section, sort, style, subdivision, subfamily, variety; concept 378 geography [n] the earths features; study of land cartography, chorography, earth science, geology, geopolitical study, geopolitics, physiographics, physiography, topography, topology; concepts 349,509 germ [n1] microscopic organism, often causing illness antibody, bacterium, bug*, disease, microbe, microorganism, parasite, pathogen, plague, virus, whats going around*; concepts 306,392 germ [n2] beginning bud, cause, egg, embryo, inception, nucleus, origin, ovule, ovum, root, rudiment, seed, source, spark, spore, sprig, sprout; concepts 392,648,826,832 germane [adj] appropriate ad rem, akin, allied, applicable, applicative, applicatory, apposite, apropos, apt, cognate, connected, tting, kindred, kosher*, legit*, material, on target*, on the button*, on the nose*, pertinent, proper, related, relating, relevant, right on*, suitable, thats the ticket*, to the point, to the purpose;

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concept 558 Ant. improper, inappropriate, irrelevant, untting, unrelated, unsuitable germinate [v] grow bud, develop, generate, live, originate, pullulate, shoot, sprout, swell, vegetate; concept 427 Ant. halt, slow, stop, thwart gestation [n] process of early development evolution, fecundation, gravidity, growth, incubation, maturation, pregnancy, reproduction, ripening; concepts 316,704,809 gesture [n] motion as communication action, body language, bow, curtsy, expression, genuection, gesticulation, high sign, indication, intimation, kinesics, mime, nod, pantomime, reminder, salute, shrug, sign, signal, sign language, token, wave, wink; concepts 74, 185 Ant. speech gesture/gesticulate [v] make signs, motions to communicate act out, ag, indicate, mime, pantomime, signal, signalize, use ones hands, use sign language, wave; concept 74 Ant. speak get [v1] come into possession of; achieve access, accomplish, acquire, annex, attain, bag*, bring, bring in, build up, buy into, buy off, buy out, capture, cash in on*, chalk up*, clean up*, clear, come by, compass, cop*, draw, earn, educe, effect, elicit, evoke, extort, extract, fetch, gain, get hands on*, glean, grab, have, hustle*, inherit, land, lock up, make, make a buy, make a killing*, net, obtain, parlay, pick up, procure, pull, rack up*, realize, reap, receive, score, secure, snag*, snap up*, snowball*, succeed to, take, wangle*, win; concepts 120,706,710 Ant. fail, lose, miss, pass get [v2] fall victim to accept, be aficted with, become infected with, be given, be smitten by, catch, come down with*, contract, get sick, receive, sicken, succumb, take; concept 93 Ant. overtake, overthrow get [v3] seize apprehend, arrest, bag*, beat, capture, catch, collar*, defeat, grab, lay hold of*, lay ones hands on*, nab*, nail*, occupy, overcome, overpower, secure, take, trap; concept 90 Ant. give in, surrender, yield get [v4] come to be achieve, attain, become, come over, develop into, effect, go, grow, realize, run, turn, wax*; concepts 697,706 get [v5] understand acquire, catch, catch on to, comprehend, fathom, gure out, follow, gain, get into ones head*, hear, know, learn, look at, memorize, notice, perceive, pick up*, receive, see, take in, work out; concepts 15, 31 Ant. misconstrue, misunderstand get [v6] arrive advance, blow in*, come, come to, converge, draw near, land, make it, reach, show, show up, turn up; concept 159 Ant. depart, leave get [v7] contact for communication get in touch, reach; concept 266 Ant. lose get [v8] arrange, manage desired goal adjust, contrive, dispose, dress, t, x, make, make up, order, prepare, ready, straighten, succeed, wangle*; concept 202 Ant. fail, mismanage get [v9] convince, induce argue into, beg, bring around, coax, compel, draw, inuence, persuade, press, pressure, prevail upon, prompt, provoke, sway, talk into, urge, wheedle, win over; concept 68 Ant. discourage, dissuade get [v10] have an effect on affect, amuse,

arouse, bend, bias, carry, dispose, entertain, excite, gratify, impress, inuence, inspire, move, predispose, prompt, satisfy, stimulate, stir, stir up, strike, sway, touch; concepts 7,22 get [v11] produce offspring beget, breed, generate, procreate, produce, propagate, sire; concept 374 get [v12] irritate, upset aggravate, annoy, bother, bug*, burn, exasperate, gall, get someones goat*, irk, nettle, peeve, pique, provoke, put out*, rile, rub the wrong way*, try, vex; concepts 7,19 Ant. calm, please, soothe get [v13] confuse bafe, beat, bewilder, buffalo*, confound, discomt, disconcert, distress, disturb, embarrass, mystify, nonplus, perplex, perturb, puzzle, stick*, stump, upset; concept 16 Ant. understand get across [v] communicate an idea bring home*, convey, get through to, impart, make clear, make understood, pass on, put over, transmit; concept 60 Ant. miscommunicate get ahead [v] excel, succeed advance, be successful, climb, do well, ourish, get on, leave behind, make good, outdo, outmaneuver, overtake, progress, prosper, surpass, thrive; concepts 141,706 Ant. fail, fall behind get a kick out of [v] delight in be pleased, dig*, enjoy, get a bang out of*, get a charge out of*, get pleasure from, gloat over, take pleasure in; concepts 32,384 get along [v1] make progress cope, develop, do, fare, ourish, get by*, get on*, make out, manage, muddle through*, prosper, shift, succeed, thrive; concepts 117,704 Ant. cease, halt, stop get along [v2] depart advance, be off, go, go away, leave, march, move, move off, move on, proceed, progress, push ahead, take a hike*; concept 195 Ant. arrive get along [v3] be compatible agree, be friendly, get on*, harmonize, hit it off*; concept 388 Ant. argue, bicker get at [v1] attain access, achieve, acquire, arrive, ascertain, gain access, get hold of, reach; concept 120 Ant. lose, miss, pass get at [v2] mean, intend aim, hint, imply, lead up to, purpose, suggest; concept 75 getaway [n] escape break, breakout, decampment, ight, lam, slip; concept 102 get back [v1] regain reclaim, recoup, recover, repossess, retrieve, salvage; concept 120 Ant. lose, miss, pass get back [v2] return arrive home, come back, come home, reappear, revert, revisit, turn back; concept 159 Ant. depart, go away, leave get back at [v] settle a score be avenged, get even, pay back, retaliate, revenge, take vengeance; concepts 14,246 get by [v] manage, survive contrive, cope, do, do well enough, exist, fare, ourish, get along, get on, make ends meet*, make out, muddle through*, prosper, shift, subsist, succeed, thrive; concept 117 get down [v] dismount alight, bring down, climb down, come down, descend, disembark, get off, lower, step down; concept 154 Ant. get up, mount

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get even [v] to get revenge even the score, get back at, get square, settle the score; concepts 126,384 get in [v] inltrate; nd a way in alight, appear, arrive, blow in*, come, embark, enter, gain ingress, get inside, include, insert, interpose, land, mount, penetrate, reach, show, show up, turn up; concept 159 Ant. get out get off [v] depart alight, blow*, descend, disembark, dismount, escape, exit, go, go away, leave, light, pull out, quit, retire, withdraw; concepts 154,195 Ant. arrive get off someones back [v] leave alone back off, get off someones case, let someone breathe, stop annoying, stop nagging; concepts 30,83 get on [v1] mount ascend, board, climb, embark, enplane, entrain, go up, scale; concepts 159,166 Ant. dismount, get off get on [v2] cope, progress advance, do, do well enough, fare, get along, get by, make out, manage, muddle through*, prosper, shift, succeed; concepts 117,704 get on [v3] be compatible agree, be friendly, concur, get along, harmonize, hit it off; concept 388 Ant. disagree get on [v4] put clothing on assume, attire, don, draw on, dress, slip into, throw on, wear; concept 167 Ant. disrobe, unclothe get out [v] escape alight, avoid, beat it*, begone, be off, break out, bug off*, buzz off*, clear out, decamp, depart, dodge, duck, egress, evacuate, evade, exit, extricate oneself, ee, y, free oneself, go, hightail*, kite*, leave, make tracks*, run away, scram*, shirk, shun, skedaddle*, split, take a hike*, take off, vacate, vamoose*, withdraw; concepts 102,195 Ant. capture, grab, seize get over [v] recover come round, get better, mend, overcome, pull through, recuperate, shake off, survive; concept 35 get the lead out [v] hurry get a move on, get cracking*, get going, get it on, hop to it, hustle, look alive, make it snappy, shake a leg*, snap to it, step on it; concepts 91,150 get together [v] gather, accumulate assemble, collect, congregate, convene, converge, join, meet, muster, rally, unite; concepts 109,113 Ant. disperse, distribute, divide, scatter, separate get up [v] mount; get out of bed arise, ascend, awake, awaken, climb, increase, move up, pile out*, rise, rise and shine*, roll out, scale, spring out, stand, turn out, uprise, upspring; concept 154 geyser [n] fountain gusher, hot spring, jet, spout, thermal spring; concepts 514,648 ghastly [adj] horrifying, dreadful; pale abhorrent, anemic, appalling, ashen, awful, bloodless, cadaverous, corpselike, deathlike, dim, disgusting, faint, frightening, frightful, funereal, ghostly, ghoulish, grim, grisly, gruesome, haggard, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, livid, loathsome, lurid, macabre, mortuary, nauseating, offensive, pallid, repellent, repulsive, sepulchral, shocking, sickening, spectral, supernatural, terrible, terrifying, uncanny, unearthly, unnatural, unpleasant, wan, weak, wraithlike; concepts

485,529,537 Ant. delightful, pleasant, pleasing, wonderful ghetto [n] slum public squalor, rundown section of a city; concepts 334,485,570 ghetto box [n] large portable stereo boom box, ghetto blaster, radio; concept 279 ghost [n] spirit of the dead apparition, appearance, banshee, daemon, demon, devil, eidolon, ethereal being, haunt, incorporeal being, kelpie, manes, phantasm, phantom, poltergeist, revenant, shade, shadow, soul, specter, spook, vampire, vision, visitor, wraith, zombie; concept 370 Ant. being, entity ghostly [adj] spooky apparitional, cadaverous, corpselike, deathlike, divine, eerie, eidolic, ghastly, haunted, holy, illusory, insubstantial, pale, phantasmal, phantom, scary, shadowy, spectral, spiritual, supernatural, uncanny, unearthly, vampiric, wan, weird, wraithlike, wraithy; concepts 485,537 ghoul [n] evil demon bogeyman, devil, evil spirit, end, grave robber, monster; concepts 370,412 ghoulish [adj] hideous, scary cruel, demonic, devilish, diabolical, eerie, endish, frightening, ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, horrible, macabre, monstrous, morbid, revolting, spinechilling, spooky, terrifying; concepts 529,548 GI [n] government issue; soldier army personnel, doughboy, enlisted person, GI Joe, serviceperson; concept 358 giant [adj] very large big, blimp*, brobdingnagian*, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine*, enormous, gargantuan, gigantic, gross*, Herculean*, huge, hulking, humongous*, immense, jumbo*, mammoth, monstrous*, mountainous, prodigious, super-duper*, titanic, vast, whale of a*, whaling*; concepts 491, 773,779,781 Ant. dwarf, little, miniature, miniscule, minor, small, teeny, tiny giant [n] extremely large person behemoth, bulk, colossus, cyclops, elephant*, goliath, Hercules*, hulk, jumbo*, leviathan, mammoth, monster*, mountain*, ogre, polypheme, titan, whale*, whopper*; concept 424 Ant. dwarf, midget, runt gibberish [n] nonsense talk babble, balderdash*, blah-blah*, blather, chatter, claptrap*, double talk*, drivel, gobbledygook*, hocuspocus*, jabber*, jargon, mumbo jumbo*, palaver*, prattle, scat*, twaddle*, yammer*; concept 278 Ant. sense gibe [n] ridicule comeback, cutting remark, derision, dig*, dump*, jab, jeer, joke, mockery, parting shot*, put-down*, rank-out*, sarcasm, scofng, slam*, sneer, swipe, taunt; concept 278 Ant. commendation, praise gibe [v] ridicule deride, dis*, disrespect, out, jeer, make fun of*, mock, poke fun at*, scoff, scorn, sneer, taunt; concepts 52,54 Ant. admire, commend, laud, praise giddy [adj] silly, impulsive bemused, brainless, bubbleheaded*, capricious, careless, changeable, changeful, ditzy*, dizzy, empty-headed*, erratic, ckle, ighty*, ustered, frivolous, gaga*, heedless, inconstant, irresolute, irresponsible, lightheaded*, punchy*, reckless, reeling, scatterbrained*, skittish*, slaphappy*, swimming*, thoughtless, unbalanced, unset-

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tled, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, volatile, whimsical, whirling, wild, woozy*; concepts 314,401 Ant. calm, careful, level-headed, sensible, serious gift [n1] something given freely, for no recompense allowance, alms, award, benefaction, benet, bequest, bestowal, bonus, boon, bounty, charity, contribution, courtesy, dispensation, donation, endowment, fairing, favor, giveaway, goodie, grant, gratuity, hand, handme-down*, handout, honorarium, lagniappe, largesse, legacy, libation, oblation, offering, offertory, philanthropy, pittance, premium, present, presentation, provision, ration, relief, remembrance, remittance, reward, souvenir, subscription, subsidy, tip, token, tribute, write-off*; concept 337 Ant. forfeit, loss, penalty gift [n2] talent, aptitude ability, accomplishment, acquirement, aptness, attainment, attribute, bent, capability, capacity, endowment, faculty, air, forte, genius, head*, instinct, knack, leaning, nose*, numen, power, propensity, set, specialty, turn; concepts 409,630,706 gifted [adj] talented, intelligent able, accomplished, adroit, brilliant, capable, class act, clever, expert, got it*, have on the ball*, have smarts*, have the goods*, hot*, hotshot, ingenious, mad, masterly, phenomenal, shining at*, skilled, smart; concepts 402,527,528 Ant. dull, incapable, inept, unintelligent, untalented gig [n] show appearance, concert, employment, engagement, job, performance, recital; concept 706 gigantic [adj] very large blimp, brobdingnagian*, colossal, cyclopean*, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gross*, Herculean*, huge, immense, jumbo*, mammoth, massive, Moby*, monster, monstrous, prodigious, stupendous, super-colossal*, titan, tremendous, vast, whopping*; concepts 491,773,779,781 Ant. dwarfed, little, miniature, miniscule, small, teeny, tiny giggle [n/v] snickering laugh cackle, chortle, chuckle, guffaw*, hee-haw*, snicker, snigger, teehee*, titter, twitter; concept 77 gigolo [n] male escort Casanova, Don Juan, inamorato, ladies man, lady-killer, Lothario, lover, male prostitute, seducer; concept 423 gild [v] embellish, decorate adorn, aureate, aurify, beautify, bedeck, begild, brighten, coat, deck, dress up, embroider, engild, enhance, enrich, garnish, glitter, grace, ornament, overlay, paint, plate, tinsel, varnish, wash, whitewash*; concepts 172,177,202 gimcrack [n] gewgaw bagatelle, bauble, curio, doodad*, knickknack, novelty, souvenir, trinket; concept 446 gimmick [n] contrived object; scheme aid, apparatus, artice, catch, concern, counterfeit, deceit, device, dodge*, fake, feint, xture, fun, gadget, gambit, game, gizmo*, imposture, instrument, jest, maneuver, means, method, ploy, ruse, secret, shift, sport, stratagem, stunt, trick, widget*, wile; concepts 59,260,660 gingerly [adj] careful calculating, cautious, chary, circumspect, considerate, dainty, delicate, discreet, fastidious, guarded, hesitant, reluctant, safe, squeamish, suspicious, timid,

wary; concepts 542,550 Ant. careless, rash, rough, uncareful, uncautious gingerly [adv] carefully cautiously, charily, circumspectly, daintily, delicately, discreetly, fastidiously, guardedly, hesitantly, reluctantly, safely, squeamishly, suspiciously, timidly, warily; concepts 542,550 Ant. carelessly, rashly, roughly, uncarefully, uncautiously gin mill [n] barroom alehouse, beer garden, cocktail lounge, drinkery, pub, public house, saloon, taproom, tavern, watering hole; concepts 439,448,449 gird [v1] encircle; strengthen band, belt, bind, block, blockade, bolster, brace, buttress, cincture, circle, enclose, encompass, enfold, environ, fasten, fortify, girdle, hem in*, make ready, pen, prepare, ready, reinforce, ring, round, secure, steel, support, surround; concepts 250,758 Ant. let go, weaken gird [v2] make fun of deride, out, fun at, gibe, jeer, jest, mock, poke, quip, ridicule, scoff, scorn, sneer, taunt; concepts 52,54 Ant. compliment, atter, praise girder [n] main support beam I-beam, joist, rafter, tiebeam, truss; concepts 471,479 girdle [n] corset band, belt, sash, undergarment, underwear, waistband; concept 451 girl [n] young female person adolescent, damsel, daughter, lady, lassie, mademoiselle, Ms, schoolgirl, she, teenager, young lady, young woman; concepts 415,424 Ant. boy girlfriend [n] female acquaintance or romantic companion companion, condante, date, ance, ame*, friend, intimate, partner, soul mate, steady, sweetheart; concepts 415,423 gist [n] meaning, essence basis, bearing, bottom line*, burden, core, drift, force, heart, idea, import, kernel*, keynote, marrow, matter, meat*, name of the game*, nature of the beast*, nitty gritty*, nuts and bolts*, pith*, point, punch line, quintessence, score, sense, short, signicance, soul, spirit, stuff*, subject, substance, summary, tenor, theme, thrust, topic, upshot*; concept 682 give [v1] contribute, supply, transfer accord, administer, allow, ante up, award, bequeath, bestow, cede, come across, commit, confer, consign, convey, deed, deliver, dish out*, dispense, dispose of, dole out, donate, endow, entrust, fork over*, furnish, gift, grant, hand down, hand out, hand over, heap upon, lavish upon, lay upon, lease, let have, make over*, parcel out, part with, pass down, pass out, permit, pony up*, present, provide, relinquish, remit, sell, shell out*, subsidize, throw in, tip, transmit, turn over, vouchsafe, will; concepts 108,223,243 Ant. hold, keep, take give [v2] communicate air, announce, be a source of, broadcast, carry, deliver, emit, express, furnish, impart, issue, notify, present, pronounce, publish, put, read, render, state, supply, transfer, transmit, utter, vent, ventilate; concepts 60,266 Ant. conceal, keep, refrain, withhold give [v3] demonstrate, proffer administer, bestow, confer, dispense, display, evidence, extend, furnish, hold out, indicate, issue, manifest, minister, offer, pose, present, produce, provide, put on, render, return, set forth, show, tender, yield; concepts 97,118 Ant. keep

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give [v4] yield, collapse allow, bend, bow to, break, cave, cede, concede, contract, crumble, crumple, devote, fail, fall, ex, fold, fold up, give way, go, grant, hand over, lend, open, recede, relax, relent, relinquish, retire, retreat, sag, shrink, sink, slacken, surrender, weaken; concept 13 Ant. ght, hold up, withstand give [v5] perform action address, apply, bend, buckle down, cause, devote, direct, do, engender, lead, make, occasion, produce, throw, turn; concept 100 give-and-take [n] compromise adaptability, cooperation, exchange, reciprocity, swap, trade-off; concepts 230,684 give away [v1] reveal betray, blab*, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, inform, leak, let out, let slip, mouth*, spill, tell, uncover; concept 60 Ant. conceal, hide, secret give away [v2] unselshly transfer award, bestow, devote, donate, hand out, present; concept 108 Ant. keep give in/give up [v] admit defeat abandon, back down*, bail out*, bow out*, buckle under*, capitulate, cave in*, cease, cede, chicken out*, collapse, comply, concede, cry uncle*, cut out, desist, despair, drop, drop like a hot potato*, fold, forswear, hand over, leave off, pull out, quit, relinquish, resign, stop, submit, surrender, take the oath*, throw in the towel*, waive, walk out on, wash ones hands of*, yield; concepts 8,45,119,385 Ant. ght, hold out, stand up to, withstand given to [adj] likely to accustomed, addicted, apt, disposed, habituated, inclined, in the habit of, inured, liable, obsessed, prone; concept 542 give off/give out [v] discharge beam, belch, effuse, emanate, emit, exhale, exude, ow, give forth, issue, pour, produce, radiate, release, send out, smell of, throw out, vent, void; concept 179 give the cold shoulder [v] snub act cool*, brush off*, disregard, eject, ignore, make unwelcome, neglect, ostracize, shun, turn up ones nose*, upstage; concept 30 gizmo [n] gadget appliance, contraption, contrivance, device, doohickey, instrument, machine, mechanical device, thingamabob, thingamajig, tool, whatchamacallit, widget; concepts 463,499 glacial [adj1] extremely cold antarctic, arctic, biting, bitter, chill, chilly, cool, freezing, frigid, frosty, frozen, gelid, icy, nippy, piercing, polar, raw, wintry; concept 605 Ant. hot, warm glacial [adj2] unfriendly aloof, antagonistic, chill, cold, cool, distant, emotionless, frigid, hostile, icy, inaccessible, indifferent, inimical, remote, reserved, seclusive, standofsh, unapproachable, unemotional, withdrawn; concepts 401,404 Ant. amicable, friendly, warm glacier [n] mountain of ice, snow berg, oe, glacial mass, iceberg, icecap, ice eld, ice oe, snow slide; concept 509 glad [adj] happy, delightful animated, beaming, beautiful, blithesome, bright, cant complain*, cheerful, cheering, cheery, contented, exhilarated, felicitous, oating on air*, gay, genial, gleeful, gratied, gratifying, hilarious, jocund, jovial, joyful, joyous, lighthearted, merry, mirthful, overjoyed, pleasant, pleased, pleased

as punch*, pleasing, radiant, rejoicing, sparkling, tickled, tickled pink*, tickled to death*, up, willing; concepts 403,529 Ant. sad, unhappy gladden [v] please brighten, cheer, delight, elate, hearten, make happy, warm; concept 22 gladiator [n] combatant boxer, contender, ghter; concepts 358,366,412 gladly [adv] happily acquiescently, ardently, beatically, blissfully, blithely, cheerfully, cheerily, contentedly, cordially, delightedly, delightfully, ecstatically, enchantedly, enthusiastically, felicitously, freely, gaily, genially, gleefully, gratefully, heartily, jocundly, jovially, joyfully, joyously, lovingly, merrily, paradisiacally, passionately, pleasantly, pleasingly, pleasurably, rapturously, readily, sweetly, warmly, willingly, with good grace, with pleasure, with relish, zealously, zestfully; concepts 403,538,542 Ant. sadly, unhappily gladness [n] happiness animation, blitheness, cheer, cheerfulness, delight, felicity, gaiety, glee, high spirits*, hilarity, jollity, joy, joyousness, mirth, pleasure; concept 410 Ant. sorrow, unhappiness, woe glamorous [adj] sophisticated in style alluring, attractive, bewitching, captivating, charismatic, charming, classy, dazzling, drop-dead gorgeous*, elegant, enchanting, entrancing, exciting, fascinating, ashy, foxy*, glittering, glossy, looking like a million*, lovely, magnetic, nifty, prestigious, righteous, seductive, siren, smart; concepts 579,589 Ant. dull, lackluster, ugly, unglamorous, unsophisticated glamour [n] sophisticated style allure, allurement, animal magnetism, appeal, attraction, beauty, bewitchment, charisma, charm, color, enchantment, fascination, interest, magnetism, prestige, ravishment, razzle-dazzle*, romance, star quality; concepts 655,718 Ant. drab, dullness, plainness, ugliness glance [n1] brief look eye*, eyeball*, ash*, eeting look, gander, glimpse, lamp*, look, look-see*, peek, peep, quick look, sight, slant*, squint, swivel*, view; concept 623 Ant. stare glance [n2] reection of light coruscation, ash, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle; concepts 624,628 glance [v1] look at briey browse, check out, dip into*, ash*, ip through, gaze, get a load of*, glimpse, leaf through, peek, peep, peer, rife through*, run over, run through, scan, see, skim through*, take a gander*, take in, thumb through*, view; concept 623 Ant. stare glance [v2] reect light coruscate, ash, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, shimmer, shine, sparkle, twinkle; concept 624 glance [v3] ricochet, hit off of something bounce, brush, careen, carom, contact, dart, graze, kiss*, rebound, scrape, shave*, sideswipe, skim, skip, slant, slide, strike, touch; concept 189 glare [n1] very bright light, shine blaze, blinding light, brilliance, dazzle, ame, are, glow; concept 628 Ant. dullness glare [n2] dirty look angry stare, bad eye*, black look*, evil eye*, frown, glower, lower, scowl; concepts 623,716 Ant. grin, smile

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glare [v1] give a dirty look bore, do a slow burn*, x, frown, gape, gawk, gaze, glower, look daggers*, lower, menace, peer, pierce, scowl, stare, stare angrily*, stare icily*, wither; concept 623 Ant. grin, smile glare [v2] shine very brightly beam, blare, blaze, blind, blur, daze, dazzle, ame, are, glaze, glow, radiate; concept 624 glaring [adj1] obvious, unconcealed audacious, blatant, brazen, capital, conspicuous, crying, egregious, evident, excessive, extreme, agrant, gross, inordinate, manifest, noticeable, obtrusive, open, outrageous, outstanding, overt, patent, protrusive, rank, visible; concepts 576, 619 Ant. concealed, hidden glaring [adj2] bright, dazzling; ashy blatant, blazing, blinding, brazen, chintzy, orid, garish, gaudy, glowing, loud, meretricious, shining, tawdry; concept 589 Ant. dark, dull, plain glass [n1] object that reects an image looking glass, mirror, reector, seeing glass; concepts 260,470 glass [n2] object used for drinking liquids beaker, bottle, chalice, cup, decanter, goblet, highball, jar, jigger, jug, mug, pilsener, pony, snifter, tumbler; concept 494 glasses [n] object worn to correct vision bifocals, blinkers*, cheaters*, contact lenses, eyeglasses, four eyes*, frames, goggles, lorgnette, pince-nez, rims*, shades*, specs*, spectacles, trifocals; concept 446 glassy [adj1] polished, smooth burnished, clear, glazed, glazy, glossy, hyaline, hyaloid, icy, lustrous, shiny, sleek, slick, slippery, transparent, vitreous, vitric; concept 606 Ant. dull, rough, rugged, uneven glassy [adj2] expressionless, especially referring to eyes blank, cold, dazed, dull, empty, xed, glazed, lifeless, stupid, vacant; concepts 406,619 Ant. shining, smiling glaze [n] varnish, lacquer coat, enamel, nish, glint, gloss, luster, patina, polish, sheen, shine; concepts 259,475 Ant. stripper glaze [v] varnish, lacquer buff, burnish, coat, cover, enamel, furbish, glance, glass, gloss, incrust, make lustrous, make vitreous, overlay, polish, rub, shine, vitrify; concepts 172,202, 215 Ant. strip gleam [n] brightness, sparkle beam, brilliance, coruscation, ash, icker, glance, glim, glimmer, glint, glitz, gloss, glow, luster, ray, scintillation, sheen, shimmer, splendor, twinkle; concepts 620,624 Ant. dullness gleam [v] sparkle beam, burn, coruscate, are, ash, glance, glimmer, glint, glisten, glister, glitter, glow, radiate, scintillate, shimmer, shine, twinkle; concepts 620,624 Ant. dull glean [v] pick out, collect accumulate, amass, ascertain, conclude, cull, deduce, extract, garner, gather, harvest, learn, pick, reap, select, sift, winnow; concepts 31,135 glee [n] extreme happiness blitheness, cheerfulness, delectation, delight, elation, enjoyment, exhilaration, exuberance, exultation, fun, gaiety, gladness, hilarity, jocularity, jollity, joviality, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, liveliness, merriment, mirth, pleasure, sprightliness, triumph, verve; concept 410 Ant. discouragement, sadness, unhappiness

gleeful [adj] very happy blithe, blithesome, boon, cheerful, delighted, elated, exalted, exuberant, exultant, frolicsome, gay, gratied, hilarious, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, jubilant, lighthearted, merry, mirthful, overjoyed, pleased, triumphant; concept 403 Ant. discouraged, sad, sorrowful, unhappy, upset, worried glen [n] valley canyon, combe, dale, dell, glade, gorge, vale; concept 509 glib [adj] slick, smooth-talking artful, articulate, easy, eloquent, facile, fast-talking*, ip, uent, garrulous, hot-air*, insincere, loquacious, plausible, quick, ready, silver-tongued*, slippery*, smooth operator*, smooth-spoken*, smoothtongued*, suave, talkative, urbane, vocal, vocative, voluble; concepts 267,404 Ant. inarticulate, quiet, stuttering, tongue-tied, uncommunicative glide [v] move smoothly and quickly on a surface coast, decline, descend, drift, it, oat, ow, y, glissade, roll, run, sail, scud, shoot, skate, skim, skip, skirr, slide, slink, slip, slither, smooth along, soar, spiral, stream, trip, waft, wing; concept 150 glimmer [n] ash, sparkle blink, coruscation, icker, glance, gleam, glint, glow, grain, hint, inkling, ray, scintillation, shimmer, suggestion, trace, twinkle; concepts 624,831 Ant. dullness glimmer [v] sparkle blink, coruscate, fade, ash, icker, glance, gleam, glint, glisten, glister, glitter, glow, scintillate, shimmer, shine, twinkle; concept 624 glimpse [n] brief look eye, eyeball*, ash*, gander*, glance, glom*, gun*, impression, lamp*, look-see*, peek, peep, quick look, sight, sighting, slant, squint, swivel*; concept 623 Ant. stare glimpse [v] look briey catch sight of, check out, descry, espy, eye, ash, get a load of*, get an eyeful*, peek, sight, spot, spy, take a gander*, take in*, view; concept 623 Ant. stare glint [n] sparkle ash, glance, gleam, glimmer, glitter, look, shine, trace, twinkle; concepts 411,624,628 glisten [v] shimmer coruscate, ash, icker, glance, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glister, glitter, glow, scintillate, shine, sparkle, twinkle; concept 624 glitch [n] error bug*, defect, aw, hitch, malfunction, misre, mishap, problem, setback, snafu, snag, something wrong; concepts 101, 230,674,699 glitter [n] brilliance, sparkle beam, brightness, coruscation, display, ash, gaudiness, glamour, glare, gleam, glint, glisten, glister, glitz, luster, pageantry, radiance, scintillation, sheen, shimmer, shine, show, showiness, splendor, tinsel, twinkle, zap*; concepts 620,655 Ant. dullness glitter [v] sparkle coruscate, ash, glance, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glister, glow, scintillate, shimmer, shine, spangle, twinkle; concept 624 glitz [n] showiness appeal, ashiness, gaudiness, glamour, ostentation, speciousness; concept 261

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gloat [v] exclaim triumph celebrate, crow*, exult, glory, rejoice, relish, rub it in*, triumph, vaunt, whoop*; concept 49 Ant. be sad, commiserate, sympathize glob [n] thick lump batch, blob, chunk, clump, gob, hunk, mass, wad; concepts 432,470,471 global [adj] worldwide, all-encompassing allaround, all-inclusive, all-out, blanket, catholic, comprehensive, cosmic, cosmopolitan, earthly, ecumenical, encyclopedic, exhaustive, general, grand, international, mundane, overall, pandemic, planetary, spherical, sweeping, thorough, total, unbounded, universal, unlimited, world; concepts 536,772 Ant. individual, limited, local globe [n] Earth, sphere apple*, ball, balloon*, big blue marble*, map, orb, planet, rondure, round, spheroid, terrene, world; concept 436 gloom [n1] melancholy, depression anguish, bitterness, blue devils*, blue funk*, blues*, catatonia, chagrin, cheerlessness, dejection, desolation, despair, despondency, disconsolateness, discouragement, dismals, distress, doldrums, dolor, downheartedness, dullness, dumps*, foreboding, grief, heaviness, heavy-heartedness, horror, low spirits*, malaise, misery, misgiving, mopes, morbidity, mourning, oppression, pensiveness, pessimism, sadness, saturninity, sorrow, unhappiness, vexation, weariness, woe; concept 410 Ant. animation, cheer, contentedness, encouragement, happiness, joy, sparkle, vivaciousness gloom [n2] darkness, blackness bleakness, cloud, cloudiness, dimness, dullness, dusk, duskiness, gloominess, murk, murkiness, obscurity, shade, shadow, twilight; concepts 620,622,810 Ant. brightness, light, sunniness gloomy [adj1] dark, black bleak, caliginous, cheerless, clouded, cloudy, crepuscular, desolate, dim, dismal, dreary, dull, dusky, forlorn, funereal, lightless, murky, obscure, overcast, overclouded, sepulchral, shadowy, somber, tenebrous, unilluminated, unlit, wintry; concepts 525,617 Ant. bright, light, sunny gloomy [adj2] feeling down, blue blue funk*, broody, chapfallen, cheerless, crabbed*, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, desolate, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, dispirited, dour, downcast, downhearted, down in the dumps*, down in the mouth*, dragged, forlorn, glum, in low spirits*, in the dumps*, joyless, low, melancholy, mirthless, miserable, moody, moping, mopish, morose, mournful, oppressed, pessimistic, sad, saturnine, solemn, sulky, sullen, surly, ugly, unhappy, weary, woebegone, woeful; concept 403 Ant. animated, cheerful, content, encouraged, happy, joyful, sparkling, vivacious gloomy [adj3] sad, depressing acheronian, acherontic, bad, black, bleak, cheerless, cold, comfortless, depressive, desolate, disconsolate, discouraging, disheartening, dismal, dispiriting, drab, dreary, dull, dusky, funereal, joyless, lugubrious, morose, oppressive, saddening, somber, tenebric; concepts 537,548 Ant. cheerful, encouraging, exhilarating, happy, uplifting glorify [v1] praise acclaim, bless, boost, build up, celebrate, commend, cry up, eulogize, exalt,

extol, hike, honor, hymn, laud, lionize, magnify, panegyrize, put on a pedestal*, put up, sing the praises of*; concept 69 Ant. castigate, condemn, criticize, debase, degrade glorify [v2] adore, idolize adorn, aggrandize, apotheosize, augment, beatify, bless, canonize, deify, dignify, distinguish, elevate, enhance, ennoble, enshrine, erect, exalt, halo*, honor, illuminate, immortalize, lift up, magnify, pay homage to, raise, revere, sanctify, transgure, uprear, venerate, worship; concept 12 Ant. humiliate, lower, mock, shame glorious [adj] adored, idiolized; divine august, beautiful, bright, brilliant, celebrated, dazzling, delightful, distinguished, effulgent, elevated, eminent, enjoyable, esteemed, exalted, excellent, famed, famous, ne, gorgeous, grand, gratifying, great, heavenly, heroic, honored, illustrious, immortal, magnicent, majestic, marvelous, memorable, noble, notable, noted, pleasurable, preeminent, radiant, remarkable, renowned, resplendent, shining, splendid, sublime, superb, time-honored, triumphant, venerable, well-known, wonderful; concepts 568,574,579 Ant. atrocious, awful, bad, contemptible, disgraceful, shameful glory [n1] fame, importance celebrity, dignity, distinction, eminence, exaltation, grandeur, greatness, honor, illustriousness, immortality, kudos, magnicence, majesty, nobility, praise, prestige, renown, reputation, splendor, sublimity, triumph; concepts 388,668 Ant. unimportance, unknown glory [n2] great beauty brightness, brilliance, effulgence, neness, gorgeousness, grandeur, luster, magnicence, majesty, pageantry, pomp, preciousness, radiance, resplendence, richness, splendor, sublimity, sumptuousness; concepts 673,718 Ant. ugliness glory [v] boast, exult crow, gloat, jubilate, pride oneself, relish, revel, take delight, triumph; concepts 12,49 Ant. condemn, criticize gloss [n1] shine, sheen appearance, brightness, brilliance, burnish, facade, nish, front, glaze, gleam, glint, glossiness, luster, polish, shimmer, silkiness, sleekness, slickness, surface, varnish, veneer; concepts 611,620 Ant. dullness gloss [n2] denition annotation, comment, commentary, elucidation, explanation, footnote, interpretation, note, translation; concept 268 Ant. misinformation gloss [v1] make shiny buff, burnish, nish, furbish, glance, glaze, lacquer, polish, rub, shine, varnish, veneer; concepts 202,215 Ant. dull gloss [v2] conceal truth belie, camouage, cover up, deacon, disguise, doctor, explain, extenuate, falsify, hide, justify, mask, misrepresent, palliate, rationalize, smooth over, softpedal, sugarcoat*, varnish, veil, veneer, white, whiten, whitewash*; concepts 49,63 Ant. clear up, explain, reveal gloss [v3] dene annotate, comment, construe, elucidate, explain, interpret, justify, translate; concept 57 Ant. misinform glossary [n] word list dictionary, lexicon, vocabulary, word index; concept 280 glossy [adj] shiny bright, brilliant, burnished, glassy, glazed, gleaming, glistening, lustrous, polished, reecting, silken, silky, sleek, slick,

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smooth; concepts 606,617 Ant. drab, dull, mate, muted glove [n] hand covering for warmth, protection gage, gauntlet, mitt, mitten, muff; concept 451 glow [n] burning, brightness afterglow, bloom, blossom, blush, brilliance, effulgence, ush, glare, gleam, glimmer, glitter, gusto, heat, incandescence, intensity, lambency, light, luminosity, passion, phosphorescence, radiance, ray, splendor, vividness, warmth; concepts 610, 620,622,673 glow [v] burn, radiate be suffused, blare, blaze, blush, brighten, color, crimson, ll, ame, are, ush, gleam, glimmer, glisten, glitter, ignite, kindle, light, mantle, pink, pinken, redden, rose, rouge, shine, smolder, thrill, tingle, twinkle; concepts 249,469,624 glower [v] frown glare, gloom, look, look daggers*, lower, scowl, stare, sulk, watch; concept 623 Ant. grin, smile glowing [adj1] burning, bright aglow, beaming, aming, orid, ush, ushed, gleaming, lambent, luminous, lustrous, phosphorescent, red, rich, rubicund, ruddy, sanguine, suffused, vibrant, vivid, warm; concepts 617,618 glowing [adj2] very happy, enthusiastic adulatory, ardent, avid, blazing, burning, complimentary, desirous, eager, ecstatic, eulogistic, fervent, fervid, erce, ery, aming, heated, hot-blooded, impassioned, keen, laudatory, panegyrical, passionate, rave, rhapsodic, zealous; concepts 267,401 Ant. dull, unenthusiastic, unhappy, unsmiling glue [n] adhesive cement, gum, gunk*, mucilage, paste, plaster, spit*, stickum*; concept 475 glum [adj] sullen blue, bummed out, dejected, depressed, dismal, dispirited, down, gloomy, low, melancholy, morose, sad, sulky; concept 403 glut [n] overabundance excess, nimiety, oversupply, plenitude, saturation, superuity, surfeit, surplus, too much*; concepts 740,787 Ant. insufciency, lack, need, want glut [v] choke; oversupply burden, clog, cloy, congest, cram, deluge, devour, feast, ll, ood, gorge, hog*, inundate, jade, load, make a pig of*, overfeed, overload, overstock, overwhelm, pack*, pall, raven, sate, satiate, saturate, stuff, surfeit, wolf*; concepts 140,169,209,740 Ant. abstain, diet, fast, moderate, reduce, repress, suppress glutton [n] person who overeats epicure, gorger*, gormandizer, gourmand, hefty eater, hog*, pig*, sensualist, stuffer*; concept 412 gluttonous [adj] voracious covetous, devouring, edacious, gorging, gourmandizing, greedy, gross, hoggish*, insatiable, never full, omnivorous, piggish*, piggy*, prodigious, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, sating, starved, starving, unquenchable, wolsh*; concepts 20,401 gnarled [adj] knotted bent, contorted, crooked, deformed, distorted, gnarly, knurled, leathery, out of shape, rough, rugged, tortured, twisted, weather-beaten, wrinkled; concepts 485,486 Ant. straight, unbent, uncurled, untwisted gnarly [adj] cool, excellent boss*, nest, great, hairy*, keen, magnicent, marvelous, neat, nifty, sensational, superb, swell, wonderful; concept 574

gnash [v] grind clamp, crush, grate, grit, rub; concepts 186,204 gnaw [v1] bite, chew champ, chaw, chomp, consume, corrode, crunch, devour, eat, eat away, erode, gum, masticate, munch, nibble, wear; concepts 169,185 gnaw [v2] be bothered, worried about annoy, bedevil, beleague, distress, eat at*, fret, harass, harry, haunt, irritate, nag, pester, plague, prey on ones mind*, rankle, tease, trouble, wear down; concepts 17,34 gnome [n] troll elf, fairy; concept 424 go [n1] spirit, vitality activity, animation, bang, birr*, drive, energy, force, get-up-andgo*, hardihood, life, moxie*, oomph*, pep, potency, push, snap*, starch*, tuck*, verve, vigor, vivacity, zest; concept 411 go [n2] try, attempt bid, crack, effort, essay, ing, pop, shot, slap, stab, turn, whack, whirl; concepts 87,677 go [v1] advance, proceed physically abscond, approach, beat it*, bug out*, cruise, decamp, depart, escape, exit, fare, ee, y, get away, get going*, get lost, get off*, hie, hightail*, hit the road*, journey, lam, leave, light out*, make a break for it*, make for*, make ones way*, mosey*, move, move out, near, pass, progress, pull out, push off, push on, quit, repair, retire, run along, run away, set off, shove off*, skip out*, split*, take a hike*, take a powder*, take ight, take leave*, take off*, travel, vamoose*, wend, withdraw; concepts 159,195 Ant. stay, stop go [v2] operate, function act, carry on, click*, continue, ourish, maintain, make out, move, pan out*, perform, persist, prosper, run, score, succeed, thrive, work; concepts 4,239 Ant. break go [v3] span, stretch connect, cover, extend, t, give access, lead, make, range, reach, run, spread, vary; concepts 651,756 go [v4] contribute, work towards an end avail, befall, chance, come, concur, conduce, develop, eventuate, fall out, fare, happen, incline, lead to, occur, persevere, persist, proceed, result, serve, tend, transpire, turn, turn out, wax*, work out; concepts 87,704 go [v5] agree, harmonize accord, be adapted for, be designed for, belong, blend, chime, complement, conform, correspond, dovetail*, enjoy, t, jibe*, like, match, mesh, relish, set, square, suit; concepts 8,664,714 Ant. disagree, mismatch go [v6] die, collapse bend, break, cave, conclude, consume, crumble, decease, decline, demise, depart, deplete, devour, dissipate, drop, exhaust, expend, expire, fail, nish, fold up, fritter, give, pass away*, pass on*, perish, run through*, spend, squander, succumb, terminate, use up, waste, weaken, worsen, yield; concepts 105,698 Ant. be born, create go [v7] elapse be spent, expire, ow, lapse, pass, pass away, slip away, transpire, waste away; concept 804 go [v8] endure abide, allow, bear, brook, consent to, let, permit, put up with*, stand, stomach*, suffer, swallow*, take, tolerate; concept 23 Ant. surrender go about [v] undertake approach, be employed,

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begin, devote oneself to, engage in, get busy with, occupy oneself with, set about, tackle, work at; concept 100 goad [n] stimulus catalyst, compulsion, desire, drive, impetus, impulse, impulsion, incentive, incitation, incitement, irritation, lash, lust, motivation, passion, pressure, prod, spur, urge, whip, zeal; concepts 20,661 Ant. deterrent, discouragement, diversion, restraint goad [v] egg on, incite animate, annoy, arouse, bully, coerce, drive, encourage, excite, exhort, re up*, force, goose*, harass, hound, impel, inspirit, instigate, irritate, key up*, lash, move, needle*, press, prick*, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, push, put up to*, rowel, sic*, sound, spark*, spur, stimulate, sting*, tease, thrust, trigger, turn on*, urge, whip*, work up, worry; concepts 14,68 Ant. discourage, dissuade go-ahead [adj] progressive ambitious, enterprising, entrepreneurial, go-getting*, gumptious*, pioneering, up-and-coming*; concepts 538,542 Ant. denied, vetoed go-ahead [n] authorization assent, consent, green light*, leave, okay, permission; concept 685 Ant. ban, denial, refusal, veto go ahead [v] proceed advance, begin, continue, dash ahead, edge forward, go forward, go on, move on, progress, shoot ahead; concepts 149,159,704 Ant. cease, discontinue, nish, halt, stop goal [n] aim, purpose of an action ambition, design, destination, duty, end, ground zero*, intent, intention, limit, mark, mission, object, objective, target, use, zero*; concept 659 go along/go along with [v] agree, cooperate accompany, acquiesce, act jointly, assent, collaborate, concur, conspire, follow, share in, work together; concepts 8,18 Ant. disagree, ght goat [n1] hollow-horned mammal billy, buck, kid; concepts 394,400 go back/go back on [v] break promise; change ones mind abandon, betray, be unfaithful, desert, forsake, leave in the lurch*, renege, repudiate, retract, return, revert, run out on; concepts 13,71 Ant. keep, promise go back to square one [v] start all over begin again, go back to the drawing board, make a fresh start, make a new beginning, start from scratch, wipe the slate clean; concepts 221,241 gobble [v] eat hurriedly cram*, devour, gorge, gulp*, guzzle, ingurgitate, scarf*, stuff*, suck up*, swallow, wolf*; concept 169 Ant. nibble gobbledygook [n] jargon balderdash*, baloney*, bosh, bull*, bunk*, cant, drivel, gibberish, hooey*, rigmarole, rubbish*; concepts 275,276 go-between [n] person acting as an agent arbitrator, attorney, broker, dealer, delegate, deputy, emissary, entrepreneur, envoy, factor, interagent, interceder, intercessor, intermediary, intermediate, intermediator, liaison, matchmaker, mediator, medium, messenger, negotiator, proxy, referee, representative; concepts 348,423 goblin [n] elf bogeyman, brownie, demon, end, gnome, gremlin, imp, kobold, nixie, pixie, spirit, sprite; concept 370

go by [v1] elapse exceed, ow on, make ones way, move onward, pass, proceed; concept 141 go by [v2] adopt, conform abide by, adjust to, agree, be guided by, comply, cooperate, fall in with, follow, heed, judge from, observe, take as guide; concepts 8,18 go crazy [v] become insane blow a gasket*, blow ones mind*, blow ones stack*, blow ones top*, crack up*, ip ones lid*, ip out, y off the handle*, freak out*, go ballistic*, go bananas*, go batty*, go berserk*, go bonkers*, go buggy*, go cuckoo*, go daffy*, go haywire*, go kooky*, go loco*, go loony*, go mental, go nuts*, go nutty*, go off, go off ones rocker*, go off the deep end*, go off the wall*, go psycho*, go wacko*, go wacky*, lose control of oneself, lose it*, lose ones cool, lose ones mind, wig out*; concept 13 god [n] supernatural being worshipped by people Absolute Being, Allah, All Knowing, All Powerful, Almighty, Creator, daemon, deity, demigod, demon, Divine Being, divinity, Father, God, holiness, Holy Spirit, idol, Innite Spirit, Jah, Jehovah, King of Kings, Lord, Maker, master, numen, omnipotent, power, prime mover, providence, soul, spirit, totem, tutelary, universal life force, world spirit, Yahweh; concept 370 God-fearing [adj] religious churchgoing, dedicated, devoted, devout, ecclesiastical, faithful, godly, goody-goody*, holy, orthodox, pious, prayerful, reverent, righteous, sacred, spiritual, theological; concepts 536,545 godforsaken [adj] desolate abandoned, backward, deserted, dismal, distant, empty, forgotten, forlorn, gloomy, isolated, lonely, miserable, neglected, out-of-the-way, remote, secluded, wicked; concepts 485,560 godless [adj] without a god or divine faith adiamorphic, agnostic, atheistic, freethinking, iconoclastic, irreligious, nonbelieving, skeptical, undogmatic; concept 542 Ant. godly, religious godly [adj] religious angelic, born-again, celestial, charismatic, deic, devout, divine, godfearing, good, holy, pietistic, pious, prayerful, righteous, saintlike, saintly, virtuous; concept 542 Ant. godless, hellish, impious, irreligious, sacrilegious, sinful, ungodly, wicked go down [v] lose, fall be beaten, be defeated, cave in, collapse, crumple, decline, decrease, descend, droop, drop, fold, founder, go under, keel, lessen, make less, pitch, plunge, reduce, sag, set, sink, slump, submerge, submerse, submit, succumb, suffer defeat, topple, tumble; concepts 181,698 Ant. gain, go up, increase godsend [n] gift, benet advantage, benediction, blessing, boon, good, manna*, stroke of luck*, windfall; concepts 337,679 Ant. bad fortune, bad luck, blow, bombshell, setback go far [v] be successful achieve, advance, do well, get ahead, get on, make a name*, move up in the world*, progress, rise, succeed; concepts 704,706 Ant. fail gofer [n] errand boy or girl bottom person on the totem pole*, gal Friday, go getter*, grunt, guy Friday, hired help, low person on the totem pole*, ofce boy, ofce girl, peon, scrub; concept 348

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go for [v1] reach clutch at, fetch, obtain, outreach, seek, stretch for; concept 149 go for [v2] like, choose accept, admire, approbate, approve, be attracted to, be fond of, care for, countenance, fancy, favor, hold with, prefer; concepts 10,32 Ant. dislike, hate go for [v3] attack assail, assault, launch at, run at, rush, rush upon, set upon, spring at; concept 86 Ant. surrender, yield go for it [v] take a risk bet the farm, bet the ranch, exert oneself, go all out, go for broke, pull out all the stops, put ones heart and soul into it, shoot the works, use every muscle; concepts 87,100 go into [v1] take an interest in; participate be absorbed in, begin, develop, engage in, enter, get involved with, take on*, take up*, take upon oneself*, undertake; concept 100 Ant. ignore go into [v2] investigate analyze, consider, delve into, dig*, dig into*, discuss, examine, explore, inquire, look into, probe, prospect, pursue, review, scrutinize, sift, study; concepts 24,103 gold/golden [adj1] dark yellow aureate, auric, auriferous, aurous, aurulent, blond, blonde, caramel, dusty, axen, honeyed, mellow yellow, ochroid, straw, tan, tawny, wheat; concept 618 golden [adj2] beautiful, advantageous auspicious, best, blissful, bright, brilliant, delightful, excellent, favorable, ourishing, glorious, happy, joyful, joyous, opportune, precious, promising, propitious, prosperous, resplendent, rich, rosy, shining, successful, valuable; concepts 529,574 Ant. disadvantaged, ugly, unsuccessful gold mine [n] very protable venture bonanza, cash cow*, golden goose*, goose that laid the golden egg*, gravy train*, license to print money*, mother lode, source of supply, vein; concepts 334,537,572 gone [adj] not present, no longer in existence absent, astray, away, AWOL*, burned up*, consumed, dead, decamped, deceased, defunct, departed, disappeared, disintegrated, displaced, dissipated, dissolved, done, down the drain*, dried up, elapsed, ended, extinct, nished, own, lacking, left, lost, missing, moved, no more, nonextant, not a sign of*, not here, out the window*, over, passed, past, quit, removed, retired, run-off, shifted, spent, split, taken a powder*, taken leave*, transferred, traveling, turned to dust*, vanished, withdrawn; concepts 407,586 Ant. around, current, existing, present, working gonzo [adj] bizarre crazy, far-fetched, insane, odd, strange, unconventional, weird, wild; concepts 547,564 goo [n] sticky substance crud*, glop, gook*, guck*, gunk*, muck, ooze, sludge, slush, yuck*; concept 260 good [adj1] pleasant, ne acceptable, ace*, admirable, agreeable, bad, boss*, bully, capital, choice, commendable, congenial, crack*, deluxe, excellent, exceptional, favorable, rst-class, rst-rate, gnarly*, gratifying, great, honorable, marvelous, neat*, nice, pleasing, positive, precious, prime, rad*, recherch*, reputable, satisfactory, satisfying, select, shipshape*, sound, spanking*, splendid, sterling,

stupendous, super, superb, super-eminent, super-excellent, superior, tip-top*, up to snuff*, valuable, welcome, wonderful, worthy; concepts 529,572 Ant. bad, detestable, disagreeable, unpleasant good [adj2] moral, virtuous admirable, blameless, charitable, dutiful, estimable, ethical, exemplary, guiltless, honest, honorable, incorrupt, inculpable, innocent, irreprehensible, irreproachable, lily-white*, obedient, praiseworthy, pure, reputable, respectable, right, righteous, sound, tractable, uncorrupted, untainted, upright, well-behaved, worthy; concept 545 Ant. evil, immoral, noxious, sinful, unvirtuous, vile, wicked good [adj3] competent, skilled able, accomplished, adept, adroit, au fait, capable, clever, dexterous, efcient, expert, rst-rate, procient, proper, qualied, reliable, satisfactory, serviceable, skillful, suitable, suited, talented, thorough, trustworthy, useful; concept 527 Ant. incompetent, unskilled, unsuitable good [adj4] useful, adequate acceptable, advantageous, all right, ample, appropriate, approving, apt, auspicious, becoming, benec, benecial, benignant, brave, commendatory, commending, common, conformable, congruous, convenient, decent, desirable, favorable, favoring, t, tting, fruitful, healthful, healthy, helpful, hygienic, meet, needed, opportune, protable, proper, propitious, respectable, right, salubrious, salutary, satisfying, seemly, serviceable, suitable, tolerable, toward, unobjectionable, wholesome; concepts 537,558, 560 Ant. inadequate, rotten, unsuitable good [adj5] reliable; untainted dependable, eatable, t to eat, awless, fresh, intact, loyal, normal, perfect, safe, solid, sound, stable, trustworthy, unblemished, uncontaminated, uncorrupted, undamaged, undecayed, unhurt, unimpaired, unspoiled, vigorous, whole; concept 485 Ant. noxious, rotten, tainted, unreliable good [adj6] kind, giving altruistic, approving, benecent, benevolent, charitable, considerate, friendly, gracious, humane, humanitarian, kindhearted, merciful, obliging, philanthropic, tolerant, well-disposed; concepts 404,542 Ant. bad, mean, vicious good [adj7] authentic, real bona de, conforming, dependable, genuine, honest, justied, kosher*, legitimate, loyal, orthodox, proper, regular, reliable, sound, strict, true, trustworthy, valid, well-founded; concept 582 Ant. fake, forged, unreal good [adj8] well-behaved considerate, decorous, dutiful, kindly, mannerly, obedient, orderly, polite, proper, respectful, seemly, thoughtful, tolerant, tractable, well-mannered; concept 401 Ant. bad, misbehaving good [adj9] considerable adequate, advantageous, ample, big, complete, entire, extensive, full, great, immeasurable, large, long, lucrative, much, paying, protable, respectable, sizable, solid, substantial, sufcient, whole, worthwhile; concepts 334,771,781 Ant. inconsequential, inconsiderable good [n1] advantage, benet asset, avail, behalf, benediction, blessing, boon*, commonwealth,

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favor, gain, godsend, good fortune, interest, nugget*, plum*, prize, prot, prosperity, service, treasure, use, usefulness, welfare, well-being, windfall; concepts 337,658,679 Ant. disadvantage good [n2] morality class, dignity, excellence, ideal, merit, prerogative, probity, quality, rectitude, right, righteousness, straight, uprightness, value, virtue, worth; concept 645 Ant. evil, immorality, sin, wickedness goodbye [n] farewell statement adieu, adios, bye-bye, cheerio, ciao, godspeed*, leave-taking, parting, so long*, swan song*, toodle-oo*; concepts 195,278 Ant. hello good-for-nothing [n] person who is idle, worthless bad lot*, black sheep*, bum, loafer, neer-do-well*, no-good*, proigate, rapscallion, scalawag, scamp, tramp, vagabond, waster*, wastrel; concept 412 Ant. hard worker good-humored [adj] funny, happy affable, amiable, buoyant, cheerful, cheery, complaisant, congenial, easy, genial, good-natured, good-tempered, lenient, merry, mild, obliging, pleasant, smiling; concept 404 Ant. ill-humored, morose, sad, unfunny, unhappy good-looking [adj] handsome attractive, beauteous, beautiful, clean-cut, comely, fair, impressive, lovely, pretty, pulchritudinous, righteous; concept 579 Ant. dull, homely, ugly good-natured [adj] easygoing, easily pleased acquiescent, agreeable, altruistic, amiable, benevolent, bighearted, breezy, charitable, complaisant, compliant, cordial, easy, eventempered, friendly, good-hearted, goodhumored, gracious, helpful, kind, kindly, lenient, marshmallow*, mild, moderate, nice, obliging, softie*, tolerant, warmhearted, welldisposed, willing to please; concept 404 Ant. bad, mean goodness [n] decency, excellence advantage, benecence, benet, benevolence, ethicality, friendliness, generosity, good will, grace, graciousness, honesty, honor, humaneness, integrity, kindheartedness, kindliness, kindness, mercy, merit, morality, nourishment, obligingness, probity, quality, rectitude, righteousness, rightness, superiority, uprightness, value, virtue, wholesomeness, worth; concepts 411,645 Ant. evil, indecency, meanness, wickedness goods [n1] personal possessions appurtenances, belongings, chattels, effects, encumbrances, equipment, furnishings, furniture, gear, impedimenta, movables, paraphernalia, property, stuff, things, trappings; concept 446 goods [n2] merchandise bolt, cargo, commodities, fabric, freight, line, load, materials, seconds, stock, stuff, textile, vendibles, wares; concept 338 good will/goodwill [n] kindliness altruism, amity, benevolence, brownie points*, charity, comity, cordiality, favor, friendliness, friendship, generosity, good deed, good side of*, helpfulness, rapport, right side of*, sympathy, tolerance; concepts 411,645 Ant. meanness goody-goody [adj] straight-laced God-fearing, goody two-shoes*, holier-than-thou*, moral, nice, PC, pious, politically correct,

priggish, prissy, prudish, Puritan, self-righteous, unctuous, Victorian, virtuous; concept 401 gooey [adj] sticky, gummy adhesive, gluey, glutinous, mucilaginous, soft, tacky, viscous; concept 606 Ant. dry goof [v] mistake blow it, blunder, botch*, bungle, err, ub*, foul up, get wrong, louse up, make a boner*, mess up, miscalculate, mix up, screw up*, slip, snarl; concepts 101,230,410 go off [v1] explode befall, blow, blow up, burst, detonate, discharge, re, happen, mushroom, occur, pass, take place; concept 179 go off [v2] leave decamp, depart, exit, go away, move out, part, quit; concept 195 Ant. arrive, come, enter goof off [v] avoid work bum around, coast, diddle, dog it*, doodle, drag ones feet*, featherbed, ddle around, uff off, fool around, hang around, hang out, horse around, lollygag, mess around, monkey around, putz around, screw off, shirk, slack, take it easy; concepts 30,59,681 goofy [adj] silly crazy, daffy*, dippy*, ditzy*, dopey, dotty, empty-headed*, aky*, foolish, idiotic, kooky*, nutty*, screwy, stupid, wacky*, weird; concepts 401,403,542 goon [n] rufan bozo*, bruiser*, dope, gorilla*, hood*, hooligan*, jerk, lummox, moron, nincompoop, ninny, sap, strong-arm, thug, tough guy*; concepts 412,423 go on [v] continue act, advance, bear, behave, carry on, come about, comport, conduct, deport, endure, execute, go ahead, hang on, happen, hold on, keep on, last, occur, persevere, persist, proceed, ramble, stay, take place; concepts 100,239 Ant. cease, halt, stop go out [v1] become extinguished become dark, burn out, cease, darken, die, die out, dim, expire, fade out, icker, stop shining; concepts 105,469 Ant. iname go out [v2] leave decamp, depart, exit, go on strike, walk out; concept 195 Ant. arrive, come back, enter go over [v1] review analyze, examine, inspect, investigate, look at, peruse, practice, read, rehearse, reiterate, repeat, revise, rife through*, scan, skim, study, thumb through*; concepts 24,103 Ant. ignore, neglect go over [v2] succeed be impressive, be successful, click*, come off*, go, pan out*, prove; concept 706 gore [n] bloodshed blood, carnage, slaughter; concept 252 gore [v] pierce gouge, impale, lance, perforate, puncture, spear, stab, stick, wound; concept 220 gorge [n] valley abyss, arroyo, canyon, chasm, cleft, clough, clove, crevasse, ssure, ume, gap, glen, gulch, pass, ravine; concept 509 gorge [v] eat voraciously blimp out*, bolt*, cloy, congest, cram, devour, eat like a horse*, feed, ll, glut, gobble, gormandize, gulp, guzzle, hoover*, jade, jam, make a pig of*, overeat, overindulge, pack, sate, satiate, stuff*, surfeit, swallow, wolf*; concept 169 Ant. abstain, diet, fast gorgeous [adj] beautiful, magnicent attractive, beaut*, bright, brilliant, centerfold*, colorful, dazzling, delightful, dream, drop-dead*, easy on the eyes*, elegant, enjoyable, exquisite,

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ne, amboyant, foxy*, gaudy, glittering, glorious, good-looking, grand, handsome, imposing, impressive, knockout*, lavish, lovely, lulu*, luxuriant, luxurious, opulent, ostentatious, pleasing, plush, pulchritudinous, ravishing, resplendent, showy, splendid, splendiferous, stunning, sublime, sumptuous, superb; concepts 579,589 Ant. homely, ugly, undesirable gormandize [v] gorge binge, devour, eat like a horse*, eat to excess, glut, gluttonize, gobble, gulp, guzzle, hoover*, overeat, overindulge, pig out*, stuff, wolf*; concepts 169,225 gory [adj] bloody, horrible bleeding, bloodsoaked, bloodstained, imbrued, murderous, offensive, sanguinary, sanguine; concepts 314,537 Ant. mild, pleasant, pleasing gospel [n] fact, doctrine actuality, authority, belief, certainty, credo, creed, dogma, faith, last word, scripture, testament, truism, truth, veracity, verity; concept 689 Ant. hypothesis, theory gossamer [adj] gauzy, thin airy, cobweb, delicate, diaphanous, brous, ne, imsy, light, sheer, silky, tiffany, translucent, transparent; concept 606 Ant. coarse, thick gossip [n1] talk about others; rumor account, babble, back-fence talk*, blather, blether, buzz*, calumny, chatter, chitchat*, chronicle, clothesline*, conversation, cry, defamation, dirty laundry*, dirty linen*, dirty wash*, earful*, grapevine*, hearsay, idle talk, injury, malicious talk, meddling, news, prate, prattle, report, scandal, scuttlebutt*, slander, small talk*, story, tale, talk, whispering campaign*, wire*; concepts 274,278 Ant. fact gossip [n2] person who talks a lot, spreads rumors babbler*, blabbermouth*, busybody, chatterbox, chatterer, circulator, ibbertigibbet*, gossipmonger, informer, meddler, newsmonger, parrot*, prattler, rumormonger*, scandalizer*, scandalmonger*, snoop*, talebearer, tattler, telltale; concept 412 gossip [v] talk about others; spread rumors babble, bad-mouth*, bend ones ear*, blab, blather, blether, chat, chatter, cut to pieces*, cut up*, dish, hint, imply, insinuate, intimate, jaw*, prate, prattle, rattle on*, repeat, report, rumor, schmoose*, spill the beans*, spread*, suggest, talk, talk idly, tattle, tell secrets*, tell tales*, wiggle-waggle*; concepts 56,60 go straight [v] reform be honorable, go legit, mend ones ways*, turn over a new leaf*, walk the straight and narrow*; concepts 35,110,126 go through [v1] endure bear, brave, experience, suffer, support, survive, swallow, tolerate, undergo, withstand; concept 23 Ant. surrender, yield go through [v2] use up consume, deplete, exhaust, pay out, spend, squander; concept 169 Ant. hoard, save, store go through [v3] search audit, check, examine, explore, hunt, inspect, investigate, look, pass through; concept 103 go to bat for [v] show support for back up, cover for, defend, endorse, go to the wall for*, recommend, stand behind, stand by, stand up for, stick up for, support; concepts 10,49,110 go together/go with [v1] agree, match accompany, accord, become, bet, be suitable,

blend, complement, concur, correspond, t, go, harmonize, make a pair*, not clash, suit; concept 664 Ant. disagree, mismatch go together/go with [v2] accompany socially attend, be with, court, date, escort, go out with*, go steady with*, keep company with*; concept 384 Ant. go solo gouge [n] groove, hole channel, cut, excavation, furrow, gash, hollow, notch, scoop, score, scratch, trench; concept 220 gouge [v] cut, scoop burrow, claw, dig, dredge, excavate, gash, groove, scrape, scratch, shovel, tunnel; concept 220 go under [v] fail, submerge bankrupt, default, die, drown, fall, fold, founder, go down, sink, submerse, submit, succumb, suffocate, surrender; concepts 181,699 Ant. accomplish, achieve, succeed gourmet [n] person who likes, knows about food bon vivant, connoisseur, critic, epicure, epicurean, gastronome, gastronomer, gastronomist, gourmand; concepts 348,423 govern [v1] take control; rule administer, assume command, be in power, be in the drivers seat*, call the shots*, call the signals*, captain*, carry out, command, conduct, control, dictate, direct, execute, exercise authority, guide, head, head up, hold dominion, hold ofce, hold sway, lay down the law*, lead, manage, occupy throne, order, overrule, oversee, pilot, pull the strings*, regulate, reign, render, run, serve the people*, steer, superintend, supervise, sway, tyrannize, wear the crown*; concept 133 Ant. agree, comply, obey, surrender, yield govern [v2] inuence; hold in check boss, bridle, check, contain, control, curb, decide, determine, direct, directionalize, discipline, dispose, dominate, get the better of*, guide, handle, incline, inhibit, manage, predispose, regulate, restrain, rule, shepherd, steer, subdue, sway, tame, underlie; concepts 7,19,22,130 Ant. acquiesce, allow, consent, give way, permit government [n] management, administration authority, bureaucracy, command, control, direction, domination, dominion, empire, execution, executive, governance, guidance, inuence, jurisdiction, law, ministry, patronage, political practice, politics, polity, power, powers-that-be*, predominance, presidency, regency, regime, regimentation, regulation, restraint, rule, sovereignty, state, statecraft, superintendence, superiority, supervision, supremacy, sway, the feds*, Uncle Sam*, union, Washington*; concept 299 Ant. anarchy, chaos, coup, insurrection, lawlessness, mutiny, revolt, revolution governor [n] person administrating government administrator, boss, chief, chief of state, commander, comptroller, controller, director, executive, gubernatorial leader, guv*, head, head honcho*, leader, manager, overseer, presiding ofcer, ruler, superintendent, supervisor; concept 354 go without [adj] deny or be denied abstain, be deprived of, do without, fall short*, go short*, lack, need, want; concept 646 Ant. earn, get, indulge, take, use gown [n] robe, dress clothes, costume, frock, garb, garment, habit; concept 451

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grab [v] latch on to capture, catch, catch hold of, clutch, collar*, corral*, get ones ngers on*, get ones hands on*, glom*, grapple, grasp, grip, hook, land, lay ones hands on*, nab, nail, pluck, seize, snag, snap up, snatch, take, take hold of; concepts 90,190 Ant. let go, release grace [n1] charm, loveliness address, adroitness, agility, allure, attractiveness, balance, beauty, breeding, comeliness, consideration, cultivation, decency, decorum, dexterity, dignity, ease, elegance, etiquette, nesse, nish, form, gracefulness, lissomeness, lithesomeness, mannerliness, manners, nimbleness, pleasantness, pliancy, poise, polish, propriety, renement, shapeliness, smoothness, style, suppleness, symmetry, tact, tastefulness; concepts 633,655,718 Ant. clumsiness, ineptness, tactlessness grace [n2] mercy, forgiveness benefaction, benecence, benevolence, caritas, charity, clemency, compassion, compassionateness, favor, forbearance, generosity, goodness, good will, indulgence, kindliness, kindness, leniency, lenity, love, pardon, quarter, reprieve, responsiveness, tenderness; concepts 278,657,685 Ant. mercilessness, unforgiveness grace [n3] prayer benediction, blessing, invocation, petition, thanks, thanksgiving; concepts 278,368 grace [v] beautify, embellish adorn, bedeck, crown, deck, decorate, dignify, distinguish, elevate, enhance, enrich, favor, garnish, glorify, honor, laureate, ornament, set off; concepts 202,700 Ant. disgrace, uglify graceful [adj] agile, charming, lovely adroit, aesthetic, artistic, balletic, beautiful, becoming, comely, controlled, curvaceous, dainty, decorative, delicate, dexterous, easy, elastic, elegant, exquisite, fair, ne, owing, handsome, harmonious, limber, lissome, lithe, natural, neat, nimble, pleasing, pliant, poised, practiced, pretty, rened, rhythmic, seemly, shapely, skilled, slender, smooth, springy, statuesque, supple, symmetrical, tasteful, trim, willowy; concepts 579,584,589 Ant. awkward, careless, graceless, inept, uncouth, ungraceful, unhandy graceless [adj] clumsy, unsophisticated awkward, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, boorish, clunky*, coarse, corrupt, crude*, forced, gauche, gawky*, ill-mannered, improper, indecorous, inelegant, inept, infelicitous, klutzy*, loutish, oash, outlandish, rough, rude, shameless, tasteless, two left feet*, uncouth, uncultured, unfortunate, ungainly, unhappy, unmannered; concepts 401,584 Ant. beautiful, charming, dexterous, elegant, graceful, sophisticated gracious [adj] kind, giving accommodating, affable, amiable, amicable, approachable, benecent, benevolent, benign, benignant, big-hearted, bland, bonhomous, charitable, chivalrous, civil, compassionate, complaisant, congenial, considerate, cordial, courteous, courtly, easy, forthcoming, friendly, gallant, genial, good-hearted, good-natured, hospitable, indulgent, lenient, loving, merciful, mild, obliging, pleasing, polite, sociable, stately, suave, tender, unctuous, urbane, well-mannered; concepts 401,542 Ant. discourteous, hateful, mean, nasty, rude, sarcastic, severe, ungiving, ungracious, unkind, vulgar

gradation [n] classication, step arrangement, calibration, change, degree, difference, distinction, divergence, grade, grouping, level, mark, measurement, modication, notch, nuance, ordering, place, point, position, progression, rank, scale, sequence, series, shade, sorting, stage, succession, variation; concepts 378,665 grade [n1] rank, step brand, caliber, category, class, classication, condition, degree, division, echelon, estate, form, gradation, group, grouping, league, level, mark, notch, order, pigeonhole*, place, position, quality, rung*, size, stage, standard, station, tier; concepts 286, 378,665,727,744 grade [n2] incline, slope acclivity, ascent, bank, cant, climb, declivity, descent, downgrade, elevation, embankment, gradient, height, hill, inclination, inclined plane, lean, leaning, level, obliquity, pitch, plane, ramp, rise, slant, tangent, tilt, upgrade; concepts 738,757 grade [v] evaluate, rank arrange, assort, brand, class, classify, group, order, range, rate, sort, value; concepts 103,291 gradient [n] slope acclivity, angle, bank, cant, declivity, grade, hill, inclination, incline, lean, leaning, pitch, ramp, rise, slant, tilt; concepts 738,757 gradual [adj] happening slowly, evenly bit-bybit*, by degrees, continuous, creeping, even, gentle, graduate, moderate, piecemeal, progressive, regular, slow, steady, step-by-step*, successive, unhurried; concepts 544,588,799 Ant. abrupt, infrequent, intermittent, sudden, uneven gradually [adv] happening slowly, evenly bit by bit*, by degrees, by installments, constantly, continuously, deliberately, gently, imperceptibly, inch by inch*, increasingly, in small doses*, little by little*, moderately, perceptibly, piece by piece*, piecemeal, progressively, regularly, sequentially, serially, steadily, step by step*, successively, unhurriedly; concepts 544,588,799 Ant. abruptly, fastly, intermittently, suddenly graduate [n] person who completes education, pursuit alum*, alumnus, baccalaureate, bachelor, collegian, diplomate, doctor, former student, grad, holder, licentiate, master, Ph.D., product, recipient; concept 350 Ant. undergraduate graduate [v1] complete education, pursuit be commissioned, certify, confer degree, earn, nish, get a degree, get out*, give sheepskin*, grant diploma, take a degree, win; concept 234 graduate [v2] classify, grade arrange, calibrate, class, group, mark off, measure, measure out, order, proportion, range, rank, regulate, sort; concepts 84,103 graduation [n] commencement commencement exercises, convocation; concepts 119,706 grafti [n] wall writing cave painting, defacement, doodles, scribbling; concepts 79,284 graft [n1] transplant bud*, hybridization, implant, jointure, scion, shoot, slip, splice, sprout, union; concepts 113,257 graft [n2] payoff for fraud bribe, corruption, gain, hat*, hush money*, juice*, money, money under the table*, pay, payola*, peculation, shake*, share, skimming*, squeeze*, thievery; concepts 192,344

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graft [v] transplant, splice afx, implant, ingraft, insert, join, plant, propagate, unite; concepts 113,257 grain [n1] seed, piece atom, bit, cereal, corn, crumb, drop, fragment, granule, grist, iota, jot, kernel, mite, modicum, molecule, morsel, mote, ounce, particle, pellet, scintilla, scrap, scruple, smidgen, spark, speck, tittle, trace, whit; concepts 428,831 grain [n2] texture of fabric character, current, direction, ber, make-up, nap, pattern, staple, striation, surface, tendency, tissue, tooth, warp and woof, weave, weft; concept 611 grammar [n] language rules ABCs*, accidence, alphabet, elements, fundaments, linguistics, morphology, principles, rudiments, sentence structure, stratication, structure, syntax, tagmemics; concepts 275,276,770 grammatical [adj] pertaining to syntax acceptable, allowable, correct, linguistic, morphological, phonological, semantic, syntactic, wellformed; concept 272 Ant. solecistic, ungrammatical grand [adj1] impressive, great admirable, ambitious, august, awe-inspiring, dignied, dynamite, elevated, eminent, exalted, excellent, fab*, ne, rst-class, rst-rate, glorious, grandiose, haughty, illustrious, imposing, large, lofty, luxurious, magnicent, majestic, marvelous, monumental, noble, opulent, ostentatious, outstanding, palatial, pompous, pretentious, regal, rich, smashing, something else*, splendid, stately, striking, sublime, sumptuous, super, superb, terric, unreal, very good; concepts 574,589,773 Ant. bad, common, low, paltry, poor, unimpressive grand [adj2] most important chief, dignied, elevated, exalted, grave, head, highest, leading, lofty, main, majestic, mighty, noble, preeminent, principal, regal, supreme, transcendent; concept 568 Ant. contemptible, inferior, insignicant, pitiful, poor, unimportant grandeur [n] great importance amplitude, augustness, beauty, breadth, brilliance, celebrity, circumstance, dignity, distinction, elevation, eminence, expansiveness, fame, neness, glory, grandiosity, gravity, greatness, handsomeness, immensity, impressiveness, inclusiveness, loftiness, luxuriousness, magnicence, majesty, might, nobility, opulence, pomp, preeminence, richness, splendor, state, stateliness, sublimity, sumptuousness, superbity, sway, transcendency, vastness; concept 668 Ant. insignicance, unimportance grandiloquent [adj] pretentious, owery (communication) aureate, big-talking*, bombastic, declamatory, euphistic, fustian, high-own, histrionic, inated, magniloquent, oratorical, orotund, overblown, pompous, purple*, rhetorical, sonorous, swollen, tall-talking*, verbose, windbag*, windy*; concept 267 Ant. plain, simple, unadorned, unpretentious grandiose [adj] theatrical, extravagant affected, ambitious, august, bombastic, cosmic, egotistic, amboyant, fustian, grand, high-falutin*, high-own, imposing, impressive, lofty, lordly, magnicent, majestic, monumental, noble, ostentatious, overwhelming, pompous, pretentious, purple*, royal, showy, splashy,

stately, unfathomable, vast; concepts 401,542 Ant. calm, moderate, small, unpretentious grandstand [v] show off be ostentatious, be vain, aunt it*, hot dog*, parade, play to the crowd, prance, put on airs*, showboat*, strut, swagger; concept 261 grange [n] farm acreage, farmstead, hacienda, manor, plantation, ranch; concepts 258,516, 517 grant [n] allowance, gift admission, allocation, allotment, alms, appropriation, assistance, award, benefaction, bequest, boon, bounty, charity, concession, contribution, dole, donation, endowment, fellowship, gratuity, handout, lump, present, privilege, reward, scholarship, stipend, subsidy; concepts 337,344 Ant. forfeit, loss grant [v] authorize, allow accede, accept, accord, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, agree to, allocate, allot, assign, assume, avow, award, bestow, bless, cede, come across, come around, come through, concede, confer, consent to, convey, donate, drop, gift with*, give, give in, give out, give the nod*, give thumbs-up*, go along with*, impart, invest, own, own up*, permit, present, profess, relinquish, shake on*, sign off on*, sign on*, stake, suppose, surrender, transfer, transmit, vouchsafe, yield; concepts 8,50,82,83,88 Ant. condemn, deny, refuse, veto granted [adv] allowed, accepted acknowledged, admitted, assumed, indeed, just so, yes; concept 558 Ant. unaccepted granulate [v] crush into tiny pieces atomize, comminute, crumble, crystallize, disintegrate, grate, grind, make coarse, make grainy, pound, powder, pulverize, triturate; concept 186 graphic [adj1] clear, explicit colorful, compelling, comprehensible, concrete, convincing, denite, descriptive, detailed, distinct, eloquent, expressive, gurative, forcible, illustrative, incisive, intelligible, lively, lucid, moving, perspicuous, picturesque, precise, realistic, stirring, striking, strong, telling, unequivocal, vivid; concepts 267,535,562 Ant. implicit, unclear, vague graphic [adj2] pictorial, visible blocked-out, delineated, depicted, descriptive, diagrammatic, drawn, engraved, etched, iconographic, illustrated, illustrational, illustrative, marked-out, outlined, painted, photographic, pictoric, pictured, portrayed, representational, seen, sketched, traced, visual; concepts 576,589, 619 Ant. obscure, vague graphic novel [n] comic book cartoon, comic, comic-strip book, manga; concept 271 graphics [n] drawings artwork, computer graphics, illustrations, pictures, visuals; concept 625 grapple [v] grab, wrestle attack, battle, catch, clash, clasp, close, clutch, combat, confront, contend, cope, deal with, do battle*, encounter, engage, face, fasten, ght, grasp, grip, hold, hook, hug, nab, nail, scufe, seize, snatch, struggle, tackle, take, take on*, tussle; concepts 106,191 Ant. let go, release grasp [n1] hold, grip butt, cinch, clamp, clasp, clench, clinch, clutches, embrace, grapple, lug, possession, purchase, tenure; concepts 191, 710 Ant. avoidance, release

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grasp [n2] understanding awareness, comprehension, ken, knowledge, mastery, perception, realization; concept 409 Ant. ignorance, misconception, misunderstanding grasp [v1] grab bag*, catch, clasp, clinch, clutch, collar*, corral, enclose, glom*, grapple, grip, hold, hook, land, seize, snatch, take, take hold of; concepts 90,191 Ant. let go, release grasp [v2] understand accept, appreciate, apprehend, catch, catch on*, cognize, compass, comprehend, dig*, envisage, fathom, follow, get, get the drift*, get the picture*, have, know, latch on*, make, perceive, pick up*, realize, see, take, take in*; concept 15 Ant. misunderstand, not get grasping [adj] greedy acquisitive, avaricious, avid, close-sted, covetous, desirous, extorting, extortionate, grabby*, itchy*, mean, miserly, niggardly*, penny-pinching*, penurious, prehensile, rapacious, selsh, stingy*, tightsted*, usurious, venal; concepts 326,334,542 Ant. generous, unselsh grass [n] lawn barley, grama, hay, meadow, pasture, sod, turf, verdure; concept 429 grassland [n] meadow campo, eld, llano, pampas, pasture, plain, prairie, range, savanna, steppe, sward, swarth, veldt; concept 509 grate [v1] shred, grind down abrade, bark, bray, le, fray, gall, mince, pound, pulverize, rasp, raze, rub, scrape, scratch, scuff, skin, triturate; concepts 186,215 grate [v2] irritate aggravate, annoy, burn, chafe, exasperate, fret, gall, get on ones nerves*, irk, nettle, peeve, pique, provoke, rankle, rile, rub the wrong way*, vex; concepts 7,14,19 Ant. make happy, please grateful [adj1] appreciative beholden, gratied, indebted, obliged, pleased, thankful; concept 403 Ant. heedless, thankless, unappreciative, ungrateful grateful [adj2] pleasing, nice acceptable, agreeable, comforting, congenial, consoling, delectable, delicious, delightful, desirable, favorable, good, gratifying, pleasant, pleasurable, pleasureful, refreshing, rejuvenating, renewing, restful, restorative, restoring, satisfactory, satisfying, solacing, welcome; concepts 537,548,572 Ant. abusive, mean, rude, ungrateful gratication [n] satisfaction delight, enjoyment, fruition, fulllment, glee, hit, indulgence, joy, kicks*, luxury, pleasure, recompense, regalement, relish, reward, sure shock*, thrill; concept 410 Ant. disappointment, dissatisfaction, upset gratify [v] give pleasure; satisfy appease, arride, baby*, cater to, coddle, content, delectate, delight, do one proud*, do the trick*, enchant, favor, ll the bill*, fulll*, get ones kicks*, gladden, hit the spot*, humor, indulge, make a hit*, make happy, oblige, pamper, please, recompense, requite, thrill; concepts 7,22 Ant. annoy, disappoint, disturb, frustrate, offend, pain, upset grating [adj] irritating; scraping annoying, disagreeable, discordant, displeasing, dissonant, dry, grinding, harsh, harsh-sounding, hoarse, irksome, jarring, offensive, rasping, raucous, rough, shrill, squeaky, strident, stridulent,

stridulous, unpleasant, vexatious; concepts 529,592,594 Ant. pleasing, soothing gratis [adj] free as a gift, chargeless, complimentary, costless, for love*, for nothing, freebie*, freely given, free of charge, free ride*, gratuitous, on someone*, on the house*, unpaid for, without charge, without recompense; concept 334 Ant. costly, expensive gratitude [n] appreciation acknowledgment, appreciativeness, grace, gratefulness, honor, indebtedness, obligation, praise, recognition, requital, response, responsiveness, sense of obligation, thankfulness, thanks, thanksgiving; concepts 32,76,278,410 Ant. ingratitude, thanklessness gratuitous [adj1] free chargeless, complimentary, costless, for nothing, gratis, spontaneous, unasked-for, unpaid, voluntary, willing; concepts 334,542 Ant. costly, expensive gratuitous [adj2] not necessary assumed, baseless, bottomless, causeless, groundless, indefensible, inessential, needless, reasonless, supererogatory, superuous, uncalled-for, unessential, unfounded, unjustied, unmerited, unprovoked, unsupportable, unwarranted, wanton; concept 546 Ant. deserved, needed, reasonable, warranted gratuity [n] gift, tip alms, benefaction, bonus, boon, bounty, contribution, donation, fringe benet, grease palm*, largesse, little something*, offering, perk*, perquisite, present, recompense, reward, salve*, sweetener*, token; concepts 337,344 grave [adj1] serious; gloomy cold sober*, deadpan*, dignied, dour, dull, earnest, grim, grimfaced, heavy, leaden, long-faced, meaningful, muted, no-nonsense*, ponderous, quiet, sad, sage, saturnine, sedate, sober, solemn, somber, staid, strictly business*, subdued, thoughtful, unsmiling; concept 401 Ant. cheerful, frivolous, funny, happy, ridiculous, silly grave [adj2] crucial, dangerous acute, afictive, consequential, critical, deadly, destructive, dire, exigent, fatal, fell, grievous, hazardous, heavy*, important, killing*, life-and-death*, major, momentous, of great consequence, ominous, perilous, pressing, serious, severe, signicant, threatening, ugly, urgent, vital, weighty; concepts 537,548,567 Ant. inconsequential, trivial, unimportant grave [n] burial place catacomb, crypt, nal resting place*, last home*, mausoleum, mound, permanent address*, place of interment, resting place, sepulcher, shrine, six feet under*, tomb, vault; concept 305 graveyard [n] burial area boneyard*, burial ground, cemetery, charnel house, Gods acre*, memorial park, necropolis; concept 305 gravitate [v] be drawn toward; fall to approach, be attracted, be inuenced, be pulled, descend, drift, drop, incline, lean, move, precipitate, settle, sink, tend; concepts 34,159 Ant. retreat, run away gravity [n1] force of attraction force, heaviness, pressure, weight; concept 641 Ant. weightedness gravity [n2] seriousness, importance acuteness, concern, consequence, exigency, hazardousness, momentousness, perilousness, severity,

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signicance, solemnity, urgency, weightiness; concept 668 Ant. frivolity, inconsequentiality, levity, silliness, unimportance gray/grey [adj] muted silver in color ash, ashen, battleship*, cinereal, clouded, dingy, dove, drab, dusky, dusty, granite, heather, iron, lead, leaden, livid, mousy, neutral, oyster, pearly, peppery, powder, sere, shaded, silvered, silvery, slate, smoky, somber, stone; concept 618 graze [v1] touch abrade, brush, carom, chafe, glance off, kiss*, ricochet, rub, scrape, scratch, shave*, skim, skip; concept 612 Ant. manhandle graze [v2] feed on bite, browse, champ, crop, crunch, eat, forage, gnaw, masticate, munch, nibble, pasture, ruminate, uproot; concept 169 Ant. abstain grease [n] fat animal oil, drippings, lard, lubricant, oil, tallow, vegetable oil; concepts 723, 734 grease [v1] lubricate anoint, butter, oil, slick; concept 202 grease [v2] bribe buy off, corrupt, do business*, entice, x*, inuence, oil someones palm*, pay off, take care of, tamper; concepts 53,192 greasy [adj] slippery, oily anointed, creamy, daubed, fatty, lubricated, lubricious, oleaginous, pomaded, salved, slick, slimy*, slithery, smeared, swabbed, unctuous; concept 606 Ant. dry greasy spoon [n] inexpensive restaurant beanery, bean wagon, cheap restaurant, dump*, eatery, grease pit*, hashery, hashhouse; concepts 439,448,449 great [adj1] very large abundant, ample, big, big league*, bulky, bull, colossal, considerable, decided, enormous, excessive, extended, extensive, extravagant, extreme, fat, gigantic, grievous, high, huge, humongous, husky, immense, inordinate, jumbo*, lengthy, long, major league*, mammoth, mondo*, numerous, oversize, prodigious, prolonged, pronounced, protracted, strong, stupendous, terrible, titanic*, towering, tremendous, vast, voluminous; concepts 773,781 Ant. few, little, miniature, minute, short, small great [adj2] important, celebrated august, capital, chief, commanding, dignied, distinguished, eminent, exalted, excellent, famed, famous, ne, glorious, grand, heroic, highly regarded, high-minded, honorable, idealistic, illustrious, impressive, leading, lofty, magnanimous, main, major, noble, notable, noted, noteworthy, outstanding, paramount, primary, principal, prominent, puissant, regal, remarkable, renowned, royal, stately, sublime, superior, superlative, talented; concept 568 Ant. infamous, insignicant, powerless, uncelebrated, undignied, unimportant, unknown, weak great [adj3] excellent, skillful able, absolute, aces*, adept, admirable, adroit, awesome, bad*, best, brutal, cold*, complete, consummate, crack*, downright, dynamite, egregious, exceptional, expert, fab*, fantastic, ne, rstclass*, rst-rate*, good, heavy*, hellacious*, marvelous, masterly, number one*, out-andout*, out of sight*, out of this world*, perfect,

positive, procient, super-duper*, surpassing, terric, total, tough, transcendent, tremendous, unmitigated, unqualied, utter, wonderful; concepts 527,528,574 Ant. ignorant, menial, poor, stupid, unskilled, weak greatly [adv] considerably abundantly, by much, conspicuously, eminently, emphatically, enormously, exceedingly, exceptionally, extremely, famously, glaringly, highly, hugely, immeasurably, immensely, incalculably, incomparably, incredibly, indeed, innitely, in great measure, inimitably, intensely, largely, markedly, mightily, most, much, notably, on a large scale, powerfully, remarkably, strikingly, superlatively, supremely, surpassingly, tremendously, vastly, very much; concepts 537,569, 772 Ant. inconsiderably, insignicantly, unremarkably greatness [n1] large size abundance, amplitude, bigness, bulk, enormity, force, high degree, hugeness, immensity, innity, intensity, length, magnitude, mass, might, potency, power, prodigiousness, sizableness, strength, vastness; concepts 730,767 Ant. littleness, smallness, tininess greatness [n2] nobleness of character; eminence celebrity, chivalry, dignity, distinction, fame, generosity, glory, grandeur, heroism, high-mindedness, idealism, illustriousness, importance, loftiness, magnanimity, majesty, merit, morality, nobility, note, prominence, renown, stateliness, sublimity, worthiness; concepts 411,645,668 Ant. insignicance, unimportance greed [n] overwhelming desire for more acquisitiveness, avarice, avidity, covetousness, craving, cupidity, eagerness, edacity, esurience, excess, gluttony, gormandizing, graspingness, hunger, indulgence, insatiableness, intemperance, longing, piggishness*, rapacity, ravenousness, selfishness, swinishness*, the gimmies*, voracity; concept 20 Ant. benevolence, generosity greedy [adj] desiring excessively acquisitive, avaricious, avid, carnivorous, close, closested*, covetous, craving, desirous, devouring, eager, edacious, esurient, gluttonous, gobbling, gormandizing, grabby, grasping, grudging, gulping, guzzling, hoggish*, hungry, impatient, insatiable, insatiate, intemperate, itchy*, miserly, niggardly, omnivorous, parsimonious, pennypinching*, penurious, piggish*, prehensile, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, selsh, stingy, swinish, tight*, tight-sted*, voracious; concepts 326,403,542 Ant. abstemious, benevolent, charitable, extravagant, generous, liberal, philanthropic green [adj1] young, new, blooming bosky, budding, burgeoning, callow, developing, ourishing, foliate, fresh, grassy, growing, half-formed, immature, infant, juvenile, leafy, lush, maturing, pliable, puerile, pullulating, raw, recent, sprouting, supple, tender, undecayed, undried, unedged, ungrown, unripe, unseasoned, verdant, verduous, youthful; concepts 485, 578,797 Ant. old, withered green [adj2] inexperienced callow, credulous, fresh, gullible, ignorant, immature, inexpert, ingenuous, innocent, naive, new, raw, tenderfoot*, unconversant, unpolished, unpracticed,

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unseasoned, unskillful, unsophisticated, untrained, unversed, wet behind the ears*, young, youthful; concept 404 Ant. experienced, expert, skilled green [adj3] emerald in color apple, aquamarine, beryl, chartreuse, r, forest, grass, jade, kelly, lime, malachite, moss, olive, pea, peacock, pine, sage, sap, sea, spinach, verdigris, vert, viridian, willow; concept 618 green [adj4] referring to practices or policies that do not negatively affect the environment biodegradable, ecological, environmental, environmentally-safe, environment-friendly; concept 485 green [n] square or park in center of town common, eld, grass, grassplot, lawn, plaza, sward, terrace, turf; concepts 509,513 green around the gills [adj] sick blah, crummy, miserable, nauseated, pale, queasy, shaky, sick as a dog*, sick to ones stomach, throwing up, under the weather, vomiting; concept 314 green card [n] working card pass, passport, permit, visa; concepts 271,376,685 greenhorn [n] inexperienced person amateur, apprentice, babe*, beginner, colt*, hayseed*, ingnue, learner, naif, neophyte, newcomer, new hand, novice, recruit, rube*, simpleton, tenderfoot*, tyro*, virgin; concept 423 Ant. expert, professional green light [n] authorization agreement, approval, assent, blessing, clearance, consent, dispensation, empowerment, go-ahead*, license, nod*, OK*, permission, rubber stamp, sanction, seal of approval, stamp of approval, thumbsup*; concept 685 Ant. red light, refusal, veto greet [v] welcome accost, acknowledge, address, approach, attend, bow, call to, compliment, curtsy, embrace, exchange greetings, extend ones hand, ag, hail, herald, highball*, high-ve*, meet, move to, nod, pay respects, receive, recognize, roll out the red carpet*, salaam*, salute, say hello, say hi*, shake hands, shoulder, speak to, stop, tip ones hat*, usher in*, whistle for; concept 51 Ant. say farewell, say goodbye greeting [n] welcome; message of kindness accosting, acknowledgment, address, aloha*, attention, best wishes*, blow*, card*, ciao*, compellation, compliments, good wishes*, hail, hello, heralding, hi, highball*, high ve*, how-do-you-do*, howdy*, letter*, nod, note, notice, ovation, reception, regards, respects, rumble, salaam*, salutation, salute, speaking to, testimonial, ushering in, whats happening*; concept 51 Ant. farewell, goodbye gregarious [adj] friendly affable, clubby*, companionable, convivial, cordial, fun, outgoing, sociable, social; concept 404 Ant. cold, cool, introverted, unfriendly, unhospitable, unsociable gridlock [n] trafc jam barrier, blockage, bottleneck, clog, congestion, impasse, logjam, obstacle, stoppage; concepts 230,432 grief [n] mental suffering afiction, agony, anguish, bemoaning, bereavement, bewailing, care, dejection, deploring, depression, desolation, despair, despondency, discomfort, disquiet, distress, dole, dolor, gloom, grievance,

harassment, heartache, heartbreak, infelicity, lamentation, lamenting, malaise, melancholy, misery, mortication, mournfulness, mourning, pain, purgatory, regret, remorse, repining, rue, sadness, sorrow, torture, trial, tribulation, trouble, unhappiness, vexation, woe, worry, wretchedness; concepts 410,728 Ant. delight, ecstasy, exhilaration, happiness grief-stricken [adj] sad, sorrowful anguished, cheerless, dejected, depressed, despairing, devastated, distressed, down, heartbroken, heartsick, heavyhearted, hurting, inconsolable, melancholy, miserable, morose, overcome, troubled, unhappy, woebegone; concept 403 grievance [n] complaint, gripe afiction, ax to grind*, beef*, bellyache*, big stink*, blast, case, cross*, damage, distress, ack*, grief, grouse*, hardship, holler*, hoo-ha*, howl*, injury, injustice, jeremiad*, kick, knock*, objection, outrage, pain, pain in the neck*, rap*, resentment, rigor, roar, rumble, sorrow, squawk*, stink*, trial, tribulation, trouble, unhappiness, violence, wrong, yell; concepts 52,278,689 Ant. compliment, attery, praise grieve [v1] mourn, feel deep distress ache, bear, bemoan, bewail, carry on, complain, cry, cry a river*, deplore, eat ones heart out*, endure, hang crepe*, keen, lament, regret, rue, sing the blues*, sorrow, suffer, take it hard*, wail, weep; concepts 17,410 Ant. be glad, be happy grieve [v2] upset, distress someone afict, aggrieve, agonize, break the heart of*, constrain, crush, hurt, injure, pain, sadden, wound; concepts 7,19 Ant. delight, please, satisfy grievous [adj] severe, painful; serious aficting, agonizing, appalling, atrocious, calamitous, damaging, deplorable, dire, dismal, disquieting, distressing, disturbing, dreadful, egregious, agrant, glaring, grave, harmful, heart-rending, heavy*, heinous, hurtful, injurious, intolerable, lamentable, monstrous, mournful, offensive, onerous, oppressive, outrageous, pathetic, pitiful, sad, shameful, sharp, shocking, sorrowful, taxing, tough, tragic, troublesome, unbearable, upsetting, villainous, weighty*, wounding; concepts 537,544,548 Ant. good, harmless, pleasant grift [n] swindle cheating, condence game, con game*, deceit, dirty pool*, double-dealing*, extortion, x, fraud, racket*, rip-off*, scam, shady deal*, shell game*, stealing, sting, trickery; concepts 59,139,192 grill [v1] broil food barbecue, burn, charcoalbroil, cook, cook over an open pit, roast, rotisserie, sear; concept 170 grill [v2] ask questions aggressively catechize, cross-examine, give the third degree*, go over*, inquisition, interrogate, interview, put the pressure on*, put the screws to*, question, roast*, third degree*; concepts 48, 53 Ant. answer grim [adj] hopeless, horrible in manner, appearance austere, barbarous, bleak, cantankerous, churlish, crabbed*, cruel, crusty, dogged, ferocious, erce, forbidding, foreboding, formidable, frightful, funereal, ghastly, gloomy, glowering, glum, grisly, grouchy, gruesome, grumpy*, harsh, hideous, horrid, implacable, inexorable, intractable, merciless,

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morose, ominous, relentless, resolute, ruthless, scowling, severe, shocking, sinister, somber, sour, splenetic, stern, stubborn, sulky, sullen, surly, terrible, truculent, unrelenting, unyielding; concepts 534,544,570 Ant. bright, cheerful, happy, hopeful, joyful, sunny grimace [n] scowling facial expression face, frown, moue, mouth, mouthing, mug*, scowl, smile, smirk, sneer, wry face; concept 716 Ant. grin, smile grimace [v] make a pained expression contort, deform, distort, frown, make a face, make a wry face, misshape, mouth, mug*, scowl, screw up ones face*, smirk, sneer; concept 185 Ant. grin, smile grime [n] dirt crud*, dust, lm, lth, gook*, gunk*, muck*, smudge, smut*, soil, soot, tarnish; concept 260 Ant. cleanliness, purity grimy [adj] dirty begrimed, besmirched, cruddy*, dingy*, lthy, foul, grubby*, grungy*, messy, mucky*, nasty, scuzzy*, sleazy*, smeared, smutty*, soiled, sooty, sordid, squalid, unclean; concepts 485,621 Ant. clean, pure, sterile grin [n/v] smile widely beam, crack, simper, smirk; concepts 185,716 Ant. frown, growl grind [n] tedious job chore, drudgery, groove*, grubwork*, hard work, labor, moil, pace, rote, routine, rut*, sweat*, task, toil, travail, treadmill*; concept 362 grind [v1] crush, pulverize abrade, atomize, attenuate, beat, bray, chop up, comminute, crumble, crumple, disintegrate, le, granulate, grate, kibble*, levigate, mill, pestle, pound, powder, pulverize*, rasp, reduce, roll out*, scrape, shiver, triturate; concepts 186,204 grind [v2] sharpen abrade, le, give an edge to, gnash, grate, grit, polish, rub, sand, scrape, smooth, whet; concepts 186,215 grind [v3] oppress afict, annoy, harass, hold down, hound, persecute, plague, trouble, tyrannize, vex; concepts 14,130 Ant. free, liberate grip [n1] clasp, embrace anchor, brace, catch, cinch, cincture, clamp, clamping, clench, clinch, clutch, coercion, constraint, crushing, duress, enclosing, enclosure, fastening, xing, grapnel, grapple, grasp, gripe, handclasp, handgrip, handhold, handshake, hold, hook, ligature, lug, purchase, restraint, snatch, squeeze, strength, tenure, vise, wrench; concept 191 Ant. release grip [n2] perception, understanding clutches*, comprehension, control, domination, grasp, hold, inuence, keeping, ken, possession, power, tenure; concept 409 Ant. misconception, misunderstanding grip [v1] hold tightly clap a hand on, clasp, clench, clinch, clutch, get ones hands on*, grasp, latch on to*, lay hands on, nab, seize, snag, snatch, take, take hold of; concept 191 Ant. let go, release grip [v2] entrance, enchant catch up, compel, engross, enthrall, fascinate, hold, hypnotize, involve, mesmerize, rivet, spellbind; concepts 7,11,22 Ant. disgust, repel gripe [n1] complaint ache, aching, afiction, disorder, distress, grievance, groan, grouse, grumble, illness, indisposition, inrmity, moan,

objection, pain, pang; concepts 52,278,313 Ant. compliment, attery, praise gripe [n2] strong hold clamp, clasp, clench, clinch, clutch, crunch, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, tenure; concept 191 gripe [v1] complain bellyache*, blow off*, carp, crab*, fuss, groan, grouch, grouse, grumble, kvetch*, moan, murmur, mutter, nag, squawk, take on*, whine, yammer*, yawp*; concepts 44,52 Ant. compliment, praise gripe [v2] pain, annoy ache, bother, compress, cramp, disturb, hurt, irritate, pinch, press, squeeze, vex; concepts 7,19,219,246 Ant. please, soothe grisly [adj] horrifying abominable, appalling, awful, blood-stained, bloody, disgusting, dreadful, eerie, frightful, ghastly, grim, grody*, gross*, gruesome, hideous, horrible, horrid, lurid, macabre, sanguine, shocking, sick, sickening, terrible, terrifying, yucky*; concepts 537,544,570 Ant. nice, pleasing, pretty grit [n1] particles of dirt dust, foreign matter, gravel, lumps, pebbles, powder, sand; concepts 260,831 grit [n2] courage, determination backbone, daring, doggedness, fortitude, gameness, guts*, hardihood, intestinal fortitude*, mettle, moxie*, nerve, perseverance, pluck, resolution, spine*, spirit, spunk, steadfastness, tenacity, toughness; concepts 411,633 Ant. cowardice, timidity, weakness gritty [adj1] granular abrasive, branlike, calculous, crumbly, dusty, friable, grainy, gravelly, in particles, loose, lumpy, permeable, porous, powdery, pulverant, rasping, rough, sabulous, sandy, scratchy; concept 606 Ant. ne, smooth gritty [adj2] brave courageous, determined, dogged, game*, hardy, mettlesome, plucky*, resolute, spirited, steadfast, tenacious, tough; concepts 401,404 Ant. afraid, cowardly, spineless groan [n] moan, complaint cry, gripe, grouse, grumble, grunt, objection, sigh, sob, whine; concepts 278,595 groan [v] moan, complain bemoan, cry, gripe, grouse, grumble, keen, lament, mumble, murmur, object, sigh, whine; concepts 44,52,77 grocery store [n] supermarket bodega, convenience store, corner store*, food mart, food store, market, mom-and-pop store, retail food store; concepts 323,333,449 groggy [adj] dizzy, stunned befuddled, confused, dazed, dopey*, drunken, faint, hazy, out of it*, punch-drunk*, punchy*, reeling, shaky, slaphappy*, staggering, stupeed, swaying, tired, unsteady, weak, whirling, wobbly, woozy*; concept 314 Ant. clear, clearheaded, cognizant groom [n1] man being married benedict, bridegroom, anc, husband, spouse, suitor; concept 419 Ant. bride groom [n2] stable attendant; servant equerry, hostler, stable person; concepts 348,419 groom [v] make ready, prepare physically brush, clean, coach, comb, curry, dress, drill, educate, lick into shape*, make attractive, make presentable, nurture, preen, prep*, pretty up*, prim, prime, primp, put through grind*, put

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through mill*, ready, rene, refresh, rub down, shape up, sleek, slick up*, smarten up*, spiff up*, spruce up*, tend, tidy, train, turn out; concepts 162,202,285 Ant. forget, ignore groove [n1] channel, indentation canal, corrugation, crease, crimp, cut, cutting, depression, ditch, ute, uting, furrow, gouge, gutter, hollow, incision, notch, pucker, rabbet, rut, scallop, score, scratch, slit, trench, valley; concept 513 groove [n2] daily routine daily grind*, grind, pace, rote, rut*, same old stuff*, schtick*, slot*; concepts 362,677 groovy [adj] cool, wonderful boss*, chic, deep*, excellent, fabulous, fantastic, far-out*, great, hip, neat*, nifty*, rad*, sensational, splendid, super, swell*, trendy, unorthodox, way-out, wild, with it; concept 572 grope [v] feel about for cast about, examine, explore, feel blindly, nger*, sh*, ounder, fumble, grabble, handle, manipulate, poke, pry, root, scrabble, search, touch; concepts 34,216,612 gross [adj1] large, fat adipose, big, bulky, chubby*, corpulent, dense, eshy, great, heavy, hulking, husky, lumpish, massive, obese, overweight, porcine, portly, stout, thick, unwieldy, weighty; concepts 773,781 Ant. skinny, slender, thin gross [adj2] whole aggregate, all, before deductions, before tax, complete, entire, in sum, outright, total, whole ball of wax*, whole enchilada*, whole nine yards*, whole schmear*, whole shebang*; concept 785 Ant. net, part, partial gross [adj3] crude, vulgar barnyard*, boorish, breezy, callous, carnal, cheap, coarse, corporeal, crass, dull, eshly, foul, ignorant, improper, impure, indecent, indelicate, inelegant, insensitive, in the gutter*, lewd, loudmouthed, low, low-minded, lustful, obscene, offensive, rank, raunchy, raw, ribald, rough, rude, scatological, sensual, sexual, sleazy*, smutty*, swinish*, tasteless, ugly, uncouth, uncultured, undiscriminating, unfeeling, unrened, unseemly, unsophisticated, voluptuous; concepts 267,542,545 Ant. clean, moral, polite gross [adj4] obvious, apparent absolute, arrant, blatant, capital, complete, downright, egregious, excessive, exorbitant, extreme, agrant, glaring, grievous, heinous, immoderate, inordinate, manifest, out-and-out*, outrageous, outright*, perfect, plain, rank, serious, shameful, sheer, shocking, unmitigated, unqualied, utter; concepts 535,537 Ant. hidden, modied, obscured, vague gross [n] total, whole aggregate, all, entirety, sum, sum total, totality; concepts 344,837 Ant. net, part gross [v] bring in as total earn, make, take in; concepts 330,351 Ant. net grotesque [adj] ugly, misshapen aberrant, abnormal, absurd, antic, bizarre, deformed, distorted, eerie, extravagant, extreme, fanciful, fantastic, amboyant, freakish, grody*, gross*, incongruous, ludicrous, malformed, monstrous, odd, outlandish, perverted, preposterous, queer, ridiculous, strange, surrealistic, uncanny, unnatural, weird, whimsical; concepts 486, 537,579 Ant. beautiful, nice, pretty, shapely

grotto [n] cave antre, cavern, cavity, chamber, den, hollow, rock shelter, subterrane, underground chamber; concept 509 grouch [n] person who complains a lot bear*, bellyacher*, bug*, crab*, crank, crosspatch*, curmudgeon, faultnder, griper, grouser, growler, grumbler, grump*, kicker*, malcontent, moaner, sorehead*, sourpuss*, whiner; concepts 412,423 grouch [v] complain a lot bellyache*, carp, nd fault, gripe, grouse, grumble, moan, murmur, mutter, scold, whine; concept 52 Ant. compliment, praise grouchy [adj] complaining, irritable cantankerous*, cross, crusty*, discontented, grumbling, grumpy*, ill-tempered, irascible, peevish, petulant, querulous, snappy, sulky, surly, testy; concepts 267,401 Ant. complimentary, content, happy, pleased, praising, satised ground [n] earth, land arena, dirt, dust, eld, landscape, loam, old sod, park, real estate, sand, sod, soil, terra rma, terrain, turf; concept 509 Ant. heavens, sky ground [v1] base, set; educate acquaint, bottom, coach, discipline, establish, familiarize, t, x, found, indoctrinate, inform, initiate, instruct, introduce, predicate, prepare, prime, qualify, rest, settle, stay, teach, train, tutor; concepts 18,285 ground [v2] restrict; drop in place bar, beach, bring down, dock, down, fell, oor, knock down, land, level, mow down*, prevent, strand; concepts 130,181 Ant. free, let go, liberate groundbreaking [adj] pioneering avant-garde, cutting-edge, innovating, innovative, leadingedge, radical, revolutionary, spearheading, trailblazing, trendsetting; concepts 529,578, 589,797 groundless [adj] without reason, justication baseless, bottomless, causeless, chimerical, empty, false, imsy, foundationless, gratuitous, idle, illogical, illusory, imaginary, unauthorized, uncalled-for, unfounded, unjustied, unprovoked, unsupported, unwarranted; concepts 267,552 Ant. called-for, grounded, justied, proven, reasonable, warranted grounds [n1] estate, domain acreage, area, campus, country, district, environs, elds, gardens, habitat, holding, land, lot, premises, property, real estate, realm, sphere, spot, terrace, terrain, territory, tract, zone; concepts 508,516 grounds [n2] basis, premise account, antecedent, argument, base, bedrock*, call, cause, chapter and verse*, demonstration, determinant, dope*, evidence, excuse, factor, footing, foundation, goods*, groundwork, inducement, info*, information*, infrastructure, justication, motive, numbers, occasion, pretext, proof, rationale, reason, root*, seat, straight stuff*, substratum, test, testimony, trial, underpinning, wherefore, why, whyfor; concepts 274,661 grounds [n3] sediment deposit, dregs, grouts, leavings, lees, precipitate, precipitation, residue, settlings; concept 260 groundwork [n] basis, fundamentals ABCs*, background, base, bedrock*, cornerstone*, footing, foundation, ground, infrastructure, origin, preliminaries, preparation, root,

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substratum, underpinning, understructure; concepts 274,442,660,661 group [n] number of individuals collectively accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, assembly, association, assortment, band, batch, battery, bevy, body, bunch, bundle, cartel, category, chain, circle, class, clique, clot, club, clump, cluster, clutch, collection, combination, combine, company, conglomerate, congregation, coterie, covey, crew, crowd, faction, formation, gang, gathering, grade, league, lot, mess, organization, pack, parcel, party, passel, platoon, pool, posse, set, shooting match, society, sort, suite, syndicate, troop, trust; concepts 391,432 group [v1] bring together arrange, assemble, associate, band together, bracket, bunch, bunch up*, cluster, collect, congregate, consort, corral, crowd, gang around*, gang up*, gather, get together, hang out*, harmonize, huddle, link, make the scene*, meet, organize, poke, punch*, round up*, scare up*, systematize; concepts 109,114 Ant. disperse, scatter, spread group [v2] classify, sort arrange, assemble, associate, assort, bracket, categorize, class, dispose, le, gather, marshal, order, organize, pigeonhole*, put together, range, rank; concepts 18, 84,158 Ant. jumble, mix up groupie [n] devoted fan admirer, buff, devotee, follower, hanger-on, supporter; concepts 352,366,423 grove [n] cluster of trees brake, coppice, copse, covert, forest, orchard, plantation, spinney, stand, thicket, wood, woodland; concepts 429,517 grovel [v] abase, demean oneself apple-polish*, beg, beg for mercy, beseech, blandish, bootlick*, bow and scrape*, brown-nose*, butter up*, cater to, court, cower, crawl, creep, cringe, crouch, eat crow*, eat dirt*, eat humble pie*, fall all over*, fawn*, atter, humble oneself, humor, implore, kiss ones feet*, kneel, kowtow*, make much of*, make up to*, pamper, play up to*, prostrate*, revere, snivel, softsoap*, stoop, suck up to*, truckle*, wheedle, yes*; concepts 384,633 Ant. boast grow [v] become larger, evolve abound, advance, age, amplify, arise, augment, become, branch out, breed, build, burgeon, burst forth, come, come to be, cultivate, develop, dilate, enlarge, expand, extend, ll out, ourish, gain, germinate, get bigger, get taller, heighten, increase, issue, luxuriate, maturate, mature, mount, multiply, originate, pop up*, produce, propagate, pullulate, raise, ripen, rise, shoot*, spread, spring up, sprout, stem, stretch, swell, thicken, thrive, turn, vegetate, wax*, widen; concepts 427,469,704,775 Ant. decline, decrease, diminish, halt, lessen, reduce, stop, stunt growl [n/v] animal-like sound bark, bellow, gnarl, gnarr, grumble, grunt, howl, moan, roar, roll, rumble, snarl, thunder; concepts 77,595 grown-up [n] adult gentleman, grown person, lady, mam, man, Miss, mister, Mr., Mrs., Ms., woman; concept 424 Ant. child, youngster growth [n1] development, progress advance, advancement, aggrandizement, augmentation, beeng up*, boost, buildup, crop, cultivation, enlargement, evolution, evolvement, expansion,

extension, eshing out*, owering, gain, germination, heightening, hike, improvement, increase, maturation, maturing, multiplication, produce, production, proliferation, prosperity, rise, sprouting, stretching, success, surge, swell, thickening, unfolding, up, upping, vegetation, waxing*, widening; concepts 427,469,703, 704, 775 Ant. abatement, decrease, diminishment, failure, lessening, reduction, stagnation, underdevelopment growth [n2] tumor cancer, cancroid, excrescence, brousness, brous tissue, fungus, lump, mole, outgrowth, parasite, polyp, swelling, thickening, wen; concept 306 grub [n1] larva caterpillar, entozoon, maggot, worm; concept 398 grub [n2] food chow*, comestibles, eats*, edibles, feed, nosh*, nurture, provisions, rations, sustenance, viands, victuals, vittles*; concepts 457,460 grub [v1] dig, uncover beat, break, burrow, clean, clear, comb, delve, excavate, ferret, ne-tooth-comb*, forage, hunt, poke, prepare, probe, pull up, rake, ransack, root, rummage, scour, search, shovel, spade, unearth, uproot; concepts 178,216 Ant. cover, hide grub [v2] work very hard drudge, grind, labor, moil, plod, slave, slog, sweat, toil; concept 100 Ant. idle, laze, tinker grubby [adj] dirty, disheveled besmeared, black, lthy, foul, frowzy*, grimy, grungy*, impure, messy, mucky*, nasty, scruffy, scuzzy*, seedy*, shabby, sloppy, slovenly, smutty*, soiled, sordid, squalid, unclean, uncleanly, unkempt, untidy, unwashed; concepts 485,621 Ant. clean, cleanly, dressed-up, neat grudge [n] hard feelings animosity, animus, antipathy, aversion, bad blood*, bitterness, bone to pick*, dislike, enmity, grievance, hate, hatred, ill will, injury, injustice, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignancy, peeve, pet peeve*, pique, rancor, resentment, spite, spitefulness, spleen, venom; concept 29 Ant. favor, forgiveness, good will grudge [v] feel resentful; give unwillingly begrudge, be reluctant, be stingy*, complain, covet, deny, envy, hold back, mind, pinch, refuse, resent, stint; concept 21 Ant. favor, forgive grueling [adj] difcult, taxing arduous, backbreaking, brutal, chastening, crushing, demanding, excruciating, exhausting, fatiguing, erce, grinding, hairy*, hard, harsh, heavy*, laborious, punishing, racking, severe, stiff, strenuous, tiring, torturous, trying; concept 565 Ant. easy, facile gruesome [adj] horrible, awful abominable, appalling, daunting, fearful, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, grody*, gross*, hideous, horrendous, horrid, horric, horrifying, loathsome, lurid, macabre, monstrous, morbid, offensive, repugnant, repulsive, shocking, sick*, spinetingling*, terrible, terrifying, ugly, weird*; concepts 485,548 Ant. beautiful, pleasant, pretty gruff [adj1] bad-tempered, rude abrupt, bearish, blunt, boisterous, boorish, brusque, churlish, crabbed*, crabby*, crude, crusty*, curt, discourteous, dour, erce, grouchy*, grumpy*,

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ill-natured, impolite, morose, nasty, offhand, rough, saturnine, short, snappy*, snippy*, sour, sullen, surly, truculent, uncivil, ungracious, unmannerly; concepts 267,401 Ant. eventempered, happy, nice, polite gruff [adj2] rasping in sound cracked, croaking, croaky, grating, guttural, harsh, hoarse, husky, low, rough, throaty; concept 594 Ant. pleasant, soft, sweet grumble [v1] complain bellyache*, carp, nd fault, fuss, gripe, groan, grouch*, grouse, kick, kvetch*, moan, protest, pule, repine, scold, snivel*, squawk*, whine; concepts 44,52 Ant. compliment, praise grumble [v2] murmur, rumble bark, croak, gnarl, gnarr, growl, grunt, gurgle, mumble, mutter, roar, roll, snap, snarl, snufe, splutter, whine; concepts 65,77 grump [n] cranky person bear*, complainer, crab*, curmudgeon, grouch, malcontent, sorehead*, sourpuss*, whiner; concepts 412,423 grumpy [adj] in a bad mood bad-tempered, cantankerous*, crabby*, cross, crotchety, disgruntled, dissatised, griping, grouchy*, grumbling, irritable, peevish, pettish, petulant, querulous, sulky, sullen, surly, testy, truculent; concepts 401,403 Ant. happy, nice, pleasant grungy [adj] dirty and unkempt cruddy*, dilapidated, disgusting, disheveled, lthy, imsy, foul, greasy, grimy, grubby, messy, nasty, offensive, repellent, revolting, rundown, scummy*, scuzzy*, shoddy, slimy, sloppy, trashy, unclean, unwashed, vile, wretched; concepts 485,579 guarantee [n] pledge, promise agreement, assurance, attestation, bail, bargain, bond, certainty, certicate, certication, charter, collateral, contract, covenant, deposit, earnest, gage, guaranty, insurance, lock, oath, pawn, pipe, recognizance, security, sure thing*, surety, testament, token, undertaking, vow, warrant, warranty, word, word of honor; concepts 71,271,685 guarantee [v] pledge, promise afrm, angel, answer for, assure, attest, aver, back, bankroll, be surety for, bind oneself, certify, conrm, cosign, endorse, ensure, evidence, evince, get behind*, give bond, grubstake, guaranty, insure, juice*, maintain, make bail*, make certain, make sure, mortgage, pick up the check*, pick up the tab*, protect, prove, reassure, secure, sign for, stake, stand behind*, stand up for*, support, swear, testify, vouch for, wager, warrant, witness; concepts 71,110 Ant. break guaranteed [adj] made certain afrmed, approved, ascertained, assured, attested, bonded, certied, conrmed, endorsed, for a fact, for sure, have a lock on*, insured, on ice*, pledged, plighted, protected, sealed, secured, sure, sure enough*, sure-re*, warranted; concept 535 Ant. indenite, insecure, uncertain, unsure guard [n1] protector bouncer*, chaperon, chaperone, chaser*, convoyer, custodian, defender, escort, guardian, lookout, picket, sentinel, sentry, shepherd, shield, ward, warden, watch, watchperson; concept 348 guard [n2] defense aegis, armament, armor, buffer, bulwark, pad, protection, rampart, safeguard, screen, security, shield, ward; concept 712

guard [v] protect, watch attend, baby-sit, bulwark, chaperon, chaperone, conduct, convoy, cover, cover up, defend, escort, fend, keep, keep an eye on*, keep in view, keep under surveillance, look after, lookout, mind, observe, oversee, patrol, police*, preserve, ride shotgun for*, safeguard, save, screen, secure, see after, shelter, shepherd, shield, shotgun, stonewall*, superintend, supervise, tend; concepts 96,134 Ant. disregard, forget, ignore, neglect guarded [adj] suspicious attentive, cagey, calculating, canny, careful, cautious, chary, circumspect, discreet, gingerly, leery, noncommittal, on the lookout*, overcautious, prudent, reserved, restrained, reticent, safe, vigilant, wary, watchful, with eyes peeled*; concept 542 Ant. careless, incautious, unguarded, unsuspicious, unwatchful guardian [n] keeper, protector angel*, attendant, baby-sitter, bird dog*, cerberus, champion, chaperon, chaperone, conservator, cop*, curator, custodian, defender, escort, guard, keeper, nurse, overseer, paladin, patrol, preserver, safeguard, sentinel, shepherd, sitter, sponsor, superintendent, supervisor, trustee, vigilante, warden, watchdog*; concepts 414,423 guerrilla [n] bushghter commando, freedom ghter, irregular, mercenary, professional soldier, resistance ghter, soldier of fortune, terrorist, underground ghter; concept 358 guess [n] belief, speculation assumption, ballpark gure*, conclusion, conjecture, deduction, divination, estimate, fancy, feeling, guesstimate*, guesswork, hunch*, hypothesis, induction, inference, judgment, notion, opinion, postulate, postulation, prediction, presumption, presupposition, reckoning, shot*, shot in the dark*, sneaking suspicion*, stab*, supposal, supposition, surmisal, surmise, suspicion, theory, thesis, view; concept 689 Ant. calculation, measurement guess [v] try to gure out; imagine believe, calculate, chance, conjecture, dare say, deduce, deem, divine, estimate, fancy*, fathom, go out on a limb*, guesstimate*, happen upon*, hazard*, hypothesize, infer, judge, jump to a conclusion*, lump it*, opine, penetrate, pick, postulate, predicate, predict, presume, pretend, reason, reckon, select, size up*, solve, speculate, suggest, suppose, surmise, survey, suspect, take a shot at*, take a stab at*, theorize, think, think likely, venture, work out*; concept 28 Ant. calculate, measure guest [n] person accommodated, given hospitality bedfellow, boarder, caller, client, companion, company, customer, frequenter*, habitu, inmate, lodger, mate, out-of-towner*, partaker, patron, recipient, renter, roomer, sharer, sojourner, tenant, transient, vacationer, visitant, visitor; concept 423 guff [n] nonsense baloney, bull, bunk, bunkum, crap*, drivel, apdoodle, foolishness, garbage, hogwash, hooey, poppycock, rubbish; concepts 230,388,633 guffaw [n] burst of laughter belly laugh, deep laugh, howl, howling, laughter, loud laugh, roar, shout, shriek, snort; concepts 77,185 guidance [n] counseling advice, auspices, conduct, conduction, control, conveyance,

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direction, government, help, instruction, intelligence, leadership, management, navigation, supervision, teaching; concepts 75,274,278 guide [n1] something that or someone who leads adviser, attendant, captain, chaperon, cicerone, conductor, controller, convoy, counselor, criterion, design, director, docent, escort, example, exemplar, exhibitor, genie, genius, guiding spirit, guru, ideal, inspiration, lead, leader, lodestar, mentor, model, monitor, paradigm, pathnder, pattern, pilot, pioneer, rudder, scout, standard, superintendent, teacher, usher, vanguard; concepts 348,423,686 guide [n2] information, instructions ABCs*, beacon*, bellwether*, bible, catalog, chapter and verse*, clue, compendium, directory, enchiridion, guidebook, guiding light*, handbook, hot lead*, key, landmark, lodestar, manual, mark, marker, no-nos*, pointer, print, sign, signal, signpost, telltale, the book*, the numbers*, tip-off*, vade mecum; concept 274 guide [v] direct, lead accompany, advise, attend, beacon*, chaperon, command, conduct, contrive, control, convoy, counsel, coxswain, educate, engineer, escort, govern, handle, have a handle on*, inuence, instruct, manage, maneuver, marshal, navigate, oversee, pilot, quarterback*, regulate, route, rule, see, shepherd, show, show the way, spearhead*, steer, superintend, supervise, sway, teach, trailblaze*, train, usher; concepts 75,110,117,187 Ant. abandon, leave, misguide, mislead, neglect guidebook [n] handbook enchiridion, eld guide, how-to book, instruction book, manual, map, reference book, road map, travel book, vade mecum; concept 280 guideline [n] direction clue, code, ground rule, guidance, guide, instruction, key, mark, marker, precept, protocol, rule, signal, standard procedure; concepts 271,274 guild [n] association, fellowship club, company, corporation, federation, group, interest group, league, lodge, order, organization, profession, society, sodality, trade, union; concepts 381,387 guile [n] slyness, cleverness artfulness, artice, chicanery, craft, craftiness, cunning, deceit, deception, dirty dealing*, dirty pool*, dirty trick*, dirty work*, dishonesty, dissemblance, dissimulation, double-cross*, duplicity, foul play*, jive*, run-around*, ruse, sellout*, sharp practice*, stab in the back*, treachery, trickery, trickiness, wiliness; concepts 645,657 Ant. artlessness, frankness, honesty, naivety, openness, sincerity guileless [adj] honest aboveboard, artless, candid, frank, genuine, ingenuous, innocent, naive, natural, open, simple, simple-minded, sincere, straightforward, truthful, unaffected, undesigning, unsophisticated, unstudied; concepts 267,542,545 Ant. artful, clever, crafty, cunning, deceitful, dishonest, guileful, tricky guilt [n] blame; bad conscience over responsibility answerability, blameworthiness, contrition, crime, criminality, culpability, delinquency, dereliction, disgrace, dishonor, error, failing, fault, indiscretion, infamy, iniquity, lapse, liability, malefaction, malfeasance, malpractice, misbehavior, misconduct, misstep,

offense, onus, peccability, penitence, regret, remorse, responsibility, self-condemnation, self-reproach, shame, sin, sinfulness, slip, solecism, stigma, transgression, wickedness, wrong; concepts 101,532,645,690 Ant. innocence guiltless [adj] blameless, not responsible clean, clear, crimeless, exemplary, faultless, free, good, immaculate, impeccable, inculpable, innocent, irreproachable, pure, righteous, sinless, spotless, unimpeachable, unsullied, untainted, untarnished, virtuous; concept 545 Ant. blameful, corrupt, guilty, immoral, sinful, wrong guilty [adj] blameworthy; found at fault accusable, caught, censurable, censured, chargeable, condemned, conscience-stricken, contrite, convictable, convicted, criminal, culpable, damned, delinquent, depraved, doomed, erring, evil, felonious, hangdog*, impeached, incriminated, in error, iniquitous, in the wrong, judged, liable, licentious, offending, on ones head*, out of line*, proscribed, regretful, remorseful, reprehensible, responsible, rueful, sentenced, sheepish, sinful, sorry, wicked, wrong; concept 545 Ant. guiltless, innocent, moral, right, sinless, truthful guinea pig [n] test subject examinee, experimental subject, lab animal, laboratory animal, test animal, testee, victim; concepts 5,290 guise [n] appearance, pretense air, aspect, behavior, cloak, color, cover, demeanor, disguise, disguisement, dress, facade, face, false front*, false show*, fashion, form, front, mask, mien, mode, pose, posture, role, seeming, semblance, shape, show, showing, simulacrum; concepts 645,716 Ant. reality gulch [n] small ravine arroyo, channel, cut, ditch, gap, gorge, gulley, trench, valley; concepts 509,513 gulf [n1] sea inlet basin, bay, bayou, bight, cove, rth, harbor, slough, sound, whirlpool; concepts 509,514 gulf [n2] deep, gaping hole abyss, breach, cave, cavity, chasm, cleft, crevasse, depth, depths, distance, expanse, gap, gulch, hiatus, hollow, opening, pit, ravine, rent, rift, separation, shaft, split, void, well, whirlpool; concepts 509,513 gullible [adj] naive, trusting being a sucker*, believing, biting, credulous, easily taken in*, easy mark*, falling hook line and sinker*, foolish, green*, innocent, kidding oneself*, mark*, silly, simple, sucker, susceptible, swallowing whole*, taken in*, taking the bait*, trustful, tumbling for*, unskeptical, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, wide-eyed*; concepts 402,542 Ant. astute, discerning, knowledgeable, perceptive, suspicious, unbelieving, untrusting, wise gully [n] ravine, ditch channel, chase, chasm, crevasse, culvert, gutter, notch, trench, watercourse; concepts 509,513 gulp [n] swallow choke, draught, gasp, mouthful, swig, swill; concept 185 Ant. nibble gulp [v] eat, drink fast belt*, choke down*, chugalug*, consume, devour, dispatch, dispose, drop*, englut, gobble*, guzzle*, imbibe, ingurgitate, inhale*, pour, quaff, scarf down*, slop*, slosh*, stuff, swallow, swig, swill, take in, toss off*, wolf*, wolf down*; concepts 169,185 Ant. nibble

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gum [n] sticky substance adhesive, amber, cement, cohesive substance, exudate, glue, mucilage, paste, pitch, plaster, resin, rosin, tar, wax; concept 466 gumption [n] nerve, initiative ability, acumen, astuteness, cleverness, commonsense, discernment, enterprise, get-up-and-go*, good sense, horse sense*, industry, judgment, perspicaciousness, perspicacity, resourcefulness, sagaciousness, sagacity, savvy, sense, shrewdness, spirit, wisdom, wit; concept 411 Ant. cowardice, naivety gun [n] weapon that shoots 9 mm.*, blaster*, cannon, difference*, equalizer*, intlock, forty-ve*, handgun, hardware*, howitzer, magnum, mortar, musket, ordnance, peashooter*, persuader*, piece*, pistol, revolver, rie, rod*, Saturday-night special*, shotgun, thirty-eight*, Uzi*; concept 500 gung ho [adj] extremely enthusiastic anxious, ardent, dedicated, eager, enthused, excited, fanatical, red up*, keyed up*, lively, passionate, spirited, zealous; concepts 401,542 gurgle [n/v] burble, murmur babble, bubble, crow, lap, plash, purl, ripple, slosh, splash, wash; concepts 65,595 guru [n] mentor, guide authority, guiding light*, leader, master, sage, teacher, tutor; concept 350 Ant. follower, student guru [n2] technical expert computer expert, computer geek, computer specialist, geek, techie; concepts 348,350,416 gush [n] outpouring burst, cascade, ood, ow, ush, issue, jet, run, rush, spate, spout, spring, spurt, stream, surge; concepts 467,687 gush [v1] pour out burst, cascade, emanate, emerge, ood, ow, ush, issue, jet, pour, roll, run, rush, sluice, spew, spout, spring, spurt, stream, surge, well; concept 179 Ant. trickle gush [v2] speak with overwhelming enthusiasm babble*, blather, carry on about*, chatter, effervesce, effuse, enthuse, fall all over*, go on about*, jabber, make a to-do over*, overstate, prate, prattle, rave; concept 49 Ant. be quiet gust [n] rush, eruption access, blast, blow, breeze, burst, explosion, t, are-up, urry, gale, outburst, paroxysm, passion, puff, sally, squall, storm, surge; concepts 524,787 Ant. trickle gusto [n] great enthusiasm appetite, appreciation, ardor, brio, delectation, delight, enjoyment, exhilaration, fervor, heart, liking, palate, passion, pleasure, relish, savor, taste, verve, zeal, zest; concepts 411,657 Ant. apathy, reluctance, unenthusiasm gusty [adj] windy airy, blowy, blustering, blustery, breezy, hearty, robust, squally, stormy, tempestuous; concept 525 Ant. calm, quiet gut [adj] intuitive basic, deep-seated, emotional, heartfelt, innate, inner, instinctive, interior, internal, intimate, involuntary, natural, spontaneous, unthinking, visceral, viscerous; concept 403 Ant. material, physical gut [n] stomach and abdomen belly, bowels, duodenum, entrails, innards, intestines, paunch, tripes, tummy*, venter, viscera; concept 393 gut [v] clean out, strip bowel, decimate, despoil, dilapidate, disembowel, draw, dress, empty, eviscerate, exenterate, loot, pillage, plunder,

ransack, ravage, rie, sack; concepts 165,211 Ant. ll gutless [adj] timid abject, chicken*, chickenhearted*, coward, cowardly, craven, fainthearted*, feeble, irresolute, lily-livered*, pusillanimous, spineless*, submissive, weak, wimpy*, yellow*, yellow-bellied*; concepts 404,542 Ant. bold, brave, courageous, gutsy, resolute guts [n] nerve, boldness audacity, backbone*, courage, daring, dauntlessness, effrontery, forcefulness, fortitude, grit*, hardihood, heart*, intestinal fortitude*, mettle, moxie*, pluck, resolution, sand*, spine*, spirit, spunk*, willpower; concepts 411,657 Ant. cowardice, fear, timidity gutsy [adj] bold, brave courageous, determined, gallant, game*, indomitable, intrepid, mettlesome, plucky, resolute, spirited, spunky*, staunch, unfearful, valiant; concepts 404,542 Ant. cowardly, fearful, timid gutter [n] ditch channel, conduit, culvert, dike, drain, duct, eaves, fosse, funnel, gully, moat, pipe, runnel, sewer, sluice, spout, sulcation, trench, trough, tube, watercourse; concept 440 guttural [adj] deep in sound glottal, grating, gravelly, growling, gruff, harsh, hoarse, husky, inarticulate, low, rasping, rough, sepulchral, thick, throaty; concept 594 Ant. dulcet guy [n] man bird*, bloke*, boy, brother, bud, buddy, cat*, chap, chum, dude*, feller*, fellow, gentleman, individual, male, person; concepts 414,419 Ant. girl guzzle [v] drink down fast bolt*, booze*, carouse*, cram, devour, englut, gobble*, gorge, gormandize, imbibe, ingurgitate, knock back*, quaff, slop*, slosh*, soak, swig, swill, tipple; concept 169 Ant. sip gymnasium [n] arena for sports, recreation alley, amphitheater, athletic club, center, circus, coliseum, course, exercise room, eld house, oor, gym, health club, hippodrome, pit, recreation center, ring, rink, spa, stadium, sweatshop*, theater; concepts 364,438,439 gymnastics [n] acrobatic exercise aerobatics, balance beam, bars, body-building, calisthenics, oor exercise, free exercise, gym, horse, rings, trampoline, trapeze, tumbling, vaulting, workout; concept 363 gyp [v] rip-off bamboozle, bilk, cheat, deceive, defraud, dupe, eece, imam*, gip, gull, hoodwink, hustle*, pull something*, rook, scam, stick*, swindle, take for a ride*, trick; concept 59 Ant. be fair, give, offer gyrate [v] revolve circle, circulate, circumduct, gyre, pirouette, purl, roll, rotate, spin, spiral, turn, twirl, whirl, whirligig; concepts 147,149

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habit [n1] tendency, practice addiction, bent, bias, constitution, consuetude, convention, custom, dependence, disposition, fashion, xation, xed attitude, frame of mind*, gravitation, groove, habitude, hangup, impulsion, inclination, make-up*, manner, mannerism, mode, nature, obsession, pattern, penchant, persuasion, praxis, predisposition, proclivity, proneness,

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propensity, quirk, routine, rule, rut, second nature*, set, style, susceptibility, thing*, turn, usage, use, way, weakness, wont; concept 644 habit [n2] dress, clothing, often for a particular purpose apparel, costume, garb, garment, habiliment, riding clothes, robe, vestment; concept 451 habitat/habitation [n] place where someone resides abode, accommodations, address, apartment, berth, biosphere, cave, commorancy, condo, condominium, co-op, den, digs*, domicile, dwelling, element, environment, reside, at, haunt*, haven, hearth, hole*, home, home plate*, homestead, house, housing, locale, locality, lodging, neck of the woods*, nest, nook, occupancy, occupation, pad*, place, quarters, range, residence, residency, roof*, roost*, seat*, settlement, site, stamping ground*, stomping ground*, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf; concept 515 habitual [adj] usual, established accepted, accustomed, addicted, addicting, automatic, chronic, common, conrmed, constant, continual, conventional, customary, cyclic, disciplined, familiar, xed, frequent, hardened, ingrained, inveterate, iterated, iterative, mechanical, methodical, natural, normal, ordinary, perfunctory, permanent, perpetual, persistent, practiced, recurrent, regular, reiterative, repeated, repetitious, rooted, routine, seasoned, set, standard, steady, systematic, traditional, wonted; concepts 530,547 Ant. infrequent, inhabitual, intermittent, occasional, rare, seldom, uncommon, unestablished, unusual habituate [v] prepare, accustom acclimate, acclimatize, addict, adjust, break in, condition, conrm, devote, discipline, endure, familiarize, harden, inure, make used to, school, season, take to, tolerate, train; concepts 35,202 Ant. ignore, neglect hacienda [n] large estate cattle ranch, farmhouse, large house, mansion, plantation, ranch; concepts 439,516 hack [n1] person who does easy work for money drudge*, greasy grind*, grind*, hireling, lackey*, old pro*, plodder*, pro*, servant, slave, workhorse*; concept 348 hack [n2] taxicab cab, carriage, coach, hackney, taxi, vehicle; concept 505 hack [n3/v] cut without care chop, clip, fell, gash, hackle, hew, lacerate, mangle, mutilate, notch, slash, whack; concepts 137,176 hacker [n] someone procient at computers, especially a hobbyist application programmer, computer architect, computer designer, computer jock, key puncher, operator, programmer, systems analyst, systems engineer, systems programmer, systems software specialist, technician; concepts 360,366 hack it [v] to succeed accomplish, avail, be successful, bring home the bacon*, carry off*, come out on top*, come through, cut it, cut the mustard*, deliver the goods*, get to the top*, hit the mark*, make a go of it*, make it*, make the cut*, make the grade*, prevail, pull it off, score, win; concepts 141,706 hackneyed [adj] clichd, tired antiquated, banal, common, commonplace, conventional, corny*, everyday, familiar tune*, hokey*,

moth-eaten*, obsolete, old, old-chestnut*, old-hat*, old-saw*, outdated, outmoded, outof-date, overworked, pedestrian*, played-out*, quotidian, run-of-the-mill*, stale, stereotyped, stock, threadbare*, timeworn, tripe, trite, unoriginal, well-worn, worn-out*; concepts 267,530 Ant. fresh, new, original, uncommon haggard [adj] worn, weakened ashen, careworn, drawn, emaciated, exhausted, faded, fagged, fatigued, fretted, gaunt, ghastly, lank, lean, pale, pallid, pinched, scraggy, scrawny, shrunken, skinny, spare, starved, thin, tired, wan, wasted, weak, wearied, worn-down, wrinkled; concepts 314,406,491 Ant. fresh, healthy, hearty, strong, unworn haggle [v] bicker, quarrel argue, bargain, barter, beat down*, cavil, chaffer, deal, dicker*, dispute, hammer out a deal*, horse-trade*, make a deal*, palter, quibble, squabble, wrangle; concept 46 Ant. agree, comply, concur hail [n] torrent barrage, bombardment, broadside, cannonade, hailstorm, pelting, rain, salvo, shower, storm, volley; concepts 189,524 hail [v1] call to, yell for accost, address, ag, ag down*, greet, hello, holler*, salute, shoulder, shout, signal, sing out*, speak to, wave down, welcome, whistle down*, whistle for*, yawp*, yoo-hoo*; concepts 47,74,77 Ant. whisper hail [v2] honor, salute acclaim, acknowledge, applaud, cheer, commend, compliment, exalt, glorify, greet, hear it for*, kudize, praise, recognize, recommend, root for*, welcome; concept 69 Ant. disdain, dishonor, disparage, slight hail [v3] come from; originate be a native of, be born in, begin, claim as birthplace; concept 648 hail [v4] rain down on barrage, batter, beat down upon, bombard, pelt, shower, storm, volley; concept 526 Ant. dribble, drip hair [n] threadlike growth on animate being beard, bristle, cilium, coiffure, cowlick, cut, down, eyebrow, eyelash, feeler, ber, lament, uff, fringe, frizzies*, fur, grass, haircut, hairstyle, lock, mane, mop*, moustache, quill, ruff, shock, sideburn, split ends, strand, thatch, tress, tuft, vibrissa, villus, whiskers, wig, wool; concept 392 hairdresser [n] hair stylist barber, beautician, coiffeur, coiffeuse, friseur; concept 348 hairless [adj] without growth on body part bald, baldheaded, beardless, clean-shaven, cue ball*, depilated, egghead*, glabrate, glabrescent, glabrous, shaved, shaven, shorn, skinhead*, smooth, smooth-faced, tonsured, whiskerless; concept 406 Ant. furry, hairy, hirsute hair-raising [adj] causing excitement bloodcurdling, breathtaking, chilling, cliff-hanging, electrifying, exciting, frightening, shocking, spine-chilling, spine-tingling, suspenseful, terrifying; concepts 529,542,548 hairsplitting [n] nitpicking bickering, carping, caviling, faultnding, perfectionism, pettiness, quibbling, sophistry; concepts 671,706 hairstyle [n] cut, style of a head of hair afro*, beehive*, blow dry*, bob*, bouffant, braid, brushcut, bubble*, bun, coiffure, crewcut, cut, do*, dreadlocks, ducktail, fade, feather cut, attop*, ip, haircut, hairdo, headdress, horse

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tail, mohawk, natural, pageboy, pigtails, pixie, ponytail, razor cut; concept 718 hairy [adj1] having much hair bearded, bewhiskered, bristly, bushy, downy, eecy, occulent, uffy, furry, fuzzy, hirsute, lanate, pileous, piliferous, pilose, pubescent, rough, shaggy, stubbly, tufted, unshaven, unshorn, villous, whiskered, woolly; concept 406 Ant. bald, balding, clean, hairless hairy [adj2] dangerous chancy, difcult, hazardous, jeopardous, perilous, risky, scary, treacherous, uncertain, unhealthy, unsound, wicked; concept 548 Ant. calm, safe halcyon [adj] calm, peaceful at peace, balmy, bucolic, gentle, golden, happy, harmonious, palmy, pastoral, quiet, serene, soothing, still, sunny, tranquil, untroubled; concepts 401,404 hale [adj] strong and healthy able-bodied, alive and kicking*, blooming, t, t as a ddle*, ourishing, healthy, hearty, husky, in ne fettle*, in the pink*, right, robust, sane, sound, stout, strapping, strong, trim, vigorous, well, well-conditioned, wholesome; concepts 314, 489 Ant. sick, unhealthy, weak half [adj] partial bisected, divided, evensteven*, fty-fty*, fractional, halved, incomplete, limited, moderate, partly; concept 785 Ant. total, whole half [n] one of two equal parts of a whole bisection, division, fty percent, fraction, hemisphere, moiety; concept 835 half-baked [adj] stupid; not thought through backward, batty*, birdbrained*, blockheaded*, boneheaded*, brainless, crazy, dumb, feebleminded, foolish, harebrained*, idiotic, ignorant, ill-conceived, imbecilic, impractical, indiscreet, moronic, poorly planned, retarded, senseless, short-sighted, silly, slow, sophomoric, underdeveloped, unformed, witless; concepts 403,529, 548 Ant. intelligent, smart, thoughtful, wise half-breed [n] mixed creation amalgam, blend, combination, conglomeration, cross, crossbreed, hodgepodge*, hybrid, medley, mlange, miscegnation, mishmash*, mule, mutt*; concepts 260,394 halfhearted [adj] without enthusiasm apathetic, cool, impassive, indifferent, irresolute, lackluster, listless, lukewarm, neutral, passive, perfunctory, spiritless, tame, tepid, unenthusiastic, uninterested; concept 401 Ant. desirous, enthusiastic, interested, warm, whole-hearted halfway [adj] not complete; in the middle betwixt and between*, center, centermost, central, equidistant, imperfect, intermediate, medial, median, mid*, middlemost, midway, moderate, part, partial, part-way, smack dab*, smack in the middle*; concepts 531,586 Ant. complete, total, whole halfway [adv] not complete; in the middle comparatively, compromising, conciliatory, half the distance, imperfectly, incompletely, in part, insufciently, medially, middling, midway, moderately, nearly, partially, partly, pretty*, rather, restrictedly, to a degree, to some extent, to the middle, unsatisfactorily; concepts 531,586 Ant. completely, totally, wholly half-wit [n] stupid person blockhead*, cretin, dimwit, dingbat*, dolt, dope*, dork*, dullard, dumbbell*, dummy*, dunce, dunderhead, fool,

idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, lamebrain*, moron, nitwit, pea brain*, simpleton; concepts 350,423 hall [n1] corridor anteroom, entrance, entranceway, entry, foyer, gallery, hallway, lobby, pass, passage, passageway, room, rotunda, vestibule; concept 440 hall [n2] room for large affairs amphitheater, arena, armory, assembly room, auditorium, ballroom, casino, chamber, church, gallery, gym, gymnasium, lounge, lyceum, mart, meeting place, refectory, salon, stateroom, theater; concepts 438,439,441,448 hallmark [n] symbol, authentication badge, certication, device, emblem, endorsement, indication, mark, ratication, seal, sign, signet, stamp, sure sign, telltale sign, trademark; concepts 284,628 hallowed [adj] holy, revered anointed, beatied, blessed, consecrated, dedicated, divine, enshrined, holy, honored, inviolable, sacred, sacrosanct, sanctied, unprofane; concept 568 Ant. desecrated, irreligious, profane, unhallowed, unholy, unsanctied hallucinate [v] imagine vividly blow ones mind*, daydream, envision, fantasize, freak out*, have visions, head trip*, hear voices*, trip*, visualize; concept 34 Ant. experience hallucination [n] dream, delusion aberration, apparition, fantasy, gment of the imagination*, head trip*, illusion, mirage, phantasm, phantasmagoria, phantom, trip*, vision, wraith; concepts 529,532,690 Ant. experience, fact, reality, truth halo [n] ring of light aura, aureola, aureole, aurora, corona, crown of light, glory, halation, nimbus, radiance; concepts 624,628 halt [n] end, stoppage arrest, break, break-off*, close, cutoff, freeze*, grinding halt, impasse, interruption, layoff, letup, pause, screaming halt*, screeching halt*, stand, standstill, stop, termination; concept 119 Ant. continuation, endurance, go, perseverence, start halt [v1] stop, cause to stop adjourn, arrest, balk, bar, block, blow the whistle on*, break off*, bring to an end, bring to standstill, call it a day*, cease, cease re, check, close down, come to an end, cool it*, curb*, cut short, desist, deter, draw up, drop anchor*, end, frustrate, hamper, hold at bay*, hold back, impede, intermit, interrupt, obstruct, pause, pull up*, punctuate, put a cork in*, rest, stall, stand still, stay, stem, stop, suspend, terminate, wait; concepts 121,234 Ant. carry on, continue, forge, forward, push halt [v2] hesitate, stutter be defective, dither, falter, hobble, limp, pause, shilly-shally*, stagger, stammer, stumble, vacillate, waver, whife*, wiggle-waggle*; concepts 234,721, 804 Ant. continue, speak smoothly halting [adj] hesitant awkward, bumbling, clumsy, doubtful, faltering, gauche, imperfect, indecisive, inept, irresolute, labored, limping, lumbering, maladroit, slow, stammering, stumbling, stuttering, tentative, uncertain, unhandy, vacillating, vacillatory, wavering, wooden*; concepts 534,550 Ant. owing, smooth, unhesitating halve [v] cut in half bisect, divide equally, reduce by fty percent, share equally, split in two; concept 98 Ant. combine

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hamburger [n] ground beef sandwich beefburger, burger, cheeseburger, chopped beefsteak, ground chuck, ground round, ground sirloin, Salisbury steak; concepts 457,460 hamlet [n] small village community, crossroads, district, small town, suburb; concept 507 hammer [v] beat, hit bang, batter, bear down, clobber, defeat, drive, drub, fashion, forge, form, knock, make, pound, pummel, shape, strike, tap, thrash, trounce, wallop, whack, whomp; concept 189 hammer away/hammer into [v] work hard at continue, drive home*, drub into*, drudge, drum into*, endeavor, grind*, grind into*, impress upon, instruct, keep on, peg away*, persevere, persist, plug away*, pound away*, repeat, stick to*, try hard, try repeatedly, work; concepts 68,87,239 hammer out [v] bring to a conclusion accomplish, bring about, build, complete, construct, erect, establish, excogitate, ght through, nish, form, make, negotiate, produce, settle, set up, sort out, thrash out*, work out; concepts 91,706 hamper [n] basket for storage bassinet, carton, crate, creel, laundry basket, pannier; concept 494 hamper [v] impede, restrict bafe, balk, bar, bind, block, check, clog, cramp, cramp ones style*, cumber, curb, drag ones feet*, embarrass, encumber, entangle, fetter, foil, frustrate, get in the way*, hamstring*, handicap, hang up*, hinder, hobble, hog-tie*, hold up*, inconvenience, inhibit, interfere with, leash, obstruct, prevent, restrain, retard, shackle, slow down, stymie, thwart, tie, tie ones hands*, tie up, trammel; concept 130 Ant. aid, allow, assist, encourage, expedite, help, permit, promote hamstring [v] disable cripple, debilitate, handicap, hinder, hobble, immobilize, impair, lame, maim, mangle, paralyze, weaken; concepts 130,246 hand [n1] appendage at end of human arm, including ngers duke*, extremity, n*, st, grasp, grip, ham*, hold, hook, metacarpus, mitt*, palm, paw*, phalanges, shaker*; concept 392 hand [n2] person who does labor aide, articer, artisan, craftsperson, employee, help, helper, hired person, laborer, operative, roustabout, worker; concept 348 hand [n3] help, aid ability, agency, assistance, control, direction, guidance, inuence, instruction, knack, lift, part, participation, relief, share, skill, succor, support; concepts 110,630 Ant. check, encumbrance, hindrance, obstruction, prevention hand [n4] handwriting calligraphy, chirography, longhand, script; concept 79 hand [n5] round of applause clap, handclapping, ovation, thunderous reception; concept 189 Ant. silence handbag [n] persons carryall backpack, bag, clutch, evening bag, grip, hide, knapsack, leather, pocketbook, portmanteau, purse, reticule; concept 446 handbook [n] document giving instruction, information bible, compendium, directory,

enchiridion, encyclopedia, fundamentals, guide, guidebook, instruction book, manual, text, textbook, vade mecum; concept 280 handful [adj] a small quantity few, scattering, small number, smattering, some, spattering, sprinkling; concept 789 Ant. lot, mass handicap [n1] disadvantage afiction, baggage*, barrier, block, burden, detriment, disability, drawback, encumbrance, hangup*, hindrance, impairment, impediment, injury, limitation, load, millstone, obstacle, psychological baggage*, restriction, shortcoming, stumbling block*; concepts 666,674 Ant. advantage, benet, help handicap [n2] advantage bulge, edge*, favor, head start*, odds, penalty, points*, start, upper hand*, vantage; concept 693 Ant. disadvantage, drawback, impairment, limitation, restriction, shortcoming handicap [v] give disadvantage burden, cripple, encumber, hamper, hamstring*, hinder, hog-tie*, hold back, impede, limit, put out of commission*, restrict, sideline*, take out*; concepts 130,246 Ant. aid, assist, benet, further, give advantage, help, promote handicraft [n] artwork, skill achievement, art, artifact, artisanship, calling, craft, craftship, creation, design, handiwork, invention, mtier, product, production, profession, result, trade, vocation; concepts 259,630 handle [n1] something to grip arm, bail, crank, ear, grasp, haft, handgrip, helve, hilt, hold, holder, knob, shaft, stem, stock, tiller; concepts 445,502,831 handle [n2] nickname appellation, byname, byword, cognomen, denomination, designation, moniker, name, nomen, sobriquet, style, title; concept 683 handle [v1] touch check, examine, feel, nger*, fondle, grasp, hold, manipulate, maul, palpate, paw*, pick up, poke, test, thumb*, try; concept 612 handle [v2] manage, take care of administer, advise, apply, behave toward, bestow, call the signals*, command, conduct, control, cope with, cut the mustard*, deal with, direct, discuss, dispense, dominate, employ, exercise, exploit, get a handle on*, govern, guide, hack it*, make out*, make the grade*, maneuver, manipulate, operate, play, ply, run things, serve, steer, supervise, swing, take, treat, use, utilize, wield, work; concepts 91,117 Ant. disregard, mismanage, misuse, neglect handle [v3] carry as merchandise deal in, market, offer, retail, sell, stock, trade, trafc in; concept 345 Ant. not carry handling [n] management administration, approach, care, charge, conduct, direction, manipulation, running, styling, superintendence, supervision, treatment; concept 117 Ant. mismanagement hand-me-down [adj] secondhand not new, passed down, previously owned, used; concepts 575,585 hand out [v] give to others bestow, deal out, deliver, devote, disburse, dish out, dispense, disseminate, distribute, donate, give away, give out, hand over, mete, present, provide; concepts 108,140 Ant. receive, take

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hand over [v] give back; release abandon, cede, commend, commit, consign, deliver, dispense, donate, entrust, feed, nd, fork out*, fork up*, give up, hand, leave, present, provide, relegate, relinquish, supply, surrender, transfer, turn over, waive, yield; concepts 108,131 Ant. hold, keep, retain handsome [adj1] attractive admirable, aristocratic, athletic, august, beautiful, becoming, clean-cut, comely, dapper, elegant, fair, fashionable, ne, good-looking, graceful, impressive, lovely, majestic, noble, personable, pulchritudinous, robust, sharp, smart, smooth, spruce, stately, strong, stylish, suave, virile, well-dressed, well-proportioned; concept 579 Ant. homely, ugly, unattractive handsome [adj2] abundant ample, bounteous, bountiful, considerable, extensive, full, generous, gracious, large, lavish, liberal, magnanimous, municent, openhanded, plentiful, princely, sizable, unsparing; concept 781 Ant. insignicant, poor, small, stingy, ungiving handsomely [adv] abundantly amply, bountifully, generously, lavishly, liberally, magnanimously, municently, nobly, plentifully, richly; concept 781 Ant. insignicantly, poorly handwriting [n] the way a person writes autography, calligraphy, chicken scratch*, chirography, ductus, griffonage, hand, hieroglyphics, longhand, manuscript, manuscription, mark, pencraft, penscript, scratching*, scrawl, scribble, script, scription, scrivenery, scrivening, style, writing; concepts 284,625,628 handy [adj1] nearby accessible, adjacent, at hand, available, close, close-at-hand, close by, convenient, near, near-at-hand, on hand, ready, within reach; concept 586 Ant. faraway, inconveniently, unhandy handy [adj2] easy to use adaptable, advantageous, available, benecial, central, convenient, functional, gainful, helpful, manageable, neat, practicable, practical, protable, ready, serviceable, useful, utile, wieldy; concept 560 Ant. awkward, hard, inconvenient, unhandy, useless handy [adj3] adept physically able, adroit, clever, deft, dexterous, expert, t, ingenious, nimble, procient, ready, skilled, skillful; concept 527 Ant. awkward, bumbling, bungling, clumsy, inept, unhandy hang [v1] suspend or be suspended adhere, attach, beetle, be fastened, be in mid-air, be loose, bend, be pendent, be poised, bow, cling, cover, dangle, deck, decorate, depend, drape, drift, droop, drop, fasten, x, ap, oat, op, furnish, hold, hover, impend, incline, lean, loll, lop, lower, nail, overhang, pin, project, remain, rest, sag, stay up, stick, swing, tack, trail, wave; concepts 144,201,746 hang [v2] kill by suspension from a rope execute, gibbet, hoist, lynch, noose, scrag, send to the gallows, stretch*, string up*, swing*; concept 252 hang [v3] depend on future action await, be conditional upon, be contingent on, be dependent on, be determined by, be in limbo, be in suspense, cling, hinge, pend, rest, turn on; concept 681 hang about/hang around/hang out [v] associate with; be residing in abide, affect,

dally, frequent, get along with, haunt, have relations with, linger, live, loiter, reside, resort, roam, spend time, stand around, swell, tarry, waste time; concepts 114,226 Ant. condemn hangdog [adj] shamefaced ashamed, browbeaten, conscience-stricken, cowering, defeated, downcast, guilty, intimidated, sheepish, wretched; concept 403 hanger-on [n] person who attends the powerful for status or benet dependent, unky*, follower, freeloader*, lackey*, leech*, nuisance, parasite, sponger*, sycophant, truckler*; concept 423 hang on [v] continue, endure be tough, carry on, cling, clutch, go on, grasp, grip, hold fast, hold on, hold out, persevere, persist, remain; concepts 23,239 Ant. cease, give up, let go, stop hangout [n] place for socializing bar, den*, dive*, haunt*, home, honky-tonk*, joint*, purlieu, resort, stomping ground*, watering hole*; concepts 439,447,449 hangover [n] result of heavy drinking aftereffect, big head*, delirium tremens, drunkenness, DTs*, headache, morning after*, shakes*, under the weather*, willies*, withdrawal; concept 316 Ant. sobriety hang tough [v] endure bear, bear the brunt*, be patient with, brave, cope with, face, go through, grin and bear it*, gut it out*, hang in*, hang in there, keep up, live out, live through, meet with, never say die*, put up with, ride out*, sit through, stand, stick in there, stick it out*, stomach*, suffer, swallow*, take, take it*, tough it out*, weather, withstand; concept 23 hang-up [n] preoccupation block, difculty, dilemma, disturbance, impasse, inhibition, obsession, predicament, problem, reserve, restraint, thing; concepts 532,674,690 hanker after/hanker for [v] desire strongly ache, covet, crave, hunger, itch, long, lust, partial to, pine, sigh, thirst, want, wish, yearn, yen; concept 20 Ant. dislike, hate hankering [n] strong desire ache, craving, druthers*, re in belly*, hunger, itch*, longing, munchies*, pining, thirst, urge, want, weakness, wish, yearning, yen; concepts 20,709 Ant. dislike, hate, hatred hanky-panky [n] mischief chicane, chicanery, deception, devilry, double-dealing, fourberie, fraud, funny business*, knavery, machinations, monkey business*, sharp practice*, shenanigans*, skullduggery*, subterfuge, trickery; concepts 59,384 Ant. faithfulness, honesty haphazard [adj] without plan or organization accidental, aimless, all over the map*, any old way*, any which way*, arbitrary, careless, casual, chance, designless, desultory, devilmay-care*, disorderly, disorganized, erratic, uke, helter-skelter*, hit-or-miss*, incidental, indiscriminate, irregular, loose, offhand, purposeless, random, reckless, slapdash, slipshod, spontaneous, sudden, unconcerned, unconscious, unconsidered, uncoordinated, unexpected, unmethodical, unorganized, unpremeditated, unsystematic, unthinking, willy-nilly*; concepts 535,581 Ant. careful, designed, intentional, methodical, organized, planned, straight, systematic, thought-out

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hapless [adj] unfortunate behind the eightball*, cursed, hexed, ill-fated, ill-starred, infelicitous, jinxed, jonah*, loser, luckless, miserable, poor sh*, sad sack*, snakebit*, star-crossed*, unhappy, unlucky, untoward, voodooed*, woeful, wretched; concept 548 Ant. fortuitous, fortunate, lucky, well-off happen [v] come to pass; occur appear, arise, arrive, become a fact, become known, become of, befall, be found, betide, bump, chance, come about, come after, come into being, come into existence, come off, crop up*, develop, down, ensue, eventuate, fall, follow, go on, hit, issue, light, luck, materialize, meet, pass, present itself, proceed, recur, result, shake, smoke*, spring, stumble, stumble upon, supervene, take effect, take place, transpire, turn out, turn up, what goes*; concept 4 happening [n] occurrence accident, adventure, affair, case, chance, circumstance, episode, event, experience, go*, incident, milestone, occasion, phenomenon, proceeding, scene, thing*; concept 4 Ant. method, plan, system happily [adv1] with joy, pleasure agreeably, blissfully, blithely, brightly, buoyantly, cheerfully, contentedly, delightedly, delightfully, devotedly, elatedly, enthusiastically, exhilaratingly, exultantly, freely, gaily, gladly, gleefully, graciously, heartily, hilariously, jovially, joyfully, joyously, laughingly, lightheartedly, lightly, lovingly, merrily, optimistically, peacefully, playfully, sincerely, smilingly, sportively, vivaciously, willingly, with relish, with zeal, zestfully; concepts 403,542 Ant. unhappily happily [adv2] successfully appropriately, aptly, auspiciously, favorably, felicitously, fortunately, gracefully, propitiously, prosperously, providentially, satisfyingly, seasonably, swimmingly, well; concept 548 Ant. unhappily, unluckily, unsuccessfully happiness [n] high spirits, satisfaction beatitude, blessedness, bliss, cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, content, contentment, delectation, delight, delirium, ecstasy, elation, enchantment, enjoyment, euphoria, exhilaration, exuberance, felicity, gaiety, geniality, gladness, glee, good cheer, good humor, good spirits, hilarity, hopefulness, joviality, joy, jubilation, laughter, lightheartedness, merriment, mirth, optimism, paradise, peace of mind, playfulness, pleasure, prosperity, rejoicing, sanctity, seventh heaven*, vivacity, well-being; concept 410 Ant. depression, gloom, misery, pain, sadness, sorrow, unhappiness, woe happy [adj1] in high spirits; satised blessed, blest, blissful, blithe, cant complain*, captivated, cheerful, chipper, chirpy, content, contented, convivial, delighted, ecstatic, elated, exultant, ying high*, gay, glad, gleeful, gratied, intoxicated, jolly, joyful, joyous, jubilant, laughing, light, lively, looking good*, merry, mirthful, on cloud nine*, overjoyed, peaceful, peppy, perky, playful, pleasant, pleased, sparkling, sunny, thrilled, tickled, tickled pink*, up, upbeat, walking on air*; concept 403 Ant. depressed, discouraged, dissatised, miserable, morose, pained, sad, sorrowful, unhappy happy [adj2] lucky accidental, advantageous, appropriate, apt, auspicious, betting, casual,

convenient, correct, effective, efcacious, enviable, favorable, felicitous, tting, fortunate, incidental, just, meet, nice, opportune, promising, proper, propitious, providential, right, satisfactory, seasonable, successful, suitable, timely, well-timed; concept 558 Ant. forsaken, hopeless, troubled, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky happy-go-lucky [adj] carefree and untroubled blithe, casual, cheerful, cool, devil-may-care*, easy, easygoing, feckless, free-minded, heedless, improvident, insouciant, irresponsible, lackadaisical*, lighthearted, nonchalant, reckless, unconcerned; concepts 404,542 Ant. disconsolate, discontented, dissatised, distressed, troubled, upset, worried hara-kiri [n] ritual suicide belly cutting, ceremonious suicide, disembowelment, selfimmolation, seppuku; concepts 192,252 harangue [n] long lecture address, chewing out*, declamation, diatribe, discourse, exhortation, hassle, jeremiad, oration, philippic, reading out*, screed, sermon, speech, spiel*, spouting, tirade; concepts 51,278 harangue [v] give a long lecture accost, address, apostrophize, buttonhole*, chew out*, declaim, exhort, get on a soapbox*, go on about*, hold forth, orate, perorate, rant, rave, soapbox*, spiel*, spout, stump, talk to, yell at; concept 51 harass [v] badger annoy, attack, bait, bedevil, beleaguer, bother, bug*, burn*, despoil, devil*, distress, disturb, eat*, exasperate, exhaust, fatigue, foray, get to*, give a bad time*, give a hard time*, gnaw*, harry, hassle, heckle, hound*, intimidate, irk, irritate, jerk around*, macerate, maraud, noodge*, pain*, perplex, persecute, pester, plague, raid, rattle ones cage*, ride, strain, stress, tease, tire, torment, trouble, try, vex, weary, work on*, worry; concepts 7,14,19 Ant. aid, assist, facilitate, help, support harassment [n] badgering aggravation, annoyance, bedevilment, bother, bothering, disturbance, exasperation, hassle, irking, irritation, molestation, nuisance, persecution, perturbation, pestering, provocation, provoking, torment, trouble, vexation, vexing; concepts 14, 313 Ant. aid, assistance, facilitation, furtherance, help, support harbinger [n] indication augury, forerunner, foretoken, herald, messenger, omen, portent, precursor, sign, signal; concepts 74,284,529 harbor [n1] place for storing boats in the water anchorage, arm, bay, bight, breakwater, chuck, cove, dock, embankment, rth, gulf, haven, inlet, jetty, landing, mooring, pier, port, road, roadstead, wharf; concepts 439,509,514 harbor [n2] place for seclusion asylum, cover, covert, harborage, haven, port, refuge, retreat, sanctuary, sanctum, security, shelter; concept 515 harbor [v1] hide, protect accommodate, board, bunk, conceal, defend, domicile, entertain, guard, hold back, house, lodge, nurse, nurture, provide refuge, put up, quarter, relieve, safeguard, screen, secrete, secure, shelter, shield, suppress, withhold; concepts 134,188 Ant. eject, let out, uncover harbor [v2] hold in imagination believe, brood

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over, cherish, cling to, consider, entertain, foster, hold, imagine, maintain, nurse, nurture, regard, retain; concept 17 Ant. disregard, ignore hard [adj1] rocklike adamantine, callous, compact, compacted, compressed, concentrated, consolidated, dense, rm, hardened, impenetrable, indurate, indurated, inexible, iron*, packed, rigid, rocky, set, solid, stiff, stony, strong, thick, tough, unyielding; concept 604 Ant. exible, malleable, pliable, pliant, soft, yielding hard [adj2] difcult, exhausting arduous, backbreaking, bothersome, burdensome, complicated, demanding, difcile, distressing, effortful, exacting, fatiguing, formidable, grinding, hairy*, heavy*, Herculean*, intricate, involved, irksome, knotty*, labored, laborious, mean, merciless, murder, onerous, operose, rigorous, rough, rugged, scabrous, serious, severe, slavish, sticky, strenuous, terrible, tiring, toilful, toilsome, tough, troublesome, unsparing, uphill*, uphill battle*, wearing, wearisome, wearying; concepts 529,538,565 Ant. easy, facile, mild, simple hard [adj3] cruel, ruthless acrimonious, angry, antagonistic, austere, bitter, bleak, brutal, callous, cold, cold-blooded*, cold sh*, dark, disagreeable, distressing, dour, exacting, grievous, grim, hard as nails*, hard-boiled*, harsh, hostile, inclement, intemperate, intolerable, obdurate, painful, perverse, pitiless, rancorous, resentful, rigorous, rugged, severe, stern, strict, stringent, stubborn, thick-skinned*, tough, unfeeling, unjust, unkind, unpleasant, unrelenting, unsparing, unsympathetic, vengeful; concepts 401,542 Ant. merciful, mild, nice, pleasant, sensitive, sympathetic hard [adj4] true, indisputable absolute, actual, bare, cold, denite, down-to-earth, genuine, plain, positive, practical, pragmatic, realistic, sure, undeniable, unvarnished, veried; concepts 535,582 Ant. disputable, doubtful, inexact, questionable, uncertain, untrue hard [adv1] with great force actively, angrily, animatedly, boisterously, briskly, brutally, cruelly, earnestly, energetically, ferociously, ercely, forcibly, frantically, furiously, heavily, intensely, keenly, like fury, madly, meanly, painfully, powerfully, relentlessly, rigorously, roughly, rowdily, savagely, seriously, severely, sharply, spiritedly, sprightly, stormily, strongly, tumultously/tumultuously, turbulently, uproariously, urgently, viciously, vigorously, violently, vivaciously, wildly, with all ones might; concept 540 Ant. gently, softly hard [adv2] with determination assiduously, closely, diligently, doggedly, earnestly, exhaustively, industriously, intensely, intensively, intently, painstakingly, persistently, searchingly, sharply, steadily, strenuously, thoroughly, unremittingly, untiringly; concept 538 Ant. unenthusiastically hard [adv3] with difculty agonizingly, arduously, awkwardly, badly, burdensomely, carefully, cumbersomely, cumbrously, distressingly, exhaustingly, gruelingly, hardly, harshly, inconveniently, laboriously, painfully, ponderously, roughly, severely, strenuously, tiredly,

toilsomely, unwieldily, vigorously, with great effort; concept 565 Ant. easily, moderately hard [adv4] with resentment bitterly, hardly, keenly, rancorously, reluctantly, slowly, sorely; concept 403 Ant. indulgently, tolerantly hard [adv5] in a xed manner close, fast, rm, rmly, solidly, steadfastly, tight, tightly; concepts 488,586 Ant. unxedly, yielding hard-boiled [adj] tough callous, rm, hard as nails*, hard-line*, hard-nosed*, hard-shelled*, headstrong, inexible, obdurate, obstinate, rough, stern, strict, unbending, unfeeling; concepts 403,542 hard-core [adj] dedicated determined, devoted, die-hard*, dyed-in-the-wool*, explicit, extreme, faithful, intransigent, obstinate, resolute, rigid, staunch, steadfast, stubborn, uncompromising, unwaivering, unyielding; concepts 535,542 Ant. indulgent, mild, moderate, soft-core, tolerant, undedicated harden [v1] make or become solid amalgamate, anneal, bake, brace, buttress, cake, calcify, callous, cement, close, clot, coagulate, compact, congeal, consolidate, contract, crystallize, curdle, densify, dry, rm, x, fortify, fossilize, freeze, gird, indurate, jell, nerve, ossify, petrify, precipitate, press, reinforce, set, settle, solidify, starch, steel, stiffen, strengthen, temper, thicken, toughen, vitrify; concepts 250,469 Ant. liquefy, melt, soften harden [v2] accustom acclimate, acclimatize, adapt, adjust, blunt, brutalize, callous, callus, case-harden, climatize, coarsen, conform, deaden, develop, discipline, dull, embitter, habituate, indurate, inure, make callous, numb, paralyze, render insensitive, roughen, season, steel, stiffen, strengthen, stun, stupefy, teach, train; concepts 35,235 Ant. be intolerant, indulge, spoil hardened [adj] unfeeling accustomed, benumbed, callous, case-hardened, coldhearted*, contemptuous, cruel, disdainful, habituated, hard-as-nails*, hard-bitten*, hard-boiled*, hardhearted*, heartless, impenetrable, impious, inaccessible, indurated, inured, irreverent, obdurate, obtuse, prepared, resistant, seasoned, steeled, toughened, unashamed, unbending, uncaring, uncompassionate, unemotional, unrepenting, unsubmissive; concepts 404, 542 Ant. compassionate, feeling, kind, nice, sympathetic hardhearted [adj] cold, cruel brutish, callous, cold-blooded*, coldhearted*, hard, hardboiled*, heartless, indifferent, inhuman, insensitive, intolerant, merciless, obdurate, pitiless, stony, uncaring, uncompassionate, unemotional, unfeeling, unkind, unsympathetic; concepts 401,404 Ant. compassionate, kind, nice, softhearted, warm hard-line [adj] rm adamant, hard-boiled*, hard-core, hard-nosed*, inexible, militant, stand pat*, staunch, steadfast, stern, stiff, strict, unbending, uncompromising, ungiving, unyielding; concepts 267,403,542 hardly [adv] scarcely; with difculty almost inconceivably, almost not, barely, by a hair, by no means, comparatively, detectably, faintly, gradually, imperceptibly, infrequently, just, little, no more than, not a bit, not at all, not by

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much, not likely, not markedly, not measurably, not much, not notably, not noticeably, not often, not quite, no way, once in a blue moon*, only, only just, perceptibly, practically, pretty near, rarely, scantly, seldom, simply, slightly, somewhat, sparsely, sporadically, with trouble; concepts 541,552,771 Ant. very hard-nosed/hardheaded [adj] stubborn astute, bullheaded*, hard*, hard-boiled*, headstrong, intractable, levelheaded, locked in*, mulish, obstinate, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded*, practical, pragmatic, rational, realistic, resolute, sensible, shrewd, sober, stand pat, tough, tough-nut*, unsentimental, unyielding, willful; concepts 404,542 Ant. easy, easygoing, laid-back, merciful hardship [n] personal burden accident, adversity, afiction, asperity, austerity, calamity, case, catastrophe, curse, danger, destitution, difculty, disaster, discomfort, distress, drudgery, fatigue, grief, grievance, hard knocks*, hazard, Herculean task*, injury, labor, mischance, misery, misfortune, need, oppression, peril, persecution, privation, rainy day*, rigor, rotten luck*, sorrow, suffering, toil, torment, tough break*, tough luck*, travail, trial, tribulation, trouble, uphill battle*, vicissitude, want, worry; concept 674 Ant. advantage, assistance, benet, blessing, ease, favor, gain, good, prot hardware [n] tools; ttings, especially made of metal accouterments, appliances, fasteners, xtures, household furnishings, housewares, implements, ironware, kitchenware, metalware, plumbing, utensils; concepts 338,499 hardy [adj] strong, tough able, able-bodied, acclimatized, brawny, burly, capable, enduring, rm, t, fresh, hale, hardened, healthy, hearty, hefty, indefatigable, in ne fettle*, in good condition, in good shape, inured, lusty, mighty, muscular, physically t, powerful, resistant, robust, rugged, seasoned, solid, sound, stalwart, staunch, stout, sturdy, substantial, tenacious, unagging, vigorous, well; concepts 314,485, 489 Ant. feeble, inrm, invalid, sick, tender, unhealthy, weak harebrained [adj] stupid, unthinking absurd, asinine, barmy, bizarre, careless, changeable, crazy, dizzy*, empty-headed*, featherbrained*, ighty, foolish, frivolous, giddy, half-baked*, heedless, inane, irresponsible, loony*, mindless, preposterous, rash, rattlebrained, reckless, scatterbrained*, unstable, unsteady, wacky*, wild; concepts 402,529 Ant. brainy, intelligent, reasonable, sensible, smart, thoughtful harlot [n] prostitute call girl, concubine, courtesan, fallen woman*, oozy*, hooker, hussy, lady of the evening, loose woman, nymphomaniac*, painted woman, slut, streetwalker, strumpet, tramp, whore; concepts 348,412,415,419 harm [n] injury, evil abuse, banefulness, damage, deleteriousness, detriment, disservice, foul play*, hurt, ill, immorality, impairment, iniction, iniquity, loss, marring, mischance, mischief, misfortune, misuse, noxiousness, outrage, perniciousness, prejudice, ravage, ruin, ruination, sabotage, sin, sinfulness, vandalism, vice, violence, wear and tear*, wickedness, wrong; concepts 309,674,728 Ant. advantage, benet, blessing, good, pleasure

harm [v] injure; cause evil abuse, blemish, bruise, cripple, crush, damage, dilapidate, discommode, disserve, do violence to, dump on*, get, hurt, ill-treat, impair, incommode, inconvenience, louse up*, maim, maltreat, mangle, mar, mess up*, misuse, molest, muck up*, mutilate, nick, outrage, prejudice, put down, ruin, sabotage, sap*, scathe, shatter, shock, spoil, stab, tarnish, total, trample, traumatize, tweak*, undermine, vandalize, vitiate, wing*, wound, wreck, wrench, wrong, zing*; concepts 7,19,246,313 Ant. aid, assist, benet, care, x, help, improve, mend harmful [adj] injurious, hurtful adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, calamitous, cataclysmic, catastrophic, consumptive, corroding, corrupting, crippling, damaging, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, dire, disadvantageous, disastrous, evil, harassing, incendiary, inimical, internecine, malec, malicious, malignant, menacing, mischievous, murderous, nocuous, noxious, painful, pernicious, pestiferous, pestilential, risky, ruinous, sinful, sinister, subversive, toxic, undermining, unhealthy, unsafe, unwholesome, virulent; concept 537 Ant. aiding, assisting, helpful, nice, unharmful harmless [adj] not injurious or dangerous controllable, disarmed, gentle, guiltless, hurtless, innocent, innocuous, innoxious, inoffensive, inoperative, kind, manageable, naive, nonirritating, nontoxic, painless, paper-tiger*, powerless, pussycat*, reliable, safe, sanitary, simple, soft*, softie*, sound, sure, trustworthy, unobjectionable, unoffensive; concept 537 Ant. bad, destructive, evil, harmful, hurtful, injurious, sinful, wicked harmonious [adj] agreeable, corresponding; friendly accordant, adapted, amicable, balanced, compatible, concordant, congenial, congruous, consonant, coordinated, cordial, dulcet, euphonious, harmonic, harmonizing, in accord, in chorus, in concert, in harmony, in step, in tune, in unison, like, matching, melliuous, melodic, melodious, mix, musical, of one mind*, on same wavelength*, peaceful, rhythmical, silvery, similar, simpatico, sonorous, suitable, sweet-sounding, symmetrical, sympathetic, symphonic, symphonious, tuneful; concept 563 Ant. cacophonous, disagreeable, discordant, dissonant, harsh, inharmonious, opposed, unfriendly, unlike harmonize [v] correspond, match accord, adapt, adjust, agree, arrange, attune, be in unison, be of one mind*, blend, carol, chime with, cohere, combine, compose, cooperate, coordinate, correlate, t in with*, integrate, orchestrate, proportion, reconcile, reconciliate, relate, set, sing, suit, symphonize, synthesize, tune, unify, unite; concepts 77,664 Ant. clash, disagree, ght harmony [n1] social agreement accord, afnity, amicability, amity, compatibility, concord, conformity, consensus, consistency, cooperation, correspondence, empathy, friendship, good will, kinship, like-mindedness, meeting of minds*, peace, rapport, sympathy, tranquility, unanimity, understanding, unity; concept 388 Ant. clash, disagreement, discord, ghting

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harmony [n2] correspondence, balance accord, agreement, articulation, chime, concord, concordance, conformance, conformity, congruity, consistency, consonance, tness, form, integration, integrity, oneness, order, parallelism, proportion, regularity, suitability, symmetry, togetherness, tune, unity; concept 664 Ant. disproportion, imbalance harmony [n3] musical accordance arrangement, attunement, blend, blending, chime, chord, chorus, composition, concentus, concert, concinnity, concurrence, consonance, diapason, euphony, harmonics, melliuousness, melodiousness, melody, organum, overtone, piece, polyphony, richness, symphony, triad, tune, tunefulness, unison, unity; concepts 65,262, 595 Ant. cacophony, discord, jangling harness [n] gear for controlling an animal belt, equipment, strap, tack, tackle, trappings; concept 496 harness [v] rein in; control accouter, apply, bind, bridle, channel, check, cinch, collar, constrain, couple, curb, domesticate, employ, equip, exploit, fasten, fetter, t, furnish, gear, govern, hitch, hold, leash, limit, make productive, mobilize, muzzle, outt, put in harness, render useful, rig, saddle, secure, strap, tackle, tame, tie, utilize, yoke; concepts 94,130,191 Ant. release, unharness harried [adj] pressured agitated, anxious, at wits end*, beset, bothered, distressed, harassed, hard-pressed, stressed, troubled, worried; concepts 403,690 harrowing [adj] dangerous, frightening agonizing, alarming, chilling, distressing, disturbing, excruciating, heartbreaking, heart-rending, nerve-racking, painful, racking, soaring, tearing, terrifying, tormenting, torturing, torturous, traumatic; concepts 529,548 Ant. calming, pleasant, pleasing, unfrightening harry [v] pester, annoy attack, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, chivy, depredate, devastate, disturb, fret, gnaw, harass, hassle, irk, irritate, lay waste, molest, persecute, perturb, pillage, plague, plunder, ravage, sack, tease, torment, trouble, upset, vex, worry; concepts 7,19 Ant. aid, assist, help, support harsh [adj1] rough, crude (to the senses) acrid, asperous, astringent, bitter, bleak, cacophonous, caterwauling, clashing, coarse, cracked, craggy, creaking, croaking, disagreeing, discordant, dissonant, disturbing, earsplitting, at, glaring, grating, grim, guttural, hard, hoarse, incompatible, jagged, jangling, jarring, noisy, not smooth, off-key*, out-of-key*, out-of-tune*, rasping, raucous, rigid, rugged, rusty, screeching, severe, sharp, sour, strident, stridulous, tuneless, uneven, unlevel, unmelodious, unmusical, unrelenting; concepts 537,569 Ant. easy, gentle, mild, peaceful, pleasing, smooth, soft harsh [adj2] nasty, abusive austere, bitter, brutal, comfortless, cruel, cussed, discourteous, dour, grim, gruff, hairy*, hard, hard-boiled, hard-nosed*, hard-shell*, mean, pitiless, punitive, relentless, rude, ruthless, severe, sharp, stern, stringent, tough, uncivil, unfeeling, ungracious, unkind, unpleasant, unrelenting, wicked; concepts 267,542 Ant. courteous, kind, nice, polite

harum-scarum [adj] reckless carefree, careless, daring, disorderly, erratic, ighty, foolhardy, giddy, haphazard, hasty, imprudent, irresponsible, light-minded, negligent, rash, regardless, romping, scatty, thoughtless, wild; concepts 401,542 harvest [n] crops; taking in of crops autumn, by-product, consequence, cropping, effect, fall, fruitage, fruition, garnering, gathering, harvesting, harvest-time, ingathering, intake, output, produce, reaping, repercussion, result, return, season, storing, summer, yield, yielding; concepts 257,338,429 harvest [v] gathering of produce accumulate, acquire, amass, bin, cache, collect, crop, cull, cut, garner, gather, get, glean, harrow, hoard, mow, pick, pile up, plow, pluck, reap, squirrel*, stash, store, stow, strip, take in; concepts 142, 257 Ant. plant, seed hash [n] mess, mix-up assortment, clutter, confusion, hodgepodge*, hotchpotch*, jumble, litter, medley, mlange, miscellany, mishmash*, muddle*, salmagundi*, shambles*, stew*; concepts 260,432 hashish [n] cannabis resin black hash*, black oil*, cannabis, dope, drug, ganja*, grass*, hash, hemp, marijuana, narcotic, pot*; concept 307 hassle [n] problem, ght altercation, argument, bickering, bother, clamor, commotion, difculty, disagreement, dispute, inconvenience, quarrel, row, run-in*, squabble, struggle, trial, trouble, try, tumult, turmoil, tussle, uproar, upset, whirl, wrangle; concepts 46,106,674 Ant. agreement, peace hassle [v] bother, harass annoy, argue, argufy, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, bicker, dispute, dun, harry, hound, pester, plague, quibble, squabble, worry, wrangle; concepts 14,16,46 Ant. agree, concur, make peace haste [n] extreme speed, hurry alacrity, briskness, bustle, carelessness, celerity, dash, dispatch, drive, expedition, expeditiousness, eetness, urry, foolhardiness, hastiness, heedlessness, hurly-burly*, hurriedness, hustle, hustling, impatience, impetuosity, incautiousness, nimbleness, pace, precipitancy, precipitateness, prematureness, press, promptitude, promptness, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, rashness, recklessness, rush, scamper, scramble, scurry, scuttle, swiftness, urgency, velocity; concepts 755,818 Ant. delay, leisure, lingering, rest, slowness hasten [v] speed something; hurry accelerate, advance, bolt, bound, burn, bustle, clip*, cover ground*, dash, dispatch, expedite, express, ee, y, gallop, get cracking*, get the lead out*, goad, haste, hie, hustle, leap, make haste, make tracks*, move quickly, not lose a minute*, pace, plunge, precipitate, press, push, quicken, race, run, rush, scamper, scoot, scurry, scuttle, shake a leg*, skip, sprint, spurt, step on it*, step up*, take wing*, tear, trot, urge, waste no time*, whip around; concepts 150,152 Ant. go slow, lag, linger, loiter, procrastinate, rest, tarry hastily [adv] with great speed agilely, apace, carelessly, double-quick, expeditiously, fast, at-out*, heedlessly, hurriedly, impetuously, impulsively, lickety-split*, nimbly, on spur

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of the moment*, posthaste, precipitately, prematurely, promptly, quickly, rapidly, rashly, recklessly, speedily, straightaway, subito, suddenly, swiftly, thoughtlessly, too quickly, unpremeditatedly; concepts 544,588 Ant. delayed, slowly hasty [adj] speedy; without much thought abrupt, agile, brash, breakneck*, brief, brisk, careless, chop-chop*, cursory, eager, expeditious, fast, ery, eet, eeting, foolhardy, harefooted*, headlong, heedless, hurried, illadvised, impatient, impetuous, impulsive, incautious, inconsiderate, madcap*, on the double*, passing, PDQ*, perfunctory, precipitate, prompt, pronto*, quick, quickened, quickie, rapid, rash, reckless, rushed, short, slambang*, slapdash*, snappy*, sudden, supercial, swift, thoughtless, urgent; concepts 542,588,799 Ant. delayed, lazy, lingering, loitering, slow hat [n] covering for the head boater, bonnet, bowler, bucket, chapeau, fedora, headgear, headpiece, helmet, lid*, millinery, Panama, sailor*, skimmer, sombrero, Stetson, stove pipe*, straw*, tam, tam oshanter*, ten-gallon*, topper*; concept 451 hatch [v] create, plan bear, brainstorm*, breed, bring forth, brood, cause, come up with, conceive, concoct, contrive, cook up*, design, devise, dream up*, engender, formulate, generate, get up, give birth, incubate, induce, invent, lay eggs, make, make up, occasion, originate, parent, plot, prepare, procreate, produce, project, provoke, scheme, set, sire, spawn, spitball*, think up*, throw together*, trump up*, whip up*, work up*; concepts 36,173,251 hate [n] extreme dislike abhorrence, abomination, anathema, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bte noire*, black beast*, bother, bugbear*, detestation, disgust, enmity, execration, frost*, grievance, gripe, hatred, horror, hostility, ill will, irritant, loathing, malevolence, malignity, mislike, nasty look, no love lost*, nuisance, objection, odium, pain, rancor, rankling, repugnance, repulsion, resentment, revenge, revulsion, scorn, spite, trouble, venom; concept 29 Ant. liking, love, loving hate [v] dislike very strongly abhor, abominate, allergic to*, anathematize, bear a grudge against, be disgusted with, be hostile to, be loath, be reluctant, be repelled by, be sick of, be sorry, cant stand*, contemn, curse, deprecate, deride, despise, detest, disapprove, disdain, disfavor, disparage, down on*, execrate, feel malice to, have an aversion to*, have enough of*, have no use for*, loathe, look down on, nauseate*, not care for*, object to, recoil from, scorn, shudder at, shun, spit upon*, spurn; concept 29 Ant. like, love hateful [adj] nasty, obnoxious abhorrent, abominable, accursed, awful, bitter, blasted, catty*, confounded, cursed, cussed, damnable, damned, despicable, despiteful, detestable, disgusting, evil, execrable, forbidding, foul, gross, heinous, horrid, infamous, invidious, loathsome, malevolent, malign, mean, odious, offensive, ornery*, pesky, pestiferous, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, resentful, revolting, shuddersome, spiteful, uncool*, undesirable, vicious, vile; concepts 267,404 Ant.

friendly, kind, likable, lovable, nice, pleasant, polite hatred [n] severe dislike abhorrence, abomination, acrimony, alienation, allergy to*, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, coldness, contempt, detestation, disapproval, disfavor, disgust, displeasure, distaste, enmity, envy, execration, grudge, hard feelings*, hate, horror, hostility, ignominy, ill will, invidiousness, loathing, malevolence, malice, malignance, militancy, no use for*, odium, pique, prejudice, rancor, repugnance, repulsion, revenge, revulsion, scorn, spite, spleen, venom; concept 29 Ant. like, liking, love, loving haughtiness [n] air of supremacy aloofness, arrogance, conceit, contempt, contemptuousness, disdain, disdainfulness, hauteur, insolence, loftiness, pomposity, pride, snobbishness, superbity, superciliousness; concept 633 Ant. humility, meekness haughty [adj] arrogant assuming, cavalier*, conceited, contemptuous, detached, disdainful, distant, egotistic, egotistical, high, high and mighty*, hoity-toity*, imperious, indifferent, lofty, on high horse*, overbearing, overweening, proud, reserved, scornful, sniffy*, snobbish, snooty*, snotty*, stuck-up*, supercilious, superior, uppity*; concept 401 Ant. humble, meek, shy, timid haul [n] something obtained or moved booty, burden, cargo, catch, nd, freight, gain, harvest, lading, load, loot*, payload*, spoils, takings*, yield; concepts 337,338 haul [v] move, pull to another spot back, boost, bring, buck, carry, cart, convey, drag, draw, elevate, gun, heave, heel, hoist, hump, jag, lift, lug, pack, piggy back*, raise, rake, remove, ride, shift, schlepp*, shoulder, tote, tow, trail, transport, trawl, truck, tug; concepts 147,148 haunt [n] place for socializing abode, bar, clubhouse, cubbyhole*, den, dwelling, gathering place, habitat, hangout*, headquarters, home, lair, living quarters, locality, meeting place, niche, place, purlieu, range, rendezvous, resort, retreat, site, stomping ground*, trysting place, watering hole*; concepts 435,516 haunt [v1] visit as a spirit agitate, agonize, annoy, appall, appear, bedevil, be ever present, beset, besiege, come back, disquiet, dwell, oat, frighten, harass, harrow, hound*, hover, infest, inhabit, intrude, madden, manifest, materialize, molest, nettle, obsess, overrun, permeate, pervade, pester, plague, possess, prey on, rack*, reappear, recur, return, rise, spook*, stay with, tease, terrify, terrorize, torment, trouble, vex, voodoo*, walk, weigh on, worry; concept 14 haunt [v2] spend a lot of time at affect, frequent, habituate, hang about*, hang around*, hang out*, infest, repair, resort, tarry at, visit; concept 384 haunting [adj] unforgettable eerie, memorable, nagging, nostalgic, obsessive, ongoing, persistent, recurrent, repeated, spooky; concepts 529,537 hauteur [n] arrogance airs, audacity, conceit, conceitedness, condescension, contempt, disdain, disdainfulness, egotism, gall, haughtiness, high-handedness, nerve, pomposity, pompous-

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ness, presumption, pride, self-importance, snobbishness, vanity; concepts 411,633 have [v1] be in possession accept, acquire, admit, annex, bear, carry, chalk up, compass, corner, enjoy, gain, get, get hands on*, get hold of*, have in hand, hog*, hold, include, keep, land, latch on to*, lock up*, obtain, occupy, own, pick up, possess, procure, receive, retain, secure, sit on*, take, take in, teem with; concepts 124,142,710 Ant. lack, need, want have [v2] endure, bear allow, become, be compelled to, be forced to, be ones duty to, be up to, consider, enjoy, entertain*, experience, fall on, feel, know, leave, let, meet with, must, need, ought, permit, put up with*, rest with, see, should, suffer, sustain, think about, tolerate, undergo; concepts 23,83,646 have [v3] contain comprehend, comprise, embody, embrace, encompass, include, involve, subsume, take in; concepts 642,742 Ant. exclude have [v4] cheat, trick buy off*, deceive, dupe*, x*, fool, outfox, outmaneuver, outsmart, outwit, overreach, swindle, take in*, tamper with, undo*; concepts 59,192 have [v5] bring into the world bear, beget, bring forth, deliver, give birth; concept 374 Ant. kill have a ball [v] have fun beat the drum*, cut loose, enjoy, feast, get down*, get it on*, go to town*, jubilate, kick up ones heels*, let loose*, let off steam*, live it up*, make merry, paint the town red*, party, raise hell*, raise the roof*, rejoice, revel, revere; concept 377 haven [n] refuge, port anchorage, asylum, cover, covert, harbor, harborage, retreat, roadstead, sanctuary, sanctum, shelter; concepts 435,515 have someones number [v] know someones motives be onto someone, be wise to someone*, have someone pegged*, have someone sized up*, know what makes someone tick*, read someone; concepts 15,18,37 havoc [n] chaotic situation calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, chaos, confusion, damage, desolation, despoiling, destruction, devastation, dilapidation, disorder, disruption, loss, mayhem, plunder, rack and ruin*, ravages, ruination, shambles*, vandalism, waste, wreck, wreckage; concept 674 Ant. peace hawker [n] peddler colporteur, costermonger, huckster, pitchperson, salesperson, seller, street seller, street vendor; concepts 347,348 hayseed [n] bumpkin, yokel backwoodsman/woman, boor*, clodhopper*, country boy/girl, country bumpkin, country cousin*, hick*, hillbilly, rustic; concept 413 haywire [adj] broken; crazy amiss, amok, batty, berserk, bonkers*, chaotic, confused, cracked, crazed, defective, disordered, disorganized, erratic, ipped, in a mess*, in pieces, insane, mad, messy, nuts, orderless, out of order, out of whack*, out to lunch*, psycho*, schizo*, screwball*, screwy*, touched*, unbalanced, unglued*, unhinged, wacky; concepts 403,485 hazard [n1] danger double trouble*, dynamite, endangerment, hot potato*, imperilment, jeopardy, peril, risk, risky business*, thin

ice*, threat; concept 675 Ant. protection, safeguard, safety hazard [n2] luck, chance accident, adventure, coincidence, dynamite, ing*, uke*, go*, hundred-to-one*, long shot, lucky break*, lucky hit*, misfortune, mishap, possibility, risk, risky business*, stroke of luck*, toss-up, venture, wager, way the ball bounces*, way the cookie crumbles*; concept 693 Ant. assurance, certainty, determination, fact, proof, reality, surety hazard [v] take a chance; risk adventure, conjecture, dare, endanger, gamble, go for broke*, go out on limb*, guess, imperil, jeopardize, presume, proffer, skate on thin ice*, speculate, stake, submit, suppose, take a plunge*, throw out, try, venture, volunteer, wager; concepts 28,87 hazardous [adj] dangerous, unpredictable chancy, dicey*, difcult, hairy*, haphazard, hot*, insecure, parlous, perilous, precarious, risky, touchy, uncertain, unhealthy, unsafe, unsound, venturesome, wicked; concept 548 Ant. certain, guarded, predictable, protected, safe, secure haze [n] cloudy air brume, cloud, dimness, lm, fog, fumes, ground clouds, haziness, indistinctness, miasma, mist, murk, obscurity, smog, smokiness, smother, soup*, steam, vapor; concept 524 Ant. clarity, clearness hazy [adj1] cloudy bleared, bleary, blurred, blurry, clouded, crepuscular, dim, dull, dusky, faint, foggy, frosty, fuliginous, fumy, fuzzy, gauzy, indenite, indistinct, misty, murky, mushy*, nebulous, obfuscated, obfuscous, obscure, opaque, overcast, rimy, screened, shadowy, smoggy, smoky, soupy*, steaming, thick, unclear, vague, vaporous, veiled; concept 525 Ant. clear, sunny, uncloudy, unhazy hazy [adj2] confused dazed, dizzy, dreamy, groggy, ill-dened, indenite, indistinct, muddled, murky, nebulous, obscure, stuporous, tranced, uncertain, unclear, unintelligible, unsound, vague, whirling; concepts 402,529 Ant. certain, denite, distinct, explained, sure, unconfused head [adj] most important; chief arch, champion, rst, foremost, front, highest, leading, main, pioneer, preeminent, premier, prime, principal, stellar, supreme, topmost; concepts 568,574 Ant. auxiliary, inferior, lower, second, secondary, trivial, unimportant head [n1] top part of an animate body attic*, belfry*, brain, coconut*, cranium, crown, dome*, gray matter, noggin*, noodle*, pate, scalp, skull, thinker*, think tank*, top story*, upper story*, upstairs*; concept 392 Ant. foot head [n2] leader boss, captain, chief, chieftain, commander, commanding ofcer, director, dominator, executive, honcho*, lead-off person*, manager, ofcer, president, principal, superintendent, supervisor, top dog*; concept 347 Ant. follower head [n3] top part apex, banner, beak, bill, cap, cork, crest, crown, heading, headline, height, peak, pitch, point, promontory, streamer, summit, tip, vertex; concept 836 Ant. bottom, end, rear

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head [n4] front, beginning commencement, rst place, fore, forefront, fountainhead, origin, rise, source, start, van, vanguard; concepts 648,727 Ant. conclusion, end, ending, nish head [n5] ability, intelligence aptitude, aptness, bent, brains, capacity, faculty, air, genius, gift, intellect, knack, mentality, mind, talent, thought, turn, understanding; concepts 409,630 Ant. ignorance, inability, stupidity head [n6] turning point acme, climax, conclusion, crisis, culmination, end; concept 832 head [v] manage, oversee address, be rst, be in charge, command, control, direct, dominate, go rst, govern, guide, hold sway over*, lead, lead the way*, pioneer, precede, rule, run, supervise; concept 117 Ant. follow, obey headache [n1] difculty, problem annoyance, bane, bother, dilemma, frustration, hassle, hindrance, inconvenience, nuisance, pain in the neck*, pest, predicament, quagmire, trouble, vexation, worry; concepts 674,677 headache [n2] migraine cephalalgia, megrim, pounding head, splitting headache, throbbing head; concepts 316,728 headhunting [n] recruiting executive recruiting, executive recruitment, recruitment, talent search; concept 351 heading [n1] title caption, description, descriptor, headline, label, legend, lemma, rubric; concept 283 heading [n2] course aim, angle, bearing, compass reading, direction, line, point, point of compass, route, track, trajectory, way; concepts 501,514 headlong [adj] dangerous, reckless abrupt, brash, breakneck, daredevil, daring, foolhardy, hasty, hurried, impetuous, impulsive, inconsiderate, precipitant, precipitate, rash, rough, rushing, sudden, tempestuous, thoughtless; concepts 542,588 Ant. careful, cautious, thoughtfully, wary headquarters [n] center of operations base, base of operations, central station, command post, company headquaters, high command, HQ, main ofce, nerve center; concepts 312,439,441,448,449 headstrong [adj] stubborn bullheaded*, contrary, determined, foolhardy, froward, hard-core*, hard-nosed, hard-shell*, heedless, imprudent, impulsive, intractable, locked-in*, mule, mulish, murder, obstinate, perverse, pigheaded*, rash, reckless, refractory, self-willed, strong-minded, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly, unyielding, willful; concepts 401,403 Ant. calm, docile, moderate, obedient, submissive, tolerant headway [n] progress advance, advancement, anabasis, ground, improvement, increase, march, prociency, progression, promotion, way; concepts 230,704 Ant. block, hindrance, stoppage heady [adj] thrilling, intoxicating exciting, exhilarating, inebriating, overwhelming, potent, powerful, provocative, spirituous, stimulating, strong; concept 529 Ant. dull, unenthused, unexcited heal [v] cure, recover alleviate, ameliorate, attend, bring around, compose, conciliate, convalesce, doctor, dress, x, free, get well,

harmonize, improve, knit, make healthy, make sound, make well, make whole, medicate, meliorate, mend, minister to, patch up, physic, put on feet again*, reanimate, rebuild, reconcile, regenerate, rehabilitate, rejuvenate, remedy, renew, renovate, repair, restore, resuscitate, revive, revivify, salve, set, settle, soothe, treat; concepts 308,310 Ant. harm, hurt, injure healer [n] faith healer curer, doctor, medicine man, mender, physician, shaman, therapist; concept 357 health [n] physical, mental wellness bloom*, clean bill*, complexion, constitution, energy, eupepsia, euphoria, fettle, ne feather*, tness, form, good condition, haleness, hardihood, hardiness, healthfulness, healthiness, lustiness, pink*, prime*, robustness, salubriousness, salubrity, shape, soundness, stamina, state, strength, tone, tonicity, top form, verdure, vigor, well-being, wholeness; concepts 316,410,720 Ant. disease, illness, inrmity, sickness healthful/healthy [adj1] good for ones wellness advantageous, aiding, aseptic, benecial, benign, body-building, bracing, cathartic, clean, compensatory, conducive, corrective, desirable, disease-free, energy-giving, fresh, harmless, healing, health-giving, helpful, hygienic, innocuous, invigorating, mitigative, nourishing, nutritious, nutritive, protable, pure, restorative, salubrious, salutary, sanatory, sanitary, stimulating, sustaining, tonic, unadulterated, unpolluted, untainted, useful, wholesome; concept 537 Ant. bad, corrupt, diseased, noxious, rotten, sickening, unhealthful, unhealthy healthy [adj2] in good condition able-bodied, active, all right, athletic, blooming, brighteyed*, bushy-tailed*, chipper*, rm, t, ourishing, fresh, full of life*, hale, hardy, healthful, hearty, husky, in ne feather*, in ne fettle*, in good shape, in the pink*, lively, lusty, muscular, normal, physically t, potent, restored, robust, rosy-cheeked*, safe and sound*, sound, stout, strong, sturdy, tough, trim, unimpaired, vigorous, virile, well, whole; concepts 314, 403 Ant. delicated, diseased, fragile, ill, indisposed, inrm, poor, sick, sickly, unhealthy, worn heap [n] pile, accumulation abundance, agglomeration, aggregation, a lot*, amassment, assemblage, bank, batch, bulk, bunch, bundle, cargo, clump, cluster, collection, concentration, congeries, deposit, fullness, gathering, gobs*, great deal, harvest, haul, hill, hoard, jumble, load, lot, lots, lump, mass, million, mint, mound, mountain, much, ocean, oodles*, plenty, pot, profusion, quantity, scad*, stack, stock, stockpile, store, sum, thousand, ton, total, trillion, volume, whole; concepts 432, 787 Ant. bit heap [v] amass, collect in pile accumulate, add, arrange, augment, bank, bunch, concentrate, deposit, dump, ll, ll up, gather, group, hoard, increase, load, lump, mass, mound, pack, stack, stockpile, store, swell; concept 109 hear [v1] detect by perceiving sound apprehend, attend, auscultate, be all ears*, become aware, catch, descry, devour, eavesdrop, get*, get an earful*, get wind of*, give an audience to*,

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give attention, give ears*, hark, hearken, heed, listen, make out*, overhear, pick up*, read, strain, take in*; concepts 590,596 hear [v2] become aware of information apperceive, ascertain, be advised, be informed, be led to believe, be told of, catch, catch on, descry, determine, discover, nd out, gather, get the picture*, get wind of*, get wise to*, glean, have on good authority*, learn, pick up*, receive, see, tumble*, understand, unearth; concepts 15,31 Ant. ignore hearing [n1] ability to perceive sound audition, auditory, auditory range, detecting, distinguishing, ear, earshot, effect, extent, faculty, hearing distance, listening, perception, range, reach, recording, sense; concept 597 hearing [n2] opportunity to present views, knowledge, or skill admittance, attendance, attention, audience, audit, audition, chance, conference, congress, consultation, council, discussion, inquiry, interview, investigation, meeting, negotiation, notice, parley, performance, presentation, reception, review, test, trial, tryout; concepts 48,103,317,693 hearsay [n] unsubstantiated information clothesline*, comment, cry, gossip, grapevine*, leak*, mere talk*, noise*, report, rumble*, rumor, scandal, scuttlebutt*, talk, talk of the town*, word of mouth*; concepts 51,278 Ant. evidence, proof, reality, testimony, truth heart [n1] persons emotions affection, benevolence, character, compassion, concern, disposition, feeling, gusto, humanity, inclination, love, nature, palate, pity, relish, response, sensitivity, sentiment, soul, sympathy, temperament, tenderness, understanding, zest; concept 410 Ant. head heart [n2] courage boldness, bravery, dauntlessness, fortitude, gallantry, guts*, mettle, mind, moxie*, nerve, pluck, purpose, resolution, soul, spirit, spunk*, will; concept 411 Ant. cowardice, fear heart [n3] essence, central part basic, bosom, bottom line*, center, coal and ice*, core, crux, focal point, focus, gist, hub, kernel, marrow, middle, nitty-gritty*, nub, nucleus, pith, polestar*, quick*, quintessence, root, seat, soul; concept 826 Ant. exterior, exteriority, outside, periphery, surface heart [n4] blood-pumping organ in an animate being cardiac organ, clock*, ticker*, vascular organ; concepts 393,420 heartache [n] anguish, sorrow afiction, agony, bitterness, broken heart, dejection, depression, despair, despondency, distress, dolor, grief, heartbreak, heavy heart, hurting, misery, pang, remorse, sadness, suffering, torment, torture; concept 410 heart attack [n] acute myocardial infarction angina pectoris, cardiac arrest, cardiovascular disease, coronary, coronary thrombosis; concept 308 heartbreak [n] mental or emotional misery afiction, agony, anguish, bale, bitterness, broken heart, care, desolation, despair, distress, grief, heartache, heartsickness, heavy heart*, pain, regret, remorse, rue, sorrow, suffering, torment, torture, woe; concepts 410,728 Ant. happiness, joy, love

heartbreaking [adj] disappointing affecting, afictive, agonizing, bitter, calamitous, cheerless, deplorable, dire, distressing, grievous, heart-rending, joyless, lamentable, moving, pitiful, poignant, regrettable, sad, touching, tragic, unfortunate; concepts 529,537 Ant. exhilarating, heartwarming, joyous, wonderful hearten [v] raise someones spirits animate, arouse, assure, buck up, buoy, cheer, comfort, console, embolden, encourage, energize, enliven, incite, inspire, inspirit, rally, reassure, revivify, rouse, steel, stimulate, stir, strengthen; concepts 7,22 Ant. bring down, depress, discourage, dishearten heartfelt [adj] genuine ardent, bona de, cordial, deep, devout, earnest, fervent, heartto-heart, hearty, honest, profound, sincere, true, unfeigned, warm, wholehearted; concepts 267,582 Ant. false, insincere, unreal heartless [adj] without feeling; cold brutal, callous, cold-blooded*, cold sh*, coldhearted*, cruel, hard, hard as nails*, hardboiled*, hard-hearted*, harsh, inhuman, insensitive, merciless, obdurate, pitiless, ruthless, savage, thick-skinned*, uncaring, uncompassionate, unemotional, unfeeling, unkind, unsympathetic; concepts 401,542 Ant. caring, compassionate, considerate, feeling, kind, nice, sympathetic, warmhearted heartrending [adj] arousing deep sympathy agonizing, distressing, doleful, excruciating, harrowing, heartbreaking, heartsickening, moving, piteous, pitiful, sad, tear-jerking, touching, tragic; concepts 529,537 heartsick [adj] despondent all torn up*, blue, bummed-out*, dejected, depressed, despairing, disappointed, disconsolate, disheartened, down, forlorn, grieving, heavy-hearted, inconsolable, low, melancholy, mournful, sad, unhappy, woebegone; concept 403 heartwarming [adj] pleasant cheering, encouraging, exhilarating, gladdening, heartening, heartfelt, inspiring, joyous, loving, stirring, sweet; concepts 542,548,572 hearty [adj1] energetic, enthusiastic affable, animated, ardent, avid, back-slapping*, cheerful, cheery, cordial, deep, deepest, deep-felt, devout, eager, earnest, ebullient, effusive, exuberant, frank, friendly, gay, generous, genial, genuine, glad, gushing, heartfelt, honest, impassioned, intense, jolly, jovial, neighborly, passionate, profuse, real, responsive, sincere, true, unfeigned, unreserved, unrestrained, vivacious, warm, warmhearted, wholehearted, zealous; concepts 401,542 Ant. apathetic, emotionless, lazy, lethargic, unenthusiastic hearty [adj2] healthy, full active, ample, energetic, lling, glowing, good, hale, hardy, nourishing, robust, sizable, solid, sound, square, strong, substantial, vigorous, well; concepts 314,773 Ant. feeble, small, unhealthy, weak heat [n1] high temperature calefaction, calidity, dog days*, fever, eriness, heatwave, hotness, hot spell, hot weather, incalescence, incandescence, sultriness, swelter, torridity, torridness, warmness, warmth; concept 610 Ant. cold, cool heat [n2] anger, passion agitation, ardor, desire, earnestness, excitement, ferocity, fervor, fever,

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fury, impetuosity, intensity, rage, vehemence, violence, warmth, zeal; concepts 410,657 Ant. coolness, disinterest, frigidity heat [v] make or become hot bake, bask, blaze, boil, broil, calorify, chafe, char, ename, enkindle, re, ame, ush, frizzle, fry, glow, grill, grow hot, grow warm, ignite, incandesce, incinerate, iname, kindle, melt, oxidate, oxidize, perspire, raise the temperature, reheat, roast, scald, scorch, sear, seethe, set on re, singe, smelt, steam, sun, swelter, tepefy, thaw, toast, warm, warm up; concepts 255,469 Ant. cool, freeze heated [adj1] angry acrimonious, ardent, avid, bitter, excited, fervent, fervid, feverish, erce, ery, frenzied, furious, hectic, impassioned, indignant, intense, irate, ireful, mad, passionate, raging, stormy, tempestuous, vehement, violent, wrathful; concept 267 Ant. calm, peaceful heated [adj2] warmed baked, baking, boiling, broiled, broiling, burned, burning, burnt, cooked, ery, red, fried, hot, parched, scalding, scorched, scorching, sizzling, toasted; concept 605 Ant. cooled, frozen heathen [adj] not believing in Christian god agnostic, atheistic, barbarian, godless, idolatrous, indel, irreligious, nonbeliever, pagan, profane, skeptic; concept 545 Ant. godly, religious heave [v1] lift, throw with effort boost, cast, chuck, drag, elevate, ing, haul, heft, hoist, hurl, launch, pitch, pull, raise, send, sling, toss, tug; concepts 196,222 heave [v2] discharge with force; expel from digestive system by mouth billow, breathe, cast, dilate, disgorge, exhale, expand, gag, groan, huff, palpitate, pant, puff, puke*, retch, rise, sign, sob, spew, spit up, surge, suspire, swell, throb, throw up, upchuck*, vomit; concepts 163,179 heaven [n] place where God lives; wonderful feeling afterworld, Arcadia, atmosphere, azure*, beyond, bliss, Canaan, dreamland, ecstasy, Elysium, empyrean, enchantment, eternal home, eternal rest, eternity, fairyland*, felicity, rmament, glory, great unknown*, happiness, happy hunting ground*, harmony, heights, hereafter, immortality, kingdom, kingdom come, life everlasting, life to come, next world, nirvana, paradise, pearly gates*, promised land*, rapture, Shangri-la*, sky*, the blue*, transport, upstairs*, Utopia, wonderland*, Zion; concepts 370,410,435 Ant. hell heavenly [adj] very pleasant adorable, alluring, ambrosial, angelic, beatic, beautiful, blessed, blissful, celestial, cherubic, darling, delectable, delicious, delightful, divine, empyrean, enjoyable, entrancing, excellent, exquisite, extraterrestrial, glorious, godlike, holy, immortal, lovely, luscious, lush, paradisaical, rapturous, ravishing, scrumptious, seraphic, sublime, superhuman, supernal, supernatural, sweet, wonderful, yummy; concepts 537,572 Ant. hellish heavy [adj1] having great weight abundant, ample, awkward, beefy*, big, built, bulky, burdensome, chunky*, considerable, copious, corpulent, cumbersome, cumbrous, elephantine, enceinte, excessive, expectant, fat, eshy, gravid, gross*, hefty, huge, laden, large, lead-

footed*, loaded, lumbering, massive, obese, oppressed, overweight, parturient, ponderous, porcine, portly, pregnant, stout, substantial, top-heavy, two-ton*, unmanageable, unwieldy, weighted, weighty, zaftig*; concept 491 Ant. airy, light, lightweight, little, slight, small heavy [adj2] difcult, severe abstruse, acroamatic, arduous, boisterous, burdensome, complex, complicated, confused, effortful, esoteric, formidable, grave, grievous, hard, harsh, intolerable, knotty*, labored, laborious, onerous, oppressive, profound, recondite, rough, serious, solemn, stormy, strenuous, tedious, tempestuous, toilsome, tough, troublesome, turbulent, vexatious, violent, wearisome, weighty, wild; concepts 538,565,569 Ant. easy, inconsequential, insignicant, trivial, unimportant heavy [adj3] depressed, gloomy close, cloudy, crestfallen, damp, dark, dejected, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, downcast, dull, grieving, leaden, lowering, melancholy, oppressive, overcast, sad, sodden, soggy, sorrowful, stiing, wet; concepts 403,525,548 Ant. gay, happy, joyful heavy [adj4] listless, slow apathetic, comatose, dull, hebetudinous, indifferent, lethargic, sluggish, slumberous, torpid; concept 584 Ant. light, moving, smoooth heckle [v] jeer badger, bait, bother, bully, chivy, dis*, discomt, disconcert, disrupt, disturb, embarrass, faze, gibe, hound*, interrupt, pester, plague, rattle, ride*, ridicule, shout at, taunt, tease, torment, worry; concepts 44,47 Ant. encourage, help, promote, support hectic [adj] frantic, turbulent animated, boisterous, burning, chaotic, confused, disordered, excited, exciting, fervid, fevered, feverish, urrying, ustering, frenetic, frenzied, furious, hassle, heated, hell broke loose*, jungle*, madhouse*, nutsy*, restless, riotous, riproaring, tumultuous, unsettled, wild, woolly*, zoolike*; concept 548 Ant. calm, easeful, leisurely, unhurried hedge [n] boundary, obstacle, especially one made of plants barrier, bush, enclosure, fence, guard, hedgerow, hurdle, protection, quickset, screen, shrubbery, thicket, windbreak; concepts 429,470 hedge [v1] avoid, dodge beat around the bush*, be noncommittal, blow hot and cold*, cop a plea*, cop out*, duck, equivocate, evade, ip-op*, fudge*, give the run around*, hem and haw*, jive*, pass the buck*, prevaricate, pussyfoot*, quibble, run around, shilly-shally*, shuck*, shufe, sidestep, sit on the fence*, stall, stonewall*, temporize, tergiversate, tergiverse, wafe*; concepts 18,30 Ant. confront, face, meet hedge [v2] enclose block, border, cage, conne, coop, corral, edge, fence, girdle, hem in, hinder, immure, obstruct, pen, restrict, ring, siege, surround; concept 758 Ant. release hedonist [n] person who seeks pleasure above other values bon vivant, debauchee, epicure, epicurean, glutton, gourmand, lecher, libertine, pleasuremonger, pleasureseeker, proigate, sensualist, sybarite, thrill-seeker, voluptuary; concept 423 Ant. ascetic

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heed [n] care, thought application, attention, carefulness, caution, cognizance, concentration, concern, consideration, debate, deliberation, ear*, heedfulness, interest, listen up*, mark, mind*, note, notice, observance, observation, regard, remark, respect, spotlight*, study, tender loving care*, TLC*, watchfulness; concepts 17,532 Ant. carelessness, disregard, heedlessness, inattention, indifference, neglect, negligence, thoughtlessness heed [v] give care, thought to attend, baby-sit, bear in mind, be aware, be guided by, catch, consider, dig*, do ones bidding*, follow, follow orders, get a load of*, give ear*, hark, hear, hearken, keep eye peeled*, keep tabs*, listen, mark, mind, mind the store*, note, obey, observe, pay attention, pick up, regard, ride herd on*, see, sit, spot, stay in line*, take notice of, take to heart*, toe the line*, watch, watch ones step*, watch out, watch over, watch the store*; concepts 17,623 Ant. disregard, ignore, neglect, overlook heedless [adj] careless asleep at the switch*, daydreaming, disregardful, fast and loose*, feckless, foolhardy, goong off*, impetuous, imprudent, inadvertent, inattentive, incautious, inconsiderate, irreective, neglectful, negligent, oblivious, out to lunch*, precipitate, rash, reckless, slapdash*, sloppy, thoughtless, uncaring, unmindful, unobservant, unthinking, unwary; concept 401 Ant. attentive, careful, caring, cautious, concerned, heedful, observant, thoughtful hefty [adj] big, bulky ample, awkward, beefy*, brawny, burly, colossal, cumbersome, extensive, fat, forceful, heavy, hulking, husky, large, largescale, major, massive, muscular, ponderous, powerful, robust, sizable, strapping*, strong, sturdy, substantial, thumping*, tremendous, unwieldy, vigorous, weighty; concepts 491, 773 Ant. slight, small, thin, tiny height [n1] altitude, top part acme, apex, apogee, brow, ceiling, crest, crown, cusp, elevation, extent, highness, hill, loftiness, mountain, peak, pinnacle, pitch, prominence, rise, solstice, stature, summit, tallness, tip, tiptop, vertex, zenith; concepts 741,743,791,836 Ant. bottom, depth, lowness height [n2] climax; importance acme, crest, crisis, crowning point, culmination, dignity, eminence, end, exaltation, extremity, grandeur, heyday*, high point, limit, loftiness, maximum, ne plus ultra*, prominence, sublimity, top, ultimate, utmost degree, uttermost; concepts 388,668,832 Ant. bottom, nadir, unimportance heighten [v] intensify add to, amplify, augment, boost, build up, elevate, enhance, enlarge, exalt, extend, improve, increase, lift, magnify, make higher, raise, send up, strengthen; concept 233 heinous [adj] horrifying, monstrous abhorrent, abominable, accursed, atrocious, awful, bad, beastly, crying, cursed, evil, execrable, agitious, agrant, frightful, godawful*, grave, gross*, hateful, hideous, horrendous, infamous, iniquitous, nefarious, odious, offensive, outrageous, raunchy, revolting, scandalous, shocking, stinking*, unspeakable, vicious, villainous; concepts 529,548,570 Ant. glorious, good, lovely, magnicent, wonderful

heir [n] person who inherits possessions beneciary, crown prince/princess, devisee, grantee, heritor, inheritor, next in line, scion, successor; concepts 355,414 Ant. heiress heirloom [n] something inherited, often antique antique, bequest, birthright, gift, heritage, inheritance, legacy, patrimony, reversion; concept 337 heist [n] burglary, robbery break-in, breaking and entering, caper, crime, ve-nger discount, holdup, larceny, pilferage, rip-off, stickup, sting, theft; concept 139 helicopter [n] aircraft autogiro, chopper, copter, eggbeater*, whirlybird; concept 504 hell [n] place of the condemned; bad situation Abaddon*, abyss, afiction, agony, anguish, blazes*, bottomless pit*, difculty, everlasting re*, re and brimstone*, Gehenna*, grave, Hades, hell-re, infernal regions, inferno, limbo, lower world, misery, nether world, nightmare, ordeal, pandemonium, perdition, pit, place of torment, purgatory, suffering, torment, trial, underworld, wretchedness; concepts 370,435,674 Ant. heaven hell-bent [adj] determined bent on, bound and determined, constant, decided, driven, rm, xed, intent, obsessed, persevering, persistent, resolute, resolved, serious, set on, steadfast, strong-minded, strong-willed, stubborn, tenacious, unhesitating, unwavering; concepts 404,542 hellion [n] troublemaker agent provocateur, agitator, demon, evildoer, rebrand*, heel*, incendiary, inciter, inamer, instigator, loose cannon*, mischief-maker, punk*, rabblerouser*, rascal, recreant, rogue, rowdy*, smart aleck*, wise guy*; concept 412 hellish [adj] endish; unpleasant abominable, accursed, atrocious, barbarous, cruel, damnable, damned, demonic, devilish, diabolical, horrible, infernal, monstrous, nefarious, satanic, terrible, vicious, wicked; concepts 529,570 helm [n] wheel command, control, controls, drivers seat, leadership, reins, rudder, steering wheel, tiller; concepts 436,464,502 helmet [n] headgear armor, busby, crash helmet, hard hat, hat, head protector, kepi, safety helmet, shako; concept 451 help [n1] assistance, relief advice, aid, assist, avail, balm*, benet, comfort, cooperation, corrective, cure, guidance, hand, helping hand*, lift*, maintenance, nourishment, remedy, service, succor, support, sustenance, use, utility; concepts 658,694 Ant. blockage, check, counteraction, harm, hindrance, hurt, injury, obstruction, stop help [n2] employee abettor, adjutant, aide, ally, ancilla, assistant, attendant, auxiliary, collaborator, colleague, deputy, domestic, hand, helper, helpmate, mate, partner, representative, right-hand person*, servant, subsidiary, supporter, worker; concept 348 Ant. management, ownership help [v1] aid, assist abet, accommodate, advocate, back, ballyhoo*, befriend, benet, be of use, bolster, boost, buck up*, cheer, cooperate, do a favor, do a service, do ones part*, encourage, endorse, further, go to bat for*, go with, hype*, intercede, lend a hand*, maintain, open

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doors*, patronize, plug*, promote, prop, puff*, push, relieve, root for*, sanction, save, second, see through, serve, stand by, stick up for*, stimulate, stump for*, succor, support, sustain, take under ones wing*, uphold, work for; concept 110 Ant. block, check, counteract, harm, hinder, hurt, injure, obstruct, stop help [v2] improve alleviate, ameliorate, amend, attend, better, cure, doctor, ease, facilitate, heal, meliorate, mitigate, nourish, palliate, relieve, remedy, restore, revive, treat; concept 244 Ant. decrease, harm, hinder, hurt, injure, worsen helper [n] assistant abettor, accessory, accomplice, adherent, adjunct, aide, ally, appointee, apprentice, attendant, backer, backup*, coadjutant, coadjutor, collaborator, colleague, companion, deputy, fellow worker, follower, friend, gal Friday*, girl Friday*, gofer*, help, helpmate, henchman, man Friday*, paraprofessional, partner, right-hand man/woman, right-hand person, secretary, servant, subordinate, supporter, temp*, temporary worker; concepts 348,423 helpful [adj] benecial, benecent accessible, accommodating, advantageous, applicable, benevolent, bettering, caring, conducive, considerate, constructive, contributive, convenient, cooperative, crucial, effectual, efcacious, essential, favorable, fortunate, friendly, good for, important, improving, instrumental, invaluable, kind, neighborly, operative, practical, pragmatic, productive, protable, serendipitous, serviceable, signicant, suitable, supportive, symbiotic, sympathetic, timely, usable, useful, utilitarian, valuable; concepts 537,560 Ant. disadvantageous, harmful, hurtful, injurious, unconstructive, unhelpful, useless, worthless helping [n] portion of food allowance, course, dollop, meal, order, piece, plateful, ration, serving, share; concept 457 helpless [adj] incapable, incompetent; vulnerable abandoned, basket-case*, debilitated, defenseless, dependent, destitute, disabled, exposed, feeble, forlorn, forsaken, friendless, handcuffed, impotent, inefcient, inexpert, inrm, invalid, over a barrel*, paralyzed, pinned*, powerless, prostrate, shiftless, tapped, tapped out*, unable, unt, unprotected, up creek without paddle*, weak, with hands tied*; concepts 401,542 Ant. able, capable, competent, enterprising, independent, resourceful, skilled, strong helter-skelter [adv] carelessly, confused about, anyhow, any which way*, anywise, around, at random, cluttered, disorderly, haphazard, hastily, headlong, higgledy-piggledy*, hitor-miss*, hotfoot*, hurriedly, impetuously, incautiously, in confusion, incontinently, irregular, jumbled, muddled, pell-mell*, random, randomly, rashly, recklessly, topsyturvy*, tumultous/tumultuous, unmindfully, wildly; concept 544 Ant. carefully, methodical, organized, straight, systematic hem [n] border, edge brim, brink, dene, edging, fringe, margin, perimeter, periphery, piping, rim, selvage, skirt, skirting, trimming, verge; concepts 484,513 Ant. body, center, interior he-man [adj] masculine macho*, male, manful, manly, mannish, muscular, potent, virile;

concepts 371,408,648 he-man [n] masculine man caveman*, hunk*, macho man*, mans man, strong man, virile man; concepts 414,419 hem/hem in [v] enclose, restrict begird, beset, border, bound, cage, circle, circumscribe, close in, conne, corral, dene, edge, encircle, encompass, envelop, environ, fence, fringe, girdle, hedge in, immure, margin, pen, rim, ring, round, shut, shut in, skirt, surround, verge; concepts 130,758 Ant. let go, release hemorrhage [v] bleed drain, extravasate, gush, lose blood, ooze, open vein, outow, phlebotomize, seep, spill blood; concept 185 hence [adv] for that reason; therefore accordingly, as a deduction, away, consequently, ergo, forward, from here, from now on, henceforth, henceforward, hereinafter, in the future, it follows that, on that account, onward, out, so, then, thence, thereupon, thus, wherefore; concept 799 henchman [n] follower abettor, accessory, accomplice, adherent, adjunct, aide, ally, appointee, apprentice, assistant, attendant, backer, backup*, bodyguard, coadjutant, coadjutor, cohort, collaborator, colleague, companion, deputy, fellow worker, unky, friend, gal Friday*, girl Friday*, gofer*, hanger-on, hatchet man/woman, help, helper, helpmate, lackey, man Friday*, partner, righthand man/woman, right-hand person, secretary, servant, sidekick*, stooge*, subordinate, supporter, yes-person*; concepts 348,423 henpeck [v] nag badger, berate, bother, bug*, bully, carp, fuss, give a hard time*, harass, hector, hound, intimidate, irritate, needle, pester, pick on*, ride, scold, torment; concepts 7,19,52 herald [n] omen, messenger adviser, bearer, courier, crier, forerunner, harbinger, indication, outrider, precursor, prophet, reporter, runner, sign, signal, token; concepts 274,284,423 herald [v] bring message advertise, announce, ballyhoo*, broadcast, declare, forerun, foretoken, harbinger, indicate, pave the way*, portend, precede, preindicate, presage, proclaim, publicize, publish, promise, show, tout, trumpet*, usher in*; concept 60 herbicide [n] poison DDT, defoliant, fungicide, insecticide, paraquat, pesticide, weedkiller; concepts 307,475,674,675 Herculean [adj] powerful, strong almighty, backbreaking, colossal, courageous, forceful, gargantuan, gigantic, hard, heroic, huge, impressive, laborious, mighty, strenuous, tough, vigorous; concepts 489,527,540,574 herd [n] large group assemblage, bevy, brood, clan, collection, covey, crowd, crush, drift, drove, ight, ock, gaggle, gathering, hoi polloi*, horde, lot, mass, mob, multitude, nest, pack, people, populace, press, rabble, school, swarm, throng; concepts 397,432 herd [v] gather; shepherd assemble, associate, collect, congregate, corral, drive, ock, force, goad, guide, huddle, lead, muster, poke, punch, rally, round up*, run, scare up*, spur; concept 109 Ant. disperse, scatter here [adv] in this place attendant, attending, available, hereabouts, hither, hitherto, in this direction, on board, on deck, on hand, on-the-

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spot, on this spot, present, within reach; concept 583 Ant. there hereafter [adv] from now on after this, eventually, hence, henceforth, henceforward, hereupon, in the course of time, in the future, ultimately; concept 799 hereafter [n] life after death afterlife, aftertime, afterward, afterworld, by-and-by*, future, future existence, future life, heaven, hell, next world, ofng, otherworld, the beyond*, to-be*, underworld, world to come*; concept 370 Ant. life hereditary [adj] inherited; transmitted at birth ancestral, bequeathed, family, genealogical, genetic, handed down, heritable, inborn, inbred, inheritable, inherited, lineal, maternal, paternal, patrimonial, traditional, transmissible, transmitted, willed; concept 549 Ant. acquired heredity [n] transmission of traits from parents to offspring ancestry, congenital traits, constitution, eugenics, genesiology, genetic make-up, genetics, inborn character, inheritance; concept 648 Ant. acquirement heresy [n] unorthodox opinion, especially in religious matters agnosticism, apostasy, atheism, blasphemy, defection, disbelief, dissent, dissidence, divergence, error, fallacy, heterodoxy, iconoclasm, impiety, indelity, misbelief, nonconformism, nonconformity, paganism, revisionism, schism, sectarianism, secularism, sin; concept 689 Ant. orthodoxy heretical [adj] unorthodox agnostic, apostate, atheistic, differing, disagreeing, dissenting, dissentive, dissident, freethinking, heterodox, iconoclastic, idolatrous, impious, indel, misbelieving, miscreant, nonconformist, revisionist, schismatic, sectarian, skeptical, unbelieving; concepts 529,545 Ant. orthodox heritage [n] persons background, tradition ancestry, bequest, birthright, convention, culture, custom, dowry, endowment, estate, fashion, heirship, heritance, inheritance, legacy, lot, patrimony, portion, right, share, tradition; concepts 296,648,678 hermeneutical [adj] interpretive critical, demonstrative, explanatory, explicative, expository, illustrative, investigative, revealing; concept 268 hermeneutics [n] the science of searching for hidden meaning in texts exegetics, exploration, interpretation, investigation, literary criticism, psychoanalytic criticism, revealing, unmasking; concept 349 hermetic [adj] airtight completely sealed, impervious, sealed, shut, tight, waterproof, watertight; concept 483 hermit [n] person who chose to live alone outside of human society anchoret, anchorite, ascetic, eremite, misanthrope, pillarist, recluse, skeptic, solitaire, solitarian, solitary, stylite; concepts 361,423 hero [n] submarine sandwich grinder, hoagie, sub*, submarine*, torpedo; concepts 457,460 hero/heroine [n] brave person; champion ace, adventurer, celebrity, combatant, conqueror, daredevil, demigod, diva, exemplar, gallant, god, goddess, great person, heavy, ideal, idol, lead, leading person*, lion, martyr, model, paladin, person of the hour*, popular gure,

prima donna*, principal, protagonist, saint, star, superstar, tin god*, victor, worthy; concepts 352,416 heroic [adj] brave, champion bigger than life*, bold, classic, courageous, daring, dauntless, doughty, elevated, epic, exaggerated, fearless, re-eating*, gallant, grand, grandiose, gritty, gutsy*, gutty*, high-own, impavid, inated, intrepid, lion-hearted, mythological, noble, stand tall*, stouthearted, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, valorous; concepts 401,404 Ant. afraid, cowardly, fearful, meek, timid heroin [n] smack big H*, candy*, crap*, diacetylmorphine, doojee*, dope, drug, ea powder*, H*, hard stuff*, horse*, junk*, mojo*, narcotic, opium, scag*, white stuff*; concept 307 heroism [n] bravery boldness, courage, courageousness, daring, doughtiness, fearlessness, fortitude, gallantry, intrepidity, nobility, prowess, spirit, strength, valiance, valiancy, valor, valorousness; concepts 411,633 Ant. cowardice, fear, meekness, timidity hesitant [adj] uncertain, waiting afraid, averse, backward, dawdling, delaying, difdent, disinclined, doubtful, doubting, faltering, half-hearted, halting, hanging back, hesitating, indecisive, irresolute, lacking condence, lazy, loath, reluctant, shy, skeptical, slow, tentative, timid, uneager, unpredictable, unsure, unwilling, vacillating, wavering; concepts 534,535,542 Ant. certain, denite, resolute, sure, unhesitant, unwavering hesitate [v] wait; be uncertain alternate, balance, balk, be irresolute, be reluctant, be unwilling, blow hot and cold*, dally, debate, defer, delay, demur, dillydally*, dither, doubt, equivocate, falter, ounder, uctuate, fumble, hang*, hang back, hedge, hem and haw*, hold back, hold off, hover, linger, oscillate, pause, ponder, pull back, pussyfoot*, scruple, seesaw*, shift, shrink, shy away, sit on fence*, stammer, stop, straddle, stumble, stutter, swerve, tergiversate, think about, think twice*, vacillate, wafe*, waver, weigh; concepts 21,121,681 Ant. attack, carry on, continue, go, go ahead, persevere, resolve hesitation [n] waiting; uncertainty averseness, dawdling, delay, delaying, demurral, doubt, dubiety, equivocation, faltering, uctuation, fumbling, hemming and hawing*, hesitancy, indecision, indecisiveness, indisposition, irresolution, misgiving, mistrust, oscillation, pause, procrastination, qualm, reluctance, scruple, skepticism, stammering, stumbling, stuttering, unwillingness, vacillation, wavering; concepts 21,121,410,681 Ant. certainty, eagerness, go, perseverance, sureness heterogeneous [adj] assorted, miscellaneous amalgamate, composite, confused, conglomerate, contrary, contrasted, different, discordant, discrepant, disparate, dissimilar, divergent, diverse, diversied, incongruous, independent, inharmonious, jumbled, mingled, mixed, mongrel, mosaic, motley, multifarious, multiplex, odd, opposed, unallied, unlike, unrelated, variant, varied, variegated; concept 564 Ant. homogeneous, identical, pure, single, unchanging, uniform

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hex [n] curse, spell abracadabra*, allure, bewitching, bewitchment, charm, conjuration, double whammy*, enchantment, evil eye, hexing, hocus-pocus*, jinx, magic, magic spell, mumbo jumbo*, sorcery, voodoo*, whammy*; concepts 370,673,689 heyday [n] prime acme, culmination, day, height, high point, high spot, peak, pinnacle, prime time, salad days, time, zenith; concept 816 Ant. low point hiatus [n] pause, interruption aperture, blank, breach, break, chasm, discontinuity, gap, interim, interval, lacuna, lapse, opening, rift, space; concept 807 Ant. continuation, continuity hibernate [v] lie dormant; sleep through cold weather hide, hole up, immure, lie torpid, sleep, vegetate, winter; concept 315 hick [n] rustic backwoodsman/woman, boor, bumpkin, clodhopper, cornfed*, country boy/girl, country cousin*, countryman/woman, farmer, hayseed*, hillbilly, local yokel*, redneck*, rube, rural, yokel*; concept 413 hidden [adj] unseen, secret abstruse, buried, clandestine, cloaked, close, clouded, concealed, covered, covert, cryptic, dark, disguised, eclipsed, esoteric, hermetic, hermetical, imperceivable, indiscernible, in the dark, invisible, latent, masked, mysterious, mystic, mystical, obscure, occult, out of view, private, QT*, recondite, screened, secluded, sequestered, shadowy, shrouded, surreptitious, ulterior, undercover, underground, undetected, undisclosed, unexposed, unknown, unrevealed, veiled, withheld; concept 576 Ant. bare, exhibited, exposed, open, out, seen, showing, uncovered hide [v] conceal; remain unseen adumbrate, blot out, bury, cache, camouage, cloak, cover, curtain*, disguise, dissemble, ditch, duck, eclipse, ensconce, go into hiding, go underground, harbor, hold back, hole up*, hush up, keep from, keep secret, lie low*, lock up, mask, not give away, not tell, obscure, plant, protect, put out of the way, reserve, salt away*, screen, secrete, shadow, shelter, shield, shroud, smuggle, squirrel*, stash, stie, stow away, suppress, take cover, tuck away, veil, withhold; concepts 17,188 Ant. bare, disclose, divulge, exhibit, expose, lay bare, let out, open, reveal, show, tell, uncover, unmask hideous [adj] grotesque, horrible abominable, animal, appalling, awful, beast, bestial, detestable, disgusting, dreadful, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, gross*, gruesome, hateful, horrendous, horrid, loathsome, macabre, monstrous, morbid, nasty, odious, offensive, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, shocking, sick, sickening, terrible, terrifying, ugly, uncomely, unsightly, weird; concepts 537,579 Ant. attractive, beautiful, charming, delightful, pleasing hideout [n] hiding place cover, den, hideaway, refuge, safe house, safe place, sanctuary, shelter; concepts 198,515 hierarchy [n] order chain of command*, due order, echelons, grouping, pecking order, placing, position, pyramid, ranking, scale; concept 727

high [adj1] tall; at a great distance aloft aerial, alpine, altitudinous, big, colossal, elevated, eminent, ying, formidable, giant, gigantic, grand, great, high-reaching, high rise, hovering, huge, immense, large, lofty, long, sky-high, sky-scraping, soaring, steep, towering, tremendous, uplifted, upraised; concepts 779,782 Ant. dwarfed, low, lowly, short, stunted high [adj2] extreme costly, dear, excessive, exorbitant, expensive, extraordinary, extravagant, grand, great, high-priced, intensied, lavish, luxurious, precious, rich, sharp, special, steep, stiff, strong, unusual; concepts 334, 569 Ant. inferior, mean, worthless high [adj3] important arch, capital, chief, consequential, crucial, distinguished, eminent, essential, exalted, extreme, grave, inuential, leading, necessary, noble, powerful, prominent, ruling, serious, signicant, superior; concept 567 Ant. dishonorable, inferior, low, unimportant, worthless high [adj4] very happy boisterous, bouncy, cheerful, elated, excited, exhilarated, exuberant, joyful, lighthearted, merry, psyched*, pumped*; concept 403 Ant. depressed, down, low, upset high [adj5] intoxicated, drugged delirious, doped, drunk, euphoric, ying*, freaked out*, inebriated, on a trip*, potted*, spaced out*, stoned*, tanked*, tipsy; concept 314 Ant. sober high [adj6] shrill, strong (on the senses) acute, high-pitched, loud, malodorous, penetrating, piercing, piping, putrid, rancid, rank, reeking, sharp, smelly, soprano, strident, treble; concepts 406,594,598 Ant. low, soft, weak high and mighty [adj] haughty, overbearing arrogant, cavalier, cocky*, conceited, contemptuous, disdainful, egotistic, egotistical, highfalutin*, high-handed*, hoity-toity*, imperious, lofty, lordly, on high horse*, presumptuous, sniffy*, snobbish, snooty*, snotty, stuck-up*, stuffy, superior, uppity*; concepts 401,404 highbrow [adj] intellectual bookish, brainy*, cerebral, cultivated, cultured, erudite, intellective, intelligent, learned, scholarly, studious, wise; concept 402 highbrow [n] intellectual, very smart person academic, academician, bluestocking, brain*, egghead*, Einstein*, genius, illuminato, intelligentsia, literato, longhair, philosopher, sage, savant, scholar, thinker, whiz*; concept 402 high-class [adj] rst-class best, choice, classy, deluxe, elite, superior, supreme, upper-class, upper-crust*; concepts 568,572 highfalutin [adj] pompous arrogant, boastful, conceited, aunting, grandiose, high and mighty*, important, lofty, ostentatious, overbearing, presumptuous, pretentious, puffed up*, puffy, self-centered, stuck-up*, swanky, uppity*, vain; concepts 267,401,542 high-own [adj] exalted, lofty bombastic, elaborate, exaggerated, extravagant, grandiloquent, grandiose, inated, showy, turgid; concept 562 high-handed [adj] domineering authoritarian, autocratic, bossy, dictatorial, imperious, ironhanded, oppressive, overbearing, tyrannical; concepts 319,401

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highlight [n] memorable part best part, climax, feature, focal point, focus, high point, high spot, main feature, peak; concept 832 highly [adv] very, well awful, awfully, bloody*, but good*, decidedly, deeply, eminently, exceedingly, exceptionally, extraordinarily, extremely, greatly, hugely, immensely, jolly, mighty, mucho*, notably, parlous, plenty, powerful, profoundly, real, really, remarkably, right, so, so much*, strikingly, supremely, surpassingly, terribly, terrically, too much*, tremendously, vastly, very much; concepts 537,569 Ant. little high-minded [adj] principled chivalrous, conscientious, ethical, honest, moral, noble, righteous, upright, virtuous; concept 545 high-powered [adj] powerful authoritarian, authoritative, commanding, controlling, dominant, dynamic, effective, effectual, forceful, forcible, in control, inuential, in the saddle*, mighty, potent, robust, ruling, strong, supreme, weighty; concepts 489,527,540,574 high society [n] cultured class aristocracy, beau monde, beautiful people*, best people, cream of society, elite, fashionable society, high life, jet set*, polite society, privileged class, smart set, upper class; concepts 387,388,417 high-strung [adj] nervous all shook up*, choked*, easily upset, edgy, excitable, dgety, hyper*, impatient, irascible, irritable, jittery, jumpy, nervy, neurotic, on pins and needles*, on ragged edge, restless, sensitive, spooked*, stressed, taut, temperamental, tense, tight*, unrestful, uptight*, wired*, zonkers*; concepts 401,404 Ant. calm, easy-going, laid-back, peaceful highway [n] heavily traveled, capacious road artery, avenue, boulevard, drag*, four-lane*, freeway, interstate, parking lot*, parkway, path, pike*, roadway, skyway, street, superhighway, super slab*, thoroughfare, toll road, track, turnpike; concept 501 hijack [v] seize control carjack, commandeer, kidnap, shanghai, skyjack, steal, take hostage; concepts 90,139 hijacker [n] abductor carjacker, kidnapper, robber, skyjacker, terrorist, thief; concepts 90,139 hike [n] journey by foot backpack, constitutional, excursion, exploration, march, ramble, tour, traipse, tramp, trek, trip, walk, walkabout; concepts 149,224,363 hike [v1] walk for recreation backpack, explore, hit the road*, hoof*, leg it*, ramble, rove, stroll, stump, tour, tramp, travel, tromp; concepts 149,224,363 hike [v2] raise, increase advance, boost, jack, jump, lift, pull up, put up, up*, upgrade; concepts 236,245 Ant. decrease, lower, reduce hilarious [adj] very funny amusing, comical, convivial, entertaining, exhilarated, frolicsome, gay, gleeful, gut-busting*, happy, humorous, jocular, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, laughable, lively, merry, mirthful, noisy, priceless, riot, rollicking, scream, side-splitting*, uproarious, witty; concept 529 Ant. grave, serious, somber, tragic, unfunny hill [n] uprising of earths surface; pile acclivity, ascent, bluff, butte, cliff, climb, down, drift,

dune, elevation, eminence, esker, fell, gradient, headland, heap, height, highland, hillock, hilltop, hummock, inclination, incline, knoll, mesa, mound, mount, precipice, prominence, promontory, protuberance, range, ridge, rise, rising ground, shock, slope, stack, summit, talus, tor, upland; concept 509 Ant. canyon, ditch, gulley hillbilly [n] hayseed backwoodsman/woman, boor*, bumpkin, clodhopper*, country boy/girl, country bumpkin, country cousin*, hick*, rube, rustic, yokel; concept 413 hillock [n] small hill acclivity, ascent, bluff, butte, cliff, drift, dune, elevation, esker, headland, heap, highland, hilltop, hummock, inclination, incline, knoll, mesa, mound, mount, precipice, prominence, promontory, ridge, rise, slope, summit; concept 509 hinder [v] prevent, slow down arrest, balk, bar, block, bottleneck, box in, burden, check, choke, clog, contravene, counteract, crab, cramp, crimp, cripple, curb, debar, delay, deter, encumber, fetter, frustrate, get in the way*, hamper, hamstring*, handicap, hog-tie*, hold back, hold up, impede, inhibit, interfere, interrupt, louse up*, muzzle, neutralize, obstruct, offset, oppose, preclude, prohibit, resist, retard, shut out, snafu*, stay, stop, stymie*, terminate, thwart, trammel; concepts 121,130 Ant. advance, aid, allow, assist, encourage, facilitate, forward, further, help, permit, promote, push hindrance [n] obstruction, difculty albatross*, baggage*, ball and chain*, bar, barrier, catch, Catch-22*, check, clog, crimp, cumbrance, deterrent, drag, drawback, encumbrance, excess baggage*, foot dragging*, glitch*, gridlock, handicap, hang-up*, hitch, impedance, impediment, interference, interruption, intervention, jam-up*, joker, limitation, lock, millstone*, monkey wrench*, obstacle, restraint, restriction, snag, stoppage, stumbling block*, trammel; concepts 666,674 Ant. advance, aid, assistance, encouragement, expedition, help, promotion, push hindsight [n] retrospect 20/20 vision*, experience, knowledge, looking back, Monday morning quarterbacking, recollection, remembering, wisdom; concepts 17,40,410 hinge [n] pivot, turning point articulation, axis, ball-and-socket, butt, elbow, hook, joint, juncture, knee, link, pin, spring, swivel; concepts 471,498 hinge [v] be contingent on be subject to, be undecided, depend, hang, pend, pivot, rest, revolve around, stand on, turn, turn on; concept 711 hint [n] indication; suggestion adumbration, advice, allusion, announcement, clue, communication, connotation, denotation, evidence, ea in ear*, glimmering, help, idea, implication, impression, inference, information, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, iota, lead, mention, notice, notion, observation, omen, pointer, print, reference, reminder, scent, sign, signication, smattering, suspicion, symptom, taste, telltale, tinge, tip, tip-off*, token, trace, warning, whiff*, whisper, wink*, word to wise*, wrinkle*; concept 274 hint [v] suggest; indicate acquaint, adumbrate,

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advise, allude to, angle, apprise, bring up, broach, coax, connote, cue, drop, expose, sh*, foreshadow, give an inkling*, impart, imply, infer, inform, insinuate, intimate, jog memory, leak*, let it be known, let out of bag*, make*, mention, point, pregure, press, prompt, put ea in ear*, recall, refer to, remind, say in passing, shadow, signify, solicit, spring, tip off*, tip ones hand*, touch on*, whisper, wink*; concepts 60,74,75 hinterland [n] backcountry boondocks*, boonies*, borderland, brush, bush country, frontier, outback, sticks*, wasteland, wilderness, woods; concepts 513,745 hip [adj] fashionable, stylish all the rage*, chic, chichi*, contemporary, cool*, current, faddy*, hot*, in style, in-thing*, in vogue, latest*, latest thing*, mod*, modern, modish*, natty*, new, now, popular, smart, sophisticated, trendsetting, trendy, with it*; concepts 579,580 hippie [n] nonconformist beatnik, Bohemian, drop-out, ower child, freak, free spirit, freethinker, yippie; concept 423 hire [v] commission for responsibility, use add to payroll, appoint, authorize, book, bring in, bring on board, carry, charter, contract for, delegate, draft, employ, empower, engage, enlist, exploit, ll a position, nd help, give a break*, give job to, give work, ink*, lease, let, make use of, obtain, occupy, pick, place, pledge, procure, promise, put on*, put to work, rent, retain, secure, select, sign on, sign up*, sublease, sublet, take on, truck with*, utilize; concept 351 Ant. discharge, re, lay off, let go hiss [n] buzzing sound; jeer boo, Bronx cheer*, buzz, catcall, contempt, derision, hoot, sibilance, sibilation; concepts 278,595 hiss [v] make buzzing sound; ridicule blow, boo, catcall, condemn, damn, decry, deride, disapprove, hoot, jeer, mock, rasp, revile, seethe, shout down, shrill, sibilate, siss, spit, wheeze, whirr, whisper, whistle, whiz; concepts 52,77 historic [adj] momentous, remarkable celebrated, consequential, extraordinary, famous, important, memorable, notable, outstanding, red-letter*, signicant, well-known; concepts 548,568 Ant. unimportant, unremarkable historical [adj] recorded as actually having happened actual, ancient, archival, attested, authentic, chronicled, classical, commemorated, documented, factual, important, in truth, old, past, real, veriable; concepts 548,582,820 Ant. ctional history [n1] past events, experiences ancient times, antiquity, bygone times, days of old*, days of yore*, good old days*, old days*, olden days*, past, yesterday, yesteryear; concepts 678,807 Ant. future history [n2] chronicle of events account, annals, autobiography, biography, diary, epic, journal, memoirs, narration, narrative, prehistory, recapitulation, recital, record, relation, report, saga, story, tale, version; concepts 268,271 histrionic [adj] overly dramatic melodramatic, overacting, overplayed, theatrical, thespian; concepts 537,548 histrionics [n] theatrics dramatics, dramatization, performance, performing; concept 674

hit [n1] strike, bump bang, bat, bell-ringer*, belt, blow, bonk, box*, buffet, butt, chop, clash, clip, clout, collision, cuff*, sticuff, glance, impact, knock, lick*, one-two punch*, paste*, pat, plunk, punch, rap, roundhouse*, shock, shot, slap, slog, smack, smash, sock, spank, stroke, swat, swing, swipe, tap, uppercut, wallop, whammy*, whop, zap*, zinger*; concepts 189,200 hit [n2] entertainment success achievement, bang, click, favorite, knockout, masterstroke, sellout, sensation, smash, SRO*, triumph, winner, wow; concept 706 Ant. failure, op, loss hit [v1] strike bang, bash, bat, batter, beat, belt, blast, blitz, box*, brain*, buffet, bump, clap, clip, clobber, clout, club, crack, cudgel, cuff*, dab, ding*, ail, ax, og, give a black eye*, hammer*, hook, jab, kick, knock, knock around, knock out, KO*, lace, lambaste, larrup, lather, let y*, let have it*, lob, nail*, pellet, pelt, percuss, pop, pound, punch, rap, ride roughshod*, slap, smack, sock, stone, swat, tap, thrash, thump, thwack, trash, uppercut, wallop, whack*, whang*; concepts 189,200 hit [v2] collide, bump into bang into, buffet, butt, carom, clash, crash, glance, jostle, knock, light, meet, meet head-on*, pat, rap, run into, scrape, sideswipe, smash, stumble, tap, thud, thump; concepts 189,208 hit [v3] accomplish achieve, affect, arrive at, attain, gain, inuence, leave a mark, occur, overwhelm, reach, secure, strike, touch; concepts 199,706 Ant. fail, lose hitch [n] problem, difculty block, bug*, catch, check, delay, discontinuance, drawback, glitch*, hang-up, hindrance, hold-up, impediment, interruption, joker, mishap, snafu*, snag, stoppage, stumbling block, tangle, trouble; concepts 666,674 Ant. advantage, benet, chance, opening, opportunity hitch [v] join, fasten attach, chain, connect, couple, harness, hook, lash, make fast, moor, strap, tether, tie, unite, yoke; concepts 85,113,160 Ant. disjoin, unchain, unfasten, unhitch, unlock hit it off [v] get along well be of one mind*, be on the same wavelength*, click, make friends, see eye to eye, take to; concept 388 hit man [n] professional killer assassin, contract killer, executioner, gunman, hatchet man, hired gun*, hired killer, murderer, triggerman; concept 412 hit-or-miss [adj] random accidental, aimless, arbitrary, casual, chance, contingent, uky, fortuitous, haphazard, incidental, irregular, slipshod, trial-and error, unplanned, unpremeditated; concepts 535,548,557 hoard [n] stockpile abundance, accumulation, agglomeration, aggregation, amassment, backlog, cache, collection, conglomeration, cumulation, fund, garner, heap, inventory, mass, nest egg*, pile, reserve, reservoir, riches, stock, store, supply, treasure, treasure-trove*, trove, wealth; concept 712 Ant. debt hoard [v] put away, accumulate acquire, amass, buy up, cache, collect, deposit, garner, gather, hide, keep, lay away, lay up, pile up, put aside for rainy day*, put by, save, scrimp, sock

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away*, squirrel*, stash, stockpile, store, stow away, treasure; concepts 135,710 Ant. expend, spend, squander, throw away, waste hoarse [adj] raspy in voice blatant, breathy, cracked, croaking, croaky, croupy, discordant, dry, grating, gravelly, growling, gruff, guttural, harsh, husky, indistinct, jarring, piercing, ragged, raucous, rough, scratching, squawking, stertorous, strident, stridulous, thick, throaty, uneven, whispering; concept 594 Ant. smooth, soft, soothing hoary [adj1] ancient aged, age-old, antiquated, antique, elderly, lot of mileage*, old, older, oldfashioned, oldie*, out-of-date, relic, rusty, timeworn, venerable, very old; concepts 578,797 hoary [adj2] gray or white frosty, gray-haired, graying, salt and pepper, silvery, snowy-haired, white-haired, whitish; concept 618 hoax [n] trick cheat, cock-and-bull story*, con*, con game*, crock*, deceit, deception, dodge, fabrication, fake, falsication, fast one*, fast shufe*, b, imam*, fraud, gimmick, gyp*, hooey*, humbug*, hustle, imposture, joke, lie, practical joke, prank, put-on, racket, ruse, scam, sell, shift, snow job*, spoof, sting, swindle, whopper*; concepts 59,63 hoax [v] trick bamboozle*, bluff, chicane, con, deceive, delude, dupe, fake out, eece, imam*, fool, frame, gammon, gull, hoodwink*, Murphy*, play games with*, pull ones leg*, rook*, run a game on*, set up*, sting*, swindle, take for a ride*, take in*; concept 59 hobble [v1] limp clump, dodder, falter, halt, hitch, scuff, shufe, stagger, stumble, totter; concept 151 Ant. go, move, run, walk hobble [v2] cripple, restrict clog, cramp, cramp ones style, crimp, curb, entrammel, fasten, fetter, gimp, hamper, hamstring*, hang up*, hinder, hog-tie*, leash, put a crimp in*, shackle, tie, trammel; concept 130 Ant. free, let go, release hobby [n] pleasurable pastime amusement, art, avocation, bag*, craft, craze, distraction, diversion, divertissement, fad*, fancy, favorite occupation, fun, game, interest, kick*, labor of love*, leisure activity, leisure pursuit, obsession, occupation, pet topic, play, quest, relaxation, schtick*, shot, sideline, specialty, sport, thing*, vagary, weakness, whim, whimsy; concepts 363,364 Ant. profession, vocation, work hobgoblin [n] mischievous goblin bogeyman, brownie, elf, fairy, fay, imp, leprechaun, pixie, puck, sprite; concept 370 hobnob [v] associate with chum around, consort, fraternize, hang around*, hang out with*, keep company, knock around with*, mingle, mix, pal, pal around, rub elbows*, rub shoulders*, socialize, spend time; concept 384 hobo [n] homeless person beggar, bum, derelict, drifter, migrant worker, street person, tramp, transient, vagabond, vagrant, wanderer, wino; concepts 412,423 hock [v] pawn borrow, give security, pledge; concepts 115,330 hocus-pocus [n] deception, magic abracadabra*, artice, cant, chant, charm, cheating, chicanery, conjuring, deceit, delusion, imam*, fraud, gibberish, gobbledegook*, hoax, humbug, imposture, incantation, jargon,

juggling, legerdemain, mumbo jumbo*, mummery, nonsense, open sesame*, rigmarole*, sleight of hand*, spell, swindle, trick, trickery; concepts 59,278 Ant. reality, truth hodgepodge [n] mixture, mess collection, combination, goulash*, hash, jumble, medley, mlange, miscellany, mishmash*, mixed bag, olio, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi*; concepts 260,432 Ant. singularity hog [n1] pig boar, cob roller*, oinker*, piggy, piglet, porker*, razorback, shoat, sow, swine, warthog; concepts 394,400 hog [n2] glutton cormorant, epicure, gorger*, gormandizer, gourmand, greedy eater, hefty eater, pig*, swine*; concept 412 hog [v] be selsh be greedy, gobble up, grab all of, have all to oneself*, monopolize; concepts 90,190 hogwash [n] nonsense absurdity, balderdash*, baloney*, BS*, bull*, bunk*, debris, drivel*, foolishness, hokum, hooey*, horsefeathers*, poppycock*, refuse, ridiculousness, rot, rubbish, trash, twaddle*; concept 278 Ant. sense, truth hoi polloi [n] the masses commonality, commoners, common people, rank and le, the herd, the multitude, the proletariat, the working class; concepts 379,417 hoist [v] lift elevate, erect, heave, pick up, raise, rear, take up, uphold, uplift, upraise, uprear; concept 196 Ant. drop, fall, hold down, lower, push hokey [adj] corny banal, commonplace, dull*, feeble, hackneyed, mawkish, old-fashioned, old hat*, sentimental, shopworn, stale, trite; concept 550 hold [n] grasp, possession authority, clasp, clench, clinch, clout, clutch, control, dominance, dominion, grip, inuence, occupancy, occupation, ownership, pull, purchase, retention, sway, tenacity, tenure; concepts 190,343,710 Ant. dispossession, release hold [v1] have in ones hands, possession; grasp adhere, arrest, bind, bottle up, carry, catch, check, cherish, clasp, cleave, clench, clinch, cling, clutch, conne, contain, cork up*, cradle, detain, embrace, enclose, enjoy, fondle, freeze to*, grip, handle, hang on, have, hug, imprison, keep, keep close, keep out, lock up, maintain, not let go, nourish, occupy, own, palm, possess, press, put a lock on, restrain, retain, secure, seize, squeeze, stay put, stick, take, trammel, vise, wield, withhold, wring; concepts 190,191,200,710 Ant. drop, let go, release hold [v2] believe assume, aver, bet bottom dollar*, buy*, consider, credit, cross ones heart*, deem, entertain, esteem, feel, have hunch*, have sneaking suspicion*, judge, lap up, lay money on, maintain, okay, presume, reckon, regard, sense, set store by*, swear by, swear up and down*, take as gospel truth*, take stock in*, think, view; concept 12 Ant. abandon, disbelieve, forsake hold [v3] continue, endure apply, be in effect, be in force, be the case, be valid, exist, have bearing, hold good, hold true, last, operate, persevere, persist, remain, remain true, resist, stand up, stay, stay staunch, wear; concept 239 Ant. cease, desert, halt, quit, stop

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hold [v4] support bear, bolster, brace, buttress, carry, lock, prop, shore up, shoulder, stay, sustain, take, underpin, uphold; concepts 110,190 hold [v5] have a capacity for accommodate, be equipped for, carry, comprise, contain, include, seat, take; concepts 719,742 hold [v6] conduct meeting, function assemble, call, carry on, celebrate, convene, have, ofciate, preside, run, solemnize; concepts 324, 384 Ant. cancel hold back/hold off [v] repress bit, bridle, check, control, curb, defer, delay, deny, forbear, hold down, hold in, inhibit, keep, keep back, keep out, postpone, prevent, put off, refrain, refuse, restrain, stop, suppress, withhold; concepts 121,130 Ant. let go, reveal holdup [n1] problem bottleneck*, delay, difculty, gridlock*, hitch, obstruction, setback, snag, stoppage, trafc jam*, trouble, wait; concepts 192,674 Ant. aid, assistance, help holdup [n2] take goods illegally by force burglary, crime, mugging, robbery, stickup, theft; concept 192 hold up [v1] postpone delay, detain, hinder, hold off, impede, interfere, interrupt, pause, prorogue, retard, set back, slow down, stay, stop, suspend, waive; concepts 121,130 Ant. allow, continue, forward, permit, promote hold up [v2] rob burglarize, mug, steal from, stick up, waylay; concepts 139,192 Ant. give hole [n1] opening in a solid object aperture, breach, break, burrow, cave, cavern, cavity, chamber, chasm, chink, cistern, cleft, covert, crack, cranny, crater, cut, den, dent, depression, dimple, dip, excavation, eyelet, ssure, foramen, fracture, gap, gash, gorge, hollow, hovel, keyhole, lacuna, lair, leak, mouth, nest, niche, nick, notch, orice, outlet, passage, peephole, perforation, pit, pocket, pockmark, puncture, rent, retreat, scoop, shaft, shelter, space, split, tear, tunnel, vacuity, vent, void, window; concept 513 Ant. closure, solid hole [n2] predicament box*, corner*, difculty, dilemma, emergency, x, imbroglio, impasse, jam, mess, pickle*, plight, quandary, scrape, spot, tangle; concept 674 Ant. advantage, benet, good fortune holiday [n] celebratory day; time off anniversary, break, celebration, day of rest, feast, festival, festivity, fete, few days off*, esta, gala, gone shing*, holy day, jubilee, layoff, leave, liberty, long weekend*, recess, red-letter day*, saints day, vacation; concepts 364,802 holier-than-thou [adj] self-righteously pious goody-goody, high-hat, judgmental, pietistic, sanctimonious, smug, snobbish, unctuous; concept 401 holiness [n] religiousness asceticism, beatitude, blessedness, consecration, devotion, devoutness, divineness, divinity, faith, godliness, grace, humility, inviolability, piety, purity, religiosity, reverence, righteousness, sacredness, saintliness, sanctity, spirituality, unction, venerableness, virtuousness, worship; concepts 368,645 Ant. agnosticism, atheism, sin, unholiness, wickedness holistic [adj] complete, whole aggregate,

comprehensive, entire, full, integrated, total, universal; concept 531 holler [v] shout, yell bawl, bellow, call, cheer, complain, cry, hoot, howl, roar, scream, screech, shriek, shrill, squawk, squeal, ululate, vociferate, wail, whoop, yap, yelp; concepts 47,595 hollow [adj1] empty, hollowed out alveolate, arched, carved out, cavernous, cleft, concave, cupped, cup-shaped, curved, deep-set, depressed, dimpled, excavated, incurved, indented, infundibular, notched, not solid, pitted, striated, sunken, troughlike, unlled, vacant, vaulted, void; concepts 483,490 Ant. convex, full, raised, solid hollow [adj2] deep, resonant in sound cavernous, clangorous, dull, echoing, at, ghostly, low, mufed, mute, muted, resounding, reverberant, ringing, roaring, rumbling, sepulchral, sounding, thunderous, toneless, vibrant, vibrating; concept 594 Ant. high, light, soft hollow [adj3] meaningless empty, fruitless, futile, idle, nugatory, otiose, pointless, specious, unavailing, useless, vain, worthless; concept 560 Ant. earnest, meaningful, sincere, substantial hollow [adj4] false, articial cynical, deceitful, faithless, imsy, hypocritical, insincere, treacherous, unsound, weak; concept 267 Ant. frank, genuine, honest, real, sincere, truthful hollow [n] empty or dented area basin, bottom, bowl, cave, cavern, cavity, chamber, channel, cleft, concavity, crater, cup, dale, den, depression, dimple, dip, dish, excavation, groove, gulf, hole, indentation, notch, pit, pocket, sag, scoop, sinkage, sinkhole, socket, trough, vacuity, valley, void; concepts 740,754 Ant. solid hollow [v] empty out; make concave channel, chase, corrugate, dent, dig, dish, ditch, excavate, furrow, gorge, groove, indent, notch, pit, rabbet, remove, rut, scoop, shovel, trench; concepts 178,211 Ant. ll, make convex, raise holocaust [n] widespread destruction annihilation, carnage, catastrophe, devastation, extermination, extinction, genocide, immolation, inferno, massacre, mass murder, slaughter; concept 252 holy [adj] religious, sacred angelic, believing, blessed, chaste, clean, consecrated, dedicated, devoted, devotional, devout, divine, faithful, faultless, gloried, god-fearing, godlike, godly, good, hallowed, humble, immaculate, innocent, just, moral, perfect, pietistic, pious, prayerful, pure, revered, reverent, righteous, sacrosanct, sainted, saintlike, saintly, sanctied, seraphic, spiritual, spotless, sublime, uncorrupt, undeled, untainted, unworldly, upright, venerable, venerated, virtuous; concepts 545,567,574 Ant. depraved, evil, immoral, irreligious, irreverent, sacrilegious, sinful, unholy, unsacred, vile, wicked homage [n] devotion, admiration adoration, adulation, allegiance, awe, deference, duty, esteem, faithfulness, fealty, delity, genuection, honor, kneeling, loyalty, obeisance, praise, respect, reverence, service, tribute, worship; concepts 32,69 Ant. dishonor, disloyalty, disrespect, faithlessness, scorn, treachery

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home [adj] domestic at ease, at rest, central, down home*, familiar, family, homely, homey, household, inland, in ones element*, internal, in the bosom*, local, national, native; concept 536 Ant. business, commercial home [n1] place where a human lives abode, address, apartment, asylum, boarding house, bungalow, cabin, castle, cave*, commorancy, condo, condominium, co-op, cottage, crash pad*, diggings*, digs*, domicile, dormitory, dump*, dwelling, farm, reside*, at, habitation, hangout*, haunt, hearth, hideout, hole in the wall*, home plate*, homestead, hospital, house, hut, joint*, living quarters, manor, mansion, nest*, orphanage, pad*, palace, parking place*, place, residence, resort, roof*, rooming house, roost*, shanty, shelter, trailer, turf, villa, where the hat is*; concept 516 Ant. ofce home [n2] birthplace, environment abode, camping ground*, country, element, family, farm, reside*, habitat, habitation, haunt, haven, hearth, hills, home ground, homeland, homestead, hometown, household, land, locality, neck of the woods*, neighborhood, range, roof, site, soil, stamping ground*, stomping ground*, territory; concepts 510,515,648 homeboy [n] friend bro*, brother*, buddy, fellow gang member, homie, neighbor; concept 423 homegrown [adj] grown at home domestic, homemade, native; concept 536 homeless [adj] displaced abandoned, banished, deported, derelict, desolate, destitute, disinherited, displaced, dispossessed, down-and-out*, estranged, exiled, forlorn, forsaken, friendless, houseless, itinerant, outcast, refugee, uncaredfor, unhoused, unsettled, unwelcome, vagabond, vagrant, wandering, without a roof*; concept 555 Ant. settled homely [adj1] ordinary, comfortable comfy, cozy, domestic, everyday, familiar, friendly, homelike, homespun, homey, inelaborate, informal, modest, natural, plain, simple, snug, unaffected, unassuming, unostentatious, unpretentious, welcoming; concepts 579,589 homely [adj2] unattractive animal, disgusting, not beautiful, ordinary, plain, ugly, unaesthetic, unalluring; concept 579 Ant. attractive, beautiful homemade [adj] made in the home do-ityourself, handcrafted, handmade, homegrown, homespun, natural; concept 536 homesick [adj] nostalgic hankering, heartsick, lonely, longing for home, missing, wistful, yearning; concepts 403,529 homespun [adj] spun from home crude, handcrafted, handmade, homemade, ordinary, plain, rough, rustic, simple, unrened, unsophisticated; concept 536 homey [adj] comfortable adequate, cared for, cheerful, comfy*, complacent, contented, cozy, delightful, easy, familiar, folksy, friendly, intimate, plain, pleasant, relaxed, rested, restful, simple, snug, snug as a bug in a rug*, soft, soothed, warm; concept 572 homicidal [adj] murderous bloodthirsty, deadly, lethal, maniacal, slaughterous, violent; concepts 538,548,565 homicide [n] killing assassination, big chill*,

bloodshed, bump-off*, butchery, carnage, crime, death, erase*, foul play, hit, manslaughter, murder, ofng, ride, rubout*, slaying; concept 252 Ant. birth homogenous [adj] similar, comparable akin, alike, analogous, cognate, consistent, homologous, identical, kindred, like, uniform, unvarying; concepts 487,573 Ant. different, discrete, dissimilar, heterogeneous, miscellaneous, varied homosexual [adj] sexually attracted to the same sex gay, homoerotic, homophile, lesbian; concept 372 hone [v] sharpen acuminate, edge, le, grind, make sharp, put an edge on, put a point on, whet; concepts 137,250 honest [adj] truthful, candid above-board, authentic, bona de*, conscientious, decent, direct, equitable, ethical, fair, fair and square*, forthright, frank, genuine, high-minded*, honorable, impartial, ingenuous, just, law-abiding*, lay it on the line*, like it is*, no lie*, on the level*, on the up and up*, open, outright, plain, proper, real, reliable, reputable, scrupulous, sincere, straight, straightforward, true, true blue*, trustworthy, trusty, undisguised, unfeigned, upfront*, upright, veracious, virtuous, what you see is what you get*; concepts 267,545 Ant. deceptive, devious, dishonest, false, fraudulent, lying, misleading, treacherous, untrustworthy, untruthful honest-to-God [adj] genuine absolute, accurate, actual, authentic, authenticated, bona de, certain, certied, factual, for real*, for-sure, honest, honest-to-goodness*, kosher*, legit, legitimate, no buts about it*, ofcial, on the level*, on the up-and-up, positive, real, reallytruly*, real stuff*, straight, sure-enough, surething, true, unquestionable, valid; concept 582 honesty [n] truthfulness, candidness bluntness, candor, condence, conscientiousness, equity, evenhandedness, fairness, faithfulness, delity, frankness, genuineness, goodness, honor, impeccability, incorruptibility, integrity, justness, loyalty, morality, openness, outspokenness, plainness, principle, probity, rectitude, reputability, responsibility, right, scrupulousness, self-respect, sincerity, soundness, straightforwardness, straightness, trustiness, trustworthiness, uprightness, veracity, virtue; concepts 633,645 Ant. artice, cheating, deceit, deception, dishonesty, duplicity, falsehood, fraud, fraudulence, lying, treachery honeyed [adj] sweetened cajoling, candied, dulcet, attering, ingratiating, sugarcoated, sugary; concept 170 honk [v] toot beep, blare, blast, blow, blow the horn, sound, sound ones horn, tootle; concept 65 honor [n1] respect account, adoration, adulation, aggrandizement, apotheosis, approbation, attention, canonization, celebration, condence, consideration, credit, deference, deication, dignity, distinction, elevation, esteem, exaltation, faith, fame, fealty, glorication, glory, greatness, high standing, homage, immortalization, laud, laurel, lionization, notice, obeisance, popularity, praise, prestige, rank, recognition, renown, reputation, repute, reverence, tribute,

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trust, veneration, worship, wreath; concepts 668,689 Ant. debasement, degradation, denunciation, derision, disgrace, dishonor, disrespect, humiliation honor [n2] integrity character, chastity, courage, decency, fairness, goodness, honestness, honesty, incorruption, incorruptness, innocence, modesty, morality, morals, principles, probity, purity, rectitude, righteousness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, uprightness, virtue; concepts 411,645 Ant. blemish, disgrace, dishonor, ill repute, stigma honor [n3] praise, award acclaim, accolade, adoration, badge, bays, commendation, compliment, credit, decoration, deference, distinction, favor, homage, kudos, laurels, pleasure, privilege, recognition, regard, respect, reverence, source of pride, tribute, veneration; concept 278 Ant. censure, condemnation, reproach honor [v] recognize, treat with respect acclaim, admire, adore, aggrandize, appreciate, be faithful, be true, celebrate, commemorate, commend, compliment, decorate, dignify, distinguish, ennoble, erect, esteem, exalt, give glad hand*, give key to city*, glorify, hallow, keep, laud, lionize, live up to, look up to, magnify, observe, praise, prize, revere, roll out red carpet*, sanctify, sublime, uprear, value, venerate, worship; concepts 10,633 Ant. betray, denounce, disgrace, dishonor, disrespect, reproach, shame honorable [adj] reputable acclaimed, celebrated, chivalrous, conscientious, dependable, distinguished, eminent, esteemed, ethical, faithful, forthright, high-principled, honest, honored, illustrious, just, knightly, law-abiding, noble, notable, of good repute, on the up-and-up*, principled, reliable, respectable, righteous, sincere, sterling, straightforward, trustworthy, truthful, unstained, upright, virtuous; concepts 545,567,574 honorary [adj] honoric celebratory, congratulatory, titular; concepts 668,689 hood/hoodlum [n] gangster criminal, delinquent, gangster, goon*, hooligan, mobster, punk, rioter, rowdy, rufan, thug, troublemaker; concept 545 hoodwink [v] deceive bamboozle*, beat out of, bilk, bluff, buffalo*, burn, cheat, con, defraud, double-cross, dupe, fake, eece, fool, gull, gyp*, hoax, hornswoggle, kid, mislead, pull a fast one*, pull the wool over ones eyes*, scam, screw, suck in*, swindle, take advantage of, take for a ride*, take to the cleaners*, trick, victimize; concepts 7,19,59 hook [n] curved fastener angle, catch, clasp, crook, curve, grapnel, grapple, hasp, holder, link, lock, peg; concepts 260,498 hook [v] grab, catch angle, bag, clasp, crook, curve, enmesh, ensnare, entrap, fasten, x, hasp, lasso, net, pin, secure, snare, trap; concept 190 Ant. let go, release, unhook, unlatch, unlock hooked [adj] addicted absorbed, captivated, dependent, devoted, enamored, obsessed, prone, strung out*, under the inuence; concept 542 hooker [n] prostitute bawd, call girl, concubine, courtesan, fallen woman*, oozy*, harlot, hustler, lady of the evening, moll, nymphomaniac*, painted*, pro*, streetwalker, strumpet,

whore, woman of the streets, working girl*; concepts 348,412,415,419 hooligan [n] hoodlum criminal, delinquent, gangster, goon*, hood, mobster, punk, rioter, rowdy, rufan, thug, troublemaker; concept 545 hoopla [n] excitement action, activity, brouhaha, bustle, buzz*, commotion, drama, elation, emotion, excitation, feeling, fever, reworks*, urry, frenzy, furor, fuss, heat*, hubbub*, hullabaloo*, hysteria, passion, racket, rage, ruckus, rumpus, stir, thrill; concept 388 hoot [v] cry boo, catcall, heckle, hiss, howl, jeer, razz*, scoff at, scorn, scream, shout down, whistle; concepts 44,47 hop [n/v] jump on one leg bounce, bound, caper, dance, hurdle, leap, lop, lope, skip, skitter, spring, step, trip, vault; concept 194 hope [n] longing; dream achievement, ambition, anticipation, aspiration, assumption, belief, bright side*, buoyancy, castles in air*, concern, condence, daydream, dependence, desire, endurance, expectancy, expectation, faith, fancy, fools paradise*, fortune, gain, goal, greedy glutton*, hopefulness, light at end of tunnel*, optimism, pipe dream*, promise, promised land*, prospect, reliance, reverie, reward, rosiness, sanguineness, security, stock, thing with feathers*, Utopia, wish; concepts 20,410,709 Ant. despair, disbelief, discouragement, hopelessness, pessimism hope [v] long for, dream about anticipate, aspire, assume, await, believe, be sure of, cherish, contemplate, count on, deem likely, depend on, desire, expect, feel condent, foresee, hang in*, have faith, hold, keep ngers crossed*, knock on wood*, look at sunny side*, look forward to, pray, presume, promise oneself, rely, suppose, surmise, suspect, sweat*, sweat it*, sweat it out*, take heart*, think to, trust, watch for, wish; concept 20 Ant. despair, disbelieve, fear hopeful [adj1] optimistic, expectant anticipating, anticipative, assured, at ease, blithe, buoyant, calm, cheerful, comfortable, condent, content, eager, elated, emboldened, enthusiastic, expecting, faithful, forward-looking*, high, hoping, inspirited, keeping the faith*, lighthearted, looking forward to, reassured, rose-colored*, rosy*, sanguine, satised, serene, trustful, trusting, unagging, upbeat; concept 403 Ant. despairing, despondent, discouraged, fearful, gloomy, hopeless, low, pessimistic, sad hopeful [adj2] promising, auspicious advantageous, arousing, benecial, bright, cheerful, cheering, conducive, convenient, elating, encouraging, enlivening, exciting, expeditious, fair, favorable, ne, t, attering, fortifying, fortunate, golden, good, gracious, halcyon, heartening, helpful, inspiring, inspiriting, likely, lucky, opportune, pleasant, pleasing, probable, promiseful, propitious, providential, reasonable, reassuring, roseate, rosy*, rousing, stirring, suitable, sunny, timely, uplifting, well-timed; concept 548 Ant. desperate, hopeless, inauspicious, pointless, unpromising, wretched hopeless [adj] futile, pessimistic bad, beyond recall, cynical, dejected, demoralized, despairing, desperate, despondent, disconsolate,

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discouraging, downhearted, fatal, forlorn, gone*, goner*, helpless, ill-fated, impossible, impracticable, incurable, in despair, irredeemable, irreparable, irreversible, irrevocable, lost, menacing, no-win, past hope, pointless, sad, shot down*, sinister, sunk, threatening, tragic, unachievable, unavailing, unfortunate, unmitigable, up the creek*, useless, vain, woebegone, worsening; concepts 529,548 Ant. auspicious, bright, encouraging, expectant, hopeful, optimistic, promising, propitious, rosy horde [n] uncontrolled throng, pack band, crew, crowd, crush, drove, everybody, gang, gathering, host, jam, mob, multitude, press, push, squash, swarm, troop, turnout, wall-to-wall*; concepts 397,417 horizon [n] skyline, extent border, boundary, compass, eld of vision, ken, limit, perspective, prospect, purview, range, reach, realm, scope, sphere, stretch, vista; concepts 484,509,529 horizontal [adj] lying at accumbent, aligned, even, ush, level, parallel, plane, recumbent, regular, smooth, straight, uniform; concepts 581,583 Ant. upright, vertical horny [adj] sexually aroused concupiscent, desiring, hard up, hot*, hot to trot*, lascivious, libidinous, lustful, oversexed, passionate, randy, turned on; concept 372 horoscope [n] astrological forecast astrology, crystal gazing, prediction; concept 70 horrible/horrendous/horrid [adj] repulsive, very unpleasant abhorrent, abominable, appalling, awful, beastly, cruel, detestable, disagreeable, disgusting, dreadful, eerie, execrable, fearful, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, gross*, gruesome, heinous, hideous, loathsome, lousy, lurid, mean, nasty, obnoxious, offensive, repellent, revolting, scandalous, scary, shameful, shocking, terrible, terrifying, ungodly, unholy, unkind; concepts 529,537 Ant. agreeable, delightful, magnicent, pleasant, pleasing, wonderful horrify [v] scare affright, alarm, appall, chill off*, consternate, daunt, disgust, dismay, frighten, intimidate, outrage, petrify, scare to death*, shake, shock, sicken, terrify, terrorize; concepts 7,14,19 Ant. delight, make happy, please horror [n] fear, revulsion abhorrence, abomination, alarm, antipathy, apprehension, aversion, awe, chiller, consternation, detestation, disgust, dislike, dismay, dread, fright, hate, hatred, loathing, monstrosity, panic, repugnance, terror, trepidation; concepts 27,29,532,690 Ant. beauty, delight, miracle, pleasure, wonder hors doeuvre [n] appetizer antipasto, aperitif, canape, cocktail, dip, nger food, nger sandwich, munchies, sample, starter; concept 457 horse [n] equine species bronco, colt, lly, foal, gelding, mare, mustang, nag, plug*, pony, stallion, steed; concept 394 horse around [v] fool around carry on, cavort, cut up, lark, monkey around*, play around; concepts 114,384 horseplay [n] rough play antics, buffoonery, capers, clowning, fooling around, fun and games, hijinks, misbehavior, pranks, roughhousing, rowdiness, shenanigans, tomfoolery; concept 386

horticulture [n] gardening agriculture, arboriculture, cultivation, farming, oriculture, groundskeeping, viniculture, viticulture; concepts 205,257 hospitable [adj] sociable, accommodating accessible, amenable, amicable, bountiful, charitable, companionable, convivial, cooperative, cordial, courteous, friendly, generous, genial, gracious, gregarious, kind, liberal, magnanimous, neighborly, obliging, open, open-minded, philanthropic, receptive, redcarpet treatment*, responsive, tolerant, welcoming; concepts 542,555 Ant. hostile, inhospitable, isolated, solitary, unaccommodating, uncordial, unfriendly, unkind, unsociable hospital [n] place where ill, injured are treated clinic, emergency room, health service, hospice, inrmary, institution, nursing home, rest home, sanatorium, sanitarium, sick bay*, surgery, ward; concepts 312,439,449 hospitality [n] neighborliness accommodation, affability, amiability, cheer, companionship, comradeship, consideration, conviviality, cordiality, entertainment, friendliness, generosity, geniality, good cheer, heartiness, hospitableness, obligingness, reception, sociability, warmth, welcome; concepts 388,657 Ant. hostility, inhospitality, unfriendliness, unneighborliness, unsociableness host [n1] person who entertains, performs anchor, anchor person, emcee, entertainer, innkeeper, keeper, manager, moderator, owner, person of the house, presenter, proprietor; concept 352 Ant. guest, visitor host [n2] large group army, array, cloud, crowd, crush, drove, ock, gathering, horde, legion, multitude, myriad, rout, score, swarm, throng; concepts 417,432 host [v] entertain, accommodate do the honors*, introduce, pick up the check*, present, receive, spread oneself*, throw a party, treat, wine and dine*; concepts 292,384 hostage [n] person held captive until captors demand is met captive, earnest, guaranty, pawn, pledge, prisoner, sacricial lamb*, scapegoat*, security, surety, token, victim; concepts 359, 423 Ant. captor hostile [adj] antagonistic, mean adverse, alien, allergic, anti*, argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, bitter, catty*, chill*, cold*, competitive, contentious, contrary, disapproving, dour, hateful, ill-disposed, inhospitable, inimical, malevolent, malicious, malignant, militant, nasty, opposed, opposite, oppugnant, ornery*, pugnacious, rancorous, scrappy*, sour*, spiteful, surly, unfavorable, unfriendly, unkind, unpropitious, unsociable, unsympathetic, unwelcoming, viperous, virulent, vitriolic, warlike; concepts 401,542 Ant. agreeable, friendly, gentle, kind, nice, welcoming hostility [n] antagonism, meanness abhorrence, aggression, animosity, animus, antipathy, aversion, bad blood*, bellicosity, belligerence, bitterness, detestation, disaffection, enmity, estrangement, grudge, hatred, ill will, inimicality, malevolence, malice, opposition, rancor, resentment, spite, spleen, unfriendliness, venom, virulence, war, warpath; concepts

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633,657 Ant. agreeableness, friendliness, friendship, gentleness, kindness, niceness hot [adj1] very high in temperature baking, blazing, blistering, boiling, broiling, burning, calescent, close, decalescent, febrile, fevered, feverish, feverous, ery, aming, heated, humid, igneous, incandescent, like an oven*, on re, ovenlike, parching, piping, recalescent, red*, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, sizzling, smoking, steaming, stuffy, sultry, summery, sweltering, sweltry, thermogenic, torrid, tropic, tropical, very warm, warm, white*; concept 605 Ant. cold, cool, freezing, frigid hot [adj2] spicy to taste acrid, biting, peppery, piquant, pungent, racy, sharp, spicy, zestful; concept 613 Ant. mild, moderate hot [adj3] passionate, vehement angry, animated, ardent, aroused, distracted, eager, enthusiastic, excited, fervent, fervid, erce, ery, furious, ill-tempered, impassioned, impetuous, indignant, inamed, intense, irascible, lustful, raging, stormy, temperamental, touchy, violent; concepts 401,403 Ant. calm, indifferent, unfeeling hot [adj4] new, in vogue approved, cool*, dandy, favored, fresh, glorious, groovy*, in demand, just out*, keen, latest*, marvelous, neat*, nifty*, peachy*, popular, recent, sought-after, super, trendy, up-to-the-minute*; concept 589 Ant. old, old-fashioned, out, unpopular hot [adj5] sexually excited aroused, carnal, concupiscent, erotic, lascivious, lewd, libidinous, lustful, passionate, prurient, salacious, sensual; concepts 372,555 Ant. frigid, turned off hot dog [n1] frankfurter foot long*, frank, pigs in a blanket, red-hot, weenie*, wiener; concepts 399,457,460 hot dog [n2] showoff boaster, braggart, crowdpleaser, granstander, showboat; concept 412 hotel [n] place where one pays for accommodation auberge, boarding house, caravansary, dump*, eabag*, ophouse*, hospice, hostel, hostelry, house, inn, lodging, motel, motor inn, public house, resort, roadhouse, rooming house, spa, tavern; concepts 439,449,516 hotfoot [v] hurry barrel*, bolt, boogie*, burn rubber*, clip, dart, dash, y, gallop, go like a bat out of hell*, hightail it*, hurtle, make haste, race, run, scoot*, speed, sprint, streak, tear*, zip*, zoom; concept 150 Ant. dawdle hotheaded [adj] quick-tempered easily provoked, excitable, explosive, hot-tempered, impetuous, passionate, rash, short-fused, touchy, volatile; concepts 401,542,548 hound [n] dog afghan, airedale, akita, basset, beagle, bowwow*, canine, dachshund, mans best friend*, mongrel, mutt, pointer, pooch, poodle, retriever; concepts 394,400 hound [v] chase, badger annoy, bait, be at, beat the bushes*, be on ones back*, be on ones case*, be on ones tail*, bird-dog*, bother, bug, chivy, curdle, dog*, drive, give chase, goad, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, hector, hunt, hunt down, impel, leave no stone unturned*, persecute, pester, prod, provoke, pursue, rag*, rag on*, ride, scout, scratch, scratch around, search high heaven*, tail, take out after*, track down, turn inside out, turn upside down, yap at*; concepts 7,19,207 Ant. leave alone

house [n1] human habitat abode, apartment, box*, building, bullpen, castle, cave*, commorancy, condo, condominium, co-op, coop, crash pad*, crib*, cubbyhole*, den, diggings*, digs*, domicile, dump*, dwelling, edice, at, ophouse*, habitation, hole in the wall*, home, home plate*, homestead, joint, kennel, layout, lean-to*, mansion, pad, pied--terre, pigpen*, pigsty*, rack*, residence, residency, roof, roost*, setup, shack, shanty, turf*; concept 439 house [n2] family, ancestry clan, dynasty, family tree, folk, folks, household, kin, kindred, line, lineage, mnage, race, stock, tradition, tribe; concept 296 house [n3] business establishment company, concern, corporation, rm, organization, outt, partnership; concept 325 house [n4] government body, sometimes elected, responsible for laws commons, congress, council, legislative body, legislature, parliament; concept 299 household [adj] domestic domiciliary, everyday, family, home, homely, homey, ordinary, plain; concept 536 Ant. business, commercial, industrial household [n] domestic establishment family, family unit, folks, home, house, mnage; concepts 296,516 housekeeper [n] domestic caretaker, chambermaid, house cleaner, housemaid, housewife, maid, servant; concepts 348,415 housework [n] cleaning, maintaining a home administration, bed-making, cooking, domestic art, domestic science, dusting, home economics, homemaking, housecraft, housekeeping, ironing, laundering, management, mopping, sewing, stewardship, sweeping, washing; concepts 165,170,202 housing [n] place of accommodation construction, digs*, dwelling, habitation, home, house, lodgment, quarter, quarterage, residence, roof, shelter, sheltering, stopping place; concepts 388,516 hovel [n] tiny unkempt house burrow, cabin, cottage, den, dump*, hole*, hut, hutch, lean-to, pigpen*, pigsty*, rathole*, rattrap*, shack, shanty, shed, stall, sty*; concept 516 hover [v] hang, oat over be suspended, brood over, dance, drift, icker, it, itter, utter, y, hang about, linger, poise, wait nearby, waver; concept 154 Ant. lie, rest, settle how [adv] in what way or manner according to what, after what precedent, by means of, by virtue of what, by what means, by what method, by whose help, from what source, through what agency, through what medium, to what degree, whence, whereby, wherewith; concept 544 however [adv] still, nevertheless after all, all the same, anyhow, be that as it may, but, despite, for all that, howbeit, in spite of, nonetheless, notwithstanding, on the other hand, per contra, though, withal, without regard to, yet; concept 544 howl [n/v] long, painful cry bark, bawl, bay, bellow, blubber, clamor, groan, growl, hoot, keen, lament, moan, outcry, quest, roar, scream, shout, shriek, ululate, wail, weep, whimper, whine, yell, yelp, yip, yowl; concepts 64,77,595

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hub [n] center, focal point core, focus, heart, middle, nerve center*, pivot, polestar, seat; concept 826 Ant. exterior, exteriority, outside hubbub [n] commotion, disorder babel, bedlam, brouhaha*, clamor, confusion, din, disturbance, fuss, hassle, hell broke loose*, hue and cry*, hullabaloo*, hurly-burly*, jangle, noise, pandemonium, racket, riot, rowdydow*, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, to-do*, tumult, turmoil, uproar, whirl; concepts 230, 384,388 Ant. calm, order, peace hubris [n] arrogance airs, audacity, brass*, cheek*, chutzpah*, cockiness, conceitedness, contemptuousness, disdain, insolence, loftiness, nerve, ostentation, overbearance, pomposity, pompousness, presumption, pretension, pretentiousness, self-importance, vanity; concepts 411,633 huckster [n] peddler colporteur, costermonger, hawker, pitchperson, salesperson, seller, street seller, street vendor; concepts 347,348 huddle [n] assemblage, crowd, often disorganized bunch, chaos, cluster, clutter, confab*, conference, confusion, disarray, discussion, disorder, gathering, group, heap, jumble, mass, meeting, mess*, muddle; concepts 230,260 huddle [v] meet, discuss bunch, cluster, confer, consult, converge, crouch, crowd, cuddle, curl up, draw together, ock, gather, herd, hug, hunch up*, mass, nestle, parley, powwow*, press, press close, snuggle, throng; concepts 56,114,154 Ant. cancel hue [n] color, shade aspect, cast, chroma, complexion, dye, tincture, tinge, tint, tone, value; concept 622 hue and cry [n] public clamor brouhaha, bugle call, hullabaloo, outcry, protest, rallying cry, uproar; concepts 46,65,106,674 huff [n] bad mood anger, annoyance, dudgeon, miff, offense, passion, perturbation, pet*, pique, rage, snit*, stew*, temper, tiff, umbrage; concept 410 Ant. delight, good mood, happiness huff [v] sigh, breathe out forcefully blow, expire, gasp, heave, pant, puff; concept 163 Ant. inhale huffy [adj] angry, in a bad mood angered, annoyed, crabbed, crabby, cross, crotchety, crusty, curt, disgruntled, exasperated, fractious, grumpy, hufsh, hurt, insulted, irked, irritable, miffed, moody, moping, nettled, offended, peeved, peevish, pettish, petulant, piqued, provoked, put out*, querulous, resentful, riled, short, snappish, snappy, stewed, sulky, sullen, surly, testy, touchy, vexed, waspish; concepts 401,403 Ant. cheerful, delighted, happy, joyful hug [n] embrace affection, bear hug*, bunny hug*, caress, clasp, clinch, lock, squeeze, tight grip; concepts 190,375 Ant. push, release hug [v] hold close, cling to bear hug, be near to, cherish, clasp, clinch, cradle, cuddle, embrace, enbosom, enfold, envelop, fold in arms, follow closely, grasp, hold onto, keep close, lie close, lock, love, nestle, nurse, press, receive, retain, seize, squeeze, stay near, take in ones arms, welcome; concepts 190,375 Ant. push away, release huge [adj] extremely large behemothic, bulky,

colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, extensive, gargantuan, giant, gigantic, great, gross*, humongous, immeasurable, immense, jumbo, leviathan, lusty, magnicent, mammoth, massive, mighty, mondo*, monster*, monstrous*, monumental, mountainous, outsize, oversize, planetary, prodigious, stupendous, titanic*, towering, tremendous, vast, walloping, whopping*; concepts 771,773 Ant. dwarf, little, miniature, minute, small, teeny, tiny hulk [n] large piece, lump; remains blob, body, bulk, chunk, clod, clump, frame, hull, hunk, mass, ruins, shambles, shell, shipwreck, skeleton, wreck; concept 829 Ant. bit hulking [adj] massive big, bulky, clumsy, colossal, cumbersome, elephantine, enormous, extensive, gargantuan, gigantic, grand, great, heavy, hefty, huge, immense, imposing, large, lumbering, mammoth, monumental, solid, titanic, towering, tremendous, unwieldy, weighty; concepts 773,781 hull [n] skeleton, body bark, case, casing, cast, covering, frame, framework, husk, mold, peel, peeling, pod, rind, shell, shuck, skin, structure; concepts 484,829 hullabaloo [n] uproar bedlam, big scene*, brouhaha, chaos, clamor, commotion, confusion, free-for-all*, furor, fuss, hassle, hubbub, hue and cry, mayhem, melee, noise, pandemonium, racket*, riot, row, ruckus, to-do*; concepts 46,65,106,230,384,388,674 hum [v] buzz, vibrate bombilate, bombinate, bum, bumble, croon, drone, moan, mumble, murmur, purr, rustle, sing, sing low, sound, strum, throb, thrum, trill, warble, whir, whisper, zoom; concepts 65,77 human [adj] characteristic of people animal, anthropoid, anthropological, anthropomorphic, biped, bipedal, civilized, creatural, ethnologic, ethological, fallible, eshly, forgivable, hominal, hominid, hominine, humanistic, individual, mortal, personal, vulnerable; concepts 406,549 Ant. immortal, inhuman, unmanly human [n] person, Homo sapiens being, biped, body, character, child, creature, individual, life, mortal, personage, soul, wight; concept 417 Ant. abstract, immortal, inanimate, nonentity, plant humane [adj] kind, compassionate accommodating, altruistic, amiable, approachable, benevolent, benign, benignant, broad-minded, charitable, clement, considerate, cordial, democratic, forbearing, forgiving, friendly, generous, genial, gentle, good, good-natured, gracious, helpful, human, humanitarian, indulgent, kindhearted, kindly, lenient, liberal, magnanimous, merciful, mild, natural, obliging, open-minded, philanthropic, pitying, righteous, sympathetic, tender, tenderhearted, tolerant, understanding, unselsh, warmhearted; concepts 401,542 Ant. cruel, erce, inhumane, merciless, uncivilized, uncompassionate, unkind, unsympathetic, violent humanitarian [adj] giving, compassionate altruistic, benecent, benevolent, charitable, eleemosynary, generous, good, humane, idealistic, kindly, philanthropic, public-spirited; concept 542 Ant. egoistic, egotistic, inhumanitarian, uncompassionate, ungiving

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humanitarian [n] person who gives generously altruist, benefactor, bleeding heart*, dogooder*, Good Samaritan*, good scout*, helper, patron, philanthropist; concepts 416, 423 Ant. egoist, stingy humanity [n1] human race Homo sapiens, human beings, humankind, humanness, mankind, people, society; concept 417 humanity [n2] benevolence altruism, amity, brotherly love, charity, compassion, empathy, feeling, friendship, generosity, goodness, goodwill, heart, kindheartedness, kindness, mercy, sympathy; concepts 410,633 humankind [n] the human race community, esh, Homo sapiens, human beings, humanity, human species, mortality, mortals, people, populace, society; concept 417 humble [adj1] meek, unassuming apprehensive, backward, bashful, biddable, blushing, content, courteous, deferential, demure, difdent, docile, fearful, gentle, hesitant, lowly, manageable, mild, modest, obliging, obsequious, ordinary, polite, quiet, reserved, respectful, retiring, reverential, sedate, self-conscious, self-effacing, servile, sheepish, shy, simple, soft-spoken, standofsh, submissive, subservient, supplicatory, tentative, timid, timorous, tractable, unambitious, unobtrusive, unostentatious, unpretentious, withdrawn; concepts 401,404 Ant. assertive, boasting, brave, conceited, egotistical, insolent, pretentious, proud, showy humble [adj2] poor, inferior base, beggarly, common, commonplace, contemptible, humdrum, ignoble, inglorious, insignicant, little, low, low-born, lowly, low-ranking, meager, mean, measly, menial, miserable, modest, obscure, ordinary, paltry, petty, pitiful, plebeian, proletarian, puny, rough, scrubby, seemly, servile, severe, shabby, simple, small, sordid, trivial, unassuming, uncouth, underprivileged, undistinguished, unt, unimportant, unpretentious, unrened, vulgar, wretched; concepts 334,549,589 Ant. luxurious, rich, superior humble [v] shame, put down abase, abash, bemean, break, bring down*, cast down, chagrin, chasten, confound, confuse, crush*, cut to the quick*, debase, deate, degrade, demean, demote, deny, discomt, discredit, disgrace, embarrass, hide, humiliate, lower*, make eat dirt*, make one feel small*, mortify, overcome, pop ones balloon*, pull down*, put away*, put one away*, put to shame, reduce, silence, sink, snub, squash*, squelch, strike dumb, subdue, take down*, take down a peg*, upset; concepts 14,16,44,52 Ant. build up, praise, promote humbug [n1] nonsense babble, balderdash*, baloney*, BS*, bull*, bunk*, drivel, empty talk, gibberish, hogwash*, hooey*, hot air*, poppycock*, pretense, rubbish, silliness, trash*; concepts 230,388,633 humbug [n2] hoax con*, con game*, deceit, fast one*, imam*, fraud, gyp*, hustle, prank, put-on, scam, snow job*, spoof, sting, swindle; concepts 59,63 humdinger [n] something extraordinary ace, beauty, champ, champion, crackerjack*, doozy, hit, hot stuff*, knockout, lulu, pip*, pistol*, smash hit, something, something else, whopper, winner; concept 668

humdrum [adj] boring, uneventful arid, banausic, blah, bromidic, common, commonplace, dim, dime a dozen*, drab, dreary, dull, everyday, garden-variety*, insipid, lifeless, monotone, monotonous, mundane, ordinary, pedestrian, plodding, prosy, repetitious, routine, tedious, tiresome, toneless, treadmill, uninteresting, unvaried, vanilla*, wearisome, whitebread*; concept 548 Ant. busy, eventful, exciting, lively, unusual humid [adj] very damp, referring to weather boiling, clammy, close, dank, irriguous, moist, mucky, muggy, oppressive, sodden, soggy, steamy, sticky, stiing, stuffy, sultry, sweaty, sweltering, watery, wet; concepts 525,603 Ant. arid, dry humidity [n] very damp weather clamminess, dampness, dankness, dew, dewiness, evaporation, fogginess, heaviness, humectation, humidness, moistness, moisture, mugginess, oppressiveness, sogginess, steam, steaminess, stickiness, sultriness, sweatiness, swelter, thickness, vaporization, wet, wetness; concepts 524,607 Ant. aridity, dryness humiliate [v] embarrass, put down abase, abash, base, bemean, blister, break, bring down*, bring low*, cast down, chagrin, chasten, confound, confuse, conquer, crush*, cut down to size*, debase, degrade, demean, denigrate, deny, depress, discomt, discountenance, disgrace, dishonor, downplay, humble, lower, make a fool of*, make ashamed, mortify, pan, play down, put out of countenance*, put to shame, rip*, run down*, shame, shoot down*, slam*, smear, snub, squash*, subdue, take down*, take down a peg*, tear down*, vanquish, wither; concepts 14,44,52 Ant. build up, elevate, laud, praise humiliation [n] embarrassment abasement, affront, chagrin, comedown*, comeuppance, condescension, confusion, degradation, discomture, disgrace, dishonor, humbling, ignominy, indignity, loss of face*, mental pain, mortication, put-down, resignation, self-abasement, shame, submission, submissiveness, touch*; concepts 388,410 Ant. elevation, attery, glorication, praise, success, triumph humility [n] humbleness, modesty abasement, bashfulness, demureness, difdence, docility, fawning, inferiority complex, lack of pride, lowliness, meekness, mortication, nonresistance, obedience, obsequiousness, passiveness, reserve, resignation, self-abasement, self-abnegation, servility, sheepishness, shyness, subjection, submissiveness, subservience, timidity, timorousness, unobtrusiveness, unpretentiousness; concepts 633,657 Ant. arrogance, assertiveness, egoism, pretentiousness, pride, self-importance humor [n1] comedy, funniness amusement, badinage, banter, buffoonery, clowning, comicality, comicalness, drollery, facetiousness, farce, ippancy, fun, gag, gaiety, happiness, high spirits, jest, jesting, jocoseness, jocularity, joke, joking, joyfulness, kidding, levity, lightness, playfulness, pleasantry, raillery, tomfoolery, whimsy, wisecrack, wit, witticism, wittiness; concept 293 Ant. depression, drama, sadness, seriousness, tragedy, unhappiness

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humor [n2] mood, temperament bee, bent, bias, caprice, character, complexion, conceit, disposition, fancy, frame of mind, individualism, individuality, makeup, mind, nature, notion, personality, propensity, quirk, spirits, strain, temper, tone, vagary, vein, whim; concept 410 humorist [n] comedian card*, clown, comedienne, comic, cutup, entertainer, jester, joker, jokesmith, jokester, satirist, stand-up comic, wisecracker, wit; concepts 352,423 humorous [adj] funny, comical amusing, camp*, campy*, comic, droll, entertaining, facetious, farcical, hilarious, jocose, jocular, jokey, joshing, laughable, ludicrous, merry, playful, pleasant, priceless, ribald, screaming*, side-splitting*, too funny for words*, waggish, whimsical, witty; concepts 267,529 Ant. depressing, dramatic, gloomy, morose, sad, serious, tragic, uncomical, unfunny hump [n] swelling, projection bulge, bump, convexedness, convexity, dune, elevation, eminence, excrescence, gibbosity, hill, hummock, hunch, knap, knob, knurl, kyphosis, mound, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, ridge, swell, tumescence; concepts 471,513 Ant. depression hunch [n] feeling, idea anticipation, apprehension, auguration, augury, boding, clue, expectation, feeling in ones bones*, foreboding, forecast, foreknowledge, forewarning, forewisdom, funny feeling*, glimmer, hint, impression, inkling, instinct, intuition, misgiving, notion, omination, portent, preapprehension, precognition, preconceived notion, premonition, prenotation, prenotice, presage, presagement, prescience, presentiment, qualm, suspicion, thought; concept 689 Ant. proof, reality, truth hunch [v] cower, crouch arch, bend, bow, curve, draw in, draw together, huddle, hump, lean, scrooch down, squat, stoop, tense; concept 154 Ant. stand, straighten hunger [n] appetite for food, other desire ache, appetence, appetency, appetition, a stomach for*, big eyes*, bottomless pit*, craving, desire, emptiness, esurience, eyes for*, famine, famishment, gluttony, greed, greediness, hungriness, longing, lust, mania, munchies*, ravenousness, starvation, sweet tooth*, vacancy, void, voracity, want, yearning, yen; concepts 20,709 Ant. satiation, satisfaction hungry [adj] starving; desirous athirst, avid, carnivorous, could eat a horse*, covetous, craving, eager, edacious, empty, esurient, famished, famishing, ying light*, got the munchies*, greedy, hankering, hoggish, hollow, hungered, insatiate, keen, omnivorous, on empty stomach*, piggish*, rapacious, ravenous, starved, unlled, unsatised, voracious, yearning; concepts 20,406 Ant. full, replete, satiated, satised, stuffed hunk [n] chunk of solid material a lot*, batch, bit, block, bulk, bunch, clod, glob, gob*, large piece, loads*, loaf, lump, mass, morsel, nugget, piece, pile, portion, quantity, slab, slice, wad, wedge; concepts 470,471 hunt [n] search, chase coursing, exploration, eld sport, following, frisking, game, hounding, hunting, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, interroga-

tion, investigation, look-see*, meddling, probe, prosecution, prying, pursuance, pursuing, pursuit, quest, race, raid, reconnaissance, research, rummage, scrutiny, seeking, sifting, snooping, sporting, steeplechase, study, tracing, trailing; concepts 207,216 hunt [v1] chase for killing beat the bushes*, bird-dog*, capture, course, dog, drag, drive, sh, follow, give chase, grouse, gun*, gun for*, hawk, heel, hound, kill, look for, poach, press, pursue, ride, run, scent, scratch, scratch around, seek, shadow, shoot, snare, stalk, start, track, trail; concepts 207,216,252,363 Ant. let go hunt [v2] look, search for be on the lookout*, cast about, delve, drag, examine, ferret out, sh for, forage, go after, grope, inquire, interrogate, investigate, look all over hell*, look high and low*, nose around*, probe, prowl, quest, question, ransack, rummage, run down, scour, scratch around*, search high heaven*, seek, sift, trace, trail, try to nd, winnow; concept 216 Ant. ignore, neglect hurdle [n] barrier, obstacle bar, barricade, blockade, complication, difculty, fence, hamper, handicap, hedge, hindrance, impediment, interference, mountain, obstruction, rub, snag, stumbling block, traverse, wall; concepts 470,674 Ant. clear path, opening hurdle [v] jump over an obstacle bounce, bound, clear, conquer, down, hop, jump across, leap over, lick, lop, master, negotiate, over, overcome, saltate, scale, spring, surmount, vault; concept 194 hurl [v] throw forcefully bung, cast, chuck, chunk, re, ing, gun, heave, launch, let y, lob, peg, pitch, project, propel, send, sling, toss; concept 222 hurricane [n] violent windstorm blow, cyclone, gale, line storm, monsoon, storm, tempest, tornado, tropical cyclone, tropical storm, twister, typhoon, whirlwind; concepts 524,526 hurried [adj] quick, rushed abrupt, breakneck, brief, cursory, fast, hasty, headlong, hectic, impetuous, perfunctory, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, rushing, short, slapdash, speedy, subitaneous, sudden, supercial, swift; concepts 548,588,799 Ant. easily, leisurely, slow, unhurried, unrushed hurry [n] speed in action, motion bustle, celerity, commotion, dash, dispatch, drive, expedition, expeditiousness, urry, haste, precipitance, precipitateness, precipitation, promptitude, push, quickness, rush, rustle, scurry, speediness, swiftness, urgency; concepts 657,748,755 Ant. delay, procrastination, rest, slowness, stall, wait hurry [v] act, move speedily accelerate, barrel, beeline*, be quick, bestir, breeze, bullet, burst, bustle, dash, dig in, drive, expedite, eet, it, y, get a move on*, goad, go like lightning*, haste, hasten, hurry up, hustle, jog, lose no time, make haste, make short work of*, make time*, make tracks*, nip, push, quicken, race, rip, rocket, roll, run, rush, sally, scoot, scurry, shake a leg*, smoke, speed, speed up, spur, step on gas*, step on it*, turn on steam*, urge, whirl, whish, whisk, whiz, zip; concepts 150,234 Ant. dally, dawdle, delay, procrastinate, rest, slow, stall, wait hurt [adj] physically or mentally injured aching,

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aggrieved, agonized, all torn up*, battered, bleeding, bruised, buffeted, burned, busted up*, contused, crushed, cut, damaged, disgured, distressed, disturbed, grazed, harmed, hit, impaired, indignant, in pain, lacerated, marred, mauled, miffed, mutilated, nicked, offended, pained, piqued, put away, resentful, rueful, sad, scarred, scraped, scratched, shook, shot, sore, stricken, struck, suffering, tender, tortured, umbrageous, unhappy, warped, wounded; concepts 314,403 Ant. comforted, cured, healed, healthy, ok, pleased, remedied, well hurt [n] injury; damage ache, black and blue*, blow, boo-boo*, bruise, chop, detriment, disadvantage, disaster, discomfort, disservice, distress, down, gash, harm, ill, ill-treatment, loss, mark, mischief, misfortune, nick, ouch, outrage, pain, pang, persecution, prejudice, ruin, scratch, sore, soreness, suffering, wound, wrong; concepts 316,728 Ant. aid, assist, cure, healing, help, remedy hurt [v1] cause physical pain; experience pain abuse, ache, afict, ail, belt, be sore, be tender, bite, blemish, bruise, burn, cramp, cut, cut up, damage, disable, do violence, ail, og, harm, impair, injure, kick, lacerate, lash, maltreat, mar, maul, mess up, nip, pierce, pinch, pommel, prick, pummel, punch, puncture, punish, rough up, shake up, slap, slug, smart, spank, spoil, squeeze, stab, sting, tear, throb, torment, torture, total, trouble, wax, whack, whip, wing, wound, wrack up, wring; concepts 246,313 Ant. aid, assist, assuage, cure, heal, help, relieve, remedy, soothe hurt [v2] cause mental pain abuse, afict, aggrieve, annoy, burn, chafe, constrain, cut to the quick*, discomt, discommode, displease, distress, excruciate, faze, give no quarter*, go for jugular*, grieve, hit where one lives*, injure, lambaste, lay a bad trip on*, lean on*, martyr, martyrize, prejudice, punish, put down, put out, sadden, sting*, thumb nose at*, torment, torture, try, upset, vex, vitiate, work over*, wound, zing*; concepts 7,14,19 Ant. calm, placate, please, relieve, soothe hurtful [adj] injurious, cruel aching, afictive, bad, cutting, damaging, dangerous, deadly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, disadvantageous, distressing, evil, harmful, hurting, malicious, mean, mischievous, nasty, nocuous, noxious, ominous, pernicious, poisonous, prejudicial, spiteful, unkind, upsetting, wounding; concepts 537,542 Ant. aiding, assisting, harmless, helpful, helping, kind, nice, relieving hurtle [v] plunge, charge bump, collide, y, lunge, push, race, rush, rush headlong, scoot, scramble, shoot, speed, spurt, tear; concept 150 husband [n] married man bridegroom, companion, consort, groom, helpmate, hubby, mate, monogamist, monogynist, other half, partner, spouse; concepts 414,419 Ant. wife hush [n] quiet calm, lull, peace, peacefulness, quietude, silence, still, stillness, tranquility; concept 65 Ant. clamor, yelling hush [v] attempt to make quiet burke, choke, gag, mufe, mute, muzzle, quiet, quieten, shush*, shut up, silence, stie, still, stop, suppress; concepts 65,87 Ant. yell

hush-hush [adj] secret clandestine, classied, closet, condential, covert, dark, private, restricted, sub-rosa*, surreptitious, undercover, under-the-table*; concept 576 Ant. known, public, revealed, told hush up [v] keep secret burke, conceal, cover, cover up, keep dark, sit on, smother, squash, stie, suppress; concept 266 Ant. reveal, tell husk [n] covering, case aril, bark, case, chaff, glume, hull, outside, pod, rind, shell, shuck, skin; concepts 428,484 Ant. core husky [adj1] deep, scratchy in sound croaking, croaky, growling, gruff, guttural, harsh, hoarse, loud, rasping, raucous, rough, throaty; concept 594 Ant. low, quiet, soft husky [adj2] big, burly brawny, gigantic, hefty, Herculean*, mighty, muscular, powerful, rugged, sinewy, stalwart, stocky, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, thickset, well-built; concept 773 Ant. little, small, thin hussy [n] loose woman broad, oozy, jade, Jezebel, minx, slut, strumpet, tart*, tramp, trollop, vamp, wench, whore; concepts 348, 412,415,419 hustle [v] hurry; work hurriedly apply oneself, be conscientious, bulldoze*, bustle, elbow, y, force, haste, hasten, hotfoot*, impel, jog, press, push, race, rush, shove, speed, thrust, use elbow grease*; concepts 91,150 Ant. dally, delay, procrastinate, slow, wait hustler [n] con artist; prostitute call girl, cheater, fast talker, oozy, grifter, hooker, rip-off artist*, scam artist, streetwalker, swindler, whore; concepts 348,412,415,419 hut [n] tiny, often roughly built, house box*, bungalow, cabana, cabin, camp, chalet, cot, cottage, crib*, den, dugout, dump*, hovel*, hutch, lean-to, lodge, log house, pigeonhole*, rathole*, refuge, shack, shanty, shed, shelter, summer house, tepee, wigwam; concept 516 hybrid [n] composite, mixture amalgam, bastard, combination, compound, cross, crossbreed, half-blood, half-breed, half-caste, incross, miscegenation, mongrel, mule, outcross; concepts 260,394,414,429 Ant. homogeneous, pedigreed, pure, purebred, thoroughbred, unmixed hygiene [n] cleanliness healthful living, hygienics, preventive medicine, public health, regimen, salutariness, sanitation, wholesomeness; concepts 316,405 Ant. dirtiness, lth, foulness hygienic [adj] clean aseptic, disinfected, germfree, good, healthful, healthy, pure, salubrious, salutary, salutiferous, sanitary, sterile, uncontaminated, uninfected, wholesome; concept 621 Ant. contaminated, dirty, diseased, lthy, foul, infected, unclean, unpure, unsanitary, unsterile hymn [n] religious song aria, canticle, carol, chant, choral, chorale, descant, ditty, evensong, hosanna, laud, lay, lied, littany, ode, oratorio, paean, psalm, shout, song of praise, worship song; concepts 262,595 hype [n] extensive publicity advertising, buildup*, plugging*, promotion; concepts 292,324 Ant. secrecy hyperactive [adj] excessively active excitable, high-strung, hyper*, overactive, overzealous, uncontrollable, wild; concepts 401,404

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hyperbole [n] exaggeration amplication, big talk*, coloring*, distortion, embellishment, embroidering, enlargement, hype*, laying it on thick*, magnication, metaphor, mountain out of molehill*, overstatement, PR*, tall talk*; concept 268 Ant. understatement hypercritical [adj] captious carping, caviling, censorious, critical, demanding, faultnding, nicky, fussy, hair-splitting, hard to please, niggling, nit-picking, overcritical, persnickety; concepts 267,404 hyperination [n] extremely high, rising economic ination devaluation, overextension, run-away ination, wheelbarrow economics; concept 335 hypermedia [n] system giving access to multimedia information on a single subject data base, information bank, information retrieval; concept 274 hypnotic [adj] spellbinding, sleep-inducing anesthetic, anodyne, calmative, lenitive, mesmeric, mesmerizing, narcotic, opiate, sleepy, somniferous, somnolent, soothing, soporic, soporose, trance-inducing; concepts 529,537 Ant. exciting, exhilarating, inciteful, inspiring, stimulating hypnotize [v] put in trance; spellbind anesthetize, bring under control, captivate, charm, drug, dull the will, entrance, fascinate, hold under a spell, induce, lull to sleep, magnetize, make drowsy, make sleepy, mesmerize, narcotize, put to sleep, soothe, stupefy, subject to suggestion; concept 250 Ant. excite, exhilarate, incite, inspire, stimulate hypochondriac [adj] neurotic health-obsessed, hypochondriacal, hypochondric, imagining, preoccupied with health, valetudinarian; concept 403 hypochondriac [n] neurotic hypochrondriast, valetudinarian; concept 316 hypocrisy [n] deceitfulness, pretense affectation, bad faith*, bigotry, cant, casuistry, deceit, deception, dishonesty, display, dissembling, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity, false profession, falsity, fraud, glibness, imposture, insincerity, irreverence, lie, lip service*, mockery, pharisaicalness, pharisaism, phoniness, pietism, quackery, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, speciousness, unctuousness; concepts 63,633,657 Ant. forthrightness, honesty, righteousness, sincerity, truth hypocrite [n] person who pretends, is deceitful actor, attitudinizer, backslider*, bigot, bluffer, casuist, charlatan, cheat, con artist, crook, deceiver, decoy, dissembler, dissimulator, fake, faker, four-usher*, fraud, hook*, humbug, impostor, informer, lip server*, malingerer, masquerader, mountebank, Pharisee, phony, playactor*, poser, pretender, quack*, smoothie*, sophist, swindler, trickster, two-face*, two-timer*, wolf in sheeps clothing*; concept 412 hypocritical [adj] deceitful, pretending affected, articial, assuming, bland, canting, captious, caviling, deceptive, deluding, dissembling, double, double-dealing, duplicitous, faithless, false, feigning, shy*, fraudulent, glib, hollow, insincere, jivey, left-handed, lying, moralistic, oily, pharisaical, phony,

pietistic, pious, sanctimonious, self-righteous, smooth, smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued*, snide, specious, spurious, two-faced*, unctuous, unnatural, unreliable; concepts 267,401,542 Ant. actual, authentic, forthright, honest, just, real, reliable, righteous, sincere, truthful, upright hypothesis [n] theory antecedent, apriority, assignment, assumption, attribution, axiom, basis, belief, conclusion, condition, conjecture, data, deduction, demonstration, derivation, explanation, foundation, ground, guess, inference, interpretation, layout, lemma, philosophy, plan, position, postulate, premise, presupposition, principle, proposal, proposition, rationale, reason, scheme, shot in the dark*, speculation, starting point, suggestion, supposition, surmise, system, tentative law, term, theorem, thesis; concepts 661,689 Ant. calcualtion, measurement, proof, reality, truth hypothetical [adj] guessed, assumed academic, assumptive, casual, concocted, conditional, conjecturable, conjectural, contestable, contingent, debatable, disputable, doubtful, equivocal, imaginary, imagined, indenite, indeterminate, postulated, presumptive, presupposed, pretending, problematic, provisory, putative, questionable, refutable, speculative, stochastic, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, suspect, theoretic, theoretical, uncertain, unconrmed, vague; concepts 529,552,582 Ant. calculated, conrmed, factual, measured, proved, proven, real, reliable, truthful hysteria [n] state of extreme upset agitation, delirium, excitement, feverishness, frenzy, hysterics, madness, mirth, nervousness, panic, unreason; concept 410 Ant. calm, control, sereneness hysterical [adj] very upset, excited agitated, berserk, beside oneself, blazing, carried away*, convulsive, crazed, crazy, delirious, distracted, distraught, emotional, ery, frantic, frenzied, fuming, furious, impassioned, impetuous, in a t, incensed, irrepressible, mad, maddened, nervous, neurotic, overwrought, panic-stricken, passionate, possessed, rabid, raging, rampant, raving, seething, spasmodic, tempestuous, turbulent, uncontrollable, uncontrolled, unnerved, unrestrained, uproarious, vehement, violent, wild, worked up*; concepts 403,542 Ant. calm, controlled, serene

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ice [n] frozen water chunk, crystal, cube ice, diamonds*, dry ice, oe, glacier, glaze, hail, hailstone, iceberg, ice cube, icicle, permafrost, sleet; concepts 470,514 Ant. water ice-cold [adj] very cold algid, arctic, biting, bitter, bitterly cold, brumal, chill, cutting, freezing, frozen, gelid, glacial, icy, piercing, polar, raw, Siberian, sub-zero, wintry; concepts 605,606 Ant. burning hot, hot, warm icing [n] frosting cream, glac, glaze, ornamentation, sugar paste, topping, trimming; concept 457 icky [adj] not pleasant disgusting, horrible, loathsome, nasty, noisome, offensive, repellent,

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revolting, sickening, vile; concept 570 Ant. good, nice, pleasing icon [n] image gure, graphical user interface, graphic image, idol, ikon, likeness, painted image, picture, portrait, portrayal, representation, symbol; concepts 259,667,716 iconoclast [n] detractor critic, cynic, denouncer, dissenter, dissident, heretic, image-breaker, nonbeliever, non-conformist, questioner, radical, rebel, revolutionist, ruiner, sceptic, unbeliever; concepts 359,423 icy [adj1] frozen; slippery when frozen antarctic, arctic, biting, bitter, chill, chilled to the bone*, chilling, chilly, cold, freezing, frigid, frostbound, frosty, frozen over, gelid, glacial, glaring, iced, polar, raw, refrigerated, rimy, shivering, shivery, sleeted, smooth as glass*; concepts 605,606 Ant. unfrozen, watery icy [adj2] aloof chill, cold, distant, emotionless, forbidding, frigid, frosty, glacial, hostile, indifferent, steely, stony, unemotional, unfriendly, unwelcoming; concepts 401,404 Ant. friendly, warm idea [n] something understood, planned, or believed abstraction, aim, approximation, belief, brainstorm*, clue, concept, conception, conclusion, conviction, design, doctrine, end, essence, estimate, fancy, feeling, ash*, form, guess, hint, hypothesis, import, impression, inkling, intention, interpretation, intimation, judgment, meaning, notion, object, objective, opinion, pattern, perception, plan, purpose, reason, scheme, sense, signicance, solution, suggestion, suspicion, teaching, theory, thought, understanding, view, viewpoint; concepts 529,660,661,689 ideal [adj1] model, perfect absolute, archetypal, classic, classical, complete, consummate, excellent, exemplary, tting, awless, have-itall*, indefectible, optimal, paradigmatic, piein-the-sky*, prototypical, quintessential, representative, Shangri-la*, supreme; concepts 533,574 Ant. awed, imperfect, incorrect, problematic, wrong ideal [adj2] conceptual; impractical abstract, chimerical, dreamlike, extravagant, fanciful, ctitious, high-own, hypothetical, imaginary, intellectual, in the clouds*, ivory-tower*, mental, mercurial, notional, out-of-reach*, quixotic, theoretical, transcendent, transcendental, unattainable, unearthly, unreal, Utopian*, visionary; concepts 529,552 Ant. actual, common, material, practical, pragmatic ideal [n] model archetype, criterion, epitome, example, exemplar, goal, idol, jewel, last word*, mirror, nonesuch, nonpareil, paradigm, paragon, pattern, perfection, prototype, standard; concepts 671,686 Ant. error, aw, imperfection, problem, wrong idealist [n] person who holds fancies in mind, who believes in perfection dreamer, enthusiast, escapist, optimist, Platonist, radical, romancer, romantic, romanticist, seer, stargazer, theorizer, transcendentalist, utopian, visionary; concepts 359,416,423 Ant. pragmatist, realist idealistic [adj] visionary abstracted, chimerical, dreaming, idealized, impractical, optimistic, quixotic, radical, romantic, starry-eyed, unrealistic, utopian; concepts 529,560,582

ideals [n] moral beliefs ethics, goals, principles, standards, values; concepts 645,689 identical [adj] alike, equal carbon copy*, corresponding, dead ringer*, ditto*, double, duplicate, equivalent, exact, identic,indistinguishable, interchangeable, like, like two peas in a pod*, look-alike, matching, same, same difference*, selfsame, spitting image*, tantamount, twin, very, very same, Xerox*; concepts 487,566, 573 Ant. different, dissimilar, distinct, diverse, opposite, unequal, unlike identication [n] labeling; means of labeling apperception, assimilation, badge, bracelet, cataloging, classifying, credentials, description, dog tag, establishment, ID*, identity bracelet, letter of introduction, letter of recommendation, naming, papers, passport, recognition, tag, testimony; concepts 268,271 identify [v] recognize; label analyze, button down*, card, catalog, classify, describe, determinate, determine, diagnose, diagnosticate, distinguish, establish, nd, make out, name, peg*, pick out, pinpoint, place, put ones nger on*, select, separate, single out*, spot, tab*, tag*; concepts 38,62 Ant. confuse, mistake identify with [v] put oneself in the place of another ally, associate, empathize, feel for*, put in same category*, put oneself in anothers shoes*, relate to, respond to, see through someones eyes*, sympathize, think of in connection*, understand; concepts 15,39 identity [n1] persons individuality character, circumstances, coherence, distinctiveness, existence, identication, integrity, ipseity, name, oneness, particularity, personality, self, selfdom, selfhood, selfness, singleness, singularity, status, uniqueness; concept 411 identity [n2] similarity, correspondence accord, agreement, congruence, congruity, empathy, equality, equivalence, identicalness, likeness, oneness, rapport, resemblance, sameness, selfsameness, semblance, similitude, unanimity, uniformity, unity; concepts 664,670 Ant. difference, dissimilarity, opposition ideology [n] beliefs articles of faith*, credo, creed, culture, dogma, ideas, outlook, philosophy, principles, system, tenets, theory, view, Weltanschauung*; concepts 688,689 idiocy [n] utter stupidity asininity, cretinism, derangement, fatuity, fatuousness, foolishness, imbecility, inanity, insanity, insipidity, lunacy, madness, senselessness, tomfoolery; concepts 409,410 Ant. brains, intelligence idiom [n] manner of speaking, turn of phrase argot, colloquialism, dialect, expression, idiosyncrasy, jargon, language, lingo*, localism, locution, parlance, patois, phrase, provincialism, set phrase, street talk*, style, talk, tongue, usage, vernacular, vernacularism, word; concept 275 Ant. standard idiosyncrasy [n] oddity, quirk affectation, bit, characteristic, distinction, eccentricity, feature, habit, mannerism, peculiarity, singularity, trait, trick; concepts 411,644 idiot [n] very stupid person blockhead, bonehead*, cretin, dimwit, dork, dumbbell, dunce, fool, ignoramus, imbecile, jerk, kook*, moron, nincompoop, ninny*, nitwit, out to lunch*,

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pinhead*, simpleton, stupid, tomfool, twit*; concept 412 Ant. brain idiotic [adj] very stupid asinine, batty*, birdbrained*, crazy, daffy*, daft, dull, dumb, fatuous, foolhardy, foolish, harebrained*, imbecile, imbecilic, inane, insane, lunatic, moronic, senseless, silly, squirrelly*, thickwitted*, unintelligent; concept 402 Ant. brainy, intelligent, smart idle [adj1] not used; out of action abandoned, asleep, barren, closed down, dead, deserted, down, dusty, empty, gathering dust*, inactive, inert, jobless, laid-off, leisured, mothballed, motionless, on the bench*, on the shelf*, out of operation, out of work*, passive, quiet, redundant, resting, rusty, sleepy, stationary, still, uncultivated, unemployed, unoccupied, untouched, unused, vacant, void, waste, workless; concepts 542,560 Ant. active, busy, employed, productive, used, working idle [adj2] lazy at rest, indolent, lackadaisical, resting, shiftless, slothful, sluggish, taking it easy*; concepts 401,538 Ant. ambitious, busy, diligent, hustling, productive idle [adj3] worthless, ineffective abortive, bootless, empty, frivolous, fruitless, futile, groundless, hollow, insignicant, irrelevant, not serious, nugatory, of no avail*, otiose, pointless, rambling, supercial, trivial, unavailing, unhelpful, unnecessary, unproductive, unsuccessful, useless, vain; concepts 267,560 Ant. effective, important, productive, worthwhile idleness [n] laziness, inaction dawdling, dillydallying*, dormancy, droning, goof-off time*, hibernation, inactivity, indolence, inertia, joblessness, laze, lazing, leisure, lethargy, loang, loitering, otiosity, own sweet time*, pottering, shiftlessness, sloth, slothfulness, slouch, slowness, sluggishness, stupor, time on ones hands*, time to burn*, time to kill*, timewasting, torpidity, torpor, triing, truancy, unemployment, vegetating; concepts 657, 677,681 Ant. action, ambition, busyness, diligence, employment, hustle, industry, labor, occupation, work idol [n] person greatly admired beloved, darling, dear, deity, desire, eidolon, false god, favorite, fetish, god, goddess, golden calf*, graven image, hero, icon, image, inamorata, pagan symbol, simulacrum, superstar; concepts 352,423 idolize [v] think of very highly; worship admire, adore, apotheosize, bow down, canonize, deify, dote on, exalt, glorify, look up to*, love, put on a pedestal*, revere, reverence, venerate; concepts 10,32 Ant. despise idyllic [adj] perfect; extremely pleasant arcadian, bucolic, charming, comfortable, halcyon, heavenly, ideal, idealized, out-of-this-world*, pastoral, peaceful, picturesque, pleasing, rustic, unspoiled; concepts 529,572 Ant. bad, disagreeble, awed, imperfect iffy [adj] uncertain capricious, chancy, conditional, dicey, doubtful, erratic, uctuant, incalculable, in lap of gods*, problematic, undecided, unpredictable, unsettled, up in the air*, whimsical; concept 552 Ant. certain, denite, reliable, sure ignite [v] set on re burn, burst into ames, catch re, enkindle, re, are up, iname,

kindle, light, put match to*, set alight, set re to, start up, take re, touch off; concept 249 Ant. extinguish, put out ignoble [adj] lowly, unworthy abject, base, baseborn, coarse, common, contemptible, corrupt, craven, dastardly, degenerate, degraded, despicable, disgraceful, dishonorable, heinous, humble, infamous, inferior, lewd, low, mean, menial, modest, ordinary, peasant, petty, plain, plebeian, poor, rotten, scurvy, servile, shabby, shameful, simple, sordid, unwashed, vile, vulgar, wicked, wretched, wrong; concepts 542,545,549 Ant. dignied, grand, high, honorable, noble, reputable, respectable, worthy ignorance [n] unintelligence, inexperience benightedness, bewilderment, blindness, callowness, crudeness, darkness, denseness, disregard, dumbness, empty-headedness*, fog*, half-knowledge, illiteracy, incapacity, incomprehension, innocence, inscience, insensitivity, lack of education, mental incapacity, naivet, nescience, oblivion, obtuseness, philistinism, rawness, sciolism, shallowness, simplicity, unawareness, unconsciousness, uncouthness, unenlightenment, unfamiliarity, unscholarliness, vagueness; concepts 409,678 Ant. competence, cultivation, education, experience, intelligence, knowledge, literacy, talent, wisdom ignorant [adj] unaware, unknowing apprenticed, benighted, birdbrained*, blind to*, cretinous, dense, green*, illiterate, imbecilic, inexperienced, innocent, insensible, in the dark*, mindless, misinformed, moronic, naive, nescient, oblivious, obtuse, shallow, thick, unconscious, unconversant, uncultivated, uncultured, uneducated, unenlightened, uninformed, uninitiated, unintellectual, unknowledgeable, unlearned, unlettered, unmindful, unread, unschooled, unsuspecting, untaught, untrained, unwitting, witless; concepts 402,542 Ant. aware, competent, educated, intelligent, knowledgeable, literate, talented, wise ignore [v] disregard on purpose avoid, be oblivious to, blink, brush off*, bury ones head in sand*, cold-shoulder*, discount, disdain, evade, fail, forget, let it go*, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, pass over, pay no attention to, pay no mind*, pooh-pooh*, reject, scorn, shut eyes to*, slight, take no notice, tune out*, turn back on*, turn blind eye*, turn deaf ear; concept 30 Ant. acknowledge, heed, look at, note, notice, pay attention, recognize, regard, take notice ilk [n] kind, type brand, class, classication, denomination, gender, kin, lot, order, persuasion, race, set, sort, species, variety; concepts 378,411,673 ill [adj1] sick aficted, ailing, a wreck*, below par*, bummed*, diseased, down, down with, feeling awful, feeling rotten, feeling terrible, got the bug*, indisposed, inrm, laid low*, off ones feet*, on sick list*, out of sorts*, peaked, poorly, queasy, rotten, run-down, running temperature, sick as a dog*, under the weather*, unhealthy, unwell, woozy*; concept 314 Ant. good, healthy, sound, strong, well ill [adj2] bad, evil acrimonious, adverse, antagonistic, cantankerous, cross, damaging, deleteri-

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ous, detrimental, disrespectful, disturbing, foreboding, foul, harmful, harsh, hateful, hostile, hurtful, ill-mannered, impertinent, inauspicious, inimical, iniquitous, injurious, malevolent, malicious, nocent, nocuous, noxious, ominous, ruinous, sinister, sullen, surly, threatening, unfavorable, unfortunate, unfriendly, ungracious, unhealthy, unkind, unlucky, unpromising, unpropitious, unwholesome, vile, wicked, wrong; concepts 537,545,570 Ant. good ill [n] misfortune abuse, affection, afiction, ailment, badness, complaint, condition, cruelty, damage, depravity, destruction, disease, disorder, evil, harm, hurt, illness, indisposition, inrmity, injury, insult, malady, malaise, malice, mischief, misery, pain, sickness, suffering, syndrome, trial, tribulation, trouble, unpleasantness, wickedness, woe, wrong; concepts 316, 674,675 Ant. benet, blessing, fortune, happiness, luck, privilege, prot, prosperity ill-advised [adj] unwise, not thought out brash, confused, foolhardy, foolish, half-baked*, hotheaded*, ill-considered, ill-judged, impolitic, imprudent, inappropriate, incautious, inconsiderate, indiscreet, inexpedient, injudicious, madcap*, misguided, off the top of ones head*, overhasty, rash, reckless, shortsighted*, thoughtless, unseemly, wrong; concepts 544, 548 Ant. reasonable, sensible, well-advised, wise ill at ease [adj] uncomfortable, nervous anxious, awkward, discomted, disquieted, disturbed, doubtful, edgy, faltering, dgety, hesitant, insecure, on edge*, on pins and needles*, on tenterhooks*, out of place*, restless, self-conscious, shy, suspicious, tense, uneasy, unrelaxed, unsettled, unsure; concepts 401, 403 Ant. at ease, comfortable, content illegal [adj] against the law actionable, banned, black-market*, bootleg*, contraband, criminal, crooked, extralegal, felonious, forbidden, heavy*, hot*, illegitimate, illicit, interdicted, irregular, lawless, not approved, not legal, outlawed, outside the law, prohibited, proscribed, prosecutable, racket, shady, smuggled, sub rosa, taboo, unauthorized, unconstitutional, under the table*, unlawful, unlicensed, unofcial, unwarrantable, unwarranted, verboten, violating, wildcat*, wrongful; concepts 319, 545 Ant. allowed, authorized, ethical, good, lawful, legal, legitimate, moral, permissible, right illegible [adj] unreadable cacographic, crabbed, cramped, difcult to read, faint, hard to make out*, hieroglyphic, indecipherable, indistinct, obscure, scrawled, unclear, undecipherable, unintelligible; concepts 535,576 Ant. decipherable, legible, readible, understandable illegitimate [adj] not legal contraband, illegal, illicit, improper, invalid, misbegotten, spurious, supposititious, unauthorized, unconstitutional, unlawful, unsanctioned, wicked, wrong; concepts 319,549 Ant. authorized, blessed, ethical, justiable, legal, legitimate, moral, sanctioned, warranted ill-fated/ill-starred [adj] doomed blighted, catastrophic, destroyed, disastrous, hapless, ill-omened, inauspicious, luckless, misfortunate, ruined, star-crossed*, unfortunate,

unhappy, unlucky, untoward; concepts 537, 548 Ant. happy, lucky illicit [adj] not legal; forbidden adulterous, black-market*, bootleg*, clandestine, contraband, contrary to law, criminal, crooked, dirty*, felonious, furtive, guilty, heavy*, illegal, illegitimate, immoral, improper, in violation of law, lawless, out of line*, prohibited, racket, unauthorized, unlawful, unlicensed, wrong, wrongful; concepts 319,545 Ant. blessed, good, legal, legitimate, licit, moral, noble, proper, right illiterate [adj] unable to read well; lacking education benighted, catachrestic, ignorant, inerudite, solecistic, uneducated, unenlightened, ungrammatical, uninstructed, unlearned, unlettered, unread, unschooled, untaught, untutored; concept 402 Ant. able, educated, learned, literate, taught ill-mannered [adj] badly behaved bad-mannered, boorish, cheap, churlish, coarse, discourteous, disrespectful, ill-behaved, ill-bred, impertinent, impolite, insolent, loud, loudmouthed, loutish, raunchy*, raw, rough, roughneck*, rude, tacky*, uncivil, uncouth, ungracious, unmannerly, unrened, vulgar; concept 401 Ant. behaved, mannered, mannerly, polite ill-natured [adj] bad-tempered catty, churlish, crabbed, crabby, cross, crotchety, cussed*, dirty*, disagreeable, disobliging, dyspeptic, hot-tempered, ill-humored, irritable, malevolent, malicious, mean, nasty, ornery*, perverse, petulant, spiteful, sulky, sullen, surly, temperamental, tempersome, touchy, unfriendly, unkind, unpleasant; concepts 401,404 Ant. friendly, good-natured, good-tempered, nice, pleasant illness [n] disease; bad health afiction, ailing, ailment, attack, breakdown, bug*, collapse, complaint, connement, convalescence, disability, diseasedness, disorder, disturbance, dose, failing health, t, u, ill health, indisposition, inrmity, malady, malaise, poor health, prostration, relapse, seizure, sickness, syndrome, unhealth, virus, whats going around*; concept 306 Ant. good health, health, well-being, wellness illogical [adj] not making sense absurd, casuistic, cockeyed*, fallacious, false, fatuous, faulty, groundless, hollow, implausible, inconclusive, incongruous, inconsequent, inconsistent, incorrect, invalid, irrational, irrelevant, mad, meaningless, not following, nutty*, off the wall*, preposterous, screwy*, self-contradictory, senseless, sophistic, sophistical, specious, spurious, unconnected, unproved, unreasonable, unscientic, unsound, unsubstantial, untenable, wacky, without basis, without foundation; concepts 267,529 Ant. correct, logical, meaningful, rational, reasonable, right, sensible ill-suited [adj] inappropriate bad form, ill-tted, ill-matched, ill-timed, improper, inapt, incompatible, incorrect, irrelevant, malapropos, mismatched, out of character, out of its element, out of place, unbecoming, unt, untting, unseemly, unsuitable, wrong; concept 558 ill-tempered [adj] irritable annoyed, bad-tempered, bearish, cantankerous, choleric, crabby, cross, crotchety, grouchy, grumpy, irascible, moody, nasty, quick-tempered, sharp, snappy,

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sour, spiteful, surly, testy, touchy, vicious; concepts 401,403 ill-timed [adj] not occurring at a suitable time awkward, badly timed, improper, inappropriate, inconvenient, inept, inopportune, malapropos, mistimed, unbecoming, unbetting, unfavorable, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuitable, untimely, unwelcome; concept 548 Ant. appropriate, convenient, opportune, suitable, welcome, well-timed illuminate [v1] make light brighten, re, ash, oodlight, highlight, hit with a light*, ignite, illume, illumine, irradiate, kindle, light, lighten, light up, limelight*, spot, spotlight; concept 624 Ant. cloud, darken, obscure illuminate [v2] make clear; educate better, clarify, clear up, construe, dene, dramatize, edify, elucidate, enlighten, explain, expound, express, nish, give insight, gloss, illustrate, improve, instruct, interpret, perfect, polish, shed light on*, uplight; concepts 57,285 Ant. cloud, complicate, dull, involve, obscure illumination [n1] light; making light beam, brightening, brightness, brilliance, ame, ash, gleam, lighting, lights, radiance, ray; concepts 620,624 Ant. darkness, dimness illumination [n2] clear understanding awareness, clarication, edication, education, enlightenment, information, insight, inspiration, instruction, perception, revelation, teaching; concepts 274,409 Ant. ignorance, misconception, misunderstanding, obscurity, vagueness illusion [n] false appearance; false belief apparition, bubble*, chimera, confusion, daydream, deception, dj vu*, delusion, error, fallacy, false impression, fancy, fantasy, gment of imagination*, fools paradise*, ghost, hallucination, head trip*, hocus-pocus*, idolism, ignus fatuus, image, invention, makebelieve, mirage, misapprehension, misbelief, misconception, misimpression, mockery, myth, optical illusion, paramnesia, phantasm, pipe dream*, rainbow*, seeming, semblance, trip*, virtual reality; concepts 689,716 Ant. certainty, event, fact, reality, truth illusory/illusive [adj] deceptive, false apparent, blue-sky*, chimerical, deceitful, delusive, delusory, fake, fallacious, fanciful, fantastic, ctional, ctitious, ctive, hallucinatory, ideal, imaginary, misleading, mistaken, ostensible, pseudo*, seeming, semblant, sham*, suppositious, unreal, untrue, visionary, whimsical; concepts 529,552,582 Ant. certain, factual, real, sure, true illustrate [v1] demonstrate, exemplify allegorize, bring home*, clarify, clear, clear up, delineate, depict, disclose, draw a picture*, elucidate, emblematize, embody, emphasize, epitomize, evidence, evince, exhibit, explain, expose, expound, get across*, get over*, highlight, illuminate, imitate, instance, interpret, lay out*, limelight*, make clear, make plain, manifest, mark, mirror, ostend, personify, picture, point up*, portray, proclaim, represent, reveal, show, show and tell*, spotlight*, symbolize, typify, vivify; concepts 57,97 Ant. hide, obscure illustrate [v2] explain by drawing, decorating adorn, delineate, depict, embellish, illuminate,

limn, ornament, paint, picture, portray, represent, sketch; concepts 57,174 illustration [n1] demonstration, exemplication analogy, case, case history, case in point, clarication, elucidation, example, explanation, for instance, instance, interpretation, model, representative, sample, sampling, specimen; concepts 268,686 illustration [n2] drawing, artwork that assists explanation adornment, cartoon, decoration, depiction, design, engraving, etching, gure, frontispiece, halftone, image, line drawing, painting, photo, photograph, picture, plate, sketch, snapshot, tailpiece, vignette; concept 259 illustrative [adj] explanatory allegorical, clarifying, comparative, corroborative, delineative, descriptive, diagrammatic, emblematic, exemplifying, explicatory, expository, gurative, graphic, iconographic, illuminative, illustrational, illustratory, imagistic, indicative, interpretive, metaphoric, pictorial, pictoric, representative, revealing, sample, specifying, symbolic, typical; concept 267 Ant. atypical, complicated, confusing, involved illustrious [adj] famous, prominent big league*, brilliant, celeb*, celebrated, distinguished, eminent, esteemed, exalted, famed, glorious, great, heavy, lofty, monster*, name*, noble, notable, noted, outstanding, remarkable, renowned, resplendent, signal, splendid, star, sublime, superstar, well-known; concept 568 Ant. infamous, lowly, unimportant, unknown, unremarkable ill will [n] hatred; hard feelings acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bad blood*, bad will, blame, despite, dislike, enmity, envy, feud, grudge, hate, hostility, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, no love lost*, objection, rancor, resentment, spite, spitefulness, spleen, unfriendliness, venom; concept 29 Ant. friendliness, friendship, good feelings, good will, liking, loving image [n1] representation; counterpart angel*, appearance, carbon*, carbon copy, carved gure, chip off old block*, copy, dead ringer*, double, drawing, efgy, equal, equivalent, facsimile, gure, form, icon, idol, illustration, likeness, match, model, photocopy, photograph, picture, portrait, reection, replica, reproduction, similitude, simulacre, simulacrum, spitting image*, statue; concepts 259,667,716 image [n2] concept apprehension, conceit, conception, construct, gure, idea, impression, intellection, mental picture, notion, perception, phantasm, thought, trope, vision; concepts 529,689 Ant. concrete, entity imaginable [adj] believable, possible apprehensible, calculable, comprehensible, conceivable, conjecturable, convincing, credible, likely, plausible, sensible, supposable, thinkable, under the sun*; concepts 529,552 Ant. impossible, improbable, incomprehensible, unbelieveable, unimaginable, unthinkable imaginary [adj] ctitious, invented abstract, apocryphal, apparitional, assumed, chimerical, deceptive, delusive, dreamed-up*, dreamlike, dreamy, fabulous, fancied, fanciful, fantastic, ctional, gmental, fools paradise*, hallucinatory, hypothetical, ideal, illusive, illusory,

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imaginative, imagined, legendary, made-up, mythological, nonexistent, notional, phantasmal, phantasmic, quixotic, shadowy, spectral, supposed, supposititious, theoretical, trumped up*, unreal, unsubstantial, visionary, whimsical; concepts 529,582 Ant. existing, factual, genuine, physical, real, substantial, true imagination [n] power to create in ones mind acuteness, artistry, awareness, chimera, cognition, conception, creation, creative thought, creativity, enterprise, fabrication, fancy, fantasy, ight of fancy*, idea, ideality, illusion, image, imagery, ingenuity, insight, inspiration, intelligence, invention, inventiveness, mental agility, notion, originality, perceptibility, realization, resourcefulness, sally, supposition, thought, thoughtfulness, unreality, verve, vision, visualization, wit, wittiness; concepts 409,410 Ant. being, entity, existence, material, reality, substance, truth imaginative [adj] creative, inventive artistic, avant-garde, blue-sky*, brain wave, breaking ground, clever, dreamy, enterprising, extravagant, fanciful, fantastic, fertile, ctive, highown*, ingenious, inspired, offbeat, original, originative, pie-in-the-sky*, poetic, poetical, productive, quixotic, romantic, utopian, visionary, vivid, way out*, whimsical; concepts 529,542 Ant. dull, uncreative, unimaginative, uninventive, unresourceful imagine [v1] dream up, conceive brainstorm, build castles in air*, conceptualize, conjure up, cook up*, create, depict, devise, envisage, envision, fabricate, fancy, fantasize, fantasy, feature, gure, form, frame, harbor, image, invent, make up, nurture, perceive, picture, plan, project, realize, scheme, see in ones mind*, spark, think of, think up, vision, visualize; concept 43 imagine [v2] assume, deduce apprehend, believe, conjecture, deem, expect, fancy, gather, guess, infer, presume, realize, reckon, suppose, surmise, suspect, take for granted, take it, think, understand; concepts 12,26 Ant. know imbecile [adj] stupid, foolish asinine, backward, deranged, dim-witted, dull, fatuous, feeble-minded, idiotic, imbecilic, inane, ludicrous, moronic, simple, simple-minded, slow, thick, witless; concept 402 Ant. brainy, intelligent, smart imbecile [n] very stupid person birdbrain, dimwit, dolt, dummy, dunce, fool, idiot, jerk, lamebrain*, moron, pinhead*, simpleton; concept 412 Ant. brain imbibe [v] drink, often heavily absorb, assimilate, belt*, consume, down, gorge, guzzle*, ingest, ingurgitate, irrigate, partake, put away*, quaff, raise a few*, sip, swallow, swig*, swill*, toss*; concept 169 Ant. abstain imbroglio [n] misunderstanding; ght altercation, argument, bickering, brawl, broil*, brouhaha*, complexity, complication, dispute, embarrassment, embroilment, entanglement, falling-out*, ack*, involvement, knock-downdrag-out*, miff*, quandary, quarrel, row, runin*, soap opera*, spat, squabble; concepts 46,106 Ant. agreement, peacemaking imbue [v] infuse, saturate bathe, diffuse, impregnate, inculcate, inx, ingrain, inoculate, instill, invest, leaven, permeate, pervade, steep,

suffuse; concepts 209,236,245 Ant. drain, take out imitate [v] pretend to be; do an impression of act like, affect, ape, assume, be like, borrow, burlesque, carbon*, caricature, clone, copy, counterfeit, ditto*, do like*, do likewise, duplicate, echo, emulate, falsify, feign, follow, follow in footsteps*, follow suit*, forge, impersonate, look like, match, mime, mimic, mirror, mock, model after, parallel, parody, pattern after, personate, play a part, pretend, put on*, reduplicate, reect, repeat, replicate, reproduce, resemble, send up*, sham, simulate, spoof, take off*, travesty, Xerox*; concepts 87,111,171 Ant. be original, clash, differ, oppose, reverse imitation [n] simulation, substitution apery, aping, carbon copy, clone, copy, counterfeit, counterfeiting, counterpart, ditto*, dupe*, duplicate, duplication, echoing, ersatz*, fake, forgery, image, impersonation, impression, likeness, match, matching, mime, mimicry, mirroring, mockery, parallel, paralleling, paraphrasing, parody, parroting, patterning, phony, picture, reection, replica, representing, reproduction, resemblance, ringer, semblance, sham*, simulacrum, takeoff*, transcription, travesty, Xerox*; concepts 171,260,716 Ant. difference, opposite, original, reverse imitative [adj] simulated, unoriginal artful, copied, copycat, copying, counterfeit, deceptive, derivative, echoic, emulative, emulous, following, forged, mimetic, mimic, mimicking, mock, onomatopoeic, parrot*, plagiarized, pseudo*, put-on*, reecting, reective, secondhand, sham*, simulant; concept 582 Ant. different, genuine, original immaculate [adj1] very clean; unspoiled bright, clean, errorless, exquisite, faultless, awless, impeccable, irreproachable, neat, pure, snowy*, spick-and-span*, spotless, spruce, stainless, taintless, trim, unexceptionable, unsoiled, unsullied; concept 621 Ant. dirty, lthy, foul, tainted, unclean, unsterile immaculate [adj2] innocent, uncorrupted above reproach, chaste, clean, decent, faultless, awless, guiltless, incorrupt, modest, perfect, pure, sinless, spotless, stainless, unblemished, uncontaminated, undeled, unpolluted, unsullied, untarnished, virtuous; concepts 404,545 Ant. corrupt, deled, immoral, impure, sinful immaterial [adj1] irrelevant extraneous, foreign, impertinent, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, inconsequential, inconsiderable, inconsiderate, inessential, insignicant, irrelative, matter of indifference, meaningless, no big deal*, no never mind*, of no account*, of no consequence*, of no importance*, triing, trivial, unimportant, unnecessary; concept 575 Ant. essential, important, material, meaningful, relevant, substantial immaterial [adj2] not existing in physical form aerial, airy, apparitional, asomatous, bodiless, celestial, disbodied, discarnate, disembodied, dreamlike, dreamy, ethereal, ghostly, heavenly, impalpable, imponderable, incorporate, incorporeal, insensible, intangible, metaphysical, nonmaterial, nonphysical, psychic, shadowy, spectral, spiritlike, spiritual, subjective, supernatural, unearthly, unembodied, uneshly,

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unsubstantial, unworldly, wraithlike; concept 539 Ant. bodily, material, physical, real, solid, substantial immature [adj] young, inexperienced adolescent, baby, babyish, callow, childish, crude, green*, half-grown, imperfect, infantile, infantine, jejune, juvenile, kid, kidstuff*, premature, puerile, raw, sophomoric, tender*, tenderfoot*, underdeveloped, undergrown, undeveloped, unnished, unedged, unformed, unripe, unseasonable, unseasoned, unsophisticated, untimely, wet behind ears*, youthful; concepts 485,578, 797 Ant. adult, developed, experienced, grown, mature, old immeasurable [adj] innite, incalculable alive with, bottomless, boundless, countless, crawling with, endless, extensive, illimitable, immense, indenite, inestimable, inexhaustible, jillion*, large, limitless, measureless, no end of*, no end to*, umpteen*, unbounded, uncountable, unfathomable, unlimited, unmeasurable, unreckonable, vast, zillion*; concepts 762,773,781 Ant. bounded, calculable, nite, limited, measurable immediate [adj1] instantaneous; without delay actual, at once, at present time, at this moment, critical, current, existing, extant, rst, hairtrigger*, instant, live, next, now, on hand*, paramount, present, pressing, prompt, up-todate*, urgent; concepts 567,585,812,820 Ant. eventually, later, never immediate [adj2] near, next adjacent, close, contiguous, direct, rsthand, near-at-hand, nearby, nearest, nigh, primary, proximal, proximate, recent; concepts 586,778 Ant. away, distant, far immediately [adv] at once, right away anon, at short notice, away, directly, double-time*, forthwith, hereupon, in a ash*, in a jiffy*, in a New York minute*, in nothing at*, instantaneously, instanter, instantly, like now*, now, now or never*, on the dot*, on the double*, on the spot*, PDQ*, promptly, pronto*, rapidly, right now, shortly, soon, soon afterward, straight away*, straight off*, summarily, thereupon, this instant, this minute, tout de suite*, unhesitatingly, urgently, without delay, without hesitation; concepts 544,820 Ant. eventually, later, never immemorial [adj] ancient, old age-old, archaic, xed, forever, long-standing, of yore, olden, prehistoric, primeval, rooted, time-honored, traditional; concepts 578,797,799 Ant. current, lately, memorable, new, recent, young immense [adj] extremely large barn door*, boundless, Brobdingnagian*, colossal, elephantine, endless, enormous, eternal, extensive, giant, gigantic, great, gross, huge, humongous, illimitable, immeasurable, innite, interminable, jumbo*, limitless, mammoth, massive, measureless, mighty, monstrous, monumental, prodigious, stupendous, super, titanic*, tremendous, unbounded, vast; concept 773 Ant. little, miniature, minute, small, teeny, tiny immerse [v1] submerge in liquid asperse, baptize, bathe, bury, christen, dip, douse, drench, drown, duck, dunk, merge, plunge, saturate, sink, slop, soak, souse, sprinkle, steep, submerse; concept 256 Ant. dry, retrieve immerse [v2] become deeply involved absorb,

busy, engage, engross, interest, involve, occupy, soak, take up; concepts 17,100 Ant. disinvolve, ignore, neglect immersed [adj] deeply involved with absorbed, bound-up*, buried*, busy, consumed, deep, eat sleep and breathe*, engaged, engrossed, intent, into*, mesmerized, occupied, preoccupied, rapt, spellbound, taken up*, tied up*, turned on*, wrapped up*; concept 542 Ant. ignorant, neglectful, negligent immigrant [n] person from a foreign land adoptive citizen, alien, colonist, documented alien, foreigner, incomer, migrant, naturalized citizen, newcomer, outsider, pioneer, settler, undocumented alien; concept 413 Ant. local, national, native immigrate [v] enter a foreign area intending to live there arrive, colonize, come in, go in, migrate, settle; concept 159 Ant. emigrate, stay imminent [adj] at hand, on the way about to happen, approaching, brewing*, close, coming, expectant, fast-approaching, following, forthcoming, gathering, handwriting-on-the-wall*, immediate, impending, ineluctable, inescapable, inevasible, inevitable, in store*, in the air*, in the cards*, in the ofng*, in the wind*, in view*, likely, looming, menacing, near, nearing, next, nigh, on its way, on the horizon, on the verge, overhanging, possible, probable, see it coming*, threatening, to come, unavoidable, unescapable; concepts 548,820 Ant. distant, doubtful, far, future, later immobile [adj] motionless, xed anchored, at a standstill, at rest, frozen, immobilized, immotile, immovable, nailed, nailed down, pat, quiescent, rigid, riveted, rooted, stable, stagnant, static, stationary, steadfast, stiff, still, stock-still, stolid, unmovable, unmoving; concepts 488,584 Ant. mobile, movable, moving, unxed immoderate [adj] excessive, extreme dizzying, egregious, enormous, exaggerated, exorbitant, extravagant, inordinate, intemperate, overindulgent, proigate, steep, too much*, too-too*, towering, unbalanced, unbridled, uncalled-for*, unconscionable, uncontrolled, undue, unjustied, unmeasurable, unreasonable, unrestrained, unwarranted, wanton; concepts 544,569 Ant. calm, justied, mild, moderate, reasonable, restrained immodest [adj] shameless bawdy, bold, brazen, coarse, depraved, forward, indecent, lewd, obscene, revealing, risqu, unashamed, unchaste, unseemly; concepts 401,545 immoral [adj] evil, degenerate abandoned, bad, corrupt, debauched, depraved, dishonest, dissipated, dissolute, fast*, graceless, impure, indecent, iniquitous, lewd, licentious, loose*, nefarious, obscene, of easy virtue*, pornographic, proigate, rakish, reprobate, saturnalian, shameless, sinful, speedy, unchaste, unclean*, unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, wrong, X-rated*; concept 545 Ant. chaste, good, moral, noble, pure, right, uncorrupt, virtuous immortal [adj1] death-defying, imperishable abiding, amaranthine, ceaseless, constant, deathless, endless, enduring, eternal, evergreen, everlasting, incorruptible, indestructible,

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indissoluble, interminable, lasting, neverceasing, never-ending, perdurable, perennial, permanent, perpetual, phoenixlike, sempiternal, timeless, undying, unfading; concepts 539, 798 Ant. destructible, ephemeral, human, mortal, perishable immortal [adj2] famous celebrated, eminent, epic, genius, glorious, heroic, illustrious, laureate, paragon, storied; concept 568 Ant. infamous, insignicant, mortal, unimportant, unknown immortality [n1] endless life athanasia, deathlessness, endurance, eternal life, eternity, everlasting life, perpetuity, timelessness; concepts 539,798 immortality [n2] enduring fame celebrity, fame, famousness, glorication, glory, greatness, lasting fame, renown; concepts 388,668 immovable [adj] xed, stubborn adamant, constant, dead set on*, dug in, fast, rm, hard-nosed, immobile, immotile, immutable, impassive, inexible, intransigent, locked in*, motionless, obdurate, quiescent, resolute, rooted, secure, set, set in concrete*, set in stone*, solid, stable, stand pat*, stationary, steadfast, stick to guns*, stuck, tough nut*, unalterable, unchangeable, uncompromising, unmodiable, unshakable, unwavering, unyielding; concepts 404,488,534 Ant. mobile, movable, moving, unxed immune [adj] invulnerable allowed, clear, exempt, favored, free, hardened to, insusceptible, irresponsible, licensed, not affected, not liable, not subject, privileged, protected, resistant, safe, unaffected, unanswerable, unliable, unsusceptible; concepts 314,552 Ant. susceptible, unguarded, unprotected, vulnerable immunity [n] privilege, exemption amnesty, charter, exoneration, franchise, freedom, impunity, indemnity, invulnerability, liberty, license, prerogative, protection, release, resistance, right; concepts 316,376,388 Ant. defenselessness, responsibility, susceptibility, vulnerability immutable [adj] unchangeable abiding, ageless, changeless, constant, enduring, xed, immovable, inexible, invariable, permanent, perpetual, sacrosanct, stable, steadfast, unalterable, unmodiable; concept 534 Ant. alterable, changeable, exible, mutable, variable imp [n] mischievous child, small person brat, demon, devil, deviling, devilkin, elf, end, gamin, gnome, gremlin, hellion, minx, pixie, puck, rascal, rogue, scamp, sprite, troll, tyke, urchin, villain; concept 412 impact [n1] collision, force appulse, bang, blow, bounce, brunt, buffet, bump, clash, concussion, contact, crash, crunch, crush, encounter, hit, impingement, jar, jolt, jounce, kick, knock, meeting, percussion, pound, punch, quake, quiver, ram, rap, rock, shake, shock, slap, smash, smashup, strike, stroke, thump, tremble, tremor, wallop; concepts 189,641 impact [n2] effect brunt, burden, consequences, full force, impression, imprint, inuence, mark, meaning, power, repercussion, signicance, thrust, weight; concept 230 impact [v] hit with force bang into, clash, collide, crack up, crash, crush, jolt, kick,

register, smash, smash up, strike, wrack up*; concept 189 impair [v] harm, hinder blemish, blunt, cheapen, damage, debase, debilitate, decrease, destroy, deteriorate, devaluate, devalue, diminish, ding*, disqualify, enervate, enfeeble, hurt, injure, invalidate, lessen, lose strength, make useless, mar, prejudice, queer, reduce, rough up*, spoil, tarnish, total, tweak, undermine, unt, vitiate, weaken, worsen; concepts 130,240,246 Ant. aid, assist, help impaired [adj] injured, faulty broken, busted, damaged, debilitated, defective, down*, awed, harmed, hurt, imperfect, kaput*, marred, on the blink*, on the fritz*, spoiled, unsound; concept 485 Ant. healthy, perfect, strong impale [v] stab lance, perforate, pierce, prick, punch, puncture, run through, skewer, skiver, spear, spike, stick, transx; concept 220 impalpable [adj] intangible, unsubstantial airy, delicate, disembodied, ne, imperceptible, imponderable, imprecise, inappreciable, incorporeal, indiscernible, indistinct, insensible, insubstantial, nebulous, shadowy, tenuous, thin, unapparent, unobservable, unperceivable, vague; concepts 485,529,619 Ant. believeable, palpable, perceptible, substantial, tangible, understandable impart [v1] make known admit, announce, break, communicate, convey, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, inform, pass on, publish, relate, reveal, tell, transmit; concept 60 Ant. conceal, hide impart [v2] give accord, afford, allow, bestow, cede, confer, contribute, grant, lead, offer, part with, present, relinquish, render, yield; concept 108 Ant. keep, take impartial [adj] fair, unprejudiced candid, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, equal, equitable, evenhanded, fair-minded, impersonal, just, middle-of-the-road*, neutral, nondiscriminating, nondiscriminatory, nonpartisan, objective, on-the-fence, openminded, unbiased, unbigoted, uncolored, unslanted, without favor; concepts 403,542 Ant. biased, discriminating, favoring, partial, prejudiced, unfair, unjust impasse [n] stalemate box*, Catch-22*, cessation, corner*, cul-de-sac*, dead end, deadlock, dilemma, x, gridlock, jam, mire*, morass*, pause, pickle*, plight, predicament, quandary, rest, scrape*, standoff, standstill; concept 674 Ant. agreement, breakthrough impassioned [adj] excited, vehement animated, ardent, blazing, burning, deep, fervent, fervid, erce, ery, red up*, aming, furious, glowing, heated*, hot-blooded*, inamed, inspired, intense, melodramatic, moving, mushy, overemotional, passionate, perfervid, powerful, profound, red-hot*, romantic, rousing, sentimental, starry-eyed*, steamed up*, stirring, torrid, violent, vivid, warm, white-hot*, wild about, worked up*, zealous; concept 403 Ant. apathetic, calm, cool, impassive, indifferent, unconcerned, unexcited impassive [adj] aloof, cool apathetic, callous, cold, cold-blooded*, collected, composed, dispassionate, dry, emotionless, hardened, heartless, imperturbable, indifferent, indurated,

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inexcitable, inexpressive, inscrutable, insensible, insusceptible, matter-of-fact, nonchalant, passionless, phlegmatic, placid, poker-faced*, reserved, reticent, sedate, self-contained, serene, spiritless, stoic, stoical, stolid, taciturn, unconcerned, unemotional, unexcitable, unfeeling, unappable, unimpressible, unmoved, unrufed, wooden; concepts 404, 542 Ant. emotional, feeling, passionate, responsive, sensitive, susceptible, warm impatience [n] inability, unwillingness to wait agitation, anger, annoyance, ants in pants*, anxiety, avidity, disquietude, eagerness, edginess, excitement, expectancy, fretfulness, haste, hastiness, heat*, impetuosity, intolerance, irritability, irritableness, nervousness, quick temper, rashness, restiveness, restlessness, shortness, snappiness, suspense, uneasiness, vehemence, violence; concepts 633,657 Ant. control, ease, endurance, forbearance, patience, tolerance, waiting, willingness impatient [adj] unable, unwilling to wait abrupt, agog, antsy, anxious, appetent, ardent, athirst, avid, breathless, brusque, chang, choleric, curt, demanding, dying to*, eager, edgy, feverish, fretful, hasty, having short fuse*, headlong, hot-tempered, hot under collar*, impetuous, indignant, intolerant, irascible, irritable, itchy, keen, on pins and needles*, quick-tempered, racing ones motor*, restless, ripe*, snappy, straining, sudden, testy, thirsty, unforbearing, unindulgent, vehement, violent; concepts 401,542 Ant. controlled, easy-going, enduring, forbearing, laid-back, patient, tolerant, waiting, willing impeach [v] denounce, censure accuse, arraign, blame, bring charges against, call into question, call to account, cast aspersions on, cast doubt on, challenge, charge, criminate, criticize, discredit, disparage, hold at fault, impugn, incriminate, inculpate, indict, query, question, reprehend, reprimand, reprobate, tax, try; concepts 44,52,317 Ant. elect impeccable [adj] above suspicion; awless accurate, aces, A-okay*, apple-pie*, clean, correct, errorless, exact, exquisite, faultless, eckless, immaculate, incorrupt, infallible, innocent, irreproachable, nice, note-perfect, on target*, perfect, precise, pure, right, sinless, stainless, ten*, unblemished, unerring, unawed, unimpeachable; concepts 535,574,621 Ant. blemished, corrupt, defective, awed, imperfect, suspicious, wrong impecunious [adj] poverty-stricken beggared, broke*, cleaned out*, destitute, dirt poor*, homeless, impoverished, indigent, insolvent, necessitous, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, strapped*, unprosperous; concept 334 Ant. moneyed, rich, wealthy impede [v] obstruct, hinder bar, block, blow whistle on*, brake, check, clog, close off, cramp ones style*, curb, cut off, dam, delay, deter, discomt, disconcert, disrupt, embarrass, faze, ag one*, freeze, hamper, hang up, hold up, interfere, oppose, rattle, restrain, retard, saddle with*, shut down, shut off, slow, slow down, stonewall*, stop, stymie, thwart; concepts 121,130 Ant. advance, aid, assist, facilitate, forward, help, support

impediment [n] obstruction, hindrance bar, barricade, barrier, block, blockage, bottleneck*, burden, catch*, Catch-22*, chain, check, clog, cramp, curb, dead weight*, defect, delay, deterrent, detriment, difculty, disadvantage, drag*, drawback, encumbrance, fault, aw, handicap, hazard, hitch, holdup, hurdle, inhibition, load, manacle, millstone*, obstacle, prohibition, red tape*, restraint, restriction, retardation, retardment, road block*, rub*, setback, shackle, snag, stoppage, stricture, stumbling block*, tie, trammel, wall; concept 666 Ant. aid, assistance, facilitation, furtherance, help, support impel [v] prompt, incite actuate, boost, compel, constrain, drive, excite, foment, force, goad, induce, inuence, inspire, instigate, jog, lash, mobilize, motivate, move, oblige, poke, power, press, prod, propel, push, require, set in motion, shove, spur, start, stimulate, thrust, urge; concepts 14,68,221,242 Ant. delay, dissuade, repress, slow, suppress impending [adj] forthcoming approaching, at hand, brewing, coming, gathering, handwritingon-the-wall*, hovering, imminent, in the cards*, in the ofng*, in the wind*, looking to*, looming, menacing, near, nearing, ominous, on the horizon*, overhanging, portending, proximate, see it coming*, threatening, waiting to; concepts 548,820 Ant. distant, later, never, remote impenetrable [adj1] dense bulletproof, close, compact, rm, hard, hermetic, impassable, impermeable, impervious, inviolable, solid, substantial, thick, unpiercable; concepts 483,604 Ant. clear, penetrable, permeable, porous, soft, thin impenetrable [adj2] incomprehensible arcane, bafing, cabalistic, dark, Delphic, enigmatic, enigmatical, hidden, incognizable, indiscernible, inexplicable, inscrutable, mysterious, mystic, obscure, sibylline, unaccountable, unfathomable, ungraspable, unintelligible, unknowable; concepts 529,576 Ant. comprehensible, intelligible, penetrable, understandable imperative [adj1] necessary acute, burning, clamant, clamorous, compulsory, critical, crucial, crying, essential, exigent, immediate, important, importunate, indispensable, inescapable, insistent, instant, no turning back*, obligatory, pressing, urgent, vital; concept 546 Ant. inessential, optional, secondary, unnecessary, voluntary imperative [adj2] authoritative aggressive, autocratic, bidding, bossy, commanding, dictatorial, dominant, domineering, harsh, high-handed, imperial, imperious, ordering, overbearing, peremptory, powerful, stern; concepts 267, 574 Ant. discretionary, free, unrestrained, voluntary imperceptible [adj] hard to sense; faint ephemeral, evanescent, ne, gradual, impalpable, imponderable, inappreciable, inaudible, inconsiderable, inconspicuous, indiscernible, indistinct, indistinguishable, innitesimal, insensible, insignicant, invisible, microscopic, minute, momentary, shadowy, slight, small, subtle, tiny, trivial, undetectable, unnoticeable, vague; concepts 406,537 Ant. apparent,

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conspicuous, distinct, evident, noticeable, obvious, perceptible, seeable, striking, unobscured imperfect [adj] awed amiss, below par, bottom-of-barrel*, broken, damaged, defective, decient, disgured, dud*, faulty, few bugs*, garbage*, immature, impaired, incomplete, inexact, injured, junk*, lemon*, limited, low, marred, minus, partial, patchy, rudimentary, schlocky*, sick, sketchy, two-bit*, undeveloped, unnished, unsound, vicious, warped; concepts 570,574,579 Ant. excellent, faultless, nished, perfect, pure, unblemished, unawed imperfection [n] aw blemish, bug*, catch, defect, deciency, deformity, demerit, disgurement, failing, fallibility, fault, foible, frailty, glitch*, gremlin*, inadequacy, incompleteness, inrmity, insufciency, peccadillo, problem, shortcoming, sin, stain, taint, weakness, weak point; concepts 230,671,718 Ant. excellence, awlessness, perfection, purity imperil [v] cause to be in danger chance it, compromise, endanger, expose, hazard, jeopard, jeopardize, jeopardy, menace, peril, risk; concept 240 Ant. guard, protect, save imperious [adj] bossy, overbearing arrogant, authoritative, autocratic, commanding, compulsatory, compulsory, despotic, dictatorial, domineering, exacting, haughty, high-handed, imperative, imperial, mandatory, obligatory, oppressive, overweening, peremptory, required, tyrannical, tyrannous; concepts 267,574 Ant. fawning, helpless, humble, obedient, servile, subservient, weak impermeable [adj] impenetrable airtight, dense, hermetic, impassable, impervious, leakproof, nonporous, sealed, waterproof, waterresistant, watertight; concepts 483,604 impersonal [adj] cold, unfriendly abstract, bureaucratic, businesslike, candid, cold-blooded*, cold turkey*, colorless, cool, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, emotionless, equal, equitable, fair, formal, impartial, indifferent, inhuman, neutral, nondiscriminatory, objective, poker-faced*, remote, straight, strictly business*, unbiased, uncolored, unpassioned; concepts 401,542,544 Ant. friendly, informal, personable, personal, warm impersonate [v] pretend to be another act, act a part, act like, act out, ape, assume character, ditto*, do, do an impression of, double as, dress as, enact, fake, imitate, make like*, masquerade as, mimic, mirror, pass oneself off as*, perform, personate, play, playact, play a role, portray, pose as, put on an act*, represent, take the part of; concepts 59,292 Ant. be original, differ, oppose, reverse impertinence [n] boldness assurance, audacity, backchat, back talk*, brazenness, cheek*, chutzpah*, come-back*, crust*, disrespect, disrespectfulness, effrontery, forwardness, freshness, gall, guff, hardihood, impropriety, impudence, incivility, insolence, insolency, lip*, nerve, pertness, presumption, rudeness, sass*, smart mouth*, wisecrack*, wise guy*; concept 633 Ant. humility, manners, politeness impertinent [adj] bold, disrespectful arrogant, brash, brassy*, brazen, contumelious, discourteous, disgracious, ip*, forward, fresh, illmannered, impolite, impudent, inappropriate,

incongruous, inquisitive, insolent, interfering, intrusive, lippy*, meddlesome, meddling, nosy*, off base*, offensive, out of line*, pert, presumptuous, procacious, prying, rude, sassy*, smart, smart alecky*, uncalled-for*, uncivil, ungracious, unmannerly, unsuitable; concept 401 Ant. kind, mannered, nice, polite, rened, respectful imperturbable [adj] calm, collected assured, complacent, composed, cool, cool as cucumber*, disimpassioned, equanimous, hard as nails*, immovable, nerveless, nonchalant, roll with punches*, sedate, self-possessed, selfsatised, smug, stiff upper lip*, stoical, thickskinned, tranquil, unaffected, undisturbed, unexcitable, unappable, unmoved, unrufed, untouched; concept 404 Ant. excitable, irritable, jittery, perturbable, touchy impervious [adj] unable to be penetrated closed to, hermetic, immune, impassable, impassive, impenetrable, impermeable, imperviable, inaccessible, invulnerable, resistant, sealed, tight, unaffected, unapproachable, unmoved, unpierceable, unreceptive, watertight; concepts 485,534,604 Ant. exposed, open, penetrable, responsive, sensitive, vulnerable impetuous [adj] acting without thinking abrupt, ardent, eager, fervid, erce, furious, going off deep end*, hasty, headlong, hurried, impassioned, impulsive, passionate, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, rash, restive, rushing, spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment, subitaneous, sudden, swift, unbridled, unexpected, unplanned, unpremeditated, unreecting, unrestrained, unthinking, vehement, violent; concepts 404,542 Ant. calm, cautious, circumspect, considerate, reective, sensible, thoughtful, wise impetus [n] stimulus, force catalyst, energy, goad, impulse, impulsion, incentive, incitation, incitement, momentum, motivation, power, pressure, push, spur, stimulant, urge; concepts 641,661 Ant. block, check, hindrance impinge [v] trespass affect, bear upon, disturb, encroach, inuence, infringe, intrude, invade, make inroads, meddle, obtrude, pry, touch, violate; concepts 14,156 Ant. avoid, dodge impious [adj] not religious agnostic, apostate, atheistic, blasphemous, canting, contrary, deceitful, deling, desecrating, desecrative, diabolic, disobedient, disrespectful, godless, hardened, hypocritical, iconoclastic, immoral, iniquitous, irreligious, irreverent, perverted, pietistical, profane, recusant, reprobate, sacrilegious, sanctimonious, satanic, scandalous, sinful, unctuous, undutiful, unethical, unfaithful, ungodly, unhallowed, unholy, unregenerate, unrighteous, unsanctied, wayward, wicked; concept 545 Ant. holy, pious, religious impish [adj] mischievous casual, devilish, devil-may-care*, eln, elvish, endish, ippant, free and easy*, fresh, frolicsome, giddy, jaunty, naughty, offhand, pert, pixieish, playful, prankish, puckish, rascally, saucy*, sportive, waggish; concept 401 Ant. behaved, subdued, unmischievous implacable [adj] merciless, cruel grim, inexorable, inexible, intractable, ironsted, mortal, pitiless, rancorous, relentless, remorseless,

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ruthless, unappeasable, unbending, uncompromising, uninching, unforgiving, unrelenting, unyielding, vindictive; concept 542 Ant. kind, merciful, nice, placable implausible [adj] not likely doubtful, dubious, farfetched, far out*, shy*, imsy, for the birds*, full of holes*, impossible, improbable, inconceivable, incredible, obscure, problematic, puzzling, reachy, suspect, thin*, too much*, unbelievable, unconvincing, unreasonable, unsubstantial, weak, wont hold water*, wont wash*; concept 552 Ant. believable, likely, plausible, possibly, probably, reasonable implement [n] agent, tool apparatus, appliance, contraption, contrivance, device, equipment, gadget, instrument, machine, utensil; concept 499 implement [v] start, put into action achieve, actualize, bring about, carry out, complete, effect, enable, enforce, execute, fulll, invoke, make good*, make possible, materialize, perform, provide the means, put into effect, realize, resolve; concepts 91,99,221 Ant. cancel, cease, delay, halt, hinder, pause, stop implicate [v] imply, involve accuse, affect, associate, blame, charge, cite, compromise, concern, connect, embroil, entangle, frame, hint, impute, include, incriminate, inculpate, insinuate, lay at ones door*, link, mean, mire, name, pin on*, point nger at*, relate, stigmatize, suggest, tangle*; concepts 44,112 Ant. defend, pardon, support implication [n] association, suggestion assumption, conclusion, connection, connotation, entanglement, guess, hint, hypothesis, incrimination, indication, inference, innuendo, intimation, involvement, link, meaning, overtone, presumption, ramication, reference, signicance, signication, undertone, union; concepts 28,39 implicit [adj] included without question, inherent, absolute accurate, certain, complete, constant, constructive, contained, denite, entire, rm, xed, full, implicative, implied, inarticulate, inevitable, inferential, inferred, latent, practical, steadfast, tacit, taken for granted, total, undeclared, understood, unexpressed, unhesitating, unqualied, unquestioned, unreserved, unsaid, unshakable, unspoken, unuttered, virtual, wholehearted; concepts 267,535,549 Ant. explicit, specic implied [adj] hinted at adumbrated, alluded to, allusive, connoted, constructive, gured, foreshadowed, hidden, implicit, indicated, indicative, indirect, inferential, inferred, inherent, insinuated, intended, involved, latent, lurking, meant, occult, parallel, perceptible, potential, signicative, signied, suggested, symbolized, tacit, tacitly assumed, undeclared, understood, unexpressed, unsaid, unspoken, unuttered, wordless; concepts 267,535 Ant. explicated, expressed, stated implode [v] collapse inward cave in, fall down, fall in, fold, fold up; concepts 230,316,410,674 implore [v] beg appeal, beseech, conjure, crave, entreat, go on bended knee*, importune, plead, pray, solicit, supplicate, urge; concept 48 Ant. answer imply [v] indicate, mean betoken, connote, denote, designate, entail, evidence, give a hint,

hint, import, include, insinuate, intend, intimate, involve, mention, point to, presuppose, refer, signify, suggest; concepts 75,97,682 Ant. dene, explicate, express, state impolite [adj] having bad manners badmannered, boorish, churlish, crude, discourteous, disgracious, disrespectful, ill-bred, illmannered, indecorous, indelicate, insolent, irritable, loutish, moody, oash, rough, rude, sullen, uncivil, ungracious, unmannered, unmannerly, unrened; concept 401 Ant. courteous, mannerly, polite impolitic [adj] unwise, careless brash, illadvised, ill-judged, imprudent, inadvisable, inconsiderate, indiscreet, inexpedient, injudicious, maladroit, misguided, rash, stupid, tactless, undiplomatic, untimely; concepts 401,544 Ant. careful, cautious, discreet, politic, wise import [n1] meaning acceptation, bearing, bottom line*, construction, drift*, gist*, heart*, implication, intendment, intention, interpretation, meat*, message, name of the game*, nature of beast*, nuts and bolts*, point, punch line*, purport, score*, sense, signicance, signicancy, signication, stuff*, thrust, understanding; concept 682 import [n2] signicance, weight consequence, design, emphasis, importance, intent, magnitude, moment, momentousness, object, objective, pith, purpose, signication, stress, substance, value, weightiness, worth; concepts 346,668 Ant. insignicance importance [n1] signicance, weight accent, attention, bearing, caliber, concern, concernment, consequence, denotation, distinction, drift*, effect, emphasis, force, gist*, gravity, import, inuence, interest, materiality, moment, momentousness, notability, paramountcy, point, precedence, preponderance, preponderancy, priority, purport, relevance, sense, seriousness, signication, standing, stress, substance, tenor, usefulness, value, weightiness; concepts 346, 668,682 Ant. insignicance importance [n2] prominence, standing consequence, conspicuousness, distinction, eminence, esteem, fame, greatness, inuence, lionization, mark, notability, note, noteworthiness, rank, reputation, salience, status, usefulness, worth; concepts 388,671 important [adj1] valuable, substantial big, big-league*, chief, considerable, conspicuous, critical, crucial, decisive, determining, earnest, essential, esteemed, exceptional, exigent, extensive, far-reaching, foremost, front-page*, grave, great, heavy, imperative, importunate, inuential, large, marked, material, mattering much, meaningful, momentous, necessary, of moment, of note, of substance, paramount, ponderous, pressing, primary, principal, relevant, salient, serious, signal, signicant, something, standout, urgent, vital, weighty; concept 567 Ant. inappreciable, insignicant, little, nonessential, small, trivial, unimportant, unsubstantial important [adj2] eminent, inuential, outstanding aristocratic, big-time*, distinctive, distinguished, effective, esteemed, extraordinary, famous, rst-class*, foremost, four-star*, front-page*, grand, heavy*, high-level, high

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prole, high-ranking, high-up, honored, illustrious, imposing, incomparable, leading, majestic, major-league*, noble, notable, noted, noteworthy, of note, page-one*, potent, powerful, preeminent, prominent, remarkable, seminal, signal, solid, superior, talented, top-drawer*, top-notch*, upper-class, VIP*, well-known; concepts 555,574 Ant. insignicant, powerless, unimportant, unknown, worthless imported [adj] brought in from another place alien, carried, choice, exotic, ferried, foreign, introduced, rare, sent, shipped, transported, trucked; concept 549 Ant. exported importunate [adj] demanding, insistent burning, clamant, clamorous, crying, disturbing, dogged, earnest, exigent, harassing, imperative, instant, overly solicitous, persevering, persistent, pertinacious, pressing, solicitous, troublesome, urgent; concepts 267,401 Ant. relaxed, undemanding, unimportant importune [v] demand, insist appeal, ask, badger, beg, beseech, beset, besiege, con*, crave, dun, egg on*, entreat, goose*, harass, hound*, implore, invoke, nag, persuade, pester, plague, plead, pray, press, sell, solicit, supplicate, urge, work on*; concept 53 impose [v] set, dictate appoint, burden, charge, command, compel, constrain, decree, demand, encroach, enforce, enjoin, establish, exact, x, foist, force, force upon, horn in, inict, infringe, institute, introduce, intrude, lade, lay, lay down, lay down the law, levy, move in on, oblige, obtrude, ordain, order, place, prescribe, presume, promulgate, put, put foot down*, read riot act*, require, saddle*, take advantage, trespass, visit, wish, wreak, wreck; concepts 18,53,133 imposing [adj] impressive august, big, commanding, dignied, effective, exciting, grand, grandiose, imperial, magnicent, majestic, massive, mega*, mind-blowing*, monumental, moving, noble, ominous, one for the book*, overblown, overwhelming, pretentious, regal, royal, something else*, something to write home about*, stately, stirring, striking, towering; concepts 537,574,773 Ant. common, modest, ordinary, poor, subordinate, trivial, unimportant, unimposing, unimpressive imposition [n1] deception artice, cheating, con, craftiness, dissimulation, fraud, hoax, hocus-pocus*, hypocrisy, illusion, imposture, stratagem, trick, trickery; concepts 59,645 Ant. forthrightness, honesty imposition [n2] burden charge, command, constraint, demand, drag, duty, encroachment, encumbrance, intrusion, levy, pain, pain in the neck*, pressure, presumption, restraint, tax; concepts 14,130 Ant. advantage, aid, benet, blessing, help, prot impossible [adj1] beyond the bounds of possibility absurd, beyond, contrary to reason, cureless, futile, hardly possible, hopeless, hundred-to-one*, impassable, impervious, impracticable, impractical, inaccessible, inconceivable, inexecutable, infeasible, insurmountable, irrealizable, irreparable, no-go*, not a prayer*, no-way*, no-win*, out of the question*, preposterous, too much, unachievable, unattainable, uncorrectable, unfeasible, unimaginable, unobtainable, unreasonable,

unrecoverable, unthinkable, unworkable, useless, visionary, way out; concept 552 Ant. achievable, believable, obtainable, possible, reasonable, tenable impossible [adj2] intolerable, ungovernable absurd, egregious, hopeless, improper, incongruous, ludicrous, objectionable, offensive, outrageous, preposterous, unacceptable, unanswerable, undesirable, unreasonable, unsuitable; concept 401 Ant. behaving, good, governable, manageable, tolerable impostor [n] person pretending to be something else actor, beguiler, bluffer, charlatan, cheat, con artist, deceiver, empiric, fake, faker, fourusher*, fraud, hypocrite, imitator, impersonator, masquerader, mimic, mocker, mountebank, pettifogger, phony, pretender, pseudo, quack, scorner, sham, sharper, shyster, trickster; concept 412 imposture [n] fraud, trick artice, cheat, con, copy, counterfeit, deceit, deception, fabrication, fake, feint, ddle, imam*, forgery, gambit, hoax, hocus-pocus*, illusion, imitation, impersonation, imposition, make-believe, maneuver, masquerade, phony, ploy, pretense, pretension, put-on*, quackery, ruse, sell*, sham, sleight, spoof, stratagem, swindle, wile; concepts 59,192,645,674 Ant. honesty, reality, truth impotent [adj] disabled; unable to perform action barren, crippled, dud, effete, enervated, enfeebled, feeble, forceless, frail, gutless, helpless, inadequate, incapable, incapacitated, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, inept, infecund, inrm, nerveless, paper tiger*, paralyzed, powerless, prostrate, sterile, unfruitful, unproductive, weak; concept 485 Ant. able, capable, fertile, potent, productive, strong impound [v] conne cage, coop up, enclose, fence in, hold, imprison, keep, pen, seize, shut in, take; concepts 121,130 impoverished [adj] poor, exhausted bankrupt, barren, beggared, broke, clean, depleted, destitute, distressed, drained, empty, at*, at broke*, have-not*, hurting, impecunious, indigent, insolvent, necessitous, needy, penurious, played out*, poverty-stricken, reduced, ruined, spent, sterile, strapped; concepts 334,560 Ant. enriched, full, plentiful, rich impractical/impracticable [adj] unrealistic abstract, absurd, chimerical, idealistic, illogical, impossible, impracticable, improbable, inapplicable, inefcacious, infeasible, inoperable, irrealizable, ivory-tower*, no-go*, nonfunctional, nonviable, not a prayer*, otherworldly, out of the question*, quixotic, romantic, speculative, starry-eyed*, theoretical, unattainable, unbusinesslike, unfeasible, unreal, unserviceable, unusable, unwise, unworkable, useless, visionary, wild, wont y*; concept 552 Ant. practicable, practical, probable, realistic, reasonable, tenable, viable impregnable [adj] unyielding rm, fortied, impenetrable, indestructible, invincible, invulnerable, secure, solid, strong, unassailable; concepts 489,540,551 impregnate [v] infuse, ll; make pregnant charge, conceive, drench, fecundate, fertilize, imbrue, implant, inoculate, inseminate, leaven, overow, percolate, permeate, pervade,

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procreate, produce, reproduce, saturate, seethe, soak, sodden, souse, steep, suffuse, transfuse; concepts 179,375 Ant. deplete, take out impresario [n] manager, producer director, showperson, sponsor, stage manager; concept 347 impress [v1] inuence affect, arouse, awe, be conspicuous, blow away*, buffalo*, bulldoze*, carry, electrify, enforce, enthuse, excite, faze, galvanize, get*, grab, grandstand*, inspire, kill*, knock out*, make a hit*, make an impression, make splash*, move, overawe, pique, provoke, push around*, register, score, show off, slay*, stimulate, stir, strike, sway, thrill, touch*; concepts 7,19,22,261 impress [v2] press down to make design carve, dent, emboss, engrave, etch, imprint, indent, inscribe, mark, print, stamp; concept 174 Ant. take apart impress [v3] emphasize bring home*, drive home*, establish, x, get into head*, inculcate, instill, press, set, stress; concept 49 Ant. neglect impression [n1] inuence consequence, effect, feeling, impact, reaction, response, result, sway; concept 230 impression [n2] feeling, idea apprehension, belief, conceit, concept, conception, conjecture, conviction, fancy, feel, hunch, image, inkling, intellection, memory, notion, opinion, perception, recollection, sensation, sense, supposition, suspicion, theory, thought, view; concepts 529,689 Ant. materiality, physicality impression [n3] design made by pressing brand, cast, dent, depression, dint, ngerprint, footprint, form, hollow, impress, imprint, indentation, mark, matrix, mold, outline, pattern, print, sign, spoor, stamp, stamping, trace, track, vestige; concepts 284,625 impression [n4] pretending to be somebody imitation, impersonation, masquerade, parody, sendup, takeoff; concept 263 impressionable [adj] easily taught; gullible affectable, affected, feeling, impressible, inuenceable, ingenuous, open, perceptive, plastic*, receptive, responsive, sensible, sensile, sensitive, sentient, suggestible, susceptible, susceptive, vulnerable, wax-like; concepts 402,403 Ant. insusceptible, obstinate, stubborn, unimpressionable, unresponsive impressive [adj] powerful, inuential absorbing, affecting, arresting, august, awe-inspiring, consequential, cool*, deep*, dramatic, effective, eloquent, excited, exciting, extraordinary, forcible, grand, impassioned, important, imposing, inspiring, intense, lavish, luxurious, majestic, massive, momentous, monumental, moving, noble, notable, penetrating, prime*, profound, remarkable, rousing, splendid, stately, stirring, striking, sumptuous, superb, thrilling, touching, towering, vital, well-done; concepts 574,773 Ant. inconsequential, ineffective, insignicant, unimportant, unimpressive, weak imprint [n] impression; symbol banner, dent, design, effect, emblem, heading, impress, indentation, inuence, mark, name, print, sign, signature, stamp, trace, trademark; concepts 284,625 imprint [v] stamp designate, engrave, establish,

etch, x, impress, inscribe, mark, offset, print; concept 174 imprison [v] conne; put in jail apprehend, bastille, bottle up*, cage, check, circumscribe, closet, commit, constrain, curb, detain, fence in, hold, hold captive, hold hostage, hold in custody, ice*, immure, impound, incarcerate, intern, jail, keep, keep captive, keep in custody, limit, lock in, lock up, nab*, occlude, pen, put away, put behind bars, rail in, remand, restrain, send to prison, send up*, shut in, stockade, take prisoner, trammel; concepts 90,191,317 Ant. free, let go, release improbable [adj] not likely doubtful, dubious, fanciful, far-fetched, imsy*, hundred-to-one*, iffy*, implausible, inconceivable, not expected, outside chance*, questionable, rare, slim, slim and none*, unbelievable, uncertain, unconvincing, unheard of, unimaginable, unlikely, unsubstantial, weak; concept 552 Ant. believable, likely, ostensible, plausible, possible, probable, tenable impromptu [adj/adv] unrehearsed, improvised ad-lib*, dashed off, extemporaneous, extempore, extemporized, fake, faked, improv*, improviso, offhand, off the cuff*, played by ear*, shot from the hip*, spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment, thrown off*, tossed off*, unpremeditated, unprepared, unscripted, unstudied, vamped, whipped up*, winged*; concept 267 Ant. deliberate, designed, planned, premeditated, rehearsed improper [adj1] not suitable abnormal, at odds, awkward, bad form, discordant, discrepant, erroneous, false, ill-advised, ill-timed, imprudent, inaccurate, inadmissible, inadvisable, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, incorrect, inexpedient, infelicitous, inharmonious, inopportune, irregular, ludicrous, malapropos, odd, off-base*, out-of-place*, outof-season*, preposterous, unapt, unbetting, uncalled-for*, uncomely, undue, unt, untting, unseasonable, unsuitable, unsuited, untimely, unwarranted, wrong; concept 558 Ant. appropriate, correct, tting, proper, right, suitable improper [adj2] vulgar, immoral blue*, dirty, impolite, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, lewd, malodorous, naughty, risqu, rough, salacious, suggestive, unbecoming, unconventional, unequitable, unethical, ungodly, unjust, unrighteous, unrightful, unseemly, untoward, wrong, wrongful; concepts 542,545 Ant. decent, formal, good, moral, proper, uncorrupt impropriety [n] bad taste, mistake barbarism, blunder, faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie, goof*, immodesty, impudence, incongruity, incorrectness, indecency, indecorum, inelegance, rudeness, slip*, solecism, unseemliness, unsuitability, vulgarism, vulgarity; concepts 101,278,674 Ant. correctness, propriety, suitability, tastefulness improve [v] make or become better advance, ameliorate, amend, augment, better, boost, civilize, come around*, convalesce, correct, cultivate, develop, doctor up*, edit, elevate, emend, enhance, gain ground*, help, increase, lift, look up*, make strides, meliorate, mend, perk up*, pick up*, polish, progress, promote, purify, raise, rally, recover, rectify, recuperate, rene, reform, revamp, revise, rise, set right*,

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shape up*, sharpen, skyrocket*, straighten out*, take off*, touch up*, turn the corner*, update, upgrade; concepts 244,700 Ant. damage, decline, decrease, diminish, harm, hurt, injure, weaken, worsen improvement [n] bettering; something bettered advance, advancement, amelioration, amendment, augmentation, betterment, change, civilization, correction, cultivation, development, elevation, enhancement, enrichment, furtherance, gain, growth, increase, preferment, progress, progression, promotion, rally, reclamation, recovery, rectication, reformation, regeneration, renovation, revision, rise, upbeat, upgrade, upswing; concepts 230,700 Ant. damage, decline, decrease, diminishing, harm, hurt, injury, weakening, worsening improvident [adj] careless, spendthrift extravagant, heedless, imprudent, inconsiderate, lavish, negligent, prodigal, proigate, profuse, reckless, shiftless, shortsighted, thoughtless, thriftless, uneconomical, unthrifty, wasteful; concepts 334,542 Ant. careful, miserly, provident, thrifty improvisation [n] extemporary speech ad-libbing, autoschediasm, extemporization, speaking off the cuff, spontaneity, winging it; concept 266 improvise [v] make up ad-lib, brainstorm, coin, concoct, contrive, dash off*, devise, do offhand, do off top of head*, dream up, extemporize, fake, fake it, improv*, improvisate, invent, jam*, knock off*, make do*, slapdash*, spark, speak off the cuff*, throw together*, wing it*; concepts 173,266 Ant. design, devise, plan, premeditate improvised [adj] made-up ad-lib, autoschediastic, Band-Aid*, extemporaneous, extempore, extemporized, y-by-night*, hit-or-miss*, impromptu, improviso, makeshift, offhand, spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment*, unprepared, unrehearsed, unstudied; concept 267 Ant. designed, planned, premediated, rehearsed imprudent [adj] without much thought brash, careless, foolhardy, foolish, heedless, illadvised, ill-considered, ill-judged, impolitic, improvident, incautious, inconsiderate, indiscreet, inexpedient, injudicious, irresponsible, leaving self wide open*, off the deep end*, overhasty, playing with re*, rash, reckless, temerarious, thoughtless, unadvisable, unthinking, unwise; concepts 267,542 Ant. careful, cautious, discreet, prudent, wise impudent [adj] bold, shameless arrant, audacious, barefaced, blatant, boldfaced, brassy, brazen, bumptious, cheeky*, cocky*, contumelious, cool*, ip*, forward, fresh, immodest, impertinent, insolent, nervy*, off-base*, overbold, pert, presumptuous, procacious, rude, sassy*, saucy*, smart*, smart-alecky*, unabashed, unblushing, wise*; concept 401 Ant. humble, modest, polite, retiring impugn [v] criticize, challenge assail, attack, blast, break, call into question, cast aspersions upon, cast doubt upon, come down on*, contradict, contravene, cross, cut to shreds*, deny, disafrm, dispute, gainsay, knock*, negate, negative, oppose, pin something on*, put down*, question, resist, run down, skin alive*,

slam*, smear*, stick it to*, swipe at*, tar*, throw doubt on, throw the book at*, thumb nose at*, traduce, trash, traverse, zap*, zing*; concepts 52,58 Ant. atter, praise impulse [n1] drive, resolve actuation, appeal, bent, caprice, catalyst, desire, disposition, excitant, extemporization, fancy, feeling, ash*, goad, hunch, impellent, impulsion, incitation, incitement, inclination, inuence, inspiration, instinct, itch*, lash, lust, mind, motivation, motive, notion, passion, spontaneity, spur, thought, urge, vagary, whim, whimsy, wish, yen; concepts 20,410 impulse [n2] throb, stimulus augmentation, beat, bump, catalyst, drive, force, impetus, impulsion, lash, momentum, movement, pressure, propulsion, pulsation, pulse, push, rush, shock, shove, stroke, surge, thrust, vibration; concept 641 impulsive [adj] tending to act without thought abrupt, ad-lib*, automatic, careless, devilmay-care*, emotional, extemporaneous, aky*, gone off deep end*, hasty, headlong, hot-and-cold*, impetuous, instinctive, intuitive, involuntary, jumping the gun*, mad, offhand, passionate, precipitate, quick, rash, spontaneous, sudden, swift, unconsidered, unexpected, unmeditated, unpredictable, unpremeditated, unprompted, up-and-down*, violent, winging it*; concepts 401,542 Ant. cautious, considering, heedful, premeditative, thoughtful, wise impunity [n] freedom dispensation, exception, exemption, immunity, liberty, license, nonliability, permission, privilege, security; concept 376 Ant. imprisonment, incarceration impure [adj] not clean mentally, physically; mixed admixed, adulterated, alloyed, carnal, coarse, common, contaminated, corrupt, debased, deled, desecrated, diluted, dirty, doctored*, lthy, foul, gross*, grubby*, immodest, immoral, indecent, infected, lewd, nasty, not pure, obscene, polluted, profaned, smutty*, squalid, sullied, tainted, unchaste, unclean, unrened, unwholesome, vile, vitiated, weighted, wicked; concepts 545,621 Ant. chaste, clean, impeccable, pure, sterile impurity [n] contaminant adulteration, contamination, corruption, delement, dirt, lth, foreign matter, grime, pestilence, poisoning, pollutant, pollution, scum, stain, taint, uncleanness; concepts 230,306,674 impute [v] attribute accredit, accuse, adduce, ascribe, assign, blame, brand, censure, charge, credit, hang something on*, hint, indict, insinuate, intimate, lay, pin on*, refer, reference, stigmatize; concepts 44,49 Ant. defend, guard, help, protect inability [n] disabling lack of talent, skill disqualication, failure, frailty, impotence, inadequacy, inaptitude, incapability, incapacitation, incapacity, incompetence, ineffectiveness, ineffectualness, inefcacy, inefciency, ineptitude, ineptness, insufciency, inutility, lack, necessity, powerlessness, shortcoming, untness, weakness; concept 630 Ant. ability, capacity, competence, skill, talent inaccessible [adj] out of reach aloof, away, beyond, distant, elusive, far, faraway, far-off,

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impassable, impervious, impracticable, insurmountable, not at hand*, out-of-theway*, remote, unachievable, unapproachable, unattainable, unavailable, unfeasible, ungettable, unobtainable, unreachable, unrealizable, unworkable; concept 576 Ant. accessible, approachable, reachable inaccuracy [n] error, erroneousness blunder, corrigendum, deception, defect, erratum, exaggeration, fault, howler*, imprecision, incorrectness, inexactness, miscalculation, mistake, slip*, solecism, typo*, unfaithfulness, unreliability, wrong; concepts 101,230 Ant. accuracy, correctness, right inaccurate [adj] erroneous all wet*, careless, counterfactual, defective, discrepant, doesnt wash*, fallacious, false, faulty, imprecise, incorrect, in error, inexact, mistaken, off, off base*, out*, specious, unfaithful, unreliable, unsound, untrue, way-off*, wide*, wild*, wrong; concepts 565,582 Ant. accurate, correct, right inactive [adj] not engaged in action; inert, lazy abeyant, asleep, blah*, disengaged, do-nothing*, dormant, down, draggy, dull, idle, immobile, indolent, in holding pattern*, inoperative, jobless, latent, lax, lethargic, limp, low-key, mothballed*, motionless, on hold, ossied, out of action, out of commission*, out of service, out of work*, passive, quiescent, quiet, sedentary, slack, sleepy, slothful, slow, sluggish, somnolent, stable, static, still, torpid, unemployed, unoccupied, unused; concepts 401,560,584 Ant. active, busy, involved, working inadequacy [n] shortage, defect, inability blemish, dearth, defalcation, defectiveness, deciency, decit, drawback, failing, faultiness, aw, imperfection, inadequateness, inaptness, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, incompleteness, ineffectiveness, ineffectualness, inefcacy, inefciency, ineptitude, insufciency, lack, meagerness, paucity, poverty, scantiness, shortcoming, skimpiness, underage, untness, unsuitableness, weakness; concepts 335,674,709 Ant. ability, adequacy, enough, plenty, sufciency inadequate [adj] defective, insufcient, incompetent bare, barren, bush-league*, decient, depleted, dry, failing, faulty, feeble, found wanting, glitch*, imperfect, impotent, inappreciable, inapt, incapable, incommensurate, incompetent, incomplete, inconsiderable, insubstantial, junk*, lacking, lame*, lemon*, lousy, low, meager, minus, miserly, niggardly, not enough, parsimonious, poor, scanty, scarce, short, shy*, sketchy*, skimpy*, small, spare, sparse, sterile, stinted, stunted*, thin*, too little, unequal, unproductive, unqualied, weak; concepts 546,570,771 Ant. able, adequate, competent, enough, sufcient inadmissible [adj] not appropriate exceptionable, ill-favored, ill-timed, immaterial, improper, inappropriate, inapt, incompetent, inept, irrelevant, malapropos, objectionable, unacceptable, unallowable, unbecoming, undesirable, unt, unqualied, unreasonable, unsatisfactory, unseemly, unsuited, unwanted, unwelcome; concepts 319,558 Ant. acceptable, admissible, allowable, appropriate inadvertent [adj] accidental careless, chance,

feckless, heedless, irreective, negligent, not on purpose, reckless, thoughtless, uncaring, unconcerned, undesigned, undevised, unheeding, unintended, unintentional, unmindful, unplanned, unpremeditated, unthinking, unthought, unwitting; concepts 542,544 Ant. advertent, attentive, deliberate, intentional, planned inadvisable [adj] not recommended careless, foolhardy, foolish, harebrained*, ill-advised, impolitic, improper, imprudent, inappropriate, incautious, inconvenient, indiscreet, inexpedient, injudicious, pointless, rash, undesirable, unsensible, unsuitable, unwise, wrong; concepts 529,558 Ant. advisable, good, ok, recommended, wise inalienable [adj] absolute, inherent basic, entailed, inbred, inviolable, natural, nonnegotiable, nontransferable, sacrosanct, unassailable, untransferable; concept 535 Ant. acquired, alienable, changeable, impermanent, transitory inane [adj] stupid absurd, asinine, daft, empty, fatuous, at, foolish, frivolous, futile, harebrained*, idiotic, illogical, imbecilic, innocuous, insipid, jejune, laughable, meaningless, mindless, pointless, puerile, ridiculous, sappy*, senseless, silly, triing, unintelligent, vacant, vacuous, vain, vapid, weak, wishy-washy*, worthless; concepts 542,548 Ant. bright, intelligent, smart inanimate [adj] not alive, not organic azoic, cold, dead, defunct, dull, exanimate, extinct, idle, inactive, inert, inoperative, insensate, insentient, lifeless, mineral, motionless, nonanimal, nonvegetable, quiescent, soulless, spiritless; concept 539 Ant. animate, living inapplicable [adj] not relevant extraneous, foreign, garbage*, immaterial, impertinent, inapposite, inappropriate, inappurtenant, inapropos, inapt, inconsistent, irrelative, irrelevant, remote, unsuitable, unsuited; concept 546 Ant. applicable, related, relevant, suitable inappropriate [adj] not proper, suitable bad form, disproportionate, foot-in-mouth*, garbage*, ill-tted, ill-suited, ill-timed, improper, inapplicable, inapropos, incongruous, inconsonant, incorrect, indecorous, inept, irrelevant, left-eld*, malapropos, off*, out of line, out of place, tasteless, unbecoming, unbetting, undue, unt, untting, unmeet, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuitable, untimely, way off*, wrong, wrong-number*; concept 558 Ant. appropriate, tting, ok, proper, suitable inapt [adj] incompetent; not suitable awkward, banal, clumsy, dull, at, gauche, ill-adapted, ill-tted, ill-suited, improper, inadept, inapposite, inappropriate, incongruous, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, infelicitous, insipid, jejune, maladroit, malapropos, slow, stupid, unable, undexterous, unfacile, unt, unhandy, unmeet, unprocient, unskilled, unsuitable, unsuited, untimely; concepts 527,558 Ant. apt, competent, happy, suitable, suited inarticulate [adj] unable to speak well blurred, dumb, faltering, halting, hesitant, hesitating, inaudible, incoherent, incomprehensible, indistinct, maundering, mufed, mumbled, mumbling, mute, obscure, reticent, silent, speechless, stammering, tongue-tied, unclear, unintelligible, unspoken, unuttered, unvocal,

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unvoiced, vague, voiceless, wordless; concept 267 Ant. articulate, communicative inattentive [adj] negligent, not paying attention absent, absentminded, apathetic, blind, bored, careless, distracted, distrait, distraught, diverted, dreamy, faraway, heedless, inadvertent, indifferent, inobservant, listless, lost*, musing, neglectful, oblivious, off-guard*, out to lunch*, preoccupied, rapt, regardless, remiss, removed, scatterbrained*, thoughtless, unconscious, undiscerning, unheeding, unmindful, unnoticing, unobservant, unobserving, unperceiving, unthinking, unwatchful, vague; concepts 403,542 Ant. attentive, heedful, looking, noticing, observant inaudible [adj] silent closemouthed, faint, hushed, imperceptible, low, mufed, mum, mumbled, mute, muted, noiseless, nonvocal, not talkative, quiet, soundless, still, unclear, uncommunicative, unhearable, voiceless, wordless; concept 594 inaugurate [v] begin; install bow, break in, break the ice*, commence, commission, dedicate, get things rolling*, get under way*, induct, initiate, instate, institute, introduce, invest, jump, kick off*, launch, make up, open, ordain, originate, set in motion*, set up, start, usher in; concept 221 Ant. adjourn, close, end, stop, uninstall inauguration [n] installation of newcomers commencement, inaugural, induction, initiation, institution, investiture, launch, launching, opening, setting up; concept 386 Ant. adjournment, close, end, nish inauspicious [adj] ominous, unpromising bad, baleful, baneful, black, dire, discouraging, evil, fateful, foreboding, ill-boding, ill-omened, impending, inopportune, sinister, threatening, unfavorable, unfortunate, unlucky, unpromising, unpropitious, untimely, untoward; concepts 548,570 Ant. auspicious, favorable, fortunate, lucky, promising inborn/inbred [adj] coming from birth; natural congenital, connate, connatural, constitutional, deep-seated, essential, hereditary, inbred, indigenous, indwelling, ingenerate, ingrained, inherent, inherited, innate, instinctive, intrinsic, intuitive, native, unacquired; concepts 406,549 Ant. acquired, earned incalculable [adj] countless, limitless boundless, capricious, chancy, enormous, erratic, uctuant, iffy*, immense, incomputable, inestimable, innite, innumerable, jillion*, measureless, no end of*, no end to*, numberless, uncertain, uncountable, unxed, unforeseen, unpredictable, unreckonable, untold, vast, whimsical, without number, zillion*; concepts 535,773,781 Ant. calculable, countable, limited, measurable incandescent [adj] glowing beaming, brilliant, effulgent, fulgent, intense, lambent, lucent, luminous, phosphorescent, radiant, red-hot*, refulgent, shining, white-hot*; concept 617 Ant. dark, dim incantation [n] spell, magic abracadabra*, ala kazam*, bewitchment, black magic, chant, charm, conjuration, conjuring, enchantment, formula, hex, hocus-pocus*, hoodoo*, hymn, invocation, mumbo-jumbo*, necromancy, open

sesame*, rune, sorcery, voodoo*, witchcraft, wizardry; concepts 370,689 incapable [adj] not adequate; helpless butterngers*, disqualied, feeble, impotent, inadequate, incompetent, ineffective, ineligible, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, inprocient, insufcient, losing, naive, not equal to, not up to*, poor, powerless, unable, uncool*, unequipped, unt, unqualied, unskilled, unskillful, unsuited, weak; concept 527 Ant. capable, competent, qualied, strong incapacitate [v] put out of action clip wings*, cripple, damage, disable, disarm, disenable, disqualify, hamstring*, hinder, hog-tie*, hurt, immobilize, lame, lay up*, maim, paralyze, prostrate, put out of commission*, take out, undermine, weaken; concepts 121,246 Ant. allow, facilitate, mobilize, permit incapacitated [adj] disabled bedridden, broken-down, conned, crippled, debilitated, handicapped, helpless, hurt, immobilized, impaired, impotent, incapable, inrm, laid-up, lame, maimed, out-of-action*, out of commission*, paralyzed, powerless, sidelined, weak, weakened, wornout; concepts 314,527 incarcerate [v] put in jail, connement bastille, book*, cage*, commit, conne, constrain, coop up*, detain, hold, immure, impound, imprison, intern, jail, lock up, put away, put on ice*, put under lock and key*, railroad*, restrain, restrict, send up the river*, settle, slough, take away, throw book at*; concepts 90,191,317 Ant. free, let go, release incarnate [adj] in bodily form embodied, exteriorized, externalized, human, in human form, in the esh*, made esh, manifested, materialized, personied, physical, real, substantiated, tangible, typied; concepts 490,539 incautious [adj] not careful any old way*, bold, brash, careless, caught napping*, devilmay-care*, fast-and-loose*, foot-in-mouth*, hasty, heedless, hotheaded*, ill-advised, illjudged, impetuous, improvident, imprudent, impulsive, inconsiderate, indiscreet, injudicious, madcap*, neglectful, negligent, off guard*, pay no mind*, playing with re*, precipitate, rash, reckless, regardless, sticking ones neck out*, thoughtless, unalert, unguarded, unmindful, unthinking, unvigilant, unwatchful, wary, wide open*; concepts 542,544 Ant. careful, cautious, discreet, thoughtful incendiary [adj] causing trouble, damage dangerous, demagogic, dissentious, inammatory, malevolent, provocative, rabble-rousing*, seditious, subversive, treacherous, wicked; concepts 537,570 Ant. peacemaking incendiary [n] person who causes re, trouble agitator, arsonist, criminal, demagogue, demonstrator, rebrand*, insurgent, pyromaniac, rabble-rouser*, rebel, revolutionary, rioter; concept 412 incense [n] strongly fragrant smoke aroma, balm, bouquet, burnt offering, essence, ame, frankincense, fuel, myrrh, odor, perfume, punk, redolence, scent, spice; concepts 599,600 incense [v] make very angry anger, ask for it*, bother, disgust, egg on*, enrage, exasperate, excite, re up*, get a rise out of*, get under ones skin*, iname, infuriate, ire, irritate,

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mad, madden, make blood boil*, make see red*, provoke, rile, umbrage; concept 14 Ant. calm, comfort, please incensed [adj] very angry at end of ones rope*, buffaloed*, bugged*, bummed out*, burned up*, dogged, enraged, exasperated, fuming, furious, hacked, hot and bothered*, huffy*, indignant, infuriated, irate, ireful, mad, maddened, miffed, on the warpath*, peeved, riled, rousted, rubbed the wrong way*, steamed up*, up in arms*, uptight*, wrathful; concept 403 Ant. cheerful, happy, joyous, pleased incentive [n] lure, inducement allurement, bait, carrot*, catalyst, come-on*, consideration, determinant, drive, encouragement, enticement, excuse, exhortation, goad, ground, impetus, impulse, incitement, inuence, insistence, inspiration, instigation, motivation, motive, persuasion, provocation, purpose, rationale, reason, reason why, spring, spur, stimulant, stimulation, stimulus, temptation, urge, whip; concept 661 Ant. block, hindrance, turn-off inception [n] beginning birth, commencement, dawn, derivation, fountain, inauguration, initiation, kickoff, origin, outset, provenance, provenience, rise, root, source, start, well, wellspring; concepts 648,832 Ant. conclusion, end, ending, nish incessant [adj] never-ending, persistent ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, dayand-night*, endless, eternal, everlasting, interminable, interminate, monotonous, nonstop, perpetual, relentless, round-the-clock*, timeless, unbroken, unceasing, unending, unrelenting, unremitting; concepts 534,798 Ant. broken, ceasing, ending, intermittent, interrupted inch [n] one-twelfth of a foot/2.54 centimeters measured ngerbreadth, one thirty-sixth of a yard, square; concepts 790,791 inchoate [adj] undeveloped, beginning amorphous, elementary, embryonic, formless, immature, imperfect, inceptive, incipient, just begun, nascent, preliminary, rudimentary, shapeless, unnished, unformed, unshaped; concepts 485,578,797 Ant. developed, grown, mature incident [n] occurrence adventure, circumstance, episode, event, fact, happening, matter, milestone, occasion, scene, trip; concept 2 incidental [adj] related; minor accidental, accompanying, adventitious, ancillary, attendant, by-the-way*, casual, chance, circumstantial, coincidental, concomitant, concurrent, contingent, contributing, contributory, uke*, fortuitous, irregular, nonessential, occasional, odd, random, secondary, subordinate, subsidiary; concepts 547,548,577 Ant. basic, essential, fundamental, important, vital incidentally [adv] by chance accidentally, as a by-product, as side effect, by the bye*, by the way, casually, fortuitously, in passing, in related manner, not by design, obiter, parenthetically, remotely, subordinately, unexpectedly; concept 544 Ant. purposely incinerate [v] reduce to ashes blaze, burn, combust, consume, cremate, ame, ignite, light, parch, scald, scorch, set a match to, torch; concept 249 incinerator [n] furnace boiler, burner, cinera-

tor, crematory, heater, heating system, oil burner; concept 463 incipient [adj] developing basic, beginning, commencing, elementary, embryonic, fundamental, inceptive, inchoate, initial, initiative, initiatory, introductory, nascent, originating, start; concept 585 Ant. developed, grown, mature incision [n] cut, slit carving, cleavage, cleft, dissection, gash, groove, laceration, mark, nick, nip, notch, opening, pierce, slash, stab, wound; concept 309 incisive [adj1] intelligent acute, bright, clever, concise, keen, penetrating, perspicacious, piercing, profound, sharp, trenchant; concept 402 Ant. incompetent, stupid incisive [adj2] sarcastic acerb, acerbic, acid, biting, caustic, clear-cut, concise, crisp, cutting, drilling, laconic, mordant, penetrating, sardonic, satirical, scathing, severe, sharp, slashing, succinct, tart, terse, trenchant; concept 267 Ant. gentle, kind, nice incite [v] encourage, provoke abet, activate, actuate, agitate, animate, arouse, coax, craze, drive, egg on*, encourage, excite, exhort, fan the re*, foment, force, forward, further, get to*, goad, impel, induce, iname, inuence, inspire, inspirit, instigate, juice*, key up*, motivate, persuade, prick, promote, prompt, provoke, psych*, push, put up to*, raise, rouse, set, set off*, solicit, spur, stimulate, stir up*, talk into, taunt, trigger, urge, whip up*, work up*; concepts 14,221,242 Ant. delay, deter, discourage, prohibit incivility [n] discourtesy bad manners, coarseness, discourteousness, disrespect, impoliteness, rudeness, unmannerliness; concepts 29,633 inclement [adj1] bitter, nasty (weather) brutal, cold, foul, hard, harsh, intemperate, raw, rigorous, rough, rugged, severe, stormy, tempestuous, violent, wintry; concept 525 Ant. clear, mild, nice, sunny inclement [adj2] cruel, merciless callous, draconian, harsh, intemperate, pitiless, rigorous, ruthless, savage, severe, tyrannical, unfeeling, unkind, unmerciful; concept 401 Ant. kind, merciful, nice, sympathetic inclination [n1] tendency, bent affection, appetite, aptitude, aptness, attachment, attraction, bias, capability, capacity, cup of tea*, desire, disposition, drift, druthers*, fancy, fondness, groove*, idiosyncrasy, impulse, leaning, liking, mind, movement, partiality, penchant, persuasion, pleasure, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudice, proclivity, proneness, propensity, slant*, soft spot*, stomach*, susceptibility, taste, temperament, thing*, trend, turn*, type, urge, velleity, weakness, whim, will, wish; concepts 20,411,630 inclination [n2] slant, angle acclivity, bank, bend, bending, bevel, bow, bowing, cant, declivity, deviation, direction, downgrade, grade, gradient, hill, incline, lean, leaning, list, pitch, ramp, slope, tilt; concept 738 incline [n] slope acclivity, approach, ascent, cant, declivity, descent, dip, grade, gradient, inclination, lean, leaning, plane, ramp, rise, slant, tilt; concept 738 incline [v1] tend toward affect, be disposed, bend, be partial, be predisposed, be willing,

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bias, drive, favor, govern, gravitate toward, impel, induce, inuence, lean to, look, make willing, move, not mind, persuade, predispose, prefer, prejudice, prompt, sway, turn, verge; concept 657 incline [v2] bend, lean aim, bevel, bow, cant, cock, deviate, diverge, heel, lay, level, list, lower, nod, point, recline, skew, slant, slope, stoop, tend, tilt, tip, train, turn, veer, yaw; concept 738 inclined [adj] having a preference apt, bent on, disposed, given, in the mood, likely, predisposed, prone, tending, willing; concept 542 include [v] contain, involve accommodate, add, admit, allow for, append, bear, be composed of, be made up of, build, build in, carry, combine, comprehend, comprise, consist of, constitute, count, cover, cut in on, embody, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, entail, enter, have, hold, implicate, incorporate, inject, insert, interject, interpolate, introduce, make allowance for, make room for, number, number among, receive, subsume, take in, take into account, teem with, work in; concepts 112,532,643 Ant. eliminate, exclude, neglect, reject including [adj] containing along with, among other things, as well as, counting, in addition to, inclusive of, in conjunction with, made up of, not to mention, plus, together with, with; concept 577 Ant. excluding, rejecting inclusion [n] addition admittance, composition, comprisal, embodiment, embracement, encompassment, formation, incorporation, insertion, involvement, subsumption; concept 642 Ant. exclusion, subtraction inclusive [adj] all-encompassing, all-embracing across-the-board*, all-around, all the options*, all together, ball-of-wax*, blanket*, broad, catchall*, comprehensive, encyclopedic, full, general, global, in toto*, overall, sweeping, umbrella*, wall-to-wall*, whole, without exception; concept 772 Ant. exclusive, incomprehensive, narrow incognito [adj] in disguise anonymous, bearded, camouaged, concealed, disguised, hidden, incog*, isolated, masked, masquerading, obscure, under assumed name, unknown, unrecognized; concepts 576,589 Ant. known, openly, seen, unhidden incoherent [adj] unintelligible breathless, confused, disconnected, discontinuous, discordant, disjointed, disordered, dumb, faltering, inarticulate, incohesive, incomprehensible, incongruous, inconsistent, indistinct, indistinguishable, irrational, jumbled, maundering, muddled, mufed, mumbling, mute, muttered, puzzling, rambling, stammering, stuttering, tongue-tied*, uncommunicative, unconnected, uncoordinated, uneven, unvocal, wandering, wild; concept 267 Ant. coherent, intelligible, understandable income [n] money earned by work or investments assets, avails, benets, bottom line*, cash, cash ow, commission, compensation, dividends, drawings, earnings, gains, gravy*, gross, harvest, honorarium, interest, in the black*, livelihood, means, net, pay, payoff, proceeds, prot, receipts, returns, revenue, royalty, salary, take home, wage; concepts 340,344 Ant. bills, debt, expenses

incoming [adj1] arriving approaching, coming, coming in, entering; concept 159 Ant. outgoing incoming [adj2] succeeding designate, elect, elected, future, new, next, to-be; concept 585 Ant. outgoing incomparable [adj] superlative beyond compare, excellent, exceptional, ideal, inimitable, matchless, paramount, peerless, perfect, preeminent, second to none, sovereign, superior, supreme, surpassing, towering, transcendent, ultimate, unequalled, unmatchable, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivalled, unsurpassable; concept 574 Ant. common, inferior, lowly, poor, unimpressive incompatible [adj] antagonistic, contradictory adverse, antipathetic, antipodal, antithetical, clashing, conicting, contrary, counter, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, disparate, factious, inadmissible, inappropriate, incoherent, inconformable, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, inconstant, irreconcilable, jarring, marching to a different drummer*, mismatched, night and day*, offbeat*, opposed, opposite, poles apart*, unadapted, uncongenial, unsuitable, unsuited, warring, whale of difference*; concept 564 Ant. compatible, consonant, harmonious, loving, suited, well-matched incompetent [adj] unskillful, unable amateur, amateurish, awkward, bungling, bush-league*, clumsy, disqualied, oundering, helpless, inadequate, incapable, ineffectual, inefcient, ineligible, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, insufcient, maladroit, not cut out for*, not equal to, not have it*, out to lunch*, raw, unadapted, unequipped, unt, untted, unhandy, uninitiated, unprocient, unqualied, unskilled, untrained, useless; concept 527 Ant. able, adept, capable, competent, dexterous, effective, efcient, experienced, expert, procient, skillful incomplete [adj] unnished, wanting abridged, broken, crude, defective, decient, expurgated, fractional, fragmentary, garbled, half-done, immature, imperfect, inadequate, incoherent, insufcient, lacking, meager, part, partial, rough, rude, rudimentary, short, sketchy, unaccomplished, unconsummated, under construction, undeveloped, undone, unexecuted, unpolished; concept 531 Ant. accomplished, complete, nished, perfect incomprehensible [adj] not understandable bafing, beats me*, beyond comprehension, beyond ones grasp*, clear as mud*, cryptic, Delphic*, enigmatic, fathomless, Greek*, impenetrable, incognizable, inconceivable, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying, obscure, opaque, over ones head*, perplexing, puzzling, sibylline, unclear, unfathomable, ungraspable, unimaginable, unintelligible, unknowable; concepts 402,529 Ant. comprehensible, fathomable, intelligible, understandable inconceivable [adj] beyond reason, belief extraordinary, fantastic, imcomprehensible, implausible, impossible, improbable, incogitable, incredible, insupposable, mind-boggling*, phony, rare, reachy, staggering, strange, thin*, unbelievable, unconvincing, unheard-of, unimaginable, unknowable, unlikely, unsubstantial, unthinkable, weak*, wont y*, wont

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wash*; concepts 529,552 Ant. believable, conceivable, fathomable, imaginable, reasonable inconclusive [adj] up in the air ambiguous, decient, incomplete, indecisive, indeterminate, lacking, open, uncertain, unconvincing, undecided, uneventful, unfateful, unnished, unsatisfactory, unsettled, vague; concepts 537,548 Ant. certain, conclusive, decisive, denite, sure incongruous [adj] out of place; absurd alien, bizarre, conicting, contradictory, disconsonant, discordant, disparate, distorted, divergent, extraneous, fantastic, tful, foreign, illogical, improper, inappropriate, inapropos, inapt, incoherent, incompatible, incongruent, inconsistent, irreconcilable, irregular, jumbled, lopsided, mismatched, out of keeping*, rambling, shifting, twisted, unavailing, unbalanced, unbecoming, unconnected, uncoordinated, uneven, unintelligible, unpredictable, unrelated, unsuitable, unsuited; concepts 547,558 Ant. compatible, congruous, consistent, corresponding, tting, harmonious, matched, suitable, uniform inconsequential/inconsiderable [adj] of no signicance casual, dinky*, entry-level*, exiguous, immaterial, inadequate, inappreciable, inconsequent, insignicant, insufcient, light, little, measly, minor, negligible, paltry, petty, picayune, puny, runt, scanty, shoestring*, skimpy, small, small potatoes*, small-time*, triing, trivial, two-bit*, unconsidered, unimportant, wimpy*, worthless; concept 575 Ant. consequential, considerable, important, signicant inconsiderate [adj] insensitive to others boorish, brash, careless, discourteous, hasty, impolite, incautious, indelicate, intolerant, reckless, rude, self-centered, selsh, sharp, short, tactless, thoughtless, unceremonious, uncharitable, ungracious, unkind, unthinking; concept 401 Ant. considerate, generous, kind, nice, sensitive, tactful, thoughtful inconsistent [adj] contradictory, irregular at odds, at variance, capricious, changeable, conicting, contrary, discordant, discrepant, dissonant, erratic, ckle, illogical, incoherent, incompatible, in conict, incongruent, incongruous, inconstant, irreconcilable, lubricious, mercurial, out of step*, temperamental, uncertain, unpredictable, unstable, variable, warring; concepts 534,564 Ant. consistent, consonant, regular, steady, unchanging inconsolable [adj] brokenhearted comfortless, dejected, desolate, despairing, disconsolate, discouraged, distressed, forlorn, heartbroken, heartsick, sad, unconsolable; concept 403 Ant. consolable, happy, understanding inconspicuous [adj] hidden, unnoticeable camouaged, concealed, dim, faint, hidden, indistinct, insignicant, low-key*, low-prole*, modest, muted, ordinary, plain, quiet, retiring, secretive, shy, soft-pedalled*, subtle, tenuous, unassuming, unemphatic, unobtrusive, unostentatious; concepts 485,576 Ant. conspicuous, exposed, noticeable, open, unhidden inconstant [adj] changeable capricious, changeful, erratic, ckle, ickering, uctuating, impulsive, inconsistent, intermittent, irregular, irresolute, mercurial, shifting, uncertain,

undependable, unreliable, unsettled, unstable, vacillating, variable, varying, volatile, wafing, wavering; concept 534 incontinent [adj] lacking control unchecked, uncontrollable, uncontrolled, ungovernable, unsuppressed; concept 94 Ant. continent, restrained incontrovertible [adj] beyond dispute accurate, authentic, certain, established, incontestable, indisputable, indubitable, irrefutable, nailed down*, no mistake*, no two ways about it*, positive, sure, surere*, sure thing*, uncontestable, undeniable, unequivocable, unquestionable, unshakable; concept 535 Ant. changeable, controvertible, questionable, uncertain, variable inconvenience [n] bother, trouble aggravation, annoyance, awkwardness, bothersomeness, cumbersomeness, difculty, disadvantage, disruption, disturbance, drawback, exasperation, fuss, hindrance, nuisance, pain*, stew*, trial, troublesomeness, uneasiness, untness, unhandiness, unsuitableness, untimeliness, unwieldiness, upset, vexation; concept 674 Ant. advantage, benet, convenience, prot inconvenience [v] bother, trouble aggravate, discombobulate, discommode, discompose, disoblige, disrupt, disturb, exasperate, give a hard time*, give trouble*, hang up*, interfere, irk, make it tough*, meddle, put in a spot*, put on the spot*, put to trouble*, try, upset; concepts 14,242 Ant. aid, assist, be convenient, benet, help inconvenient [adj] bothersome, troublesome annoying, awkward, cumbersome, detrimental, difcult, disadvantageous, discommoding, discommodious, disturbing, embarrassing, incommodious, inexpedient, inopportune, pestiferous, prejudicial, remote, tiresome, troublesome, unhandy, unmanageable, unseasonable, unsuitable, untimely, unwieldy, vexatious; concepts 537,548 Ant. aiding, benecial, convenient, helpful incorporate [v] include, combine absorb, add to, amalgamate, assimilate, associate, blend, charter, coalesce, consolidate, cover, dub, embody, form, fuse, gang up*, hook in*, imbibe, integrate, join, link, merge, mix, organize, pool, put together, start, subsume, tie in*, unite; concepts 112,113,324 Ant. divide, drop, exclude, separate incorrect [adj] wrong counterfactual, erroneous, false, faulty, awed, imprecise, improper, inaccurate, inappropriate, inexact, mistaken, not trustworthy, out*, specious, untting, unreliable, unseemly, unsound, unsuitable, untrue, way off*, wide of the mark*, wrong number*; concepts 558,570 Ant. correct, right, true incorrigible [adj] bad, hopeless abandoned, beastly, hardened, incurable, intractable, inveterate, irredeemable, irreparable, loser, recidivous, uncorrectable, unreformed, useless, wicked; concept 570 Ant. good, manageable, nice, obedient, reformable incorruptible [adj] honest, honorable above suspicion, imperishable, indestructible, inextinguishable, just, loyal, moral, perpetual, persistent, pure, reliable, straight, trustworthy,

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unbribable, undestroyable, untouchable, upright; concepts 485,545 Ant. bad, corruptible, dishonest increase [n] addition, growth access, accession, accretion, accrual, accumulation, aggrandizement, augmentation, boost, breakthrough, burgeoning, cumulation, development, elaboration, enlargement, escalation, exaggeration, expansion, extension, gain, hike, incorporation, increment, ination, intensication, maximization, merger, multiplication, optimization, raise, rise, spread, step-up, surge, swell, swelling, upgrade, upsurge, upturn, waxing; concepts 763,780 Ant. decrease, depletion, diminishment, loss, subtraction increase [v] add or grow advance, aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, annex, augment, boost, broaden, build, build up, deepen, develop, dilate, distend, double, enhance, enlarge, escalate, exaggerate, expand, extend, further, heighten, inate, intensify, lengthen, magnify, mark up, mount, multiply, pad*, progress, proliferate, prolong, protract, pullulate, raise, redouble, reinforce, rise, sharpen, slap on*, snowball*, spread, step up, strengthen, supplement, swarm, swell, tack on*, teem, thicken, triple, wax, widen; concepts 236,245,780 Ant. decrease, deplete, diminish, lose, subtract increasingly [adv] to a greater extent more, more and more, progressively, with acceleration; concept 772 Ant. decreasingly, less incredible [adj1] beyond belief absurd, farfetched, shy*, imsy*, implausible, impossible, improbable, incogitable, inconceivable, insupposable, outlandish, out of the question*, phony, preposterous, questionable, ridiculous, rings phony*, suspect, thin*, unbelievable, unconvincing, unimaginable, unsubstantial, untenable, unthinkable; concept 552 Ant. believable, credible, plausible, possible, realistic, tenable incredible [adj2] marvellous ace*, amazing, astonishing, astounding, awe-inspiring, awesome, extraordinary, fabulous, glorious, great, prodigious, superhuman*, unreal*, wonderful; concepts 529,572 Ant. bad, poor, terrible incredulous [adj] unbelieving disbelieving, distrustful, doubtful, doubting, dubious, hesitant, mistrustful, questioning, quizzical, show-me*, skeptical, suspect, suspicious, uncertain, unconvinced, unsatised, wary; concepts 403,529 Ant. believing, convinced, credulous increment [n] small step toward gain accession, accretion, accrual, accrument, addition, advancement, augmentation, enlargement, increase, prot, raise, rise, supplement; concepts 763,780 Ant. decrease, loss incriminate [v] accuse allege, attack, attribute, blame, brand, bring charges, charge, cite, nger*, frame, hold accountable, implicate, inculpate, indict, involve, name, pin on*, point the nger at*, prosecute, serve summons; concept 44 incubus [n] evil spirit demon, devil, end, goblin, hobgoblin, nightmare, succuba, succubus; concepts 370,412 inculcate [v] implant, infuse information brainwash*, break down, communicate, drill, drum into*, educate, hammer into*, impart, impress,

indoctrinate, inseminate, instill, instruct, plant, program, shape up, teach, work over*; concepts 14,285 incur [v] bring upon oneself acquire, arouse, be subjected to, bring down on*, catch, contract, draw, earn, expose oneself to, gain, get, induce, meet with, obtain, provoke; concept 93 incurable [adj] unxable, unchangeable cureless, deadly, fatal, hopeless, immedicable, impossible, inoperable, irrecoverable, irremediable, irreparable, nowhere to go*, out of time*, remediless, serious, terminal, uncorrectable, unrecoverable; concepts 485,548 Ant. curable, healable, medicable, operable incursion [n] invasion aggression, attack, foray, inltration, inroad, intrusion, irruption, penetration, raid; concepts 86,320 Ant. retreat indebted [adj] under an obligation accountable, answerable for, appreciative, beholden, bound, bounden, chargeable, duty-bound, grateful, honor-bound, hooked*, in debt, in hock*, liable, obligated, obliged, owed, owing, responsible, thankful; concepts 334,546 Ant. paid, settled indecency [n] obscenity, vulgarity bawdiness, coarseness, crudity, drunkenness, evil, foulness, grossness, immodesty, impropriety, impurity, incivility, indecorum, indelicacy, lewdness, licentiousness, offense, outrageousness, pornography, ribaldry, smuttiness, unseemliness, vileness; concepts 633,645 Ant. chastity, cleanness, decency, modesty, purity, virtue indecent [adj] obscene, vulgar; offensive blue*, coarse, crude, dirty*, lthy, foul, foulmouthed, gross*, ill-bred, immodest, immoral, improper, impure, in bad taste, indecorous, indelicate, lewd, licentious, malodorous, off-color*, outrageous, pornographic, raunchy*, raw, ridiculous, rough, salacious, scatological, shameless, shocking, smutty*, tasteless, unbecoming, undecorous, unseemly, untoward, vile, wicked, X-rated*; concept 545 Ant. chaste, clean, decent, modest, pure, virtuous indecisive [adj] uncertain, indenite astraddle, changeable, doubtful, faltering, halting, hemming and hawing*, hesitant, hesitating, hot and cold*, inconclusive, indeterminate, irresolute, of two minds*, on the fence*, tentative, unclear, undecided, undetermined, uneventful, unsettled, unstable, vacillating, wafing, wavering, weak-kneed*, wishy-washy*; concepts 534,535 Ant. certain, decisive, denite, deliberate, determined, sure indeed [adv] actually absolutely, amen*, certainly, doubtlessly, easily, even, for real, in point of fact, in truth, much, naturally, of course, positively, really, strictly, surely, sure thing*, to be sure, truly, undeniably, undoubtedly, verily, veritably, very, very much, well; concept 535 indefatigable [adj] untiring active, assiduous, bound and determined*, dead set on*, determined, diligent, dogged, energetic, hell-bent*, industrious, inexhaustible, ironclad, nose to grindstone*, painstaking, patient, persevering, persistent, pertinacious, relentless, sedulous, steadfast, stop at nothing*, strenuous, tireless, unfaltering, unagging, uninching, unremitting, unwavering, unwearied, unwearying,

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vigorous; concept 542 Ant. fatigued, tired, weary indefensible [adj] inexcusable bad, faulty, inexpiable, insupportable, unforgivable, unjustiable, unpardonable, untenable, unwarrantable, wrong; concepts 545,548 Ant. defensible, excusable, justiable, justied indenite [adj] ambiguous, vague broad, confused, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, evasive, general, ill-dened, imprecise, indeterminable, indeterminate, indistinct, inexact, inexhaustible, innite, innumerable, intangible, loose, obscure, shadowy, uncertain, unclear, undened, undependable, undetermined, unxed, unknown, unlimited, unsettled, unspecic, unsure, wide; concept 535 Ant. certain, denite, distinct, sure indenitely [adv] continually considerably, endlessly, forever, frequently, regularly, sine die, without end; concept 798 Ant. denitely, incontinuously indelible [adj] not able to be erased, indestructible enduring, ineffaceable, ineradicable, inerasable, inexpungible, inextirpable, ingrained, lasting, memorable, permanent, rememberable, stirring, unforgettable; concepts 482,529 Ant. delible, destructible, erasable, impermanent indelicate [adj] obscene, vulgar base, brash, brutish, callow, coarse, crude, earthy, embarrassing, immodest, improper, indecent, indecorous, lewd, low, lowbred, off-color*, offensive, outrageous, risqu, rude, suggestive, tasteless, unbecoming, unblushing, uncouth, unseemly, untactful, untoward; concepts 544,545 Ant. decent, delicate, inoffensive, nice, pure indent [v] make a space; push in slightly bash, cave in, cut, dent, depress, dint, hollow, jag, mark, nick, notch, pink, pit, rabbet, rut, scallop, score, serrate; concepts 158,201,208 Ant. ush independence [n] liberty, freedom ability, aptitude, autarchy, autonomy, home rule*, license, qualication, self-determination, self-government, self-reliance, self-rule, selfsufciency, separation, sovereignty; concepts 376,691 Ant. dependence, subordination independent [adj] liberated, free absolute, autarchic, autarchical, autonomous, freewheeling, individualistic, nonaligned, nonpartisan, on ones own, self-contained, self-determining, self-governing, self-reliant, self-ruling, selfsufcient, self-supporting, separate, separated, sovereign, unaided, unallied, unconnected, unconstrained, uncontrolled, unregimented; concept 554 Ant. dependent, subordinate, subservient independently [adv] alone all by ones self, apart, autonomously, by oneself, exclusive of, freely, individually, of ones own volition, one at a time, one by one, on ones own, separately, severally, singly, solo, unaided, unrestrictedly, unsupervised, without regard to, without support; concept 554 Ant. dependently indescribable [adj] beyond words impossible, incommunicable, indenable, ineffable, inexpressible, nondescript, sublime, subtle, unspeakable, untellable, unutterable; concept 267 Ant. denable, describable, explainable

indestructible [adj] lasting, unable to be destroyed abiding, deathless, durable, enduring, everlasting, immortal, immutable, imperishable, incorruptible, indelible, indissoluble, inexterminable, inextinguishable, inextirpable, irrefragable, irrefrangible, nonperishable, permanent, perpetual, unalterable, unbreakable, unchangeable, undestroyable, undying, unfading; concepts 489,534 Ant. breakable, destructible, perishable indeterminate [adj] uncertain, vague borderless, general, imprecise, inconclusive, indenite, indistinct, inexact, undened, undetermined, unxed, unspecied, unstipulated; concept 535 Ant. certain, denite, determined, exact, xed, measurable, sure index [n] indication basis, clue, evidence, formula, guide, hand, indicant, indication, indicator, indicia, mark, model, needle, pointer, ratio, rule, sign, signicant, symbol, symptom, token; concepts 284,290 index [v] arrange, order alphabetize, catalogue, docket, le, list, record, tabulate; concept 84 Ant. disarrange, disorder, disorganize indicate [v] signify, display add up to, announce, argue, attest, augur, bespeak, be symptomatic, betoken, button down*, card, connote, demonstrate, denote, designate, evidence, evince, express, nger, hint, illustrate, imply, import, intimate, make, manifest, mark, mean, name, peg*, pin down*, pinpoint*, point out, point to, prove, read, record, register, reveal, show, sign, signal, slot, specify, suggest, symbolize, tab, tag, testify, witness; concepts 74,118,266 Ant. conceal, hide, mislead indication [n] evidence, clue adumbration, attestation, augury, auspice, cue, earnest, explanation, expression, forewarning, gesture, hint, implication, index, indicia, inkling, intimation, manifestation, mark, nod, note, notion, omen, pledge, portent, preamble, preguration, prognostic, prolegomenon, proof, reminder, show, sign, signal, signicant, signier, suggestion, symptom, telltale, token, trace, vestige, warning, wind*, wink*; concepts 74,278,284 Ant. misinformation indicative [adj] exhibitive apocalyptic, augural, auspicious, characteristic, connotative, demonstrative, denotative, denotive, designative, diagnostic, emblematic, evidential, evincive, expressive, inauspicious, indicatory, indicial, ominous, pointing to, prognostic, signicant, signicatory, suggestive, symbolic, symptomatic, testatory, testimonial; concept 267 indicator [n] sign barometer, beacon, clue, dial, gauge, guide, hint, index, mark, meter, omen, pointer, signal, symbol, warning; concepts 274,529,673,689 indict [v] accuse arraign, censure, charge, criminate, face with charges, nger*, frame*, impeach, incriminate, inculpate, prosecute, summon, tax; concepts 44,317 Ant. absolve, acquit, exonerate indictment [n] accusation allegation, arraignment, bill, blame, censure, charge, citation, detention, ndings, impeachment, incrimination, presentment, prosecution, statement, summons, warrant, writ; concepts 44,317,318 Ant. absolution, acquittal, exoneration

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indifference [n] absence of feeling, interest alienation, aloofness, apathy, callousness, carelessness, cold-bloodedness, coldness, cold shoulder*, coolness, detachment, disdain, disinterest, disinterestedness, dispassion, disregard, equity, heedlessness, immunity, impartiality, impassiveness, impassivity, inattention, inertia, insensitivity, insouciance, isolationism, lack, lethargy, listlessness, negligence, neutrality, nonchalance, noninterference, objectivity, stoicism, torpor, unconcern, unmindfulness; concepts 410,657 Ant. caring, compassion, concern, feeling, interest, involvement, regard, sympathy indifferent [adj] unfeeling, uninterested aloof, apathetic, blas, callous, cold, cool, detached, difdent, disinterested, dispassionate, distant, equitable, haughty, heartless, heedless, highbrow, impartial, impervious, inattentive, listless, neutral, nonchalant, nonpartisan, objective, passionless, phlegmatic, regardless, scornful, silent, stoical, supercilious, superior, unaroused, unbiased, uncaring, uncommunicative, unconcerned, unemotional, unimpressed, uninvolved, unmoved, unprejudiced, unresponsive, unsocial, unsympathetic; concepts 403,542 Ant. caring, compassionate, concerned, feeling, interested, involved, sympathetic indigenous [adj] native, inborn aboriginal, autochthonous, chthonic, congenital, connate, domestic, endemic, homegrown, inbred, inherent, inherited, innate, natural, original, primitive, unacquired; concept 549 Ant. alien, foreign indigent [adj] poor beggared, busted, destitute, down and out*, at broke*, hard up*, homeless, impecunious, impoverished, in want, necessitous, needy, penniless, penurious, povertystricken; concept 334 Ant. rich, wealthy indigestion [n] upset stomach acid indigestion, acidosis, digestive upset, dyspepsia, dyspepsy, atulence, u, gas, gaseous stomach, heartburn, nausea, pain; concept 306 indignant [adj] angry acrimonious, annoyed, bent out of shape*, boiling*, bugged*, burned up*, disgruntled, displeased, exasperated, fuming, furious, heated, huffy*, in a huff*, incensed, irate, livid, mad, miffed, peeved, piqued, p.o.d*, provoked, resentful, riled, scornful, seeing red*, up in arms*, upset, wrathful; concept 403 Ant. gleeful, happy, pleased indignation [n] anger animus, boiling point*, danger, displeasure, exasperation, fury, huff*, ire, mad, miff*, pique, rage, resentment, rise, scorn, slow burn*, umbrage, wrath; concepts 29,657 Ant. glee, happiness, joy indignity [n] embarrassment, humiliation abuse, affront, backhanded compliment*, contumely, discourtesy, dishonor, disrespect, grievance, injury, injustice, insult, obloquy, opprobrium, outrage, put-down*, reproach, slap*, slight, slur, snub, take-down*, taunt; concepts 278,410 Ant. dignity, esteem, honor, regard, respect indirect [adj] roundabout; unintended ambiguous, ancillary, circuitous, circular, circumlocutory, collateral, complicated, contingent, crooked, devious, discursive, duplicitous, erratic, eventual, implied, incidental, long, long-drawn-out*, long way home*,

long-winded*, meandering, oblique, obscure, out-of-the-way, periphrastic, rambling, secondary, serpentine*, sidelong, sinister, sinuous, snaking*, sneaking, sneaky, subsidiary, tortuous, twisting, underhand, vagrant, wandering, winding, zigzag; concepts 544,581 Ant. direct, straight, straightforward indiscreet [adj] injudicious careless, foolish, hasty, heedless, imprudent, inconsiderate, insensitive, rash, reckless, unthinking; concept 542 indiscretion [n] mistake bumble, crudeness, dropping the ball*, dumb move*, error, excitability, faux pas, folly, foolishness, fool mistake*, foul-up, gaffe, gaucherie, goof*, hastiness, imprudence, indiscreetness, ingenuousness, lapse, miscue, misjudgment, misspeak, naivet, rashness, recklessness, screw-up*, simple-mindedness, slip*, slip of the tongue*, slip-up*, stumble, stupidity, tactlessness, thoughtlessness, unseemliness; concepts 101,633,674 Ant. care, discreetness, discretion, right indiscriminate [adj] random, chaotic aimless, assorted, broad, careless, confused, designless, desultory, extensive, general, haphazard, heterogeneous, hit-or-miss*, imperceptive, jumbled, mingled, miscellaneous, mixed, mongrel, motley*, multifarious, promiscuous, purposeless, shallow, spot, supercial, sweeping, unconsidered, uncritical, undiscriminating, unmethodical, unplanned, unselective, unsystematic, varied, variegated, wholesale*, wide; concepts 403,542,585,772 Ant. chosen, critical, denite, discriminatory, methodical, particular, selective, specic, systematic indispensable [adj] necessary basal, basic, cardinal, crucial, essential, fundamental, imperative, key, necessitous, needed, needful, prerequisite, primary, required, requisite, vital; concept 546 Ant. dispensable, needless, nonessential, redundant, superuous, unnecessary indisposed [adj1] not well ailing, below par, conned, down, down with*, feeling rotten*, got a bug*, ill, inrm, laid up*, on sick list*, out of action*, poorly, sick, sickly, under the weather*, unwell; concept 314 Ant. healthy, well indisposed [adj2] unwilling afraid, antagonistic, antipathetic, averse, backward, disinclined, hesitant, hostile, inimical, loath, reluctant, uncaring, uneager, uninclined; concept 542 Ant. bent, disposed, inclined, tending, willing indisputable [adj] beyond doubt absolute, accurate, actual, certain, double-checked, evident, incontestable, incontrovertible, indubitable, irrefutable, no ifs ands or buts about it*, no mistake*, open and shut*, positive, real, sure, thats a fact*, true, unassailable, undeniable, undoubted, unfabled, unquestionable, veridical; concepts 535,582 Ant. disputable, doubtful, dubious, indenite, questionable, refutable, uncertain, unreliable, unsure, vague indistinct [adj] obscure, ambiguous bleared, bleary, blurred, confused, dark, dim, doubtful, faint, fuzzy, hazy, ill-dened, inaudible, inconspicuous, indenite, indeterminate, indiscernible, indistinguishable, inexact, misty, mufed, murky, out of focus, shadowy, unclear,

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undened, undetermined, unheard, unintelligible, vague, weak; concepts 485,535 Ant. apparent, certain, dened, denite, discernible, distinct, evident, explicit, plain, positive, sure indistinguishable [adj] alike duplicate, equivalent, identic, identical, like, same, tantamount, twin; concept 566 Ant. different, distinguishable, unalike, unlike individual [adj] distinctive, exclusive alone, characteristic, denite, diacritic, diagnostic, different, discrete, distinct, especial, express, idiosyncratic, indivisible, lone, odd, only, original, own, particular, peculiar, personal, personalized, proper, reserved, respective, secluded, select, separate, several, single, singular, sole, solitary, special, specic, uncommon, unique, unitary, unusual; concepts 404,564 Ant. common, general, ordinary individual [n] singular person, thing being, body, character, child, creature, dude*, entity, existence, human being, man, material, matter, mortal, number, party, person, personage, self, singleton, somebody, something, soul, stuff, substance, type, unit, woman; concepts 389,433 Ant. group individuality [n] personality air, character, complexion, difference, discreteness, disposition, dissimilarity, distinction, distinctiveness, eccentricity, habit, humor, identity, idiosyncrasy, independence, individualism, ipseity, makeup, manner, nature, oddity, oneness, originality, particularity, peculiarity, rarity, seity, selfdom, selfhood, selfness, separateness, singleness, singularity, singularness, temper, temperament, uniqueness, unity, unlikeness, way; concept 411 individually [adv] separately alone, apart, by oneself, distinctively, exclusively, independently, one at a time, one by one, personally, restrictedly, severally, singly, without help; concept 544 Ant. together individual retirement account [n] IRA Keogh plan, retirement plan, Roth IRA, selffunded retirement plan, tax-free savings account; concepts 335,340,446,710 indoctrinate [v] brainwash break down, convince, drill, ground, imbue, implant, inculcate, inuence, initiate, instill, instruct, plant, program, school, teach, train, work over; concepts 14,285 Ant. leave alone, neglect indolent [adj] lazy drony, easygoing, fainant, idle, inactive, inert, lackadaisical, languid, lax, lazy, lethargic, listless, resting, shiftless, slothful, slow, slow-going, sluggish, torpid; concepts 538,542,584 Ant. active, busy, diligent, energetic, enthusiastic, hard-working, industrious, intent indomitable [adj] steadfast, unyielding dogged, impassable, impregnable, insuperable, insurmountable, invincible, invulnerable, obstinate, pertinacious, resolute, ruthless, staunch, stubborn, unassailable, unbeatable, unconquerable, undefeatable, uninching, willful; concepts 404,489,534 Ant. beatable, conquerable, unstable, weak, yielding indubitably [adv] unquestionably certainly, denitely, for sure, indeed, no question, of course, positively, surely, undoubtedly, without doubt; concept 535

induce [v] cause to happen; encourage abet, activate, actuate, argue into, breed, bring about, bring around, bulldoze*, cajole, cause, coax, convince, draw, draw in, effect, engender, generate, get*, get up, give rise to, goose*, impel, incite, inuence, instigate, lead to, make, motivate, move, occasion, persuade, press, prevail upon, procure, produce, promote, prompt, sell one on*, set in motion, soft-soap*, squeeze, steamroll*, suck in*, sway, sweettalk*, talk into*, twist ones arm*, urge, wheedle, win over*; concepts 14,68,242 Ant. discourage, halt, hinder, prevent inducement [n] incentive, motive attraction, bait, brainwash*, carrot*, cause, come-on*, con*, consideration, desire, encouragement, hard sell*, hook*, impulse, incitement, inuence, leader, lure, reward, snow job*, soft soap*, spur, stimulus, sweet talk*, temptation, twist, urge; concepts 68,661 Ant. discouragement, disincentive, hindrance, prevention induct [v] take into an organization conscript, draft, enlist, inaugurate, initiate, install, instate, introduce, invest, recruit, sign on, sign up, swear in; concepts 50,88,320,384 Ant. blackball, expel, reject, turn away induction [n1] taking in, initiation consecration, draft, entrance, greetings, inaugural, inauguration, installation, instatement, institution, introduction, investiture, ordination, selection; concepts 320,384,685 Ant. blackballing, expulsion, rejection induction [n2] inference conclusion, conjecture, deducement, generalization, judgment, logical reasoning, ratiocination, rationalization, reason; concepts 37,689 indulge [v1] treat oneself or another to allow, baby, cater, coddle, cosset, delight, entertain, favor, foster, give in, give rein to*, go along, go easy on*, gratify, humor, mollycoddle*, nourish, oblige, pamper, pander, pet, please, regale, satiate, satisfy, spoil, spoil rotten*, take care of*, tickle, yield; concept 110 Ant. disappoint, distress, hurt indulge [v2] luxuriate in bask in, ego trip*, enjoy, go in for*, live it up*, look out for number one*, revel in, rollick*, take part, wallow in; concept 20 Ant. abstain, moderate, not use indulgence [n] luxury; gratication allowance, appeasement, attention, babying*, coddling*, courtesy, endurance, excess, extravagance, favor, favoring, fondling, fondness, forbearance, fulllment, goodwill, gratifying, hedonism, immoderation, intemperance, intemperateness, kindness, kowtowing*, lenience, leniency, pampering, partiality, patience, permissiveness, petting, placating, pleasing, privilege, proigacy, proigateness, satiation, satisfaction, service, spoiling, toadying*, tolerance, toleration, treating, understanding; concepts 337,657,712 Ant. abstention, care, moderation, temperance indulgent [adj] lenient, giving able to live with*, big*, charitable, clement, compassionate, complaisant, compliant, considerate, easy, easygoing, favorable, fond, forbearing, gentle, going along with*, going easy on*, gratifying, kind, kindly, liberal, merciful, mild, overpermissive, permissive, soft-shelled*, tender, tolerant,

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understanding; concepts 404,542 Ant. abstaining, moderate, moderating, strict, tempering industrial [adj] related to manufacturing automated, business, factory-made, industrialized, in industry, machine-made, manufactured, manufacturing, mechanical, mechanized, modern, smokestack, streamlined, technical; concept 536 Ant. domestic industrious [adj] hardworking active, assiduous, ball of re*, burning, busy, conscientious, diligent, dynamic, eager, energetic, grind*, in full swing*, intent, involved, jumping, laborious, on the go*, operose, perky*, persevering, persistent, plugging, productive, psyched up on*, purposeful, sedulous, spirited, steady, tireless, zealous; concept 538 Ant. idle, inactive, indolent, lackadaisical, lazy, lethargic, slack, unemployed, unproductive industry [n1] manufacturing big business*, business, commerce, commercial enterprise, corporation, management, manufactory, megacorp*, mob, monopoly, multinational, outt*, production, trade, trafc; concepts 323,325 industry [n2] hard work activity, application, assiduity, attention, care, determination, diligence, dynamism, effort, energy, enterprise, intentness, inventiveness, labor, pains, patience, perseverance, persistence, tirelessness, toil, vigor, zeal; concept 677 Ant. idleness, indolence, laziness, lethargy, unemployment, worthlessness inebriated [adj] drunk blind drunk*, bombed, boozy, high*, inebriate, intoxicated, loaded*, plastered*, smashed*, tight*, tipsy, under the inuence, wasted*; concept 314 Ant. sober, straight ineffable [adj] too great for words beyond words, celestial, divine, empyreal, empyrean, ethereal, heavenly, holy, ideal, impossible, incommunicable, incredible, indenable, indescribable, inexpressible, nameless, sacred, spiritual, too sacred for words*, transcendent, transcendental, unspeakable, untellable, unutterable; concepts 267,574 Ant. denable, describable, utterable ineffective/ineffectual [adj] weak, useless abortive, anticlimactic, barren, bootless, defeasible, feckless, feeble, forceless, fruitless, futile, idle, impotent, inadequate, incompetent, indecisive, inefcacious, inefcient, inept, inferior, innocuous, inoperative, invertebrate, lame, limited, neutralized, nugatory, null, null and void*, paltry, powerless, spineless, unable, unavailing, unfruitful, unproductive, unprotable, unsuccessful, vain, void, withered, worthless; concepts 537,560 Ant. competent, effective, effectual, efcient, powerful, strong, useful inefcient [adj] not working well; wasteful cant hack it*, careless, disorganized, extravagant, faulty, feeble, half-baked*, improcient, improvident, incapable, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, inefcacious, inept, inexpert, not cut out for*, prodigal, shooting blanks*, slack, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly, unt, unprepared, unqualied, unskilled, unskillful, untrained, weak; concepts 402,527,560 Ant. able, capable, competent, efcient, expert, useful inelegant [adj] clumsy, crude awkward, coarse, crass, gauche, graceless, gross, indelicate, la-

bored, oash, raw, rough, rude, stiff*, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, ungainly, ungraceful, unpolished, unrened, vulgar, wooden*; concepts 267,542,555 Ant. elegant, glamorous, graceful, rened, sophisticated ineligible [adj] not qualied disqualied, inappropriate, incompetent, objectionable, ruled out, unacceptable, unavailable, undesirable, unequipped, unt, unqualied, unsuitable; concepts 402,558 Ant. acceptable, eligible, equipped, qualied, suitable inept [adj1] clumsy, unskilled; incompetent all thumbs*, artless, awkward, bumbling, bungling, butterngers*, gauche, halting, inadept, incapable, incompetent, inefcient, inexpert, loser, maladroit, unapt, undexterous, unfacile, ungraceful, unhandy, unprocient, unskillful, wooden*; concepts 402,527 Ant. able, adroit, competent, dexterous, t, skilled, skillful inept [adj2] not suitable; improper absurd, ill-timed, inappropriate, inapt, infelicitous, malapropos, meaningless, not adapted, out of place*, pointless, ridiculous, undue, unt, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuitable; concept 558 Ant. acceptable, proper, suitable inequality [n] prejudice; lack of balance asperity, bias, contrast, difference, discrimination, disparity, disproportion, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, diversity, imparity, incommensurateness, injustice, irregularity, one-sidedness, partisanship, preferentiality, roughness, unequivalence, unevenness, unfairness, unjustness, variation; concept 665 Ant. balance, equality, evenness, similarity inequitable [adj] unfair arbitrary, biased, discriminatory, one-sided, partial, partisan, prejudiced, unbalanced, unequal, unethical, uneven, unjust; concepts 480,544,545,548 inert [adj] not moving; lifeless apathetic, asleep, dead, dormant, down, dull, idle, immobile, impassive, impotent, inactive, inanimate, indolent, languid, languorous, lazy, leaden, listless, motionless, numb, paralyzed, passive, phlegmatic, powerless, quiescent, quiet, slack, sleepy, slothful, sluggard, sluggish, slumberous, static, still, stolid, torpid, unmoving, unreactive, unresponsive; concepts 542,584 Ant. active, alive, animated, lively, mobile, moving, working inertia [n] disinclination to move; lifelessness apathy, deadness, drowsiness, dullness, idleness, immobility, immobilization, inactivity, indolence, languor, lassitude, laziness, lethargy, listlessness, oscitancy, paralysis, passivity, sloth, sluggishness, stillness, stupor, torpidity, torpor, unresponsiveness; concept 657 Ant. activity, animation, life, liveliness, moving inevitable [adj] certain; cannot be avoided all locked up*, assured, binding, compulsory, decided, decreed, destined, determined, doomed, fated, fateful, xed, for certain, foreordained, imminent, impending, ineluctable, ineludible, inescapable, inexorable, inexible, in the bag*, irresistible, irrevocable, necessary, no ifs ands or buts*, obligatory, ordained, pat*, prescribed, settled, sure, unalterable, unavoidable, undeniable, unpreventable, without recourse; concepts 535,552 Ant. avoidable, doubtful, escapable, fortuitous, preventable, uncertain, unlikely, unsure

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inexcusable [adj] not forgivable blamable, blameworthy, censurable, criticizable, impermissible, indefensible, inexpiable, intolerable, outrageous, reprehensible, unallowable, unforgivable, unjustiable, unpardonable, unpermissible, untenable, unwarrantable, wrong; concepts 545,570 Ant. excusable, forgivable, justiable inexhaustible [adj1] unlimited bountiful, endless, innite, limitless, never-ending, no end to*, numberless; concept 772 inexhaustible [adj2] tireless enduring, indefatigable, unagging, untiring, unwearying, vigorous; concepts 538,542 inexorable [adj] cruel, pitiless adamant, adamantine, bound, bound and determined*, compulsory, dead set on*, dogged, hard, harsh, hell bent on*, immobile, immovable, implacable, ineluctable, inescapable, inexible, ironclad, like death and taxes*, locked in*, mean business*, merciless, necessary, no going back*, obdurate, obstinate, relentless, remorseless, resolute, rigid, set in stone*, severe, single-minded, stubborn, unappeasable, unbending, uncompromising, unmovable, unrelenting, unyielding; concepts 401,534 Ant. exible, lenient, merciful, remorseful, yielding inexpensive [adj] not high priced bargain, budget, buy, cheap, cost next to nothing*, cut-rate, dime a dozen*, dirt-cheap*, economical, for a song*, half-price, low, low-cost, low-priced, marked down, modest, nominal, popular, popularly priced, real buy*, real steal*, reasonable, reduced, steal, thrifty; concept 334 Ant. costly, dear, expensive, high-cost, high-priced inexperienced [adj] unskilled, unfamiliar amateur, callow, fresh, green*, ignorant, immature, inept, inexpert, innocent, kid*, naive, new, prentice, raw*, rookie, rude, sophomoric, spring chicken*, tenderfoot*, unaccustomed, unacquainted, unconversant, undisciplined, unfamiliar with, unedged, unpracticed, unschooled, unseasoned, unsophisticated, untrained, untried, unused, unversed, unworldly, verdant, wet behind ears*, young; concepts 402,404,527 Ant. educated, experienced, expert, familiar, schooled, seasoned, skilled, trained, versed inexplicable [adj] beyond comprehension, explanation bafing, enigmatic, incomprehensible, indecipherable, indescribable, inexplainable, inscrutable, insoluble, mysterious, mystifying, obscure, odd, peculiar, puzzling, strange, unaccountable, undenable, unexplainable, unfathomable, unintelligible, unsolvable; concepts 267,529 Ant. comprehendible, explainable, explicable, intelligible infallible [adj] unerring, dependable acceptable, accurate, agreeable, apodictic, authoritative, certain, correct, effective, effectual, efcacious, efcient, exact, faultless, awless, foolproof, handy, helpful, impeccable, incontrovertible, inerrable, inerrant, omniscient, perfect, positive, reliable, satisfactory, satisfying, sure, surere, true, trustworthy, unbeatable, undeceivable, unfailing, unimpeachable, unquestionable, useful; concepts 535,560,574 Ant. erring, fallible, faulty, imperfect infamous [adj] shameful, bad in reputation abominable, atrocious, base, caitiff, con-

temptible, corrupt, degenerate, despicable, detestable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, egregious, evil, agitious, foul, hateful, heinous, ignominious, ill-famed, iniquitous, loathsome, miscreant, monstrous, nefarious, notorious, odious, offensive, opprobrious, outrageous, perverse, questionable, rotten, scandalous, scurvy, shady, shocking, sorry, unhealthy, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked; concepts 404,545,570 Ant. dignied, glorious, good, innocent, moral, perfect, principled, pure, respectable, righteous, virtuous infamy [n] shameful, bad reputation abomination, atrocity, disapprobation, discredit, disesteem, disgrace, dishonor, disrepute, enormity, evil, ignominy, immorality, impropriety, notoriety, notoriousness, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, outrageousness, scandal, shame, stigma, villainy, wickedness; concepts 411,645 Ant. dignity, goodness, innocence, morality, righteousness, virtue infant [n] baby babe, bairn, bambino, bantling, bundle, child, kid, little one, neonate, newborn, small child, suckling, toddler, tot; concepts 414,424 Ant. adult infant/infantile [adj] very young baby, babyish, callow, childish, childlike, dawning, developing, early, emergent, green*, growing, immature, infantine, initial, juvenile, kid, naive, nascent, newborn, puerile, tender, unedged, unripe, weak, youthful; concepts 542,578, 797,820 Ant. adult, grown-up, mature infatuated [adj] in love with; obsessed beguiled, besotted, bewitched, captivated, carried away*, charmed, crazy about*, enamored, enraptured, far gone on*, fascinated, foolish, inamed, intoxicated, possessed, seduced, silly*, smitten, spellbound, under a spell*; concepts 32,403 Ant. despising, disenchanted, hating infect [v] pollute, contaminate affect, blight, corrupt, dele, disease, inuence, poison, spoil, spread among, spread to, taint, touch, vitiate; concepts 143,246 infection [n] contamination bug*, communicability, contagion, contagiousness, corruption, delement, disease, epidemic, u, germs, impurity, insanitation, poison, pollution, septicity, virus, whats going around*; concepts 230,306 Ant. sanitation, sterility infectious [adj] catching, spreading communicable, contagious, contaminating, corrupting, deling, diseased, epidemic, infective, mephitic, miasmic, noxious, pestilent, pestilential, poisoning, polluting, toxic, transferable, transmittable, virulent, vitiating; concepts 314,559 Ant. antiseptic, germless, harmless, non-infectious, uncommunicable, uncontagious infer [v] conclude arrive at, ascertain, assume, believe, collect, conjecture, construe, deduce, derive, draw, draw inference, gure, gure out, gather, glean, guess, induce, interpret, intuit, judge, presume, presuppose, reach conclusion, read between lines*, read into*, reason, reckon, speculate, suppose, surmise, think, understand; concepts 12,15,37 Ant. misconceive, misunderstand inference [n] conclusion, deduction assumption, conjecture, corollary, guess, hint, interpre-

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tation, presumption, reading, reasoning, supposition; concept 689 inferior [adj1] less in rank, importance back seat*, bottom, bottom-rung*, entry-level, junior, less, lesser, lower, menial, minor, minus, nether, peon, second, secondary, second-banana*, second-ddle*, second-string*, smaller, subjacent, subordinate, subsidiary, under, underneath; concept 567 Ant. best, better, extraordinary, rst-class, rst-rate, foremost, superior inferior [adj2] poor, second-rate average, bad, base, common, dclass, fair, good-fornothing*, hack*, imperfect, indifferent, junk*, lemon*, lousy, low-grade, low-rent*, mean, mediocre, middling, ordinary, paltry, poorer, sad, second-class, sorry*, substandard, tawdry, two-bit*, worse, wretched; concept 574 inferior [n] person of lesser rank, importance adherent, attendant, auxiliary, deputy, disciple, follower, hanger-on, hireling, junior, menial, minion, minor, peon, satellite, second banana*, subaltern, subject, subordinate, sycophant, underling; concepts 348,423 Ant. superior infernal [adj] damned; underworld accursed, blamed, blasted, chthonian, confounded, cursed, cussed, damnable, demonic, devilish, diabolical, execrable, endish, hellish, lower, malevolent, malicious, monstrous, nether, satanic, subterranean, sulphurous, wicked; concept 536 Ant. heavenly, otherworldly inferno [n] hell blazes*, bottomless pit*, everlasting re*, re and brimstone*, Hades, hellre, netherworld, purgatory, underworld; concepts 370,435,674 infertile [adj] not bearing fruit, young barren, depleted, drained, effete, exhausted, impotent, impoverished, infecund, nonproductive, sterile, unbearing, unfertile, unfruitful, unproductive; concepts 406,560 Ant. fertile, fruitful, potent, productive infest [adj] ood, overrun abound, annoy, assail, beset, crawl, crowd, dele, ll, ock, harass, harry, infect, invade, overspread, overwhelm, pack, penetrate, pester, plague, pollute, press, ravage, swarm, teem, throng, worry; concepts 14,86,179 indel [n] nonbeliever agnostic, atheist, gentile, heathen, heretic, nonworshiper, pagan, unbeliever; concept 689 indelity [n] disloyalty to an obligation adultery, affair, bad faith, betrayal, cheating, duplicity, extramarital relations, faithlessness, falseness, falsity, inconstancy, lewdness, perdiousness, perdy, treacherousness, treachery, treason, two-timing*, unfaithfulness; concepts 388,645 Ant. faithfulness, delity, loyalty inltrate [v] creep in access, crack*, edge in, lter through, foist, impregnate, insinuate, penetrate, percolate*, permeate, pervade, saturate, sneak in, tinge, work into, worm into*; concepts 159,179 innite [adj] limitless, without end absolute, all-embracing, bottomless, boundless, enduring, enormous, eternal, everlasting, illimitable, immeasurable, immense, incalculable, incessant, inestimable, inexhaustible, interminable, measureless, million, never-ending, no end of, no end to, numberless, perdurable, perpetual, sempiternal, stupendous, supertemporal, supreme,

total, unbounded, uncounted, unending, untold, vast, wide, without limit, without number; concepts 762,781,798 Ant. bounded, calculable, conned, countable, denite, ephemeral, nite, eeting, limited, measurable innitesimal [adj] small atomic, imperceptible, inappreciable, inconsiderable, insignicant, little, microscopic, miniature, minuscule, minute, negligible, teeny*, tiny, unnoticeable; concepts 773,789 Ant. big, huge, large, signicant, substantial innity [n] endlessness beyond, boundlessness, continuity, continuum, endless time, eternity, expanse, extent, immeasurability, immensity, innitude, limitlessness, myriad, perpetuity, sempiternity, space, ubiquity, unlimited space, vastitude, vastness; concepts 730,807 Ant. bounds, deniteness, ending, niteness, limitation inrm [adj] sick, weak ailing, anemic, anile, debilitated, decrepit, delicate, enfeebled, failing, faint, faltering, feeble, imsy, fragile, frail, halting, ill, insecure, irresolute, laid low*, lame, sensile, shaky, unsound, unstable, unsubstantial, vacillating, wavering, wobbly; concepts 314,485,489 Ant. rm, healthy, hearty, robust, sound, strong inrmity [n] weakness, sickness afiction, ailing, ailment, connement, debilitation, debility, decay, decrepitude, defect, deciency, disease, diseasedness, disorder, failing, fault, feebleness, u, frailty, ill health, imperfection, indisposition, malady, malaise, shortcoming, sickliness, unhealth, unhealthiness, unwellness, vulnerability; concepts 306,674,732 Ant. good health, healthiness, robustness, soundness, strength iname [v] anger, aggravate agitate, annoy, arouse, burn, disturb, embitter, enrage, exacerbate, exasperate, excite, fan, re, re up, foment, gall, get*, grate, heat, heat up, ignite, impassion, incense, increase, infuriate, intensify, intoxicate, irritate, kindle, light, madden, provoke, put out*, rile, roil, rouse, steam up, stimulate, vex, worsen; concepts 7,14,19,22, 249 Ant. alleviate, appease, cool, pacify, placate, put out, quench, soothe, tranquilize inammable [adj] ready to burn burnable, combustible, dangerous, ammable, hazardous, ignitable, incendiary, risky, unsafe; concept 485 Ant. re-proof, incombustible, nonammable, non-inammable inammation [n] redness, swelling burning, infection, irritation, pain, rash, sore, tenderness; concepts 306,309 inammatory [adj] instigative, angering anarchic, demagogic, exciting, explosive, ery, incendiary, incitive, inaming, insurgent, intemperate, provocative, rabble-rousing*, rabid, rebellious, revolutionary, riotous, seditionary, seditious; concepts 537,542 Ant. calming, mitigating, placating, pleasing, tranquilizing inate [v] blow up, increase aerate, aggrandize, amplify, augment, balloon*, beef up*, bloat, boost, build up, cram*, dilate, distend, enlarge, escalate, exaggerate, exalt, expand, esh out*, magnify, maximize, overestimate, pad*, puff up*, pump up*, pyramid, raise, spread, stretch,

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surcharge, swell up*, widen; concepts 236,245,780 Ant. compress, contract, deate, let air out, shrink inated [adj] exaggerated aggrandized, amplied, augmented, aureate, bloated, bombastic, diffuse, dilated, distended, dropsical, enlarged, euphuistic, extended, lled, atulent, owery, fustian, grandiloquent, grown, magnied, magniloquent, ostentatious, overblown, overestimated, pompous, pretentious, prolix, puffed, pumped up, ranting, rhapsodical, rhetorical, showy, spread, stretched, surcharged, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid, verbose, windy, wordy; concepts 267,773 Ant. deated, shrunken ination [n] increase, swelling aggrandizement, blowing up, boom, boost, buildup, distension, enhancement, enlargement, escalation, expansion, extension, hike, intensication, prosperity, pufness, rise, spread, tumefaction; concepts 335,763,780 Ant. compression, decrease, deation, shrinkage inection [n] accent, intonation articulation, change, emphasis, enunciation, modulation, pitch, pronunciation, sound, timbre, tonality, tone, tone of voice, variation; concepts 65,595 Ant. monotone inexible [adj1] stubborn adamant, adamantine, determined, dogged, dyed-in-the-wool*, rm, xed, hard, hard-and-fast*, immovable, immutable, implacable, indomitable, inexorable, intractable, iron, obdurate, obstinate, relentless, resolute, rigid, rigorous, set, set in ones ways*, single-minded, stand ones ground*, staunch, steadfast, steely, stiff, strict, stringent, unadaptable, unbending, unchangeable, uncompliant, uncompromising, unrelenting, unswayable, unyielding; concept 404 Ant. exible, reasonable, willing, yielding inexible [adj2] hardened, stiff hard, immalleable, impliable, inelastic, nonexible, rigid, set, starched, taut, unbending; concept 604 Ant. bendable, elastic, exible, pliable, pliant, resilient, soft inict [v] impose something administer, apply, bring upon, command, deal out, deliver, dispense, exact, expose, extort, force, force upon, give, give it to*, lay down the law*, levy, mete out, require, stick it to*, strike, subject, visit, wreak; concepts 50,53,88,242 inuence [n] power, authority access, agency, ascendancy, character, clout, command, connections, consequence, control, credit, direction, domination, dominion, drag, effect, esteem, fame, x, force, grease*, guidance, hold, impact, importance, imprint, in, juice*, leadership, leverage, magnetism, mark, moment, money, monopoly, network, notoriety, predominance, prerogative, pressure, prestige, prominence, pull, repercussion, reputation, ropes*, rule, signicance, spell, supremacy, sway, weight*; concept 687 Ant. impotence, incapacity, inferiority, powerlessness, weakness inuence [v] lead to believe, do act upon, affect, alter, argue into, arouse, be recognized, bias, brainwash*, bribe, bring to bear, carry weight, change, channel, compel, control, count, determine, direct, dispose, form, get at*, guide, have a part in, impact on, impel,

impress, incite, incline, induce, instigate, manipulate, modify, mold, move, persuade, predispose, prejudice, prevail, prompt, pull strings*, regulate, rouse, rule, seduce, sell, shape, snow*, sway, talk into, train, turn, urge, work upon; concepts 18,68,242 inuential [adj] effective, powerful affecting, authoritative, big-gun*, big-wheel*, controlling, dominant, efcacious, famous, forcible, governing, guiding, hot-dog*, important, impressive, inspiring, instrumental, leading, major-league*, meaningful, momentous, moving, name, persuasive, potent, prominent, signicant, strong, substantial, telling, touching, weighty; concepts 537,568 Ant. ineffective, ineffectual, unimportant, uninuential, unmoving, weak inux [n] ow, rush arrival, coming in, convergence, entrance, incursion, inow, inpouring, inrush, introduction, inundation, invasion, penetration; concepts 159,179,786 infomercial [n] full-length television program existing solely to market a product advertorial, commercial, demonstration, docutainment, infotainment, paid announcement; concept 277 inform [v] communicate knowledge, information acquaint, advise, apprise, betray, blab*, brief, caution, clue, edify, educate, endow, endue, enlighten, familiarize, ll in, forewarn, give a pointer, give a tip, give away, give two cents*, illuminate, inspire, instruct, invest, leak, let in on*, let know, level, make conversant with, notify, post, relate, send word, show the ropes*, snitch, squeal, tattle, teach, tell, tell on, tip, tout, update, warn, wise; concept 60 Ant. conceal, hide, secret informal [adj] casual, simple breezy, colloquial, congenial, cool*, democratic, down home*, easy, easygoing, everyday, extempore, familiar, folksy, frank, free, free-and-easy*, homey, improv*, inconspicuous, intimate, laid back*, loose, low-pressure, mellow, mixed, motley, natural, off-the-cuff*, open, ordinary, relaxed, spontaneous, sporty, straightforward, throwaway*, unceremonious, unconstrained, unconventional, unfussy, unofcial, unrestrained, urbane, without ceremony; concepts 548,589 Ant. buttoned-up, ceremonious, dressed-up, formal, ofcial, rigid, stiff informant/informer [n] person who delivers news accuser, adviser, announcer, betrayer, blabbermouth*, canary*, crier, deep throat*, double-crosser, herald, interviewer, journalist, messenger, newscaster/newsperson, notier, preacher, propagandist, rat*, reporter, sneak, source, stool pigeon*, tattler, tattletale; concepts 348,354,423 information [n] facts, news advice, ammo*, break*, chapter and verse*, clue, condence, counsel, cue, data, dirt*, dope*, dossier, earful*, enlightenment, erudition, illumination, info*, inside story*, instruction, intelligence, knowledge, leak, learning, lore, lowdown*, material, message, network, notice, notication, orientation, propaganda, report, science, scoop, score, tidings, tip, whats what*, whole story*, wisdom, word*; concept 274 Ant. ignorance informative [adj] educational advisory, chatty, communicative, descriptive, edifying,

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educative, elucidative, enlightening, explanatory, forthcoming, gossipy, illuminating, informational, instructional, instructive, newsy, revealing, revelatory, signicant; concept 267 Ant. unilluminating, unimportant, uninformative, useless informed [adj] cognizant, conversant abreast, acquainted, apprized, au courant*, au fait*, briefed, enlightened, erudite, expert, familiar, in the know*, into*, knowledgeable, know the score*, know whats what*, learned, on top of*, posted*, primed*, reliable, savvy*, tuned in*, up*, up on*, up-to-date, versant, versed, wellread, wise to*; concept 402 Ant. ignorant, unaware, uninformed, unknowledgeable infraction [n] violation breach, breaking, contravention, crime, error, faux pas, infringement, lapse, offense, sin, slip*, transgression, trespass; concepts 192,645 Ant. obedience infrastructure [n] foundation base, footing, framework, groundwork, root, support, underpinning; concepts 442,826 infrequent [adj] not happening regularly exceptional, few, few and far between*, isolated, limited, meager, occasional, odd, rare, scant, scanty, scarce, scattered, seldom, semioccasional, sparse, spasmodic, sporadic, stray, uncommon, unusual; concept 530 Ant. common, frequent, often, usual infringe [v] violate borrow, breach, break, contravene, crash, disobey, encroach, entrench, impose, infract, intrude, invade, lift, meddle, obtrude, offend, pirate, presume, steal, transgress, trespass; concepts 192,384 Ant. comply, discharge, obey, observe infuriate [v] make angry aggravate, anger, enrage, exasperate, incense, ire, irritate, madden, make blood boil*, provoke, rile, T-off*, umbrage; concept 14 Ant. make happy, please infuse [v] introduce; soak animate, breathe into, imbue, impart, implant, impregnate, inculcate, indoctrinate, ingrain, inoculate, inspire, instill, intersperse, invest, leaven, permeate, pervade, plant, saturate, steep, suffuse; concepts 140, 179,187 ingenious [adj] clever; brilliant able, adroit, artistic, bright, canny, crafty, creative, cunning, deviceful, dexterous, gifted, imaginative, innovational, innovative, innovatory, intelligent, inventive, original, ready, resourceful, shrewd, skillful, sly, subtle; concept 402 Ant. awkward, dumb, ignorant, incompetent, inept, stupid ingenuity [n] cleverness ability, adroitness, astuteness, brains, brightness, brilliance, creativity, cunning, dexterity, air, genius, gumption, intelligence, inventiveness, resourcefulness, shrewdness, skill, smartness, talent, wisdom, wit; concept 409 ingenuous [adj] honest, trustful artless, candid, childlike, frank, green*, guileless, innocent, like a babe in the woods*, naive, natural, open, outspoken, plain, simple, sincere, square, straightforward, trusting, unaffected, unartful, unarticial, undisguised, unreserved, unschooled, unsophisticated, unstudied, up front*; concepts 267,542,589 Ant. deceitful, dishonest, sly ingest [v] swallow absorb, consume, devour, digest, down, drink, eat, inhale; concept 169

inglorious [adj] disgraceful blameworthy, contemptible, degrading, detestable, dishonorable, disreputable, ignoble, ignominious, offensive, reprehensible, shameful, unrespectable, unworthy; concept 555 ingrained [adj] deep-rooted built-in, chronic, conrmed, congenital, constitutional, deepseated, xed, fundamental, hereditary, implanted, inborn, inbred, inbuilt, indelible, indwelling, ineradicable, inherent, innate, in the blood*, intrinsic, inveterate, rooted; concepts 535,549 Ant. supercial, surface ingratiate [v] get on the good side of someone attract, blandish, brownnose*, captivate, charm, crawl, atter, get in with*, grovel, hand a line*, insinuate oneself, kowtow*, play up to*, seek favor, truckle; concepts 7,22,68 Ant. deter, disgust, repel ingratiating [adj] fawning, servile charming, crawling, deferential, disarming, attering, humble, insinuating, obsequious, saccharine, serving, silken, smarmy, soft, sycophantic, toadying*, unctuous; concept 401 Ant. deterring, disgusting, repellent ingredient [n] component of concoction additive, constituent, element, factor, xing, fundamental, innards, integral, integrant, making, part, part and parcel*, piece; concept 835 Ant. whole inhabit [v] take up residence in abide, crash, dwell, indwell, live, locate, lodge, make ones home, occupy, park, people, perch, populate, possess, reside, roost, settle, squat, stay, tenant; concept 226 Ant. depart, leave, move, vacate inhabitant [n] person who is resident of habitation aborigine, addressee, autochthon, boarder, citizen, colonist, denizen, dweller, householder, incumbent, indweller, inmate, lessee, lodger, native, neighbor, occupant, occupier, renter, resider, roomer, settler, squatter, suburbanite, tenant, urbanite; concepts 354,413 inhale [v] breathe in drag, draw in, gasp, inspire, insufate, puff, pull, respire, smell, sniff, snort, suck in; concepts 163,601 Ant. breathe out, exhale inherent [adj] basic, hereditary built-in, characteristic, congenital, connate, constitutional, deep-rooted, deep-seated, distinctive, elementary, essential, xed, fundamental, genetic, immanent, implicit, inborn, inbred, inbuilt, indigenous, indispensable, individual, indwelling, ingrained, inherited, innate, inner, instinctive, integral, integrated, internal, in the grain, intimate, intrinsic, inward, latent, native, natural, original, part and parcel*, resident, running in the family*, subjective, unalienable; concepts 404,549 Ant. acquired, added, external, extrinsic, incidental, learned inherit [v] gain as possession from someones death accede, acquire, be bequeathed, be granted, be left, come in for, come into, derive, fall heir, get, obtain, receive, succeed, take over; concepts 124,317 inheritance [n] possession gained through someones death bequest, birthright, devise, estate, gift, heirloom, heritage, heritance, legacy, primogeniture; concept 337

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inherited [adj] hereditary congenital, connate, genetic, handed down, inborn, inbred, innate, in the blood, in the genes, passed down, rooted; concept 549 inhibit [v] restrict, prevent arrest, avert, bar, bit, bridle, check, constrain, cramp, curb, discourage, enjoin, faze, forbid, frustrate, hang up*, hinder, hog-tie*, hold back, hold down, hold in, impede, interdict, keep in, obstruct, outlaw, prohibit, put on brakes*, repress, restrain, sandbag*, stop, stymie, suppress, taboo*, ward, withhold; concepts 121,130 Ant. aid, allow, approve, assist, free, help inhibited [adj] shy bottled up*, cold, constrained, frustrated, guarded, hung up*, passionless, repressed, reserved, reticent, self-conscious, subdued, undemonstrative, unresponsive, uptight, withdrawn; concepts 404,542 Ant. aggressive, bold, forward, immodest, self-condent inhibition [n] restriction, hindrance bar, barrier, blockage, check, embargo, hangup, interdict, interference, obstacle, prevention, prohibition, reserve, restraint, reticence, selfconsciousness, shyness, sublimation, suppression; concepts 411,657 Ant. aid, approval, assistance, freedom, help, liberation inhospitable [adj] unfriendly brusque, cold, cool, hostile, rude, short, uncongenial, unfavorable, ungenerous, unkind, unreceptive, unsociable, unwelcoming; concept 401 Ant. friendly, generous, hospitable, kind inhuman/inhumane [adj] animal, savage barbaric, barbarous, bestial, brutal, cannibalistic, cold-blooded, cruel, devilish, diabolical, fell, ferocious, endish, erce, grim, hateful, heartless, implacable, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, merciless, pitiless, relentless, remorseless, ruthless, truculent, uncompassionate, unfeeling, unkind, unrelenting, unsympathetic, vicious; concepts 401,545 Ant. animate, human/humane, sensate inhumanity [n] lack of compassion atrocity, barbarism, bloodthirstiness, brutality, brutishness, callousness, cold-bloodedness, cruelty, ferocity, heartlessness, maliciousness, ruthlessness, savagery, viciousness, violence; concepts 29,645 inimical [adj] antagonistic, contrary adverse, antipathetic, destructive, disaffected, harmful, hostile, hurtful, ill, ill-disposed, inimicable, injurious, noxious, opposed, oppugnant, pernicious, repugnant, unfavorable, unfriendly, unwelcoming; concepts 401,537 Ant. friendly, hospitable, kind inimitable [adj] incomparable consummate, matchless, nonpareil, peerless, perfect, supreme, unequalled, unexampled, unique, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivalled, unsurpassable; concept 574 Ant. comparable, indistinctive, matchable iniquity [n] sin, evil abomination, baseness, crime, evildoing, heinousness, immorality, infamy, injustice, miscreancy, misdeed, offense, sinfulness, unfairness, unrighteousness, wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing; concept 645 Ant. good, goodness, virtue initial [adj] beginning, primary antecedent, basic, commencing, earliest, early, elementary, embryonic, rst, foremost, fundamental, germi-

nal, headmost, inaugural, inceptive, inchoate, incipient, infant, initiative, initiatory, introductory, leading, nascent, opening, original, pioneer, virgin; concepts 585,799,828 Ant. closing, nal, last initiate [v1] start, introduce admit, begin, break the ice*, come out with, come up with, commence, dream up, enter, get ball rolling*, get feet wet*, get under way, inaugurate, induct, install, instate, institute, intro*, invest, kick off*, launch, make up, open, originate, pioneer, set in motion, set up, take in, take up, trigger, usher in; concept 221 Ant. close, conclude, end, nish, terminate in initiate [v2] teach brief, coach, edify, enlighten, indoctrinate, induct, inform, instate, in familiarize, instruct, introduce, invest, train; concept 285 Ant. ignore, neglect initiation [n] start, introduction admission, baptism, beginning, commencement, debut, enrollment, entrance, inaugural, inauguration, inception, indoctrination, induction, installation, instatement, investiture, preliminaries; concepts 221,386 Ant. close, conclusion, end, ending, nish, termination initiative [n] eagerness to do something action, ambition, drive, dynamism, energy, enterprise, enthusiasm, get-up-and-go*, gumption*, inventiveness, leadership, moxie*, originality, punch, push, resource, resourcefulness, spunk*, steam*, vigor; concepts 411,657 Ant. indifference, lethargy inject [v1] put in, introduce add, drag in, force into, imbue, implant, impregnate, include, infuse, insert, instill, interjaculate, interject, place into, squeeze in, stick in, throw in; concepts 187,208,209 Ant. take out inject [v2] introduce into bloodstream by use of a needle give a shot, inoculate, jab, mainline*, shoot, vaccinate; concepts 179,310 injection [n] introduction into bloodstream booster, dose, dram, enema, inoculation, needle, vaccine; concept 311 injunction [n] decree admonition, ban, bar, behest, bidding, charge, command, demand, dictate, embargo, enjoinder, exhortation, instruction, mandate, order, precept, prohibition, ruling, word, writ; concepts 271,318 injure [v] hurt, harm abuse, aggrieve, batter, blemish, blight, break, contort, cripple, cut up, damage, deface, deform, disable, disgure, distort, distress, do in*, draw blood*, foul, foul up, grieve, hack up, impair, maim, maltreat, mangle, mar, mutilate, pain, pique, prejudice, ruin, shake up, spoil, sting, tarnish, torment, torture, total, undermine, vitiate, wax, weaken, wound, wrong; concept 246 Ant. aid, assist, cure, x, heal, help, mend injurious [adj] hurtful abusive, adverse, bad, baneful, corrupting, damaging, dangerous, deadly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, disadvantageous, evil, harmful, iniquitous, insulting, libeling, mischievous, nocent, nocuous, noxious, opprobrious, pernicious, poisonous, prejudicial, ruinous, slanderous, unconducive, unhealthy, unjust, wrongful; concepts 537,570 Ant. aiding, assisting, benecial, constructive, curing, xing, good, healing, helpful, mending, nice

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injury [n] hurt, harm abrasion, abuse, afiction, affront, agony, bad, bite, blemish, boo-boo*, bruise, burn, chop, cramp, cut, damage, deformation, detriment, discomture, disservice, distress, evil, fracture, gash, grievance, hemorrhage, ill, impairment, indignity, injustice, insult, laceration, lesion, libel, loss, mischief, misery, mutilation, nick, ouch*, outrage, pang, ruin, scar, scratch, shock, slander, sore, sprain, stab, sting, suffering, swelling, trauma, twinge, wound, wrong; concepts 309,728 Ant. aid, assistance, benet, blessing, favor, good, health, help, right injustice [n] unfair treatment; bias abuse, breach, crime, crying shame*, damage, dirty deal*, discrimination, encroachment, favoritism, grievance, inequality, inequity, infraction, infringement, iniquity, malfeasance, malpractice, maltreatment, miscarriage, mischief, negligence, offense, onesidedness, oppression, outrage, partiality, partisanship, prejudice, railroad*, ruin, sellout*, transgression, trespass, unfairness, unjustness, unlawfulness, villainy, violation, wrong, wrongdoing; concepts 192,645,674 Ant. equality, equity, ethics, fairness, impartiality, justice, lawfulness, morality inkling [n] idea, clue conception, cue, faintest idea*, foggiest idea*, glimmering, hint, hot lead*, hunch*, impression, indication, innuendo, intimation, lead, notion, sneaking suspicion*, suggestion, suspicion, tip, tipoff, whisper; concept 689 inlet [n] arm of the sea basin, bay, bayou, bight, canal, channel, cove, creek, delta, entrance, estuary, rth, fjord, gulf, harbor, ingress, loch, narrows, passage, slew, slough, sound, strait; concepts 509,514 inn [n] accommodation for travellers auberge, hospice, hostel, hostelry, hotel, lodge, motel, public house, resort, roadhouse, saloon, tavern; concepts 439,449,516 innards [n] internal organs bowels, entrails, guts, insides, intestines, numbles, viscera, vital organs; concept 393 innate [adj] inherited, native congenital, connate, connatural, constitutional, deep-seated, elemental, essential, hereditary, inborn, inbred, indigenous, ingrained, inherent, instinctive, intrinsic, intuitive, natural, normal, regular, standard, typical, unacquired; concepts 406,549 Ant. acquired, extrinsic, learned inner [adj1] central, middle physically close, constitutional, essential, familiar, focal, inherent, innermore, inside, interior, internal, intestinal, intimate, intrinsic, inward, nuclear; concepts 826,830 Ant. exterior, external, outer, outside inner [adj2] mental, private central, concealed, deep-rooted, deep-seated, emotional, esoteric, essential, focal, gut*, hidden, individual, inherent, innate, inside, interior, internal, intimate, intrinsic, intuitive, inward, personal, psychological, repressed, secret, spiritual, subconscious, unrevealed, visceral, viscerous; concepts 529,576 Ant. outer, physical innocence [n1] blamelessness chastity, clean hands*, clear conscience*, guiltlessness, immaculateness, impeccability, incorruptibility, incorruption, inculpability, probity, purity,

righteousness, sinlessness, stainlessness, uprightness, virtue; concept 645 Ant. badness, blame, corruption, evil, guilt, sin innocence [n2] harmlessness, naivet artlessness, candidness, credulousness, forthrightness, frankness, freshness, guilelessness, gullibility, ignorance, inexperience, ingenuousness, innocuousness, innoxiousness, inoffensiveness, lack, nescience, plainness, purity, simplicity, sincerity, unaffectedness, unawareness, unfamiliarity, unknowingness, unsophistication, unworldliness, virtue; concepts 409,411 Ant. experience, impurity, knowledge, treacherousness, wildness innocent [adj1] blameless above suspicion, angelic, chaste, clean, cleanhanded, clear, crimeless, exemplary, faultless, free of, good, guilt-free, guiltless, honest, immaculate, impeccable, impeccant, inculpable, in the clear*, irreproachable, lawful, legal, legitimate, licit, not guilty, pristine, pure, righteous, safe, sinless, spotless, stainless, unblemished, uncensurable, uncorrupt, unimpeachable, uninvolved, unoffending, unsullied, untainted, upright, virginal, virtuous; concept 545 Ant. bad, blamable, corrupt, evil, guilty, sinful innocent [adj2] harmless, naive artless, childlike, credulous, frank, fresh, guileless, gullible, hurtless, ignorant, inexperienced, ingenuous, innocuous, innoxious, inobnoxious, inoffensive, offenseless, open, raw, safe, simple, soft, square, unacquainted, unarticial, uncool, unfamiliar, unhurtful, uninjurious, unmalicious, unobjectionable, unoffensive, unschooled, unsophisticated, unstudied, unsuspicious, unworldly, well-intentioned, wellmeant, wide-eyed, youthful; concepts 404,542 Ant. cunning, experienced, impure, knowledgeable innocuous [adj] harmless banal, bland, at, innocent, innoxious, inobnoxious, inoffensive, insipid, jejune, kind, painless, safe, sapless, unobjectionable, unoffending, weak; concepts 401,572 Ant. bad, damaging, destructive, harmful, hurtful, injurious innovation [n] change, novelty addition, alteration, contraption, cutting edge*, departure, deviation, introduction, last word*, latest thing*, leading edge*, modernism, modernization, modication, mutation, newness, notion, permutation, shift, variation, vicissitude, wrinkle*; concepts 260,529,660,665 Ant. custom, habit, old, old hat, rut, tradition innovative [adj] creative avant-garde, breaking new ground*, contemporary, cuttingedge*, deviceful, ingenious, innovational, innovatory, inventive, just out*, leading-edge*, new, newfangled*, original, originative, state-of-the-art; concepts 529,578,589,797 Ant. customary, habitual, old, traditional, uncreative, unimaginative innovator [n] inventor avant-garde, creator, discoverer, groundbreaker, pioneer, trailblazer, trendsetter, vanguard; concepts 348,413 innuendo [n] suggestion allusion, aside, aspersion, hint, implication, imputation, insinuation, intimation, overtone, reference, whisper; concepts 75,278 Ant. evidence, proof innumerable [adj] many, innite alive with*, beyond number, countless, frequent, incalcula-

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ble, multitudinous, myriad, numberless, numerous, uncountable, unnumbered, untold; concept 762 Ant. computable, countable, denite, nite, known, numbered, numerable inoculation [n] immunization injection, prevention, shot, vaccination; concept 310 inoffensive [adj] not obnoxious; harmless calm, clean, friendly, humble, innocent, innocuous, innoxious, mild, neutral, nonprovocative, peaceable, pleasant, quiet, retiring, safe, unobjectionable, unobtrusive, unoffending; concepts 267,542 Ant. damaging, harmful, malicious, offensive, provocative inopportune [adj] not appropriate or suitable contrary, disadvantageous, disturbing, illchosen, ill-timed, inappropriate, inauspicious, inconvenient, malapropos, mistimed, troublesome, unfavorable, unfortunate, unpropitious, unseasonable, unsuitable, untimely; concept 558 Ant. appropriate, auspicious, ok, opportune, suitable, timely inordinate [adj] excessive, extravagant disproportionate, dizzying, exorbitant, extortionate, extreme, gratuitous, immoderate, intemperate, irrational, outrageous, overindulgent, overmuch, preposterous, supererogatory, superuous, surplus, too much, towering, uncalled-for, unconscionable, uncurbed, undue, unmeasurable, unreasonable, unrestrained, untempered, unwarranted, wanton, wasteful; concepts 570,781 Ant. moderate, ok enough, reasonable, warranted inorganic [adj] not organic dead, extinct, inanimate, lifeless, manmade, mineral, not living, not natural; concept 549 Ant. organic inquest [n] investigation delving, examination, hearing, inquiry, inquisition, probe, probing, quest, research, trial; concepts 48,290,318 Ant. conclusion, ndings inquire [v] ask; look into analyze, catechize, examine, explore, feel out, go over, grill, hit, hit up, inspect, interrogate, investigate, knock, probe, prospect, pry, query, question, request information, roast, scrutinize, search, seek, seek information, sift, study, test the waters*; concepts 24,48 Ant. answer, respond inquiring [adj] wondering, curious analytical, catechistic, doubtful, examining, fact-nding, heuristic, inquisitive, interested, interrogative, investigative, investigatory, nosy, outwardlooking, probing, prying, questioning, quizzical, searching, Socratic, speculative, studious; concepts 402,542 Ant. disinterested, incurious, unskeptical inquiry [n] asking; looking into analysis, audit, catechizing, check, cross-examination, delving, disquisition, examination, exploration, shing expedition*, grilling, hearing, inquest, inquisition, inspection, interrogation, interrogatory, investigation, legwork*, poll, probe, probing, pursuit, Q and A*, query, quest, question, questioning, quizzing, request, research, scrutiny, search, study, survey, third degree*, trial balloon*; concepts 24,48,290 Ant. answer, reply inquisitive [adj] curious big-eyed*, analytical, challenging, forward, impertinent, inquiring, inquisitorial, interested, intrusive, investigative, meddlesome, meddling, nosy, peering,

personal, poking, presumptuous, probing, prying, questioning, scrutinizing, searching, sifting, snooping, speculative; concept 402 Ant. incurious, indifferent, unconcerned, uninterested inroad [n] advance, foray encroachment, impingement, incursion, intrusion, invasion, irruption, onslaught, raid, trespass; concepts 86,704 insane [adj] mentally ill; foolish batty*, bizarre, cracked*, crazed, crazy, cuckoo*, daft, demented, derailed, deranged, fatuous, frenzied, idiotic, impractical, irrational, irresponsible, loony*, lunatic, mad, maniacal, mental, moonstruck*, nuts*, nutty*, off ones rocker*, of unsound mind, out of ones mind*, paranoid, preposterous, psychopathic, psychotic, rabid, raging, raving, schizophrenic, screwy, senseless, touched, unhinged, unsettled, wild; concepts 314,403,548 Ant. balanced, healthy, rational, reasonable, sane, sound, well insanely [adv] extremely crazily, ferociously, ercely, furiously, idiotically, irrationally, stupidly, violently, wildly; concept 569 insanity [n] mental illness; foolishness aberration, absurdity, alienation, craziness, delirium, delusion, dementia, derangement, distraction, dotage, folly, frenzy, hallucination, hysteria, illusion, inanity, irrationality, irresponsibility, lunacy, madness, mania, mental disorder, neurosis, phobia, preposterousness, psychopathy, psychosis, senselessness, unbalance, unreasonableness, witlessness; concepts 316,410 Ant. balance, sanity, soundness, wellness insatiable [adj] voracious, wanting clamorous, crying, demanding, desiring, exigent, gluttonous, greedy, importunate, insatiate, insistent, intemperate, pressing, quenchless, rapacious, ravenous, unappeasable, unquenchable, unsatisable, unsatised, urgent, yearning; concepts 20,403,546 Ant. fullled, full, pleased, satiable, satised inscribe [v] imprint, write book, carve, cut, engrave, engross, etch, impress, indite, list, record, register, scribe; concept 79 inscription [n] message autograph, caption, dedication, engraving, epitaph, heading, imprint, label, legend, lettering, saying, signature, wording; concept 283 inscrutable [adj] hidden, mysterious; blank ambiguous, arcane, cabalistic, deadpan*, difcult, enigmatic, impenetrable, incomprehensible, inexplicable, mysterial, mystic, poker-faced*, secret, sphinxlike, unaccountable, undiscoverable, unexplainable, unfathomable, unintelligible, unknowable, unreadable; concepts 529,576 Ant. clear, comprehensible, evident, intelligible, obvious, plain insect [n] bug ant, aphid, bedbug, bee, beetle, bumblebee, buttery, cockroach, cootie, daddy longlegs, dragony, ea, y, fruit y, gnat, grasshopper, hornet, ladybug, louse, mite, mosquito, moth, pest, praying mantis, termite, tick, vermin, yellowjacket; concept 398 insecure [adj1] uncertain, worried afraid, anxious, apprehensive, choked, Delphic, difdent, hanging by thread*, hesitant, jumpy, on thin ice*, questioning, shaky, touch and go*,

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touchy*, troubled, unassured, uncondent, unpoised, unsure, up in the air*, uptight*, vague; concepts 403,542 Ant. certain, condent, secure, sure insecure [adj2] dangerous, precarious defenseless, exposed, uctuant, frail, hazardous, immature, insubstantial, loose, open to attack*, perilous, rickety, rocky, rootless, shaky, unguarded, unprotected, unreliable, unsafe, unshielded, unsound, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, vulnerable, wavering, weak, wobbly; concepts 488,570 Ant. guarded, protected, safe, secure, sound insensitive [adj1] indifferent, callous aloof, bloodless*, coldhearted*, crass, feelingless, hard, hard as nails*, hard-boiled*, hardened, hardhearted*, heartless, imperceptive, incurious, obtuse, stony, tactless, thick-skinned*, tough, uncaring, unconcerned, unfeeling, unkind, unresponsive, unsusceptible; concept 401 Ant. caring, concerned, feeling, impressionable, mindful, responsive, sensitive insensitive [adj2] numb anesthetized, asleep, benumbed, dead, deadened, immune to, impervious to, insensible, nonreactive, senseless, unfeeling; concept 406 Ant. aware, feeling, sensate, touched inseparable [adj] unable to be divided as one, attached, conjoined, connected, entwined, inalienable, indissoluble, indivisible, inseverable, integral, integrated, intertwined, interwoven, molded, secure, tied up, unied, united, whole; concept 531 Ant. dividable, separable insert [v] put, tuck in admit, drag in, embed, enter, ll in, imbed, implant, include, inx, infuse, inject, inlay, insinuate, instill, intercalate, interject, interlope, interpolate, interpose, introduce, intrude, lug in, obtrude, place, pop in*, root, set, shoehorn*, shove in, squeeze in, stick, work in; concepts 201,209 Ant. remove, take out, withdraw inside [adj1] in the middle; interior central, indoors, inner, innermost, internal, intramural, inward, surrounded, under a roof; concepts 583,830 Ant. exterior, external, outer, outside inside [adj2] secret classied, closet, condential, esoteric, exclusive, hushed, internal, limited, private, restricted; concepts 529,576 Ant. known, public inside [adv] within indoors, under a roof, under cover, within doors, within walls; concept 583 Ant. exterior, outside inside [n] middle, lining belly, bowels, breast, center, contents, gut, heart, innards, inner portion, interior, recess, soul, stufng, womb; concept 830 Ant. exteriority, outside insidious [adj] sneaky, tricky artful, astute, corrupt, crafty, crooked, cunning, dangerous, deceitful, deceptive, deep, designing, dishonest, disingenuous, duplicitous, ensnaring, false, foxy, guileful, intriguing, like a snake in the grass*, Machiavellian, perdious, perilous, secret, slick, sly, smooth, snaky*, sneaking, stealthy, subtle, surreptitious, treacherous, wily, wormlike*; concepts 401,542,545 Ant. fair, honest, open, sincere insight [n] intuitiveness, awareness acumen, click*, comprehension, discernment, divination, drift*, intuition, judgment, observation, pene-

tration, perception, perceptivity, perspicacity, sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness, sapience, shrewdness, understanding, vision, wavelength*, wisdom; concepts 409,410 Ant. ignorance, stupidity insightful [adj] perceptive alert, astute, awake, aware, brainy, conscious, cute, discerning, ear to the ground*, intelligent, intuitive, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, knows whats what*, observant, penetrating, penetrative, quick, responsive, savvy, sensitive, sharp, shrewd, smart, tuned in*, understanding, wise; concepts 402,542 insignia [n] emblem badge, coat of arms, crest, decoration, earmark, ensign, mark, paraphernalia, regalia, symbol; concepts 259,284 insignicant [adj] not important; of no consequence casual, immaterial, inappreciable, inconsequential, inconsiderable, innitesimal, irrelevant, lesser, light, lightweight*, little, meager, meaningless, minim, minimal, minor, minuscule, minute, negligible, nondescript, nonessential, not worth mentioning*, nugatory, paltry, petty, pointless, purportless, scanty, secondary, senseless, small, triing, trivial, unimportant, unsubstantial; concept 575 Ant. consequential, important, signicant, substantial, valuable insincere [adj] dishonest, pretended ambidextrous, backhanded, deceitful, deceptive, devious, disingenuous, dissembling, dissimulating, double, double-dealing, duplicitous, evasive, faithless, fake, false, hollow, hypocritical, lying, mendacious, perdious, phony, pretentious, put-on*, shifty, slick, sly, snide, two-faced*, unfaithful, untrue, untruthful; concepts 267,542 Ant. forthright, frank, honest, open, sincere insinuate [v1] hint, suggest allude, ascribe, connote, imply, impute, indicate, intimate, mention, propose, purport, refer, signify; concepts 49,75 Ant. conceal, hide, withhold insinuate [v2] force ones way into curry favor*, edge in, ll in, foist, get in with*, horn in*, inltrate, infuse, ingratiate, inject, insert, instill, intercalate, interject, interpose, introduce, muscle in*, slip in, wedge in, work in, worm in*; concepts 159,208,384 Ant. leave alone insipid [adj1] dull, uninteresting anemic, arid, banal, beige, blah*, bland, characterless, colorless, commonplace, dead*, drab, driveling, dry, feeble, at, ho-hum*, inane, innocuous, jejune, lifeless, limp, mild, mundane, nebbish, nothing, ordinary, plain, pointless, prosaic, prosy, slight, soft*, spiritless, stale, stupid, subdued, tame, tedious, tenuous, thin, tired, trite, unimaginative, vapid, watery, weak, weariful, wearisome, wishy-washy*; concepts 402,404,537 Ant. exciting, exhilarating, interesting, pleasing insipid [adj2] tasteless bland, distasteful, at, avorless, jejune, mild, savorless, stale, unappetizing, unpalatable, unsavory, vapid, watereddown, watery; concept 613 Ant. appetizing, delicious, tasty, yummy insist [v] order and expect; claim assert, asseverate, aver, be rm, contend, demand, hold, importune, lay down the law*, maintain, persist, press, reiterate, repeat, request, require, stand rm, swear, take a stand*, urge, vow; concepts 49,53 Ant. endure, forget, tolerate

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insistent [adj] demanding assertive, burning, clamant, clamorous, continuous, crying, dire, dogged, emphatic, exigent, forceful, imperative, imperious, importunate, incessant, obstinate, peremptory, perseverant, persevering, persistent, pressing, reiterative, resolute, resounding, unrelenting, urgent; concepts 267,534,540 Ant. disinterested, indifferent, lenient, tolerant insolence [n] boldness, disrespect abuse, arrogance, audacity, back talk, brass*, brazenness, cheek*, chutzpah*, contempt, contemptuousness, contumely, effrontery, gall, guff*, hardihood, impertinence, impudence, incivility, insubordination, lip*, offensiveness, pertness, presumption, rudeness, sass*, sauce*, uncivility; concept 633 Ant. humility, modesty, politeness, respect insolent [adj] bold, disrespectful abusive, arrogant, barefaced, brassy*, brazen, breezy, contemptuous, contumelious, dictatorial, discourteous, disdainful, ip*, fresh, imperative, impertinent, impolite, impudent, insubordinate, insulting, magisterial, nervy, off-base*, offensive, out-of-line*, overbearing, peremptory, pert, procacious, put down, rude, sassy*, saucy*, smart, smart-alecky*, uncivil, ungracious; concepts 267,401 Ant. cowardly, humble, modest, polite, respectful, servile insoluble [adj] mysterious, unable to be solved or answered bafing, difcult, impenetrable, indecipherable, inexplicable, inextricable, irresolvable, mystifying, obscure, unaccountable, unconcluded, unfathomable, unresolved, unsolvable, unsolved; concepts 529,576 Ant. explainable, explicable, obvious, open, solvable insolvent [adj] nancially ruined bankrupt, broke*, broken, busted*, failed, foreclosed, in Chapter 11*, in Chapter 13*, indebted, in receivership, in the red*, lost, on the rocks*, out of money, strapped*, taken to the cleaners*, unbalanced, undone, wiped out*; concept 334 Ant. moneyed, rich, solvent, wealthy insomnia [n] inability to sleep soundly indisposition, insomnolence, restlessness, sleeplessness, stress, tension, vigil, vigilance, wakefulness; concept 315 Ant. sleep insouciant [adj] easygoing, casual airy, breezy, buoyant, carefree, careless, free and easy*, gay, happy-go-lucky*, heedless, jaunty, lighthearted, nonchalant, sunny*, thoughtless, unconcerned, untroubled, unworried; concepts 404,542 Ant. anxious, high-strung, nervous inspect [v] examine, check audit, canvass, case, catechize, check out, clock*, eye*, give the once-over*, go over, go through, inquire, interrogate, investigate, kick the tires*, look over, notice, observe, oversee, probe, question, review, scan, scope, scout, scrutinize, search, study, superintend, supervise, survey, vet, view, watch; concepts 103,623 Ant. forget, ignore, neglect inspection [n] examination, check analysis, checkup, frisk, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, inventory, investigation, look-over, maneuvers, once-over*, pageant, parade, perlustration, probe, read, research, review, scan, scrutiny, search, superintendence, supervision, surveillance, survey, view; concepts 103,290 Ant. ignorance, neglect

inspector [n] examiner assessor, auditor, checker, controller, detective, investigator, monitor, overseer, police ofcer, private eye, reviewer, scrutinizer, sleuth, tester; concept 348 inspiration [n] idea, stimulus afatus, animus, approach, arousal, awakening, brainchild*, brainstorm*, creativity, deep think*, elevation, encouragement, enthusiasm, exaltation, fancy, ash*, genius, hunch*, illumination, impulse, incentive, inatus, inuence, insight, motivation, motive, muse, notion, revelation, rumble, spark, spur, stimulation, thought, vision, whim; concepts 529,661 inspire [v] encourage, stimulate affect, animate, arouse, be responsible for, carry, cause, commove, elate, embolden, endue, enkindle, enliven, exalt, excite, exhilarate, re up*, galvanize, get*, give impetus, give one an idea*, give rise to, hearten, imbue, impress, infect, iname, inuence, inform, infuse, inspirit, instill, invigorate, motivate, occasion, produce, provoke, quicken, reassure, set up, spark, spur, start off, stir, strike, sway, touch, trigger, urge, work up; concepts 7,22,221,242 Ant. discourage, dissuade instability [n] imbalance, inconstancy alternation, anxiety, capriciousness, changeability, changeableness, disequilibrium, disquiet, ckleness, tfulness, ightiness, uctuation, uidity, frailty, hesitation, immaturity, impermanence, inconsistency, inquietude, insecurity, irregularity, irresolution, mutability, oscillation, pliancy, precariousness, restlessness, shakiness, transience, uncertainty, unxedness, unpredictability, unreliability, unsteadiness, vacillation, variability, volatility, vulnerability, wavering, weakness; concepts 410,637,731 Ant. balance, constancy, soundness, stability, steadfastness install [v] set up, establish build in, ensconce, x, x up, furnish, inaugurate, induct, instate, institute, introduce, invest, lay, line, lodge, place, plant, position, put in, settle, station; concepts 201,221 installation [n1] establishment, inauguration accession, coronation, tting, furnishing, inaugural, induction, installment, instatement, investiture, investment, launching, ordination, placing, positioning, setting up; concepts 201, 221,832 installation [n2] equipment base, establishment, fort, fortication, furnishings, lighting, machinery, plant, post, power, station, system, wiring; concepts 439,463,496 installment [n] part, section chapter, division, earnest, episode, partial payment, payment, portion, repayment, token; concepts 344,835 Ant. whole instance [n] case, situation case history, case in point, detail, example, exemplication, exponent, ground, illustration, item, occasion, occurrence, particular, precedent, proof, reason, representative, sample, sampling, specimen, time; concepts 686,696,815 instance [v] name adduce, cite, exemplify, illustrate, mention, quote, refer, show, specify; concept 73 instant [adj] immediate, urgent burning*, clamant, contemporary, crying*, current, dire,

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direct, exigent, existent, extant, fast, imperative, importunate, insistent, instantaneous, on-thespot*, present, present-day, pressing, prompt, quick, split-second*; concepts 544,588,799 Ant. delayed, eventual, late, later instant [n] moment bat of the eye*, breath, crack, ash, jiffy*, juncture, minute, nothing at*, occasion, point, sec*, second, shake*, short while, split second*, tick, time, trice, twinkling*, while, wink*; concepts 802,808 instantaneous [adj] immediate direct, fast, hair-trigger*, in a ash*, instant, momentary, quick, rapid, spontaneous, transitory; concept 820 Ant. delayed, eventual, late, later instantly [adv] right now at once, away, directly, double-time*, rst off*, forthwith, immediately, in a ash*, instantaneously, instanter, now, on a dime*, PDQ*, pronto*, right, right away, spontaneously, straight away*, there and then*, this minute, tout de suite*, without delay; concepts 544,588,799 Ant. eventually, later instead [adv] alternatively alternately, alternative, as a substitute, in lieu, in place of, in preference, on behalf of, on second thought, preferably, rather, rather than; concept 560 instigate [v] inuence, provoke abet, actuate, add fuel, bring about, egg on*, encourage, re up*, foment, goad, hint, impel, incite, iname, initiate, insinuate, kindle, make waves*, move, needle*, persuade, plan, plot, prompt, put up to, rabble-rouse*, raise, rouse, scheme, set on, spur, start, steam up, stimulate, stir up, suggest, turn on, urge, whip up*, work up; concepts 7,19,22,221,242 Ant. halt, prevent, stop instigator [n] troublemaker agent provocateur, agitator, rebrand, hellion, incendiary, inciter, inamer, knave, meddler, mischief-maker, nuisance, provocateur*, punk*, rabble-rouser*, ringleader, sparkplug*, wise guy*; concept 412 instill [v] implant, introduce brainwash*, catechize, diffuse, disseminate, engender, engraft, force in, imbue, impart, impregnate, impress, inculcate, indoctrinate, inltrate, inx, infuse, inject, inoculate, inseminate, insert, insinuate, inspire, interject, intermix, program, propagandize, put in head*, suffuse, transfuse; concepts 14,221,285 Ant. dislodge, halt, stop, uproot instinct [n] gut feeling, idea aptitude, faculty, feeling, funny feeling*, gift, gut reaction*, hunch, impulse, inclination, intuition, knack, know-how*, nose*, predisposition, proclivity, savvy*, sense, sentiment, sixth sense*, talent, tendency, urge; concepts 529,689 Ant. knowledge, reason instinctive [adj] reex, automatic accustomed, by seat of ones pants*, congenital, habitual, impulsive, inborn, ingrained, inherent, innate, instinctual, intrinsic, intuitional, intuitive, involuntary, knee-jerk*, mechanical, native, natural, normal, regular, rooted, second-nature*, spontaneous, typical, unlearned, unmeditated, unpremeditated, unprompted, unthinking, visceral; concept 544 Ant. conscious, deliberate, meditated, reasonable, sensible institute [n1] law; custom convention, decree, decretum, doctrine, dogma, edict, establishment, xture, habit, maxim, ordinance, practice, precedent, precept, prescript, principle, regula-

tion, rite, ritual, rule, statute, tenet, tradition; concepts 318,688 institute [v] begin; put into operation appoint, bow, break in, bring into being, come out with, come up with, commence, constitute, create, enact, establish, x, found, inaugurate, induct, initiate, install, introduce, invest, launch, make up, open, open up, ordain, organize, originate, pioneer, rev*, set in motion, settle, set up, start, usher in*; concepts 173,221,242 Ant. cease, halt, prevent, stop institute/institution [n2] organization, usually educational academy, association, asylum, business, clinic, college, company, conservatory, establishment, xture, foundation, guild, hospital, orphanage, school, seminar, seminary, society, system, think tank, university; concepts 288,381,439 instruct [v1] inform, teach acquaint, advise, apprise, brainwash*, break in, break it to, brief, clue in, coach, counsel, discipline, disclose, drill, drum into*, educate, engineer, enlighten, give lessons, ground, guide, keep posted*, lead, lecture, level, notify, pilot, reveal, school, steer, tell, train, tutor, update, wise up*; concepts 60,285 Ant. learn instruct [v2] order, command assign, bid, charge, dene, direct, enjoin, prescribe, tell, warn; concepts 53,61 Ant. ask instruction [n1] education apprenticeship, chalk talk*, coaching, direction, discipline, drilling, edication, enlightenment, grounding, guidance, information, lesson, preparation, schooling, teaching, training, tuition, tutelage; concepts 274,285 instruction [n2] demand, command advice, brieng, direction, directive, information, injunction, mandate, order, plan, ruling; concepts 274,278 Ant. question instructive [adj] informative educational, educative, enlightening, explanatory, helpful, illuminating, informational, instructional, useful; concept 267 instructor [n] person who educates adviser, coach, demonstrator, exponent, guide, lecturer, mentor, pedagogue, preceptor, professor, teacher, trainer, tutor; concept 350 Ant. pupil, student instrument [n1] tool, implement apparatus, appliance, contraption, contrivance, device, doodad*, equipment, gadget, gear, gizmo*, machine, machinery, mechanism, paraphernalia, tackle, utensil; concepts 463,499 instrument [n2] means, agent agency, channel, factor, force, instrumentality, material, mechanism, medium, ministry, organ, vehicle, wherewithal; concepts 6,687 Ant. end instrumental [adj] inuential, assisting active, auxiliary, conducive, contributory, helpful, helping, involved, of help, of service, partly responsible, serviceable, subsidiary, useful; concept 560 Ant. unhelpful, useless insubordinate [adj] rebellious contrary, contumacious, deant, disaffected, disobedient, disorderly, dissentious, factious, fractious, insurgent, intractable, mutinous, naughty, perverse, recalcitrant, refractory, riotous, seditious, treacherous, turbulent, uncompliant, uncomplying, undisciplined, ungovernable,

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unruly; concept 401 Ant. behaved, compliant, obedient insubordination [n] disobedience deance, dereliction, disregard, dissension, indiscipline, infringement, insurrection, mutiny, noncompliance, noncooperation, nonobservance, rebellion, revolt, revolution, riot, sabotage; concept 633 insubstantial [adj] weak, imaginary aerial, airy, chimerical, decrepit, ephemeral, false, fanciful, feeble, imsy, y-by-night*, fragile, frail, idle, illusory, immaterial, imponderable, incorporeal, inrm, intangible, metaphysical, petty, poor, puny, slender, slight, tenuous, thin, too little too late*, unreal, unsound, unsubstantial; concept 485 Ant. real, strong, substantial insufferable [adj] horrible, intolerable detestable, distressing, dreadful, impossible, insupportable, outrageous, painful, unacceptable, unbearable, unendurable, unspeakable; concepts 529,537 Ant. delightful, endurable, happy, pleasant, sufferable, tolerable insufcient [adj] not enough; lacking bereft, defective, decient, destitute, devoid, drained, dry, failing, faulty, imperfect, inadequate, incapable, incommensurate, incompetent, incomplete, infrequent, meager, minus, out of, poor, rare, scant, scarce, short, short of, shy, thin*, too little too late*, unample, unnished, untted, unqualied, unsatisfactory, wanting; concepts 546,771 Ant. adequate, ample, enough, sufcient insular [adj] narrow-minded bigoted, circumscribed, closed, conned, contracted, cut off, detached, illiberal, inward-looking, isolated, limited, narrow, parochial, petty, prejudiced, provincial, restricted, secluded, separate, separated, sequestered; concepts 403,583 Ant. broad-minded, unbiased, unprejudiced insulate [v] protect; close off coat, cocoon, cushion, cut off, inlay, island, isolate, keep apart, line, seclude, separate, sequester, set apart, shield, tape, treat, wrap; concept 172 insult [n] hateful communication abuse, affront, aspersion, black eye*, blasphemy, cheap shot*, contempt, contumely, derision, despite, discourtesy, disdainfulness, disgrace, disrespect, ignominy, impertinence, impudence, incivility, indignity, insolence, invective, libel, mockery, obloquy, offense, opprobrium, outrage, putdown, rudeness, scorn, scurrility, shame, slam, slander, slap, slap in the face*, slight, snub, superciliousness, taunt, unpleasantry, vilication, vituperation; concepts 52,54,278 Ant. compliment, attery, praise insult [v] abuse, offend abase, affront, aggravate, annoy, blister, curse, cut to the quick*, debase, degrade, deride, dishonor, disoblige, dump on*, out, gird, humiliate, injure, irritate, jeer, libel, mock, outrage, pan*, provoke, put down*, revile, ridicule, roast*, scoff, slam*, slander, slight, sneer, snub, step on ones toes*, taunt, tease, underestimate, vex; concepts 52, 54 Ant. compliment, atter, praise insulting [adj] abusive biting, degrading, derogatory, discourteous, disparaging, disrespectful, hurtful, insolent, offensive, repulsive, ridiculing, rude, slighting, uncivil; concepts 267,529,537 insurance [n] protection, security allowance,

assurance, backing, cover, coverage, guarantee, indemnication, indemnity, provision, safeguard, support, warrant, warranty; concepts 318,332 insure [v] protect, secure assure, cinch, cover, guarantee, guard, hedge, indemnify, register, safeguard, shield, underwrite, warrant; concepts 317,330 insurgent [adj] rebellious anarchical, contumacious, disobedient, factious, insubordinate, insurrectionary, mutinous, revolting, revolutionary, riotous, seditious; concept 401 Ant. obedient, subordinate insurgent [n] rebel agitator, anarch, anarchist, demonstrator, frondeur, insurrectionist, malcontent, mutineer, radical, resister, revolter, revolutionary, revolutionist, rioter; concepts 359,412 insurmountable [adj] impossible forget it, hopeless, impassable, impregnable, inaccessible, indomitable, ineluctable, insuperable, invincible, not a prayer*, no way*, no-win*, overwhelming, unbeatable, unconquerable, unmasterable; concepts 552,565 Ant. attainable, beatable, defeatable, possible, surmountable insurrection [n] rebellion coup, disorder, insurgence, insurgency, mutiny, revolt, revolution, riot, rising, sedition, uprising; concepts 86,320 Ant. compliance, obedience, subordination intact [adj] undamaged; all in one piece complete, entire, awless, imperforate, indiscrete, perfect, scatheless, sound, together, unblemished, unbroken, uncut, undeled, unharmed, unhurt, unimpaired, uninjured, unmarred, unscathed, untouched, unviolated, whole; concepts 485,531 Ant. broken, damaged, defective, harmed, hurt, injured, violated intangible [adj] indenite, obscured abstract, abstruse, airy, dim, eluding, elusive, ethereal, evading, evanescent, evasive, hypothetical, impalpable, imperceptible, imponderable, inappreciable, incorporeal, indeterminate, insensible, invisible, rare, shadowy, slender, slight, unapparent, uncertain, unobservable, unreal, unsubstantial, unsure, vague; concepts 535,582 Ant. denite, obvious, palpable, perceptible, tangible integral [adj1] necessary, basic component, constituent, elemental, essential, fundamental, indispensable, intrinsic, requisite; concept 546 Ant. extrinsic, secondary, supplemental, unnecessary integral [adj2] complete aggregate, choate, elemental, entire, full, indivisible, intact, part-and-parcel*, perfect, unbroken, undivided, whole; concept 531 Ant. accessory, fractional, part, partial, supplementary integrate [v] mix, merge accommodate, amalgamate, arrange, articulate, assimilate, associate, attune, blend, coalesce, combine, come together, compact, concatenate, concentrate, conform, conjoin, consolidate, coordinate, desegregate, embody, fuse, get together, harmonize, incorporate, interface, intermix, join, knit, link, meld with, mesh, orchestrate, organize, proportion, reconcile, reconciliate, symphonize, synthesize, systematize, throw in together, tune, unify, unite, wed; concepts 113,114 Ant. divide, separate integrity [n1] honor, uprightness candor, forthrightness, goodness, honestness, honesty,

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honorableness, incorruptibility, incorruption, principle, probity, purity, rectitude, righteousness, sincerity, straightforwardness, virtue; concept 411 Ant. corruption, disgrace, dishonesty, dishonor integrity [n2] completeness absoluteness, coherence, cohesion, entireness, perfection, purity, simplicity, soundness, stability, totality, unity, wholeness; concept 635 Ant. incompleteness intellect [n] capability of the mind; someone with capable mind ability, acumen, brains*, cerebration, comprehension, egghead*, genius, intellectual, intellectuality, intelligence, intuition, judgment, mentality, mind, psyche, pundit, reason, savvy, sense, smarts, thinker, understanding, what it takes*, wits; concepts 409,416 Ant. ignorance intellectual [adj] very smart bookish, brainy*, cerebral, creative, highbrow*, highbrowed*, intellective, intelligent, inventive, learned, mental, phrenic, psychological, rational, scholarly, studious, subjective, thoughtful; concept 402 Ant. foolish, ignorant, simple, stupid intellectual [n] very smart person academic, academician, avant-garde, brain*, braintruster*, doctor, egghead*, Einstein*, genius, highbrow*, intelligentsia, philosopher, pundit, sage, scholar, thinker, whiz*, wizard; concepts 350,416 Ant. ignoramus intelligence [n1] ability to perceive, understand acuity, acumen, agility, alertness, aptitude, brainpower, brains*, brightness, brilliance, capacity, cleverness, comprehension, coruscation, discernment, gray matter*, intellect, IQ*, judgment, luminosity, mentality, mind, penetration, perception, perspicacity, precocity, quickness, quotient, reason, sagacity, savvy, sense, skill, smarts, subtlety, the right stuff*, trenchancy, understanding, what it takes*, wit; concept 409 Ant. ignorance, inability, ineptness intelligence [n2] secret information advice, clue, data, dirt, disclosure, facts, ndings, hot tip*, info*, inside story*, knowledge, leak, lowdown*, news, notice, notication, picture, report, rumor, tidings, tip-off*, word*; concept 274 intelligent [adj] very smart able, acute, alert, alive, all there*, apt, astute, brainy*, bright, brilliant, calculating, capable, clever, comprehending, creative, deep*, discerning, enlightened, exceptional, highbrow*, imaginative, ingenious, instructed, inventive, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, original, penetrating, perceptive, perspicacious, profound, quick, quickwitted, rational, ready, reasonable, resourceful, responsible, sage, sharp, smart, thinking, together*, understanding, well-informed, whiz*, wise, witty; concept 402 Ant. foolish, idiotic, imbecile, stupid, unintelligent intelligible [adj] understandable apprehensible, clear, comprehensible, distinct, fathomable, graspable, knowable, lucid, luminous, obvious, open, plain, unambiguous, unequivocal, unmistakable; concept 529 Ant. ambiguous, confusing, equivocal, obscure, perplexing, unintelligible intend [v] have in mind; determine add up, aim, appoint, aspire to, attempt, be determined, be

resolved, connote, contemplate, decree, dedicate, denote, design, designate, destine, devote, endeavor, essay, expect, express, gure on, have in mind, hope to, import, indicate, look forward, mean, meditate, ordain, plan, plot, propose, purpose, reserve, resolve, scheme, set apart, set aside, signify, spell, strive, think, try; concepts 18,36,73,129 intended [adj] engaged; destined accidentally on purpose*, advised, afanced, aforethought, asked for, betrothed, calculated, contemplated, contracted, designed, expected, future, intentional, meant, pinned, planned, plighted, prearranged, predestined, predetermined, promised, proposed, set, steady; concept 552 intense [adj] forceful, severe; passionate acute, agonizing, all-consuming, ardent, biting, bitter, burning, close, concentrated, consuming, cutting, deep, diligent, eager, earnest, energetic, exaggerated, exceptional, excessive, exquisite, extraordinary, extreme, fanatical, fervent, fervid, erce, forcible, full, great, hard, harsh, heightened, impassioned, intensied, intensive, keen, marked, piercing, powerful, profound, protracted, pungent, sharp, shrill, stinging, strained, strong, supreme, undue, vehement, violent, vivid, zealous; concept 569 Ant. calm, dull, low-key, mild, moderate intensify [v] make more forceful, severe accent, accentuate, add fuel*, add to, aggrandize, aggravate, augment, beef up*, boost, brighten, build up, concentrate, darken, deepen, emphasize, enhance, escalate, exacerbate, exalt, heat up*, heighten, increase, intensate, lighten, magnify, point, pour it on*, quicken, raise, redouble, reinforce, rise, rouse, set off, sharpen, spike*, step up, strengthen, stress, tone up, whet; concepts 233,250 Ant. calm, lower, slow, soothe, weaken intensity [n] passion, force acuteness, anxiety, ardor, concentration, deepness, depth, earnestness, emotion, emphasis, energy, excess, excitement, extreme, extremity, fanaticism, ferment, ferociousness, ferocity, fervency, fervor, erceness, re, force, forcefulness, fury, high pitch*, intenseness, keenness, magnitude, might, nervousness, potency, power, severity, sharpness, strain, strength, tenseness, tension, vehemence, vigor, violence, volume, weightiness, wildness; concepts 641,669 Ant. apathy, dullness, inactivity, laziness, lethargy, moderation intensive [adj] exhaustive accelerated, all-out*, complete, comprehensive, concentrated, deep, demanding, fast, hard, in-depth, out-and-out*, profound, radical, severe, speeded-up*, thorough, thoroughgoing; concept 531 Ant. incomplete, incomprehensive, supercial, surface intent [adj] determined, resolute absorbed, alert, attending, attentive, bent, bound, committed, concentrated, concentrating, decided, decisive, deep, eager, earnest, engaged, engrossed, enthusiastic, rm, xed, hell-bent*, immersed, industrious, intense, minding, occupied, piercing, preoccupied, rapt, resolved, riveted*, set, settled, steadfast, steady, watchful, watching, wrapped up*; concepts 403,542 Ant. distracted, irresolute intent/intention [n] aim, purpose acceptation, animus, bottom line*, conation, design, desire,

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drift, end, goal, heart, hope, idea, import, intendment, meaning, meat*, name of the game*, nature, notion, nub, nuts and bolts*, object, objective, plan, point, project, purport, scheme, score, sense, signicance, signicancy, signication, target, understanding, volition, will, wish; concept 659 intentional [adj] deliberate advised, aforethought, calculated, considered, designed, designful, done on purpose, intended, meant, meditated, planned, prearranged, premeditated, proposed, purposed, studied, unforced, voluntary, willful, willing, witting; concept 544 Ant. accidental, unintentional, unplanned intently [adv] with concentration attentively, closely, xedly, hard, keenly, searchingly, sharply, steadily, watchfully; concepts 403, 544 Ant. distractedly inter [v] bury cover up, entomb, inhume, inurn, lay to rest, plant, put away, sepulcher, sepulture, tomb; concepts 172,178,367 Ant. dig up, exhume interact [v] communicate collaborate, combine, connect, contact, cooperate, get across*, get the message*, interface, interplay, interreact, join, keep in touch, merge, mesh, network, reach out, relate, touch, touch base*, unite; concept 266 Ant. not speak intercede [v] mediate advocate, arbitrate, barge in, butt in*, intermediate, interpose, intervene, intrude, mix in, monkey with*, negotiate, plead, reconcile, speak, step in; concepts 56,110 intercept [v] head off; interrupt ambush, appropriate, arrest, block, catch, check, curb, cut in, cut off, deect, head off at pass*, hijack, hinder, interlope, interpose, make off with, obstruct, prevent, seize, shortstop*, stop, take, take away; concepts 121,164 Ant. abet, forward, help interchange [n] switch, exchange altering, alternation, barter, change, crossre, give-andtake*, intersection, junction, mesh, networking, reciprocation, shift, trade, transposition, variation, varying; concepts 104,697 interchange [v] switch, exchange alternate, bandy, barter, commute, connect, contact, convert, interact, interface, mesh, network, reciprocate, relate, reverse, substitute, swap, trade, transpose; concepts 56,104 interchangeable [adj] identical, transposable changeable, commutable, compatible, converse, convertible, correspondent, equivalent, exchangeable, fungible, interconvertible, mutual, reciprocal, reciprocative, same, substitutable, synonymous, workalike; concepts 487,573 Ant. different, dissimilar intercourse [n1] sexual act carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, copulation, fornication, intimacy, love-making, relations, sex, sexual relations; concept 375 intercourse [n2] communication; business exchange association, commerce, communion, connection, contact, converse, correspondence, dealings, give-and-take, interchange, intercommunication, mesh, networking, team play, teamwork, trade, trafc, transactions; concepts 266,324 Ant. miscommunication interest [n1] attraction, curiosity absorption, activity, affection, attentiveness, care, case, concern, concernment, consequence, diversion,

engrossment, enthusiasm, excitement, game, hobby, importance, interestedness, into, leisure activity, matter, moment, note, notice, passion, pastime, preoccupation, pursuit, racket, recreation, regard, relaxation, relevance, signicance, sport, suspicion, sympathy, thing; concepts 20,532,690 Ant. apathy, boredom, disinterest, indifference interest [n2] advantage benet, gain, good, prot, prosperity, welfare, well-being; concept 693 Ant. disadvantage interest [n3] share, investment accrual, authority, bonus, claim, commitment, credit, discount, due, earnings, gain, inuence, involvement, participation, percentage, piece, points, portion, premium, right, stake, title; concepts 332, 344,835 interest [v] hold the attention of affect, amuse, appeal, appeal to, arouse, attract, be interesting to, concern, divert, engage, engross, entertain, enthrall, excite, fascinate, grab, hook, intrigue, involve, lure, move, perk up, pique, please, pull, sit up, snare, tantalize, tempt, titillate, touch, turn on; concepts 7,11,22 Ant. bore, bother, disenchant, disinterest interested [adj] concerned, curious absorbed, affected, attentive, attracted, awakened, biased, caught, drawn, eat sleep and breathe*, engrossed, enticed, excited, fascinated, red*, gone*, hooked*, implicated, impressed, inspired, inspirited, intent, into*, involved, keen, lured, moved, obsessed, occupied, on the case*, open, partial, partisan, predisposed, prejudiced, responsive, roused, sold, stimulated, stirred, struck, sympathetic, taken, touched; concept 403 Ant. apathetic, disinterested, incurious, unconcerned interesting [adj] appealing, entertaining absorbing, affecting, alluring, amusing, arresting, attractive, beautiful, captivating, charismatic, compelling, curious, delightful, elegant, enchanting, engaging, engrossing, enthralling, entrancing, exceptional, exotic, fascinating, ne, gracious, gripping, impressive, intriguing, inviting, lovely, magnetic, pleasing, pleasurable, prepossessing, provocative, readable, refreshing, riveting, stimulating, stirring, striking, suspicious, thought-provoking, unusual, winning; concepts 529,572 Ant. boring, dull, unexciting, unstimulating interfere [v] meddle, intervene bafe, balk, barge in, busybody*, butt in*, conict, discommode, foil, fool with, frustrate, get in the way*, get involved, hamper, handicap, hang up*, hinder, hold up, horn in*, impede, incommode, inconvenience, inhibit, intercede, interlope, intermeddle, intermediate, intermit, interpose, intrude, jam, make*, mix in, obstruct, obtrude, oppose, poke nose in*, prevent, remit, step in, stop, suspend, tamper, thwart, trammel, trouble; concepts 121,384 Ant. aid, assist, help interference [n] meddling, impedance arrest, background, backseat driving*, barging in*, barring, blocking, checking, choking, clashing, clogging, conict, hampering, hindrance, intermeddling, interposition, intervention, intrusion, meddlesomeness, obstruction, opposition, prying, resistance, retardation, tackling, tampering,

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trespassing; concepts 121,384 Ant. aid, assistance, help interim [adj] temporary acting, ad interim, caretaker*, improvised, intervening, makeshift, pro tem, pro tempore, provisional, stopgap, thrown-together*; concept 560 Ant. continual, permanent interim [n] interval breach, break, breather, breathing spell, coffee break, cutoff, downtime*, gap, hiatus, interlude, interregnum, interruption, lacuna, layoff, letup*, meantime, meanwhile, pause, take ten*, time*, time-out; concepts 807,822 Ant. continuation, permanence interior [adj] inside, central autogenous, domestic, endogenous, gut, home, in-house, inland, inner, innermost, internal, intimate, inward, private, remote, secret, visceral, viscerous, within; concepts 583,826,830 Ant. exterior, external, outer, outside interior [n] center, core belly, bosom, contents, heart, heartland, innards, inner parts, inside, internals, intrinsicality, lining, marrow, midst, pith, pulp, soul, substance, viscera, within; concepts 742,826,830 Ant. exterior, exteriority, outside interject [v] throw in; interrupt add, ll in, force in, implant, import, include, inltrate, infuse, ingrain, inject, insert, insinuate, intercalate, interpolate, interpose, intersperse, introduce, intrude, parenthesize, put in, splice, squeeze in; concepts 14,51 interloper [n] person who intrudes, meddles alien, busybody, intermeddler, intruder, meddler, obtruder, trespasser, uninvited guest, unwanted visitor; concepts 412,423 interlude [n] pause, break breathing space*, delay, episode, halt, hiatus, idyll, interim, intermission, interregnum, interruption, interval, lull, meantime, meanwhile, parenthesis, recess, respite, rest, spell, stop, stoppage, wait; concept 807 Ant. continuation intermediary [n] person who negotiates agent, broker, channel, connection, cutout, delegate, emissary, entrepreneur, xer, go-between*, inuence, instrument, interagent, interceder, intercessor, intermediate, mediator, medium, middle person, negotiator, organ, vehicle; concepts 348,354 intermediate [adj] middle, in-between average, between, center, central, common, compromising, fair, halfway, indifferent, intermediary, interposed, intervening, mean, medial, median, mediocre, medium, mid, middling, midway, moderate, neutral, so-so*, standard, transitional; concepts 585,830 Ant. end, extreme interment [n] burial burying, entombment, funeral, inhumation, inurning, obsequy, sepulture; concept 367 interminable [adj] innite boring, boundless, ceaseless, constant, continuous, day-and-night*, dragged out*, dull, endless, eternal, everlasting, immeasurable, incessant, interminate, limitless, long, long-drawn-out*, long-winded, looped, never-ending, no end of*, no end to*, on a treadmill*, permanent, perpetual, protracted, spun out*, strung out*, timeless, unbound, unceasing, uninterrupted, unlimited, wearisome; concept 798 Ant. bounded, ending, nite, terminable

intermingle [v] blend, mix amalgamate, associate, combine, come together, commingle, commix, fuse, immingle, interblend, interfuse, interlace, intermix, interweave, join, merge, mesh, network, pool, throw in with, throw together, wed; concepts 113,114 Ant. divide, separate, unmix intermission [n] break, recess abeyance, abeyancy, break-off, breather, breathing spell, cessation, doldrums, dormancy, downtime*, interim, interlude, interregnum, interruption, interval, latency, layoff, let-up*, lull, parenthesis, pause, quiescence, quiescency, respite, rest, spell, stop, stoppage, suspense, suspension, time, time-out, wait; concept 807 intermittent [adj] irregular, sporadic alternate, arrested, broken, by bits and pieces*, checked, cyclic, cyclical, discontinuing, discontinuous, epochal, every other, tful, here and there*, hit-or-miss*, infrequent, interrupted, isochronal, isochronous, iterant, iterative, metrical, now and then*, occasional, on and off*, periodic, periodical, punctuated, recurrent, recurring, rhythmic, rhythmical, seasonal, serial, shifting, spasmodic, stop-and-go*; concepts 482,534,799 Ant. constant, continual, continuing, perpetual, regular internal [adj] within centralized, circumscribed, civic, constitutional, domestic, enclosed, gut, home, indigenous, inherent, in-house, innate, inner, innermore, inside, interior, intestine, intimate, intramural, intrinsic, inward, municipal, national, native, private, subjective, visceral, viscerous; concepts 536,585,826,830 Ant. external, outer international [adj] worldwide all-embracing, cosmopolitan, ecumenical, foreign, global, intercontinental, universal, world; concepts 536,772 Ant. local, national Internet [n] computer network ARPANET, cyberspace, hyperspace, infobahn, information highway, information superhighway, national information infrastructure, online network, the Net*, the Web*, W3, World Wide Web, WWW; concepts 381,388,770 interplay [n] interaction coaction, exchange, give-and-take*, mesh, meshing, networking, reciprocation, reciprocity, team play*, teamwork, tit for tat*, transaction; concept 266 interpolate [v] add admit, annex, append, enter, ll in, include, inject, insert, insinuate, intercalate, interjaculate, interject, interlope, interpose, introduce, intrude, throw in; concepts 112,201,209 Ant. erase, remove, subtract interpret [v] make sense of; dene adapt, annotate, clarify, comment, commentate, construe, decipher, decode, delineate, depict, describe, elucidate, enact, exemplify, explain, explicate, expound, gather, gloss, illustrate, image, improvise, limn, make of, mimic, paraphrase, perform, picture, play, portray, read, reenact, render, represent, solve, spell out, take*, throw light on*, translate, understand, view; concepts 57,292 Ant. misinterpret, misunderstand interpretation [n] understanding analysis, apprehension, assimilation, awareness, clarication, comprehension, discernment,

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explanation, grasp, grip, insight, judgment, knowing, meaning, perception, reading, slant, translation; concept 409 interrogate [v] ask pointed questions catechize, cross-examine, cross-question, examine, give the third degree*, go over*, grill, inquire, investigate, pump, put the screws to*, put through the wringer*, query, question, quiz, roast*, sweat out*, work over*; concepts 48, 53 Ant. answer, reply interrupt [v] bother, interfere arrest, barge in, break, break in, break off, break train of thought*, bust in*, butt in*, check, chime in*, come between, crash, crowd in, cut, cut in on*, cut off*, cut short*, defer, delay, disconnect, discontinue, disjoin, disturb, disunite, divide, edge in, get in the way, halt, heckle, hinder, hold up, horn in, impede, in, infringe, inject, insinuate, intrude, lay aside, obstruct, prevent, punctuate, put in, separate, sever, shortstop*, stay, stop, suspend, work in; concepts 51, 121,384 interruption [n] break; interference abeyance, abeyancy, arrest, blackout, breach, break-off, cessation, check, cutoff, delay, disconnection, discontinuance, disruption, dissolution, disturbance, disuniting, division, doldrums, dormancy, gap, halt, hiatus, hindrance, hitch, impediment, interim, intermission, interval, intrusion, lacuna, latency, layoff, letup*, obstacle, obstruction, parenthesis, pause, quiescence, rift, rupture, separation, severance, split, stop, stoppage, suspension; concepts 807,832 Ant. continuation intersect [v] cut across; cross at a point bisect, break in two, come together, converge, crisscross, cross, crosscut, cut, decussate, divide, intercross, join, meet, separate, touch, traverse; concepts 113,738,749 intersection [n] crossroads circle, cloverleaf, crossing, crosswalk, crossway, interchange, junction, stop; concept 501 intersperse [v] scatter bestrew, diffuse, distribute, infuse, interfuse, interlard, intermix, intersow, intersprinkle, pepper, sprinkle; concepts 201,222 Ant. collect, gather interstice [n] opening, crack aperture, chink, cleft, cranny, crevice, ssure, gap, hole, interval, slit, space; concept 513 Ant. closing, closure intertwine/interweave [v] twist around associate, braid, connect, convolute, crisscross, cross, entwine, interknit, interlace, intertwist, intervolve, interwind, interwreathe, link, mesh, network, relate, reticulate, tangle, tat, weave; concepts 113,114 Ant. untwine, untwist interval [n] break, pause breach, breathing space*, comma, delay, distance, downtime, ve*, gap, hiatus, interim, interlude, intermission, interregnum, interruption, lacuna, layoff, letup, lull, meantime, opening, parenthesis, pausation, period, playtime, rest, season, space, spell, ten*, term, time, time-out, wait, while; concepts 807,822 Ant. continuation intervene [v1] mediate arbitrate, barge in, butt in*, come between, divide, horn in*, intercede, interfere, intermediate, interpose, interrupt, intrude, involve, meddle, mix in, muscle in*, negotiate, obtrude, part, put in two cents*,

reconcile, separate, settle, sever, step in, take a hand*; concepts 110,234,266 Ant. ignore, leave alone intervene [v2] happen bedevil, befall, come to pass, ensue, occur, succeed, supervene, take place; concepts 4,242 interview [n] questioning and evaluation account, audience, call, call back, cattle call*, communication, conference, consultation, conversation, dialogue, examination, hearing, meeting, oral, parley, press conference, record, statement, talk; concepts 48,351 interview [v] ask questions and evaluate consult, converse, examine, get for the record, get opinion, give oral examination, hold inquiry, interrogate, question, quiz, sound out, talk, talk to; concepts 48,351 interviewer [n] questioner inquirer, inquistor, interrogator, reporter, talk-show host; concepts 348,356 intestinal/intestine [adj] pertaining to digestive organs abdominal, alimentary, bowel, celiac, duodenal, gut, inner, inside, interior, internal, inward, rectal, stomachic, ventral, visceral; concept 406 in the bag [adj] certain assured, bound, certied, cinched, concluded, decided, denite, ensured, xed, guaranteed, insured, set, settled, sure; concept 535 intimacy [n] closeness between people acquaintance, affection, afnity, close relationship, communion, condence, condentiality, experience, familiarity, friendship, inwardness, understanding; concept 388 Ant. disagreement, incompatibility intimate [adj1] friendly, devoted affectionate, bosom, buddy-buddy*, cherished, chummy*, close, clubby*, comfy, condential, cozy, dear, dearest, faithful, fast, fond, loving, mellow, mix, near, nearest, next, nice, regular, roommate, snug, warm; concept 555 Ant. cool, formal, incompatible, unfriendly intimate [adj2] private, personal condential, deep, deep-seated, detailed, elemental, essential, exhaustive, experienced, rsthand, guarded, gut*, immediate, inborn, inbred, indepth, indwelling, ingrained, inherent, inmost, innate, innermost, interior, internal, intrinsic, penetrating, privy, profound, secret, special, thorough, trusted, uptight, visceral, viscerous; concepts 529,549 Ant. formal, public intimate [n] a close friend; familiar person associate, bosom buddy*, chum, companion, comrade, condant, condante, crony, familiar, family, lover, mate, pal; concepts 416,423 Ant. enemy, foe intimate [v] suggest; tip off afrm, air, allude, announce, assert, aver, avouch, communicate, connote, declare, drop a hint*, expose, express, hint, impart, imply, indicate, infer, insinuate, leak, let cat out of bag*, let it be known, make known, make noise*, profess, remind, spill the beans*, spring, state, utter, vent, voice, warn; concepts 49,60,75 intimation [n] clue, hint allusion, announcement, breath, communication, cue, declaration, implication, indication, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, notice, notion, reminder, shade, shadow, strain, streak, suggestion, suspicion,

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telltale, tinge, tip, trace, warning, wind; concepts 274,689 intimidate [v] frighten, threaten alarm, appall, awe, badger, bait, bludgeon, bluster, bowl over*, browbeat*, buffalo*, bulldoze*, bully, chill, coerce, compel, constrain, cow*, daunt, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, disquiet, dragoon, enforce, force, hound*, lean on*, oblige, overawe, push around*, ride*, rufe, scare, showboat, spook, strong-arm, subdue, terrify, terrorize, twist someones arm*; concepts 7,14,19 Ant. assist, encourage, help intimidating [adj] threatening aggressive, bullying, frightening, pressuring, terrifying, terrorizing; concepts 525,548,570 intolerable [adj] unacceptable; beyond bearing a bit much, enough already*, excruciating, extreme, impossible, insufferable, insupportable, last straw*, offensive, painful, unbearable, undesirable, unendurable; concept 529 Ant. acceptable, bearable, tolerable intolerant [adj] impatient, prejudiced antipathetic, averse, biased, bigoted, chauvinistic, communist, conservative, contemptuous, dictatorial, disdainful, dogmatic, fanatical, fractious, hateful, illiberal, indignant, individualistic, inexible, irate, irritable, jaundiced, narrow, narrow-minded, obdurate, one-sided, outraged, racialist, racist, short-fuse*, small-minded*, snappy, stuffy, tilted, uncharitable, unfair, unforbearing, unindulgent, unsympathetic, unwilling, upset, waspish, worked-up*, xenophobic; concepts 403,404,542 Ant. fair, impartial, patient, tolerant, unprejudiced intonation [n] inection accent, articulation, emphasis, enunciation, modulation, pitch, pronunciation, sound, tonality, tone, tone of voice; concepts 65,595 intoxicated [adj1] drunk blind*, bombed*, boozed, buzzed*, drunken, high*, inebriated, loaded*, looped*, muddled, potted*, sloppy, smashed*, tanked*, three sheets to the wind*, tied one on*, tight*, tipsy, under the inuence, unsober; concept 406 Ant. sober, straight intoxicated [adj2] extremely happy absorbed, affected, beside oneself, captivated, concerned, delirious, dizzy, drunk, ecstatic, elated, enraptured, euphoric, excited, exhilarated, galvanized, high*, infatuated, interested, moved, piqued, quickened, sent*, stimulated, turnedon*; concept 403 Ant. sad, unhappy intoxicating [adj] causing great happiness exciting, exhilarant, exhilarating, exhilarative, eye-popping, heady, inspiring, provocative, rousing, stimulating, stirring, thrilling; concept 537 Ant. saddening, sobering intractable /intransigent [adj] difcult, stubborn awkward, bullheaded*, cantankerous, contrary, hang tough*, hard-line*, headstrong, immovable, incompliant, incurable, indocile, indomitable, insoluble, locked in*, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, pat, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded*, recalcitrant, refractory, resolute, self-willed, set in stone, tenacious, tough, tough-nut*, unbending, uncompromising, uncooperative, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmanageable, unpliable, unruly, unyielding, wayward, wild, willful; concepts 401,534,542 Ant. amenable, easy, facile, manageable

intrepid [adj] brave, nervy audacious, bodacious*, bold, courageous, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, game, gritty, gutsy*, heroic, impavid, lionhearted, nerveless, plucky, resolute, spunky*, stalwart, unafraid, undaunted, uninching, valiant, valorous; concept 401 Ant. cowardly, meek, timid intricate [adj] complicated, elaborate abstruse, baroque, Byzantine*, can of worms*, complex, convoluted, Daedal*, difcult, entangled, fancy, hard, high-tech*, involved, labyrinthine, obscure, perplexing, rococo, sophisticated, tangled, tortuous, tricky; concept 562 Ant. direct, methodical, simple, systematic, understandable intrigue [n1] scheme artice, cabal, chicanery, collusion, complication, conspiracy, contrivance, deal, design, dodge, double-dealing*, x, frame-up*, fraud, game, graft, hookup, little game*, machination, maneuver, manipulation, plan, plot, ruse, stratagem, trickery, wile; concepts 192,660 intrigue [n2] love affair affair, amour, attachment, case, irtation, infatuation, interlude, intimacy, liaison, romance; concept 388 intrigue [v1] arouse curiosity appeal, attract, bait, captivate, charm, con, delight, draw, enchant, entertain, excite, fascinate, grab, hook, interest, lead on*, mousetrap*, pique, please, pull, rivet, tickle, titillate, tout; concepts 7,11, 22 Ant. bore intrigue [v2] plot angle, be in cahoots*, cogitate, collude, connive, conspire, contrive, cook up*, devise, nagle, frame up*, machinate, maneuver, operate, plan, promote, scheme, set up*, work hand in glove*; concept 36 Ant. forget, neglect intriguing [adj] interesting absorbing, alluring, appealing, arousing, attractive, beguiling, captivating, compelling, curious, enchanting, enthralling, exciting, fascinating, gripping, provocative, puzzling, riveting, stimulating, stirring, thought-provoking; concepts 529,572 intrinsic [adj] basic, inborn built-in, central, congenital, connate, constitutional, constitutive, deep-seated, elemental, essential, fundamental, genuine, hereditary, inbred, indwelling, inherent, inmost, innate, intimate, material, native, natural, particular, peculiar, real, true, underlying; concepts 404,406,546 Ant. accidental, acquired, extrinsic, incidental, learned introduce [v1] make known; present acquaint, advance, air, announce, bring out, bring up, broach, come out with, do the honors*, familiarize, x up, get things rolling*, get together, give introduction, harbinger*, herald, kick off, knock down, lead into, lead off, moot, offer, open, open up, originate, pave the way*, precede, preface, propose, put forward, recommend, set forth, spring with, start ball rolling*, submit, suggest, usher, ventilate; concepts 60,384 Ant. close, end, nish, take away introduce [v2] begin, institute admit, bring forward, bring in, commence, enter, establish, found, inaugurate, induct, initiate, innovate, install, invent, kick off*, launch, organize, pioneer, plan, preface, present, set up, start, unveil, usher in; concept 221 Ant. close, end, nish

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introduce [v3] add, insert carry, enter, ll in, freight, import, include, inx, inject, inlay, inlet, inset, insinuate, instill, intercalate, interject, interpolate, interpose, put in, send, ship, throw in, transport, work in; concepts 112,113, 209 Ant. erase, extract, subtract, take away introduction [n] something new; something that begins addition, admittance, awakening, baptism, basic principles, basic text, beginning, commencement, debut, essentials, establishment, exordium, rst acquaintance, rst taste, foreword, inauguration, inception, induction, inux, ingress, initiation, insertion, installation, institution, interpolation, intro*, launch, lead, lead-in, opening, opening remarks, overture, pioneering, preamble, preface, preliminaries, prelude, presentation, primer, proem, prolegomenon, prologue, survey; concepts 270,727, 828 Ant. conclusion, end, ending, nish introductory [adj] preliminary, rst anterior, basic, beginning, early, elementary, inaugural, incipient, inductive, initial, initiatory, opening, original, precursory, prefatory, prelusive, preparative, preparatory, primary, prior, proemial, provisional, rudimentary, starting; concepts 546,585 Ant. concluding, ending, nal, nishing, last introspection [n] self-analysis brooding, contemplation, deep thought, egoism, heartsearching, introversion, meditation, reection, rumination, scrutiny, self-absorption, selfexamination, self-observation, self-questioning, soul-searching; concepts 24,410 introvert [n] person who retreats mentally autist, brooder, egoist, egotist, loner*, narcissist, self-observer, solitary, wallower*; concept 423 Ant. extrovert introverted [adj] reserved bashful, cautious, close-mouthed, cold*, collected, cool, demure, introspective, modest, ofsh, quiet, reclusive, restrained, secretive, shy, soft-spoken, solitary, standofsh, uncommunicative, withdrawn; concepts 401,404 intrude [v] trespass, interrupt barge in, bother, butt in*, chisel in*, cut in, disturb, encroach, entrench, go beyond, hold up, horn in*, infringe, insinuate, intercalate, interfere, interject, interlope, intermeddle, interpolate, interpose, introduce, invade, meddle, obtrude, overstep, pester, push in, thrust, violate; concepts 14,159, 208,266 Ant. leave, leave alone, withdraw intruder [n] person who trespasses burglar, criminal, gate-crasher*, inltrator, interferer, interloper, interrupter, invader, meddler, nuisance, obtruder, prowler, raider, snooper, squatter, thief, trespasser; concepts 412,423 intrusive [adj] obtrusive forward, interfering, invasive, meddlesome, meddling, nosy*, presumptuous, protruding, prying; concepts 401,542 intuition [n] insight clairvoyance, discernment, divination, ESP*, feeling*, foreknowledge, gut reaction*, hunch*, innate knowledge, inspiration, instinct, intuitiveness, nose*, penetration, perception, perceptivity, premonition, presentiment, second sight*, sixth sense*; concepts 409,689 Ant. knowledge, reason, reasoning intuitive [adj] instinctive automatic, direct, emotional, habitual, immediate, inherent, innate,

instinctual, involuntary, natural, perceptive, spontaneous, understood, unreecting, untaught, visceral; concept 402 Ant. calculated, meditated, reasoned, taught inundate [v] drown, overwhelm deluge, dunk, engulf, ood, glut, immerse, overow, overrun, pour down on, snow*, submerge, swamp, whelm; concepts 172,179 Ant. underwhelm inure [v] accustom acclimate, familiarize, habituate, harden, make ready, season, toughen, train; concepts 15,38 invade [v] attack and encroach access, assail, assault, breach, burglarize, burst in, crash, descend upon, entrench, fall on, foray, go in, infect, infest, infringe, inroad, interfere, loot, make inroads*, maraud, meddle, muscle in*, occupy, overrun, overspread, overswarm, penetrate, permeate, pervade, pillage, plunder, raid, ravage, storm, swarm over, trespass, violate; concepts 86,159,320 Ant. leave alone, surrender, yield invalid [adj1] worthless; unfounded bad, baseless, fallacious, false, ill-founded, illogical, inoperative, irrational, mad, not binding, not working, nugatory, null, null and void*, reasonless, sophistic, unreasonable, unreasoned, unscientic, unsound, untrue, void, wrong; concepts 552,560 Ant. sound, valid, worthwhile, worthy invalid [adj2] sickly ailing, bedridden, below par, debilitated, disabled, down, feeble, frail, ill, inrm, laid low*, on the sick list*, out of action*, peaked, poorly, run-down, sick, weak; concept 314 Ant. healthy, well invalid [n] sick person consumptive, convalescent, incurable, patient, shut-in, sufferer; concept 424 invalidate [v] render null and void abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, blow sky-high*, cancel, circumduct, counteract, counterbalance, disannul, discredit, disqualify, impair, negate, negative, neutralize, nix, nullify, offset, overrule, overthrow, quash, refute, revoke, shoot full of holes*, undermine, undo, unt, weaken, X-out*; concepts 121,234 Ant. approve, permit, validate invaluable [adj] priceless beyond price, costly, dear, expensive, helpful, inestimable, precious, serviceable, valuable; concepts 334,568 Ant. worthless invariable [adj] not changing changeless, consistent, constant, xed, immovable, immutable, inalterable, inexible, monotonous, perpetual, regular, rigid, same, set, static, unalterable, unchangeable, unchanging, undiversied, unfailing, uniform, unmodiable, unrelieved, unvarying, unwavering; concept 534 Ant. changeable, changing, variable, varying invasion [n] attack, encroachment aggression, assault, breach, entrenchment, foray, forced entrance, incursion, inltration, infraction, infringement, inroad, intrusion, irruption, maraud, offense, offensive, onslaught, overstepping, raid, transgression, trespass, usurpation, violation; concepts 86,159,320 Ant. retreat, surrender, withdrawal invective [n] verbal abuse accusation, berating, billingsgate, blame, blasphemy, castigation, censure, condemnation, contumely, denunciation, diatribe, epithet, jeremiad, obloquy,

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philippic, reproach, revilement, sarcasm, scurrility, tirade, tongue-lashing*, vilication, vituperation; concepts 44,52,54,278 Ant. compliment, attery, praise inveigh [v] blame, denounce admonish, berate, blast, castigate, censure, condemn, crack down on*, except, expostulate, go after*, have at*, jump down ones throat*, kick, lambaste, lay into, lay out, let have it, object, protest, rail, read out*, recriminate, remonstrate, reproach, rip into, roast, scold, scorch, sound off, tonguelash, trash*, upbraid, vituperate, work over*; concepts 44,52,54 Ant. atter, praise inveigle [v] entice, manipulate allure, bait, bamboozle, beguile, blandish, butter*, cajole, charm, coax, con*, decoy, egg on*, ensnare, entrap, get around*, honey*, hook, inuence, jolly, lay it on thick*, lead on*, lure, maneuver, massage, oil*, overdo it, persuade, play up to, rope in*, seduce, snow*, soap*, soften up*, string along*, stroke*, sweet talk*, tempt, toll, urge, wheedle, work over*; concepts 11,14,59 Ant. disenchant, disgust, turn off invent [v1] create, think up ad-lib, author, bear, bring into being, coin, come upon, come up with, compose, conceive, contrive, cook up*, design, devise, discover, dream up, envision, execute, fake, fashion, nd, forge, form, formulate, frame, hatch, imagine, improve, improvise, inaugurate, initiate, jam*, knock off*, make, make up, mint, off-the-cuff*, originate, plan, produce, project, toss off*, turn out, wing*; concepts 36,173,221 Ant. steal invent [v2] fabricate concoct, conjure up, create out of thin air*, equivocate, fake, falsify, feign, b, forge, lie, make believe, make up, misrepresent, misstate, pretend, prevaricate, simulate, tell a white lie*, tell untruth, think up, trump up*, vamp; concepts 59,63 Ant. tell truth invention [n1] creation, creativeness apparatus, black box*, brainchild*, coinage, concoction, contraption, contrivance, creativity, design, development, device, discovery, doodad*, gadget, genius, gimmick, gizmo*, imagination, ingenuity, innovation, inspiration, inventiveness, novelty, opus, original, originality, resourcefulness; concepts 260,409,660 Ant. steal invention [n2] fabrication, lie deceit, fake, falsehood, fancy, fantasy, b, ction, gment, forgery, prevarication, sham*, story, tall story*, untruth, yarn*; concepts 63,278 Ant. truth inventive [adj] creative adroit, artistic, avant-garde, breaking new ground, causative, constructive, demiurgic, deviceful, fertile, forgetive, formative, fruitful, gifted, imaginative, ingenious, innovational, innovative, innovatory, inspired, original, originative, poetical, productive, resourceful, teeming; concepts 402,542 Ant. stolen, uncreative, uninventive, unoriginal inventor [n] discoverer architect, author, builder, coiner, creator, designer, experimenter, father, founder, innovator, maker, originator, pioneer; concepts 348,352,361 inventory [n] list of stock; stock account, backlog, catalogue, le, fund, hoard, index, itemization, record, register, reserve, reservoir, roll, roster, schedule, stock book, stockpile, store,

summary, supply, table, tabulation; concepts 283,338 inverse [adj] opposite changed, contrary, converse, ipped, inverted, reverse, reversed, reverted, transposed, turned, turned over; concept 564 invert [v] reverse; turn upside down alter, backtrack, capsize, change, convert, double back, evert, ip, ip-op*, introvert, inverse, modify, overturn, renege, revert, tip, transplace, transpose, turn, turn down, turn inside out, turn over, turn the tables*, upend, upset, upturn; concepts 213,232 invest [v1] contribute money to make money advance, back, bankroll, buy into, buy stock, devote, endow, endue, entrust, get into, go in for, imbue, infuse, lay out, lend, loan, pick up the tab*, plow back into*, plunge, provide, put in, put up dough*, salt away*, sink, spend, stake, supply; concepts 115,330,341 Ant. divest, take out invest [v2] give power or authority adopt, authorize, bequeath, charge, consecrate, empower, endow, endue, enthrone, establish, honor, inaugurate, induct, initiate, install, instate, license, ordain, sanction, vest; concepts 50,88 Ant. divest, take away investigate [v] check into thoroughly be all ears*, bug, case*, check out, check over, check up, consider, delve, dig, examine, explore, eyeball*, feel out, frisk, give the once over*, go into, inquire, inquisite, inspect, interrogate, listen in, look into, look over, look-see, make inquiry, muckrake, nose around*, poke, probe, prospect, pry, put to the test*, question, read, reconnoiter, research, review, run down, scout, scrutinize, search, sift, spy, stake out, study, tap, wiretap; concepts 48,103,216 Ant. ignore investigation [n] thorough check analysis, case, delving, examination, exploration, fact-nding, gander, hearing, hustle, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, inspection, legwork, observation, observing, pike, probe, probing, quest, quiz, research, review, scrutiny, search, sounding, study, survey, surveying; concepts 48, 103,216,290 investigator [n] person who checks thoroughly agent, analyst, attorney, auditor, detective, examiner, gumshoe*, hound*, inquirer, inspector, plainclothes ofcer, police, private detective, private eye, prosecutor, researcher, reviewer, Sherlock Holmes*, sleuth, snooper, spy, tester, undercover cop; concepts 348,355 investment [n] something given, lent for a return advance, ante, asset, backing, bail, contribution, endowment, expenditure, expense, nance, nancing, utter, grant, hunch, inside, interests, investing, loan, money, piece, plunge, property, purchase, smart money*, spec*, speculation, stab*, stake, transaction, venture, vested interests; concepts 330,332,340 Ant. divestment investor [n] nancier backer, banker, capitalist, lender, shareholder, stockholder, venture capitalist; concepts 347,348,353 inveterate [adj] long-standing, established abiding, accustomed, addicted, chronic, conrmed, continuing, customary, deep-rooted, deep-seated, dyed-in-the-wool*, enduring,

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entrenched, xed, habitual, habituated, hardcore*, hardened, inbred, incorrigible, incurable, indurated, ineradicable, ingrained, innate, lifelong, long-lasting, long-lived, obstinate, old, perennial, permanent, persistent, persisting, set, settled, stubborn, sworn, usual; concepts 404,534,798 Ant. short-lived invidious [adj] hateful abominable, calumnious, defamatory, detestable, detracting, detractive, detractory, discriminatory, envious, envying, green-eyed*, jealous, libelous, maligning, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repugnant, scandalous, slanderous, slighting, undesirable, vilifying; concepts 401,403 Ant. delightful, likeable, lovable invigorate [v] stimulate activate, animate, brace, buck up, energize, enliven, excite, exhilarate, fortify, freshen, galvanize, harden, inspirit, liven up, nerve, pep up, perk up, pick up, quicken, rally, refresh, reinforce, rejuvenate, renew, restore, revitalize, rouse, snap up*, stir, strengthen, trigger, turn on*, vitalize, vivify, zap; concepts 7,14,22,110 Ant. bore, depress, dishearten, dull, enervate invigorating [adj] stimulating aesthetic, bracing, brisk, charged, energizing, exhilarating, exhilarative, fascinating, fresh, healthful, high*, hyper*, interesting, lively, quickening, refreshing, rejuvenating, rejuvenative, restorative, salubrious, tonic, uplifting, vitalizing; concept 537 Ant. boring, depressing, dull, enervating, unstimulating invincible [adj] indestructible bulletproof, impassable, impregnable, indomitable, insuperable, inviolable, invulnerable, irresistible, powerful, strong, unassailable, unattackable, unbeatable, unconquerable, undefeatable, unsurmountable, untouchable, unyielding; concepts 489,540,551 Ant. beatable, breakable, conquerable, destructible invisible [adj] unable to be seen; hidden concealed, covert, deceptive, disguised, ethereal, gaseous, ghostly, ideal, impalpable, imperceptible, imponderable, inappreciable, inconspicuous, indiscernible, innitesimal, insensible, intangible, masked, microscopic, not in sight, obliterated, obscured, occult, out of sight, perdu, screened, supernatural, ulterior, unapparent, undisclosed, ungraspable, unnoticeable, unobservable, unperceivable, unreal, unseeable, unseen, unviewable, vaporous, veiled, wraithlike; concepts 485,582,619 Ant. detectable, obvious, seen, visible invitation [n] proposal; asking allurement, appeal, attraction, begging, bid, bidding, call, challenge, compliments, coquetry, date, encouragement, enticement, feeler*, ground, hit, incitement, inducement, invite, lure, motive, offer, open door*, overture, paper, pass, petition, pressure, proffer, prompting, proposition, provocation, rain check*, reason, request, solicitation, suggestion, summons, supplication, temptation, urge; concepts 48,384 invite [v] ask to do something socially allure, appeal to, attract, beg, bid, bring on, call, command, countenance, court, draw, encourage, entice, entreat, give invitation, have in, have over, include as guest, insist, inveigle, invitation, issue, lead, lure, persuade, petition, ply,

pray, press, prevail on, propose, provoke, request, send invitation, solicit, suggest, summon, supplicate, tempt, toll, urge, vamp, welcome, woo; concepts 48,68,384 Ant. reject inviting [adj] alluring, captivating agreeable, appealing, attractive, beguiling, bewitching, charming, cordial, delightful, encouraging, engaging, enticing, fascinating, intriguing, magnetic, mouthwatering, open, persuasive, pleasing, provocative, seductive, tempting, warm, welcoming, winning, winsome; concepts 404,529,537 Ant. disenchanting, disgusting, uninviting in vitro [adj] articial articial insemination, outside the womb, test-tube; concepts 372,723 invocation [n] prayer abracadabra*, appeal, beseeching, calling, command, conjuration, entreaty, hocus-pocus*, hoodoo*, mumbo jumbo*, petition, rune, summons, supplication, voodoo*; concepts 48,278,368 invoice [n] itemized bill account, bill of sale, check, IOU, note, statement; concepts 329,332 invoke [v1] call upon adjure, appeal to, beg, beseech, call forth, conjure, crave, entreat, implore, importune, petition, plead, pray, request, send for, solicit, summon, supplicate; concept 48 invoke [v2] put into effect apply, call in, effect, enforce, have recourse to, implement, initiate, resort to, use; concepts 50,88 involuntary [adj] automatic; not done willingly automatic, begrudging, blind, compulsory, conditioned, forced, grudging, habitual, impulsive, instinctive, instinctual, knee-jerk*, obligatory, reex, reexive, reluctant, spontaneous, uncalculated, unconscious, uncontrolled, unintended, unintentional, unmeditated, unpremeditated, unprompted, unthinking, unwilling, unwitting, will-less; concept 544 Ant. conscious, intentional, unforced, voluntary involve [v] draw in; include absorb, affect, argue, associate, bind, catch, commit, complicate, comprehend, comprise, compromise, concern, connect, contain, cover, denote, embrace, embroil, engage, engross, enmesh, entail, entangle, grip, hold, hook, implicate, imply, incorporate, incriminate, inculpate, link, mean, mire, mix up*, necessitate, number, point to, preoccupy, presuppose, prove, relate, require, rivet, rope in, snarl up, suggest, take in, tangle, touch, wrap up in*; concept 112 Ant. exclude, free, remove involved [adj1] complicated Byzantine*, complex, confusing, convoluted, difcult, elaborate, Gordian*, high-tech*, intricate, knotty*, labyrinthine, mazy, muddled, ramied, sophisticated, tangled, tortuous, winding; concept 562 Ant. easy, simple, uncomplicated involved [adj2] implicated in action affected, caught, concerned, eat sleep and breathe*, embarrassed, embroiled, enmeshed, entangled, hooked, immersed in, incriminated, interested, into, knee-deep in*, mixed up in*, mixed up with*, occupied, participating, taking part in, tangled, up to here in*, up to ones neck in*; concepts 542,545 Ant. blameless, exonerated invulnerable [adj] invincible bulletproof, impassable, impenetrable, impregnable,

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indestructible, powerful, secure, strong, unbeatable, untouchable; concepts 489,540,551 inward [adj1] ingoing entering, inbound, incoming, inltrating, inowing, inpouring, penetrating, through; concept 581 Ant. outgoing, outward inward [adj2] private condential, hidden, inmost, inner, innermost, inside, intellectual, interior, internal, intimate, personal, privy, psychological, religious, secret, spiritual; concept 529 Ant. outward, public iota [n] small bit atom, crumb, grain, hint, innitesimal, jot, mite, molecule, nucleus, ounce, particle, ray, scintilla, scrap, smidgen, speck, trace, whit; concept 831 Ant. lot IRA [n] individual retirement account Keogh plan, retirement plan, Roth IRA, self-funded retirement plan, tax-free savings account; concepts 335,340,446,710 irascible [adj] crabby angry, bearish, bristly, cantankerous, choleric, crabbed, cranky, cross, feisty, fractious, grouchy, hasty, hot-tempered, huffy, ireful, irritable, ogre, passionate, peevish, petulant, querulous, quick-tempered, shorttempered, snappish, surly, testy, thin-skinned*, touchy, uptight; concept 401 Ant. cheerful, happy irate [adj] angry angered, annoyed, blown a gasket*, enraged, exasperated, fuming, furious, incensed, indignant, infuriated, irritated, livid, mad, piqued, provoked, riled, steamed*, ticked off*, up in arms*, worked up*, wrathful, wroth; concepts 403,542 Ant. calm, cheerful, happy, pleased ire [n] anger annoyance, boiling point*, conniption, conniption t*, displeasure, exasperation, fury, indignation, more heat than light*, passion, rage, slow burn*, wrath; concept 410 Ant. cheer, happiness iridescent [adj] rainbow-colored irised, lustrous, many-colored, nacreous, opalescent, opaline, pearly, polychromatic, prismatic, rainbowlike, shimmering; concept 618 irk [v] aggravate; rub the wrong way abrade, annoy, bother, bug*, discommode, disturb, eat*, fret, gall, get on nerves*, get to*, give a hard time*, harass, incommode, inconvenience, irritate, make waves*, miff, nettle, peeve, provoke, put out*, rasp, rile, rufe, trouble, vex; concepts 7,19 Ant. delight, please irksome [adj] annoying aggravating, boring, bothersome, burdensome, irritating, tedious, tiresome, troublesome, troubling, vexing; concept 529 iron [adj] hard, tough; inexible adamant, adamantine, cruel, dense, ferric, ferrous, rm, heavy, immovable, implacable, indomitable, inexorable, insensible, obdurate, relentless, rigid, robust, steel, steely, strong, stubborn, thick, unbending, unyielding; concepts 534,604 Ant. exible, soft, weak iron [n1] hard, ferrous metal cast, coke, pig; concept 476 iron [n2] restraint made of metal bond, chain, cuffs, fetter, handcuffs, leg irons, manacles, shackles; concept 476 ironclad [adj] xed, rigid abiding, agreed, arranged, certain, changeless, conrmed, denite, determinate, enduring, rm, inexible,

in the bag*, planned, prearranged, settled, stated, stubborn, sure, unalterable, uncompromising, unwavering; concepts 535,554 ironic/ironical [adj] sarcastic acrid, alert, arrogant, backbiting, biting, bitter, burlesque, caustic, chafng, clever, contemptuous, contradictory, critical, cutting, cynical, deant, derisive, disparaging, double-edged, exaggerated, implausible, incisive, incongruous, jibing, keen, mocking, mordant, paradoxical, pungent, quick-witted, ridiculous, sardonic, satiric, satirical, scathing, scofng, sharp, sneering, spicy, trenchant, twisted, uncomplimentary, witty, wry; concepts 267,548 Ant. considerate, deferential iron out [v] reconcile a situation agree, arbitrate, clear up*, compromise, eliminate, eradicate, erase, expedite, get rid of*, harmonize, negotiate, put right*, reach agreement, resolve, settle, settle differences, simplify, smooth over*, sort out*, straighten out*, unravel; concept 126 Ant. make worse, mess up irony [n] sarcasm banter, burlesque, contempt, contrariness, criticism, derision, humor, incongruity, jibe, mockery, mordancy, paradox, quip, raillery, repartee, reproach, ridicule, sardonicism, satire, taunt, twist, wit; concepts 230,278 Ant. consideration, deference irrational [adj] illogical, senseless aberrant, absurd, brainless, cockamamie*, crazy, delirious, demented, disconnected, disjointed, distraught, fallacious, aky*, foolish, freaky, incoherent, injudicious, insane, invalid, kooky*, loony*, mad, mindless, nonsensical, nutty*, off-the-wall*, preposterous, raving, reasonless, ridiculous, silly, sophistic, specious, stupid, unreasonable, unreasoning, unsound, unstable, unthinking, unwise, wacky*, wild, wrong; concepts 402,403,529 Ant. logical, rational, reasonable, reective, sensible, sound, stable irreconcilable [adj] hostile, conicting clashing, diametrically opposed, discordant, discrepant, dissonant, hard-line, implacable, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inexorable, inexible, inharmonious, intransigent, opposed, reluctant, unappeasable, uncompromising, unfriendly; concepts 401,564 Ant. compromising, friendly, reconcilable irrefutable [adj] beyond question accurate, apodictic, can bet on it*, certain, doublechecked, evident, nal, inarguable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, invincible, ironclad, irrebuttable, irrefragable, irresistible, nof ifs ands or buts*, obvious, odds-on*, positive, proven, set, sure, unanswerable, unassailable, undeniable, unimpeachable, unquestionable; concepts 529,535, 582 Ant. doubtful, dubious, questionable, refutable, uncertain irregular [adj1] random, variable aberrant, aimless, capricious, casual, changeable, designless, desultory, disconnected, discontinuous, eccentric, erratic, faltering, tful, uctuating, fragmentary, haphazard, hit-or-miss*, inconstant, indiscriminate, infrequent, intermittent, jerky, nonuniform, occasional, out of order, patchy, purposeless, recurrent, shaky, shifting, spasmodic, sporadic, uncertain, unconsidered, uneven, unmethodical, unpunctual, unreliable,

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unsettled, unsteady, unsystematic, up and down*, weaving; concepts 534,799 Ant. conventional, methodical, regular, systematic irregular [adj2] abnormal, peculiar aberrant, anomalous, atypical, capricious, deviant, different, disorderly, divergent, eccentric, exceptional, extraordinary, immoderate, improper, inappropriate, inordinate, odd, off-key*, queer, quirky, singular, strange, unconventional, unique, unnatural, unofcial, unorthodox, unsuitable, unusual; concept 547 Ant. common, conventional, normal, standard, usual irregular [adj3] bumpy, uneven aberrant, amorphous, asymmetrical, bent, broken, cockeyed*, craggy, crooked, devious, disproportionate, eccentric, elliptic, elliptical, hilly, jagged, lopsided, lumpy, meandering, notched, not uniform, off-balance, off-center, out of proportion, pitted, protuberant, rough, scarred, serrate, serrated, unaligned, unbalanced, unequal, unsymmetrical, variable, wobbly, zigzagged; concepts 490,606 Ant. even, at, level, smooth irregularly [adv] intermittently anyhow, any which way*, at intervals, by ts and starts*, by turns, disconnectedly, eccentrically, erratically, tfully, haphazardly, helter-skelter*, infrequently, in snatches*, jerkily, now and again, occasionally, off and on*, out of sequence, periodically, slapdash, spasmodically, sporadically, uncertainly, uncommonly, unevenly, unmethodically, unpunctually, willy-nilly*; concepts 544,548,799 Ant. evenly, regularly irrelevant [adj] beside the point extraneous, foreign, garbage, immaterial, impertinent, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, inappurtenant, inapropos, inapt, inconsequent, inconsequential, insignicant, not connected with, not germane, not pertaining to, off the point, off the topic, out of order, out of place, outside, pointless, remote, trivial, unapt, unconnected, unimportant, unnecessary, unrelated, without reference; concepts 560,575 Ant. appropriate, necessary, pertinent, related, relevant irreligious [adj] ungodly agnostic, atheistic, blasphemous, faithless, free-thinking, godless, heathen, iconoclastic, impious, irreverent, pagan, sacrilegious, sinful, unbelieving, undevout, unholy; concept 545 irreparable [adj] unable to be xed beyond repair, broken, cureless, destroyed, hopeless, impossible, incorrigible, incurable, irrecoverable, irredeemable, irremediable, irremedial, irreplaceable, irretrievable, irreversible, ruined, uncorrectable, unrecoverable; concepts 314, 485 Ant. xable, mendable, repairable, reparable irrepressible [adj] effervescent, vivacious boisterous, bubbling, buoyant, ebullient, enthusiastic, insuppressible, rebellious, rhapsodical, tumultous/tumultuous, unconstrained, uncontainable, uncontrollable, unmanageable, unquenchable, unrestrainable, unrestrained, unruly, unstoppable; concept 401 Ant. depressed, despondent, grave, hopeless, serious irreproachable [adj] innocent beyond reproach, blameless, exemplary, faultless, good, guiltless, impeccable, inculpable, innocent, irreprehensible, irreprovable, perfect,

pure, reproachless, righteous, unblamable, unblemished, unimpeachable, virtuous; concepts 545,574 Ant. blameable, imperfect irresistible [adj] compelling; inescapable alluring, beckoning, charming, enchanting, fascinating, glamorous, imperative, indomitable, ineluctable, inevitable, inexorable, invincible, lovable, overpowering, overwhelming, potent, powerful, ravishing, scrumptious, seductive, stunning, tempting, unavoidable, unconquerable, urgent; concepts 529,574,579 Ant. avoidable, escapable, resistible irresolute [adj] indecisive changing, doubtful, doubting, faltering, fearful, ckle, uctuating, halfhearted*, halting, hesitant, hesitating, hotand-cold*, inrm, on-the-fence*, shaky, tentative, timid, uncertain, undecided, undetermined, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, wafing*, wavering, weak, weak-kneed*, wimpy*, wishy-washy*, wobbly; concepts 403,535 Ant. denite, determined, obstinate, resolute, stubborn, unyielding, willful irresponsible [adj] careless, reckless capricious, carefree, devil-may-care*, feckless, ckle, ighty, y-by-night*, giddy, harebrained, ill-considered, immature, immoral, incautious, lax, loose*, no-account*, rash, scatterbrained*, shiftless, thoughtless, unaccountable, unanswerable, uncareful, undependable, unpredictable, unreliable, unstable, untrustworthy, wild; concepts 404,544 Ant. accountable, careful, liable, reliable, responsible, trustworthy irreverence [n] disrespect blasphemy, cheek, derision, discourtesy, ippancy, heresy, impertinence, impiety, impudence, insult, mockery, profanity, ridicule, rudeness, sauciness*, sin, sinfulness; concept 633 Ant. regard, respect, reverence irreverent [adj] disrespectful aweless, cheeky*, cocky*, contemptuous, crusty*, derisive, ip*, ippant, fresh, iconoclastic, impertinent, impious, impudent, insolent, irreverential, mocking, out-of-line*, profane, rude, sacrilegious, sassy*, saucy*, tongue-in-cheek*, ungodly, unhallowed, unholy; concept 401 Ant. religious, respectful, reverent irrevocable [adj] xed, unchangeable certain, changeless, constant, doomed, established, fated, nal, immutable, indelible, inevitable, invariable, irremediable, irretrievable, irreversible, lost, permanent, predestined, predetermined, settled, unalterable, unrepealable, unreversible; concepts 534,551 Ant. alterable, changeable, reversible, revocable irritable [adj] bad-tempered, crabby annoyed, bearish, brooding, cantankerous, carping, choleric, complaining, contentious, crabbed, cross, crotchety, disputatious, dissatised, dyspeptic, easily offended, exasperated, ery, fractious, fretful, fretting, gloomy, grouchy, grumbling, hasty, hot, huffy, hypercritical, ill-humored, irascible, moody, morose, out of humor, oversensitive, peevish, petulant, plaintive, prickly, querulous, quick-tempered, resentful, sensitive, snappy, snarling, surly, tense, testy, touchy; concepts 401,403 Ant. cheerful, happy, nice irritate [v1] upset, anger abrade, affront, aggravate, annoy, bother, bug*, burn*, chafe, confuse, distemper, disturb, drive up the

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wall*, enrage, exasperate, fret, gall, get, get on nerves*, get under skin*, grate, harass, incense, iname, infuriate, irk, madden, needle*, nettle, offend, pain, peeve, pester, pique, provoke, put out, rankle, rasp, rattle, rile, roil, rub the wrong way*, rufe, sour, try, vex; concepts 7,19 Ant. aid, assuage, delight, help, please irritate [v2] hurt, chafe aggravate, burn, erupt, fret, iname, intensify, itch, pain, redden, rub, sensitize, sharpen, sting, swell; concept 246 Ant. aid, assist, calm, help, soothe island [n] land surrounded by body of water archipelago, atoll, bar, cay, enclave, haven, isle, islet, key, peninsula, reef, refuge, retreat, sanctuary, shelter; concept 509 isolate [v] cut off, set apart abstract, block off, close off, conne, detach, disconnect, disengage, divide, divorce, insulate, island, keep apart, part, quarantine, remove, seclude, segregate, separate, sequester, sever, sunder; concepts 188,201 Ant. include, incorporate, integrate, join, mingle isolated [adj] unique; private abandoned, abnormal, alone, anomalous, apart, backwoods*, conned, deserted, detached, exceptional, farout, forsaken, hidden, incommunicado*, lonely, lonesome, off beaten track*, outlying, out-ofthe-way*, random, remote, retired, screened, secluded, segregated, sequestered, single, solitary, special, stranded, unaccompanied, unfrequented, unrelated, untypical, unusual, withdrawn; concepts 577,583 Ant. included, incorporated, mingling, public isolation [n] seclusion aloneness, aloofness, beleaguerment, concealment, connement, desolation, detachment, exile, hiding, monkhood, privacy, privateness, quarantine, reclusion, reclusiveness, remoteness, retreat, seclusiveness, segregation, sequestration, solitude, withdrawal; concepts 135,188,388,631 issue [n1] point in question affair, argument, concern, contention, controversy, matter, matter of contention, point, point of departure, problem, puzzle, question, subject, topic; concepts 278,532 issue [n2] result causatum, conclusion, consequence, culmination, effect, end, end product, eventuality, nale, fruit, outcome, payoff, sequel, termination, upshot; concept 230 Ant. cause, origin, source issue [n3] edition of publication copy, impression, installment, number, printing; concept 280 issue [n4] distribution circulation, delivery, dispersion, dissemination, granting, issuance, issuing, publication, sending out, supply, supplying; concept 140 issue [n5] children brood, descendants, get, heirs, offspring, posterity, progeniture, progeny, scions, seed; concepts 296,414 Ant. parent issue [v1] distribute air, allot, announce, assign, bring out, broadcast, circulate, consign, declare, deliver, dispatch, dispense, emit, get out, give out, promulgate, publish, put in circulation, put out, release, send, send out, transmit; concepts 60,140,292 Ant. hold, keep issue [v2] emit, emerge; come from appear, arise, be a consequence, birth, come forth, derive from, emanate, exude, ow, give off,

give out, ooze, originate, proceed, release, rise, send forth, spring, spurt, stem, throw off, vent, well; concepts 179,648 Ant. hold, keep, repress, retain, suppress itch [n1] scratching; tingling crawling, creeping, irritation, itchiness, prickling, psoriasis, rawness, tickle; concepts 608,728 itch [n2] strong desire aphrodisia, appetite, appetition, concupiscence, craving, eroticism, hankering, hunger, impulse, longing, lust, lustfulness, motive, passion, prurience, restlessness, urge, yearning, yen; concepts 20,529 Ant. dislike, hate, hatred itch [v1] scratch; tingle crawl, creep, irritate, prick, prickle, sting, tickle, titillate; concepts 185,313,612 itch [v2] desire strongly ache, be impatient, burn, chafe, crave, hanker, have a yen for, hunger, long, lust, pant, pine, sigh, thirst, want, yearn; concept 20 Ant. dislike, hate item [n] part, article account, aspect, bit, blurb*, bulletin, column, component, consideration, conversation piece, detail, dispatch, element, entry, feature, incidental, information, matter, minor point, minutia, news, note, notice, novelty, paragraph, particular, piece, point, report, scoop*, scrap, specic, story, thing, write-up; concepts 270,831,835 itemize [v] keep detailed record catalog, circumstantiate, cite, count, detail, document, enumerate, individualize, instance, inventory, lay out, list, mention, number, particularize, quote, recite, record, recount, rehearse, relate, set out, specify, spell out, tally; concepts 57,125 itinerant [adj] roaming afoot, ambulant, ambulatory, oating, gypsy, journeying, migratory, moving, nomadic, on foot, peripatetic, ranging, riding the rails*, roving, shifting, travelling, unsettled, vagabond, vagrant, wandering, wayfaring; concepts 536,584 Ant. permanent, settled itinerary [n] plan of travel beat, circuit, course, guide, guidebook, journey, line, outline, path, program, route, run, schedule, tour, way; concepts 281,660

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jab [n/v] poke blow, buck, bump, bunt, dig, hit, jog, lunge, nudge, prod, punch, push, stab, tap, thrust; concept 189 jabber [v] talk incessantly and trivially babble, blather*, chatter, drivel, gab, go on and on*, jaw, mumble, murmur, mutter, prate, ramble, run off at mouth*, shoot the breeze*, talk, tattle, utter, yak, yap; concepts 51,56 Ant. be silent jacket [n] covering case, casing, coat, envelope, folder, fur, hide, parka, pelt, sheath, skin, threads, tunic, wrapper, wrapping; concepts 451,484 jaded [adj] exhausted, indifferent been around, blah*, blas, bored, cool*, done it all*, dulled, fagged, fatigued, fed up*, had it*, mellow, sated, satiated, sick of*, spent, surfeited, tired, tired-out*, up to here*, wearied, weary, worn, worn-down, worn-out; concepts 401,406 Ant. fresh, unused

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jagged [adj] ragged, notched asperous, barbed, broken, cleft, craggy, denticulate, harsh, indented, irregular, pointed, ridged, rough, rugged, scabrous, serrated, snaggy, spiked, toothed, uneven, unlevel, unsmooth; concepts 490,606 Ant. even, smooth jail [n] place for incarceration bastille, black hole*, brig, bullpen*, can*, cell, clink*, cooler*, detention camp, dungeon, house of correction, inside*, jailhouse, joint*, lockup, pen, penal institution, penitentiary, pound, prison, rack*, reformatory, slammer*, solitary*, stir*, stockade, up the river*; concepts 439,449,516 jail [v] incarcerate bastille, book, cage, can*, conne, constrain, detain, hold, immure, impound, imprison, lock up, prison, put away*, put behind bars*, put on ice*, railroad*, send up*, sentence, take away*, throw away the keys*, throw in dungeon, throw the book at*; concept 317 Ant. free, liberate jailer [n] prison warden correctional ofcer, corrections ofcer, guard, prison guard, turnkey; concept 348 jalopy [n] old, dilapidated automobile bucket of bolts*, clunker, heap*, junker*, rattletrap*, tin lizzie*, wreck; concepts 260,674 jam [n] troublesome situation bind, box, corner, difculty, dilemma, x, hole, hot water*, pickle*, plight, predicament, problem, quandary, scrape, spot, strait, trouble; concept 674 Ant. benet, boon jam [v] squeeze in; compress bear, bind, block, cease, clog, congest, cram, crowd, crush, elbow, force, halt, jam-pack, jostle, obstruct, pack, press, push, ram, squash, squish, stall, stick, stuff, tamp, throng, wad, wedge; concepts 121,208 jamboree [n] noisy celebration bash*, blowout*, ceremony, convention, festival, gathering, hoopla, jubilee, party, rally, revelry, shindig, wingding*; concept 377 jangle [n] cacophony of noises babel, clang, clangor, clash, din, dissonance, hubbub*, hullabaloo*, jar, pandemonium, racket, rattle, reverberation, roar, tumult, uproar; concept 595 jangle [v] make clinking noises chime, clank, clash, clatter, conict, disaccord, discord, disharmonize, hit a sour note*, jar, jingle, mismatch, rattle, vibrate; concept 65 janitor [n] person who cleans and maintains attendant, caretaker, cleaning person, concierge, custodian, doorkeeper, doorperson, gatekeeper, house sitter, porter, sitter, super, superintendent, sweeper, watchperson; concept 348 jar [n1] container basin, beaker, bottle, burette, can, chalice, crock, cruet, decanter, ewer, agon, ask, jug, pitcher, pot, tun, urn, vase, vat, vessel; concept 494 jar [n2] shocking hit bump, clash, collision, concussion, crash, impact, jolt, jounce, rock, smash, succussion, thud, thump; concept 189 jar [v1] shock, jolt agitate, bang, bounce, bump, clash, convulse, crash, disturb, grate, grind, hit, irritate, jerk, jiggle, jounce, jump, offend, quake, rasp, rattle, rock, shake, slam, thump, tremor, vibrate, wiggle, wobble; concepts 65,189 jar [v2] clash, disharmonize annoy, bicker, contend, disaccord, disagree, discompose, discord, grate, grind, interfere, irk, irritate,

jangle, mismatch, nettle, oppose, outrage, quarrel, shock, wrangle; concepts 7,19 Ant. agree, harmonize jargon [n] specialized language; dialect abracadabra*, argot, balderdash*, banality, bombast, bunk*, buzzwords*, cant, clich, colloquialism, commonplace term, doublespeak, drivel, fustian, gibberish, hackneyed term, idiom, insipidity, lexicon, lingo*, mumbo jumbo*, neologism, newspeak, nonsense, overused term, palaver, parlance, patois, patter, rigmarole, shoptalk, slang, slanguage*, speech, stale language, street talk*, tongue, trite language, twaddle*, usage, vernacular, vocabulary; concepts 275,276 Ant. standard jaundiced [adj] tainted, prejudiced biased, bigoted, bitter, colored, cynical, disapproving, distorted, envious, grudging, hostile, intolerant, jealous, one-sided, opprobrious, partial, partisan, preconceived, prepossessed, resentful, skeptical, spiteful, suspicious, tendentious, unfair, unfriendly, unindifferent, warped, yellow; concepts 401,403,542 Ant. clean, fresh, unbiased, unprejudiced jaunt [n] expedition adventure, airing, amble, beat, canter, circuit, constitutional, course, cruise, drive, excursion, frolic, gallop, hike, jog, journey, junket, march, outing, patrol, peregrination, picnic, promenade, prowl, ramble, ride, round, roundabout, run, safari, sally, saunter, stroll, tour, tramp, travel, trek, trip, turn, voyage, walk; concepts 159,195,224 jaunty [adj] lively airy, animated, bold, brash, breezy, buoyant, carefree, careless, cocky, dapper, dashing, debonair, devilish, devil-maycare*, easy, exhilarated, ip*, ippant, forward, free, fresh, frisky, frolicsome, gamesome, gay, high-spirited, hilarious, impetuous, impish, impudent, jocose, joking, jolly, jovial, light, natty, nervy, perky, playful, prankish, provocative, reckless, rollicking, self-condent, showy, smart, sportive, sporty, sprightly, spruce, swaggering, trim, venturesome, vivacious; concepts 401,404 Ant. depressed, lethargic, lifeless jaw [n] bones of chin bone, chops*, jowl, mandible, maxilla, mouth, muzzle*, orice; concept 392 jaw [v1] talk a lot babble, chat, chatter, gab*, gossip, jabber, lecture, orate, prate, prattle, yak; concepts 51,56 Ant. be quiet jaw [v2] criticize abuse, baste, berate, blame, call on the carpet*, censure, rail, rate, revile, scold, tongue-lash*, upbraid, vituperate; concept 52 Ant. praise jazz [n] style of music bebop*, blues, boogie*, boogie-woogie*, Dixieland, fusion jazz, hot jazz, improvisational music, jive*, ragtime, swing; concept 595 jazzed-up [adj] souped up gassed-up, high geared, high performance, high speed, hoppedup*, pepped-up*, pumped-up*, revved-up*, speedy, supercharged; concepts 401,404 jazzy [adj] fancy animated, exciting, ashy, gaudy, lively, salacious, sexy, smart, snazzy*, spirited, vivacious, wild, zestful, zippy*; concepts 537,589 Ant. conservative, simple, unfancy jealous [adj] desirous; wary anxious, apprehensive, attentive, begrudging, covetous,

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demanding, doubting, emulous, envious, envying, grabby, grasping, green-eyed, grudging, guarded, intolerant, invidious, jaundiced, mistrustful, monopolizing, possessive, possessory, protective, questioning, resentful, rival, skeptical, solicitous, suspicious, vigilant, watchful, zealous; concepts 403,542 Ant. condent, content, satised, trusting, unresentful jealousy [n] envy backbiting, begrudging, covetousness, enviousness, evil eye*, greeneyed monster*, grudge, grudgingness, jaundiced eye*, resentfulness, resentment, spite; concept 410 jeans [n] dungarees blue jeans, chaps, denims, LeesTM, LevisTM, pants, trousers, WranglersTM; concept 451 jeer [v] heckle banter, comeback, contemn, deride, dig*, eer, out, gibe, hector, hoot, jab, jest, laugh at, make a crack*, mock, poke fun, put down, put on, quip, ridicule, scoff, sneer, snipe, taunt; concept 54 jell [v] coagulate clot, cohere, come together, condense, congeal, crystallize, nalize, form, freeze, gel, gelate, gelatinize, harden, jellify, jelly, materialize, set, solidify, stick, stiffen, take shape, thicken; concepts 250,469 Ant. liquidate, melt jeopardize [v] endanger be careless, chance, chance it*, gamble, hazard, imperil, lay on the line*, peril, put at risk, put in danger, put in jeopardy, risk, stake, subject to, tempt fate, threaten; concepts 246,252,384 jeopardy [n] danger, trouble accident, chance, double-trouble*, endangerment, exposure, hazard, insecurity, liability, on the line*, on the spot*, out on a limb*, peril, precariousness, risk, venture, vulnerability; concept 675 Ant. protection, safety jerk [n1] a lurching move bounce, bump, ick, op, jolt, pull, quake, quiver, shiver, snag, thrust, tug, tweak, twitch, wiggle, wrench, wriggle, yank; concepts 80,149,150 jerk [n2] stupid, bumbling person brute, fool, idiot, nincompoop, ninny, oaf, rascal; concept 423 jerk [v] move with lurch bounce, bump, dance, ick, ing, ip, op, grab, hook, hurtle, jolt, lug, pluck, pull, quake, quiver, seize, shiver, shrug, sling, snag, snatch, throw, thrust, tug, tweak, twitch, vellicate, whisk, wiggle, wrench, wrest, wriggle, wring, yank; concepts 150,152 jerky [adj] uncontrolled bouncy, bumpy, convulsive, tful, jarring, jolting, lurching, paroxysmal, rough, shaking, shaky, spasmodic, tremulous, twitching, twitchy, uncontrollable; concept 482 Ant. uid, smooth jerry-built [adj] imsy cheap, defective, insubstantial, jerry-rigged, junky, makeshift, ramshackle, rickety, shoddy, slipshod, unsound, unsubstantial; concept 267 jest [n] joke banter, bon mot, crack, fun, funny, gag, game, hoax, jive, jolly, laugh, one-liner*, play, pleasantry, prank, quip, rib, rib-tickler*, ridicule, sally, spoof, sport, wisecrack, witticism; concept 273 jest [v] joke banter, chaff, deride, out, fool, fun*, gibe*, gird*, jeer, jive*, jolly*, josh*, kid, mock, needle*, put on, quip, rag*, razz*, rib*, roast*, scoff, sneer, spoof, tease; concept 273

jester [n] person who jokes, plays jokes actor, antic, banterer, buffoon, card*, clown, comedian, comic, cutup*, droll, fool, harlequin, humorist, japer, joker, jokester, larker, life of the party*, madcap*, pantaloon, practical joker, prankster, quipster, standup comic, trickster, wag*, wisecracker*, wit; concept 423 jet [adj] black atramentous, coal-black, dark, ebon, ebony, inky, midnight, obsidian, pitchblack, pitch-dark, raven, sable; concept 618 Ant. white jet [n1] rush, gush of substance ow, fountain, spout, spray, spring, spritz, spurt, squirt, stream; concepts 465,467 jet [n2] vehicle propelled by ejection of pressurized gas or liquid airbus, airplane, plane, supersonic, supersonic transport, turbo; concepts 463,503 jet [v] spurt, gush ow, y, issue, pour, roll, rush, shoot, soar, spew, spout, spritz, squirt, stream, surge, travel, zoom; concept 179 jet set [n] high society beau monde, beautiful people, cream of society, elite, fashionable society, in-crowd, leisured class, moneyed class, polite society, smart set, the well-to-do, upper crust; concepts 387,388,417 jettison [v] eject; throw overboard abandon, abdicate, cashier*, cast, cast off, deep-six*, discard, dump, expel, heave, hurl, junk*, maroon, reject, scrap*, shed, slough, throw away, unload*; concepts 180,222 Ant. take in, take on jetty [n] pier barrier, breakwater, dock, groin, landing, quay, seawall, slip, wharf; concepts 439,443,479 jewel [n1] precious stone baguette, bauble, bead, bijou, birthstone, brilliant, gem, gemstone, glass, gullion, hardware*, ornament, rock*, sparkler*, stone, trinket; concepts 446,474,478 jewel [n2] something, someone precious charm, nd, gem, genius, ideal, masterpiece, nonesuch, nonpareil, paragon, pearl*, phenomenon, phoenix*, prize, prodigy, rarity, specialty, treasure, wonder; concept 671 jewelry [n] precious stones, metals worn as decoration adornment, anklet, band, bangle, bauble, beads, bijou, bracelet, brass, brooch, cameo, chain, charm, choker, costume, cross, crown, diamonds, earring, nery, frippery, gem, glass*, gold, ice*, jewel, junk*, knickknack, lavaliere, locket, necklace, ornament, pendant, pin, regalia, ring, rock, rosary, silver, solitaire, sparkler, stickpin, stone, tiara, tie pin, treasure, trinket; concept 446 Jewish [adj] Israelite Hasidic, Hebrew, Judaistic, Semitic; concept 369 Jezebel [n] prostitute broad, fallen woman*, femme fatale, oozy*, harlot, hooker, hussy, jade, loose woman, scarlet, slut, strumpet, tart, trollop, vamp, whore; concepts 348,412, 415,419 jibe [v] agree accord, conform, correspond, dovetail, t, t in, go, harmonize, match, resemble, square, tally; concept 664 Ant. clash, disagree jiffy [n] instant breath, crack, ash, jiff*, minute, moment, second, shake*, split second*, trice, twinkling*; concept 808

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jiggle [v] bounce up and down agitate, bob, dget, jerk, jig, jigger, jog, joggle, shake, shimmer, shimmy, twitch, vellicate, wiggle; concepts 150,152 jilt [v] abandon, betray break off*, coquette, deceive, desert, disappoint, discard, ditch*, drop*, dump*, forsake, get rid of, leave, leave at the altar*, leave at*, reject, throw over*; concepts 195,297,384 Ant. keep, love jingle [v] make metallic clinking noise chime, chink, chinkle, clamor, clang, clatter, clink, ding, jangle, rattle, reverberate, ring, sound, tingle, tinkle, tintannabulate; concept 65 jinx [n] curse black magic, charm, enchantment, evil eye*, hex, hoodoo*, kiss of death*, nemesis, plague, spell, voodoo*; concepts 230,679 Ant. advantage, benet, boon, luck jinx [v] curse bedevil, bewitch, cast a spell on, charm, condemn, damn*, enchant, give the evil eye*, hex; concepts 14,192 Ant. benet jitters [n] nervousness anxiety, dither, dgets, heebie-jeebies*, jumps, nerves, shakes, shivers, tenseness, willies*; concepts 230,410,690 Ant. calmness jittery [adj] nervous antsy*, anxious, apprehensive, edgy, excitable, dgety, high-strung*, jumpy, on edge*, on pins and needles*, panicky, quivering, restless, shaky, skittish, spooked, tense, trembling, uneasy, uptight; concept 401 job [n1] employment activity, appointment, assignment, berth, billet, business, calling, capacity, career, chore, connection, craft, daily grind*, engagement, faculty, function, gig*, grind*, handicraft, line, livelihood, means, mtier, niche, nine-to-ve*, occupation, ofce, opening, operation, place, position, post, posting, profession, pursuit, racket*, rat race*, situation, spot, stint, swindle*, task, trade, vocation, work; concepts 351,360 Ant. unemployment job [n2] task act, action, affair, assignment, burden, business, care, charge, chore, commission, concern, contribution, deed, devoir, duty, effort, enterprise, errand, function, matter, mission, obligation, ofce, operation, project, province, pursuit, responsibility, role, stint, task, taskwork, thing*, tour of duty, undertaking, venture, work; concept 362 Ant. fun jobless [adj] unemployed between jobs*, collecting unemployment benets, laid off, on the dole*, out of a job, out of work, without employment, without gainful employment, workless; concept 538 jock [n] athlete competitor, letterman/woman, letterperson, player, sportsman/woman, sportsperson; concept 366 jockey [v] maneuver direct, guide, handle, move, navigate, negotiate, pilot, position, ride, steer, turn, twist; concepts 187,225 jocular/jocose/jocund [adj] funny, playful amusing, blithe, camp, cheerful, comic, comical, crazy, daffy, droll, facetious, aky*, frolicsome, gay, gleeful, happy, humorous, jesting, jokey, joking, jolly, joshing, jovial, joyous, laughable, lighthearted, lively, ludicrous, merry, mischievous, pleasant, roguish, sportive, teasing, wacky, waggish, whimsical, witty; concepts 267,529 Ant. morose, serious, unfunny jog [v1] activate, push agitate, arouse, bounce, dig, hit, jab, jar, jerk, jiggle, joggle, jolt, jostle,

jounce, nudge, press, prod, prompt, punch, remind, rock, shake, shove, stimulate, stir, suggest, whack; concepts 14,208 Ant. repress jog [v2] run for recreation amble, canter, dash, dogtrot, lope, pace, sprint, trot; concept 151 John Hancock [n] signature autograph, endorsement, inscription, mark, seal, undersignature; concept 284 joie de vivre [n] cheerfulness delight, enjoyment, gaiety, gladsomeness, happiness, high spirits, joviality, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, lightheartedness, love of life, merriment, molliness, spiritedness; concepts 410,411 Ant. depression, sobriety join [v1] unite accompany, add, adhere, afx, agglutinate, annex, append, assemble, associate, attach, blend, bracket, cement, clamp, clasp, clip, coadunate, coalesce, combine, compound, concrete, conjoin, conjugate, connect, copulate, couple, entwine, fasten, fuse, grapple, hitch on, incorporate, interlace, intermix, juxtapose, knit, leash, link, lock, lump together, marry, mate, melt, mix, pair, put together, slap on, span, splice, stick together, tack on, tag on, tie, tie up, touch, weave, wed, weld, yoke; concept 113 Ant. disjoin, divide, separate join [v2] afliate with organization align, associate with, be in, come aboard*, consort, cooperate, enlist, enroll, enter, fall in with*, follow, go to, mingle with, pair with, plug into*, side with, sign on, sign up, take part in, take up with, team up with, throw in with*, tie up with; concept 114 Ant. leave, resign, withdraw join [v3] touch; border on abut, adjoin, be adjacent to, be at hand, be close to, be contiguous to, bound, butt, communicate, conjoin, extend, fringe, hem, lie beside, lie near, lie next to, line, march, meet, neighbor, open into, parallel, reach, rim, skirt, trench on, verge on; concept 747 Ant. separate joint [adj] shared, combined collective, common, communal, concerted, conjoint, conjunct, consolidated, cooperative, hand in hand, intermutual, joined, mutual, public, united; concepts 577,708 Ant. disjoint, separate, single, uncombined, unshared joint [n1] intersection, juncture abutment, articulation, bend, bond, bracket, bridge, concourse, conuence, conjuncture, connection, copula, coupling, crux, elbow, hinge, hyphen, impingement, interconnection, junction, knot, link, meeting, nexus, node, point, seam, splice, suture, swivel, tangency, tie, union, vinculum; concepts 393,830,831 joint [n2] cheap hangout bar, club, dive*, hole in the wall*, honky-tonk*, juke joint*, roadhouse, tavern; concepts 439,449 jointly [adv] as one accordingly, agreeably, alike, arm in arm*, coincidentally, collectively, combined, companionably, concomitantly, concurrently, conjointly, connectedly, cooperatively, en masse, hand in glove*, hand in hand*, harmoniously, in a group, in common, in company with, in concert, in conjunction, inextricably, in league, in partnership, inseparably, intimately, in unison, mutually, reciprocally, side by side*, similarly, simultaneously, synchronically, together, unitedly, with one another; concept 577 Ant. singly

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joke [n1] fun, quip antic, bon mot, buffoonery, burlesque, caper, caprice, chestnut*, clowning, drollery, epigram, escapade, farce, frolic, gag, gambol, game, ha-ha*, hoodwinking*, horseplay*, humor, jape, jest, lark, laugh, mischief, monkeyshine*, mummery, one-liner*, parody, payoff, play, pleasantry, prank, pun, put-on, quirk, raillery, repartee, revel, rib, sally, saw, shaggy-dog story*, shenanigan*, snow job*, sport, spree, stunt, tomfoolery, trick, vagary, whimsy, wisecrack, witticism, yarn; concept 273 joke [n2] person that is made fun of buffoon, butt, clown, derision, fool, goat, jackass, jestee, laughingstock, mockery, simpleton, sport, target; concepts 412,423 joke [v] kid, tease banter, chaff, deceive, deride, fool, frolic, fun, gambol, horse around*, jape, jest, jive*, jolly, josh, kid around, laugh, make merry, mock, needle, play, play the clown, play tricks, poke fun*, pull ones leg*, pun, put on, quip, rag, revel, rib, ridicule, roast*, spoof, sport, taunt, trick, wisecrack*; concept 273 Ant. be serious joker [n] person who kids, teases actor, banana*, buffoon, card*, clown, comedian, comic, cutup*, droll, farceur, fool, funster*, gagster*, humorist, jester, jokesmith, jokester, josher*, kidder, life of the party*, prankster*, punster*, quipster*, second banana*, stand-up comic, stooge, straight person, top banana*, trickster*, wag, wisecracker*, wit; concepts 352,423 jolly [adj] laughing, joyful blithe, blithesome, bouncy, carefree, cheerful, chipper, chirpy, convivial, daffy, delightful, enjoyable, entertaining, festive, frolicsome, funny, gay, gladsome, gleeful, happy, hilarious, jocund, jokey, joshing, jovial, joyous, jubilant, larking, lighthearted, lots of laughs, merry, mirthful, playful, pleasant, sportive, sprightly, zippy*; concepts 267,542,548 Ant. sad, unhappy jolt [n] surprise; sudden push blow, bombshell*, bounce, bump, clash, collision, concussion, double whammy*, impact, jar, jerk, jog, jounce, jump, kick, lurch, percussion, punch, quiver, reversal, setback, shake, shock, shot, start, surprise, thunderbolt; concepts 42,208 jolt [v] surprise; push suddenly astonish, bowl over*, bump, churn, convulse, discompose, disturb, oor, jar, jerk, jog, jostle, knock, knock over*, lay out*, perturb, rock, shake, shake up*, shock, shove, spring something on*, stagger, start, startle, stun, throw a curve*, upset; concepts 42,208 jostle [v] bump, shake bang into, bulldoze*, bump heads*, butt*, crash, crowd, elbow, hustle, jab, jog, joggle, jolt, nudge, press, push, push around, push aside, rough and tumble*, scramble, shoulder, shove, squeeze, thrust; concepts 152,189,208 journal [n] chronicle account, almanac, annals, annual, calendar, chronology, comic book, daily, daybook, diary, gazette, ledger, log, magazine, memento, memoir, minutes, monthly, newspaper, note, observation, organ, paper, periodical, publication, rag, record, register, reminder, reminiscence, review, scandal sheet*, statement, tabloid, weekly; concepts 271,280,801

journalism [n] reporting broadcast writing, news, newspaper writing, the fourth estate, the press, writing; concepts 280,349,356 journalist [n] person who writes about factual events for a living announcer, broadcaster, columnist, commentator, contributor, correspondent, cub, editor, hack, media person, newspaper person, newsperson, pencil pusher*, press, publicist, reporter, scribe, scrivener, stringer*, television commentator, writer; concepts 348,356 journey [n] excursion adventure, airing, beat, campaign, caravan, circuit, constitutional, course, crossing, drive, expedition, exploration, hike, itinerary, jaunt, junket, march, migration, odyssey, outing, passage, patrol, peregrination, pilgrimage, progress, promenade, quest, ramble, range, roaming, round, route, run, safari, sally, saunter, sojourn, stroll, survey, tour, tramp, transit, transmigration, travel, traveling, traverse, trek, trip, vagabondage, vagrancy, venture, visit, voyage, wandering, wayfaring; concept 224 journey [v] travel circuit, cruise, fare, y, globe trot*, go, go places, hie, hop, jaunt, jet, junket, knock about*, pass, peregrinate, proceed, process, push on, ramble, range, repair, roam, rove, safari, take a trip, tour, traverse, trek, voyage, wander, wend; concept 224 Ant. stay, wait jovial [adj] happy affable, airy, amiable, animated, bantering, blithe, blithesome, bouncy, buoyant, chafng, cheery, chipper, chirpy, companionable, conversable, convivial, cordial, daffy*, delightful, dizzy*, enjoyable, facetious, festal, festive, gay, glad, gleeful, good-natured, hilarious, humorous, jocose, jocund, jokey, jolly, jollying, joshing, jubilant, larking, lighthearted, loony, lots of laughs*, merry, mirthful, nutty*, off-the-wall*, pleasant, sociable; concepts 401,403 Ant. sad, unhappy joy [n] great happiness, pleasure alleviation, amusement, animation, bliss, charm, cheer, comfort, delectation, delight, diversion, ecstasy, elation, exultation, exulting, felicity, festivity, frolic, fruition, gaiety, gem, gladness, glee, good humor, gratication, hilarity, humor, indulgence, jewel, jubilance, liveliness, luxury, merriment, mirth, pride, pride and joy, prize, rapture, ravishment, refreshment, regalement, rejoicing, revelry, satisfaction, solace, sport, transport, treasure, treat, wonder; concepts 410,529 Ant. sadness, sorrow, unhappiness, woe joyful/joyous [adj] happy blithesome, cheerful, cheery, delighted, ecstatic, effervescent, elated, enjoyable, enraptured, expansive, festive, ying*, gay, glad, gladsome, gratied, heartening, high*, high as a kite*, jubilant, lighthearted, merry, overjoyed, pleased, pleasurable, popping*, rapturous, satised, sunny*, sunny-side up*, transported, upbeat; concepts 403,542, 548 Ant. sad, sorrowful, unhappy, woeful joyless [adj] unhappy black, bleak, blue, cheerless, dejected, depressant, depressed, depressing, dismal, dispirited, dispiriting, doleful, downcast, down in the mouth*, dragged, dreary, droopy, gloomy, have the

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blahs*, heavy*, low, melancholic, melancholy, miserable, mopey, mournful, sad, saddening, somber; concepts 403,542, 548 Ant. cheerful, delighted, happy, joyful jubilant [adj] happy celebrating, doing handsprings*, elated, enraptured, euphoric, excited, exuberant, exultant, exulting, ipping, ying*, glad, gleeful, joyous, overjoyed, pleased, rejoicing, rhapsodic, thrilled, tickled*, triumphal, triumphant; concepts 401,403 Ant. depressed, sad, sorrowful, unhappy Judas [n] traitor backstabber, Benedict Arnold, betrayer, conspirator, deceiver, rat, turncoat, two-timer*, weasel; concept 412 judge [n] person who arbitrates adjudicator, appraiser, arbiter, assessor, authority, bench, chancellor, conciliator, court, critic, evaluator, expert, honor, inspector, intercessor, intermediary, interpreter, judiciary, justice, justice of peace, legal ofcial, magister, magistrate, marshal, moderator, negotiator, peacemaker, reconciler, referee, umpire, warden; concept 355 judge [v] make decision from evidence; deduce act on, adjudge, adjudicate, appraise, appreciate, approximate, arbitrate, arrive, ascertain, assess, check, collect, conclude, condemn, consider, criticize, decide, decree, deduct, derive, determine, discern, distinguish, doom, draw, esteem, estimate, evaluate, examine, nd, gather, give a hearing, make, make out, mediate, pass sentence, place, pronounce sentence, put, rate, reckon, referee, resolve, review, rule, sentence, settle, sit, size up, suppose, test, try, umpire, value; concepts 18,317 judgment [n1] common sense acumen, acuteness, apprehension, astuteness, awareness, brains, capacity, comprehension, discernment, discrimination, experience, genius, grasp, incisiveness, ingenuity, intelligence, intuition, keenness, knowledge, mentality, penetration, perception, percipience, perspicacity, prudence, quickness, range, rationality, reach, readiness, reason, reasoning, sagacity, sanity, sapience, savvy, sense, sharpness, shrewdness, sophistication, soundness, taste, understanding, wisdom, wit; concepts 37,409 Ant. ignorance, inanity, misjudgment, stupidity judgment [n2] decision about blame analysis, appraisal, appreciation, arbitration, assaying, assessment, award, belief, close study, conclusion, contemplation, conviction, decree, deduction, determination, estimate, estimation, evaluation, examination, exploration, nding, idea, inference, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, inspection, observation, opinion, order, probing, pursuit, quest, reconnaissance, regard, report, research, resolution, result, review, ruling, scrutiny, search, sentence, sifting, summary, verdict, view, weigh-in; concepts 103,689 Ant. indecision judgment [n3] doom, fate afiction, castigation, chastisement, correction, damnation, iniction, manifestation, misfortune, mortication, punishment, retribution, visitation; concept 679 judicial [adj] legal administrative, authoritative, constitutional, discriminating, distinguished, equitable, forensic, impartial, judgelike, judiciary, juridical, jurisdictional, juristic, lawful,

legalistic, magisterial, ofcial, pontical, principled, regular, statutory; concept 319 judicious [adj] wise, thoughtful accurate, acute, astute, calculating, careful, cautious, circumspect, clear-sighted, considerate, considered, diplomatic, discerning, discreet, discriminating, efcacious, enlightened, expedient, far-sighted, informed, judicial, keen, perceptive, perspicacious, politic, profound, prudent, quick-witted, rational, reasonable, sagacious, sage, sane, sapient, seasonable, seemly, sensible, sharp, shrewd, skillful, sober, sophisticated, sound, thorough, wary, well-advised, well-judged, worldly-wise; concepts 402,403,542 Ant. foolish, hasty, idiotic, injudicious, irrational, nonsensical, reckless, senseless, thoughtless, unwise jug [n] container for liquid amphora, beaker, bottle, bucket, canteen, carafe, crock, cruet, decanter, ewer, agon, ask, growler, hooker, jar, pitcher, pot, tub, urn, vase, vessel; concept 494 juggle [v] mislead, falsify; handle several things at once alter, beguile, betray, bluff, change, conjure, delude, disguise, doctor*, doublecross, x, humbug*, illude, maneuver, manipulate, misrepresent, modify, perform magic, prestidigitate, shufe, take in, tamper with, trim; concepts 59,63 Ant. be honest juice [n] liquid squeezed from fruit, plant abstract, alcohol, aqua vitae, distillation, drink, essence, extract, uid, liquor, milk, nectar, oil, sap, sauce, secretion, serum, spirit, syrup, water; concepts 428,467 juicy [adj1] moist dank, dewy, dripping, humid, liquid, luscious, lush, mellow, oily, oozy, pulpy, sappy, saturated, sauced, slippery, slushy, soaked, sodden, succulent, syrupy, viscid, watery, wet; concept 603 Ant. dry juicy [adj2] exciting, interesting colorful, fascinating, intriguing, piquant, provocative, racy, risqu, sensational, spicy, suggestive, tantalizing, vivid; concepts 537,548 Ant. unexciting, uninteresting jumble [n] hodgepodge assortment, chaos, clutter, confusion, derangement, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, farrago, gallimaufry, garbage, goulash, hash*, litter, medley, mlange, mess, miscellany, mishmash, mixture, muddle, olio, pastiche, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi, scramble, shufe, snarl, tangle, tumble; concept 432 Ant. order, organization jumble [v] mix up, confuse clutter, confound, derange, disarrange, disarray, dishevel, disorder, disorganize, disturb, entangle, foul up, mess up, mistake, muddle, rummage, shufe, snarl, tangle, tumble; concepts 16,84 Ant. arrange, clear up, order, organize jumbled [adj] confused, mixed-up blurred, chaotic, cluttered, disarranged, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, in disarray, messy, misunderstood, out of order, scrambled, tangled, unsettled, unsorted, untidy; concept 585 jumbo [adj] gigantic colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, giant, huge, immense, large, mammoth, mighty, oversized, prodigious; concept 781 Ant. little, mini, miniature, small, tiny jump [n1] leap bob, bounce, bound, buck, canter, caper, capriole, dance, dive, drop, fall, gambade, gambol, hop, hopping, hurdle, jar, jerk,

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jolt, leapfrog, leapfrogging, leaping, lurch, nosedive, plummet, plunge, pounce, rise, saltation, shock, skip, skipping, spring, start, swerve, twitch, upspring, upsurge, vault, wrench; concept 194 jump [n2] increase, advantage advance, ascent, augmentation, boost, handicap, head start, increment, ination, rise, spurt, start, upper hand, upsurge, upturn; concepts 704,763 Ant. decline, decrease, disadvantage jump [n3] obstacle bar, barricade, barrier, fence, hurdle, impediment, rail, stretch; concepts 470,674 Ant. opening jump [v1] leap, spring bail out, barge, bob, bounce, bound, buck, canter, caper, clear, curvet, dive, drop, fall, gambol, hop, hurdle, hurtle, jerk, jiggle, jounce, lollop, lop, lunge, lurch, parachute, plummet, pop, quiver, rattle, ricochet, saltate, shake, skip, sky, somersault, surge, take, top, trip, vault, waver, wobble; concept 194 jump [v2] recoil bob, bolt, bounce, carom, inch, jerk, jounce, rebound, ricochet, spring, start, startle, wince; concept 213 jump [v3] omit, avoid abandon, cancel, clear out, cover, cross out, digress, evade, leave, miss, nullify, overshoot, pass over, skip, switch; concept 25 Ant. address, face jump [v4] increase advance, ascend, boost, escalate, gain, hike, jack up, mount, put up, raise, rise, surge, up; concepts 236,245,763 Ant. decline, decrease jumpy [adj] nervous agitated, antsy*, anxious, apprehensive, creepy*, excitable, excited, dgety, frisky, high-strung*, jittery, on edge*, on pins and needles*, restless, sensitive, shaky, skittish, spooked, tense, timorous, unrestful; concepts 401,690 Ant. calm, collected, composed, easy-going, laid-back junction/juncture [n1] link, connection alliance, annexation, articulation, assemblage, attachment, bond, coalition, coherence, collocation, combination, combine, concatenation, concourse, concursion, conuence, conjugation, consolidation, convergence, coupling, crossing, crossroads, dovetail, elbow, gathering, gore, hinge, hookup, interface, intersection, joining, joint, knee, linking, meeting, miter, mortise, node, pivot, plug-in, reunion, seam, splice, terminal, tie-in, tie-up, union, weld; concepts 746,830 juncture [n2] turning point choice, circumstance, condition, contingency, crisis, crossroad, crux, emergency, exigency, instant, meeting point, moment, occasion, pass, pinch, plight, point, position, posture, predicament, quandary, state, status, strait, time, zero hour*; concepts 388,693,815 jungle [n] wilderness full of plant and animal life boscage, bush, chaparral, forest, labyrinth, maze, morass, primeval forest, tangle, undergrowth, wasteland, web, wood, zoo; concept 517 junior [adj] subordinate, younger inferior, lesser, lower, minor, second, secondary, second-string*; concepts 574,578,797 Ant. elder, older, senior junk [n] odds and ends; garbage clutter, collateral, debris, lth, hogwash*, litter, miscellany,

offal, refuse, rubbish, rubble, rummage, salvage, scrap, trash, waste; concepts 260,432 jurisdiction [n] area of authority administration, arbitration, area, authority, bailiwick, bounds, circuit, command, commission, compass, connes, control, discretion, district, domination, dominion, empire, extent, eld, hegemony, inuence, inquisition, judicature, limits, magistracy, might, orbit, power, prerogative, province, purview, range, reach, reign, right, rule, say, scope, slot, sovereignty, sphere, stomping grounds*, supervision, sway, territory, turf*, zone; concepts 198,376,651 jurist [n] jurisprudent attorney, barrister, counsel, counsellor, counselor, defender, judge, justice, lawyer, legal adviser, legal expert, legal scholar, magistrate; concept 355 jury [n] panel that hears legal matter board, judges, peers, tribunal; concepts 299,318 just [adj1] fair, impartial aloof, blameless, condign, conscientious, decent, dependable, dispassionate, due, equal, equitable, ethical, evenhanded, fair-minded, good, honest, honorable, lawful, nondiscriminatory, nonpartisan, objective, pure, reliable, right, righteous, rightful, rigid, scrupulous, strict, tried, true, trustworthy, unbiased, uncolored, upright, virtuous; concepts 319,545 Ant. inequitable, partial, unfair, unjust just [adj2] accurate, precise cogent, correct, exact, faithful, good, justied, normal, proper, regular, right, sound, strict, true, undistorted, veracious, veridical, well-founded, wellgrounded; concepts 535,582 Ant. imprecise, inaccurate, unjust, unjustied, wrong just [adj3] suitable, appropriate apt, betting, condign, deserved, due, felicitous, t, tting, happy, justied, legitimate, meet, merited, proper, reasonable, requisite, right, rightful, well-deserved; concept 558 Ant. inappropriate, untting, unjust, unsuitable, unsuited just [adv1] denitely absolutely, accurately, completely, directly, entirely, exactly, expressly, perfectly, precisely, right, sharp, smack-dab*, square, squarely, unmistakably; concept 535 Ant. indenitely just [adv2] only now almost, a moment ago, approximately, at this moment, barely, by very little, hardly, just a while ago, just now, lately, nearly, now, presently, recently, right now, scarce, scarcely; concepts 544,820 just [adv3] merely at most, but, no more than, nothing but, only, plainly, simply, solely; concept 557 just about [adv] almost about, all but, approximately, around, as good as, close to, nearly, nigh, not quite, practically, well-nigh; concepts 762,771,799 justice [n1] lawfulness, fairness amends, appeal, authority, authorization, charter, code, compensation, consideration, constitutionality, correction, credo, creed, decree, due process, equity, evenness, fair play, fair treatment, hearing, honesty, impartiality, integrity, judicatory, judicature, justness, law, legality, legalization, legal process, legitimacy, litigation, penalty, reasonableness, recompense, rectitude, redress, reparation, review, right, rule, sanction, sentence, square deal*, truth; concepts 376,

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645,691 Ant. illegality, injustice, lawlessness, partiality, unethicalness, unfairness justice [n2] person who oversees court of law chancellor, court, judge, magistrate, umpire*; concept 354 justiable [adj] reasonable, well-founded acceptable, admissible, allowable, condonable, defensible, excusable, fair, t, forgivable, lawful, legit*, legitimate, licit, logical, pardonable, probable, proper, reasonable, remissible, right, rightful, sound, suitable, tenable, understandable, valid, vindicable, warrantable; concepts 545,558 Ant. unjustiable, unreasonable, unwarranted justication [n] reason, excuse absolution, account, acquittal, advocacy, answer, apologia, apology, approval, argument, basis, conrmation, defense, exculpation, exoneration, explanation, extenuation, grounds, idea, mitigation, palliation, palliative, plea, pretext, raison dtre, rationale, rationalization, rebuttal, redemption, reply, response, salvation, sanctication, song and dance*, story, support, validation, vindication, warrant, whatfor*, wherefore*, whitewashing*, whole idea*, why and wherefore*; concept 661 justify [v] legitimize, substantiate absolve, acquit, advocate, alibi*, answer for, apologize for, approve, argue for, assert, be answerable for, bear out, brief, claim, clear, condone, conrm, contend, cop a plea*, countenance, crawl, defend, do justice to, establish, exculpate, excuse, exonerate, explain, favor, legalize, maintain, make allowances, make good*, palliate, pardon, plead, rationalize, rebut, show cause, speak in favor, square, stand up for, support, sustain, uphold, validate, verify, vindicate, warrant; concepts 49,57 justly [adv] fairly accurately, bettingly, beneficently, benevolently, benignly, candidly, charitably, correctly, decently, decorously, duly, duteously, dutifully, equally, equitably, evenhandedly, tly, ttingly, frankly, helpfully, honestly, honorably, impartially, lawfully, legally, legitimately, moderately, nicely, piously, properly, reasonably, respectably, righteously, rightfully, rightly, straightforwardly, temperately, tolerantly, unreservedly, uprightly, virtuously, well; concepts 544,545 Ant. unfairly, unjustly jut [v] extend beetle, bulge, elongate, impend, lengthen, overhang, poke, pop, pouch, project, protrude, protuberate, stand out, stick out; concept 201 Ant. indent, recede juvenile [adj] childish adolescent, babyish, beardless, blooming, boyish, budding, callow, childlike, developing, formative, fresh, girlish, green, growing, immature, inexperienced, infant, infantile, jejune, junior, kid stuff*, milk-fed*, naive, pubescent, puerile, teenage, tender, undeveloped, unedged, unripe, unsophisticated, unweaned, vernal, young, younger, youthful; concepts 401,578,797 Ant. adult, grown-up, mature juvenile [n] young person adolescent, boy, child, girl, infant, kid*, minor, youngster, youth; concept 424 Ant. adult juvenile delinquent [n] hooligan, punk criminal, rst offender, gangster, goon*, hood,

hoodlum, punk, rowdy, rufan, thug, troublemaker; concept 412 juxtapose [v] place side by side appose, bring near, bring together, connect, pair, place in proximity, set side by side; concepts 85, 113,160

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kaleidoscopic [adj] multicolored many-colored, motley, multicolor, particolored, polychromatic, prismatic, psychedelic, rainbow, varicolored, variegated; concept 618 Ant. monochrome kaput [adj] ruined, wrecked all washed up*, belly-up*, burned out, cooked*, dead*, destroyed, done for, down and out, down for the count*, down the drain*, down the tubes*, nished, oored, had it, nonfunctioning, on the skids*, out of business, out of circulation, sunk, totaled, washed up, wiped out; concept 252 keel over [v] fall, faint black out, capsize, collapse, drop, founder, go down, overturn, pass out, pitch, plunge, slump, swoon, topple, tumble, upset; concepts 152,181 Ant. stand, straighten keen [adj1] enthusiastic agog, alert, animate, animated, anxious, appetent, ardent, athirst, avid, breathless, devoted, dying to*, eager, earnest, ebullient, fervent, fervid, erce, fond of, gung ho*, impassioned, impatient, intense, intent, interested, lively, perfervid, spirited, sprightly, thirsty, vehement, vivacious, warm, zealous; concepts 401,403 Ant. reluctant, unenthusiastic, uninterested keen [adj2] sharp, piercing acid, acute, caustic, cutting, edged, extreme, ne, honed, incisive, intense, observant, penetrating, perceptive, pointed, quick-witted, razor-sharp*, sardonic, satirical, strong, tart, trenchant, unblunted; concept 267 Ant. blunt, dull, obtuse, pointless keen [adj3] intelligent astute, bright, brilliant, canny, clever, discerning, discriminating, Einstein*, nobodys fool*, perceptive, perspicacious, quick, sagacious, sapient, sensitive, sharp, sharp as a tack*, shrewd, whiz, wise; concept 402 Ant. idiotic, ignorant, obtuse, stupid keep [v1] hold, maintain accumulate, amass, cache, care for, carry, conduct, conserve, control, deal in, deposit, detain, direct, enjoy, garner, grasp, grip, have, heap, hold back, manage, own, pile, place, possess, preserve, put, put up, reserve, retain, save, season, stack, stock, store, trade in, withhold; concept 710 Ant. consume, disperse, give, give up, hand over, let go, release keep [v2] tend; provide for administer, attend, board, care for, carry on, command, conduct, continue, defend, direct, endure, feed, foster, guard, look after, maintain, manage, mind, minister to, nourish, nurture, operate, ordain, protect, provision, run, safeguard, shelter, shield, subsidize, support, sustain, victual, watch over; concepts 110,140 Ant. abandon, ignore, neglect keep [v3] prevent arrest, avert, block, check, constrain, control, curb, delay, detain, deter, hamper, hamstring, hinder, hold back, impede,

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inhibit, limit, obstruct, restrain, retard, shackle, stall, stop, withhold; concept 121 Ant. let go, let happen keep [v4] commemorate; pay attention to adhere to, bless, celebrate, comply with, consecrate, fulll, hold, honor, laud, obey, observe, perform, praise, regard, respect, ritualize, sanctify, solemnize; concept 377 Ant. dishonor, ignore keep at [v] continue, endure be steadfast, carry on, complete, drudge, nish, grind, labor, last, maintain, persevere, persist, remain, slave, stay, stick, toil; concepts 23,87 Ant. discontinue, give in, give up keeper [n] guardian archivist, attendant, caretaker, conservator, curator, custodian, defender, guard, jailer, lookout, overseer, protector, sentinel, sentry, steward, superintendent, supervisor, warden; concepts 414,423 keep ones cool [v] remain calm control ones temper, go with the ow*, keep calm, keep cool*, keep ones shirt on*, restrain oneself; concepts 121,130,191 keepsake [n] something precious emblem, favor, memento, memorial, relic, remembrance, reminder, souvenir, symbol, token, trophy; concept 446 keep up [v] maintain, sustain balance, compete, contend, continue, emulate, go on, hold on, keep pace, keep step, match, pace, persevere, preserve, rival, run with, vie; concepts 23,87,363 Ant. let go, neglect keg [n] barrel butt, cask, container, drum, rkin, hogshead, pipe, tub, tun, vat; concept 494 ken [n] perception acumen, apprehending, apprehension, attention, attitude, awareness, cognizance, comprehension, concept, consciousness, grasp, idea, impression, insight, judgment, knowledge, light, notion, picture, realizing, recognition, sense, sight, understanding, vision; concepts 409,410,689 kernel [n] seed, essence atom, bit, center, core, crux, fruit, germ, gist, grain, heart, hub, keynote, marrow, matter, meat, morsel, nub, nubbin, nut, part, piece, pith, root, substance, upshot; concepts 668,826 kettle [n] metal pot boiler, cauldron, pot, steamer, teakettle, vat, vessel; concept 494 key [adj] essential, important basic, chief, crucial, decisive, fundamental, indispensable, leading, main, major, material, pivotal, primary, principal, vital; concept 568 Ant. inessential, insignicant, nonessential, unimportant key [n1] item that unlocks latchkey, opener, passkey, screw*, skeleton; concept 499 Ant. lock key [n2] answer, solution blueprint, brand, cipher, clue, code, core, crux, cue, earmark, explanation, fulcrum, guide, hinge, index, indicator, interpretation, lead, lever, marker, means, nexus, nucleus, passport, password, pivot, pointer, root, sign, symptom, ticket, translation; concepts 274,668 Ant. question keynote/keystone [n] essence, theme basic idea, basis, center, core, cornerstone, criterion, crux, gist, heart, idea, kernel, linchpin, mainspring, marrow, measure, motive, nub, pith, principle, root, source, spring, standard, substance;concepts 532,661,688

kibosh [n] stop cancellation, check, curb, end, halt, veto; concept 119 kick [n1] thrill, enjoyment bang*, buzz*, excitement, fun, gratication, hoot*, joy, pleasure, refreshment, sensation, stimulation, wallop*; concepts 388,410 Ant. boredom kick [n2] power, strength backlash, blow, boot*, force, intensity, jar, jolt, pep, punch, pungency, snap, sparkle, tang, verve, vitality, zest, zing*; concepts 641,732 Ant. dullness, powerlessness, tastelessness, weakness kick [v1] hit with foot boot, calcitrate, dropkick, give the foot, jolt, punt; concept 189 kick [v2] complain anathematize, carp, combat, condemn, criticize, curse, damn, except, execrate, expostulate, ght, fuss, gripe, grumble, inveigh, mumble, object, oppose, protest, rebel, remonstrate, repine, resist, spurn, wail, whine, withstand; concept 52 Ant. compliment, praise kick [v3] quit a habit abandon, desist, give up, go cold turkey*, leave off, stop; concept 234 Ant. take up kickback [n] bribe cut, gift, graft, money under the table*, oil*, payment, payoff, payola, percentage, recompense, reward, share; concepts 192,344 kick back [v] relax breathe easy*, calm down*, catch ones breath, chill out*, collect oneself, compose oneself, cool off*, feel at home, hang loose*, lie down, loosen up, make oneself at home*, mellow out*, put ones feet up*, recline, rest, settle back, sit around, sit back, take a break*, take a breather*, take a load off*, take it easy*, take ten*, unwind, wind down; concept 210 kick in [v] contribute ante up, chip in, commit, dish out*, dole out*, donate, fork over*, furnish, give, hand out, hand over, pitch in*, pony up*, provide; concepts 108,140 kick out [v] get rid of ax, boot*, bounce*, can*, cashier*, chase, chuck, discharge, dismiss, drop, eject, evict, expel, extrude, re, oust, out, reject, remove, sack*, throw out, toss out; concepts 180,351,384 Ant. allow, hold, keep kid [n] young person baby, bairn, boy, child, daughter, girl, infant, juvenile, lad, lass, little one*, son, teenager, tot, youngster, youth; concepts 414,424 Ant. adult kid [v] fool, ridicule bamboozle*, banter, beguile, bother, cozen, delude, dupe, imam*, fun*, gull, hoax, hoodwink, jape, jest, joke, jolly, josh, make fun of, make sport of, mock, pretend, rag*, razz, rib, roast, spoof, tease, trick; concepts 59,273 Ant. be serious kid around [v] tease annoy, badger, bait, banter, bother, chaff, disturb, dog*, fool around, give a hard time*, goad, harass, josh, lead on*, mock, needle*, nudge, pester, pick on*, rag*, razz*, rib*, ride, ridicule, roast*, taunt; concepts 7,11,19,22 kidnap [v] abduct; hold for ransom body snatch*, bundle off, capture, carry away, carry off, coax, decoy, entice, grab, hijack, impress, inveigh, lay hands on, lure, make off with*, pirate, remove, run away with, seduce, seize, shanghai*, skyjack, snatch, spirit away*, steal, waylay; concepts 90,139 kill [v1] deprive of existence; destroy annihilate,

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asphyxiate, assassinate, crucify, dispatch, do away with*, do in*, drown, dump, electrocute, eradicate, erase*, execute, exterminate, extirpate, nish, garrote, get*, guillotine, hang, hit*, immolate, liquidate, lynch, massacre, murder, neutralize, obliterate, off*, poison, polish off*, put away*, put to death, rub out*, sacrice, slaughter, slay, smother, snuff, strangle, suffocate, waste*, wipe out*, X-out*, zap*; concept 252 Ant. bear, create, give birth kill [v2] turn off; cancel annul, cease, counteract, deaden, defeat, extinguish, forbid, halt, negative, neutralize, nix*, nullify, prohibit, quash, quell, recant, refuse, revoke, ruin, scotch*, shut off, smother, stie, still, stop, suppress, turn out, veto; concepts 121,239 Ant. begin, initiate, start, turn on killer [n] murderer assassin, butcher, cut-throat, executioner, exterminator, gunman/woman, gunperson, hit-man/woman, hit person, hunter, slayer, soldier; concept 412 killing [n] murder assassination, bloodshed, bumping off*, capital punishment, carnage, execution, extermination, homicide, manslaughter, massacre, slaughter, slaying; concepts 192,252 killjoy [n] spoilsport complainer, dampener, doomsdayer, grinch*, grouch*, moaner, partypooper, pessimist, prophet of doom*, stick in the mud*, wet blanket*, whiner; concept 412 kin [n] blood relative afnity, blood, clan, connection, consanguinity, cousin, extraction, family, folk, house, kindred, kinsfolk, kinship, kinsperson, kith, lineage, member, people, race, relation, relationship, sibling, stock, tribe; concepts 296,414,421 kind [adj] generous, good affectionate, all heart*, altruistic, amiable, amicable, benecent, benevolent, benign, big, bleeding-heart*, bounteous, charitable, clement, compassionate, congenial, considerate, cordial, courteous, eleemosynary, friendly, gentle, good-hearted, gracious, heart in right place*, humane, humanitarian, indulgent, kindhearted, kindly, lenient, loving, mild, neighborly, obliging, philanthropic, propitious, softhearted, soft touch, sympathetic, tenderhearted, thoughtful, tolerant, understanding; concepts 401,404,542 Ant. bad, bitter, cruel, inconsiderate, mean, unfriendly, ungenerous, unkind kind [n1] class, species brand, breed, classication, family, genus, ilk, kin, order, race, set, sort, type, variety; concept 378 kind [n2] type, character breed, complexion, connection, denomination, description, designation, essence, ber, gender, habit, ilk, likes, lot, manner, mold, nature, number, persuasion, set, sort, stamp, stripe, style, temperament, tendency, tribe, variety, way; concepts 411,673 kindhearted [adj] compassionate, helpful altruistic, amiable, amicable, considerate, generous, good, good-natured, gracious, humane, kind, merciful, responsive, softhearted, sympathetic, tender, tenderhearted, warm, warmhearted; concepts 404,542 Ant. nasty, uncompassionate, unsympathetic kindle [v1] start a re blaze, burn, re, ame, are, glow, ignite, iname, light, set alight, set re; concept 249 Ant. extinguish, put out

kindle [v2] excite, incite agitate, animate, arouse, awaken, bestir, burn up*, challenge, egg on*, enkindle, exasperate, re up*, foment, get smoking*, induce, iname, inspire, key up*, provoke, rally, rouse, sharpen, stimulate, stir, thrill, turn on*, wake, waken, whet, work up*; concepts 7,14,22,221 Ant. disenchant, turn off kindly [adj] compassionate, helpful attentive, benecial, benevolent, benign, benignant, cool, cordial, favorable, friendly, generous, genial, gentle, good, good-hearted, good-natured, gracious, hearty, humane, kind, kindhearted, mellow, merciful, mild, neighborly, pleasant, polite, sociable, sympathetic, thoughtful, warm; concepts 404,542 Ant. disagreeable, inconsiderate, unkindly, unsympathetic kindly [adv] with compassion affectionately, agreeably, benevolently, benignly, carefully, charitably, compassionately, considerately, cordially, courteously, delicately, generously, genially, good-naturedly, graciously, heedfully, helpfully, humanely, politely, solicitously, sympathetically, tenderly, thoughtfully, tolerantly, understandingly, well; concepts 542, 544 Ant. disagreeably, inconsiderately, unkindly kindness [n1] compassion, generosity affection, altruism, amiability, benecence, benevolence, charity, clemency, consideration, cordiality, courtesy, decency, delicacy, fellow feeling, forbearance, gentleness, good intention, goodness, good will, grace, graciousness, heart, helpfulness, hospitality, humanity, indulgence, kindliness, magnanimity, mildness, patience, philanthropy, serviceability, solicitousness, solicitude, sweetness, sympathy, tact, tenderness, thoughtfulness, tolerance, understanding, unselshness; concepts 633,657 Ant. cruelty, harshness, meanness kindness [n2] helping act; service accommodation, aid, alms, assistance, benediction, benefaction, benevolence, benison, blessing, boon, boost, bounty, charity, dispensation, favor, generosity, good deed, good turn, help, indulgence, lift, mercy, philanthropy, relief, succor; concepts 110,657 Ant. barbarousness, cruelty kindred [adj] corresponding, matching afliated, agnate, akin, alike, allied, analogous, cognate, congeneric, congenial, connate, connatural, consanguine, germane, homogeneous, incident, kin, likable, parallel, related, similar; concept 563 Ant. irrelevant, noncorresponding, unafliated kindred [n] blood relative afnity, blood, clan, connection, consanguinity, cousin, family, esh, folk, homefolk, house, kin, kinsfolk, kinsperson, lineage, race, relation, relationship, stock, tribe; concepts 296,414,421 kingdom [n] historically, an area ruled by a monarch commonwealth, country, county, crown, division, domain, dominion, dynasty, empire, eld, lands, monarchy, nation, possessions, principality, province, realm, reign, rule, scepter, sovereignty, sphere, state, suzerainty, sway, territory, throne, tract; concepts 508,510 kink [n1] bend, twist coil, corkscrew, crimp,

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crinkle, curl, curve, entanglement, frizz, knot, loop, tangle, wrinkle; concept 436 Ant. line kink [n2] spasm of muscular tissue charley horse*, cramp, crick, knot, muscle spasm, pain, pang, pinch, stab, stitch, tweak, twinge; concepts 185,728 kink [n3] complication defect, difculty, aw, hitch, impediment, imperfection, knot, tangle; concept 674 Ant. easiness, simplicity kink [n4] persons idiosyncrasy eccentricity, fetish, foible, notion, peculiarity, quirk, singularity, vagary, whim; concept 411 Ant. normalcy kinky [adj1] twisted coiled, crimped, curled, curly, frizzled, frizzy, knotted, matted, matty, rolled, tangled; concept 486 Ant. straight, unkinked, untwisted kinky [adj2] bizarre, perverted degenerated, depraved, deviant, eccentric, far-out, licentious, odd, outlandish, outre, peculiar, queer, quirky, sick, strange, unconventional, unnatural, unusual, warped, weird; concepts 372,542,589 Ant. clean, decent, ethical, normal, unperverted, usual kinship [n] family relationship afnity, blood, clan, family, esh, folk, kin, kindred, lineage, relations, tribe; concepts 296,414,421 kiosk [n] gazebo bandstand, booth, rotunda, stall, stand; concepts 442,443 kismet [n] fate, fortune chance, destination, destiny, divine will*, doom, handwriting on the wall*, horoscope, karma, Lady Luck*, lot, luck, portion, predestination, providence; concept 679 kiss [n] touching lips to another buttery*, caress, embrace, endearment, osculation, peck, salutation, salute, smack*, smooch*; concepts 185,375 kiss [v] touch ones lips to anothers blow, brush, buttery*, French*, glance, graze, greet, lip*, make out*, mush*, neck*, osculate, peck, pucker up*, salute, smack*, smooch*; concepts 185,375 kit [n] provisions, equipment accoutrements, apparatus, assortment, bag, collection, container, effects, gear, impedimenta, implements, material, outt, pack, paraphernalia, rig, satchel, selection, set, stock, stuff, suitcase, supplies, tackle, things, tools, trappings, utensils; concepts 494,496 kitchen [n] room for cooking food canteen, cookery, cookhouse, cooks room, cuisine, eat-in, gallery, galley, kitchenette, mess, scullery; concept 448 kittenish [adj] frisky, playful childish, coquettish, coy, elvish, irtatious, frolicsome, funloving, impish, jaunty, mischievous, sportive; concept 401 Ant. lethargic, stiff, unplayful klutz [n] clumsy person bungler, butterngers*, dolt, dullard, lummox, oaf; concept 412 knack [n] ability, talent adroitness, aptitude, aptness, bent, capacity, command, dexterity, expertise, expertism, expertness, facility, faculty, air, forte, genius, gift, handiness, hang of it*, head*, ingenuity, know-how, mastership, nose*, propensity, quickness, readiness, savvy*, set, skill, skillfulness, trick, turn; concepts 409,630 Ant. inability, ineptitude, lack, want

knapsack [n] backpack carryall, duffel bag, haversack, kit bag, pack, rucksack, satchel; concept 446 knead [v] mix by pressing aerate, alter, blend, form, manipulate, massage, mold, ply, press, push, rub, shape, squeeze, stroke, twist, work; concepts 170,208 kneel [v] get down on ones knees bow, bow down, curtsey, do obeisance, genuect, kowtow, prostrate oneself, stoop; concept 154 knickknack [n] trinket; decorative piece bagatelle, bauble, bibelot, bric-a-brac, conversation piece, curio, curiosity, device, embellishment, ummery, frill, furbelow, gadget*, miniature, notion, novelty, objet dart, ornament, plaything*, showpiece, souvenir, thingamajig*, toy, trapping, trie, whatnot*, whimsy; concepts 259,260,446 knife [n] cutting tool bayonet, blade, bolo, cutlass, cutter, cutting edge, dagger, edge, lance, lancet, machete, point, ripper, sabre, scalpel, scimitar, scythe, shank, shiv, sickle, skewer, skiver, steel, stiletto, switchblade, sword, tickler; concepts 495,499 knife [v] stab with pointed tool brand, carve, chop down, clip, cut, hurt, impale, jag, kill, lacerate, lance, open up, pierce, shank, shiv, slash, slice, spit, stick, thrust, wound; concepts 176,220,246 knit [v] intertwine affiliate, affix, ally, bind, cable, connect, contract, crochet, fasten, heal, interlace, intermingle, join, link, loop, mend, net, purl, repair, secure, sew, spin, tie, unite, weave, web; concepts 113,202,218 Ant. unknit knob [n] lump, handle bulge, bulk, bump, bunch, doorknob, hump, knot, knurl, latch, lever, nub, opener, projection, protrusion, protuberance, snag, stud, swell, swelling, trigger, tumor; concepts 445,471 knock [n1] pushing, striking beating, blow, box, clip, conk, cuff, hammering, hit, injury, lick, rap, slap, smack, swat, swipe, thump, whack; concept 189 knock [n2] strong criticism blame, censure, condemnation, defeat, failure, ak, pan, rap, rebuff, rejection, reversal, setback, stricture, swipe; concepts 52,278 Ant. compliment, praise knock [v1] push over; strike abuse, bash, batter, beat, beat up, bob, bruise, buffet, clap, clout, cuff, damage, deck, drub*, fell, atten, oor, hit, hurt, KO*, level, maltreat, manhandle, maul, mistreat, pound, punch, rap, roughhouse, slap, smack, tap, thrash, thump, thwack*, total, wallop, whack*, wound; concept 189 knock [v2] criticize harshly abuse, alive*, belittle, blame, carp, cavil, censure, condemn, denounce, denunciate, deprecate, disparage, nd fault, lambaste, reprehend, reprobate, run down*, skin*, slam; concept 52 Ant. compliment, praise knock about/knock around [v] roam, wander drift, ramble, range, rove, traipse, travel, walk; concepts 151,224 Ant. stay, wait knock off [v1] kill assassinate, do away with*, do in*, dust*, eliminate, execute, nish, liquidate, murder, rub out*, shoot, slay, stab, waste; concept 252 Ant. bear, create

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knock off [v2] steal lch, knock over, loot, pilfer, pinch, plunder, purloin, ransack, relieve, rie, rip off*, rob, thieve; concepts 139,192 Ant. give knock off [v3] stop action; accomplish achieve, cease, complete, conclude, desist, discontinue, eliminate, nish, give over, halt, leave off, quit, stop work, succeed, surcease, terminate; concept 119 Ant. continue, pursue, start knoll [n] small hill acclivity, ascent, bluff, butte, cliff, drift, dune, elevation, esker, headland, heap, highland, hillock, hilltop, hummock, inclination, incline, knoll, mesa, mound, mount, precipice, prominence, promontory, ridge, rise, slope, summit; concept 509 knot [n1] bow, loop bond, braid, bunch, coil, connection, contortion, entanglement, gnarl, helix, hitch, joint, kink, ligament, ligature, link, mat, nexus, perplexity, rosette, screw, snag, snarl, spiral, splice, tangle, tie, twirl, twist, vinculum, warp, whirl, whorl, yoke; concepts 436,471 Ant. line knot [n2] lump; crowd aggregation, assemblage, assortment, band, bunch, circle, clique, clump, cluster, collection, company, crew, gang, gathering, group, heap, mass, mob, pack, pile, set, squad, swarm, tuft; concept 432 knot [v] weave, complicate bind, cord, entangle, knit, loop, secure, tat, tether, tie; concepts 85,113,160 Ant. unknot knotty [adj] troublesome bafing, complex, complicated, difcult, effortful, elaborate, formidable, Gordian*, hard, intricate, involved, labyrinthine, mazy, mystifying, perplexing, problematical, puzzling, ramied, reticular, rough, rugged, sophisticated, sticky*, terrible, thorny*, tough, tricky, uphill*; concepts 529,565 Ant. simple, uncomplicated, untroublesome know [v1] understand information apperceive, appreciate, apprehend, be acquainted, be cognizant, be conversant in, be informed, be learned, be master of, be read, be schooled, be versed, cognize, comprehend, differentiate, discern, discriminate, distinguish, experience, fathom, feel certain, get the idea*, grasp, have, have down pat*, have information, have knowledge of, keep up on, ken, learn, notice, on top of*, perceive, prize, realize, recognize, see, undergo; concepts 15,38 Ant. misinterpret, misunderstand know [v2] be familiar with associate, be acquainted with, be friends with, experience, feel, fraternize, get acquainted, have dealings with, identify, savor, see, sustain, taste, undergo; concept 384 Ant. be ignorant, forget know-how [n] skill, talent ability, adroitness, aptitude, art, background, capability, command, craft, cunning, dexterity, experience, expertise, expertness, faculty, air, ingenuity, knack, knowledge, prociency, savoir-faire, wisdom; concepts 409,630 Ant. ignorance, lack, want knowing [adj] experienced, aware alive, apprehensive, astute, awake, brainy, bright, brilliant, canny, clever, cognizant, competent, conscious, conversant, cool*, crack*, deliberate, discerning, expert, insightful, intelligent, intended, intentional, judicious, knowledgeable, observant, perceptive, percipient, qualied, quick,

quick-witted, sagacious, sage, sensible, sentient, sharp, skillful, slick*, smart, sophic, sophisticated, tuned-in, vigilant, watchful, well-informed, wise, with-it, witting, worldly, worldly-wise; concept 402 Ant. inexperienced, unaware, uncognizant, unknowing know-it-all [n] intellectual, smart aleck braggart, brain*, smarty-pants*, walking encyclopedia, windbag, wiseacre, wise guy*; concepts 412,423 knowledge [n] persons understanding; information ability, accomplishments, acquaintance, apprehension, attainments, awareness, cognition, comprehension, consciousness, dirt*, discernment, doctrine, dogma, dope*, education, enlightenment, erudition, expertise, facts, familiarity, goods*, grasp, inside story*, insight, instruction, intelligence, judgment, know-how*, learning, light*, lore, observation, philosophy, picture, power*, principles, prociency, recognition, scholarship, schooling, science, scoop*, substance, theory, tuition, wisdom; concepts 274,409,529 Ant. ignorance knowledgeable [adj] aware, educated abreast, acquainted, alert, appreciative, apprised, au courant, au fait, brainy*, bright, brilliant, clever, cognizant, conscious, conversant, discerning, erudite, experienced, familiar, informed, insightful, intelligent, in the know, knowing, learned, lettered, omniscient, perceptive, plugged in*, posted, prescient, privy, quick-witted, sagacious, sage, savvy, scholarly, sensible, sharp, smart, sophic, sophisticated, tuned-in*, understanding, versed, well-informed, well-rounded, wise, with-it; concept 402 Ant. ignorant, unaware, uneducated, uninformed known [adj] famous, popular accepted, acknowledged, admitted, avowed, celebrated, certied, common, confessed, conscious, down pat*, established, familiar, hackneyed, manifest, noted, notorious, obvious, patent, plain, proverbial, published, received, recognized, well-known; concepts 529,567,576 Ant. obscure, unknown knurled [adj] knotted bumpy, coarse, gnarled, knobby, knotty, rough; concepts 485,606 kook [n] eccentric person crackpot, crank, crazy*, dingbat*, ake*, fruitcake*, lamebrain, lunatic, nut, screwball*, wacko*, weirdo; concepts 412,423 kosher [adj1] ritually proper apropos, clean, decent, ritually pure, undeled; concepts 401,404 kosher [adj2] legitimate acceptable, according to law, authentic, genuine, legal, permissible, permitted, proper; concepts 319,558,582 kowtow [v] grovel bow, brownnose*, cave in*, court, cower, cringe, fawn, atter, fold, genuect, give in, go along with, kneel, knuckle under, lie down and roll over*, pander, prostrate, say uncle*, stoop, toe the mark*; concept 384 kudos [n] praise, acclaim applause, credit, distinction, eminence, esteem, fame, attery, glory, honor, illustriousness, laudation, notability, pat on the back*, plaudits, plum*, PR*, preeminence, prestige, prominence, puff*, pumping up*, raves*, regard, renown, repute, strokes*; concepts 69,268 Ant. blame, criticism

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label [n] marker, description; brand characterization, classication, company, design, epithet, hallmark, identication, insignia, logo, mark, number, price mark, stamp, sticker, tag, tally, ticket, trademark; concepts 268,270,284 label [v] mark, describe; brand call, characterize, class, classify, dene, designate, identify, name, specify, stamp, sticker, tag, tally; concepts 62,79 labor [n1] work, undertaking activity, chore, daily grind, diligence, drudgery, effort, employment, endeavor, energy, exercise, exertion, grind*, gruntwork*, industry, job, moonlight*, operation, pains*, pull, push, strain, stress, struggle, sweat, toil, travail; concepts 87,100,351,360,362 Ant. entertainment, fun labor [n2] person(s) performing service apprentice, blue collar, breadwinner, employee, hack*, hand*, hard hat*, help, helper, hireling, instrument, laborer, learner, operative, prentice, proletariat, rank and le*, toiler, worker, work force, working people; concepts 325,348 Ant. management, manager labor [n3] childbirth process birth, birth pangs, childbearing, contractions, delivery, giving birth, pains, parturition, throes, travail; concept 374 labor [v] work very hard bear down, cultivate, drive, drudge, endeavor, exert oneself, grind, plod, plug away*, pour it on*, slave, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, tend, toil, travail, work oneself to the bone*; concepts 87,100 Ant. idle, laze, relax laboratory [n] testing room chemistry laboratory, lab, research laboratory, workshop; concepts 312,439,441,448,449 labored [adj] difcult to understand, unclear affected, arduous, awkward, clumsy, contrived, effortful, forced, hard, heavy, inept, maladroit, operose, overdone, overwrought, ponderous, stiff, strained, strenuous, studied, toilsome, unnatural, uphill*, weighty; concept 538 Ant. easy, facile, natural, relaxed laborer [n] worker blue-collar worker, drudge, farmhand, grunt, hand, hireling, manual worker, migrant worker, peon, unskilled worker, working man/woman, working stiff*; concept 348 laborious [adj1] hard, difficult arduous, backbreaking, burdensome, effortful, fatiguing, forced, heavy, herculean*, labored, onerous, operose, ponderous, rough go*, stiff, strained, strenuous, tiresome, toilsome, tough, tough job*, wearing, wearisome, wicked*; concepts 538,565 Ant. easy, effortless, facile, simple, trivial laborious [adj2] hardworking active, assiduous, diligent, indefatigable, industrious, operose, painstaking, persevering, sedulous, tireless, unagging; concepts 538,550 Ant. idle, lackadaisical, lazy, reticent labyrinth [n] maze, complexity coil, complication, convolution, entanglement, intricacy, jungle, knot, mesh, morass, perplexity, problem, puzzle, riddle, skein, snarl, tangle, web; concepts 436,663,666 labyrinthine [adj] mazelike complex, convo-

luted, elaborate, intricate, mazy, meandering, serpentine, sinuous, tangled, tortuous, twisting, wandering, winding, zigzag; concept 436 Ant. simple, straight, straightforward lace [n1] netted material appliqu, banding, border, crochet, edging, ligree, mesh, net, netting, openwork, ornament, tatting, threadwork, tissue, trim, trimming; concept 473 lace [n2] string used to connect band, cord, rope, shoelace, thong, thread, tie; concept 475 lace [v] fasten, intertwine add, attach, bind, close, do up, fortify, interlace, interweave, mix, plat, spike, strap, thread, tie, twine; concept 113 Ant. unfasten, unlace, untie, untwine lacerate [v] tear, cut; wound claw, gash, harm, hurt, injure, jag, lance, maim, mangle, mutilate, puncture, rend, rip, score, serrate, slash, stab, torment, torture; concepts 137,176,214,220, 246 laceration [n] cut, wound gash, injury, lesion, pierce, rip, slash, slice, slit, stab, tear; concept 309 lack [n] deciency, need abridgement, absence, curtailment, dearth, decrease, default, defect, decit, depletion, deprivation, destitution, distress, exigency, exiguity, inadequacy, inferiority, insufcience, insufciency, loss, meagerness, miss, necessity, paucity, poverty, privation, reduction, retrenchment, scantiness, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, shortness, shrinkage, shrinking, slightness, stint, want; concepts 707,709 Ant. abundance, enough, excess, extra, lot, plenty, plethora, profusion, surplus lack [v] do not have be decient in, be short of, be without, have need of, hurting for*, minus, miss, need, not got*, out, require, too little too late*, want; concepts 20,646 Ant. have lackadaisical [adj] careless, indifferent abstracted, apathetic, daydreaming, disinterested, dreamy, dull, energyless, enervated, faineant, halfhearted, idle, inattentive, incurious, indolent, inert, laid-back, languid, languishing, languorous, lazy, lethargic, limp, listless, moony*, passive, romantic, sentimental, slothful, spiritless, spring fever*, unconcerned; concepts 403,542,544 Ant. active, careful, caring, energetic, enthusiastic, hard-working lackey [n] servant attendant, butler, domestic, doormat, drudge, factotum, unkey, retainer, steward, subordinate, toady, underling, valet, yes-person; concept 348 lacking [adj] wanting, decient cant cut it*, coming up short*, defective, deprived of, awed, impaired, inadequate, incomplete, minus, missing, needed, needing, not hacking it*, not making it*, sans, short, without; concepts 546,771 Ant. abundant, enough, having, profuse, sufcient lackluster [adj] dull, lifeless blah*, blind, boring, colorless, dark, dead, dim, drab, draggy*, dry, at*, ho-hum*, laid-back*, leaden, lusterless, matte, muted, nothing*, obscure, pabulum*, prosaic, sombre, unimaginative, uninspired, vanilla*, vapid, zero*; concepts 542,548,617 Ant. bright, enthusiastic, lively, shining, shiny, spirited laconic [adj] short, to the point breviloquent, brief, brusque, compact, compendiary,

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compendious, concise, crisp, curt, pithy, sententious, short and sweet*, succinct, terse; concepts 267,773,798 Ant. long-winded, verbose, wordy lacquer [n] coating covering, nish, glaze, lamination, layer, varnish, veneer; concept 475 lacy [adj] delicate, netlike elegant, fancy, ligree, ne, frilly, gauzy, gossamer, lacelike, meshy, open, ornate, patterned, sheer, thin, transparent; concept 606 Ant. heavy, thick lad [n] young man boy, buddy, child, fellow, guy, half-pint*, juvenile, kid*, runt*, schoolboy, son, stripling, youngster, youth; concepts 419,424 Ant. man laden [adj] loaded down burdened, charged, encumbered, fraught, full, hampered, oppressed, taxed, weighed down, weighted; concepts 485,538 Ant. empty, light, unladen, unloaded lag [v] move slowly; delay be behind, dally, dawdle, decrease, dillydally*, diminish, drag, drag ones feet*, ebb, fail, fall off, falter, ag, get no place fast*, hang back, hobble, idle, inch, inch along*, jelly, limp, linger, loiter, lose strength, lounge, plod, poke, procrastinate, put off, retard, saunter, shufe, slacken, slouch, slow, slow up, stagger, stay, straggle, tail, tarry, tool, trail, trudge, wane; concepts 151,153 Ant. run, rush laggard [n] straggler dawdler, idler, lingerer, loafer, lounger, slowpoke, slow starter; concept 151 lagoon [n] shallow body of water bayou, gulf, marsh, pond, pool, shallows, shoal, tidal pond; concept 514 laid-back [adj] relaxed easygoing, lax, lowpressure, mellow, undemanding, unhurried; concept 404 lair [n] hideout, habitat burrow, cave, den, earth, form, hideaway, hole, nest, pen, refuge, resting place, retreat, sanctuary; concept 515 laissez-faire [n] free enterprise, for the most part unrestrained by law free trade, indifference, individualism, live and let live*, neutrality, nonintervention; concepts 388,691 lake [n] inland body of water basin, creek, inland sea, lagoon, lakelet, loch, mere, millpond, mouth, pond, pool, reservoir, sluice, spring, tarn; concept 514 lambaste [v] punish, beat assail, attack, berate, blister, bludgeon, castigate, censure, criticize, cudgel, denounce, excoriate, ay, og, hammer, hit, lash into*, pan, pelt, pound, pummel, rake over the coals*, read the riot act*, rebuke, reprimand, rip into, roast, scathe, scold, scorch, scourge, shellac, slam, slap, slash, smear, smother, strike, thrash, trim, upbraid, wallop, whip; concepts 52,54,86 Ant. praise, uphold lame [adj1] unable to walk properly bruised, deformed, disabled, game, gimp, gimpy, halt, handicapped, hobbling, limping, pained, raw, sidelined, sore, stiff; concepts 314,489 Ant. able, agile, mobile, uncrippled, walking lame [adj2] feeble, weak faltering, faulty, abby, imsy, inadequate, ineffective, inefcient, insufcient, poor, thin, unconvincing, unpersuasive, unpleasing, unsatisfactory, unsuitable; concepts 558,570 Ant. able, capable, efcient, satisfactory, strong lament [v] to mourn or grieve deeply bawl,

beat ones breast*, bemoan, bewail, bleed, cry, deplore, eat ones heart out*, howl, hurt, kick self*, moan, rain, regret, repine, rue, sing, sob, sorrow, take it hard*, wail, weep; concepts 52,54 Ant. celebrate, compliment, laud, praise lamentable [adj] upsetting, miserable afictive, awful, bad, calamitous, deplorable, dire, dirty, distressing, doleful, dolorous, god-awful, grievous, grim, heartbreaking, hurting, lousy, low, lugubrious, meager, mean, melancholy, mournful, pitiful, plaintive, poor, regretful, rotten, rueful, sad, sorrowful, stinking, tragic, unfavorable, unfortunate, unsatisfactory, woeful, wretched; concepts 529,537 Ant. cheering, fortunate, good, lucky, satisfactory lament/lamentation [n] grief, complaint complaining, dirge, elegy, grieving, jeremiad, keen, keening, lament, moan, moaning, mourning, plaint, requiem, sob, sobbing, sorrow, tears, threnody, ululation, wail, wailing, weeping; concepts 29,278,410 Ant. celebration, enjoyment, praise laminate [v] cover with veneer coat, exfoliate, face, ake, foil, foliate, layer, overlayer, plate, separate, split, stratify, veneer; concept 172 Ant. strip lamp [n] lantern beacon, ashlight, gas lamp, gaslight, hurricane lamp, kerosene lamp, light, searchlight, torch; concepts 620,624,628,810 lampoon [n] parody, satire burlesque, caricature, invective, pasquil, pasquinade, pastiche, ridicule, roast*, send-up*, skit, squib, takedown, takeoff*; concepts 263,273 lampoon [v] ridicule, make fun of burlesque, caricature, jape, mock, parody, pasquinade, put on*, rail, roast*, satirize, send up*, squib, take off*, travesty; concept 273 Ant. applaud, approve, praise, support lance [v] pierce bore, cut, cut into, gash, gore, incise, penetrate, prick, puncture, slash, slice, slit, stab, stick into; concepts 137,159,176,220 land [n] earths surface; ownable property acreage, acres, area, beach, continent, country, countryside, dirt, district, earth, estate, expanse, extent, farming, farmland, eld, ground, grounds, holding, home, homeland, loam, mainland, manor, nation, old sod, parcel, plot, province, purlieu, quarry, quinta, ranch, real estate, realty, region, shore, sod, soil, stretch, sweep, terra rma, terrain, territory, tillage, tract; concepts 508,509, 510,515 Ant. sea, sky land [v1] arrive, come to rest on alight, berth, bring in, check in, come ashore, come down, come in, come to berth, debark, descend upon, disembark, ditch, dock, drop anchor, atten out, get down, ground, level off, light on, make land, pilot, put down, put in, set down, set on deck, settle, sit down, splash down, steer, take down, thump, touch down; concepts 159,181 Ant. ascend, take off land [v2] achieve, acquire annex, bring in, gain, get, have, obtain, pick up, procure, secure, win; concepts 120,706 Ant. fail, lose landll [n] dump ash heap*, depot, disposal area, dumping ground, garbage lot, hazardous waste dump, junk pile*, junkyard, recycling station, refuse heap, rubbish pile, toxic waste site, transfer station; concepts 438,449,680

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landing [n] harbor anchorage, berth, dock, jetty, landing place, marina, pier, platform, quay, slip, wharf; concept 442 landlord [n] owner of property leased freeholder, hotelier, hotelkeeper, innkeeper, lessor, property owner, proprietor, saw, squire; concept 347 Ant. boarder, leaser, renter landmark [n1] historical or notable sight battleground, benchmark, bend, blaze, feature, fragment, guide, hill, mark, marker, memorial, milepost, milestone, monument, mountain, museum, promontory, remnant, ruins, souvenir, specimen, stone, survival, trace, tree, vantage point, vestige, waypost; concepts 198,284,447 landmark [n2] turning point crisis, event, milepost, milestone, stage, watershed, waypost; concepts 696,817 landscape [n] countryside; picture of countryside mural, outlook, painting, panorama, photograph, prospect, scene, scenery, sketch, view, vista; concepts 259,509 landslide [n1] landslip avalanche, earthfall, mudslide, rockslide, snowslide; concepts 509,524,786 landslide [n2] great victory advantage, clean sweep*, conquest, defeat, grand slam*, killing*, overthrow, superiority, sweep, triumph, win; concepts 95,671,706,832 lane [n] road alley, artery, avenue, back street, boulevard, byway, drive, expressway, highway, parkway, passage, pathway, roadway, route, street, thoroughfare, throughway, thruway, turnpike; concept 501 language [n] system of words for communication accent, argot, articulation, brogue, cant, communication, conversation, dialect, diction, dictionary, discourse, doublespeak*, expression, gibberish, idiom, interchange, jargon, lexicon, lingua franca, palaver, parlance, patois, phraseology, prose, signal, slang, sound, speech, style, talk, terminology, tongue, utterance, verbalization, vernacular, vocabulary, vocalization, voice, word, wording; concept 276 languid [adj] drooping, dull, listless apathetic, blah*, blahs*, comatose, dopey, easy, energyless, enervated, faint, feeble, heavy, impassive, inactive, indifferent, inert, inrm, lackadaisical, laid-back, languishing, languorous, lazy, leaden, leisurely, lethargic, limp, moony*, nebbish, phlegmatic, pining, sickly, sleepyhead*, slow, sluggish, snoozy*, spiritless, supine, torpid, unconcerned, unenthusiastic, unhurried, uninterested, weak, weary, wimpy*; concepts 403, 542,584 Ant. alert, animated, energetic, lively, spirited, vivacious languish [v] droop; become dull, listless be disregarded, be neglected, brood, conk out*, decline, desire, despond, deteriorate, die on vine*, dwindle, ebb, fade, fag, fag out, fail, faint, zzle out, ag, go soft*, go to pieces*, grieve, hanker, hunger, knock out, long, pine, repine, rot, sicken, sigh, snivel, sorrow, suffer, tucker, waste, waste away, weaken, wilt, wither, yearn; concepts 20,105,469 Ant. ourish, grow, improve, strengthen languor [n] lethargy apathy, dullness, fatigue, idleness, inaction, inactivity, laziness, listlessness, sluggishness, tiredness, torpor, weakness; concepts 315,410,633,748

lanky [adj] tall and thin angular, attenuated, beanpole*, beanstalk*, bony, broomstick*, exla tenuated, gangling, gangly, gaunt, lean, meager, rangy, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, slender, la spare, spindling, spindly, stilt, stringy, twiggy*, weedy; concepts 491,779 Ant. squat lantern [n] lamp beacon, ashlight, gas lamp, gaslight, hurricane lamp, kerosene lamp, light, searchlight, torch; concepts 620,624,628,810 lap [n] orbit, circuit circle, course, distance, loop, round, tour; concepts 364,436 lap [v1] slosh, wash against bathe, bubble, burble, drink, gurgle, lave, lick, lip, plash, purl, ripple, sip, slap, splash, sup, swish; concept 144 lap [v2] overlap cover, enfold, envelop, fold, imbricate, overlie, override, ride, shingle, swaddle, swathe, turn, twist, wrap; concepts 172,201 lapse [n1] mistake blunder, breach, bungle, crime, error, failing, failure, fault, ub, foible, frailty, gaff, goof, goof-up*, indiscretion, miscue, negligence, offense, omission, oversight, screw-up*, sin, slip, slip-up, transgression, trespass, trip*, vice, violation; concepts 101, 674 Ant. achievement, perfection, success lapse [n2] break in action gap, intermission, interruption, interval, lacuna, lull, passage, pause; concept 807 Ant. continuity lapse [n3] backsliding decadence, declension, decline, degeneration, descent, deterioration, devolution, drop, fall, recession, regression, relapse, retrogradation, retrogression; concepts 230,316,388 Ant. progress lapse [v] become void; fall back into previous pattern apostatize, backslide, become obsolete, cease, decline, degenerate, descend, deteriorate, die, elapse, end, expire, go by, pass, recede, recidivate, relapse, retrograde, return, revert, run out, slide, slip, subside, terminate, weaken; concept 119 Ant. continue, go on, restart larceny [n] theft burglary, crime, lift, misappropriation, pilfering, pinch, purloining, robbery, steal, stealing, thievery, thieving, touch*; concepts 139,192 larder [n] provisions food supply, groceries, pantry, provender, stock, storage, supplies; concepts 140,712 large [adj] big, abundant ample, barn door*, blimp*, booming, broad, bulky, capacious, colossal, comprehensive, considerable, copious, enormous, excessive, exorbitant, extensive, extravagant, full, generous, giant, gigantic, goodly, grand, grandiose, great, gross, hefty, huge, humongous*, immeasurable, immense, jumbo*, liberal, massive, monumental, mountainous, plentiful, populous, roomy, sizable, spacious, stupendous, substantial, super, sweeping, thumping, tidy, vast, voluminous, whopping*, wide; concepts 773,781 Ant. little, miniature, small, tiny largely [adv] to a great extent abundantly, as a rule, broadly, by and large, chiey, commodiously, comprehensively, considerably, copiously, expansively, extensively, extravagantly, generally, generously, grandly, immoderately, imposingly, in a big way, in a grand manner, lavishly, liberally, magnicently, mainly, mostly, on a large scale, overall, predominantly, primarily, principally, prodigally, prodigiously, voluminously, widely; concepts 544,772

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larger than life [adj] legendary awesome, celebrated, extraordinary, famed, famous, immortal, imposing, impressive, mythical, renowned, towering; concept 568 largess [adj] generosity aid, alms, altruistic, benefaction, benevolent, charitable, charity, donation, endowment, generous, gift, giving, philanthropy, thoughtful; concepts 404,542 lascivious [adj] sexually aroused; displaying excessive interest in sex bawdy, blue, bodily, carnal, coarse, crude, evil-minded, fast*, eshly, gross*, hard-core*, hot*, immoral, incontinent, indecent, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, licentious, low-down*, lubricious, lustful, nasty, obscene, off-color*, offensive, orgiastic, pornographic, prurient, randy, raunchy*, raw, ribald, rough, salacious, scurrilous, sensual, smutty*, soft-core*, steamy, suggestive, unchaste, voluptuous, vulgar, wanton, X-rated*; concepts 372,403 Ant. chaste, decent, moral lash [v1] beat, whip baste, batter, buffet, chastise, dash, drum, agellate, ay, og, hammer, hide, hit, horsewhip, knock, lam, lather, pound, pummel, scourge, smack, strap, strike, thrash, wear out, whale*; concept 189 lash [v2] criticize harshly abuse, attack, baste, bawl out*, belabor, berate, blister, castigate, censure, chew out*, exprobate, ay, fulminate, jaw, lambaste, lampoon, ridicule, satirize, scold, tear into*, tell off*, tongue-lash*, upbraid; concept 52 Ant. compliment, praise lass [n] young woman colleen, damsel, female, girl, lassie, maid, maiden, miss, missy; concepts 548,585 lassitude [n] lethargy apathy, dullness, exhaustion, fatigue, idleness, inaction, inactivity, languor, laziness, listlessness, sleepiness, sluggishness, tiredness, torpor, weakness, weariness; concepts 315,410,633,748 lasso [n] lariat bola, halter, rope, snare; concept 475 last [adj] nal; newest aftermost, antipodal, at the end, bitter end, climactic, closing, concluding, conclusive, crowning, curtains*, denitive, determinate, determinative, end, ending, eventual, extreme, far, far-off, farthest, nishing, furthest, hindmost, lag, latest, least, lowest, meanest, most recent, once and for all*, outermost, rearmost, remotest, supreme, swan song*, terminal, ulterior, ultimate, utmost, uttermost; concepts 585,778,799 Ant. beginning, rst, front, initial, introductory, oldest, primary, starting last [n] end close, completion, conclusion, ending, nale, nis, nish, omega, termination; concept 832 Ant. beginning, commencement, introduction, lead, start last-ditch [adj] last-minute desperate, do-ordie, eleventh-hour, nal, frantic, last-chance, last-gasp, last-resort; concept 799 lasting [adj] enduring, unending abiding, constant, continual, continuing, deep-rooted, durable, endless, eternal, everlasting, forever, incessant, indelible, indissoluble, inexhaustible, inexpungible, in for the long haul*, lifelong, longstanding, long-term, old, perdurable, perennial, permanent, perpetual, persisting, stable, till the cows come home*, unceasing, undying,

unremitting; concepts 551,798 Ant. ceasing, ending, ephemeral, eeting, passing, shortlived, temporary, transient lastly/last [adv] in the end after, after all, all in all, at last, at the end, behind, bringing up rear*, nally, in conclusion, in the rear, to conclude, to sum up, ultimately; concepts 585,799 Ant. rstly/rst latch [n] lock bar, bolt, catch, clamp, fastening, hasp, hook, padlock; concepts 445,499 Ant. key latch [v] fasten with lock bar, bolt, cinch, close, close up, lock, make fast, secure; concept 85 Ant. loose, loosen, unfasten, unlatch, unlock late [adj1] not on time backward, behind, behindhand, behind time, belated, blown*, delayed, dilatory, eleventh-hour*, gone, held up, hung up*, in a bind*, in the lurch*, jammed*, lagging, last-minute, missed the boat*, out of luck*, overdue, postponed, put off, remiss, slow, stayed, strapped*, tardy, too late, unpunctual; concepts 548,799 Ant. early, on time, prompt, punctual late [adj2] new advanced, fresh, just out, modern, recent; concepts 578,797 Ant. antique, old, old-fashioned late [adj3] dead asleep, bygone, cold, deceased, defunct, departed, erstwhile, ex-*, exanimate, extinct, former, inanimate, lifeless, old, once, onetime, past, preceding, previous, quondam, sometime; concept 539 Ant. live late [adv] at the last minute backward, behind, behindhand, behind time, belatedly, dilatorily, slowly, tardily, unpunctual; concept 799 Ant. early, on time, punctually lately [adv] new, recently afresh, anew, a short time ago, in recent times, just now, latterly, newly, not long ago, of late; concept 820 Ant. in the past, old latent [adj] dormant, hidden abeyant, between the lines, concealed, contained, covert, idle, immature, implied, in abeyance, inactive, inert, inferential, inferred, inherent, inoperative, intrinsic, invisible, involved, lurking, passive, possible, potential, quiescent, rudimentary, secret, sleeping, smoldering, suppressed, suspended, tacit, torpid, underdeveloped, underlying, undeveloped, unexposed, unexpressed, unrealized, unripe, unseen, veiled, vestigial; concepts 404,576 Ant. active, apparent, clear, live, manifest, obvious, open, public later [adj] coming after downstream, ensuing, following, more recent, next, posterior, postliminary, proximate, subsequent, subsequential, succeeding, ulterior; concept 799 Ant. before, earlier later [adv] happening after after, afterward, again, at another time, behind, by and by*, come Sunday*, down the line*, down the road*, in a while, infra, in time, later on, latterly, more recent, next, subsequently, succeeding, thereafter; concept 799 Ant. before, earlier lateral [adj] sideways crabwise, edgeways, anking, oblique, side, side-by-side, sidelong, sideward, sidewise, skirting; concepts 581, 583 Ant. centered, central lather [n1] bubbles cream, foam, froth, head, soap, soapsuds, spume, suds, yeast; concepts 260,437

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lather [n2] commotion, fuss agitation, bustle, clamor, confusion, dither, fever, ap*, uster, hassle, hoopla*, hubbub*, hullabaloo*, state, stew*, storm*, sweat*, tizzy*, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, twitter*; concepts 230,388 Ant. calm, peace lather [v] cause to bubble beat, foam, froth, scrub, soap, wash, whip; concept 165 Ant. atten latitude [n] freedom, room to move; scope breadth, compass, elbow room, extent, independence, indulgence, laxity, leeway, liberty, license, margin, play, range, reach, room, run, run of, space, span, spread, sweep, swing, unrestrictedness, width; concepts 651,739,756,788 Ant. limitation, restriction latter [adj] latest, concluding closing, eventual, nal, following, hindmost, lag, last, last-mentioned, later, modern, rearmost, recent, second, terminal; concepts 585,799 Ant. earliest, former, preceding lattice [n] mesh, trellis ligree, frame, fretwork, grating, grid, grill, latticework, net, network, openwork, reticulation, screen, structure, tracery, web; concept 259 Ant. solid laud [v] acclaim, praise admire, adore, approve, bless, boost, build up, celebrate, commend, compliment, cry up, eulogize, extol, atter, glorify, hand it to*, honor, hymn, magnify, panegyrize, pat on the back*, revere, reverence, sing the praises of*, stroke, venerate, worship; concept 69 Ant. blame, castigate, criticize laudable [adj] admirable commendable, creditable, deserving, estimable, excellent, mean, meritable, meritorious, of note, praisable, praiseworthy, stellar, terric, thankworthy, worthy; concept 574 Ant. bad, blameable laudatory [adj] complimentary acclamatory, adulatory, approbative, approbatory, approving, commendatory, encomiastic, eulogistic, attering, laudative, panegyrical, praiseful; concept 267 Ant. blaming, castigating, critical laugh [v] expressing amusement, happiness with sound be in stitches*, break up*, burst*, cachinnate, chortle, chuckle, convulsed*, crack up*, crow, die laughing*, fracture*, giggle, grin, guffaw, howl, roar, roll in the aisles*, scream, shriek, snicker, snort, split ones sides*, titter, whoop*; concepts 77,185 Ant. cry laughable [adj] easily made fun of absurd, amusing, asinine, bizarre, camp, campy, comic, comical, derisive, derisory, diverting, droll, eccentric, entertaining, facetious, fantastic, farcical, funny, gelastic, har-har*, hilarious, humorous, inane, jocose, jocular, jokey, joshing, ludicrous, mirthful, mocking, nonsensical, preposterous, rich, ridiculous, riot, risible, scream, unusual, witty; concepts 267,550 Ant. grave, serious laugh at [v] ridicule belittle, deride, hoot, jeer, lampoon, make fun of, mock, scoff, taunt; concept 54 laugh/laughter [n] audible expression of amusement amusement, cachinnation, cackle, chortle, chuckle, chuckling, crack-up*, crow, t, gesture, giggle, giggling, glee, guffaw, hilarity, howling, merriment, mirth, peal, rejoicing, roar, shout, shriek, snicker, snigger, snort, sound, titter, yuck*; concepts 77,185 Ant. cry

laughing stock [n] object of ridicule Aunt Sally, butt, dupe, fair game, fall guy*, fool, goat*, joke, laughingstock, stooge, target, victim; concept 412 launch [v1] send off barrage, bombard, bung, cast, catapult, discharge, dispatch, drive, eject, re, ing, heave, hurl, lance, pitch, project, propel, send forth, set aoat, set in motion, shoot, sling, throw, toss; concepts 179,222 Ant. hold, keep launch [v2] begin, initiate bow, break the ice*, break the seal*, commence, embark upon, get show on road*, inaugurate, instigate, institute, introduce, jump, kick off*, open, originate, set going, start, start ball rolling*, usher in*; concept 221 Ant. cease, end, nish, stop launder [v] wash clean, cleanse, do the laundry*, do the washing*, rinse; concept 165 laurels [n] credit, praise acclaim, accolade, award, badge, bays, blue ribbon, commendation, crown, decoration, distinction, fame, feather in cap*, glory, gold, gold star*, kudos, prestige, recognition, renown, reward; concepts 69,278,337 Ant. criticism lavatory [n] bathroom latrine, powder room, restroom, shower, toilet, washroom, water closet, WC; concept 448 lavish [adj] profuse; splendid abundant, bountiful, copious, effusive, exaggerated, excessive, extravagant, exuberant, rst-class, free, generous, gorgeous, grand, immoderate, impressive, improvident, inordinate, intemperate, liberal, lush, luxuriant, luxurious, municent, openhanded, opulent, plentiful, plush, posh, prodigal, proigate, profusive, prolic, riotous, ritzy, sumptuous, swanky, thriftless, unreasonable, unrestrained, unsparing, unstinging, wasteful, wild; concepts 334,589,781 Ant. economical, scanty, scarce, small, spare lavish [v] pamper, shower be generous, be wasteful, deluge, dissipate, expend, fritter, give, go through, heap, pour, run through*, scatter, spend, spend money like water*, squander, thrust upon, waste; concepts 110,327,341 Ant. economize, hoard, limit, starve law [n1] rules of a government, society act, assize, behest, bidding, bylaw, canon, case, caveat, charge, charter, code, command, commandment, constitution, covenant, decision, decree, decretum, demand, dictate, divestiture, due process, edict, enactment, equity, garnishment, injunction, institute, instruction, jurisprudence, legislation, mandate, measure, notice, order, ordinance, precedent, precept, prescript, prescription, reg, regulation, requirement, ruling, statute, subpoena, summons, warrant, writ; concept 318 Ant. breaking, lawlessness, transgression, violation law [n2] standard, principle of behavior assumption, axiom, base, canon, cause, criterion, exigency, formula, foundation, fundamental, generalization, ground, guide, maxim, origin, postulate, precept, principium, proposal, proposition, reason, regulation, rule, source, theorem, truth, usage; concept 688 Ant. transgression, violation lawbreaker [n] criminal blackmailer, black marketeer, con, convict, crook, culprit, delinquent, felon, fugitive, gangster, hood*,

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hoodlum, hooligan, jailbird, malefactor, mobster, offender, outlaw, racketeer, scofaw; concept 412 law court [n] place for legal action court, court of justice, court of law, judicature, tribunal; concept 299 lawful [adj] allowable, legitimate authorized, bona de, canonical, card-carrying*, commanded, condign, constitutional, decreed, due, enacted, enforced, enjoined, established, innocent, judged, judicial, jural, juridical, jurisprudent, just, justiable, kosher*, legal, legalized, legislated, legit*, legitimatized, licit, mandated, ofcial, of right, on the level*, on the up and up*, ordained, ordered, passed, permissible, proper, protected, rightful, ruled, statutory, valid, vested, warrantable, warranted; concepts 319,545 Ant. illegal, illegitimate, illicit, prohibited, taboo, unlawful lawless [adj] reckless, ungoverned anarchic, anarchical, anarchistic, bad, barbarous, chaotic, contumacious, criminal, despotic, disobedient, disordered, disorderly, evil, erce, heterodox, infringing, insubordinate, insurgent, mutinous, nihilistic, noncompliant, nonconformist, piratical, rebellious, recusant, revolutionary, riotous, savage, seditious, tempestuous, terrorizing, traitorous, turbulent, tyrannous, uncivilized, uncultivated, unorthodox, unpeaceful, unrestrained, unruly, untamed, violent, warlike, wild; concepts 319,545 Ant. governed, lawful, legal, legitimate, licit, proper, rightful, valid lawn [n] cultivated area of green grass backyard, garden, grass, grassplot, green, park, plot, terrace, yard; concepts 509,513,517 lawsuit [n] case brought to court accusation, action, argument, arraignment, assumpsit, bill, cause, claim, contest, dispute, impeachment, indictment, litigation, presentment, proceedings, prosecution, replevin, suit, trial; concept 318 lawyer [n] person who is trained to counsel or argue in cases of law advocate, attorney, attorney-at-law, barrister, counsel, counsellor, counselor, defender, jurisprudent, jurist, legal adviser, legal eagle*, legist, member of the bar, mouthpiece*, pleader, practitioner, proctor, procurator, solicitor; concept 355 lax [adj] slack, remiss any way*, asleep on job*, behindhand, broad, careless, casual, delinquent, derelict, devil-may-care*, disregardful, easygoing, accid, forgetful, general, imprecise, inaccurate, indenite, indifferent, inexact, lenient, neglectful, negligent, nonspecic, oblivious, overindulgent, paying no mind*, regardless, shapeless, slipshod, sloppy, soft, unmindful, vague, yielding; concepts 401,542,557 Ant. hard, rigid, strict, tight laxative [n] aperient cathartic, purgative; concept 307 lay [adj] amateur, not trained in a religious or other profession inexpert, nonclerical, nonprofessional, nonspecialist, ordinary, secular, temporal, unsacred; concept 530 Ant. ordained, professional lay [v1] put, place arrange, deposit, dispose, establish, x, leave, locate, order, organize, plant, posit, position, repose, rest, set, set down, set out, settle, spread, stick, systematize; concepts 158,201 Ant. lift, take

lay [v2] produce, advance adduce, allege, bear, bring forth, bring forward, cite, deposit, generate, lodge, offer, present, put forward, submit, yield; concepts 66,205 lay [v3] credit, allocate accredit, address, aim, allot, apply, ascribe, assess, assign, attribute, burden, cast, charge, direct, encumber, impose, impute, incline, level, point, refer, saddle, tax, train, turn, zero in*; concepts 49,50,88,187 lay [v4] design, plan concoct, contrive, devise, hatch, plot, prepare, work out; concept 36 Ant. neglect lay [v5] make smooth allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, calm, even, atten, ush, iron, level, plane, press, quiet, relieve, steam, still, suppress; concepts 235,250 Ant. rough lay [v6] bet, wager gamble, game, give odds, hazard, play, risk, stake; concept 363 layer [n] coating, tier band, bed, blanket, coat, coping, couch, course, cover, covering, lm, ag, ap, oor, fold, girdle, lamina, lamination, lap, mantle, overlap, overlay, panel, ply, row, seam, sheet, slab, story, stratum, stripe, substratum, thickness, zone; concepts 744,835 lay into [v] criticize, attack assail, battle, belabor, re at*, invade, lambaste, let y at*, set about; concepts 52,86 Ant. compliment, praise layoff [n] dismissal from job or responsibility cutback, discharge, early retirement, respite, unemployment; concept 351 Ant. employment, hiring lay off [v1] stop doing cease, desist, end, give a rest, give up, halt, leave alone, leave off, let up, lie by, quit, rest, spell; concepts 119,234 Ant. begin, start lay off [v2] relieve of responsibility discharge, dismiss, drop, re, let go, oust, pay off, retire early; concept 351 Ant. employ, hire layout [n] physical arrangement blueprint, chart, design, diagram, draft, formation, geography, map, organization, outline, plan, purpose; concepts 625,660 lay out [v1] spend money disburse, expend, give, invest, lend, outlay, pay, put out, put up, shell out*; concepts 327,341 Ant. hoard, save lay out [v2] design, plan arrange, chart, diagram, display, exhibit, map, outline, set out, spread out; concepts 36,158,174 Ant. neglect layperson [n] amateur person, not trained in religious or other profession believer, dilettante, follower, laic, member, neophyte, nonprofessional, novice, outsider, parishioner, proselyte, recruit, secular; concepts 361,423 Ant. minister, ordained, priest, professional, reverend lay up [v1] hurt, incapacitate beat up, conne, disable, harm, hospitalize, injure; concept 246 Ant. heal, help lay up/lay by [v2] set aside, store accumulate, amass, build up, bury, conserve, cumulate, garner, hide, hoard, keep, lay in, preserve, put away, roll up, salt away, save, spare, store up, treasure; concepts 120,134 Ant. squander, use, waste laziness [n] unwillingness to work, be active apathy, dilatoriness, do-nothingness, dormancy,

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dreaminess, drowsiness, dullness, faineance, faineancy, heaviness, idleness, inactivity, indolence, inertia, inertness, lackadaisicalness, languidness, languorousness, laxness, leadenness, leisureliness, lethargy, listlessness, neglectfulness, negligence, otioseness, otiosity, passivity, remissness, slackness, sleepiness, sloth, slothfulness, slowness, sluggishness, stolidity, supineness, tardiness, torpescence, torpidness, weariness; concepts 411,633 Ant. activity, diligence, hard work, industriousness, industry, liveliness lazy [adj] inactive, sluggish apathetic, asleep on the job*, careless, comatose, dallying, dilatory, drowsy, dull, agging, idle, inattentive, indifferent, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, laggard, lagging, languid, languorous, lethargic, lifeless, loang, neglectful, out of it*, passive, procrastinating, remiss, shiftless, slack, sleepy, slothful, slow, slow-moving, snoozy*, somnolent, supine, tardy, tired, torpid, triing, unconcerned, unenergetic, unindustrious, unpersevering, unready, weary; concepts 401,404 Ant. active, diligent, energetic, hard-working, industrious, lively leach [v] drain, empty extract, lter, ltrate, lixiviate, percolate, seep, strain, wash away; concepts 142,211,225 lead [n1] rst place, supremacy advance, advantage, ahead, bulge, cutting edge*, direction, edge, example, facade, front rank, guidance, head, heavy, leadership, margin, model, over, pilot, point, precedence, primacy, principal, priority, protagonist, spark, star, start, title role, top, top spot, vanguard; concepts 668,693,828 Ant. last lead [n2] clue evidence, guide, hint, indication, proof, sign, suggestion, tip, trace; concepts 274,284 lead [v1] guide physically accompany, attend, be responsible for, chaperone, coerce, compel, conduct, convey, convoy, direct, drive, escort, nd a way, force, get, go along with, guard, impel, induce, manage, pass along, persuade, pilot, point out, point the way, precede, prevail, protect, quarterback*, route, safeguard, see, shepherd, show, show around, show in, show the way, span, squire, steer, traverse, usher, watch over; concept 187 Ant. follow lead [v2] guide mentally; inuence affect, bring, bring on, call the shots*, cause, command, conduce, contribute, convert, direct, dispose, draw, get the jump on*, go out in front*, govern, head, helm, incline, induce, introduce, manage, motivate, move, persuade, preside over, prevail, produce, prompt, quarterback*, result in, run things*, serve, shepherd, spearhead*, spur, supervise, tend, trail-blaze*; concepts 68,117, 221 Ant. comply, consent, follow, obey lead [v3] surpass be ahead, blaze a trail*, come rst*, exceed, excel, outdo, outstrip, precede, preface, transcend, usher; concept 141 Ant. fall behind, lose lead (a life) [v4] experience have, live, pass, spend, undergo; concept 678 leader [n] person who guides boss, captain, chief, chieftain, commander, conductor, controller, counsellor, dean, dignitary, director, doyen, eminence, exec, forerunner, general,

governor, guide, harbinger, head, herald, lead, lion*, luminary, manager, mistress, notability,la notable, ofcer, pacesetter, pilot, pioneer, precursor, president, principal, rector, ring- le leader, ruler, shepherd, skipper, superintendent, superior; concepts 347,354 Ant. follower leadership [n] guidance administration, authority, capacity, command, conduction, control, conveyance, direction, directorship, domination, foresight, hegemony, inuence, initiative, management, pilotage, power, preeminence, primacy, skill, superintendency, superiority, supremacy, sway; concepts 376,687 leading [adj] chief, superior arch, best, champion, dominant, dominating, famous, rst, foremost, governing, greatest, headmost, highest, inaugural, initial, main, noted, notorious, number one*, outstanding, popular, preeminent, premier, primary, principal, prominent, ruling, stellar, top, well-known; concepts 574,585 Ant. inferior, last, subordinate, supplementary, unimportant leaf [n1] green foliage of plant blade, bract, ag, foliole, frond, leaet, needle, pad, petal, petiole, scale, stalk, stipule; concept 428 leaf [n2] page of document folio, paper, sheet; concept 270 leaf [v] ip through browse, dip into, glance, riff, rife, run through, scan, skim, thumb; concepts 72,623 leafy [adj] abundant in foliage abounding, abundant, covered, green, hidden, leafed, leaved, shaded, shady, umbrageous, verdant, wooded; concepts 485,583 Ant. leaess league [n1] association, federation alliance, band, bunch, circle, circuit, club, coalition, combination, combine, compact, company, confederacy, confederation, conference, consortium, crew, gang, group, guild, loop, mob, order, organization, outt, partnership, pool, ring, society, sodality, union, unit; concepts 365,381,387 league [n2] group of a certain ability category, circle, class, grade, grouping, level, pigeonhole*, rank, status, tier; concepts 388,630 league [v] associate ally, amalgamate, band, coadjute, collaborate, combine, concur, confederate, conjoin, consolidate, cooperate, federate, join forces, unite; concepts 8,10, 114 Ant. disassociate leak [n] opening; seepage through opening aperture, chink, crack, crevice, decrease, destruction, detriment, drip, drop, escape, expenditure, exposure, ssure, ow, hole, leakage, leaking, loss, outgoing, percolation, pit, puncture, short circuit, slip; concepts 116,513 leak [v] seep; make known break, come out, discharge, disclose, divulge, drip, drool, escape, exude, get out, give away, let slip*, make public, ooze, out, pass, pass on, percolate, reveal, slip, spill, spill the beans, tell, transpire, trickle; concepts 60,116,179 lean [adj] bare, thin angular, anorexic, barren, beanpole*, bony, emaciated, gangling, gangly, gaunt, haggard, inadequate, infertile, lank, lanky, meager, no fat, pitiful, poor, rangy, rawboned, scanty, scraggy, scrawny, shadow*, sinewy, skinny, slender, slim, spare, sparse, stick, stilt, stringy, svelte, sylphlike, twiggy*,

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unfruitful, unproductive, wasted, wiry, wizened, worn; concepts 485,491 Ant. fat, plump lean [v1] bend, angle toward bear on, beetle, be off, be slanted, bow, cant, careen, cock, curve, decline, deect, dip, divert, drift, droop, fasten on, hang on, heel, incline, jut, list, nod, overhang, pitch, place, prop, put weight on, recline, repose, rest, rest on, roll, sag, sheer, sink, slant, slope, tilt, tip, turn, twist, veer; concepts 147,201,738 Ant. straighten lean [v2] be disposed be prone, be willing, favor, gravitate toward, have propensity, incline, look, not mind, prefer, tend; concept 20 Ant. dislike, not like lean [v3] count, depend on bank on*, believe in, bet bottom dollar*, bet on*, conde, gamble on*, have faith, hinge on*, lay money on*, put faith in, rely, trust; concepts 12,26 Ant. disregard, forget leaning [n] tendency, bias aptitude, bent*, cup of tea*, disposition, drift, favor, favoritism, inclination, inclining, liking, mindset, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, sentiment, taste, thing, weakness; concepts 20,32,689 leap [n] jump; increase bound, caper, escalation, frisk, hop, rise, skip, spring, surge, upsurge, upswing, vault; concepts 194,780 leap [v] jump, jump over; increase advance, arise, ascend, bounce, bound, caper, cavort, clear, escalate, frisk, hop, hurdle, lop, mount, rise, rocket, saltate, skip, soar, spring, surge, vault; concepts 194,780 learn [v1] acquire information apprentice, attain, become able, become versed, be taught, be trained, brush up on*, burn midnight oil*, commit to memory, con, crack the books*, cram*, determine, drink in*, enroll, gain, get, get down pat*, get the hang of*, get the knack of*, grasp, grind, imbibe, improve mind, lucubrate, major in, master, matriculate, memorize, minor in, peruse, pick up*, pore over, prepare, read, receive, review, soak up*, specialize in, study, take course*, take in, train in, wade through*; concepts 31,33 Ant. teach learn [v2] discover, nd out ascertain, catch on, detect, determine, dig up*, discern, gain, gather, hear, see, smoke out*, stumble upon*, trip over, tumble, uncover, understand, unearth; concepts 34,183 Ant. miss, overlook learned [adj] well-informed abstruse, academic, accomplished, bookish, brainy*, conversant, cultivated, cultured, deep*, educated, erudite, esoteric, experienced, expert, grave, grounded, highbrow*, intellectual, in the know*, judicious, lettered, literary, literate, omniscient, pansophic, pedantic, philosophic, philosophical, polymath, posted, professorial, recondite, sage, sapient, scholarly, scientic, sharp, skilled, solemn, solid, sound, studied, studious, versed, well-educated, wellgrounded, well-read, well-rounded; concept 402 Ant. ignorant, stupid, uninformed learner [n] person who receives education abecedarian, apprentice, beginner, bookworm, catechumen, disciple, initiate, neophyte, novice, probationer, pupil, scholar, student, trainee; concept 350 Ant. ignoramus learning [n] education, knowledge acquire-

ments, attainments, culture, erudition, information, letters, literature, lore, research, scholarship, schooling, science, study, training, tuition, wisdom; concepts 274,409 Ant. ignorance lease [v] rent object, residence charter, hire, let, loan, rent out, sublease, sublet; concepts 89,115 Ant. sell leash [n] rein bridle, chain, check, control, cord, curb, deterrent, hold, lead, restraint, rope, strap, tether; concept 475 leash [v] rein, hold bridle, check, clog, control, curb, entrammel, fasten, fetter, hamper, hobble, hog-tie*, hold back, restrain, secure, shackle, suppress, tether, tie, tie up, trammel; concept 191 Ant. let go, release least [adj] slightest, smallest atomic, bottom, entry-level, feeblest, fewest, nical, rst, gutter, innitesimal, last, lowest, meanest, microcosmic, microscopic, minimal, minimum, minute, minutest, molecular, most trivial, nadir, next to nothing*, niggling*, piddling*, poorest, second, short-end*, third*, tiniest, trivial, unimportant; concepts 585,789 Ant. most leathery [adj] hard, durable coriaceous, hardened, leatherlike, rough, rugged, strong, tough, wrinkled; concepts 489,606 Ant. soft, supple leave [n1] permission allowance, assent, authorization, concession, consent, dispensation, freedom, go-ahead*, green light*, liberty, okay, permit, sanction, sufferance, tolerance; concepts 376,685 Ant. limitation, prohibition, restriction leave [n2] holiday, time off adieu, departure, farewell, furlough, goodbye, leave of absence, leave-taking, liberty, parting, retirement, sabbatical, vacation, withdrawal; concepts 802,807 Ant. workday leave [v1] depart, abandon physically abscond, beat it*, break away, clear out*, come away, cut out, decamp, defect, desert, disappear, ditch*, elope, embark, emigrate, escape, exit, ee, it, y, forsake, give the slip*, go, go away, go forth, head out*, issue, migrate, move, move out, part, pull out*, push off*, quit, relinquish, remove oneself, retire, ride off*, run along*, sally, say goodbye*, scram, set out, slip out, split*, start, step down, take a hike*, take leave, take off, vacate, vamoose*, vanish, walk out, withdraw; concept 195 Ant. come, go leave [v2] abandon, renounce back out*, cease, cede, desert, desist, drop, drop out*, evacuate, forbear, forsake, give notice, give up*, hand over, knock off, maroon, quit, refrain, relinquish, resign, stop, surrender, terminate, waive, yield; concept 234 Ant. continue, hold, keep leave [v3] forget, neglect allow, drop, have, lay down, leave behind, let, let be, let continue, let go, let stay, mislay, omit, permit, suffer; concepts 30,83 Ant. care, maintain leave [v4] give, especially after death allot, apportion, assign, bequeath, bequest, cede, commit, conde, consign, demise, devise, entrust, give over, hand down, leave behind, legate, refer, transmit, will; concepts 108,317 Ant. hold leave off [v] stop abstain, break off, cease, desist, discontinue, end, give over, give up, halt, knock off*, quit, refrain, surcease; concept 234 Ant. begin, continue, restart

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lecherous [adj] lustful, lewd carnal, concupiscent, corrupt, fast*, hot and heavy*, incontinent, lascivious, libertine, libidinous, licentious, low-down*, lubricous, prurient, raunchy*, salacious, satyric, sensual, unchaste, wanton; concepts 372,401 Ant. chaste, clean lechery [n] lewdness carnality, debauchery, lasciviousness, libertinism, licentiousness, lust, lustfulness, raunchiness, salaciousness, wantonness; concepts 20,709 lectern [n] reading desk ambo, platform, pulpit, reading stand, rostrum, stand, support; concepts 440,443 lecture [n1] lesson, speech address, allocution, chalk talk*, discourse, disquisition, harangue, instruction, oration, pep talk*, pitch*, soapbox*, spiel*, talk; concepts 60,278 lecture [n2] speech of criticism castigation, censure, chiding, dressing-down*, going-over*, harangue, moralism, preaching, preachment, rebuke, reprimand, reproof, scolding, sermon, talking-to*, telling off*; concepts 52,54 lecture [v1] give a lesson, speech address, declaim, deliver, discourse, expound, get on a soapbox*, give a talk, harangue, hold forth, orate, prelect, recite, speak, spiel*, spout, talk, teach; concepts 60,266 lecture [v2] criticize lengthily admonish, berate, chide, exprobate, ay, give going-over*, give piece of mind*, moralize, preach, rank on, rate, reprimand, reprove, scold, sermonize, tell off; concept 52 Ant. praise ledge [n] shelf bar, bench, berm, bracket, console, edge, jut, mantle, offset, path, projection, reef, ridge, rim, route, sill, step, strip, tier, track, trail, walk, way; concepts 445,513 ledger [n] account book books, daybook, journal, record book, register; concepts 271, 280,801 leech [n] parasite barnacle, bloodsucker*, bum*, freeloader, scrounger, sponge*, sycophant; concepts 394,412 leer [n/v] look at longingly eye, eyeball*, gloat, goggle*, ogle, smirk, sneer, squint, stare, wink; concept 623 leery [adj] suspicious careful, cautious, chary, distrustful, doubting, dubious, on ones guard*, shy, skeptical, uncertain, unsure, wary; concept 529 Ant. certain, sure, unwary leeway [n] room to move, grow elbow room*, extent, headway, latitude, margin, play, scope, space; concept 739 left [adj1] on west side when facing north hard to left, larboard, near, nigh side, port, portside, sinister, sinistral, south; concepts 581,583 Ant. right left [adj2] politically radical leftist, left-wing, liberal, progressive, revolutionary, socialist; concept 529 Ant. right left [adj3] abandoned continuing, departed, extra, forsaken, gone out, leftover, marooned, over, remaining, residual, split, staying; concept 577 leftover [adj] remaining, excess extra, residual, surplus, unconsumed, uneaten, untouched, unused, unwanted; concepts 560,771 Ant. core, main, principle leftover [n] remainder, remains debris, leavings, legacy, oddments, odds and ends*,

orts, remnants, residue, scraps, surplus, survivor, trash; concepts 260,457 Ant. main meal le left-wing [adj] liberal communist, leftist, le radical, socialist; concepts 529,542 leg [n] appendage used for support brace, column, lap, limb, member, part, pile, pole, portion, post, prop, section, segment, shank, stage, stake, stilt, stretch, stump, support, upright; concepts 392,471,832 legacy [n] inheritance, heritage bequest, birthright, devise, endowment, estate, gift, heirloom, throwback, tradition; concepts 337,710 legal [adj] allowable, permissible acknowledged, allowed, authorized, card-carrying*, chartered, clean*, condign, constitutional, contractual, decreed, due, enforced, enforcible, enjoined, fair, forensic, granted, innocent, judged, judicial, juridical, just, justiable, justied, lawful, legalized, legit*, legitimate, licit, on the level*, on the up and up*, ordained, passed, precedented, prescribed, proper, protected, right, rightful, sanctioned, sound, statutory, straight, sure enough, valid, warranted, within the law; concept 319 Ant. illegal, illegitimate, illicit, unlawful, wrong legalize [v] allow, validate approve, authorize, clean up, codify, constitute, decree, decriminalize, enact, formulate, launder, legislate, legitimate, legitimatize, license, ordain, permit, regulate, sanction; concepts 298,317 Ant. deny, prohibit, refuse, veto legend [n1] story of the past, often ctitious fable, ction, folklore, folk story, folk tale, lore, myth, mythology, mythos, narrative, saga, tale, tradition; concept 282 legend [n2] brief description in document cipher, code, device, epigraph, epitaph, head, heading, inscription, key, motto, rubric, table, underline; concepts 268,270 legendary [adj1] ctitious but well known allegorical, apocryphal, created, customary, doubtful, dubious, fabled, fabricated, fabulous, fanciful, gmental, handed-down, imaginary, imaginative, improbable, invented, mythical, mythological, related, romantic, storied, told, traditional, unhistoric, unhistorical, unreal, unveriable; concepts 267,552 Ant. factual, real, true legendary [adj2] famous celebrated, famed, illustrious, immortal, renowned, well-known; concept 568 Ant. infamous, unimportant legerdemain [n] sleight of hand artfulness, chicanery, conjuring, craftiness, cunning, deceit, deception, hocus-pocus, manipulation, trickery; concepts 59,278 legible [adj] easy to read clear, coherent, decipherable, distinct, easily read, intelligible, lucid, neat, plain, readable, sharp, understandable; concepts 267,535,576 Ant. illegible, unreadable legion [adj] numerous countless, many, multifarious, multitudinal, multitudinous, myriad, numberless, populous, several, sundry, various, very many, voluminous; concepts 762,781 Ant. few, numbered legion [n] mass, force of people army, body, brigade, cloud, company, division, drove, ock, group, horde, host, multitude, myriad, number,

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phalanx, rout, scores, throng, troop; concepts 322,387,417 legislation [n] law of a government act, bill, charter, codication, constitution, enactment, lawmaking, measure, prescription, regulation, ruling, statute; concept 318 legislative [adj] lawmaking congressional, decreeing, enacting, jurisdictive, lawgiving, legislational, legislatorial, ordaining, parliamentarian, parliamentary, senatorial, statute-making, synodical; concept 319 legislator [n] person in government who makes laws administrator, aldermember, assemblymember, council member, deputy, lawgiver, lawmaker, leader, member, member of Congress, parliamentarian, representative, senator; concept 354 legislature [n] governmental body, most often elected, that makes laws assembly, body, chamber, congress, council, diet, house, house of representatives, lawmakers, parliament, plenum, senate, voice of the people; concept 299 legitimate [adj] authentic, valid, legal accepted, accredited, acknowledged, admissible, appropriate, authorized, canonical, certain, cogent, consistent, correct, customary, fair, genuine, innocent, just, justiable, lawful, licit, logical, natural, normal, ofcial, on the level, on the up and up, orthodox, probable, proper, real, reasonable, received, recognized, regular, reliable, rightful, sanctioned, sensible, sound, statutory, sure, true, typical, usual, veriable, warranted, well-founded; concepts 319,558, 582 Ant. illegal, illegitimate, invalid, unlawful, unwarranted leisure [n] free time and its activities chance, convenience, ease, freedom, holiday, idle hours, intermission, leave of absence, liberty, ones own sweet time*, opportunity, pause, quiet, range, recess, recreation, relaxation, repose, requiescence, respite, rest, retirement, sabbatical, scope, spare moments*, spare time, time, time off*, unemployment, vacant hour*, vacation; concepts 363,681,807 Ant. employment, work leisurely [adj] casual, unhurried comfortable, delayed, deliberate, dilatory, easy, free, gentle, laggard, laid-back*, languid, lax, lazy, relaxed, restful, slack, slackened, slow, slow-moving, unhasty; concepts 550,584,799 Ant. hectic, hurried leisurely [adv] casually, unhurriedly at ones convenience*, at ones leisure, calmly, comfortably, composedly, deliberately, dilatorily, easily, gradually, inactively, indolently, laggardly, langorously, languidly, lazily, lethargically, lingeringly, listlessly, slowly, sluggishly, taking ones time*, tardily, torpidly, with delay, without haste; concepts 544,584,799 Ant. hectically, hurriedly lemon [n] dud failure, op, junk, piece of junk, reject; concepts 412,423 lend [v] loan, accommodate add, advance, afford, allow, bestow, confer, contribute, entrust, extend, furnish, give, grant, impart, lay on one, lend-lease, let, loan shark*, oblige, permit, present, provide, shark, stake, supply, trust; concepts 115,140 Ant. borrow length [n] extent of object, distance, time

breadth, compass, continuance, diameter, dimension, duration, elongation, endlessness, expanse, expansion, extensiveness, height, interval, lastingness, lengthiness, limit, linearity, loftiness, longitude, longness, magnitude, measure, mileage, orbit, panorama, period, piece, portion, protractedness, purview, quantity, radius, range, ranginess, reach, realm, remoteness, season, section, segment, space, spaciousness, span, stretch, stride, tallness, term, unit, width, year; concepts 651,721,743, 788,804 Ant. height lengthen [v] extend amplify, augment, continue, dilate, distend, drag out, draw, draw out*, elongate, expand, increase, let out, make longer, pad, proceed, prolong, prolongate, protract, reach, spin out*, stretch, string out*; concepts 236,239,245 Ant. abbreviate, cut, shorten lengthy [adj] extended diffuse, dragging, drawn-out, elongate, elongated, interminable, lengthened, long, longish, long-winded, overlong, padded, prolix, prolonged, protracted, tedious, tiresome, verbose, very long, wearisome, windy, wordy; concepts 267,482,782 Ant. abbreviated, curtailed, shortened lenient [adj] permissive allowing, amiable, assuaging, assuasive, being big*, benign, benignant, charitable, clement, compassionate, complaisant, compliant, condoning, easy, easygoing, emollient, excusing, favoring, forbearing, forgiving, gentle, going easy on*, good-natured, humoring, indulgent, kind, kindly, letting, live with*, loving, merciful, mild, mollycoddling*, obliging, pampering, pardoning, permitting, soft, softhearted, soft-shell*, sparing, spoiling, sympathetic, tender, tolerant, yielding; concepts 401,542 Ant. hard, intolerant, limiting, restrictive, rigorous, severe leprechaun [n] elf brownie, eln, fairy, fay, gnome, nisse, pixie, sprite; concept 370 lesion [n] injury, wound abrasion, bruise, contusion, cut, gash, laceration, scrape, scratch, sore; concept 309 less [adj] smaller, inferior beneath, declined, decient, depressed, diminished, excepting, fewer, lacking, lesser, limited, lower, minor, minus, negative, not as great, reduced, secondary, shortened, shorter, slighter, subordinate, subtracting, unsubstantial, without; concepts 574,762,789 Ant. bigger, more, superior less [adv] little barely, in a lower degree, meagerly, to a smaller extent; concepts 530, 544 Ant. more lessen [v] lower, reduce abate, abridge, amputate, attenuate, become smaller, clip, close, contract, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, decline, decrease, de-escalate, degrade, die down, dilute, diminish, downsize, drain, dwindle, ease, erode, grow less, impair, lighten, minify, minimize, mitigate, moderate, narrow, roll back, shrink, slacken, slack up, slow down, soft-pedal*, take the bite out*, take the edge off*, take the sting out*, taper, taper off, thin, truncate, weaken, wind down; concepts 247,698,776 Ant. enlarge, extend, increase, raise, strengthen lesser [adj] inferior, secondary a notch under*, bottom, bush, bush-league*, dinky*, insignicant, less important, low, lower, minor, minor-

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league*, nether, second-ddle*, second-string*, slighter, small, small-fry*, small-time*, subjacent, subordinate, third-string*, undersized; concepts 575,793 Ant. greater, higher, major, superior lesson [n1] information taught assignment, chalk talk*, class, coaching, drill, education, exercise, homework, instruction, lecture, period, practice, quiz, reading, recitation, schooling, study, task, teaching, test, tutoring; concepts 274,285,287 lesson [n2] helpful example, communication admonition, censure, chiding, deterrent, exemplar, helpful word, message, model, moral, noble action, notice, precept, punishment, rebuke, reprimand, reproof, scolding, warning; concepts 123,661,686 let [v1] allow accredit, approve, authorize, be big*, cause, certify, commission, concede, enable, endorse, free up, give, give leave, give okay, give permission, grant, have, hear of, leave, license, live with, make, permit, sanction, sit still for*, suffer, tolerate, warrant; concepts 50,83,88 Ant. forbid, hinder, hold, impede, inhibit, keep, obstruct, prevent let [v2] rent out object, property charter, hire, lease, sublease, sublet; concepts 89,115 Ant. buy, sell letdown [n] disappointment anticlimax, balk, bitter pill*, blow, chagrin, comedown, disgruntlement, disillusionment, frustration, setback, washout*; concepts 410,728 Ant. advantage, benet, blessing, boon, satisfaction let down [v] disappoint abandon, depress, disenchant, disillusion, dissatisfy, fail, fall short, leave in lurch*, leave stranded*, lower, pull down, take down; concepts 7,19 Ant. benet, satisfy lethal [adj] deadly baleful, dangerous, deathly, destructive, devastating, fatal, harmful, hurtful, malignant, mortal, mortiferous, mortuary, murderous, necrotic, noxious, pernicious, pestilent, pestilential, poisonous, virulent; concept 537 Ant. benecial, harmless, helpful, life-giving lethargic [adj] lazy, sluggish apathetic, blah*, comatose, debilitated, dilatory, dopey, dormant, draggy*, drowsy, dull, enervated, having spring fever*, heavy, idle, impassive, inactive, indifferent, inert, lackadaisical, laggard, laid-back*, languid, languorous, listless, moony*, nebbish, out of it*, passive, phlegmatic, sleepy, sleepyhead*, slothful, slow, slumberous, snoozy, somnolent, spiritless, stolid, stretchy, stupeed, supine, torpid, wimpy*; concepts 401,403,584 Ant. active, busy, energetic, lively, vital, vivacious lethargy [n] laziness, sluggishness apathy, coma, disinterest, disregard, drowsiness, dullness, hebetude, heedlessness, idleness, impassivity, inaction, inactivity, inanition, indifference, indolence, inertia, inertness, insouciance, languor, lassitude, listlessness, passiveness, phlegm, sleep, sleepiness, sloth, slowness, slumber, stupor, supineness, torpidity, torpidness, torpor, unconcern, unmindfulness; concepts 315,410,633,748 Ant. activity, busyness, energy, life, liveliness, vigor, vitality, vivaciousness, vivacity let off [v] make not subject to punishment or action abandon, absolve, discharge, dispense,

drop, excuse, exempt, exonerate, forgive, let go, pardon, privilege from, release, relieve, remove, le spare; concepts 50,83,88,317 Ant. blame, le incarcerate, punish let on [v] acknowledge, admit allow, avow, betray, concede, confess, disclose, divulge, give away, grant, hint, imply, indicate, let out, make known, mouth*, own, own up*, reveal, say, spill*, suggest, tell, uncover, unveil; concepts 57,60 Ant. deny, disacknowledge letter [n1] symbol of an alphabet ABCs*, alphabet, cap, capital, character, majuscule, minuscule, rune, sign, small letter, type, uncial; concept 284 Ant. number letter [n2] written communication acknowledgment, answer, billet, dispatch, epistle, junk mail*, kite, line, memo, memorandum, message, missive, note, postcard, reply, report, thank you; concepts 271,278 Ant. speech letup [n] pause abatement, break, cessation, interval, lapse, lessening, let-up, lull, recess, remission, respite, slackening; concept 807 Ant. continuation let up [v] pause abate, cease, decrease, die down, die out, diminish, ease, ease off, ease up, ebb, fall, moderate, release, relent, slacken, slow down, stop, subside, wane; concepts 240,698 Ant. continue levee [n] embankment bank, breakwater, dam, earthwork, mound; concept 509 level [adj] smooth, balanced akin, aligned, alike, calm, commensurate, common, comparable, consistent, constant, continuous, equable, equivalent, even, exact, at, ush, horizontal, identical, in line, leveled, like, lined up, matched, matching, of same height, on a line, on a par, on one plane, parallel, plain, planate, plane, planed, polished, precise, proportionate, regular, rolled, same, stable, steady, straight, trim, trimmed, unbroken, unuctuating, uniform, uninterrupted; concepts 401,490,566 Ant. ragged, uneven level [n1] horizontal position or thing altitude, elevation, oor, height, layer, plain, plane, story, stratum, surface, zone; concepts 738,744 level [n2] rank, position achievement, degree, grade, stage, standard, standing, status; concepts 286,388 level [v1] make even equalize, equate, even, even off, even out, atten, ush, grade, lay, make equal, make at, mow, plane, press, roll, smooth, smoothen, straighten, surface; concept 250 Ant. jag, rough up level [v2] destroy, demolish bring down, bulldoze*, devastate, down*, drop, equalize, fell, atten, oor, ground, knock down, knock over, lay low, mow*, pull down, raze, ruin, smooth, tear down, waste*, wreck; concepts 208,252 Ant. build, construct level [v3] be honest be above-board, be frank, be on the up and up*, be open, be straight, be straightforward, be up-front*, come clean*, come to terms*, keep nothing back*, talk straight*, tell the truth; concept 49 Ant. deceive, lie level [v4] aim, direct address, beam, cast, focus, incline, lay, point, slant, train, turn, zero in on; concept 187 Ant. point away, turn

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levelheaded [adj] reasonable, calm all there*, balanced, collected, commonsensical, composed, cool, cool as cucumber*, coolheaded*, dependable, discreet, even-tempered, farsighted, in ones right mind*, judicious, practical, prudent, rational, sane, self-possessed, sensible, steady, together, unappable, wise, with all marbles*; concepts 403,542 Ant. nervous, unreasonable, upset leverage [n] inuence advantage, ascendancy, authority, bargaining chip*, break, clout, drag, edge, grease*, jump on*, power, pull, rank, ropes*, suction, weight; concepts 687,693 levitate [v] rise into the air be suspended, defy gravity, drift, oat, y, hang, hover, rise, soar; concept 154 levity [n] funniness, silliness absurdity, amusement, buoyancy, facetiousness, festivity, ckleness, ightiness, ippancy, folly, foolishness, frivolity, giddiness, happiness, high spirits, hilarity, jocularity, laughs, lightheartedness, mirth, picnic*, pleasantry, repartee, triing, triviality, volatility, wit; concepts 273,410 Ant. gravity, seriousness levy [n] assessment, tax burden, collection, custom, duty, exaction, excise, fee, gathering, imposition, impost, muster, tariff, toll; concept 329 levy [v] assess, impose call, call up, charge, collect, demand, exact, extort, gather, lay on, place, put on, raise, set, summon, tax, wrest, wring; concept 330 Ant. disapprove, veto lewd [adj] vulgar, indecent bawdy, blue, coarse, erotic, fast*, lthy*, foul-mouthed, gross*, hardcore*, immodest, immoral, improper, impure, in bad taste, incontinent, indelicate, lascivious, lecherous, libertine, libidinous, licentious, loose*, lustful, naughty, obscene, off-color*, pornographic, proigate, questionable, racy*, rakish, ribald, risqu, salacious, scandalous, scurrilous, shameless, smutty*, suggestive, taboo, unchaste, unclean, unconventional, unvirtuous, vile, wanton, wicked, X-rated*; concepts 372,542,545 Ant. clean, decent, moral lexicon [n] collection of word meanings, usage dictionary, glossary, terminology, thesaurus, vocabulary, wordbook, wordlist, word stock; concepts 276,280 liability [n1] answerability, responsibility accountability, accountableness, amenability, amenableness, arrearage, blame, burden, compulsion, culpability, debt, duty, indebtedness, obligation, onus, owing, subjection, susceptibility; concept 645 Ant. irresponsibility, unaccountability liability [n2] burden, debt account, arrear, arrearage, bad news*, baggage*, balance, bite*, chance, chit*, contingency, contract, damage, debit, disadvantage, drag*, drawback, due*, encumbrance, handicap, hindrance, impediment, inconvenience, indebtedness, indebtment, involvement, IOU*, lease, loan, millstone*, minus, misfortune, mortgage, nuisance, obligation, onus, pledge, possibility, remainder, responsibility, tab; concepts 332,674 Ant. asset liability [n3] chance, probability exposure, likelihood, openness, proneness, susceptibility,

tendency, vulnerability, vulnerableness; concepts 650,657 liable [adj1] answerable, responsible accountable, amenable, bound, chargeable, obligated, subject, tied; concept 545 Ant. excusable, freed, irresponsible, unaccountable liable [adj2] open, likely apt, assailable, attackable, beatable, conquerable, disposed, exposed, given, inclined, in danger, penetrable, prone, sensitive, subject, susceptible, tending, verisimilar, vincible, vulnerable; concepts 542,552 Ant. immune, unlikely liaison [n1] person who acts as go-between communication, connection, contact, xer, hookup, in, interchange, interface, intermediary, link; concepts 348,354,423 liaison [n2] love affair amour, encounter, entanglement, ing, illicit romance, interlude, intrigue, romance; concepts 32,388 liar [n] person who tells falsehood cheat, con artist, deceiver, deluder, dissimulator, equivocator, fabler, fabricator, fabulist, false witness, falsier, bber, maligner, misleader, perjurer, phony, prevaricator, promoter, storyteller, trickster*; concept 412 libel [n] purposeful lie about someone, often malicious aspersion, calumny, defamation, denigration, lying, malicious, obloquy, smear, vituperation; concepts 63,318 Ant. compliment, praise libel [v] purposefully lie about someone asperse, bad-mouth*, blister, burlesque, calumniate, caricature, crack, defame, denigrate, derogate, drag name through mud*, give a black eye*, knock, malign, mark*, mark wrong, revile, roast, scandalize, scorch, sizzle, slur, smear, tear down, traduce, travesty, vilify; concepts 63,192 Ant. tell truth libelous [adj] derogatory aspersive, backbiting, calumniatory, calumnious, contumelious, debasing, defamatory, depreciative, detracting, detractory, disparaging, false, injurious, invidious, malevolent, malicious, maligning, opprobrious, pejorative, sarcastic, scurrilous, traducing, untrue, vilifying, vituperative; concept 267 Ant. complimentary, praising liberal [adj1] progressive advanced, avantgarde, broad, broad-minded, catholic, enlightened, exible, free, general, high-minded, humanistic, humanitarian, indulgent, intelligent, interested, latitudinarian, left, lenient, libertarian, loose, magnanimous, permissive, radical, rational, reasonable, receiving, receptive, reformist, tolerant, unbiased, unbigoted, unconventional, understanding, unorthodox, unprejudiced; concepts 529,542 Ant. conservative, narrow, narrow-minded liberal [adj2] giving, generous altruistic, benecent, benevolent, bighearted*, bounteous, bountiful, casual, charitable, eleemosynary, exuberant, free, free-and-easy, handsome, kind, lavish, loose, municent, openhanded, openhearted, philanthropic, princely, prodigal, profuse, soft-touch, unselsh, unsparing, unstinging; concepts 334,401,404 Ant. economical, greedy, mean, thrifty, ungenerous liberal [adj3] abundant, profuse ample, aplenty, bounteous, bountiful, copious, dime a dozen*, galore, generous, handsome, lavish, municent,

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no end, plentiful, plenty, rich; concept 771 Ant. lacking, poor, wanting liberate [v] give freedom bail one out*, deliver, detach, discharge, disembarrass, emancipate, free, free up*, get out from under*, let loose*, let out*, loose, loosen, manumit, redeem, release, rescue, save, save ones neck*, set free, unbind, unchain, unhook, unshackle; concepts 83,110 Ant. hold back, limit, prevent, restrain liberation [n] freedom abolition, deliverance, democracy, emancipation, freeing, liberty, release, salvation, setting free, sovereignty, unchaining, unshackling; concept 691 liberty [n] freedom autarchy, authorization, autonomy, birthright, carte blanche, choice, convenience, decision, deliverance, delivery, dispensation, emancipation, enfranchisement, enlightenment, exemption, franchise, free speech, immunity, independence, leave, leisure, liberation, license, opportunity, permission, power of choice, prerogative, privilege, relaxation, release, rest, right, sanction, self-determination, self-government, sovereignty, suffrage, unconstraint; concepts 388,691 Ant. arrest, imprisonment, incarceration, restraint libidinous [adj] lustful carnal, coarse, concupiscent, debauched, fast, hot*, impure, incontinent, lascivious, lecherous, libertine, loose*, obscene, passionate, prurient, salacious, satyric, sensual, unchaste, wanton, wicked; concepts 372,545 Ant. clean, decent, moral libido [n] sex instinct eroticism, lust, passion, sex drive, sexual desire, sexuality, sexual urge, the hots*; concepts 20,709 library [n] book repository athenaeum, atheneum, bibliotheca, book collection, book room, information center, media center, reference center, study; concept 435 license [n1] authority, permission authorization, carte blanche*, certicate, charter, consent, dispensation, entitlement, exemption, freedom, go-ahead*, grant, green light*, immunity, independence, latitude, leave, liberty, okay*, permit, privilege, right, self-determination, ticket, unconstraint, warrant; concept 685 Ant. ban, prohibition, refusal, withholding license [n2] abandon, indulgence anarchy, animalism, arrogance, audacity, boldness, complacency, debauchery, disorder, effrontery, excess, forwardness, gluttony, immoderation, impropriety, irresponsibility, lawlessness, laxity, looseness, presumptuousness, prodigality, proigacy, refractoriness, relaxation, relaxedness, sauciness*, self-indulgence, sensuality, slackness, temerity, unrestraint, unruliness, wantonness, wildness; concepts 633,645 Ant. reason license [v] authorize accredit, allow, certify, commission, empower, enable, let, permit, privilege, sanction, suffer, warrant; concepts 50,83,88 Ant. ban, prohibit, refuse, withhold licentious [adj] immoral, uncontrolled abandoned, amoral, animal, carnal, corrupt, debauched, depraved, desirous, disorderly, dissolute, fast, fast and loose*, eshly, impure, incontinent, in the fast lane*, lascivious, lax, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, lickerish, loose*, lubricious, lustful, oversexed, proigate, promiscuous, relaxed, reprobate, salacious,

satyric, scabrous, sensual, swinging, unconstrained, uncontrollable, uncurbed, unmoral, le unprincipled, unruly, wanton; concepts 372, li 401,545 Ant. chaste, controlled, good, innocent, moral lick [n] light touch; little amount bit, brush, cast, dab, dash, hint, sample, smack, speck, stroke, suggestion, taste, tinge, trace, whiff; concepts 612,831 lick [v1] touch with tongue brush, calm, caress, fondle, glance, gloss, graze, lap, lap against, move over, osculate, pass over, play, quiet, ripple, rub, soothe, stroke, sweep, taste, tongue, touch, wash; concepts 185,612 lick [v2] play over with re blaze, burn, dart, ick, icker, uctuate, utter, ignite, kindle, leap, palpitate, quiver, ripple, run over, shoot, touch, tremble, vacillate, vibrate, waver; concepts 249,612 lick [v3] defeat, sometimes by hitting beat, best, clobber, conquer, down, excel, og, hit, hurdle, lambaste, master, outdo, outstrip, overcome, overwhelm, rout, slap, smear, smother, spank, strike, surmount, surpass, thrash, throw, top, trim, trounce, vanquish, wallop, whip; concepts 95,141,189 Ant. lose lid [n] top covering cap, cover, hood, roof, top; concept 836 lie [n] untruth aspersion, backbiting, calumniation, calumny, deceit, deception, defamation, detraction, dishonesty, disinformation, distortion, evasion, fable, fabrication, falsehood, falseness, falsication, falsity, b, ction, forgery, fraudulence, guile, hyperbole, inaccuracy, invention, libel, mendacity, misrepresentation, misstatement, myth, obloquy, perjury, prevarication, revilement, reviling, slander, subterfuge, tale, tall story*, vilication, white lie*, whopper; concepts 63,278 Ant. honesty, truth lie [v1] tell an untruth bear false witness, beguile, be untruthful, break promise, BS*, bull*, con, concoct, deceive, delude, dissemble, dissimulate, distort, dupe*, equivocate, exaggerate, fabricate, fake, falsify, b, forswear, frame, fudge, go back on*, invent, make believe, malign, misguide, misinform, misinstruct, mislead, misrepresent, misspeak, misstate, overdraw, palter, perjure, pervert, phony, plant*, prevaricate, promote, put on*, put up a front*, snow*, soft-soap*, string along*, victimize; concept 63 Ant. be honest lie [v2] be prostrate, at be prone, be recumbent, be supine, couch, go to bed*, laze, lie down, loll, lounge, nap, recline, repose, rest, retire, siesta, sleep, sprawl, stretch out, turn in; concepts 154,201 Ant. be upright, stand, straighten lie [v3] be situated be, be beside, be buried, be established, be even, be xed, be found, be interred, be level, be located, belong, be on, be placed, be seated, beset, be smooth, exist, extend, have its seat in, occupy, prevail, reach, remain, spread, stretch; concept 746 life [n1] animation, spirit activity, being, breath, brio, dash, lan*, lan vital*, energy, enthusiasm, entity, esprit, essence, excitement, getup-and-go*, go*, growth, heart, high spirits, impulse, lifeblood, liveliness, oomph*, sentience, soul, sparkle, verve, viability, vigor,

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vitality, vivacity, zest*, zing*; concept 411 Ant. inanimacy life [n2] existence, duration being, career, continuance, course, cycle, days, endurance, epoch, era, expectancy, extent, generation, history, length, life span, lifetime, longevity, orbit, period, pilgrimage, record, season, span, survival, time; concepts 816,817 life [n3] being animal, animateness, animation, body, breath, consciousness, continuance, creature, endurance, entity, essence, existence, esh, esh and blood*, growth, human, human being, individual, living, living being, living thing, man, metabolism, mortal, mortal being, organism, person, personage, presence, soul, subsistence, substantiality, survival, symbiosis, viability, vitality, vital spark*, wildlife, woman; concept 389 Ant. death, inanimacy life [n4] history, biography autobiography, bio, career, confession, curriculum vitae, journal, life story, memoir, memorial, story; concept 271 life [n5] persons experiences attainment, behavior, circumstances, conduct, development, enjoyment, enlightenment, growth, hand one is dealt*, happiness, human condition, journey, knowledge, lifestyle, participation, personality, realization, suffering, trials and tribulations*, vicissitudes, way of life*, world; concept 678 life-and-death [adj] vitally important critical, crucial, determining, earth-shaking, essential, imperative, meaningful, paramount, pivotal, serious, signicant, urgent, vital; concept 567 lifeless [adj1] not living, not containing living things asleep, bare, barren, brute, cold, comatose, dead, deceased, defunct, departed, desert, empty, exanimate, extinct, faint, inanimate, inert, inorganic, insensate, insensible, late, out cold*, sterile, unconscious, uninhabited, waste; concepts 485,539 Ant. alive, animate, living lifeless [adj2] dull, spiritless blah*, cold, colorless, drab, draggy*, at, hollow, insipid, lackluster, lethargic, listless, lusterless, nothing*, pabulum*, passive, prosaic, prosy, slothful, slow*, sluggish, spent, static, stiff*, torpid, wooden*, zero*; concepts 401,542,584 Ant. energetic, lively, spirited lifelike [adj] realistic authentic, faithful, graphic, natural, original, real, representational, representative, true, true to life; concept 582 lifelong [adj] lasting constant, continuing, deeprooted, enduring, for life, inveterate, lifetime, livelong, long-lasting, long-lived, long-standing, old, perennial, permanent, persistent; concept 798 Ant. short-lived, temporary, tenuous lifestyle [n] way of life behavior, conduct, habits, style of living, way of acting; concept 633 lifetime [n] span of animate beings existence all ones born days*, career, continuance, course, cradle to grave*, days, endurance, existence, life, life span, natural life, period, time; concept 817 lifework [n] persons calling business, career, interest, mission, occupation, profession, purpose, pursuit, vocation, work; concepts 349,360 Ant. task lift [n1] transportation car ride, drive, journey, passage, ride, run, transport; concept 155

lift [n2] help, aid assist, assistance, boost, comfort, encouragement, hand, leg up*, pickme-up*, reassurance, relief, secours, shot in the arm*, succor, support; concepts 110,700 Ant. harm, ill will lift [v1] move upwards; ascend arise, aspire, bear aloft, boost, bring up, build up, buoy up, climb, come up, disappear, disperse, dissipate, draw up, elevate, erect, goose*, heft, hike, hike up, hoist, jack up, jump up, mount, move up, pick up, put up, raise, raise high, rear, rise, soar, take up, up, upheave, uphold, uplift, upraise, uprear, vanish; concepts 196,200,236,245 Ant. descend, drop, lower lift [v2] repeal, revoke annul, cancel, countermand, dismantle, end, recall, relax, remove, rescind, reverse, stop, terminate; concepts 234,317 Ant. impose, set down lift [v3] steal abstract, appropriate, cop, copy, crib, lch, hook, nip, pilfer, pinch, pirate, plagiarize, pocket, purloin, snitch, swipe, take, thieve; concepts 139,200 Ant. give, receive lift [v4] promote, improve advance, ameliorate, boost, build up, dignify, elevate, enhance, exalt, hike, jack up, raise, support, upgrade; concepts 110,244 Ant. demote, depress, dispirit, weaken liftoff [n] rocket launch blast-off, rocket ring, rocket ignition, shot, take-off; concepts 179,222 ligature [n] link band, bandage, binding, bond, connection, knot, ligament, nexus, rope, tie, yoke; concepts 471,831 light [adj1] illuminated ablaze, aglow, bright, brilliant, burnished, clear, cloudless, ashing, uorescent, glossy, glowing, lambent, lucent, luminous, lustrous, phosphorescent, polished, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, rich, scintillant, shining, shiny, sunny, unclouded, unobscured, vivid, well-lighted, well-lit; concepts 617,618 Ant. black, dark, darkened, dim, gloomy, obscure light [adj2] blond, fair bleached, faded, fairskinned, light-hued, light-skinned, light-toned, pale, pastel, tow-headed; concepts 406,618 Ant. brunette, dark, dusky light [adj3] not heavy agile, airy, atmospheric, buoyant, crumbly, dainty, delicate, downy, easy, effervescent, ethereal, featherweight, feathery, lmy, imsy, oatable, oating, uffy, friable, frothy, gossamery, graceful, imponderous, inconsequential, insubstantial, light-footed, lightweight, lithe, little, loose, meager, nimble, petty, porous, portable, sandy, sheer, slender, slight, small, spongy, sprightly, sylphlike, thin, tissuelike, triing, trivial, unheavy, unsubstantial, weightless; concept 491 Ant. heavy, weighted light [adj4] small in amount, content casual, digestible, faint, fractional, fragmentary, frivolous, frugal, gentle, hardly any, hardly enough, inadequate, inconsequential, inconsiderable, indistinct, insignicant, insufcient, mild, minor, minuscule, minute, moderate, modest, not many, not much, not rich, puny, restricted, scanty, shoestring*, slight, soft, sparse, supercial, thin, tiny, triing, trivial, unimportant, unsubstantial, weak, wee; concepts 762,789 Ant. heavy light [adj5] simple, easy effortless, facile, manageable, moderate, smooth, undemanding,

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unexacting, untaxing, untroublesome; concept 538 Ant. difcult, heavy, laborious light [adj6] funny, cheery airy, amusing, animated, blithe, carefree, cheerful, chipper*, chirpy, diverting, dizzy, entertaining, ckle, ighty, frivolous, gay, giddy, high, humorous, lighthearted, lively, merry, perky, pleasing, sunny, sunny-side up*, supercial, triing, trivial, up, upbeat, witty; concepts 401,542 Ant. grave, serious, solemn light [n1] luminescence from sun or other source aurora, beacon, blaze, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, bulb, candle, coruscation, dawn, daybreak, daylight, daytime, effulgence, emanation, are, ash, fulgor, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, glow, illumination, incandescence, irradiation, lambency, lamp, lantern, lighthouse, luminosity, luster, morn, morning, phosphorescence, radiance, radiation, ray, refulgence, scintillation, sheen, shine, sparkle, splendor, star, sun, sunbeam, sunrise, sunshine, taper, torch, window; concepts 620,624,628, 810 Ant. dark, darkness, night, obscurity light [n2] context, point of view; understanding angle, approach, aspect, attitude, awareness, comprehension, condition, education, elucidation, enlightenment, example, exemplar, explanation, illustration, information, insight, interpretation, knowledge, model, paragon, slant, standing, vantage point, viewpoint; concepts 274,409,682,686 Ant. misconception, misunderstanding light [v1] illuminate animate, brighten, cast, re, ood, oodlight, furnish with light, highlight, ignite, illume, illumine, iname, irradiate, kindle, lighten, light up, limelight, make bright, make visible, put on, shine, spot, spotlight, switch on, turn on; concepts 250,624 Ant. darken, dull, obscure light [v2] start on re burn, enkindle, re, ame, ignite, iname, kindle, set re to, set on re, spark, strike a match; concept 249 Ant. drench, extinguish, put out, quench light [v3] step down; land alight, arrive, come down, deplane, detrain, disembark, drop, y down, get down, perch, rest, roost, set down, settle, settle down, sit, sit down, stop, touch down; concepts 159,181 Ant. mount lighten [v1] illuminate become light, brighten, ash, gleam, illume, irradiate, light, light up, make bright, shine; concept 624 Ant. blacken, darken, dim, dull lighten [v2] reduce weight, load allay, alleviate, ameliorate, assuage, attenuate, buoy, change, comfort, cut down, decrease, dilute, disburden, disencumber, ease, empty, eradicate, extenuate, facilitate, free, jettison, lessen, levitate, make less, make lighter, mitigate, mollify, pour out, put off, reduce, relieve, remove, shift, take, take a load off*, thin, throw out, unburden, unload, uplight, upraise; concepts 110,244,250 Ant. burden, weigh down lighten [v3] cheer up; inspire brighten, buoy up, cheer, elate, encourage, gladden, hearten, lift, perk up, revive, take a load off; concepts 7,22 Ant. bring down, burden, depress, upset light-headed [adj] silly; feeling faint changeable, delirious, dizzy, empty, featherbrained*, ckle, ighty, ippant, foolish, frivolous,

gaga*, giddy, harebrained*, hazy, punchy*, reeling, rocky, scatterbrained*, shallow, li supercial, swimming, swimmy, tired, triing, li vertiginous, whirling, woozy*; concepts 314,401 Ant. healthy, ok, sober lighthearted [adj] carefree, untroubled blithe, blithesome, bright, buoyant, cheerful, effervescent, expansive, feelgood*, frolicsome, gay, glad, gleeful, happy, happy-go-lucky*, highspirited, insouciant, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, laid-back, lightsome, lively, merry, playful, resilient, spirited, sprightly, sunny, upbeat, vivacious, volatile; concepts 404,542 Ant. depressed, heavy-hearted, troubled, upset, worried lightly [adv] gently, effortlessly agilely, airily, breezily, carelessly, casually, daintily, delicately, easily, ethereally, faintly, ippantly, freely, frivolously, gingerly, heedlessly, indifferently, leniently, mildly, moderately, nimbly, peacefully, quietly, readily, simply, slightingly, slightly, smoothly, softly, sparingly, sparsely, subtly, tenderly, tenuously, thinly, thoughtlessly, timidly, unsubstantially, well; concepts 538,544,584 Ant. effortfully, heavily light out [v] run away abscond, depart, escape, head, leave, make, make off, quit, set out, strike out, take a hike, take off; concept 195 Ant. stay, wait lightweight [adj] inconsequential failing, featherweight, foolish, imponderous, incompetent, insignicant, of no account, paltry, petty, slight, triing, trivial, unimportant, weightless, worthless; concepts 491,575 Ant. big, consequential, heavyweight, important, major likable [adj] nice, pleasant agreeable, amiable, appealing, attractive, charismatic, charming, engaging, enjoyable, friendly, genial, good, good-natured, likeable, pleasing, preferable, relishable, sweet, sweet-natured, sympathetic, winning, winsome; concept 404 Ant. bad, disagreeable, hateful, mean, unlikable, unlikeable, unpleasant like [adj] similar according to, agnate, akin, alike, allied, allying, analogous, approximating, approximative, close, coextensive, cognate, commensurate, comparable, compatible, conforming, congeneric, congenerous, consistent, consonant, corresponding, double, equal, equaling, equivalent, homologous, identical, in the manner of, jibing, matching, much the same, near, not far from, not unlike, on the order of, parallel, related, relating, resembling, same, selfsame, such, twin, undifferentiated, uniform; concepts 487,573 Ant. different, dissimilar, unlike like [v1] enjoy, be fond of admire, adore, appreciate, approve, be gratied by, be keen on, be partial to, be pleased by, be sweet on, care for, care to, cherish, delight in, derive pleasure from, dig*, dote on, esteem, exclaim, fancy, feast on, nd appealing, get a kick out of*, go for*, hanker for, hold dear, indulge in, love, luxuriate in, prize, rejoice in, relish, revel in, savor, stuck on*, take an interest in, take delight in, take satisfaction in, take to; concept 32 Ant. despise, dislike, hate like [v2] choose, feel inclined care to, desire, elect, fancy, feel disposed, feel like, have a

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preference for, incline toward, please, prefer, select, want, will, wish; concepts 20,41 Ant. dislike, ignore likelihood [n] chance of something happening coin ip*, direction, even break, fair shake, fty-fty*, ghting chance*, good chance*, liability, likeliness, long shot*, outside chance*, plausibility, possibility, presumption, probability, prospect, reasonableness, shot at*, strong possibility, tendency, toss-up*, trend; concept 650 Ant. unlikelihood likely [adj] probable, apt, hopeful acceptable, achievable, anticipated, assuring, attainable, believeable, conceivable, conjecturable, credible, destined, disposed, expected, fair, favorite, feasible, given to, imaginable, inclined, in favor of, inferable, in the cards*, in the habit of*, liable, odds-on*, on the verge of, ostensible, plausible, possible, practicable, predisposed, presumable, promising, prone, rational, reasonable, seeming, subject to, supposable, tending, thinkable, true, up-and-coming*, verisimilar, workable; concept 552 Ant. implausible, inapt, unforeseeable, unlikely likely [adv] probably assumably, doubtless, doubtlessly, in all likelihood, in all probability, like as not, most likely, no doubt, presumably, presumptively, prima facie, seemingly, to all appearances; concept 552 Ant. improbably, unlikely like-minded [adj] similar agreeing, compatible, harmonious, in accord, in agreement, in harmony, of one mind, unanimous; concepts 487,573 liken [v] compare allegorize, approach, approximate to, assimilate, balance, bear comparison, be in the same class as*, be on a par with*, come up to, correlate, distinguish between, draw parallel, equal, equate, identify with, link, make like, match, notice similarities, parallel, put alongside, relate, resemble, show correspondence; concept 39 likeness [n] correspondence in appearance; something that corresponds afnity, agreement, alikeness, analogousness, analogy, appearance, carbon, clone, comparableness, comparison, conformity, copy, counterpart, dead ringer*, delineation, depiction, ditto*, double, efgy, equality, equivalence, facsimile, form, guise, identicalness, identity, image, knock-off*, lookalike*, model, parallelism, photocopy, photograph, picture, portrait, replica, representation, reproduction, resemblance, sameness, semblance, similarity, simile, similitude, study, uniformity, Xerox*; concepts 664,670,716 Ant. difference, dissimilarity, unlikeness likewise [adv] also, similarly additionally, along, as well, besides, correspondingly, further, furthermore, in addition, in like manner, in the same way, more, moreover, so, too, withal; concept 563 Ant. contrariwise, opposing, opposite, reverse liking [n] fondness, taste affection, afnity, appetite, appreciation, attachment, attraction, bent, bias, desire, devotion, fancy, favoritism, inclination, love, mind, palate, partiality, passion, penchant, pleasure, predilection, preference, proneness, propensity, relish, soft spot*, stomach, sympathy, tendency, tooth,

velleity, weakness, will; concepts 20,32,529 Ant. dislike, hate, hatred limb [n] appendage arm, bough, branch, extension, extremity, n, gam*, leg, lobe, member, offshoot, part, pin, pinion, process, projection, spray, sprig, spur, stem, switch, unit, wheel, wing; concepts 392,428 limber [adj] exible agile, deft, elastic, graceful, lissome, lithe, lithesome, loose, nimble, plastic, pliable, pliant, resilient, springy, spry, supple; concepts 406,488 Ant. rigid, stiff, straight, unbending limbo [n] state of uncertainty demilitarized zone, left eld*, nothingness, nowhere, oblivion, out there*, Siberia*; concepts 679,705 Ant. certainty, certitude, sureness, surety limelight [n] public attention eminence, exposure, fteen minutes of fame*, focus of attention, glare, hype*, media attention, photo opportunity, prominence, public eye, public interest, public notice, public recognition, renown, spotlight; concept 261 Ant. obscurity limit [n1] greatest extent absolute, bitter end*, border, bottom line*, bound, bourne, breaking point*, brim, brink, cap, ceiling, check, circumscription, conclusion, connement, connes, curb, cutoff point*, deadline, destination, edge, end, end point, extremity, far out, farthest point, farthest reach, fence, nality, goal, limitation, margin, maximum, obstruction, restraint, restriction, rim, termination, the max*, the most*, tops*, ultimate, utmost, verge; concepts 529,548,832 Ant. innity, limitlessness limit [n2] physical boundary border, borderland, compass, connes, edge, end, extent, extreme, extremity, frontier, perimeter, periphery, precinct, purlieu; concepts 513, 745 Ant. limitlessness limit [v] conne, restrict appoint, assign, bar, bottle up, bound, cap, check, circumscribe, constrict, contract, cork, cramp, curb, dene, delimit, delimitate, demarcate, draw the line, x, hem in, hinder, inhibit, keep the lid on*, lessen, narrow, prescribe, ration, reduce, restrain, set, specify; concepts 5,130 Ant. free, let go, release, unbound limitation [n] restraint, disadvantage bar, block, check, circumspection, condition, constraint, control, cramp, curb, denition, drawback, impediment, inhibition, injunction, modication, obstruction, qualication, reservation, restriction, snag, stint, stricture, taboo; concepts 666,674 Ant. advantage, extent, freedom, innity, range, release limited [adj1] restricted, denite bound, bounded, checked, circumscribed, conned, constrained, controlled, curbed, dened, delimited, determinate, nite, xed, hampered, hemmed in, local, modied, narrow, particular, precise, qualied, reserved, restrained, sectional, topical; concepts 554,557 Ant. indenite, limitless, unbounded, unlimited, unrestricted limited [adj2] inadequate, short cramped, diminished, faulty, ineffectual, insufcient, little, mean, minimal, narrow, paltry, poor, reduced, restricted, set, small, unsatisfactory; concept 771 Ant. adequate, ok, satisfactory, sufcient limitless [adj] never-ending, innite bottomless, boundless, countless, endless, illimitable,

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immeasurable, immense, incomprehensible, indenite, inexhaustible, innumerable, measureless, no end of*, no end to*, no holds barred*, no strings*, numberless, unbounded, uncalculable, undened, unending, unfathomable, unlimited, untold, vast, wide-open; concepts 762,771,798 Ant. calculable, ending, exhaustible, nite, limited, measureable limp [adj] not stiff; weak bending, debilitated, drooping, droopy, ductile, enervated, exhausted, feeble, abby, accid, exible, exuous, imsy, oppy, impressible, inrm, languid, languishing, lax, lethargic, limber, listless, loose, plastic, pliable, pliant, relaxed, slack, soft, spent, spiritless, supple, tired, unsubstantial, weakened, wearied, worn out, yielding; concepts 490,604 Ant. hard, inexible, rigid, stiff, straight, strong, unbending limp [n] faltering walk bad wheel, falter, at wheel, oppy, gimp, halt, hitch, hobble, lameness; concept 151 limp [v] walk with faltering step clump, dodder, falter, ag, gimp, halt, hitch, hobble, hop, lag, scuff, shamble, shufe, stagger, stumble, teeter, totter, waddle, walk lamely; concept 151 limpid [adj] clear, comprehensible bright, comprehensible, crystal-clear, crystalline, denite, distinct, lmy, intelligible, lucid, luculent, obvious, pellucid, perspicuous, pure, see-through, thin, translucent, transparent, transpicuous, unambiguous; concept 535 Ant. incomprehensible, muddy, obscure, unintelligible, vague line [n1] mark, stroke; border band, bar, borderline, boundary, channel, conguration, contour, crease, dash, delineation, demarcation, edge, guration, gure, frontier, furrow, groove, limit, lineament, lineation, outline, prole, rule, score, scratch, silhouette, streak, stripe, tracing, underline, wrinkle; concepts 284,436 line [n2] row, succession; course arrangement, array, axis, band, block, border, catalogue, channel, column, concatenation, crack, direction, division, drain, echelon, le, ssure, formation, furrow, groove, group, lane, length, list, magazine, mark, order, path, progression, queue, rank, ridge, road, route, row, scar, seam, sequence, series, street, string, thread, tier, track, train, trajectory, trench, way; concepts 501,727,738,744 line [n3] cord, rope cable, lament, strand, string, thread, wire; concept 475 line [n4] belief, policy approach, avenue, course, course of action, ideology, method, polity, position, practice, principle, procedure, program, route, scheme, system; concepts 688,689 line [n5] persons calling, interest activity, area, business, department, employment, eld, forte, job, occupation, profession, province, pursuit, racket*, specialization, trade, vocation, work; concepts 349,360 Ant. entertainment, fun line [n6] ancestry breed, descent, family, heredity, lineage, pedigree, race, stock, strain, succession; concept 296 line [n7] written communication card, letter, message, note, postcard, report, word; concept 271 Ant. speech line [n8] hint; inuential communication clue, indication, information, lead, patter, persuasion,

pitch, prepared speech, song and dance*,spiel*; concept 278 li line [n9] merchandise carried by store commodity, goods, involvement, materials, produce, li trade, vendibles, wares; concept 338 line [v1] border, mark abut, adjoin, align, allineate, array, bound, butt against, communicate, crease, cut, delineate, draw, edge, x, follow, fringe, furrow, group, inscribe, join, line up, march, marshal, neighbor, order, ordinate, outline, place, queue, range, rank, rim, rule, score, skirt, touch, trace, underline, verge; concepts 79,84,753 line [v2] put covering inside object bush, ceil, cover, encrust, face, ll, incrust, interline, overlay, panel, quilt, reinforce, sheath, stuff, wad, wainscot; concepts 172,218 Ant. strip, unline lineage [n] ancestry birth, blood, breed, clan, descendants, descent, extraction, family, folk, forebears, genealogy, heredity, house, kin, kindred, line, offspring, origin, pedigree, progenitors, progeny, race, stirps, stock, succession, tribe; concept 296 line-up [n] list of participants bill, cast, list, listing, program, queue, selection, side, squad, team; concept 294 linger [v1] loiter, delay amble, be dilatory, be long, be tardy, crawl, dally, dawdle, dillydally*, drift, falter, fool around*, fritter away*, goof off*, hang around*, hang out*, hesitate, hobble, idle, lag, loll, lumber, mope, mosey, plod, poke, procrastinate, put off, putter, remain, saunter, shufe, sit around, slouch*, stagger, stay, stick around, stop, stroll, take ones time*, tarry, tool, totter, trail, traipse, trie, trudge, vacillate, wait, wait around; concepts 151,681 Ant. go, hurry, leave, rush linger [v2] continue, endure abide, bide, cling, hang on, last, persist, remain, stand, stay, stick around, survive, wait; concepts 23,239 Ant. halt, stop lingerie [n] womens undergarments nightclothes, nightwear, underclothes, underclothing, underthings*, underwear, undies*, unmentionables*; concept 451 lingo [n] dialect spoken by a group argot, cant, idiom, jargon, language, patois, patter, slang, speech, talk, tongue, vernacular, vocabulary; concept 276 Ant. standard liniment [n] ointment balm, cream, dressing, embrocation, emollient, lenitive, lotion, medicine, salve, unguent; concepts 311,466 link [n] component, connection articulation, association, attachment, bond, channel, connective, constituent, contact, copula, coupler, coupling, division, element, fastening, hitch, hookup, in, interconnection, interface, intersection, joining, joint, junction, knot, ligament, ligation, ligature, loop, member, network, nexus, part, piece, relationship, ring, seam, section, splice, tie, tie-up, vinculum, weld, yoke; concepts 471,835 Ant. whole link [v] connect associate, attach, bind, bracket, combine, conjoin, conjugate, couple, fasten, group, hitch on, hook up, identify, incorporate, interface, join, meld with, network, plug into, relate, slap on, tack on, tag along, tag on, team up with, throw in with*, tie, tie in with, unite,

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yoke; concepts 113,114,193 Ant. disconnect, divide, separate, unfasten, unlink lionize [v] celebrate acclaim, adulate, aggrandize, eulogize, exalt, glorify, hero-worship, honor, idolize, immortalize, praise, roll out the red carpet*, show respect, worship; concept 69 lip [n1] edge, brink border, brim, chops, ange, are, labium, labrum, margin, nozzle, overlap, portal, projection, rim, spout; concepts 392,484,513 Ant. inside, interior, middle lip [n2] insolence back talk, cheek*, effrontery, guff*, impertinence, jaw*, mouth*, rudeness, sass*, sauce*, sauciness*; concepts 54,278 Ant. kindness lip service [n] empty talk duplicity, hollow words, insincerity, token agreement, tongue in cheek, unctuousness; concepts 267,542,545 liquefy [v] melt deliquesce, dissolve, thaw; concepts 250,255 liqueur [n] liquor alcohol, alcoholic beverage, aperitif, booze*, brandy, cognac, cordial, avored drink, intoxicant, port, spirits; concept 455 liquid [adj1] uid, owing, melting aqueous, damp, deliquescent, dissolvable, dissolved, dulcet, uent, uidic, fusible, ichorous, juicy, liqueed, liquescent, liquiform, luscious, melliuent, melliuous, mellow, meltable, melted, moist, molten, moving, pulpy, running, runny, sappy, serous, smooth, soft, solvent, splashing, succulent, thawed, thin, uncongealed, viscous, watery, wet; concepts 485,584,603 Ant. close, condensed, dense, rm, hard, solid liquid [adj2] readily available convertible, uid, free, marketable, negotiable, quick, ready, realizable, usable; concept 334 Ant. frozen, unavailable liquid [n] uid aqua, aqueous material, broth, elixir, extract, ow, ux, goo*, goop*, juice, liquor, melted material, nectar, sap, secretion, slop*, solution, swill*; concept 467 Ant. solid liquidate [v1] pay; change into cash cash, cash in, cash out, clear, convert, discharge, exchange, honor, pay off, quit, realize, reimburse, repay, satisfy, sell off, sell up, settle, square; concept 330 Ant. invest, keep liquidate [v2] destroy, dissolve abolish, annihilate, annul, cancel, dispatch, do away with*, do in*, eliminate, exterminate, nish off*, get rid of*, kill, murder, purge, remove, rub out*, silence, terminate, vaporize, wipe out*; concept 252 Ant. build, construct, create liquor [n] drink; alcoholic beverage alcohol, aqua vitae, booze*, broth, decoction, drinkable, elixir, extract, rewater*, uid, hard stuff*, inebriant, infusion, intoxicant, liquid, moonshine*, poison*, potable, sauce*, solvent, spirits, stock, the bottle*, whiskey; concept 455 lissom [adj] supple adaptable, agile, bendable, bending, elastic, exible, graceful, limber, lithe, lithesome, loose, malleable, moldable, pliable, pliant, resilient, rubber, springy, stretchy, wiry; concepts 488,604 list [n] record, tabulation account, agenda, archive, arrangement, ballot, bill, brief, bulletin, calendar, canon, catalog, catalogue, census, checklist, contents, dictionary, directory, docket, draft, enumeration, le, gazette, index,

inventory, invoice, lexicon, lineup, listing, loop, manifest, memorandum, menu, outline, panel, poll, program, prospectus, register, roll, roll call, row, schedule, screed, scroll, series, slate, statistics, syllabus, table, tally, thesaurus, ticket, timetable, vocabulary; concept 281 list [v1] keep a record; tabulate arrange, bill, book, button down, calender, catalogue, census, chart, chronicle, classify, detail, docket, enroll, enter, enumerate, le, index, inscribe, insert, inventory, invoice, itemize, keep count, manifest, note, numerate, particularize, peg, place, poll, post, put down as, put down for, record, register, run down, schedule, set down, specialize, specify, spell out, tab, tally, tick off, write down; concepts 79,125 Ant. forget list [v2] lean, slant cant, careen, heel, incline, pitch, recline, slope, tilt, tip; concepts 154,201,738 Ant. lie, straighten listen [v] hear and pay attention accept, admit, adopt, attend, audit, auscult, auscultate, be all ears*, be attentive, catch, concentrate, eavesdrop, entertain, get, get a load of*, give an audience to, give attention, give heed to, hang on words*, hark, harken, hearken, hear out, hear tell, lend an ear*, mind, monitor, obey, observe, overhear, pick up on*, prick up ears*, receive, take advice*, take into consideration*, take notice, take under advisement*, tune in, tune in on*, welcome; concept 596 Ant. speak, talk listless [adj] spiritless, without energy absent, abstracted, apathetic, blah*, bored, careless, dormant, dreamy, drowsy, dull, easygoing, energyless, enervated, faint, heavy, heedless, impassive, inanimate, inattentive, indifferent, indolent, inert, insouciant, lackadaisical, lagging, laid-back*, languid, languishing, languorous, leaden, lethargic, lifeless, limp, lukewarm, lymphatic, mopish, neutral, out of it*, passive, phlegmatic, slack, sleepy, slow, sluggish, stupid, supine, thoughtless, torpid, uninterested, vacant; concepts 401,584 Ant. active, alert, attentive, energetic, lively, untired litany [n] recital of items, often part of religious services account, catalogue, enumeration, invocation, list, petition, prayer, recitation, refrain, repetition, supplication, tale; concepts 278,368 literacy [n] ability to read articulacy, articulateness, background, cultivation, education, knowledge, learning, prociency, renement, scholarship; concepts 409,630 Ant. ignorance, illiteracy literal [adj] word for word; exact, real accurate, actual, apparent, authentic, bona de, close, critical, faithful, genuine, gospel, methodical, natural, not gurative, ordinary, plain, scrupulous, simple, strict, to the letter*, true, undeviating, unerring, unexaggerated, unvarnished, usual, veracious, verbal, verbatim, veritable, written; concepts 267,557 Ant. exaggerated, gurative, imaginative, loose literally [adv] word for word; exactly actually, completely, correctly, direct, directly, faithfully, indisputably, letter by letter*, literatim, not guratively, plainly, precisely, really, rightly, rigorously, sic*, simply, straight, strictly, to the letter*, truly, undeviatingly, undisputably, unerringly, unmistakably, verbatim, veritably; concepts 267,557 Ant. guratively, loosely

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literary [adj] concerning books belletristic, bookish, classical, erudite, formal, learned, lettered, literate, scholarly, well-read; concepts 267,536 Ant. illiterate literate [adj] able to read and write cultivated, cultured, educated, instructed, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, scholarly, schooled; concept 402 literature [n] written matter, both ctional and nonctional abstract, article, belles-lettres, biography, books, brochure, classics, comment, composition, critique, discourse, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, drama, essay, exposition, ndings, history, humanities, information, leaet, letters, lit*, literary works, lore, novel, observation, pamphlet, paper, poetry, prcis, prose, report, research, story, summary, theme, thesis, tract, treatise, treatment, writings, written work; concept 280 Ant. speech lithe [adj] exible, graceful and slender agile, lean, lightsome, limber, lissome, loose, nimble, pliable, pliant, slight, slim, spare, supple, thin; concepts 488,491,584 Ant. awkward, fat, stiff, thick litigate [v] bring matter before court of law appeal, contest, dispute, drag into court*, le suit, go to court, go to law, institute legal proceedings, press charges, prosecute, see one in court*, sue, take the law on*; concept 317 litigation [n] matter coming before court of law action, case, cause, contention, dispute, lawsuit, process, prosecution, suit, trial; concept 318 litigious [adj] quarrelsome argumentative, belligerent, combative, contentious, disputable; concepts 401,542 litter [n1] mess, debris clutter, collateral, confusion, detritus, disarray, disorder, garbage, hash, hodgepodge, jumble, jungle, junk, mishmash, muck, muddle, offal, rash, refuse, rubbish, rummage, scattering, scramble, shufe, trash, untidiness, waste; concepts 260,432 Ant. cleanliness, sterility litter [n2] animal offspring brood, cubs, family, kittens, piglets, progeny, puppies, school, young; concepts 394,397 litter [v] make a mess clutter, confuse, derange, dirty, disarrange, disarray, disorder, jumble, mess up, scatter, strew; concept 254 Ant. clean up, tidy little [adj1] small in size, amount babyish, bantam, brief, cramped, diminutive, dinky, eln, embryonic, eeting, hardly any, hasty, immature, imperceptible, inappreciable, inconsiderable, infant, innitesimal, insufcient, junior, light, Lilliputian*, limited, meager, microscopic, mini, miniature, minute, not big, not large, peanut*, petite, scant, short, short-lived, shrimpy*, shriveled, skimpy, slight, snub, sparse, stubby, stunted, teeny, tiny, toy, truncated, undersized, undeveloped, wee, wizened, young; concepts 773,789 Ant. big, enormous, giant, great, huge, immense, large, massive little [adj2] not important casual, inconsiderable, insignicant, light, minor, minute, negligible, paltry, petty, shoestring*, small, triing, trivial, unimportant; concept 575 Ant. great, important, magnicent little [adj3] narrow-minded base, bigoted,

cheap, contemptible, hidebound, illiberal, ineffectual, limited, mean, narrow, paltry, petty, li provincial, self-centered, selsh, set, small, small-minded, vulgar, wicked; concept 404 li Ant. magnanimous, open, open-minded little [adv] infrequently, not much a little, barely, hardly, hardly ever, not many, not often, not quite, only just, rarely, scarcely, seldom, somewhat; concepts 530,544 Ant. frequently, more, much little [n] small amount of something bit, dab, dash, fragment, hint, modicum, particle, pinch, snippet, soupon, speck, spot, taste, touch, trace, trie, whit; concept 835 Ant. lot liturgy [n] worship, ceremony celebration, ceremonial, form, formality, formula, observance, rite, ritual, sacrament, service, services; concept 368 livable [adj] adequate, acceptable bearable, comfortable, cozy, endurable, t, habitable, homey, inhabitable, livable, lodgeable, passable, satisfactory, snug, sufferable, supportable, sustainable, tenantable, tolerable, worthwhile; concepts 485,558 Ant. inadequate, unacceptable, unbearable, unlivable, unsuitable live [adj1] existent alive, animate, aware, breathing, conscious, living, vital; concept 539 Ant. dead, non-existent live [adj2] energetic, vigorous active, alert, brisk, burning, controversial, current, dynamic, earnest, effective, effectual, efcacious, efcient, functioning, hot*, lively, operative, pertinent, pressing, prevalent, running, topical, unsettled, vital, vivid, working; concept 542 Ant. apathetic, dispirited, inactive, lethargic live [v1] exist abide, be, be alive, breathe, continue, draw breath, endure, get along, get by, have life, last, lead, maintain, make it, move, pass, persist, prevail, remain, remain alive, subsist, survive; concept 407 Ant. cease, depart, die live [v2] inhabit a dwelling abide, bide, bunk*, crash*, dwell, hang ones hat*, hang out*, locate, lodge, nest, occupy, perch, reside, roost, settle; concept 226 Ant. not use live [v3] enjoy being alive be happy, delight, experience, ourish, love, luxuriate, make the most of, prosper, relish, savor, take pleasure, thrive; concept 678 live [v4] make money to support living acquire a livelihood, earn a living, earn money, fare, feed, get along*, get by*, maintain, make ends meet*, make it, prot, subsist, support; concept 351 livelihood [n] occupation alimentation, art, bread and butter*, business, circumstances, craft, employment, game*, grind*, income, job, keep*, living, maintenance, means, nineto-ve*, profession, racket*, rat race*, resources, slot, source of income, subsistence, support, sustenance, thing*, trade, vocation, what one is into*, work; concepts 349,351, 360 Ant. entertainment, fun lively [adj] energetic, active, busy agile, alert, animate, animated, astir, blithe, blithesome, bouncy, bright, brisk, buoyant, bustling, buzzing, cheerful, chipper*, chirpy*, complex, dashing, driving, effervescent, enjoyable, enterprising, entertaining, festive, frisky,

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frolicsome, full of pep*, gay, go-go*, happy, hyper*, industrious, involved, jocund, jumping, keen, merry, nimble, peppy*, perky, pert, provocative, quick, refreshing, rousing, snappy, sparkling, spirited, sprightly, spry, stimulating, stirring, vigorous, vivacious, zippy*; concepts 401,542,548 Ant. apathetic, dispirited, inactive, lethargic, lifeless, sleepy livid [adj1] pale, ashen ashy, blanched, bloodless, colorless, discolored, dusky, gloomy, greyish, grisly, leaden, lurid, murky, pallid, pasty, wan, waxen; concept 618 Ant. blushing, brilliant, ushed, radiant, rosy livid [adj2] bruised black-and-blue, contused, purple; concept 618 livid [adj3] extremely angry beside oneself, black*, boiling, enraged, exasperated, aming, fuming, furious, hot*, incensed, indignant, infuriated, mad, offended, outraged; concepts 403,542 Ant. cheerful, happy living [adj] existing, active alert, alive, animated, around, awake, breathing, brisk, contemporary, continuing, current, developing, dynamic, existent, extant, in use, live, lively, ongoing, operative, persisting, strong, subsisting, ticking, vigorous, vital, warm; concepts 539,560 Ant. dead, inactive living [n] lifestyle; source of income alimentation, bread and butter*, existence, income, job, keep*, livelihood, maintenance, means, mode, occupation, salt*, subsistence, support, sustainment, sustenance, sustentation, way, work; concepts 335,351 Ant. entertainment, fun load [n1] cargo, freight amount, bale, bundle, capacity, charge, consignment, contents, encumbrance, goods, haul, heft, hindrance, lading, mass, pack, parcel, part, payload, shipment, shot, weight; concepts 338,432 load [n2] burden, pressure afiction, albatross, care, charge, cumber, deadweight*, drag, drain, duty, encumbrance, excess baggage*, incubus, liability, millstone*, obligation, onus, oppression, responsibility, task, tax, trouble, trust, weight, worry; concept 674 Ant. benet, blessing load [v1] burden, saddle arrange, ballast, bear, carry, charge, chock, choke, containerize, cram, ll, ood, freight, glut, gorge, heap, heap up, jam*, lade, lumber, mass, oversupply, pack, pile, pile it on, pile up, place, pour in, put aboard, ram in, stack, store, stow, stuff, surfeit, swamp, top, top off, weigh, weigh down, weight; concept 209 Ant. aid, assist, benet, bless, help load [v2] overburden, pressure burden, charge, encumber, hamper, lade, oppress, saddle, task, tax, trouble, weigh down, weight, worry; concept 14 Ant. relieve, unburden loaf [n] block of something bun, cake, cube, dough, lump, mass, pastry, roll, slab, twist; concepts 436,457,460,461 loaf [v] be idle, lazy be inactive, be indolent, be slothful, be unoccupied, bum*, bum around*, dally, dillydally*, dream, drift, evade, fool around*, fritter away*, goldbrick, hang out*, idle, kill time*, knock around*, laze, let down, lie, loiter, loll, lounge, lounge around, malinger, not lift a nger*, pass time, piddle, relax, saunter, shirk, sit around, slack, slow down,

stall, stand around, stroll, take it easy, trie, twiddle thumbs*, vegetate, waste time, while away hours*; concepts 210,681 Ant. achieve, do, energize, labor, work hard loafer [n] person who is idle, lazy beachcomber, deadbeat, do-nothing, good-for-nothing*, goof-off*, idler, lazybones*, lounger, malingerer, neer-do-well*, shirker, slacker, slouch, sluggard, sponger, wanderer, waster, wastrel; concept 412 Ant. hard worker loan [n] money given temporarily accommodation, advance, allowance, credit, extension, oater, investment, mortgage, time payment, trust; concept 332 loan [v] give money, possession temporarily accommodate, advance, allow, credit, lay on one, lend, let out, provide, score, scratch, stake, touch; concept 115 Ant. borrow loath [adj] against, averse afraid, counter, disinclined, hesitant, indisposed, opposed, reluctant, remiss, resisting, uneager, unwilling; concepts 29,542 Ant. approving, for, unopposed, willing loathe [v] dislike strongly abhor, abominate, be allergic to*, be down on, decline, despise, detest, execrate, feel repugnance, nd disgusting, hate, have aversion to, have no use for*, refuse, reject, repudiate, revolt, spurn; concept 29 Ant. like, love loathing [n] abhorrence contempt, detestation, disgust, dislike, enmity, hatred, repugnance, revulsion; concept 29 loathsome [adj] hateful abhorrent, abominable, beastly, bitchy*, creepy, deplorable, detestable, disgusting, execrable, gross, hideous, horrible, invidious, lousy, nasty, nauseating, obnoxious, odious, offensive, pesky, pestiferous, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, sleazy*, slimy*, uncool*, vile; concepts 485,529,570 Ant. liking, lovable, respectful lob [v] toss chuck, ip, hurl, launch, loft, pitch, project, propel; concept 222 lobby [n] entrance hall antechamber, corridor, doorway, foyer, gateway, hall, hallway, passage, passageway, porch, vestibule, waiting room; concepts 441,448 lobby [v] press for political action advance, affect, alter, bill, billboard*, boost, bring pressure to bear*, build up, campaign for, change, drum, exert inuence, further, hard sell*, high pressure, hype*, induce, inuence, make a pitch for*, modify, persuade, pitch, plug, politick, press, pressure, procure, promote, pull strings*, push, put pressure on, request, sell, sell on*, soft-sell*, soft-soap*, solicit, solicit votes, splash, spot, sway, sweet-talk*, thump, urge; concepts 68,300 lobbyist [n] special interest representative activist, inuence peddler, mover and shaker, person of inuence, powerbroker, pressure group; concepts 348,354 local [adj] of a community, restricted to immediate area bounded, civic, conned, district, divisional, geographical, insular, legendary, limited, narrow, neighborhood, parish, parochial, provincial, regional, sectarian, sectional, smalltown, territorial, town, vernacular; concept 536 Ant. foreign, nonnative local [n] person deeply rooted in community

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character, inhabitant, native, resident; concepts 413,423 Ant. alien, foreigner, nonnative locale/locality [n] physical setting area, bailiwick, belt, district, domain, haunt, hole, home, location, locus, neck of the woods*, neighborhood, place, position, region, scene, sector, site, sphere, spot, stage, stomping ground*, territory, theater, tract, turf, venue, vicinity, zone; concept 198 localize [v] conne center, contain, limit, narrow, pinpoint, restrain, restrict, stop from spreading; concepts 121,130 locate [v1] nd come across, come upon, detect, determine, discover, establish, ferret out*, get at, happen upon, hit upon, hook*, lay ones hands on*, light upon*, meet with, pick up on, pin down, pinpoint, place, position, read, search out, smell out, smoke out*, spot, station, strike, stumble on, track down, trip over*, uncover, unearth, zero in on*; concept 183 Ant. lose, miss locate [v2] settle dig in, dispose, dwell, establish, x, hang ones hat*, inhabit, park, place, put, reside, seat, set, situate, squat, stand; concept 226 Ant. depart, leave, move located [adj] situated based, occupying, placed, positioned, posted, stationed; concepts 158,201 location [n] place of residence or activity area, bearings, district, x*, hole, locale, locality, locus, neck of the woods*, neighborhood, part, point, position, post, region, scene, section, site, situation, spot, station, tract, turf, venue, whereabouts; concept 198 lock [n] device that fastens and bars free passage bar, bolt, bond, catch, clamp, clasp, clinch, connection, fastening, xture, grapple, grip, hasp, hook, junction, latch, link, padlock; concept 499 Ant. key lock [v] fasten, clasp bar, bolt, button, button up, clench, close, clutch, embrace, encircle, enclose, engage, entwine, grapple, grasp, hug, join, latch, link, mesh, press, seal, secure, shut, turn the key, unite; concepts 85,160 Ant. unclasp, unfasten, unlock locker [n] compartment cabinet, chest, closet, trunk; concept 440 locomotion [n] movement action, mobileness, mobility, motion, moving, progression, travel, travelling; concepts 2,145,697 locution [n] phrasing accent, articulation, dialect, diction, expression, inection, language, phraseology; concept 77 lodge [n] cabin; vacation residence abode, auberge, burrow, camp, chalet, cottage, couch, country house, den, dormitory, dwelling, gatehouse, haunt, home, hospice, hostel, hostelry, hotel, house, hut, inn, motel, public house, retreat, roadhouse, shack, shanty, shelter, stopover, tavern, villa; concept 516 lodge [v1] become xed or wedged abide, catch, come to rest, embed, entrench, x, imbed, implant, inx, ingrain, install, plant, remain, root, stay, stick; concept 201 Ant. dislodge, get out lodge [v2] stay at temporary residence abide, accommodate, bestow, board, bunk, canton, crash, domicile, dwell, entertain, harbor, hole up*, hostel, house, locate, nest, park*, perch*, put up, quarter, rent, reside, room, roost*,

shelter, sojourn, squat, station, stay, stay over, stop; concept 226 Ant. leave li lodging [n] accommodation for rent abode, lo address, apartment, bed and breakfast, boarding house, camp, castle, chambers, cover, domicile, dorm, dwelling, habitation, harbor, home, hostel, hotel, inn, lodge, lodgment, motel, palace, pied--terre, place, port, protection, quarters, residence, resort, roof, room, room and board, rooming house, shelter; concept 516 loft [n] room on upper oor apartment, attic, dormer, garret, storage, studio; concept 448 lofty [adj1] high, elevated aerial, airy, high-rise, lifted, raised, sky-high, skyscraping, skyward, soaring, spiring, tall, towering; concept 779 Ant. below, beneath, low lofty [adj2] grand, stately arresting, benevolent, big, chivalrous, commanding, considerate, dignied, distinguished, elevated, exalted, generous, great, illustrious, imposing, magnanimous, majestic, noble, renowned, striking, sublime, superb, superior, utopian, visionary; concept 574 Ant. below, beneath, humble, low, modest, unobtrusive lofty [adj3] arrogant, high and mighty ambitious, cavalier, condescending, disdainful, grandiose, haughty, high-minded, immodest, insolent, overbearing, patronizing, pretentious, proud, snooty, supercilious; concept 401 Ant. humble, modest log [n1] stump of tree block, bole, chunk, length, piece, stick, timber, trunk, wood; concepts 428,479 log [n2] record account, book, chart, daybook, diary, journal, listing, logbook, register, tally; concept 271 logic [n] science of reasoning antithesis and synthesis, argumentation, coherence, connection, course of thought, deduction, dialectic, good sense, induction, inference, linkage, philosophy, ratiocination, rationale, relationship, sanity, sense, sound judgment, syllogism, syllogistics, thesis, train of thought; concepts 37,349,689 Ant. unreasonableness logical [adj] probable, reasonable analytic, analytical, clear, cogent, coherent, commonsensical, compelling, congruent, consequent, consistent, convincing, deducible, discerning, discriminating, extensional, fair, germane, holding together, holding water*, inferential, intelligent, judicious, juridicious, justiable, kosher*, legit*, legitimate, lucid, most likely, necessary, obvious, perceptive, perspicuous, pertinent, plausible, rational, relevant, sensible, sound, subtle, telling, valid, well-organized, wise; concepts 402,529,552 Ant. illogical, improbable, irrational, unlikely, unreasonable logistics [n] management coordination, engineering, masterminding, organization, planning, plans, strategy, systematization; concept 660 logo [n] trademark brand, brand name, emblem, identication, imprint, label, logotype, symbol, tag; concepts 259,284 loiter [v] hang around; stroll amble, dabble, dally*, dawdle, delay, diddle, drag, ag, fritter away, get no place fast*, halt, hover, idle, lag, linger, loaf, loll, lounge, pass time, pause, poke, procrastinate, put off, ramble, saunter, shamble, shufe, slacken, slough, tarry, trail, traipse,

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wait, waste time; concepts 151,210,681 Ant. hurry, leave, rush, vamoose loll [v] lay sprawled bum, dangle, dawdle, droop, drop, ap, op, goof off, hang, hang loose, idle, laze, lean, loaf, loiter, lounge, recline, relax, rest, sag, slouch, slump, sprawl; concepts 154,210 Ant. sit up straight lone [adj] by oneself; only abandoned, alone, deserted, forsaken, isolated, lonely, lonesome, one, onliest, particular, secluded, separate, separated, single, singular, sole, solitary, solo, stag, unaccompanied, unique; concept 577 Ant. accompanied, along, together loneliness [n] isolation alienation, aloneness, desolation, forlornness, friendlessness, heartache, lonesomeness, remoteness, seclusion, solitariness, solitude, withdrawal; concepts 135,188,388,631 lonely [adj1] feeling friendless, forlorn abandoned, alone, apart, by oneself, comfortless, companionless, deserted, desolate, destitute, disconsolate, down, empty, estranged, forsaken, godforsaken, homeless, isolated, left, lone, lonesome, outcast, reclusive, rejected, renounced, secluded, single, solitary, troglodytic, unattended, unbefriended, uncherished, unsocial, withdrawn; concepts 403,555 Ant. befriended, loved, unlonely lonely [adj2] out-of-the-way alone, deserted, desolate, godforsaken, isolated, obscure, off the beaten track*, private, quiet, remote, removed, retired, secluded, secret, sequestered, solitary, unfrequented, uninhabited; concept 583 Ant. close, frequented, inhabited loner [n] recluse anomic, hermit, introvert, lone wolf*, outsider, solitary; concepts 361,423 lonesome [adj] forlorn, friendless alone, cheerless, companionless, deserted, desolate, dreary, gloomy, homesick, isolated, lone, lonely, solitary; concepts 403,555 Ant. befriended, loved, unlonesome long [adj1] extended in space or time continued, deep, distant, drawn out, elongate, elongated, enduring, enlarged, expanded, extensive, faraway, far-off, far-reaching, gangling, great, high, lanky, lasting, lengthened, lengthy, lingering, lofty, longish, outstretched, prolonged, protracted, rangy, remote, running, spread out, spun out, stretch, stretched, stretching, stringy, sustained, tall, towering; concepts 482,779,798 Ant. abbreviated, abridged, short long [adj2] interminable, excessive in length boundless, delayed, diffuse, diffusive, dilatory, dragging, drawn-out, for ages*, forever and a day*, late, lengthy, limitless, lingering, longdrawn-out*, long-winded*, overlong, prolix, prolonged, protracted, slow, sustained, tardy, unending, verbose, without end, wordy; concepts 544,798 Ant. ephemeral, evanescent, eeting, short long [v] desire, crave ache, aim, aspire, covet, dream of, hanker, have a yen for, hunger, itch, lust, miss, pine, sigh, spoil for, suspire, thirst, want, wish, yearn; concept 20 Ant. despise, dislike, hate longevity [n] long life durability, endurance, lastingness, old age; concepts 411,633 longing [adj] desirous anxious, ardent, avid, craving, eager, hungry, languishing, pining,

ravenous, wishful, wistful, yearning; concept 403 Ant. despising, hating, loathing longing [n] strong desire ambition, aspiration, coveting, craving, re in the belly*, hankering, hunger, hungering, itch, pining, thirst, urge, wish, yearning, yen; concepts 20,709 Ant. dislike, hate, hatred long shot [n] outside chance uke, hundredto-one shot, little chance, lucky shot, no chance, off-chance, one in a million*, slim chance, small chance; concept 679 long-standing [adj] existing for some time abiding, durable, enduring, established, xed, lasting, long-established, long-lasting, longlived, traditional; concepts 551,798 long-winded [adj] wordy bombastic, chatty*, gabby*, garrulous, loquacious, palaverous, prolix, rambling, talkative, verbose, voluble; concept 267 look [n1] visual examination attention, beholding, case, cast, contemplation, evil eye*, eye*, ash, gander, gaze, glance, glimpse, gun, inspection, introspection, keeping watch, leer, look-see*, marking, noticing, observation, onceover, peek, reconnaissance, regard, regarding, review, scrutiny, sight, slant, speculation, squint, stare, surveillance, survey, swivel, view, viewing; concept 623 Ant. disregard, ignorance look [n2] characteristic, stylish appearance air, aspect, bearing, cast, complexion, countenance, demeanor, effect, expression, face, fashion, guise, manner, mien, mug*, physiognomy, presence, seeming, semblance, visage; concepts 655,673,716 look [v1] examine visually admire, attend, behold, beware, consider, contemplate, eye, feast ones eyes*, ash, focus, gape, gawk, gaze, get a load of, glance, glower, goggle, heed, inspect, mark, mind, note, notice, observe, ogle, peep, peer, pore over, read, regard, rubberneck*, scan, scout, scrutinize, see, spot, spy, stare, study, survey, take a gander*, take in the sights*, tend, view, watch; concept 623 Ant. disregard, ignore, miss, overlook look [v2] appear, seem to be display, evidence, exhibit, express, indicate, look like, make clear, manifest, present, resemble, show, sound, strike as; concepts 261,716 look [v3] expect, anticipate await, count on, divine, forecast, foretell, hope, hunt, reckon on, search, seek; concept 26 look [v4] face front, front on, give onto, overlook; concept 746 Ant. avoid, dodge look-alike [n] double carbon copy, clone, copy, dead ringer*, duplicate, impersonator, match, replica, ringer*, spitting image*, stand-in*, twin; concepts 664,716 look down on [v] hold in contempt abhor, contemn, despise, disdain, scorn, scout, sneer, spurn, turn nose up at*; concept 29 Ant. approve, honor, laud, look up to, praise look into [v] check, research audit, check out, delve into, dig, examine, explore, follow up, go into, inquire, inspect, investigate, look over, make inquiry, probe, prospect, scrutinize, sift, study; concept 103 Ant. disregard, ignore lookout [n] guard; place from which to guard anchor, beacon, belvedere, case, catbird seat*, citadel, crows nest*, cupola, eagle eye*, hawk,

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observance, observation, observatory, outlook, overlook, panorama, patrol, post, scene, scout, sentinel, sentry, spotter, station, surveillance, tip, tower, view, vigil, vigilance, ward, watch, watcher, watch person watchtower*, weather eye*; concepts 198,358,623 look out [v] be wary be alert, be careful, be on guard, beware, check out, have a care, heads up*, hearken, keep an eye out*, keep tabs*, listen, mind, notice, pay attention, peg*, pick up on*, scope, shotgun*, size up, spot, spy, watch out; concepts 35,623 Ant. disregard, ignore, neglect look up [v1] research come upon, conrm, discover, nd, hunt for, peruse, scan, search for, seek, seek out, track down; concepts 72,216 Ant. wing it look up [v2] improve advance, ameliorate, come along, convalesce, gain, get better, mend, perk up, pick up, progress, recuperate, shape up, show improvement; concepts 303,700 Ant. decline, worsen loom [v] appear, often imposingly approach, await, be at hand*, become visible, be coming, be forthcoming, be imminent, be in the cards*, be in the wind*, be near, break through, brew, bulk, come forth, come into view, come on, come on the scene*, dawn, dominate, emanate, emerge, gure, gather, hang over, hover, impend, impress, issue, lower, make up, menace, mount, near, overhang, overshadow, overtop, portend, rear, rise, seem huge, seem large, show, soar, stand out, take shape, threaten, top, tower; concepts 118,159,261 loony [adj] crazy ape, barmy, batty, berserk, bonkers*, cracked, crazed, cuckoo, daffy*, daft, delirious, demented, deranged, aky, ipped out*, insane, kooky, lunatic, mad, maniacal, mental*, nuts, nutty, out of ones mind*, out to lunch*, psycho*, screwball*, screwy*, silly, touched*, unbalanced, wacky; concept 403 loony bin [n] mental health facility bughouse*, funny farm*, insane asylum, madhouse*, mental hospital, mental institution, nut house*, psychiatric hospital, psychiatric ward, sanatorium; concepts 312,439,516 loop [n] circle, spiral bend, circuit, circumference, coil, convolution, curl, curve, eyelet, hoop, kink, knot, loophole, noose, ring, twirl, twist, whorl, wreath; concept 436 Ant. line loop [v] circle, spiral arc, arch, begird, bend, bow, braid, coil, compass, connect, crook, curl, curve, curve around, encircle, encompass, fold, gird, girdle, join, knot, ring, roll, surround, tie together, turn, twist, wind around; concepts 147,201,754 Ant. line loophole [n] escape alternative, escape clause, means of escape, outlet, technicality, way out; concept 102 loose [adj1] not tight; unconstrained apart, asunder, at large, baggy, clear, detached, disconnected, easy, escaped, abby, accid, oating, free, hanging, insecure, lax, liberated, limp, loosened, movable, not tting, relaxed, released, separate, slack, slackened, sloppy, unattached, unbolted, unbound, unbuttoned, uncaged, unclasped, unconned, unconnected, undone, unfastened, unfettered, unhinged, unhooked, unlatched, unlocked, unpinned,

unrestrained, unrestricted, unsecured, unshackled, untied, wobbly; concept 485 Ant. constrained, restricted, taut, tight loose [adj2] indenite, vague detached, diffuse, disconnected, disordered, ill-dened, imprecise, inaccurate, indistinct, negligent, obscure, rambling, random, remiss; concepts 267,529 Ant. clear, denite, precise, strict loose [adj3] promiscuous abandoned, capricious, careless, corrupt, debauched, disreputable, dissipated, dissolute, easy, fast, heedless, high living*, immoral, imprudent, inconstant, lax, lewd, libertine, licentious, light, negligent, out of control*, playing, proigate, rash, reckless, speeding, swinging, thoughtless, unchaste, unmindful, unrestrained, wanton; concepts 372,401 Ant. clean, decent, moral loose/loosen [v] set free; unbind alleviate, become unfastened, break up, deliver, detach, discharge, disconnect, disengage, disenthrall, disjoin, ease, ease off, emancipate, extricate, free, let go, let out, liberate, manumit, mitigate, relax, release, separate, slacken, unbar, unbolt, unbuckle, unbutton, unchain, unclasp, undo, unfasten, unx, unhitch, unhook, unlace, unlash, unlatch, unleash, unlock, unloose, unpin, unscrew, unsnap, unstick, unstrap, untie, untighten, work free, work loose; concepts 127,250 Ant. bind, limit, restrict, tighten loot [n] stolen goods booty, dough*, graft, haul, hot goods*, lift*, make*, money, pickings*, pillage, plunder, plunderage, prize, seizure, spoils, squeeze, take*; concepts 337,340 loot [v] steal goods appropriate, boost, burglarize, despoil, grab, gut, liberate, lift, loft, make, moonlight requisition*, pillage, plunder, raid, ransack, ravage, relieve, requisition, rie, rip off*, rob, sack, salvage, smash and grab*, snatch, snitch*, stick up, swipe, take, thieve, tip over; concepts 139,192 Ant. give, receive looter [n] thief criminal, marauder, pilferer, pillager, plunderer, raider, ransacker, ravager, spoiler; concept 412 lop [v] trim chop, clip, crop, cut, cut back, cut down, mow, pare, pare down, prune, shear, snip, truncate; concepts 176,236,247 lope [v] stride bound, canter, gallop, run, trot; concept 149 lopsided [adj] leaning, falling to one side; larger on one side askew, asymmetrical, awry, cockeyed, crooked, disproportional, disproportionate, inclinatory, irregular, nonsymmetrical, off-balance, one-sided, out of shape, overbalanced, squint, tilting, top-heavy, unbalanced, unequal, uneven, unsteady, warped; concept 480 Ant. even, level, straight, unleaning loquacious [adj] talkative babbling, chattering, chatty, uent, gabby*, garrulous, gossipy, jabbering, long-winded*, loose-lipped*, motormouth*, multiloquent, prolix, verbose, voluble, wordy, yacking*; concepts 267,401 Ant. quiet, restrained, silent, subdued lore [n] myths, traditional wisdom adage, belief, custom, doctrine, enlightenment, erudition, experience, fable, folklore, information, knowledge, learning, legend, letters, mythology, mythos, saga, saw, saying, scholarship, science, superstition, tale, teaching, tradition; concepts 274,282,287

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lose [v1] be deprived of; mislay be careless, become poorer, be impoverished, bereave, be reduced, capitulate, consume, default, deplete, disinherit, displace, dispossess, dissipate, divest, drain, drop, exhaust, expend, fail, fail to keep, fall short, forfeit, forget, give up, lavish, misplace, miss, misspend, oust, pass up, relinquish, rob, sacrice, squander, suffer, suffer loss, surrender, use up, waste, yield; concepts 116,156 Ant. hold on to, keep, maintain lose [v2] be defeated be humbled, be outdistanced, be sunk, be taken to cleaners*, be the loser, be worsted*, come up short, decline, drop, drop a bundle*, fall, kiss goodbye*, lose out, miss, succumb, suffer defeat, take a beating*, take the count*, take the heat*, yield; concepts 384,674 Ant. achieve, succeed, win lose [v3] escape, avoid clear, dodge, duck, elude, evade, give the slip*, leave behind, outrun, rid, shake, shake off*, slip away, stray, throw off*, unburden, wander from; concepts 30,102 Ant. confront, face, meet loser [n] person, thing that fails also-ran*, deadbeat*, defeated, disadvantaged, downand-outer*, dud*, failure, op*, unkee*, hasbeen, underdog, underprivileged; concepts 412,423,433 Ant. achiever, success, winner loss [n] misfortune, decit; something misplaced or lost accident, bad luck, bereavement, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, cost, damage, death, debit, debt, defeat, deciency, depletion, deprivation, destitution, destruction, detriment, disadvantage, disappearance, disaster, dispossession, failure, fall, fatality, forfeiture, harm, hurt, impairment, injury, losing, misadventure, mishap, mislaying, misplacing, need, perdition, privation, retardation, ruin, sacrice, shrinkage, squandering, trial, trouble, undoing, want, waste, wreckage; concepts 407,674,707 Ant. accomplishment, achievement, success, win lost [adj1] missing, off-track absent, adrift, astray, at sea, cast away, disappeared, disoriented, down the drain*, fallen between cracks*, forfeit, forfeited, gone, gone astray, hidden, invisible, irrecoverable, irretrievable, irrevocable, kiss goodbye*, lacking, minus, mislaid, misplaced, missed, nowhere to be found*, obscured, off-course, out the window*, strayed, unredeemed, vanished, wandering, wayward, without; concept 576 Ant. accomplishing, found, successful, winning lost [adj2] extinct, destroyed abolished, annihilated, bygone, consumed, dead, demolished, devastated, dissipated, eradicated, exterminated, forgotten, frittered, gone, lapsed, misspent, misused, obliterated, obsolete, out-of-date, past, perished, ruined, squandered, unremembered, wasted, wiped out*, wrecked; concepts 539, 560 Ant. alive, existent, existing, living lost [adj3] distracted, dreaming absent, absentminded, absorbed, abstracted, bemused, bewildered, distrait, dreamy, engrossed, entranced, faraway, feeble, going in circles*, ignorant, inconscient, musing, perplexed, preoccupied, rapt, spellbound, taken in*, taken up*, unconscious, wasted; concept 403 Ant. attentive, aware, cognizant

lot [n1] piece of property acreage, allotment, apportionment, area, block, clearing, division, eld, frontage, parcel, part, patch, percentage, piece, plat, plot, plottage, portion, property, real estate, tract; concepts 509,710 lot [n2] quantity, often large abundance, aggregate, aggregation, amplitude, assortment, barrel, batch, body, bunch, bundle, circle, clump, cluster, clutch, collection, conglomerate, conglomeration, consignment, crowd, great deal, group, heap, load, mass, mess*, much, multiplicity, number, ocean, oodles, order, pack, pile, plenitude, plenty, push, reams, requisition, scores, set, stack, stacks; concepts 432,787 Ant. little lot [n3] portion, share allotment, allowance, bite, cut, parcel, part, percentage, piece, quota, ration, slice, take; concepts 710,835 Ant. totality, whole lot [n4] fate, destiny accident, break, breaks, chance, circumstance, decree, doom, foreordination, fortune, hand one is dealt*, hazard, karma, kismet, Moirai, plight, portion, predestination, run of luck*, way cookie crumbles*, wheel of fortune*; concept 679 lothario [n] womanizer Casanova, Don Juan, gigolo, ladies man, lady-killer, lecher, libertine, lover, philanderer, rake, Romeo, seducer, skirt chaser, stud*, wolf*; concepts 372,401 lotion [n] creamy solution balm, cosmetic, cream, demulcent, embrocation, lenitive, liniment, medicine, ointment, palliative, preparation, salve, unguent, wash; concepts 311,446,466 lottery [n] drawing chance, door prize, gambling, game of chance, Lotto, luck of the draw, numbers game, rafe, sweepstake; concepts 28,363 loud [adj1] blaring, noisy big, blatant, blustering, boisterous, booming, cacophonous, clamorous, crashing, deafening, deep, ear-piercing, ear-splitting, emphatic, forte, full, full-mouthed, fulminating, heavy, high-sounding, intense, loud-voiced, lusty, obstreperous, pealing, piercing, powerful, rambunctious, raucous, resonant, resounding, ringing, roaring, rowdy, sonorous, stentorian, strident, strong, thundering, tumultuous, turbulent, turned up, uproarious, vehement, vociferous, wakes the dead*; concepts 592,594 Ant. inaudible, low, quiet, soft, subdued loud [adj2] offensive, gaudy brash, brassy, brazen, chintzy, coarse, crass, crude, amboyant, ashy, garish, glaring, gross, lurid, meretricious, obnoxious, obtrusive, ostentatious, raucous, rude, showy, tasteless, tawdry, vulgar; concepts 401,542,589 Ant. inoffensive, quiet, soft, tasteful loudmouthed [adj] loud-voiced bellowing, bigmouthed, big-voiced, blustering, boisterous, full-throated, obnoxious, vociferous; concept 401 lounge [n] club, socializing place bar, barroom, club room, cocktail lounge, dive*, drinkery, hideaway, lobby, mezzanine, parlor, pub, reception, saloon, spot, tap, taproom, watering hole*; concepts 293,449 lounge [v] lie about, waste time bum*, dawdle, fritter away, goldbrick*, goof off*, idle, kill

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time*, laze, loaf, loiter, loll*, pass time, recline, relax, repose, saunter, sprawl, take it easy*; concepts 154,210,681 Ant. do, hustle lousy [adj] very bad awful, base, contemptible, despicable, dirty, disliked, execrable, faulty, harmful, hateful, horrible, inferior, low, mean, miserable, no good*, outrageous, poor, rotten, second-rate*, shoddy, slovenly, terrible, unpopular, unwelcome, vicious, vile; concept 571 Ant. good, great, magnicent, wonderful lout [n] boor barbarian, bear, boob*, brute, buffoon, bumpkin, cad, churl, clod, clodhopper, dolt, dork*, goon*, lummox, oaf, philistine, rube, slob*, vulgarian; concept 423 loutish [adj] boorish bad-mannered, barbaric, bearish, bungling, cantankerous, churlish, cloddish, clodhopping*, clownish, clumsy, coarse, dense, doltish, gross*, gruff, ill-bred, ill-mannered, impolite, loud, oash, ornery, rough, rude, rustic, swinish, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultured, uneducated, unmannerly, unpolished, unrened, vulgar; concept 404 lovable [adj] very likable; endearing adorable, agreeable, alluring, amiable, angelic, appealing, attractive, bewitching, captivating, charming, cuddly, delightful, desirable, enchanting, engaging, enthralling, entrancing, fascinating, fetching, friendly, genial, lovely, lovesome, pleasing, ravishing, seductive, sweet, winning, winsome; concept 404 Ant. hateable, hateful, unendearing love [n1] adoration; very strong liking adulation, affection, allegiance, amity, amorousness, amour, appreciation, ardency, ardor, attachment, case*, cherishing, crush, delight, devotedness, devotion, emotion, enchantment, enjoyment, fervor, delity, ame, fondness, friendship, hankering, idolatry, inclination, infatuation, involvement, like, lust, mad for, partiality, passion, piety, rapture, regard, relish, respect, sentiment, soft spot*, taste, tenderness, weakness, worship, yearning, zeal; concept 32 Ant. dislike, hate, hatred love [n2] person who is loved by another admirer, angel, beau, beloved, boyfriend, courter, darling, dear, dearest, dear one, ame, girlfriend, honey, inamorata, inamorato, Juliet*, loved one, lover, paramour, passion, Romeo*, spark, suitor, swain, sweet, sweetheart, truelove, valentine; concept 423 love [v1] adore, like very much admire, adulate, be attached to, be captivated by, be crazy about, be enamored of, be enchanted by, be fascinated with, be fond of, be in love with, canonize, care for, cherish, choose, deify, delight in, dote on, esteem, exalt, fall for, fancy, glorify, go for*, gone on*, have affection for, have it bad*, hold dear, hold high, idolize, long for, lose ones heart to*, prefer, prize, put on pedestal*, think the world of*, thrive with, treasure, venerate, wild for*, worship; concept 32 Ant. dislike, hate, scorn love [v2] have sexual relations caress, clasp, cling, cosset, court, cuddle, draw close, embrace, feel, fondle, hold, hug, kiss, lick, look tenderly, make love, neck*, pet*, press, shine, soothe, stroke, take into ones arms, tryst, woo; concepts 375,384 Ant. abstain love affair [n] sexual relationship outside of

marriage adultery, affair, amour, devotion, extracurricular activity*, irtation, intrigue, liaison, love, mnage trois, passion, romance, thing, triangle; concepts 375,388 love handles [n] bulging waistline fat, ab, hate handles*, keg*, middle age spread*, spare tire*; concepts 723,734 lovelorn [n] unloved bereft, crossed in love, dejected, forsaken, jilted, loveless, lovesick, rejected, spurned; concepts 21,30,384 lovely [adj] beautiful, charming; agreeable admirable, adorable, alluring, amiable, attractive, beauteous, bewitching, captivating, comely, dainty, delectable, delicate, delicious, delightful, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, exquisite, fair, good-looking, gorgeous, graceful, gratifying, handsome, knockout, lovesome, nice, picture, pleasant, pleasing, pretty, pulchritudinous, rare, scrumptious, splendid, stunning, sweet, winning; concepts 537,579,589 Ant. awful, disagreeable, drab, homely, ugly, unlovely, unsightly lovemaking [n] sexual activity carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, copulation, coquetting, courting, courtship, cuddling, dalliance, fondling, fooling around, foreplay, hugging, intercourse, intimacy, kissing, mating, screwing, sexual intercourse, sexual relations, smooching*, snuggling, sucking face*; concept 375 lover [n] person having sexual relationship admirer, beau, beloved, boyfriend, companion, courter, darling, dear, dearest, escort, anc, ance, ame, girlfriend, idolizer, inamorata, inamorato, infatuate, Juliet*, paramour, petitioner, Romeo*, signicant other, solicitor, steady, suitor, suppliant, swain, sweetheart, truelove, valentine, wooer; concept 423 Ant. enemy lovesick [adj] longing desiring, infatuated, languishing, lovelorn, pining, yearning; concepts 21,30,384 loving [adj] expressing adoration admiring, affectionate, amatory, amiable, amorous, anxious, appreciative, ardent, attached, attentive, benevolent, bound up, caring, concerned, considerate, cordial, dear, demonstrative, devoted, doting, earnest, enamored, erotic, expressive, faithful, fervent, fond, friendly, generous, idolatrous, impassioned, infatuated, kind, liking, loyal, passionate, respecting, reverent, reverential, romantic, sentimental, solicitous, tender, thoughtful, valuing, warm, warm-hearted, worshipful, zealous; concepts 372,401,542 Ant. disliking, hating, mean low [adj1] close to the ground; short below, beneath, bottom, bottommost, crouched, decumbent, deep, depressed, at, ground-level, inferior, junior, lesser, level, little, lowering, low-hanging, low-lying, low-set, minor, nether, not high, profound, prostrate, rock-bottom, shallow, small, squat, squatty, stunted, subjacent, subsided, sunken, under, unelevated; concepts 583,779,782,793 Ant. above, high, tall low [adj2] reduced; mediocre cheap, cut, cutrate*, decient, depleted, economical, inadequate, inexpensive, inferior, insignicant, little, low-grade, marked down, meager, moderate, modest, nominal, paltry, poor, puny, reason-

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able, scant, second-rate*, shoddy, slashed, small, sparse, substandard, triing, uncostly, worthless; concepts 334,574,789 Ant. above, elevated, high, increased, prominent low [adj3] crude, vulgar abject, base, blue, coarse, common, contemptible, crass, crumby, dastardly, degraded, depraved, despicable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, gross*, ignoble, ill-bred, inelegant, mean, menial, miserable, nasty, obscene, off-color*, offensive, raw, rough, rude, scrubby, scruffy*, scurvy, servile, sordid, unbecoming, uncouth, undignied, unrened, unworthy, vile, woebegone, woeful, wretched; concepts 404,542 Ant. decent, honest, honorable, moral, respectable, upright low [adj4] living in, coming from poor circumstances base, baseborn, humble, ignoble, lowborn, lowly, mean, meek, obscure, plain, plebeian, poor, rude, simple, unpretentious, unwashed; concept 549 Ant. high, rich low [adj5] depressed bad, blue*, crestfallen, dejected, despondent, disheartened, down, down and out*, downcast, downhearted, down in the dumps*, down in the mouth*, dragged, fed up, forlorn, gloomy, glum, in the pits*, lowdown*, miserable, moody, morose, sad, singing the blues*, spiritless, unhappy; concept 403 Ant. cheerful, gay, happy low [adj6] not feeling well ailing, debilitated, dizzy, dying, exhausted, faint, feeble, frail, ill, indisposed, poorly, prostrate, reduced, sick, sickly, sinking, stricken, unwell, weak; concept 314 Ant. healthy, strong, well low [adj7] not loud faint, gentle, hushed, mufed, muted, quiet, soft, subdued, whispered; concept 594 lowbrowed [adj] uncultivated, vulgar ignorant, illiterate, uneducated, unlearned, unlettered, unread, unrened, unschooled, unsophisticated, untaught, untutored; concept 402 lower [adj] under, inferior bush-league*, curtailed, decreased, diminished, junior, lessened, lesser, low, lower rung, minor, nether, pared down, reduced, secondary, second-class, second-ddle*, second-string*, smaller, subjacent, subordinate, under; concepts 586,772 Ant. higher, important, superior lower [v1] let down; fall bring low, cast down, couch, demit, depress, descend, detrude, droop, drop, ground, let down, make lower, push down, reduce, set down, sink, submerge, take down; concept 181 Ant. elevate, increase, raise lower [v2] reduce, minimize abate, clip, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, decrease, decry, deescalate, deate, demote, depreciate, devaluate, devalue, diminish, downgrade, downsize, lessen, mark down, moderate, pare, prune, roll back, scale down, shave, slash, soften, tone down, undervalue, write off; concepts 236,240 Ant. elevate, heighten, increase, rise lower [v3] belittle, disgrace abase, bemean, cast down, condescend, debase, degrade, deign, demean, depress, devalue, downgrade, humble, humiliate, stoop; concepts 7,19 Ant. compliment, laud, praise low-key [adj] subdued easygoing, laid-back*, loose, low-pitched, mufed, muted, played down, quiet, relaxed, restrained, sober, softened,

soft-sell*, subtle, toned down, understated; concepts 542,544,548 Ant. energized, high-key, high-strung, nervous, pumped up lowly [adj] inferior, plain average, base, baseborn, cast down, common, commonplace, docile, dutiful, everyday, gentle, humble, ignoble, low, lowborn, mean, meek, menial, mild, modest, mundane, obscure, obsequious, ordinary, plebeian, poor, proletarian, prosaic, retiring, reverential, servile, simple, submissive, subordinate, unassuming, unpretentious, withdrawing; concepts 404,547,549 Ant. higher, lofty, noble, pretentious, superior loyal [adj] faithful, dependable allegiant, ardent, attached, behind one, believing, coming through, constant, devoted, dutiful, dyed-in-thewool*, rm, on ones side*, patriotic, resolute, staunch, steadfast, steady, tried-and-true*, true, true-blue*, trustworthy, trusty, unfailing, unswerving, unwavering; concepts 404,545 Ant. disloyal, undependable, unfaithful loyalty [n] faithfulness, dependability adherence, allegiance, ardor, attachment, bond, conscientiousness, constancy, devotedness, devotion, duty, earnestness, faith, fealty, delity, homage, honesty, honor, incorruptibility, integrity, inviolability, obedience, patriotism, probity, reliability, resolution, scrupulousness, sincerity, single-mindedness, singleness, staunchness, steadfastness, subjection, submission, support, tie, troth, trueheartedness, trueness, trustiness, trustworthiness, truth, truthfulness, uprightness, zeal; concepts 411,645 Ant. disloyalty, undependability, unfaithfulness LSD [n] lysergic acid diethylamide acid, blotter acid*, blue heaven*, California sunshine*, cubes*, dots*, drug, electric Kool-aid*, hallucinogen, instant Zen*, Lucy in the sky with diamonds*, mellow yellows*, microdots*, Owsley, Owsleys acid, purple haze, strawberry elds*, sunshine, tabs*, yellow sunshine*; concept 307 lubricant [n] lubricator coating, grease, oil, silicone, wax, WD40TM; concept 606 lubricate [v] make slippery anoint, cream, grease, lard, lube, make, oil, oil the wheels*, slick, smear, smooth, tallow, wax; concept 202 Ant. dry lucid [adj1] evident, obvious apprehensible, clear, clear-cut, comprehendible, comprehensible, crystal clear, distinct, explicit, fathomable, graspable, intelligible, knowable, limpid, luminous, pellucid, plain, translucent, transparent, transpicuous, unambiguous, unblurred, understandable; concept 529 Ant. clouded, obscure, unclear, vague lucid [adj2] brilliant, shining beaming, bright, effulgent, gleaming, incandescent, lambent, luminous, lustrous, radiant, refulgent, resplendent; concept 617 Ant. cloudy, dark, gloomy, murky, shadowy lucid [adj3] clear, transparent crystalline, diaphanous, gauzy, glassy, limpid, obvious, pellucid, pure, sheer, translucent, transpicuous, unblurred; concepts 606,619 Ant. foggy, muddied, unclear lucid [adj4] clearheaded, sensible all there, compos mentis, cool, got head together*,

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in right mind, normal, rational, reasonable, right, sane, sober, sound, together; concepts 402,403 Ant. confused, puzzled, unclear, unreasonable Lucifer [n] Satan archangel, beast, Beelzebub, devil, diablo, evil one, fallen angel, Mephistopheles, Prince of Darkness; concepts 370,412 luck [n1] good fortune advantage, big break*, blessing, break*, uke*, fortunateness, godsend*, good luck, happiness, health, in the cards*, karma*, kismet*, luckiness, lucky break*, occasion, opportunity, prot, prosperity, run of luck*, serendipity, smile*, streak of luck, stroke, success, triumph, victory, weal, wealth, win, windfall; concept 693 Ant. bad fortune, misfortune luck [n2] chance accident, break, destiny, fate, fty-fty*, fortuity, fortune, hap*, happenstance, hazard, occasion, occurrence, toss-up*, unforeseen event; concept 679 luckily [adv] happily by chance, favorably, fortuitously, fortunately, opportunely, propitiously, providentially; concepts 544,572 Ant. unhappily, unluckily lucky [adj] fortunate, opportune advantageous, adventitious, all systems go*, auspicious, benecial, benign, blessed, charmed, coming up roses*, everything going*, favored, felicitous, fortuitous, getting a break*, golden, happy, hit it big*, holding aces*, hopeful, hot*, in the groove*, into something, on a roll*, on a streak, promising, propitious, prosperous, providential, serendipitous, striking it rich*, successful, timely, well; concepts 537,572 Ant. bad, inopportune, unfortunate, unlucky, unpropitious, unsuccessful lucrative [adj] productive, well-paid advantageous, cost effective, fatness, fruitful, gainful, good, high-income*, in the black*, moneymaking, paying, protable, remunerative, sweet, worthwhile; concept 334 Ant. poorly paid, unprotable lucre [n] money, prots capital, cash, earnings, funds, gain, gate*, gravy*, income, proceeds, receipts, resources, revenue, riches, take*, wealth; concepts 332,340,344,693 ludicrous [adj] absurd, ridiculous antic, bizarre, burlesque, comic, comical, crazy, droll, fantastic, farcical, foolish, funny, gelastic, grotesque, incongruous, laughable, nonsensical, odd, outlandish, preposterous, risible, silly, zany; concept 548 Ant. logical, reasonable, sensible lug [v] drag something around bear, buck, carry, convey, draw, ferry, haul, heave, hump, jerk, lift, lurch, pack, pull, rake, schlepp*, snap, tote, tow, transport, trawl, tug, vellicate, yank; concept 206 luggage [n] bag, suitcase baggage, carry-on, case, fortnighter, gear, impedimenta, paraphernalia, suit bag, things*, tote bag, trunk, valise; concepts 446,494 lukewarm [adj1] slightly heated blood-warm, milk-warm, tepid, warm, warmish; concept 605 Ant. chilly, cool, cooled lukewarm [adj2] indifferent, unenthusiastic apathetic, chilly, cold, cool, halfhearted, hesitant, indecisive, irresolute, phlegmatic, tepid, uncertain, uncommitted, unconcerned,

undecided, uninterested, unresolved, unresponsive, wishy-washy*; concepts 403,542 Ant. enthusiastic, excited, happy, interested, warm lull [n] pause, calm abeyance, break, breather, breathing spell, calmness, coffee break, comma*, downtime*, hiatus, hush, layoff, letup, pausation, quiescence, quiet, respite, silence, stillness, stop, time-out*, tranquility; concept 807 Ant. busyness, continuation, disturbance, energy lull [v] calm, ease off abate, allay, balm, becalm, cease, chill out*, compose, cool*, cool off*, decrease, die down, diminish, dwindle, ebb, fall, hush, lay back, let up, lullaby, moderate, pacify, put a lid on*, qualify, quell, quiet, quiet down, settle, slacken, soft-pedal*, soothe, still, stroke, subdue, subside, take it easy*, take the edge*, take the sting out*, temper, tranquilize, wane; concepts 7,22,210,698 Ant. energize, excite lumber [v1] walk heavily, clumsily barge, clump, galumph, lump, plod, shamble, shufe, slog, stump, trudge, trundle, waddle; concept 151 Ant. glide lumber [v2] burden charge, cumber, encumber, impose upon, lade, land, load, saddle, tax, weigh; concept 14 Ant. relieve, unburden lumbering [adj] clumsy, awkward blundering, bovine, bumbling, clodhopping*, clunking, elephantine, gauche, gawky, halting, heavy, heavy-footed, hulking, inept, klutzy*, leadfooted*, lumpish, maladroit, overgrown, ponderous, splay, two left feet*, ungainly, unhandy, unwieldy, wooden; concepts 406,584 Ant. agile, gliding, lithe luminary [n] very important person big name*, celeb*, celebrity, dignitary, eminence, leader, lion*, name, notability, notable, personage, personality, somebody*, star, superstar, VIP*, worthy; concepts 352,423 luminescent [adj] glowing, shining bright, effulgent, uorescent, luminous, phosphorescent, radiant; concept 617 Ant. dull, obscured, unshiny luminous [adj1] bright, glowing beaming, brilliant, clear, crystal, effulgent, fulgent, illuminated, incandescent, lambent, lighted, lit, lucent, lucid, luminescent, lustrous, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, shining, translucent, transparent, vivid; concept 617 Ant. dark, dim, dull, gloomy luminous [adj2] obvious, understandable apprehensible, bright, brilliant, clear, comprehendible, comprehensible, evident, fathomable, graspable, intelligible, knowable, lucid, perspicacious, perspicuous; concept 529 Ant. obscure, unclear, unintelligible, vague lummox [n] oaf beast, blunderer, boor, bruiser, brute, bumpkin, chump*, clod, clodhopper, clown, dolt, dumb ox*, dunce, fool, goon*, half-wit*, hayseed, idiot, imbecile, klutz*, loser, lout*, lunkhead, moron, nincompoop*, ox*, sap*, simpleton*, yokel; concept 412 lump [n] clump, mass agglomeration, ball, bit, block, bulge, bulk, bump, bunch, cake, chip, chunk, cluster, crumb, dab, gob, group, growth, handful, hunk, knot, knurl, lot, morsel, mountain, much, nugget, part, peck, piece, pile, portion, protrusion, protuberance, scrap, section,

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solid, spot, swelling, tumescence, tumor, wad, wedge; concepts 432,470,471 lump [v] tolerate, withstand abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up with, stand, stomach, suffer, swallow, take; concept 23 Ant. change, ght, stand up lunacy [n] craziness, madness aberration, absurdity, alienation, asininity, dementia, derangement, distraction, fatuity, folly, foolhardiness, foolishness, idiocy, imbalance, imbecility, inanity, ineptitude, insanity, mania, psychopathy, psychosis, senselessness, silliness, stupidity; concepts 410,633 Ant. saneness lunatic [adj] crazy, mad absurd, baked*, balmy*, bananas*, bonkers*, cracked, crazed, daft, demented, deranged, dippy*, aky*, ipped out*, foolish, freaked out*, fried*, idiotic, insane, irrational, kooky*, loco, maniac, maniacal, nonsensical, nutty*, preposterous, psyched out*, psychotic, schizoid*, screwy*, stupid, unsound, whacko*, zany; concepts 401,403 Ant. healthy, sane, sensible lunatic [n] person who is crazy, mad crackpot*, crank, cuckoo*, demoniac, ake*, fruitcake*, kook*, lamebrain*, loon*, maniac, neurotic, nut*, paranoid, psycho*, psychopath, psychotic, scatterbrain, schizophrenic, sociopathic; concepts 412,809 Ant. sane lunge [n] pounce charge, cut, jab, jump, pass, spring, stab, swing, swipe, thrust; concepts 159,194 Ant. retreat lunge [v] pounce, dive for bound, burst, charge, cut, dash, drive, fall upon, hit, jab, jump, leap, lurch, pitch, plunge, poke, push, set upon, stab, strike, surge, thrust; concepts 159,194 Ant. retreat lurch [v] move toward with jerk blunder, bumble, careen, dodge, duck, falter, ounder, heave, jerk, lean, list, move to the side, pitch, reel, rock, roll, seesaw, slide, slip, stagger, stumble, sway, swing, teeter, tilt, toss, totter, wallow, weave, wobble, yaw; concepts 80, 150,152,194 Ant. retreat lure [n] bait allurement, ambush, appeal, attraction, bribe, call, camouage, carrot*, come-on*, con game*, decoy, delusion, draw, enticement, fake, gimmick, hook, illusion, incentive, inducement, inveiglement, invitation, magnet*, mousetrap*, pull, seducement, seduction, siren song*, sitting duck*, snare, sweetener*, temptation, tout, trap, trick; concepts 32,529 Ant. deterrent, warning lure [v] attract, seduce allure, bag, bait, beckon, beguile, bewitch, cajole, captivate, capture, catch, charm, come on*, decoy, drag, draw, enchant, ensnare, entice, fascinate, grab, haul, hit on*, hook, inveigle, invite, lead on, pull, rope, steer, suck in*, sweep off ones feet*, tempt, train, turn on; concept 11 Ant. antagonize, disenchant, disgust, dissuade, repulse, turn off lurid [adj] shocking, gruesome ashen, bloody, deep, disgusting, distinct, exaggerated, extreme, ery, ghastly, gory*, graphic, grim, grisly, hideous, horrible, horrid, horrifying, livid, low-down, macabre, melodramatic, obscene, off-color*, offensive, purple*, racy, raunchy, revolting, rough, salty, sanguine*, savage, sensational, sinister, startling, terrible, terrify-

ing, violent, vivid, yellow*; concepts 267,537 Ant. clean, humble, modest lurk [v] hide; move stealthily conceal oneself, creep, crouch, go furtively, gumshoe, lie in wait, prowl, skulk, slide, slink, slip, snake, sneak, snoop, stay hidden, steal, wait; concepts 151, 188 Ant. come out luscious [adj] delicious, delectable adorable, ambrosial, appetizing, choice, darling, delish, deluxe, distinctive, divine, exquisite, amboyant, avorsome, heavenly, honeyed, juicy, lush, luxurious, mellow, mouth-watering, nectarious, opulent, ornate, palatable, palatial, piquant, rare, rich, savory, scrumptious, succulent, sumptuous, sweet, toothsome, voluptuous, yummy*; concepts 574,613 Ant. nasty, poor, unappetizing, unsavory lush [adj] profuse and delightful abundant, ambrosial, delectable, delicious, deluxe, dense, elaborate, extensive, extravagant, exuberant, ourishing, fresh, grand, green, heavenly, juicy, lavish, luscious, luxuriant, luxurious, opulent, ornate, overgrown, palatial, plush, prodigal, prolic, rank, rich, riotous, ripe, ritzy, scrumptious, sensuous, succulent, sumptuous, teeming, tender, verdant, voluptuous; concepts 574,589,771 Ant. austere, bare, barren, sparse lust [n] appetite, passion animalism, aphrodisia, appetence, appetition, avidity, carnality, concupiscence, covetousness, craving, cupidity, desire, eroticism, excitement, fervor, greed, hunger, itch, lasciviousness, lechery, lewdness, libido, licentiousness, longing, prurience, pruriency, salaciousness, salacity, sensualism, sensuality, thirst, urge, wantonness, weakness, yen; concepts 20,709 Ant. chastity, disenchantment, disgust lust [v] desire strongly ache, be consumed with desire, be hot for*, covet, crave, hanker, hunger for, itch, long, need, pine, thirst, want, wish, yearn, yen; concept 20 Ant. be chaste, be pure, dislike luster [n] gloss, shine afterglow, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, burnish, candescence, dazzle, effulgence, glaze, gleam, glint, glitter, glow, incandescence, iridescence, lambency, luminousness, opalescence, polish, radiance, refulgence, resplendence, sheen, shimmer, sparkle; concept 620 Ant. darkness, dullness, matte lustrous [adj] glossy, shining bright, burnished, dazzling, effulgent, fulgent, glac, gleaming, glinting, glistening, glorious, glowing, incandescent, lambent, lucent, luminous, polished, radiant, refulgent, shimmering, shiny, sparkling, splendid, waxy; concept 617 Ant. dark, dull, matte, unshiny lusty [adj] energetic, healthy brawny, dynamic, hale, hearty, potent, powerful, red-blooded, robust, rugged, stalwart, stout, strapping, strenuous, strong, sturdy, tough, vigorous, vital; concepts 314,485,489 Ant. lethargic, unenergetic, unhealthy, weak luxuriant [adj] profuse, plush abundant, ample, copious, deluxe, dense, elaborate, excessive, extravagant, exuberant, fancy, fecund, fertile, amboyant, ourishing, fruitful, lavish, luscious, lush, opulent, overowing, palatial, plenteous, plentiful, prodigal, productive,

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profusive, prolic, rampant, rank, rich, riotous, sumptuous, superabundant, teeming, thriving; concepts 574,771 Ant. barren, plain, poor luxuriate [v] indulge, prosper abound, bask, be in clover*, bloom, burgeon, delight, eat up*, enjoy, feast, ourish, grow, increase, live extravagantly, live high on hog*, live in luxury*, live it up*, love, overdo, relish, revel, riot, roll, rollick, take it easy*, thrive, wallow, wanton; concepts 539,544,589 Ant. refrain luxurious [adj] afuent, indulgent comfortable, costly, deluxe, easy, elaborate, epicurean, expensive, extravagant, fancy, t for a king/ queen*, gorgeous, grand, grandiose, gratifying, hedonistic, immoderate, imposing, impressive, in the lap of luxury, lavish, luscious, lush, magnicent, majestic, opulent, ostentatious, palatial, pampered, pleasurable, pleasure-loving, plush, plushy, posh, pretentious, rich, ritzy*, self-indulgent, sensual, sensuous, splendid, stately, sumptuous, sybaritic, upscale, voluptuous, well-appointed; concepts 544,574,589 Ant. austere, frugal, poor luxury [n] great pleasure, indulgence afuence, bliss, comfort, delight, enjoyment, exorbitance, extravagance, frill, gratication, hedonism, high living, immoderation, intemperance, leisure, luxuriousness, opulence, rarity, richness, satisfaction, splendor, sumptuousness, treat, wellbeing; concepts 337,388,712 Ant. austerity, economy, frugality lying [adj] dishonest committing perjury, deceitful, deceptive, delusive, delusory, dissembling, dissimulating, double-crossing*, doubledealing*, equivocating, false, falsifying, bbing, guileful, inventing, mendacious, misleading, misrepresenting, misstating, perdious, prevaricating, shifty, treacherous, tricky, two-faced*, two-timing*, unreliable, untruthful, wrong; concept 267 Ant. direct, frank, honest lynching [n] hanging capital punishment, execution, mob justice*, stringing up*, the gallows*, vigilante justice; concept 252 lyric [adj] musical choral, coloratura, melliuous, melodic, melodious, poetic, songful, songlike, tuneful; concept 594 lyrical [adj] musical agreeable, blending, chiming, choral, dulcet, emotional, euphonious, expressive, harmonious, lilting, melodic, melodious, operatic, orchestral, passionate, pleasing, poetic, rhapsodic, rhythmic, songful, songlike, soulful, sweet-sounding, symphonic, symphonious, tuneful; concept 594 lyricist [n] songwriter composer, lyrist, musician, music writer, poet, songsmith, songwriter; concept 352 lyrics [n] words of a song book, libretto, lines, text, theme, verse, words; concepts 264,595

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macabre [adj] eerie; deathlike cadaverous, deathly, dreadful, frightening, frightful, ghastly, ghostly, ghoulish, grim, grisly, gruesome, hideous, horrible, horrid, lurid, morbid, offensive, scary, spookish, spooky, terrible, unearthly, weird; concepts 537,547 Ant. common, living, normal

macaroni [n] pasta noodles, penne, shells, spaghetti, tortellini; concepts 457,460,461 Machiavellian [adj] scheming artful, astute, calculating, conniving, contriving, crafty, cunning, deceitful, devious, expedient, opportunist, plotting, shrewd, sly, underhanded, unscrupulous, wily; concepts 401,545 machinate [v] maneuver, plot cogitate, collude, come up with, connive, conspire, contrive, design, devise, engineer, nagle, hatch, intrigue, invent, plan, play games*, promote, pull strings*, scheme, trump up*, wangle; concept 36 Ant. leave alone machination [n] maneuver, plot artice, cabal, conspiracy, design, device, dirty work*, dodge*, intrigue, monkey business*, on the make*, ploy, practice, ruse, scheme, sellout, skullduggery*, song and dance*, stratagem, trick; concept 660 machine [n1] device that performs a task apparatus, appliance, automaton, automobile, computer, contraption, contrivance, engine, gadget, implement, instrument, mechanism, motor, robot, thingamabob*, tool, vehicle, widget*; concept 463 machine [n2] well-run political organization agency, lineup, machinery, movement, party, ring, setup, structure, system; concept 301 machine [n3] person who acts automatically agent, automaton, clone, drudge, grind, laborer, mechanical, puppet, robot, zombie*; concepts 348,423 machinery [n] devices performing work accouterment, agency, agent, apparatus, appliance, channel, contraption, contrivance, engine, equipment, gadget, gear, habiliments, implement, instrument, materiel, means, mechanism, medium, method, motor, organ, outt, paraphernalia, shifts, structure, system, tackle, tool, utensil, vehicle, works; concepts 463,770 machismo [n] masculinity macho*, male, manful, manliness, mannish, masculine, muscular, virile; concepts 371,408,648 macho [adj] masculine aggressive, cocky, courageous, manful, manly, potent, ultramasculine, virile; concepts 371,408,648 mad [adj1] crazy, insane aberrant, absurd, bananas*, batty, crazed, cuckoo*, daft, delirious, demented, deranged, distracted, fantastic, foolhardy, foolish, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, illogical, imprudent, invalid, irrational, kooky*, loony*, ludicrous, lunatic, mental, non compos mentis, nonsensical, nutty*, off ones rocker*, of unsound mind, out of ones mind*, preposterous, psychotic, rabid, raving, senseless, unbalanced, unhinged, unreasonable, unsafe, unsound, unstable, wacky*; concepts 403,529 Ant. balanced, ok, rational, reasonable, sane, sound mad [adj2] angry abandoned, agitated, berserk, distracted, distraught, enraged, exasperated, excited, frantic, frenetic, fuming, furious, incensed, infuriated, irritated, livid, provoked, raging, resentful, seeing red*, uncontrolled, very upset, wild, wrathful; concept 403 Ant. calm, cheered, collected, happy

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mad [adj3] enthusiastic; in love ardent, avid, crazy, daft, devoted, enamoured, enthused, fanatical, fond, hooked*, impassioned, infatuated, keen, nuts*, wild, zealous; concepts 32,403 Ant. disenchanted, unenthusiastic madcap [adj] crazy, impulsive brash, foolhardy, foolish, frivolous, harebrained*, heedless, hotheaded, ill-advised, imprudent, incautious, inconsiderate, lively, rash, reckless, stupid, thoughtless, wild; concept 548 Ant. reasonable, sane madden [v] make angry anger, annoy, bother, craze, derange, distract, drive crazy, drive insane, drive out of mind*, drive to distraction*, enrage, exasperate, frenzy, incense, iname, infuriate, ire, irritate, make see red*, pester, possess, provoke, shatter, steam up*, umbrage, unbalance, unhinge*, upset, vex; concepts 7,19 Ant. gladden, make happy maddening [adj] irritating aggravating, annoying, exasperating, frustrating, infuriating, provoking, riling, troubling, trying, vexatious; concepts 529,565 made-up [adj] invented mentally fabricated, false, ctional, imaginary, make-believe, mythical, prepared, specious, trumped-up, unreal, untrue; concept 582 Ant. original, real, true madhouse [n] place where mentally ill live; place full of commotion asylum, bedlam, chaos, insane asylum, loony bin*, mental hospital, mental institution, pandemonium, psychiatric hospital, sanitarium, turmoil, uproar; concepts 312,449,516,674 Ant. calm, harmony, peace madly [adj] wildly, ercely absurdly, crazily, deliriously, dementedly, desperately, devotedly, distractedly, energetically, exceedingly, excessively, excitedly, extremely, foolishly, frantically, frenziedly, furiously, hard, hastily, hurriedly, hysterically, insanely, intensely, irrationally, like mad, ludicrously, nonsensically, passionately, psychotically, quickly, rabidly, rapidly, rashly, recklessly, senselessly, something erce, speedily, stormily, to distraction, tumultously/tumultuously, turbulently, unreasonably, violently; concepts 537,540, 544 Ant. calmly, normally madness [n] insanity aberration, absurdity, craziness, delirium, delusion, dementia, derangement, fanaticism, foolishness, hysteria, irrationality, lunacy, madness, mania, mental disorder, mental illness, neurosis, phobia, psychopathy, psychosis, stupidity, unbalance; concepts 316,410 mad person [n] person who is considered mentally ill bedlamite, crazy person, demented, deranged, idiot, imbecile, loon, lunatic, maniac, mental case*, patient, psycho*, psychopath, psychotic, raver*, schizophrenic, sociopath; concepts 412,423 maelstrom [n1] agitation bedlam, chaos, confusion, disorder, ap*, fuss, pandemonium, turbulence, turmoil, uproar; concepts 230,674 maelstrom [n2] whirlpool eddy, stir, swirl, undercurrent, undertow, vortex, whirl; concept 514 magazine [n1] periodic publication annual,

bimonthly, biweekly, booklet, broadside, brochure, circular, daily, digest, gazette, glossy, joint, journal, manual, monthly, newsletter, newspaper, organ, pamphlet, paper, periodical, pulp*, quarterly, rag*, review, semiweekly, sheet*, slick, throwaway*, weekly; concept 280 magazine [n2] arsenal of weapons ammunition dump, armory, cache, depository, depot, munitions dump, repertory, repository, store, storehouse, warehouse; concepts 321,500 magic [n] supernatural power; appearance of impossible feats by tricks abracadabra*, alchemy, allurement, astrology, augury, bewitchment, black art, conjuring, conjury, devilry, diabolism, divination, enchantment, exorcism, fascination, foreboding, fortunetelling, hocuspocus*, horoscopy, illusion, incantation, legerdemain, magnetism, necromancy, occultism, power, prediction, presage, prestidigitation, prophecy, rune, sleight of hand, soothsaying, sorcery, sortilege, spell, superstition, taboo, thaumaturgy, trickery, voodoo, voodooism, witchcraft, wizardry; concepts 370,689 magician [n] person who performs supernatural feats or tricks archimage, charmer, conjurer, diabolist, diviner, enchanter, enchantress, exorciser, exorcist, fortune-teller, genie, genius, illusionist, marvel, medicine person, medium, miracle worker, necromancer, prophet, satanist, seer, shaman, siren, soothsayer, sorcerer, spellbinder, thaumaturge, theurgist, trickster, virtuoso, voodoo, warlock, witch, witch doctor, wizard; concepts 352,361 magic/magical [adj] bewitching, charming bewitched, charismatic, clairvoyant, conjuring, demoniac, diabolic, eerie, enchanted, enchanting, ensorcelled, entranced, entrancing, extraordinary, fascinating, endish, ghostly, haunted, imaginary, magnetic, marvelous, miraculous, mysterious, mystic, mythical, necromantic, occult, otherworldly, parapsychological, runic, sorcerous, spectral, spellbinding, spellbound, spiritualistic, spooky, telekinetic, thaumaturgic, tranced, uncanny, unusual, weird, witching, witchlike, wizardly, wonderful; concepts 537, 548,582 Ant. normal, unmoving magistrate [n] civil ofcer bailiff, JP, judge, justice, justice of the peace; concept 354 magnanimous [adj] giving and kind all heart, altruistic, benecent, benevolent, big, bighearted, bountiful, charitable, considerate, forgiving, free, generous, great, greathearted, handsome, has heart in right place*, highminded, kindly, knightly, liberal, lofty, loose, municent, noble, openhanded, Santa Claus*, seless, soft*, soft-touch*, ungrudging, unselsh, unstinting; concepts 404,542 Ant. petty, stingy, suspicious magnate [n] important person, usually in business aristocrat, bigwig*, businessperson, capitalist, captain of industry, chief, gure, nancier, industrialist, leader, lion*, merchant, mogul, name, noble, notable, peer, personage, plutocrat, tycoon, VIP*; concept 347 Ant. lowly

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magnetic [adj] drawing, attractive alluring, appealing, arresting, bewitching, captivating, charismatic, charming, enchanting, entrancing, fascinating, hypnotic, inviting, irresistible, mesmerizing, pulling, seductive; concepts 404,537 Ant. repellent, repulsive magnetism [n] charm, attractiveness allure, appeal, attraction, captivatingness, charisma, draw, drawing power, enchantment, fascination, glamour, hypnotism, inuence, lure, magic, mesmerism, power, pull, seductiveness, spell, witchcraft, witchery; concepts 411,676 Ant. repugnance, repulsion magnicent [adj] glorious, wonderful arresting, august, brilliant, chivalric, commanding, elegant, elevated, exalted, excellent, ne, glittering, gorgeous, grand, grandiose, highminded, imperial, imposing, impressive, lavish, lofty, luxurious, magnanimous, magnic, majestic, noble, opulent, outstanding, palatial, plush, pompous, posh, proud, radiant, regal, resplendent, rich, royal, smashing, splendid, standout, stately, striking, sublime, sumptuous, superb, superior, superlative, swanky, towering, transcendent; concepts 485,572 Ant. bad, offensive, poor, ugly magnify [v1] enlarge, intensify aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, augment, bless, blow up, boost, build up, deepen, dignify, dilate, distend, enhance, ennoble, eulogize, exalt, expand, extend, glorify, heighten, hike, hike up, increase, inate, intensate, jack up, jump up, mount, multiply, pad, pyramid, redouble, rise, rouse, run up, step up, sweeten, swell; concepts 236,244,245 Ant. decrease, diminish, lessen, miniaturize, weaken magnify [v2] exaggerate, blow out of proportion aggravate, blow up*, boost, color, dramatize, embellish, embroider, enhance, fudge*, inate, make mountain of molehill*, overcharge, overdo, overdraw, overemphasize, overestimate, overplay, overrate, overstate, overstress, pad*, puff up*, pyramid; concepts 49,69,266 Ant. diminish, play down, weaken magnitude [n1] importance consequence, degree, eminence, grandeur, greatness, import, mark, moment, momentousness, note, pith, signicance, signication, weight, weightiness; concept 668 Ant. insignicance, unimportance magnitude [n2] size admeasurement, amount, amplitude, bigness, breadth, bulk, capacity, compass, dimension, dimensions, enormity, enormousness, expanse, extent, greatness, hugeness, immensity, intensity, largeness, mass, measure, measurement, proportion, proportions, quantity, range, reach, sizableness, space, strength, tremendousness, vastness, volume; concept 730 Ant. littleness, smallness, tininess maharishi [n] spiritual leader guru, master, mentor, mystic, spiritual guide, swami, teacher; concept 350 maiden [adj] earliest beginning, rst, fresh, inaugural, initial, initiatory, intact, introductory, new, original, pioneer, primary, prime, un-

broached, untapped, untried, unused; concepts 548,585 Ant. concluding, nal, latest mail [n] written correspondence; system for sending correspondence air mail, communication, junk mail, letter, package, parcel, post, postal service, postcard, post ofce; concepts 271,770 Ant. conversation mail [v] send through the postal system dispatch, drop, express, forward, post, send by mail, transmit; concept 217 maim [v] cripple, put out of action batter, blemish, break, castrate, crush, damage, deface, disable, disgure, dismember, disqualify, gimp*, hack, hamstring*, harm, hog-tie*, hurt, impair, incapacitate, injure, lame, mangle, mar, massacre, maul, mayhem, mutilate, spoil, truncate, warp, wound; concept 246 Ant. aid, cure, heal, help, repair main [adj1] principal, predominant capital, cardinal, central, chief, controlling, critical, crucial, essential, foremost, fundamental, head, leading, major, necessary, outstanding, paramount, particular, preeminent, premier, prevailing, primary, prime, special, star, stellar, supreme, vital; concepts 546,567,829 Ant. auxiliary, extra, insignicant, minor, secondary, subordinate, unimportant main [adj2] absolute, utter brute, direct, downright, entire, mere, only, pure, sheer, simple, undisguised, utmost; concept 535 Ant. inessential, nonessential, unnecessary main [n] pipe for system cable, channel, conduit, duct, line, trough, trunk; concept 494 mainly [adv] for the most part above all, chiey, essentially, rst and foremost, generally, in general, in the main, largely, mostly, most of all, on the whole, overall, predominantly, primarily, principally, substantially, to the greatest extent, usually; concepts 530,544 mainstay [n] chief support anchor, backbone, brace, bulwark, buttress, crutch*, good right arm*, linchpin*, maintainer, pillar, prop, right-hand person*, sinew, staff, standby, stay, strength, supporter, sustainer, upholder; concepts 646,712 mainstream [adj] prevailing accepted, average, common, conventional, current, dominant, established, general, normal, popular, predominant, primary, regular, standard, typical, widespread; concept 530 Ant. heterodox maintain [v1] care for, keep up advance, carry on, conserve, continue, control, cultivate, nance, go on with, guard, keep, keep going, look after, manage, nurture, perpetuate, persevere, preserve, prolong, protect, provide, renew, repair, retain, save, supply, support, sustain, take care of, uphold; concepts 134, 140 Ant. ignore, neglect maintain [v2] assert, claim; argue for advocate, afrm, allege, asseverate, attest, aver, avow, back, champion, contend, correct, declare, defend, emphasize, ght for, hold, insist, justify, persist, plead for, profess, protest, rectify, report, right, say, stand by, state, stress, uphold, vindicate; concepts 46,49,68 Ant. condemn, desert, discard, forget

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maintenance [n] perpetuation, support; sustenance aliment, alimentation, alimony, allowance, bacon*, bread, bread and butter*, care, carrying, conservation, continuance, continuation, food, keep, keeping, livelihood, living, nurture, preservation, prolongation, provision, repairs, resources, retainment, salt*, subsistence, supply, sustaining, sustainment, sustention, upkeep, wherewithal; concepts 134,340,457,712 Ant. desertion, forsaking, ignorance, neglect majestic [adj] impressive, splendid august, awesome, ceremonious, cool, courtly, dignied, elevated, exalted, fab*, grand, grandiose, imperial, imposing, lofty, magnic, magnicent, marvelous, mind-blowing*, monumental, noble, out of this world*, pompous, regal, royal, smashing, sovereign, stately, stunning, sublime, sumptuous, superb; concepts 567,572,574 Ant. humble, low, lowly, shabby major [adj1] bigger above, better, big, chief, considerable, dominant, elder, exceeding, extensive, extreme, greater, hefty, higher, large, larger, large-scale, leading, main, most, oversized, primary, senior, sizable, superior, supreme, ultra, upper, uppermost; concepts 574,773 Ant. lesser, little, minor, small major [adj2] important big, chief, critical, crucial, dangerous, grave, great, grievous, heavyweight, inuential, life and death*, main, major-league, meaningful, notable, outstanding, overshadowing, preeminent, principal, radical, serious, signicant, star, stellar, top, vital, weighty; concept 568 Ant. insignicant, minor, unimportant majority [n1] plurality, most best part*, bulk, greater number, greater part, larger part, lions share*, mass, max*, more, more than half*, preponderance, superiority; concepts 766, 829,835 Ant. minority, secondary majority [n2] adulthood age of consent, drinking age, estate, full age, legal maturity, manhood, maturity, prime, prime of life*, ripe age*, seniority, voting age, womanhood; concepts 715,817 Ant. adolescence, childhood, minority, underage make [v1] create, build accomplish, adjust, arrange, assemble, beget, brew, bring about, cause, compose, conceive, constitute, construct, cook, cook up*, dash off*, draw on, dream up, effect, engender, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, frame, generate, get ready, give rise to, hatch, initiate, invent, knock off*, lead to, manufacture, mold, occasion, originate, parent, prepare, procreate, produce, put together, secure, shape, spawn, synthesize, tear off, throw together*, whip, whip out*; concepts 168,173,205,221 Ant. crush, destroy, raze, ruin make [v2] induce, compel bring about, cause, coerce, concuss, constrain, dragoon, drive, effect, force, horn in*, impel, impress, initiate, interfere, meddle, oblige, press, pressurize, prevail upon, require, secure, shotgun, start, tamper; concepts 14,221 Ant. discourage, dissuade, halt, prevent, stop make [v3] designate, appoint advance, assign,

constitute, create, delegate, elect, nger, install, invest, name, nominate, ordain, proffer, select, tap, tender; concepts 50,88 Ant. demote, renounce make [v4] enact, execute act, carry on, carry out, carry through, conduct, declare, decree, do, draft, draw up, effect, engage in, establish, x, form, formulate, frame, legislate, pass, perform, practice, prepare, prosecute, wage; concepts 91,100,242 Ant. deny, disallow, refuse, refute, veto make [v5] add up to; constitute amount to, come to, compose, compound, comprise, construct, embody, equal, fabricate, form, make up, mix, organize, put together, represent, structure, synthesize, texture; concepts 664,667 make [v6] estimate, infer calculate, collect, conclude, deduce, deduct, derive, dope out, draw, gure, gather, gauge, judge, reckon, suppose, think; concepts 15,37 Ant. calculate, measure make [v7] earn, acquire bring home bacon*, bring in, clean up*, clear, gain, get, harvest, hustle, net, obtain, pull, pull down*, rate, realize, reap, receive, secure, sock*, take in; concepts 120,124,351 Ant. lose make [v8] arrive, aim at advance, arrive at, arrive in time, attain, bear, break for, catch, get to, go, head, light out, meet, move, proceed, progress, reach, set out, strike out, take off; concepts 159,224 Ant. fail make-believe [adj] imagined, unreal acted, dream, false, fantasized, fantasy, ctional, fraudulent, imaginary, made-up, mock, pretend, pretended, sham, simulated; concepts 529,582 Ant. real, true, unimagined make-believe [n] unreality charade, disguise, dissimulation, dream, fairy tale, fakery, fantasy, imagination, pageant, playacting, pretense, pretension, pretentiousness, sham; concepts 689,725 Ant. reality, truth make believe [v] pretend, dream act as if, act as though, counterfeit, enact, fantasize, feign, fool, imagine, play, playact*, simulate; concepts 12,59 Ant. live reality make off [v] ee, run away abscond, bolt*, clear, cut and run, decamp, depart, escape, y*, go, leave, make away, quit, retire, run, run for it, run off, scamper, scoot, skedaddle*, skip*, withdraw; concepts 102,150,195 Ant. stay, wait make out [v1] see, recognize detect, discern, discover, distinguish, espy, notice, observe, perceive, remark; concept 626 Ant. fail make out [v2] understand accept, catch, collect, compass, comprehend, conclude, decipher, deduce, deduct, derive, dig, fathom, follow, gather, grasp, infer, judge, perceive, realize, recognize, see, take in, work out; concepts 15,18 Ant. misconceive, misunderstand make out [v3] get by, succeed accomplish, achieve, do, do well enough, do with, endure, fare, ourish, get along, get on, manage, muddle through, prosper, score, thrive; concepts 23,91,140 Ant. fail makeshift [adj] temporary alternative, BandAid*, expedient, hit-or-miss*, make-do*,

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provisional, quick-and-dirty*, slapdash*, stopgap, substitute, temp, throwaway*; concepts 551,560 Ant. complete, nished, permanent, ready makeshift [n] temporary help expediency, expedient, last resort, pis aller, recourse, refuge, replacement, resort, resource, shift, stopgap, substitute; concepts 658,712 Ant. permanent makeup [n1] cosmetics blush, face*, foundation, greasepaint, lipstick, maquillage, paint, pancake, powder*; concept 446 makeup [n2] structure, composition architecture, arrangement, assembly, conguration, constitution, construction, content, contents, design, form, format, formation, layout, order, ordering, organization, plan, scheme, setup, shape, spread, style; concept 757 makeup [n3] persons character build, cast, complexion, constitution, disposition, ber, gure, frame of mind, grain, humor, individualism, individuality, make, mold, nature, personality, stamp, stripe, temper, temperament, vein; concept 411 make up [v1] create ad-lib*, blend, coin, combine, compose, compound, concoct, construct, contrive, cook up*, devise, dream up, fabricate, fake it, fashion, x, formulate, frame, fuse, hatch, improv*, improvise, invent, join, knock off, make, meld, merge, mingle, mix, originate, play by ear*, prepare, pretend, put together, ready, trump up, whip up*, wing it*, write; concepts 173,202 Ant. be real, tell truth make up [v2] comprise, constitute complete, compose, consist, ll, form, furnish, include, make, meet, provide, supply; concept 643 make up [v3] compensate, reconcile accommodate, atone, balance, bury the hatchet*, come to terms, compose, conciliate, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, forgive and forget, make amends, make peace, mend, offset, outweigh, pacify, recompense, redeem, redress, requite, set off, settle, shake hands; concepts 126,384 Ant. disagree maladjusted [adj] maladapted abnormal, disturbed*, messed up*, muddled, neurotic, unt, unstable; concept 547 maladroit [adj1] awkward, clumsy all thumbs*, blundering, bumbling, bungling, clunky, oundering, gauche, halting, heavy-handed, inept, inexpert, klutzy*, lumbering, stumbling, two left feet*, ungraceful, unhandy, unskillful; concepts 401,584 Ant. able, capable, skillful maladroit [adj2] tactless brash, gauche, impolitic, inconsiderate, inelegant, insensitive, thoughtless, undiplomatic, untactful, untoward; concept 401 Ant. diplomatic, nice, sensitive, tactful malady [n] disease ache, affection, afiction, ailment, attack, blight, bug*, cancer, complaint, condition, contagion, debility, disability, disorder, distemper, epidemic, fever, u, ill health, illness, infection, inrmity, inammation, plague, sickness, syndrome, virus; concept 306 malaise [n] depression, sickness angst, anxiety, debility, decrepitude, despair, discomfort, disquiet, distress, doldrums, enervation, feebleness,

illness, inrmity, inrmness, lassitude, melancholy, pain, sickliness, unease, uneasiness, unhealthiness, weakness; concepts 316,410 Ant. good health, healthiness, well being malapropos [adj] inappropriate inapposite, inapt, infelicitous, inopportune, tactless, uncalled for, unseemly, unsuitable, untimely; concept 558 malarky [n] nonsense absurdity, babble, balderdash*, baloney*, bombast, bull*, bunk*, drivel, foolishness, gibberish, giddiness, hogwash*, hot air*, jive*, poppycock*, prattle, rubbish, silliness, trash*; concepts 230,388,633 malcontent [adj] dissatised belly-aching, complaining, discontented, disgruntled, unhappy, unsatised; concept 403 male [adj] masculine macho*, manful, manlike, manly, paternal, potent, virile; concepts 371, 408 Ant. female male [n] man boy, brother, father, fellow, gent*, gentleman, grandfather, guy, he, husband, Mr., sir, son; concept 419 Ant. female malediction [n] curse anathema, commination, curse word, cuss, cuss word, damn, damnation, damning, darn, denunciation, dirty name*, dirty word*, execration, expletive, four-letter word*, imprecation, jinx, no-no*, oath, swear word, whammy*; concept 278 Ant. blessing malevolent [adj] hateful bad-natured, baleful, catty*, despiteful, dirty, evil, evil-minded, hellish, hostile, lousy, malicious, malign, malignant, murder, murderous, pernicious, poison, rancorous, rough, sinister, spiteful, tough, vengeful, vicious, vindictive, waspish, wicked; concepts 401,542 Ant. amiable, harmless, kind, liking, loving malformation [n] deformity abberation, abnormality, defect, disgurement, impairment, injury, malconformation, misshape, monstrosity, mutation; concept 580 malformed [adj] distorted abnormal, contorted, crooked, deformed, grotesque, irregular, misshapen, twisted, warped; concept 486 Ant. perfect, regular, shapely, undistorted malfunction [n] breakdown, failure bug*, defect, fault, aw, glitch*, gremlin*, impairment, slip; concepts 658,674 Ant. perfection, working malice [n] hate, vengefulness acerbity, animosity, animus, antipathy, bad blood, bane, bile, bitterness, despite, despitefulness, dirt, dislike, down, enmity, evil, grudge, hatefulness, hatred, hostility, ill will, implacability, malevolence, maliciousness, malignance, malignity, meanness, mordacity, poison, rancor, repugnance, resentment, spite, spitefulness, spleen, umbrage, venom, viciousness, vindictiveness; concept 29 Ant. benevolence, friendliness, kindness, like, sympathy, thoughtfulness malicious [adj] hateful awful, bad-natured, baleful, beastly, bitter, catty*, cussed, deleterious, despiteful, detrimental, envious, evil, evil-minded, green*, green-eyed*, gross*, illdisposed, injurious, jealous, low, malevolent, malign, malignant, mean, mischievous, nasty, noxious, ornery, pernicious, petty, poisonous,

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rancorous, resentful, spiteful, uncool*, vengeful, venomous, vicious, virulent, wicked; concepts 267,401 Ant. benevolent, friendly, good, kind, likeable, sympathetic, thoughtful malign [adj] hurtful, injurious antagonistic, antipathetic, bad, baleful, baneful, deleterious, despiteful, destructive, detrimental, evil, harmful, hateful, hostile, inimical, malec, malecent, malevolent, malignant, noxious, pernicious, rancorous, sinister, spiteful, vicious, wicked; concepts 267,537,542 Ant. aiding, benign, helpful, nice malign [v] slander, defame abuse, accuse, asperse, backbite*, bad-mouth*, befoul, besmirch, bespatter, blacken, calumniate, cast aspersion, curse, decry, dele, denigrate, depreciate, derogate, detract, dirty*, disparage, harm, injure, insult, misrepresent, mudsling, opprobriate, pollute, rap, revile, roast*, run down*, scandalize, slur, smear, soil, spatter*, speak ill of, stain, sully, taint, take a swipe at*, tarnish, tear down, traduce, vilify, villainize, vituperate; concepts 44Ant. praise, uphold malignant [adj] diseased cancerous, deadly, destructive, fatal, internecine, lethal, mortal, pestilential, poisonous; concept 314 Ant. benign, harmless, uncancerous malingerer [n] slacker dodger, goof-off, idler, loafer, shirker; concept 412 mall [n1] commercial complex with many individual retail stores commercial center, market, mart, mini-mart, plaza, shopping center, shopping mall; concepts 325,439,449 mall [n2] shopping center marketplace, shopping complex, shopping mall, shopping plaza; concepts 323,333,449 mall [n3] promenade alameda, boardwalk, boulevard, esplanade, parade, public walk, walk; concept 501 malleable [adj] pliable adaptable, compliant, ductile, exible, governable, go-with-the-ow*, impressionable, manageable, moldable, plastic, pliant, putty in hands*, rolls with punches*, soft, submissive, supple, tractable, tractile, transformable, workable, yielding; concepts 403,485 Ant. rm, rigid, stiff malnutrition [n] poor nutrition anorexia nervosa, bulimia, dietary deciency, hunger, malnourishment, starvation, undernourishment; concepts 20,709 malodorous [adj] foul-smelling bad, decayed, decomposed, fetid, foul, frowzy, funky*, fusty, gamy*, high*, infested, lousy, mephitic, musty, nasty, nauseating, noisome, noxious, off*, offensive, pestilential, poisonous, polluted, putrid, rancid, rank, reeking, rotten, smelly, stale, stenchful, stinking, strong, tainted, vile; concept 598 Ant. aromatic, fragrant, perfumed, savory, sweet malpractice [n] abuse, misconduct carelessness, dereliction, malefaction, misbehavior, misdeed, mismanagement, negligence, offense, transgression, violation; concepts 101,156,310,324 mammoth [adj] huge behemothic, colossal, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantic, high, immense, jumbo, large, leviathan,

long, massive, mighty, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, prodigious, stupendous, titanic, vast; concept 773 Ant. little, miniature, small, tiny man [n] male human beau, boyfriend, brother, father, fellow, gentleman, grandfather, guy, he, husband, Mr., nephew, papa, sir, son, spouse, swain*, uncle; concept 419 Ant. woman manacle [n] handcuff bond, bracelet, chain, fetter, iron, pinion, shackle; concept 497 manage [v1] be in charge, control administer, advocate, boss, call the shots*, call upon, captain, care for, carry on, command, concert, conduct, counsel, designate, direct, disburse, dominate, engage in, engineer, execute, govern, guide, handle, head, hold down*, inuence, instruct, maintain, manipulate, minister, ofciate, operate, oversee, pilot, ply, preside, regulate, request, rule, run, run the show, steer, superintend, supervise, take care of, take over, take the helm*, train, use, watch, watch over, wield; concepts 94,117 Ant. bumble, mismanage manage [v2] accomplish achieve, arrange, bring about, bring off, carry out, con*, contrive, cook*, cope with, deal with, doctor*, effect, engineer, execute, nagle, x, jockey*, plant*, play games*, pull strings*, push around, put one over*, rig*, scam*, succeed, swing, upstage, wangle*, work; concepts 91,706 Ant. fail manage [v3] survive, get by bear up, carry on, cope, endure, fare, get along*, get on*, make do*, make out*, muddle, scrape by*, shift, stagger; concepts 23,407 manageable [adj] controllable amendable, convenient, docile, easy, feasible, governable, obedient, submissive, tamable, tractable, trained, workable; concepts 401,404 management [n1] persons running an organization administration, authority, board, bosses, brass, directorate, directors, employers, execs*, executive, executives, executive suite, front ofce*, head, mainframe*, management, micro management*, person upstairs*, top brass*, upstairs*; concept 325 Ant. employees management [n2] running an organization administration, care, charge, command, conduct, control, direction, governance, government, guidance, handling, intendance, manipulation, operation, oversight, rule, superintendence, superintendency, supervision; concepts 117,324 Ant. mismanagement manager [n] person who runs organization administrator, boss, comptroller, conductor, controller, director, exec*, executive, governor, handler, head, head person, ofcer, ofcial, organizer, overseer, producer, proprietor, slavedriver*, straw boss*, superintendent, supervisor, zookeeper*; concept 347 Ant. employee mandate [n] authority, order authorization, behest, bidding, blank check*, carte blanche*, charge, command, commission, decree, dictate, directive, edict, at, go-ahead*, green light*, imperative, injunction, instruction, okay*, precept, sanction, warrant, word*; concepts 318,685 Ant. denial, veto

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mandatory [adj] required, necessary binding, commanding, compelling, compulsatory, compulsory, de rigueur, essential, forced, imperative, imperious, indispensable, involuntary, irremissible, needful, obligatory, requisite; concept 546 Ant. optional, unnecessary, voluntary maneuver [n1] move, tactic action, angle, artice, contrivance, curveball, demarche, device, dodge, fancy footwork*, feint, nesse, gambit, game, gimmick, intrigue, jig*, machination, manipulation, measure, movement, plan, play, plot, ploy, procedure, proceeding, ruse, scheme, shenanigans*, shufe*, step, stratagem, stunt, subterfuge, trick; concepts 6,660 maneuver [n2] military practice, operation battle, deployment, drill, evolution, exercise, measure, movement, parade, plan, procedure, proceeding, stratagem, tactics, war games; concept 320 maneuver [v1] plan, scheme angle, beguile, cheat, come up with, con*, conspire, contrive, cook, design, devise, doctor, engineer, exploit, fence, nagle, nesse, go around, intrigue, jockey, leave holding the bag*, machinate, manage, manipulate, move, navigate, operate, play, play games*, plot, proceed, pull strings*, push around, put one over*, rig, scam, sham, shift, trick, upstage, wangle, work; concepts 36,59 Ant. neglect maneuver [v2] direct physically deploy, dispense, drive, exercise, guide, handle, manipulate, move, navigate, negotiate, pilot, ply, steer, swing, wield; concepts 187,225 Ant. leave alone mangle [v] mutilate, deform batter, break, bruise, butcher, carve, contort, crush, cut, damage, deface, destroy, disgure, distort, ay, hack, hash, impair, injure, lacerate, maim, mar, maul, rend, ruin, separate, slash, slay, slice, slit, spoil, tear, wound, wreck; concepts 176,246,252 Ant. cure, heal, help, preserve mangy [adj] scruffy decrepit, dirty, impoverished, indigent, mean, moth-eaten*, poor, ragtag*, shabby, shoddy, sick, sleazy*, squalid, tattered; concepts 485,621 Ant. kempt, neat manhood/womanhood [n] physical maturity and strength of adult male or female adulthood, coming of age*, fecundity, femininity, fertility, manfulness, manliness, masculinity, mettle, potency, virility, womanliness, womanness; concepts 633,715 Ant. childhood mania [n] xation, madness aberration, ax to grind*, bee*, bee in bonnet*, bug*, bug in ear*, compulsion, craving, craze, craziness, delirium, dementia, derangement, desire, disorder, enthusiasm, fad, fancy, fascination, fetish, xed idea, frenzy, furor, grabber*, hang-up*, ide xe, infatuation, insanity, lunacy, monomania, obsession, on the brain*, partiality, passion, preoccupation, rage, thing, tiger*, tiger by the tail*; concepts 20,32,410 maniac [n] person who is crazy, overenthusiastic bedlamite, bigot, crackpot*, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, end, ake*, freak, fruitcake*, kook*, loon, loony*, lunatic, madperson, nut*, nut-

case*, psycho*, psychopath, schizoid*, screwball*, Section 8*, zealot; concept 412 manic/maniacal [adj] overexcited, crazy berserk, crazed, demented, deranged, excited, ipped*, ipped out*, freaked out*, freaky*, frenzied, high*, insane, lunatic, mad, nutty*, psychotic, rabid, raving, turned-out, unbalanced, up*, wild; concept 403 Ant. balanced, calm, sane manifest [adj] clear, obvious apparent, big as life*, bold, clear-cut*, conspicuous, crystal clear*, disclosed, distinct, divulged, evidenced, evident, evinced, glaring, noticeable, open, palpable, patent, plain, prominent, revealed, shown, straightforward, told, unambiguous, unmistakable, visible; concepts 529,576 Ant. ambiguous, concealed, obscure, unclear, vague manifest [v] exhibit, make plain conrm, declare, demonstrate, display, embody, establish, evidence, evince, expose, express, exteriorize, externalize, ash, illustrate, incarnate, let it all hang out*, mark, materialize, objectify, ostend, parade, personalize, personify, personize, proclaim, prove, reveal, set forth, show, show and tell*, showcase, signify, sport, strut, substantiate, suggest, utter, vent, voice, wave around*; concepts 118,261 Ant. bury, conceal, cover, obscure, withhold manifestation [n] exhibition, proof appearance, demonstration, disclosure, display, explanation, exposure, expression, indication, instance, mark, materialization, meaning, phenomenon, revelation, show, sign, symptom, token; concepts 642,672 Ant. concealment, cover, hiding, obscurity, vagueness manifesto [n] public declaration announcement, notice, platform, policy, proclamation, promulgation, public notice, statement of belief; concepts 271,274,278 manifold [adj] abundant, many assorted, complex, copious, different, diverse, diversied, diversiform, multifarious, multifold, multiform, multiple, multiplied, multitudinous, multivarious, numerous, sundry, varied, various; concepts 564,762,781 Ant. one, single, sole manipulate [v1] maneuver, handle physically employ, feel, nger*, form, manage, mold, operate, ply, shape, swing, thumb*, use, wield, work; concepts 225,612 Ant. leave alone manipulate [v2] change to suit ones desire beguile, conduct, control, direct, engineer, exploit, nagle, nesse, guide, handle, inuence, jockey, machinate, maneuver, massage, mold, negotiate, play, play games*, pull strings*, pull wires*, push around, shape, steer, upstage, use; concepts 14,234 Ant. leave alone manner [n1] persons behavior, conduct address, affectation, affectedness, air, appearance, aspect, bearing, comportment, demeanor, deportment, idiosyncrasy, look, mannerism, mien, peculiarity, presence, style, tone, turn, way; concepts 411,633,644 manner [n2] method, approach consuetude, custom, fashion, form, genre, habit, habitude, line, means, mode, modus, practice, procedure, process, routine, style, system, tack, technique,

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tenor, tone, trick, usage, use, vein, way, wise, wont; concepts 6,660 manner [n3] class, category brand, breed, form, kind, nature, sort, type, variety; concept 378 mannered [adj] affected, put-on airish*, apish*, articial, artsy, campy*, chichi*, conscious, gone Hollywood*, highfaluting*, posed, pretentious, self-conscious, stilted, stuck up*, unnatural; concept 401 Ant. natural, unpretentious mannerism [n] peculiarity of how someone behaves, acts affectation, air, characteristic, eccentricity, foible, habit, idiosyncrasy, oddness, pose, pretension, queerness, quirk, singularity, trait, trick; concept 644 mannerly [adj] polite, well-behaved charming, civil, civilized, considerate, courteous, decorous, genteel, gracious, polished, rened, respectful, well-bred, well-mannered; concept 401 Ant. crass, crude, gross, impolite, misbehaved, rude manners [n] polite, rened social behavior amenities, bearing, behavior, breeding, carriage, ceremony, civilities, comportment, conduct, courtesy, culture, decorum, demeanor, deportment, dignity, elegance, etiquette, formalities, good breeding, good form, mien, mores, polish, politeness, politesse, propriety, protocol, ps and qs*, renement, social graces, sophistication, taste, urbanity; concept 633 mansion [n] very large house abode, building, castle, chateau, dwelling, estate, habitation, hall, home, manor, palace, residence, seat, villa; concepts 439,516 Ant. hut manslaughter [n] killing without malicious forethought crime, foul play*, hit*, homicide, killing, murder; concept 252 manual [adj] done by hand hand-operated, human, not automatic, physical, standard; concept 544 Ant. automated, automatic manual [n] book giving instruction bible, compendium, cookbook, enchiridion, guide, guidebook, handbook, primer, reference book, schoolbook, text, textbook, workbook; concept 280 manufacture [v1] build, produce accomplish, assemble, carve, cast, cobble*, complete, compose, construct, create, execute, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, frame, fudge together*, machine, make, make up, mass-produce, mill, mold, prefab, process, put together, shape, synthesize, throw together, tool, turn out; concept 205 Ant. destroy, ruin manufacture [v2] concoct, invent contrive, cook up*, create, devise, fabricate, hatch, make up, produce, think up, trump up*; concepts 35,36 manufacture/manufacturing [n] production of processed goods accomplishment, assembling, assembly, casting, completion, composing, composition, construction, creation, doing, erection, fabrication, nishing, forging, formation, making, mass-production, preparing, produce, tooling; concept 324 manure [n] fertilizer buffalo chips*, compost, cow chips*, cowplop*, droppings, dung, excrement, guano, maul*, meadow mufns*, mulch; concepts 260,399,429

manuscript [n] book, script article, composition, document, hard copy, palimpsest, text; concepts 263,271 many [adj] profuse, abundant abounding, alive with, bounteous, bountiful, copious, countless, crowded, divers, frequent, innumerable, legion, lousy with*, manifold, multifarious, multifold, multiplied, multitudinous, myriad, no end of*, numberless, numerous, plentiful, populous, prevalent, rife, several, sundry, teeming, umpteen, uncounted, varied, various; concepts 762,771 Ant. few, scarce many [n] abundance; a lot gobs*, heaps*, horde, jillion*, large numbers, mass, multitude, oodles*, piles*, plenty, scads*, scores, thousands, throng, tons, umpteen*, whole slew*; concepts 432,787 Ant. few map [n] chart of geographic area atlas, delineation, design, diagram, draft, drawing, elevation, globe, graph, ground plan, outline, picture, plan, plat, portrayal, print, projection, sketch, topographical depiction, tracing; concept 625 mapmaker [n] cartographer mapper, surveyor, topographer; concepts 37,103,291 mar [v] hurt, damage bend, blemish, blight, blot, break, bruise, deface, deform, detract, ding*, disgure, foul up, harm, impair, injure, louse up, maim, mangle, mess up*, mutilate, queer*, rough up, ruin, scar, scratch, shake up, spoil, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, tweak, vitiate, warp, wreck; concept 246 Ant. aid, heal, help marathon [n] long-distance race cross-country race, endurance run, test of endurance; concept 363 maraud [v] pillage and plunder despoil, forage, foray, harass, harry, loot, raid, ransack, ravage, sack; concepts 86,139 Ant. behave marauder [n] pillager, raider bandit, buccaneer, corsair, freebooter, looter, outlaw, pirate, plunderer, ravager, robber, thief; concept 412 march [v] walk with deliberation advance, boot, debouch, drill, le, forge ahead, go on, hoof it*, journey, mount, move, move out, pace, parade, patrol, pound, pound the pavement*, proceed, progress, promenade, range, space, stalk, step, step out, stomp, stride, strut, traipse, tramp, tread; concept 150 margin [n] border; room around something allowance, bound, boundary, brim, brink, compass, conne, edge, elbowroom*, extra, eld, frame, hem, latitude, leeway, limit, lip, perimeter, periphery, play, rim, scope, selvage, shore, side, skirt, space, surplus, trimming, verge; concepts 270,484,513 Ant. center, core, interior marginal [adj] borderline; slight bordering, insignicant, low, minimal, minor, negligible, on the edge, peripheral, rimming, small, verging; concepts 513,789 Ant. central, core, interior, internal marijuana [n] grass, pot Acapulco gold*, bhang*, cannabis, Columbian*, doobie*, dope*, ganja*, hash, hashish, hemp, herb*, Jamaican*, joint, loco weed*, maryjane*, Maui wowie*, Mexican*, Panama red*, reefer, roach, sinsemilla, tea*, weed*; concept 307

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marina [n] dock berth, boat basin, boatyard, harbor, landing, moorings, pier, port, quay, slip, wharf; concept 439 marinate [v] soak bathe, brine, immerse, marinade, pickle, season, souse, steep; concept 256 marine/maritime [adj] concerning the sea abyssal, aquatic, coastal, deep-sea, hydrographic, littoral, maritime, natatorial, nautical, naval, navigational, Neptunian, oceangoing, oceanic, oceanographic, of the sea, pelagic, saltwater, sea, seafaring, seagoing, seashore, seaside, shore; concept 536 mariner [n] person who makes living on the sea bluejacket*, captain, crew, mate, navigator, sailor, salt*, sea dog*, seafarer, shipmate, swab*, yachtie*; concepts 348,366 marionette [n] puppet doll, dummy, fantoccini, gurine, manikin, moppet; concepts 423,446 marital [adj] concerning marriage conjugal, connubial, married, matrimonial, nuptial, spousal, wedded; concept 555 Ant. divorce maritime [adj] nautical aquatic, deep-sea, marine, naval, oceangoing, oceanic, pelagic, seafaring, seagoing; concept 536 mark [n1] blemish; character autograph, blaze, blot, blotch, brand, brand name, bruise, check, cross, dent, dot, impression, imprint, ink, John Hancock*, John Henry*, label, line, logo, nick, pock, point, record, register, representation, scar, score, scratch, sign, signature, smudge, splotch, spot, stain, stamp, streak, stroke, symbol, tag, ticket, trace, trademark, underlining, X*; concepts 79,284 mark [n2] characteristic, symptom affection, attribute, badge, blaze, brand, character, device, distinction, earmark, emblem, evidence, feature, hallmark, idiosyncrasy, image, impression, incision, index, indication, indicia, label, marking, note, particularity, peculiarity, print, proof, property, quality, seal, sign, signicant, stamp, symbol, token, trait, type, virtue; concepts 411,644,716 mark [n3] criterion, standard gauge, level, measure, norm, yardstick; concepts 561,783 mark [n4] goal, target aim, ambition, bulls eye*, duty, end, function, object, objective, prey, purpose, use; concept 659 mark [n5] importance consequence, dignity, distinction, effect, eminence, fame, inuence, manifestation, notability, note, notice, prestige, quality, regard, result, standing, value; concepts 346,668 Ant. unimportance mark [v1] blemish, stain autograph, blaze, blot, blotch, brand, bruise, chalk, check, dent, dot, impress, imprint, initial, ink, inscribe, label, letter, nick, pinpoint, point, print, scar, score, scratch, seal, sign, smudge, splotch, stamp, streak, stroke, trace, underline, write, X*; concepts 79,250 mark [v2] characterize bespeak, betoken, brand, check off, demonstrate, denote, designate, distinguish, earmark, evidence, evince, exemplify, exhibit, feature, identify, illustrate, indicate, individualize, individuate, label, manifest, mark off, ostend, point out, point up*, proclaim, qualify, remark, set apart, show, show up, signalize,

signify, singularize, stake out*, stamp; concept 261 mark [v3] see, notice attend, behold, chronicle, discern, distinguish, eye, hearken, mind, note, observe, pay attention, pay heed, perceive, regard, register, remark, take notice of, view, watch, write down; concepts 38,626 marked [adj] apparent, obvious arresting, clear, considerable, conspicuous, decided, distinct, evident, manifest, notable, noted, noticeable, outstanding, patent, pointed, prominent, pronounced, remarkable, salient, signal, striking; concepts 485,535,589 Ant. ambiguous, obscure, unapparent, unnoticeable, vague markedly [adv] distinctly clearly, considerably, conspicuously, decidedly, especially, evidently, greatly, manifestly, notably, noticeably, obviously, outstandingly, particularly, patently, remarkably, signally, strikingly, to a great extent; concepts 535,544 Ant. indistinctly, unmarkedly market [v] package and sell goods advertise, barter, display, exchange, merchandise, offer for sale, retail, vend, wholesale; concepts 324,345 Ant. buy marketable [adj] easily sold; in demand bankable, commercial, t, for sale, good, hot*, merchandisable, merchantable, protable, salable, sellable, selling, sought after, sound, trafcable, vendible, wanted; concepts 334, 546 Ant. unmarketable market/mart [n] place, venue for selling goods bazaar, bodega, booth, business, chain store, co-op, corner store, deli, delicatessen, department store, dimestore, drugstore, emporium, exchange, fair, general store, grocery store, mall, mart, outlet, shop, shopping mall, showroom, souk, square, stall, stock exchange, store, supermarket, trading post, truck, variety store, warehouse; concepts 323,333,449 maroon [v] abandon beach, cast ashore, cast away, desert, forsake, isolate, leave, leave high and dry*, strand; concepts 195,384 Ant. care, help, maintain, rescue, save, take care marriage [n] legal joining of two people; a union alliance, amalgamation, association, confederation, conjugality, connubiality, consortium, coupling, espousal, holy matrimony, link, match, mating, matrimony, merger, monogamy, nuptials, pledging, sacrament, spousal, tie, tie that binds*, wedded bliss*, wedded state, wedding, wedding bells*, wedding ceremony, wedlock; concepts 297,388 Ant. divorce marrow [n] heart, essence bottom, core, cream, essentiality, gist, kernel, meat, pith, quick, quintessence, quintessential, soul, spirit, stuff, substance, virtuality; concept 826 marry [v] become husband and wife in legal ceremony ally, associate, become one, bond, catch*, combine, conjoin, conjugate, contract, couple, drop anchor*, espouse, get hitched*, get married, join, knit, land*, lead to altar, link, match, mate, merge, one, pledge, plight ones troth, promise, relate, settle down*, take vows, tie, tie the knot*, unify, unite, walk down aisle*, wed, yoke; concept 297 Ant. divorce

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marsh [n] swamp bog, estuary, everglade, fen, mire, morass, moss, quag, quagmire, slough, swampland, wetland; concept 509 marshal [v] organize, guide align, arrange, array, assemble, collect, conduct, deploy, direct, dispose, distribute, draw up, escort, gather, group, lead, line up, methodize, mobilize, muster, order, rally, rank, shepherd, space, systematize, usher; concepts 84,117, 187 Ant. disorganize marshy [adj] swampy boggy, fenny, miry, moory, mucky, paludal, quaggy, soggy; concept 509 martial [adj] having to do with armed hostilities aggressive, bellicose, belligerent, combative, hostile, military, pugnacious, soldierly, warlike; concept 401 Ant. civil, peaceful martinet [n] disciplinarian authoritarian, bully, despot, drillmaster, drill sergeant, enforcer, hard master, slavedriver, stickler, taskmaster, tyrant; concepts 350,354,423 martyrdom [n] suffering endured for sake of a cause afiction, agonizing, agony, anguish, crucixion, devotion, distress, mortication, ordeal, pain, persecution, sacrice, selfimmolation, self-sacrice, torment, torture, unselshness; concepts 410,411 Ant. contentment, happiness, satisfaction marvel [n] wonder curiosity, genius, miracle, one for the books*, phenomenon, portent, prodigy, sensation, something else*, stunner, whiz; concepts 529,671 Ant. expectation marvel [v] be amazed be awed, be surprised, feel surprise, gape, gaze, goggle, stand in awe, stare, wonder; concept 17 Ant. expect marvelous [adj1] hard to believe; amazing astonishing, astounding, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, bewildering, breathtaking, confounding, difcult to believe, extraordinary, fabulous, fantastic, implausible, improbable, incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, miraculous, phenomenal, prodigious, remarkable, singular, spectacular, staggering, strange, striking, stunning, stupendous, supernatural, surprising, unbelievable, unimaginable, unlikely, unusual, wonderful, wondrous; concepts 529,552 Ant. believable, expected, ordinary, plain, unamazing marvelous [adj2] superb, great agreeable, astonishing, bad*, boss*, colossal, cool*, divine, dreamy*, enjoyable, excellent, fab*, fabulous, fantastic, glorious, greatest, groovy*, hot*, keen, magnicent, neat*, out of this world*, outrageous, peachy, pleasant, pleasurable, prime*, rewarding, satisfying, sensational, smashing, solid*, solid gold*, spectacular, splendid, stupendous, super, supreme, swell, terric, wonderful; concept 574 Ant. inconsiderable, insignicant, paltry, worthless masculinity/masculine [n/adj] manly andric, gender, macho*, male, manful, mannish, potent, virile; concepts 371,372,408,648 Ant. feminine mash [v] smash, squash brew, bruise, chew, crush, decoct, grind, hash, infuse, macerate, masticate, mush up, pound, press, pulp,

pulverize, push, reduce, scrunch, squeeze, squish, steep, triturate; concepts 170,186,208 mask [n] false face, cover affectation, air*, appearance, aspect, beard*, blind, camouage, cloak*, concealment, cover-up, disguise, disguisement, dissembling, dissimulation, domino*, facade, g leaf*, front, guise, hood, masquerade, pose, posture, pretense, pretext, put-on*, screen, semblance, show*, simulation, veil*, veneer, visage, visor, window dressing*; concepts 450,716 mask [v] disguise beard, camouage, cloak, conceal, cover, cover up, defend, dissemble, dissimulate, dress up, front, guard, hide, obscure, protect, safeguard, screen, secrete, shield, veil; concepts 172,188,384 Ant. reveal, uncover, unmask masquerade [n] disguise; social occasion for disguises carnival, circus, cloak, color, costume, costume ball, cover, cover-up, deception, dissimulation, domino*, facade, festivity, front, guise, impersonation, imposture, Mardi Gras*, mask, masked ball, masking, mummery, personation, pose, pretense, put-on, revel, screen, show, subterfuge, veil; concepts 172,188,383, 451 masquerade [v] disguise attitudinize, dissemble, dissimulate, frolic, impersonate, mask, pass as, pass for, pass off, pose, posture, pretend, revel; concept 59 Ant. reveal, unmask mass [n1] body of matter; considerable portion accumulation, aggregate, assemblage, band, batch, block, bulk, bunch, chunk, clot, coagulation, collection, combination, concretion, conglomeration, core, corpus, crowd, entirety, gob, great deal, greater part, group, heap, horde, host, hunk, knot, lions share*, load, lot, lump, majority, mob, mound, mountain, much, number, object, peck, piece, pile, plurality, preponderance, pyramid, quantity, shock, stack, staple, stockpile, sum, sum total, throng, totality, troop, volume, wad, whole; concepts 432,787,835 mass [n2] bulk, measurement dimension, extent, greatness, magnitude, size, span, volume; concept 792 massacre [n] killing of many annihilation, assassination, bloodbath, bloodshed, butchery, carnage, decimation, extermination, genocide, internecion, murder, slaughter, slaying; concept 252 massacre [v] kill, often in great numbers annihilate, butcher, decimate, depopulate, exterminate, mass murder, murder, slaughter, slay; concept 252 Ant. create, give birth massage [n] kneading of body parts back rub, beating, chirapsia, manipulation, rolng*, rubbing, rubbing-down, stroking; concepts 308,310 massage [v] knead body parts caress, manipulate, pat, press, push, rolf*, rub, rub down, stimulate, stroke; concepts 208,308,310 masses [n] public, crowd commonalty, common people, great unwashed*, hoi polloi*, lower class, mob, multitude, proletariat, rabble, rank and le*, riffraff*; concept 417

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massive [adj] large big, bulky, colossal, cracking, cumbersome, cumbrous, elephantine, enormous, extensive, gargantuan, gigantic, grand, great, gross, heavy, hefty, huge, hulking, immense, imposing, impressive, mammoth, mighty, monster, monumental, mountainous, ponderous, prodigious, solid, stately, substantial, titanic, towering, tremendous, unwieldy, vast, walloping, weighty, whopping*; concepts 773,781 Ant. little, miniature, small, tiny master [adj1] expert ace*, adept, crack*, crackerjack*, experienced, masterly, procient, skilled, skillful; concept 527 Ant. amateur master [adj2] main ascendant, chief, controlling, foremost, grand, great, leading, major, original, overbearing, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, prevalent, prime, principal, regnant, sovereign, supreme; concept 568 Ant. auxiliary, copy, duplicate, minor, subordinate master [n1] person in charge, female or male administrator, boss, captain, chief, chieftain, commandant, commander, commanding ofcer, conqueror, controller, director, employer, general, governor, guide, guru, head, head person, instructor, judge, lord, manager, matriarch, overlord, overseer, owner, patriarch, pedagogue, preceptor, principal, pro, ruler, schoolmaster/ mistress, skipper, slave driver*, spiritual leader, superintendent, supervisor, swami*, taskmaster, teacher, top dog*, tutor, wheel*; concepts 347,350,354 Ant. servant master [n2] expert, skilled person, female or male ace*, adept, artist, artiste, authority, buff*, champion, connoisseur, conqueror, doctor, doyen, doyenne, genius, guru, maestro, maven, old hand*, old pro*, past master, prima donna*, pro, professional, procient, pundit, real pro*, sage, savant, scientist, shark*, victor, virtuoso, whiz*, whiz-bang*, winner, wizard; concepts 350,366,423 Ant. amateur master [v] learn; become procient acquire, beat the game*, beat the system*, bone up*, bury yourself in*, comprehend, cram, excel in, gain mastery, get down cold*, get down pat*, get hold of*, get the hang of*, get the knack of*, grasp, grind, hit the books*, learn the ropes*, megastudy*, pick up, study, swamp*, understand; concepts 31,630 Ant. be ignorant masterful [adj] expert, skilled adept, adroit, clever, consummate, crack, crackerjack*, deft, dexterous, excellent, exquisite, ne, nished, rst-rate, master, masterly, preeminent, procient, skillful, superior, superlative, supreme, transcendent; concept 527 Ant. amateurish, ignorant, stupid, unprocient, unskilled masterpiece [n] respected work of art chef doeuvre, classic, cream*, cream of the crop*, ower, gem*, jewel*, magnum opus, masterstroke, master work, model, monument, perfection, pice de rsistance*, prize, showpiece, standard, tour de force*, treasure; concept 259 mastery [n] command, expertise ability, acquirement, adeptness, adroitness, attainment, capacity, cleverness, comprehension, cunning, deftness, dexterity, expertism, expertness,

familiarity, nesse, genius, grasp, grip, ken, knack, know-how, knowledge, mastership, power, prociency, prowess, skill, understanding, virtuosity, wizardry; concept 630 Ant. amateurishness, failure, inefciency, lack match [n1] competition bout, contest, engagement, event, game, meet, race, rivalry, sport, test, trial; concept 363 match [n2] counterpart, equal adversary, analogue, antagonist, approximation, companion, competitor, complement, copy, correlate, countertype, dead ringer*, double, duplicate, equivalent, like, lookalike, mate, opponent, parallel, peer, replica, ringer*, rival, spitting image*, twin; concepts 664,667,716 Ant. clash, difference, imbalance match [n3] couple afliation, alliance, combination, duet, espousal, marriage, mating, pair, pairing, partnership, union; concepts 297,388 Ant. mismatch matching [adj] corresponding, equal analogous, comparable, coordinating, double, duplicate, equivalent, identical, like, paired, parallel, same, twin; concept 566 Ant. different, uncorrespondent, unequal matchless [adj] unequalled, unique alone, consummate, excellent, exquisite, incomparable, inimitable, nonpareil, only, peerless, perfect, superior, superlative, supreme, unapproached, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivaled; concept 574 Ant. common, commonplace, mediocre, regular, usual mate [n] one of a pair; partner acquaintance, alter ego, analog, assistant, associate, bedmate, bride, buddy*, chum*, classmate, cohort, colleague, companion, compeer, complement, comrade, concomitant, consort, coordinate, counterpart, coworker, crony, double, duplicate, familiar, friend, groom, helper, helpmate, intimate, match, pal*, peer, playmate, reciprocal, roommate, schoolmate, sidekick*, spouse, twin; concepts 296,423,664 mate [v] marry and breed cohabit, copulate, couple, crossbreed, generate, join, land*, match, merge, pair, procreate, serve, tie, tie the knot*, wed, yoke; concepts 297,375 Ant. abstain, uncouple material [adj1] bodily, tangible actual, animal, appreciable, carnal, concrete, corporeal, earthly, eshly, incarnate, nonspiritual, objective, palpable, perceptible, phenomenal, physical, real, sensible, sensual, substantial, true, worldly; concept 485 Ant. ethereal, incorporeal, intangible, mental material [adj2] important, relevant ad rem, applicable, applicative, apposite, apropos, big, cardinal, consequential, considerable, essential, fundamental, germane, grave, indispensable, intrinsic, key, meaningful, momentous, pertinent, pointful, primary, serious, signicant, substantial, vital, weighty; concept 567 Ant. immaterial, irrelevant, unimportant, unsubstantial material [n1] matter, fabric being, body, bolt, cloth, component, constituent, crop, element, entity, equipment, gear, goods, habiliments, individual, ingredient, machinery, materiel,

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object, outt, paraphernalia, staple, stock, stuff, substance, supply, tackle, textile, thing; concepts 475,523 material [n2] written matter data, evidence, facts, information, notes, reading, text, work; concepts 271,274 materialistic [adj] thinking mainly about physical things acquisitive, banausic, carnal, earthlyminded, earthy, greedy, material, mundane, object-oriented, possessive, profane, secular, sensual, temporal, terrestrial, unspiritual; concept 542 Ant. spiritual, thrifty, ungreedy materialize [v] come into being actualize, appear, become concrete, become real, become visual, be incarnate, be realized, coalesce, come about, come to pass, corporealize, develop, embody, emerge, entify, evolve, exteriorize, externalize, happen, hypostatize, make real, manifest, metamorphose, objectify, occur, personalize, personify, personize, pragmatize, realize, reify, substantialize, substantiate, symbolize, take form, take place, take shape, turn up, typify, unfold, visualize; concepts 105,173,184,231,251 maternity [n] period of being pregnant with child gestation, maternology, motherhood, parenthood; concepts 316,817 Ant. paternity mathematical [adj] concerning manipulation of numbers algebraic, algorithmic, analytical, arithmetical, computative, geometrical, math, measurable, numerical, scientic, trigonometric; concept 762 mathematics [n] arithmetic addition, algebra, calculation, calculus, division, gures, geometry, math, multiplication, numbers, subtraction, trigonometry; concepts 349,764 matriculate [v] begin, enroll enter, join, register, sign up for; concepts 114,119 Ant. graduate matrimonial [adj] married betrothed, conjugal, connubial, engaged, epithalamic, espoused, marital, nuptial, spousal, wedded, wedding; concept 555 Ant. divorce matrimony [n] being joined in marriage alliance, bells*, conjugality, connubiality, marital rites, marriage, match, nuptials, shotgun wedding*, union, wedding, wedding bells*, wedding ceremony, wedlock; concept 297 Ant. divorce matrix [n] something from which another originates cast, forge, form, grid, model, mold, origin, pattern, source, womb; concept 648 matronly [adj] womanly dignied, female, honorable, ladylike, mature, motherly, respected, stately; concepts 404,555,574 matted [adj] tangled disordered, kinky, knotted, rumpled, snarled, tousled, twisted, uncombed; concept 606 Ant. unknotted, untangled matter [n1] substance amount, being, body, constituents, corporeality, corporeity, element, entity, individual, material, materialness, object, phenomenon, physical world, protoplasm, quantity, stuff, substantiality, sum, thing; concepts 407,433,470 Ant. nothing, nothingness, zero matter [n2] concern, issue affair, bag, business, circumstance, episode, event, goings-on*,

incident, job, lookout, nub, occurrence, proceeding, question, shooting match*, situation, subject, thing, topic, transaction, undertaking; concepts 532,696 matter [n3] subject, thesis argument, context, focus, head, interest, motif, motive, point, purport, resolution, sense, subject matter, substance, text, theme, topic; concepts 349,529 matter [n4] signicance, meaning amount, body, burden, consequence, content, core, extent, gist*, import, importance, magnitude, meat, moment, neighborhood, note, order, pith, range, sense, substance, text, tune, upshot, vicinity, weight; concepts 651,668 Ant. insignicance, meaninglessness matter [n5] difculty, problem circumstance, complication, distress, grievance, perplexity, predicament, to-do*, trouble, upset, worry; concepts 666,674 matter [n6] secretion of a sore discharge, infection, maturation, purulence, pus, suppuration, ulceration; concepts 311,467 matter [v] be of consequence, importance affect, be important, be of value, be substantive, carry weight, count, cut ice*, express, have inuence, imply, import, involve, make a difference, mean, mean something, signify, value, weigh; concepts 7,19,22,130,682 matter-of-fact [adj] realistic, unembellished apathetic, calm, cold, cold-blooded*, deadpan, down-to-earth*, dry, dull, earthy, emotionless, factual, feasible, at, hard-boiled*, impassive, impersonal, lifeless, mundane, naked*, objective, phlegmatic, plain, practical, pragmatic, prosaic, prosy, serious, sober, stoic, stolid, unaffected, unidealistic, unimaginative, unimpassioned, unsentimental, unvarnished; concepts 267,582 Ant. emotional, imaginative, lively mature [adj] adult, grown-up complete, cultivated, cultured, developed, t, full-blown, full-edged, full-grown, fully grown, grown, in full bloom, in ones prime, matured, mellow, mellowed, of age, perfected, prepared, prime, ready, ripe, ripened, seasoned, settled, sophisticated; concepts 485,578,797 Ant. green, immature, inexperienced, young, youthful mature [v] become adult, fully grown advance, age, arrive, attain majority, become experienced, become wise, bloom, blossom, come of age, culminate, develop, evolve, ll out, ower*, grow, grow up, maturate, mellow*, mushroom*, perfect, prime, progress, reach adulthood, reach majority, ripen, round, season, settle down*, shoot up*; concept 704 maturity [n] adulthood, full growth ability, advancement, capability, civilization, completion, cultivation, development, experience, tness, full bloom, fullness, majority, manhood, maturation, matureness, maturescence, mellowness, mentality, perfection, postpubescence, prime, prime of life, readiness, ripeness, sophistication, wisdom, womanhood; concepts 678,715,720 Ant. childhood, minority, youth maudlin [adj] teary, overemotional bathetic, befuddled, confused, cornball*, drippy*, gushing, insipid, lachrymose, mawkish, mushy*,

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romantic, schmaltzy*, sentimental, slush*, soap*, soapy*, soppy*, syrupy*, tearful, tearjerking*, weak, weepy; concepts 529,542 Ant. calm, matter-of-fact, unimaginative maul [v] mangle, abuse bang, bash, batter, beat, beat up, bludgeon, break face, buffet, claw, clean, drub, agellate, ail, handle roughly, hit, hurt, ill-treat, knock about*, knock around*, lacerate, lash, lean on*, let have it*, maltreat, molest, mug, muscle, paste*, paw, pelt, pound, pummel, put in the hospital*, rough up, skin, take care of*, thrash, trample, wax, whip, work over*; concepts 189,246 Ant. guard, maintain, protect, take care mausoleum [n] tomb burial, burial chamber, burial place, catacomb, cemetery, charnel house, cofn, crypt, grave, monument, sepulcher, vault; concept 305 mauve [adj] purplish color lavender, lilac, plum, violaceous, violet; concept 618 maverick [n] person who takes chances, departs from accepted course bohemian, dissenter, extremist, malcontent, nonconformist, radical; concepts 348,423 mawkish [adj] sentimental, emotional bathetic, cloying, feeble, gooey*, gushing, gushy*, lovey-dovey*, maudlin, mushy*, nauseating, romantic, sappy*, schmaltzy*, sickening, sloppy, tear-jerking*, teary; concepts 401,542 Ant. calm, serious, unemotional maxim [n] saying adage, aphorism, apophthegm, axiom, belief, brocard, byword, canon, commonplace, device, dictum, epithet, formula, law, moral, motto, platitude, precept, prescript, proverb, rule, saw, tenet, theorem, truism; concepts 278,689 maximum [adj] highest, utmost best, biggest, greatest, largest, maximal, most, mostest, outside, paramount, superlative, supreme, top, topmost, ultimate; concepts 574,762,781 Ant. least, lowest, minimum, smallest maximum [n] upper limit, greatest amount apex, apogee, ceiling, climax, crest, culmination, extremity, height, max*, maxi*, most, nonpareil, peak, pinnacle, preeminence, record, summit, supremacy, the end*, top, utmost, uttermost, zenith; concepts 706,766,836 Ant. least, low, minimum, smallest maybe [adv] possibly as it may be, can be, conceivable, conceivably, could be, credible, feasible, imaginably, it could be, might be, obtainable, perchance, perhaps, weather permitting; concept 552 Ant. certainly, denitely, surely mayhem [n] chaos, confusion anarchy, commotion, destruction, disorder, fracas, havoc, pandemonium, trouble, violence; concepts 106,675 Ant. calm, harmony, peace maze [n] labyrinth; confusion bewilderment, convolution, entanglement, hodgepodge, imbroglio, intricacy, jungle, knot, meander, meandering, mesh, miscellany, morass, muddle, network, perplexity, puzzle, quandary, skein, snarl, tangle, torsion, twist, uncertainty, web, winding; concepts 436,529,674 meadow [n] grassy eld bottoms*, carpet*,

grassland, heath, lea, mead, pasturage, pasture, plain, prairie, rug*, steppe, veldt; concept 509 meager [adj1] small, inadequate; poor bare, barren, decient, exiguous, imsy, inappreciable, inconsiderable, infertile, insubstantial, insufcient, little, mere, minimum, miserable, paltry, puny, scant, scanty, scrimp, scrimpy, shabby, short, skimp, skimpy, slender, slight, spare, sparse, subtle, tenuous, too little too late*, unnished, unfruitful, unproductive, wanting, weak; concepts 546,789 Ant. adequate, large, liberal, plenty, substantial, sufcient meager [adj2] very thin angular, bare, beanpole*, beanstalk*, bony, broomstick*, emaciated, gangling, gangly, gaunt, hungry, lacking, lank, lanky, lean, lithe, little, narrow, rattleboned, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, skin and bones*, skinny, slender, slim, spare, starved, stinted, stunted, tenuous, underfed, wanting, willowy, withered; concept 491 Ant. big, fat, full, large, wide meal [n] food, often taken by several individuals together banquet, blue plate*, board, breakfast, brunch, carryout, chow*, chow time*, collation, cookout, dessert, din-din*, dinner, eats*, fare, feast, feed, grub*, lunch, luncheon, mess, munchies*, picnic, potluck, refection, refreshment, regalement, repast, snack, special*, spread, square meal*, supper, table, tea; concept 459 Ant. snack mean [adj1] ungenerous close, greedy, mercenary, mingy, miserly, niggard, parsimonious, penny-pinching*, penurious, rapacious, scrimpy, selsh, stingy, tight, tight-sted*; concept 334 Ant. generous, kind, unselsh mean [adj2] hostile, rude bad-tempered, callous, cantankerous, churlish, contemptible, dangerous, despicable, difcult, dirty*, disagreeable, dishonorable, down*, evil, formidable, hard, hard-nosed*, ignoble, ill-tempered, infamous, knavish, liverish, lousy*, low-down and dirty*, malicious, malign, nasty, perdious, pesky, rotten, rough, rugged, scurrilous, shameless, sinking, snide, sour, the lowest*, touch, treacherous, troublesome, ugly, unfriendly, unpleasant, unscrupulous, vexatious, vicious, vile; concepts 267,401,542 Ant. compassionate, kind, nice, noble, polite, sympathetic mean [adj3] poor; of or in inferior circumstances base, beggarly, common, contemptible, dclass, down-at-heel*, hack, humble, ignoble, ineffectual, inferior, insignicant, limited, low, lowborn, lowly, mediocre, menial, miserable, modest, narrow, obscure, ordinary, paltry, petty, pitiful, plebeian, proletarian, run-down*, scruffy*, second-class*, second-rate, seedy*, servile, shabby*, sordid, squalid, tawdry, undistinguished, unwashed, vulgar, wretched; concepts 334,485,589 mean [adj4] average common, conventional, halfway, intermediate, medial, median, mediocre, medium, middle, middling, normal, popular, standard, traditional; concepts 547, 585 Ant. extreme mean [n] average balance, center, compromise, happy medium, median, middle, middle course,

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midpoint, norm, par; concepts 727,830 Ant. extreme mean [v1] signify, convey add up, adumbrate, allude, allude to, argue, attest, augur, betoken, connote, denote, designate, determine, drive at*, express, foreshadow, foretell, herald, hint at, imply, import, indicate, intimate, involve, name, point to, portend, presage, promise, purport, represent, say, speak of, spell, stand for, suggest, symbolize, tell the meaning of, touch on; concepts 55,73,682 mean [v2] have in mind; intend aim, anticipate, aspire, contemplate, design, desire, destine, direct, expect, fate, t, make, match, plan, predestine, preordain, propose, purpose, resolve, set out, suit, want, wish; concepts 26,36 meander [v] wander, zigzag be all over the map*, change, drift, extravagate, gallivant, get sidetracked, peregrinate, ramble, range, recoil, roam, rove, snake, stray, stroll, traipse, turn, twine, twist, vagabond, wind; concepts 151,738 Ant. go direct, stay on path meaning [n1] message, signication acceptation, allusion, bearing, bottom line*, connotation, content, context, denition, denotation, drift, effect, essence, explanation, force, gist, heart*, hint, implication, import, interpretation, intimation, meat, name of the game*, nature of beast*, nitty-gritty*, nuance, nuts and bolts*, pith, point, purport, sense, signicance, spirit, stuff, subject, subject matter, substance, suggestion, symbolization, tenor, thrust, understanding, upshot, use, value, worth; concepts 278,661 meaning [n2] intention, aim animus, design, end, goal, idea, intent, interest, object, plan, point, purpose, trend; concept 659 meaningful [adj] signicant allusive, big, clear, concise, consequential, considerable, deep, eloquent, essential, exact, explicit, expressive, heavy, important, indicative, intelligible, material, momentous, pointed, pregnant, purposeful, relevant, sententious, serious, substantial, succinct, suggestive, useful, valid, weighty, worthwhile; concepts 267,567 Ant. insignicant, meaningless, useless, worthless meaningless [adj] without use, value, worth absurd, aimless, blank, doesnt cut it*, doublespeak*, double-talk*, empty, feckless, fustian, futile, good-for-nothing, hollow, hot air*, inane, inconsequential, insignicant, insubstantial, nonsensical, nothing, nugatory, pointless, purportless, purposeless, senseless, triing, trivial, unimportant, unmeaning, unpurposed, useless, vacant, vague, vain, valueless, vapid, worthless; concept 575 Ant. meaningful, signicant, useful, valuable, worthwhile means [n1] way, method agency, agent, aid, apparatus, auspices, avenue, channel, course, dodge*, equipment, expedient, factor, fashion, gimmick*, instrument, instrumentality, instrumentation, intermediary, machinery, manner, measure, mechanism, medium, ministry, mode, modus operandi, organ, organization, paraphernalia, path, power, process, road, route, step, stepping-stone, system, tactic, technique, trick, vehicle, ways and means*; concept 6

means [n2] wealth, resources ace in the hole*, afuence, assets, backing, bankroll, budget, bundle, capital, dough*, estate, nances, fortune, funds, holdings, income, intangibles, kitty*, money, nest egg*, nut*, pocket, possessions, property, purse, rainy day*, reserves, revenue, riches, savings, securities, sock*, stake, stuff, substance, ways and means*, wherewithal; concepts 332,340 Ant. paucity, poorness, shame meantime [n/adv] in the intervening time at the same time, concurrently, for now, for the duration, for the moment, for then, interim, interregnum, interruption, interval, in the interim, in the interval, in the meanwhile, meanwhile, recess, simultaneously, while; concepts 799,807 meanwhile [adv] at the same time ad interim, concurrently, during the interval, for now, for the duration, for the moment, for then, for the time being, in the interim, in the interval, in the intervening time, in the meantime, meantime, simultaneously, till, until, up to, when; concept 799 measly [adj] skimpy beggarly, contemptible, insignicant, meager, mean, miserable, miserly, niggling*, paltry, pathetic, petty, picayune, piddling*, pitiful, poor, puny, scanty, stingy, triing, trivial, ungenerous, unimportant, valueless, worthless; concept 789 Ant. abundant, plenty, procient, satisfactory, sufcient measurable [adj] determinable assessable, calculable, commensurate, computable, fathomable, gaugeable, material, mensurable, perceptible, quantiable, quantitative, signicant, surveyable, weighable; concept 529 Ant. imperceptible, insignicant, undeterminable, unmeasurable measure [n1] portion, scope admeasurement, admensuration, allotment, allowance, amount, amplication, amplitude, area, bang, breadth, bulk, capacity, degree, depth, dimension, distance, duration, extent, x, frequency, height, hit, magnitude, mass, meed, mensuration, nip, part, pitch, proportion, quantity, quantum, quota, range, ratio, ration, reach, share, shot, size, slug, span, strength, sum, volume, weight; concepts 787,792,835 measure [n2] standard, rule benchmark*, canon, criterion, example, gauge, meter, method, model, norm, pattern, scale, system, test, touchstone*, trial, type, yardstick; concepts 686,688 measure [n3] preventive or institutive action act, action, agency, bounds, control, course, deed, device, effort, expedient, limit, limitation, makeshift, maneuver, means, moderation, move, procedure, proceeding, project, proposal, proposition, resort, resource, restraint, shift, step, stopgap*, strategem; concept 5 Ant. ignorance, inaction measure [n4] bill, law act, enactment, project, proposal, proposition, resolution, statute; concept 318 measure [n5] beat, rhythm accent, cadence, cadency, division, melody, meter, rhyme, step,

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stress, stroke, swing, tempo, throb, time, tune, verse, vibration; concepts 65,262 measure [v] calculate, judge adapt, adjust, align, appraise, assess, average, beat, blend, bound, calibrate, caliper, check, check out, choose, compute, delimit, demarcate, determine, dope out*, estimate, evaluate, even, eye*, gure, t, gauge, gradate, grade, graduate, level, limit, line, look over, mark, mark out, mete, pace off, peg*, plumb, portion, quantify, rank, rate, read, reckon, regulate, rhyme, rule, scale, shade, size, size up, sound, square, stroke, survey, tailor, take account, time, value, weigh; concepts 103,197,764 Ant. estimate, guess measurement [n] calculation altitude, amount, amplitude, analysis, appraisal, area, assessment, calibration, capacity, computation, degree, density, depth, determination, dimension, distance, estimation, evaluation, extent, frequency, height, judgment, length, magnitude, mass, measure, mensuration, metage, pitch, quantication, quantity, range, reach, scope, size, survey, thickness, time, valuation, volume, weight, width; concepts 730,792 Ant. estimate, guess meat [n1] esh of animal consumed as food aliment, brawn, chow, comestible, eats*, edible, fare, food, foodstuff, grub*, muscle, nourishment, nutriment, provision, ration, subsistence, sustenance, victual; concepts 399,457,460 meat [n2] core, gist burden, essence, heart, kernel, marrow, matter, nub, nucleus, pith, point, sense, short, substance, thrust, upshot; concepts 682,826 Ant. exterior, exteriority, outside meat-eating [adj] carnivorous cannibalistic, esh-eating, omophagous, predacious; concept 401 meaty [adj] signicant compact, epigrammatic, factual, full of content, interesting, meaningful, pithy, pointed, profound, rich, substantial, weighty; concept 267 Ant. insignicant, thin mecca [n] center, goal aim, capital, destination, focal point, focus, heart, hub, nerve center, objective, purpose; concepts 435,438,507,659 mechanical [adj] done by machine; machinelike automated, automatic, cold, cursory, emotionless, xed, habitual, impersonal, instinctive, involuntary, laborsaving, lifeless, machinedriven, matter-of-fact, monotonous, perfunctory, programmed, routine, spiritless, standardized, stereotyped, unchanging, unconscious, unfeeling, unthinking, useful; concept 544 Ant. by hand, conscious, feeling, manual mechanism [n1] machine, device apparatus, appliance, black box*, components, contrivance, doohickey*, gadget, gears, gimmick, innards, instrument, machinery, motor, structure, system, tool, workings, works; concept 463 mechanism [n2] means, method agency, execution, functioning, medium, operation, performance, procedure, process, system, technique, workings; concept 6 mechanize [v] automate equip, industrialize, motorize, rig; concepts 538,549 medal [n] decoration of honor badge, commemoration, gold, hardware*, laurel, medallion, reward, ribbon, wreath; concepts 337,476

meddle [v] intervene, interfere abuse rights, advance, barge in, break in on, busybody*, butt in*, chime in, come uninvited, crash the gates*, dabble in, encroach, encumber, fool with, hinder, horn in*, impede, impose, infringe, inquire, interlope, intermeddle, interpose, intrude, invade, kibitz*, mess around*, mix in, molest, obtrude, pry, push in, put two cents in*, sidewalk-superintend*, snoop*, stick nose in*, tamper, trespass, worm in*; concepts 14,384 Ant. avoid, dodge, ignore, stay out of meddlesome [adj] interfering busy, busybody*, chiseling*, curious, encumbering, hindering, impeding, impertinent, intermeddling, interposing, interrupting, intruding, intrusive, kibitzing*, meddling, mischievous, nosy, obstructive, ofcious, prying, pushy, snooping*, snoopy*, tampering, troublesome; concept 555 Ant. avoiding, dodging, ignorant media [n] communication by publication or broadcast announcement, announcing, cable, communications, correspondence, disclosure, expression, intelligence, news, publishing, radio, television; concept 279 median [n/adj] middle average, center, centermost, central, equidistant, halfway, intermediary, intermediate, mean, medial, mid, middlemost, midmost, midpoint, midway, par; concepts 585,727 Ant. extreme, outside mediate [v] try to bring to an agreement act as middle*, arbitrate, bring to terms, conciliate, deal, go fty-fty*, intercede, interfere, intermediate, interpose, intervene, make a deal, make peace, meet halfway*, moderate, negotiate, propitiate, reconcile, referee, resolve, restore harmony, settle, step in, strike happy medium*, trade off, umpire; concepts 126,324,384 Ant. argue, contend, disagree, ght mediation [n] attempt to bring to agreement arbitration, conciliation, intercession, interposition, intervention, negotiation, reconciliation; concepts 126,324,384 Ant. argument, contention, disagreement, ght mediator [n] person who negotiates agreement advocate, arbiter, arbitrator, broker, conciliator, xer, go-between*, interagent, interceder, intermediary, intermediator, judge, medium, middle person, moderator, negotiator, peacemaker, ref*, referee, rent-a-judge*, troubleshooter*, umpire; concepts 348,423 Ant. arguer, ghter medicine/medication [n] substance that helps cure, alleviate, or prevent illness anesthetic, antibiotic, antidote, antiseptic, antitoxin, balm, biologic, capsule, cure, dose, drug, elixir, injection, inoculation, liniment, lotion, medicament, ointment, pharmaceutical, pharmacon, physic, pill, potion, prescription, remedy, salve, sedative, serum, tablet, tincture, tonic, vaccination, vaccine; concept 307 medieval [adj] having to do with the Middle Ages; old antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, feudal, Gothic, old, old-fashioned, primitive, unenlightened; concepts 549,578,797 Ant. modern mediocre [adj] average, commonplace characterless, colorless, common, conventional,

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decent, dull, fair, fairish, fair to middling*, humdrum*, indifferent, inferior, insignicant, intermediate, mainstream, mean, medium, middling, moderate, no great shakes*, of poor quality, ordinary, passable, pedestrian, run-ofthe-mill*, second-rate, so-so*, standard, tolerable, undistinguished, unexceptional, uninspired, vanilla*; concepts 533,547 Ant. exceptional, extraordinary, inferior, superior, unusual meditate [v] contemplate brood over, cogitate, consider, deliberate, design, devise, dream, entertain idea*, gure, have in mind*, intend, moon*, mull over, muse, plan, ponder, purpose, put on thinking cap*, puzzle over, reect, revolve, roll, ruminate, say to oneself, scheme, speculate, study, think, think deeply, think over, track, view, weigh; concept 17 Ant. dismiss, ignore, neglect meditation [n] contemplation concentration, deep thought, introspection, pondering, quiet time, reection, rumination, self-examination; concepts 17,24 meditative [adj] contemplative awake, aware, cogitative, introspective, lucubratory, musing, pensive, philosophical, prayerful, rapt, reective, ruminant, ruminative, thinking, thoughtful; concept 402 medium [adj] midway, average common, commonplace, fair, fairish, intermediate, mean, medial, median, mediocre, middle, middling, moderate, neutral, normal, ordinary, par, passable, popular, run-of-the-mill*, so-so*, standard, tolerable; concepts 533,547 Ant. extreme medium [n1] means, mode agency, agent, avenue, channel, clairvoyant, factor, form, instrument, instrumentality, intermediate, measure, mechanism, ministry, organ, psychic, seer, tool, vehicle, way; concepts 658,712 medium [n2] atmosphere, setting ambience, ambient, climate, conditions, element, habitat, inuences, milieu, surroundings; concepts 673,696 medium [n3] area of artistic expression art, drama, interpretation, manifestation, mark, music, painting, revelation, sculpture, speech, writing; concepts 259,263,293 medley [n] miscellany assortment, brew, collection, combo, composition, confusion, conglomeration, farrago, hodgepodge, jumble, mlange, melee, mingling, mishmash, mixed bag, mixture, pasticcio, pastiche, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi, variety; concepts 262,432 Ant. loneness, singularity meek [adj] shy; compliant acquiescent, deferential, docile, forbearing, gentle, humble, lenient, longanimous, long-suffering, lowly, manageable, mild, milquetoast*, modest, nothing, orderly, pabulum*, passive, patient, peaceful, plain, resigned, serene, soft, spineless, spiritless, subdued, submissive, tame, timid, tolerant, unassuming, unpretentious, unresisting, weak, weak-kneed*, wishy-washy*, yielding, zero*; concept 401 Ant. bold, brave, emboldened, immodest, impertinent, uninhibited meet [adj] tting accommodated, applicable, appropriate, apt, conformed, equitable, expedi-

ent, fair, felicitous, t, good, happy, just, proper, reconciled, right, suitable, timely; concept 558 Ant. improper, inappropriate, untting, unseemly meet [n] sporting event involving several participants athletic event, competition, conict, contest, event, match, meeting, tournament, tourney; concept 363 meet [v1] happen on accost, affront, brush against, bump into, chance on, clash, collide, come across, come up against, confront, contact, cross, dig up*, encounter, engage, experience, face, fall in with*, nd, front, get together, grapple, greet, hit, light, luck*, make a meet, meet face to face, rendezvous with, rub eyeballs*, run across, run into, run up against, salute, see, strike, stumble, touch shoulders*, tumble, tussle, wrestle; concepts 183,384,626 Ant. miss meet [v2] connect, join abut, adhere, adjoin, border, coincide, connect, converge, cross, intersect, link, link up, reach, touch, unite; concepts 612,759 Ant. disconnect, disjoin, divide, separate meet [v3] perform, carry out answer, approach, come up to, comply, cope with, discharge, equal, execute, t, fulll, gratify, handle, match, measure up, rival, satisfy, sufce, tie, touch; concept 91 Ant. avoid, dodge meet [v4] come together, convene appear, assemble, be introduced, be present, be presented, collect, congregate, converge, enter in, ock, foregather, gather, get together, get to know, join, make acquaintance, muster, open, rally, rendezvous, show, sit; concepts 114,324 Ant. cancel meeting [n1] gathering, conference affair, assemblage, assembly, assignation, audience, bunch, call, cattle call*, company, competition, conclave, concourse, concursion, confab*, conict, confrontation, congregation, congress, contest, convention, convocation, date, encounter, engagement, gang, get-together, huddle, introduction, meet, one on one*, parley, powwow*, rally, rendezvous, reunion, session, showdown, talk, tryst, turnout*; concepts 324,363,384 meeting [n2] convergence, intersection abutment, agreement, apposition, concourse, conuence, conjunction, connection, contact, crossing, joining, junction, juxtaposition, unication, union; concepts 113,684 Ant. division, separation melancholy [adj] depressed, sad blue*, dejected, despondent, destroyed, disconsolate, dismal, dispirited, doleful, dolorous, down*, down and out*, downbeat, downcast, downhearted, down in the dumps*, down in the mouth*, dragged, droopy, funereal, gloomy, glum, grim, heavyhearted, in blue funk*, joyless, lachrymose, low, low-spirited, lugubrious, mirthless, miserable, moody, moony*, mournful, pensive, saddened, saddening, somber, sorrowful, sorry*, torn up, trite, unhappy, wet blanket*, wistful, woebegone, woeful; concept 403 Ant. cheerful, happy, joyful

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melancholy [n] depression, sadness blahs*, blue devils*, blue funk*, blues*, boredom, bummer*, dejection, despair, desperation, despondency, dismals, dolefuls, dolor, downer*, down trip*, dumps, ennui, funk, gloom, gloominess, grief, letdown, low spirits, miserableness, misery, mopes*, mournfulness, pensiveness, sorrow, tedium, unhappiness, wistfulness, woe, wretchedness; concept 410 Ant. cheer, happiness, joy mlange [n] mixture assortment, combo, confusion, farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, jumble, medley, miscellany, mishmash, mix, mixed bag, pasticcio, pastiche, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi, soup, stew; concept 432 Ant. singularity meld [v] blend, bring together amalgamate, associate, compound, dissolve, feather in, fuse, interblend, interface, interfuse, intermingle, marry, merge, mingle, mix, unite; concepts 113,193 Ant. divide, separate melee [n] battle, ght affray, battle royal*, brawl, broil, brouhaha*, brush, clash, donnybrook*, fracas, fray, free-for-all*, knockdown-drag-out*, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, scrimmage, scufe, set-to*, skirmish, to-do*, tussle, words; concept 106 Ant. agreement, peace melliuous [adj] smooth and sweet sounding agreeable, dulcet, euphonic, uid, harmonic, honeyed, mellow, pleasing, resonant, songful, soothing, symphonious, tuned, tuneful; concept 594 mellow [adj] ripe, mature; softened aged, cultured, cured, delicate, developed, dulcet, avorful, full, full-avored, fully developed, juicy, matured, melliuent, melliuous, melodious, perfect, perfected, rich, ripened, rounded, sapid, savory, seasoned, smooth, soft, soothing, sweet, tuneful; concepts 462,578,594,797 Ant. hard, immature, sour, tart, unripe mellow [v] ripen, mature age, arrive, develop, grow, grow up, improve, maturate, milden, mollify, perfect, ripe, season, settle down, soften, sweeten; concepts 678,704 melodious/melodic [adj] harmonious, musical accordant, agreeable, assonant, canorous, clear, concordant, dulcet, euphonic, euphonious, harmonic, in tune, melliuous, mellow, pleasing, resonant, silvery, soft, songful, sweet, sweet-sounding, symphonic, symphonious, tuned, tuneful, well-tuned; concept 594 Ant. cacophonous, discordant, grating, harsh, inharmonious, unmelodic, unmusical melodramatic [adj] extravagant in speech, behavior articial, blood-and-thunder*, cliffhanging*, cloak-and-dagger*, exaggerated, ham*, hammy*, histrionic, hokey*, overdramatic, overemotional, sensational, spectacular, stagy, theatrical; concept 542 Ant. calm, normal, untheatrical melody [n] harmony, tune air, aria, assonance, carillon, chant, chime, concord, consonance, descant, diapason, euphony, inection, lay, lyric, measure, melodiousness, music, musicality, refrain, resonance, run, song, strain, theme,

tunefulness, unison; concepts 262,595 Ant. cacophony, disharmony melt [v1] liquefy; dissolve cook, deliquesce, diffuse, disappear, disintegrate, disperse, evanesce, evaporate, fade, ow, ux, fuse, go, heat, merge, pass away, render, run, smelt, soften, thaw, vanish, warm, waste away; concepts 250,255 Ant. coagulate, condense, solidify melt [v2] give in, yield become lenient, disarm, forgive, mollify, relax, relent, show mercy, soften, touch; concept 35 Ant. ght member [n1] part of a group afliate, associate, branch, chapter, component, comrade, constituent, cut, division, joiner, offshoot, parcel, piece, portion, post, representative, section, segment, unit; concepts 417,834,835 member [n2] appendage arm, component, constituent, element, extremity, feature, fragment, leg, limb, organ, part, portion, segment; concept 392 membership [n] belonging to organization; those belonging to a group associates, association, body, club, company, enrollment, fellows, group, members, participation, society; concepts 381,417 membrane [n] covering layer lm, lamina, leaf, mucosa, sheath, sheet; concept 484 memento [n] souvenir keepsake, memorial, relic, remembrance, remembrancer, reminder, token, trace, trophy, vestige; concepts 337,446 memoir [n] record of experiences account, anecdote, annal, autobiography, bio*, biography, chronicle, confessions, diary, discourse, dissertation, essay, journal, life, life story, memory, monograph, narrative, note, recollection, register, reminiscence, thesis, tractate, transactions, treatise, vita; concepts 271,280,282 memorabilia [n] mementos annals, archives, collectibles, keepsakes, relics, remembrances, reminders, souvenirs, tokens, trophies; concepts 337,446 memorable [adj] noteworthy, signicant A-1*, big-league*, bodacious, catchy, celebrated, critical, crucial, decisive, distinguished, doozie*, enduring, eventful, extraordinary, famous, great, heavy*, heavyweight*, historic, hot*, illustrious, important, impressive, indelible, interesting, lasting, major-league, meaningful, mind-blowing*, momentous, monumental, notable, observable, red-letter*, remarkable, rememberable, rubric, serious, signal, something, standout, striking, super, surpassing, terrible, terric, top-drawer, unforgettable; concept 529 Ant. forgettable, insignicant, unimpressive, unnoteworthy memorandum/memo [n] written note announcement, chit, diary, directive, dispatch, epistle, jotting, letter, message, minute, missive, notation, notice, record, reminder, tickler; concepts 271, 277,278 memorial [adj] commemorative canonizing, celebrative, commemoratory, consecrating, consecrative, dedicatory, deifying, enshrining, in tribute, memorializing, monumental, remembering; concept 537 Ant. abusive, dishonorable

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memorial [n] monument, testimonial in honor, praise cairn, ceremony, column, headstone, inscription, keepsake, mausoleum, memento, monolith, obelisk, pillar, plaque, record, relic, remembrance, reminder, shaft, slab, souvenir, statue, stele, tablet, token, tombstone, trophy; concepts 337,386 memorize [v] remember commit to memory, cram, x in the mind, keep forever, know, know by heart, learn, learn by heart, master, nail down, recall, recollect, remind, retain, store; concept 40 memory [n1] ability to hold in the mind anamnesis, awareness, camera-eye*, cognizance, consciousness, dead-eye*, ashback, memorization, mind, mindfulness, minds eye*, recall, recapture, recognition, recollection, reection, remembrance, reminiscence, retention, retentiveness, retrospection, subconsciousness, thought; concept 409 Ant. amnesia, forgetfulness, ignorance memory [n2] specic thing remembered concept, cue, fantasy, hint, image, jog, memo, memoir, mnemonic, picture, prod, prompt, reminder, representation, suggestion, thought, vision; concepts 529,678 menace [n] danger; pest annoyance, caution, commination, hazard, intimidation, jeopardy, nuisance, peril, plague, risk, scare, threat, thunder, trouble, troublemaker, warning; concepts 412,675 Ant. aid, assistance, help menace [v] bother, frighten alarm, bad-eye*, browbeat, bully, chill, compromise, endanger, hazard, impend, imperil, intimidate, jeopardize, lean on, loom, lower, overhang, peril, portend, push around, put heat on*, risk, scare, scare hell out of*, spook, terrorize, threaten, torment, whip around*; concepts 7,19 Ant. aid, assist, help menacing [adj] intimidating, ominous alarming, approaching, dangerous, frightening, imminent, impending, intimidatory, looming, louring, lowering, minacious, minatory, overhanging, threatening; concepts 401,537,548 Ant. aiding, assisting, helping, unthreatening menagerie [adj] zoo aquarium, collection, exhibition, safari park, wildlife park, zoological garden; concepts 509,513 mend [v] correct, improve, x aid, ameliorate, amend, better, condition, convalesce, cure, darn, doctor, emend, ddle with, gain, get better, get well, heal, knit, look up, overhaul, patch, perk up, ready, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, recover, rectify, recuperate, redress, ret, reform, refurbish, rejuvenate, remedy, renew, renovate, repair, restore, retouch, revamp, revise, right, service, sew; concepts 126,244,303,700 Ant. break, destroy, hurt, ruin, weaken mendacious [adj] dishonest deceitful, deceptive, duplicitous, equivocating, erroneous, fallacious, false, bbing, fraudulent, insincere, lying, paltering, perdious, perjured, prevaricating, shifty, spurious, untrue, untruthful, wrong; concept 267 Ant. frank, honest, sincere, truthful menial [adj] lowly, low-status abject, base, baseborn, boring, common, degrading,

demeaning, dull, fawning, grovelling, humble, humdrum, ignoble, ignominious, low, mean, obeisant, obsequious, routine, servile, slavish, sorry, subservient, sycophantic, unskilled, vile; concepts 574,575 Ant. elevated, skilled, superior, talented mens movement [n] mens attempt to redene gender roles gender revisionism, male reform, mens liberation, mens studies; concept 388 mental [adj1] concerning the mind brainy*, cerebral, clairvoyant, deep, heavy, ideological, imaginative, immaterial, inner, intellective, intellectual, mysterious, phrenic, psychic, psychical, psychological, rational, reasoning, spiritual, subconscious, subjective, subliminal, telepathic, thinking, thoughtful, unreal; concepts 402,403 Ant. body, physical mental [adj2] insane deranged, disturbed, fruity, loco*, lunatic, mad, maniac, mentally ill, mindless, non compos mentis, nuts*, nutsy*, psychiatric, psychotic, unbalanced, unstable; concepts 314,403 Ant. balanced, sane mental hospital [n] psychiatric hospital bughouse*, funny farm*, insane asylum, loony bin*, madhouse*, mental health facility, mental institution, nuthouse*, psychiatric ward, sanatorium; concepts 312,439,516 mental illness [n] mental disorder depression, emotional disorder, emotional instability, insanity, maladjustment, mania, mental sickness, nervous breakdown, neurosis, neurotic disorder, personality disorder, phobia, psychosis, schizophrenia; concepts 316,410 mentality [n] state of mind; intelligence attitude, brainpower, brains, cast, character, comprehension, disposition, frame of mind*, headset*, intellect, intelligence quotient, IQ, makeup, mental age, mind, mindset*, outlook, personality, psychology, rationality, reasoning, routine, sense, turn of mind*, understanding, way of thinking*, wit; concepts 409,411 Ant. physicality mention [n] referral, observation acknowledgment, allusion, citation, comment, footnote, indication, naming, note, notice, notication, recognition, reference, remark, specifying, tribute, utterance; concepts 73,278 Ant. quiet, silence mention [v] refer to acknowledge, acquaint, adduce, advert, allude to, bring up, broach, call attention to, cite, communicate, declare, designate, detail, disclose, discuss, divulge, enumerate, hint at, impart, infer, instance, intimate, introduce, make known, name, notice, notify, observe, point out, point to, quote, recount, remark, report, reveal, speak about, speak of, specify, state, suggest, tell, throw out, touch on; concept 73 mentor [n] person who advises adviser, coach, counsellor, guide, instructor, teacher, trainer, tutor; concept 350 menu [n] list from which to choose, often to choose food bill of fare, card, carte, carte du jour, cuisine, food, spread, table; concept 283 mercenary [adj] greedy for money acquisitive, avaricious, bribable, corrupt, covetous, grabby,

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grasping, miserly, money-grubbing, selsh, sordid, stingy, unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous, venal; concept 401 Ant. generous, unselsh mercenary [n] person who ghts, kills for money hireling, legionnaire, merc, professional soldier, slave, soldier of fortune, warrior; concepts 358,412 merchandise [n] goods for sale commodity, effects, job lot, line, material, number, produce, product, seconds, staple, stock, stuff, truck, vendible, wares; concept 338 merchandise [v] sell goods advertise, buy and sell, deal in, distribute, do business in, market, promote, publicize, retail, trade, trafc in, vend, wholesale; concept 345 Ant. buy merchant [n] person who sells goods broker, businessperson, consigner, dealer, exporter, handler, jobber, marketer, operator, retailer, salesperson, seller, sender, shipper, shopkeeper, storekeeper, trader, tradesperson, trafcker, tycoon, vendor, wholesaler; concept 347 Ant. buyer, customer merciful [adj] kind, sparing all heart*, benecent, benign, benignant, bleeding heart*, charitable, clement, compassionate, condoning, easygoing, feeling, forbearing, forgiving, generous, gentle, gracious, heart in right place*, humane, humanitarian, indulgent, kindly, lenient, liberal, mild, pardoning, pitiful, pitying, soft*, softhearted*, sympathetic, tender, tenderhearted, tolerant; concepts 401,542 Ant. cruel, merciless, unforgiving, unkind, unmerciful merciless [adj] mean, heartless barbarous, callous, compassionless, cruel, cutthroat, dogeat-dog*, erce, gratuitous, grim, hard, hardhearted, harsh, hatchet job*, having a killer instinct*, implacable, inexorable, inhumane, iron-sted, mean machine*, mortal, pitiless, relentless, ruthless, severe, unappeasable, uncalled-for, unfeeling, uninching, unforgiving, unmerciful, unpitying, unrelenting, unsparing, unsympathetic, unyielding, wanton; concepts 401,542 Ant. giving, kind, merciful, nice, sparing, sympathetic mercurial [adj] ighty, temperamental blowing hot and cold*, bubbleheaded*, buoyant, capricious, changeable, effervescent, elastic, erratic, expansive, ckle, aky, ip*, uctuating, gaga*, gay, impulsive, inconstant, irregular, irrepressible, lighthearted, lively, lubricious, mad, mobile, movable, quicksilver, resilient, short-fuse*, spirited, sprightly, ticklish, unpredictable, unstable, up-and-down*, variable, volatile, yo-yo*; concepts 401,404 Ant. calm, tranquil, unchangeable, unperturbable, unvarying mercy [n] kindness, compassion benevolence, benignancy, blessing, boon, charity, clemency, commiseration, favor, forbearance, forgiveness, generosity, gentleness, godsend, goodwill, grace, humanity, kindliness, lenience, leniency, lenity, lifesaver, luck, mildness, pity, quarter, relief, ruth, softheartedness, sympathy, tenderness, tolerance; concepts 32,633 Ant. cruelty, intolerance, meanness, uncompassion

mere [adj] nothing more; absolute bald, bare, blunt, common, complete, entire, insignicant, little, minor, plain, poor, pure, pure and simple, sheer, simple, small, stark, unadorned, unadulterated, unmitigated, unmixed, utter, very; concepts 535,589 meretricious [adj] gaudy, ashy blatant, bogus, brazen, chintzy, counterfeit, garish, glaring, insincere, loud, misleading, ornate, phony, plastic*, put-on*, sham, showy, spurious, supercial, tawdry, tinsel, trashy; concepts 542,589 Ant. genuine, real, undecorated, unembellished merge [v] bring or come together absorb, amalgamate, assimilate, become lost in, become partners, be swallowed up*, blend, cement, centralize, coalesce, combine, come aboard*, compound, conglomerate, consolidate, converge, deal one in, fuse, hitch on*, hook up*, immerge, incorporate, interface, intermingle, intermix, join, join up, line up, marry, meet, meld, melt into, mingle, mix, network, plug into, pool, slap on, submerge, synthesize, tack on*, tag, team up*, throw in together*, tie in, unite; concepts 113,193,324 Ant. divide, part, separate merger [n] consolidation alliance, amalgamation, cahoots*, coadunation, coalition, combination, fusion, hookup, incorporation, lineup, melding, mergence, merging, organization, pool, takeover, tie-in, tie-up, unication, union; concepts 323,324,703 Ant. division, parting, separation meridian [n] summit, climax acme, apex, apogee, crest, culmination, extremity, high noon, high-water mark, peak, pinnacle, zenith; concepts 832,836 merit [n] advantage arete, asset, benet, caliber, credit, desert, dignity, excellence, excellency, good, goodness, honor, integrity, perfection, quality, stature, strong point, talent, value, virtue, worth, worthiness; concept 693 Ant. demerit, disadvantage, fault, weakness merit [v] be entitled to be in line for, be worthy, deserve, earn, get ones comeuppance*, get ones due*, get ones just desserts*, get what is coming*, have a claim, have a right, have coming, incur, justify, rate, warrant; concept 129 meritorious [adj] honorable, commendable admirable, boss*, choice, creditable, deserving, estimable, excellent, exemplary, golden, good, laudable, meritable, noble, praisable, praiseworthy, right, righteous, thankworthy, top drawer*, virtuous, winner, world-beating*, worthy; concepts 404,548,572 Ant. corrupt, dishonorable, immoral, improper, unworthy, wrong merriment/merrymaking [n] enjoyment, amusement brawl, buffoonery, cheerfulness, conviviality, festivity, frolic, fun, fun and games*, gaiety, glee, happiness, hilarity, hoopla*, indulgence, jocularity, jocundity, jollity, joviality, joy, laughs, laughter, levity, liveliness, mirth, picnic, recreation, revel, revelry, self-indulgence, shindig, sport, whoopee*, wingding*; concepts 386,410 Ant. sadness, sorrow, unhappiness

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merry [adj] very happy; festive amusing, blithe, blithesome, boisterous, boon, carefree, cheerful, comic, comical, convivial, enjoyable, entertaining, facetious, frolicsome, fun-loving, funny, gay, glad, gleeful, grooving*, hilarious, humorous, jocund, jolly, joyful, joyous, jumping, larking, lighthearted, lively, mad, mirthful, perky, pleasant, riotous, rip-roaring*, rocking, rollicking, saturnalian, sportive, sunny, unconstrained, uproarious, vivacious, wild, winsome, zappy*, zingy*, zippy*; concepts 403,548,572 Ant. grave, sad, serious, sorrowful, unhappy, upset mesa [n] plateau butte, elevation, highland, plain, tableland, upland; concepts 509,744 mesh [n] netting, entanglement cobweb, jungle, knot, labyrinth, maze, morass, net, network, plexus, reticulation, screen, skein, snare, snarl, tangle, toils, tracery, trap, web; concept 473 mesh [v] entangle, connect agree, catch, coincide, combine, come together, coordinate, dovetail, engage, enmesh, ensnare, t, t together, harmonize, interlock, knit, net, snare, tangle, trap; concepts 113,193 Ant. disconnect, unmesh, untangle mesmerize [v] captivate catch up, control, deaden, drug, ensorcell, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, grip, hold spellbound, hypnotize, magnetize, numb, render unconscious, spellbind, stupefy; concepts 11,14 Ant. disenchant, turn off mess [n1] disorder, litter botch, chaos, clutter, combination, compound, confusion, debris, dirtiness, disarray, discombobulation*, disorganization, every which way*, eyesore, fright, hash, hodgepodge, jumble, mayhem, mishmash, monstrosity, salmagundi, shambles, sight, turmoil, untidiness, wreck, wreckage; concepts 230,260 Ant. order, organization, tidiness mess [n2] difculty, predicament dilemma, x, imbroglio, jam, mix-up, muddle, perplexity, pickle*, plight, stew; concept 674 Ant. benet, solution message [n1] communication, often written bulletin, cannonball, communiqu, directive, dispatch, dope, earful, epistle, information, intelligence, intimation, letter, memo, memorandum, missive, news, note, notice, paper, report, tidings, wire, word; concepts 271,274 message [n2] meaning, idea acceptation, import, intendment, moral, point, purport, sense, signicance, signicancy, signication, theme, understanding; concepts 661,682 mess around [v] ddle; goof off amuse oneself, dabble, dawdle, doodle, fool around, loiter, muck around*, play, play around, play the fool*, potter, puddle, putter, tinker, trie; concepts 87,363 Ant. labor, toil, work messenger [n] person carrying information to another agent, ambassador, bearer, carrier, commissionaire, courier, crier, delegate, delivery person, detachment, detail, dispatcher, emissary, envoy, errand person*, ag-bearer, forerunner, go-between*, gofer*, harbinger, herald, intermediary, mediator, minister, post, precursor, prophet, runner, schlepper*; concept 348 Ant. receiver

mess up [v] disorder, dirty befoul, besmirch, bobble, bollix*, botch, bungle, clutter, confuse, damage, derange, destroy, disarrange, discompose, dishevel, disorganize, disturb, foul, goof up*, gum up*, jumble, litter, louse up, muddle, pollute, ruin, rummage, scramble, screw up*, smear, soil, spoil, unsettle, upset; concepts 158,252,254 Ant. arrange, order, organize, tidy messy [adj] cluttered, dirty blotchy*, careless, chaotic, confused, disheveled, disordered, disorganized, grimy, grubby*, littered, muddled, raunchy*, rumpled, slapdash*, slipshod*, sloppy, slovenly, unfastidious, unkempt, untidy; concepts 485,621 Ant. clean, ordered, organized, uncluttered metal [n] lustrous chemical element alloy, casting, deposit, foil, hardware, ingot, leaf, load, mail, mineral, native rock, ore, plate, solder, vein; concept 476 metamorphose [v] convert, transform age, alter, be reborn, change, commute, develop, diverge, mature, mutate, remake, remodel, reshape, ripen, transgure, translate, transmogrify, transmute, transubstantiate, vary; concepts 469,697,701 Ant. stagnate metamorphosis [n] conversion, transformation alteration, change, changeover, evolution, mutation, rebirth, transguration, transgurement, translation, transmogrication, transmutation, transubstantiation; concepts 469,697, 701 Ant. stagnation metaphor [n] gure of speech, implied comparison allegory, analogy, emblem, hope, image, metonymy, personication, similitude, symbol, trope; concept 275 Ant. plain speech metaphorical [adj] gurative allegorical, denotative, descriptive, emblematic, illustrative, metaphoric, representative, symbolic, tropological; concepts 267,582 metaphysical [adj] not physical; without physical presence abstract, abstruse, bodiless, deep, difcult, discarnate, esoteric, eternal, fundamental, high-own, ideal, immaterial, impalpable, incorporeal, insubstantial, intangible, intellectual, jesuitic, mystical, nonmaterial, nonphysical, numinous, oversubtle, philosophical, preternatural, profound, recondite, spiritual, superhuman, superior, supermundane, supernatural, suprahuman, supramundane, supranatural, theoretical, transcendental, unearthly, uneshly, universal, unphysical, unreal, unsubstantial; concepts 529,582 Ant. concrete, material, objective, physical, real, solid, substantial mete [v] administer, distribute admeasure, allocate, allot, allow, apportion, assign, deal, dispense, divide, dole, give, lot, measure, parcel, portion, ration, share; concepts 98,108 meteoric [adj] brief, sudden dazzling, ephemeral, ashing, eeting, momentary, overnight, rapid, spectacular, speedy, swift, transient; concepts 548,798,799 Ant. slow meteorology [n] weather science aerology, climatology, weather forecasting; concepts 522,524

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meter [n] rhythm, beat cadence, cadency, feet, lilt, measure, mora, music, pattern, poetry, rhyme, structure, swing; concepts 65,262 method [n1] means, procedure adjustment, approach, arrangement, channels, course, custom, design, disposal, disposition, fashion, form, formula, habit, line, manner, mechanism, method, mode, modus, modus operandi, nuts and bolts*, plan, practice, proceeding, process, program, receipt, recipe, red tape*, ritual, rote, routine, rubric, rule, rut, schema, scheme, shortcut, style, system, tack, tactics, technic, technique, tenor, the book*, usage, way, ways and means*, wise, wrinkle*; concepts 6,660 method [n2] order, pattern arrangement, classication, design, form, orderliness, organization, plan, planning, purpose, regularity, structure, system; concepts 727,770 methodical/methodic [adj] organized, precise all together, analytical, businesslike, by the book*, by the numbers, careful, cut-and-dried*, deliberate, disciplined, efcient, exact, xed, framed, in a groove*, logical, methodized, meticulous, neat, ordered, orderly, painstaking, planned, regular, scrupulous, set-up*, structured, systematic, tidy, together, well-regulated; concepts 326,542,544,585 Ant. confused, disorderly, disorganized, imprecise, unmethodical/unmethodic methodology [n] methods approach, channels, design, manner, mode, plan, practice, procedure, process, program, style, technique, way; concepts 6,644 meticulous [adj] detailed, perfectionist accurate, cautious, conscientious, conscionable, crossing the ts*, dotting the is*, exact, fastidious, fussy, heedful, microscopic, nitpicking*, painstaking, particular, persnickety*, picky, precise, punctilious, punctual, scrupulous, stickling, strict, thorough; concepts 542,544,557 Ant. careless, messy, sloppy, undetailed mtier [n] occupation calling, chosen work, craft, day gig*, employment, eld, forte, job, line of work, ones specialty, profession, pursuit, racket*, thing*, trade, vocation, walk of life*, work; concepts 349,351,360 metropolis [n] major city capital, downtown, megalopolis, metropolitan area, municipality; concept 507 metropolitan [adj] concerning a city city, cosmopolitan, modern, municipal, urban, urbane; concept 536 Ant. country mettle [n] boldness, strength of character animation, ardor, backbone, bravery, caliber, courage, daring, dauntlessness, disposition, energy, re, force, fortitude, gallantry, gameness, grit*, guts*, hardihood, heart*, indomitability, kidney*, life*, makeup, moxie, nature, nerve, pluck, quality, resolution, resolve, spirit, spunk, stamina, stamp*, starch, temper, temperament, valor, vigor, vitality; concept 411 Ant. weakness miasma [n] efuvium fetor, foul air, fumes, gas, mephitis, odor, pollution, reek, smell, smog, stench, stink, vapor; concept 465 microbe [n] bacteria bacillus, bacterium, bug*,

crud, germ, microorganism, pathogen, plague, virus; concept 306 microorganism [n] germ bacterium, bug*, disease, disease-causing agent, microbe, parasite, pathogen, plague, virus; concepts 306,392 microscopic [adj] tiny, almost undetectable atomic, diminutive, imperceptible, innitesimal, invisible, little, minuscule, minute, negligible, teeny*, wee*; concepts 773,789 Ant. big, huge, large, macroscopic microwave [v] cook bake, heat, melt, nuke*, warm up, zap*; concept 170 midday [n] middle of the day 12 PM, high noon, lunchtime, noon, noontide, noontime, twelve hundred, twelve noon, twelve oclock; concept 802 Ant. 12 AM, midnight middle [adj] central average, between, betwixt and between*, center, centermost, equidistant, halfway, inner, inside, intermediate, intervening, mainstream, mean, medial, median, medium, mezzo*, middlemost, middle of the road*, midmost, smack in the middle, straddling the fence*; concepts 547,583,830 Ant. border, extreme, outer, outside middle [n] center core, deep, focus, halfway, halfway point, heart, inside, marrow, mean, media, midpoint, midriff, midsection, midst, thick, waist; concepts 746,761,830,833 Ant. border, margin, outside middle-of-the-road [adj] moderate balanced, cautious, compromising, conservative, controlled, disciplined, even, impartial, indifferent, inexpensive, midway, mild, modest, neutral, noncommittal, nonpartisan, not excessive, on the fence*, reasonable, straight; concepts 533,575 middle person [n] person who acts as intermediary agent, broker, connection, distributor, entrepreneur, xer, go-between*, inuence, interagent, interceder, intercessor, intermediate, intermediator, jobber*, mediator, representative, salesperson, wholesaler; concept 348 middling [adj] adequate, okay all right, average, common, conventional, decent, fair, fairish, good, indifferent, intermediate, mean, mediocre, medium, moderate, modest, okay, ordinary, passable, run-of-the-mill*, so-so*, tolerable, traditional, unexceptional, unremarkable; concept 547 Ant. exceptional, extraordinary midget [adj] short, small baby, diminutive, knee-high*, Lilliputian, miniature, minikin, pocket, teensy*, teeny*, tiny; concepts 773,779 Ant. big, giant, huge, large, tall midget [n] small person bantam, gnome, homuncule, homunculus, Lilliputian*, little person, manikin, midge, runt*; concept 424 Ant. giant midnight [n] middle of the night 12 oclock at night, bewitching hour*, dead of night*, small hours*, twelve oclock at night, witching hour*; concepts 801,802,806 midst [n] middle, core betwixt and between*, bosom, center, deep, depths, halfway, heart, hub, interior, mean, medium, midpoint, nucleus, thick; concept 830 Ant. exterior, exteriority, outside

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mien [n] persons presence, manner act, address, air, appearance, aspect, aura, bearing, carriage, countenance, demeanor, deportment, expression, front, image, look, mannerism, port, set, style; concepts 411,644 miff [v] annoy aggrieve, bother, displease, hurt, irk, irritate, nettle, offend, pester, pique, provoke, put out, resent, upset, vex; concepts 7,19 Ant. appease, mollify, please miffed [adj] displeased annoyed, chagrined, disgruntled, irked, irritated, nettled, offended, pained, peeved*, piqued, put out, resentful, riled, upset, vexed; concept 570 Ant. pleased might [n] ability, power adequacy, arm, authority, capability, capacity, clout, command, competence, control, domination, efcacy, efciency, energy, force, forcefulness, forcibleness, get-up-and-go*, jurisdiction, lustiness, mastery, moxie*, muscle*, potency, powerfulness, prowess, puissance, punch, qualication, qualiedness, sinew*, steam, strength, strenuousness, strong arm*, sway, valor, vigor, vigorousness; concepts 411,641,732 Ant. inability, powerlessness, weakness mightily [adv1] very much, extremely decidedly, exceedingly, greatly, highly, hugely, intensely, mighty, notably, surpassingly, very; concept 569 Ant. little mightily [adv2] forcefully arduously, energetically, forcibly, hard, hardly, laboriously, lustily, might and main*, powerfully, strenuously, strongly, vigorously, with all ones strength; concepts 540,544 Ant. weakly mighty [adj1] forceful, powerful boss*, doughty, hardy, indomitable, lusty, muscular, omnipotent, potent, powerhouse, puissant, robust, stalwart, steamroller*, stout, strapping, strengthy, strong, strong as ox*, sturdy, vigorous, wieldy; concepts 489,540 Ant. delicate, powerless, weak mighty [adj2] gigantic, monumental august, bulky, colossal, considerable, dynamic, eminent, enormous, extensive, extraordinary, grand, great, heroic, high, huge, illustrious, immense, imposing, impressive, intense, irresistible, large, magnicent, majestic, massive, moving, notable, prodigious, renowned, stupendous, titanic, towering, tremendous, vast; concepts 537,773, Ant. insignicant, small, tiny, unimportant migrant [n] person who moves to a foreign place departer, drifter, emigrant, evacuee, expatriate, gypsy, immigrant, itinerant, migrator, mover, nomad, rover, tinker, transient, traveler, vagrant, wanderer; concept 413 migrant/migratory [adj] moving, traveling casual, changing, drifting, emigrating, errant, gypsy, immigrant, immigrating, impermanent, itinerant, migrative, migratorial, mobile, nomad, nomadic, on the move, passing over, passing through, peripatetic, ranging, roving, seasonal, shifting, temporary, tramp, transient, transmigratory, unsettled, vagabond, vagrant, wandering; concept 584 Ant. staying migrate [v] move, travel to another place drift, emigrate, immigrate, journey, leave, nomadize,

range, roam, rove, shift, transmigrate, trek, voyage, wander; concepts 198,224 Ant. stay mild [adj1] gentle, temperate, nonirritating balmy, benign, benignant, blah*, bland, breezy, calm, choice, clear, clement, cool, dainty, delicate, demulcent, easy, emollient, exquisite, faint, ne, at, genial, ho-hum*, lenient, lenitive, light, lukewarm, medium, mellow, moderate, mollifying, nothing, nothing much*, pabulum, pacic, peaceful, placid, smooth, soft, soothing, sunny, tempered, tepid, untroubled, vanilla*, warm, weak, wimpy*; concepts 485,525,537 Ant. erce, harsh, rough, violent mild [adj2] easygoing, pleasant in personality amiable, balmy, bland, calm, clement, compassionate, complaisant, deferential, docile, dull, easy, equable, feeble, at, forbearant, forbearing, forgiving, gentle, good-humored, goodnatured, good-tempered, humane, indulgent, insipid, jejune, kind, lenient, meek, mellow, merciful, mild-mannered, moderate, obeisant, obliging, pacic, patient, peaceable, placid, serene, smooth, soft, spiritless, subdued, submissive, subservient, tame, temperate, tender, tranquil, unassuming, vapid, warm; concepts 401,404 Ant. agitated, appable, nervous mile [n] 5, 280 feet/1.609 kilometers measured nautical, square, statute; concepts 790,791 milestone [n] achievement anniversary, breakthrough, discovery, event, landmark, milepost, occasion, turning point, waypost; concepts 2, 706 milieu [n] environment, atmosphere ambience, ambient, background, bag, climate, element, locale, location, medium, mise-en-scne, nabe, neighborhood, place, scene, setting, space, sphere, surroundings, turf; concept 673 militant [adj] aggressive, combative active, assertive, assertory, bellicose, belligerent, combating, contending, contentious, embattled, ghting, gladiatorial, in arms, martial, militaristic, military, offensive, pugnacious, pushy, quarrelsome, scrappy, self-assertive, truculent, up in arms, vigorous, warlike, warring; concept 401 Ant. compliant, peaceful, peaceloving, submissive, tolerant militant [n] person who ghts, is aggressive activist, belligerent, combatant, demonstrator, ghter, objector, partisan, protester, rioter, warrior; concepts 358,359 military [adj] soldierlike; concerning the armed forces aggressive, armed, army, combatant, combative, ghting, martial, militant, militaristic, noncivil, soldierly, warlike, warmongering; concept 536 Ant. civilian military [n] armed force air force, army, force, marines, navy, service, servicepeople, soldiery, troop; concept 322 milk [n] liquid produced by mammals buttermilk, chalk*, condensed, cream, evaporated, formula, goat, half-and-half, homogenized, laiche, low fat, moo juice*, pasteurized, powdered, raw, skim, two-percent, whole; concept 467 milk [v] tap; exploit bleed, drain, draw off, elicit, empty, evince, evoke, exhaust, express,

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extort, extract, eece, impose on, let out, press, pump, siphon, suck, take advantage, take out, use, wring; concepts 139,142,156,225 Ant. hoard, save milksop [n] coward baby*, caitiff, chicken*, chicken heart*, chicken liver*, cry-baby, deserter, fraidy-cat*, jellysh*, lily liver, mommas boy*, namby-pamby, pansy, pantywaist, quitter, scaredy cat*, sissy*, weakling, wimp, wuss*, wussy*, yellow, yellow belly*; concept 423 milky [adj] white, cloudy alabaster, clouded, frosted, lacteal, lacteous, lactescent, milk-white, opalescent, opaline, opaque, pearly, whitish; concept 618 Ant. black, blackish, dark mill [n] factory foundry, manufactory, plant, shop, sweatshop, works; concepts 439,449 mill [v] grind comminute, crush, granulate, grate, pound, powder, press, pulverize; concept 186 millenium [n] one thousand years one-thousandth anniversary, turn of the century; concepts 807,816 millstone [n] burden accountability, afiction, albatross*, anxiety, ball and chain*, blame, charge, concern, cross, deadweight, difculty, encumbrance, grievance, hardship, hindrance, load, mental weight, misfortune, onus, punishment, responsibility, strain, stress, task, thorn in ones side*, trial, trouble, worry; concepts 532,690 mimic [n] person who imitates actor, caricaturist, comedian, copycat, imitator, impersonator, impressionist, mime, mummer, parodist, parrot, performer, playactor, player, thespian, trouper; concept 352 mimic [v] imitate, mock act, ape, burlesque, caricature, copy, copycat, ditto*, do, do like*, echo, enact, fake, go like*, impersonate, look like*, make believe, make fun of, make like*, mime, mirror, pantomime, parody, parrot, perform, personate, play, resemble, ridicule, sham, simulate, take off*, travesty; concepts 54,59,111,171 mince [v1] chop up chip, crumble, cut, dice, divide, grind, hack, hash, whack; concept 176 mince [v2] pose, put on airs attitudinize, ounce, posture, prance, sashay, strut; concept 59 mince [v3] euphemize, hold back in communication alleviate, decrease, diminish, extenuate, lessen, minimize, moderate, palliate, soften, spare, tone down, weaken; concept 266 Ant. reveal, tell all mincing [adj] affected, pretentious articial, dainty, delicate, effeminate, fastidious, nical, nicky, fussy, genteel, insincere, la-di-da*, nice, particular, persnickety, precious, sissy, squeamish, stilted, too-too*, unnatural; concepts 401,404 Ant. extroverted, unaffected, unpretentious mind [n1] intelligence apperception, attention, brain*, brainpower, brains*, capacity, cognizance, conception, consciousness, creativity, faculty, function, genius, head, imagination, ingenuity, instinct, intellect, intellectual, intellectuality, intuition, judgment, lucidity,

marbles*, mentality, observation, perception, percipience, power, psyche, ratiocination, reason, reasoning, regard, sanity, sense, soul, soundness, spirit, talent, thinker, thought, understanding, wisdom, wits; concepts 393, 409 Ant. body, corporeality, physicality mind [n2] memory attention, cognizance, concentration, head, mark, note, notice, observance, observation, recollection, regard, remark, remembrance, subconscious, thinking, thoughts; concepts 409,630 Ant. amnesia mind [n3] inclination, tendency; belief attitude, bent, conviction, desire, determination, disposition, eye, fancy, feeling, humor, impulse, intention, judgment, leaning, liking, mood, notion, opinion, outlook, persuasion, pleasure, point of view, purpose, sentiment, strain, temper, temperament, thoughts, tone, urge, vein, view, way of thinking, will, wish; concepts 20,657,689 Ant. disbelief, disinclination mind [v1] be bothered; care be affronted, be opposed, complain, deplore, disapprove, dislike, look askance at, object, resent, take offense; concepts 21,29 mind [v2] comply, obey adhere to, attend, behave, do as told, follow, follow orders, heed, keep, listen, mark, note, notice, observe, pay attention, pay heed, regard, respect, take heed, watch; concepts 23,91 Ant. disobey, disregard, ignore mind [v3] attend, tend baby-sit, be attentive, behold, care for, discern, discipline, ensure, give heed to, govern, guard, have charge of, keep an eye on*, listen up, look, make certain, mark, mind the store*, note, notice, observe, oversee, perceive, regard, ride herd on*, see, sit, superintend, supervise, watch; concepts 110,295,596,623 Ant. ignore, neglect mind [v4] be careful be cautious, be concerned, be on guard, be solicitous, be wary, have a care, mind ones ps and qs*, take care, tend, toe the line*, trouble, watch, watch ones step*, watch out*; concept 34 mind [v5] remember bethink, bring to mind, cite, recall, recollect, remind, reminisce, retain; concept 40 Ant. forget mind-blowing [adj] amazing, intense astonishing, eye-opening, hallucinatory, mind-altering, mind-boggling, overwhelming, psychedelic, staggering, stunning, wonderful; concepts 547,572 mind-boggling [adj] overwhelming amazing, astonishing, breathtaking, eye-opening, mindblowing, spectacular, staggering, startling, stunning, stupendous, surprising, wonderful; concepts 547,572 mindful [adj] attentive, aware alert, alive to, apprehensive, au courant, be up on*, cagey, careful, cautious, chary, cognizant, conscientious, conscious, conversant, heedful, in the know, know all the answers*, knowing, know ins and outs*, knowledgeable, observant, observative, observing, on ones toes*, on the ball*, on the job*, on to*, plugged in*, regardful, respectful, sensible, solicitous, thoughtful, tuned in*, vigilant, wary, watchful,

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with eyes peeled*; concepts 402,403,542 Ant. absent-minded, careless, heedless, inattentive, unaware mindless [adj] oblivious, stupid; automatic asinine, brutish, careless, daydreaming, foolish, forgetful, gratuitous, heedless, idiotic, imbecilic, inattentive, mooning, moony, moronic, neglectful, negligent, nitwitted, obtuse, out, out of it*, rash, senseless, silly, simple, spacedout*, thoughtless, unaware, unintelligent, unmindful, unthinking, witless; concepts 403,538 Ant. intelligent, mindful, thinking, thoughtful mind reader [n] psychic augur, channeller, clairvoyant, diviner, fortune-teller, haruspex, horoscopist, medium, mentalist, oracle, palm reader, prophet, seer, soothsayer, telepathis; concept 423 mind-set [n] mental attitude air, approach, belief, character, demeanor, disposition, frame of mind, headset, inclination, mental outlook, mental state, mood, opinion, perspective, philosophy, point of view, position, sentiment, stance, stand, standing, standpoint, temperament, view, way of thinking; concepts 410,689 mine [n] deposit, supply abundance, bed, bonanza, ditch, excavation, eld, fount, fountain, fund, gold mine, hoard, lode, pit, quarry, reserve, shaft, source, spring, stock, store, treasure trove, treasury, trench, vein, wealth, well, wellspring; concepts 449,509,712 mine [v] dig up burrow, delve, dig for, drill, excavate, extract, hew, pan, quarry, sap, scoop, shovel, unearth, work; concept 178 Ant. bury mingle [v1] physically join admix, alloy, blend, coalesce, commingle, compound, intermingle, intermix, interweave, make up, marry, meld, merge, mix, unite, wed; concept 193 Ant. disjoin mingle [v2] socialize associate, circulate, consort, fraternize, gang up*, hang out*, hobnob, mix, network, pool, rub shoulders*, tie in, work the room*; concept 384 Ant. be unsociable miniature [adj] tiny baby, diminutive, itsybitsy*, itty-bitty*, Lilliputian*, little, midget, mini, minikin, minuscule, minute, mite, model, petite, pint-sized, pocket, reduced, scaleddown, small, small-scale, teensy*, teeny*, toy, wee; concepts 773,789 Ant. big, giant, huge, large miniature [n] tiny thing baby, insignicancy, midget, model, pocket edition, toy; concept 730 Ant. giant minimal [adj] littlest, slightest basal, basic, essential, fundamental, least, least possible, lowest, minimum, nominal, smallest, token; concepts 762,773,789 Ant. maximum, most minimize [v] make smaller; underrate abbreviate, attenuate, belittle, cheapen, curtail, cut down to size, cut rate, decrease, decry, deprecate, depreciate, derogate, detract, diminish, discount, disparage, downplay*, dwarf*, knock*, knock down*, lessen, make light of*, make little of, miniaturize, pan, play down, pooh-pooh*, poor-mouth*, prune, put down,

reduce, run down, shrink, underestimate, underplay; concepts 54,240,247 Ant. enlarge, maximize, overestimate, overrate minimum [adj] least, lowest least possible, littlest, merest, minimal, slightest, smallest, tiniest; concepts 762,789 Ant. largest, maximum, most minimum [n] lowest amount atom, bottom, dab, depth, dot, gleam, grain, hair, iota, jot, least, lowest, margin, modicum, molecule, nadir, narrowest, particle, pittance, point, scintilla, scruple, shadow, slightest, smallest, smidgen, soupon, spark, speck, trie, whit; concepts 787,831 Ant. largest, maximum, most minion [n] sycophant backscratcher*, backslapper*, bootlicker*, brownnoser*, dependent, doormat, fan, fawner, atterer, unky*, follower, groupie, hanger-on*, lackey, parasite, puppet, slave, stooge*, subordinate, toady, yes-man/woman, yesperson; concepts 352, 366,423 miniscule/minuscule [adj] tiny, very small diminutive, dwarf, innitesimal, itsy-bitsy, Lilliputian, little, meager, microscopic, mini*, miniature, minute, pint-sized*, puny*, short, slight, small-scale, stunted, teensy*, teeny, trivial, undersized, wee*; concepts 773,789 minister [n1] person in charge of church abbot, archbishop, archdeacon, bishop, chaplain, clergy, clergyperson, cleric, clerical, clerk, confessor, curate, deacon, dean, diocesan, divine, ecclesiastic, lecturer, missionary, monk, parson, pastor, preacher, prelate, priest, pulpiteer, rector, reverend, shepherd, vicar; concept 361 minister [n2] person high in government administrator, agent, aide, ambassador, assistant, cabinet member, consul, delegate, diplomat, envoy, executive, legate, liaison, lieutenant, ofceholder, ofcial, plenipotentiary, premier, prime minister, secretary; concept 354 minister [v] help, serve accommodate, administer, aid, answer, attend, be solicitous of, cater to, cure, doctor, do for, foster, heal, nurse, pander, pander to, remedy, succor, take care of, tend, treat, wait on, watch over; concept 110 Ant. hurt, injure minor [adj] insignicant, small accessory, below the mark, bush-league*, casual, dependent, dinky*, inconsequential, inconsiderable, inferior, junior, lesser, light, low, minus, negligible, paltry, petty, piddling, secondary, second-string*, slight, smaller, small-fry*, small-time, subordinate, subsidiary, tacky, triing, trivial, two-bit*, unimportant, younger; concepts 575,773,789 Ant. adult, greater, large, major, signicant minor [n] person under legal age of maturity adolescent, baby, boy, child, girl, infant, junior, juvenile, lad, little one, schoolboy, schoolgirl, teenager, underage, youngster, youth; concept 424 Ant. adult mint [adj] brand-new excellent, rst-class, fresh, intact, original, perfect, spanking-new*, spickand-span*, unblemished, undamaged, unmarred, untarnished, virgin; concepts 574,578,797 Ant. ancient, damaged, imperfect, old, used

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mint [n] a lot of money boodle, bundle, fortune, heap, million, packet, pile, pot, roll, wad; concepts 340,787 mint [v] create, coin cast, construct, devise, fabricate, fashion, forge, invent, issue, make, make up, mold, monetize, produce, provide, punch, stamp, strike, think up; concepts 43,173,205,251 minute [adj1] very small atomic, diminutive, exact, exiguous, ne, inconsiderable, innitesimal, insignicant, invisible, little, microbic, microscopic, miniature, minim, minimal, minuscule, molecular, peewee*, piddling, precise, puny, slender, teeny-weeny*, tiny, wee; concepts 773,789 Ant. big, giant, gigantic, huge, large, mighty minute [adj2] unimportant immaterial, inconsiderable, insignicant, light, little, minor, negligible, nonessential, paltry, petty, picayune, piddling, puny, slight, small, triing, trivial; concept 575 Ant. consequential, considerable, important, substantial minute [adj3] exact, precise blow-by-blow*, careful, circumstantial, clocklike, close, critical, detailed, elaborate, exhaustive, full, itemized, meticulous, painstaking, particular, particularized, punctilious, scrupulous, specialized, thorough; concept 557 Ant. imprecise, inexact, rough minute [n] brief time period bat of an eye*, breath, breathing, crack, ash, instant, jiffy*, min*, mo*, moment, nothing at*, sec*, second, shake, short time*, sixtieth of hour, sixty seconds, split second, twinkling*; concepts 803,807,821 minutiae [n] trivial detail incidental, minor detail, small detail, trie, trivia, triviality, trivial matter, unimportant detail, useless information; concepts 274,543 miracle [n] wonderful, surprising event or thing marvel, phenomenon, portent, prodigy, rarity, revelation, sensation, stunner, supernatural occurrence, surprise, thaumaturgy, unusualness, wonder; concepts 671,689,693 Ant. normalcy, usualness miraculous [adj] surprisingly wonderful amazing, anomalous, astonishing, astounding, awesome, extraordinary, fabulous, freakish, heavy, incredible, inexplicable, magical, marvelous, monstrous, numinous, phenomenal, preternatural, prodigious, spectacular, staggering, strange, stupefying, stupendous, superhuman, superior, supermundane, supernatural, supranatural, thaumaturgic, the utmost, unaccountable, unbelievable, unearthly, unimaginable, unreal, wonderworking, wondrous; concepts 529,548, 572 Ant. normal, usual mirage [n] imaginary vision delusion, fantasy, hallucination, ignis fatuus, illusion, optical illusion, phantasm; concepts 529,628 mire [n] muck, morass bog, dirt, fen, glop*, goo*, gunk*, marsh, moss, mud, ooze*, quagmire, quicksand, slime*, swamp; concepts 509,674 mire [v] delay, catch up in bog down, cling, decelerate, detain, dirty, embroil, enmesh,

ensnare, entangle, entrap, ounder, hang up, implicate, involve, retard, set back, sink, slow down, slow up, snare, soil, stick, tangle, trap; concepts 112,121 mirror [n] glass that reects image cheval glass, gaper, hand glass, imager, looking glass, pier glass, polished metal, reector, seeing glass, speculum; concepts 443,470 mirror [v] copy, reect act like, depict, double, echo, embody, emulate, epitomize, exemplify, follow, glass, illustrate, image, imitate, make like*, mimic, personify, represent, show, simulate, symbolize, take off*, typify; concepts 111,118,171 mirth [n] great joy amusement, cheer, cheerfulness, convulsions, entertainment, festivity, frivolity, frolic, fun, gaiety, gladness, glee, happiness, hilarity, hysteria, hysterics, jocularity, jocundity, jollity, joviality, joyousness, kicks*, laughs, laughter, levity, lightheartedness, merriment, merrymaking, pleasure, rejoicing, revelry, sport, whoopee*; concepts 388,410 Ant. blues, depression, distress, sadness, unhappiness mirthful [adj] merry amusing, blithe, blithesome, carefree, cheerful, cheery, convivial, enjoyable, entertaining, festive, frolicsome, fun-loving, funny, gay, glad, gleeful, happy, jocund, jolly, joyful, joyous, larking, lighthearted, lively, perky, playful, sunny, vivacious; concepts 403,548,572 misadventure [n] bad luck, mishap accident, adversity, bad break*, blunder, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, debacle, disaster, error, failure, faux pas, ill fortune, lapse, mischance, misfortune, reverse, setback, slip, tragedy, woe; concept 674 Ant. blessing, good fortune, good luck, success, triumph misanthrope [n] person who hates others cynic, doubter, egoist, egotist, hater, isolate, loner, misanthropist, recluse, skeptic; concept 412 Ant. humanitarian, philanthropist misanthropic [adj] unsociable, cynical antisocial, egoistic, egotistical, eremitic, hating, inhumane, malevolent, misanthropical, reclusive, reserved, sarcastic, selsh, solitary, standofsh, unfriendly; concept 404 Ant. humanitarian, philanthropic, sociable misapprehend [v] get the wrong idea, impression blunder, confuse, err, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misread, miss, mistake, misunderstand; concept 15 Ant. apprehend, comprehend, understand misappropriate [v] use wrongly; steal abuse, appropriate, defalcate, embezzle, misapply, misspend, misuse, peculate, plunder, pocket, rob, swindle; concepts 139,156,341 Ant. appropriate, use wisely misbegotten [adj] illegitimate, illicit baseborn, bastard, dishonest, disreputable, illegal, natural, poor, shady, spurious, stolen, suppositious, unlawful, unrespectable; concepts 319,549 Ant. lawful, legal, legitimate, licit misbehave [v] act in inappropriate manner act up, be at fault, be bad, be dissolute, be guilty,

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be immoral, be indecorous, be insubordinate, be mischievous, bend the law*, be out of line*, be out of order*, be reprehensible, carry on, cut up, deviate, do evil, do wrong, fail, fool around*, get into mischief, go astray, go wrong, make trouble, misconduct, offend, roughhouse*, sin, sow wild oats*, take a wrong turn*, transgress, trespass; concepts 633,645 Ant. behave, obey misbehavior [n] naughty act, conduct acting up*, fault, immorality, impropriety, incivility, indiscipline, insubordination, mischief, misconduct, misdeed, misdemeanor, misdoing, monkey business*, naughtiness, rudeness, shenanigans*, transgression, wrongdoing; concepts 633,645 Ant. behavior, good conduct, manners, obedience miscalculate [v] make a mistake blow*, blunder, discount, disregard, drop the ball*, err, get signals crossed*, get wrong, go wrong, mess up*, misconstrue, miscount, misinterpret, misjudge, misread, misreckon, miss by a mile*, misunderstand, mix up, overestimate, overlook, overrate, overvalue, slip up, stumble, underestimate, underrate, undervalue; concept 101 Ant. do correctly, gure correctly, succeed miscarriage [n] failure abortion, botch, breakdown, defeat, error, interruption, malfunction, misadventure, mischance, misre, mishap, miss, mistake, nonsuccess, perversion, undoing; concepts 230,699 Ant. carriage, success miscellaneous [adj] diversied, various assorted, confused, conglomerate, different, disordered, disparate, divergent, divers, diverse, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, jumbled, many, mingled, mixed, motley, muddled, multifarious, multiform, odd, promiscuous, scattered, scrambled, sundry, unmatched, unsorted, varied, variegated; concept 564 Ant. alone, lone, simple, single, singular miscellany [n] varied collection accumulation, aggregation, anthology, assortment, brew, collectanea, combination, combo, compilation, conglomeration, cumulation, diversity, farrago, gallimaufry, garbage*, hash, hodgepodge, jumble, medley, mlange, melee, mess, mishmash, mix, mixed bag, mixture, muddle, odds and ends*, olio, pasticcio, pastiche, patchwork, potpourri, salad, salmagundi, smorgasbord, stew, variety; concepts 432,665 Ant. single mischief [n] trouble, damage atrocity, catastrophe, devilment, devilry, dirty trick*, evil, fault, friskiness, frolicsomeness, funny business*, gag, harm, high jinks*, hurt, ill, impishness, injury, misbehavior, mischievousness, misconduct, misdoing, misfortune, monkey business*, naughtiness, outrage, playfulness, prank, rascality, roguery, roguishness, sabotage, shenanigans, sportiveness, transgression, vandalism, waggery, waggishness, waywardness, wrong, wrongdoing; concepts 192,633,645 Ant. behavior, obedience mischievous [adj] devilish, wicked arch, artful, bad, bothersome, damaging, dangerous, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, dickens*, evil, exasperating, foxy*, frolicsome, harmful,

hazardous, holy terror*, hurtful, ill, ill-behaved, impish, injurious, insidious, irksome, malicious, malignant, misbehaving, naughty, nocuous, perilous, pernicious, playful, precarious, puckish, rascal, rascally, risky, rude, sinful, sly, spiteful, sportive, teasing, tricky, troublesome, vexatious, vexing, vicious, wayward; concepts 401,545 Ant. behaved, good, nice, obedient misconception [n] wrong idea, impression delusion, error, fallacy, fault, misapprehension, misconstruction, misinterpretation, mistake, mistaken belief, misunderstanding; concepts 409,689 Ant. comprehension, perception, understanding misconduct [n] bad or unethical behavior delinquency, dereliction, evil, immorality, impropriety, malfeasance, malpractice, malversation, misbehavior, mischief, misdemeanor, misdoing, mismanagement, naughtiness, offense, rudeness, transgression, wrongdoing; concepts 192,633, 645 Ant. behavior, manners, obedience misconstrue [v] get a wrong or false impression distort, exaggerate, misapprehend, misconceive, misinterpret, misjudge, misread, mistake, mistranslate, misunderstand, pervert, take the wrong way; concept 15 Ant. discern, get, perceive, understand miscreant [adj] evil, immoral corrupt, criminal, degenerate, depraved, agitious, infamous, iniquitous, nefarious, perverse, rascally, reprehensible, reprobate, unhealthy, unprincipled, vicious, villainous, wicked; concepts 401,545 Ant. good, moral, nice miscreant [n] person who is very bad, immoral blackguard, black sheep*, bootlegger, bully, cad, caitiff, convict, criminal, culprit, delinquent, drunkard, evildoer, felon, nk*, heel*, hoodlum, jailbird, loafer, louse*, lowlife*, malefactor, outcast, outlaw, pickpocket, racketeer, rapscallion, rascal, rat*, reprobate, rowdy, rufan, scalawag, scamp, scoundrel, scum*, sinner, sneak, vagabond, villain, wretch, wrongdoer; concept 412 Ant. goody-goody misdeed/misdemeanor [n] sin, crime breach of law, criminality, dirt*, dirty deed*, dirty pool*, fault, infringement, malefaction, misbehavior, misconduct, miscue, offense, peccadillo, slipup, transgression, trespass, villainy, violation, wrong, wrongdoing; concepts 192,633,645 Ant. goodness miser [n] person who hoards money, possessions cheapskate*, churl, harpy*, hoarder, moneygrubber*, penny-pincher*, pinchst*, pinchpenny*, Scrooge*, stiff*, tightwad*; concepts 348,412,423 Ant. spender, spendthrift, waster, wastrel miserable [adj1] unhappy, depressed aficted, agonized, ailing, anguished, brokenhearted, crestfallen, dejected, desolate, despairing, despondent, destroyed, disconsolate, discontented, distressed, doleful, dolorous, down, downcast, down in the mouth*, forlorn, gloomy, heartbroken, hopeless, hurt, hurting, ill, injured, in pain, melancholy, mournful, on a downer*, pained,

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pathetic, pitiable, racked, rueful, ruthful, sad, sick, sickly, sorrowful, strained, suffering, tormented, tortured, tragic, troubled, woebegone, wounded, wretched; concept 403 Ant. cheerful, elated, happy, joyful, merry miserable [adj2] destitute, shabby abject, bad, contemptible, deplorable, despicable, detestable, disgraceful, godforsaken, impoverished, indigent, inferior, lamentable, low, meager, mean, needy, paltry, pathetic, penniless, piteous, pitiable, poor, poverty-stricken, sad, scanty, scurvy, shameful, sordid, sorry, squalid, tragic, vile, worthless, wretched; concepts 485,570 Ant. generous, rich, wealthy miserly [adj] greedy, stingy abject, avaricious, beggarly, cheapskate*, churlish, close, closested, covetous, grasping, ignoble, illiberal, mean, parsimonious, penny-pinching*, penurious, skinint*, sordid, tightsted*, ungenerous; concepts 326,334,401,404 Ant. generous, giving, liberal misery [n1] pain, mental or physical ache, agony, anguish, anvil chorus, bad news*, blues*, depression, desolation, despair, despondency, discomfort, distress, dolor, gloom, grief, hardship, headache, heartache, hurting, melancholy, pang, passion, sadness, sorrow, squalor, stitch, suffering, throe, torment, torture, twinge, unhappiness, woe, worriment, worry, wretchedness; concept 728 Ant. cheer, delight, fun, gladness, happiness, joy, pleasure misery [n2] trouble, disaster adversity, afiction, anxiety, bitter pill*, burden, calamity, catastrophe, curse, destitution, difculty, grief, indigence, load, misfortune, need, ordeal, penury, poverty, privation, problem, sordidness, sorrow, squalor, trial, tribulation, want, woe; concepts 335,666,674 Ant. advantage, benet, blessing, boon, good fortune, good luck misre [v] fail abort, backre, blunder, break down, come to nothing, explode, fall at*, fall short*, zzle, zzle out, zz out, op, ounder, go up in smoke*, go wrong, miscarry, miss, peter out, poop out, slip; concept 699 mist [n] nonconformist beatnik*, bohemian*, different breed*, dissenter, dissident, dropout, eccentric, sh out of water*, freak*, individualist, lone wolf, loser, oddball, odd man out, offbeat, outsider, weirdo*; concepts 359,423 misfortune/mishap [n] bad luck; disaster accident, adversity, afiction, annoyance, anxiety, bad break*, bad news*, blow*, burden, calamity, casuality, cataclysm, catastrophe, contretemps, cross, crunch, debacle, disadvantage, disappointment, discomfort, dole, failure, hard luck*, hardship, harm, inconvenience, infelicity, loss, misadventure, mischance, misery, nuisance, reverse, rotten luck, setback, stroke of bad luck*, tough luck*, tragedy, trial, tribulation, trouble, unpleasantness, visitation, worry; concepts 674,679 Ant. advantage, benet, blessing, fortune, good luck misgiving [n] uncertainty anxiety, apprehension, apprehensiveness, distrust, doubt, fear, foreboding, hesitation, mistrust, premonition, prenotion, presage, presentiment, qualm, reservation,

scruple, suspicion, unbelief, unease, worry; concepts 21,689,690 Ant. certainty, condence, doubtlessness, sureness, trust misguided [adj] ill-advised, deluded bearded, bum-steer*, confused, deceived, disinformed, erroneous, faked-out*, foolish, imprudent, indiscreet, inexpedient, injudicious, led up the garden path*, misled, misplaced, mistaken, stonewalled*, uncalled for, unreasonable, unwarranted, unwise, wrong; concepts 544, 548,570 Ant. well-guided mishandle/mismanage [v] mess up abuse, be incompetent, be inefcient, blow, blunder, botch*, bungle, confound, err, ub*, foul up, fumble, goof*, goof up*, gum up*, harm, make a hash of*, make a mess of*, maladminister, misapply, misconduct, misdirect, misemploy, misgovern, mistreat, misuse, muff*, overlook, pervert, prostitute, put foot in*, screw up*, shoot oneself in foot*; concepts 101,156,384 Ant. handle, manage mishap [n] accident blow, blunder, calamity, collision, crack-up*, disaster, fender-bender*, uke*, hazard, ill-fortune, misadventure, misfortune, mistake, pileup*, rear-ender*, setback, smash*, smashup*, stack-up*, total*, wrack-up*; concept 674 mishmash [n] hodgepodge collection, combination, goulash*, hash, jumble, medley, mlange, mess, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, olio, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi*; concepts 260,432 misinform [v] give wrong information intentionally bait and switch*, cover up, deceive, disinform, doublespeak*, double-talk*, lead astray, lie, misdirect, misguide, mislead, misstate, mousetrap*, pervert, prevaricate, put on*, put on an act*, put on false front*, put up smoke screen*, signify, string along*, wrong steer*; concept 63 Ant. inform, tell all misjudge [v] get the wrong idea bark up wrong tree*, be misled, be overcritical, be partial, be unfair, be wrong, come to hasty conclusion, dogmatize, drop the ball*, err, misapprehend, miscalculate, miscomprehend, misconceive, misconjecture, misconstrue, misdeem, misreckon, miss by a mile*, mistake, misthink, misunderstand, overestimate, overrate, prejudge, presume, presuppose, put foot in*, stumble, suppose, underestimate, underrate; concepts 12,18,101 Ant. gure, judge well, understand mislead [v] give someone the wrong idea, information bait, beguile, betray, bilk, bluff, bunk, cheat, cozen, deceive, defraud, delude, double-cross*, dupe, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entice, fool, fudge*, gull, hoax, hoodwink*, hose*, illude, inveigle, juggle, lead astray, lead on*, lie, lure, misdirect, misguide, misinform, misrepresent, outwit, overreach, pervert, pull wool over eyes*, put on*, rip off*, rook, rope in*, scam, seduce, shaft, snow*, take in, tempt, trick, victimize; concepts 59,63 Ant. advise, counsel, guard, lead, protect misleading [adj] deceptive, confusing ambiguous, beguiling, bewildering, casuistical, catchy, confounding, deceitful, deceiving, deluding,

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delusive, delusory, demagogic, disingenuous, distracting, evasive, fallacious, false, inaccurate, perplexing, puzzling, sophistical, specious, spurious, tricky, wrong; concepts 267,548 Ant. honest, truthful mismatch [n] disparity discrepancy, disproportion, dissemblance, dissimilarity, divergence, divergency, diverseness, imbalance, imparity, incongruity, inequality, unevenness; concept 665 misogynist [n] woman-hater anti-feminist, male chauvinist, misanthrope, sexist; concept 689 misplace [v] lose; be unable to nd be unable to lay hands on*, confuse, disarrange, dishevel, disorder, disorganize, displace, disturb, forget whereabouts of, lose track of, misle, mislay, miss, mix, muss, place unwisely, place wrongly, put in wrong place, remove, scatter, unsettle; concepts 116,201 Ant. nd misrepresentation [n] falsehood adulteration, coloring, distortion, exaggeration, fabrication, false light, falsication, lie, misstatement, mutilation, not a true picture*, slant, story*, stretch, tall story*, twist, untruth; concepts 63,580 misrepresent/misquote [v] lie, distort adulterate, angle, beard*, belie, build up, cloak, color, con, confuse, cover up, disguise, distort, dress, embellish, embroider, equivocate, exaggerate, falsify, garble, give snow job*, mangle, mask, miscolor, misinterpret, misreport, misstate, overdraw, overstate, palter, pervert, phony up*, pirate*, prevaricate, promote, puff*, skew, slant, snow*, spread it on*, stretch, take out of context*, throw a curve*, trump up*, twist, warp; concept 63 Ant. be forthright, be honest, explain miss [n] failure absence, blunder, default, defect, error, fault, loss, mishap, mistake, omission, oversight, slip, want; concepts 101, 699 Ant. success, triumph, win miss [v1] fail, make a mistake be late for, blow, blunder, botch, disregard, drop, drop the ball*, err, fall at on face*, fall short, ub*, forget, fumble, ignore, juggle, let go, let slip, lose, miscarry, misre, mislay, misplace, muff*, neglect, omit, overlook, overshoot, pass over, pass up, skip, slight, slip, trip, trip up, undershoot; concepts 101,699 Ant. do well, get, succeed miss [v2] want; feel a loss crave, desire, long, need, pine, wish, yearn; concept 20 Ant. dont want misshapen [adj] deformed askew, awry, bent, blemished, bowed, buckled, contorted, crooked, curved, damaged, disgured, disjointed, distorted, grotesque, ill-made, irregular, malformed, mangled, marred, out of shape, twisted, ugly, unshapely, warped; concepts 485,486 missile [n] projectile weapon ammunition, arrow, bat, bird*, bolt, bomb, bullet, cartridge, dart, MX*, pellet, projectile, rocket, shot, stealth, trajectile; concept 500 missing [adj] gone, absent astray, away, AWOL*, disappeared, lacking, left behind, left out, lost, mislaid, misplaced, not present,

nowhere to be found*, omitted, removed, short, unaccounted for, wanting; concepts 539,576 Ant. found, here, present mission [n] persons task, responsibility aim, assignment, business, calling, charge, commission, duty, end, errand, goal, job, lifework, object, objective, ofce, operation, profession, purpose, pursuit, quest, sortie, trade, trust, undertaking, vocation, work; concepts 360, 362,659 missionary [n] person who aids, does religious work apostle, clergy, clergyperson, converter, evangelist, herald, messenger, minister, missioner, pastor, preacher, promoter, propagandist, proselytizer, revivalist, teacher; concepts 361,416 missive [n] written communication dispatch, epistle, letter, line, memo, memorandum, message, note, report, word; concepts 271,278 misspent [adj] wasted blown*, dissipated, down the drain*, idle, imprudent, misapplied, prodigal, protless, squandered, thrown away; concepts 544,560,570 Ant. protable, unwasted, used well misstatement [n] misrepresentation adulteration, coloring, distortion, exaggeration, fabrication, falsehood, false light, falsication, inaccuracy, lie, misstatement, mutilation, not a true picture*, slant, story*, stretch, tall story*, twist, untruth; concepts 63,580 misstep [n] mistake, wrong move bad move*, blunder, bungle, error, failure, false step, faux pas, uff*, gaffe, indiscretion, lapse, miscue, miss, slip, slipup*, stumble, trip; concepts 101,674,699 Ant. success mist [n] lm, vapor brume, cloud, condensation, dew, drizzle, fog, ground clouds, haze, moisture, rain, smog, soup*, spray, steam, visibility zero*; concept 524 mist [v] cloud, steam up becloud, befog, blur, dim, drizzle, lm, fog, haze, mizzle, murk, obscure, overcast, overcloud, rain, shower, sprinkle, steam; concept 526 Ant. burn off, uncloud mistake [n] error, misunderstanding aberration, blooper*, blunder, boo-boo*, bungle, confusion, delusion, erratum, false move, false step, fault, faux pas, ub*, uff*, gaffe, illusion, inaccuracy, inadvertence, lapse, misapplication, misapprehension, miscalculation, misconception, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misprint, misstatement, misstep, muddle, neglect, omission, overestimation, oversight, slight, slip, slip of tongue*, slipup*, snafu*, solecism, trip*, typographical error, underestimation; concepts 101,230,410 Ant. accuracy, calculation, certainty, correction, correctness, proof, success, truth, understanding mistake [v] mix up, misunderstand addle, be off the mark*, be wrong, blunder, botch*, bungle, confound, confuse, deceive oneself, err, fail, get wrong, goof*, have wrong impression, jumble, lapse, make a mess*, misapprehend, miscalculate, misconceive, misconstrue, miscount, misdeem, misinterpret, misjudge, misknow, misread, miss, miss the boat*, not know, omit,

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overestimate, overlook, put foot in*, slip*, slip up*, snarl, take for*, tangle, underestimate; concepts 15,101 Ant. be certain, be sure, comprehend, interpret, perceive, understand mistaken [adj] wrong, incorrect all wet*, at fault, barking up wrong tree*, confounded, confused, confused with, deceived, deluded, duped, erroneous, fallacious, false, faulty, fooled, ill-advised, illogical, inaccurate, inappropriate, misconstrued, misguided, misinformed, misinterpreting, misjudging, misled, misunderstanding, off base*, off track*, tricked, unadvised, under wrong impression, unfounded, unreal, unsound, untrue, warranted, way off*, wide of mark*, wrongly identied, wrong number*; concepts 402,529 Ant. correct, exact, fair, just, precise, right, sound, true mistreat [v] treat badly or wrongly abuse, backbite, bash, brutalize, bung up*, chop, do wrong, dump on*, give black eye*, handle roughly, harm, injure, kick around, knock around, maltreat, maul, mess up, misuse, molest, outrage, push around, rip, roughhouse*, rough up, shake up, total*, trash*, wax*, wound, wrong; concepts 14,156,246 Ant. coddle, favor, pamper, pet, please, satisfy, treat well mistrust [n] doubtfulness apprehension, chariness, concern, distrust, doubt, dubiety, dubiosity, fear, foreboding, incertitude, misgiving, presentiment, scruple, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainty, wariness, wonder; concepts 21,27,690 Ant. belief, certainty, condence, faith, trust mistrust [v] doubt apprehend, beware, be wary, challenge, disbelieve, dispute, distrust, fear, have doubts, question, scruple, suspect, suspicion; concept 21 Ant. be certain, believe, have faith, trust misty [adj] lmy, obscure bleary, blurred, closed in, clouded, cloudy, dark, dewy, dim, enveloped, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, indistinct, murky, mushy, nebulous, opaque, overcast, shrouded, socked in, soupy*, unclear, vague, vaporous; concepts 525,603,617 misunderstand [v] get the wrong idea be at cross purposes*, be bewildered, be confused, be perplexed, confound, confuse, fail, get signals crossed*, get signals mixed*, get wrong, get wrong impression*, misapply, misapprehend, miscalculate, miscomprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misjudge, misknow, misread, misreckon, miss*, miss the point*, mistake, not register*, take amiss, take wrongly; concept 15 Ant. comprehend, construe, get, grasp, interpret, perceive, understand misunderstanding [n1] instance of having the wrong idea confounding, confusion, delusion, error, false impression, misapprehension, misconception, misconstruction, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misreckoning, mistake, mix-up; concept 409 Ant. comprehension, understanding misunderstanding [n2] argument, ght bad vibes*, blowup*, breach, break, clash, conict, crossed wires*, debate, difference, difculty, disagreement, discord, dissension, falling-out*,

feud, fuss, quarrel, rift, row, run-in*, rupture, set-to, sour note*, spat, squabble, tiff*, variance, words*; concepts 46,106 Ant. agreement, concord, concurrence, harmony, peace misuse [n] abuse; wrong application abusage, barbarism, catachresis, corruption, cruel treatment, desecration, dissipation, exploitation, harm, ill-treatment, injury, malapropism, maltreatment, misapplication, misemployment, mistreatment, misusage, perversion, profanation, prostitution, rough handling, solecism, squandering, waste; concept 156 misuse [v] abuse; apply wrongly blow*, brutalize, corrupt, cut up, desecrate, dissipate, exploit, go through, handle roughly, ill-treat, maltreat, maul, mess up*, misapply, misemploy, mistreat, molest, outrage, pervert, profane, prostitute, run through*, shake up, squander, waste, wrong; concept 156 Ant. use correctly mitigate [v] check, diminish, lighten abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, blunt, calm, come together, cool*, dull, ease, extenuate, lessen, meet halfway*, moderate, modify, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, quiet, reduce, relieve, remit, soften, soothe, subdue, take the edge off*, temper, tone down, tranquilize, weaken; concepts 233,240 Ant. aggravate, incite, increase, intensify, irritate, worsen mix [v1] combine, join admix, adulterate, alloy, amalgamate, associate, blend, braid, coalesce, commingle, commix, compound, conjoin, cross, embody, fuse, hybridize, incorporate, inltrate, infuse, instill, interbreed, intermingle, interweave, jumble, knead, link, lump, make up, merge, mingle, mix up, put together, saturate, stir, suffuse, synthesize, tangle, transfuse, unite, weave, work in; concepts 113,193 Ant. detach, disconnect, divide, remove, separate, sever, unmix mix [v2] socialize associate, come together, consort, get along, hang out, hobnob, join, mingle; concept 114 Ant. disengage, dissociate, segregate, separate mixed [adj] assorted, combined alloyed, amalgamated, assimilated, assorted, blended, brewed, composite, compound, conglomerate, crossbred, crossed, different, disordered, diverse, diversied, embodied, fused, heterogeneous, hybrid, hybridized, incorporated, infused, interbred, interdenominational, joint, kneaded, married, merged, mingled, miscellaneous, mongrel, motley, multifarious, tied, transfused, united, varied, woven; concepts 485,564, 772 Ant. lone, single, singular, ummixed, uncombined mixed bag [n] assortment all shapes and sizes, array, choice, collection, combination, combo*, diversity, hodgepodge, jumble, medley, melange, miscellany, mishmash, mixture, potpourri; concepts 432,665 mixed-up [adj] confused bafed, befuddled, bewildered, come apart*, confounded, dazed, discombobulated*, disconcerted, disorganized, disoriented, ummoxed, ustered, lost, muddled, out to lunch*, perplexed, puzzled, stumped, thrown off balance*; concept 403

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mix/mixture [n] assortment, combination admixture, adulteration, alloy, amalgam, amalgamation, assimilation, association, batter, blend, brew, combine, combo, commixture, composite, compound, concoction, confection, conglomeration, cross, crossing, dough, fusion, goulash, grab bag*, hodgepodge, hybrid, hybridization, incorporation, inltration, interfusion, jumble, mash, medley, mlange, merger, mingling, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, mosaic, package, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi, saturation, soup*, stew*, transfusion, union, variety; concepts 260,432 Ant. disconnection, division, separation mix-up [n] confusion, misunderstanding botch*, chaos, commotion, disorder, jumble, mess, mistake, muddle, shambles*, tangle, turmoil; concepts 230,674 Ant. understanding mix up [v] confuse addle, befuddle, bewilder, confound, derange, disorder, disorganize, disrupt, distract, disturb, dizzy, uster, foul up*, jumble, mess up*, mistake, muddle, perplex, puzzle, snafu*, upset; concepts 16,158 Ant. clear up, explain, explicate moan [n] groan, complaint beef, cry, gripe, grouse, grumble, lament, lamentation, plaint, sigh, sob, wail, whine; concepts 52,77 moan [v] groan, complain bemoan, bewail, carp, deplore, grieve, gripe, grouse, grumble, keen, lament, mourn, sigh, sob, wail, whine; concepts 52,77 moat [n] ditch canal, channel, fosse, gully, trench; concepts 509,513 mob [n] large group of people assemblage, body, cabal, camp, canaille, cattle, circle, clan, class, clique, collection, commonality, company, coterie, crew, crowd, crush, drove, ock, gang, gathering, herd, horde, host, jam, lot, mass, masses, multitude, pack, populace, posse, press, proletariat, rabble, riffraff*, ring, riot, scum, set, swarm, throng, troop; concept 378 mob [v] come upon by pushing; surround attack, cram, crowd, ll, hustle, jam, jostle, overrun, pack, riot, set upon, swarm, throng; concepts 208,758 Ant. avoid, ignore, leave alone, shun mobile [adj] movable, travelling adaptable, ambulatory, changeable, uid, free, itinerant, liquid, locomotive, loose, migrant, migratory, motile, motorized, moving, mutable, nomadic, peripatetic, portable, roaming, roving, unsettled, unstable, unstationary, unsteadfast, unsteady, versatile, wandering; concepts 576,584 Ant. xed, immobile, stable, stationary, unmovable mobility [n] ability to move adjustability, exibility, maneuverability, motility, movability, moveableness, portability, transportability; concept 584 mobilize [v] ready for action, movement activate, actuate, animate, assemble, call to arms, call up, catalyze, circulate, drive, gather, get ready, impel, make ready, marshal, muster, organize, prepare, propel, put in motion, rally, ready, set in motion, set off; concepts 148,187, 221,320 Ant. check, demobilize, end, halt, hold back, stop

mobster [n] gangster criminal, crook, godfather, goon, gunman/ woman, hit man/woman, hood, hoodlum, hooligan*, Maoso*, member of the family*, outlaw, racketeer, soldier*, thug, wiseguy*; concept 412 mock [adj] articial, fake apish*, bogus*, counterfeit, dummy, ersatz*, faked, false, feigned, forged, fraudulent, hokey*, imitation, imitative, make-believe, mimic, phony, pretended, pseudo*, put-on*, quasi*, sham*, simulated, so-called*, spurious, substitute, unreal; concepts 566,582 Ant. authentic, genuine, real mock [v1] ridicule buffoon, burlesque, caricature, chaff, deride, out, hoot, insult, jape, jeer, kid, laugh at, make fun of, needle, parody, poke fun at*, rally, rib*, scoff, scorn, show contempt, sneer, taunt, tease, thumb nose at*, travesty; concepts 7,19,49 Ant. atter, praise mock [v2] mimic affect, ape, assume, burlesque, caricature, counterfeit, ditto*, do, fake, feign, hoke, imitate, lampoon, mime, mirror, parody, satirize, send up*, simulate, take off*, travesty; concept 111 Ant. exalt mock [v3] deceive beguile, belie, betray, challenge, cheat, defeat, defy, delude, disappoint, double-cross*, dupe, elude, foil, fool, frustrate, juggle, let down*, mislead, sell out*, thwart; concepts 59,63 Ant. tell truth mockery [n1] joke, parody burlesque, butt*, caricature, deception, farce, imitation, jest, lampoon, laughingstock, mimicry, mock, pretense, send-up*, sham*, spoof, sport*, take-off*, travesty; concepts 111,278 Ant. seriousness, solemnity mockery [n2] insult, disrespect contempt, contumely, derision, disdain, disparagement, gibe, jeer, ridicule, scofng, scorn, sport; concepts 49,278 Ant. attery, praise, respect mode [n1] manner, way approach, book, channels, condition, course, custom, fashion, form, mechanism, method, modus, nuts and bolts*, plan, posture, practice, procedure, process, quality, rule, situation, state, status, style, system, technique, tone, vein, wise; concepts 6,644 mode [n2] trend, fad chic, convention, craze, cry, dernier cri*, fashion, furor, last word*, latest thing*, latest wrinkle*, look, mainstream, now*, rage*, style, thing*, vogue; concepts 529,655 model [adj] typical, ideal archetypal, classic, classical, commendable, copy, dummy, exemplary, facsimile, awless, illustrative, imitation, miniature, paradigmatic, perfect, prototypical, quintessential, representative, standard, typical, very; concepts 566,574 Ant. atypical, imperfect, unusual model [n1] imitation, replica cartoon, clone, copy, copycat, dead ringer*, ditto*, dummy, duplicate, efgy, engraving, facsimile, gure, gurine, game plan, illustration, image, knockoff, layout, look-alike, miniature, mock-up, painting, paste-up, photograph, picture, pocket, portrait, print, relief, representation, ringer*, setup, sketch, spitting image*, statue, statuette, tracing, visual; concepts 259,625,628,667

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model [n2] example, standard apotheosis, archetype, beau ideal, criterion, design, emblem, embodiment, epitome, exemplar, gauge, hero, ideal, lodestar, mirror, mold, nonesuch, nonpareil, original, paradigm, paragon, pattern, prototype, quintessence, role model, saint, symbol, touchstone, type; concepts 686,688 model [n3] person, thing that poses dummy, manikin, mannequin, nude, sitter, subject; concept 348 Ant. photographer model [n4] type, version conguration, design, form, kind, mark, mode, style, variety; concepts 378,463,505,654 model [v1] form, shape base, carve, cast, create, design, fashion, mold, pattern, plan, sculpt; concept 184 model [v2] display, pose parade, represent, set example, show off, sit, sport, wear; concept 138 Ant. photograph moderate [adj1] calm, temperate abstinent, balanced, bearable, careful, cautious, compromising, conservative, considerate, considered, controlled, cool, deliberate, disciplined, dispassionate, equable, even, gentle, impartial, inconsiderable, inexpensive, judicious, limited, low-key, measured, middle-of-the-road*, midway, mild, modest, monotonous, neutral, nonpartisan, not excessive, pacic, peaceable, pleasant, reasonable, reserved, restrained, sober, soft, steady, straight, tame, tolerable, tolerant, tranquil, untroubled; concepts 533,563 Ant. excessive, extreme, immoderate, outrageous, uncontrolled, unlimited, unreasonable, unrestrained, violent, wild moderate [adj2] fair, average, so-so bland, fairish*, fair to middling*, inconsequential, inconsiderable, indifferent, intermediate, mean, mediocre, medium, middling*, ordinary, paltry, passable, piddling*, triing, trivial, unexceptional; concepts 547,575 Ant. considerable, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, liberal, signicant moderate [v1] restrain, control abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, calm, chasten, check, constrain, cool*, cool out*, curb, decline, decrease, die down, diminish, ease off, fall, lessen, let up, meet halfway, mitigate, modify, modulate, mollify, pacify, play down, qualify, quiet, reduce, regulate, relent, relieve, repress, slacken, slow, soften, soft-pedal, subdue, subside, tame, temper, tone down, wane; concepts 94,130,240 Ant. egg on, free, incite, let go, liberate, unleash moderate [v2] mediate, arbitrate chair, judge, make peace*, negotiate, preside, referee, take the chair*, umpire; concepts 18,317 Ant. turn over moderately [adv] to a degree, to some extent a little, averagely, enough, fairly, gently, in moderation, in reason, kind of, more or less*, more than not*, not exactly, passably, pretty, quite, quite a bit, rather, reasonably, slightly, some, something, somewhat, sort of, so-so*, temperately, tolerable, tolerably, tolerantly, within limits*, within reason*; concepts 544,772 Ant. immoderately, unlimitedly

moderation [n] temperance balance, calmness, composure, constraint, coolness, dispassionateness, equanimity, fairness, forbearance, golden mean, judiciousness, justice, justness, lenity, measure, mildness, moderateness, patience, poise, quiet, reasonableness, restraint, sedateness, sedation, sobriety, steadiness, toleration; concepts 633,657 Ant. extreme, indulgence, intemperance, intensity, outrageousness, severity, unlimitedness, violence, wildness moderator [n] mitigator alleviator, mediator, pacier, peacemaker, referee, soother, stabilizer; concepts 348,366 modern [adj] new, up-to-date avant-garde, coincident, concomitant, concurrent, contempo, contemporary, current, cutting-edge*, fresh, last word*, late, latest, latter-day*, leadingedge*, modernistic, modernized, modish, neoteric, newfangled*, new-fashioned, novel, now, present, present-day, prevailing, prevalent, recent, state-of-the-art*, stylish, today, twenty- rst century*, up-to-theminute, with-it*; concepts 578,589,797 Ant. ancient, antiquated, obsolete, old, old-fashioned, outdated, passe modernize [v] bring up to date; remodel improve, refresh, regenerate, rejuvenate, remake, renew, renovate, restore, revamp, revive, update; concepts 168,177,202 Ant. antique, date, outmode, regress, wear modest [adj1] shy bashful, blushing, chaste, coy, demure, difdent, discreet, humble, lowly, meek, moderate, nice, proper, prudent, quiet, reserved, resigned, reticent, retiring, seemly, self-conscious, self-effacing, sheepish, silent, simple, temperate, timid, unassertive, unassuming, unassured, unboastful, unobtrusive, unpresuming, unpretending, unpretentious, withdrawing; concepts 401,404 Ant. arrogant, assured, bold, brave, conceited, courageous, egotistical, proud, self-condent, unabashed, unashamed modest [adj2] limited, ordinary average, cheap, discreet, dry, economical, fair, humble, inelaborate, inexpensive, middling, moderate, natural, plain, reasonable, simple, small, unadorned, unaffected, unembellished, unembroidered, unexceptional, unexcessive, unextravagant, unextreme, unobtrusive, unornamented, unostentatious, unpretentious, unradical, unstudied; concepts 334,547,562 Ant. extraordinary, immodest, ostentatious, presumptuous, unlimited modesty [n] shyness bashfulness, celibacy, chastity, constraint, coyness, decency, delicacy, demureness, difdence, discreetness, humbleness, humility, inhibition, innocence, lack of pretension, meekness, propriety, prudery, purity, quietness, reserve, reticence, selfeffacement, simplicity, timidity, unobtrusiveness, unostentatiousness, unpretentiousness, virtue; concept 633 Ant. arrogance, boldness, braveness, conceit, courage, ego, pride, self-condence modicum [n] bit, small amount atom, crumb, dash, drop, fraction, fragment, grain, inch,

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iota, jot, little, minim, mite, molecule, ounce, particle, pinch, scrap, shred, smidge, speck, tinge, touch, trie, whit; concept 831 Ant. lot modify [v1] alter, change adapt, adjust, become, convert, correct, customize, doctor, mutate, recast, redo, refashion, reform, remodel, reorganize, repair, reshape, revise, rework, shift gears*, switch over, transgure, transform, transmogrify, transmute, turn, turn one around*, turn over new leaf*, turn the corner*, turn the tables*, tweak*, vary; concept 232 Ant. leave alone, stagnate modify [v2] lessen, reduce abate, curb, decrease, limit, lower, mitigate, moderate, modulate, qualify, relax, remit, restrain, restrict, slacken, soften, temper, tone down; concepts 236,240, 247 Ant. grow, increase modish [adj] fashionable a la mode*, all the rage*, chic, contemporary, current, dashing, exclusive, faddy, fresh, happening, hip*, in*, in-thing*, last-word, latest, mod*, now*, smart, stylish, swank, swish*, trendy, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute, vogue, voguish, with-it*; concepts 578,589,797 Ant. old-fashioned, unfashionable, unstylish modulate [v] adjust, harmonize attune, balance, ne-tune, inect, regulate, restrain, revamp, switch, temper, tone, transmogrify, tune, tweak, vary; concept 202 Ant. leave alone modus operandi [n] mode of operation manner, method, method of operation, M.O., procedure, process, rule of thumb, technique, way, way of doing things, workings; concepts 6,630 mogul [n] person who has great power, many possessions executive, key player*, king, magnate, notable, personage, potentate, prince, princess, queen, royalty, top brass*, tycoon, VIP*; concepts 347,354 moist [adj] wet, wettish clammy, damp, dampish, dank, dewy, dripping, drippy, drizzly, humid, irriguous, muggy, not dry, oozy*, rainy, soggy, teary, watery; concept 603 Ant. dry moisten [v] make wet, damp bathe, bedew, dampen, dip, drench, humidify, lick, mist, moisturize, rain on, rinse, saturate, shower, soak, sog, sop, splash, splatter, spray, sprinkle, squirt, steam, steep, wash, water, water down, waterlog, wet; concept 256 Ant. dry moisture [n] dampness; liquid damp, dankness, dew, drizzle, fog, humidity, mist, perspiration, precipitation, rain, sweat, water, wateriness, wet, wetness; concepts 467,524 Ant. dryness moisturizer [n] lotion balm, cream, demulcent, emollient, liniment, oil, ointment, salve, unction, unguent; concepts 311,446,466,467,468 mold [n] form, pattern cast, cavity, character, class, depression, description, design, die, frame, image, impression, kind, lot, matrix, model, nature, shape, sort, stamp, type, womb; concepts 378,411,436 mold [v] form, give shape build, construct, devise, erect, fashion, forge, form, frame, make, pat, plan, plant, plot, put together, round, scheme, sculpt, whittle; concepts 173, 175,184, 251 Ant. dismantle moldy [adj] musty airless, dirty, funky,

mildewed, mildewy, putrid, rotten, rotting, smelly, stale, stuffy; concepts 578,598,603,797 mole [n1] blemish beauty mark, beauty spot, birthmark, blot, freckle, nevus, strawberry mark; concept 580 mole [n2] spy agent, double agent, inltrator, informer, inside man/woman, secret agent; concepts 348,412 molecule [n] smallest part bit, fragment, iota, jot, minim, mite, modicum, mote, ounce, particle, ray, speck, unit; concepts 393,831 molest [v1] physically abuse accost, assail, attack, disorganize, displace, disturb, encroach, fondle, harm, hinder, hurt, illtreat, injure, interfere, intrude, maltreat, meddle, misuse, rape; concepts 246,375 Ant. be careful, guard, protect molest [v2] bother, annoy abuse, afict, badger, bait, bedevil, beset, break in, bug*, confuse, discommode, discompose, disquiet, disturb, encroach, frighten, harass, harry, heckle, hector, interrupt, intrude, irk, irritate, obtrude, persecute, perturb, pester, plague, pother, pursue, scare, tease, terrify, torment, trouble, upset, vex, worry; concepts 7,14,19 Ant. assist, cheer, make happy, please mollify [v] pacify, soothe abate, allay, alleviate, ameliorate, appease, assuage, blunt, calm, compose, conciliate, cool, cushion, decrease, diminish, dulcify, ease, x up, lessen, lighten, lull, mellow, mitigate, moderate, modify, pacify, patch things up*, placate, propitiate, quell, quiet, reduce, relieve, soften, sweeten, take sting out*, temper, tranquilize; concepts 7,22,244,698 Ant. agitate, depress, exasperate, harass, incite, provoke, trouble, upset, worry mollycoddle [v] pamper baby, caress, cater to, coddle, cosset, dandle*, fondle, indulge, overindulge, overprotect, pet, spoil, wait on; concepts 136,295 molt [v] shed cast off, decorticate, doff, exuviate, peel, pull off, slough, take off; concepts 142,176,179,180,180,992 molten [adj] melted fused, glowing, igneous, liqueed, smelted; concepts 250,255 mom [n] mother child-bearer, grandmother, ma*, mama*, matriarch, matron, mommy*, mum*, mumsy*, parent; concepts 394, 400,414 moment [n1] brief time period bit, breathing, crack, date, ash, hour, instant, jiff*, jiffy*, juncture, minute, nothing at*, no time*, occasion, point, point in time, sec*, second, shake, split second*, stage, three winks*, tick*, time, trice*, twinkle*, twinkling*, while, wink*; concepts 807,808 moment [n2] importance advantage, avail, concern, consequence, gravity, import, magnitude, momentousness, note, pith, prot, seriousness, signicance, signication, substance, use, value, weight, weightiness, worth; concept 668 Ant. triviality, unimportance momentarily [adv] for a short time briey, for a little while, for a minute, for a moment, for an instant, for a second, for a short time, for a short while, immediately, instantly, now, right

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now, temporarily; concept 820 Ant. lengthily, permanently momentary [adj] brief, eeting cursory, dreamlike, ephemeral, evanescent, ashing, itting*, ying, fugacious, fugitive, gone in ash*, hasty, impermanent, impulsive, instantaneous, in wink of an eye*, like lightning, passing, quick, shifting, short, short-lived, spasmodic, summary, temporary, transient, transitory, vanishing, volatile; concept 798 Ant. lasting, long-lasting, permanent, staying momentous [adj] important; serious big, chips are down*, consequential, considerable, critical, crucial, decisive, earth-shaking, earth-shattering, epochal, eventful, far-reaching, fateful, grave, heavy, heavy number, historic, material, meaningful, memorable, notable, of moment, outstanding, pivotal, signicant, substantial, vital, weighty; concept 568 Ant. immaterial, insignicant, triing, trivial, unimportant momentum [n] impetus, push drive, energy, force, impulse, power, propulsion, strength, thrust; concepts 641,712 monarch [n] ruler autocrat, crowned head, despot, emperor, empress, king, majesty, potentate, prince, princess, queen, sovereign; concepts 354,422 monastery [n] place where monks live abbey, cloister, friary, house, lamasery, priory, religious community; concepts 368,439,516 monetary [adj] concerning money, nances budgetary, capital, cash, commercial, nancial, scal, pecuniary, pocket; concept 334 money [n] currency accepted as exchange for goods, services almighty dollar*, banknote, bankroll, bill, bread*, bucks*, capital, cash, check, chips, coin, coinage, dough*, nances, fund, funds, gold, gravy*, greenback*, hard cash*, legal tender, loot*, medium of exchange, pay, payment, pesos*, property, resources, riches, roll, salary, silver, specie, treasure, wad*, wage, wealth, wherewithal*; concept 340 moneyed [adj] rich afuent, fat-cat*, ush*, leisure-class*, loaded*, opulent, prosperous, upper-class, upscale, uptown, wealthy, wellheeled*, well-off*, well-to-do*; concept 334 Ant. destitute, poor moneymaking [adj] producing prot advantageous, gainful, going, good, lucrative, paying, protable, remunerative, successful, thriving, well-paying; concept 334 Ant. unprotable mongrel [n] animal of mixed background bastard, cross, crossbreed, cur, half-blood, halfbreed, hybrid, mixed breed, mixture, mule, mutt; concept 394 moniker [n] nickname appellation, byname, denomination, handle*, label, pet name*, sobriquet, tag*; concepts 268,683 monitor [n] person who watches, oversees adviser, auditor, counselor, director, eavesdropper, guide, informant, invigilator, listener, overseer, supervisor, watchdog; concepts 348,350 monitor [v] listen, watch carefully advise, audit, check, control, counsel, follow, keep an eye on*, keep track of*, observe, oversee, record,

scan, supervise, survey, track; concepts 117, 596,623 Ant. forget, ignore, neglect monk [n] man who devotes life to contemplation of god abbot, anchorite, ascetic, brother, cenobite, eremite, friar, hermit, monastic, priest, recluse, religious, solitary; concept 361 monkey [n] primate anthropoid, ape, baboon, chimpanzee, gorilla, imp, lemur, monk, orangutan, rascal, scamp, simian; concept 394 monkey [v] ddle, tamper with busybody, butt in*, fool, fool around*, fool with*, horn in*, interfere, interlope, intermeddle, make*, meddle, mess, play, pry, tinker, trie; concepts 87,612 Ant. leave alone monkey business [n] foolishness absurdity, absurdness, antics, carrying-on*, craziness, disobedience, foolery, high jinks, horse feathers*, horseplay, inanity, insanity, irresponsibility, ludicrousness, lunacy, misbehavior, mischief-making, nonsense, poppycock*, silliness, stupidity, tommyrot*; concept 633 monolithic [adj] massive big, bulky, colossal, consistent, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantic, grand, great, huge, hulking, immense, immovable, imposing, mammoth, permanent, solid, titanic, towering, uniform, vast, whopping*; concepts 773,781 monologue [n] speech by one person address, descant, discourse, disquisition, harangue, lecture, sermon, soliloquy, speech, stand-up bit*, talk; concepts 266,278 Ant. dialogue monopolize [v] dominate, control absorb, acquire, bogart, consume, copyright, corner, corner the market*, devour, employ, engross, exclude, exercise control, have, hog*, hold, keep to oneself, lock up*, manage, own, own exclusively, patent, possess, restrain, sew up*, sit on*, syndicate, take over, take up, use, utilize; concepts 94,324,710 Ant. distribute, scatter, share monopoly [n] something held, owned exclusively cartel, consortium, copyright, corner, holding, oligopoly, ownership, patent, pool, possessorship, proprietorship, syndicate, trust; concept 710 Ant. distribution, jointownership, scattering, sharing monotonous [adj] all the same, remaining the same banausic, blah*, boring, colorless, dreary, droning, dull, dull as dishwater*, at, at as pancake*, ho-hum*, humdrum*, monotone, nothing, pedestrian, plodding, prosaic, puts one to sleep*, recurrent, reiterated, repetitious, repetitive, samely, sing-song*, soporic, tedious, tiresome, toneless, treadmill, unchanged, unchanging, uniform, uninected, uninteresting, unrelieved, unvaried, unvarying, wearisome, wearying; concept 529 Ant. changing, everchanging, exciting, lively, variable, versatile monotony [n] boredom; sameness colorlessness, continuance, continuity, dreariness, dryness, dullness, ennui, equability, evenness, atness, humdrum*, identicalness, invariability, levelness, likeness, monotone, monotonousness, oneness, repetitiousness, repetitiveness, routine, same old thing*, similarity, tediousness, tedium, tiresomeness, unchangeableness, uniformity,

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wearisomeness; concepts 410,637,673 Ant. change, color, excitement, liveliness, variability, versatility monster [n] giant animal; supernatural being abnormality, barbarian, beast, behemoth, brute, centaur, colossus, demon, devil, dragon, end, Frankenstein, freak, giant, hellion, horror, leviathan, lusus naturae, mammoth, miscreation, monstrosity, mutant, ogre, phoenix, savage, titan, villain, werewolf, whale; concept 370 monstrosity [n] freak abnormality, atrocity, deformity, dreadfulness, enormity, eyesore, freakishness, frightfulness, grotesqueness, heinousness, hideousness, horror, monster, mutant, mutation; concepts 411,657 monstrous [adj1] unnatural, shocking aberrant, abnormal, atrocious, cruel, desperate, devilish, diabolical, disgraceful, dreadful, egregious, evil, endish, agitious, foul, freakish, frightful, grotesque, gruesome, heinous, hellish, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrifying, infamous, inhuman, intolerable, loathsome, macabre, miscreated, morbid, obscene, odious, ominous, outrageous, preposterous, rank, satanic, scandalous, teratoid, terrible, uncanny, unusual, vicious, villainous; concepts 537, 564,582 Ant. average, common, expected, natural, ordinary, standard monstrous [adj2] very large colossal, cracking, elephantine, enormous, fantastic, gargantuan, giant, gigantic, grandiose, great, huge, immense, impressive, magnicent, mammoth, massive, monumental, prodigious, stupendous, titanic, towering, tremendous, vast, whopping; concepts 773,781 Ant. little, miniature, small, tiny monument [n] memorial, remembrance cairn, cenotaph, column, commemoration, erection, footstone, gravestone, headstone, ledger, magnum opus, marker, masterpiece, mausoleum, memento, monolith, obelisk, pile, pillar, record, reminder, shrine, slab, statue, stele, stone, tablet, testament, token, tomb, tombstone, tower, tribute, witness; concepts 259,271, 305,470 monumental [adj] impressive, overwhelming awe-inspiring, awesome, classic, enduring, enormous, fantastic, gigantic, grand, great, historic, huge, immense, immortal, important, lasting, lofty, majestic, mammoth, massive, memorable, mighty, mortal, mountainous, outstanding, prodigious, signicant, stupendous, towering, tremendous, unforgettable, vast; concepts 568,773 Ant. insignicant, trivial, unimportant, unimposing, unimpressive mooch [v] cadge beg, borrow, bum*, bum off*, freeload, leach off*, scrounge, sponge; concept 89 mood [n] state of mind affection, air, atmosphere, attitude, aura, bent*, blues*, caprice, character, color*, condition, crotchet, cue, depression, desire, disposition, doldrums, dumps*, emotion, fancy, feel*, feeling, frame of mind*, high spirits, humor, inclination, individuality, low spirits, melancholy, mind, personality, pleasure, propensity, response, scene, semblance, soul, spirit, strain, temper, temperament,

tendency, tenor, timbre, vagary, vein, whim, wish; concepts 410,411,673 Ant. health moody [adj] crabby, temperamental angry, cantankerous, capricious, changeable, crabbed*, crestfallen, cross, dismal, doleful, dour, downcast, down in the dumps*, down in the mouth*, erratic, ckle, tful, ighty, frowning, gloomy, glum, huffy, ill-humored, ill-tempered, impulsive, in a huff*, in the doldrums, introspective, irascible, irritable, lugubrious, melancholy, mercurial, miserable, moping, morose, offended, out of sorts*, pensive, petulant, piqued, sad, saturnine, short-tempered, splenetic, sulky, sullen, testy, touchy; concept 403 Ant. balanced, cheerful, happy, overjoyed moon [n] Earth s satellite celestial body, crescent, full moon, half-moon, heavenly body, new moon, old moon, orb of night*, planetoid, pumpkin*, quarter-moon, satellite; concepts 511,809 moon [v] dream about; desire daydream, idle, languish, mope, pine, waste time, yearn; concept 20 Ant. abhor, despise, dislike, hate moonshine [n] illegally distilled alcohol bathtub gin*, bootleg, rewater*, home brew, hooch*, mountain dew*, rotgut*, white lightning; concepts 454,467 moor [v] anchor, fasten securely berth, catch, chain, dock, x, lash, make fast, picket, secure, tether, tie, tie up; concepts 85,160 Ant. loose, push off, unhitch mooring [n] landing anchorage, berth, dock, harbor, marina, pier, port, station, wharf; concept 439 moot [adj] doubtful, arguable at issue, contestable, controversial, debatable, disputable, dubious, open, open to debate, problematic, questionable, suspect, uncertain, undecided, unresolved, unsettled; concept 535 Ant. decided, denite, proven, resolved mop [n1] tangle of material, often used to absorb liquid duster, sponge, squeegee, swab, sweeper, towel; concepts 392,499 mop [n2] thick mass of hair mane, shock, tangle, thatch, tresses; concept 399 mop [v] clean by using water and cloth dab, dust, pat, polish, rub, soak up, sponge, squeegee, swab, towel off, wash, wipe; concept 165 mope [v] pout, be dejected ache, be apathetic, be down in the mouth*, be gloomy, be in a funk*, bleed*, brood, chafe, despair, despond, droop, eat ones heart out, fret, grieve, grumble, grump, idle, lament, languish, lose heart, moon, pine, pine away*, regret, repine, sink, stew over*, sulk, sweat over*, waste time*, wear a long face*, yearn; concepts 20,410 Ant. be elated, be happy moral [adj] ethical, honest aboveboard, blameless, chaste, conscientious, correct, courteous, decent, decorous, dutiful, elevated, exemplary, good, high-minded, honorable, immaculate, incorruptible, innocent, just, kindly, kosher*, laudable, meet, meritorious, modest, moralistic, noble, praiseworthy, principled, proper, pure, respectable, right, righteous, saintly, salt of the earth*, scrupulous, seemly, square, straight, true-blue*, trustworthy, truthful, upright,

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upstanding, virtuous, worthy; concept 545 Ant. amoral, bad, corrupt, dishonest, evil, immoral, sinful, unethical, unprincipled, vile moral [n] lesson, proverb adage, aphorism, apophthegm, axiom, dictum, epigram, gnome, maxim, meaning, message, moralism, motto, point, precept, rule, saw, saying, sermon, signicance, truism; concepts 278,283 morale [n] condence, self-esteem assurance, attitude, disposition, drive, esprit, esprit de corps, heart, humor, mettle, mood, outlook, resolve, self-condence, self-possession, spirit, temper, temperament, turn, vigor; concepts 410 morality [n] ethics, honesty chastity, conduct, decency, ethicality, ethicalness, gentleness, godliness, good habits, goodness, honor, ideals, incorruptibility, incorruption, integrity, justice, manners, moral code, morals, mores, philosophy, principle, principles, probity, purity, rectitude, righteousness, rightness, saintliness, standards, uprightness, virtue, worthiness; concept 645 Ant. amorality, badness, corruption, dishonesty, evil, immorality, sinfulness, unethicalness moralize [v] preach admonish, edify, lecture, pass judgment, ponticate, pontify, preachify, sermonize, teach; concepts 51,75 morals [n] personal principles, standards behavior, beliefs, conduct, customs, dogmas, ethic, ethics, habits, ideals, integrity, manners, morality, mores, policies, scruples; concepts 411,645,688 Ant. amorality, disrespectability, immorality, indecency, unethicalness morass [n] bog; mess chaos, confusion, fen, jam, jungle, knot, labyrinth, marsh, maze, mesh, mix-up, muddle, quagmire, skein, snarl, swamp, tangle, web; concepts 230,509 Ant. order, organization moratorium [n] suspension abeyance, abeyancy, adjournment, ban, break, breather*, breathing spell*, deferment, delay, downtime*, ve*, freeze, grace period, halt, pause, postponement, reprieve, respite, stay, truce; concepts 119, 807,832 morbid [adj] gloomy, nasty, sickly aberrant, abnormal, ailing, brooding, dark, deadly, depressed, despondent, diseased, dreadful, frightful, ghastly, ghoulish, grim, grisly, gruesome, hideous, horrid, infected, irascible, macabre, malignant, melancholy, monstrous, moody, pessimistic, saturnine, sick, somber, sullen, unhealthy, unnatural, unsound, unusual, unwholesome; concepts 314,403,537 Ant. cheerful, happy, healthy, pleased, sound mordant [adj] sarcastic acerb, acerbic, acid, biting, bitter, caustic, cutting, cynical, disparaging, disrespectful, mean, poignant, pointed, sardonic, scathing, sharp; concept 267 more [adj] additional, greater added, aggrandized, also, amassed, and, another, augmented, besides, bounteous, deeper, else, enhanced, exceeding, expanded, extended, extra, farther, fresh, further, heavier, higher, in addition, increased, innumerable, larger, likewise, major, massed, more than that, new, numerous, other, over and above, spare, supplementary, too many, wider; concepts 762,771 Ant. fewer, less

more [adv] to a greater extent additionally, along with, also, as well, besides, better, beyond, further, furthermore, in addition, likewise, longer, moreover, over, too, withal; concepts 544,772 Ant. fewer, less more or less [adv] approximately about, almost, around, ballpark gure*, bordering on, circa, close to, in the ballpark*, in the neighborhood of, in the vicinity of, just about, not far from, not quite, on average, relatively, roughly, thereabouts, very close; concept 566 moreover [adv] additionally also, as well, besides, by the same token*, further, furthermore, in addition, likewise, more, to boot*, too, what is more*, withal, yet; concepts 544,772 mores [n] traditional customs attitude, codes, established ways, etiquette, formalities, manners, morals, policies, practices, principles, protocol, rites, rituals, routines, rules, social conduct, standards, way of life; concepts 644,687 morgue [n] mortuary charnel house, crematory, funeral home, funeral parlor; concepts 172,386 moribund [adj] dying at deaths door*, at the end of the rope*, declining, done for*, doomed, expiring, fading, fated, going, mortal, mortally ill, one foot in the grave*, on ones deathbed, on ones last leg*, passing, perishing; concept 539 morning [n] rst part of the day after midnight, AM, ante meridiem, aurora, before lunch, before noon, breakfast time*, break of day, cockcrow*, crack of dawn*, dawn, daybreak, daylight, dayspring, early bright*, rst blush*, foreday, forenoon, morn*, morningtide, morrow, prime*, sunrise, sunup, wee hours*; concepts 801,802,806,810 moron [n] stupid person addlepate, blockhead*, boob*, dimwit, dingbat*, dolt, dope*, dork*, dumbbell*, dummy*, dunce, fool, halfwit, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, lamebrain*, loony*, loser*, mental defective*, nerd*, simpleton; concept 423 Ant. brain moronic [adj] stupid asinine, brainless, dense, dimwitted, doltish, dopey*, dumb, foolish, half-baked*, idiotic, ill-advised, imbecilic, inane, irresponsible, ludicrous, mindless, nonsensical, pointless, senseless, unintelligent, unthinking; concepts 402,548 morose [adj] depressed, pessimistic acrimonious, blue*, brusque, cantankerous, choleric, churlish, crabbed*, crabby*, cranky*, cross, dolorous, dour, down, down in the dumps*, down in the mouth*, frowning, gloomy, glum, grouchy, gruff, harsh, having blue devils*, having the blahs*, ill-humored, ill-tempered, in a bad mood*, in a blue funk*, irritable, low, melancholy, moody, moping, mournful, perverse, perversive, sad, saturnine, singing the blues*, snappish, sour, splenetic, sulky, sullen, surly, taciturn, testy, troubled, ugly; concept 403 Ant. cheerful, friendly, happy, light-hearted, optimistic, uplifted morsel [n] tiny piece bait, bit, bite, chunk, crumb, cut, delicacy, drop, fraction, fragment, grain, hunk, lump, mouthful, nibble, nosh,

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part, sample, scrap, segment, slice, snack, soupon, taste, tidbit, treat; concepts 457,458, 831,835 Ant. lot mortal [adj1] deadly bitter, death-dealing, deathly, destructive, dire, ending, extreme, fatal, grave, great, grievous, grim, intense, killing, last, lethal, malignant, merciless, monstrous, mortiferous, murderous, noxious, pestilent, pestilential, poisonous, relentless, remorseless, ruthless, severe, terminal, terrible, unrelenting; concept 537 Ant. invigorating, lifegiving, permanent, refreshing mortal [adj2] human animate, bipedal, corporeal, creatural, earthly, ecce homo, ephemeral, evanescent, fading, nite, frail, fugacious, impermanent, momentary, passing, perishable, precarious, sublunary, temporal, transient, weak, worldly; concept 549 Ant. animal, immortal, inhuman, plant mortal [n] human being animal, being, body, character, creature, earthling, human, individual, living soul, man, naked ape, party, person, personage, soul, woman; concept 417 Ant. animal, plant mortality [n1] death bloodshed, carnage, deadliness, destruction, dying, extinction, fatality, killing, lethality, loss of life; concept 407 Ant. birth, life mortality [n2] humanness being, ephemerality, esh, Homo sapiens, humanity, humankind, human race, impermanence, temporality, transience; concepts 417,648 Ant. animal life, immortality, inhumanness, plant life mortally [adv] fatally badly, critically, gravely, painfully, seriously; concepts 544,565,568 mortgage [n] loan agreement contract, debt, deed, homeowners loan, pledge, title; concept 332 mortician [n] undertaker embalmer, funeral director; concept 304 mortication [n] humiliation abasement, affront, bring down, chagrin, condescension, degradation, disgrace, dishonor, embarrassment, humbling, ignominy, loss of face*, put-down, resignation, shame; concepts 388,410 mortify [v] embarrass abase, abash, affront, annoy, belittle, chagrin, chasten, confound, control, crush, deate, deny, disappoint, discipline, discomt, disgrace, displease, get ones comeuppance*, harass, humble, humiliate, put to shame, ridicule, shame, subdue, take down a peg*, take the wind out*, vex, worry; concepts 7,19,52,54 Ant. compliment, atter, praise, satisfy mortuary [n] funeral home charnel house, crematory, funeral parlor, morgue; concept 304 mosaic [n] collage checker, montage, motley, patchwork, plaid, tessellation, variegation; concepts 259,625 mosey [v] saunter amble, dally, dilly-dally, drift, linger, loiter, meander, mope*, move slowly, ramble, stroll along, take a stroll, take it easy, traipse, walk slowly; concept 151 mosque [n] temple cathedral, chapel, church, holy place, house of God, house of worship,

masjid, place of worship, sanctuary, shrine, synagogue, tabernacle; concepts 368,439 mossback [n] old-fashioned person conservative, fuddy-duddy*, geezer*, old fogy*, old geezer*, square*; concept 424 most [adj] best, greatest better, biggest, greater, highest, largest, lions share*, max*, maximum, ultimate, utmost, uttermost; concepts 771,772 Ant. least most [adv] nearly all; extremely about, all but, almost, approximately, close, eminently, exceedingly, in the majority, mightily, much, nearly, nigh, practically, remarkably, super, surpassingly, too, very, well-nigh; concepts 544,569,771 Ant. least mostly [adv] generally, mainly above all, almost entirely, as a rule*, chiey, customarily, essentially, for the most part*, frequently, in many instances*, largely, many times, most often, often, on the whole*, overall, particularly, predominantly, primarily, principally, regularly, usually; concepts 544,548,772 mote [n] speck atom, bit, crumb, dot, eck, fragment, grain, iota, particle, small thing, smidgen, speckle, tiny bit, trace; concept 831 motel [n] temporary, short-term residence, often for travelers cabin, court, hotel, inn, lodge, motor court, resort, roadhouse; concepts 439, 449,516 moth-eaten [adj] shabby; stale ancient, antiquated, archaic, dated, decayed, decrepit, dilapidated, moribund, old-fashioned, outdated, ragged, tattered, threadbare, worn-out; concept 485 mother [n] female person who has borne children ancestor, child-bearer, creator, forebearer, mom*, mommy*, origin, parent, predecessor, procreator, progenitor, source; concepts 394,400,414,415,423 Ant. father motif [n] central theme concept, design, idea, logo, notion, pattern, structure, subject; concepts 278,682,689 motion [n1] movement, action act, advance, agitation, ambulation, body English*, change, changing, direction, drift, dynamics, ow, uctuation, ux, full swing*, gesticulation, gesture, high sign*, inclination, kinetics, locomotion, mobility, motility, move, oscillation, passage, passing, progress, sign, signal, stir, stirring, stream, sway, sweep, swing, tendency, travel, wave, wavering; concept 145 Ant. immobility, repose, rest, stagnation, stiffness, stillness motion [n2] formal suggestion in a meeting plan, proposal, proposition, recommendation, submission; concepts 75,278 motion [v] gesture, direct beckon, ag, gesticulate, guide, invite, move, nod, sign, signal, signalize, wave; concept 149 Ant. be still motionless [adj] calm, not moving apoplectic, at a standstill, at rest, becalmed, dead, deadlocked, deathly, rm, xed, frozen, halted, immobile, immotile, inanimate, inert, lifeless, numb, palsied, paralyzed, petried, quiescent, quiet, spellbound, stable, stagnant, stalled,

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standing, static, stationary, steadfast, still, stock-still, torpid, transxed, unmovable, unmoved, unmoving; concepts 488,584 Ant. active, busy, lively, mobile, moving motion picture [n] movie cine, cinema, cinematics, cinematograph, feature lm, lm, ick*, moving picture, picture show, silver screen*, talkie*, talking picture, videotape; concepts 263,293 motivate [v] stimulate, instigate actuate, arouse, bring, cause, dispose, draw, drive, egg on*, excite, re, galvanize, give incentive, goad, goose*, impel, incite, incline, induce, innervate, innerve, inspire, inspirit, lead, move, persuade, pique, predetermine, predispose, prevail upon, prompt, propel, provoke, quicken, rouse, set afoot, set astir, sound, spark, spur, suggest, sway, touch off, trigger, whet; concepts 14,68,242 Ant. depress, disconcert, discourage, dissuade motivation [n] ambition, inspiration action, actuation, angle, catalyst, desire, disposition, drive, encouragement, re, get up and go*, gimmick, goose*, hunger, impetus, impulse, impulsion, incentive, incitation, incitement, inclination, inducement, instigation, interest, kick*, motive, persuasion, predetermination, predisposition, provocation, push, reason, right stuff*, spur, stimulus, suggestion, wish; concepts 20,411,689 Ant. depression, discouragement motive [n] reason, purpose aim, antecedent, basis, cause, consideration, design, determinant, drive, emotion, end, feeling, grounds, idea, impulse, incentive, incitement, inducement, inuence, inspiration, intent, intention, mainspring, motivation, object, occasion, passion, rationale, root, spring, spur, stimulus, thinking; concepts 20,661,689 Ant. deterrent, discouragement, hindrance motley [adj] mixed, varied assorted, conglomerate, dappled, discrepant, disparate, dissimilar, diversied, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, kaleidoscopic, mingled, miscellaneous, mixed, mottled, multicolor, multicolored, multiform, multihued, polychromatic, prismatic, rainbow, unlike, varicolored, variegated, various, versicolor; concepts 564,618 Ant. homogenous, like, same, similar, uniform, unmixed, unvaried motor [n] engine cylinder, diesel, generator, mechanism, piston, power train, transformer, turbine, whats under the hood*; concept 463 motorcade [n] procession of motor vehicles caravan, convoy, parade; concepts 432,503 motorcycle [n] motorbike chopper*, dirt bike, enduro, hog*, minibike, moped, scooter; concepts 364,505 motor home [n] recreational vehicle camper, mobile home, RV; concept 505 motorized [adj] power-driven mechanical, mechanized, powered; concept 544 mottled [adj] speckled blotchy, checkered, dappled, ecked, freckled, maculate, marbled, motley, piebald, pied, skewbald, spotted, streaked, tabby, variegated; concepts 606, 618 Ant. plain, unecked

motto [n] saying, slogan adage, aphorism, apothegm, battle cry, byword, catchphrase, cry, epigram, formula, maxim, precept, proverb, rallying cry, rule, saw, sentiment, shibboleth, war cry, watchword, word; concept 278 mound [n] heap, hill anthill, bank, drift, dune, embankment, hillock, knoll, mass, molehill, mountain, pile, rise, shock, stack, tumulus; concepts 432,509 Ant. depression, ditch, valley mount [v1] climb arise, ascend, back, bestride, clamber up, climb onto, climb up on, escalade, escalate, get astride, get up on, go up, jump on, lift, rise, scale, soar, tower, up, vault; concepts 149,154,166 Ant. alight, dismount, fall mount [v2] increase, grow accumulate, aggravate, augment, build, deepen, enhance, enlarge, escalate, expand, heighten, intensate, intensify, multiply, pile up, redouble, rise, rouse, swell, upsurge, wax; concepts 704,780 Ant. decline, decrease, drop, fall, slump, subside mount [v3] afx, frame emplace, exhibit, t, install, place, position, prepare, produce, put in place, put on, set up, show, stage; concepts 174,261 Ant. dismount, unx mountain [n] very large hill abundance, alp, bank, bluff, butte, cliff, crag, dome, drift, elevation, eminence, glob, heap, height, hump, mass, mesa, mound, mount, palisade, peak, pike, pile, precipice, pyramid, range, ridge, shock, sierra, stack, ton, tor, volcano; concepts 432,509 Ant. crevasse, valley mountaineer [n] mountain climber alpinist, backpacker, climber, cragsman, cragswoman, hiker, rock climber; concepts 149,224,363 mountaineering [n] mountain climbing alpinism, backpacking, hiking, hill-climbing, rock-climbing; concepts 149,224,363 mountainous [adj] hilly; large alpine, big, colossal, gigantic, highland, huge, mammoth, tall, towering; concept 509 mountebank [n] charlatan cheat, con man/woman*, grifter, imposter, rip-off artist*, swindler; concept 412 mourn [v] be sad over loss ache, agonize, anguish, be brokenhearted*, bemoan, be sad, bewail, bleed, blubber, carry on, complain, cry, deplore, fret, grieve, hurt, keen, lament, languish, long for, miss, moan, pine, regret, repine, rue, sigh, sob, sorrow, suffer, take it hard*, wail, wear black*, weep, wring hands*, yearn; concepts 23,410 Ant. be happy, be joyful mournful [adj] sorrowful anguished, bereft, cheerless, depressed, disconsolate, distressing, doleful, dolent, forlorn, full of sorrow, griefstricken, grieving, grievous, heartbroken, in mourning, in pain, in sorrow, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sombre, woeful; concept 403 mourning [n] sadness, time of sadness aching, bereavement, blackness, crying, darkness, grief, grieving, keening, lamentation, lamenting, languishing, moaning, pining, repining, sorrowing, wailing, weeping, woe; concepts 388,410 Ant. cheer, happiness, joy mousy [adj] drab; quiet bashful, colorless, difdent, dull, indeterminate, ineffectual, pale,

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plain, self-effacing, shy, timid, timorous, unassertive, unassuming; concepts 401,618 Ant. beautiful, extroverted, fancy, xed-up mouth [n1] opening aperture, beak, box, cavity, chops*, clam, crevice, delta, door, embouchement, entrance, estuary, rth, y trap, funnel, gate, gills, gob, harbor, inlet, jaws, kisser*, lips, mush*, orice, portal, rim, trap*, yap*; concepts 392,513 mouth [n2] backtalk boasting, braggadocio, bragging, cheek, empty talk*, freshness, gas*, guff*, hot air*, idle talk, impudence, insolence, lip*, rudeness, sass*, sauce*; concepts 54,278 mouth off [v] talk back answer back, come back at, sass, sass back, wise off; concepts 44,52 mouthpiece [n] spokesperson agent, delegate, PR person, representative, speaker, spokesman, spokeswoman; concepts 348,354,359 mouth-watering [adj] appetizing aperitive, appealing, delectable, delicious, divine*, avorsome, full of avor, heavenly*, luscious, palatable, piquant, saporous, savory, scrumptious, succulent, tasty, tempting, yummy*; concept 613 mouthy [adj] talkative big-mouthed*, chattering, chatty*, full of hot air*, gabby, garrulous, gossipy, long-winded*, loose-lipped*, loudmouthed*, ranting, talky, vociferous, windy*; concept 267 movable [adj] transportable adaptable, adjustable, ambulatory, conveyable, deployable, detachable, in parts, liftable, loose, mobile, motile, moving, not fastened, not xed, on wheels, portable, portative, removable, separable, shiftable, transferable, turnable, unattached, unfastened, unstationary, unsteady; concepts 488,584 Ant. xed, immovable, permanent, unmovable, untransportable move [n] progress, deed act, action, alteration, change, maneuver, measure, modication, motion, movement, ploy, procedure, proceeding, shift, step, stir, stirring, stratagem, stroke, turn, variation; concepts 2,660 Ant. idleness, inaction, inactivity, regression, stagnation move [v1] be in motion, put in motion actuate, advance, blow, budge, bustle, carry, change, climb, crawl, cross, depart, dislocate, disturb, drift, drive, exit, ow, y, get away, get going, get off, glide, go, go away, head for, hurry, impel, jump, leap, leave, locomote, march, migrate, off-load, position, proceed, progress, propel, pull out, push, quit, relocate, remove, roll, run, scram, shift, ship, shove, skip out, split, stir, switch, take off, transfer, transport, transpose, travel, traverse, walk, withdraw; concepts 147,149,198 Ant. x, pause, remain, stay, stop move [v2] motivate, inuence activate, actuate, advocate, affect, agitate, bring, bring up, budge, carry, cause, convert, draw up, drive, excite, get going, give rise to, impel, impress, incite, induce, inspire, inspirit, instigate, introduce, lead, operate, persuade, play on, prevail upon, prompt, propel, propose, push, put forward, quicken, recommend, rouse, shift, shove, start,

stimulate, stir, strike, submit, suggest, sway, touch, tug at, turn, urge, work on; concepts 7,19,22,75,242 Ant. discourage, dishearten, dissuade movement [n1] motion, activity act, action, advance, agitation, alteration, change, changing, deed, development, displacement, dynamism, evolution, evolving, exercise, ight, ow, ux, gesture, journey, journeying, locomotion, maneuver, migration, mobility, motility, movableness, move, moving, operation, operativeness, passage, progress, progression, regression, roaming, shift, shifting, steps, stir, stirring, transferal, transit, translating, transplanting, undertaking, velocity, voyaging, wandering; concepts 2,145,697 Ant. cessation, halt, inaction, inactivity, pause, stoppage movement [n2] drive, campaign change, crusade, current, demonstration, displacement, drift, evolution, faction, ight, ow, front, group, grouping, march, mobilization, organization, party, patrol, shift, sweep, swing, tendency, transfer, transition, trend, unrest, withdrawal; concepts 381,697 Ant. indifference mover and shaker [n] doer achiever, catalyst, enterprising person, entrepreneur, generator, gogetter*, mover, player*, producer, spark plug*, upstart, wheeler and dealer*; concept 347 movie [n] presentation of action on continuous lm cine, cinema, cinematics, cinematograph, feature, lm, ick*, motion picture, moving picture, photoplay, picture, screenplay, show, silent*, silver screen*, talkie*, talking picture, videotape; concepts 263,293 moving [adj1] affecting, exciting affective, arousing, awakening, breathless, dynamic, eloquent, emotional, emotive, expressive, facund, far-out*, felt in gut*, grabbed by*, gripping, hairy*, heartbreaking, heartrending, impelling, impressive, inspirational, inspiring, meaningful, mind-bending*, mind-blowing*, motivating, persuasive, poignant, propelling, provoking, quickening, rallying, rousing, sententious, signicant, something*, stimulating, stimulative, stirring, stunning, touching, turned on by*; concepts 529,537 Ant. unaffecting, unemotional, unexciting, unmoving moving [adj2] mobile advancing, changing, climbing, evolving, ying, going, jumping, motile, movable, nomadic, portable, progressing, roaming, roving, running, shifting, traversing, unxed, unstable, unsteadfast, unsteady, walking; concepts 488,584 Ant. xed, immobile, permanent, stationary, unmoving mow [v] cut clip, crop, scythe, shear, sickle, trim; concepts 137,176,236,247 moxie [n] courage adventuresomeness, adventurousness, audacity, backbone, boldness, braveness, bravery, daring, dash, dauntlessness, determination, fearlessness, fortitude, gameness, grit, guts, hardihood, mettle, nerve, pluck, prowess, spirit, spunk, stamina, tenacity, toughness, valor; concepts 411,633 much [adj] plenty abundant, adequate, a lot of*, ample, complete, considerable, copious, countless, endless, enough, everywhere, extravagant,

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full, galore, generous, great, heaps*, immeasurable, jam-packed*, lavish, loads*, lotsa*, many, mega*, mucho*, no end*, plenteous, plentiful, profuse, satisfying, scads*, sizable, substantial, sufcient, very many, voluminous; concepts 772,781 Ant. little much [adv] greatly, a lot again and again, a great deal*, considerably, decidedly, eminently, exceedingly, exceptionally, extremely, frequently, highly, hugely, indeed, notably, oft, often, over and over*, regularly, repeatedly, surpassingly, time and time again*, very; concepts 530,544,548 Ant. little much [n] a great deal abundance, all kinds of*, a lot*, amplitude, appreciable amount, barrel, breadth, completeness, copiousness, excess, exuberance, fullness, gobs*, great quantity, heaps*, loads*, lots*, lump, mass, mess*, mountain, multiplicity, oodles*, overage, oversupply, pack, peck, pile, plentifulness, plenty, plethora, profuseness, riches, scads*, sufciency, superabundance, superuity, thousands, tons*, very much, volume, wealth; concept 771 Ant. little mud [n] wet dirt clay, mire, muck, ooze, silt, slab, sludge, slush; concept 509 muddle [n] confused state ataxia, awkwardness, botch, chaos, clutter, complexity, complication, confusion, daze, difculty, dilemma, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, disorganization, emergency, encumbrance, fog, foul-up*, hash, haze, intricacy, involvement, jumble, mess, mess and a half*, mix-up*, muss*, perplexity, plight, predicament, quandary, rats nest*, screw-up*, shambles*, snarl, struggle, tangle, trouble; concepts 230,410,666 Ant. enlightenment, order, organization muddle [v] confuse, disorganize addle, befuddle, bewilder, blunder, botch, bungle, clutter, complicate, confound, daze, derange, disarrange, discombobulate*, disorder, disorient, disturb, entangle, uster, foul, foul up*, jumble, louse up, make a mess of*, mess, misarrange, mix, mix up*, muck, mumble, murmur, nonplus, perplex, perturb, psych out*, rattle, ravel, rufe, scramble, shufe, snafu*, snarl, spoil, stir up, stumble, stupefy, tangle, throw, throw off, tumble; concepts 16,84,242 Ant. clear up, educate, enlighten, explain, explicate, order, organize muddled [adj] confused addled, befuddled, bewildered, blurred, chaotic, convoluted, dazed, disarranged, disarrayed, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, in disarray, jumbled, messy, mixed up, scrambled, topsy-turvy, untidy; concept 585 muddy [adj] dark and cloudy addled, bemired, bespattered, black, blurred, boggy*, caked, confused, dingy, dirty, dull, lthy, at, foul, fuzzy, gloomy, greasy, grimy, grubby*, gummy*, gunky*, hazy, impure, indistinct, marshy, miry, mucky*, obscure, opaque, roily, sloppy, slushy, smoky, sodden, soggy, soiled, subfuse, swampy, turbid, unclean, unclear; concepts 485,606,618 Ant. bright, clean, clear mudslinging [n] smear campaign character

assassination, defamation, dirty politics, dragging ones name through the mud, negative campaign, slander; concept 54 muff [v] bungle blunder, boggle, botch, choke*, drop the ball*, err, ub, foul up, fumble, goof up*, make a mess of, mess up, miscalculate, mishandle, mismanage, screw up*, slip; concept 101 mufe [v] suppress, make quiet conceal, cover, cushion, dampen, deaden, decrease, drown, dull, envelop, gag, hide, hush, mellow, mute, muzzle, put the lid on*, quieten, shut down, silence, sit down on*, smother, soften, softpedal*, squelch, stie, subdue, tone down*, wrap*; concepts 65,121,240 Ant. blab, let loose, tell mufed [adj] quietened deadened, dim, dull, faint, at, indistinct, mute, muted, obscure, silenced, stied, strangled, subdued, suppressed; concept 594 Ant. clear, unblocked mug [n1] drinking cup coffee cup, demitasse, agon, jug, stoup, tankard, toby; concept 494 mug [n2] face countenance, frown, grimace, kisser*, mask, prole, puss*; concept 484 mug [v] hold up assault, hold up*, purse-snatch, rob, steal, stick up*; concepts 52,86 muggy [adj] humid clammy*, close, damp, dampish, dank, moist, mucky*, oppressive, soggy, sticky, stuffy, sultry; concepts 525,603 Ant. dry mulish [adj] obstinate adamant, bullheaded, dead set on*, dogged, rm, hardheaded, headstrong, immovable, inexible, intractable, obdurate, opinionated, persistent, pigheaded*, recalcitrant, relentless, single-minded, steadfast, strong-minded, stubborn, tenacious; concepts 401,404,542 mull [v] think about seriously brood over, chaw, consider, contemplate, delay, deliberate, examine, gure, hammer away at*, linger, meditate, moon*, muse on, ponder, pore over, procrastinate, rack ones brains*, reect, review, revolve, ruminate, stew over*, study, sweat over*, think over, turn over, weigh, woolgather*; concept 17 Ant. ignore, neglect multicolored [adj] having various hues checkered, dappled, ecked, kaleidoscopic, marbled, motley, mottled, multicolor, particolored, piebald, pied, polychrome, prismatic, speckled, spotted, streaked, varicolored, veined, versicolor; concept 618 Ant. monochrome multiculturalism [n] doctrine acknowledging contributions and interests of many cultures cross-culturalism, cultural diversity, diversity, ethnic inclusiveness, ethnic mosaic, multiracialism, pluralism; concepts 665,689 multifarious [adj] diverse assorted, divers, diversied, manifold, many, miscellaneous, multiple, multitudinous, myriad, numerous, varied, various; concept 564 Ant. homogenous multimedia [n] combined use of several media interactive media, intermedia, mixed media; concept 274 multinational [adj] international continental, global, intercontinental, multicultural, universal, worldwide; concepts 536,772

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multiple/multifarious [adj] diversied, miscellaneous assorted, collective, conglomerate, different, diverse, diversiform, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, legion, manifold, many, mixed, motley, multiform, multiplex, multitudinal, multitudinous, numerous, populous, several, sundry, varied, variegated, various, voluminous; concepts 564,762,772 Ant. single, singular, unvaried multiply [v] increase; reproduce accumulate, add, aggrandize, aggregate, augment, boost, breed, build up, compound, cube, double, enlarge, expand, extend, generate, heighten, magnify, manifold, mount, populate, procreate, produce, proliferate, propagate, raise, repeat, rise, spread, square; concepts 171,374 Ant. decrease, divide, lessen, reduce multitude [n] large group aggregation, army, assemblage, assembly, collection, commonalty, concourse, congregation, crowd, crush, drove, great number, heap, herd, horde, host, innitude, innity, jam*, legion, loads, lot, lots*, majority, mass, mob, much, myriad, number, numbers, ocean*, oodles*, people, plenitude, plurality, populace, proletariat, public, push*, quantity, scores*, sea, slew*, swarm, throng, turnout; concepts 417,432 Ant. handful, portion, single, zero multitudinous [adj] many, considerable abounding, abundant, copious, countless, great, heaps*, innite, innumerable, innumerous, legion, manifold, multifarious, myriad, numberless, numerous, populous, profuse, several, sundry, teeming, uncountable, uncounted, unnumbered, untold, various, voluminous; concepts 762,781 Ant. few, limited mum [adj] silent bashful, buttoned up*, clammed up*, closemouthed, hushed, mute, muted, nonvocal, not forthcoming, not talkative, quiet, reserved, secretive, shy, soundless, speechless, still, tight-lipped, tongue-tied, uncommunicative, unsociable, unspeaking, voiceless, wordless, zipped*; concept 594 mumble [v] say low and inarticulately grumble, maunder, murmur, mutter, ramble, rumble, say to oneself, speak, stammer, stutter, swallow, talk, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voice, whimper, whine, whisper; concepts 47,77 Ant. speak clearly munch [v] chew, eat bite, break up, champ, chomp, crunch, crush, grind, mash, masticate, press, reduce, ruminate, scrunch, smash, soften; concepts 169,185 mundane [adj] ordinary banal, commonplace, day-to-day, earthly, everyday, humdrum*, lowly, normal, prosaic, routine, workaday*, workday, worldly; concept 547 Ant. exciting, extraordinary, heavenly, supernatural, wonderful municipal [adj] concerning cities borough, burghal, city, civic, civil, community, corporate, domestic, home, incorporated, internal, local, metropolitan, native, public, town, urban; concept 536 Ant. country, suburban municipality [n] city borough, community, district, metropolis, precinct, town, township, village; concept 507

municent [adj] giving, generous benecent, benevolent, big, big-hearted, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, free, handsome, kind, lavish, liberal, loose, magnanimous, openhanded, philanthropic, rich, unsparing, unstinting; concepts 334,401 Ant. careful, greedy, mean, selsh, stingy munitions [n] ammunition ammo*, armament, arsenal, bombs, bullets, explosives, grenades, gunpowder, missiles, shells, torpedos, weapons; concepts 498,500 murder [n] killing annihilation, assassination, blood, bloodshed, butchery, carnage, crime, death, destruction, dispatching, felony, foul play*, hit*, homicide, kning, liquidation, lynching, manslaughter, massacre, off*, ofng*, one-way ticket*, rub out*, shooting, slaying, taking out*, terrorism, the business*, the works*; concepts 192,252 murder [v] kill abolish, asphyxiate, assassinate, behead, blot out*, bump off*, butcher, chill*, cool*, decapitate, defeat, destroy, dispatch, do in*, drub*, dust off*, electrocute, eliminate, eradicate, execute, exterminate, extinguish, nish, garotte, guillotine, hang, hit*, knife, knock off*, liquidate, lynch, mangle, mar, massacre, misuse, off*, put away*, rub out*, ruin, shoot, slaughter, slay, smother, snuff, spoil, strangle, take a life, take for a ride*, take out*, thrash*, waste*; concepts 192, 252 Ant. guard, preserve, protect, save murderer [n] person who kills assassin, butcher, criminal, cutthroat, enforcer, executioner, hit-and-run*, hit person*, homicide, killer, manslaughterer, perpetrator, slaughterer, slayer, soldier, trigger person*; concept 412 murderous [adj] difcult arduous, brutal, criminal, cruel, dangerous, deadly, destroying, destructive, devastating, exhausting, fell, ferocious, harrowing, hellish, killing, lethal, ruinous, sapping, savage, strenuous, unpleasant; concepts 538,548 Ant. easy, facile, pleasant murk [n] darkness dimness, dusk, gloom, murkiness; concept 620 murky [adj] gloomy, obscure black, caliginous, cheerless, cloudy, dark, darkened, dim, dingy, dirty, dismal, drab, dreary, dull, dun*, dusk, dusky, lthy, foggy, foul, fuzzy, glowering, gray, grubby*, impenetrable, lowering, misty, mucky, muddy, nasty, nebulous, nubilous, overcast, roily, sad, smoky, somber, squalid, stormy, tenebrous, turbid, unclean; concepts 617,618 Ant. bright, clear, light, luminous, sparkling, unobscured murmur [n] low, continuous sound babble, buzz, buzzing, drone, grumble, hum, humming, mumble, murmuration, mutter, muttering, purr, rumble, rumor, undertone, whisper, whispering; concepts 65,595 murmur [v] make low, continuous sound babble, burble, buzz, drip, drone, ow, growl, gurgle, hum, meander, moan, mumble, mutter, purl, purr, ripple, rumble, stage-whisper, stammer, stutter, susurrate, tinkle, trickle, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voice, whisper; concepts 65,77 Ant. speak clearly

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muscle [n1] large bers of animal body beef, brawn, esh, meat, might, sinew, tendon, thew, tissue; concepts 393,420 muscle [n2] power, inuence brawn, clout, energy, force, forcefulness, might, potency, sinew, stamina, strength, strong arm*, sturdiness, weight; concepts 641,687 Ant. impotence, powerlessness, weakness muscular [adj] powerfully built able-bodied, athletic, brawny, bruising, burly, brous, hefty, Herculean*, hulky, husky, lusty, mighty, muscled, powerful, powerhouse*, pumped up*, ripped*, robust, ropy, sinewy, stalwart, stout, strapping, stringy, strong, sturdy, tiger*, tough, vigorous, well-built, wiry; concepts 485,489 Ant. delicate, abby, inrm, skinny, weak muse [v] think about, dream be lost in thought*, brood, build castles in air*, chew over*, cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, feel, meditate, moon*, mull over, percolate, ponder, puzzle over, reect, revolve, roll, ruminate, speculate, think, think over, turn over, weigh; concept 17 Ant. ignore, neglect museum [n] place for viewing artifacts or exhibits archive, building, depository, exhibition, foundation, gallery, hall, institution, library, menagerie, repository, salon, storehouse, treasury, vault; concepts 439,449 mushroom [v] sprout; grow quickly augment, blow up, boom, burgeon, burst, detonate, expand, explode, ourish, go off, grow, grow rapidly, increase, luxuriate, proliferate, shoot up, spread, spring up; concepts 179,704 Ant. shrink, shrivel mushy [adj1] doughy, soft gelatinous, jelled, mashy*, muddy, pap*, pastelike, pulpous, pulpy, quaggy, semiliquid, semisolid, slushy, spongy, squashy*, squishy*; concepts 604, 606 Ant. hard, stiff mushy [adj2] romantic, corny bathetic, effusive, emotional, lovey-dovey*, maudlin, mawkish, saccharine, schmaltzy*, sentimental, sloppy*, slushy*, soppy*, sugary, syrupy, tear-jerking, weepy, wet; concepts 267,542 Ant. unfeeling, unromantic music [n] sounds that are pleasant, harmonized a cappella, acoustic, air, bebop, bop, chamber, classical, folk, fusion, hard rock, harmony, heavy metal, hymn, instrumental, jazz, measure, melody, modern, opera, piece, plainsong, popular, ragtime, rap, refrain, rock, rock and roll, singing, song, soul, strain, swing, tune; concepts 263,595 Ant. silence musical [adj] harmonic, lyrical agreeable, blending, chiming, choral, consonant, dulcet, euphonious, harmonious, lilting, mellow, melodic, melodious, operatic, orchestral, pleasing, rhythmic, silvery, songful, sweet, sweet-sounding, symphonic, symphonious, tuned, tuneful, vocal; concept 594 Ant. cacophonous, discordant, dissonant, inharmonious, unmusical music hall [n] concert hall amphitheater, auditorium, opera house, theater; concepts 263,293,439,448

musician [n] person who performs music artist, artiste, composer, conductor, diva, entertainer, instrumentalist, performer, player, session player, soloist, virtuoso, vocalist; concept 352 muss [n] disorder chaos, confusion, disarrangement, hash, mess, mess-up, mix-up*, muddle, shambles, turmoil; concepts 230,674 Ant. order, organization muss [v] dishevel, disorder clutter, crumple, disarrange, disarray, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, jumble, mess up, mix up*, muddle, rufe, rummage, rumple, tangle, tousle, upset, wrinkle; concept 158 Ant. x up, order, organize must [n] necessity, essential charge, commitment, committal, condition, devoir, duty, fundamental, imperative, necessary, need, obligation, ought, precondition, prerequisite, requirement, requisite, right, sine qua non; concepts 646,709 must [v] ought, should be compelled, be destined, be directed, be doomed*, be driven*, be made, be necessitated, be obliged, be ones fate, be ordered, be required, got to, have, have got to*, have no choice, have to, must needs*, need, pushed to the wall*; concept 650 muster [n] gathering aggregation, assemblage, assembly, call-up*, collection, company, congeries, convocation, crowd, draft, group, head count*, meeting, mobilization, nose count*, rally, roll, roll call*, roster, roundup*; concepts 417,432 Ant. division, separation muster [v] gather, come together assemble, call together, call up, collect, congregate, congress, convene, convoke, enroll, enter, group, join up, marshal, meet, mobilize, organize, raise, rally, rendezvous, round up, sign on, sign up, summon; concept 109 Ant. divide, remove, separate, throw away musty [adj1] stuffy, aged airless, ancient, antediluvian, antique, crumbling, dank, decayed, decrepit, dirty, dried-out*, dry, fetid, lthy, frowzy*, malodorous, mildewed, mildewy, moldy, moth-eaten*, noisome, old, putrid, rotten, smelly, spoiled, squalid, stale, stuffy; concepts 578,598,603,797 Ant. clean, clear, new, sweet-smelling musty [adj2] worn-out, clichd ancient, antiquated, banal, common, commonplace, dull, hackneyed, hoary, obsolete, old-fashioned, old hat*, shopworn*, stale, stereotypical, threadbare, timeworn*, tired, trite, warmedover*, worn; concepts 267,530,578,797 Ant. new, unused mutant [n] mutation abnormality, deformity, deviation, freak, freak of nature, monster; concepts 424,580 mutation [n] metamorphosis alteration, anomaly, change, deviant, deviation, evolution, innovation, modication, mutant, novelty, permutation, transguration, transformation, variation, vicissitude; concepts 665,697 Ant. inaction, stagnation mute [adj] unable to speak aphasiac, aphasic, aphonic, mufed, mum, quiet, silenced, silent, speechless, tongueless, tongue-tied,

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unexpressed, unpronounced, unsounded, unspeaking, unspoken, voiceless, wordless; concept 593 Ant. articulate, speaking, vocal mute [v] mufe, tone down sound benumb, bottle up*, cork up*, dampen, deaden, decrease the volume, drown, gag, hush, keep it down*, lower, moderate, muzzle, pipe down*, put damper on*, put the lid on*, reduce, silence, soften, soft-pedal*, subdue, turn down; concepts 65,240 Ant. articulate, speak, voice mutilate [v] maim, damage adulterate, amputate, batter, bowdlerize, butcher, cripple, crush, cut to pieces, cut up, deface, disable, disgure, dismember, distort, expurgate, hack*, hash up*, hurt, injure, lacerate, lame, mangle, mar, mess up*, ravage, scratch, spoil, weaken; concepts 176,246 Ant. x, mend, repair mutilated [adj] dismembered amputated, disgured, maimed, mangled, marred; concepts 137,246,250 mutinous [adj] rebellious anarchistic, contumacious, deant, disloyal, disobedient, disorderly, dissident, factious, iconoclastic, insubordinate, insurgent, insurrectionary, radical, rebel, revolutionary, rioting, riotous, subversive, traitorous, treasonable, ungovernable, unmanageable; concepts 401,529,542 mutiny [n] deance, resistance disobedience, insubordination, insurrection, refusal to obey, revolt, revolution, riot, rising, strike, uprising; concepts 300,388,633 Ant. obedience, subservience mutiny [v] defy, revolt be insubordinate, disobey, insurrect, kick over, rebel, refuse to obey, resist, rise against, rise up, strike; concepts 300,384 Ant. obey, observe, serve, subject mutter [v] grumble, mumble complain, croak, groan, grouch*, grouse, growl, grunt, moan, muddle, murmur, rumble, snarl, sputter, swallow, whisper; concepts 52,77 Ant. speak clearly mutual [adj] shared, common associated, bilateral, collective, communal, conjoint, conjunct, connected, convertible, correlative, dependent, give-and-take*, given and taken*, interactive, interchangeable, interchanged, interdependent, intermutual, joint, partaken, participated, public, reciprocal, reciprocated, related, requited, respective, returned, twosided*, united; concepts 563,708 Ant. detached, dissociated, distinct, separate, unshared mutual fund [n] stock fund 401(k) fund, bond fund, hedge fund, individual retirement account, investment fund, IRA, money market funds, retirement plan; concepts 330,332,340 mutually [adv] together all at once, as a group, by agreement, by contract, commonly, conjointly, cooperatively, en masse, in collaboration, in combination, in conjunction, jointly, reciprocally, respectively; concepts 544,577 Ant. dissimilarly, distinctly muzzle [n] covering for control cage, cover, envelope, gag, guard, sheath, wrap; concept 172 muzzle [v] gag, quiet bottle up*, censor, check, choke, clamp down on*, cork, crack down on*, curb, dry up*, dummy up*, hush, ice*, mufe,

prevent, quieten, repress, restrain, restrict, shush, shut down, silence, squash, squelch, stie, still, stop, suppress, tongue-tie*, trammel; concepts 121,250 Ant. free, let go, liberate myopic [adj] able only to see things near at hand astigmatic, biased, blind, halfsighted, nearsighted, presbyopic, shortsighted; concept 619 Ant. far-sighted myriad [adj] innumerable countless, endless, gobs*, heaping, immeasurable, incalculable, innite, multiple, multitudinous, no end of*, numberless, thousand-and-one*, uncounted, untold, variable; concepts 762,781 Ant. calculable, limited, measurable myriad [n] a lot army, ood, heap, horde, host, loads*, mint, mountain*, multitude, oodles*, scores, slew, stacks*, swarm, thousands*; concept 787 Ant. little mysterious [adj] secret, concealed abstruse, alchemistic, arcane, astrological, bafing, cabalistic, covert, cryptic, curious, dark, difcult, enigmatic, enigmatical, equivocal, esoteric, furtive, hidden, impenetrable, incomprehensible, inexplicable, inscrutable, insoluble, magical, mystical, mystifying, necromantic, obscure, occult, oracular, perplexing, puzzling, recondite, secretive, sphinxlike, spiritual, strange, subjective, symbolic, transcendental, uncanny, unfathomable, unknowable, unknown, unnatural, veiled, weird; concepts 529,576 Ant. apparent, known, obvious, plain, public, straightforward, tangible, unmysterious mystery [n] puzzle, secret abstruseness, brainteaser*, braintwister*, charade, chiller, cliffhanger*, closed book*, conundrum, crux, cryptogram, difculty, enigma, grabber, inscrutability, inscrutableness, mindboggler*, mystication, occult, oracle, perplexity, poser, problem, puzzlement, question, rebus, riddle, rune, secrecy, sixty-four-thousand-dollar question*, sphinx, stickler, stumper, subtlety, teaser, thriller, tough nut to crack*, twister, whodunit*, why*; concepts 282,532,696 Ant. known, understanding mystic/mystical [adj] secret, esoteric abstruse, anagogic, arcane, cabalistic, cryptic, enigmatical, hidden, imaginary, impenetrable, inscrutable, magic, magical, metaphysical, mysterial, mysterious, necromantic, nonrational, numinous, occult, otherworldly, paranormal, preternatural, quixotic, sorcerous, spiritual, supernatural, telestic, thaumaturgic, transcendental, unaccountable, unknowable, visionary, wizardly; concepts 529,549,582 Ant. knowable, natural, palpable, undisguised mystify [v] bewilder, confuse bafe, bamboozle*, beat*, befog*, buffalo*, confound, deceive, elude, escape, oor*, fog in*, hoodwink*, lick*, lie, perplex, puzzle, stump*, throw*, trick; concept 16 Ant. clear up, enlighten, explain, explicate mystique [n] persons strong impression attitude, awe, character, charisma, charm, complex, fascination, glamour, magic, nature, spell, temperament; concept 411

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myth [n] ctitious story, often ancient allegory, apologue, creation, delusion, fable, fabrication, fairy story, fancy, fantasy, ction, gment, folk ballad, folk tale, illusion, imagination, invention, legend, lore, mythos, parable, saga, superstition, tale, tall story*, tradition; concept 282 Ant. fact, non-ction, truth mythical/mythological [adj] make-believe, fairy-tale allegorical, chimerical, created, fabled, fabricated, fabulous, false, fanciful, fantasy, ctitious, ctive, folkloric, imaginary, invented, legendary, made-up, mythic, nonexistent, pretended, storied, supposititious, traditional, unreal, untrue, visionary, whimsical; concepts 267,582 Ant. factual, historical, real, true mythology [n] folklore belief, conviction, folk tales, legend, lore, mythicism, mythos, myths, stories, tradition; concept 282 Ant. actuality, history, reality, truth

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nab [v] seize apprehend, arrest, capture, catch, clutch, cop*, detain, grab, nail*, pick up*, run in*, snatch*, take*, take into custody; concepts 90,317 Ant. let go, release nadir [n] lowest point all-time low, base, bottom, oor, low point, record low, rock bottom, zero level; concept 442 nag [v] harass, bother annoy, badger, bait, berate, bug*, carp at, dog*, eat*, egg*, nd fault, fuss, give a hard time*, goad, harry, heckle, hector, hound, importune, irk, irritate, needle, nudge*, pester, pick at, plague, prod, provoke, ride, scold, take it out on*, tease, torment, upbraid, urge, vex, work on*, worry; concepts 7,19,52 Ant. assuage, please nail [v1] fasten, x with pointed object attach, beat, bind, drive, hammer, hit, hold, join, pin, pound, secure, sock*, spike, strike, tack, whack*; concepts 85,160,189 Ant. unfasten, unnail nail [v2] capture, arrest apprehend, bag, catch, collar*, detain, get*, hook*, nab, pinch*, prehend, secure, seize, take*; concepts 90,317 Ant. let go, liberate, release naive [adj] childlike, trusting aboveboard, artless, callow, candid, conding, countried, credulous, forthright, frank, fresh, green*, guileless, gullible, harmless, ignorant, impulsive, ingenuous, innocent, innocuous, instinctive, jejune, lamb*, like a babe in the woods*, natural, open, original, patsy*, plain, simple, simple-minded, sincere, spontaneous, square, sucker*, unaffected, unjaded, unpretentious, unschooled, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, untaught, unworldly, virgin, wide-eyed*; concepts 401,542,678 Ant. experienced, leery, skeptical, wise naivet [n] innocence, gullibility artlessness, callowness, candor, childishness, credulity, frankness, guilelessness, inexperience, ingenuousness, naturalness, openness, simplicity; concepts 633,657,678 Ant. experience, leeriness, skepticism, sophistication naked [adj1] without covering au naturel, bald, bare, bared, bare-skinned, barren, defenseless,

denuded, disrobed, divested, exposed, helpless, in birthday suit*, in dishabille*, in the altogether*, in the buff*, in the raw*, leaess, natural, nude, open, peeled*, raw, stark-naked*, stripped, threadbare, unclad, unclothed, unconcealed, uncovered, undraped, undressed, unprotected, unveiled, vulnerable, without a stitch*; concepts 485,589 Ant. clothed naked [adj2] manifest, evident artless, blatant, disclosed, discovered, dry, matter-of-fact, obvious, open, overt, palpable, patent, plain, pure, revealed, sheer, simple, stark, unadorned, undisguised, unexaggerated, unmistakable, unqualied, unvarnished; concepts 267,529 Ant. hidden, private, secret namby-pamby [n] pansy baby*, caitiff, chicken*, chicken heart*, chicken liver*, coward, cry-baby, fraidy-cat*, jellysh*, lily liver, milksop, mommas boy*, pantywaist, quitter, scaredy cat*, sissy*, weakling, wimp, wuss*, wussy*, yellow, yellow belly*; concept 423 name [n1] title given to something, someone agname, agnomen, alias, appellation, autograph, autonym, brand, cognomen, compellation, denomination, designation, epithet, eponym, ag*, handle*, head, heading, label, matronymic, moniker, monogram, nickname, nom de guerre, nom de plume, nomen, patronymic, pen name, pet name, place name, prenomen, proper name, pseudonym, rubric, sign, signature, sobriquet, stage name, style, surname, tag, term, trade name; concepts 268,683 name [n2] fame, distinction character, credit, eminence, esteem, honor, note, praise, renown, rep*, report, reputation, repute; concept 388 name [n3] celebrity big name*, celeb*, entertainer, headliner, hero, lion*, luminary, notability, notable, personality, somebody*, star, superstar; concepts 352,366 Ant. unknown name [v1] give a title baptize, call, characterize, christen, classify, cognominate, dene, denominate, designate, dub, entitle, give a handle*, identify, label, nickname, nomenclature, put tag on, style, tag, term, ticket, title; concept 62 name [v2] choose, designate announce, appoint, cite, classify, commission, connote, declare, delegate, denote, elect, identify, index, instance, list, make, mark, mention, nominate, peg*, pin down*, point to, put down for, put nger on*, recognize, refer to, remark, select, signify, single out, slot, specify, suggest, tab, tag, tap; concepts 41,50,88 Ant. ignore, neglect name-dropper [n] snob social climber, status seeker; concept 423 nameless [adj] unknown, anonymous incognito, inconspicuous, innominate, obscure, pseudonymous, unacknowledged, uncelebrated, undesignated, undistinguished, unfamed, unheardof, unnamed, unnoted, unsung, untitled, whatchamacallit*, X*; concepts 267,576 Ant. designated, distinguished, eminent, famous, known, named, prominent, renowned namely [adv] that is to say by way of explanation, especially, expressly, id est*, i.e., in other words, in plain English*, particularly, scilicet, specially, specically, strictly speaking, that is, to wit, videlicet, viz.; concept 557 nanny [n] childrens nurse au pair, baby-sitter, governess, nursemaid, wet nurse; concept 295

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nap [n1] short, light sleep break, catnap, doze, few zs*, forty winks*, interlude, intermission, microsleep*, nod, pause, respite, rest, shuteye*, siesta, snooze*, spot; concept 315 nap [n2] grain of material down, feel, ber, grit, outside, pile, roughness, shag, smoothness, surface, tooth, wale, warp, weave, weft, woof; concepts 473,611 nap [v] take a short, light sleep catch forty winks*, catnap, doze, drop off*, drowse, get some shut-eye*, grab some zs*, nod, nod off, rack*, relax, rest, sleep, snooze, take a siesta*, take a snooze*; concepts 210,315 napkin [n] linen cloth, doily, moist towelette, serviette, towel, wipe; concept 473 nappy [adj] fuzzy downy, frizzy, furry, hairy, kinky, napped, velutinous, woolly; concept 606 narcissistic [adj] concerned only with oneself conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-centered, self-involved, self-loving, stuck-up*, vain, vainglorious; concepts 401,404 Ant. outgoing, sacricing, unselsh narcotic [adj] dulling, painkilling analgesic, anesthetic, calming, deadening, hypnotic, numbing, opiate, sedative, somnifacient, somnic, somnolent, somnoric, soporiferous, soporic, stupefacient, stupefactive, stupefying; concept 537 narcotic [n] powerful drug inducing anesthesia or sleep analgesic, anesthetic, anodyne, dope*, downer*, x*, hard drug, hard stuff*, heroin, hypnotic, junk*, laudanum, lenitive, merchandise*, nepenthe, opiate, opium, painkiller, sedative, somnifacient, soporic, stuff*, stupefacient, tranquilizer; concept 307 narrate [v] describe, detail characterize, chronicle, delineate, depict, descant, disclose, discourse, enumerate, expatiate, give an account of, hold forth, make known, paint, picture, portray, proclaim, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, repeat, report, reveal, set forth, spin, state, tell, tell a story, unfold; concepts 55,72 Ant. conceal, hide, suppress narration [n] description, reading account, anecdote, explanation, narrative, recital, recountal, recounting, rehearsal, relation, report, story, storytelling, tale, telling, voiceover*, yarn*; concepts 55,72,282 Ant. concealment, suppression narrative [adj] storylike, chronological anecdotal, ctional, ctive, historical, narrated, recounted, reported, retold, sequential; concept 267 Ant. rambling narrative [n] story, tale account, anecdote, book, chronicle, chronology, description, detail, ction, history, line, long and short of it*, narration, plot, potboiler*, recount, report, statement, version, yarn*; concepts 271,282 narrator [n] storyteller author, chronicler, describer, novelist, raconteur, reporter, teller of tales, writer, yarn spinner; concepts 348,356 narrow [adj1] conned, restricted attenuated, circumscribed, close, compressed, conning, constricted, contracted, cramped, denite, determinate, exclusive, exiguous, ne, xed, incapacious, limited, linear, meager, near, paltry, pent, pinched, precarious, precise, scant, scanty, select, set, shrunken, slender, slim, small, spare, strait, taper, tapered, tapering, thin, threadlike,

tight; concepts 554,773 Ant. broad, generous, liberal, unconned, unrestricted, wide narrow [adj2] intolerant, small-minded biased, bigoted, conservative, conventional, dogmatic, hidebound, illiberal, inexorable, inexible, narrow-minded, obdurate, parochial, partial, prejudiced, reactionary; concepts 403,542 Ant. accepting, broad-minded, liberal, tolerant narrow [adj3] cheap, stingy avaricious, close, mean, mercenary, scrimpy*, tight*, ungenerous; concept 334 Ant. generous, spendthrift, wasting narrow [v] reduce, simplify circumscribe, constrict, contract, diminish, limit, taper, tighten; concepts 130,236,247 Ant. broaden, complicate, expand, increase, intensify narrowly [adv] just, closely almost, barely, by a hair*, by a whisker*, by narrow margin, carefully, close, nearly, only just, painstakingly, scarcely, scrutinizingly; concepts 544,799 Ant. carelessly, imprecisely narrow-minded [adj] biased, intolerant bigoted, conservative, conventional, hidebound, illiberal, insular, narrow, opinionated, parochial, petty, prejudiced, provincial, reactionary, shortsighted, small-minded, strait-laced, unenlarged; concepts 403,542 Ant. broad-minded, liberal, tolerant, unbiased nasty [adj1] disgusting, offensive awful, beastly, bum*, dirty, disagreeable, erce, lthy, foul, gross, grubby, hellish, horrible, horrid, icky*, impure, loathsome, lousy, malodorous, mephitic, murderous*, nauseating, noisome, noxious, objectionable, obnoxious, obscene, odious, ornery, outrageous, poison, polluted, raunchy*, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rough, sickening, soiled, squalid, stinking, tough, unappetizing, unclean, uncleanly, ungodly, unholy, unpleasant, vile, vulgar, yucky*; concepts 485,548,571 Ant. great, magnicent, pleasing, wonderful nasty [adj2] indecent, smutty blue*, coarse, dirty, lthy, foul, gross, immodest, immoral, improper, impure, indecorous, indelicate, lascivious, lewd, licentious, obscene, pornographic, raunchy*, ribald, scatological, shameful, unseemly, vulgar, wicked, X-rated*; concepts 372,545 Ant. clean, decent, moral nasty [adj3] bad-tempered, mean abusive, annoying, beastly, critical, cruel, despicable, disagreeable, distasteful, evil, erce, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, ornery, ruthless, sarcastic, sordid, spiteful, squalid, unkind, unpleasant, vicious, vile, wicked; concept 401 Ant. agreeable, friendly, happy, kind, pleasant nasty [adj4] injurious, dangerous bad, critical, damaging, harmful, noxious, painful, poisonous, serious, severe, ugly; concept 537 Ant. aiding, assisting, helpful, helping, safe nation [n] country with its own government body politic, commonwealth, community, democracy, domain, dominion, empire, land, monarchy, people, populace, population, principality, public, race, realm, republic, society, sovereignty, state, tribe, union; concept 510 national [adj] concerning a country with a government civic, civil, communal, countrywide, domestic, ethnic, federal, general,

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governmental, home, imperial, inland, internal, interstate, nationwide, native, politic, political, public, royal, social, societal, sovereign, state, sweeping, vernacular, widespread; concept 536 Ant. local nationality [n] place of birth allegiance, body politic, citizenship, community, country, ethnic group, nation, native land, origin, political home, race, society; concepts 380,510 native [adj1] innate, inherent built-in, congenital, connate, connatural, constitutional, endemic, essential, fundamental, genuine, hereditary, implanted, inborn, inbred, indigenous, ingrained, inherited, instinctive, intrinsic, inveterate, inwrought, natal, natural, original, real, unacquired, wild; concepts 404,549 Ant. alien, foreign, outside native [adj2] domestic, home aboriginal, autochthonous, belonging, endemic, from, homegrown, homemade, indigenous, inland, internal, local, municipal, national, original, primary, primeval, primitive, regional, related, vernacular; concept 536 Ant. foreign, outside native [n] person born in the country in which he/she dwells aboriginal, aborigine, ancient, autochthon, citizen, dweller, home towner, indigene, inhabitant, local, national; concept 413 Ant. alien, foreigner, immigrant, stranger native land [n] homeland fatherland, Gods country, home, mother country, motherland, native soil, the old country*; concepts 510,515 natty [adj] dapper chic, chichi, classy, clean, dainty, dashing, dressed to kill*, dressed to the nines*, elegant, fashionable, neat, prim, sharp, slick, smart, snazzy*, spiffy*, spruce, spruced up, stylish, swanky, trim, well-groomed; concept 579 natural [adj1] normal, everyday accustomed, anticipated, characteristic, common, commonplace, congenital, connatural, consistent, constant, counted on, customary, essential, familiar, general, habitual, inborn, indigenous, ingenerate, inherent, innate, instinctive, intuitive, involuntary, legitimate, logical, looked for, matter-of-course, natal, native, ordinary, prevailing, prevalent, probable, reasonable, regular, relied on, spontaneous, typic, typical, unacquired, uncontrolled, uniform, universal, usual; concepts 530,547 Ant. abnormal, different, uncommon, unnatural natural [adj2] open, unaffected artless, being oneself, candid, childlike, credulous, direct, easy, folksy, forthright, frank, genuine, homey*, ignorant, impulsive, inarticial, ingenuous, innocent, instinctive, laid-back*, naive, plain, primitive, provincial, real, rustic, simple, simplehearted, sincere, spontaneous, straightforward, trusting, unassumed, uncontrived, undesigning, unembarrassed, unfeigned, unforced, unlabored, unpolished, unpretentious, unschooled, unsophisticated, unstudied, unworldly, up-front*; concepts 267,401,404 Ant. affected, articial, pretended, unnatural natural [adj3] organic, unrened agrarian, agrestal, crude, native, plain, pure, raw, unbleached, uncultivated, undomesticated, unmixed, unpolished, unprocessed, whole, wild; concepts 462,485 Ant. articial, xed, modied, rened, unnatural

naturalist [n] wildlife expert biologist, botanist, conservationist, ecologist, environmentalist, life scientist, natural historian, preservationist, zoologist; concept 349 naturally [adv] as anticipated artlessly, but of course*, by birth, by nature, candidly, casually, characteristically, commonly, consistently, customarily, easily, freely, generally, genuinely, habitually, impulsively, informally, innocently, instinctively, normally, openly, ordinarily, readily, simply, spontaneously, typically, unaffectedly, uniformly, unpretentiously, usually; concept 544 Ant. affectedly, unnaturally natural selection [n] Darwinism Darwinian theory, evolution, evolutionism, social Darwinism, survival of the ttest; concept 704 nature [n1] character, disposition attributes, being, bottom line*, complexion, constitution, description, drift, essence, essentiality, features, heart*, humor, individualism, individuality, like, makeup, meat*, mood, name of game*, name of tune*, nature of beast*, outlook, personality, point, quality, score, stuff, temper, temperament, texture, traits, type; concepts 411,682 nature [n2] type, kind anatomy, brand, cast, category, character, color, conformation, description, gure, framework, ilk, shape, sort, species, stripe*, structure, style, variety, way; concept 378 nature [n3] earth, creation cosmos, country, countryside, environment, forest, generation, landscape, macrocosm, megacosm, natural history, outdoors, scenery, seascape, setting, universe, view, world; concepts 407,429,509,511 naughty [adj1] bad, misbehaved annoying, badly behaved*, contrary, disobedient, disorderly, evil, exasperating, endish, fractious, froward, headstrong, impish, indecorous, insubordinate, intractable, mischievous, obstreperous, perverse, playful, rascally, raunchy, recalcitrant, refractory, rough, rowdy, sinful, teasing, tough, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly, wanton, wayward, wicked, willful, worthless, wrong; concept 401 Ant. behaved, controlled, good, obedient naughty [adj2] obscene, vulgar adult, bawdy, blue*, dirty*, hot*, improper, lascivious, lewd, loose*, off-color*, pornographic, purple*, ribald, risqu, steamy*; concepts 372,545 Ant. clean, good, moral, pure nausea [n] sickness in stomach; revulsion abhorrence, aversion, biliousness, disgust, hatred, loathing, offense, qualm, qualms, queasiness, regurgitation, rejection, repugnance, retching, squeamishness, vomiting; concepts 316,410 nauseate [v] make sick; disgust bother, disturb, horrify, offend, reluct, repel, repulse, revolt, sicken; concepts 14,308 Ant. please, soothe nauseating [adj] nauseous abhorrent, detestable, disgusting, distasteful, fulsome, loathsome, offensive, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, sickening; concepts 314,529 nauseous [adj] disgusting abhorrent, brackish, detestable, distasteful, ill, loathsome, nauseated, nauseating, offensive, queasy, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rocky*, seasick, sick, sick as dog*, sickening, squeamish; concepts 314,529 Ant. nice, pleasing, soothing

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nautical/naval [adj] concerning ships, sea abyssal, aquatic, boating, cruising, deep-sea, marine, maritime, navigating, navigational, oceangoing, oceanic, oceanographic, pelagic, rowing, sailing, sailorly, salty, seafaring, seagoing, sea-loving, thalassic, yachting; concept 536 navigate [v] guide along route, often over water captain*, cross, cruise, direct, drive, handle, head out for*, helm, journey, lay the course*, maneuver, operate, pilot, plan, plot, ride out, sail, skipper*, steer, voyage; concepts 148,187,224 Ant. get lost navigation [n] traveling, guiding along route, often over water aeronautics, boating, cruising, exploration, ying, helmsmanship, nautics, navigating, ocean travel, pilotage, piloting, plotting a course, sailing, seafaring, seamanship, shipping, steerage, steering, voyage, voyaging, yachting; concepts 155,187,224 navigator [n] course plotter helmsman, pilot, steersman, wheelman; concept 348 navy [n] eet argosy, armada, otilla, marine defense, merchant marine, naval force, sea force, sea power, vessels, warships; concepts 322,432,506 naysayer [n] pessimist complainer, cynic, defeatist, downer, gloomy, killjoy*, misanthrope, party pooper*, prophet of doom*, sourpuss*, wet blanket*; concepts 412,423 near [adj1] close by physically abreast, abutting, adjacent, adjoining, alongside, along toward, approximal, around, at close quarters, available, beside, bordering, burning, close, close-at-hand, close-by, close shave*, conterminous, contiguous, convenient, hairs breadth*, handy, immediate, in close proximity*, near-at-hand*, nearby, neighboring, next door*, nigh*, not remote, practically, proximal, proximate, ready, side-by-side, touching, vincinal, warm*, within stones throw*; concepts 586,778 Ant. away, distant, far, remote near [adj2] close in time; forthcoming approaching, approximate, at hand, coming, comparative, expected, imminent, impending, in the ofng*, looming, near-at-hand*, next, relative; concepts 812,820 Ant. deferred, distant, expired, far, postponed, remote near [adj3] familiar affecting, akin*, allied, attached, close, connected, dear, friendly, intimate, related, touching; concept 555 Ant. far, gone, past, unfamiliar nearby [adj] adjoining adjacent, close, closeat-hand, close-by, contiguous, convenient, handy, immediate, neighboring, proximate, ready; concepts 586,778 Ant. far, faraway nearby [adv] within reach about, at close quarters, close, close at hand, hard, near, near-at-hand*, nigh*, not far away; concepts 586,778 Ant. far, faraway nearing [adj] approaching advancing, approximating, coming, forthcoming, imminent, impending, oncoming, threatening, upcoming; concepts 548,820 Ant. departing, gone, leaving, past nearly [adv] almost about, all but*, approaching, approximately, as good as*, circa*, close but no cigar*, closely, give or take a little*, in effect, in essence, in substance, in the

ballpark*, in the neighborhood*, just about, more or less, most, much, nearabout, not quite, practically, pretty near, roughly, round, roundly, some, somewhere, upwards of*, virtually, wellnigh*, within a little*; concept 566 near miss [n] close call close shave, narrow escape, near hit; concept 747 nearsighted [adj] myopic blind as a bat*, purblind, shortsighted; concept 619 neat [adj1] arranged well, uncluttered accurate, apple-pie order*, chic*, correct, dainty, dapper, elegant, exact, fastidious, nical, nicky, immaculate, in good order, in good shape, methodical, natty, neat as a pin*, nice, orderly, precise, prim, proper, regular, shipshape*, sleek, slick, smart, spick-and-span*, spotless, spruce, systematic, tidy, trim, well-groomed, well-kept; concepts 485,589,621 Ant. disorderly, messed up, sloppy, slovenly, unkempt neat [adj2] clever, practiced able, adept, adroit, agile, apt, artful, deft, dexterous, efcient, effortless, elegant, expert, nished, graceful, handy, nimble, precise, procient, quick, ready, skillful, speedy, stylish, well-judged; concepts 527,542 Ant. disorganized, unpracticed neaten [v] tidy arrange, clean, clear the decks*, x up, groom, order, put in good shape, put in order, shape up, spruce up*, straighten up, whip into shape*; concept 250 neatly [adv] tidily accurately, adeptly, adroitly, aptly, cleanly, efciently, expertly, fastidiously, handily, methodically, nicely, orderly, precisely, skillfully, sprucely; concepts 326,485,585,589 nebulous [adj] confused, obscure ambiguous, amorphous, cloudy, dark, dim, hazy, imprecise, indenite, indeterminate, indistinct, misty, murky, shadowy, shapeless, uncertain, unclear, unformed, vague; concepts 535,617 Ant. apparent, denite, obvious, plain necessarily [adv] inevitably, certainly accordingly, as a matter of course*, automatically, axiomatically, beyond ones control*, by denition, by its own nature*, cardinally, come what may*, compulsorily, consequently, exigently, from within*, fundamentally, incontrovertibly, indubitably, ineluctably, inescapably, inexorably, irresistibly, naturally, no doubt, of course, of necessity, perforce, positively, pressingly, signicantly, undoubtedly, unpreventably, unquestionably, vitally, willy-nilly*, without fail*; concepts 535,544 Ant. unnecessarily necessary [adj1] essential all-important, basic, binding, bottom-line*, cardinal, chief, compelling, compulsory, crucial, decisive, de rigueur*, elementary, exigent, expedient, fundamental, imperative, incumbent on, indispensable, mandatory, momentous, name of game*, needed, needful, obligatory, paramount, prerequisite, pressing, prime, principal, quintessential, required, requisite, signicant, specied, unavoidable, urgent, vital, wanted; concepts 546,568 Ant. inessential, unimportant, unnecessary, useless necessary [adj2] inevitable assured, certain, fated, imminent, ineluctable, ineludible, inerrant, inescapable, inevasible, inexorable, infallible, returnless, unavoidable, undeniable, unescapable; concepts 535,548 Ant. contingent, needless, optional, voluntary

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necessitate [v] call for, make necessary ask, behoove, cause, coerce, command, compel, constrain, crave, demand, drive, entail, force, impel, make, oblige, postulate, require, take; concepts 53,242,646 necessity [n] need, essentiality call, cause, claim, compulsion, demand, desideratum, duress, essence, essential, exaction, exigency, fundamental, godsend*, imperative, indispensability, inevitability, inexorableness, life or death*, must, necessary, needfulness, no alternative, no choice, obligation, pinch, precondition, prerequisite, privation, requirement, requisite, sine qua non, stress, undeniability, urgency, vital part, vitals, want; concepts 646,709 Ant. desire, want necking [n] kissing canoodling, caressing, cuddling, embracing, fondling, lovemaking, making love*, making out*, parking*, petting, smooching, sucking face*; concepts 185,375 necklace [n] chain beads, carcanet, choker, jewelry, lavalliere, locket, pearls, pendant, riviere, strand, string; concept 446 necromancy [n] sorcery abracadabra*, alchemy, bewitchment, black art, black magic, charm, conjuring, devilry, divination, enchantment, evil eye, hocus-pocus*, incantation, jinx, magic, mumbo jumbo*, mysticism, occultism, spell, thaumaturgy, voodoo, witchcraft, witchery, witching, wizardry; concepts 370,689 necropolis [n] cemetery boot hill*, catacomb, charnel, charnel house, churchyard, city of the dead*, crypt, funerary grounds, Gods acre*, graveyard, potters eld, sepulcher, tomb, vault; concepts 305,368 need [n1] want, requirement charge, commitment, committal, compulsion, demand, desideratum, devoir, duty, essential, exigency, extremity, longing, must, obligation, occasion, ought, requisite, right, the urge, urgency, use, weakness, wish; concepts 20,709 Ant. have need [n2] poverty deprivation, destitution, distress, extremity, impecuniousness, impoverishment, inadequacy, indigence, insufciency, lack, neediness, paucity, pennilessness, penury, poorness, privation, shortage, want; concepts 335,709 Ant. luxury, riches, wealth need [n3] emergency; pressing lack deciency, exigency, inadequacy, insufciency, necessity, obligation, shortage, urgency, want; concepts 646,709 Ant. comfort, fortune, have, plenty need [v] want something be decient, be deprived, be down and out*, be hard up*, be inadequate, be in need of, be in want, be needy, be poor, be short, be without, call for, claim, covet, crave, demand, desire, die for*, do without, drive for*, exact, feel a dearth of*, feel the necessity for, feel the pinch*, go hungry*, hanker, have occasion for, have occasion to, have use for*, hunger, hurt for, lack, long, lust, miss, necessitate, pine, require, suffer privation, thirst, wish, yearn, yen for; concepts 20,646 Ant. do not want, have needle [v] tease, annoy aggravate, badger, bait, bedevil, bother, examine, gnaw, goad, harass, hector, irk, irritate, nag, nettle, pester, plague, prick, prod, provoke, question, quiz, ride*, rile, rufe, spur, sting, taunt, tweak*, worry; concepts 7,19,54 Ant. praise

needless [adj] unnecessary, groundless causeless, dispensable, excessive, expendable, gratuitous, inessential, nonessential, pointless, redundant, superuous, uncalled-for, undesired, unrequired, unwanted, useless; concepts 546,575 Ant. grounded, necessary, needed needlework [n] needlepoint crocheting, darning, embroidery, knitting, lace, quilting, sewing, stitchery, stitching, tatting; concept 128 needy [adj] deprived, impoverished beggared, dead broke*, destitute, dirt poor*, disadvantaged, down-and-out*, down at heel*, down to last cent*, at*, impecunious, indigent, necessitous, penniless, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken, underprivileged, unprosperous; concept 334 Ant. afuent, rich, wealthy ne er-do-well [n] irresponsible person bum*, good-for-nothing, idler, lazybones*, loafer, sloucher, wastrel; concept 412 nefarious [adj] bad, sinful abominable, atrocious, base, corrupt, criminal, degenerate, depraved, detestable, dreadful, evil, execrable, agitious, agrant, foul, glaring, gross, heinous, horrible, infamous, infernal, iniquitous, miscreant, monstrous, odious, opprobrious, outrageous, perverse, putrid, rank, rotten, shameful, treacherous, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked; concepts 401,545,548 Ant. good, honorable, respectable, virtuous, worthy negate [v] contradict, countermand abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, belie, blackball*, break with*, cancel, cancel out, controvert, countercheck, cross*, deny, ding*, disafrm, disallow, disprove, dump*, y in the face of*, frustrate, gainsay, impugn, invalidate, kill, negative, neutralize, nullify, oppose, put down, quash*, rebut, redress, refute, repeal, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, stonewall*, traverse, turn down, turn thumbs down*, undo, vitiate, void; concepts 46,50,88,121 Ant. allow, approve, permit negation [n] contradiction, denial antithesis, antonym, blank, cancellation, contrary, converse, counterpart, disavowal, disclaimer, forget it*, gainsaying, inverse, negatory, neutralization, no, nonexistence, nothingness, nullication, nullity, opposite, opposition, proscription, refusal, rejection, renunciation, repudiation, reverse, vacuity, veto, void; concepts 121,278 ,685 Ant. allowance, approval, permission negative [adj] bad, contradictory abrogating, adverse, against, annulling, antagonistic, anti, balky, colorless, con, contrary, contravening, counteractive, cynical, denying, detrimental, disallowing, disavowing, dissentient, dissenting, gainsaying, gloomy, impugning, invalidating, jaundiced, naysaying, neutralizing, nugatory, nullifying, opposing, pessimistic, privative, recusant, refusing, rejecting, removed, repugnant, resisting, resistive, unafrmative, unenthusiastic, unfavorable, uninterested, unwilling, weak; concepts 267,403,570 Ant. good, positive negative [n] contradiction denial, disavowal, nay, refusal, refutation; concept 278 Ant. positive negative attitude [n] pessimism chip on ones shoulder*, cynicism, dim view*, expectation of the worst, gloomy outlook, hopelessness,

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lack of condence, low spirits, negativism; concepts 410,689 neglect [n1] disregard carelessness, coolness, delinquency, disdain, disregardance, disrespect, heedlessness, inadvertence, inattention, inconsideration, indifference, laxity, laxness, oversight, scorn, slight, thoughtlessness, unconcern; concepts 410,657 Ant. care, obedience, observance, regard, respect, watchfulness neglect [n2] failure, default carelessness, chaos, delay, delinquency, dereliction, dilapidation, forgetfulness, lapse, laxity, laxness, limbo, neglectfulness, negligence, omission, oversight, pretermission, remissness, slackness, slovenliness; concepts 674,699 Ant. accomplishment, achievement, completion, nish, success neglect [v1] be indifferent, leave alone affront, brush aside, brush off, condemn, depreciate, despise, detest, discount, disdain, dismiss, disregard, have nothing to do with*, ignore, keep at arms length*, keep ones distance*, laugh off*, let go*, live with*, make light of*, not care for*, overlook, pass by, pass over, pass up, pay no attention to, pay no mind*, pretermit, rebuff, reject, scant, scorn, shrug off*, slight, slur, spurn, tune out*, underestimate; concepts 30,681 Ant. cherish, concern, guard, nurture, protect, take care of, watch neglect [v2] fail to do; forget be careless, be derelict, be irresponsible, be negligent, be remiss, bypass, defer, discard, dismiss, disregard, elide, evade, gloss over*, let pass*, let slide*, look the other way*, lose sight of*, miss, not trouble oneself*, omit, overleap, overlook, overpass, pass over, postpone, procrastinate, shirk, skimp, skip, suspend, think little of*, trie; concepts 101,699 Ant. accomplish, achieve, complete, do, nish, succeed neglectful [adj] careless, failing behindhand, delinquent, derelict, disregardful, heedless, inattentive, indifferent, lax, lazy, negligent, regardless, remiss, slack, thoughtless, uncaring, unmindful; concepts 401,542 Ant. attentive, careful, caring, mindful, successful negligee [n] nightgown camisole, dishabille, nightdress, nightie, peignoir, robe, teddy, wrap, wrapper; concept 451 negligence [n] carelessness disregard, failure, forgetfulness, heedlessness, inattention, inattentiveness, laxity, laxness, neglect, neglectfulness, oversight, thoughtlessness, unpreparedness; concepts 30,633 negligent [adj] careless, indifferent asleep at switch*, behindhand, cursory, delinquent, derelict, discinct, disregardful, forgetful, heedless, inadvertent, inattentive, inconsiderate, incurious, lax, neglectful, nonchalant, offhand, regardless, remiss, slack, slapdash*, slipshod*, sloppy*, slovenly, thoughtless, unconcerned, unheedful, unmindful, unthinking; concepts 401,542 Ant. attentive, careful, caring, mindful, successful negligible [adj] insignicant imperceptible, inconsequential, minor, minute, off*, outside, petty, remote, slender, slight, slim, small, triing, trivial, unimportant; concepts 552,575, 789 Ant. important, major, signicant negotiate [v1] bargain, discuss accommodate, adjudicate, adjust, agree, arbitrate, arrange,

bring to terms*, bury the hatchet*, come across with*, compose, concert, conciliate, confer, connect, consult, contract, covenant, cut a deal*, deal, debate, dicker*, haggle, hammer out a deal*, handle, horse trade*, intercede, make a deal, make peace*, make terms*, manage, mediate, moderate, network, parley*, referee, settle, step in*, stipulate, swap, transact, treat, umpire*, work out*, work out a deal; concepts 8,56,68 negotiate [v2] traverse, cross clear, get around, get over, get past, hurdle, leap over, overleap, pass, pass through, surmount, vault; concepts 149,224 Ant. remain, stay negotiation [n] bargaining agreement, arbitration, colloquy, compromise, conference, consultation, debate, diplomacy, discussion, intervention, mediation, meeting, transaction; concepts 56,68,684 negotiator [n] person who bargains, controls discussion adjudicator, ambassador, arbitrator, broker, delegate, diplomat, xer*, go-between*, interagent, intermediary, intermedium, judge, mediator, middleperson, moderator; concepts 348,354,423 neighbor [n] person who lives close by acquaintance, bystander, friend, homebody*, nearby resident, next-door neighbor; concept 423 neighbor [v] be next to abut, adjoin, be adjacent, be contiguous, be near, be nearby, border, butt against, communicate, connect, join, line, march, surround, touch, verge; concept 759 neighborhood [n] community, surroundings adjacency, area, block, closeness, connes, contiguity, district, environs, ghetto, hood, jungle*, locale, locality, nearness, neck of the woods*, parish, part, precinct, propinquity, proximity, purlieus, quarter, region, section, slum, stomping ground*, street, suburb, territory, tract, turf, vicinage, vicinity, ward, zone, zoo*; concepts 198,379,516 neighborly [adj] friendly amiable, civil, companionable, considerate, cooperative, cordial, genial, gracious, gregarious, harmonious, helpful, hospitable, kind, obliging, sociable, social, well-disposed; concept 401 Ant. cold, distant, unfriendly, unneighborly, unsociable neither here nor there [adj] irrelevant beside the point, extraneous, immaterial, impertinent, inconsequential, not connected with, not germane, not pertaining to, off the point, off the topic, pointless, trivial, unconnected, unimportant; concepts 560,575 nemesis [n] bane adversary, afiction, bte noire, curse, iniction, opponent, plague, rival, ruination, scourge, torment; concepts 529,674 neologism [n] new word buzz word*, coinage, neology, new phrase, slang, synthetic word*, vogue word*; concept 275 Ant. time-worn neophyte [n] beginner abecedarian, amateur, apprentice, colt*, edgling, freshman, greenhorn, new boy/girl, newcomer, new kid on the block*, novice, recruit, rookie*, tenderfoot*, trainee, tyro*; concepts 423,424 nepotism [n] favoritism bias, discrimination, inequity, one-sidedness, partiality, partisanship, preference, preferential treatment; concepts 41,388,645

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nerd [n] geek dolt, dork*, dweeb*, fool, goober*, goofball*, jerk*, oaf, techie*, trekkie*, weirdo; concepts 564,570 nerve [n] daring, boldness assumption, assurance, audacity, backbone, brass*, bravery, brazenness, cheek*, chutzpah*, condence, coolness, courage, crust*, determination, effrontery, endurance, energy, face*, fearlessness, rmness, force, fortitude, gall*, gameness, grit*, guts*, hardihood, hardiness, heart*, impertinence, impudence, insolence, intestinal fortitude, intrepidity, mettle, might, moxie*, pluck*, presumption, resolution, sauce*, spirit, spunk*, starch*, steadfastness, stomach*, temerity, vigor, will; concept 411 Ant. fear, modesty, shyness, timidity nerve [v] strengthen, hearten animate, brace, cheer, embolden, encourage, enhearten, fortify, inspirit, invigorate, steel; concepts 7,14,22 Ant. discourage, dishearten, fear, weaken nerve center [n] control center command post, core, focal point, focus, headquarters, heart, HQ, hub; concepts 532,826,829 nerveless [adj1] calm, cool collected, composed, controlled, imperturbable, intrepid, patient, self-possessed, tranquil, unemotional; concept 542 Ant. disconcerted, nervous nerveless [adj2] scared to death afraid, cowardly, debilitated, enervated, fearful, feeble, nervous, petried, spineless*, timid, weak, yellow-bellied*; concepts 401,403 Ant. brave, courageous, nervy, unafraid nerve-racking [adj] distressing aggravating, annoying, disquieting, disturbing, exasperating, irksome, irritating, maddening, stressful, taxing, tense, trying, upsetting; concepts 548,565 nerves [n] extreme anxiety fretfulness, hysteria, imbalance, irritation, nervousness, neurasthenia, sleeplessness, strain, stress, tenseness, tension; concept 410 Ant. calm, coolness nervous [adj] anxious, fearful afraid, agitated, annoyed, apprehensive, basket case*, bothered, concerned, distressed, disturbed, edgy, excitable, dgety, tful, ustered, fussy*, hesitant, high-strung*, hysterical, irritable, jittery*, jumpy*, nervy*, neurotic, on edge*, overwrought, querulous, restive, rufed, sensitive, shaky*, shrinking, shy, skittish, snappish, solicitous, spooked*, taut, tense, timid, timorous, troubled, twitchy*, uneasy, unrestful, unstrung*, upset, uptight, volatile, weak, wired*, worried; concepts 403,542 Ant. brave, calm, unafraid, unnervous, unworried nervous breakdown [n] mental collapse burnout*, crackup*, depression, emotional collapse, nervous exhaustion, nervous prostration, shattered nerves; concept 410 nervousness [n] anxious state agitation, all-overs*, anger, animation, butteries*, cold sweat*, creeps*, delirium, discomture, disquiet, disquietude, dithers*, excitability, feverishness, dgets*, ap*, uster*, fuss*, impatience, jitters*, jumps*, moodiness, neurasthenia, neuroticism, perturbation, quivers, sensitivity, shakes, stage fright, stimulation, stress, tension, timidity, tizzy*, to-do*, touchiness, trembles*, tremulousness, turbulence, uneasiness, willies*, worry; concepts 410,657 Ant. calm, calmness, collectedness

nervy [adj] bold, pushy cheeky*, crass, crude, forward, fresh*, impudent, inconsiderate, pert, plucky*, rude, sassy*, smart, smart-alecky*, wise; concept 401 Ant. afraid, modest, shy, timid, unwilling nest [n] home aerie, breeding ground, burrow, den, haunt, hideaway, lair, refuge, roost; concepts 198,515 nest egg [n] savings backup, cache, funds, investment, life savings, mad money*, means, money in the bank, piggy bank, provisions, rainy day fund*, reserves, resources, savings account, stash*, stockpile; concepts 335,340,446,710 nestle [v] curl up bundle, burrow, cuddle, huddle, lie against, lie close, make snug*, move close, nuzzle, settle down, snug*, snuggle, take shelter; concepts 154,612 net [adj] proting after deductions, after taxes, clear, excluding, exclusive, nal, irreducible, pure, remaining, take-home, undeductible; concept 334 Ant. unprotable net [n] mesh, web cloth, fabric, lace, lacework, lattice, netting, network, openwork, reticulum, screen, tracery; concepts 473,770 net [v1] capture bag*, catch, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, hook*, lasso*, nab*, trap; concept 90 Ant. free, let go, release net [v2] gain after expenses accumulate, bring in, clean up, clear, earn, make, prot, realize, reap; concept 330 Ant. gross nettle [v] provoke, upset annoy, chafe, disgust, disturb, exasperate, fret, get*, goad, harass, huff, incense, insult, irritate, miff, peeve*, pester, pet, pique, put out*, rile, roil, rufe, snit*, stew*, sting*, tease, tiff*, vex; concepts 7,14,19 Ant. appease, mollify, please nettlesome [adj] irritating aggravating, annoying, bothersome, burdensome, distressing, disturbing, exasperating, irksome, nagging, troublesome, trying, vexatious, vexing; concepts 529,537 network [n] system of connections arrangement, artery, chain, checkerboard*, circuitry, complex, convolution, crisscross*, fabric, ber, grid, grill*, grillwork, hookup, interconnections, jungle, labyrinth, maze, mesh, net, netting, nexus, organization, patchwork*, plexus, reticulation, reticule, screening, structure, system, tessellation, tracks, wattle, weave, web, wiring; concepts 381,388,770 network [v] to socialize for professional or personal gain associate, circulate, hobnob, make contacts, meet, meet and greet*, mingle, rub elbows*, schmooze*; concept 384 neurosis [n] mental disturbance, disorder aberration, abnormality, afiction, breakdown, compulsion, crack-up*, derangement, deviation, hysteria, inhibition, insanity, instability, madness, maladjustment, mental illness, neurasthenia, obsession, personality disorder, phobia, psychological disorder, psychopathy; concepts 316,410 Ant. adjustment, balance, sanity neurotic [adj] mentally maladjusted aberrant, abnormal, anxious, basket case*, bundle of nerves*, choked*, clutched*, compulsive, deviant, disordered, disoriented, distraught, disturbed, erratic, hung up*, hysteric, inhibited, manic, nervous, nervous wreck*, obsessive,

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overwrought, psychoneurotic, unhealthy, unstable, upset, uptight, wired*; concepts 314,403 Ant. adjusted, balanced, sane, stable neuter [v] remove sex organs alter, castrate, change, desexualize, doctor, dress, x, geld, make barren, make impotent, make infertile, make sexless, mutilate, spay, sterilize, unsex; concepts 157,250 neutral [adj1] impartial, noncommittal aloof, bystanding, calm, clinical, collected, cool, detached, disengaged, disinterested, dispassionate, easy, evenhanded, fair-minded, impersonal, inactive, indifferent, inert, middle-of-road*, nonaligned, nonbelligerent, nonchalant, noncombatant, nonparticipating, nonpartisan, on sidelines*, on the fence*, pacistic, pokerfaced*, relaxed, unaligned, unbiased, uncommitted, unconcerned, undecided, uninvolved, unprejudiced; concepts 403,542 Ant. biased, committal, partial, predisposed, prejudiced neutral [adj2] at, dull to senses abstract, achromatic, colorless, drab, expressionless, indeterminate, indistinct, indistinguishable, intermediate, toneless, undened, vague, vanilla; concepts 485,537,618 Ant. bright, loud, strong neutralize [v] counteract abrogate, annul, balance, cancel, compensate for, conquer, counterbalance, countercheck, counterpoise, countervail, defeat, frustrate, invalidate, negate, negative, nullify, offset, overcome, override, overrule, redress, subdue, undo; concepts 121,232 never [adv] not at any time at no time, dont hold your breath*, forget it, nevermore, not at all, not ever, not in any way, not in the least, not on your life*, not under any condition, no way*; concept 799 Ant. always, forever never-ending [adj] continual, unceasing amaranthine, boundless, ceaseless, constant, continuous, endless, eternal, everlasting, immortal, incessant, interminable, nonstop, perpetual, persistent, relentless, timeless, unbroken, unchanging, uninterrupted, unremitting; concepts 482,798 Ant. ceasing, ending, halting, intermittent, interrupted nevertheless [adv] however after all, although, but, even so, even though, howbeit, nonetheless, not the less, notwithstanding, regardless, still, still and all, though, withal, yet; concept 544 new [adj1] recent, fresh advanced, au courant, brand-new, contemporary, current, cuttingedge*, dewy, different, dissimilar, distinct, fashionable, inexperienced, just out*, late, latest, modern, modernistic, modish*, neoteric, newfangled*, novel, now*, original, recent, spick-and-span*, state-of-the-art, strange, topical, ultramodern, unaccustomed, uncontaminated, unfamiliar, unique, unknown, unlike, unseasoned, unskilled, unspoiled, untouched, untrained, untried, untrodden, unused, unusual, up-to-date, virgin, youthful; concepts 564,578, 797 Ant. deteriorated, old, old-fashioned, outdated, worn new [adj2] additional added, another, else, extra, farther, fresh, further, increased, more, other, supplementary; concepts 771,824 Ant. common, existent, existing, usual new [adj3] modernized, restored altered, changed, improved, redesigned, refreshed,

regenerated, renewed, revived; concept 589 Ant. old, old-fashioned, outdated, out-ofdate, unstylish new [adv] recently afresh, anew, freshly, lately, newly, of late; concept 820 Ant. old, past new age [adj] of a broad-ranging consciousness-raising movement Age of Aquarius*, alternative, astrological, balanced, crystal healing, holistic, mystic, occult, planetary, spiritual, supernaturalist; concepts 403,529 newborn [n] infant babe, baby, bairn, bambino, bantling, bundle, child, kid, little one, neonate, nursling, small child, suckling, tot; concepts 414,424 newcomer [n] person who has just arrived in area alien, arrival, beginner, blow-in*, colt*, foreigner, greenhorn*, immigrant, incomer, Johnny-come-lately*, late arrival, latecomer, maverick, neophyte, new kid on the block*, novice, novitiate, outsider, rookie, settler, stranger, tenderfoot*; concepts 413,423 Ant. native, old hack newfangled [adj] quite recent contemporary, fashionable, fresh, gimmicky*, in vogue, modern, modernistic, neoteric, new, new-fashioned, novel, popular, unique; concepts 578,589,797 Ant. old, old-fashioned, old hack, outmoded newly [adv] recently anew, freshly, just, lately, latterly, of late; concept 820 Ant. past news [n] information, revelation account, advice, announcement, broadcast, bulletin, cable, cognizance, communication, communiqu, copy, data, description, disclosure, discovery, dispatch, enlightenment, expos, eye-opener*, front-page news*, headlines, hearsay, intelligence, itemization, knowledge, leak, lowdown, message, narration, news ash, particularization, recital, recognition, release, report, rumor, scandal, scoop*, specication, statement, story, telecast, telegram, telling, the goods*, tidings*, word*; concepts 268,274,293 Ant. history newscaster [n] broadcaster anchor, anchor man/woman, anchor person, announcer, commentator, news anchor, news commentator, reporter; concepts 60,292 newsletter [n] special interest publication bulletin, journal, magazine, pamphlet, report; concepts 279,280 newsman/newswoman [n] reporter anchor, anchor man/woman, anchor person, announcer, columnist, copy editor, correspondent, cub*, editor, foreign correspondent, ink slinger*, interviewer, investigative reporter, journalist, legman/woman*, newscaster, newshound, newspaperman/woman, newswriter, pressman/ woman, stringer, war correspondent, writer; concepts 348,356 newspaper [n] regular, continuous publication containing information biweekly, bulldog*, community, daily, extra, gazette, journal, magazine, metropolitan, organ, paper, periodical, press, rag*, record, review, scandal sheet*, sheet, tabloid, trade, weekly; concepts 279,280 newsworthy [adj] important consequential, critical, crucial, essential, far-reaching, frontpage*, great, inuential, material, meaningful, momentous, of note, of substance, paramount, relevant, serious, signicant, urgent, vital; concept 567

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next [adj] coming immediately after in space, time, order abutting, adjacent, adjoining, after, alongside, attached, back-to-back, beside, close, closest, coming, consequent, coterminous, ensuing, following, hard by*, later, meeting, nearest, neighboring, on the side, proximate, side-by-side, subsequent, succeeding, touching; concepts 585,586,799 Ant. earlier, preceding, previous next [adv] immediately after in time, space, order after, afterward, afterwhile, behind, by and by, closely, coming up, following, later, latterly, next off, subsequently, thereafter; concepts 585,586,799 Ant. earlier, preceding, previous nibble [n] morsel, bite crumb, peck, snack, soupon, taste, tidbit; concepts 458,831 Ant. mouthful nibble [v] bite, pick at crop, eat, eat like a bird*, gnaw, munch, nip*, nosh on*, peck*, snack; concept 169 Ant. gorge nice [adj1] likable, agreeable admirable, amiable, approved, attractive, becoming, charming, commendable, considerate, copacetic, cordial, courteous, decorous, delightful, ducky, fair, favorable, ne and dandy*, friendly, genial, gentle, good, gracious, helpful, ingratiating, inviting, kind, kindly, lovely, nifty*, obliging, okay*, peachy*, pleasant, pleasurable, polite, prepossessing, seemly, simpatico, superior, swell, unpresumptuous, welcome, well-mannered, winning, winsome; concepts 404,548, 572 Ant. bad, disagreeable, horrible, nasty, repulsive, unlikable, unpleasant nice [adj2] precise, neat, rened accurate, becoming, betting, careful, choosy, conforming, correct, critical, cultured, dainty, decent, delicate, discerning, discriminating, distinguishing, exact, exacting, fastidious, ne, nespun, nical, nicking, nicky*, fussy*, genteel, hairsplitting*, meticulous, minute, particular, persnickety*, picky*, proper, respectable, right, rigorous, scrupulous, seemly, squeamish, strict, subtle, tidy, trim, trivial*, virtuous, well-bred; concepts 542,557,558 Ant. disordered, imprecise, unmannerly, unrened nicety [n] ne point detail, exactness, ne distinction, meticulousness, nuance, precision, renement, rigor, rigorousness, shade, subtlety; concept 638 niche [n] place all ones own alcove, byplace, calling, compartment, corner, cranny*, cubbyhole*, hole, hollow, indentation, nook, opening, pigeonhole*, position, recess, slot, vocation; concepts 440,513,630 nick [n/v] chip, scratch cut, damage, dent, dint, indent, jag, knock, mark, mill, notch, scar, score, slit; concepts 137,176,208 nickname [n] informal title appellation, byname, byword, denomination, diminutive, epithet, familiar name, handle*, label, moniker, pet name*, sobriquet, style, tag*; concepts 268,683 nifty [adj] marvelous chic, clever, cool*, dandy, enjoyable, excellent, groovy*, keen, neat, peachy*, pleasing, quick, sharp, smart, spruce, stylish, super, swell, terric; concept 572 Ant. bad, displeasing, unhandy, unpleasant niggle [v] nitpick argue, carp, cavil, complain,

nd fault, fuss, grouse, grumble, moan, nag, object; concept 46 night [n] part of day after sundown and before sunrise after dark, after hours*, bedtime, before dawn, black*, blackness, dark, dark hours, darkness, dead of night*, dim, duskiness, dusk to dawn, evening, eventide, gloom, midnight, nightfall, nighttide, nighttime, obscurity*, pitch dark, twilight, witching hour*; concepts 620, 801,806,810 Ant. day nightclub [n] place for evening entertainment bar, bistro, cabaret, caf, casino, disco*, discotheque, dive*, hideaway*, honky-tonk*, joint*, nightery, night spot, nitery, restaurant, roadhouse, saloon, speakeasy*, spot, supper club, tavern, theatre, watering hole*; concepts 293,439,449 nightfall [n] beginning of darkness black*, crepuscule, dim, dusk, eve, eventide, sundown, sunset, twilight, vespers; concept 810 Ant. daybreak nightgown [n] dress in which to sleep bedgown, lingerie, negligee, nightdress, nightie*, nightrobe, nightshirt, pajamas, PJs*, sleeper*; concept 451 nightly [adj/adv] each evening; after dark at night, by night, every night, in the night, night after night, nights, nighttime, nocturnal, nocturnally; concepts 541,799,801 Ant. daily nightmare [n] bad dream or experience dream, fancy, fantasy, hallucination, horror, illusion, incubus, ordeal, phantasm, succubus, torment, trial, tribulation, vision; concepts 315,674 Ant. daymare nightmarish [adj] frightening alarming, awful, chilling, creepy, dire, direful, disquieting, dreadful, eerie, fearful, fearsome, ghastly, ghoulish, grim, grisly, hair-raising, hellish, horrible, horrid, horrifying, macabre, morbid, ominous, petrifying, scary, spooky, terrible, terrifying, traumatic, unnerving; concepts 529,537 night stick [n] billy club billy*, blackjack, cudgel, police ofcers club, shillelagh; concepts 470,499 nihilism [n] refusal to believe abnegation, agnosticism, anarchy, atheism, denial, disbelief, disorder, lawlessness, mob rule*, nonbelief, rejection, renunciation, repudiation, skepticism, terrorism; concept 689 Ant. belief, faith, obedience, optimism nil [adj] nonexistent naught, nihil, nix*, none, nothing, nought, zero; concepts 539,762,771 Ant. existent, existing nimble [adj] dexterous, smart active, adept, adroit, agile, alert, bright, brisk, clever, deft, handy, light, lissome, lithe, lively, procient, prompt, quick, quick-witted, ready, skillful, sprightly, spry, swift, vigilant, wide-awake; concepts 402,527,584 Ant. awkward, clumsy, lumbering, slow, undexterous, unhandy nip [n] swallow, taste bite, catch, dram, drop, nger, jolt, morsel, mouthful, nibble, pinch, portion, shot*, sip, slug*, snifter, soupon, toothful; concepts 458,831 Ant. mouthful nip [v1] bite; take small part catch, clip, compress, grip, munch, nab at*, nibble, pinch, sink teeth into*, snag, snap*, snip*, squeeze*, take a chunk out of*, tweak, twinge, twitch; concepts 142,169,190 Ant. gorge

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nip [v2] stop, thwart arrest, balk, blight, check, dash, end, frustrate; concepts 121,234 Ant. allow, encourage, permit nirvana [n] enlightenment awakening, bliss, cloud nine*, ecstasy, happiness, heaven, joy, paradise, peace, serenity, tranquillity; concept 409 nitty-gritty [n] heart of the matter basics, bottom line*, chief part, chief thing, core, essential part, focus, fundamentals, gist, important matter, nuts and bolts*, root, the facts*; concepts 442,668,826 nitwit [n] idiot blockhead, bonehead*, cretin, dimwit, dork, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, fool, halfwit, ignoramus, imbecile, jerk, moron, nincompoop, ninny*, numskull, pinhead*, simpleton, stupid person; concept 412 nobility [n] aristocracy; eminence dignity, elevation, elite, ennoblement, exaltation, excellence, generosity, gentry, glorication, grandeur, greatness, high society, honor, illustriousness, incorruptibility, integrity, loftiness, magnanimity, magnicence, majesty, nobleness, patricians, peerage, royalty, ruling class, society, stateliness, sublimity, superiority, upper class, uprightness, virtue, worthiness; concepts 378,388,668 noble [adj1] aristocratic gentle, highborn, imperial, kingly, patrician, queenly, titled, wellborn; concepts 549,555 Ant. ignoble, lowly, servile, unaristocratic, unsophisticated noble [adj2] dignied, excellent august, benecent, benevolent, benign, big, bounteous, brilliant, charitable, courtly, cultivated, dignied, distinguished, elevated, eminent, extraordinary, rst-rate, generous, gracious, grand, great, greathearted, high-minded, honorable, humane, imposing, impressive, liberal, lofty, magnanimous, magnicent, meritorious, preeminent, rened, remarkable, reputable, splendid, stately, sublime, supreme, sympathetic, tolerant, upright, virtuous, worthy; concepts 401,404,572 Ant. ignoble, undignied, unrened, unsophisticated noble [n] member of royal or important family archduchess, archduke, aristocrat, blue blood*, count, countess, duchess, duke, emperor, empress, gentleman, gentlewoman, lady, lord, patrician, peer, prince, princess, royalty, silk stocking*; concepts 422,423 nobody/nonentity [n] person of little importance cipher, insignicancy, lightweight*, menial, nix*, nothing, parvenu*, small potato*, squirt*, upstart, wimp*, zero*, zip; concept 423 Ant. somebody nocturnal [adj] happening at night after dark, late, night, night-loving, nightly, nighttime; concepts 799,801 nod [n] gesture of the head acceptance, acknowledgment, afrmative, beckon, bow, dip, greeting, inclination, indication, permission, salute, sign, signal, yes; concepts 74,185,685 nod [v1] gesture with head acknowledge, acquiesce, agree, approve, assent, beckon, bend, bow, concur, consent, curtsy, dip, duck, greet, indicate, recognize, respond, salute, say yes, sign, signal; concepts 10,50,74,88,185 nod [v2] fall asleep become inattentive, be sleepy, doze, drift, drift off, droop, drowse, nap, sleep, slump; concepts 210,315,681

node/nodule [n] knot, growth bud, bulge, bump, burl, clot, knob, lump, protuberance, swelling, tumor; concepts 471,831 noise [n] sound that is loud or not harmonious babble, babel, bang, bedlam, bellow, bewailing, blare, blast, boisterousness, boom, buzz, cacophony, caterwauling, clamor, clang, clatter, commotion, crash, cry, detonation, din, discord, disquiet, disquietude, drumming, eruption, explosion, fanfare, reworks, fracas*, fuss*, hoo-ha*, hubbub*, hullabaloo*, jangle, lamentation, outcry, pandemonium, peal, racket, ring, roar, row, shot, shouting, sonance, squawk, stridency, talk, thud, tumult, turbulence, uproar, uproariousness, yelling, yelp; concepts 521,595 Ant. silence noiseless [adj] quiet hushed, hushful, inaudible, mute, muted, silent, soundless, speechless, still, voiceless, wordless; concept 594 Ant. clamorous, noisy noiseproof [adj] soundproof insulated, nonresonant, silent; concept 594 noisome [adj] immoral, bad, offensive baneful, dangerous, deadly, deleterious, disgusting, fetid, foul, harmful, horrid, hurtful, injurious, insalubrious, insalutary, loathsome, malodorous, mephitic, mischievous, nauseating, noxious, pernicious, pestiferous, pestilential, poisonous, putrid, rank, reeking, repulsive, sickening, sickly, smelly, stinking, unhealthful, unhealthy, unwholesome, vile, yucky*; concepts 537,571,598 Ant. good, just, moral, upright noisy [adj] very loud and unharmonious in sound blatant, blusterous, boisterous, booming, cacophonous, chattering, clamorous, clangorous, clattery, deafening, disorderly, ear-popping*, ear-splitting*, jumping, loudmouth, obstreperous, piercing, rackety, raising Cain*, raising the roof*, rambunctious, raspy, riotous, rowdy, screaming, strepitous, strident, tumultous/tumultuous, turbulent, turned up, uproarious, vociferous; concepts 592,594 Ant. noiseless, quiet, silent, still nomad [n] person who wanders from place to place hobo, itinerant, migrant, pilgrim, rambler, roamer, rover, vagabond, wanderer, wayfarer; concept 413 nomadic [adj] itinerant drifting, gypsy, itinerate, migrant, migratory, pastoral, perambulant, perambulatory, peripatetic, roaming, roving, traveling, vagabond, vagrant, wandering, wayfaring; concepts 401,536,584 Ant. native, settled nom de plume [n] pen name AKA*, alias, anonym, assumed name, nickname, nom de guerre, professional name, pseudonym; concepts 268,683 nomenclature [n] vocabulary classication, codication, glossary, locution, phraseology, taxonomy, terminology; concepts 275,276,683 nominal [adj1] supposed, theoretical alleged, apparent, as advertised, formal, given, honorary, in effect only, in name only, mentioned, named, ostensible, pretended, professed, puppet, purported, seeming, self-styled, simple, so-called, stated, suggested, titular; concept 582 Ant. actual, real, true nominal [adj2] insignicant cheap, inconsiderable, inexpensive, low, low-priced, meaning-

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less, minimal, small, symbolic, token, triing, trivial, unnecessary; concepts 334,575,789 Ant. important, signicant nominate [v] designate, select appoint, assign, call, choose, cognominate, commission, decide, denominate, draft, elect, elevate, empower, intend, make, mean, name, offer, present, proffer, propose, purpose, put down for, put up, recommend, slate, slot, specify, submit, suggest, tab, tap, tender, term; concepts 41,50,75,88,300 Ant. ignore, pass over nomination [n] appointment for responsibility choice, designation, election, naming, proposal, recommendation, selection, suggestion; concepts 41,50,75,88,300 nominee [n] candidate applicant, appointee, aspirant, contender, contestant, entrant, hopeful*, ofce-seeker, runner, seeker; concept 359 nonagression [n] pacism nonviolence, passivity, peaceableness; concepts 7,22,250 nonchalant [adj] easygoing, laid back airy, aloof, apathetic, blas, calm, careless, casual, cold, collected, composed, cool, detached, disimpassioned, disinterested, dispassionate, easy, effortless, happy, impassive, imperturbable, incurious, indifferent, insouciant, lackadaisical, light, listless, loose, lukewarm, mellow, neglectful, negligent, neutral, offhand, placid, serene, smooth, triing, uncaring, unconcerned, unemotional, unexcited, unfeeling, unappable, unimpressible, unperturbed, unrufed, untroubled; concepts 401,404,542 Ant. intense, jumpy, nervous, unnerved noncommittal [adj] unwilling to decide ambiguous, buttoned up*, careful, cautious, circumspect, clammed up*, constrained, discreet, equivocal, evasive, even-steven*, guarded, hush-hush*, incommunicable, indenite, judicious, middle-ground*, middleof-the-road*, neutral, on-the-fence*, politic, reserved, restrained, tactful, temporizing, tentative, unrevealing, vague, wary, zipped*; concepts 267,403,542 Ant. committal, decisive, denite, judgemental, willing noncompliant [adj] unwilling to go along with something belligerent, contumacious, declinatory, declining, divergent, impatient, irregular, negative, objecting, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, refusing, restive, truculent; concepts 401,542 Ant. compliant, obedient, subservient, willing nonconforming [adj] nonobservant independent, individualistic, marching to the beat of a different drummer*, nonadhering, noncompliant, ones own sweet way*, radical, unorthodox; concept 554 nonconformist [adj] unwilling to behave, believe as most do beatnik*, bohemian*, dissident, freak*, heretical, heterodox, hippie*, iconoclastic, maverick, oddball, offbeat, original, rebel, schismatic*, sectarian, swinger, unorthodox, weird*; concepts 401,542 Ant. conforming, conformist, obeying, orthodox nonconformist [n] person who goes against normal behavior, beliefs beatnik*, bohemian*, demonstrator, different breed*, dissenter, dissentient, dissident, dropout, eccentric, sh out of water*, freak*, heretic, iconoclast, individualist, liberal, malcontent, maverick,

misbeliever, night person, oddball, offbeat, original, protester, radical, rebel, sectary, separatist, swinger, weirdo*; concepts 359, 423 Ant. conformist, orthodox nonconformity [n] belief, behavior different from most bohemianism, breach, contumaciousness, denial, disaffection, disagreement, disapprobation, disapproval, discordance, disobedience, dissent, eccentricity, exception, heresy, heterodoxy, iconoclasm, insubordination, lawlessness, mutinousness, negation, nonacceptance, nonagreement, noncompliance, nonconsent, objection, opposition, originality, recalcitrance, recusance, recusancy, rejection, strangeness, transgressiveness, unconventionality, uniqueness, unorthodoxy, unruliness, veto, violation; concepts 633,657,689 Ant. compliance, conformity, obedience, orthodoxy nondescript [adj] undistinguished, commonplace characterless, colorless, common, dull, empty, featureless, garden*, indescribable, indeterminate, mousy*, ordinary, unclassiable, unclassied, unexceptional, uninspiring, uninteresting, unmemorable, unremarkable, vague; concepts 529,537,547 Ant. describable, different, distinguished, illustrative, remarkable, superior, uncommon none [pron] not one thing nil, nobody, no one, no one at all, no part, not a bit, not any, not anyone, not anything, not a soul, not a thing, nothing, not one, zero, zilch*; concept 407 Ant. some nonessential [adj] not needed or important deadwood*, dispensable, excess baggage*, excessive, expendable, extraneous, inessential, insignicant, peripheral, petty, superuous, trivial, unimportant, unnecessary; concepts 546,575 Ant. essential, important, necessary, needed nonexistent [adj] ctional, not real absent, airy, baseless, blank, chimerical, dead, defunct, departed, dreamlike, dreamy, empty, ethereal, extinct, extinguished, fancied, imsy, gone, gossamery, groundless, hallucinatory, hypothetical, illusory, imaginary, imagined, immaterial, imponderable, insubstantial, legendary, lost, missing, mythical, negative, null, null and void*, passed away, passed on, perished, shadowy, tenuous, ungrounded, unreal, unsubstantial, vacant, vague, vaporous, void, without foundation; concepts 539,582 Ant. actual, existent, existing, real, true nonpartisan [adj] impartial; not political detached, equitable, fair, free-wheeling*, independent, indifferent, just, middle-of-theroad*, neutral, nonaligned, nondiscriminatory, objective, on ones own*, on-the-fence*, playing it cool*, unaffected, unafliated, unbiased, unbigoted, uncolored, unimplicated, uninuenced, uninvolved, unprejudiced; concept 542 Ant. biased, decided, partial, partisan, political, prejudiced nonplus [v] confuse, perplex astonish, astound, bafe, balk, beat, bewilder, boggle, buffalo*, confound, daze, discomt, disconcert, discountenance, dismay, dumbfound, embarrass, faze, oor*, urry, uster, frustrate, get*, mess with ones head*, muddle, mystify, overcome, paralyze, puzzle, rattle, rattle ones cage*, stagger,

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stick, stump, stun, stymie*, take aback, throw*, throw into tizzy*, thwart; concepts 14,16 Ant. clear up, educate, enlighten, explain nonsense [n] craziness, ridiculousness absurdity, babble, balderdash*, baloney*, bananas*, bombast, bull*, bunk*, claptrap*, drivel, fatuity, ightiness, folly, foolishness, fun, gibberish, giddiness, hogwash*, hooey*, hot air*, imprudence, inanity, irrationality, jazz, jest, jive*, joke, ludicrousness, madness, mumbo jumbo*, palaver, poppycock*, prattle, pretense, ranting, rashness, rot, rubbish, scrawl, scribble, senselessness, silliness, soft soap*, stupidity, thoughtlessness, trash*, tripe*; concepts 230,388,633 Ant. clarity, common sense, fact, intelligibility, sense, truth, understanding nonstop [adj] continuous, direct ceaseless, constant, endless, incessant, interminable, relentless, round-the-clock*, steady, unbroken, unending, unfaltering, uninterrupted, unremitting; concepts 482,584,798 Ant. incontinuous, indirect, intermittent, stopping, terminating nonviolence [n] abstention from violence nonagression, pacication, pacism, passiveness, passivity, peaceableness; concepts 388,691 nonviolent [adj] peaceful irenic, nonbelligerent, pacist, passive, peaceable, quiet, resistant, without violence; concept 401 Ant. hateful, mean, violent, wicked, wild nook [n] corner, cubbyhole alcove, byplace, cavity, compartment, cranny, crevice, den, hideout, hole, inglenook, niche, opening, quoin, recess, retreat; concepts 440,513 noon [n] the middle of a day apex, high noon, meridian, midday, noonday, noontide, noontime, twelve noon, twelve oclock; concepts 801,802,806 Ant. midnight norm [n] average, standard barometer, benchmark*, criterion, gauge, mean, measure, median, medium, model, par, pattern, rule, scale, touchstone*, type, yardstick; concepts 647,686,688 Ant. end, exception, extreme normal [adj1] common, usual accustomed, acknowledged, average, commonplace, conventional, customary, general, habitual, mean, median, methodical, natural, orderly, ordinary, popular, prevalent, regular, routine, run-of-themill*, standard, traditional, typic, typical, unexceptional; concept 547 Ant. abnormal, irregular, odd, strange, uncommon, unconventional, unusual normal [adj2] sane, rational all there*, compos mentis*, cool*, healthy, in good health, in ones right mind*, lucid, reasonable, right, rightminded, sound, together, well-adjusted, whole, wholesome; concepts 314,403 Ant. abnormal, eccentric, insane, irrational, irregular, odd, unbalanced normally [adv] usually as a rule, commonly, habitually, ordinarily, regularly, typically; concept 547 Ant. abnormally, never north [adj/adv] toward the top pole of the earth arctic, boreal, cold, frozen, hyperborean, northbound, northerly, northern, northmost, northward, polar, septentrional, toward North Pole, tundra; concepts 581,583 Ant. south nose [n] smelling organ of animate being adenoids, beak*, bill*, horn*, muzzle*, nares, nostrils, olfactory nerves, proboscis, schnoz*,

smeller*, sneezer*, sniffer*, snoot*, snout*, snuffer*, whiffer*; concepts 392,601 nose [v] detect, search busybody*, examine, inspect, meddle, mouse*, pry, scent, smell, sniff, snoop*; concepts 103,216 nosh [n] snack bite, bite to eat*, break, goodies*, grub, light meal, midnight snack, pickings, refreshment, tidbit, tiny meal; concepts 457,459 nosh [v] snack eat between meals, munch, nibble, pick at, taste; concept 169 nostalgia [n] pleasant remembrances fond memories*, hearts and owers*, homesickness, longing, pining, reminiscence, remorse, schmaltz*, sentimentality, tear-jerker*, wistfulness, yearning; concepts 20,410 nostalgic [adj] longingly remembering cornball*, down memory lane*, drippy*, homesick, like yesterday*, lonesome, longing, mushy*, regretful, sappy*, sentimental, sloppy, syrupy*, wistful, yearning; concepts 403,529 nostrum [n] cure-all, often ineffective catholicon, cure, drug, elixir, x, formula, home remedy, medicine, panacea, patent medicine, potion, quack medicine*, quick x*, remedy, treatment; concepts 307,311 nosy [adj] curious; prying eavesdropping, inquisitive, inquisitorial, inquisitory, interested, interfering, intermeddling, intrusive, meddlesome, personal, searching, snooping, snoopy; concept 401 Ant. indifferent, uncaring, unconcerned, uninterested notable [adj] important; famous big-league*, bodacious*, celebrated, celebrious, conspicuous, distingu, distinguished, eminent, eventful, evident, extraordinary, famed, great, heavy*, high-prole*, illustrious, major-league*, manifest, marked, memorable, momentous, nameable, noteworthy, noticeable, notorious, observable, outstanding, preeminent, prominent, pronounced, rare, red-letter*, remarkable, renowned, rubric, serious, something else*, striking, top-drawer*, uncommon, unusual, well-known; concept 568 Ant. commonplace, inconsequential, insignicant, ordinary, unimportant, unnoticeable, unremarkable notable [n] person who is famous, important big name*, big shot*, big-time operator*, big wheel*, celebrity, chief, dignitary, eminence, executive, gure*, heavyweight*, high-up, hotdog*, leader, lion*, luminary, magnate, mogul, name, notability, personage, personality, pooh-bah*, power, somebody*, star, superstar, VIP*, worthy; concepts 347,352,423 Ant. lowlife, unknown notably [adv] especially conspicuously, distinctly, exceedingly, exceptionally, extremely, greatly, highly, hugely, markedly, noticeably, outstandingly, particularly, prominently, remarkably, reputably, signally, strikingly, uncommonly, very; concept 569 Ant. insignicantly, unnotably, unremarkably notarize [v] certify attest, authenticate, document, endorse, register, sign and seal, swear, validate, verify, witness; concepts 50,88 notary [n] notary public certier, commissioner for oaths, court clerk, endorser, public ofcial, recorder, registrar, scrivener, signatory, witness; concepts 355,423

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notation [n] written remarks characters, chit, code, documentation, gures, jotting, memo, memorandum, note, noting, record, representation, script, signs, symbols, system; concepts 268,284 not born yesterday [adj] experienced battlescarred, been around, canny, cunning, on the ball*, savvy, seasoned, trained, unbelieving, wise, worldly; concepts 402,527 notch [n1] indentation cleft, cut, gap, gash, groove, incision, indent, indenture, mark, mill, nick, nock, rabbet, rut, score, scratch; concept 513 notch [n2] level within classication cut, degree, grade, rung, stage, step; concepts 388,744 notch [v] indent chisel, cleave, crenelate, crimp, cut, dent, gash, incise, jag, mark, mill, nick, scallop, score, scratch; concepts 137,176,208 Ant. ush note [n1] symbol, often used in reference to music character, degree, gure, at, indication, interval, key, lick*, mark, natural, pitch, representation, scale, sharp, sign, step, token, tone; concepts 262,284 note [n2] attention, heed cognizance, mark, mind, notice, observance, observation, regard, remark; concept 529 Ant. heedlessness, ignorance, neglect, unobservance note [v] observe, perceive catch, clock, denote, descry, designate, dig, discern, discover, distinguish, document, enter, get a load of*, get an eyeful*, heed, indicate, jot down, mark, mention, notice, pick up on*, put down, record, register, remark, see, set down, spot, take in*, transcribe, view, write, write down; concepts 34,626 Ant. ignore, neglect notebook [n] writing tablet binder, blotter, daybook, diary, exercise book, journal, log, loose-leaf notebook, memo book, pad, scratch pad, spiral notebook, workbook; concept 271 noted [adj] famous, eminent acclaimed, celeb, celebrated, conspicuous, distinguished, esteemed, illustrious, leading, name, notable, notorious, of note, popular, prominent, recognized, redoubted, renowned, somebody, star, well-known; concept 568 Ant. insignicant, unimportant, unknown note/notes [n3] written communication agenda, annotation, calendar, comment, commentary, datum, denition, diary, dispatch, entry, epistle, gloss, inscription, jotting, journal, letter, line, marginalia, mark, memo, memorandum, message, minute, missive, obiter dictum, observation, record, remark, reminder, scratch, scrawl, scribble, summary, thank-you, word; concept 271 notes [n] outline annotation, draft, impressions, jottings, marginalia, record, report, rough draft, summary, synopsis; concept 268 noteworthy [adj] important boss*, conspicuous, cool*, evident, exceptional, extraordinary, heavy*, high-prole*, hot*, major-league*, manifest, meaningful, memorable, mind-blowing*, murder, nameable, notable, noticeable, observable, outstanding, patent, prominent, red-letter*, remarkable, serious, signicant, something else*, splash*, stand-out*, super, terric, the end*, underlined*, unique, unusual, utmost; concepts 567,568 Ant. common,

inconsequential, insignicant, ordinary, unimportant nothingness [n1] insignicance pettiness, smallness, unimportance, worthlessness; concept 668 Ant. eminence, importance, signicance nothing/nothingness [n2] emptiness, nonexistence annihilation, aught, blank, cipher, extinction, y speck*, insignicancy, naught, nihility, nobody, nonbeing, nonentity, not anything, nought, nullity, obliteration, oblivion, shutout*, trie, void, wind*, zero*, zilch*, zip; concepts 407,707 Ant. capacity, fullness nothing to it [adj] effortless a breeze*, childs play*, duck soup*, easy, easy as ABC*, easy as pie*, no problem*, no sweat*, painless, piece of cake*, simple, snap*, uncomplicated; concept 565 notice [n1] observation apprehension, attention, care, cognizance, concern, consideration, ear, grasp, heed, mark, mind, note, observance, regard, remark, respect, thought, understanding; concepts 34,532 Ant. heedlessness, ignorance, neglect notice [n2] announcement, information admonition, advertisement, advice, caution, caveat, circular, clue, comment, comments, communication, criticism, critique, cue, declaration, directive, enlightenment, goods*, handbill, info*, instruction, intelligence, intimation, know*, lowdown*, manifesto, memo, memorandum, news, note, notication, order, picture, poster, proclamation, remark, review, score, sign, squib*, story, tip, warning, whole story*, write-up; concepts 271,274,278 notice [v] observe, perceive acknowledge, advert, allude, catch, clock, descry, detect, dig*, discern, distinguish, espy, ash on*, get a load of*, heed, look at, make out*, mark, mind, note, pick up on, recognize, refer, regard, remark, see, spot, take in; concepts 34,626 Ant. ignore, miss, neglect, overlook noticeable [adj] conspicuous, evident apparent, appreciable, arresting, arrestive, big as life*, cant miss it*, clear, distinct, eye-catching, manifest, marked, notable, noteworthy, observable, obvious, open and shut*, outstanding, palpable, patent, perceptible, plain, pointed, prominent, remarkable, salient, sensational, signal, spectacular, striking, under ones nose*, unmistakable; concepts 529,537, 567 Ant. forgotten, inconspicuous, obscure, overlooked, unnoticeable notication [n] announcement advertisement, advisory, alert, bulletin, communication, communique, declaration, information, message, news, notice, proclamation, release, report, statement, warning; concepts 49,274 notify [v] inform acquaint, advise, air, alert, announce, apprise, assert, blazon, brief, broadcast, cable, caution, circulate, clue in, convey, cue, debrief, declare, disclose, disseminate, divulge, enlighten, express, ll in, give, herald, hint, let in on, let know, make known, mention, pass out, post, proclaim, promulgate, publish, radio, report, reveal, send word, speak, spread, state, suggest, talk, teach, telephone, tell, tip off, vent, warn, wire, wise up*, write; concepts 60,79 Ant. conceal, hide, suppress

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notion [n1] belief, idea angle, apprehension, approach, assumption, awareness, clue, comprehension, conceit, concept, conception, consciousness, consideration, cue, discernment, ash, hint, image, imagination, impression, inclination, indication, inkling, insight, intellection, intimation, intuition, judgment, knowledge, opinion, penetration, perception, sentiment, slant, spark, suggestion, telltale, thought, twist, understanding, view, wind, wrinkle; concepts 529,532,689 notion [n2] whim, desire caprice, conceit, fancy, humor, imagination, impulse, inclination, wish; concept 20 Ant. need notoriety [n] reputation ballyhoo*, celebrity, center stage*, dishonor, disrepute, clat*, fame, ak*, infamy, ink*, name*, obloquy, opprobrium, renown, rep*, scandal, splash*, spotlight*, wise*; concepts 388,411 notorious [adj] known for a trait, often an unadmirable one belled, blatant,dishonorable, disreputable, agrant, glaring, ill-famed, infamous, leading, noted, obvious, opprobrious, overt, patent, popular, prominent, questionable, scandalous, shady, shameful, undisputed, wanted, well-known, wicked; concept 404 notwithstanding [adv/prep] although, however after all, against, at any rate, but, despite, for all that, howbeit, in any case, in any event, in spite of, nevertheless, nonetheless, on the other hand, regardless of, though, to the contrary, withal, yet; concept 544 nourish [v] feed, care for attend, cherish, comfort, cultivate, encourage, foster, furnish, maintain, nurse, nurture, promote, provide, supply, support, sustain, tend; concepts 140,295 Ant. abandon, deprive, neglect, starve nourishing [adj] healthful alimentative, benecial, health-giving, healthy, nutrient, nutrimental, nutritious, nutritive, wholesome; concepts 462,537 Ant. bad, unhealthy, unwholesome nourishment [n] food aliment, diet, feed, foodstuff, home cooking*, maintenance, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, pap*, provender, support, sustenance, viands, victuals, vittles*; concept 457 Ant. deprivation, starvation nouveau riche [n] new rich DINK*, parvenu, social climber, upstart, vulgarian, yuppie*; concept 423 novel [adj] new, original at cutting edge*, atypical, avant-garde, breaking new ground*, contemporary, different, far cry*, fresh, funky*, innovative, just out*, modernistic, neoteric, newfangled, new-fashioned, now*, odd, offbeat, peculiar, rare, recent, singular, strange, uncommon, unfamiliar, unique, unusual; concepts 564,578,797 Ant. common, customary, familiar, old, ordinary, overused, used, usual, worn novel [n] ctional book best-seller, cliff-hanger, ction, narrative, novelette, novella, paperback, potboiler*, prose, romance, story, tale, yarn*; concept 280 novelty [n1] newness, originality change, crazy*, creation, dernier cri*, freshness, innovation, last word*, modernity, mutation, newfangled contraption, oddball, oddity, original, origination, permutation, recentness, sport*, strangeness, surprise, unfamiliarity, uniqueness, vicissitude, weird*; concepts 665,697,715

novelty [n2] trinket, gadget bagatelle*, bauble, bibelot*, conversation piece, curio, curiosity, gewgaw*, gimcrack*, gimmick, item, knickknack, memento, objet dart*, oddity, souvenir, trie, whatnot*; concepts 260,446 novice [n] person just learning something amateur, apprentice, beginner, colt*, convert*, cub*, rst of May*, edgling, greenhorn, gremlin, know from nothing*, learner, mark*, neophyte, newcomer, new kid on the block*, novitiate, plebe, postulant, prentice, probationer, proselyte, punk*, pupil, recruit, rookie, starter, student, tenderfoot*, trainee; concepts 348,350,423 Ant. expert, professional now [adv] presently any more, at once, at the moment, at this moment, at this time, away, directly, rst off, forthwith, here and now, immediately, in a minute, in a moment, in nothing at, instanter, instantly, just now, like now*, momentarily, nowadays, on the double*, PDQ*, promptly, pronto*, right away, right now, soon, straightaway, these days, this day, today; concepts 812,820 Ant. future, later, past now and then [adv] once in a while at intervals, at times, every now and then, every once in a while, every so often, from time to time, hardly, infrequently, intermittently, irregularly, now and again, occasionally, off and on, once in a blue moon*, on occasion, periodically, sometimes, sporadically; concepts 530,541 noxious [adj] deadly, injurious baneful, corrupting, dangerous, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, fetid, foul, harmful, hurtful, insalubrious, insalutary, noisome, pernicious, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, poisonous, putrid, sickly, spoiled, stinking, toxic, unhealthful, unhealthy, unwholesome, venomous, virulent; concepts 485,537 Ant. curing, good, healthy, helpful, hygienic, pure, sterile, wholesome nozzle [n] spout cock, faucet, spigot, tap; concepts 445,464,499 nuance [n] slight difference; shading dash, degree, distinction, gradation, hint, implication, nicety, renement, shade, shadow, soupon, subtlety, suggestion, suspicion, tinge, touch, trace; concept 665 nub [n1] core, gist basic, bottom line*, crux, essence, heart*, kernel, meat*, meat and potatoes*, nitty-gritty*, nubbin, nucleus, pith, point, short, substance, upshot; concepts 661,682,826 Ant. exterior, outside nub [n2] bump, knot bulge, knob, lump, node, protuberance, swelling; concept 471 nuclear energy [n] nuclear power atomic energy, atomic power, nuclear ssion power, nuclear fusion power, thermonuclear power; concept 520 nuclear reactor [n] atomic reactor atomic pile, atomic power plant, breeder reactor, core reactor, nuclear power plant, thermonuclear reactor; concept 520 nuclear weapon [n] explosive driven by nuclear energy A-bomb, atomic bomb, atomic weapon, doomsday machine*, H-bomb, hydrogen bomb, mininuke*, mirv*, MX*, neutron bomb, nuke*; concept 500 nucleus [n] core; basis for somethings beginning bud, center, crux, embryo, focus,

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foundation, germ, heart, hub, kernel, matter, nub, pivot, premise, principle, seed, spark; concepts 393,826,828 Ant. exterior, exteriority, outside nude [adj] without clothes, covering au naturel*, bald, bare, bare-skinned, buck naked*, dishabille*, disrobed, exposed, garmentless, in birthday suit, in ones skin*, in the altogether*, naked, peeled*, raw, skin, stark, stark-naked*, stripped, unattired, unclad, unclothed, uncovered, undraped, undressed, wearing only a smile*, without a stitch*; concept 485 Ant. clothed, covered nudge [n/v] bump, elbow dig, jab, jog, poke, prod, punch, push, shove, tap, touch; concepts 208,612 nudity [n] nakedness bareness, birthday suit*, natural state, naturism, nudism, the buff*, the nude, the raw*, undress; concept 453 nugget [n] lump, solid piece; often of metal ore asset, bullion, chunk, clod, clump, gold, hunk, ingot, mass, plum, rock, treasure, wad*; concept 471 nuisance [n] annoyance; annoying person besetment, blister, bore, bother, botheration, botherment, bum*, creep, drag*, drip*, exasperation, frump, gady, headache*, inconvenience, iniction, insect*, irritant, irritation, louse, nag*, nudge*, offense, pain, pain in the neck*, pest, pester, pesterer, pill*, plague, poor excuse*, problem, terror, trouble, vexation; concepts 412,674 Ant. delight, happiness, pleasantry, pleasure nuke [n] nuclear weapon A-bomb, atomic bomb, atomic weapon, doomsday machine*, H-bomb, hydrogen bomb, neutron bomb; concept 500 nuke [v1] attack with nuclear weapons annihilate, bomb, destroy, eliminate, incinerate, kill, obliterate, wipe out; concepts 86,252 nuke [v2] cook bake, brown, heat, microwave, warm up, zap; concept 170 null [adj] ineffectual, valueless absent, bad, barren, characterless, imaginary, ineffective, inefcacious, inoperative, invalid, negative, nonexistent, nothing, null and void*, powerless, unavailing, unreal, unsanctioned, useless, vain, void, worthless; concept 560 Ant. effective, effectual, valid, valuable, worthwhile, worthy nullify [v] cancel, revoke abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, ax, blue pencil*, bring to naught*, call all bets off*, compensate, conne, counteract, counterbalance, countervail, disannul, forget it*, invalidate, kill*, limit, negate, neutralize, nig*, offset, quash*, render null and void*, renege, renig*, repeal, rescind, restrict, scratch*, scrub*, squash*, stamp out*, take out*, torpedo*, trash*, undo, veto, vitiate, void, wash out*, wipe out*, zap*; concepts 50,88, 121,234 Ant. afrm, pass, sanctify, validate numb [adj] deadened, insensitive aloof, anesthetized, apathetic, asleep, benumbed, callous, casual, comatose, dazed, dead, detached, disinterested, frozen, immobilized, incurious, indifferent, insensate, insensible, insentient, lethargic, listless, numbed, paralyzed, phlegmatic, remote, senseless, stupeed, stuporous, torpid, unconcerned, unconscious, uncurious, unfeeling, uninterested; concepts 403,609 Ant. lively, responsive, sensitive

numb [v] deaden anesthetize, benumb, blunt, chill, desensitize, dull, freeze, frost, immobilize, obtund, paralyze, stun, stupefy; concepts 250,255 Ant. enliven number [n1] unit of the mathematical system cardinal, character, chiffer, cipher, count, decimal, denominator, digit, emblem, gure, folio, fraction, googol, integer, numeral, numerator, ordinal, prime, representation, sign, statistic, sum, symbol, total, whole number; concepts 765,784 Ant. letter number [n2] aggregate, bunch abundance, amount, caboodle*, collection, company, conglomeration, crowd, estimate, ock, horde, jillion*, lot, manifoldness, many, multitude, plenitude, plenty, product, quantity, slew*, sum, throng, total, totality, umpteen*, volume, whole, zillion*; concepts 432,787 Ant. one number [v] count, calculate account, add, add up, aggregate, amount, come, computer, count heads*, count noses*, count off, enumerate, estimate, gure in, gure out, include, keep tabs, numerate, reckon, run, run down, run into, run to, sum, take account of, tale, tally, tell, tick off*, total, tote*, tote up*; concept 764 Ant. estimate, guess numbered [adj] limited in number categorized, checked, contained, counted, designated, doomed, enumerated, fated, xed, included, indicated, marked, specied, told, totalled; concept 554 Ant. innite, unlimited, unnumbered numberless [adj] innite countless, endless, heaps*, incalculable, innumerable, jillion, many, multitudinous, myriad, no end of*, no end to*, numerous, umpteen*, uncountable, uncounted, unnumbered, untold, zillion*; concepts 482,762,781 Ant. counted, nite, limited, numbered numskull [n] idiot blockhead, bonehead*, buffoon, cretin, dimwit, dolt, dork, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, fathead*, fool, halfwit, ignoramus, imbecile, jerk, moron, nincompoop, ninny*, nitwit, pinhead*, simpleton, stupid person; concept 412 numeral [n] symbol of mathematical system character, chiffer, cipher, digit, gure, integer, number; concepts 284,784 Ant. letter numeric/numerical [adj] concerning mathematics algebraic, algorithmic, arithmetic, arithmetical, binary, differential, digital, exponent, exponential, fraction, fractional, integral, logarithm, logarithmic, mathematical, numeral, numerary, statistical; concept 762 Ant. alphabetic, alphabetical numerous [adj] many, abundant big, copious, diverse, great, innite, large, legion, lousy with*, multifarious, multitudinal, multitudinous, plentiful, populous, profuse, rife, scads*, several, sundry, thick, umpteen*, various, voluminous, zillion*; concepts 762,781 Ant. decient, few, lacking, little, small nun [n] woman in religious order abbess, anchorite, canoness, mother superior, postulant, prioress, religious woman, sister, vestal; concept 361 Ant. monk nunnery [n] convent abbey, cloister, monastery, priory, religious community, retreat; concepts 368,516

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nuptial [adj] concerning marriage bridal, conjugal, connubial, espousal, marital, married, matrimonial, spousal, wedded, wedding; concept 555 Ant. divorce nuptials [n] marriage ceremony bridal, espousal, marriage, matrimony, spousal, wedding; concept 297 Ant. divorce nurse [n] person who tends to sick, cares for someone assistant, attendant, baby sitter, caretaker, foster parent, medic, minder, nurse practitioner, practical nurse, registered nurse, RN, sitter, therapist, wet nurse; concepts 357,414 nurse [v1] care for, tend advance, aid, attend, baby-sit, cherish, cradle, cultivate, encourage, father, feed, forward, foster, further, harbor, humor, immunize, indulge, inoculate, irradiate, keep alive, keep an eye on*, keep tabs on*, look after, medicate, minister to, mother, nourish, nurture, pamper, preserve, promote, see to,serve, sit, succor, support, take care of, take charge of, treat, vaccinate, wait on, watch out for, watch over; concepts 110,140 Ant. ignore, neglect nurse [v2] give milk, usually from breast bottlefeed, breast-feed, cradle, dry-nurse, feed, give suck, lactate, nourish, nurture, suck, suckle, wet-nurse; concepts 140,295 nursemaid [n] nanny au pair, baby-sitter, governess, nurserymaid, wet nurse; concept 295 nursing home [n] convalescent home old folks home*, old peoples home, rest home, retirement home; concept 312 nurture [n] development, nourishment breeding, care, diet, discipline, edibles, education, feed, food, instruction, nutriment, provender, provisions, rearing, subsistence, sustenance, training, upbringing, viands, victuals; concepts 457,712 Ant. deprivation, ignorance, neglect, starvation nurture [v] feed, care for back, bolster, bring up, cherish, cultivate, develop, discipline, educate, foster, instruct, nourish, nurse, nursle, provide, raise, rear, school, support, sustain, tend, train, uphold; concepts 110,140,295 Ant. deprive, ignore, neglect, starve nut [n1] seed of fruit, vegetable achene, caryopsis, kernel, stone, utricle; concept 428 nut [n2] crazy, overenthusiastic person bedlamite, bigot, crackpot, crank, dement, eccentric, fanatic, end, freak, harebrain*, loony*, lunatic, maniac, non compos mentis, screwball*, zealot; concepts 412,423 Ant. sane person nut house [n] mental health facility bughouse*, funny farm*, insane asylum, loony bin, madhouse*, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital, psychiatric ward, sanatorium; concepts 312,439,516 nutrient [n] source of nourishment ber, food, health food, mineral, nutriment, supplements, vitamin; concept 457 nutrition [n] food diet, menu, nourishment, nutriment, subsistence, sustenance, victuals; concept 457 Ant. deprivation, starvation nutritious [adj] healthy alimental, alimentative, balanced, benecial, good, healthful, health-giving, invigorating, nourishing, nutrient, nutrimental, nutritive, salubrious, salutary, strengthening, wholesome; concept 462 Ant. bad, insubstantial, unhealthful, unhealthy, unwholesome

nuts/nutty [adj] mentally deranged absurd, batty*, bedlamite, cracked*, crazy, daffy, daft, demented, eccentric, enthusiastic, foolish, gung ho*, harebrained*, insane, irrational, keen, kooky, loony, lunatic, mad, out of ones mind*, ridiculous, touched, unusual, wacky*, warm, zealous; concept 403 Ant. balanced, calm, sane, well nuts and bolts [n] practical details basic details, basics, brass tacks*, essentials, fundamentals, mechanics, nitty-gritty*, practicalities; concept 546 nuzzle [v] cuddle bundle, burrow, caress, fondle, nestle, nudge, pet, snug, snuggle; concepts 190,612 nylons [n] stockings hose, hosiery, panty hose, tights; concept 451 nymph [n] female nature spirit dryad, fairy, goddess, mermaid, naiad, nymphet, spirit, sprite, sylph; concepts 415,424

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oaf [n] person who is clumsy, stupid beast, blunderer, bruiser, brute, chump*, clod, clown, dolt, dumb ox*, dunce, fool, goon*, idiot, imbecile, klutz*, loser, lout*, moron, nincompoop*, ox*, sap*, simpleton; concept 412 Ant. handyman oash [adj] clumsy, stupid all thumbs*, blundering, blunderous, bumbling, bungling, butterngered*, dumb, gawkish, gawky, graceless, half-witted*, heavy-handed, idiotic, ignorant, inelegant, inept, klutzy*, lubberly, lumbering, lumpish, moronic, simple, simpleminded, slow, stumbling, uncoordinated, undexterous, ungainly, unintelligent; concepts 401,402, 548,584 oasis [n1] spring fountain, watering hole, well, wellspring; concept 514 oasis [n2] refuge asylum, cover, escape, harbor, haven, hideaway, resting place, retreat, safe place, sanctuary, sanctum, shelter; concepts 198,515 oath [n1] promise adjuration, afdavit, afrmation, avowal, bond, contract, deposition, pledge, profession, sworn declaration, sworn statement, testimony, vow, word, word of honor; concepts 71,278 Ant. break oath [n2] curse blasphemy, cuss*, cuss word*, dirty name*, dirty word*, expletive, four-letter word*, imprecation, malediction, no-no*, profanity, strong language, swearword; concepts 54,278 Ant. kindness, pleasantry obdurate [adj] pigheaded, stubborn adamant, bullhead*, callous, cold sh*, dogged, rm, xed, hanging tough*, hard, hard-boiled*, hard-hearted*, hard-nosed*, harsh, heartless, immovable, implacable, indurate, inexorable, inexible, iron*, mean, mulish*, obstinate, perverse, relentless, rigid, set in stone*, stiffnecked*, thick-skinned*, tough, tough nut to crack*, unbending, uncompassionate, uncompromising, uncooperative, unemotional, unfeeling, unimpressible, unrelenting, unshakable, unsympathetic, unyielding; concepts 401,542 Ant. amenable, gentle, submissive, susceptible, yielding

OBEDIENCE / OBJET DART

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obedience [n] good behavior; submissiveness accordance, acquiescence, agreement, compliance, conformability, conformity, deference, docility, duteousness, dutifulness, duty, manageability, meekness, observance, orderliness, quietness, respect, reverence, servility, submission, subservience, tameness, tractability, willingness; concepts 411,633 Ant. bad behavior, disobedience, misbehavior, mischief, mutiny, rebellion obedient [adj] well-behaved; submissive acquiescent, amenable, at ones beck and call*, attentive, biddable, complaisant, compliant, controllable, deferential, devoted, docile, docious, duteous, dutiful, faithful, governable, honoring, in ones clutches*, in ones pocket*, in ones power*, law-abiding, loyal, obeisant, obliging, observant, on a string*, pliant, regardful, resigned, respectful, reverential, sheeplike*, subservient, tame, tractable, under control, venerating, well-trained, willing, wrapped around nger*, yielding; concepts 401,404 Ant. contrary, disobedient, insolent, misbehaving, mutinous, obstinate, rebellious obeisance [n] salutation allegiance, bending of the knee*, bow, curtsy, deference, fealty, genuection, homage, honor, kowtow*, loyalty, praise, respect, reverence, salaam*; concepts 154,384 Ant. bad manners, disobedience, disregard, disrespect obeisant [adj] showing respect courtly, deferential, dutiful, regarding, respectful, respecting, reverent, reverential, servile, standing; concept 401 obese [adj] very overweight adipose, avoirdupois, corpulent, fat, eshy*, gross*, heavy, outsize, paunchy, plump, porcine, portly, pudgy, rotund, stout; concept 491 Ant. emaciated, skinny, underweight obesity [n] corpulence bulk, chubbiness, chunkiness, fatness, overweight, paunchiness, plumpness, portliness, rotundness, stoutness; concept 734 obey [v] conform, give in abide by, accede, accept, accord, acquiesce, act upon, adhere to, agree, answer, assent, be loyal to, be ruled by, bow to*, carry out, comply, concur, discharge, do as one says, do ones bidding, do ones duty, do what is expected, do what one is told, embrace, execute, follow, fulll, get in line*, give way*, heed, hold fast*, keep, knuckle under*, live by, mind, observe, perform, play second ddle*, respond, serve, submit, surrender, take orders, toe the line*; concepts 91,136 Ant. disobey, mutiny, rebel obfuscate [v] confuse bafe, becloud, befuddle, bewilder, cloud, complicate, conceal, confound, darken, fog, fuddle, muddle, obscure, perplex, puzzle, rattle; concept 16 obituary [n] notice of persons death announcement, death notice, eulogy, mortuary tribute, necrology, obit, register; concepts 268,270 Ant. birth announcement object [n1] thing able to be seen/felt/perceived article, body, bulk, commodity, doodad*, doohickey*, entity, fact, gadget, gizmo*, item, mass, matter, phenomenon, reality, something, substance, thingamajig*, volume, whatchamacallit*, widget*; concept 433

object [n2] purpose, use aim, design, duty, end, end in view, end purpose, function, goal, idea, intent, intention, mark, mission, motive, objective, point, reason, target, view, wish; concept 659 object [n3] aim, recipient butt*, focus, ground zero*, receiver, target, victim, zero*; concepts 124,532 Ant. subject object [v] disagree, argue against balk, be displeased, challenge, complain, crab*, criticize, cross, demur, deprecate, disapprove, disavow, discommend, discountenance, disesteem, dispute, dissent, except, expostulate, frown, go-one-on-one*, gripe, grouse, inveigh, kick*, make a stink*, mix it up with*, oppose, protest, rail, raise objection, rant, rave, remonstrate, sound off*, spurn, squawk*, storm, take exception, take on, tangle*; concepts 12,21,46 Ant. accept, agree, concur, consent, go along objection [n] argument, disagreement cavil, censure, challenge, counter-argument, criticism, declination, demur, demurral, demurring, difculty, disapprobation, disapproval, discontent, disesteem, disinclination, dislike, displeasure, dissatisfaction, doubt, exception, grievance, gripe, hesitation, kick, niggle*, odium, opposition, protest, protestation, question, rejection, reluctance, remonstrance, remonstration, repugnancy, revilement, scruple, shrinking, squawk*, stink*, unwillingness; concepts 21,46,410,689 Ant. acceptance, agreement, concurrence, consent objectionable [adj] not nice; unpleasant abhorrent, censurable, deplorable, disagreeable, dislikable, displeasing, distasteful, exceptionable, ill-favored, inadmissible, indecorous, inexpedient, insufferable, intolerable, invidious, loathsome, lousy, murder, noxious, obnoxious, offensive, opprobrious, poison, regrettable, repellent, reprehensible, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, unacceptable, undesirable, unt, unpalatable, unsatisfactory, unseemly, unsuitable, unwanted, unwelcome; concepts 548, 558,570 Ant. good, nice, pleasant, welcome objective [adj] fair, impartial cold, cool, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, equitable, evenhanded, impersonal, judicial, just, like it is*, nondiscriminatory, nonpartisan, openminded*, straight, strictly business*, unbiased, uncolored, unemotional, uninvolved, unprejudiced, unprepossessed; concepts 403,542 Ant. partial, prejudiced, subjective, unfair objective [n] aim, goal ambition, aspiration, design, end, end in view*, ground zero*, intention, mark, mission, object, purpose, target, zero*; concept 659 objectively [adv] impartially considerately, detachedly, disinterestedly, dispassionately, equitably, evenhandedly, indifferently, justly, neutrally, on the up and up*, open-mindedly*, soberly, squarely, with an open mind*, with impartiality, with objectivity, without favor, without prejudice; concepts 542,544 Ant. emotionally, subjectively objectivity [n] impartiality detachment, disinterest, disinterestedness, dispassion, equality, equitableness, indifference, neutrality, open-mindedness; concepts 403,542 objet dart [n] work of art bibelot, bric-a-brac,

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collectors item, collectors piece, curio, knickknack; concept 446 objurgate [v] berate bawl out, castigate, censure, chastise, chew out*, chide, give one hell*, jump all over*, rake over the coals*, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, scold, upbraid; concept 52 obligate [v] require astrict, bind, constrain, force, indebt, make indebted, oblige, restrain, restrict; concepts 53,130,646 Ant. let off obligated [adj] bound bounden, called by duty, committed, compelled, contracted, duty-bound, enslaved, forced, indebted, indentured, obliged, pledged, required, tied, under obligation, urged; concept 554 obligation [n] responsibility accountability, accountableness, agreement, bond, burden, business, call, cause, charge, chit*, commitment, committal, compulsion, conscience, constraint, contract, debit, debt, devoir, due bill, dues, duty, engagement, IOU*, liability, must, necessity, need, occasion, onus, ought, part, place, promise, requirement, restraint, right, trust, understanding; concepts 329,335,388,645 obligatory [adj] essential, required binding, coercive, compulsatory, compulsory, de rigueur, enforced, imperative, imperious, mandatory, necessary, requisite, unavoidable; concept 546 Ant. nonessential, optional, unrequired, voluntary oblige [v1] require bind, coerce, command, compel, constrain, force, impel, make, necessitate, obligate, shotgun*; concepts 14,242,646 Ant. let off oblige [v2] do a favor or kindness accommodate, aid, assist, avail, bend over backward*, benet, come around, contribute, convenience, dont make waves*, favor, ll the bill*, t in, go fty-fty*, gratify, grin and bear it*, help, indulge, make a deal*, make room*, meet halfway*, please, prot, put oneself out*, roll with it*, serve, swim with the tide*, take it*, toe the mark*; concepts 110,136,384 Ant. be mean obliged [adj] bound bounden, called by duty, committed, compelled, contracted, duty-bound, enslaved, forced, indebted, indentured, obligated, pledged, required, tied, under obligation, urged; concept 554 obliging [adj] friendly, helpful accommodating, agreeable, amiable, cheerful, civil, complaisant, considerate, cooperative, courteous, eager to please, easy, easygoing, good-humored, goodnatured, hospitable, kind, lenient, mild, polite, willing; concepts 401,404 Ant. disobliging, inconsiderate, mean, uncooperative, unfriendly, unhelpful oblique [adj1] slanting; at an angle angled, askance, askew, aslant, asymmetrical, awry, bent, cater-cornered, crooked, diagonal, distorted, diverging, inclined, inclining, leaning, on the bias, pitched, pitching, sideways, skew, slanted, sloped, sloping, strained, tilted, tilting, tipped, tipping, turned, twisted; concept 490 oblique [adj2] indirect, evasive backhanded, circuitous, circular, circumlocutory, collateral, devious, implied, obliquitous, obscure, roundabout, sidelong, vague; concept 267 Ant. direct, forthright, straightforward

obliterate [v] destroy annihilate, ax*, black out*, blot out*, blue pencil*, bog, cancel, cover, cut, defeat, delete, do in*, efface, eliminate, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, nish, nish off*, kill, knock off*, knock out*, KO*, level*, liquidate, mark out, nix*, obscure, off, ravage, root out*, rub off*, rub out*, scratch, scrub, shoot down, sink, smash, squash, take apart, take out*, torpedo*, total*, trash*, wash out*, waste, wipe off face of earth*, wipe out*, X-out*, zap*; concept 252 Ant. build, construct, create oblivion [n1] mental blankness abeyance, amnesia, carelessness, disregard, forgetfulness, inadvertence, indifference, insensibility, insensibleness, Lethe*, neglect, nirvana*, obliviousness, unawareness, unconcern, unconsciousness, unmindfulness; concepts 410,633 Ant. awareness, consciousness, understanding oblivion [n2] nothingness, obscurity blackness, darkness, eclipse, emptiness, extinction, limbo, nihility, nirvana*, nonexistence, nothing, nowhere*, nullity, out there*, void; concepts 407,672,679 oblivious [adj] unaware, ignorant absent, absentminded, absorbed, abstracted, amnesic, blind*, blundering, careless, deaf*, disregardful, distracted, dreamy, forgetful, forgetting, gone, heedless, inattentive, incognizant, inconversant, insensible, neglectful, negligent, not all there*, out to lunch*, overlooking, preoccupied, regardless, spacey*, strung out*, unacquainted, unconcerned, unconscious, undiscerning, unfamiliar, uninformed, uninstructed, unknowing, unmindful, unnoticing, unobservant, unrecognizing, unwitting, zonked*; concepts 402,403,542 Ant. aware, concerned, conscious, mindful, sensitive, understanding oblong [adj] elongated and rounded eggshaped, ellipsoidal, elliptical, elongate, long, oval, ovaliform, ovaloid, ovate, ovated, ovoid, rectangular; concept 486 obloquy [n] calumny abuse, animadversion, aspersion, bad press, censure, criticism, defamation, disgrace, humiliation, ignominy, insult, invective, reproach, slander, vituperation; concepts 271,277,278 obnoxious [adj] offensive, repulsive abhorrent, abominable, annoying, awful, beastly*, big mouth*, detestable, disagreeable, disgusting, dislikable, displeasing, foul, gross*, hateable, hateful, heel, horrid, insufferable, invidious, loathsome, mean, nasty, nauseating, objectionable, odious, off-color*, ornery, pain in the neck*, pesky*, pestiferous, pill*, repellent, reprehensible, repugnant, revolting, rotten, sickening, stinking, unpleasant; concepts 267,401,542 Ant. agreeable, delightful, kind, likeable, nice, pleasant, soft obscene [adj] indecent, offensive, immoral atrocious, barnyard*, bawdy, blue*, coarse, crude, dirty*, disgusting, evil, lthy, foul, gross, heinous, hideous, horrible, immodest, improper, impure, lascivious, lewd, licentious, loathsome, loose*, lustful, nasty, noisome, outrageous, porno*, pornographic, profane, prurient, rank*, raunchy*, raw, repellent, repugnant, ribald, salacious, scabrous, scatological, scurrilous, shameless, shocking, sickening, smutty*,

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suggestive, unchaste, unclean, unwholesome, vile, wanton, wicked, X-rated*; concepts 267,372,545 Ant. clean, decent, innocent, moral, pure, upright obscenity [n] indecency, immorality; vulgarism abomination, affront, atrocity, bawdiness, blight, blueness*, coarseness, curse, dirtiness, dirty name*, dirty word*, evil, lthiness, foulness, four-letter word*, immodesty, impropriety, impurity, indecency, indelicacy, lewdness, licentiousness, lubricity, offense, outrage, porn*, pornography, profanity, prurience, salacity, scatology, scurrility, sleaze*, smut*, smuttiness, suggestiveness, swearword, vileness, vulgarity, wrong, X-rating*; concepts 278,645 Ant. cleanness, decency, innocence, morality, propriety, purity, uprightness obscure [adj1] not easily understood abstruse, ambiguous, arcane, clear as mud*, complicated, concealed, confusing, cryptic, dark, deep, dim, doubtful, enigmatic, enigmatical, esoteric, far-out, hazy, hidden, illegible, illogical, impenetrable, incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, indecisive, indenite, indeterminate, indistinct, inexplicable, inscrutable, insoluble, intricate, involved, mysterious, occult, opaque, recondite, unaccountable, unbelievable, unclear, undened, unfathomable, unintelligible, vague; concept 529 Ant. apparent, clear, explicit, obvious, perceptible, understood obscure [adj2] cloudy, shadowy blurred, caliginous, clouded, dark, dense, dim, dusk, dusky, faint, fuliginous, gloomy, indistinct, lightless, murky, obfuscated, shady, somber, tenebrous, umbrageous, unilluminated, unlit, veiled; concept 617 Ant. bright, clear, visible obscure [adj3] out-of-the-way, little-known abstruse, arcane, blind, cabalistic, close, covered, cryptic, dark, deep, devious, distant, enigmatic, esoteric, far, far-off, hidden, humble, inaccessible, inconspicuous, inglorious, invisible, irrelevant, lonesome, lowly, minor, mysterious, nameless, odd, oracular, orphic, rare, recondite, remote, removed, reticent, retired, secluded, secret, secretive, seldom seen, sequestered, solitary, undisclosed, undistinguished, unheardof, unhonored, unimportant, unknown, unnoted, unseen, unsung; concept 576 Ant. distinguished, famous, known obscure [v] conceal, hide adumbrate, becloud, bedim, befog, belie, blear, blind, block, block out, blur, camouage, cloak, cloud, cloud the issue*, con, confuse, cover, cover up, darken, dim, disguise, double-talk*, eclipse, equivocate, falsify, fog, fuzz, gloom, gray, haze, mask, misrepresent, mist, muddy, muddy the waters*, murk, obfuscate, overcast, overcloud, overshadow, pettifog*, screen, shade, shadow, shroud, stonewall*, throw up smoke screen*, veil, wrap; concepts 16,63,172,188 Ant. illuminate, loose, reveal obsequious [adj] groveling, submissive abject, beggarly, brownnosing*, complacent, compliable, compliant, cringing, crouching, deferential, enslaved, fawning, attering, ingratiating, kowtowing*, menial, obeisant, oily*, parasitic, parasitical, prostrate, respectful, servile, slavish, sneaking, sniveling, spineless*, stipendiary, subject, submissive, subordinate, subservient,

sycophantic, toadying*, unctuous; concepts 401,404 Ant. arrogant, assertive, brazen, condent, presumptuous obsequy [n] funeral ceremony eulogy, funeral rite, funeral service; concepts 69,278 observable [adj] apparent appreciable, clear, detectable, discernible, discoverable, evident, noticeable, obvious, open, palpable, patent, perceivable, perceptible, recognizable, sensible, tangible, visible; concepts 529,576 Ant. hidden, imperceptible, unrecognizable observance [n1] attention to, knowledge of something acknowledgment, acquittal, acquittance, adherence, awareness, carrying out, celebration, cognizance, compliance, discharge, delity, fulllment, heed, heeding, honoring, keeping, mark, mind, note, notice, obedience, observation, performance, regard, remark, satisfaction; concepts 409,410,633 Ant. carelessness, heedlessness, neglect, thoughtlessness observance [n2] ceremony, rite celebration, ceremonial, custom, fashion, form, formality, liturgy, performance, practice, ritual, rule, service, tradition; concepts 377,384,688 Ant. unorthodoxy observant [adj] alert, watchful advertent, alive, attentive, bright, clear-sighted*, comprehending, considering, contemplating, correct, deducing, detecting, discerning, discovering, discriminating, eager, eagle-eyed*, heedful, intelligent, intentive, interested, keen, mindful, not missing a trick*, obedient, observative, on ones toes*, on the ball*, penetrating, perceptive, questioning, quick, regardful, searching, sensitive, sharp, sharp-eyed*, surveying, understanding, vigilant, wide-awake*; concepts 402,403 Ant. careless, inattentive, indifferent, thoughtless, unaware, unmindful, unobservant, unwatchful observation [n1] attention, scrutiny ascertainment, check, cognition, cognizance, conclusion, consideration, detection, estimation, examination, experience, heedfulness, information, inspection, investigation, knowledge, mark, measurement, mind, monitoring, note, notice, noticing, once-over*, overlook, perception, probe, recognizing, regard, remark, research, review, search, study, supervision, surveillance, view, watching; concepts 409,410 Ant. heedlessness, inattention, indifference, neglect, thoughtlessness observation [n2] comment on something scrutinized annotation, catch phrase, comeback, commentary, crack*, nding, mention, mouthful*, note, obiter dictum, opinion, pronouncement, reection, remark, saying, say so*, thought, utterance, wisecrack; concepts 51, 278 Ant. no comment observe [v1] see, notice beam, behold, catch, contemplate, detect, dig, discern, discover, distinguish, eagle-eye*, espy, examine, eyeball*, ash*, get a load of*, get an eyeful of*, inspect, keep ones eye on*, lamp*, look at, make out*, mark, mind, monitor, note, pay attention to, perceive, pick up on*, read, recognize, regard, scrutinize, spot, spy, study, survey, take in*, view, watch, witness; concepts 24,34,103,265,626 Ant. ignore, miss, overlook

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observe [v2] comment, remark animadvert, commentate, declare, mention, mouth off*, note, opine, say, state, wisecrack; concept 51 Ant. be quiet, forget observe [v3] celebrate, commemorate dedicate, hold, honor, keep, remember, respect, revere, reverence, solemnize, venerate; concept 377 Ant. forget, miss observe [v4] abide by, obey adhere, adopt, comply, comply with, conform, follow, fulll, heed, honor, keep, mind, perform, respect; concepts 91,384 Ant. break, violate observer [n] spectator beholder, bystander, eyewitness, gaper, gazer, looker, looker-on, onlooker, viewer, watcher, witness; concepts 366,423 obsess [v] preoccupy beset, consume, dominate, engross, grip, harass, haunt, hold, infatuate, possess, torment; concept 403 obsessed [adj] consumed, driven about belief, desire bedeviled, beset, bewitched, captivated, controlled, dogged*, dominated, eat sleep and breathe*, engrossed, endish, xated, gripped, harassed, haunted, have on the brain*, held, hooked, hung up on*, immersed in, infatuated, into*, overpowered, plagued*, possessed, preoccupied, prepossessed, really into*, seized, taken over, tied up*, tormented, troubled, turned on, up to here in*, wound up with*, wrapped up in*; concepts 403,404 Ant. indifferent, unconcerned obsession [n] xation; consumption with belief, desire attraction, ax to grind*, bug in ear*, case*, complex, compulsion, concrete idea, craze*, crush, delusion, enthusiasm, fancy, fascination, fetish, hang-up*, ide xe, infatuation, mania, monkey*, must, neurosis, one-track mind*, passion, phantom, phobia, preoccupation, something on the brain*, thing*, tiger by the tail*; concepts 20,410,529, 689,690 Ant. indifference obsolete [adj] no longer in use, in vogue anachronistic, ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, bygone, dated, dead, dead and gone*, dinosaur*, discarded, disused, done for*, dusty, extinct, fossil, gone, had it*, has-been*, horse and buggy*, kaput*, moldy*, moth-eaten*, old, old-fashioned, old-hat, oldschool, out*, outmoded, out-of-date, out-offashion, outworn, pass, stale, superannuated, superseded, timeworn, unfashionable; concepts 539,560,589 Ant. contemporary, current, in vogue, modern, new, present, up-to-date obstacle [n] impediment, barrier bar, block, booby trap*, bump*, catch, Catch-22*, check, clog*, crimp*, difculty, disincentive, encumbrance, hamper, handicap, hang-up*, hardship, hindrance, hitch*, hurdle, interference, interruption, joker*, monkey wrench*, mountain, obstruction, restriction, rub*, snag, stumbling block*, traverse, vicissitude; concepts 470,532,666,674 Ant. advantage, assistance, blessing, clearance, help obstinate [adj] stubborn, determined adamant, cantankerous, contradictory, contrary, contumacious, convinced, dead set on*, dogged, dogmatic, rm, hard, hardened, headstrong, heady, immovable, indomitable, inexible, intractable, intransigent, locked in*, mulish*, obdurate,

opinionated, opinionative, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded*, recalcitrant, refractory, relentless, resolved, restive, selfwilled, steadfast, strong-minded, tenacious, unalterable, uninching, unmanageable, unyielding, willful; concepts 401,542 Ant. agreeable, amenable, cooperative, exible, helpful, submissive, willing, yielding obstreperous [adj] noisy blusterous, boisterous, booming, clamorous, disorderly, loud, out of hand, piercing, raising Cain*, raising the roof*, rambunctious, riotous, rowdy, screaming, strepitous, tumultous, unmanageable, unruly, uproarious, vociferous, wild; concepts 592,594 obstruct [v] prevent, restrict arrest, bar, barricade, block, check, choke, clog, close, congest, crab, curb, cut off, drag ones feet*, ll, foul up, frustrate, get in the way*, hamper, hamstring*, hang up*, hide, hinder, hold up, impede, inhibit, interfere, interrupt, mask, monkey with*, obscure, occlude, plug, restrain, retard, sandbag*, shield, shut off, slow down, stall, stonewall*, stop, stopper, stymie*, terminate, throttle, thwart, trammel, weigh down; concepts 5,121,130 Ant. abet, aid, assist, boost, clear, help, promote, support obstruction [n] obstacle, impediment bar, barricade, barrier, block, blockage, blocking, booby trap*, check, checkmate*, circumvention, difculty, gridlock*, hamper, hindrance, hurdle, interference, jam*, lock, monkey wrench*, mountain*, restraint, roadblock*, snag, stop, stoppage, stumbling block*, trammel, trouble, wall; concepts 532,674 Ant. aid, assistance, boost, help, promotion, support obtain [v] get, acquire access, accomplish, achieve, annex, attain, beg borrow or steal*, capture, chalk up*, collect, come by, compass, cop*, corral, drum up*, earn, effect, fetch, gain, gather, get at, get hold of*, get ones hands on*, glean, gobble up*, grab, have, hoard, inherit, invade, lay up, make use of, nab*, occupy, pick up, pocket*, procure, purchase, reach, realize, reap, receive, recover, retrieve, salvage, save, score, scrape together, scrape up, secure, seize, snag, take, wangle, win; concept 120 Ant. forfeit, forsake, lose, sacrice obtainable [adj] achievable, available at hand*, attainable, derivable, duck soup*, gettable, in stock, no problem*, no sweat*, on deck*, on offer*, on tap*, piece of cake*, procurable, purchasable, pushover, ready, realizable, securable, there for the taking*, to be had*; concepts 528,576 Ant. unachievable, unavailable, unobtainable obtrusive [adj] pushy, obvious bulging, busy, forward, impertinent, importunate, interfering, intrusive, jutting, meddlesome, meddling, nosy, noticeable, ofcious, presumptuous, projecting, prominent, protruding, protuberant, prying, sticking out; concepts 401,542 Ant. modest, shy, unobtrusive obtuse [adj1] slow to understand dense, dopey*, dull*, dumb, imperceptive, insensitive, opaque, slow on uptake*, stolid, thick, uncomprehending, unintelligent; concept 402 Ant. bright, intelligent, quick, smart obtuse [adj2] blunt, not sharp round, rounded; concepts 485,486 Ant. pointed, sharp

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obviate [v] make unnecessary anticipate, avert, block, counter, counteract, deter, do away with, forestall, forfend, hinder, interfere, interpose, intervene, preclude, prevent, remove, restrain, rule out, stave off, ward; concept 121 Ant. allow, help, permit obvious [adj] apparent, understandable accessible, barefaced, bright, clear, clear as a bell*, conclusive, conspicuous, discernible, distinct, distinguishable, evident, explicit, exposed, glaring, indisputable, in evidence, lucid, manifest, noticeable, observable, open, overt, palpable, patent, perceivable, perceptible, plain, precise, prominent, pronounced, public, recognizable, self-evident, self-explanatory, standing out, straightforward, transparent, unconcealed, undeniable, undisguised, unmistakable, unsubtle, visible; concepts 485,529 Ant. ambiguous, indenite, obscure, unclear, vague obviously [adv] unmistakably apparently, certainly, clearly, denitely, distinctly, evidently, incontestably, noticeably, of course, openly, plainly, seemingly, surely, undeniably, undoubtedly, unquestionably, visibly, without doubt; concepts 535,552 occasion [n1] chance break*, convenience, demand, excuse, incident, instant, moment, need, occurrence, opening, opportunity, possibility, season, shot*, show, time, use; concept 693 occasion [n2] reason, cause antecedent, basis, call, circumstance, determinant, excuse, foundation, ground, grounds, incident, inducement, inuence, justication, motivation, motive, necessity, obligation, prompting, provocation, purpose, right, warrant; concept 661 occasion [n3] event, happening affair, celebration, circumstance, episode, experience, go*, goings-on*, happening, incident, instant, milepost*, milestone, moment, occurrence, scene, thing*, time, while; concepts 2,386 occasion [v] make happen, bring about breed, cause, create, do, effect, elicit, engender, evoke, generate, give rise to, hatch, induce, inuence, inspire, lead to, move, muster, originate, persuade, produce, prompt, provoke, work up; concepts 68,242 occasional [adj] irregular, sporadic casual, desultory, especial, exceptional, exclusive, few, incidental, infrequent, intermittent, not habitual, odd, off and on*, particular, random, rare, scarce, seldom,special, specic, uncommon, unfrequent, unusual; concepts 530,541 Ant. constant, frequent, regular, steady, usual occasionally [adv] every now and then at intervals, at random, at times, every so often, from time to time, hardly, infrequently, irregularly, now and again, once in a blue moon*, once in a while, once or twice*, on occasion, periodically, seldom, sometimes, sporadically, uncommonly; concepts 530,541 Ant. always, constantly, frequently, regularly, steadily, usually occlude [v] block, prevent choke, clog, close, close out, congest, curb, ll, hinder, impede, leave out, lock out, obstruct, plug, seal, shut, stopper, stop up, throttle; concepts 121,201 Ant. allow, help, permit occlusion [n] obstruction barricade, barrier, block, blockage, blocking, closure, stoppage; concepts 470,532,666,674

occult [adj] mysterious, secret; supernatural abstruse, acroamatic, arcane, cabalistic, concealed, deep, eerie, esoteric, hermetic, hidden, invisible, magic, magical, mystic, mystical, obscure, orphic, preternatural, profound, psychic, recondite, transmundane, unearthly, unknown, unrevealed, veiled, weird; concepts 576,582 Ant. known, natural occupancy [n] residence of place control, deed, habitation, holding, inhabitance, inhabitancy, occupation, ownership, possession, retention, settlement, tenancy, tenure, term, title, use; concepts 518,710 occupant [n] person who resides in a place addressee, denizen, dweller, holder, householder, incumbent, indweller, inhabitant, lessee, occupier, possessor, renter, resident, resider, tenant, user; concept 414 Ant. displaced person occupation [n1] profession, business activity, affair, calling, chosen work, craft, daily grind*, day gig*, do, dodge*, employment, game*, grindstone*, hang*, job, lick*, line, line of work, mtier, moonlight*, nine-to-ve*, play*, post, pursuit, racket*, rat race*, slot*, thing*, trade, vocation, walk of life*, what one is into*, work; concepts 349,351,360 Ant. entertainment, fun, hobby, pastime occupation [n2] control, possession habitation, holding, inhabitancy, inhabitation, occupancy, ownership, residence, settlement, tenancy, tenure, title, use; concepts 518,710 occupation [n3] seizure, takeover attack, capture, conquest, entering, foreign rule, invasion, subjugation; concepts 86,90,320 Ant. giving up, surrender, yielding occupational [adj] pertaining to work business, career, employment, job-related, professional, vocational, work; concept 360 occupied [adj1] busy active, clocked up*, employed, engaged, engrossed, head over heels*, tied up*, too much on plate*, working; concept 542 Ant. idle, inactive, not busy, unoccupied occupied [adj2] inhabited; in use busy, engaged, full, leased, lived-in*, peopled*, populated, populous, rented, settled, taken, unavailable, utilized; concept 560 Ant. empty, free, uninhabited, unoccupied, vacant occupy [v1] be busy with absorb, amuse, attend, be active with, be concerned with, busy, divert, employ, engage, engross, entertain, ll, hold attention, immerse, interest, involve, keep busy, monopolize, preoccupy, soak, take up, tie up, utilize; concepts 7,17,19,22 Ant. be inactive, be lazy, idle occupy [v2] reside; use be established, be in command, be in residence, cover, dwell, ensconce, establish, ll, hold, inhabit, involve, keep, live in, maintain, own, people, permeate, pervade, populate, possess, remain, sit, stay, take up, tenant, utilize; concepts 225,226 Ant. not use occupy [v3] seize, take over capture, conquer, garrison, hold, invade, keep, obtain, overrun, take possession; concepts 86,90,320 Ant. surrender, yield occur [v1] take place, happen action, appear, arise, befall, be found, be present, betide, chance, come about, come off*, come to pass, cook*, crop up, develop, ensue, eventualize,

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eventuate, exist, follow, go, jell*, manifest, materialize, obtain, present itself, result, shake*, show, smoke*, take place, transpire, turn out, turn up; concepts 4,242 occur [v2] come to mind come to one*, cross ones mind*, dawn on*, expose, ash*, go through ones head*, hit, offer itself, present itself, reveal, spring to mind*, strike, suggest itself; concepts 34,43 occurrence [n] happening, development accident, adventure, affair, appearance, circumstance, condition, contingency, emergency, episode, event, exigency, existence, incidence, incident, instance, juncture, manifestation, materialization, occasion, pass, piece, proceeding, routine, scene, situation, state, thing*, transaction, transpiration; concepts 3,4,230,696 ocean [n] very large body of water blue*, bounding main*, brine, briny*, briny deep*, Davy Joness locker*, deep, drink*, high seas*, main, pond, puddle, salt water, sea, seaway, Seven Seas, sink, tide; concept 514 oceanic [adj] marine aquatic, coastal, maritime, nautical, naval, oceangoing, oceanographic, of the sea, pelagic, seafaring, seagoing; concept 536 odd/oddball [adj1] unusual, abnormal atypical, avant-garde, bizarre, character, crazy, curious, deviant, different, eccentric, erratic, exceptional, extraordinary, fantastic, aky*, freak*, freakish*, freaky*, funny, idiosyncratic, irregular, kinky*, kooky*, offbeat, off-thewall*, outlandish, out of the ordinary, peculiar, quaint, queer, rare, remarkable, singular, spacey*, strange, uncanny, uncommon, unconventional, unique, way out*, weird, weirdo*, whimsical; concepts 404,542,564 Ant. common, conventional, habitual, normal, ordinary, regular, standard, usual odd [adj2] miscellaneous, various accidental, casual, chance, contingent, different, uky*, fortuitous, fragmentary, incidental, irregular, occasional, odd-lot*, periodic, random, seasonal, sundry, varied; concept 552 Ant. like, similar, unvaried odd [adj3] single, unmatched; uneven additional, alone, exceeding, individual, irregular, left, leftover, lone, lonely, over, over and above, remaining, singular, sole, solitary, spare, surplus, unconsumed, unitary, unpaired; concepts 480,577 Ant. matched oddity [n1] abnormality anomaly, bizarreness, characteristic, conversation piece, curiosity, eccentricity, extraordinariness, freak, freakishness, idiosyncrasy, incongruity, irregularity, kink, oddness, outlandishness, peculiarity, phenomenon, queerness, quirk, rarity, singularity, strangeness, unconventionality, unnaturalness; concepts 260,411,665 Ant. convention, habit, norm, normality, regularity, standard, usualness oddity/oddball [n2] person who is very different case*, character, duck*, eccentric, sh out of water*, maverick, mist, odd bird*, original*, rara avis, screwball*, weirdo*; concept 423 Ant. conservative, normal odds [n1] advantage allowance, benet, bulge, difference, disparity, dissimilarity, distinction, draw, edge, handicap, head start, lead, overlay,

start, superiority, vantage; concept 693 Ant. disadvantage odds [n2] probability balance, chances, favor, likelihood, superiority, toss-up; concept 650 Ant. improbability, unlikelihood odds and ends [n] miscellaneous paraphernalia assortment, bits, bits and pieces*, debris, etcetera*, hodgepodge, jumble, leavings, litter, medley, mlange, melee, miscellany, motley, oddments, olio, particles, potpourri, remnants, rest, rubbish, rummage, scraps, sundry items, this and that*; concepts 260,432,446 odds-on-favorite [n] front-runner best bet, contender, favorite, rst choice, top seed; concepts 423,446 ode [n] poem ballad, composition, epode, limerick, lyric, poesy, rhyme, song, sonnet, verse; concepts 268,282 odious [adj] hateful, horrible abhorrent, abominable, creepy*, detestable, disgusting, execrable, foul, hateable, horrid, loathsome, mean, obnoxious, offensive, ornery, pain in the neck*, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, unpleasant, vile; concepts 401,404 Ant. agreeable, delightful, great, likeable, loveable, pleasing odium [n] shame, dishonor abhorrence, antipathy, aversion, bar sinister*, black eye*, blame, blot, blur, brand, censure, condemnation, detestation, disapproval, discredit, disesteem, disfavor, disgrace, dislike, dispprobation, disrepute, enmity, execration, hate, hatred, ignominy, infamy, malice, obloquy, onus, opprobrium, rebuke, reprobation, resentment, slur, spot, stain, stigma; concepts 29,388 Ant. approval, honor, regard, respect odor [n] scent air, aroma, bouquet, efuvium, efux, emanation, essence, exhalation, avor, fragrance, musk, perfume, pungence, pungency, redolence, smell, snuff, stench, stink, tang, tincture, trail, whiff; concept 599 odorless [adj] without fragrance deodorant, deodorizing, at, inodorous, odor-free, unaromatic, unfragrant, unperfumed, unscented, unsmelling; concept 598 Ant. aromatic, odorous, perfumed, scented, smelly odorous [adj] having fragrance aromatic, balmy, dank, efuvious, fetid, avorsome, owery, foul, fragrant, heady, honeyed, loud, malodorous, mephitic, miasmic, moldy, musty, nauseous, odoriferant, odoriferous, offensive, olfactive, olfactory, perfumatory, perfumed, perfumy, pungent, putrid, redolent, reeking, rotten, savorous, savory, scented, scentful, scent-laden, skunky*, smelly, spicy, stagnant, stale, stinking, strong, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, tumaceous, unsavory, whiffy*; concept 598 Ant. odorless odyssey [n] journey adventure, excursion, expedition, exploration, pilgrimage, quest, sojourn, tour, travels, trek, trip, voyage, wanderings; concept 224 of course [adv] as expected by all means, certainly, denitely, indeed, indubitably, naturally, obviously, surely, undoubtedly, without a doubt; concept 544 off [adj1] gone; remote absent, canceled, nished, inoperative, negligible, not employed, not on duty, on vacation, outside, postponed,

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slender, slight, slim, small, unavailable; concept 552 Ant. here, present off [adj2] inferior; spoiled bad, decomposed, disappointing, disheartening, displeasing, low-quality, mortifying, not up to par*, not up to snuff*, poor, putrid, quiet, rancid, rotten, slack, sour, substandard, turned, unrewarding, unsatisfactory; concept 570 Ant. on off [adv] apart, away above, absent, afar, ahead, aside, away from, behind, below, beneath, beside, disappearing, divergent, elsewhere, far, farther away, gone away, in the distance, not here, out, over, removed, to one side, turning aside, up front, vanishing; concepts 583,778 Ant. close, here, present off and on [adv] intermittently alternately, at intervals, at times, every once in a while, every so often, uctuating, from time to time, irregularly, now and then, occasionally, once in a while, on occasion, sometimes, sporadically, vacillating, variably; concepts 530,541 offbeat [adj] strange, very different bizarre, bohemian*, eccentric, far-out, freaky, fresh, idiosyncratic, novel, oddball, outr, uncommon, unconventional, unique, unorthodox, unusual, way-out*, weird; concept 564 Ant. expected, normal, usual off-center [adj] wide adrift, askew, astray, far-off, inaccurate, off-course, off-target, off the mark, stray; concepts 581,583 off-color [adj] risqu blue*, indelicate, purple*, racy*, salty*, shady, suggestive, vulgar, wicked; concept 545 Ant. clean, nice off-course [adj] strayed astray, confused, disoriented, lost, lost ones bearing, off-track, roaming, roving; concepts 576,583 offend [v] displease, insult affront, aggrieve, anger, annoy, antagonize, be disagreeable, disgruntle, disgust, disoblige, distress, disturb, exasperate, fret, gall, horrify, hurt, irritate, jar, miff, nauseate, nettle, outrage, pain, pique, provoke, repel, repulse, rile, shock, sicken, sin, slight, slur, snub, sting, transgress, trespass, turn one off*, upset, vex, wound, zing*; concepts 7,14,19 Ant. compliment, please offender [n] perpetrator con*, convict, criminal, crook, culprit, delinquent, felon, guilty party, guilty person, jailbird*, lawbreaker, malefactor, sinner, suspect, transgressor, wrongdoer; concept 91 offense [n1] violation, trespass breach, crime, delinquency, fault, infraction, lapse, malfeasance, misdeed, misdemeanor, peccadillo, sin, transgression, wrong, wrongdoing; concepts 192,691 Ant. obedience offense [n2] insult, displeasure affront, aggression, assailment, assault, attack, battery, black eye*, blitz*, blitzkrieg*, dig*, dirty dig*, harm, hit*, hurt, indignation, indignity, injury, injustice, left-handed compliment*, mugging, onset, onslaught, outrage, push*, put-down*, slam*, slap in the face*, slight, snub, zinger*; concept 52 Ant. kindness, pleasure offense [n3] anger, hard feelings annoyance, conniption*, displeasure, explosion, t, are-up*, huff, indignation, ire, miff, needle*, outburst, pique, resentment, scene, tantrum, tizzy*, umbrage, wounded feelings, wrath; concept 410 Ant. happiness, pleasure

offensive [adj1] disrespectful, insulting; displeasing abhorrent, abusive, annoying, biting, cutting, detestable, disagreeable, discourteous, distasteful, dreadful, embarrassing, evil, foul, ghastly, grisly, gross, hideous, horrible, horrid, impertinent, insolent, invidious, irritating, nauseating, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, off-color*, offending, opprobrious, outrageous, repellent, reprehensible, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, rude, shocking, stinking*, terrible, uncivil, unmannerly; concepts 267, 529,537 Ant. agreeable, kind, nice, pleasing, respectful offensive [adj2] attacking aggressive, assailing, assaulting, belligerent, invading; concept 548 Ant. defending, defensive, guarding offensive [n] attack aggression, assailment, assault, drive, invasion, onset, onslaught, push; concepts 86,320 Ant. defending, defensive offer [n] proposal, suggestion action, attempt, bid, endeavor, essay, feeler*, hit*, overture, pass*, pitch*, presentation, proposition, propoundment, rendition, submission, tender; concepts 66,67,278 Ant. refusal, taking, withdrawal offer [v1] present, propose for acceptance accord, advance, afford, allow, award, be at service, bid, come forward, display, donate, exhibit, extend, furnish, give, grant, hold out, lay at ones feet*, make available, move, place at disposal*, ply, pose, press, proffer, propound, provide, put forth, put forward, put on the market, put up, put up for sale, sacrice, show, submit, suggest, tender, volunteer; concept 67 Ant. take, take back, withdraw, withhold offer [v2] propose adduce, advance, advise, allege, cite, make a motion, make a pitch*, present, proposition, submit, suggest; concept 66 Ant. deny, refuse, withhold offer [v3] try assay, attempt, endeavor, essay, seek, strive, struggle, undertake; concept 87 offering [n] donation alms, atonement, benefaction, benecence, charity, contribution, expiation, gift, oblation, present, sacrice, subscription; concepts 337,340 Ant. withdrawal off-guard [adj] unprepared asleep, asleep on the job*, daydreaming, at-footed*, inattentive, napping, spaced out*, unalert, unready, unsuspecting, unvigilant, unwatchful, zoned out*; concepts 403,542 offhand [adj1] abrupt, careless aloof, breezy, brusque, casual, cavalier, cool*, curt, easygoing, folksy, glib, informal, laid-back, mellow, perfunctory, unceremonious, unconcerned, uninterested; concepts 267,401,542 Ant. calculated, careful, considered, deliberate, planned offhand [adj2/adv] ad-lib, extemporaneous extemporary, extempore, impromptu, improvised, informal, off the cuff*, off the hip*, off the top of head*, spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment*, throwaway*, unpremeditated, unprepared, unrehearsed, unstudied, without preparation; concept 267 Ant. planned, practiced ofce [n1] business, responsibility appointment, berth, billet, capacity, charge, commission, connection, duty, employment, function, job, obligation, occupation, performance, place, post, province, responsibility, role, service,

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situation, spot, station, trust, work; concepts 351,362,376 ofce [n2] place of business agency, building, bureau, cave*, center, department, facility, factory, foundry, room, salt mines*, setup, shop, store, suite, warehouse, workstation; concepts 312,439,441,448,449 Ant. home ofcer [n1] person who has high position in organization administrator, agent, appointee, bureaucrat, chief, civil servant, deputy, dignitary, director, executive, functionary, head, leader, magistrate, manager, ofceholder, ofcial, president, public servant, representative; concept 347 ofcer [n2] person in law enforcement arm*, badge*, black and white*, captain, cop*, deputy, detective, atfoot*, mounty, police, police ofcer, sergeant, sheriff; concepts 354,355,358 ofcial [adj] authorized, legitimate accredited, approved, authentic, authenticated, authoritative, bona de, canonical, cathedral, ceremonious, certied, cleared, conclusive, correct, customary, decided, decisive, denite, endorsed, established, ex cathedra, ex ofcio, tting, formal, legitimate, licensed, okay*, ordered, orthodox, positive, precise, proper, real, recognized, rightful, sanctioned, suitable, true, valid; concept 535 Ant. unauthorized, unofcial, unsanctioned ofcial [n] person representing organization administrator, agent, big shot*, boss, brains*, brass*, bureaucrat, CEO*, chancellor, civil servant, commissioner, comptroller, dignitary, director, exec*, executive, front ofce*, functionary, governor, head person, higher-up*, incumbent, leader, magistrate, manager, marshal, mayor, minister, ofceholder, ofcer, panjandrum, premier, president, representative, secretary, top*, top brass*, top dog*, top drawer*, treasurer; concepts 347,354 ofciate [v] oversee, manage act, boss, chair, command, conduct, direct, do the honors*, emcee, function, govern, handle, preside, run, serve, superintend, umpire; concept 117 Ant. follow ofcious [adj] self-important, dictatorial busy, forward, impertinent, inquisitive, interfering, intrusive, meddlesome, meddling, obtrusive, opinionated, overzealous, pragmatic, pushy, rude; concept 404 Ant. modest, shy, timid off-key [adj] not harmonious abnormal, anomalous, clinker*, deviant, discordant, dissonant, divergent, inharmonious, irregular, jarring, out of keeping*, out of tune*, sour*, sour note*, unnatural; concept 594 Ant. concordant, harmonious, on-key off-limits [adj] prohibited against the law, banned, barred, forbidden, illegal, illicit, no-no*, not allowed, outlawed, out of bounds*, restricted, taboo, unlawful, verboten; concepts 554,576 offset [v] counterbalance, compensate account, allow for, atone for, balance, be equivalent, cancel out, charge, counteract, counterpoise, counterpose, countervail, equal, equalize, equipoise, make amends, make up for, negate, neutralize, outweigh, recompense, redeem, requite, set off; concepts 126,232 offshoot [n] development, product adjunct,

appendage, branch, by-product, derivative, descendant, limb, outgrowth, spin-off, sprout; concepts 260,824 Ant. origin, source offspring [n] child, children baby, bambino*, brood, chip off old block*, cub, descendant, family, generation, heir, heredity, issue, kid*, lineage, offshoot, posterity, produce, progeniture, progeny, pup*, scion, seed, spawn, succession, successor, young; concepts 296, 414 Ant. parent off the cuff [adj] impromptu ad-lib, extemporaneous, improv*, improvised, improviso, off-hand, played by ear*, shot from the hip*, spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment, unpremeditated, unprepared, unrehearsed, unscripted, whipped up*, winged*; concept 267 off the record [adj] condential arcane, backdoor, classied, hushed, hush-hush*, in private, inside, not for publication, not public, on the QT, private, privy, secret, unofcial; concepts 267,576 often [adv] frequently again and again, a number of times, generally, many a time, much, oftentimes, ofttimes, over and over, recurrently, regularly, repeatedly, time after time, time and again, usually; concept 541 Ant. infrequently, rarely, seldom ogle [v] stare eagle eye*, eye, eyeball*, x, focus, gape at, gawk, gaze, glare, goggle*, lay eyes on*, leer, look, look xedly, make eyes at, peer, rivet, rubberneck*, watch; concept 623 ogre [n] nasty person demon, devil, end, giant, monster, monstrosity, specter, troll; concept 412 Ant. humanitarian, philanthropist oil [v] lubricate anoint, coat, grease, lard, lube, pomade, slick, smear; concepts 172,256 Ant. dry oily [adj1] fatty, greasy adipose, buttery, creamy, lardy, lubricant, lubricative, lubricous, lustrous, oiled, oil-soaked, oleaginous, polished, rich, saponaceous, sleek, slippery, smeary, smooth, soapy, soothing, swimming, unctuous, waxy; concepts 603,606 Ant. dry oily [adj2] attering bland*, cajoling, coaxing, compliant, fulsome, glib, gushing*, hypocritical, ingratiating, insinuating, obsequious, plausible, servile, slick, smarmy*, smooth, smooth-tongued*, suave, supple, unctuous; concepts 267,401 Ant. hateful ointment [n] cream for treatment balm, cerate, demulcent, dressing, embrocation, emollient, lenitive, liniment, lotion, medicine, salve, unguent; concepts 311,466 okay [adj] acceptable, satisfactory accurate, adequate, all right, approved, convenient, correct, fair, ne, good, in order, middling, not bad, ok, passable, permitted, so-so*, surely, tolerable; concept 558 Ant. bad, incorrect, intolerable, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, unsuitable, wrong okay [n] agreement acceptance, afrmation, approbation, approval, assent, authorization, benediction, blessing, consent, endorsement, favor, go-ahead*, green light*, ok, permission, sanction, say-so*, seal of approval*, yes; concept 684 Ant. denial, disagreement, refusal, veto okay [v] agree to accept, accredit, approve, authorize, certify, condone, conrm, consent to, endorse, give ones consent, give the go-ahead*, give the green light*, notarize, ok, pass, rubber-

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stamp*, sanction, say yes to; concepts 10,50,88 Ant. deny, disagree, refuse, reject, veto old [adj1] advanced in age aged, along in years*, ancient, broken down*, debilitated, decrepit, elderly, enfeebled, exhausted, experienced, fossil*, geriatric, getting on*, gray, gray-haired*, grizzled*, hoary*, impaired, inactive, inrm, mature, matured, not young, olden, oldish, over the hill*, past ones prime*, seasoned, senile, senior, skilled, superannuated, tired, venerable, versed, veteran, wasted*; concepts 578,797 Ant. fresh, new, young, youthful old [adj2] obsolete, outdated aboriginal, ageold, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, bygone, cast-off, crumbling, dated, decayed, demode, done, early, erstwhile, former, hackneyed*, immemorial, late, moth-eaten*, of old, of yore, olden, oldfangled, old-fashioned, oldtime, once, onetime, original, outmoded, outof-date, pass, past, primeval, primitive, primordial, pristine, quondam, relic, remote, rusty, sometime, stale, superannuated, timeworn, traditional, unfashionable, unoriginal, venerable, worn-out; concepts 558,560,799 Ant. contemporary, current, fresh, late, modern, new, recent, up-to-date old [adj3] traditional, long-established age-old, constant, continuing, enduring, established, experienced, familiar, rm, hardened, inveterate, lifelong, long-lasting, long-lived, of long standing, perennial, perpetual, practiced, skilled, solid, staying, steady, time-honored, versed, veteran, vintage; concepts 482,530,798 Ant. contemporary, current, modern, new old age [n] latter part of animate life advancing years*, age, agedness, autumn of life*, caducity, debility, declining years*, decrepitude, dotage, elderliness, evening of life*, feebleness, golden age*, golden years*, inrmity, second childhood*, senectitude, senescence, senility, years; concepts 715,817 Ant. adolescence, childhood, infancy, youth old country [n] native land fatherland, homeland, mother country, motherland, the old country*; concept 516 older [adj] most senior earlier, elder, eldest, rst, rst-born, former, lower, of a former period, of an earlier time, preceding, prior, senior; concepts 578,585,797 Ant. younger old-fashioned [adj] outmoded, obsolete ancient, antiquated, antique, archaic, behind the times*, bygone, corny*, dated, dead*, dmod, demoded, disapproved, dowdy*, extinct, grown old, moldy*, musty, neglected, not current, not modern, not with it*, obsolescent, odd*, of old, of olden days*, of the old school*, olden, oldfangled*, old-hat*, old-time, out*, outdated, out-of-date, out of it*, out-of-style, outworn, pass*, past, primitive, rococo*, superannuated, unfashionable, unstylish, vintage; concepts 578,589,797,799 Ant. contemporary, current, in vogue, modern, new old hand [n] person experienced in something expert, longtimer, old guard*, old school*, old-timer*, pro*, vet*, veteran; concept 423 Ant. amateur, greenhorn, rookie old school [adj] traditional acceptable, accustomed, classic, classical, conservative, conven-

tional, customary, habitual, long-established, old, old line, popular, regular, rooted, timehonored; concepts 530,533 old-timer [n] elderly person fossil*, geezer*, golden-ager, gramps*, mossback, old dog*, old hand, old soldier, senior, veteran, war-horse; concept 424 old wives tale [n] superstition fairy story, fallacy, false belief, folklore, folk tale, legend, lore, myth, notion, tall story, tall tale; concepts 282,689 oligarchic [adj] governed by small group cabalistic, cliquey*, elite, exclusive, select; concepts 554,568 omen [n] sign of something to come augury, auspice, bodement, boding, foreboding, foretoken, harbinger, indication, portent, premonition, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prophecy, straw, warning, writing on the wall*; concepts 74,278,689 ominous [adj] menacing, foreboding apocalyptic, augural, baleful, baneful, clouded, dangerous, dark, dire, direful, dismal, doomed, doomful, fateful, fearful, forbidding, gloomy, grim, haunting, hostile, ill-boding, ill-fated, impending, inauspicious, inhospitable, lowering, malec, malicent, malign, minatory, perilous, portentous, precursive, premonitory, presaging, prescient, prophetic, sinister, suggestive, threatening, unfriendly, unlucky, unpromising, unpropitious; concept 548 Ant. auspicious, happy, lucky, promising, propitious omission [n] something forgotten or excluded blank, breach, break, cancellation, carelessness, chasm, cutting out, default, disregard, disregardance, elimination, elision, excluding, exclusion, failing, failure, forgetfulness, gap, hiatus, ignoring, inadvertence, inadvertency, lack, lacuna, lapse, leaving out, missing, neglect, noninclusion, overlook, overlooking, oversight, passing over, preclusion, preterition, pretermission, prohibition, repudiation, skip, slighting, slip, withholding; concepts 25,116,699 Ant. addition, inclusion, insertion, remembrance omit [v] exclude, forget bar, blink at*, bypass, cancel, cast aside, count out, cut, cut out, delete, discard, dismiss, disregard, drop, edit, eliminate, evade, except, fail, ignore, knock off, leave out, leave undone, let go, let slide*, miss, miss out, neglect, overlook, overpass, pass by, pass over, preclude, prohibit, reject, repudiate, skip, slight, snip, trim, void, withhold, X-out*; concepts 25,121,211 Ant. add, enter, include, inject, insert, remember omitted [adj] excluded absent, deleted, erased, expunged, forgotten, left out, missing, neglected, overlooked, precluded; concepts 121,211 omnipotent [adj] all-powerful almighty, divine, godlike, mighty, supreme, unlimited, unrestricted; concept 574 Ant. impotent, weak omnipresent [adj] all-present everywhere, innite, pervading, pervasive, ubiquitary, ubiquitous, universal; concept 583 omniscient [adj] all-knowing all-seeing, almighty, innite, knowledgeable, pansophical, preeminent, wise; concept 402 Ant. stupid, unknowing

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on [adv] in contact; ahead of about, above, adjacent, against, approaching, at, beside, close to, covering, forth, forward, held, leaning on, near, next, on top of, onward, over, resting on, situated on, supported, touching, toward, upon, with; concepts 585,586,750 Ant. off on and off [adv] intermittently at intervals, at times, discontinuously, every now and then, every once in a while, every so often, from time to time, hardly, infrequently, intermittently, irregularly, now and again, now and then, occasionally, off and on, once in a blue moon*, once in a while, on occasion, periodically, sometimes, sporadically; concepts 530,541 on and on [adv] continuously ad nauseam, constantly, forever, never-ending, perpetually, relentlessly, repeatedly, steadily, unceasingly, unremittingly; concepts 534,798 on call [adj] standing by accessible, at hand, at ones ngertip, night call, on alert, on the spot, prepared, within reach; concept 576 once [adj/adv] in the past; occurred one time only already, a single time, at one time, away back, back, back when, before, but once, bygone, earlier, erstwhile, formerly, heretofore, in the old days, in the olden days, in times gone by, in times past, late, long ago, old, once only, once upon a time, one, one time before, one time previously, only one time, on one occasion, previously, quondam, sometime, this time, time was, whilom; concepts 799,820 Ant. never once and for all [adv] nally after all, at last, at long last*, at the end, conclusively, in conclusion, in the end, its about time*, sooner or later*; concept 799 once in a while [adv] occasionally at intervals, at times, every now and then, every so often, from time to time, hardly, infrequently, irregularly, now and again, once in a blue moon*, on occasion, periodically, rarely, seldom, sometimes, sporadically; concepts 530,541 oncoming [adj] impending advancing, approaching, coming, expected, forthcoming, imminent, looming, nearing, onrushing, upcoming; concepts 548,799 Ant. past, preceding on duty [adj] working busy, clocked in*, engaged, in a job, in gear, laboring, obliged, on the job, punched in*; concepts 538,560 one [adj] individual alone, denite, different, lone, odd, one and only, only, particular, peculiar, precise, separate, single, singular, sole, solitary, special, specic, uncommon, unique; concepts 577,762,789 Ant. none one by one [adv] in succession gradually, individually, little by little, one at a time, singly, step by step; concepts 544,588,799 on edge [adj] tense agitated, anxious, apprehensive, beside oneself*, bundle of nerves*, edgy, excited, dgety, high-strung*, hyper*, impatient, in a tizzy*, jittery, jumpy, keyed up*, nerve-racking, nervous, nervous wreck*, overanxious, restless, stressful, unnerved, uptight, wired*, worried, wound up*; concepts 401,403,548 onerous [adj] difcult; requiring hard labor arduous, austere, backbreaking, burdensome, crushing, cumbersome, demanding, difcult, distressing, embittering, exacting, excessive,

exhausting, exigent, fatiguing, formidable, galling, grave, grinding, grueling, hard*, harsh, headache, heavy*, intolerable, irksome, laborious, merciless, oppressive, overpowering, overtaxing, painful, plodding, ponderous, pressing, responsible, rigorous, serious, severe, strenuous, taxing, tiresome, tiring, toilsome, troublesome, vexatious, weighty; concepts 538,565 Ant. common, easy, light, trivial one-sided [adj] biased colored, discriminatory, favorably, inclined, inuenced, partisan, predisposed, prejudiced, unequal, unfair, unjust; concepts 403,542 one-track mind [n] obsession attraction, compulsion, fascination, xation, hang-up*, infatuation, passion, preoccupation, tunnel vision; concepts 20,410,529,689,690 ongoing [adj] continuous advancing, continuing, current, developing, evolving, extant, growing, heading, in process, in progress, marching, open-ended, progressing, successful, unnished, unfolding; concepts 482,798 Ant. incontinuous, infrequent, intermittent, stopping on guard [adj] defensive alert, averting, cautious, checking, defending, expectant, guarding, preservative, preventive, protecting, safeguarding, vigilant, warding off, watchful, withstanding; concepts 401,550 on-line [adj] electronically connected accessible by computer, installed, linked, networked, on stream*, operative, plugged in, ready for use, wired; concept 274 onlooker [n] person observing an event beholder, bystander, eyewitness, looker-on, observer, sightseer, spectator, viewer, watcher, witness; concept 423 Ant. participant only [adj] singular alone, apart, by oneself, exclusive, individual, isolated, lone, matchless, once in a lifetime, one, one and only, one shot, onliest, particular, peerless, single, sole, solitary, solo, unaccompanied, unequaled, unique, unparalleled, unrivaled; concept 577 only [adv] barely; exclusively alone, at most, but, entirely, hardly, just, merely, nothing but, particularly, plainly, purely, simply, solely, totally, uniquely, utterly, wholly; concepts 535,772 on paper [adv] in theory abstractly, conceivably, hypothetically, theoretically; concept 529 on purpose [adv] deliberately after consideration, by design, calculatingly, consciously, designed, freely, in cold blood, intentionally, knowingly, premeditatively, purposely, purposively, voluntarily, willfully, with eyes wide open*, wittingly; concepts 401,542 onrush [n] rush attack, avalanche, blitz, charge, dash, deluge, ood, ow, ux, haste, hastiness, hurriedness, hurry, onslaught, push, race, scramble, stampede, storm, stream, surge, swiftness; concepts 145,748,818 onset [n] beginning; attack access, aggression, assailment, assault, birth, charge, commencement, dawn, dawning, encounter, inception, incipience, kickoff*, offense, offensive, onfall, onrush, onslaught, opening, origin, outbreak, outset, outstart, rush, seizure, start; concepts 86,221 Ant. conclusion, end, ending, nish

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onslaught [n] attack aggression, assailment, assault, blitz, charge, incursion, invasion, offense, offensive, onfall, onrush, onset; concept 86 Ant. defense on the ball [adj] alert active, all ears*, attentive, bright, cagey*, careful, clever, good hands*, heads up*, intelligent, lively, observant, on guard*, on ones toes*, on the job*, on the lookout*, on the stick*, perceptive, quick, ready, sharp, spirited, vigilant, watchful, wise, with it*; concepts 402,403 on the blink [adj] broken busted, defective, disabled, down, fallen apart, faulty, gone to pieces*, haywire, in disrepair, in need of repair, inoperable, in the shop*, kaput*, not functioning, not working, on the fritz*, on the shelf*, out, out of commission*, out of kilter*, out of order, out of whack*, run-down, shot, spent, wrecked; concepts 485,560 on the double [adv] quickly chop-chop*, expeditiously, fast, at-out*, eetly, full tilt*, hastily, hurriedly, in a ash*, in haste, licketysplit*, like a shot*, like greased lightning*, like wildre*, promptly, pronto, quick, rapidly, swift, swiftly; concepts 588,799 on the fence [adj] undecided ambivalent, betwixt and between*, blowing hot and cold*, borderline, debatable, divided, hemming and hawing*, hesitant, iffy*, impartial, indecisive, in the middle*, irresolute, neutral, not denite, not sure, of two minds*, open, running hot and cold*, tentative, torn, uncertain, unclear, uncommitted, undetermined, unsure, up in the air*, wafing, wavering, wishy-washy*; concepts 403,529 on the house [adj] free chargeless, complimentary, compliments of the house, costless, for nothing, for the asking, freebie*, free of cost, free ride*, gratis, gratuitous, no charge, on the cuff*; concept 334 on the level [adj] legitimate aboveboard, accepted, accredited, authentic, authorized, for real*, honest, lawful, ofcial, on the up and up, proper, sanctioned, straight, true, valid, veriable; concepts 319,558,582 on the wagon [adj] sober abstaining, abstemious, abstinent, cold sober*, dry, drying out, nonindulgent, not drinking, not drunk, not partaking of alcohol, restrained, took the pledge*; concept 401 onus [n] burden bar sinister*, black eye*, blame, blot, blur, brand, charge, culpability, deadweight*, duty, encumbrance, fault, guilt, incubus, liability, load, millstone*, obligation, odium, oppression, responsibility, slur, spot, stain, stigma, task, tax, weight; concepts 388,674 Ant. aid, benet, blessing, help onward/onwards [adv] ahead, beyond alee, along, forth, forward, in front, in front of, moving, on, on ahead; concepts 585,778 Ant. backward, backwards oodles [n] a lot abundance, billions, gobs*, heaps*, large number, loads, lots, many, masses, millions, piles*, plenty, scads*, thousands, tons, zillions; concepts 432,786 oomph [n] energy animation, ardor, birr, dash, drive, effectiveness, endurance, exertion, re, force, forcefulness, fortitude, get-up-and-go*, go, hardihood, initiative, intensity, juice, life,

liveliness, might, moxie*, muscle, pep, pizzazz, pluck, potency, power, punch, spirit, stamina, steam, strength, vigor, vim, virility, vitality, zeal, zest, zing, zip; concept 411 ooze [n] liquid emitted alluvium, uid, glop*, goo*, gook*, gunk*, mire, muck*, mud, silt, slime*, sludge; concepts 466,467 ooze [v] emit liquid bleed, discharge, drain, dribble, drip, drop, escape, exude, lter, ow, issue, leach, leak, overow, percolate, perspire, seep, spurt, strain, sweat, swelter, trickle, weep, well; concept 179 opaque [adj1] clouded, muddy blurred, cloudy, dark, darkened, dim, dirty, dull, dusky, lmy, foggy, frosty, fuliginous, gloomy, hazy, impenetrable, lusterless, misty, muddied, murky, nontranslucent, nontransparent, nubilous, obfuscated, shady, smoky, sooty, thick, turbid; concepts 606,617,618 Ant. clear, lucid, translucent, transparent, unclouded opaque [adj2] hard to understand abstruse, amphibological, arcane, bafing, concealed, cryptic, difcult, enigmatic, equivocal, imperceptive, incomprehensible, nubilous, obscure, obtuse, perplexing, purblind, tenebrous, uncertain, unclear, unfathomable, unintelligible, vague; concept 529 Ant. clear, crystal-clear, easy, unambiguous, understandable open [adj1] unfastened, unclosed accessible, agape, airy, ajar, bare, clear, cleared, dehiscent, disclosed, emptied, expanded, expansive, exposed, extended, extensive, free, gaping, made passable, naked, navigable, passable, patent, patulous, peeled, removed, rent, revealed, ringent, rolling, spacious, spread out, stripped, susceptible, unbarred, unblocked, unbolted, unburdened, uncluttered, uncovered, unfolded, unfurled, unimpeded, unlocked, unobstructed, unplugged, unsealed, unshut, unstopped, vacated, wide, yawning; concepts 485,576 Ant. closed, fastened, locked, shut open [adj2] accessible; not forbidden admissible, agreeable, allowable, approachable, appropriate, attainable, available, employable, t, free, general, getable*, nondiscriminatory, not posted, obtainable, on deck*, on tap*, open-door*, operative, permitted, practicable, proper, public, reachable, securable, suitable, to be had*, unconditional, unoccupied, unqualied, unrestricted, usable, vacant, welcoming, within reach; concepts 560,576 Ant. blocked, closed, inaccessible, obstructed, shut, unavailable open [adj3] clear, obvious apparent, avowed, barefaced, blatant, conspicuous, downright, evident, agrant, frank, manifest, noticeable, overt, plain, unconcealed, undisguised, visible, well-known; concepts 267,535 Ant. ambiguous, closed, deceitful, unclear, vague open [adj4] undecided ambiguous, arguable, controversial, debatable, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, equivocal, indecisive, in question, moot, problematic, questionable, uncertain, unresolved, unsettled, up for discussion*, up in the air*, yet to be decided*; concepts 267, 529 Ant. certain, decided, denite, sure open [adj5] honest, objective artless, candid, disinterested, fair, frank, free, guileless, impartial, ingenuous, innocent, lay it on the line*,

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mellow, natural, objective, on the level*, openand-shut*, openhearted*, plain, receptive, sincere, straightforward, talking turkey*, transparent, unbiased, uncommitted, unconcealed, undisguised, undissembled, unprejudiced, unreserved, up-front*; concepts 267,542 Ant. deceitful, deceptive, dishonest, lying, shifty, subjective open [v1] begin begin business, bow, commence, convene, embark, get things rolling*, inaugurate, initiate, jump, kick off, launch, meet, raise the curtain*, ring in*, set in motion, set up shop*, sit, start, start the ball rolling*; concept 221 Ant. close, conclude, end, nish, shut open [v2] clear, expose; spread bare, break in, break out, broach, burst, bust in, come apart, crack, disclose, display, disrupt, expand, ssure, free, gap, gape, hole, jimmy, kick in, lacerate, lance, penetrate, perforate, pierce, pop, puncture, release, reveal, rupture, separate, sever, slit, slot, split, tap, throw wide, unbar, unblock, unbolt, unclose, unclothe, uncork, uncover, undo, unfasten, unfold, unfurl, unlatch, unlock, unroll, unseal, unshut, unstop, untie, unwrap, vent, ventilate, yawn, yawp; concepts 135,250,469 Ant. block, bury, cover, exclude, hide, hinder, shut open-and-shut [adj] obvious apparent, cinched, clear, clear as a bell*, conclusive, cut and dried, distinguishable, easy, evident, explicit, glaring, indisputable, ordinary, plain, routine, self-evident, self-explanatory, simple, straightforward, undeniable, undisguised, unmistakable; concepts 485,529 openhanded [adj] generous altruistic, benevolent, big, big-hearted, bountiful, charitable, considerate, giving, helpful, hospitable, kind, kindhearted, kindly, liberal, magnanimous, philanthropic, thoughtful, unselsh; concept 404 openhearted [adj1] frank aboveboard, bare-faced*, blunt, candid, direct, downright, forthright, from the hip*, honest, lay it on the line*, like it is*, matter-of-fact, open, plain, plainspoken, saying what one thinks*, sincere, straight, straightforward, truthful, up front*; concepts 267,582 openhearted [adj2] kindly benevolent, compassionate, friendly, generous, good, good-hearted, gracious, humane, kind, kindhearted, neighborly, sympathetic, thoughtful; concepts 404,542 opening [n1] gap, hole aperture, breach, break, cavity, chink, cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, cut, discontinuity, door, ssure, hatch, interstice, mouth, orice, outlet, perforation, recess, rent, rift, rupture, scuttle, slit, slot, space, split, spout, tear, vent, window; concept 513 Ant. closing, closure, solid opening [n2] chance availability, big break*, connection, cut*, ing*, go*, go-at*, in the running*, iron in the re*, look-in*, occasion, opportunity, place, possibility, run, scope, shot*, show, squeak*, time, vacancy, whack*; concept 693 Ant. misfortune opening [n3] beginning birth, coming out, commencement, curtain-raiser*, dawn, inauguration, inception, initiation, kickoff, launch, launching, onset, opener, outset, start; concept 832 Ant. closing, conclusion, ending, nish

openly [adv] honestly aboveboard, artlessly, blatantly, brazenly, candidly, face to face, agrantly, forthrightly, frankly, fully, honestly, in broad daylight, in full view, ingenuously, in public, in the open, naively, naturally, plainly, publicly, readily, shamelessly, simply, straight, unabashedly, unashamedly, under ones nose*, unhesitatingly, unreservedly, wantonly, warts and all*, willingly, without pretense, without reserve; concepts 267,544 Ant. secretly, shamefully open-minded [adj] receptive acceptant, acceptive, approachable, broad-minded, impartial, interested, observant, open to suggestions, perceptive, persuadable, swayable, tolerant, unbiased, understanding; concept 404 operable [adj] possible achievable, conceivable, doable, feasible, obtainable, practicable, realizable, serviceable, viable, workable; concepts 528,552,576 operate [v1] perform, function accomplish, achieve, act, act on, advance, behave, be in action, bend, benet, bring about, burn, carry on, click*, compel, complete, concern, conduct, contact, contrive, convey, cook*, determine, direct, do, enforce, engage, exert, nish, fulll, get results, go, hit*, hum, inuence, keep, lift, move, ordain, percolate, proceed, produce, produce a result, progress, promote, react, revolve, roll, run, serve, spin, take, tick, transport, turn, work; concepts 91,680,706 operate [v2] manage, use administer, be in charge, be in drivers seat*, be in saddle*, call the play*, call the shots*, call the signals*, carry on, command, conduct, drive, handle, hold the reins*, keep, make go*, maneuver, manipulate, ordain, pilot, play, ply, pull the strings*, pull the wires*, run, run the show*, run things*, sit on top of*, steer, wield, work; concepts 94,117,148 operate [v3] perform surgery amputate, carve up, cut, excise, explore, open up, remove, set, transplant, treat; concept 310 operation [n1] movement, working act, action, activity, affair, agency, application, ballgame*, bit, carrying on, conveyance, course, deal, deed, doing, effect, effort, employment, engagement, enterprise, exercise, exercising, exertion, exploitation, force, handiwork, happening, inuence, instrumentality, labor, manipulation, motion, movement, performance, play, procedure, proceeding, process, progress, progression, scene, service, transaction, transference, trip, undertaking, use, work, workmanship; concepts 658,680 Ant. idleness, inaction, inutility, uselessness operation [n2] business concern affair, deal, enterprise, proceeding, transaction, undertaking; concepts 324,325 operation [n3] surgical procedure biopsy, excision, surgery; concept 310 operational [adj] functional t, in service, in working order, operative, practicable, practical, prepared, ready, serviceable, usable, useful, viable, workable, working; concept 560 operative [adj] active, functioning; inuential accessible, alive, crucial, current, dynamic, effective, efcient, employable, functional, important, indicative, in force, in operation, key, live,

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open, operational, practicable, relevant, running, serviceable, signicant, standing, usable, workable, working; concepts 560,567 Ant. inactive, ineffective, ineffectual, inoperative, unfunctional, unworking, useless, worthless opine [v] think believe, conceive, conclude, declare, express an opinion, feel, guess, imagine, judge, presume, say, suggest, suppose, surmise, venture; concepts 12,26 opinion [n] belief assessment, assumption, attitude, conception, conclusion, conjecture, estimate, estimation, eye*, fancy, feeling, guess, hypothesis, idea, imagining, impression, inclination, inference, judgment, mind, notion, persuasion, point of view, postulate, presumption, presupposition, reaction, say-so*, sentiment, slant, speculation, supposition, surmise, suspicion, take*, theorem, theory, thesis, think*, thought, view, viewpoint; concept 689 Ant. reality, truth opinionated [adj] believing very strongly and conveying it adamant, arbitrary, assertive, biased, bigoted, bossy, bullheaded*, cocksure*, cocky*, conceited, dictatorial, doctrinaire, dogmatic, hard-line*, high-handed, inexible, intransigent, locked in*, obdurate, obstinate, one-sided, oracular, overbearing, pigheaded*, positive, pragmatic, pragmatical, prejudiced, self-assertive, set in stone*, set-on, singleminded, stubborn, tilted, uncompromising, unyielding, weighted; concepts 267,404 Ant. compromising, indifferent, open-minded opium [n] narcotic brown stuff*, codeine, dope, drug, heroin, hypnotic, morphine, opiate, papaverine, poppy, sleep-inducer, soporic, tar; concept 307 opponent [n] person with whom one competes adversary, antagonist, anti*, aspirant, assailant, bandit*, bidder, candidate, challenger, competitor, con, contestant, counteragent, dark horse*, disputant, dissentient, enemy, entrant, foe, litigant, match, opposer, opposition, oppugnant, player, rival; concept 366 Ant. ally, associate, colleague, helper opportune [adj] advantageous, lucky appropriate, apt, auspicious, convenient, favorable, felicitous, t, tting, fortuitous, fortunate, happy, helpful, pat, proper, propitious, seasonable, suitable, timely, timeous, well-timed; concepts 548,572 Ant. disadvantageous, inauspicious, inopportune, unlucky, unsuitable opportunity [n] lucky chance; favorable circumstances befalling, break*, connection, contingency, convenience, cut*, event, excuse, fair shake*, ghting chance*, tness, ing*, fortuity, freedom, go*, good fortune, good luck, happening, hope, hour, iron in the re*, juncture, leisure, liberty, moment, occasion, ones move*, ones say*, ones turn*, opening, pass, prayer*, probability, relief, room, run, scope, shot*, show, space, spell, squeak, stab, the hunt*, the running*, time, turn, whack*; concept 693 Ant. bad luck, misfortune oppose [v1] ght, obstruct argue, assail, assault, attack, bar, battle, bombard, call in question, check, combat, confront, contradict, controvert, counter, counterattack, cross, debate, defy, deny, disagree, disapprove, dispute, encounter, expose, face, face down*, ght, y in the face of*,

frown at, gainsay, hinder, neutralize, not countenance, prevent, protest, resist, reverse, run counter to, search out, speak against, stand up to, take a stand, take issue, take on, taunt, thwart, turn the tables*, withstand; concepts 21,54,106 Ant. aid, assist, favor, help, support oppose [v2] compare, play off array, confront, contrast, counter, counterbalance, face, match, pit, set against, vie; concepts 73,363 Ant. join, participate opposed/opposing [adj] antagonistic, against against the grain*, allergic*, anti*, antipathetic, antithetical, antonymous, at cross-purposes, at odds, averse, battling, clashing, combating, conicting, confronting, contrary, controverting, counter, crossing, defending, defensive, denying, disagreeing, disputed, disputing, dissentient, enemy, exposing, facing, gainsaying, hostile, incompatible, inimical, in opposition, irreconcilable, objecting, obstructive, opposite, protesting, repelling, restrictive, rival, up against, warring; concepts 403,542,564 Ant. aiding, assisting, compatible, helping, similar opposite [adj] unlike, conicting; completely different adverse, antagonistic, antipodal, antipodean, antithetical, contradictory, contrapositive, contrary, contrasted, corresponding, counter, crosswise, diametric, diametrically opposed, different, differing, dissimilar, diverse, facing, ip-side*, fronting, hostile, inconsistent, independent, inimical, inverse, irreconcilable, obverse, opposed, ornery*, paradoxical, polar, repugnant, retrograde, reverse, reversed, separate, unalike, unconnected, unrelated, unsimilar, violative, vis--vis; concept 564 Ant. compatible, like, similar opposite [n] something completely unlike another adverse, antilogy, antipode, antipole, antithesis, antonym, contra*, contradiction, contrary, contrast, converse, counterpart, foil, inverse, obverse, opposition, other extreme*, other side*, other side of coin*, paradox, reverse, vice versa; concept 665 Ant. likeness, same, similarity opposition [n1] obstruction, antagonism action, antinomy, antithesis, aversion, brush, civil disobedience, clash, combat, competition, con, conict, confronting, contention, contest, contradistinction, contraposition, contrariety, counteraction, counterattack, defense, deance, disapproval, duel, encounter, engagement, fray, grapple, hostility, negativism, obstructiveness, opposure, oppugnancy, prevention, repugnance, repulsion, resistance, rivalry, skirmish, strife, struggle, unfriendliness, violation, war, warfare; concepts 29,92,106,665 Ant. compatibility, harmony, peace opposition [n2] person, people competing adversary, antagonist, disputant, enemy, foe, iconoclast, opponent, other side, rebel, rival; concepts 348,366 Ant. team, teammates oppress [v] depress, subdue abuse, afict, aggrieve, annoy, beat down*, burden, crush, despotize, dishearten, dispirit, distress, encumber, force, handicap, harass, harry, hound*, keep down, maltreat, outrage, overcome, overload, overpower, overthrow, overwhelm, persecute, pick on, plague, press, prey on, put down, put screws to*, put the squeeze on*, put upon,

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ride, rule, sadden, saddle*, smother, strain, subjugate, suppress, tax, torment, torture, trample, trouble, tyrranize, vex, weigh heavy upon, worry, wrong; concepts 7,14,19,133 Ant. aid, boost, delight, gladden, help, make happy oppressed [adj] downtrodden abject, abused, a slave to*, at ones feet*, at ones mercy*, burdened, destitute, distressed, enslaved, exploited, have-not, helpless, maltreated, mistreated, persecuted, subservient, suppressed, tormented, tyrannized, underfoot*, under ones thumb*; concept 542 oppression [n] misery, hardship abuse, abusiveness, autocracy, brutality, calamity, coercion, compulsion, conquering, control, cruelty, despotism, dictatorship, domination, fascism, force, forcibleness, hardness, harshness, injury, injustice, iron hand*, maltreatment, martial law, overthrowing, persecution, severity, subduing, subjection, suffering, torment, tyrrany; concepts 14,320,674 Ant. cheer, delight, happiness, joy oppressive [adj1] overwhelming, repressive backbreaking*, bleak, brutal, burdensome, conning, cruel, demanding, depressing, depressive, despotic, dictatorial, discouraging, disheartening, dismal, dispiriting, exacting, exigent, gloomy, grievous, grinding, harsh, headache*, heavy, heavy-handed*, hefty, inhuman, ironhanded*, mean, onerous, overbearing, rough going*, severe, somber, superincumbent, taxing, tough, troublesome, tyrannical, unjust, weighty; concepts 537,548 Ant. calm, gentle, relieving oppressive [adj2] hot and humid airless, close, heavy, muggy, overpowering, steam bath*, steamy, sticky, stiing, stuffy, suffocating, sultry, sweat box*, torrid; concept 525 Ant. cool, mild, temperate oppressor [n] tyrant absolute ruler, authoritarian, autocrat, bully, despot, dictator, martinet, persecutor, slave driver, taskmaster; concepts 354,412 opprobrious [adj] abusive, hateful abasing, calumniatory, contemptuous, contumelious, damaging, debasing, defamatory, defaming, denigrating, depreciative, derogative, despicable, despiteful, detractive, disgracing, dishonoring, disparaging, humiliating, hurting, injuring, injurious, insolent, insulting, invective, libeling, malevolent, malign, malignant, maligning, notorious, offending, offensive, pejorative, reproaching, reviling, scandalous, scurrilous, shaming, spiteful, truculent, vile, vitriolic, vituperative, vulgar; concepts 267,404,542 Ant. complimentary, attering, kind, nice, praising opprobrium [n] disgrace black eye*, blemish, debasement, debasing, degradation, discredit, dishonor, disrepute, disrespect, humiliation, ignominy, ill repute, infamy, loss of honor, obloquy, shame, stain, stigma, tarnish; concept 388 oppugn [v] oppose argue, attack, call into question, contradict, controvert, criticize, debate, shoot down, take issue; concepts 21,54,106 opt [v] choose cull, decide, elect, exercise choice, go for*, make a selection, mark, pick, prefer, select, single out*, take; concept 41 optimal [adj] optimum 24-carat*, A1*, ace, best, capital, choice, choicest, excellent, aw-

less, gilt-edge*, greatest, highest, ideal, matchless, maximum, most advantageous, most favorable, peak, peerless, perfect, select, solid gold*, superlative, top, world class*; concept 574 optimism [n] state of having positive beliefs anticipation, assurance, brightness, buoyancy, calmness, certainty, cheer, cheerfulness, condence, easiness, elation, encouragement, enthusiasm, exhilaration, expectation, good cheer, happiness, hopefulness, idealism, looking on bright side*, positivism, rose-colored glasses*, sanguineness, sureness, trust; concepts 410,689 Ant. doubt, gloom, hopelessness, pessimism optimist [n] positive thinker dreamer, hoper, idealist, Pollyanna; concept 529 optimistic [adj] believing positively assured, bright, buoyant, cheerful, cheering, condent, encouraged, expectant, happy, high, hopeful, hoping, idealistic, keeping the faith, merry, on cloud nine*, on top of world*, positive, promising, ray of sunshine*, rose-colored*, rosy, sanguine, sunny*, trusting, upbeat, Utopian; concepts 404,542 Ant. dejected, depressed, doubtful, gloomy, hopeless, pessimistic, sorrowful optimum [adj] best A1*, ace, capital, -carat*, choice, choicest, excellent, awless, gilt-edge*, greatest, highest, ideal, matchless, maximum, most advantageous, most favorable, optimal, peak, peerless, perfect, select, solid gold*, superlative, world class*; concept 574 Ant. least, poorest, worst option [n] alternative advantage, benet, choice, claim, dibs*, dilemma, discretion, druthers, election, ipside*, franchise, free will*, grant, license, opportunity, other side of coin*, pickup, preference, prerogative, privilege, right, selection, take it or leave it*; concepts 376,712 optional [adj] possible; available as choice alternative, arbitrary, discretional, discretionary, elective, extra, facultative, free, noncompulsory, nonobligatory, no strings attached*, not required, open, unforced, unrestricted, up to the individual, volitional, voluntary; concepts 552,576 Ant. compulsory, forced, required opulence [n] wealth abundance, afuence, belongings, excess, fortune, goods, lap of luxury, lavishness, luxury, means, money, plenitude, possessions, property, prosperity, prosperousness, riches, stocks and bonds, substance, substantiality; concepts 340,710 opulent [adj] rich, luxurious, profuse abundant, afuent, copious, deluxe, extravagant, exuberant, frilly*, lavish, luscious, luxuriant, moneyed, ostentatious, palatial, plentiful, plush, pretentious, prodigal, profusive, prolic, prosperous, rich, riotous, showy, sumptuous, swank, upholstered*, velvet*, wealthy, well-heeled*, well-off*, well-to-do*; concepts 334,589,781 Ant. depressed, destitute, poor opus [n] great work of writing or music composition, creation, magnum opus, music, oeuvre, piece, product, production; concepts 263,271 oracle [n] prophecy answer, apocalypse, augury, canon, commandment, divination, edict, fortune, law, prediction, prognostication, revelation, vision; concepts 70,278,689

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oracular [adj] prophetic ambiguous, anticipating, apocalyptic, arcane, auguring, auspicious, authoritative, cabalistic, clairvoyant, cryptic, Delphian, discovering, divining, divulging, dogmatic, fatidic, foreboding, forecasting, foretelling, imperious, interpretive, mantic, mysterious, mystical, obscure, occult, ominous, peremptory, portending, portentous, positive, predicting, presaging, prescient, proclaiming, prognosticating, prophesying, sage, secret, sibylline, signicant, soothsaying, vague, vatic, venerable, wise; concept 267 oral [adj] spoken articulate, ejaculatory, lingual, narrated, phonated, phonetic, phonic, recounted, related, said, sonant, sounded, told, unwritten, uttered, verbal, viva voce, vocal, voiced, word-of-mouth; concept 267 Ant. printed, written orange [n/adj] combination of red and yellow apricot, bittersweet, cantaloupe, carrot, coral, peach, red-yellow, salmon, tangerine, titian; concepts 618,622 orate [v] speak address, expound, grandstand, lecture, moralize, ponticate, preach, sermonize, talk, vociferate; concepts 60,285 oration [n] speech address, chalk talk*, declamation, discourse, harangue, homily, lecture, pep talk*, pitch*, sermon, soapbox*, spiel*; concepts 266,278 Ant. print, writing orator [n] speaker declaimer, lector, lecturer, ponticator, preacher, public speaker, reciter, rhetorician, sermonizer; concepts 60,285 oratory [n] public speaking articulation, declamation, diction, elocution, eloquence, grandiloquence, rhetoric, speaking, speech, speechifying, speechmaking; concepts 60,285 orb [n] globe ball, circle, eye*, lamp, ring, rondure, round, sphere; concept 436 orbit [n1] circuit, revolution apogee, circle, circumgyration, course, curve, cycle, ellipse, lap, locus, path, pattern, perigee, rotation, round, track, trajectory; concepts 436,738 orbit [n2] inuence, domain ambit, area, arena, boundary, bounds, career, circle, circumference, compass, course, department, dominion, extension, extent, eld, jurisdiction, limit, pilgrimage, precinct, province, purview, radius, range, reach, realm, scope, sphere, sweep; concepts 349,673,687 orchard [n] fruit farm fruit garden, garden, grove, plantation, vineyard; concepts 449, 509,517 orchestra [n] symphony band, ensemble, group, sinfonietta; concept 294 orchestrate [v] organize; cause to happen arrange, blend, compose, concert, coordinate, harmonize, integrate, manage, present, put together, score, set up, symphonize, synthesize, unify; concepts 117,242 Ant. disorganize, ignore ordain [v] establish, install anoint, appoint, bless, call, commission, consecrate, constitute, deal, deal with, decree, delegate, destine, dictate, elect, enact, enjoin, x, frock, impose, institute, invest, lay down the law*, legislate, nominate, order, prescribe, pronounce, put foot down*, rule, set, walk heavy*, will; concepts 18,50,88,317 Ant. cancel, disallow, retract, void

ordeal [n] trouble, suffering afiction, agony, anguish, calamity, calvary, cross, crucible, difculty, distress, nightmare, test, torment, torture, trial, tribulation, visitation; concepts 674,728 Ant. happiness, pleasure order [n1] arrangement, organization adjustment, aligning, array, assortment, cast, categorization, classication, codication, composition, computation, disposal, disposition, distribution, establishment, form, grouping, harmony, layout, line, lineup, management, method, neatness, ordering, orderliness, pattern, placement, plan, procedure, procession, progression, propriety, regularity, regulation, rule, scale, scheme, sequence, series, setup, standardization, structure, succession, symmetry, system, tidiness, uniformity; concept 727 Ant. confusion, disorder, disorganization, mess, muddle order [n2] lawfulness calm, control, decorousness, decorum, discipline, goodness, integrity, law, law and order, niceness, orderliness, peace, peacefulness, probity, properness, propriety, quiet, rectitude, rightness, seemliness, suitability, tranquility, uprightness; concepts 633,691 Ant. lawlessness, liberty, license order [n3] class, status bracket, branch, breed, cast, caste, degree, description, estate, family, feather, genre, genus, grade, hierarchy, ilk, kidney, kind, line, nature, pecking order*, pigeonhole*, place, position, rank, set, slot, sort, species, station, stripe, subclass, taxonomic group, type; concept 378 order [n4] command authorization, behest, bidding, charge, commandment, decree, dictate, direction, directive, injunction, instruction, law, mandate, ordinance, permission, precept, regulation, rule, say-so*, stipulation, ukase, word*; concepts 53,278,685 Ant. answer order [n5] request; purchase agreement amount, application, booking, bulk, commission, engagement, goods, materials, purchase, quantity, requisition, reservation, reserve, shipment, stipulation; concepts 332,338,684 order [n6] organization association, brotherhood, club, community, company, fraternity, guild, league, lodge, sect, sisterhood, society, sodality, sorority, union; concept 387 order [v1] command, authorize adjure, apply for, bid, book, buy, call for, call the shots*, call the signals*, charge, contract for, decree, dictate, direct, enact, engage, enjoin, hire, instruct, obtain, ordain, prescribe, pull strings*, request, require, reserve, rule the roost*, secure, send away for, tell, warn; concepts 50,53,88,327 Ant. disallow, prevent, rescind order [v2] arrange, organize adapt, adjust, align, alphabetize, array, assign, catalogue, class, classify, codify, conduct, control, dispose, distribute, establish, le, x, formalize, furnish, group, index, lay out, line, line up, locate, manage, marshal, methodize, neaten, normalize, pattern, place, plan, put away, put to rights*, range, regiment, regularize, regulate, right, routine, set guidelines, set in order, settle, sort out, space, standardize, streamline, systematize, tabulate, tidy; concepts 84,158 Ant. disorder, disorganize, mess up, mix up, muddle order about [v] dominate boss, bully, call the shots*, command, control, dictate, direct,

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inuence, keep under ones thumb*, manage, master, run the show*; concepts 94,117,298 ordered [adj] orderly all together, arranged, businesslike, controlled, disciplined, in good shape, in order, law-abiding, methodical, neat, organized, peaceable, precise, shipshape*, systematic, systematized, tidy, well-behaved, well-organized; concepts 326,485,585,589 orderly [adj1] methodical, organized alike, all together, arranged, businesslike, careful, clean, conventional, correct, exact, xed, formal, framed, in apple-pie order*, in good shape, in order, in shape, methodic, neat, neat as button*, neat as pin*, precise, regular, regulated, scientic, set-up, shipshape*, slick, spick-and-span*, systematic, systematized, thorough, tidy, together, to rights*, trim, uncluttered, uniform; concepts 326,485,585,589 Ant. complicated, disorderly, disorganized, unmethodical, unsystematic, untidy orderly [adj2] well-behaved at peace, calm, controlled, decorous, disciplined, docile, law-abiding, manageable, nonviolent, obedient, peaceable, quiet, restrained, submissive, tranquil, well-mannered; concept 401 Ant. bad, misbehaving, unruly ordinance [n] law, rule authorization, canon, code, command, decree, dictum, direction, edict, enactment, at, mandate, order, precept, prescript, reg, regulation, ruling, statute, ukase; concept 318 ordinarily [adv] usually as a rule, commonly, customarily, frequently, generally, habitually, in general, normally, regularly; concept 530 Ant. infrequently, rarely, sometimes ordinary [adj1] common, regular accustomed, customary, established, everyday, familiar, frequent, general, habitual, humdrum*, natural, normal, popular, prevailing, public, quotidian, routine, run-of-the-mill*, settled, standard, stock, traditional, typical, usual, wonted; concepts 533,547 Ant. abnormal, extraordinary, irregular, uncommon ordinary [adj2] average; not distinctive characterless, common, commonplace, conventional, dull, fair, familiar, garden*, garden variety*, generic, habitual, homespun, household, humble, indifferent, inferior, mean, mediocre, modest, no great shakes*, normal, pedestrian, plain, plastic, prosaic, quotidian, routine, run-of-the-mill*, second-rate, simple, so-so*, stereotyped, undistinguished, uneventful, unexceptional, uninspired, unmemorable, unnoteworthy, unpretentious, unremarkable, usual, vanilla*, white-bread*, workaday; concepts 530,575 Ant. different, distinctive, remarkable, special ordnance [n] artillery arms, big guns*, bombs, heavy stuff*, missiles, munitions, weapons; concepts 322,500 organ [n] means, tool agency, agent, channel, device, element, forum, implement, instrument, journal, magazine, medium, member, ministry, mouthpiece, newspaper, paper, part, periodical, process, publication, review, structure, unit, vehicle, voice, way; concepts 280,499,712 organic [adj] basic, natural amoebic, anatomical, animate, basal, biological, biotic, cellular, constitutional, elemental, essential, fundamental,

inherent, innate, integral, live, living, necessary, nuclear, original, plasmic, primary, prime, primitive, principal, structural, vital; concept 549 Ant. inorganic, man-made, unnatural organism [n] living thing animal, being, body, creature, entity, morphon, person, plant, structure; concepts 389,429 Ant. concept, inanimate organization [n1] arrangement, arranging alignment, assembling, assembly, chemistry, composition, conguration, conformation, constitution, construction, coordination, design, disposal, format, formation, forming, formulation, framework, grouping, harmony, institution, make-up, making, management, method, methodology, organism, organizing, pattern, plan, planning, regulation, running, situation, standard, standardization, structure, structuring, symmetry, system, unity, whole; concepts 84,117,727 Ant. disorganization organization [n2] group bound by interest/work/ goal afliation, aggregation, alliance, association, band, body, business, cartel, circle, clique, club, coalition, combination, combine, company, concern, concord, confederation, consortium, cooperative, corporation, coterie, crew, establishment, federation, fraternity, guild, house, industry, institute, institution, league, lodge, machine, monopoly, order, outt, party, profession, set, society, sodality, sorority, squad, syndicate, team, trade, troupe, trust, union; concept 381 organize [v] arrange, systematize adapt, adjust, be responsible for, catalogue, classify, codify, combine, compose, constitute, construct, coordinate, correlate, create, dispose, establish, fashion, t, form, formulate, frame, get going*, get together, group, harmonize, lick into shape*, line up, look after, marshal, methodize, mold, pigeonhole*, put in order, put together, range, regulate, run, see to, settle, set up, shape, standardize, straighten, straighten out, tabulate, tailor, take care of, whip into shape*; concepts 36,84,158 Ant. destroy, disarrange, disorder, disorganize organized [adj] arranged, systematized catalogued, classied, coordinated, correlated, formed, formulated, grouped, methodized, standardized, straightened out, tabulated; concepts 84,94 organized crime [n] the underworld Cosa Nostra, gangland, Maa, mob, organized crime family, the syndicate; concepts 412,645 organizer [n] planner arranger, coordinator, designer, developer, facilitator, promoter; concept 347 orgasm [n] climax ejaculation, frenzy, peak, spasm; concepts 706,836 orgy [n] celebration devoted to sensual enjoyment bacchanal, bacchanalia, bender*, binge*, blowout*, bout*, carousal, circus*, debauch, dissipation, excess, feast, ing*, indulgence, jag*, merrymaking, overindulgence, party, rampage*, revel, revelry, saturnalia, splurge, spree, surfeit, tear*; concepts 377,383 orient [v] familiarize acclimatize, adapt, adjust, align, conform, determine, direct, get ones bearings*, locate, orientate, turn; concepts 35,202 Ant. disorient

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orientation [n] introduction, adjustment acclimatization, adaptation, assimilation, bearings, breaking in*, coordination, direction, familiarization, x*, lay of the land*, location, position, sense of direction, settling in*; concepts 31,832 Ant. disorientation, mix-up orice [n] opening aperture, cavity, crack, hole, mouth, outlet, slit, spout, vent, window; concept 513 origin [n1] cause, basis agent, ancestor, ancestry, antecedent, author, base, causality, causation, connection, creator, derivation, determinant, egg*, element, embryo, fountain, generator, germ, horses mouth*, impulse, inception, inducement, inuence, inspiration, mainspring, motive, nucleus, occasion, parent, parentage, principle, producer, progenitor, provenance, provenience, root, roots, seed, source, spring, stock, well, wellspring; concepts 229,648,661 Ant. consequence, destiny, effect, goal, outcome, outgrowth, result origin [n2] beginning, inception alpha, birth, blast off, commencement, creation, dawn, dawning, day one*, early stage, embarkation, emergence, entrance, entry, forging, foundation, genesis, git go*, inauguration, ingress, initiation, introduction, launch, nativity, opener, origination, outbreak, outset, rise, square one*, start, starting point*; concept 832 Ant. close, completion, conclusion, death, end, nale, termination origin [n3] family, heritage ancestry, beginnings, birth, blood, descent, extraction, lineage, maternity, parentage, paternity, pedigree, stock; concept 296 original [adj1] earliest aboriginal, archetypal, authentic, autochthonous, beginning, commencing, early, elementary, embryonic, rst, rst-hand, genuine, inceptive, infant, initial, introductory, opening, pioneer, primary, prime, primeval, primitive, primordial, pristine, prototypal, rudimental, rudimentary, starting, underivative, underived; concepts 549,585 Ant. derivative, latest, newest original [adj2] fresh, new avant garde, breaking new ground*, causal, causative, conceiving, creative, demiurgic, devising, envisioning, fertile, formative, generative, imaginative, ingenious, innovational, innovative, innovatory, inspiring, inventive, novel, originative, productive, quick, ready, resourceful, seminal, sensitive, unconventional, unprecedented, untried, unusual; concepts 578,589,797 Ant. borrowed, hackneyed, old, used, worn original [n1] standard, prototype archetype, coinage, creation, exemplar, forerunner, invention, model, novelty, paradigm, pattern, precedent, precursor, type; concepts 260,686 Ant. creation, derivative, offshoot original [n2] person who is eccentric anomaly, card*, case*, character, eccentric, nonconformist, oddball, oddity, queer, weirdo*; concept 423 originality [n] creativeness boldness, brilliance, cleverness, creative spirit, creativity, daring, freshness, imagination, imaginativeness, individuality, ingeniousness, ingenuity, innovation, innovativeness, invention, inventiveness, modernity, new idea, newness, nonconformity,

novelty, resourcefulness, spirit, unconventionality, unorthodoxy; concepts 409,410 Ant. orthodoxy originally [adv] initially at rst, at the outset, at the start, basically, by birth, by origin, rst, formerly, incipiently, in the beginning, in the rst place, primarily, primitively, to begin with; concepts 578,585,797,799 Ant. secondarily originate [v1] begin; spring arise, be born, birth, come, come from, come into existence, commence, dawn, derive, emanate, emerge, ow, hail from, issue, proceed, result, rise, start, stem; concepts 105,221 Ant. end, nish, terminate originate [v2] create, introduce break the ice*, bring about, cause, coin, come up with, compose, conceive, develop, discover, evolve, form, formulate, found, generate, give birth to, hatch, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, institute, invent, launch, make, open up, parent, pioneer, procreate, produce, set in motion, set up, spark, spawn, start, think up, usher in; concepts 43, 173,251 Ant. effect, result origination [n] origin beginning, birth, commencement, conception, creation, dawn, dawning, discovery, genesis, innovation, introduction, launch, source, start, starting point*; concept 832 originator [n] creator architect, author, begetter, designer, discoverer, father, founder, initiator, innovator, inventor, maker, mastermind, mother, pioneer, producer; concepts 348,352,361 ornament [n] decoration accessory, adornment, art, bauble, beautication, design, doodad*, embellishment, embroidery, ower, frill, frou frou*, garnish, gewgaw*, gimcrack*, gingerbread*, honor, jewel, knickknack*, pride, treasure, trimming, trinket; concepts 259,476 ornament [v] decorate adorn, array, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, brighten, deck, dress, dress up*, embellish, embroider, enrich, festoon, x up*, garnish, gild, grace, ornamentalize, polish, prank, prettify, primp, prink, smarten*, spruce up*, trim; concepts 162,167,177 Ant. leave alone ornamental [adj] decorative accessory, adorning, attractive, beautiful, beautifying, decking, decorating, delicate, dressy, elaborate, embellishing, enhancing, exquisite, fancy, festooned, orid, for show*, furbishing, garnishing, heightening, luxurious, ornate, setting off*, showy; concepts 579,589 Ant. plain, unembellished ornate [adj] fancily decorated adorned, aureate, baroque, beautiful, bedecked, bright, brilliant, busy, colored, convoluted, dazzling, elaborate, elegant, embroidered, fancy, ne, amboyant, ashy, aunting, orid, owery, fussy, gaudy, gilded, glamorous, glitzy, glossy, high-wrought, jeweled, lavish, luscious, magnicent, meretricious, opulent, ornamented, ostentatious, overdone, overelaborate, pretentious, resplendent, rich, rococo, showy, sparkling, splashy, sumptuous, supercial, tawdry, variegated; concepts 579,589 Ant. plain, simple ornery [adj] mean cantankerous, contemptible, crabby, cranky, crusty*, difcult, disagreeable, grouchy*, grumpy*, hard-nosed*, ignoble, ill-tempered, irritable, nasty, obstinate,

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quarrelsome, rotten, sour, surly, testy, unfriendly, vicious; concepts 267,401,542 orphan [n] child without parents foundling, ragamufn*, stray, waif; concept 414 orthodox [adj] accepted, traditional according to the book*, acknowledged, admitted, approved, authoritative, buttoned-down*, by the numbers*, canonical, conformist, conservative, conventional, correct, customary, devout, diehard, doctrinal, established, in line*, legitimate, ofcial, old-line*, pious, proper, punctilious, reactionary, received, recognized, religious, right, rightful, sanctioned, sound, square, standard, straight, straight arrow, traditionalistic, true, well-established; concept 533 Ant. heterodox, unconventional, unorthodox, untraditional oscillate [v] change back and forth be unsteady, dangle, shtail, icker, uctuate, librate, lurch, palpitate, pendulate, pitch, pivot, reel, ripple, rock, roll, seesaw, stagger, sway, swing, switch, swivel, teeter, teeter-totter*, thrash, toss, totter, undulate, vacillate, vary, vibrate, waddle, wag, waggle, waltz, wave, waver, whirl, wiggle, wobble; concepts 13,147,697 Ant. remain, stay ossied [adj] bony fossilized, hard, hardened, petried, rigid; concepts 404,542 ossify [v] become hard from aging congeal, fossilize, freeze, harden, indurate, petrify, solidify, stiffen, thicken, turn to bone; concept 469 Ant. melt, soften ossuary [n] urn container, receptacle, vault, vessel; concept 494 ostensible [adj] alleged, supposed apparent, avowed, colorable, demonstrative, exhibited, illusive, illusory, likely, manifest, notable, outward, plausible, pretended, professed, purported, quasi, seeming, semblant, so-called*, specious, supercial; concepts 552, 582 Ant. improbable, obscure, unlikely, vague ostensibly [adv] apparently at rst blush*, evidently, externally, for all intents and purposes*, for show*, ofcially, on the face*, on the surface*, outwardly, professedly, seemingly, sensibly, supercially, supposedly, to the eye*; concept 582 Ant. improbably, obscurely, unlikely ostentation [n] exhibitionism, ashiness affectation, array, boast, boasting, brag, braggadocio*, bragging, bravado, demonstration, display, exhibition, false front*, amboyance, ash*, aunting, ourish, fuss, garishness, grandstand play*, magnicence, pageant, pageantry, parade, parading, pomp, pomposity, pompousness, pretending, pretension, pretentiousness, put-on, shine*, show, showiness, showing off*, showoff*, spectacle, splendor, splurge, swagger*, swaggering, swank*, vainglory, vaunt*, vaunting*, window-dressing; concepts 633,655 Ant. modesty, plainness, quiet, reservation ostentatious [adj] ashy, showy boastful, chichi*, classy, conspicuous, crass*, dashing, egotistic, exhibitionistic, extravagant, amboyant, atulent, aunted, fussy, garish, gaudy, gay, glittery, grandiose, highfaluting*, jaunty, loud, obtrusive, peacocky, pompous, pretentious, spectacular, splashy, splurgy, sporty, swank, swanky*, theatrical, tinsel*, tony*, uptown*, vain, vulgar; concept 589 Ant. modest, plain, quiet, reserved

ostracism [n] banishment avoidance, blackballing, boycott, cold-shouldering, exclusion, excommunication, exile, expulsion, isolation, rejection, shunning; concepts 25,130 ostracize [v] exile, banish avoid, blackball*, blacklist*, boycott, cast out, cold-shoulder*, cut, deport, displace, drop, exclude, excommunicate, expatriate, expel, expulse, leave in the cold, oust, reject, shun, shut out, snub, throw out; concepts 25,384 Ant. embrace, welcome other [adj1] additional, added alternative, another, auxiliary, else, extra, farther, fresh, further, more, new, spare, supplementary; concept 771 Ant. included, related other [adj2] different contrasting, disparate, dissimilar, distant, distinct, divergent, diverse, opposite, otherwise, remaining, separate, unalike, unequal, unlike, unrelated, variant; concept 564 Ant. coinciding, same, similar otherwise [adv] in another way; alternatively any other way, contrarily, differently, diversely, elseways, if not, in different circumstances, on the other hand, or else, or then, under other conditions, variously; concept 544 otherworldly [adj] extraterrestrial; psychic alien, ethereal, heavenly, magical, mystical, out of this world, spiritual, supernatural, transcendental, uncanny, unearthly, unworldly, visionary; concepts 529,549,582 ounce [n] one-sixteenth of a pound/28.35 grams of weight avoirdupois, troy, uncia; concept 795 oust [v] expel, get rid of banish, bereave, boot out*, bounce*, bundle off*, cast out, chase, depose, deprive, dethrone, discharge, disinherit, dislodge, displace, dispossess, divest, drive out, eject, evict, expulse, re, force out, give the 1-2-3*, kick out, lay off, let go, lose, ostracize, pack off, pink slip*, relegate, remove, rob, sack, send packing*, show the door*, throw out, topple, transport, turn out, unseat; concepts 25,211,351 Ant. hold, keep, retain ouster [n] ejection banishment, disbarment, discharge, dismissal, eviction, expulsion, loss of right, overthrow, removal, sack, the heave-ho*; concepts 179,222 out [adj] not possible; gone absent, antiquated, at an end, away, behind the times*, cold, dated, dead, demode, doused, ended, exhausted, expired, extinguished, nished, impossible, not allowed, not on, old-fashioned, old-hat*, outmoded, outside, pass, ruled out, unacceptable, unfashionable, used up; concepts 539,552,576 Ant. here, in, possible out [adv] outside, outdoors out of doors, outward, without; concept 583 Ant. in, indoors, inside out-and-out [adj] complete absolute, arrant, consummate, downright, full, outright, perfect, thorough, thoroughgoing, through-and-through, total, uncompromising, undiminished, unmitigated, unqualied, utter, whole; concept 531 outbreak [n] sudden happening beginning, blowup, brawl, break, breaking, burst, bursting, commencement, commotion, convulsion, crack, crash, dawn, detonation, discharge, disorder, disruption, ebullition, effervescence, epidemic, eruption, explosion, t, are-up, ash, fury, gush, gushing, insurrection, irruption, mutiny, onset, outburst, outpouring, paroxysm, plague,

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rebellion, rending, revolution, roar, sally, sortie, spasm, spurt, storm, sundering, surge, thunder, tumult, uprising, volley; concepts 2,86,179,832 Ant. conclusion, end, nale outburst [n] t of temper access, attack, blow, burst, conniption*, discharge, eruption, explosion, are, are-up, frenzy, gush, gust, outbreak, outpouring, paroxysm, rapture, scene, spasm, storm, surge, tantrum, transport, upheaval; concept 633 Ant. harmony, order, peace outcast [n] person who is unwanted, not accepted bum*, castaway, deportee, derelict, displaced person, exile, expatriate, fugitive, gypsy, hobo*, persona non grata*, rascal, refugee, reprobate, tramp, untouchable, vagabond, vagrant, wretch; concept 423 Ant. favorite, friend, idol outclass [v] surpass beat, best, better, cap, dominate, eclipse, exceed, excel, go beyond, go one better*, improve upon, outdistance, outdo, outhussle, outmatch, outpace, outperform, outplay, outrank, outrival, outrun, outshine, outstrip, pass, put to shame*, rise above, surmount, top, tower, win the race; concept 141 out cold [adj] unconscious benumbed, blacked out*, comatose, dead to the world*, down for the count*, drowsy, feeling no pain*, attened*, in a trance, numb, on the canvas*, out, out like a light*, passed out*, put away*, senseless, zonked*; concepts 314,539 outcome [n] consequence, effect aftereffect, aftermath, blowoff, causatum, chain reaction*, conclusion, end, end result*, event, fallout, issue, payback*, payoff*, reaction, result, score, sequel, upshot*; concept 230 Ant. beginning, cause, origin, source outcry [n] scream, exclamation clamor, commotion, complaint, convulsion, cry, ferment, ak*, hoo-ha*, howl, hubba-hubba*, hullabaloo*, noise, objection, outburst, protest, screech, tumult, uproar, upturn, yell; concepts 77,278 Ant. quiet, silence outdated/out-of-date [adj] old-fashioned anachronous, antiquated, antique, archaic, back number*, behind the times*, dated, dmod, dusty, has-been*, moth-eaten*, musty, not with it*, obsolete, old, old-hat*, out, outmoded, out-of-style*, pass, square, tired, unfashionable, vintage; concepts 578,589,797 Ant. current, fashionable, modern, new, popular, up-to-date outdistance [v] outrun beat, best, better, exceed, go beyond, go one better*, leave behind, outclass, outdo, outhussle, outpace, outperform, outplay, overtake, pass, surpass, top, win the race; concept 141 outdo [v] better, overcome beat, best, blow out of water*, bulldoze*, bury*, cook*, cream*, defeat, do in*, down*, eclipse, exceed, excel, fake out*, go one better*, leave behind*, lick*, outclass, outdistance, outfox, outgun, outjockey, outmaneuver, outrival, outshine, outsmart, outstrip, pull a fast one*, shake off*, shoot ahead*, snow*, surpass, top, transcend, trash*; concepts 95,141 Ant. fail, lose outdoor [adj/adv] in the open air alfresco, casual, free, garden, healthful, hilltop, informal, in the open, invigorating, mountain, natural, nature-loving, out-of-doors, out of the house,

outside, patio, picnic, rustic, unrestricted, woods, yard; concept 583 Ant. indoor outdoors [n] open air; nature bucolic surroundings, country, countryside, environment, fresh air, garden, green earth*, hill, mountain, open, out-of-doors, patio, without, woods, yard; concept 198 Ant. indoors outer [adj] external, exposed alien, beyond, exoteric, exterior, extraneous, extrinsic, outermost, outlying, outmost, outside, outward, over, peripheral, remote, supercial, surface, without; concepts 484,583 Ant. central, inner, interior outermost [adj] outer beyond, distant, fringe, furthermost, outlying, outmost, outward, peripheral, remote; concepts 484,583 outt [n1] set of clothes or equipment accoutrements, apparatus, appliances, clothing, costume, ensemble, garb, gear, get-up*, guise, kit, machinery, materiel, outlay, paraphernalia, provisions, rig, rigging, suit, supplies, tackle, togs, trappings*, wardrobe; concepts 451,496 outt [n2] large group; business band, clique, company, concern, corps, coterie, crew, enterprise, establishment, rm, house, organization, party, set, squad, team, troop, troupe, unit; concepts 325,417 outt [v] clothe, equip accoutre, appoint, arm, deck out*, drape, t out*, furnish, gear, prepare, provide, provision, rig up*, stock, suit, supply, tog*, turn out*; concepts 167, 182 Ant. bare, unclothe outank [v] outmaneuver beat, best, better, defeat, excel, outclass, outdo, outfox, outperform, outplay, outshine, outsmart, outwit, surpass, top; concept 141 outow [n] efux discharge, drainage, efuence, efuent, efuvium, effusion, emergence, gush, gushing outpouring, rush, spout, stream, streaming; concepts 179,748 outfox [v] outsmart best, defeat, excel, outclass, outdo, outperform, outplay, outwit, surpass, top; concept 141 outgoing [adj1] demonstrative, extroverted approachable, civil, communicative, cordial, easy, expansive, extrovert, friendly, genial, gregarious, informal, kind, open, sociable, sympathetic, unconstrained, unreserved, unrestrained, warm; concept 404 Ant. introverted, reclusive, shy outgoing [adj2] leaving departing, ex-*, former, last, migratory, outbound, outward-bound, past, retiring, withdrawing; concepts 581,584 Ant. arriving, entering, incoming outgrowth [n1] projection bulge, enlargement, excrescence, jut, node, offshoot, outcrop, process, prolongation, prominence, protuberance, shoot, sprout, swelling; concepts 471,824 Ant. ingrowth outgrowth [n2] product, consequence aftereffect, branch, by-product*, derivative, descendant, development, effect, emergence, end, end result*, issue, member, offshoot, offspring, outcome, result, spin-off*, yield; concepts 230,260 outhouse [n] toilet bathroom, latrine, lavatory, outbuilding, privy, washroom, water closet, WC; concept 448 outing [n] short trip airing, drive, excursion, expedition, jaunt, junket, long weekend, picnic,

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pleasure trip, roundabout, spin*, vacation, weekend; concepts 224,386 outing [n2] politically motivated exposure of anothers secrets announcement, declaration, demystication, disclosure, proclamation, revealing, tossing, uncloseting, unmasking; concept 60 outlandish [adj] bizarre, strange alien, awkward, barbaric, barbarous, boorish, clumsy, curious, droll, eccentric, erratic, exotic, extravagant, fantastic, far-out*, foreign, freakish, gauche, graceless, grotesque, kinky*, odd, outrageous, outr, peculiar, preposterous, quaint, queer, ridiculous, rude, singular, tasteless, ultra, unconventional, uncouth, unheardof*, unorthodox, unusual, weird, whimsical, wild; concepts 401,548 Ant. common, familiar, normal, ordinary, usual outlast [v] endure beyond another hang on, outlive, outstay, outwear, remain, survive; concept 407 Ant. fail, fall apart, lose, peter out, shoot, succumb outlaw [n] person who is running from the law bandit, brigand, con, criminal, crook, desperado, drifter, ex-con, fugitive, gangster, gunslinger*, hood*, hoodlum, hooligan*, jailbird, marauder, mobster, mug*, outcast, pariah, racketeer, robber, wrong number*; concept 412 outlaw [v] prohibit; make illegal ban, banish, bar, condemn, damn, disallow, embargo, enjoin, exclude, forbid, illegalize, inhibit, interdict, prevent, proscribe, stop, taboo; concepts 121,317 Ant. allow, legalize, permit outlay [n] expenses bite*, bottom line*, charge, cost, damage, disbursement, expenditure, expense, highway robbery*, investment, price tag, score*, setback*, spending, tab*, throw*, tune*; concept 344 Ant. income, pay outlet [n1] place or means of escape, release aperture, avenue, break, channel, crack, duct, egress, escape, exit, hole, nozzle, opening, orice, porthole, release, safety valve, spout, tear, vent, way out; concepts 513,693 Ant. egress, entrance outlet [n2] store that sells discounted items factory store, market, mill store, seconds store, shop, showroom; concepts 439,448,449 outline [n1] plan, sketch bare facts*, blueprint, diagram, draft, drawing, oor plan, frame, framework, ground plan, layout, main features, recapitulation, rsum, rough draft, rough idea, rundown, skeleton, summary, synopsis, thumbnail sketch*, tracing; concept 268 outline [n2] form, tracing of an object conguration, conformation, contour, delineation, guration, gure, prole, shape, silhouette; concepts 436,625 Ant. inside outline [v] sketch out; plan adumbrate, block out, characterize, chart, delineate, describe, draft, lay out, paint, plot, recapitulate, rough out, skeleton, skeletonize, summarize, tell about, trace; concepts 36,55,174 outlive [v] outlast continue, endure, hang on, outstay, prevail, remain, survive; concept 407 outlook [n1] point of view angle*, attitude, direction, frame of mind*, headset*, mind-set*, perspective, routine, scope, side, size of it*, slant*, standpoint, viewpoint, views, vision; concepts 410,689 Ant. indifference

outlook [n2] probable future appearances, chance, expectation, forecast, law of averages*, likelihood, normal course, opening, opportunity, possibility, probability, prospect, prospects, risk; concept 679 Ant. past outlook [n3] scene, view aspect, lookout, panorama, perspective, prospect, scape, sight, vista; concepts 509,628 outlying [adj] in rural area; remote afar, backwoods, distant, external, faraway, far-ung*, far-off, off-lying, outer, out-of-the-way*, peripheral, provincial, removed; concept 583 Ant. central, inner, middle outmoded [adj] obsolete, old-fashioned anachronistic, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, behind the times*, bent, bygone, dated, dead, dmod, dinosaur*, disused, extinct, fossilized, has-been*, horse and buggy*, moldy*, moth-eaten*, musty*, obsolescent, obsolete, olden, old-hat*, old-time, out, outof-date, out-of-style, outworn, pass*, superannuated, superseded, tired, unfashionable, unstylish, unusable, vintage; concepts 560, 578,589,797 Ant. current, modern, new, new-fangled, popular, up-to-date out of the closet [adj] open brought to light, candid, disclosed, divulged, exposed, open and aboveboard, open to view, out in the open, revealed, unveiled; concept 60 out of the way [adj] secluded backwoods, distant, faraway, far-ung, godforsaken, inaccessible, isolated, lonely, obscure, off the beaten track, outer, outermost, outlying, peripheral, remote, sequestered; concept 586 Ant. accessible, handy, near out of work [adj] not employed between jobs, collecting unemployment, idle, jobless, laid off, on the dole, out of a job, unemployed; concept 351 Ant. employed outpouring [n] outow cascade, deluge, discharge, efuence, effusion, ood, ow, gush, issue, jet, leakage, outburst, rush, spurt*, stream, torrent; concept 179 output [n] something produced achievement, amount, crop, gain, harvest, making, manufacture, manufacturing, producing, product, production, productivity, prot, take, turnout, yield; concepts 205,260 Ant. input outrage [n1] atrocity, evil abuse, affront, barbarism, damage, desecration, enormity, evildoing, harm, hurt, indignity, inhumanity, injury, insult, mischief, misdoing, offense, profanation, rape, rapine, ravishing, ruin, shock, violation, violence, wrongdoing; concepts 192,645,674 Ant. delight, happiness outrage [n2] anger blowup, are-up*, fury, huff*, hurt, indignation, resentment, ruckus*, shock*, stew*, storm*, wrath; concept 29 Ant. cheer, glee, happiness, joy outrage [v] wrong, offend, abuse affront, aggrieve, boil over*, burn up*, dele, deower, desecrate, do violence to, re up*, force, illtreat, incense, infuriate, injure, insult, jar*, kick up a row*, madden, make hit the ceiling*, maltreat, mistreat, misuse, oppress, persecute, raise Cain*, rape, ravage, ravish, reach boiling point*, scandalize, shock, spoil, violate, whip up*; concepts 7,19,29,246 Ant. delight, make happy, please

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outrageous [adj1] very bad abominable, atrocious, barbaric, beastly, brazen, contemptible, contumelious, corrupt, criminal, debasing, debauching, degenerate, depraving, disgraceful, disgracing, egregious, agitious, agrant, gross, heinous, horrendous, horrible, ignoble, infamous, inhuman, iniquitous, malevolent, monstrous, nefarious, notorious, odious, opprobrious, scandalous, scurrilous, shameless, shaming, shocking, sinful, unbearable, ungodly, unspeakable, villainous, violent, wanton, wicked; concept 571 Ant. delightful, good, magnicent, pleasing, wonderful outrageous [adj2] beyond reasonable limits barbarous, crazy*, excessive, exorbitant, extortionate, extravagant, immoderate, inordinate, last straw*, offensive, out of bounds*, preposterous, scandalous, shocking, steep*, too much*, uncivilized, unconscionable, unreasonable; concepts 569,771 Ant. acceptable, mild, reasonable, sensible outright [adj] complete, unconditional absolute, all, arrant, consummate, denite, direct, downright, entire, at, gross, out-and-out*, perfect, positive, pure, straightforward, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, undeniable, unequivocal, unmitigated, unqualied, utter, whole, wholesale; concepts 531,535 Ant. ambiguous, conditional, hesitating, incomplete, indenite, provisional outside [adj1] external alfresco, alien, apart from, away from, exterior, extramural, extraneous, extreme, farther, farthest, foreign, furthest, open-air, out, outdoor, outer, outermost, outward, over, surface; concepts 484,583 Ant. central, inside, internal, middle outside [adj2] slight, slim distant, faint, far, marginal, negligible, off, remote, slender, small, unlikely; concepts 552,789 Ant. certain, denite, good, likely, sure outside [n] exterior; out-of-doors appearance, covering, facade, face, front, integument, open, open air, outdoors, seeming, sheath, skin, surface, topside, without; concepts 198,484 Ant. center, indoors, inside, interior, middle outsider [n] person who is foreign to something alien, oater*, foreigner, incomer*, interloper, intruder, newcomer, odd one out*, outlander, refugee, stranger; concepts 413,423 Ant. insider outskirts [n] edge of a geographic area bedroom community*, border, boundary, edge, environs, limit, outpost, periphery, purlieu, purlieus, sticks*, suburb, suburbia, vicinity; concepts 508,513 Ant. center, downtown outspoken [adj] explicit, unreserved abrupt, artless, blunt, calling spade a spade*, candid, direct, forthright, frank, free, laying it on the line*, open, plain, plain-spoken, point-blank*, round, square, straightforward, strident, talking turkey*, unceremonious, unequivocal, unreticent, up front*, vocal; concepts 267,404 Ant. cautious, diplomatic, introverted, reserved, retiring, shy, tactful outstanding [adj1] superior, excellent A-1*, ace*, A-number-1*, bad*, boss*, capital*, celebrated, chief, cool*, crack*, distinguished, dominant, eminent, eventful, exceptional, famous, far-out*, great, greatest, hundred-proof*,

important, impressive, magnicent, main, major, meritorious, momentous, mostest, number one*, out-of-sight*, out-of-this-world*, phenomenal, predominant, preeminent, primo*, principal, special, standout, star, steller, super, superior, superlative, tops*, well-known, worldclass; concepts 568,574 Ant. average, bad, inferior, ordinary, poor, regular, unexceptional, unremarkable outstanding [adj2] noticeable, striking arresting, arrestive, conspicuous, distinguished, eye-catching, important, leading, marked, memorable, notable, noteworthy, prominent, pronounced, remarkable, salient, signal; concepts 485,537 Ant. inconspicuous, ordinary, unnoticeable, unstriking outstanding [adj3] referring to an unpaid debt due, mature, ongoing, open, overdue, owing, payable, pending, remaining, uncollected, unresolved, unsettled; concept 334 Ant. paid, resolved, settled outward [adj] visible; for appearances apparent, evident, exterior, external, from within, noticeable, observable, obvious, on the surface, open, ostensible, out, outer, outside, over, perceptible, supercial, surface, to the eye, toward the edge; concepts 576,581,583 Ant. invisible, inward outwardly [adv] to all appearances apparently, as far as one can see, evidently, externally, for all intents and purposes*, in appearance, ofcially, on the face of it, on the surface, ostensibly, professedly, seemingly, supercially, to the eye; concepts 544,576 Ant. inside, internally, inwardly, privately outweigh [v] override, dominate atone for, balance, cancel out, compensate, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, eclipse, exceed, excel, make up for, offset, outbalance, outrival, outrun, overcome, overshadow, predominate, preponderate, prevail, set off, surpass, take precedence, tip the scales; concept 141 outwit/outsmart [v] get the better of; gure out before another bafe, bamboozle*, beat*, bewilder, cap, cheat, circumvent, con*, confuse, deceive, defeat, defraud, dupe, end-run*, fake out*, nagle*, fox*, goose*, gull*, have*, hoax, hoodwink, lead astray*, make a fool of*, make a monkey of*, mislead, outdo, outfox, outgeneral, outguess, outjockey, outmaneuver, outthink, overreach, pull a fast one on*, put one over on*, run circles around*, swindle, take in*, top*, trick, worst*; concepts 15,59 oval [adj] long and rounded in shape eggshaped, ellipsoidal, elliptic, elliptical, oblong, ooid, ovaloid, ovate, oviform, ovoid; concept 486 ovation [n] clapping and cheers acclaim, acclamation, applause, big hand*, bravos, cheering, hand, laudation, plaudits, praise, salvo, testimonial, tribute; concepts 69,264 Ant. silence oven [n] kitchen stove kiln, kitchen range, microwave, microwave oven, range, roaster, stove, tandoor; concept 463 over [adj1] accomplished ancient history, at an end, by, bygone, closed, completed, concluded, done, done with, ended, nished, gone, past, settled, up; concepts 531,548 Ant. failed, incomplete, unnished

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over [adj2/adv1] in addition additionally, beyond, ever, excessively, extra, extremely, immensely, in excess, inordinately, left over, more, over and above, overly, overmuch, remaining, superuous, surplus, too, unduly, unused; concepts 544,771 Ant. fewer, less over [adv2] above aloft, beyond, covering, farther up, higher than, in heaven, in the sky, off, on high, on top of, overhead, overtop, straight up, traversely, upstairs; concepts 583, 793 Ant. under overabundance [n] excess embarrassment of riches*, glut, nimiety, overow, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, plethora, profusion, superabundance, superuity, surfeit, surplus, surplusage, too much*; concepts 767,787 Ant. lack, need, scarcity, want overall [adj] complete, general all-embracing, blanket, comprehensive, global, inclusive, long-range, long-term, sweeping, thorough, total, umbrella; concept 772 Ant. incomplete, narrow, specic overall [adv] in general all over, chiey, everyplace, everywhere, generally speaking, in the long run, largely, mainly, mostly, on the whole, predominantly, primarily, principally, throughout; concept 772 Ant. incomplete, narrow overbearing [adj] arrogant, domineering ascendant, autocratic, bossy, cavalier, cocky*, despotic, dictatorial, disdainful, dogmatic, egotistic, haughty, high-and-mighty*, highhanded*, imperative, imperial, imperious, insolent, magisterial, ofcious, oppressive, overweening, paramount, peremptory, predominant, preponderant, prevalent, proud, regnant, sniffy*, snotty*, sovereign, stuffy, supercilious, superior, tyrannical, uppity*; concepts 401,404 Ant. kind, modest, nice, unassertive overblown [adj] excessive, too much aureate, bombastic, disproportionate, euphuistic, owery, fulsome, grandiloquent, hyped up*, immoderate, inated, magniloquent, oratorical, overdone, pompous, pretentious, profuse, rhetorical, sonorous, superuous, turgid, undue, verbose, windy; concepts 267,548 Ant. underrated, undervalued overcast [adj] cloudy, darkened clouded, clouded over, dark, dismal, dreary, dull, gray, hazy, leaden, lowering, murky, nebulous, not clear, not fair, oppressive, somber, sunless, threatening; concept 525 Ant. bright, clear, sunny overcome [adj] overwhelmed; visibly moved affected, at a loss for words, beaten, blownaway*, bowled-over*, buried*, conquered, defeated, overthrown, run-over*, speechless, swamped, swept off ones feet*, taken*, unable to continue; concept 403 Ant. indifferent, unbothered, unconcerned, unappable, unmoved overcome [v] beat, defeat best*, be victorious, come out on top*, conquer, crush, down*, drown, get around*, get the better of*, hurdle, knock over*, knock socks off*, lick*, master, outlive, overpower, overthrow, overwhelm, prevail, prostrate, reduce, render, rise above*, shock, stun, subdue, subjugate, surmount, survive, throw*, triumph over, vanquish, weather*, whelm*, win, worst*; concept 95 Ant. give in, surrender, yield

overcondent [adj] overly sure of oneself brash, careless, cocksure*, cocky*, foolhardy, heading for a fall*, heedless, hubristic, impudent, overweening, presuming, presumptuous, pushy*, rash, reckless, self-assertive; concepts 401,542 Ant. cautious, pessimistic overdo [v] go to extremes; carry too far amplify, be intemperate, belabor, bite off too much*, do to death, drive oneself, exaggerate, fatigue, go overboard*, go too far*, hype, lay it on*, magnify, make federal case*, not know when to stop*, overburden, overestimate, overindulge, overload, overplay, overrate, overreach, overstate, overtax, overtire, overuse, overvalue, overwork, pile on*, pressure, puff*, run into the ground*, run riot*, strain oneself, stretch, talk big*, wear down*, wear oneself out*; concept 156 Ant. ignore, neglect overdue [adj] late, behind schedule behindhand, behind time, belated, delinquent, due, held up*, hung up*, jammed*, long delayed, mature, not punctual, outstanding, owing, payable, tardy, unpaid, unpunctual, unsettled; concepts 334,548,799 Ant. early, paid overeat [v] eat too much binge*, eat like a horse*, feast, gluttonize, gorge, gourmandize, overindulge, pack it away, pig*, pig out*, put it away, scarf*, stuff oneself*, stuff ones face*, surfeit; concept 316 Ant. diet, fast overow [n] ood, inundation advance, cataclysm, cataract, congestion, deluge, discharge, encroachment, enforcement, engorgement, excess, exuberance, ash ood, ooding, infringement, niagara, overabundance, overcrowding, overkill, overmuch, overproduction, plethora, pour, propulsion, push, redundancy, spate, spill, spillover, submergence, submersion, superuity, surfeit, surplus, torrent; concept 740 overow [v] pour out, ood brim, bubble over, cascade, cover, deluge, discharge, drain, drown, engulf, fall over, gush, inundate, irrupt, issue, jet, leak, overbrim, overrun, overtop, pour, run over, rush, shed, shower, slop, slosh, soak, spill, spill over, spout, spray, spurt, squirt, submerge, surge, swamp, water, wave, well, well over, wet, whelm; concepts 179,256,740 overhang [v] bulge, hang over beetle, be imminent, be suspended, cast a shadow, command, dangle over, droop over, endanger, extend, ap over, impend, jut, loom, menace, overtop, poke, portend, pouch, project, protrude, rise above, stand out, stick out, swing over, threaten, tower above; concept 752 overhaul [v] redo, restore check, debug, doctor*, do up*, examine, ddle with*, x, give facelift*, improve, inspect, mend, modernize, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, reexamine, renew, repair, retread, revamp, service, survey; concepts 126,202, 212 overhead [adj/adv] up above above, aerial, aloft, atop, hanging, in the sky, on high, over, overhanging, roof, skyward, upper, upward; concept 586 Ant. below, underfoot overhead [n] general, continuing costs of operation budget, burden, cost, depreciation, expense, expenses, insurance, outlay, rent, upkeep, utilities; concepts 329,332

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overjoyed [adj] extremely happy charmed, delighted, deliriously happy, elated, euphoric, happy as a clam*, happy as a lark*, joyful, jubilant, on cloud nine*, only too happy*, over the moon*, rapturous, ravished, thrilled, tickled pink*, transported; concept 403 Ant. disappointed, sad, sorrowful, upset overlap [v] lie over something else extend along, ap, fold over, go beyond, imbricate, lap over, overhang, overlay, overlie, overrun, project, protrude, ride, run over, shingle; concept 759 Ant. divide, separate overlook [v1] disregard, neglect discount, disdain, fail to notice, forget, ignore, leave out, leave undone, let fall between the cracks*, let go, let slide*, make light of*, miss, omit, overpass, pass, pass by, pay no attention, slight, slip up*; concepts 30,101,699 Ant. attend, heed, honor, look at, notice, regard, respect overlook [v2] make allowances for bear with*, blink at*, condone, disregard, excuse, forgive, go along with, grin and bear it*, handle, ignore, let bygones be bygones*, let go, let pass*, live with*, look the other way, pay no mind*, play past*, put up with*, roll with punches*, stand for, stomach, swim with the tide*, take, tune out*, turn blind eye to*, whitewash*, wink at*, wipe slate clean*; concepts 10,83 Ant. deny, prevent, refuse, veto overlook [v3] have a view of something afford a view, command, command a view, dominate, front on, give on, give upon, have a prospect of, inspect, look down, look out, look out on, look over, mount, oversee, overtop, soar above, surmount, survey, top, tower over, view, watch over; concept 752 overlook [v4] supervise boss, chaperon, control, oversee, quarterback*, superintend, survey; concepts 94,117 Ant. follow, serve overly [adv] excessively ever, exceedingly, extremely, immensely, immoderately, inordinately, over, overfull, overmuch, too, too much, too-too*, unduly, very much; concept 544 Ant. inadequately, insufciently overplay [v] be dramatic accent, accentuate, blow out of proportion*, dramatize, exaggerate, get carried away*, ham it up*, hyperbolize, labor at, lay it on thick*, magnify, maximize, mug*, overact, overdo, overdraw, overemphasize, overstate, overstress, overuse, overwork, point up*, show off*, stretch; concepts 59,87,292 Ant. play down overpower [v] beat; get the upper hand bear down, beat down, blank, blow away*, bulldoze*, bury, clobber, conquer, cream*, crush, defeat, drown, drub*, immobilize, knock out*, lay one out*, murder*, overcome, overthrow, overwhelm, prostrate, put away*, quell, reduce, roll over*, rout, shellack*, shut off*, smash*, subdue, subjugate, swamp*, take care of*, take out*, torpedo*, total*, trash*, trounce, vanquish, waste*, wax*, whelm*; concepts 95,191 Ant. surrender, yield overrate [v] assign too much value, importance assess too highly, build up, exaggerate, exceed, expect too much of, magnify, make too much of*, overassess, overesteem, overestimate, overpraise, overprize, overreckon, oversell, overvalue, rate too highly, think too highly of*,

think too much of*; concepts 12,49 Ant. underrate, undervalue overrated [adj] overvalued exaggerated, hyped-up, overestimated, overpaid, overpriced, overpromoted, puffed up, pumped up*; concepts 267,542,562 override/overrule [v] cancel, reverse a decision alter, annul, bend to ones will*, control, countermand, direct, disallow, disregard, dominate, govern, ignore, inuence, invalidate, make null and void*, make void, not heed, nullify, outvote, outweigh, overturn, prevail over, quash, recall, repeal, rescind, revoke, ride roughshod*, rule against, set aside, supersede, sway, take no account of, thwart, trample, upset, vanquish, veto; concepts 50,88,121, 298,317 Ant. allow, approve, permit, support overriding [adj] central, most important cardinal, compelling, determining, dominant, nal, main, major, number one*, overruling, paramount, pivotal, predominant, prevailing, primary, prime, principal, ruling, supreme, ultimate; concept 568 Ant. insignicant, least, unimportant overrule [v] repeal abrogate, annul, cancel, disallow, invalidate, negate, nullify, override, overturn, quash, rescind, reverse, revoke, strike down, veto, void; concepts 50,88,121,234 overrun [v1] defeat, invade beat, clobber, drub*, foray, inroad, lambaste, lick*, massacre, occupy, overwhelm, put to ight, raid, rout, swamp*, thrash, trim, whip; concepts 86,95 Ant. lose, surrender overrun [v2] infest, spread over; exceed beset, choke, deluge, go beyond, inundate, invade, overow, overgrow, overshoot, overspread, overstep, overwhelm, permeate, ravage, run on, run over, spill, spread like wildre*, surge, surpass, swarm, well over; concepts 172,179, 651 Ant. evacuate, retreat overseas [adj] across an ocean abroad, across, away, foreign, in foreign land, transatlantic, transoceanic, transpacic; concept 583 Ant. at home oversee [v] manage, supervise baby-sit*, be in drivers seat*, boss, call the shots*, captain, chaperon, command, eye*, herd, inspect, keep ones eye on*, look after, overlook, quarterback*, ride herd on*, run the show*, shepherd, sit on top of*, skipper, superintend, survey, watch; concept 117 Ant. follow, obey overseer [n] person who supervises others work executive, head, head honcho*, manager, pit boss*, straw boss*, superintendent, supervisor; concept 347 overshadow [v] make obscure, dim, vague adumbrate, becloud, bedim, cloud, command, darken, dim, dominate, dwarf, eclipse, excel, govern, haze, leave in the shade*, obfuscate, outshine, outweigh, overcast, overcloud, overweigh, preponderate, rise above*, rule, shadow, steal spotlight*, surpass, take precedence, tower above*, veil; concepts 620,668 oversight [n1] failure, omission blank*, blunder, carelessness, chasm, default, delinquency, dereliction, disregard, error, fault, inattention, lapse, laxity, miscue, mistake, neglect, overlook, overlooking, preterition, pretermission,

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skip, slip, slipup*; concept 101 Ant. attention, care, recollection, remembrance, success oversight [n2] care, supervision administration, aegis, charge, check, control, custody, direction, guard, guardianship, handling, inspection, intendance, keep, keeping, maintenance, management, superintendence, surveillance, tutelage; concept 117 Ant. ignorance, neglect overstate [v] exaggerate amplify, blow out of proportion*, boast, boost, brag, build up, embellish, embroider, emphasize, enlarge, exalt, expand, fabricate, fudge*, heighten, hike, inate, lay it on thick*, lie, magnify, misquote, misreport, misrepresent, overdo, overemphasize, overestimate, pad*, play up, puff; concept 63 overt [adj] obvious, unconcealed apparent, clear, denite, manifest, observable, open, patent, plain, public, undisguised, visible; concept 535 Ant. concealed, hidden, private, secret overtake [v] catch; pass beat, befall, better, catch up with, come upon, engulf, gain on, get past, get to, happen, hit, leave behind, outdistance, outdo, outstrip, overhaul, overwhelm, reach, strike, take by surprise; concepts 95, 141 Ant. fall behind overthrow [v] defeat, destroy abolish, beat, bring down, bring to ruin, conquer, crush, demolish, depose, dethrone, do away with, eradicate, exterminate, knock down, knock over, level, liquidate, oust, overcome, overpower, overrun, overturn, overwhelm, purge, put an end to, raze, ruin, subdue, subjugate, subvert, terminate, tip, topple, tumble, unseat, upend, upset, vanquish; concepts 95,252,320 Ant. give in, surrender, yield overtone [n] implication, hint association, connotation, avor, inference, innuendo, intimation, meaning, nuance, sense, suggestion, tone, undercurrent, undertone; concept 278 overture [n] introduction, approach advance, bid, conciliatory move, exordium, foreword, invitation, offer, opening, preamble, preface, prelude, prelusion, presentation, proem, prologue, proposal, proposition, signal, suggestion, tender; concepts 278,384,828,832 Ant. conclusion, nish overturn [v] ip over annul, bring down, capsize, countermand, down, invalidate, invert, keel over, knock down, knock over, nullify, overbalance, prostrate, repeal, rescind, reverse, roll, set aside, spill, tip over, topple, tumble, turn over, turn upside down, upend, upset, upturn, void; concepts 147,232 overview [n] survey analysis, aperu, audit, capsulization, critique, examination, inquiry, inspection, outline, pandect, prcis, review, scrutiny, sketch, study, syllabus, synopsis, thumbnail, view; concepts 37,103,197,271,291 overweight [adj] heavier than average ample, bulky, corpulent, fat, eshy, gross, heavy, hefty, huge, massive, obese, outsize, overfed, overstuffed, plump, portly, pudgy, rotund, stout, upholstered*, weighty; concept 491 Ant. skinny, thin, underweight overwhelm [v1] ood, beat physically bury, conquer, crush, defeat, deluge, destroy, drown, drub*, engulf, inundate, massacre, overcome, overow, overpower, overrun, overthrow,

rout, smother, submerge, swamp, thrash, total*, whip*, win*; concepts 86,95 Ant. underwhelm overwhelm [v2] astonish, devastate bewilder, blow out of the water*, bowl over*, confound, confuse, demoralize, destroy, disturb, do in*, downgrade*, drown, dumbfound, oor*, kill*, overcome, overpower, prostrate, puzzle, render speechless*, run circles around, shatter, shock, stagger, steamroller*, stun, subordinate, surprise, swamp, upset, wreck; concepts 16,42 Ant. not impress, underwhelm overwhelming [adj] overpowering amazing, astounding, breathtaking, crushing, devastating, exciting, eye-opening, mind-boggling, overcoming, paralyzing, shattering, staggering, stunning, vast; concept 42 overworked [adj] worn out burned out*, exhausted, fatigued, overburdened, overloaded, overtaxed, strained, stressed, stressed out*, tense, under stress; concept 485 overwrought [adj] exhausted and excited affected, agitated, all shook up*, beside oneself*, crazy, distracted, emotional, excitable, red-up*, ipped out*, frantic, freaked-out*, high*, hot-and-bothered*, hot under collar*, hyper*, in a state*, keyed-up*, nervous, neurotic, on edge*, overexcited, overstrung, overworked, spent, steamed up*, stirred*, strung-out*, tense, tired, uneasy, unstrung*, uptight*, weary, wired, worked-up, worn, wound-up; concepts 401,403,542 Ant. calm, collected, cool, rested, unrufed owe [v] have an obligation be beholden, be bound, be contracted, behind, be in arrears, be in debt, be indebted, be into one for, be obligated, be under obligation, feel bound, get on credit, have borrowed, incur, in hock*, lost, on the tab*, ought to, run up a bill*; concept 335 Ant. pay, resolve, settle owing [adj] unpaid attributable, comeuppance, due, in debt, mature, matured, outstanding, overdue, owed, payable, unsettled; concept 334 Ant. paid, resolved, settled own [adj] belonging to individual endemic, hers, his, individual, inherent, intrinsic, its, mine, owned, particular, peculiar, personal, private, resident, theirs, very own, yours; concept 710 own [v1] possess; be responsible for be in possession of, be possessed of, boast, control, dominate, enjoy, fall heir to, have, have in hand, have rights, have title, hold, inherit, keep, occupy, reserve, retain; concept 710 Ant. dispossess, lack, lose, need, not have, sell own [v2] acknowledge, admit allow, assent to, avow, come clean*, concede, confess, declare, disclose, grant, let on*, make clean breast of*, own up, recognize, tell the truth; concept 57 Ant. deny, disavow, reject owner [n] person who has possession of something buyer, governor, heir, heir-apparent, heiress, heritor, holder, keeper, landowner, legatee, partner, possessor, proprietor, purchaser, sharer, squire, titleholder; concepts 343,347,414 Ant. leaser, renter ownership [n] possession of property buying, claim, control, cut, deed, dominion, end, hand, having, holding, occupancy, partnership, piece,

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possessorship, property, proprietary rights, proprietorship, purchase, purchasing, residence, slice, takeover, tenancy, tenure, title, use; concept 710 Ant. lease, renting

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pace [n1] steps in walking clip, footstep, gait, getalong, lick*, measure, step, stride, tread, walk; concept 149 pace [n2] speed, tempo of motion beat, bounce, celerity, clip, downbeat, lick*, momentum, motion, movement, progress, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, rate, swiftness, time, velocity; concepts 755,818 pace [v1] walk back and forth ambulate, canter, foot it*, gallop, hoof*, march, patrol, pound*, step, stride, traipse, tread, troop, trot, walk up and down; concept 149 Ant. sit, stay pace [v2] measure by footsteps count, determine, mark out, step, step off*; concepts 291,764 pacesetter [n] pacemaker bellwether, forerunner, leader, pacer, pioneer; concepts 347,354 pacic [adj] appeasing, peaceful amicable, at peace, calm, conciliatory, diplomatic, friendly, gentle, neutral, peaceable, peace-loving, peacemaking, placatory, placid, quiet, serene, tranquil, untroubled; concepts 485,542 pacist [n] peace-lover antiwar demonstrator, conscientious objector, dove, passive resister, peacemaker, peacemonger, peacenik; concepts 354,416 pacify [v] make peaceful; appease allay, ameliorate, assuage, bury the hatchet*, butter up*, calm, chasten, compose, con, conciliate, cool, dulcify, x up, grease*, kiss and make up*, lay back, lull, make peace, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacicate, placate, propitiate, put the lid on*, qualify, quell, quiet, relieve, repress, silence, smooth over, soften, soft-pedal*, soothe, square, still, stroke, subdue, sweeten*, take the edge off*, tame, temper, tranquilize; concepts 7,22,250 Ant. agitate, incite, irritate, upset pack [n1] kit, package backpack, baggage, bale, bundle, burden, equipment, haversack, knapsack, load, luggage, outt, parcel, rucksack, truss; concepts 260,446,496 pack [n2] group, bunch assemblage, band, barrel, bundle, circle, collection, company, crew, crowd, deck, drove, ock, gang, great deal, heap, herd, horde, lot, lump, mess, mob, much, multiplicity, number, peck, pile, press, set, swarm, throng, troop; concepts 397,417 pack [v1] make ready for transport batch, bind, brace, bunch, bundle, burden, collect, dispose, fasten, gather, get ready, load, package, put in order, store, stow, tie, warehouse; concept 202 Ant. dismantle, unpack, untie pack [v2] ll, compact arrange, bind, charge, chock, choke, compress, condense, contract, cram, crowd, drive in, heap, insert, jam, jam-pack*, lade, load, mob, pile, press, push, put away, ram, ram in*, sardine*, squeeze, stuff, tamp, throng, thrust in, top off, wedge; concept 209 Ant. allocate, disperse, dispose, distribute, unpack

pack [v3] transport, carry bear, buck, convey, ferry, freight, gun, haul, heel, hump, jag, journey, lug, piggyback*, ride, shlep*, shoulder, tote, trek, truck; concepts 148,217 Ant. keep, maintain package [n] bundle; whole amalgamation, assortment, bag, baggage, bale, batch, biddle, bottle, box, bunch, burden, can, carton, combination, container, crate, entity, kit, load, lot, luggage, pack, packet, parcel, pile, sack, sheaf, stack, suitcase, tin, trunk, unit; concepts 432,494 packed [adj] full arranged, awash, brimful, brimming, bundled, chock, chock-full*, compact, compressed, congested, consigned, crammed, crowded, lled, full to the gills*, jammed, jam-packed*, loaded, mobbed, overowing, overloaded, packed like sardines*, seething, serried, stuffed, swarming, to the roof*, tumid, up to the hilt*, up to the rafters*, wall-to-wall*, wrapped; concepts 481,483, 740,774 Ant. deserted, empty packet [n] small, often at, bundle bag, carton, container, envelope, le, folder, package, parcel, wrapper, wrapping; concept 494 pact [n] agreement alliance, arrangement, bargain, bond, compact, concord, concordat, contract, convention, covenant, deal, league, paper, piece of paper, protocol, settlement, transaction, treaty, understanding; concepts 271,684 Ant. disagreement pad/padding [n1] protection buffer, cushion, lling, packing, stufng, wad, wadding, waste; concepts 473,475 pad [n2] tablet of paper block, jotter, memorandum, notebook, notepad, paper, parchment, quire, ream, scratch, scratch pad, slips; concepts 260,475 pad [n3] dwelling, room abode, coop*, crib*, digs*, hangout*, hideout*, hive*, house, layout*, lodging, quarters, residence, residency, setup*; concept 516 pad [v1] protect with cushioning cushion, ll, ll out, line, pack, protect, shape, stuff; concepts 134,202 pad [v2] elaborate, amplify augment, bulk, embellish, embroider, enlarge, exaggerate, expand, ll out, esh out*, fudge*, increase, inate, lengthen, magnify, overdraw, overstate, protract, spin, stretch; concepts 63,244 Ant. simplify, uncomplicate pad [v3] walk quietly; walk ploddingly creep, go barefoot, hike, march, patter*, pitter-patter*, plod, pussyfoot*, sneak, steal, traipse, tramp, trek, trudge; concept 149 paddle [n] item used for propelling object oar, paddlewheel, pole, propeller, pull, scull, sweep; concepts 479,499 paddle [v] propel with arms or tool boat, cruise, cut water*, drift, drive, navigate, oar, pull, row, run rapids*, scull, sky an oar*, slop, splash, stir, sweep, thrash, wade; concept 147 pagan [adj] irreligious agnostic, atheistic, heathen, idolatrous, impious, indel, polytheistic, profane; concept 542 Ant. believing, religious pagan [n] person who does not believe in an orthodox religion agnostic, atheist, doubter, freethinker, heathen, heretic, iconoclast,

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idolater, idolist, indel, paganist, pantheist, polytheist, scoffer, skeptic, unbeliever; concept 361 Ant. believer, Christian, Jew page [n1] sheet of paper folio, leaf, recto, side, signature, surface, verso; concept 475 page [n2] person who serves others attendant, bellhop, equerry, errand runner, servant, youth; concepts 348,354 page [v1] call for over communications system announce, beep, call, call out, call the name of, hunt for, preconize, seek, send for, summon; concepts 74,78 Ant. answer page [v2] mark sheets of document check, count, foliate, number, paginate; concepts 79,764 pageant [n] spectacle or contest celebration, charade, display, exhibition, exposition, extravaganza, fair, make-believe, motorcade, parade, pomp, procession, ritual, show, tableau; concepts 292,377 pageantry [n] ashy display affectation, array, ceremonial, ceremony, extravagance, fanfare, ourish, formality, glitter, grandeur, grandiosity, magnicence, ostentation, pageant, panoply, parade, pomp, pomposity, show, spectacle, splash, splendor; concepts 335,377,655 pain [n1] physical suffering ache, afiction, agony, burn, catch, convulsion, cramp, crick, discomfort, distress, fever, gripe, hurt, illness, injury, irritation, laceration, malady, misery, pang, paroxysm, prick, sickness, smarting, soreness, spasm, sting, stitch, strain, tenderness, throb, throe, tingle, torment, torture, trouble, twinge, wound; concepts 316,728 Ant. comfort, good health, health, well-being pain [n2] mental suffering afiction, agony, anguish, anxiety, bitterness, despondency, distress, grief, heartache, hurt, malaise, martyrdom, misery, rack, sadness, shock, suffering, torment, torture, travail, tribulation, woe, worry, wretchedness; concepts 410,728 Ant. cheer, happiness, joy, pleasure, well-being pain [n3] problem aggravation, annoyance, bore, bother, drag, effort, exertion, irritation, nuisance, pest, trouble, vexation; concept 532 Ant. irritation pain [v] bother, trouble ache, afict, aggrieve, agonize, ail, anguish, annoy, bite, chafe, chasten, constrain, convulse, cut to the quick*, discomfort, disquiet, distress, exasperate, excruciate, gall, grieve, gripe, harass, harm, harrow, hit where one lives*, hurt, iname, injure, irk, irritate, nick, prick, punish, rack, rile, sadden, smart, sting, strain, stress, suffer, throb, tingle, torment, torture, upset, vex, worry, wound; concepts 7,19,246 Ant. aid, assist, assuage, help, please painful [adj] physically or mentally agonizing aching, afictive, agonizing, arduous, awful, biting, burning, caustic, difcult, dire, disagreeable, distasteful, distressing, dreadful, excruciating, extreme, extremely bad, grievous, hard, harrowing, hurtful, hurting, inamed, irritated, laborious, piercing, raw, saddening, sensitive, severe, sharp, smarting, sore, stinging, tedious, tender, terrible, throbbing, tormenting, troublesome, trying, uncomfortable, unpleasant, vexatious; concepts 529,537 Ant. delightful, easy, painless, pleasant

painkiller [n] anesthetic alleviative, analgesic, anodyne, aspirin, dope*, drug, medicine, morphine, ointment, opiate, pain reliever, sedative, tranquilizer; concept 307 painstaking [adj] meticulous, thorough assiduous, by the book*, by the numbers*, careful, conscientious, conscionable, diligent, earnest, exact, exacting, nicky, fussbudget*, fussy, hard-working, heedful, industrious, particular, persevering, persnickety*, picky, punctilious, punctual, scrupulous, sedulous, stickler*, strenuous, thoroughgoing; concepts 326,538 Ant. careless, easy, half-baked, half-done, thoughtless, unmindful, unthorough paint [n] tinted covering acrylic, chroma, color, coloring, cosmetic, dye, emulsion, enamel, at, gloss, greasepaint, latex, makeup, oil, overlay, pigment, rouge, stain, tempera, varnish, veneer, wax; concepts 467,475 paint [v] apply colored tint, often to make design brush, catch a likeness, coat, color, compose, cover, cover up, daub, decorate, delineate, depict, design, draft, draw, dye, gure, fresco, gloss over, limn, ornament, outline, picture, portray, put on coats*, represent, shade, sketch, slap on*, slather, stipple, swab, tint, touch up, wash; concepts 172,174 Ant. strip pair [n] two of something brace, combination, combine, combo, couple, deuce, doublet, duality, duo, dyad, match, mates, span, team, twins, two, two of a kind, twosome, yoke; concepts 432,784 Ant. one, single pair [v] make, become a twosome balance, bracket, combine, couple, join, marry, match, match up, mate, pair off, put together, team, twin, unite, wed, yoke; concept 113 Ant. divide, separate, sever pajamas [n] sleeping clothes jamas*, jammies*, jams*, loungewear, lounging robe, nightdress, nightie*, nightshirt, nightwear, PJs*, sleeper, sleeping suit; concept 451 pal [n] persons friend amiga, amigo, associate, boon companion*, bosom buddy*, bro*, brother, buddy, chum, companion, comrade, connate, crony, cuz, good buddy*, homeboy, homegirl, mate, sidekick, sis*, sister; concept 423 Ant. enemy, foe palace [n] royal or enormous home alcazar, castle, chateau, dwelling, hall, manor, mansion, ofcial residence, royal residence; concept 516 palatable [adj] delicious, agreeable acceptable, A-OK*, aperitive, appetizing, attractive, cool, copacetic, delectable, delightful, divine, enjoyable, fair, avorsome, good-tasting, heavenly, home-cooking*, luscious, mellow, mouthwatering, peachy, pleasant, relishing, sapid, saporic, saporous, satisfactory, savory, scrumptious, sugar-coated*, sweetened, tasteful, tasty, tempting, toothsome, toothy*, yummy*; concepts 529,613 Ant. bitter, disagreeable, distasteful, sour, unsavory, untasty palatial [adj] grand, opulent deluxe, grandiose, illustrious, imposing, impressive, lush, luxuriant, luxurious, magnicent, majestic, monumental, noble, plush, regal, rich, silken, spacious, splendid, stately, sumptuous, upholstered; concepts 334,485,589 Ant. cramped, minor, small, tiny pale [adj] light in color or effect anemic, ashen,

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ashy, blanched, bleached, bloodless, cadaverous, colorless, deathlike, dim, doughy, dull, faded, faint, feeble, ghastly, gray, haggard, inadequate, ineffective, ineffectual, insubstantial, livid, lurid, pallid, pasty, poor, sallow, sick, sickly, spectral, thin, unsubstantial, wan, washed-out, waxen, waxlike, weak, white, whitish; concepts 537,618 Ant. bright, colorful, glowing, radiant pale [v] become, make lighter or weakened blanch, decrease, dim, diminish, dull, fade, faint, go white, grow dull, lessen, lose color, lose luster, muddy, tarnish, whiten; concepts 240,250 Ant. brighten, darken, glow, radiate pall [n] cloud, gloom cloak, cloth, covering, damp, damper, dismay, mantle, melancholy, shadow, shroud, veil; concepts 620,674 Ant. brightness, excitement, happiness pall [v] bore, tire become dull, become tedious, cloy, disgust, ll, glut, gorge, jade, sate, satiate, sicken, surfeit, weary; concepts 7,19 Ant. brighten, excite, make happy palliate [v] gloss over; cover up abate, allay, alleviate, apologize for, assuage, camouage, cloak, conceal, condone, cover, diminish, disguise, dissemble, ease, exculpate, excuse, extenuate, gloze, hide, hush up*, justify, lessen, lighten, make light of*, mask, minimize, mitigate, moderate, mollify, prettify, put on a Band-Aid*, qualify, quick x*, relieve, screen, soften, soothe, sugarcoat*, temper, varnish, veil, veneer, vindicate, white, whiten, whitewash*; concepts 57,59,172,188 Ant. accuse, blame, condemn pallid [adj] pale anemic, ashen, ashy, blanched, bloodless, colorless, dull, faded, feeble, ghastly, gray, lackluster, lifeless, pasty, sallow, sickly, spiritless, uninspired, wan, weak, whitish; concepts 537,618 pallor [n] paleness achromatic, bloodlessness, cadaverousness, colorlessness, etiolation, pallidity, pastiness, sallowness, wanness, whiteness; concepts 537,618 palpable [adj1] clear, obvious apparent, appreciable, arresting, believable, blatant, certain, colorable, conspicuous, credible, detectable, discernible, distinct, evident, manifest, noticeable, observable, open, ostensible, patent, perceivable, perceptible, plain, plausible, positive, remarkable, seeming, sensible, straightforward, striking, sure, tangible, unequivocal, unmistakable, visible; concepts 529,535 Ant. hidden, obscure, unclear, vague palpable [adj2] concrete, real material, sensible, solid, substantial, tactile, tangible, touchable; concept 582 Ant. abstract, doubtful, dubious, inferential, questionable, unreal palpitate [v] beat at a rapid pace, like a heart utter, pitpat*, pitter-patter*, pound, pulsate, pulse, quiver, shiver, throb, tremble, vibrate; concepts 152,308 Ant. be still palsied [adj] crippled arthritic, atonic, debilitated, disabled, diseased, helpless, neurasthenic, paralytic, paralyzed, rheumatic, sclerotic, shaking, shaky, sick, spastic, trembling, tremorous, weak; concepts 314,485 Ant. healthy, steady, walking palsy-walsy [adj] very friendly affectionate, buddy-buddy*, chummy*, close, clubby,

conding, fond, intimate, kissy-huggy*, loveydovey*, neighborly, pally, thick; concept 555 paltry [adj] poor; worthless base, beggarly, cheap, common, contemptible, derisory, despicable, inconsiderable, ineffectual, insignicant, limited, low, low-down*, meager, mean, measly, minor, miserable, narrow, petty, picayune, piddling, pitiful, puny, set, shabby, shoddy, sleazy*, slight, small, sorry*, trashy, triing, trivial, unconsequential, unimportant, vile, wretched; concepts 334,485 Ant. important, rich, signicant, substantial, wealthy, worthy pamper [v] serve ones every need, whim baby, caress, cater to, coddle, cosset, dandle*, fondle, gratify, humor, indulge, mollycoddle*, overindulge, pet, please, regale, satisfy, spare the rod*, spoil, spoil rotten*, tickle, yield; concepts 136,295 Ant. be mean, hurt, ignore, neglect, withhold pamphlet [n] booklet announcement, broadside, brochure, bulletin, circular, compilation, yer*, folder, handout, leaet, throwaway*, tract, tractate; concepts 271,280 pan [n] container for cooking food bucket, casserole, double boiler, frying pan, kettle, pail, pannikin, pot, roaster, saucepan, sheet, skillet, vessel; concepts 493,494 pan [v1] look, search for over a wide area follow, move, scan, separate, sift, sweep, swing, track, traverse, wash; concept 216 pan [v2] criticize strongly blame, censure, condemn, cut up, denounce, denunciate, disparage, ay, hammer, jeer at, knock, rap, reprehend, review unfavorably, roast, slam; concept 52 Ant. praise panacea [n] cure-all catholicon, cure, elixir, nostrum, patent medicine, relief, remedy; concepts 307,311 panache [n] persons amboyant spirit brio, charisma, dash, lan, air, amboyance, ourish, style, swagger, verve, vigor; concept 411 Ant. spiritlessness pancake [n] at, round breakfast cake batter cake, blanket*, cake, crepe, apjack, griddle cake, hotcake, johnnycake, jonnycake, sourdough, wafe, wheat*, wheat cake; concepts 457,461 pandemonium [n] craziness, commotion anarchy, babel, bedlam, bluster, brouhaha*, chaos, clamor, clatter, confusion, din, hassle, hubbub*, hue and cry*, hullabaloo*, jangle, noise, racket, riot, ruckus*, rumpus, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, uproar; concepts 388,674 Ant. calm, peace pander [v] cater to, indulge brownnose*, cajole, fall all over*, gratify, lay it on*, massage, play the game*, play up to*, please, politic, satisfy, snow*, soap*, soften up, stroke, suck up to*; concepts 59,136,384 Ant. deny, dissatisfy, refuse panel [n] committee board, bureau, cabinet, commission, consultants, council, forum, group, jury, representatives, task force, tribunal; concept 381 pang [n] ache, twinge agony, anguish, bite, discomfort, distress, gripe, misery, pain, prick, spasm, stab, sting, stitch, throb, throe, wrench; concept 728 Ant. tingle

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panhandle [v] beg ask alms, bum*, cadge*, freeload*, hit up*, hold out ones hand*, hustle, live hand to mouth*, mooch*, pass the hat*, scrounge, solicit charity, sponge*; concept 53 panic [n1] extreme fright agitation, alarm, cold feet*, confusion, consternation, crush, dismay, dread, fear, frenzy, horror, hysteria, jam, rush, scare, stampede, terror, trepidation; concepts 27,410,690 Ant. calm, collectedness, condence, contentment, security panic [n2] sudden drop in value in nancial markets Black Monday*, bust, crash, depression, rainy day*, slump; concept 335 panic [v] become, make afraid or distressed alarm, become hysterical, be terror-stricken, chicken out*, clutch, come apart, freeze up*, go to pieces*, have a fit*, lose it*, lose nerve*, overreact, push panic button*, run scared*, scare, shake in boots*, stampede, startle, terrify, unnerve; concepts 14,27 Ant. be calm, be content panorama [n] scene, horizon birds-eye view*, compass, dimension, diorama, extent, orbit, overview, perspective, picture, prospect, purview, radius, range, reach, scenery, scenic view, scope, spectacle, survey, sweep, view, vista; concepts 529,628,651 panoramic [adj] sweeping all-around, allembracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, birds-eye*, blanket, broad, complete, comprehensive, far-reaching, full, panned, scenic, wide-ranging; concepts 531,772 pan out [v] come to pass; succeed click*, come out*, culminate, eventuate, go, go over*, happen, net*, prove out, result, turn out, work out, yield; concept 706 Ant. fail, not happen pant [v1] gasp for air be out of breath, blow, breathe, chuff, gulp, heave, huff, palpitate, puff, snort, throb, wheeze, whiff, wind; concept 163 pant [v2] long for ache, aim, aspire, covet, crave, desire, hunger, lust, pine, sigh, thirst, want, wish, yearn; concept 20 Ant. despise panties [n] womens underwear bikini, briefs, intimate things, lingerie, underclothes, undergarment, underpants, undies; concept 451 pantry [n] kitchen storage room buttery, cellar, chamber, closet, cupboard, larder, store room; concept 448 pants [n] clothing for legs, lower half of body Bermudas*, bloomers, blue jeans, boxer shorts, breeches, briefs, britches*, chaps*, chinos, clam diggers*, cords*, corduroys, denims, drawers, dungarees, jeans, jodhpurs, knickers, overalls, pantaloons*, panties*, pedal pushers*, shorts, slacks, trousers, underpants; concept 451 pantywaist [n] sissy baby*, chicken*, coward, cry-baby, fraidy-cat*, milksop, mommas boy*, namby-pamby, pansy, scaredy cat*, weakling, wimp*, wuss*, wussy*; concept 423 paparazzi [n] photographers cameraperson, celebrity photographer, freelance photographer, paparazzo, shutterbug; concept 352 paper [adj] thin, imsy cardboard, disposable, insubstantial, paper-thin, papery, wafer-thin; concept 606 Ant. thick paper [n2] newspaper daily, gazette, journal, news, organ, rag*, weekly; concept 280 paper [n3] thesis, article analysis, assignment, composition, critique, dissertation, essay,

examination, monograph, report, script, study, theme, treatise; concepts 271,280 paper [n4] material upon which one writes card, ling card, letterhead, newsprint, note, note card, note pad, onion skin, pad, papyrus, parchment, poster, rag, sheet, stationery, tissue, vellum; concepts 260,475 paper [v] line with material cover, hang, paste up, plaster, wallpaper; concepts 172,177 Ant. peal, strip, unline paper/papers [n1] legal document afdavit, archive, bill, certicate, certication, citation, contract, credentials, data, deed, diaries, diploma, documentation, dossier, le, grant, ID*, identication papers, indictment, instrument, letter, letters, order, passport, plea, record, subpoena, summons, testimony, token, visa, voucher, warrant, will, writ, writings; concepts 271,318 par [n] average, equilibrium adequation, balance, coequality, criterion, equal footing, equality, equatability, equivalence, equivalency, level, mean, median, model, norm, parity, sameness, standard, usual; concepts 636,667 Ant. extreme parable [n] moral story allegory, fable, legend, lesson, tale, teaching; concept 282 parade [n] pageant, display array, autocade, cavalcade, ceremony, column, demonstration, exhibition, fanfare, aunting, line, march, ostentation, panoply, pomp, procession, review, ritual, shine, show, spectacle, train, vaunting; concepts 377,386 parade [v] show off; march advertise, air, boast, brag, brandish, declare, demonstrate, disclose, display, disport, divulge, exhibit, expose, ash, aunt, march in review, prance, proclaim, publish, reveal, sport, strut, swagger, trot out*, vaunt; concept 261 Ant. conceal, hide paradigm [n] example archetype, beau ideal*, chart, criterion, ensample, exemplar, ideal, mirror, model, original, pattern, prototype, sample, standard; concept 686 paradise [n] land, feeling of great pleasure; absence of evil Arcadia*, ballpark, bliss, cloud nine*, delight, divine abode*, Eden*, felicity, happy hunting ground*, heaven, heavenly kingdom, kingdom come*, next world*, pearly gates*, promised land, Shangri-la*, Utopia*, wonderland, Zion*; concept 515 Ant. hell paradox [n] contradiction, puzzle absurdity, ambiguity, anomaly, catch, Catch-22*, enigma, error, inconsistency, mistake, mystery, nonsense, oddity, opposite, reverse; concept 532 paragon [n] outstanding example apotheosis, archetype, beau ideal*, beauty, best, champ, champion, crackerjack*, cream*, criterion, cynosure, epitome, essence, exemplar, gem, ideal, jewel*, love, lovely, model, nonesuch, nonpareil, original, paradigm, pattern, peach*, perfection, pick, prototype, quintessence, standard, sublimation, tops*, trump*, ultimate; concepts 671,686 parallel [adj1] aligned, side-by-side alongside, coextending, coextensive, coordinate, equidistant, extending equally, in the same direction, lateral, laterally, never meeting, running alongside; concepts 581,586 Ant. crooked, separate, skewed, zigzag

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parallel [adj2] akin, similar agnate, alike, analogous, comparable, complementary, conforming, consonant, correspondent, corresponding, equal, identical, like, matching, resembling, uniform; concepts 487,573 Ant. different, dissimilar, divergent parallel [n] complement, correlation analogue, analogy, comparison, corollary, correlate, correspondence, correspondent, counterpart, countertype, double, duplicate, duplication, equal, equivalent, homologue, kin*, likeness, match, parallelism, resemblance, similarity, twin; concepts 667,670 Ant. difference, divergence, opposite, reverse parallel [v] be alike agree, assimilate, collimate, collocate, compare, complement, conform, copy, correlate, correspond, equal, equate, imitate, keep pace, liken, match, paragon, parallelize; concepts 111,171,667 Ant. differ, distort, diverge, separate, skew paralytic [adj] impaired in movement diplegic, disabled, immobile, immobilized, inactive, incapacitated, insensible, lame, numb, palsied, palsied, paralyzed, paraplegic, powerless, quadriplegic; concepts 314,485 Ant. healthy, uncrippled paralyze [v] immobilize anesthetize, appall, arrest, astound, bemuse, benumb, bring to grinding halt*, close, daunt, daze, deaden, debilitate, demolish, destroy, disable, disarm, enfeeble, freeze, halt, incapacitate, knock out, lame, make inert, make nerveless, nonplus, numb, palsy, petrify, prostrate, shut down*, stop dead*, stun, stupefy, transx, weaken; concepts 14,121, 246,252 Ant. incite, mobilize, stimulate paramedic [n] emergency medical technician ambulance attendant, EMT, medical assistant, nurse; concepts 357,414 parameter [n] limit constant, criterion, framework, guideline, limitation, restriction, specication; concept 688 paramount [adj] principal, superior ascendant, capital, cardinal, chief, commanding, controlling, crowning, dominant, eminent, rst, foremost, headmost, leading, main, outstanding, overbearing, predominant, predominate, preeminent, premier, preponderant, prevalent, primary, prime, regnant, sovereign, supreme; concepts 568,574 Ant. inferior, last, least, less, lesser, lowest, minor, secondary, smallest, trivial paramour [n] lover admirer, beau, boyfriend, concubine, courter, courtesan, doxy, escort, anc, ance, girlfriend, inamorata, inamorato, kept woman, mistress, steady, sweetheart; concepts 415,423 paranormal [adj] supernatural abnormal, celestial, ghostly, metaphysical, mysterious, mystic, occult, phenomenal, preternatural, psychic, spectral, transcendental, uncomprehensible, unearthly; concept 582 parapet [n] bulwark barricade, barrier, bastion, buffet, buttress, defense, embankment, fortication, partition, protection, protective wall, rampart, safeguard; concepts 96,729 paraphernalia [n] equipment, belongings accoutrements, apparatus, appurtenances, baggage, effects, equipage, gear, habiliments, impedimenta, impediments, machinery,

material, materiel, outt, regalia, stuff, tackle, things, trappings; concepts 446,496 paraphrase [n] translation, interpretation digest, explanation, rehash, rendering, rendition, rephrasing, restatement, rewording, summary, version; concepts 55,57,268 Ant. quotation paraphrase [v] interpret, translate express in other words, express in own words, recapitulate, rehash, render, rephrase, restate, reword, summarize, transcribe; concepts 55,57 Ant. quote parasite [n] something that exists by taking from or depending on another barnacle, bloodsucker*, bootlicker*, deadbeat*, dependent, unky, freeloader*, groupie*, hanger-on*, idler, leech, scrounger, sponge*, stooge*, sucker*, sycophant, taker*; concepts 394,412 Ant. blessing parcel [n1] container prepared to be sent bindle, bundle, carton, load, pack, package, packet; concept 494 parcel [n2] group, bunch array, band, batch, body, clot, clump, cluster, clutch, collection, company, crew, crowd, gang, lot, pack; concept 432 Ant. none, one parcel [n3] piece of land acreage, plat, plot, property, tract; concepts 509,513 parcel [n4] part, piece bite, chunk, cut, division, lions share*, member, moiety, piece of the action*, portion, rake-off*, section, segment, slice; concepts 829,835 Ant. whole parch [v] dry, burn blister, brown, dehydrate, desiccate, dry up, evaporate, exsiccate, make thirsty, scorch, sear, shrivel, stale, wither; concepts 249,255 Ant. dampen, moisten, wet parched [adj] dry arid, burned, cotton-mouth*, dehydrated, dried out, dried up*, dry as dust*, scorched, shriveled, thirsty, waterless, withered; concept 603 Ant. damp, moist, wet pardon [n] forgiveness absolution, acquittal, allowance, amnesty, anchor, clemency, commute, conciliation, condonation, discharge, exculpation, excuse, exoneration, forbearance, freeing, grace, indemnication, indemnity, indulgence, justication, kindness, lifeboat*, lifesaver*, mercy, release, remission, reprieve, vindication; concepts 10,318,685 Ant. chastisement, condemnation, damning, ostracization, penalty, punishment pardon [v] forgive absolve, accept, acquit, amnesty, blink at*, bury the hatchet*, clear, condone, discharge, exculpate, excuse, exonerate, free, give absolution, grant amnesty, justify, let off*, let off easy*, liberate, lifeboat*, overlook, release, remit, reprieve, rescue, spring*, suspend charges, tolerate, wink at*, wipe slate clean*, write off*; concepts 10, 50,88,317 Ant. chastise, condemn, damn, ostracize, penalize, punish pare [v] peel, trim carve, clip, crop, cut, cut back, cut down, decorticate, decrease, dock, ay, knock off, lop, lower, mark down, prune, reduce, scalp, scrape, shave, shear, skin, skive, slash, strip, thin, uncover; concepts 176,202, 236,247 Ant. cover parent [n] person, source of product ancestor, architect, author, begetter, cause, center, creator, father, folks, forerunner, fountainhead,

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guardian, mother, origin, originator, procreator, progenitor, prototype, root, source, wellspring; concepts 414,648 Ant. child parental [adj] having the quality or nature of a parent affectionate, benevolent, benign, caring, comforting, devoted, fatherly, fond, forbearing, gentle, indulgent, kind, loving, maternal, matriarchal, motherly, paternal, patriarchal, protective, sheltering, supportive, tender, warm, watchful; concepts 401,542 parenthetical [adj] incidental bracketed, by the way, episodic, explanatory, extraneous, extrinsic, incidental, in parenthesis, inserted, intermediate, interposed, qualifying, related, subordinate; concepts 544,577 Ant. basic, consequential, important pariah [n] social outcast bum*, castaway, deportee, derelict, displaced person, exile, expatriate, fugitive, hobo*, leper, outsider, persona non grata*, rascal, refugee, tramp, undesirable, vagabond, vagrant, waif; concept 423 parish [n] congregation of a church archdiocese, bethel, church, churchgoers, community, ock*, fold*, parishioners, territory; concept 369 parity [n] equality, balance adequation, afnity, agreement, analogy, approximation, closeness, coequality, conformity, congruity, consistency, correspondence, equal terms, equivalence, equivalency, likeness, nearness, par, parallelism, paraphernalia, resemblance, sameness, similarity, similitude, uniformity, unity; concept 670 Ant. dissimilitude, imbalance, inequality park [n] land that is reserved for pleasure, recreation esplanade, estate, forest, garden, grass, green, grounds, lawn, lot, meadow, parkland, place, playground, plaza, pleasure garden, recreation area, square, tract, village green, woodland; concepts 509,513 park [v] place vehicle in a position deposit, leave, line up, maneuver, order, position, put, seat, stand, station, store; concepts 148,201 Ant. back out, depart parlance [n] idiom argot, colloquialism, dialect, diction, expression, idiosyncrasy, jargon, language, lingo*, localism, locution, patois, phrase, provincialism, set phrase, speech, street talk*, talk, tongue, vernacular; concept 275 parlay [v] bet; maneuver engineer, gamble, jockey, lay down, manage, move, plan, play, risk, speculate, venture, wager; concepts 36,59,292,330 parlor [n] sitting room drawing room, front room, guest room, living room, lounge, reception, salon, waiting room; concept 448 parochial [adj] narrow-minded, restricted biased, bigoted, conservative, conventional, insular, inward-looking, limited, local, narrow, petty, prejudiced, provincial, regional, sectarian, sectional, shallow, small-minded, small-town; concept 542 Ant. broad, liberal, unrestricted parody [n] imitation, spoof apology, burlesque, caricature, cartoon, copy, derision, farce, irony, jest, joke, lampoon, mime, mimicry, misrepresentation, mockery, mock-heroic*, pastiche, play-on*, raillery, rib*, ridicule, roast*, satire, send-up*, skit, takeoff*, travesty; concepts 59,273,292 Ant. reality, truth parody [v] imitate, spoof ape, burlesque, caricature, copy, deride, disparage, distort,

do a takeoff of*, exaggerate, impersonate, jeer, jest, joke, lampoon, laugh at, mime, mimic, mock, poke fun at, put on*, ridicule, roast, satirize, send up, sheik*, take off*, travesty; concepts 59,111,273 Ant. be truthful paroxysm [n] seizure, spasm agitation, anger, attack, convulsion, eruption, excitement, explosion, t, are-up*, frenzy, frothing, fuming, furor, fury, hysterics, outbreak, outburst, passion, rage, violence; concepts 308,316,410 parrot [v] repeat ape, chant, copy, copycat, echo, imitate, mime, mimic, quote, recite, reiterate; concepts 47,77,171 parry [v] ward off, circumvent anticipate, avoid, block, bypass, deect, dodge, duck*, elude, evade, fence*, fend off, forestall, hold at bay*, preclude, prevent, rebuff, rebuke, repel, repulse, resist, shirk, shun, sidestep, stave off; concepts 25,30,121 Ant. deal with, face, meet parsimonious [adj] penny-pinching avaricious, chintzy*, close, frugal, greedy, illiberal, mean, miserly, penurious, prudent, saving, scrimpy, selsh, skinint*, sparing, stingy*, tight*, tightsted*, tightwad*; concepts 334,401 Ant. generous, lavish, liberal parson [n] cleric chaplain, churchman/woman, clergyman/woman, ecclesiastic, minister, padre, pastor, preacher, priest, rector, reverend, vicar; concept 361 part [n1] piece, portion of something allotment, any, apportionment, articulation, atom, bit, bite, branch, chip, chunk, component, constituent, cut, department, detail, division, element, extra, factor, fraction, fragment, helping, hunk, ingredient, installment, item, limb, lot, lump, measure, meed, member, module, moiety, molecule, organ, parcel, particle, partition, piece, quantum, quota, ration, scrap, section, sector, segment, share, side, slab, slice, sliver, splinter, subdivision, unit; concept 834 Ant. whole part [n2] person or groups interest, concern behalf, bit, business, capacity, cause, charge, duty, faction, function, involvement, ofce, party, place, responsibility, role, say, share, side, task, work; concepts 362,532 part [n3] theatrical role antagonist, bit, bit part, cameo, character, dialogue, hero, lead, leading role, lines, minor role, piece, principal character, protagonist, romantic lead, silent bit, stock character, straight part, supporting role, title role, villain, walk-on; concept 263 part [v1] break, disconnect articulate, break up, cleave, come apart, detach, dichotomize, disjoin, dismantle, dissever, disunite, divide, factor, itemize, particularize, partition, portion, rend, section, segment, separate, sever, slice, split, strip, subdivide, sunder, tear; concepts 98,135 Ant. connect, join part [v2] leave, go away from someone break, break off, break up, clear out*, cut and run*, dedomicile, depart, ease out, go, go separate ways*, hit the road*, leave at*, part company, pull out*, push off, quit, quit the scene*, say goodbye, separate, ship out*, shove off*, split, split up*, take a hike*, take leave, take off, walk out on, withdraw; concepts 195,297,384 Ant. arrive, come

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partake [v] eat, share be a party to, be in on, be into, consume, devour, divide, engage, enter into, feed, get in the act, have a nger in, ingest, participate, receive, sample, savor, sip, sit in, sit in on, take, take part, tune in; concepts 169,225 Ant. abstain, refrain partial [adj1] incomplete fractional, fragmentary, half done, halfway, imperfect, limited, part, sectional, uncompleted, unnished, unperformed; concept 531 Ant. complete, entire, total, whole partial [adj2] biased, prejudiced colored, discriminatory, disposed, favorably inclined, inuenced, interested, jaundiced, minded, one-sided, partisan, predisposed, prepossessed, tendentious, unfair, unindifferent, unjust, warped; concepts 403,542 Ant. fair, just, unbiased, unprejudiced partiality [n] favoritism, fondness afnity, bias, cup of tea*, dish, druthers*, ash, inclination, inclining, leaning, liking, love, partisanship, penchant, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudice, proclivity, propensity, taste, tendency, thing*, type, weakness; concepts 32,709 Ant. disinterest, fairness, impartiality, justice partially [adv] incompletely by degrees, by installments, fractionally, halfway, in part, in some measure, little by little, moderately, not wholly, partly, piece by piece, piecemeal, somewhat, to a certain degree, to a certain extent; concepts 531,544 Ant. completely, totally, wholly participant [n] person who takes part in activity actor, aide, a party to, assistant, associate, attendant, colleague, contributor, helper, in, member, partaker, participator, partner, party, player, shareholder, sharer; concepts 352,366,423 Ant. fan, spectator participate [v] take part in activity aid, associate with, be a participant, be a party to, be into*, chip in*, come in, compete, concur, cooperate, engage, engage in, enter into, get in on*, get in on the act*, go into, have a hand in*, have to do with, join in, latch on*, lend a hand, partake, perform, play, share, sit in*, sit in on*, strive, take an interest in, tune in*; concept 100 Ant. observe, watch particle [n] atom, piece bit, crumb, dot, dribble, drop, eck, fragment, grain, hoot*, iota, jot, minim, mite, modicum, molecule, morsel, mote, ounce, ray, scrap, scruple, seed, shred, smidgen, smithereen, speck, spot, stitch, whit; concept 831 particular [adj1] exact, specic accurate, appropriate, blow-by-blow*, circumstantial, clocklike, detailed, distinct, especial, express, full, individual, intrinsic, itemized, limited, local, meticulous, minute, painstaking, particularized, peculiar, precise, scrupulous, selective, singular, special, thorough, topical; concept 557 Ant. general, imprecise, indenite, inexact particular [adj2] notable, uncommon especial, exceptional, exclusive, lone, marked, noteworthy, odd, one, only, peculiar, personal, remarkable, respective, separate, single, singular, sole, solitary, unique, unusual; concept 564 Ant. common, general, ordinary, unimportant, usual

particular [adj3] nicky, demanding careful, choicy, choosy, critical, dainty, discriminating, exacting, fastidious, nical, fussbudget*, fussy, hard to please, meticulous, nice, nit-picking*, persnickety*, picky*, rough, stickler*, tough; concepts 404,542 Ant. indifferent, nonchalant, undemanding, undiscriminating particular [n] detail ABCs*, article, bottom line*, brass tacks*, case, chapter and verse*, circumstance, clue, cue, element, fact, facts of life, feature, gospel, item, know*, lowdown*, nitty-gritty*, nuts and bolts*, picture, point, rundown*, scoop*, score*, speciality, specic, specication, story, thing*, whats what*, whole story*; concepts 274,532,832 Ant. generality particularly [adv] specically decidedly, distinctly, especially, exceptionally, explicitly, expressly, individually, in particular, markedly, notably, outstandingly, peculiarly, principally, singularly, specially, surprisingly, uncommonly, unusually; concept 557 Ant. commonly, generally, usually parting [adj] farewell departing, nal, goodbye, last, valedictory; concept 267 Ant. greeting, introductory parting [n] goodbye, separation adieu, bisection, break, breaking, breakup, crossroads*, departure, detachment, divergence, division, farewell, going, leave-taking, on the rocks*, partition, rift, rupture, severance, split, split-up, valediction; concepts 195,297,384 Ant. greeting, hello, introduction partisan [adj] interested, factional accessory, adhering, biased, bigoted, blind, cliquish, colored, conspiratorial, denominational, devoted, diehard*, exclusive, fanatic, jaundiced, onesided, overzealous, partial, prejudiced, prepossessed, sectarian, sympathetic, tendentious, unjust, unreasoning, warped, zealous; concepts 401,542,548 Ant. disinterested partisan [n] person devoted to another or cause accessory, adherent, backer, champion, cohort, defender, devotee, disciple, follower, satellite, stalwart, supporter, sycophant, sympathizer, upholder, votary, zealot; concepts 359,423 partition [n] divider, division allotment, apportionment, barrier, detachment, disconnection, dissolution, distribution, disunion, dividing, hindrance, obstruction, parting, portion, rationing, rupture, screen, segregation, separation, severance, share, splitting, wall; concepts 98,440,443,470 Ant. attachment, juncture, union, unity partition [v] divide, separate apportion, cut, cut in, cut into, cut up, deal, disburse, dispense, disperse, distribute, divvy up*, dole out*, fence off*, measure out, parcel out, portion, screen, section, segment, separate, share, size into, slice, split, split up, subdivide, wall off*; concepts 98,135 Ant. attach, combine, join, unite partly [adv] not completely at best, at least, at most, at worst, bit by bit, by degrees, carelessly, halfway, inadequately, in a general way, in bits and pieces*, incompletely, in part, in some measure, in some ways, insufciently, little by little, measurably, notably, not entirely, not fully, noticeably, not strictly speaking, not wholly, partially, piece by piece, piecemeal,

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relatively, slightly, so far as possible, somewhat, to a certain degree, to a certain extent, up to a certain point, within limits*; concept 531 Ant. completely, totally, wholly partner [n] person who takes part with another accomplice, ally, assistant, associate, buddy, chum*, cohort, collaborator, colleague, companion, comrade, confederate, consort, coworker, crony*, date, friend, helper, helpmate, husband, mate, pal*, participant, playmate, sidekick*, spouse, teammate, wife; concepts 348,414,423 Ant. enemy, foe partnership [n] alliance; participation afliation, assistance, association, band, body, brotherhood, business, cahoots*, cartel, chumminess, clique, club, combination, combine, community, companionship, company, conglomerate, conjunction, connection, consociation, cooperation, cooperative, corporation, coterie, crew, faction, rm, fraternity, friendship, gang, help, hookup, house, interest, joining, lodge, mob, organization, ownership, party, ring, sharing, sisterhood, society, sorority, tie-up, togetherness, union; concepts 325,381,388 party [n1] social gathering affair, amusement, at-home*, ball, banquet, barbecue, bash*, blowout*, carousal, carousing*, celebration, cocktails, coffee klatch, coming-out, dinner, diversion*, do*, entertainment, feast, festive occasion, festivity, fete, fun, function, gala, get-together, luncheon, movable feast*, orgy*, prom, reception, riot, shindig*, social, soiree, splurge*, spree*, tea; concept 383 party [n2] gang, group assembly, band, bevy, body, bunch, cluster, company, corps, covey, crew, crowd, detachment, force, gathering, mob, multitude, outt, squad, team, troop, troupe, unit; concepts 417,432 party [n3] group supporting certain beliefs alliance, association, bloc, body, cabal, clique, coalition, combination, combine, confederacy, coterie, electorate, faction, grouping, junta, league, ring, sect, set, side, union; concepts 301,381 party [n4] individual being, body, character, creature, human, man, mortal, part, person, personage, somebody, someone, woman; concept 417 party [n5] person(s) involved in legal action actor, agent, cojuror, compurgator, confederate, contractor, defendant, litigant, partaker, participant, participator, plaintiff, plotter, sharer; concept 355 pass [n1] opening through solid canyon, cut, gap, gorge, passage, passageway, path, ravine; concepts 509,513 Ant. closing, closure pass [n2] authorization, permission admission, chit*, comp, free ride*, furlough, identication, license, order, paper, passport, permit, safeconduct*, ticket, visa, warrant; concepts 271, 685 Ant. denial, grounding, refusal, veto pass [n3] sexual proposition advance, approach, overture, play, suggestion; concepts 375,384 pass [n4] predicament condition, contingency, crisis, crossroads*, emergency, exigency, juncture, pinch, plight, situation, stage, state, strait, turning point*, zero hour*; concept 674 pass [v1] go by, elapse; move onward befall, blow past, catch, come off, come to pass, come

up, crawl, cross, cruise, depart, develop, drag, fall out, fare, ow, y, y by, get ahead, give, glide, glide by, go, go past, happen, hie, journey, lapse, leave, linger, move, occur, pass away, pass by, proceed, progress, push on, reach, repair, rise, roll, run, run by, run out, slip away, take place, transpire, travel, wend; concepts 2,149,242 Ant. get, take, use pass [v2] surpass, beat exceed, excel, go beyond, go by, leave behind, outdistance, outdo, outgo, outrace, outshine, outstrip, shoot ahead of, surmount, top, transcend; concept 141 Ant. fall behind, lose pass [v3] succeed, graduate answer, do, get through, matriculate, pass muster, qualify, sufce, suit; concept 706 Ant. fail, fall behind pass [v4] give, transfer buck, convey, deliver, exchange, hand, hand over, kick, let have, reach, relinquish, send, shoot, throw, transmit; concepts 108,217 Ant. receive, take pass [v5] cease blow over*, cash in*, close, decease, demise, depart, die, disappear, discontinue, dissolve, drop, dwindle, ebb, end, evaporate, expire, fade, go, melt away, pass away, perish, peter out*, stop, succumb, terminate, vanish, wane; concepts 105,119 Ant. live pass [v6] enact, legislate accept, adopt, approve, authorize, become law, become ratied, become valid, be established, be ordained, be sanctioned, carry, decree, engage, establish, ordain, pledge, promise, ratify, sanction, undertake, validate, vote in; concepts 298,317 Ant. deny, refuse, veto pass [v7] express formally claim, declare, deliver, pronounce, state, utter; concepts 49,60 pass [v8] decide not to do decline, discount, disregard, fail, forget, ignore, miss, neglect, not heed, omit, overlook, pass on, pass up, refuse, skip, slight; concepts 25,30 Ant. accept, be willing pass [v9] rid of waste defecate, discharge, eliminate, emit, empty, evacuate, excrete, expel, exude, give off, send forth, void; concept 179 passable [adj1] acceptable, admissible adequate, allowable, all right, average, common, fair, fair enough, mediocre, middling, moderate, not too bad*, ordinary, presentable, respectable, so-so*, tolerable, unexceptional; concept 558 Ant. excellent, exceptional, superior passable [adj2] clear and able to be traveled accessible, attainable, beaten, broad, crossable, easy, fair, graded, motorable, navigable, open, penetrable, reachable, travelable, traveled, traversable, unblocked, unobstructed; concepts 559,576 Ant. blocked, obstructed passage/passageway [n1] path for travel access, alley, alleyway, avenue, channel, corridor, course, doorway, entrance, entrance hall, exit, gap, hall, hallway, lane, line, lobby, opening, pathway, road, route, shaft, subway, thoroughfare, tunnel, vestibule, way; concepts 440,501 Ant. blockage, stop passage [n2] excerpt from document clause, extract, paragraph, piece, portion, quotation, reading, section, sentence, text, transition, verse; concept 270 Ant. whole passage [n3] travel advance, change, conversion, crossing, ow, journey, motion, movement, passing, progress, progression, tour,

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traject, transfer, transference, transit, transition, transmission, transmittal, transmittance, traverse, traversing, trek, trip, voyage; concepts 145,217,224,704 Ant. idleness, inaction, wait passage [n4] authorization; enactment acceptance, allowance, establishment, freedom, legalization, legislation, passing, passport, permission, ratication, right, safe-conduct, visa, warrant; concepts 318,685 Ant. denial, refusal, veto passageway [n] corridor aisle, alley, couloir, entrance hall, entranceway, hall, hallway, ingress, lobby, passage, path, walkway; concept 440 pass away [v] die decease, demise, depart, drop, expire, pass on, perish, succumb; concept 304 Ant. be born, live pass by [v] neglect, forget abandon, disregard, fail, ignore, leave, miss, not choose, omit, overlook, overpass, pass over; concepts 25,30 Ant. attend, heed, take care of pass [adj] old-fashioned antiquated, belated, dated, dead, dmod, disused, extinct, hasbeen*, obsolete, outdated, outmoded, out-ofdate, outworn, superseded, unfashionable, yesterday; concepts 578,589,797 Ant. current, fashionable, in, in vogue, modern, new passenger [n] person who rides in vehicle conducted by another commuter, customer, excursionist, fare*, hitchhiker, patron, pilgrim, rider, tourist, traveler, voyager, wanderer, wayfarer; concept 423 Ant. driver passing [adj] brief, casual cursory, ephemeral, evanescent, eeting, fugacious, fugitive, glancing, hasty, impermanent, momentary, quick, shallow, short, short-lived, slight, supercial, temporary, transient, transitory; concepts 551,798 Ant. lasting, long-lasting, permanent passing [n] death decease, defunction, demise, dissolution, end, nish, loss, silence, sleep, termination; concept 304 Ant. birth, living passion [n1] strong emotion affection, affectivity, agony, anger, animation, ardor, dedication, devotion, distress, dolor, eagerness, ecstasy, excitement, feeling, fervor, re, t, are-up, frenzy, fury, heat, hurrah, indignation, intensity, ire, joy, misery, outbreak, outburst, paroxysm, rage, rapture, resentment, sentiment, spirit, storm, suffering, temper, transport, vehemence, warmth, wrath, zeal, zest; concept 410 Ant. calm, calmness passion [n2] adoration, love affection, amorousness, amour, appetite, ardor, attachment, concupiscence, craving, crush*, desire, emoting, eroticism, excitement, fondness, infatuation, keenness, lust, prurience, urge, weakness, yen; concepts 32,372 Ant. dislike, hate, hatred passion [n3] strong interest craving, craze, drive, enthusiasm, fad*, fancy, fascination, idol, infatuation, jazz*, mania, obsession; concepts 349,532,690 Ant. indifference passionate [adj1] sensual, desirous amorous, ardent, aroused, concupiscent, desirous, erotic, heavy*, hot*, lascivious, libidinous, loving, lustful, prurient, romantic, sexy, steamy*, stimulated, sultry, turned-on*, wanton, wistful; concept 372 Ant. cold, cool, frigid, indifferent, uncaring, unpassionate

passionate [adj2] excited; enthusiastic affecting, animated, ardent, blazing, burning, deep, dramatic, eager, eloquent, emotional, expressive, fervent, fervid, erce, ery, aming, forceful, frenzied, glowing, headlong, heartfelt, heated, high-powered, high-pressure, hot*, hotblooded*, impassioned, impetuous, impulsive, inspiring, intense, melodramatic, moving, poignant, precipitate, quickened, spirited, steamed up*, stimulated, stirring, strong, thrilling, vehement, violent, warm, wild, zealous; concepts 401,542 Ant. apathetic, dull, unenthusiastic, unexcited, unpassionate passionate [adj3] angry all shook up*, choleric, enraged, ery, frantic, furious, hotheaded*, hottempered*, inamed, irascible, irritable, mean, peppery, quick-tempered, shaken, steamed-up*, stormy, tempestuous, testy, touchy*, vehement, violent; concepts 401,542 Ant. happy passive [adj] lifeless, inactive acquiescent, apathetic, asleep, bearing, compliant, cool, docile, enduring, at, forbearing, going through motions*, hands off*, idle, indifferent, inert, laid-back*, latent, long-suffering, moony, motionless, nonresistant, nonviolent, patient, phlegmatic, poker-faced*, quiescent, quiet, receptive, resigned, sleepy, static, stolid, submissive, tractable, unassertive, unappable, uninvolved, unresisting, walking through it*, yielding; concepts 542,584 Ant. active, dynamic, lively pass off [v] give because one does not want it eject, foist, make a pretense of*, palm, palm off*, send forth, work off; concept 108 Ant. keep, maintain pass out [v] become unconscious, usually from abusing a substance black out*, drop, faint, keel over*, lose consciousness, swoon; concept 308 pass over [v] ignore, disregard dismiss, fail, forget, miss, neglect, not dwell on, omit, overlook, overpass, pass, pass by, skip, take no notice of*; concepts 25,30 Ant. attend, heed, take care, tap passport [n] identication of origin, country authorization, credentials, key, license, pass, permit, safe-conduct*, ticket, travel permit, visa, warrant; concepts 271,685 password [n] secret word given for entry countersign, identication, key, key word, open sesame*, parole, phrase, signal, ticket, watchword, word; concept 278 past [adj1] preceding, done accomplished, ago, antecedent, anterior, completed, elapsed, ended, extinct, nished, foregoing, forgotten, former, gone, gone by, over, over and done, precedent, previous, prior, spent; concepts 531,585 Ant. current, future, present past [adj2] olden, former ages ago*, ancient, ancient history*, back when*, behind one*, bygone, bypast, down memory lane*, earlier, early, erstwhile, ex-*, foregoing, gone-by*, good old days*, late, latter, latter-day, longago, old, olden days*, once, one-time, over, preceding, previous, prior, quondam, recent, retired, sometime, time was*, way back*, way back when*; concept 820 Ant. current, future, present

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past [n1] time gone by antiquity, days gone by*, former times, good old days*, history, long ago, olden days*, old lang syne, old times*, time immemorial*, times past*, years ago*, yesterday, yesteryear, yore; concepts 807,811,816,818 Ant. future, present paste [n/v] glue, adhesive cement, fasten, x, gum, mucilage, patch, plaster, spit, stick, stickum*; concepts 85,160,466 pastel [adj] muted in color delicate, light, pale, soft-hued, toned; concept 618 Ant. bright, loud, vivid pastiche [n] work of art formed from disparate sources assortment, collage, collection, compilation, copy, hodgepodge, imitation, mishmosh*, paste-up, patchwork, potpourri, reappropriation, reproduction, synthesis; concept 260 pastime [n] leisure activity amusement, distraction, diversion, entertainment, fun, fun and games*, game, hobby, play, recreation, relaxation, sport; concept 363 Ant. profession, task, work pastor [n] person who conducts church services cleric, divine, ecclesiastic, minister, parson, preacher, priest, rector, reverend, shepherd, vicar; concept 361 pastoral [adj] peaceful, especially referring to the countryside agrarian, agrestic, Arcadian, bucolic, countried, country, idyllic, outland, provincial, rural, rustic, simple, sylvan; concept 583 Ant. agitated, bustling, busy, urban pastry [n] baked product made with our bread, cake, croissant, dainty, Danish, delicacy, doughnut, clair, panettone, patisserie, phyllo, pie, strudel, sweet roll, tart, turnover; concepts 457,461 pasty [adj1] sticky adhesive, doughy, gelatinous, gluelike, gluey, glutinous, gooey, mucilaginous, starchy; concept 606 Ant. smooth, unsticky pasty [adj2] pale anemic, ashen, bloodless, dull, pallid, sallow, sickly, unhealthy, wan, waxen; concept 618 Ant. blushing, ushed, healthy, vivid pat [adj] relevant, suitable apposite, apropos, apt, auspicious, felicitous, tting, happy, neat, opportune, pertinent, propitious, rehearsed, timely, to the point; concept 558 Ant. imprecise, inexact, irrelevant, unacceptable, unsuitable, wrong pat [adv] exactly, ttingly aptly, faultlessly, awlessly, just right, opportunely, perfectly, plumb, precisely, relevantly, seasonably; concepts 535,557 Ant. wrongly pat [n1/v] tap, touch beat, caress, dab, fondle, form, hit, massage, mold, pet, punch, rub, slap, stroke, tip, whittle; concept 184 Ant. hit pat [n2] small slice or slab cake, dab, lump, piece, portion; concepts 458,835 Ant. lot patch [n1] piece, spot, area bit, blob, chunk, x, ground, hunk, land, lot, plat, plot, scrap, shred, stretch, strip, tract; concepts 452,471,513 patch [n2] piece applied to cover a gap or lack application, appliqu, Band-Aid*, mend, reinforcement; concepts 452,831 patch [v] x, mend cobble, cover, darn, do up, ddle with, overhaul, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, reinforce, repair, retread, revamp, sew; concepts 212,218 Ant. break, damage, rend, tear

patch up [v] settle differences adjust, appease, bury the hatchet*, compensate, conciliate, make friends*, mediate, negotiate, placate, restore, settle*, smooth; concept 384 Ant. argue, bicker, disagree, ght patchwork [n] mixture, hodgepodge check, confusion, disorder, hash*, jumble, medley, miscellany, mishmash, muddle, olio, pastiche, plaid, salad*, salmagundi, stew*, tartan; concepts 260,432,475 patchy [adj] spotty, not consistent erratic, tful, irregular, random, sketchy, uneven, variable, varying; concept 482 Ant. consistent, continuous, regular, unspotted patent [adj] unconcealed, conspicuous apparent, barefaced*, blatant, clear, clear-cut, controlled, crystal clear*, distinct, downright, evident, exclusive, agrant, glaring, gross*, indisputable, limited, manifest, obvious, open, open and shut*, palpable, plain, prominent, rank, straightforward, transparent, unequivocal, unmistakable; concept 576 Ant. concealed, hidden, inconspicuous patent [n] copyright on an invention charter, concession, control, franchise, license, limitation, privilege, protection; concepts 271,318,685 path [n] course, way aisle, artery, avenue, beat, beaten path, boulevard, byway, crosscut, direction, drag, footpath, groove, highway, lane, line, pass, passage, pathway, procedure, rail, road, roadway, route, rut, shortcut, street, stroll, terrace, thoroughfare, track, trail, walk, walkway; concepts 6,501 Ant. blockage pathetic [adj] sad, affecting commiserable, deplorable, distressing, feeble, heartbreaking, heartrending*, inadequate, lamentable, meager, melting, miserable, moving, paltry, petty, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, plaintive, poignant, poor, puny, rueful, sorry*, tender, touching, useless, woeful, worthless, wretched; concepts 485,529 Ant. cheerful, happy, useful, worthwhile pathos [n] deep sadness desolation, emotion, feeling, passion, pitiableness, pitifulness, plaintiveness, poignance, poignancy, sentiment; concept 410 Ant. cheer, glee, happiness, joy patience [n] capacity, willingness to endure backbone*, bearing, calmness, composure, constancy, cool*, diligence, endurance, equanimity, even temper, forbearance, fortitude, grit*, guts*, gutsiness, heart, humility, imperturbability, intestinal fortitude*, legs*, leniency, longanimity, long-suffering, moderation, moxie*, nonresistance, passiveness, passivity, perseverance, persistence, poise, resignation, restraint, self-control, serenity, starch*, staying power*, stoicism, submission, sufferance, tolerance, toleration, yielding; concepts 411,657 Ant. agitation, frustration, impatience, intolerance patient [adj] capable, willing to endure accommodating, calm, composed, easy-going, enduring, even-tempered, forbearing, forgiving, gentle, imperturbable, indulgent, lenient, longsuffering, meek, mild, mild-tempered, persevering, persistent, philosophic, philosophical, quiet, resigned, self-possessed, serene, stoical, submissive, tolerant, tranquil, uncomplaining, understanding, unrufed, untiring; concepts

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404,542 Ant. agitated, frustrated, impatient, intolerant, unwilling patient [n] person being treated for medical problem case, convalescent, emergency, inmate, invalid, outpatient, shut-in, sick person, subject, sufferer, victim; concept 357 Ant. doctor patio [n] porch balcony, courtyard, deck, veranda; concepts 509,513 patrician [adj] upper-class aristocratic, blueblooded*, gentle, grand, highborn, high-class, noble, royal, wellborn; concepts 334,549 Ant. common, lower-class patrician [n] person born to upper class aristocrat, blue blood*, gentleperson, noble, nobleperson, peer, silk stocking*, upper cruster*; concept 423 Ant. commoner patriot [n] person who loves his or her country ag-waver*, good citizen, jingoist*, loyalist, nationalist, partisan, patrioteer, statesperson, ultranationalist, volunteer; concept 413 Ant. expatriot, traitor patriotism [n] love of ones country allegiance, chauvinism, ag-waving, loyalty, nationalism, public spirit; concept 689 patrol [n] guarding; guard convoying, defending, escorting, garrison, lookout, patroler, policing, protecting, protection, rounds, safeguarding, scouting, sentinel, spy, vigilance, watch, watching, watchperson; concepts 134, 354,358 patrol [v] guard, protect cruise, inspect, keep guard, keep watch, make the rounds*, mount, police, pound, range, ride shotgun, safeguard, shotgun, walk the beat*, watch; concepts 134,623 Ant. ignore, neglect patron [n1] person who supports a cause advocate, angel*, backer, benefactor, booster, champion, defender, encourager, fairy godparent*, fan, nancer, friend, front*, guarantor, guardian, guide, head, helper, leader, partisan, patron saint*, philanthropist, protector, sponsor, supporter, surety, sympathizer, well-wisher; concepts 348,359,423 Ant. detractor, enemy, opponent, opposition patron [n2] person who does business at establishment buyer, client, customer, frequenter, habitu, purchaser, shopper; concept 348 Ant. employee, manager, owner patronage [n1] support of a cause advocacy, aegis, aid, assistance, auspices, backing, benefaction, championship, encouragement, nancing, grant, guardianship, help, promotion, protection, recommendation, sponsorship, subsidy, support; concepts 110,332,341 Ant. antagonism, detraction, opposition patronage [n2] business done at an establishment buying, clientage, clientele, commerce, custom, shopping, trade, trading, trafc; concepts 323,324 Ant. competition patronage [n3] condescension civility, cronyism, deference, deigning, disdain, insolence, patronization, patronizing, stooping, sufferance, toleration; concepts 83,300 Ant. humility, modesty patronize [v1] condescend be gracious to, be lofty, be overbearing, deign, favor, indulge, look down on*, pat on the back*, snub, stoop, talk down to*, toss a few crumbs*, treat as inferior, treat badly, treat like a child*; concept 384 Ant. be humble, be modest

patronize [v2] support a cause assist, back, befriend, foster, fund, help, maintain, promote, sponsor, subscribe to; concepts 110,341 Ant. antagonize, contend, oppose patronize [v3] do business at an establishment be a client, be a customer, buy, buy from, deal with, frequent, give business to, habituate, purchase from, shop at, shop with, trade with; concept 324Ant. ignore, use competition patsy [n] fall guy boob*, chump, doormat*, dupe, easy mark*, fool, goat*, gull*, pigeon*, pushover*, sap*, scapegoat, schmuck*, sitting duck*, stooge, sucker, victim, weakling; concept 412 patter [n1/v1] light walk; soft beat chatter, pad, pat, pelt, pitapat*, pitter-patter*, rat-a-tat*, rattle, scurry, scuttle, skip, tap, tiptoe, trip; concepts 65,149 patter [n2] casual talk argot, cant, chatter, dialect, jabber*, jargon, jive*, line*, lingo, monologue, patois, pitch*, prattle*, slant*, spiel*, vernacular; concepts 276,278 Ant. quiet, silence patter [v2] gab, chatter babble, blab*, clack*, hold forth*, jabber, jaw*, prate, prattle, rattle, spiel*, spout, tattle, yak*, yakety-yak*; concept 266 Ant. be silent pattern [n1] design, motif arrangement, decoration, device, diagram, gure, guide, impression, instruction, markings, mold, motive, original, ornament, patterning, plan, stencil, template, trim; concepts 259,625 Ant. plainness pattern [n2] arrangement, order constellation, kind, method, orderliness, plan, sequence, shape, sort, style, system, type, variety; concepts 6,727,770 Ant. disorder, disorganization, plainness pattern [n3] model, example archetype, beau ideal*, copy, criterion, cynosure, ensample, exemplar, guide, mirror, norm, original, paradigm, paragon, prototype, sample, specimen, standard; concept 686 pattern [v] copy, imitate; decorate design, emulate, follow, form, model, mold, order, shape, style, trim; concepts 111,171 Ant. be original paucity [n] lack, scarcity absence, dearth, deciency, famine, fewness, insufcience, insufciency, meagerness, paltriness, poverty, rarity, scantiness, scarceness, shortage, slenderness, slightness, smallness, sparseness, sparsity; concepts 335,646,767 Ant. abundance, afuence, plenty paunch [n] large stomach abdomen, belly, bulge, epigastrium, fat, gut, potbelly*, spare tire*, tummy*; concept 399 Ant. sleekness pauper [n] person who is poor almsperson, bankrupt, beggar, bum, dependent, destitute, down-and-out*, have-not*, homeless person, indigent, insolvent, in the gutter*, lazarus*, mendicant, poor person, supplicant; concept 423 Ant. rich, wealthy pause [n] wait, delay abeyance, break, breakoff*, breathing space*, breathing spell*, caesura, cessation, coffee break*, comma*, cutoff, deadlock, discontinuance, downtime*, freeze*, gap, gridlock*, halt, happy hour*, hesitancy, hesitation, hiatus, hitch*, hush*, interim, interlude, intermission, interregnum,

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interruption, interval, lacuna, lapse, layoff, letup*, lull, pausation, recess, respite, rest, rest period, stand, standstill, stay, stillness, stopover, stoppage, suspension, time out*; concept 807 Ant. continuation, persistence pause [v] wait, delay break it up*, call time*, catch ones breath*, cease, come to standstill*, deliberate, desist, discontinue, drop, halt, hesitate, hold back, interrupt, put on hold, reect, rest, shake, sideline, stop briey, suspend, take a break*, take a breather*, take ve*, take ten*, think twice*, waver; concepts 119,121,234 Ant. continue, persist, restart pave [v] cover with asphalt, concrete brick, cobblestone, agstone, gravel, lay asphalt, lay concrete, macadamize, surface, tar, tile; concepts 168,172 Ant. dig up, strip pavement [n] blacktop asphalt, concrete, agstone, road, sidewalk, tar; concept 604 pavilion [n] domed building or tent awning, canopy, cover, covering, dome, structure; concept 439 paw [v] touch roughly clap, claw, clutch, dig, feel, nger, fondle, grab, grate, grope, handle, hit, maul, molest, palpate, pat, rake, rasp, rub, scratch, search, slap, smite, stroke; concepts 375,612 Ant. manhandle pawn [n1] security for a loan assurance, bond, collateral, earnest, forfeit, gage, gambit, guarantee, guaranty, pledge, security, token, warrant; concept 332 pawn [n2] person who is a fool creature, dupe*, instrument, mark*, patsy*, pigeon*, puppet, stooge*, sucker*, tool, toy, victim; concept 412 pawn [v] give as security for a loan deposit, give in earnest, hazard, hock*, hook*, mortgage, pledge; concepts 115,330 pay [n] earnings from employment allowance, bacon*, bread*, commission, compensation, consideration, defrayment, emoluments, fee, hire*, honorarium, income, indemnity, meed, payment, perquisite, pittance, proceeds, prot, reckoning, recompensation, recompense, redress, reimbursement, remuneration, reparation, requital, return, reward, salary, satisfaction, scale, settlement, stipend, stipendium, takehome*, takings*, wage, wages; concepts 329, 332,340,344 pay [v1] give money for goods, services adjust, bear the cost, bear the expense, bequeath, bestow, chip in*, clear, come through, compensate, confer, cough up*, defray, dig up*, disburse, discharge, extend, foot*, foot the bill*, grant, handle, hand over*, honor, kick in*, liquidate, make payment, meet, offer, plunk down*, prepay, present, proffer, put up*, recompense, recoup, refund, reimburse, remit, remunerate, render, repay, requite, reward, satisfy, settle, stake, take care of*; concepts 327,341,351 Ant. earn pay [v2] be advantageous benet, be worthwhile, repay, serve; concept 700 pay [v3] make amends answer, atone, be punished, compensate, get just desserts*, suffer, suffer consequences; concept 23 pay [v4] prot, yield be protable, be remunerative, bring in, kick back*, make a return, make money, pay dividends, pay off*, pay out*, pro-

duce, provide a living, return, show gain, show prot, sweeten*, yield prot; concept 330 Ant. lose pay [v5] get revenge avenge oneself, get even, make up for, pay back*, pay ones dues*, punish, reciprocate, recompense, repay, requite, retaliate, settle a score*, square, square things*; concept 122 payable [adj] to be paid due, mature, maturing, obligatory, outstanding, overdue, owed, owing, receivable, unpaid, unsettled; concept 334 Ant. paid, settled payback [n] return accrual, accruement, compensation, gain, gate, income, interest, proceeds, prot, reciprocation, recompense, reimbursement, reparation, repayment, reward, take, yield; concepts 340,710 pay dirt [n] prot accumulation, benet, bottom line*, cleanup, earnings, gate*, goods*, gravy*, harvest, killing*, net, payoff, proceeds, receipts, return, revenue, score*, split*, surplus, take*, winnings; concepts 332,344,693 payment [n] fee; installment of fee acquittal, advance, alimony, amends, amortization, amount, annuity, award, bounty, cash, defrayal, defrayment, deposit, disbursement, discharge, down, fee, hire, indemnication, outlay, part, paying, pay-off, pension, portion, premium, quittance, reckoning, recompense, redress, refund, reimbursement, remittance, remuneration, reparation, repayment, requital, restitution, retaliation, return, reward, salary, settlement, subsidy, sum, support, wage; concept 344 payoff [n] conclusion, climax adjustment, clincher*, consequence, culmination, day of reckoning*, nale, nal reckoning*, judgment, moment of truth*, outcome, pay, payment, punch line*, result, retribution, reward, settlement, upshot*; concepts 230,679 Ant. introduction, start peace [n1] harmony, agreement accord, amity, armistice, cessation, conciliation, concord, friendship, love, neutrality, order, pacication, pacism, reconciliation, treaty, truce, unanimity, union, unity; concepts 388,691 Ant. disagreement, disharmony, ghting, war peace [n2] calm, serenity amity, calmness, composure, concord, congeniality, contentment, equanimity, harmony, hush, lull, peacefulness, placidity, quiet, quietude, relaxation, repose, reserve, rest, silence, stillness, sympathy, tranquility; concepts 410,705,720 Ant. agitation, distress, frustration, upset, worry peaceable [adj] friendly, serene amiable, amicable, calm, complacent, conciliatory, gentle, irenic, mild, neighborly, nonviolent, pacic, pacicatory, pacist, peaceful, peaceloving, placid, quiet, restful, still, tranquil; concept 548 Ant. belligerent, cold, cool, mean, unfriendly peaceful [adj] friendly, serene all quiet, amicable, at peace, bloodless, calm, collected, composed, constant, easeful, equable, free from strife*, gentle, halcyon, harmonious, irenic, level, mellow, neutral, neutralist, nonbelligerent, nonviolent, on friendly terms*, on good terms*, pacistic, peaceable, peace-loving, placatory, placid, quiet, restful, smooth, sociable, steady, still, tranquil, undisturbed,

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unrufed, untroubled, without hostility; concepts 485,542 Ant. clamorous, disturbed, excited, noisy, turbulent, unfriendly, violent peacemaker [n] person who settles problem appeaser, arbitrator, conciliator, diplomat, make-peace, mediator, negotiator, pacicator, pacier, pacist, peacekeeper, peacemonger*, placater, statesperson; concepts 354,416 Ant. agitator, instigator peak [n1] top of something aiguille, alp, apex, brow, bump, cope, crest, crown, hill, mount, mountain, pinnacle, point, roof, spike, summit, tip, vertex; concepts 509,836 Ant. base, bottom, nadir peak [n2] maximum, zenith acme, apex, apogee, capstone, climax, crown, culmination, greatest, height, high point, meridian, ne plus ultra, pinnacle, summit, tip, top; concepts 668,766, 767,832 Ant. base, nadir peak [v] reach highest point be at height, climax, come to a head*, crest, culminate, reach the top, reach the zenith, top out*; concepts 763,780 Ant. fall, hit bottom, plunge peaked [adj] pale, sick ailing, bilious, emaciated, ill, in bad shape*, peaky, poorly, sickly, under the weather*, wan; concepts 314,618 Ant. blushing, colorful, ushed, healthy peal [n] chime, clang blast, carillon, clamor, clap, crash, resounding, reverberation, ring, ringing, roar, rumble, sound, thunder, tintinnabulation*; concept 595 peal [v] chime, clang bell, bong, crack, crash, knell, resonate, resound, reverberate, ring, ring out, roar, roll, rumble, sound, strike, thunder, tintinnabulate*, toll; concept 65 pearly [adj] opalescent fair, frosted, iridescent, ivory, milky, nacreous, off-white, opaline, pearl, silver; concept 618 peasant [n] farmer boor, bumpkin, countryman/woman, cropper, farmhand, hayseed*, hick*, hired hand, laborer, peon, planter, provincial, rube, rustic, serf, sharecropper, villein; concepts 347,348,423 peccadillo [n] small fault bad habit, faux pas, impropriety, indiscretion, minor fault, minor infraction, minor sin, misdemeanor, petty offense, slight transgression, small infraction, small sin, venial sin, vice; concepts 372,645 peck [n/v] bite beak, dig, hit, jab, kiss, mark, nibble, pick, pinch, poke, prick, rap, strike, tap; concepts 169,189 pecking order [n] hierarchy chain of command*, corporate ladder, due order, echelons, grouping, order, placing, position, ranking, scale; concept 727 peculiar [adj1] characteristic, distinguishing appropriate, diacritic, diagnostic, distinct, distinctive, endemic, exclusive, idiosyncratic, individual, intrinsic, local, particular, personal, private, proper, restricted, special, specic, typical, unique; concepts 404,557 Ant. abnormal, uncharacteristic peculiar [adj2] bizarre, odd abnormal, bent*, creepy*, curious, eccentric, exceptional, extraordinary, aky*, freakish, freaky, funny, idiosyncratic, kinky*, kooky*, oddball, offbeat, off-the-wall*, outlandish, quaint, queer, singular, strange, uncommon, unconventional,

uncustomary, unusual, wacky*, way-out*, weird, wonderful; concepts 404,564 Ant. normal, ordinary, regular, standard, usual peculiarity [n] characteristic; oddity abnormality, affectation, attribute, bizarreness, character, distinctiveness, eccentricity, feature, foible, freakishness, gimmick, idiosyncrasy, kink*, mannerism, mark, odd trait, particularity, property, quality, queerness, quirk, savor, schtick*, singularity, slant*, specialty, trait, twist*, unusualness; concepts 411,665 Ant. normality, usualness pecuniary [adj] nancial banking, budgeting, business, economic, scal, monetary; concept 334 pedagogic [adj] educational academic, dogmatic, instructive, learned, professorial, profound, scholastic, teaching; concepts 529,536 pedantic [adj] bookish, precise abstruse, academic, arid, didactic, doctrinaire, donnish, dry, dull, egotistic, erudite, formal, fussy, hairsplitting*, learned, nit-picking, ostentatious, overnice, particular, pedagogic, pompous, priggish*, punctilious, scholastic, schoolish, sententious, stilted; concepts 401,529 Ant. imprecise, informal peddle [v] sell door to door canvas*, hawk*, huckster*, market, monger*, push, shove, solicit, trade, vend; concept 345 Ant. buy peddler [n] hawker huckster, salesperson, street vendor, vendor; concept 348 pedestal [n] support for something base, bed, bottom, foot, foundation, mounting, platform, plinth, podium, stand, substructure, support; concept 442 pedestrian [adj] everyday, dull banal, banausic, blah*, boring, commonplace, dim, dreary, at, humdrum*, inane, jejune, mediocre, monotone, monotonous, mundane, ordinary, platitudinous, plodding, prosaic, run-of-themill*, stodgy, truistic, unimaginative, uninspired, uninteresting, wishy-washy*; concepts 530, 547 Ant. different, exceptional, extraordinary, interesting pedestrian [n] person traveling on foot ambler, hiker, jaywalker*, passerby, stroller, walker; concept 366 pedigree [adj] purebred full-blooded, pedigreed, pure-blood, thoroughbred; concept 549 Ant. base-born, lowly pedigree [n] ancestry, heritage blood, breed, clan, derivation, descent, extraction, family, family tree, genealogy, heredity, line, lineage, origin, race, stirps, stock; concept 296 peek/peep [n] sneaked look blink, gander*, glance, glimpse, look-see, sight; concept 623 peek/peep [v] sneak a look blink, glance, glimpse, have a gander*, look, peer, snatch, snoop, spy, squint, stare, take a look; concept 623 peel [n] skin, covering bark, cover, epicarp, exocarp, husk, peeling, pellicle, rind, shell, shuck; concepts 428,484 Ant. innards, insides peel [v] take off outer covering decorticate, delaminate, desquamate, excorticate, exfoliate, ake, ay, pare, pull off, scale, shave, skin, strip, tear off, uncover; concepts 142,176,211 Ant. cover

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peep [n1/v1] chirp chatter, cheep, chirrup, chuck, churr, coo, cry, hoot, pipe, squeak, tweet, twitter; concept 64 peep/peer [v2] appear briey become visible, crop up, emerge, open to view, peep out, peer out, show partially; concept 261 peer [n] person who is anothers equal associate, coequal, companion, compeer, like, match, rival; concept 423 Ant. inferior, superior peer [v1] scan, scrutinize bore, eagle eye*, eye*, eyeball*, focus, gape, gawk, gaze, get a load of, glare, glim, gloat, inspect, look, peep, pin*, pry, rubberneck*, snoop, spy, squint, stare; concepts 103,623 peerless [adj] having no equal; superior aces*, all-time, alone, best, beyond compare, champion, excellent, faultless, gilt-edge*, greatest, incomparable, matchless, most, nonpareil*, only, outstanding, perfect, second to none*, solid-gold*, super, superlative, supreme, tops*, unequaled, unexampled, unique, unmatched, unparagoned, unparalleled, unrivaled, unsurpassed, world class*; concept 574 Ant. imperfect, inferior, lowly, mediocre, secondary, subordinate peeve [n] something strongly disliked annoyance, bother, gripe, nuisance, pest, sore point*, vexation; concepts 532,690 Ant. attraction, desire, like, love, want peeve [v] bother, annoy aggravate, anger, bug*, bum*, burn*, disturb, drive up the wall*, exasperate, gall, get, get ones goat*, hack*, irk, irritate, miff*, nettle, pique, provoke, put out, rile, roil, rub the wrong way*, steam*, T-off*, vex; concepts 7,19 Ant. attract, charm, enchant, please peevish [adj] irritable, testy acrimonious, angry, bad-tempered, cantankerous, captious, carping, caviling, childish, churlish, complaining, crabbed*, cranky, critical, cross, crotchety*, crusty*, cussed, fault-nding, fractious, fretful, fretting, grouchy, grousing, growling, grumpy, huffy, ill-natured, mean, morose, obstinate, ogre, ornery, out-of-sorts*, pertinacious, petulant, querulous, short-tempered, snappy, splenetic, sulky, sullen, surly, tetchy, touchy, ugly, waspish, waspy, whining; concept 401 Ant. accepting, friendly, happy, pleasant peg [v] attach clinch, fasten, x, join, make fast, pin, secure, tighten; concepts 85,160 Ant. detach, unfasten pejorative [adj] negative, belittling debasing, deprecatory, depreciatory, derisive, derogatory, detracting, detractive, detractory, disadvantageous, disparaging, irreverent, rude, slighting, uncomplimentary, unpleasant; concept 267 Ant. complimentary, positive, praising pell-mell [adj] disordered chaotic, confused, disarrayed, disorganized, haphazard, muddled, tumultous/tumultuous; concepts 562,585 Ant. ordered, organized pell-mell [adv] hurriedly and carelessly foolishly, full tilt*, hastily, headlong, heedlessly, helter-skelter, impetuously, incontinently, indiscreetly, posthaste, precipitiously, rashly, recklessly, thoughtlessly; concepts 544,799 Ant. carefully, cautiously pell-mell [n] disorder anarchy, ataxia, chaos, clutter, confusion, disarray, ferment, helter-

skelter, huddle, muddle, pandemonium, snarl, tumult, turmoil, upheaval; concept 674 Ant. order, organization pelt [n] animal fur coat, epidermis, fell, hair, hide, jacket, skin, slough, wool; concept 399 pelt [v] beat; throw hard assail, batter, belabor, belt, bombard, career, cast, charge, dash, hammer, hurl, knock, lapidate, pepper, pound, pour, pummel, rain, rush, shoot, shower, sling, speed, stone, strike, swat, tear, thrash, wallop; concepts 189,222 pen [n1] enclosure cage, coop, corral, fence, fold, hedge, hutch, jail, penitentiary, prison, sty, wall*; concepts 439,443 Ant. open space pen [n2] writing instrument ball point, felt-tip, fountain pen, marker, nib, quill, reed, stick, stylograph; concepts 277,499 Ant. pencil pen [v1] enclose box, cage, case, close in, conne, coop, corral, fence in, hedge, hem in, mew*, shut in; concepts 191,758 Ant. free, let go, release pen [v2] write autograph, commit to paper, compose, draft, draw up, engross, indict, jot down; concept 79 Ant. speak penal [adj] disciplinary chastening, corrective, penalizing, punishing, punitive, punitory, reformatory, retributive; concepts 548,583 penalize [v] punish amerce, castigate, chasten, chastise, condemn, correct, discipline, dock*, ne, handicap, hit with*, impose penalty, inict handicap, judge, mulct, put at disadvantage, scold, slap with*, throw the book at*; concept 122 Ant. excuse, forgive, pardon, reward penalty [n] punishment amends, amercement, cost, damages, disadvantage, discipline, dues, fall, ne, forfeit, forfeiture, handicap, mortication, mulct, price, rap*, retribution; concepts 344,679 Ant. award, forgiveness, pardon, reward penance [n] reparation for wrong absolution, atonement, attrition, compensation, compunction, confession, contrition, expiation, forgiveness, hair shirt*, mortication, penalty, penitence, punishment, purgation, remorse, remorsefulness, repentance, retribution, rue, ruth, sackcloth and ashes*, self-agellation*, shrift, sorrow, suffering; concepts 126,367, 384,410 penchant [n] fondness, inclination affection, afnity, attachment, bias, disposition, druthers*, inclining, itch*, leaning, liking, partiality, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, taste, tendency, tilt*, turn*, weakness, yen; concepts 20,32,411, 709 Ant. dislike, hate, hatred, indifference pending [adj] about to happen awaiting, continuing, dependent, forthcoming, hanging, imminent, impending, indeterminate, in line*, in the balance*, in the ofng*, in the works*, ominous, on board*, on line*, pensile, undecided, undetermined, unsettled, up in the air*; concept 548 Ant. improbable, unlikely pendulous/pendent [adj] hanging dangling, dependent, drooping, pending, pendulant, pensile, suspended, swinging; concepts 485,584 penetrate [v1] pierce; get through physically access, barge in, bayonet, blow in, bore, break in, breeze in, bust in, charge, come, crack, diffuse, drill, drive, eat through, encroach, enter,

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lter in, force, get in, gore, go through, impale, inltrate, ingress, insert, insinuate, introduce, invade, jab, knife, make a hole, make an entrance, pass through, percolate, perforate, permeate, pervade, pop in, prick, probe, puncture, ream, run into, saturate, seep, sink into, spear, stab, stick into, suffuse, thrust, trespass; concepts 159,179,220 Ant. exit, take out, withdraw penetrate [v2] understand or be understood affect, become clear, come across*, comprehend, decipher, discern, fathom, gure out, get across*, get over*, get through*, get to the bottom*, grasp, impress, perceive, put over*, see through*, sink in*, soak in*, touch, unravel, work out; concept 15 Ant. misconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand penetrating [adj1] stinging, harsh biting, carrying, clear-cut, crisp, cutting, edged, entering, forcing, going through, inltrating, ingoing, intrusive, passing through, penetrant, permeating, pervasive, piercing, pointed, puncturing, pungent, sharp, shrill, strong, trenchant; concepts 267,537 Ant. blunt, dull penetrating [adj2] intelligent acute, astute, critical, discerning, discriminating, incisive, keen, penetrative, perceptive, perspicacious, profound, quick, quick-witted, sagacious, searching, sharp, sharp-witted, shrewd; concept 402 Ant. idiotic, senseless, stupid, unintelligent penitence [n] shame, sorrow anguish, attrition, compunction, contriteness, contrition, debasement, degradation, distress, grief, humbling, humiliation, penance, qualm, regret, remorse, remorsefulness, repentance, rue, ruefulness, ruth, sadness, scruple, self-castigation, selfcondemnation, self-agellation, self-punishment, self-reproach; concept 410 Ant. shamelessness penitent [adj] shamed, sorrowful abject, apologetic, atoning, attritional, compunctious, conscience-stricken, contrite, penitential, regretful, remorseful, repentant, rueful, sorry; concepts 403,542 Ant. happy, unashamed, unrepentent penitentiary [n] jail big house*, campus, can*, college, cooler*, correctional institution, inside*, joint*, lockup*, pen*, penal institution, prison, reformatory, slammer*, stockade; concepts 439,449,516 pen name [n] pseudonym AKA*, alias, anonym, assumed name, nickname, nom de guerre, nom de plume, professional name, pseudonym; concepts 268,683 pennant [n] ag, banner banderole, bunting, burgee, color, decoration, emblem, ensign, jack, pennon, screamer, standard, streamer; concepts 260,473 penniless [adj] without any money bankrupt, broke*, clean*, cleaned out*, dead broke*, destitute, dirt poor*, down to last penny*, at*, at broke*, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, in the gutter*, lacking, moneyless, necessitous, needy, on last leg*, over a barrel*, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken, ruined, strapped*, tapped out*, without a dime*; concept 334 Ant. afuent, rich, wealthy pension [n] benets paid after retirement allowance, annuity, gift, grant, IRA*, payment, premium, retirement account, reward, social

security, subsidy, subvention, superannuation, support; concepts 332,344 pensive [adj] meditative, solemn absorbed, abstracted, attentive, cogitative, contemplative, dreamy, grave, musing, pondering, preoccupied, reecting, reective, ruminating, ruminative, serious, sober, speculative, thinking, thoughtful, wistful, withdrawn; concept 403 Ant. ignorant, shallow pent-up [adj] held within bottled-up, bridled, checked, constrained, curbed, held-back, held in check, inhibited, repressed, restrained, restricted, smothered, stied, suppressed; concepts 401,403 Ant. public, released penurious [adj] stingy avaricious, cheap, chintzy*, close-sted, costive, curmudgeonly, economical, frugal, greedy, hoarding, miserly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, pennywise*, pinchpenny*, saving, scrimping, sparing, thrifty, tightsted, uncharitable, ungenerous, ungiving; concepts 326,334,401 peon [n] menial worker drudge, farmhand, farm worker, gopher, laborer, peasant, serf, servant, slave, unskilled laborer; concept 348 people [n] human beings bodies, body politic*, bourgeois, cats*, citizens, clan, commonality, common people, community, crowd, family, folk, folks, general public, heads*, herd, hoi polloi*, horde, humanity, humankind, human race, humans, inhabitants, John/Jane Q. Public*, kin, masses, mob, mortals, multitude, nation, nationality, person in the street*, persons, plebeians, populace, population, proletariat, public, rabble, race, rank and le*, riffraff*, society, tribe; concepts 296,379, 380,417 Ant. animals, plants pep [n] vim, vigor animation, bang, birr, energy, get-up-and-go*, go, gusto, hardihood, high spirits, life, liveliness, moxie*, potency, punch*, push, snap*, spirit, starch*, tuck*, verve, vitality, vivacity, zip*; concepts 411,633 Ant. apathy, inactivity, lethargy, lifelessness peppery [adj1] highly seasoned ery, hot, piquant, poignant, pungent, racy, snappy, spicy, zestful, zesty; concept 613 peppery [adj2] irritable; sarcastic acute, angry, astringent, biting, caustic, choleric, cranky, cross, ery, hot-tempered, incisive, irascible, keen, lively, passionate, quick-tempered, sharp, sharp-tempered, snappish, spirited, spunky, stinging, testy, touchy, trenchant, waspish; concepts 267,401,542 Ant. cheerful, happy peppy [adj] lively, vigorous active, alert, animate, animated, bright, gay, keen, perky, sparkling, spirited, sprightly, vivacious; concepts 401,404 Ant. apathetic, inactive, lethargic, tired pep up [v] invigorate, inspire animate, enliven, exhilarate, jazz up*, quicken, stimulate, vitalize, vivify; concepts 7,22 Ant. discourage, tire, wear perceive [v1] notice, see apperceive, apprehend, be aware of, behold, descry, discern, discover, distinguish, divine, espy, feel, grasp, identify, look, make out, mark, mind, note, observe, realize, recognize, regard, remark, seize, sense, spot, spy, take; concepts 38,626 Ant. miss, neglect, overlook

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perceive [v2] understand appreciate, apprehend, comprehend, conclude, copy, deduce, distinguish, feature, feel, ash*, gather, get, get the message*, get the picture*, grasp, know, learn, pin*, read, realize, recognize, see, sense, track; concept 15 Ant. misinterpret, misunderstand percentage [n] portion, allotment allowance, bite, bonus, chunk, commission, corner*, cut, discount, division, duty, fee, holdout, interest, juice*, payoff, percent, piece, piece of the action*, points*, proportion, quota, rate, ratio, section, slice*, split*, taste*, winnings; concepts 766,784,835 Ant. whole perceptible [adj] noticeable, obvious apparent, appreciable, audible, clear, cognizable, conspicuous, detectable, discernible, distinct, distinguishable, evident, lucid, observable, palpable, perceivable, perspicuous, recognizable, sensible, signal, tangible, understandable, visible; concepts 529,576 Ant. ambiguous, imperceptible, invisible, obscure, silent, unnoticeable, vague perception [n] understanding, idea acumen, apprehending, apprehension, approach, attention, attitude, awareness, big idea*, brainchild*, brain wave*, conceit, concept, conception, consciousness, discernment, feeling, ash, grasp, image, impression, insight, intellection, judgment, knowledge, light, notion, observation, opinion, perspicacity, picture, plan, realizing, recognition, sagacity, sensation, sense, study, taste, thought, viewpoint; concepts 409, 410, 689 perceptive [adj] alert, sensitive acute, astute, awake, aware, brainy*, conscious, discerning, discreet, ear to the ground*, gnostic, incisive, insighted, insightful, intuitive, judicious, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, knows whats what*, observant, penetrating, penetrative, percipient, perspicacious, quick, rational, responsive, sagacious, sage, savvy*, sharp, sophic, tuned in*, wise, wise to*; concepts 402,542 Ant. dense, insensitive, unaware, unobservant perch [n] object placed high for sitting on branch, landing place, lounge, pole, post, resting place, roost, seat; concepts 443,479 perch [v] sit atop of alight, balance, land, light, rest, roost, set down, settle, sit on, squat, touch down; concept 154 Ant. lower percolate [v] seep, drip (liquid) bleed, bubble, charge, drain, exude, lter, ltrate, impregnate, leach, ooze, pass through, penetrate, perk, permeate, pervade, saturate, strain, sweat, transfuse, transude, weep; concepts 179,181 perdition [n] hell Abaddon*, abyss, afiction, bottomless pit*, condemnation, damnation, everlasting re*, re and brimstone*, Gehenna*, Hades, infernal regions, inferno, loss of the soul, lower world, nether world, pit, place of torment, punishment, purgatory, ruin, suffering, underworld; concepts 370,435,674 peremptory [adj] overbearing, authoritative absolute, arbitrary, assertive, autocratic, binding, bossy, categorical, certain, commanding, compelling, decided, decisive, dictatorial, dogmatic, domineering, nal, nished, rm, xed, highhanded, imperative, imperial, imperious, incontrovertible, intolerant, irrefutable, magisterial,

obligatory, obstinate, positive, rigorous, severe, stringent, tyrannical, uncompromising, undeniable; concepts 535,537,542 Ant. easy-going, indulgent, laid-back, lax, lenient, mild, moderate perennial [adj] enduring, perpetual abiding, annual, ceaseless, chronic, constant, continual, continuing, deathless, durable, eternal, everlasting, immortal, imperishable, incessant, inveterate, lasting, lifelong, long-lasting, long-lived, longstanding, never-ending, old, perdurable, permanent, persistent, recurrent, seasonal, sustained, unceasing, unchanging, undying, unfailing, uninterrupted, yearlong, yearly; concepts 539,798 Ant. changing, intermittent, interrupted perfect [adj1] awless, superlative absolute, accomplished, aces*, adept, A-OK*, beyond compare, blameless, classical, consummate, crowning, culminating, defectless, excellent, excelling, experienced, expert, faultless, nished, foolproof, ideal, immaculate, impeccable, indefectible, matchless, out-of-this-world*, paradisiac, paradisiacal, peerless, pure, skilled, skillful, sound, splendid, spotless, stainless, sublime, superb, supreme, ten*, unblemished, unequaled, unmarred, untainted, untarnished, utopian; concept 574 Ant. awed, imperfect, inferior, second-rate, unbroken perfect [adj2] whole, intact absolute, choate, complete, completed, consummate, downright, entire, nished, awless, full, gross, integral, out-and-out*, outright, positive, rank, sheer, simple, sound, unadulterated, unalloyed, unblemished, unbroken, undamaged, unimpaired, unmitigated, unmixed, unqualied, utter; concepts 482,485 Ant. broken, imperfect, incomplete, part, unnished perfect [adj3] accurate, correct appropriate, bulls-eye*, certain, close, dead-on*, denite, distinct, exact, express, faithful, t, ideal, model, needed, on target*, on the button*, on the money*, precise, proper, required, requisite, right, sharp, strict, suitable, textbook, to a T*, to a turn*, true, unerring, very; concepts 535,557,558 Ant. imperfect, imprecise, inaccurate, wrong perfect [v] polish; achieve accomplish, ameliorate, carry out, complete, consummate, crown, cultivate, develop, effect, elaborate, nish, fulll, hone, idealize, improve, perform, put nishing touch on, realize, rene, round, slick, smooth; concepts 91,244,706 Ant. destroy, ruin perfection [n] achievement, completeness accomplishment, achieving, acme, arete, completion, consummation, crown, ending, entireness, evolution, exactness, excellence, excellency, exquisiteness, faultlessness, nish, nishing, fulllment, ideal, idealism, impeccability, integrity, maturity, merit, paragon, perfectness, phoenix, precision, purity, quality, realization, ripeness, sublimity, superiority, supremacy, transcendence, virtue, wholeness; concepts 671,706 Ant. damage, deciency, aw, imperfection, incompleteness, uselessness, worthlessness perfectionist [n] stickler formalist, fussbudget, fusspot, idealist, nit-picker, purist, quibbler; concepts 359,416,423

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perfectly [adv1] absolutely altogether, completely, consummately, entirely, fully, quite, thoroughly, totally, utterly, well, wholly; concepts 531,544 Ant. imperfectly, partially perfectly [adv2] without aw admirably, correctly, excellently, exquisitely, faultlessly, tly, awlessly, ideally, impeccably, superbly, superlatively, supremely, to perfection, wonderfully; concept 574 Ant. awed, imperfectly perdious [adj] treacherous betraying, deceitful, deceptive, double-crossing*, double-dealing*, faithless, false, insidious, misleading, recreant, shifty*, slick*, snake in the grass*, traitorous, two-faced*, two-timing*, undependable, unfaithful, unloyal, unreliable, untrustworthy; concepts 401,404 perforate [v] make a hole in bore, drill, drive, hole, honeycomb*, penetrate, permeate, pierce, pit, poke full of holes*, probe, punch, puncture, shoot full of holes*, slit, stab; concept 220 Ant. close up perform [v1] carry out, accomplish achieve, act, be engaged in, behave, bring about, bring off, carry through, carry to completion, complete, comply, deliver the goods*, discharge, dispose of, do, do justice to*, do to a turn*, effect, end, enforce, execute, nish, fulll, function, go that route*, implement, meet, move, observe, operate, percolate, perk, pull off*, put through, react, realize, run with the ball*, satisfy, take, take care of business*, tick, transact, wind up, work; concepts 91,199 Ant. fail, halt, prevent, stop perform [v2] act, depict as entertainment act out, appear as, be on, bring down the house*, discourse, display, do a number*, do a turn*, dramatize, emote, enact, execute, exhibit, give, go on, ham*, ham it up*, impersonate, offer, personate, play, playact, present, produce, put on, render, represent, show, stage, tread the boards*; concept 292 Ant. direct performance [n1] accomplishment achievement, act, administration, attainment, carrying out, completion, conduct, consummation, discharge, doing, enforcement, execution, exploit, feat, fruition, fulllment, pursuance, realization, work; concept 706 Ant. failure performance [n2] acting, depiction act, appearance, ballet, behavior, burlesque, business, ceremony, concert, custom, dance, display, drama, exhibition, gig*, interpretation, matinee, offering, opera, pageant, play, portrayal, presentation, production, recital, rehearsal, representation, review, revue, rigmarole, rite, set, show, special, spectacle, stage show, stunt, to-do*; concept 263 Ant. direction performance [n3] efciency action, conduct, effectiveness, efcacy, exercise, functioning, operation, practice, pursuit, running, working; concept 630 Ant. ineffectualness, inefciency perfume [n] scent, often manufactured and packaged for personal use aroma, attar, balm, balminess, bouquet, cologne, eau de cologne, essence, fragrance, incense, odor, oil, redolence, sachet, smell, spice, sweetness; concepts 599, 600 Ant. odor, stench, stink perfunctory [adj] automatic, unthinking apathetic, careless, cool, cursory, disinterested, going through the motions*, heedless, imper-

sonal, inattentive, indifferent, involuntary, lackadaisical, laid-back*, mechanical, negligent, offhand, phoning it in*, routine, sketchy, slipshod*, slovenly, standard, stereotyped, stock, supercial, unaware, unconcerned, uninterested, usual, walking through it*, wooden*; concepts 542,544 Ant. careful, precise, thoughtful perhaps [adv] possibly as it may be, as the case may be, conceivably, feasibly, for all one knows, imaginably, it may be, maybe, perchance, reasonably; concept 552 Ant. improbably, never, unlikely peril [n] danger, risk cause for alarm*, double trouble*, endangerment, exposure, hazard, insecurity, jeopardy, liability, menace, openness, pitfall, risky business*, uncertainty, vulnerability; concept 675 Ant. safeness, safety, security perilous [adj] dangerous chancy, delicate, dicey*, dynamite, exposed, hairy*, hazardous, insecure, loaded*, on thin ice*, playing with re*, precarious, risky, rugged, Russian roulette*, shaky, threatening, ticklish, touch and go*, touchy, treacherous, uncertain, unhealthy, unsafe, unsound, unstable, unsteady, unsure, vulnerable, wicked*; concepts 548,587 Ant. ok, safe, secure perimeter [n] circumference, border ambit, borderline, boundary, bounds, brim, brink, circuit, compass, connes, edge, fringe, hem, limit, margin, outline, periphery, skirt, verge; concepts 484,745,792 Ant. center, inside, interior, middle period [n1] extent of time aeon, age, course, cycle, date, days, duration, epoch, era, generation, interval, measure, season, space, span, spell, stage, stretch, term, time, while, years; concepts 807,822 period [n2] ending cessation, close, closing, closure, conclusion, discontinuance, end, limit, stop, termination; concept 832 periodic [adj] at xed intervals alternate, annual, at various times, centennial, cyclic, cyclical, daily, epochal, every once in a while, every so often, uctuating, hourly, infrequent, intermittent, isochronal, isochronous, monthly, occasional, on-again-off-again*, on certain occasions, orbital, perennial, periodical, recurrent, recurring, regular, repeated, rhythmic, routine, seasonal, serial, spasmodic, sporadic, weekly, yearly; concepts 541,799 Ant. constant, continual, irregular, lasting, permanent, sporadic, variable periodical [n] regular publication journal, mag*, magazine, monthly, newspaper, number, paper, quarterly, rag*, review, serial, sheet*, slick*, throwaway*, weekly; concept 280 peripatetic [adj] constantly traveling ambulant, itinerant, itinerate, migrant, mobile, nomadic, perambulant, roaming, roving, vagabond, vagrant, wandering, wayfaring; concepts 401, 584 Ant. xed, settled peripheral [adj] minor, outside beside the point, borderline, exterior, external, incidental, inessential, irrelevant, minor, outer, outermost, perimetric, secondary, supercial, surface, tangential, unimportant; concepts 575,583,831 Ant. central, crucial, internal, major periphery [n] outskirts, outer edge ambit,

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border, boundary, brim, brink, circuit, circumference, compass, covering, edge, fringe, hem, margin, outside, perimeter, rim, skirt, verge; concepts 484,745 Ant. center perish [v] die, decline, decay be destroyed, be killed, be lost, bite the dust*, break down, buy the farm*, cease, check out*, collapse, corrupt, croak, crumble, decease, decompose, demise, depart, disappear, disintegrate, end, expire, fall, give up the ghost*, go, go under, kick the bucket*, lose life, OD*, pass, pass away, pass on, rot, succumb, vanish, waste*, wither; concepts 13,105,304 Ant. give birth, revive perishable [adj] liable to spoil, rot decaying, decomposable, destructible, easily spoiled, short-lived, unstable; concepts 462,485 Ant. continuation, endurance perjure [v] give false testimony bear false witness*, commit perjury, deceive, delude, equivocate, falsify, forswear, lie, lie under oath, mislead, prevaricate, swear falsely, trick; concepts 63,317 Ant. attest, certify, prove perjury [n] lying while under oath deceitfulness, deception, dishonesty, falsehood, false oath, false swearing, false testimony, falsication, untruth, untruthfulness; concepts 63,278 perk [n] benet advantage, bonus, dividend, extra, fringe benet, gratuity, gravy*, lagniappe, largess, perquisite, plus, tip; concept 344 Ant. disadvantage perk up [v] cheer ameliorate, be refreshed, brighten, buck up*, cheer up, convalesce, gain, improve, invigorate, liven up, look up, mend, pep up, rally, recover, recuperate, refresh, renew, revive, shake, take heart*; concepts 7,22,244,308 Ant. depress perky [adj] animated, happy active, alert, aware, bouncy, bright, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed*, brisk, bubbly, buoyant, cheerful, cheery, gay, in ne fettle*, jaunty, lively, spirited, sprightly, sunny, vivacious; concepts 401,404 Ant. depressed, gloomy permanent [adj] constant, lasting abiding, changeless, continual, diurnal, durable, enduring, everlasting, xed, forever, forever and a day*, for keeps*, immutable, imperishable, indestructible, in for the long haul*, invariable, long-lasting, perdurable, perduring, perennial, perpetual, persistent, set, set in concrete*, set in stone*, stable, steadfast, unchanging, unfading; concepts 551,649,798 Ant. ephemeral, temporary permeable [adj] absorbent, penetrable absorptive, accessible, enterable, passable, pervious, porose, porous, spongelike, spongy; concepts 576,604,606 Ant. inpenetrable, unpermeable permeate [v] lter, spread throughout charge, diffuse, drench, ll, go through, imbue, impregnate, inltrate, infuse, ingrain, interfuse, invade, pass through, penetrate, percolate, pervade, pierce, saturate, seep, soak, stab, stalk, steep, suffuse, transfuse; concepts 159,179,256 permissible [adj] allowable, legal acceptable, admissible, all right, approved, authorized, bearable, endorsed, kosher*, lawful, legalized, legit*, legitimate, licit, okay*, on the up and up*, permitted, proper, sanctioned, tolerable, tolerated, unforbidden, unprohibited; concept 319 Ant. illegal, prohibited, unpermissible

permission [n] authorization, consent acceptance, acknowledgment, acquiescence, admission, agreement, allowance, approbation, approval, assent, avowal, canonization, carte blanche*, concession, concurrence, condonance, condonation, dispensation, empowerment, endorsement, freedom, imprimatur, indulgence, leave, letting, liberty, license, okay, permit, privilege, promise, recognition, rubber stamp*, sanctication, sanction, stamp of approval*, sufferance, tolerance, toleration, verication, warrant; concepts 50,83,88,376, 685 Ant. denial, prohibition, veto permissive [adj] lenient acquiescent, agreeable, allowing, approving, easy-going, forbearing, free, indulgent, latitudinarian, lax, liberal, open-minded, permitting, susceptible, tolerant; concept 401 Ant. intolerant, mean, strict permit [n] authorization admittance, allowance, charter, concession, consent, empowering, favor, franchise, go-ahead*, grant, green light*, indulgence, leave, legalization, liberty, license, pass, passport, patent, permission, privilege, safe-conduct, sanction, sufferance, toleration, visa, warrant; concepts 271,376,685 Ant. grounding, prohibition permit [v] allow participation abet, accede, accept, acquiesce, admit, agree, authorize, bless, blink at*, boost, buy, charter, concede, concur, condone, consent, empower, enable, endorse, endure, franchise, give leave, give permission, go for, grant, have, humor, indulge, leave, let, let pass, license, okay, pass, privilege, sanctify, sanction, say yes, shake on*, sign, sign off on*, suffer, take kindly to*, thumbs up*, tolerate, warrant, wink at*; concepts 50,83,88 Ant. deny, disallow, refuse, reject pernicious [adj] bad, hurtful baleful, damaging, dangerous, deadly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, devastating, evil, fatal, harmful, iniquitous, injurious, killing, lethal, malecent, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, miasmatic, miasmic, mortal, nefarious, noisome, noxious, offensive, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, poisonous, prejudicial, ruinous, sinister, toxic, venomous, virulent, wicked; concepts 537,548,571 Ant. helpful, innocuous, kind, lovable, loving perpendicular [adj] at right angles to erect, horizontal, on end, plumb, sheer, standing, stand-up, steep, straight, straight-up, upright, vertical; concept 581 Ant. horizontal, level perpetrate [v] be responsible for act, bring about, carry out, commit, do, effect, enact, execute, inict, perform, pull, up and do*, wreak; concept 91 Ant. abstain perpetual [adj] continual, lasting abiding, ceaseless, constant, continued, continuous, endless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, going on, immortal, imperishable, incessant, innite, interminable, intermittent, never-ceasing, never-ending, perdurable, perennial, permanent, persistent, recurrent, recurring, reoccurring, repeated, repeating, repetitious, returning, sempiternal, unceasing, unchanging, undying, unending, unfailing, uninterrupted, unremitting, without end; concepts 551,649,798,799 Ant. brief, ephemeral, eeting, momentary, temporary, transient

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perpetuate [v] keep going bolster, conserve, continue, eternalize, eternize, immortalize, keep, keep alive, keep in existence, keep up, maintain, preserve, secure, support, sustain; concept 239 Ant. cease, halt, prevent, stop perplex [v] confuse, mix up astonish, astound, bafe, balk, befuddle, beset, bewilder, buffalo*, complicate, confound, discombobulate*, discompose, dumbfound, encumber, entangle, fog, get to*, involve, jumble, muck, muddle, muddy the waters*, mystify, nonplus, perturb, pose, puzzle, rattle, ravel, snarl up, stumble, stump, surprise, tangle, thicken, thwart; concepts 16,84 Ant. clarify, clear up, enlighten, explain perplexing [adj] difcult to understand bafing, beyond one, complicated, confusing, convoluted, disconcerting, impenetrable, intricate, involved, knotty, mind-bending, mysterious, mystifying, paradoxical, puzzling, taxing, thorny, worrying; concept 529 perquisite [n] fringe benet advantage, bonus, dividend, extra, gratuity, gravy*, lagniappe, largess, perk*, plus, reward, tip; concept 344 per se [adv] essentially alone, as such, by and of itself, by denition, by itself, by its very nature, fundamentally, independently, in essence, in itself, intrinsically, of itself, singularly, solely, virtually; concepts 544,577 persecute [v] wrong, torment afict, aggrieve, annoy, badger, bait, beat, be on ones case*, bother, crucify, distress, dog*, dragoon, drive up the wall*, exile, expel, harass, hector, hound*, hunt, ill-treat, injure, maltreat, martyr, molest, oppress, outrage, pester, pick on, plague, pursue, tease, torture, tyrannize, vex, victimize, worry; concepts 7,19,44,246 Ant. comfort, commend, console, reward, soothe perseverance [n] diligence, hard work backbone*, constancy, continuance, cool, dedication, determination, doggedness, drive, endurance, grit*, guts*, immovability, indefatigability, moxie*, persistence, pertinacity, pluck*, prolonging, purposefulness, pursuance, resolution, sedulity, spunk, stamina, steadfastness, stick-toitiveness*, tenacity; concepts 411,633 Ant. apathy, idleness, indolence, laziness, lethargy persevere [v] keep at; work hard be determined, be resolved, be stubborn, carry on, continue, endure, go for broke*, go for it*, go on, hang in*, hang tough*, hold fast*, hold on, keep driving*, keep going, keep on, leave no stone unturned*, maintain, persist, plug away*, press on, proceed, pursue, remain, see it through*, stand rm*, stay the course*, stick with it*; concepts 87,239 Ant. be lazy, give up, idle, leave, quit, stop persist [v] carry on, carry through abide, be resolute, be stubborn, continue, endure, follow through*, follow up*, go all the way*, go on, go the limit*, grind, hold on, insist, keep up*, last, leave no stone unturned*, linger, obtain, perdure, perseverate, persevere, prevail, pursue, recur, remain, repeat, see through, stick it out*, stick to guns*, strive, tough it out*; concepts 23,87,91,239 Ant. cease, give up, leave, quit, stop persistent [adj] determined; continuous assiduous, bound, bound and determined*, bulldogged*, constant, continual, dogged, endless,

enduring, rm, xed, immovable, incessant, indefatigable, in for long haul*, insistent, interminable, like bad penny*, never-ending, obdurate, obstinate, perpetual, perseverant, persevering, persisting, pertinacious, relentless, repeated, resolute, steadfast, steady, sticky*, stubborn, tenacious, tireless, unagging, unrelenting, unremitting, unshakable; concepts 326,401,404,538 Ant. lazy, relenting, surrendering, yielding persnickety [adj] fussy, particular careful, choosy, fastidious, nicky, nice, picky; concept 404 Ant. open, unconcerned, unfussy person [n] human being being, body, character, creature, customer, gal, guy, human, identity, individual, individuality, joker*, life, living soul, man, mortal, party, personage, personality, self, somebody, soul, specimen, spirit, unit*, woman; concept 417 Ant. animal, plant personable [adj] friendly, sociable aces*, affable, agreeable, all heart*, all right*, amiable, attractive, charming, easygoing, good egg*, gregarious, likable, nice, okay, pleasant, pleasing, presentable, sweetheart*, white-hat*, winning; concept 404 Ant. disagreeable, unfriendly, unsociable personage/personality [n/n2] celebrity, notable big shot*, bigwig*, brass*, celeb*, chief, cynosure, dignitary, distinguished person, eminence, face*, hot shot*, individual, luminary, monster*, name*, public gure, somebody, star, superstar, top dog*, VIP*, worthy; concepts 352,354,423 Ant. lowlife personal [adj] private, individual claimed, exclusive, intimate, own, particular, peculiar, privy, retired, secluded, secret, special; concept 536 Ant. general, public personal computer [n] computer clone, desktop computer, home computer, IBM PC, laptop*, MAC, Macintosh, microcomputer, minicomputer, PC; concepts 269,463 personality [n1] persons character, traits charisma, charm, complexion, disposition, dynamism, emotions, identity, individuality, likableness, magnetism, makeup, nature, psyche, self, selfdom, selfhood, singularity, temper, temperament; concept 411 personally [adv] independently alone, by oneself, directly, for oneself, for ones part, individualistically, individually, in ones own view, in person, in the esh, narrowly, on ones own, privately, solely, specially, subjectively; concept 544 Ant. generally, objectively personify [v] represent some other being, character act out, body forth, contain, copy, emblematize, embody, epitomize, exemplify, express, exteriorize, externalize, hominify, humanize, illustrate, image, imitate, impersonate, incarnate, live as, make human, manifest, materialize, mirror, objectify, personize, substantiate, symbolize, typify; concepts 261,716 personnel [n] employees of business or other enterprise cadre, corps, crew, faculty, group, helpers, human resources, members, men and women, ofce, organization, people, shop, staff, troop, troops, workers, work force; concepts 325,417 perspective [n] view, outlook angle, aspect, attitude, broad view, context, frame of refer-

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ence*, headset*, landscape, mindset*, objectivity, overview, panorama, proportion, prospect, relation, relative importance, relativity, scene, size of it*, viewpoint, vista, way of looking; concepts 410,629,689 perspicacious [adj] observant, perceptive acute, alert, astute, aware, clear-sighted, clever, discerning, heady*, judicious, keen, penetrating, percipient, sagacious, savvy*, sharp, sharpwitted, shrewd; concept 402 Ant. ignorant, unobservant, unperceptive perspicuous [adj] clear, obvious apparent, clear-cut, comprehensible, crystal*, crystalclear*, distinct, easily understood, explicit, intelligible, limpid, lucent, lucid, luminous, pellucid, plain, self-evident, straightforward, transparent, unambiguous, unblurred, understandable; concept 529 Ant. obscure, unclear, vague perspire [v] become wet with sweat be damp, be wet, break a sweat*, drip, exude, get in a lather*, glow, lather, pour, secrete, swelter; concepts 185,469 Ant. dry persuade [v] cause to believe; convince to do actuate, advise, affect, allure, argue into, assure, blandish, brainwash*, bring around, bring to senses, cajole, coax, convert, counsel, draw, enlist, entice, exhort, gain condence of, get, impel, impress, incite, incline, induce, inuence, inveigle, lead, lead to believe, lead to do, move, prevail upon, prompt, propagandize, proselyte, proselytize, reason, satisfy, seduce, sell, stroke, sway, talk into, touch, turn on to, urge, wear down*, wheedle, win argument, win over, woo, work over; concept 68 Ant. discourage, dissuade, hinder, prevent, repress, stop, suppress persuasion [n1] inuencing to do, believe alignment, alluring, arm-twist*, blandishment, brainwashing*, cajolery, cogency, con*, conversion, enticement, exhortation, force, goose*, hard sell*, hook*, inducement, inveiglement, persuasiveness, potency, power, promote, pull*, seduction, sell*, snow job*, soft soap*, squeeze*, sweet talk*, wheedling, winning over, working over; concepts 68,687 Ant. discouragement, dissuasion, hindrance, prevention persuasion [n2] belief, religion bias, camp, certitude, church, communion, connection, conviction, credo, creed, cult, denomination, eye, faction, faith, feeling, mind*, opinion, partiality, party, predilection, prejudice, school, school of thought*, sect, sentiment, side, tenet, view; concept 689 Ant. atheism, disbelief persuasive [adj] effective, inuential actuating, alluring, cogent, compelling, conclusive, convictive, convincing, credible, effectual, efcacious, efcient, eloquent, energetic, enticing, forceful, forcible, impelling, impressive, inducing, inspiring, inveigling, logical, luring, moving, plausible, pointed, potent, powerful, seductive, slick, smooth, sound, stimulating, stringent, strong, swaying, telling, touching, unctuous, valid, weighty, wheedling, winning; concepts 267,537,542 Ant. dampening, discouraging, disheartening, dissuasive, ineffective, ineffectual pert [adj] lively, bold animated, audacious, brash, brazen, breezy, bright, brisk, cheeky*, dapper, daring, dashing, disrespectful, ip*,

ippant, forward, fresh, gay, impertinent, impudent, insolent, jaunty, keen, nervy, perky, presumptuous, sassy*, saucy*, smart, smartalecky*, spirited, sprightly, vivacious, wise; concepts 401,404 Ant. dull, humble, lifeless pertain [v] be relevant to affect, appertain, apply, associate, be appropriate, bear on, bet, belong, be part of, be pertinent, combine, concern, connect, inhere with, join, refer, regard, relate, touch, vest; concept 532 pertinent [adj] relevant, suitable admissible, ad rem, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, connected, t, tting, germane, kosher*, legit*, material, on target*, on the button*, on the nose*, opportune, pat*, pertaining, proper, related, right on, to the point, to the purpose; concept 558 Ant. inappropriate, irrelevant, unsuitable perturb [v] upset, unsettle agitate, alarm, annoy, bewilder, bother, bug*, confound, confuse, disarrange, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, dismay, disorder, disquiet, disturb, urry, uster, irritate, make a scene*, make waves*, muddle, needle, perplex, pester, rufe, stir up*, trouble, vex, worry; concepts 7,16,19 Ant. calm, please, soothe peruse [v] check out; examine analyze, browse, glance over, inspect, look through, pore over, read, scan, scrutinize, skim, study; concepts 72,103 Ant. neglect, overlook pervade [v] affect strongly; spread through charge, diffuse, extend, ll, imbue, impregnate, infuse, overspread, penetrate, percolate, permeate, suffuse, transfuse; concepts 172,179 pervasive [adj] extensive all over the place*, cant get away from*, common, general, inescapable, omnipresent, permeating, pervading, prevalent, rife, ubiquitous, universal, wall-towall*, widespread; concept 772 Ant. light, limited, narrow perverse [adj] mean, ornery; troublesome abnormal, bad-tempered, cantankerous, capricious, contradictory, contrary, contumacious, corrupt, crabby*, cross, degenerate, delinquent, depraved, deviant, disobedient, dogged*, erring, fractious, hard-nosed*, headstrong, intractable, intransigent, irritable, miscreant, mulish*, nefarious, obdurate, obstinate, petulant, pigheaded*, rebellious, refractory, rotten*, self-willed, spiteful, stubborn, unhealthy, unmanageable, unreasonable, unyielding, villainous, wayward, wicked, willful; concepts 401,542,571 Ant. agreeable, compliant, happy, nice, reasonable, willing perversion [n] sexual abnormality aberration, anomaly, corruption, debauchery, deviance, fetish, immorality, kink*, kinkiness, sexual deviation; concept 545 pervert [n] person who lacks morals debauchee, degenerate, deviant, deviate, freak, weirdo*; concept 412 pervert [v] twist, turn away from what is acceptable or correct abuse, adulterate, alloy, animalize, brainwash, color, corrupt, cut*, debase, debauch, demoralize, deprave, desecrate, distort, divert, doctor, doctor up*, fake, falsify, fudge*, garble, misconstrue, misinterpret, misrepresent, misstate, mistreat, misuse, outrage, phony up*, prostitute, ruin, salt*, seduce, spike,

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vitiate, warp, water*; concepts 14,63,156,252 Ant. leave alone, straighten perverted [adj] immoral, evil abandoned, aberrant, abnormal, abused, contorted, corrupt, corrupted, debased, debauched, deled, depraved, deviant, deviating, distorted, foreign, grotesque, impaired, kinky*, misguided, misused, monstrous, outraged, polluted, queer, sick, tainted, twisted, unhealthy, unnatural, vicious, vitiate, vitiated, warped, wicked; concepts 485,545 Ant. clean, good, healthy, moral pesky [adj] bothersome annoying, disturbing, irksome, mean, nettlesome, peeving, provoking, troublesome, ugly, vexatious, vexing, wicked; concepts 529,537 Ant. pleasing, untroubling pessimism [n] belief in bad outcome cynicism, dark side*, dejection, depression, despair, despondency, dim view*, distrust, dyspepsia, expectation of worst, gloom, gloominess, gloomy outlook, glumness, grief, hopelessness, low spirits, melancholy, sadness, unhappiness; concepts 410,689 Ant. condence, optimism, trust pessimist [n] person who expects bad outcome complainer, crepehanger*, cynic, defeatist, depreciator, downer, gloomy, killjoy*, misanthrope, party pooper*, prophet of doom*, sourpuss*, wet blanket*, worrier, worrywart*; concepts 412,423 Ant. optimist pessimistic [adj] expecting bad outcome bleak, cynical, dark, dejected, depressed, despairing, despondent, discouraged, distrustful, downhearted, fatalistic, foreboding, gloomy, glum, hopeless, melancholy, misanthropic, morbid, morose, resigned, sad, sullen, troubled, worried; concepts 403,548 Ant. condent, optimistic, trusting pest [n] person or thing that presents problem annoyance, badgerer, bane, besetment, blight, blister, bore, bother, botheration, bug*, contagion, crashing bore*, creep, curse, drag, drip, epidemic, exasperation, headache*, infection, irritant, irritation, nag, nudge, nuisance, pain*, pain in the neck*, pesterer, pestilence, pill*, plague*, scourge*, tease*, thorn in side*, tormentor, trial*, trouble, vexation, virus*; concepts 306,398,412,674 pester [v] bother, harass annoy, badger, be at, bedevil, beleaguer, bug*, disturb, dog*, drive crazy, drive up the wall*, fret, get at*, get in ones hair*, get on ones nerves*, get to*, harry, hassle, hector, hound, importune, insist, irk, mess with*, nag, nudge, pick at*, plague, provoke, remind, ride*, tantalize, tease, torment, work on*, worry; concepts 7,19,48 Ant. delight, make happy, please pestilence [n] epidemic contagion, disease, endemic, infection, outbreak, plague, rash, scourge, sickness, virus; concepts 306,316 pestilent/pestilential [adj] dangerous, harmful baneful, contagious, contaminating, corrupting, deadly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, diseased, evil, fatal, infectious, injurious, lethal, mortal, noxious, pernicious, pestiferous, ruinous, tainting, troublesome, vicious; concepts 314,537 Ant. clean, healthy, hygienic, safe, sanitary pet [adj] favorite affectionate, cherished, darling, dear, dearest, endearing, favored,

loved, precious, preferred, special; concepts 568,574 Ant. disfavored, hated pet [n] favorite thing, person apple of eye*, beloved, cat, darling, dear, dog, evergreen*, idol, jewel*, love, lover, persona grata*, treasure*; concepts 394,416 pet [v] stroke, kiss baby, caress, coddle, cosset, cuddle, dandle, embrace, fondle, grab, hug, love, make love, neck*, pamper, pat, smooch*, spoil, spoon*, touch; concepts 375,612 peter out [v] dwindle, decrease abate, come to nothing*, die out*, diminish, drain, ebb, evaporate, fade, fail, give out, lessen, pall, rebate, recede, run dry, run out, stop, taper off, wane; concepts 105,698 Ant. develop, grow, increase petite [adj] small baby, bantam, dainty, delicate, diminutive, eln, little, miniature, minikin*, slight, smallish, tiny, wee*; concepts 773,779,789 Ant. extra-large, huge, tall petition [n] appeal, plea address, application, entreaty, imploration, imprecation, invocation, memorial, prayer, request, round robin, solicitation, suit, supplication; concepts 271,662 petition [v] plead, appeal for adjure, ask, beg, beseech, call upon, entreat, impetrate, implore, pray, press, put in for, request, seek, solicit, sue, supplicate, urge; concepts 48,53 petried [adj1] hardened calcied, fossilized, frozen, ossied, solidied; concepts 483,604 petried [adj2] terried afraid, alarmed, anxious, dazed, fearful, frightened, frozen, have cold feet*, immobilized, in a cold sweat*, in a panic*, numb, panicky, pushing the panic button*, scared, scared stiff*, shocked, speechless, spooked, startled, stunned, terrorized, terror-stricken, unnerved; concepts 403,690 petrify [v1] make hard calcify, clarify, fossilize, harden, lapidify, mineralize, set, solidify, turn to stone; concept 250 Ant. melt, soften petrify [v2] frighten alarm, amaze, appall, astonish, astound, benumb, chill, confound, daze, dismay, dumbfound, horrify, immobilize, numb, paralyze, put chill on*, scare, scare silly*, scare stiff*, spook*, startle, stun, stupefy, terrify, transx; concepts 7,14,19,42 Ant. calm, comfort, please, soothe petroleum [n] oil crude oil, fossil fuel, fuel, gas, gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, natural gas, petrol; concepts 467,520,523,661 petty [adj] trivial, insignicant base, casual, cheap, contemptible, frivolous, inconsequent, inconsiderable, inessential, inferior, irrelevant, junior, lesser, light, little, lower, measly, minor, narrow-minded, negligible, nickel-and-dime*, niggling*, paltry, peanut*, penny-ante*, pettifogging*, picayune, piddling*, scratch, secondary, shabby, shallow, shoestring*, slight, small, small-minded, subordinate, triing, two-bit*, unimportant; concepts 403,575 Ant. consequential, important, major, necessary, prominent, signicant, useful petulant [adj] crabby, moody bad-tempered, captious, caviling, complaining, cranky*, cross, crybaby*, displeased, fault-nding, fractious, fretful, grouchy, grumbling, huffy, ill-humored, impatient, irritable, mean, peevish, perverse, pouting, querulous, snappish, sour, sulky, sullen, testy, touchy, ungracious, uptight*,

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waspish, whining, whiny; concepts 401,542 Ant. good-natured, happy, pleasant phantom [n] ghost; gment of the imagination apparition, chimera, daydream, delusion, dream, eidolon, gment, hallucination, haunt, ignis fatuus, illusion, mirage, nightmare, phantasm, revenant, shade, shadow, specter, spirit, spook, vision, wraith; concepts 370, 529 Ant. reality pharmacist [n] druggist apothecary, pharmacologist; concept 357 phase [n] period in life of something appearance, aspect, chapter, condition, development, facet, juncture, point, position, posture, stage, state, step, time; concepts 816,834 phenomenal [adj] astounding, exceptional extraordinary, fantastic, marvelous, miraculous, outstanding, preternatural, prodigious, rare, remarkable, sensational, singular, substantial, uncommon, unique, unparalleled, unusual, unwonted, wondrous; concepts 564,574 Ant. normal, regular, unexceptional phenomenology [n] study of subject and objects of a persons experience intentionality, life-world, lived experience, meaning-making; concepts 282,349 phenomenon [n] rare occurrence; wonder abnormality, actuality, anomaly, appearance, aspect, circumstance, curiosity, episode, event, exception, experience, fact, happening, incident, marvel, miracle, nonpareil, one for the books*, paradox, peculiarity, portent, prodigy, rara avis*, rarity, reality, sensation, sight, something else*, spectacle, stunner*, uniqueness; concepts 230,529,678 Ant. normality, regularity philanderer [n] person who has many love affairs adulterer, chaser, cruiser, dallier, debaucher, irt, gallant, lover, operator*, swinger; concept 423 Ant. faithful philanthropic [adj] charitable, giving altruistic, benecent, benevolent, benignant, big-hearted, bountiful, contributing, donating, eleemosynary, generous, good, gracious, helpful, humane, humanitarian, kind, kindhearted, liberal, magnanimous, municent, openhanded, patriotic, public- spirited; concepts 404,542 Ant. misanthropic, miserly, stingy, uncharitable philanthropist [n] humanitarian altruist, benefactor, bleeding heart*, contributor, do-gooder*, donor, Good Samaritan*, good scout*, helper, patron; concepts 416,423 philanthropy [n] humanitarianism alms, almsgiving, altruism, assistance, benefaction, benecence, charity, contribution, dole, donation, endowment, fund, generosity, gifting, good works, helping hand*, relief; concepts 337,657 philosopher [n] deep thinker logician, sage, savant, sophist, theorist, wise person; concepts 349,687,689 philosophical/philosophic [adj1] thinking deeply, rationally abstract, cogitative, deep, erudite, judicious, learned, logical, pensive, profound, rational, reective, sagacious, sapient, theoretical, thoughtful, wise; concept 402 Ant. irrational, narrow-minded, thoughtless, unreasonable philosophical/philosophic [adj2] calm, serene collected, commonsensical, composed, cool*, cool as cucumber*, enduring, impassive,

imperturbable, patient, resigned, stoical, tranquil, unagitated, unappable, unmoved, unrufed; concept 401 Ant. excited, imprudent, rash philosophy [n] principles, knowledge aesthetics, attitude, axiom, beliefs, conception, convictions, doctrine, idea, ideology, logic, metaphysics, ontology, outlook, rationalism, reason, reasoning, system, tenet, theory, thinking, thought, truth, values, view, viewpoint, wisdom; concepts 349,688,689 phlegmatic [adj] unemotional along for the ride*, apathetic, blah*, cold, cool, deadpan, desensitized, disinterested, dispassionate, dull, emotionless, at, frigid, groggy, indifferent, lethargic, lifeless, listless, passionless, passive, sluggish, uncompassionate, undemonstrative, unexcitable, unfeeling, uninvolved, unresponsive; concepts 401,403 phobia [n] fear anxiety, aversion, avoidance, awe, detestation, disgust, dislike, distaste, dread, fear, hang-up*, hatred, horror, irrationality, loathing, neurosis, obsession, repulsion, resentment, revulsion, terror, thing*, thing about*; concepts 27,29,529 Ant. liking, love phobic [adj] fearful afraid, anxious, apprehensive, discomposed, disquieted, disturbed, frightened, have cold feet*, irrational, jittery, jumpy, nervous, neurotic, panicky, scared, shy, skittish, tense, worried; concept 401 phony [adj] fake, false affected, articial, assumed, bogus, counterfeit, forged, imitation, pseudo, put-on*, sham*, spurious, trick; concept 582 Ant. genuine, real, sincere photocopy [n/v] mechanical image produced from a copier; making the image copy, duplicate, reproduce, stat, velox, Xerox; concept 269 photograph [n] a still picture taken with a camera blowup, close-up, image, Kodachrome*, Kodak*, likeness, microlm, mug*, negative, photo, photostat, pic*, picture, pinup*, pix*, Polaroid*, portrait, positive, print, shot*, slide, snap, snapshot, transparency; concept 265 photograph [v] take a picture with a camera capture*, capture on lm*, cinematize, closeup*, copy, lm, get, get a likeness*, get a shot*, illustrate, lens*, make a picture*, microlm, mug*, photo, photoengrave, photostat, picture, print, record, reproduce, roll, shoot, snap*, snapshot, take*, turn*, X-ray*; concept 174 photographer [n] cameraperson freelance photographer, paparazzo, photojournalist, shutterbug; concept 352 photographic [adj] exact, retentive in detail accurate, cinematic, detailed, faithful, lmic, graphic, lifelike, minute, natural, pictorial, picturesque, precise, realistic, true-to-life*, visual, vivid; concept 557 phrase [n] group of words; way of speaking byword, catchphrase, catchword, diction, expression, idiom, locution, maxim, motto, parlance, phraseology, phrasing, remark, saying, shibboleth, slogan, styling, tag, terminology, utterance, verbalism, verbiage, watchword, wordage, wording; concepts 275,278 phrase [v] express in words carefully couch, formulate, frame, present, put, put into words, say, term, utter, voice, word; concept 55

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physical [adj1] tangible, material concrete, corporeal, environmental, gross, materialistic, natural, objective, palpable, phenomenal, ponderable, real, sensible, solid, somatic, substantial, visible; concept 582 Ant. immaterial, mental, spiritual physical [adj2] concerning the body bodily, brute, carnal, corporal, corporeal, earthly, eshly, incarnate, mortal, personal, somatic, unspiritual, visceral; concept 485 Ant. mental, psychological physician [n] person trained in medical science bones*, doc*, doctor, general practitioner, healer, intern, MD*, medic, medical practitioner, quack*, sawbones*, specialist, surgeon; concept 357 Ant. patient physique [n] build of human body anatomy, body, built, character, conguration, constitution, corpus, gure, form, frame, habit, habitus, makeup, muscles, nature, shape, structure, type; concepts 405,757 picayune [adj] trivial diminutive, everyday, frivolous, immaterial, incidental, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignicant, irrelevant, little, meager, mean, meaningless, minor, minute, negligible, nonessential, of no account*, paltry, petty, piddling*, puny, slight, small, supercial, triing, trite, unimportant; concept 575 pick [n] a chosen option, usually the choicest aces, bag, best, choice, choosing, cream*, crme de la crme*, cup of tea*, decision, druthers*, elect, elite, ower*, preference, pride, prime, prize, select, selection, top, tops; concepts 529,671 Ant. rejection pick [v1] choose, select cull, decide upon, elect, nger*, x upon, go down the line*, hand-pick, mark, name, optate, opt for, pick and choose, pick out, prefer, say so, separate, settle on, sift out*, single out, slot, sort out, tab, tag, take, take it or leave it*, tap, winnow; concept 41 Ant. refuse, reject pick [v2] gather, harvest accumulate, choose, collect, cull, cut, draw, pluck, pull; concepts 41,109,206 Ant. grow, plant pick [v3] break into something closed, locked break open, crack, dent, force, hit, indent, jimmy, open, pry, strike; concept 192 pick at/pick on [v] nag, provoke badger, bait, blame, bully, carp, cavil, criticize, nd fault, foment, get at*, get to*, goad, hector, incite, instigate, quibble, start, tease, torment; concepts 7,19,52 Ant. compliment, praise picket [n1] post of structure pale, paling, palisade, panel, peg, pillar, rail, stake, stanchion, upright; concepts 445,479 picket [n2] person who demonstrates for cause demonstrator, picketer, protester, striker; concepts 348,359 picket [n3] person acting as guard guard, lookout, patrol, scout, sentinel, sentry, spotter, ward, watch, watchperson; concept 348 picket [v] protest against, for cause blockade, boycott, demonstrate, hit the bricks*, strike, walk out; concepts 300,351 pickle [n] sticky situation bind, box*, corner*, difculty, dilemma, disorder, x, hole*, hot water*, jam*, predicament, quandary, scrape, spot*, tight spot*; concept 674 Ant. boon, pleasure

pickle [v] preserve fruit or vegetable can, cure, keep, marinade, salt, souse, steep; concept 170 pick-me-up [n] stimulant analeptic, catalyst, drug, energizer, incentive, motivation, motive, restorative, reviver, shot in the arm*, spark pulg*, spur, stimulus, tonic, upper; concepts 240,307,661 pickpocket [n] petty thief bag snatcher, cutpurse, dipper, nger, pocket picker, purse snatcher, sneak thief, thief, wallet lifter; concept 412 pick up [v1] lift, raise elevate, gather, grasp, hoist, rear, take up, uphold, uplift, upraise, uprear; concept 196 Ant. drop, lower pick up [v2] obtain, nd acquire, annex, buy, chalk up*, come across, compass, cull, extract, gain, garner, gather, get, get the hang of*, glean, happen upon*, have, learn, procure, purchase, score, secure, take; concepts 31,120,183 Ant. have, spend, throw away pick up [v3] improve continue, gain, gain ground*, get better, get well, increase, make a comeback*, mend, perk up*, rally, recommence, recover, renew, reopen, restart, resume, swell, take up; concepts 234,700 Ant. weaken, worsen pick up [v4] call for socially accompany, collect, drop in for*, get*, give a lift*, go for*, go to get*, invite, offer, proposition, stop for*; concepts 224,384 pick up [v5] arrest for crime apprehend, book*, bust*, collar*, detain, nab, pinch*, pull in*, run in*, take into custody; concept 317 Ant. free, release picky [adj] choosy, nicky captious, critical, dainty, fastidious, fault-nding, fussy, nice, particular, persnickety; concept 404 Ant. accepting picnic [n1] outdoor meal barbecue, clambake, cookout, dining alfresco, excursion, sh fry, outing, weiner roast; concepts 386,459 picnic [n2] easy undertaking breeze*, childs play*, cinch, duck soup*, kid stuff*, lark*, light work, no trouble, piece of cake*, pushover*, setup*, smooth sailing*, snap, sure thing, walkover*; concepts 362,693 Ant. difculty, drudgery picture [n1] illustration, likeness of something account, art, blueprint, canvas, cartoon, copy, delineation, depiction, description, doodle, double, draft, drawing, duplicate, efgy, engraving, gure, icon, image, impression, lookalike, outline, painting, panorama, photo, photograph, piece, portrait, portrayal, presentment, print, re-creation, replica, report, representation, ringer*, similitude, simulacrum, sketch, spectacle, spitting image*, statue, tableau, twin; concepts 259,625 picture [n2] perfect example archetype, embodiment, epitome, essence, idea, personication; concept 686 picture [n3] entertainment lm cartoon, cinema, ick*, motion picture, movie, moving picture, photoplay, picture show, show; concept 293 picture [v1] depict, describe delineate, draw, illustrate, image, interpret, limn, paint, photograph, portray, render, represent, show, sketch; concepts 79,174 picture [v2] form vision in ones mind conceive

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of, create, daydream, dream, envision, fancy, fantasize, imagine, portray, see, see in the minds eye*, visualize; concepts 17,43 picturesque [adj] attractive, referring to scenery arresting, artistic, beautiful, charming, colorful, graphic, photographic, pictorial, pleasant, pretty, quaint, scenic, striking, vivid; concept 579 Ant. hideous, ugly, unsightly piddling [adj] insignicant derisory, little, measly*, niggling*, paltry, peanut*, pettifogging*, petty, picayune, puny, triing, trivial, unimportant, useless, worthless; concepts 575,789 Ant. important, major, signicant piddly [adj] meager, trivial barren, decient, diddly*, imsy, inconsiderable, insubstantial, insufcient, little, measly*, mere, microscopic, minute, negligible, paltry, petty, puny, rinkydink*, scant, scrimpy, short, skimpy, slight, small, sparse, supercial, too little too late*, two-bit*, unproductive, worthless; concepts 546,789 piece [n1] part allotment, bit, bite, chunk, cut, division, dole, end, example, fraction, fragment, gob, half, hunk, instance, interest, iota, item, length, lot, lump, member, moiety, morsel, parcel, percentage, portion, quantity, quota, sample, scrap, section, segment, share, shred, slice, smithereen*, specimen; concepts 834, 835 Ant. whole piece [n2] work of art, music, writing arrangement, article, bit, composition, creation, discourse, dissertation, engraving, exposition, icon, item, lines, painting, paper, part, photograph, print, production, sketch, song, statue, study, theme, thesis, treatise, treatment, vignette, work; concepts 259,262,263,271 piece [v] put together assemble, combine, compose, create, x, join, make, mend, patch, repair, restore, unite; concepts 113,173,193,251 Ant. divide, separate piece de resistance [n1] outstanding accomplishment achievement, chef doeuvre, feat, great performance, jewel, magnum opus, masterpiece, master work, prize, showpiece, tour de force*; concept 259 piecemeal [adj/adv] bit by bit at intervals, by degrees, by ts and starts*, tfully, fragmentary, gradual, gradually, intermittent, intermittently, interrupted, little by little*, partial, partially, patchy, spotty, step by step*; concepts 531,544 Ant. all, completely, totally, wholly pier [n] support; place for boats berth, buttress, column, dam, dock, jetty, landing, levee, mole, pierage, pilaster, pile, piling, pillar, post, promenade, quay, slip, upright, wharf; concepts 439,443,479 pierce [v] cut, penetrate bore, break, break in, break through, cleave, crack, crack open, drill, enter, gash, incise, intrude, pass through, perforate, plow, prick, probe, puncture, run through, slash, slice, slit, spike, stab, stick into, transx; concepts 137,159,176,220 Ant. sew up piercing [adj] intense to the senses acute, agonizing, arctic, biting, bitter, blaring, cold, deafening, earsplitting, excruciating, exquisite, erce, freezing, frosty, high, high-pitched, keen, knifelike, loud, numbing, painful, penetrating, powerful, racking, raw, roaring, severe, sharp,

shattering, shooting, shrill, stabbing, stentorian, stentorious, thin, treble, wintry; concepts 406, 537,592,594 Ant. low, soft, weak piety [n] devotion, religiousness allegiance, application, ardor, belief, devoutness, docility, dutifulness, duty, faith, fealty, fervor, delity, godliness, grace, holiness, loyalty, obedience, passion, religion, religiosity, reverence, sanctity, veneration, zeal; concepts 633,689 Ant. impiety, irreverence pife [n] nonsense balderdash*, baloney*, bull*, bunk*, drivel, empty talk, foolishness, futile talk, gibberish, hogwash*, hooey*, hot air*, jive*, palaver, poppycock*, prattle, rubbish, silliness, trash*, useless words; concepts 230, 388,633 pig [n] animal of swine family boar, cob roller*, hog, piggy*, piglet, porker*, porky, shoat, sow, swine; concepts 394,400 pigeonhole [n] compartment box, carrel, chamber, corner, cranny, cubbyhole, cubicle, hole, niche, nook, place, pocket, recess, section, slot, stall; concept 434 pigeonhole [v] categorize; shelve assort, class, classify, defer, delay, dismiss, le, group, hold, hold off, hold up, label, lay aside, peg*, postpone, put aside, put down as, put off, put on hold, put on ice*, put on the bank burner*, rank, sideline, sort, tab, table, type cast; concepts 39,121 pigheaded [adj] stubborn bullheaded, contrary, dense*, forward, headstrong, inexible, insistent, intractable, mulish*, obstinate, perverse, recalcitrant, self-willed, stiff-necked, stupid*, unyielding, willful; concepts 404,542 Ant. exible, reasonable, submissive, willing pigment [n] color, shade colorant, coloring, coloring matter, dye, dyestuff, oil, paint, stain, tincture, tint; concepts 259,622 Ant. colorlessness pig out [v] overeat binge, blimp out*, devour, dive in*, eat like a horse*, eat to excess, feed, gluttonize, gobble, gorge, gormandize, gulp, guzzle, hoover*, overindulge, pork out*, scarf out*, shovel it in*, stuff oneself, wolf*; concept 169 pile [n1] heap, collection accumulation, aggregate, aggregation, amassment, assemblage, assortment, bank, barrel, buildup, chunk, conglomeration, drift, gob, great deal, hill, hoard, hunk, jumble, lump, mass, mound, mountain, much, ocean, oodles*, pack, peck, pyramid, quantity, shock, stack, stockpile; concepts 432,787 Ant. ditch, hole pile [n2] wealth afuence, boodle*, bundle*, dough*, fortune, mint*, money, pot*, riches, wad*; concepts 335,340 Ant. poverty pile [v] gather, pack; put on top of another accumulate, amass, assemble, bank, bunch, collect, crowd, crush, ll, ock, heap, hill, hoard, jam, load, mass, mound, rush, stack, store; concepts 84,109,201,750 Ant. dissipate, scatter, separate pilfer [v] steal, embezzle annex, appropriate, borrow, cop*, crib*, lch*, liberate*, lift*, moonlight*, palm*, pinch*, pluck*, purloin, requisition, rip off*, rob, scrounge, snare, snatch, swipe, take, thieve, walk off with*; concepts 139,142,192 Ant. give, receive

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pilgrimage [n] long journey crusade, excursion, expedition, mission, tour, travel, trip, wayfaring; concept 224 Ant. jaunt pill [n1] capsule of medicine bolus, dose, lozenge, medicine, pellet, pilule, tablet, troche; concepts 307,470 pill [n2] person who is annoying bore, drag*, nuisance, pain*, pain in the neck*, pest, trial*; concepts 412,423 pillage [v] plunder, destroy appropriate, arrogate, conscate, depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devastate, devour, gut, invade, lay waste*, lift*, loot, maraud, nab*, pilfer, pinch*, purloin, raid, ransack, ravage, rie*, rob, ruin, sack, spoil, spoliate, steal, strip, thieve, trespass, waste; concepts 86,139,252 Ant. protect, safeguard pillar [n1] column of building, or freestanding column colonnade, mast, obelisk, pedestal, pier, pilaster, piling, post, prop, shaft, stanchion, support, tower, upright; concept 440 pillar [n2] mainstay; source of strength backbone*, guider, leader, light*, rock*, sinew, supporter, tower of strength*, upholder, worthy; concepts 423,712 pilot [n] person who guides aircraft, ship, or other vehicle ace*, aerialist, aeronaut, aviator, bellwether*, captain, conductor, coxswain, dean, director, doyen/doyenne, eagle*, ier*, yer, guide, helmsperson, jockey*, lead, leader, navigator, one at the controls, one at the wheel, scout*, steerer, steersperson, wheelperson; concept 348 pimple [n] small swelling on the skin abscess, acne, beauty spot, blackhead, blemish, blister, boil, bump, carbuncle, caruncle, excrescence, furuncle, hickey*, inammation, lump, papula, papule, pustule, spot, whitehead, zit*; concept 306 pin [v] attach, hold in place afx, bind, clasp, close, fasten, x, hold down, hold fast, immobilize, join, pinion, press, restrain, secure; concepts 85,160,190 Ant. detach, unfasten, unlatch, unpin pinch [n1] tight pressing compression, connement, contraction, cramp, grasp, grasping, hurt, limitation, nip, nipping, pressure, squeeze, torment, tweak, twinge; concept 728 pinch [n2] small amount bit, dash, drop, jot, mite, small quantity, soupon, speck, splash, splatter, taste; concept 831 Ant. lot pinch [n3] predicament box*, clutch, contingency, crisis, crunch*, difculty, emergency, exigency, hardship, juncture, necessity, oppression, pass, plight, pressure, strait, stress, tight spot*, tight squeeze*, turning point*, zero hour*; concept 674 Ant. advantage, blessing, good fortune pinch [v1] press tightly chafe, compress, conne, cramp, crush, grasp, hurt, nip, pain, squeeze, tweak, twinge, wrench, wrest, wring; concepts 219,313 pinch [v2] be stingy afict, distress, economize, oppress, pinch pennies*, press, scrape, scrimp, skimp, spare, stint; concept 330 Ant. be generous, give, offer pinch [v3] steal cop*, crib*, lch*, knock off*, lift*, nab*, pilfer, purloin, rob, snatch, swipe, take; concept 139 Ant. give, receive

pinch [v4] arrest apprehend, bust*, collar*, detain, hold, nab*, pick up*, pull in*, run in*, take into custody; concepts 90,317 Ant. free, release pine [v] long for ache, agonize, brood, carry a torch*, covet, crave, desire, dream, fret, grieve, hanker, languish for, lust after, mope*, mourn, sigh, spoil for*, thirst for, want, wish, yearn, yen for; concept 20 Ant. despise, dislike, hate pink [n1/adj] rose color blush, coral, ush, fuchsia, rose, roseate, salmon; concept 622 pink [n2] best condition acme*, best, bloom*, tness, good health, height*, peak, perfection, prime, summit, trim*, verdure; concepts 316,388 Ant. poor health, sickness pink [v] cut in zigzag incise, notch, perforate, prick, punch, scallop, score; concept 176 pinnacle [n] top, crest acme, apex, apogee, climax, cone, crown, culmination, greatest, height, max*, most*, needle*, obelisk, peak, pyramid, spire, steeple, summit, tops, tower, vertex, zenith; concepts 706,836 Ant. base, bottom, nadir pinpoint [v] dene, locate determinate, diagnose, distinguish, nger*, get a x on*, home in on*, identify, place, recognize, spot; concepts 38,183 Ant. be ambiguous, lose pioneer [adj] early, rst avant-garde, brave, experimental, head, inaugural, initial, lead, original, primary, prime; concept 585 Ant. following, last, late, later pioneer [n] person who nds a new place, founds something colonist, colonizer, developer, explorer, founder, frontier settler, guide, homesteader, immigrant, innovator, leader, pathnder, pilgrim, scout, settler, squatter, trailblazer; concepts 348,413 pioneer [v] invent; lay the groundwork begin, colonize, create, develop, discover, establish, explore, found, go out in front*, initiate, instigate, institute, launch, map out, open up, originate, prepare, show the way, spearhead*, start, take the lead, trailblaze*; concepts 173, 221,324 pious [adj] dedicated, religious born-again*, clerical, devoted, devout, divine, ecclesiastical, godly, goody-goody*, orthodox, prayerful, priestly, reverent, righteous, sacred, saintly, sanctimonious, spiritual; concept 401 Ant. atheist, impious, irreligious, sinful, wicked pipe [n] passage, tube aqueduct, canal, channel, conduit, conveyer, duct, hose, line, main, pipeline, sewer, spout, trough, vent, vessel; concepts 475,499 pipe [v1] conduct through tube, passage bring in, carry, channel, convey, funnel, siphon, supply, traject, transmit; concept 217 pipe [v2] make a sound; peep blubber*, boohoo*, cheep*, cry, play, say, shout, sing, sob, sound, speak, talk, toot*, trill, tweet, twitter, wail, warble, weep, whistle; concepts 47,65,77 pipe dream [n] fantasy air castle, airy hope, castle in the sky*, chimera, daydream, fantastic notion, fools paradise*, unreal hope, wishful thinking; concepts 20,529,689 pipsqueak [n] nonentity nobody, runt, shrimp, squirt, twerp, whippersnapper; concept 424 piquant [adj] avorful, biting highly-seasoned,

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interesting, lively, peppery, poignant, provocative, pungent, racy, savory, sharp, snappy, sparkling, spicy, spirited, stimulating, stinging, tangy, tart, well-avored, with a kick*, zestful, zesty; concepts 529,613 Ant. bland, dull pique [n] anger, irritation annoyance, blowup*, conniption*, dander*, displeasure, are-up, grudge, huff, hurt, irk, miff*, offense, peeve, pet*, provocation, resentment, rise, ruckus*, slow burn*, snit, sore*, stew*, storm*, tiff*, umbrage, vexation; concepts 29,410 Ant. cheer, happiness, joy pique [v] offend, provoke absorb, affront, annoy, arouse, bother, bug*, displease, egg on*, exasperate, excite, re up*, gall, galvanize, get*, get a rise out of*, get under skin*, give a hard time*, give the business*, goad, goose*, grab, ignite, incense, irk, irritate, kindle, make waves*, miff*, mortify, motivate, move, nettle, offend, peeve, prick, put out*, quicken, rile, rouse, spur, stimulate, sting*, stir, vex, whet, work up*, wound; concepts 7,14,19,22 Ant. delight, please piracy [n] robbery bootlegging, buccaneering, commandeering, copying, freebooting, hijacking, infringement, marauding, pirating, plagiarism, rapine, stealing, swashbuckling, theft; concepts 139,192 pirate [n] buccaneer corsair, libuster, freebooter, marauder, picaroon, privateer, raider, rover, sea rover; concept 412 pissed off [adj] angry affronted, annoyed, bent out of shape*, boiling*, cross, displeased, enraged, ghting mad*, t to be tied*, fuming, furious, hopping mad*, hot, huffy*, in a tizzy*, incensed, inamed, infuriated, irate, irritated, livid, mad, maddened, offended, outraged, peed*, peeved off*, provoked, raging, riled, sore, steamed, steamed up, steaming, storming, td off*, teed off*, ticked off*; concept 403 pistol [n] revolver rearm, forty-ve*, gun, handgun, piece*, rod*, Saturday night special*, six-shooter, thirty-eight*; concept 500 pit [n] hole, cavity abyss, chasm, crater, dent, depression, dimple, excavation, grave, gulf, hell, hollow, indentation, mine, perforation, pockmark, pothole, puncture, shaft, tomb, trench, well; concepts 509,513 Ant. mountain pit [v] oppose, play off contend, counter, match, put in opposition, set against, vie; concepts 92,363 Ant. agree, go along pitch [n1] tilt angle, cant, degree, dip, gradient, height, incline, level, point, slant, slope, steepness; concepts 692,738 pitch [n2] tone of sound frequency, harmonic, modulation, rate, sound, timbre; concept 65 pitch [n3] talk to convince patter*, persuasion, sales talk, song and dance*, spiel*; concepts 68,278 pitch [v1] throw, hurl bung, cast, chuck*, re, ing, gun, heave, launch, lob, peg, sling, toss, unseat; concept 222 pitch [v2] put up, erect x, locate, place, plant, raise, settle, set up, station; concept 168 Ant. destroy, raze pitch [v3] dive, roll ascend, bend, bicker, careen, descend, dip, drive, drop, fall, ounder, go down, heave, lean, lunge, lurch, plunge, rise, rock, seesaw, slope, slump, stagger, tilt, topple,

toss, tumble, vault, wallow, welter, yaw; concepts 147,181,201 pitcher [n1] jug amphora, bottle, canteen, carafe, container, crock, cruet, decanter, ewer, agon, ask, jar, vase, vessel; concept 494 pitcher [n2] baseball pitcher ace*, baseball player, closer, hurler, knuckleballer, middle reliever, reliever; concept 366 pitch in [v] help; get busy aid, attack, begin, buckle down*, chip in*, come through, commence, contribute, cooperate, do, do ones bit*, fall to*, get cracking*, get going, go to it*, hop to it*, join in, jump in*, launch, lend a hand*, participate, plunge into*, set about, set to, subscribe, tackle, tee off*, volunteer, wade in; concepts 100,110 Ant. hinder, hurt, prevent piteous [adj] miserable, pathetic beseeching, commiserable, deplorable, distressing, doleful, dolorous, entreating, grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending, imploring, lamentable, melancholy, mournful, moving, pitiable, pitiful, plaintive, poignant, poor, rueful, ruined, sad, sorrowful, supplicating, woeful, wretched; concepts 485,529 Ant. cheerful, happy pitfall [n] hazard, trap booby trap*, catch*, danger, deadfall*, difculty, downfall, drawback, entanglement, hook*, mesh*, mousetrap*, peril, pit*, quicksand*, risk, setup*, snag*, snare, swindle*, toil, web; concepts 674,679 Ant. advantage, blessing, good luck pithy [adj] brief, to the point cogent, compact, concise, crisp, curt, down to brass tacks*, effective, epigrammatic, expressive, honed, laconic, meaningful, meaty*, pointed, short, short-and-sweet*, signicant, succinct, terse, trenchant; concept 267 Ant. long-winded, verbose, wordy pitiful [adj] in bad shape; poor abject, affecting, aficted, arousing, base, beggarly, cheap, cheerless, comfortless, commiserative, compassionate, contemptible, deplorable, despicable, dismal, distressed, distressing, grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending, inadequate, insignicant, joyless, lamentable, low, mean, miserable, mournful, moving, paltry, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, sad, scurvy, shabby, sorrowful, sorry, stirring, suffering, tearful, touching, vile, woeful, worthless, wretched; concepts 485,529 Ant. excellent, happy, superb, superior, wonderful, worthwhile pitiless [adj] without mercy or care austere, barbarous, brutal, callous, cold*, coldblooded*, coldhearted*, cruel, cutthroat*, dog-eat-dog*, frigid, hardhearted*, harsh, hatchetjob*, heartless, implacable, indifferent, inexorable, inhuman, inhumane, insensible, killer instinct*, mean, merciless, obdurate, relentless, remorseless, ruthless, satanic, savage, soulless*, stony*; concept 401 Ant. charitable, kind, merciful, sympathetic pittance [n] small amount allowance, bit, chicken feed*, dribble*, drop*, drop in the bucket*, inadequacy, insufciency, mite, modicum, peanuts*, pension, portion, ration, scrap*, slave wages*, smidgen, trace, trie; concepts 344,787 Ant. generosity, lot, plenty pity [n1] feeling of mercy toward another benevolence, charity, clemency, comfort, commiseration, compassion, compunction,

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condolement, condolence, dejection, distress, empathy, favor, forbearance, goodness, grace, humanity, kindliness, kindness, lenity, melancholy, mercy, philanthropy, quarter, rue, ruth, sadness, solace, sorrow, sympathy, tenderness, understanding, warmth; concepts 410,657 Ant. disdain, malevolence, mercilessness pity [n2] sad situation bad luck, catastrophe, crime, crisis, crying shame*, disaster, mischance, misfortune, mishap, regret, shame, sin; concept 674 Ant. advantage, blessing, good fortune pity [v] feel sorry for; spare ache*, be sorry for, be sympathetic, bleed for*, comfort, commiserate, condole, console, feel for, feel with, forgive, give quarter*, grant amnesty, grieve with, have compassion, have mercy on, identify with, lament with, pardon, put out of ones misery*, relent, reprieve, show forgiveness*, show sympathy*, solace, soothe, sympathize, take pity on*, understand, weep for*; concepts 10, 34,83 Ant. disdain, scorn pivot [n] center point about which something revolves axis, axle, center, focal point, fulcrum, heart, hinge, hub, kingpin, shaft, spindle, swivel, turning point; concepts 445,464,498,830 Ant. exterior, exteriority, outside pivot [v] revolve around center point be contingent, depend, hang, hinge, rely, rotate, sheer, spin, swivel, turn, twirl, veer, volte-face, wheel, whip, whirl; concepts 147,532 pivotal [adj] important cardinal, central, climactic, critical, crucial, decisive, determining, essential, focal, middle, momentous, overriding, overruling, principal, ruling, vital; concept 568 Ant. inconsequential, unimportant, unsubstantial pixie [n] fairy bogie, brownie, elf, fay, gnome, goblin, gremlin, hob, imp, leprechaun, nisse, puck, spirit, sprite; concept 370 pizzazz [n] energy; amboyance ability, animation, aptitude, bounce, dash, drive, effectiveness, lan, re, force, forcefulness, get-up-and-go*, gift, hustle, intensity, juice, knack, life, liveliness, moxie*, muscle, oomph*, panache, pep, pluck, potency, power, presence, punch, push, shine*, spirit, splash*, spunk, stamina, vim, virility, vitality, vivacity, zeal, zest, zing, zip*; concepts 411,630,706 placard [n] sign, notice advertisement, announcement, banner, bill, billboard, handbill, marquee, poster, public notice, signboard; concepts 271,284 placate [v] soothe, pacify appease, assuage, calm, cheer, comfort, conciliate, humor, make peace*, make up*, mollify, pacify, play up to*, pour oil on*, propitiate, reconcile, satisfy, softpedal*, soothe, stroke*, sweeten, tranquilize, win over*; concepts 7,22,126 Ant. agitate, upset, worry place [n1] location with purpose, function abode, accommodation, apartment, area, berth, city, community, compass, corner, country, distance, district, domicile, dwelling, eld, habitat, hamlet, hangout, hole*, home, house, joint, latitude, lay, locale, locality, locus, longitude, neighborhood, niche, nook, pad*, part, plant, point, position, property, quarter, region, reservation, residence, room, seat, section, site, situ-

ation, spot, station, stead, suburb, town, venue, vicinity, village, volume, whereabouts, zone; concepts 435,515 place [n2] position, rank capacity, character, footing, grade, pecking order*, slot, standing, state, station, status; concept 388 place [n3] job, employment appointment, berth, connection, occupation, ofce, position, post, profession, situation, spot, trade; concept 360 Ant. unemployment place [n4] duty, role affair, charge, concern, function, prerogative, responsibility, right; concept 532 place [v1] locate, situate allocate, allot, assign, deposit, distribute, establish, nger, x, install, lay, lodge, nail, park, peg, plant, position, put, quarter, repose, rest, set, settle, spot, stand, station, stick, store, stow; concept 201 Ant. dislodge, displace, empty, lose, misplace, remove place [v2] order, sort allocate, appoint, approximate, arrange, assign, call, charge, class, classify, commission, constitute, delegate, deputize, designate, entrust, estimate, x, give, grade, group, judge, name, nominate, ordain, put, rank, reckon; concepts 50,84,88,98 Ant. disarrange, discompose, disorder place [v3] identify, recognize associate, determinate, determine, diagnose, distinguish, gure out*, nger*, indicate, know, nail*, peg*, pinpoint, put ones nger on*, remember, set in context, spot, tell; concept 38 Ant. forget, overlook placebo [n] fake pill inactive drug, inactive medicine, inactive substance, sugar pill, test substance; concepts 260,412 placid [adj] calm, mild collected, composed, cool*, cool as a cucumber*, detached, easygoing, equable, even, even-tempered, gentle, halcyon, hushed, imperturbable, irenic, peaceful, poised, quiet, restful, self-possessed, serene, still, tranquil; concepts 401,485 Ant. agitated, excited plagiarism [n] copying of anothers written work appropriation, borrowing, counterfeiting, cribbing, falsication, fraud, infringement, lifting, literary theft, piracy, stealing, theft; concepts 139,192 Ant. original, originality plague [n1] disease that is widespread afiction, contagion, curse, epidemic, hydra, infection, infestation, inuenza, invasion, outbreak, pandemic, pestilence, rash, ravage, scourge; concept 306 plague [n2] annoyance, curse afiction, aggravation, bane, besetment, blast, blight, bother, botheration, calamity, cancer, evil, exasperation, hydra, irritant, nuisance, pain, pest, problem, scourge, thorn in side, torment, trial, vexation; concepts 674,679 Ant. advantage, good fortune, good luck plague [v] annoy, disturb afict, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, bother, chafe, fret, gall, gnaw, harass, harry, hassle, haunt, hector, hound, infest, irk, molest, pain, persecute, pester, pursue, ride, tease, torment, torture, trouble, vex, worry; concepts 7,14,19 Ant. aid, assist, help, please plaid [adj] checkered checked, tartan, variegated; concepts 259,625

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plain [adj1] clear, obvious apparent, audible, big as life*, broad, comprehensible, denite, distinct, evident, legible, lucid, manifest, open, open-and-shut*, palpable, patent, talking turkey*, transparent, understandable, visible; concepts 529,535,576 Ant. complex, complicated, hidden, intricate, obscured, unclear, vague plain [adj2] straightforward in speech abrupt, artless, blunt, candid, direct, forthright, frank, guileless, honest, impolite, ingenuous, open, outspoken, rude, sincere; concept 267 Ant. abstruse, ambiguous, incomprehensible, imperceptible, obscure, unclear, vague plain [adj3] normal, everyday average, common, commonplace, conventional, dull, homely, lowly, modest, ordinary, quotidian, routine, simple, traditional, usual, vanilla*, white-bread*, workaday; concept 547 Ant. abnormal, complex, difcult, extraordinary, uncommon plain [adj4] unembellished, basic austere, bare, bare bones*, clean, discreet, dry, modest, muted, pure, restrained, severe, simple, spartan, stark, stripped down, unvarnished, vanilla*; concepts 485,589 Ant. decorated, dressedup, embellished, formal, ornate plain [adj5] ugly deformed, hard on the eyes*, homely, not beautiful, ordinary, plain-featured; concept 579 Ant. attractive, beautiful, pretty plain [n] level land champaign, expanse, eld, at, atland, grassland, heath, level, meadow, moor, moorland, open country, plateau, prairie, steppe, tundra; concept 509 plaintive [adj] pathetic, woebegone beeng*, bellyaching*, cantankerous, crabby*, cranky*, disconsolate, doleful, grief-stricken, grievous, grousing, grumpy*, heartrending, lamenting, lugubrious, melancholy, mournful, out of sorts*, pathetic, piteous, pitiful, rueful, sad, saddening, sorrowful, wailing, wistful, woeful; concepts 401,529 Ant. cheerful, happy plan [n1] scheme, design, way of doing things aim, angle, animus, arrangement, big picture*, contrivance, course of action, deal, device, disposition, expedient, game plan, gimmick, ground plan, idea, intent, intention, layout, machination, meaning, means, method, orderliness, outline, pattern, picture, platform, plot, policy, procedure, program, project, projection, proposal, proposition, purpose, scenario, stratagem, strategy, suggestion, system, tactics, treatment, trick, undertaking; concept 660 plan [n2] written description; diagram agenda, agendum, blueprint, chart, delineation, draft, drawing, form, illustration, layout, map, projection, prospectus, representation, road map, rough draft, scale drawing, sketch, time line, view; concepts 268,271,625 plan [v1] think out; prepare in advance arrange, bargain for, block out, blueprint, brainstorm*, calculate, concoct, conspire, contemplate, contrive, cook up*, craft, design, devise, draft, engineer, gure on, gure out, x to, form, formulate, frame, hatch*, intrigue, invent, lay in provisions, line up*, make arrangements, map, meditate, organize, outline, plot, project, quarterback*, ready, reckon on, represent, rough in*, scheme, set out, shape, sketch, steer, trace, work out; concept 36 Ant. forget, ignore, neglect

plan [v2] intend, mean aim, bargain for*, contemplate, count on, design, envisage, foresee, have every intention*, mind, propose, purpose, reckon on*; concepts 26,35 plane [adj] level, horizontal even, at, ush, plain, planate, regular, smooth, uniform; concepts 490,581 Ant. upright, vertical plane [n1] at surface; level condition, degree, extension, face, facet, footing, grade, horizontal, obverse, position, sphere, stratum; concepts 744,757 plane [n2] aircraft airbus, airplane, airship, bird*, craft, crate, jet, ship, twin-engine; concept 504 planet [n] celestial body orbiting a star apple*, asteroid, earth, globe, heavenly body, luminous body, marble, orb*, planetoid, sphere, terrene, wandering star*, world; concept 511 plant [n1] organism belonging to the vegetable kingdom annual, biennial, bush, creeper*, cutting*, ower, grass, greenery, herb, perennial, seedling, shoot, shrub, slip, sprout, tree, vine, weed; concept 429 Ant. animal plant [n2] factory and its buildings, equipment apparatus, forge, foundry, gear, machinery, manufactory, mill, shop, works, yard; concepts 439,449,463,496 plant [v1] put in the ground for growing bury, cover, farm, grow, implant, pitch, pot, raise, scatter, seed, seed down, set out, sow, start, stock, transplant; concepts 178,253 Ant. harvest, reap plant [v2] establish, set deposit, x, found, imbed, insert, install, institute, lodge, park, plank, plank down, plop, plunk, root, settle, station; concepts 18,201,221 Ant. disestablish, disorder, disorganize, unsettle, upset plantation [n] large farm estate, farmstead, hacienda, homestead, orchard, ranch, vineyard; concepts 258,449,509,517 plaster [n] thick, gooey material that hardens adhesive, binding, cement, coat, dressing, glue, gum, gypsum, lime, mortar, mucilage, paste, plaster of Paris, stucco; concepts 466,475 plaster [v] spread, smear adhere, bedaub, besmear, bind, cement, coat, cover, daub, glue, gum, overlay, paste, smudge; concept 202 plastered [adj] drunk bashed, blitzed*, bombed*, boozed up*, buzzed*, crocked*, dead drunk*, dead to the world*, drinking, drunk as a skunk*, drunken, feeling good*, feeling no pain*, ushed*, ying*, fried*, gone*, groggy, half-crocked*, half in the bag*, high*, hooched up*, inebriated, juiced*, liquored up*, lit*, loaded*, pissed*, polluted*, potted*, sauced*, schnockered*, seeing double*, sloshed*, stewed*, stoned*, tanked*, three sheets to the wind*, tipsy, totaled*, under the inuence, under the table*, wasted*, woozy*, zonked*; concepts 314,545 plastic [adj1] exible, soft; made of manufactured, treated compounds bending, ductile, elastic, ctile, formable, moldable, molded, pliable, pliant, resilient, shapeable, supple, workable; concept 604 Ant. hard, inexible, stiff plastic [adj2] easily inuenced amenable, bending, compliant, docile, ductile, exible, giving, impressionable, inuenceable, malleable, manageable, moldable, pliable, pliant,

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receptive, responsive, suggestible, supple, susceptible, tractable, yielding; concept 542 Ant. inexible, unappable plastic [adj3] articial; made of manufactured compounds cast, chemical, ersatz, false, manufactured, phony, pseudo*, substitute, synthetic, unnatural; concept 582 plastic surgery [n] cosmetic surgery blepharoplasty, breast implant, breast reduction, collagen injections, dermabrasion, dermatoplasty, eyelift, face-lift, face-lifting, liposuction, mammaplasty, mammoplasty, nose job, reconstructive surgery, rhinoplasty, skin grafting, suction lipectomy, tummy tuck; concept 310 plate [n1] dish or meal served bowl, casserole, course, helping, platter, portion, service, serving, trencher; concepts 459,493 plate [n2] sheet, panel coat, disc, ake, foil, lamella, lamina, layer, leaf, plane, print, scale, slab, slice, spangle, stratum; concept 475 plate [v] coat with metallic material anodize, bronze, chrome, cover, electroplate, enamel, encrust, face, ake, foil, gild, laminate, layer, nickel, overlay, platinize, scale, silver, stratify; concepts 172,202 plateau [n] level; at, often high, land elevation, highland, mesa, plain, stage, table, tableland, upland; concepts 509,744 platform [n1] stand or stage belvedere, dais, oor, podium, pulpit, rostrum, scaffold, scaffolding, staging, terrace; concepts 440,443 platform [n2] political stance, promises manifesto, objectives, party line*, plank, policy, principle, program, soapbox*, stump*, tenets; concepts 278,689 platitude [n] dull, overused saying banality, boiler plate*, bromide*, buzzword, chestnut*, clich, commonplace, corn*, evenness, familiar tune*, atness, hackneyed saying, high camp*, hokum*, inanity, insipidity, monotony, motto, old chestnut*, old story*, potboiler*, prosaicism, proverb, saw*, shibboleth, stereotype, tag*, triteness, trite remark, triviality, truism, vapidity, verbiage; concepts 278,388 Ant. coinage, nuance platonic [adj] expressing nonphysical love ideal, idealistic, intellectual, quixotic, spiritual, transcendent, Utopian, visionary; concepts 403,555 Ant. physical platoon [n] group of military people army, array, batch, battery, bunch, clump, cluster, company, detachment, lot, outt, parcel, patrol, set, squad, squadron, team, troop, unit; concepts 322,417 plaudits [n] applause acclaim, acclamation, accolade, big hand, cheering, cheers, clapping, commendation, hand, hurrahs, kudos, laudation, ovation, praise, raves, rooting, stamping, standing ovation; concepts 69,189 plausible [adj] reasonable, believable conceivable, credible, creditable, like enough*, likely, logical, persuasive, possible, presumable, probable, smooth, sound, supposable, tenable, valid, very likely; concept 552 Ant. implausible, improbable, unbelievable, unlikely, unreasonable play [n1] theater piece comedy, curtain-raiser*, drama, entertainment, farce, op*, hit*, mask*, musical, one-act*, opera, performance, pot-

boiler*, show, smash*, smash hit*, stage show, theatrical, tragedy, turkey*; concept 263 play [n2] amusement, entertainment caper, dalliance, delight, disport, diversion, foolery, frisk, frolic, fun, gambol, game, gaming, happiness, humor, jest, joking, lark, match, pastime, pleasure, prank, recreation, relaxation, romp, sport, sportiveness, teasing; concepts 292,363 Ant. work play [n3] latitude, range action, activity, elbowroom*, exercise, give, leeway, margin, motion, movement, operation, room, scope, space, sweep, swing, working*; concepts 651,745 Ant. extreme play [v1] have fun amuse oneself, be life of party*, caper, carouse, carry on, cavort, clown, cut capers, cut up*, dally, dance, disport, divert, entertain oneself, fool around, frisk, frolic, gambol, go on a spree*, horse around*, idle away, joke, jump, kibitz*, kick up heels*, let go*, let loose*, let ones hair down*, make merry, mess around*, rejoice, revel, romp, show off, skip, sport, toy, trie; concepts 292,384 Ant. work play [v2] compete in sport be on a team, challenge, contend, contest, disport, engage in, participate, recreate, rival, sport, take on, take part, vie; concepts 92,363 Ant. watch play [v3] act; take the part of act the part of, discourse, do*, enact, execute, ham*, ham it up*, impersonate, lay an egg*, perform, personate, playact, play a gig*, portray, present, read a part, represent, take the role of, tread the boards*; concept 292 Ant. direct play [v4] gamble, risk bet, chance, exploit, nesse, game, hazard, jockey*, lay money on*, maneuver, manipulate, put, set, speculate, stake, take, wager; concepts 341,363 play [v5] produce music blow, bow, drum, execute, ddle, dget, nger, operate, pedal, perform, render, tickle, work; concept 65 Ant. listen play ball [v] cooperate agree, be in cahoots, collaborate, comply with, conspire, go along with, join forces, join in, participate, play the game*, pull together, stick together, work together; concepts 110,112 play dirty [v] cheat bamboozle*, beguile, bend the rules*, bilk, burn, caboodle, chisel, con, deceive, defraud, do a number on*, double-cross, double-deal, dupe, nagle, eece, imam, fudge*, hit below the belt*, hoodwink, hose, mislead, pull something funny*, rip off*, rook*, sandbag, scam, screw, shaft, stack the cards*, stretch the rules*, sucker, swindle, trick, victimize; concepts 59,139,192 play down [v] pretend as if something were unimportant belittle, deemphasize, gloss over*, hold back*, make light of*, make little of*, minimize, mute, restrain, soften, soft-pedal*, underplay, underrate; concepts 49,59,63 Ant. blow up, build up, explode, play up player [n1] person participating in sport amateur, athlete, champ, competitor, contestant, jock*, member, opponent, participant, pro, professional, rookie, sportsperson, superjock*, sweat*, team player; concept 366 Ant. fan, spectator player [n2] person who acts in performance

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actor, bit player, entertainer, extra, ham*, hambone*, impersonator, lead, mime, mimic, performer, playactor, scene stealer*, stand-in, star, thespian, trouper, understudy, walk-on; concept 352 Ant. director player [n3] person who produces music artist, instrumentalist, musician, music maker, performer, rocker, soloist, virtuoso; concept 352 Ant. conductor playful [adj] funny, fun-loving antic, blithe, cheerful, coltish*, comical, elvish*, feeling ones oats*, irtatious, frisky, frolicsome, full of pep*, gamesome, gay, good-natured, impish, jaunty, jesting, jocund, joking, joyous, lighthearted, lively, merry, mirthful, mischievous, prankish, puckish, rollicking, snappy, spirited, sportive, sprightly, teasing, tongue-in-cheek*, vivacious, waggish, whimsical, zippy*; concept 542 Ant. humorless, serious, working playground [n] recreation area jungle gym, park, playing eld; concepts 509,513 play it safe [v] be cautious avoid risk, be on the safe side, hedge ones bets*, take no chances, take precautions; concepts 401,403 plaything [n] toy amusement, bauble, doll, gadget, game, gimcrack, pastime, trie, trinket; concept 446 Ant. tool play up [v] emphasize accentuate, bring to the fore*, call attention to, feature, highlight, italicize*, magnify, make a production of*, point up, stress, turn spotlight on*, underline, underscore; concept 49 Ant. deemphasize, play down, underrate, undervalue playwright [n] person who writes for the theater author, dramatist, dramaturge, dramaturgist, librettist, scenarist, scripter, tragedian, writer; concept 348 plaza [n] central location, spot common, court, green, park, square, village green; concepts 509,513 plea [n1] begging request appeal, application, entreaty, imploration, imprecation, intercession, orison, overture, petition, prayer, round robin*, solicitation, suit, supplication; concept 662 Ant. answer, reply plea [n2] excuse, defense action, alibi, allegation, apology, argument, cause, claim, cop-out*, explanation, extenuation, sh tale*, justication, mitigation, out, palliation, pleading, pretext, rationalization, right, song and dance*, story, vindication, whitewash*; concepts 57,278,318 Ant. decision, sentence plead [v1] beg, request appeal, ask, beseech, cop a plea*, crave, crawl, entreat, entreaty, implore, importune, make up for, petition, pray, solicit, square things*, supplicate; concept 48 Ant. answer, reply plead [v2] present a defense adduce, advocate, allege, answer charges, argue, assert, avouch, cite, cop a plea*, declare, give evidence, maintain, plea bargain, present, put forward, respond, use as excuse, vouch; concepts 49,317 Ant. decide, punish, sentence pleasant [adj] acceptable; friendly affable, agreeable, amiable, amusing, bland, charming, cheerful, civil, civilized, congenial, convivial, cool*, copacetic, cordial, delectable, delightful, diplomatic, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, ne, ne and dandy*, fun, genial, good-

humored, gracious, gratifying, homey, jolly, jovial, kindly, likable, lovely, mild, mildmannered, nice, obliging, pleasing, pleasurable, polite, refreshing, satisfying, social, soft, sweet, sympathetic, urbane, welcome; concepts 542,548,572 Ant. bothersome, disagreeable, hateful, nasty, troubling, unacceptable, unfriendly, unhappy, unpleasant, worrisome pleasantry [n] nice remark badinage, banter, bon mot*, humor, jest, joke, joking, levity, merriment, quip, quirk, repartee, sally*, squib*, wit, witticism; concepts 273,278 Ant. criticism please [v1] delight, make happy amuse, charm, cheer, content, enchant, entertain, ll the bill*, gladden, go over big*, grab, gratify, hit the spot*, humor, indulge, kill*, make the grade*, overjoy, satisfy, score, suit, sweep off feet*, tickle*, tickle pink*, titillate, turn on*, wow*; concepts 7,22 Ant. anger, annoy, depress, displease, disturb, upset, worry please [v2] will, elect to do be inclined, choose, command, demand, desire, like, opt, prefer, see t, want, wish; concept 20 Ant. be unwilling, deny, refuse pleasing/pleasurable [adj] welcome, nice agreeable, amiable, amusing, charming, congenial, delightful, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, entertaining, favorable, good, grateful, gratifying, likable, luscious, musical, palatable, pleasant, polite, satisfactory, satisfying, savory, suitable, sweet, winning; concepts 537,572 Ant. bad, disagreeable, dismal, displeasing, grim, hurtful, troublesome, unpleasant, unwelcome, upsetting pleasure [n1] delight, happiness amusement, bliss, buzz*, comfort, contentment, delectation, diversion, ease, enjoyment, entertainment, felicity, ash*, fruition, game, gladness, gluttony, gratication, gusto, hobby, indulgence, joie de vivre, joy, joyride*, kick*, kicks*, luxury, primrose path*, recreation, relish, revelry, satisfaction, seasoning, self-indulgence, solace, spice, thrill, titillation, turn-on*, velvet*, zest; concept 388 Ant. gloom, melancholy, pain, sadness, sorrow, trouble, unhappiness, worry pleasure [n2] will, inclination choice, command, desire, fancy, liking, mind, option, preference, purpose, velleity, want, wish; concepts 20,659 Ant. dislike, hate, hatred plebeian [adj] base, lower-class banal, coarse, common, conventional, humble, ignoble, low, lowborn, lowly, mean, ordinary, pedestrian, popular, proletarian, traditional, uncultivated, unrened, unsophisticated, unwashed*, vulgar, working-class; concept 549 Ant. aristocratic, noble, rich, upper-class, wealthy plebeian [n] person of lower class commonalty, commoner, common people, peasant, person in the street*, pleb*, plebe*, proletarian, rank and le*; concepts 413,423 Ant. aristocrat, noble, patrician, rich, wealthy pledge [n1] word of honor agreement, assurance, covenant, guarantee, health, oath, promise, toast, undertaking, vow, warrant, word; concepts 71,278 Ant. break pledge [n2] sign of good faith bail, bond, collateral, deposit, earnest, gage, guarantee, guaranty, pawn, security, surety, token, warrant, warranty; concepts 318,332,446 Ant. break

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pledge [v] guarantee; give word of honor contract, covenant, engage, give word*, hock*, hook*, mortgage, pawn, plight, promise, sign for, soak*, swear, undertake, vouch, vow; concept 71 Ant. break, disobey, falsify plenary [adj] entire, whole absolute, complete, full, general, inclusive, open, sweeping, thorough; concept 531 Ant. incomplete, limited, part, partial, restricted plentiful/plenty [adj] abundant, productive abounding, ample, bounteous, bountiful, bumper*, chock-full*, complete, copious, enough, excessive, extravagant, exuberant, fertile, owing, ush*, fruitful, full, fulsome, generous, improvident, innite, large, lavish, liberal, lousy with*, lush, luxuriant, overowing, plenteous, prodigal, profuse, prolic, replete, rife, sufcient, superabundant, superuous, swarming, swimming, teeming; concepts 762,781 Ant. few, lacking, little, needing, rare, scarce, wanting plenty [n] much, abundance afuence, avalanche*, capacity, copiousness, cornucopia, deluge*, enough, ood*, fruitfulness, full house*, fund, good deal*, great deal*, heaps*, loads*, lots, luxury, mass, masses*, mine*, mountains*, oodles*, opulence, peck*, piles*, plethora, profusion, prosperity, quantity, stacks*, store, sufciency, torrent*, volume, wealth; concepts 767,787 Ant. few, lack, little, need, scarcity, want plethora [n] excess deluge, ood, glut, many, much, overabundance, overow, overkill, overmuch, plenty, profusion, superabundance, superuity, surfeit, surplus; concepts 767,787 Ant. few, lack, little, need, rarity, scarcity, want pliable [adj] bendable, adaptable compliant, docile, ductile, easily led, easy, exible, impressionable, limber, lithe, malleable, manageable, manipulable, moldable, obedient, plastic, pliant, putty*, receptive, responsive, rolling with the punches*, spongy, submissive, supple, susceptible, tractable, yielding; concepts 404,488 Ant. inexible, rigid, stiff, unadaptable, unbendable, unpliable, unpliant, unyielding plight [n] dilemma, difculty; situation bad news*, circumstances, condition, corner*, double trouble*, extremity, x*, hole*, impasse, jam, perplexity, pickle*, pinch*, predicament, quandary, scrape*, spot*, state*, straits, tight situation, trouble; concepts 666, 674 Ant. blessing, boon, good fortune plod [v1] walk heavily clump*, drag, ounder, hike, lumber*, plug, schlepp*, slog*, stamp, stomp, toil, tramp, trample, tread, tromp, trudge, wallow; concept 151 Ant. tiptoe, walk lightly plod [v2] work slowly and under duress bear down*, buckle down*, drudge, grind, knuckle down*, labor, persevere, plough through*, plug away*, scratch*, slave, sweat*, toil; concepts 87,677 Ant. breeze plot [n1] plan, scheme artice, booby trap*, cabal, collusion, complicity, connivance, conniving, conspiracy, contrivance, covin, design, device, x, frame, frame-up*, game, intrigue, little game*, machination, maneuver, practice, ruse, scam, setup, stratagem, trick; concept 660

plot [n2] story line action, design, development, enactment, events, incidents, movement, narrative, outline, picture, progress, scenario, scene, scheme, story, structure, subject, suspense, theme, thread, unfolding; concepts 264,282 plot [n3] tract of land acreage, allotment, area, division, ground, land, lot, parcel, patch, piece, plat, spread; concepts 509,513 plot [v1] plan, scheme angle, brew*, cabal, cogitate, collude, conceive, concoct, connive, conspire, contrive, cook up*, design, devise, draft, nagle, frame, hatch*, imagine, intrigue, lay*, machinate, maneuver, operate, outline, project, promote, rough out*, set up, sketch, wangle; concept 36 Ant. forget, neglect plot [v2] map out; draw calculate, chart, compute, draft, lay out, locate, mark, outline, put forward; concepts 36,79,174 plow [v] dig up ground for cultivation break, break ground, bulldoze, cultivate, farm, furrow, harrow, harvest, list, push, rake, reap, ridge, rush, shove, smash, till, trench, turn, turn over; concept 178 Ant. ll ploy [n] game, trick artice, contrivance, device, dodge, feint, gambit, maneuver, move, play, ruse, scheme, stratagem, subterfuge, tactic, wile; concept 59 pluck [n] persons resolution, courage backbone*, boldness, bravery, dauntlessness, determination, grit, guts*, hardihood, heart*, intestinal fortitude*, intrepidity, mettle, moxie*, nerve, resolution, spirit, spunk; concept 411 Ant. cowardice, dispiritedness, irresolution pluck [v] grab, pull out; pick at catch, clutch, collect, cull, draw, nger, gather, harvest, jerk, plunk, pull at, snatch, strum, tug, tweak, yank; concept 206 Ant. insert plucky [adj] brave adventurous, bold, condent, courageous, daring, determined, fearless, game, gritty, gutsy, heroic, lionhearted, nervy, persevering, spirited, sporting, spunky, stalwart, tenacious, unafraid, undaunted, unfearful, valiant; concept 401 plug [n1] stopper bung, connection, cork, lling, tting, occlusion, river, spigot, stopple, tampon, wedge; concepts 471,836 Ant. mouth, opening plug [n2] publicity advertisement, blurb*, good word*, hype*, mention, push*, write-up; concept 274 plug [v1] stop up block, bung, choke, clog, close, congest, cork, cover, drive in, ll, obstruct, occlude, pack, ram, seal, secure, stop, stopper, stopple, stuff; concept 209 Ant. uncork, unplug, unstopper plug [v2] publicize advertise, boost*, build up*, hype*, mention, promote, push*, write up; concepts 49,60 Ant. conceal, hide, withhold plum [n] reward, prize asset, bonus, carrot*, catch*, cream*, dividend, nd, meed, nugget*, pick, premium, treasure; concepts 337,712 Ant. penalty, punishment plumb [adj] vertical erect, perpendicular, sheer, straight, straight up, up and down, upright; concept 581 Ant. at, horizontal, level plumb [v] probe, go into delve, explore, fathom, gauge, get to the bottom of*, measure, penetrate, search, sound, take soundings, unravel; concepts 181,216,291 Ant. leave alone

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plummet [v] fall hard and fast collapse, crash, decline, decrease, descend, dip, dive, downturn, drop, drop down, dump, fall, nose-dive, plunge, precipitate, sink, skid, stoop, swoop, tumble; concepts 181,698,763 Ant. ascend, rise, shoot up plump [adj] chubby, fat beefy*, burly, buxom, chunky*, corpulent, lled, eshy, full, obese, portly, pudgy*, rotund, round, stout, tubby*; concept 491 Ant. lean, skinny, thin plunder [n] something stolen booty, goods*, graft, hot goods*, loot, make*, pickings*, pillage, plunderage, prey, prize, quarry, rapine, raven, spoil, stuff*, take*, trappings*, winnings*; concept 710 Ant. gift plunder [v] ravage, steal appropriate, burn, depredate, despoil, devastate, eece, forage, foray, grab, gut, kip, knock off*, knock over*, lay waste, liberate, lift, loft, loot, maraud, moonlight requisition*, pillage, prey, prowl, raid, ransack, relieve, requisition, rie, rip off*, rob, sack, salvage, smash and grab*, snatch, spoil, stick up*, strip; concepts 86,139,252 Ant. give, receive plunge [n] quick drop; enthusiastic attempt belly op*, descent, dive, duck, dunk, fall, high dive, immersion, investment, jump, nose-dive, spree, submergence, submersion, swoop, venture; concepts 100,150,152,181,194 Ant. ascent, increase, rise plunge [v] dive or fall fast belly-op*, career, cast, charge, dash, descend, dip, drive, drop, duck, ing, go down, go the limit, go whole hog*, hurtle, immerge, immerse, jump, keel, lunge, lurch, nose-dive, pitch, plummet, plunk, propel, rush, shoot the works*, sink, sound, submerge, submerse, swoop, take a yer*, take a header*, tear, throw, throw oneself, thrust, topple, tumble; concepts 100,150,152,181,194 Ant. ascend, increase, rise plunk [v] throw down drop, dump, plonk, plop, plump, unload; concepts 181,200 plural [adj] more than one dual, many, multiple, not alone, not singular, numerous; concepts 564,762,772 plurality [n] large part of a group advantage, bulk, greater part, lead, majority, mass, most, multiplicity, nearly all, numerousness, preponderance, profusion, variety; concepts 382,829 Ant. minority plus [adj] added, extra additional, augmented, boosted, enlarged, expanded, increased, positive, supplementary, surplus; concepts 762,771 Ant. detrimental, minus, negative plus [n] asset; something added advantage, benet, bonus, extra, gain, good point, overage, overstock, oversupply, perk, surplus; concept 693 Ant. detriment, disadvantage, minus plush [adj] luxurious, rich costly, deluxe, elegant, lavish, luscious, lush, luxury, opulent, palatial, ritzy, silken, sumptuous; concepts 334,589 Ant. barren, destitute, poor ply [v] use, work at carry on, dispense, employ, exercise, exert, follow, function, handle, maneuver, manipulate, practice, pursue, put out, swing, throw, utilize, wield; concepts 100, 225 Ant. be lazy, idle poach [v] infringe upon; trespass appropriate, encroach, lch, sh illegally, hunt illegally,

intrude, pilfer, plunder, rob, smuggle, steal; concepts 139,192 Ant. keep off pocket [adj] small, portable abridged, canned, capsule, compact, concise, condensed, diminutive, epitomized, itsy-bitsy*, little, midget, miniature, minute, peewee*, pint-sized*, potted, tiny, wee; concept 773 Ant. big, huge, large pocket [n] cavity, pouch bag, chamber, compartment, hole, hollow, opening, receptacle, sack, socket; concepts 452,513 Ant. mound, mountain pocket [v] help oneself to something abstract, appropriate, conceal, enclose, lch, hide, lift, nab, pilfer, pinch, purloin, shoplift, steal, swipe, take; concepts 139,142 Ant. give pocketbook [n] accessory for carrying personal items bag, clutch, frame, handbag, hide, leather, pouch, purse, reticule, suitcase, wallet; concepts 446,450 pockmark [n] pitlike scar blemish, cavity, crater, dent, dimple, pimple, welt, zit; concept 580 pod [n/v] encasement of vegetable seeds capsule, case, covering, hull, husk, sheath, sheathing, shell, shuck, skin, vessel; concepts 428,484 podium [n] structure from which speakers orate dais, platform, pulpit, rostrum, soapbox*, stage, stump*; concept 443 poem [n] highly expressive, rhythmical literary piece ballad, beat, blank verse, composition, creation, epic, free verse, haiku, limerick, lines, lyric, ode, poesy, poetry, quatrain, rhyme, rime, rune, sestina, song, sonnet, verse, villanelle, words, writing; concepts 268,282 Ant. prose poet [n] person who writes expressive, rhythmic verse artist, author, balladist, bard, dilettante, dramatist, librettist, lyricist, lyrist, maker, metrist, odist, parodist, poetaster, rhapsodist, rhymer, rimer, sonnetist, versier, writer; concepts 348,423 poetic [adj] with rhythm and beauty; related to poetic composition anapestic, dactylic, dramatic, elegiac, epic, epical, epodic, iambic, idyllic, imaginative, lyric, lyrical, melodious, metrical, odic, rhythmical, romantic, songlike, tuneful; concept 267 Ant. prosaic poetry [n] expressive, rhythmic literary work balladry, doggerel, metrical composition, paean, poems, poesy, rhyme, rhyming, rime, rune, song, stanza, verse, versication; concepts 268,282,349 Ant. prose poignant [adj1] affecting, painful agitating, agonizing, bitter, distressing, disturbing, emotional, heartbreaking, heartrending, impressive, intense, moving, passionate, pathetic, perturbing, piteous, pitiful, sad, sentimental, sorrowful, touching, upsetting; concepts 529,548 Ant. calm, numb, pleasant, soothing, unaffecting poignant [adj2] sharp, bitter acrid, acute, biting, caustic, keen, penetrating, peppery, piercing, piquant, pointed, pungent, racy, sarcastic, severe, snappy, spicy, stinging, tangy, zesty; concepts 267,613 Ant. blah, blunt, dull point [n1] speck bit, count, dot, eck, yspeck, full stop, iota, mark, minim, mite, mote, notch, particle, period, scrap, stop, tittle, trace; concepts 79,831 point [n2] specic location locality, locus,

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place, position, site, situation, spot, stage, station, where; concept 198 point [n3] sharp end, top, end of extension apex, awn, barb, beak, bill, cape, claw, cusp, dagger, foreland, head, headland, jag, nib, pin point, prick, prickler, promontory, prong, snag, spike, spine, spire, spur, sticker, stiletto, summit, sword, thorn, tine, tip, tooth; concepts 827,836 Ant. bluntness, dullness point [n4] circumstance, stage; limited time brink, condition, date, degree, duration, edge, extent, instant, juncture, limit, moment, period, point in time, position, threshold, time, verge, very minute; concepts 696,815 point [n5] goal, aim appeal, attraction, bottom line*, charm, cogency, design, effectiveness, end, fascination, intent, intention, interest, motive, name of the game*, nitty-gritty*, nub, nuts and bolts*, object, objective, punch*, purpose, reason, signicance, use, usefulness, utility, validity, validness; concept 659 point [n6] meaning, essence argument, bottom line*, burden, core, crux, drift, force, gist, head, heart, idea, import, kicker*, main idea, marrow, matter, meat*, motif, motive, name of the game*, nitty-gritty*, nub, nuts and bolts*, pith, pointer, proposition, punch line*, question, score, stuff, subject, subject matter, text, theme, thrust, tip, tip-off*, topic; concepts 274,682 point [n7] aspect, characteristic attribute, case, circumstance, circumstantial, constituent, detail, element, facet, feature, instance, item, material, nicety, part, particular, peculiarity, property, quality, respect, side, thing*, trait; concepts 274,411,654 Ant. personality, whole point [n8] scoring unit of sport competition count, mark, notch, score, tally; concepts 364,784 point [v1] show as probable; call attention bespeak, button down*, denote, designate, direct, nger*, hint, imply, indicate, lead, make*, name, offer, peg*, pin down*, put down for*, put nger on*, signify, suggest, tab*, tag*; concepts 118,138 point [v2] direct, lead aim, beam*, bring to bear, cast, face, guide, head, inuence, lay, level, look, slant, steer, tend, train, turn, zero in*; concepts 187,201,623 pointed [adj1] having a sharp end or part acicular, aciculate, acuminate, acuminous, acute, barbed, cornered, cuspidate, edged, ne, keen, mucronate, peaked, piked, pointy, pronged, sharp, sharp-cornered, spiked; concepts 490,606 Ant. blunt, dull pointed [adj2] penetrating, biting accurate, acid, acute, barbed, boiled down, calling a spade a spade*, cutting, in a nutshell*, incisive, insinuating, keen, laid on the line*, legit, meaty*, on the button*, on the nose*, pertinent, pregnant, right-on*, right to it*, sarcastic, sharp, short-and-sweet*, tart, telling, trenchant; concept 267 Ant. calming, mild, nice, soothing pointer [n1] indicator arrow, dial, director, gauge, guide, hand, index, mark, needle, register, rod, signal; concepts 464,498 pointer [n2] hint, suggestion advice, caution, clue, information, recommendation, steer, tip, tip-off, warning; concepts 75,274

pointless [adj] ridiculous, senseless absurd, aimless, around in circles*, fruitless, futile, going nowhere*, impotent, inane, inconsequential, ineffective, ineffectual, insignicant, in vicious circle*, irrelevant, meaningless, needle in haystack*, nongermane, nonsensical, not pertinent, on treadmill*, powerless, purportless, remote, silly, stupid, trivial, unavailing, uninteresting, unnecessary, unproductive, unprotable, useless, vague, vain, worthless; concepts 529,548 Ant. benecial, meaningful, pointed, protable, sensible point out [v] call attention to advert, allude, bring up, denote, designate, identify, indicate, mention, refer, remind, reveal, show, specify; concepts 49,73,261 Ant. distract poise [n] self-composure, dignity address, aplomb, assurance, balance, bearing, calmness, condence, cool, coolness, delicatesse, diplomacy, elegance, equability, equanimity, equilibrium, grace, gravity, polish, presence, presence of mind, sangfroid, savoir faire, self-assurance, self-possession, serenity, stasis, tact, tactfulness, tranquility; concepts 633,717 Ant. excitedness poise [v] balance, suspend ballast, be ready, brood, oat, hang, hold, hover, position, stabilize, stand, steady, support, wait; concept 154 Ant. drop, fall poison [n] substance that causes harm, death adulteration, bacteria, bane, blight, cancer, contagion, contamination, corruption, germ, infection, malignancy, miasma, toxicant, toxin, toxoid, venin, venom, virus; concepts 307,475,674,675 Ant. antidote poison [v] contaminate, pollute adulterate, corrupt, debase, dele, deprave, destroy, envenom, fester, harm, infect, injure, kill, make ill, murder, pervert, stain, subvert, taint, undermine, vitiate, warp; concepts 14,246,252 Ant. purify, sterilize poison/poisonous [adj] harmful bad, baleful, baneful, corrupt, corruptive, dangerous, deadly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, evil, fatal, hurtful, infective, lethal, malicious, malignant, mephitic, miasmatic, morbid, mortal, nocuous, noisome, noxious, peccant, pernicious, pestiferous, pestilential, septic, toxic, toxicant, toxiferous, venomous, vicious, viperous, virulent; concept 537 Ant. aiding, antidotal, assisting, curing, healing, helpful poke [n] push, thrust blow, boost, bunt, butt, dig, hit, jab, nudge, prod, punch, shove, stab; concepts 189,208 poke [v1] push at; thrust arouse, awaken, bulge, butt*, crowd, dig, elbow*, goose*, hit, jab, jostle, jut, nudge*, overhang, prod, project, protrude, provoke, punch, ram, rouse, shoulder*, shove, stab, stand out, stick, stick out, stimulate, stir; concepts 189,208,723 poke [v2] interfere, snoop busybody*, butt in*, intrude, meddle, nose*, peek, pry, tamper; concept 384 Ant. leave alone poke [v3] move along slowly dally, dawdle, delay, drag, get no place fast*, idle, lag, loiter, mosey*, procrastinate, put off*, schlepp along*, tarry, toddle*, trail; concept 151 Ant. rush poker [n] card game blind poker, draw poker, ve-card stud poker, seven-card stud poker,

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straight poker, strip poker, stud poker; concepts 260,271 polar [adj1] cold arctic, extreme, farthest, freezing, frigid, frozen, glacial, icy, north, south, terminal; concepts 583,605 Ant. tropic, tropical polar [adj2] opposite, opposed antagonistic, antipodal, antipodean, antithetical, contradictory, contrary, converse, counter, diametric, reverse; concept 564 Ant. same, similar pole [n] bar, post beam, extremity, agpole, agstaff, leg, mast, pile, plank, rod, shaft, spar, staff, stake, standard, stave, stick, stilt, stud, terminus; concepts 440,470,475,479 police/police ofcer [n] person, people hired to uphold the laws arm of the law*, badge*, bear*, beat cop, black and white*, blue*, bluecoat*, bobby, constable, constabulary, cop*, copper*, corps*, detective, fed*, atfoot*, force, gendarme, heat*, law, law enforcement, narc*, patrol; concepts 299,354 Ant. criminal policy [n] procedure, tactics action, administration, approach, arrangement, behavior, channels, code, course, custom, design, guideline, line, management, method, order, organization, plan, polity, practice, program, protocol, red tape*, rule, scheme, stratagem, strategy, tenet, the book*, the numbers*, theory; concepts 6,271,660,688 polish [n1] shine, brightness brilliance, burnish, nish, glaze, glint, gloss, luster, sheen, smoothness, sparkle, varnish, veneer, wax; concepts 492,611,620 Ant. dullness polish [n2] cultivated look, performance breeding, class, cultivation, culture, elegance, nesse, nish, grace, politesse, renement, style, suavity, urbanity; concepts 388,633,655 polish [v1] shine, buff brighten, burnish, clean, nish, furbish, glaze, gloss, rub, scour, scrub, sleek, slick, smooth, wax; concepts 202,215 Ant. dull, roughen polish [v2] improve performance, look amend, better, brush up, correct, cultivate, emend, enhance, nish, furbish, make improvement, mature, mend, perfect, rene, round, sleek, slick, smooth, touch up; concept 244 Ant. deface, ruin, spoil polish off [v] nish using consume, devour, dispatch, dispose of, do away with*, down*, eat, eat up, eliminate, get rid of*, liquidate, put away*, swill*, use up, wolf*; concepts 169,225 Ant. hoard, save polite [adj] mannerly, civilized affable, amenable, amiable, attentive, bland, civil, complaisant, concerned, conciliatory, condescending, considerate, cordial, courteous, courtly, cultured, deferential, diplomatic, elegant, friendly, genteel, gentle, good-natured, gracious, mild, neighborly, nice, obliging, obsequious, pleasant, polished, politic, punctilious, rened, respectful, smooth, sociable, solicitous, sympathetic, thoughtful, urbane, well-behaved, well-bred, well-mannered; concept 401 Ant. impolite, rude, uncivil, uncivilized, unmannerly, unrened, unsophisticated politic [adj] wise, tactful adroit, advisable, canny*, cool, delicate, diplomatic, discreet, expedient, in ones best interests*, judicious, on the lookout*, perspicacious, prudent, sagacious, sensible, sharp, shrewd, smooth, tactical, tuned

in*, urbane; concept 401 Ant. impolitic, indiscreet, injudicious, tactless, unwise political [adj] governmental bureaucratic, civic, constitutional, economical, legislative, ofcial; concept 535 politically correct [adj] sensitive to other political views bias-free, considerate, diplomatic, gender-free, inclusive, inoffensive, liberal, multicultural, nondiscriminatory, nonracist, nonsexist, PC*, respectful, sensitive; concepts 529,542 politician [n] person pursuing or occupying elective ofce baby-kisser*, boss, chieftain, congressperson, democrat, grandstander*, handshaker*, lawmaker, leader, legislator, member of Congress, member of parliament, ofceholder, ofce seeker, orator, partisan, party member, president, public servant, republican, senator, speaker, statesperson, whistle-stopper*; concept 359 politics [n] art and science of administration of government affairs of state, backroom*, campaigning, civics, domestic affairs, electioneering, foreign affairs, government, government policy, hat in the ring*, internal affairs, jungle*, legislature, matters of state, political science, polity, smoke-lled room*, statecraft, stateship, zoo*; concepts 300,301 poll [n] census; tally of answers to questions of opinion ballot, canvass, count, gures, opinion, returns, sampling, survey, vote, voting; concepts 48,300 poll [v] take census; question ballot, canvass, enroll, examine, interview, list, register, sample, send up a balloon*, survey, tally, test the waters*, vote; concepts 48,300 pollster [n] polltaker canvasser, market researcher, public opinion gatherer, sampler, survey taker; concepts 37,103,197,291 pollutant [n] contaminant hazardous waste, poison, pollution, toxic waste, toxin; concept 720 pollute [v] make dirty; corrupt adulterate, alloy, befoul, besmirch, contaminate, debase, debauch, dele, deprave, desecrate, dirty, dishonor, foul, infect, make lthy, mar, poison, profane, soil, spoil, stain, sully, taint, violate; concepts 246,254 Ant. clean, cleanse, purify pollution [n] dirtiness, contamination abuse, adulteration, besmearing, besmirching, blight, corruption, decomposition, delement, desecration, deterioration, dirtying, fouling, foulness, impairment, impurity, infection, misuse, polluting, profanation, rottenness, soiling, spoliation, taint, tainting, uncleanness, vitiation; concept 720 Ant. cleanliness, purication Pollyanna [n] optimist dreamer, hoper, idealist, positive thinker; concepts 410,689 poltergeist [n] ghost apparition, appearance, banshee, demon, doppelganger, haunter, kelpie, phantasm, phantom, revenant, specter, spirit, spook, vision, visitor; concept 370 polygamy [n] plural marriage bigamy, polyandry, polygyny; concepts 297,388 pomp [n] pageantry, display affectation, array, ceremonial, ceremony, fanfare, ourish, formality, grandeur, grandiosity, magnicence, ostentation, pageant, panoply, parade, pomposity, ritual, shine, show, solemnity, splendor, state,

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vainglory; concepts 335,377,655 Ant. dullness, plainness, simplicity pompous [adj] arrogant, egotistic affected, bloated, boastful, bombastic, conceited, atulent, aunting, owery, fustian, grandiloquent, grandiose, high and mighty*, highfaluting*, high-own*, imperious, important, inated, magisterial, magniloquent, narcissistic, orotund, ostentatious, overbearing, overblown, pontical, portentous, presumptuous, pretentious, puffed up*, puffy*, rhetorical, self-centered, selfimportant, selsh, showy, sonorous, stuck-up*, supercilious, turgid, uppity*, vain, vainglorious, windy*; concepts 267,401,542 Ant. dull, modest, plain, simple, unassuming poncho [n] cloak cape, capote, coat, manteau, mantle, raincoat, shawl, wrap; concepts 451,475,680 pond [n] small body of water basin, dew, duck pond, lagoon, lily pond, millpond, pool, puddle, small lake, splash; concept 514 ponder [v] think about seriously appraise, brood, build castles in air*, cerebrate, cogitate, consider, contemplate, daydream, debate, deliberate, dwell, evaluate, examine, excogitate, gure, give thought to, meditate, mind, moon*, mull, mull over, muse, noodle around*, perpend, pipe dream*, put on thinking cap*, puzzle over, reason, reect, revolve, roll, ruminate, speculate, study, think out, think over, turn over, weigh, woolgather*; concepts 17,24 Ant. forget, ignore, neglect ponderous [adj1] heavy, cumbersome awkward, bulky, burdensome, clumsy, cumbrous, dull, elephantine, graceless, hefty, huge, laborious, lifeless, lumbering, massive, onerous, oppressive, substantial, troublesome, unhandy, unwieldy, weighty; concepts 491,565 Ant. airy, buoyant, delicate, light, unburdensome ponderous [adj2] dreary, tedious arid, barren, cardboard*, dry, dull, heavy, humdrum*, labored, lifeless, long-winded*, monotonous, pedantic, pedestrian, plodding, prolix, stiff*, stilted, stodgy, stuffy*, vapid, verbose, wooden*; concepts 267,529,542 Ant. fun, light ponticate [v] sermonize address, admonish, dogmatize, evangelize, get on a soapbox*, give sermon, harangue, lecture, minister, moralize, preach, pulpiteer, teach; concepts 51,75,285, 367 pooh-pooh [v] dismiss belittle, brush aside, discount, disregard, make light of, play down, rebuff, reject, repudiate, scoff at, sneer at, treat with contempt, wave aside; concepts 35,54 pool [n1] collection of liquid basin, bath, lagoon, lake, mere, millpond, mud puddle, natatorium, pond, puddle, splash, swimming pool, tank, tarn; concepts 364,514 pool [n2] supply of money, goods bank, combine, conglomerate, equipment, funds, group, jackpot, kitty*, pot, provisions, stakes; concepts 340, 432 Ant. lack, want pool [v] combine amalgamate, blend, join forces, league, merge, put together, share; concepts 113,193 Ant. divide, separate pooped [adj] tired beat*, burned out*, bushed*, collapsing, dead on ones feet*, dog-tired*, done for*, done in*, drained, drooping, drowsy,

enervated, exhausted, fatigued, fried*, out of gas*, overworked, played out*, run-down, run ragged, shot*, sleepy, spent, tuckered out, wasted, weary, worn out; concepts 314,403,406 poor [adj1] lacking sufcient money bad off*, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, behind eight ball*, broke*, destitute, dirt poor*, down-andout*, empty-handed*, at*, at broke*, fortuneless, hard up*, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, in need, insolvent, in want, low, meager, moneyless, necessitous, needy, pauperized, penniless, penurious, pinched*, povertystricken, reduced*, scanty*, stone broke*, strapped*, suffering, truly needy, underprivileged, unprosperous; concept 334 Ant. afuent, rich, wealthy poor [adj2] decient, inadequate base, below par, common, contemptible, crude, diminutive, dwarfed, exiguous, faulty, feeble, humble, imperfect, incomplete, inferior, insignicant, insufcient, lacking, low-grade, lowly, meager, mean, mediocre, miserable, modest, niggardly*, ordinary, paltry, pitiable, pitiful, plain, reduced, rotten, scanty, second-rate*, shabby, shoddy, skimpy, slight, sorry*, sparse, subnormal, subpar, substandard, triing, trivial, unsatisfactory, valueless, weak, worthless; concepts 570,574 Ant. adequate, sufcient, superior poor [adj3] weak, unfertile bare, barren, depleted, exhausted, feeble, fruitless, impaired, imperfect, impoverished, indisposed, infertile, inrm, puny, sick, sterile, unfruitful, unproductive, worthless; concept 314 Ant. fertile, potent, strong poor [adj4] unfortunate, unhappy commiserable, hapless, ill-fated, luckless, miserable, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, rueful, unlucky, wretched; concepts 542,548 Ant. fortunate, great, happy, lucky poorly [adj] not well ailing, below par, failing, ill, indisposed, low, mean, out of sorts*, rotten*, sick, sickly, under the weather*, unwell; concept 314 Ant. healthy, well poorly [adv] unsatisfactorily badly, crudely, defectively, inadequately, incompetently, inexpertly, inferiorly, insufciently, meanly, shabbily, unsuccessfully; concepts 544,571,574 Ant. satisfactorily, well pop [n] bang burst, crack, explosion, jump, leap, report, snap, strike, thrust, whack; concept 595 pop [v] jump, burst appear, bang, blow, crack, dart, explode, go, go off, hit, insert, leap, protrude, push, put, report, rise, shove, snap, sock, stick, strike, thrust, whack; concept 145 poppycock [n] nonsense babble, balderdash*, baloney*, bull*, bunk*, drivel, empty talk, foolery, foolishness, gibberish, hogwash*, hooey*, hot air*, jive*, malarkey, mumbo jumbo*, palaver, prattle, rubbish, silliness, trash*; concepts 230,388,633 popular [adj1] well-known, favorite accepted, approved, attractive, beloved, caught on*, celebrated, crowd-pleasing*, faddish*, famous, fashionable, favored, in*, in demand, in favor, in the mainstream*, in vogue, leading, likable, liked, lovable, noted, notorious, now*, okay*, pleasing, praised, preferred, prevailing, prominent, promoted, right stuff*, run-after*, selling,

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social, societal, sought, sought-after, stylish, suitable, the rage*, thing*, trendy, well-liked, well-received; concepts 555,589 Ant. disliked, unknown, unpopular popular [adj2] common, standard accepted, accessible, adopted, approved, conventional, current, demanded, embraced, familiar, general, in demand, in use, ordinary, prevailing, prevalent, proletarian, public, rampant, regnant, rife, ruling, stock, ubiquitous, universal, widespread; concept 530 Ant. different, uncommon, unusual popularity [n] recognition, celebrity acceptance, acclaim, adoration, approval, currency, demand, esteem, fame, fashion, fashionableness, favor, following, heyday, idolization, lionization, prevalence, regard, renown, reputation, repute, universality, vogue; concepts 388,655 Ant. dislike, unpopularity popularize [v] make widely popular, accessible catch on, disseminate, familiarize, generalize, give currency, make available, promote, restore, resurrect, revive, simplify, spread, universalize; concepts 324,384 Ant. discredit, shun population [n] inhabitants of a place citizenry, community, culture, denizens, dwellers, folk, natives, people, populace, public, residents, society, state; concept 379 populous [adj] packed with inhabitants crawling, crowded, dense, heavily populated, jammed, legion, many, multifarious, multitudinal, multitudinous, numerous, occupied, overpopulated, peopled, populated, settled, several, swarming, teeming, thick, thronged, various, voluminous; concept 583 Ant. deserted porch [n] patio balcony, deck, portico, steps, stoop, veranda; concepts 509,513 pore [n] small aperture in skin foramen, opening, orice, outlet, stoma, sweat gland, vesicle; concept 418 pore [v] go over carefully brood, contemplate, dwell on, examine, look over, muse, peruse, ponder, read, regard, scan, scrutinize, study; concepts 24,72,103 Ant. ip through, scan pornographic [adj] obscene adult, immoral, indecent, lewd, off-color, offensive, porn*, porno*, prurient, purple*, raunchy*, rough, salacious, sexy, smutty*, steamy*, X-rated*; concepts 267,372,545 Ant. clean, moral pornography [n] obscenity adult material, adult movie, bawdiness, dirt, dirty movie, erotica, lth, girlie magazine, hard-core pornography, indecency, obscene materials, porn, porno, porno lm, sexploitation, sexually explicit material, skin ick, smut, soft-core pornography, stag lm, X-rated material, X-rated movie; concepts 372,545 porous [adj] having holes; absorbent absorptive, penetrable, permeable, pervious, spongelike, spongy; concept 606 Ant. impermeable port [n] place for boat docking, trafc, and storage anchorage, boatyard, dockage, docks, dockyard, gate, harbor, harborage, haven, landing, piers, refuge, retreat, roads, roadstead, sanctuary, seaport, shelter, wharf; concepts 449,509 portable [adj] easily transported carriageable, cartable, compact, convenient, conveyable, easily carried, handy, haulable, light, lightweight, manageable, movable, portative, transportable,

wieldy; concepts 491,584,773 Ant. clumsy, cumbersome portal [n] hole or door in vessel doorway, entrance, entry, entryway, gate, gateway, ingress, opening, way in; concept 502 portend [v] foreshadow, indicate adumbrate, augur, be in the cards*, bespeak, betoken, bode, call*, crystal-ball*, forebode, forecast, foreshow, foretell, foretoken, forewarn, harbinger, have a hunch, herald, hint, omen, point to, predict, premonish, presage, prognosticate, promise, prophesy, read, see coming*, threaten, warn of; concepts 71,78,261 portent [n1] indication, forewarning augury, bodement, boding, caution, clue, foreboding, foreshadowing, foretoken, funny feeling*, handwriting on the wall*, harbinger, hunch, omen, premonition, presage, presentiment, prognostic, prognostication, sign, sinking feeling*, threat, vibes*, warning; concept 278 portent [n2] miracle marvel, phenomenon, prodigy, sensation, stunner, wonder; concepts 230,529 Ant. doom portentous [adj] exciting; foreboding alarming, amazing, apocalyptic, astounding, augural, destined, doomed, exhilarating, extraordinary, fated, fateful, haunting, ill-boding, ill-fated, impending, important, inauspicious, inspiring, intriguing, ominous, phenomenal, premonitory, prophetic, remarkable, suggestive, threatening, thrilling; concepts 529,542,548 porter [n] person who serves as attendant, caretaker baggage carrier, bearer, bellhop, carrier, concierge, doorkeeper, doorperson, gatekeeper, janitor, redcap*, skycap*, transporter; concept 348 portfolio [n] at case for transporting papers attach case, bag, brief bag, briefcase, case, container, envelope, folder, notebook, valise; concept 494 portion [n1] share, cut, ration allocation, allotment, allowance, apportionment, bang, bit, chunk, division, divvy*, drag*, dram, excerpt, extract, x, fraction, fragment, gob, helping, hit, hunk, lagniappe, lions share*, lot, lump, measure, meed, member, moiety, morsel, parcel, part, piece, piece of action*, plum, quantity, quantum, quota, scrap, section, segment, serving, shot*, slug*, smithereen*, taste; concept 835 Ant. all, entirety, whole portion [n2] fate, destiny circumstance, cup*, doom, fortune, kismet*, lot*, luck; concept 679 portion [v] divide into pieces administer, allocate, allot, apportion, assign, deal, dispense, distribute, divvy up*, dole out*, mete out*, parcel, part, partition, piece, prorate, quota, ration, section, share, shift; concepts 98,140 Ant. collect, combine, gather, join portly [adj] bulky, fat ample, avoirdupois, beefy*, broad, burly, corpulent, eshy, heavy, hefty, husky, large, obese, overweight, plump, rotund, stout; concept 491 Ant. skinny, slender, thin portrait [n] drawn representation; description account, characterization, depiction, gure, image, likeness, model, painting, photograph, picture, portraiture, portrayal, prole, silhou-

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ette, simulacrum, sketch, snapshot, spitting image*, vignette; concepts 259,268,625 portray [v] represent, imitate act like, characterize, copy, delineate, depict, describe, draw, duplicate, gure, illustrate, image, impersonate, interpret, limn, mimic, paint, parody, photograph, picture, render, reproduce, simulate, sketch; concepts 55,174,265 pose [n] articial position act, affectation, air, attitude, attitudinizing, bearing, carriage, facade, fake, false show, front, guise, mannerism, masquerade, mien, positure, posture, posturing, pretense, pretension, role, stance, stand; concepts 633,716 Ant. movement pose [v1] sit, stand in place arrange, model, peacock, poise, position, posture, sit for, strike a pose, strut; concepts 154,174 Ant. go, move pose [v2] pretend, fake act, affect, attitudinize, feign, grandstand*, impersonate, make believe, make out like*, masquerade, pass off*, peacock*, playact, posture, profess, purport, put on airs*, put up a front*, sham*, show off*, strike an attitude*, take off as*; concepts 59,63,633 Ant. be genuine pose [v3] offer, put forward idea advance, ask, extend, give, hold out, posit, prefer, present, proffer, propose, proposition, propound, put, query, question, set, state, submit, suggest, tender; concepts 66,67,75 Ant. withhold posh [adj] luxurious, upper-class chic, classy, deluxe, elegant, exclusive, fashionable, grand, high-class, la-di-da*, luxury, modish*, opulent, rich, ritzy*, smart, swank, swanky*, swish*, trendy; concepts 334,589 Ant. destitute, lower-class, poor position [n1] physical place area, bearings, district, environment, x, geography, ground, locale, locality, location, locus, point, post, reference, region, scene, seat, setting, site, situation, space, spot, stand, station, surroundings, topography, tract, whereabouts*; concept 198 position [n2] posture, stance arrangement, attitude, ballgame*, bearing, carriage, circumstances, condition, deportment, disposition, form, habit, how things stack up*, like it is*, manner, mien, pass, plight, port, pose, predicament, situation, spot, stand, state, status, strait, the size of it*; concept 696 position [n3] belief, point of view angle, attitude, color, judgment, opinion, outlook, slant, stance, stand, standpoint, view, viewpoint; concept 689 position [n4] class, stature cachet, capacity, caste, character, consequence, dignity, footing, importance, place, prestige, rank, reputation, situation, sphere, standing, station, status; concepts 378,388 position [n5] responsibility in business or other enterprise berth, billet, capacity, connection, do*, duty, employment, function, job, nine-tove*, occupation, ofce, place, post, profession, role, situation, slot*, spot*, trade; concepts 324,349,360 Ant. unemployment position [v] place physically in location arrange, array, dispose, x, lay out, locate, put, set, settle, stand, stick; concepts 158,201 Ant. displace, lose positive [adj1] denite, certain absolute, actual,

afrmative, assured, categorical, clear, clearcut, cocksure*, cold*, complete, conclusive, concrete, condent, consummate, convinced, decided, decisive, direct, downright, explicit, express, factual, rm, forceful, forcible, genuine, hard, inarguable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, irrefutable, out-and-out*, outright, perfect, rank, real, specic, sure, thorough, thoroughgoing, unambiguous, undeniable, unequivocal, unmistakable, unmitigated; concepts 535,582 Ant. doubtful, indenite, negative, uncertain, unsure positive [adj2] benecial, helpful afrmative, constructive, effective, efcacious, forwardlooking, good, practical, productive, progressive, reasonable, sound, useful; concept 572 Ant. disadvantageous, negative, unhelpful positively [adv] absolutely, denitely amen*, assuredly, categorically, certainly, doubtless, doubtlessly, easily, emphatically, rmly, at*, at out*, for a fact*, indubitably, no catch*, no holds barred*, no ifs ands or buts*, no kicker*, no strings attached*, on the money*, on the nose*, really truly*, right on*, sure, surely, the ticket*, to a tee*, undeniably, undoubtedly, unequivocally, unmistakably, unquestionably, with certainty, without qualication; concepts 535,544,582 Ant. doubtfully, questionably possess [v] have or obtain acquire, bear, be blessed with, be born with, be endowed with, carry, control, corner*, corner the market*, dominate, enjoy, get hands on*, get hold of*, grab, have to name*, hog*, hold, latch on to, lock up, maintain, occupy, own, retain, seize, sit on, take over, take possession; concepts 120,710 Ant. dispossess, lose, miss, not have possessed [adj] bewitched; under a spell bedeviled, berserk*, consumed, crazed*, cursed, demented, enchanted, enthralled, endish, frenetic, frenzied, gone*, haunted, hooked*, insane, into*, mad*, obsessed, raving*, taken over*, violent; concept 401 Ant. normal possession [n1] control, ownership custody, dominion, hold, occupancy, occupation, possessorship, proprietary, proprietary rights, proprietorship, retention, tenancy, tenure, title; concepts 343,710 Ant. lack, need, want possession [n2] something owned; property accessories, appointments, appurtenances, assets, baggage, belongings, chattels, effects, equipment, estate, xtures, furnishings, furniture, goods, impedimenta, paraphernalia, province, real estate, settlement, tangibles, territory, things, trappings, tricks, wealth; concepts 446,710 possessive [adj] greedy acquisitive, avaricious, controlling, craving, desirous, dominating, grabby, grasping, hoggish*, selsh; concepts 326,403,542 possibilities [n] potential capabilities, potentiality, promise, prospects, talent; concepts 411,650 Ant. impossible possibility [n] feasibility, likelihood; chance achievability, action, attainableness, break, circumstance, contingency, fair shake*, fty-fty*, ing*, uke*, fortuity, happening, hazard, hope, incident, instance, liability, likeliness, occasion, occurrence, odds*, opportunity, outside chance*, plausibility, play*,

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potentiality, practicability, prayer*, probability, prospect, risk*, shot*, stab*, toss-up*, workableness; concepts 650,693 Ant. impossibility, impossible, unfeasibility, unlikelihood possible [adj] likely, attainable accessible, achievable, adventitious, advisable, available, breeze*, can do*, cinch, conceivable, credible, dependent, desirable, doable, dormant, duck soup*, easy as pie*, expedient, feasible, fortuitous, hopeful, hypothetical, imaginable, indeterminate, latent, no sweat*, obtainable, piece of cake*, potential, practicable, probable, promising, pushover*, realizable, setup, simple as ABC*, snap, thinkable, uncertain, viable, welcome, within reach, workable; concepts 528,552,576 Ant. impossible, unattainable, ungettable, unlikely, unrealizable possibly [adv] by chance; in some way at all, by any chance, by any means, conceivably, could be, God willing*, if possible, in any way, likely, maybe, not impossibly, peradventure, perchance, perhaps, probably, within realm of possibility; concepts 544,552 Ant. impossibly, unlikely post [n1] upright support column, doorpost, leg, mast, newel, pale, palisade, panel, pedestal, picket, pile, pillar, pole, prop, rail, shaft, stake, standard, stilt, stock, stud; concepts 440,445, 470,479 post [n2] job, employment appointment, assignment, berth, billet, ofce, place, position, situation; concepts 351,362 Ant. unemployment post [n3] lookout, station beat, locus, place, position, whereabouts; concepts 198,321,439 post [n4] mail service collection, delivery, mail, PO*, postal service, post ofce; concepts 299,770 post [v1] situate, position assign, establish, locate, place, put, set, station; concept 201 Ant. displace post [v2] advise, inform acquaint, apprive, brief, clue, ll in, notify, put wise to, report, tell, warn, wise up; concept 60 Ant. withhold poster [n] large paper advertisement afche, announcement, banner, bill, billboard, broadside, handbill, notice, placard, public notice, sheet, sign, signboard, sticker; concept 271 posterior [adj1] rear after, back, behind, dorsal, hind, hinder, hindmost, in back of, last, retral; concepts 583,827 Ant. anterior, front posterior [adj2] subsequent after, coming after, ensuing, following, later, latter, next, postliminary, subsequential, succeeding; concepts 585,799 Ant. front, preceding, previous posterior [n] behind of animate being back, backside, bottom, butt*, buttocks, can*, cheeks*, derriere, duff*, fanny*, hind part, keester*, moon*, rear, rear end, rump, seat, tail, tail end, tuchis*, tush*; concept 392 Ant. anterior, front posterity [n] future generations breed, brood, children, descendants, family, heirs, issue, lineage, next generation, offspring, progeniture, progeny, scions, seed, stock, succeeding generations, successors, unborn; concept 296 Ant. past posthaste [adj/adv] fast at once, breakneck*, directly, double-quick*, expeditious, at-out*, eet, eetly, full tilt*, hastily, hasty, headlong,

lickety-split*, pell-mell*, promptly, pronto, quick, quickly, rapid, rapidly, speedily, speedy, straightaway, swift, swiftly; concepts 544,588,799 Ant. eventually, slow, slowly postmortem [adj] following death future, later, posthumous, postmundane, post-obit, postobituary; concept 799 postmortem [n] analysis after death autopsy, coroners report, dissection, examination, necropsy, post*; concepts 103,310 postpone [v] put off till later time adjourn, cool it*, defer, delay, give a rain check*, hang re*, hold off, hold over, hold up, lay over, pigeonhole*, prorogue, put back, put on back burner*, put on hold, shelve, suspend, table; concept 130 Ant. carry out, continue, do, expedite, forward, maintain, persevere postulate [v] suppose, gure advance, afrm, assert, assume, aver, estimate, guess, hypothesize, posit, predicate, premise, presuppose, propose, put forward, speculate, suppose, take for granted, theorize; concepts 12,26 Ant. calculate posture [n1] stance, circumstance aspect, attitude, bearing, brace, carriage, condition, demeanor, deportment, disposition, mien, mode, phase, port, pose, position, positure, presence, set, situation, state; concepts 657,723 posture [n2] beliefs attitude, disposition, feeling, frame of mind, inclination, mood, outlook, point of view, sentiment, stance, standpoint; concept 410 posture [v] display an attitude affect, attitudinize, display, do a bit*, do for effect*, fake, fake it, make a show*, masquerade, pass for, pass off, playact, pose, put on airs*, put up a front*, show off*; concepts 59,261 Ant. be truthful pot [n1] container, cauldron basin, bowl, bucket, can, canister, crock, crucible, cup, jar, jug, kettle, mug, pan, pitcher, receptacle, saucepan, tankard, urn, vessel; concept 494 pot [n2] marijuana cannabis, grass*, hashish, maryjane*, weed*; concept 307 potable [adj] drinkable edible, palatable, safe to drink; concept 169 potable [n] beverage alcoholic beverage, cooler, draft, drink, libation, liquor; concept 454 potbelly [n] large stomach bay window*, beer belly, beer gut*, belly, corporation, fat stomach, gut, middle-age spread, paunch, pot*, pot belly, spare tire*, tummy; concept 393 potency [n] effectiveness authority, birr, capability, capacity, command, control, dominion, efcacy, efciency, energy, force, go*, hardihood, inuence, juice*, kick*, might, moxie*, muscle*, pep, potential, power, puissance, punch, sinew*, snap, sock*, steam*, strength, sway, vigor, virtue, what it takes*, zap*, zing*, zip*; concepts 411,676,732 Ant. disability, impotency, ineffectiveness, weakness potent [adj] effective, powerful, forceful almighty, authoritative, ball of re*, cogent, commanding, compelling, convincing, dominant, dynamic, efcacious, forcible, fullbodied, go-getter*, great, gutsy*, impressive, inuential, lusty, mighty, persuasive, powerhouse, puissant, punchy, robust, spanking,

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stiff, strong, sturdy, telling, trenchant, useful, vigorous; concepts 372,489,540 Ant. disabled, fragile, helpless, impotent, incapable, ineffective, weak potentate [n] monarch autocrat, chief, chieftain, crowned head, despot, dictator, emperor, empress, head of state, king, leader, majesty, prince, princess, queen, royalty, ruler, sovereign; concepts 354,422 potential [adj] promising abeyant, budding, conceivable, dormant, embryonic, future, hidden, imaginable, implied, inherent, latent, likely, lurking, plausible, possible, prepatent, probable, quiescent, thinkable, undeveloped, unrealized, within realm of possibility; concepts 528,552 Ant. helpless, impossible, lacking, unpromising potential [n] possibility for achievement ability, aptitude, capability, capacity, potentiality, power, the makings*, what it takes*, wherewithal; concepts 650,706 Ant. impossible, lack pothole [n] chuckhole cavity, crater, depression, dip, fracture, gap, hole, pit, pocket, rut, split; concept 513 potion [n] concoction prepared for mental or physical effect aromatic, brew, cordial, cup, dose, draft, dram, draught, drink, elixir, libation, liquid, liquor, medicine, mixture, nip, philter, remedy, restorative, spirits, stimulant, tonic; concepts 307,467 potpourri [n] miscellany assortment, blend, collection, combination, combo, gallimaufry, goulash, hash, hodgepodge, medley, mlange, mishmash, mixed bag, mixture, motley, olio*, pastiche*, patchwork, salmagundi*, soup, stew; concepts 260,432 Ant. ingredient, singular pottery [n] containers made from clay; clay art ceramics, crockery, earthenware, ring, glazing, porcelain, porcelainware, stoneware, terra cotta; concepts 174,259,494 pouch [n] soft container, often made of cloth or skin bag, pocket, poke, purse, receptacle, sac, sack; concepts 446,450,494 pounce [n/v] leap at; take by surprise ambush, attack, bound, dart, dash, dive, drop, fall upon, jump, snatch, spring, strike, surge, swoop, take unawares; concepts 86,159,194 pound [n] sixteen ounces/.454 kilograms of weight avoirdupois, pint, troy; concept 795 pound [v1] crush; beat rhythmically batter, belabor, bruise, buffet, clobber, comminute, drub, hammer, hit, malleate, palpitate, pelt, pestle, powder, pulsate, pulse, pulverize, pummel, stomp, strike, thrash, throb, thump, tramp, triturate, wallop; concepts 150,186,189 pound [v2] impress; make someone listen din, drive, drub, drum, grave, hammer, stamp; concepts 14,49 Ant. give up pour [v] be or make owing cascade, cataract, course, crowd, decant, deluge, discharge, drain, drench, emit, ood, ow, give off, gush, inundate, issue, jet, let ow, proceed, rain, rill, roll, run, rush, sheet, shower, sluice, spew, spill, splash, spout, spring, stream, surge, swarm, teem, throng; concepts 146,179,209 pout [n] sad face frown, glower, long face, moue, sullen look; concept 716 Ant. grin, smile

pout [v] make a sad face; be sad be cross, be in bad mood*, be moody, be petulant, be sullen, frown, grouch, grump*, make a long face*, make a moue, mope, stick ones lip out*, sulk; concepts 261,410 Ant. grin, smile poverty [n] want; extreme need, often nancial abjection, aridity, bankruptcy, barrenness, beggary, dearth, debt, deciency, decit, depletion, destitution, difculty, distress, emptiness, exiguity, famine, hardship, impecuniousness, impoverishment, inadequacy, indigence, insolvency, insufciency, lack, meagerness, necessitousness, necessity, pass, paucity, pauperism, pennilessness, penury, pinch, poorness, privation, reduction, scarcity, shortage, starvation, straits, underdevelopment, vacancy; concepts 335,709 Ant. abundance, afuence, luxury, richness, wealth poverty-stricken [adj] in great need; nancially poor bad off*, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, broke*, destitute, dirt poor*, distressed, down-and-out*, hard up*, impencunious, impoverished, indigent, in dire circumstances, in want, moneyless, necessitous, needful, needy, penniless, penurious, short*, stone broke*, stranded*, strapped*, unmoneyed, wanting; concept 334 Ant. rich, wealthy powder [n] ne, loose grains made by crushing a solid crumb, dust, lm, grain, grit, meal, particle, pounce, pulverulence, seed, talc; concepts 471,831 Ant. solid powder [v] crush into ne grains; sprinkle ne grains abrade, bray, comminute, cover, crumble, crunch, dredge, dust, le, our, granulate, grate, grind, pestle, pound, pulverize, rasp, reduce, scatter, scrape, smash, strew, triturate; concepts 186,222 Ant. solidify powder room [n] bathroom comfort station, ladies, ladies room, lavatory, loo, restroom, toilet, washroom; concept 448 powdery [adj] consisting of ne, loose grains arenaceous, arenose, branny, chalky, crumbling, crumbly, dry, dusty, ne, oury, friable, grainy, granular, gravelly, gritty, impalpable, loose, mealy, pulverized, pulverulent, sandy; concept 606 Ant. solid power [n1] ability, competence aptitude, bent, capability, capacity, competency, dynamism, effectiveness, efcacy, endowment, faculty, function, gift, inuence, potential, potentiality, qualication, skill, talent, turn, virtue; concept 630 Ant. inability, incapacity, incompetence, weakness power [n2] physical ability, capacity applied force, arm*, brawn, dynamism, energy, force, forcefulness, horsepower, intensity, mechanical energy, might, muscle*, omnipotence, potency, potential, puissance, sinew*, strength, vigor, vim, virtue, voltage, weight; concepts 520, 641,732 Ant. debility, disability, impairment, impotence, inrmity, weakness power [n3] control, dominance ascendancy, authority, authorization, birthright, clout, command, connection, diadem, direction, domination, dominion, hegemony, imperium, inuence, inside track*, jurisdiction, law, leadership, license, management, might, moxie*, omnipotence, paramountcy, predominance, prerogative, prestige, privilege, regency, right, rule, say-so*,

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sovereignty, steam, strength, strings*, superiority, supremacy, sway, warrant, weight*, wire*; concepts 376,671 Ant. inefciency, subservience, surrender, weakness, yielding powerful [adj] strong, effective able, allpowerful, almighty, authoritarian, authoritative, capable, cogent, commanding, compelling, competent, controlling, convincing, dominant, dynamic, effectual, efcacious, energetic, forceful, forcible, impressive, in control, inuential, in the saddle*, mighty, omnipotent, overruling, paramount, persuasive, potent, preeminent, prevailing, puissant, robust, ruling, sovereign, stalwart, strapping*, strengthy, sturdy, supreme, telling, upper hand*, vigorous, weighty, wicked*, wieldy; concept 489,Ant. impotent, incapable, ineffective, unable, weak powerfully [adv] with energy, authority effectively, energetically, forcefully, forcibly, hard, intensely, mightily, severely, strongly, vigorously, with might and main; concepts 540,544,569 Ant. softly, weakly powerless [adj] weak; unable blank, chicken*, debilitated, defenseless, dependent, disabled, disenfranchised, etiolated, feeble, frail, gutless, helpless, impotent, incapable, incapacitated, ineffective, ineffectual, inert, inrm, out of gas*, paralyzed, passive, prostrate, subject, supine, tied, unarmed, unt, vulnerable, wimp*, wishy-washy*; concepts 489,527 Ant. able, dominant, potent, powerful, strong powwow [n] discussion confab*, confabulation, conference, consultation, council, get-together, huddle, meeting, palaver, parley, talk; concepts 56,324,384 Ant. quiet powwow [v] discuss advise, confab*, confabulate, confer, consult, get together, go into a huddle*, huddle, meet, palaver, parley, talk, treat; concept 56 practicable [adj] within the realm of possibility accessible, achievable, applicable, attainable, doable, employable, feasible, functional, handy, open, operative, performable, possible, practical, serviceable, usable, useful, utile, utilizable, viable, workable; concept 560 Ant. impossible, impracticable, unattainable, unreasonable, unworkable practical [adj1] realistic, useful applied, both feet on the ground*, businesslike, commonsensical, constructive, doable, down-to-earth, efcient, empirical, experimental, factual, feasible, functional, handy, hard-boiled*, implicit, in action, in operation, matter-of-fact*, nuts and bolts*, operative, orderly, possible, practicable, pragmatic, rational, reasonable, sane, sensible, serviceable, sober, solid, sound, systematic, unidealistic, unromantic, usable, utile, utilitarian, virtual, workable, workaday, working; concepts 533,542,560 Ant. impossible, impractical, unfeasible, unrealistic, unserviceable, unworkable, useless, worthless practical [adj2] experienced, procient accomplished, cosmopolitan, effective, efcient, qualied, seasoned, skilled, sophisticated, trained, versed, vet*, veteran, working, worldly, worldly-wise; concepts 326,527,528,678 Ant. incapable, inefcient, inexperienced, unprocient, unseasoned, unskilled, untrained, useless

practically [adj] almost; nearly about, all but, approximately, as good as, as much as, basically, close to, essentially, for all intents and purposes*, fundamentally, in effect, in essence, morally, most, much, nearly, nigh, virtually, well-nigh; concepts 531,772 Ant. far, not close practice [n1] routine, usual procedure convenance, convention, custom, fashion, form, habit, habitude, manner, method, mode, praxis, proceeding, process, rule, system, tradition, trick, usage, use, usefulness, utility, way, wont; concept 688 Ant. abstention, refrain practice [n2] exercise, application action, assignment, background, discipline, drill, drilling, effect, experience, homework, iteration, operation, preparation, prepping, recitation, recounting, rehearsal, relating, repetition, seasoning, study, training, tune-up, use, work-out; concepts 87,100,658 Ant. ignorance, neglect practice [n3] business; clientele of business career, clients, patients, profession, vocation, work; concepts 325,417 practice [v1] repeat action to improve become seasoned, build up, discipline, do again, dress, dress rehearse*, drill, dry run*, exercise, go over, habituate, hone, iterate, polish, prepare, recite, rehearse, run through, shake-down*, sharpen, study, train, try out, tune up, walk through, warm up, work, work out; concepts 87,100 practice [v2] carry out; undertake apply, carry on, do, engage in, execute, follow, fulll, function, live up to, observe, perform, ply, pursue, put into effect, specialize in, work at; concepts 91,310,317,324 Ant. cease, forget, halt, neglect, stop practitioner [n] expert doctor, master, pro, professional, specialist; concepts 348,350,416 pragmatic [adj] sensible businesslike, commonsensical, down-to-earth, efcient, hard, hard-boiled*, hardheaded*, logical, matterof-fact, practical, realistic, sober, unidealistic, utilitarian; concepts 401,542 Ant. idealistic, unreasonable prairie [n] grassland grassy eld, meadow, pasturage, pasture, plain, savanna, steppe, veldt; concept 509 praise [n] congratulations; adoration acclaim, acclamation, accolade, applause, appreciation, approbation, approval, big hand*, boost, bravo, celebration, cheer, cheering, citation, commendation, compliment, cry, devotion, encomium, esteem, eulogy, exaltation, extolment, attery, glorication, glory, good word*, homage, hurrah, hymn, kudos*, laudation, obeisance, ovation, panegyric, pat on the back*, plaudit, puff*, rave, recognition, recommendation, regard, sycophancy, thanks, tribute, worship; concepts 69,278 Ant. blame, censure, condemnation, criticism praise [v] congratulate; adore acclaim, admire, adulate, advocate, aggrandize, applaud, appreciate, approve, bless, boost, bow down*, build up*, cajole, celebrate, cheer, cite, clap, commend, compliment, cry up*, dignify, distinguish, elevate, endorse, ennoble, eulogize, exalt, extol, atter, give thanks, glorify, hail, honor, laud, make much of*, panegyrize, pay

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homage, pay tribute, proclaim, puff*, rave over, recommend, resound, reverence, root*, sanction, sing the praises*, smile on*, stroke*, tout, worship; concept 69 Ant. accuse, blame, censure, condemn, denounce, reproach praiseworthy [adj] deserving congratulations, adoration admirable, commendable, creditable, estimable, excellent, exemplary, ne, gnarly, gone, honorable, keen, laudable, meritable, meritorious, pillar, salt of earth*, select, slick, stellar, swell, thankworthy, tough, worthy; concepts 568,574 Ant. dishonorable, disliked, disrespected, unworthy prance [v] cavort; show off bound, caper, dance, ounce, foot it*, frisk, gambol, hoof it*, jump, leap, mince, parade, romp, sashay, skip, spring, stalk, step, strut, swagger, sweep, tread; concepts 150,292,384 prank [n] practical joke; frivolity antic, caper, caprice, escapade, fancy, fooling, frolic, gag, gambol, high jinks*, horseplay*, hotfoot*, lark, levity, lightness, monkeyshines*, play, put-on, rib*, rollick, roughhouse*, roughhousing*, rowdiness, shenanigans, shine*, skylarking*, spoof, sport, tomfoolery, trick, whim; concepts 59,384 prattle [n] babble blubbering, burble, chatter, chit-chat, drivel, gab, gabble, gibberish, gossip, hot air*, idle talk, jabber, jabbering, jargon, murmur, ranting, small talk, tattling, trivial talk, twaddle; concepts 266,278 pray [v] plead; call upon for help, answer adjure, appeal, ask, beseech, brace, commune with, crave, cry for, entreat, implore, importune, invocate, invoke, petition, recite, request, say, solicit, sue, supplicate, urge; concepts 48,367 prayer [n] pleading, especially with a deity; request for help, answer adoration, appeal, application, begging, benediction, beseeching, communion, devotion, entreaty, grace, imploration, imploring, imprecation, invocation, litany, orison, petition, plea, pleading, request, rogation, service, suit, supplication, worship; concepts 48,367,662 preach [v1] speak publicly about beliefs address, deliver, deliver sermon, evangelize, exhort, give sermon, homilize, inform, minister, mission, missionary, orate, prophesy, pulpiteer, sermonize, talk, teach; concepts 51,285,367 preach [v2] lecture, moralize admonish, advocate, blow, exhort, get on a soapbox*, harangue, pile it on*, preachify, sermonize, talk big*, urge; concepts 51,75 preacher [n] person who gives religious instruction clergy, cleric, clerical, divine, ecclesiastic, evangelist, evangelizer, minister, missionary, parson, pulpiter, reverend, revivalist, sermonizer; concept 361 precarious [adj] tricky, doubtful ambiguous, borderline, chancy, contingent, dangerous, delicate, dicey*, dubious, dynamite, equivocal, hairy*, hanging by a thread*, hazardous, iffy*, impugnable, indecisive, insecure, loaded, on thin ice*, open, out on a limb*, perilous, problematic, risky, rocky, rugged*, sensitive, shaky, slippery, ticklish, touch and go*, touchy, uncertain, unhealthy, unreliable, unsafe, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, unsure; concepts 535,587

Ant. certain, denite, rm, stable, strong, sure, undoubted precaution [n] carefulness; preventative measure anticipation, canniness, care, caution, circumspection, discreetness, discretion, foresight, forethought, insurance, protection, providence, provision, prudence, regard, safeguard, safety measure, wariness; concepts 410,633, 729 Ant. carelessness precede [v] go ahead of antecede, antedate, anticipate, be ahead of, come rst, forerun, foreshadow, go before, go in advance, guide, harbinger, have a head start*, head, head up, herald, in space, introduce, lead, light the way*, outrank, pace, pave the way*, pioneer, predate, preexist, preface, presage, rank, ring in*, run ahead, scout, take precedence, time, usher; concepts 727,747,813,818 Ant. follow, go after precedence [n] highest in rank; rst in order antecedence, anteposition, earliness, lead, precedency, precession, preeminence, preexistence, preference, prevenience, previousness, primary, priority, rank, seniority, superiority, supremacy; concepts 671,727,747,818 Ant. inferiority, last, lowest precedent [n] authoritative example antecedent, authority, criterion, exemplar, instance, model, paradigm; concept 686 preceding [adj] earlier, above abovementioned, above-named, aforeknown, aforementioned, aforesaid, ahead of, antecedent, anterior, before, erstwhile, foregoing, forerunning, former, forward, front, head, heretofore, introductory, lead, leading, one time, other, past, pioneer, pioneering, precedent, precursive, precursory, preexistent, prefatory, preliminary, preparatory, prevenient, previous, prior, supra; concepts 585,586,799,811,818 Ant. after, below, following, later precept [n] law, rule of behavior, action axiom, behest, bidding, byword, canon, command, commandment, decree, decretum, direction, doctrine, dogma, edict, formula, fundamental, guideline, injunction, instruction, law, mandate, maxim, motto, order, ordinance, prescript, principle, regulation, rule, saying, statute, tenet; concepts 318,688 precinct [n] subdivision area, community, department, development, district, division, neighborhood, province, quarter, section, tract, ward, zone; concepts 513,835 precious [adj1] favorite, valued adored, beloved, cherished, darling, dear, dearest, idolized, inestimable, loved, pet, prized, treasured; concepts 529,567 Ant. disfavored, useless, valueless, worthless precious [adj2] expensive; rare choice, costly, dear, exquisite, ne, high-priced, inestimable, invaluable, priceless, prizable, prized, recherch, rich, treasurable, valuable, worth a kings ransom*, worth eyeteeth*, worth ones weight in gold*; concept 334 Ant. cheap, common, inexpensive precious [adj3] extremely sophisticated and picky affected, alembicated, artful, articial, chichi*, choosy, dainty, delicate, fastidious, nicky, fragile, fussy, la-di-da*, nice, ostentatious, overnice, overrened, particular,

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persnickety*, precieux, pretentious, rened, showy, stagy, studied; concept 401 Ant. defective, decient, impaired precipice [n] face or brink of a rock, mountain bluff, cliff, crag, height, sheer drop, steep; concepts 509,513 precipitate [v] hurry, speed accelerate, advance, bring on, cast, discharge, dispatch, expedite, ing, further, hasten, hurl, launch, let y, press, push forward, quicken, send forth, speed up, throw, trigger; concepts 152,242, 704 Ant. check, slow, wait precipitation [n] moisture in air or falling from sky cloudburst, condensation, drizzle, hail, hailstorm, heavy dew, precip*, rain, rainfall, rainstorm, sleet, snow, storm, wetness; concepts 467,524,526 Ant. dryness precipitous [adj1] steep, falling sharply abrupt, arduous, craggy, dizzy, dizzying, high, perpendicular, precipitate, sharp, sheer; concepts 490,583,779 Ant. gradual precipitous/precipitate [adj2] fast, sudden; impulsive; initial abrupt, breakneck*, brief, frantic, gone off half-cocked*, harum-scarum*, hasty, headlong, heedless, hurried, ill-advised, impatient, impetuous, indiscreet, jump the gun*, madcap, off the hip*, off the top of head*, plunging, precipitant, quick, rapid, rash, reckless, refractory, rushing, subitaneous, swift, unanticipated, uncontrolled, unexpected, unforeseen, violent, willful, without warning; concepts 229,401,542,588,799 Ant. careful, cautious, slow prcis [n] abridgment abstract, aperu, compendium, condensation, digest, outline, pandect, rsum, rundown, sketch, summary, survey, syllabus, synopsis; concept 283 Ant. expansion precise [adj1] exact, accurate absolute, actual, categorical, circumscribed, clear-cut, correct, decisive, denite, determinate, explicit, express, xed, individual, limited, literal, narrow, nice, on the button*, on the money*, on the nose*, particular, proper, restricted, right, rigid, rigorous, specic, strict, stringent, unequivocal, very, well-dened; concepts 535,557,653 Ant. ambiguous, false, imprecise, inaccurate, inexact, questionable precise [adj2] meticulous, fastidious careful, ceremonious, choosy, exact, nicky, formal, fussy, genteel, inexible, nice, particular, persnickety*, picky, priggish, prim, prissy, punctilious, rigid, scrupulous, stickling, stiff*, strict, stuffy, uncompromising; concepts 401,542 Ant. careless, loose, negligent, slipshod precisely [adv] exactly, just absolutely, accurately, as well, correctly, denitely, even, expressly, for a fact, for sure, just so, literally, no ifs ands or buts*, no mistake*, on the button*, on the money*, on the nose*, plumb, right, sharp, smack*, smack-dab*, specically, square, squarely, strictly, sure, sure thing*, the ticket*, the very thing*, to a tee*, yes; concepts 535,557 Ant. imprecisely, questionably, unsure precision [n] accuracy attention, care, carefulness, correctness, deniteness, denitiveness, denitude, exactitude, exactness, delity, heed, meticulousness, nicety, particularity, precise-

ness, rigor, sureness; concepts 638,654 Ant. imprecision, inaccuracy, inexactness preclude [v] inhibit; make impossible avert, cease, check, debar, deter, discontinue, exclude, forestall, forfend, hinder, impede, interrupt, make impracticable, obviate, prevent, prohibit, put a stop to, quit, restrain, rule out, stave off, stop, ward; concepts 121,234 Ant. allow, permit, support precocious [adj] exceptionally smart, ahead of age in understanding advanced, aggressive, ahead of time*, beforehand, bold, brassy*, bright, cheeky*, cocky*, developed, early, ip*, ippant, forward, fresh, intelligent, mature, nervy, premature, presumptuous, pushy, quick, sassy*, smart-alecky*; concept 402 Ant. stupid precognition [n] clairvoyance acumen, discernment, ESP, extra sensory perception, feeling, foreknowledge, foresight, fortunetelling, insight, intuition, omen, penetration, perception, prediction, premonition, prophecy, psyche, second sight, sixth sense*, telepathy; concepts 409,410 preconception [n] idea formed before event occurs or facts are received assumption, bias, delusion, illusion, inclination, notion, preconceived idea, predisposition, prejudgment, prejudice, prepossession, presumption, presupposition; concept 689 Ant. ignorance precursor [n1] something that indicates outcome or event beforehand forerunner, harbinger, herald, messenger, outrider, usher, vanguard; concepts 70,278 precursor [n2] something that precedes another ancestor, antecedent, antecessor, forebear, foregoer, forerunner, original, originator, parent, pioneer, predecessor, prototype; concepts 648,727,828 predator [n] hunter, killer animal of prey, beast of prey, carnivore, meat-eater; concept 252 predatory [adj] eating, destroying for sustenance or without conscience bloodthirsty, carnivorous, depredatory, despoiling, greedy, hungry, hunting, marauding, pillaging, plundering, predacious, predative, preying, rapacious, raptorial, ravaging, ravening, thieving, voracious, vulturine, vulturous, wolsh; concepts 401,406 predecessor [n] something, someone that comes before ancestor, antecedent, antecessor, forebear, foregoer, forerunner, former, precursor, previous, prior, prototype; concepts 414,828 Ant. derivative, descendant, successor predestination [n] destiny course of events, divine decree, fate, foreordination, fortune, Gods will, inevitability, karma, kismet*, ordinance, portion, predetermination, way the ball bounces*, way the cookie crumbles*, what is written*; concept 679 predetermined [adj] decided in advance agreed, arranged, calculated, cut and dried*, deliberate, destined, determined, doomed, fated, xed, foredestined, foreordained, forethought, planned, prearranged, precogitated, predestined, premeditated, preordained, preplanned, proposed, set, settled, set up; concept 548 Ant. unarranged, undetermined, unplanned, unsettled predicament [n] difcult situation asperity, bad

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news*, bind*, Catch-22*, circumstance, clutch, condition, corner*, crisis, deadlock, deep water*, dilemma, drag*, emergency, exigency, x*, hang-up*, hardship, hole, hot water*, imbroglio, impasse, jam*, juncture, large order*, lot, mess*, muddle, pass, perplexity, pickle*, pinch, plight, position, posture, puzzle, quagmire, quandary, rigor, rough go*, scrape*, soup*, spot*, state*, strait, tall order* ticklish spot* tight situation* trouble, vicissitude; concept 674 Ant. x, good fortune, solution predict [v] express an outcome in advance adumbrate, anticipate, augur, be afraid, call, call it, conclude, conjecture, croak, crystal-ball* divine, envision, gure, gure out, forebode, forecast, foresee, forespeak, foretell, gather, guess, have a hunch*, hazard a guess*, infer, judge, make book*, omen, portend, presage, presume, prognosticate, prophesy, psych out*, read, see coming*, see handwriting on wall*, size up*, soothsay, suppose, surmise, telegraph*, think, vaticinate; concept 70 predictable [adj] easy to foretell anticipated, calculable, certain, expected, foreseeable, foreseen, likely, prepared, sure, sure-re*; concepts 404,542,548 Ant. improbable, unexpected, unforeseen, unpredictable prediction [n] declaration made in advance of event anticipation, augury, cast, conjecture, crystal gazing*, divination, dope, forecast, forecasting, foresight, foretelling, fortunetelling, guess, horoscope, hunch*, indicator, omen, palmistry, presage, prevision, prognosis, prognostication, prophecy, soothsaying, surmising, tip, vaticination, zodiac; concepts 70,278, 689 predilection [n] inclination, preference toward something bent*, bias, cup of tea*, dish*, druthers*, fancy, ash, fondness, groove, inclining, leaning, liking, love, mindset*, partiality, penchant, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, taste*, tendency, thing*, type, weakness; concepts 20,32,709 Ant. antipathy, disinterest, dislike, hate predispose [v] inuence to believe something activate, affect, animate, bend*, bias, cultivate, dispose, govern, impress, incline, indoctrinate, induce, inspire, lead, make expectant, make of a mind to*, prejudice, prepare, prime, prompt, stimulate, strike, sway, teach, urge; concepts 12,14,26,68 Ant. discourage, dissuade predisposed [adj] willing, inclined agreeable, amenable, biased, eager, enthusiastic, fain, given to, liable, likely, minded, partial, prone, ready, subject, susceptible; concept 403 Ant. disagreeing, disinclined, unprepared, unwilling predisposition [n] willingness, inclination bent*, bias, choice, cup of tea*, dish*, disposition, druthers*, ash, groove, leaning, likelihood, liking, option, partiality, penchant, potentiality, predilection, preference, proclivity, proneness, propensity, susceptibility, tendency, thing*, type, weakness; concepts 20,32,410,709 Ant. disinclination, unwillingness predominant [adj] ruling; most important absolute, all-powerful, almighty, arbitrary, ascendant, authoritative, capital, chief, controlling, directing, dominant, dominating, effective, efcacious, governing, holding the reins*,

imperious, inuential, leading, main, mighty, ofcial, omnipotent, overbearing, overpowering, paramount, potent, predominate, preponderant, prevailing, prevalent, primary, prime, principal, prominent, reigning, sovereign, superior, superlative, supervisory, supreme, surpassing, transcendent, weighty; concepts 568,574 Ant. inconsequential, minor, trivial, unimportant predominate [v] be the most important, noticeable carry weight*, command, dominate, domineer, get the upper hand*, govern, hold sway*, manage, outweigh, overrule, overshadow, preponderate, prevail, reign, rule, tell; concepts 94,117,141 preeminent [adj] most important; superior capital, chief, consummate, distinguished, dominant, excellent, foremost, incomparable, main, major, matchless, number one*, outstanding, paramount, peerless, predominant, principal, renowned, stellar, supreme, surpassing, towering, transcendent, ultimate, unequalled, unmatchable, unrivalled, unsurpassable, unsurpassed; concepts 568,574 Ant. inferior, low, unimportant, unknown preempt [v] take over in place of another accroach, acquire, annex, anticipate, appropriate, arrogate, assume, bump, commandeer, conscate, expropriate, obtain, seize, sequester, take, usurp; concepts 121,142,234 preen [v] admire and clean oneself beautify, clean, doll up, groom, prettify, pretty, primp, prink, spruce up, tidy; concept 161 preface [n] introduction beginning, exordium, explanation, foreword, overture, preamble, preliminary, prelude, prelusion, proem, prolegomenon, prologue; concept 270 Ant. appendix, conclusion, ending, epilogue, nish preface [v] introduce begin, commence, launch, lead, lead up to, open, precede, prex, usher; concepts 57,221 Ant. conclude, end, nish prefer [v] favor; single out adopt, advance, aggrandize, be partial to, be turned on to, choose, cull, desire, elect, elevate, fancy, nger, x upon, go for, incline, like better, mark, optate, opt for, pick, place, pose, present, promote, propone, proposition, propound, put, put forward, raise, select, suggest, tag, take, tap, upgrade, wish, would rather*, would sooner*; concepts 20,41 Ant. dislike, hate, reject, spurn preference [n1] rst choice alternative, choice, cup of tea*, desire, druthers*, election, favorite, ash*, groove, inclination, option, partiality, pick, predilection, prepossession, propensity, say, say so*, selection, top, weakness; concepts 20,529,709 Ant. dislike, hate, hatred, last choice, rejection preference [n2] favorable treatment advancement, advantage, elevation, favoritism, rst place, precedence, preferment, prelation, pride of place, priority, promotion, upgrading; concept 693 Ant. disfavor, equality, rejection preferred [adj] favorite, chosen adopted, approved, culled, decided upon, elected, endorsed, fancied, favored, handpicked, liked, named, picked, popular, sanctioned, selected, set apart, settled upon, singled out, taken, well-liked; concepts 555,574 Ant. illfavored, rejected, undesirable

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pregnancy [n] gestation child-bearing, fertilization, germination, gravidity, gravidness, impregnation, parturiency, propagation; concept 427 pregnant [adj1] carrying developing offspring within the body abundant, anticipating, carrying a child, enceinte, expectant, expecting*, fecund, fertile, fraught, fruitful, gestating, gravid, heavy, hopeful, in family way*, parous, parturient, preggers*, productive, prolic, replete, teeming, with child*; concepts 406,485 pregnant [adj2] signicant, meaningful charged, cogent, consequential, creative, eloquent, expressive, fecund, imaginative, important, inventive, loaded, momentous, original, pointed, redolent, rich, seminal, sententious, suggestive, telling, weighty; concepts 267,567 Ant. insignicant, trivial, unmeaningful prehistoric [adj] before recorded history ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, archaic, earliest, early, old, olden, primeval, primitive, primordial; concepts 558,560,799 prejudice [n] belief without basis, information; intolerance ageism, animosity, antipathy, apartheid, aversion, bad opinion, bias, bigotry, chauvinism, contemptuousness, detriment, discrimination, disgust, dislike, displeasure, disrelish, enmity, foregone conclusion, illiberality, injustice, jaundiced eye, mindset*, misjudgment, narrow-mindedness, one-sidedness, partiality, pique, preconceived notion, preconception, prejudgment, prepossession, racism, repugnance, revulsion, sexism, slant, spleen, tilt, twist, umbrage, unfairness, warp, xenophobia; concept 689 Ant. fairness, justice, regard, respect, tolerance prejudice [v] inuence anothers beliefs without basis, information angle*, bend*, bias, blemish*, color*, damage, dispose, distort, harm, hinder, hurt, impair, incline, indoctrinate, injure, jaundice, mar, poison*, predispose, prejudge, prepossess, skew*, slant*, spoil, sway*, twist*, undermine, vitiate, warp*; concepts 7,14,19 Ant. approve, be fair, be just, regard, respect, tolerate prejudicial [adj] harmful, undermining bad, biased, bigoted, counterproductive, damaging, deleterious, detrimental, differential, disadvantageous, discriminatory, evil, hurtful, inimical, injurious, mischievous, nocuous, unfavorable, unjust; concepts 537,545,570 Ant. approving, fair, just, unbiased preliminary [adj] introductory, initial basic, elemental, elementary, exploratory, rst, fundamental, inductive, initiatory, opening, pilot, preceding, precursory, prefatory, preparatory, preparing, primal, primary, prior, qualifying, readying, test, trial; concepts 549,585,799 Ant. closing, concluding, nal preliminary [n] introductory event; beginning rst round, foundation, groundwork, initiation, introduction, opening, preamble, preface, prelims*, prelude, preparation, start; concepts 828,832 Ant. closing, conclusion, nale prelude [n] beginning of event commencement, curtain-raiser*, exordium, foreword, intro*, introduction, overture, preamble, preface, preliminary, prelusion, preparation, proem, prolegomenon, prologue, start; concepts 264, 832 Ant. ending, epilogue, postlude

premature [adj1] earlier in occurrence than anticipated a bit previous, abortive, early on, embryonic, forward, green*, immature, incomplete, inopportune, overearly, oversoon, precipitate, predeveloped, previous, raw*, soon, unanticipated, undeveloped, unedged, unripe, untimely; concepts 485,549 Ant. backward, delayed, late, mature, overdue premature [adj2] rash, impulsive half-baked*, half-cocked*, hasty, ill-considered, inopportune, jumping the gun*, overhasty, precipitate, previous, too soon, untimely; concepts 401, 542 Ant. careful, cautious, prepared, slow premeditated [adj] planned, intended advised, aforethought, calculated, conscious, considered, contrived, deliberate, designed, xed, framed up, intentional, laid-out*, prepense, purposed, rigged*, set-up*, sewn-up*, stacked deck*, studied, thought-out, willful; concepts 542, 548 Ant. accidental, casual, spontaneous premier [adj] leading; original arch, beginning, champion, chief, earliest, rst, foremost, head, highest, inaugural, initial, main, opening, primary, prime, principal; concepts 568,585 Ant. inferior, minor premiere [n] original production beginning, debut, rst night, rst performance, rst showing, opening, opening night; concepts 263,832 Ant. closing premise [n] hypothesis, argument apriorism, assertion, assumption, basis, evidence, ground, posit, postulate, postulation, presumption, presupposition, proof, proposition, supposition, thesis; concepts 529,689 Ant. fact, reality, truth premise [v] hypothesize announce, assume, begin, commence, introduce, posit, postulate, predicate, presume, presuppose, start, state, suppose; concepts 18,37 Ant. be factual premises [n] grounds and buildings bounds, campus, digs, establishment, x, at, hangout*, home, house, joint*, land, lay, layout, limits, neck of the woods*, ofce, pad, place, plant, property, real estate*, roof, scene, site, spot, terrace, turf, zone; concepts 198,515 premium [adj] excellent choice, exceptional, prime, select, selected, superior; concept 574 Ant. inferior, low, low-class, poor premium [n] bonus, prize appreciation, boon, bounty, carrot*, dividend, extra, fee*, gravy*, guerdon, meed, percentage, perk*, perquisite, plum*, recompense, regard, remuneration, reward, spiff*, stock, store, value; concepts 337,344 Ant. lowness, paucity premonition [n] feeling that an event is about to occur apprehension, apprehensiveness, feeling, feeling in bones*, foreboding, forewarning, funny feeling, handwriting on wall*, hunch, idea, intuition, misgiving, omen, portent, prenotion, presage, presentiment, sign, sinking feeling, suspicion, vibes, vibrations, warning, wind change*, winds*, winds of change*, worriment; concepts 410,529,689,690 preoccupied [adj] busy; mentally caught up in something absent, absent-minded, absorbed, abstracted, airheaded*, asleep*, bemused, bugged*, daydreaming, deep*, distracted, distrait, engaged, engrossed, faraway, fascinated, forgetful, have on the brain*, heedless, hung up*, immersed, inconscient, intent, lost, lost in

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thought*, mooning*, moony*, oblivious, obsessed, rapt, removed, spellbound, spread out*, taken up, unaware, woolgathering*, wrapped-up*; concept 403 Ant. observant, thoughtful, unoccupied preparation [n1] development, readiness alertness, anticipation, arrangement, background, base, basis, build-up*, construction, dry run*, education, establishment, evolution, expectation, tting, foresight, formation, foundation, gestation, getting ready, groundwork, homework, incubation, lead time*, making ready, manufacture, measure, plan, precaution, preparedness, preparing, provision, putting in order, qualication, readying, rehearsal, rundown, safeguard, schoolwork, study, substructure, training, tryout, workout; concepts 35,202,285 Ant. unreadiness preparation [n2] something concocted, put together arrangement, blend, brew, composition, compound, concoction, confection, decoction, medicine, mixture, product, tincture; concept 260 Ant. ingredient preparatory [adj] introductory, basic before, elementary, in advance of, in anticipation of, inductive, opening, precautionary, prefatory, preliminary, prelusive, prep*, preparative, previous, primary, prior to; concepts 546,585 Ant. auxiliary, supplementary prepare [v] make or get ready adapt, adjust, anticipate, appoint, arrange, assemble, brace, build up, coach, concoct, construct, contrive, cook, develop, dispose, draw up, endow, equip, fabricate, fashion, ll in, t, t out, x, form, formulate, fortify, furnish, gird, groom, lay the groundwork, make, make provision, make up, outt, perfect, plan, practice, prime, produce, provide, put in order, put together, qualify, ready, settle, smooth the way*, steel*, strengthen, supply, train, turn out, warm up; concepts 35,202 Ant. disorganize, ignore, neglect prepared [adj] ready in body or mind able, adapted, adjusted, all bases covered*, all set*, all systems go*, arranged, available, disposed, t, xed, framed, gaffed, groomed, handy, inclined, in order, in readiness, minded, of a mind, on guard*, planned, predisposed, prepped, primed, processed, psyched-up*, put up, qualied, rehearsed, rigged*, set, set-up, sewed-up, stacked, up*, up on*, willing, wired; concepts 403,485,560 Ant. ignorant, neglectful, unprepared, unready preponderance [n] great numbers; supremacy advantage, ascendancy, bigger half*, bulk, command, dominance, domination, dominion, extensiveness, greater part, lions share*, mass, max*, mostest, power, predominance, prevalence, superiority, sway, weight; concepts 671,687, 767 Ant. inferiority prepossessed [adj] made partial by initial impression biased, colored, inclined, jaundiced, one-sided, opinionated, partisan, predisposed, prejudiced, tendentious, unindifferent, warped; concepts 403,542 Ant. total, whole prepossessing [adj] attractive, handsome alluring, amiable, appealing, attracting, beautiful, bewitching, captivating, charming, drawing, enchanting, engaging, fair, fascinating, fetch-

ing, good-looking, inviting, likable, lovable, magnetic, pleasant, pleasing, striking, taking, winning; concepts 404,537 Ant. homely, repulsive, ugly, unattractive, unprepossessing preposterous [adj] ridiculous, bizarre absurd, asinine, crazy, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, fantastic, far-out*, foolish, harebrained*, impossible, incredible, insane, irrational, laughable, ludicrous, monstrous, nonsensical, out of the question*, outrageous, senseless, shocking, silly, stupid, taking the cake*, thick*, too much*, unbelievable, unreasonable, unthinkable, unusual, wacky*, wild; concepts 529,548,552 Ant. reasonable, sensible prerequisite [adj] necessary called for, essential, expedient, imperative, important, indispensable, mandatory, necessitous, needful, obligatory, of the essence, required, requisite, vital; concept 546 Ant. optional, unnecessary, voluntary prerequisite [n] condition, necessity essential, imperative, must, need, postulate, precondition, qualication, requirement, requisite, sine qua non; concepts 646,709 Ant. extra, option prerogative [n] right, privilege advantage, appanage, authority, birthright, choice, claim, droit, due, exemption, immunity, liberty, perquisite, sanction, title; concept 376 Ant. duty, obligation presage [n] prediction, indication apprehension, apprehensiveness, augury, auspice, bodement, boding, forecast, foretoken, forewarning, harbinger, intimation, misgiving, omen, portent, premonition, prenotion, presentiment, prognostic, prognostication, prophecy, sign, warning; concepts 410,529,689 presage [v] predict or have a feeling adumbrate, announce, augur, betoken, bode, divine, feel, forebode, forecast, forerun, foresee, foreshadow, foreshow, foretell, foretoken, forewarn, harbinger, herald, intuit, omen, point to, portend, preindicate, prognosticate, promise, prophesy, sense, signify, soothsay, vaticinate, warn; concepts 34,70,118 preschool [n] nursery school day care center, kindergarten, playgroup, pre-K; concept 287 prescribe [v] stipulate action to be taken appoint, assign, choose, command, decide, decree, dene, designate, determine, dictate, direct, enjoin, establish, x, guide, impose, lay down, ordain, order, pick out, require, rule, select, set, settle, specify, write prescription; concepts 50,60,61,88 prescription [n] formula, medicine decree, direction, drug, edict, instruction, law, mixture, ordinance, preparation, prescript, recipe, regulation, remedy, rule; concepts 274,307,311,318 presence [n1] occupancy, attendance being, companionship, company, existence, habitation, inhabitance, latency, occupation, omnipresence, potentiality, residence, subsistence, ubiety, ubiquity, whereabouts; concepts 407,518,710 Ant. absence presence [n2] appearance, demeanor address, air, aspect, aura, bearing, behavior, carriage, comportment, deportment, ease, look, mien, personality, poise, port, seeming, self-assurance, set; concepts 411,673,716

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presence [n3] closeness, vicinity immediate circle, nearness, neighborhood, propinquity, proximity; concept 747 Ant. distance presence [n4] ghost apparition, manifestation, shade, specter, spirit, supernatural being, wraith; concept 370 Ant. reality presence [n5] composure of mind acumen, alertness, aplomb, calmness, cool, coolness, imperturbability, levelheadedness, quickness, sangfroid, self-assurance, self-command, self-composure, self-possession, sensibility, sobriety, watchfulness, wits; concepts 410,657 Ant. agitation, confusion, distress, upset presence of mind [n] coolheadedness calm, clearheadedness, coolness, patience; concepts 388,411,720 present [adj1] existing; at this time ad hoc, already, at this moment, begun, being, coeval, commenced, contemporaneous, contemporary, current, even now, existent, extant, for the time being, going on, immediate, in duration, in process, instant, just now, modern, nowadays, present-day, prompt, started, today, topical, under consideration, up-to-date; concept 820 Ant. absent, former, future, past, previous present [adj2] nearby, here accounted for, at hand, attendant, available, existent, in attendance, in view, made the scene*, near, on board, on deck, on hand, on-the-spot, ready, show up, there, there with bells on*, within reach; concepts 539,583 Ant. absent, away, distant, far present [n1] existing time here and now, instant, nonce, now, present moment, the time being, this day, this time, today; concepts 802,807,815 Ant. future, past present [n2] gift benefaction, benevolence, boon, bounty, compliment, donation, endowment, favor, gifting, giveaway, goodie*, grant, gratuity, handout, largess, lump, offering, stake, write-off; concept 337 present [v1] introduce; demonstrate acquaint, adduce, advance, allege, cite, declare, display, do, do the honors, exhibit, expose, expound, extend, x up, get together, give, give an introduction, hold out, imply, infer, intimate, lay, make a pitch*, make known, manifest, mount, offer, open to view, perform, pitch, pose, produce, proffer, proposition, put forward, put on, raise, recount, relate, roll out, show, stage, state, submit, suggest, tender, trot out; concepts 66,261 Ant. refrain, subdue, withhold present [v2] give, hand over award, bestow, come up with, confer, devote, donate, entrust, furnish, gift, give away, grant, hand out, kick in*, lay on*, offer, proffer, put at disposal, put forth; concepts 67,108 Ant. take presentable [adj] respectable; t to be seen acceptable, attractive, becoming, decent, t, good enough*, not bad*, okay*, passable, prepared, proper, satisfactory, suitable, tolerable; concepts 558,579 Ant. ugly, unacceptable, unt, unpresentable presentation [n] performance; something given, displayed act, appearance, arrangement, award, bestowal, coming out, conferral, debut, delivering, delivery, demonstration, display, dog and pony show*, donation, exhibition, exposition, giving, introduction, investiture,

knockdown*, launch, launching, offering, overture, pitch, present, production, proposal, proposition, reception, remembrance, rendition, representation, sales pitch*, show, staging, submission; concepts 261,263,337 presentiment [n] anticipation, expectation apprehension, apprehensiveness, discomposure, disquietude, disturbance, fear, feeling, feeling in bones*, foreboding, forecast, forethought, funny feeling*, handwriting on wall*, hunch, intuition, misgiving, perturbation, premonition, prenotion, presage, sinking feeling, vibes*, worriment; concepts 410,532,689 presently [adv] in a short while anon, before long, before you know it, by and by, directly, down the line*, down the pike*, down the road*, immediately, in a minute, in a moment, in a short time, now, nowadays, pretty soon, shortly, soon, today, without delay; concept 820 Ant. eventually, later, never preservation [n] maintenance, protection canning, care, conservancy, conservation, curing, defense, evaporation, freezing, guard, guardianship, keeping, perpetuation, pickling, preserval, refrigeration, safeguard, safeguarding, safekeeping, safety, salvation, saving, security, shield, storage, support, sustentation, tanning, upholding, ward; concepts 134,170,202,257 Ant. destruction, ruin preserve [v] care for, maintain; continue bottle, can, conserve, cure, defend, evaporate, freeze, guard, keep, keep up, mothball*, mummify, perpetuate, pickle, process, protect, put up, refrigerate, retain, safeguard, save, season, secure, shelter, shield, store, sustain, uphold; concepts 134,170 Ant. destroy, hurt, ruin preserves [n] thickened fruit prepared for storage and use as a condiment confection, conture, conserve, extract, gelatin, jam, jell, jelly, marmalade, pectin, spread, sweet; concepts 457,461 preside [v] be in authority administer, advise, be at the head of*, be in drivers seat*, call the signals*, carry on, chair, conduct, control, direct, do the honors, govern, handle, head, head up, keep, lead, manage, ofciate, operate, ordain, oversee, pull the strings*, run, run the show*, sit on top of*, supervise; concepts 94,117 Ant. follow, serve president [n] chief executive boss, CEO, chief executive ofcer, chief of state, commander in chief, head of state, leader, person in charge, premier, prime minister; concept 347 press [n1] people or person working in communications columnist, correspondent, editor, fourth estate*, interviewer, journalism, journalist, magazine, media, newspaper, newsperson, paper, periodical, photographer, publicist, publisher, reporter, writer; concepts 280,349,356 press [n2] horde, large group bunch, crowd, crush, drove, ock, herd, host, mob, multitude, pack, push, swarm, throng; concept 432 press [n3] strain, pressure bustle, confusion, demand, hassle, haste, hurry, rush, stress, urgency; concepts 230,674 Ant. calm, harmony, peace press [v1] push on with force bear down, bear heavily, bulldoze*, clasp, compress, condense, constrain, crowd, crush, cumber, depress,

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embrace, enfold, express, nish, atten, force down, hold, hug, impel, iron, jam, level, mangle, mash, mass, move, pack, pile, pin down, ram, reduce, scrunch, shove, smooth, squash, squeeze, squish, steam, stuff, thrust, unwrinkle, weigh; concepts 191,208 Ant. pull press [v2] pressure, trouble afict, assail, beg, beset, besiege, buttonhole*, come at, compel, constrain, demand, depress, disquiet, enjoin, entreat, exhort, force, harass, implore, importune, insist on, lean on, oppress, petition, plague, plead, pressurize, push, railroad*, sadden, sell, squeeze, sue, supplicate, torment, urge, vex, weigh down, work on, worry; concept 14 Ant. leave alone pressing [adj] important; urgent acute, burning, claiming, clamant, clamorous, compelling, constraining, critical, crucial, crying, demanding, dire, distressing, exacting, exigent, forcing, heat-on*, high-priority, hurry-up*, immediate, imperative, importunate, insistent, instant, lifeand-death*, obliging, requiring, serious, vital; concepts 548,568 Ant. insignicant, trivial, unimportant pressure [n1] physical force, weight burden, compressing, compression, crushing, encumbrance, heaviness, load, mass, shear, squeeze, squeezing, strain, strength, stress, tension, thrust; concepts 641,734 pressure [n2] demand, difculty adversity, afiction, albatross*, burden, choke, clout, coercion, compulsion, connement, constraint, crunch, discipline, distress, drag, duress, exigency, force, full court press*, hardship, hassle, heat, hurry, inuence, inside track*, load, misfortune, necessity, obligation, persuasion, power, press, pressure cooker*, pull, requirement, strain, stress, sway, tension, trouble, unnaturalness, urgency, weight; concepts 14,666,674,687 Ant. ease, facility, peace pressure [v] bother, urge come at, compel, constrain, drive, impel, insist, lean on*, politick, press, push, push around*, rush, sell, squeeze, twist arm*, work over*; concepts 7,14,19,22 Ant. leave alone prestige [n] fame, inuence authority, cachet, celebrity, consequence, control, credit, dignity, distinction, clat*, eminence, esteem, illustriousness, importance, kudos*, position, power, preeminence, prominence, prominency, rank, regard, renown, reputation, repute, standing, state, stature, status, sway, weight; concepts 388,668 Ant. humility, lowliness prestigious [adj] famous, inuential celebrated, distinguished, eminent, esteemed, exalted, famed, great, illustrious, important, imposing, impressive, notable, prominent, renowned, reputable, respected; concepts 555,568 Ant. humble, insignicant, modest, unimportant, unprestigious presumably [adv] likely, reasonably apparently, assumably, credible, doubtless, doubtlessly, hypothetically, in all likelihood, in all probability, indubitably, it would seem, most likely, on the face of it, presumptively, probably, seemingly, supposedly, surely, theoretically, unquestionably; concepts 544, 552 Ant. doubtfully, unlikely presume [v1] make assumption; believe assume,

bank on*, be afraid, conclude, conjecture, consider, count on, depend, gure, gather, guess, infer, jump the gun*, posit, postulate, predicate, premise, presuppose, pretend, rely, speculate, suppose, surmise, take for granted, take it, think, trust; concepts 12,26,28 Ant. disbelieve presume [v2] dare; take the liberty go so far, have the audacity, impose, infringe, intrude, make bold, undertake, venture; concept 87 Ant. abstain presumption [n1] belief, hypothesis anticipation, apriorism, assumption, basis, chance, conjecture, grounds, guess, likelihood, opinion, plausibility, posit, postulate, postulation, premise, presupposition, probability, reason, shot, shot in the dark*, sneaking suspicion*, stab, supposition, surmise, suspicion, thesis; concept 689 Ant. reality, truth presumption [n2] forwardness, daring arrogance, assurance, audacity, boldness, brashness, brass, cheek*, chutzpah*, condence, contumely, effrontery, gall, impudence, insolence, nerve, presumptuousness, rudeness, temerity; concept 633 Ant. humility presumptuous [adj] self-condent arrogant, audacious, bold, cheeky*, conceited, condent, contumelious, egotistic, foolhardy, forward, fresh, insolent, overcondent, overfamiliar, overweening, pompous, presuming, pretentious, pushy, rash, rude, self-assertive, self-assured, self-satised, smug, supercilious, uppity*; concepts 401,542 Ant. humble, modest pretend [v1] fake, falsify act, affect, allege, assume, be deceitful, beguile, be hypocritical, bluff, cheat, claim, claim falsely, counterfeit, cozen, deceive, delude, dissemble, dissimulate, dupe, fake out*, feign, sh*, fool, fudge*, hoodwink*, impersonate, jazz*, jive*, lay claim*, let on*, make out*, malinger, masquerade, mislead, pass off*, pass oneself off as*, profess, purport, put on*, put up a front*, sham*, shuck and jive*, simulate, stonewall*, sucker*, whitewash*; concepts 59,63 Ant. tell truth pretend [v2] play the part of act, assume the role, imagine, imitate, impersonate, make as if, make believe, make out like, make up, masquerade, mimic, play, playact, portray, pose, purport, put on a front*, put on airs*, put on an act*, represent, reproduce, suppose; concepts 111,171,292,384 Ant. be honest pretended [adj] alleged; imaginary affected, articial, assumed, avowed, blufng, bogus, charlatan, cheating, concealed, counterfeit, covered, dissimulated, factitious, fake, false, falsied, feigned, ctitious, impostrous, imposturous, lying, make-believe, masked, mock, ostensible, phony, pretend, professed, pseudo*, purported, put-on*, quack*, sham*, shammed*, simulated, so-called, spurious, supposed; concepts 545,582 Ant. genuine, real, sincere pretense [n] falsehood, affected show; cover act, acting, affectation, appearance, artice, charade, claim, cloak, deceit, deception, display, dissimulation, double-dealing*, dumb act*, evasion, excuse, fabrication, facade, fakery, faking, falsication, feigning, gag, guise, insincerity, invention, make-believe, mask, masquerade, misrepresentation, misstatement, ostentation, posing, posturing, pretentiousness, pretext,

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routine, ruse, schtick*, semblance, sham*, shufing, simulation, stall, stunt, subterfuge, trickery, veil, veneer, wile; concepts 59,63,633, 716 Ant. honesty, openness, reality, truth pretension [n1] airs, snobbishness affectation, big talk*, charade, conceit, disguise, fake*, false front*, front, hypocrisy, ostentation, phony, pomposity, pretentiousness, put-on*, self-importance, show, showboat*, showiness, showoff, snobbery, splash*, vainglory, vanity; concept 633 Ant. honesty, humility pretension [n2] false claim, assertion of importance allegation, ambition, ambitiousness, aspiration, assumption, charade, declaration, demand, disguise, maintenance, make-believe, pageant, pretense, pretext, profession, title; concepts 278,657 Ant. honesty, truth pretentious [adj] snobbish, conceited affected, arty, assuming, aureate, big*, bombastic, chichi*, conspicuous, euphuistic, exaggerated, extravagant, feigned, amboyant, ashy, aunting, owery, gaudy, grandiloquent, grandiose, highfaluting*, high-own*, high-sounding*, hollow, imposing, inated, jazzy*, la-di-da*, lofty, magniloquent, mincing, ornate, ostentatious, overambitious, overblown, pompous, puffed up*, put-on*, rhetorical, showy, specious, splashy, stilted, swank, too-too*, tumid, turgid, utopian, vainglorious; concepts 401, 542,589 Ant. humble, modest, unconceited preternatural [adj] unusual, abnormal aberrant, anomalous, atypical, deviant, deviative, extraordinary, ghostly, inexplicable, irregular, marvelous, miraculous, mysterious, odd, peculiar, strange, superhuman, superior, supermundane, supernatural, unaccountable, unearthly, unnatural, unrepresentative, untypical; concept 564 Ant. common, natural, normal, regular, usual pretext [n] disguise; alleged reason affectation, alibi, appearance, bluff, cleanup, cloak, color*, coloring*, cop-out*, cover, cover story*, coverup*, device, excuse, face, feint, g leaf*, front, guise, mask, masquerade, plea, ploy, pretense, red herring*, routine, ruse, semblance, show, simulation, song and dance*, stall, stratagem, subterfuge, veil*; concepts 59,661,716 Ant. reality, truth pretty [adj] attractive appealing, beauteous, beautiful, boss*, charming, cheerful, cher*, comely, cute, dainty, darling, delicate, delightful, dishy*, dreamboat*, elegant, eyeful*, fair, ne, foxy*, good-looking, graceful, handsome, looker, lovely, neat, nice, picture, pleasant, pleasing, pulchritudinous, tasteful; concept 579 Ant. disgusting, ugly pretty [adv] considerable; somewhat a little, ample, fairly, kind of, large, moderately, more or less, much, notable, pretty much, quite, rather, reasonably, sizable, some, something, sort of, tolerably; concepts 531,569 prevail [v] dominate, control abound, beat, be common, be current, be prevalent, best, be usual, be victorious, be widespread, carry, come out on top*, command, conquer, domineer, exist generally, gain, get there, go great guns*, go places*, hit pay dirt*, luck out*, make it, make out, master, move out, obtain, overcome, overrule, predominate, preponderate, prove,

reign, succeed, take off, triumph, win; concepts 94,95,141 Ant. lose, surrender prevailing [adj] general, dominant all-embracing, by the numbers*, catholic, common, comprehensive, current, customary, ecumenical, established, familiar, fashionable, inuential, in style, in vogue, main, operative, ordinary, popular, predominant, predominating, preponderating, prevalent, principal, rampant, regnant, regular, rife, ruling, set, steady, sweeping, universal, usual, widespread, worldwide; concept 530 Ant. individual, minor, peculiar, private, unimportant prevail upon/prevail on [v] persuade, inuence affect, argue into, bring around, convince, crack, dispose, draw, get, get around, impress, incline, induce, promote, prompt, put across, ram down throat*, sell*, suck in*, sway, talk into, win over; concept 68 Ant. discourage, dissuade, leave alone prevalent [adj1] accepted, widespread accustomed, common, commonplace, current, customary, established, everyday, extensive, faddy, frequent, general, habitual, in use, latest*, latest word*, leading edge*, natural, new, normal, now*, ongoing, popular, prevailing, rampant, regnant, regular, rife, run-of-the-mill*, stateof-the-art*, stylish, swinging, trendy, typic, typical, ubiquitous, universal, up-to-date, usual, with it*, wonted; concepts 530,547,589 Ant. isolated, limited, uncommon prevalent [adj2] governing, superior ascendant, compelling, dominant, overbearing, paramount, powerful, predominant, predominate, preponderant, prevailing, regnant, ruling, sovereign, successful; concepts 536,574 Ant. inferior, subservient prevaricate [v] deceive; stretch the truth beat around the bush*, beg the question*, belie, cavil, con, distort, dodge, equivocate, evade, exaggerate, fabricate, falsify, b, garble, hedge, invent, jive*, lie*, misrepresent, misspeak, palter, phony up*, put on*, quibble, shift, shufe, tergiversate; concept 63 Ant. tell truth prevent [v] keep from happening or continuing anticipate, arrest, avert, avoid, bafe, balk, bar, block, check, chill*, cool, cork, counter, counteract, dam, debar, defend against, foil, forbid, forestall, forfend, frustrate, halt, hamper, head off, hinder, hold back, hold off, impede, inhibit, intercept, interdict, interrupt, keep lid on*, limit, nip in the bud*, obstruct, obviate, preclude, prohibit, put an end to, put a stop to, repress, restrain, restrict, retard, rule out, shut out, stave off, stop, thwart, turn aside, ward off; concept 121 Ant. aid, allow, assist, cause, help, let go prevention [n] stop avoidance, blockage, deterence, determent, forestalling, halt, hindrance, impediment, inhibitor, interception, interruption, obstacle, obstruction, prohibition, stoppage, thwarting; concepts 240,832 preview [n] preliminary showing examination, preliminary study, research, show, sneak, sneak peek*, survey, viewing; concepts 263,292,832 Ant. criticism previous [adj1] former, prior antecedent, anterior, earlier, erstwhile, ex, foregoing, one-time, past, precedent, preceding, quondam,

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sometime; concepts 585,811,818,820 Ant. current, future, later, present previous [adj2] premature ahead of, early, inopportune, overearly, oversoon, precipitate, soon, too early, too soon, unfounded, untimely, unwarranted; concepts 558,799 Ant. on time, timely, well-timed previously [adv] earlier ahead, already, ante, antecedently, at one time, away back, a while ago, back, back when, before, beforehand, erstwhile, fore, formerly, forward, heretofore, hitherto, in advance, in anticipation, in days gone by, in the past, long ago, once, one-shot, precedently, then, time was, until now; concept 820 Ant. currently, future, later, presently prey [n] target of attack casualty, chased*, dupe*, game, kill, loot, mark, martyr, mug*, pillage, quarry, quest, raven, spoil, sufferer, underdog, victim; concepts 394,423 Ant. attacker prey on [v] attack, terrorize blackmail, bleed, bully, burden, consume, depredate, devour, distress, eat, exploit, feed on, eece, haunt, hunt, intimidate, live off, load, oppress, plunder, raid, seize, take advantage of, tax, trouble, victimize, weigh, worry; concepts 14,86,169 Ant. guard, protect, save price [n1] nancial value amount, appraisal, appraisement, asking price, assessment, barter, bill, bounty, ceiling, charge, compensation, consideration, cost, damage, demand, disbursement, discount, dues, estimate, exaction, expenditure, expense, face value, fare, fee, gure, hire, outlay, output, pay, payment, premium, prize, quotation, ransom, rate, reckoning, retail, return, reward, score, sticker*, tab, tariff, ticket, toll, tune*, valuation, wages, wholesale, worth; concept 329 price [n2] consequences of action cost, expense, penalty, sacrice, toll; concept 230 Ant. cause price [v] assess nancial value appraise, cost, estimate, evaluate, x, mark down, mark up, put a price on, rate, reduce, sticker, value; concept 330 priceless [adj1] precious, irreplaceable beyond price, cherished, collectible, costly, dear, expensive, incalculable, incomparable, inestimable, invaluable, out-of-bounds*, out-of-sight*, prized, rare, rich, treasured, valuable, valued, without price, worth a kings ransom*, worth its weight in gold*; concepts 334,568 Ant. cheap, replaceable, useless, worthless priceless [adj2] extremely funny absurd, amusing, comic, droll, hilarious, humorous, killing, rib-tickling*, ridiculous, riotous, scream, sidesplitting; concept 267 Ant. grave, serious prick [n] small hole made by stab cut, gash, jab, jag, perforation, pinhole, prickle, puncture, stab, wound; concept 309 prick [v] stab, perforate bore, cut, drill, enter, hurt, jab, lance, pierce, pink, punch, puncture, slash, slit, smart, spur, sting; concept 220 prickly [adj1] thorny or difcult annoying, barbed, bothersome, brambly, briery, bristly, complicated, echinated, intricate, involved, knotty, nettlesome, pointed, sharp, spiny,

stimulating, ticklish, tricky, troublesome, trying; concepts 485,565 Ant. smooth prickly [adj2] irritable, bad-tempered cantankerous, edgy, fractious, fretful, grumpy, irritable, peevish, petulant, snappish, touchy, waspish; concept 401 Ant. happy, pleasant pride [n1] self-esteem amour-propre, delight, dignity, ego, egoism, egotism, ego trip, face, gratication, happiness, honor, joy, pleasure, pridefulness, repletion, satisfaction, self-admiration, self-condence, self-glorication, selflove, self-regard, self-respect, self-satisfaction, self-sufciency, self-trust, self-worth, sufciency; concept 411 Ant. humility pride [n2] arrogance, self-importance airs, assumption, big-headedness*, cockiness*, conceit, condescension, contumely, disdain, disdainfulness, egoism, egotism, haughtiness, hauteur, hubris, huff, immodesty, insolence, loftiness, narcissism, overcondence, patronage, pragmatism, presumption, pretension, pretentiousness, proud esh*, self-exaltation, self-love, smugness, snobbery, superbity, superciliousness, swagger, swelled head*, vainglory, vanity; concept 633 Ant. humility, modesty, shyness, timidity pride [n3] treasure; best boast, choice, cream, elite, fat, ower*, gem*, glory, jewel*, pick, pride and joy*, prime, prize, top*; concepts 446,668,689 Ant. disgrace pride [v] take pleasure in accomplishment be proud, boast, brag, congratulate, crow, exult, felicitate, atter oneself, gasconade, glory in, hold head high, overbear, pique*, plume*, prance, preen, presume, puff up*, revel in, strut, swagger, swell, vaunt; concepts 10,633 Ant. humble priest [n] man who is minister in Roman or Orthodox Catholic church clergyperson, cleric, curate, divine, ecclesiastic, elder, father, father confessor, friar, holy man, lama, man of God, man of the cloth*, monk, padre, pontiff, preacher, rector, vicar; concept 361 priesthood [n] clergy canonicate, canonry, cardinalate, deaconry, diaconate, ecclesiastics, ministry, pastorate, rabbinate, the cloth, the pulpit; concept 369 prim [adj] particular, fussy blue-nose*, ceremonial, ceremonious, choosy, cleanly, conventional, correct, dapper*, decorous, demure, fastidious, formal, genteel, good, goody-goody*, nice, nit-picking*, orderly, overmodest, polite, precise, priggish, prissy, proper, prudish, puritanical, rigid, shipshape*, spic-and-span*, spruce, stickling, stiff, straight, strait-laced, stuffy*, tidy, uncluttered, upright, Victorian, well-groomed, wooden*; concepts 401,404 Ant. informal, rumpled prima donna [n1] star diva, rst lady, headliner, leading lady, lead vocalist, opera singer, singer, soloist, superstar, topliner*; concepts 352,366 prima donna [n2] temperamental person conceited person, crybaby, egotist, narcissist, princess, self-centered person, spoiled brat, vain person; concept 411 primal [adj] primeval; primary aboriginal, ancient, central, chief, earliest, early, rst, fundamental, highest, old, original, paramount,

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past, prehistoric, primitive, primordial, principal, pristine; concept 799 primarily [adv1] generally; for the most part above all, basically, chiey, especially, essentially, fundamentally, generally, largely, mainly, mostly, on the whole, overall, predominantly, principally; concepts 531,544,772 Ant. secondarily primarily [adv2] in the beginning at rst, at the start, rst and foremost, from the start, initially, in the rst place, originally, primitively; concepts 548,799 Ant. nally primary/prime [adj1] best, principal capital, cardinal, chief, crackerjack*, dominant, excellent, fab*, rst, rst-class*, greatest, heavy, highest, hot*, leading, main, number one*, paramount, primo*, state-of-the-art*, stellar, top, top-of-the-line*, tough*, world-class*; concepts 567,574 Ant. inferior, least, minor, secondary, second-rate, subordinate, worst primary/prime [adj2] earliest aboriginal, beginning, direct, rst, rsthand, immediate, initial, original, pioneer, primal, primeval, primitive, primordial, pristine; concepts 585,799 Ant. nal, latest primary/prime [adj3] basic, fundamental basal, beginning, bottom, central, elemental, elementary, essential, rst, foundational, introductory, meat-and-potatoes*, original, primitive, principal, radical, rudimentary, simple, three Rs*, ultimate, underivative, underived, underlying; concepts 549,585 Ant. auxiliary, secondary, supplemental prime [n1] best part of existence best, best days*, bloom, choice, cream*, elite, fat*, ower*, owering*, height, heyday, maturity, peak, perfection, pink*, prize, spring, springtime, top, verdure, vitality, zenith; concept 816 Ant. downfall prime [n2] beginning; spring adolescence, aurora, dawn, daybreak, dew, greenness*, juvenility, morn*, morning, opening, puberty, pubescence, springtime, start, sunrise, sunup, tender years*, vitality, youth, youthfulness; concepts 817,832 Ant. conclusion, end prime [v] get ready; prepare break in, brief, clue*, coach, cram, excite, ll in, t, galvanize, groom, inform, innervate, make ready, motivate, move, notify, prep*, provoke, rehearse, stimulate, tell, train; concepts 7,19,22,35,202 Ant. forget, neglect prime minister [n] premier chancellor, chief executive, chief of state, commander in chief, head of state, leader, person in charge, president; concepts 347,354 primeval [adj] ancient earliest, early, rst, old, original, prehistoric, primal, primary, primitive, primordial, pristine; concept 799 Ant. modern, new primitive [adj1] ancient, original archaic, basic, earliest, early, elementary, essential, rst, fundamental, old, primal, primary, primeval, primordial, pristine, substratal, underivative, underived, underlying, undeveloped, unevolved; concept 799 Ant. current, modern, new, present primitive [adj2] barbaric, crude animal, atavistic, austere, barbarian, barbarous, brutish, childlike, erce, ignorant, naive, natural, non-

literate, preliterate, raw, rough, rude, rudimentary, savage, simple, uncivilized, uncultivated, uncultured, underdeveloped, undeveloped, undomesticated, unlearned, unrened, unsophisticated, untamed, untaught, untrained, untutored, vestigial, wild; concepts 406,485 Ant. cultured, modern, sophisticated primordial [adj] earliest basic, early, elemental, rst, fundamental, original, prehistoric, primal, primary, prime, primeval, primitive, pristine, radical; concept 799 Ant. last, latest primp [v] beautify and dress nicely deck out*, dress up, x up, get dressed up, groom, gussy up*, preen, prepare, slick*, smarten, spiff, spruce, titivate; concept 202 Ant. mess up, uglify principal [adj] most important arch, capital, cardinal, champion, chief, controlling, crowning, dominant, essential, rst, foremost, greatest, head, highest, incomparable, key, leading, main, mainline, major, matchless, maximum, outstanding, paramount, peerless, predominant, preeminent, premier, prevailing, primary, prime, prominent, second-to-none, sovereign, star, stellar, strongest, supereminent, superior, supreme, transcendent, unapproachable, unequaled, unparalleled, unrivaled; concepts 568,574 Ant. auxiliary, extra, least, lesser, minor, secondary, trivial, unimportant principal [n1] person in charge of organization, often an educational one administrator, boss, chief, dean, director, exec*, head, key player*, lead, leader, preceptor, protagonist, rector, ruler, star, superintendent; concepts 347,350 principal [n2] original amount of property either owned or owed assets, capital, capital funds, money; concept 332 Ant. interest principally [adv] mainly above all, basically, before anything else, cardinally, chiey, dominantly, eminently, especially, essentially, rst and foremost, rst of all, for the most part, fundamentally, generally, importantly, in the rst place, in the main, largely, materially, mostly, notably, particularly, peculiarly, predominantly, preeminently, prevailingly, prevalently, primarily, substantially, superlatively, supremely, to a great degree, universally, vitally; concepts 531,544,772 Ant. secondarily, trivially principle [n1] law, standard assumption, axiom, basis, canon, convention, criterion, dictum, doctrine, dogma, ethic, form, formula, foundation, fundamental, golden rule*, ground, maxim, origin, postulate, precept, prescript, principium, proposition, regulation, rule, source, theorem, truth, usage, verity; concepts 318,688 principle/principles [n2] belief, morality; morals attitude, character, code, conduct, conscience, credo, ethic, ethics, faith, ideals, integrity, opinion, policy, probity, rectitude, scruples, sense of duty, sense of honor, system, teaching, tenet, uprightness; concepts 645,689 Ant. immorality, unethicalness print [n] publication; something impressed black-and-white*, book, characters, composition, copy, edition, engraving, face, font, impress, impression, imprint, indentation, issue, lettering, letters, lithograph, magazine, newspaper, newsprint, periodical, photograph, printed

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matter, stamp, type, typeface, typescript, typesetting, writing; concepts 259,265,280 print [v] produce writing, impression; reproduce publication calligraph, compose, disseminate, engrave, go to press, impress, imprint, issue, let roll, letter, mark, offset, publish, put to bed*, reissue, reprint, run off, set, set type, stamp, strike off; concepts 174,203,205 printer [n1] typesetter compositor, pressperson, publisher, typographer; concepts 174,203,205 printer [n2] computer peripheral device ball printer, character printer, color printer, daisywheel printer, dot-matrix printer, graphics printer, ink-jet printer, laser printer, LCD printer, LED printer, line printer, thermal printer; concept 463 prior [adj] earlier above-mentioned, aforementioned, ahead, antecedent, anterior, before, foregoing, former, forward, past, precedent, preceding, preexistent, preexisting, previous; concepts 811,812,818,820 Ant. after, later priority [n] rst concern antecedence, arrangement, crash project*, greatest importance, lead, order, precedence, preeminence, preference, prerogative, previousness, rank, right of way*, seniority, superiority, supremacy, transcendence; concept727 Ant. unimportance prison [n] residence for incarcerating criminals bastille, can*, clink*, connement, cooler*, dungeon, G*, guardhouse, jail, keep, lockup, pen*, penal institution, penitentiary, reformatory, slammer*, statesville*, stockade, up the river*; concepts 439,449,516 prisoner [n] person jailed for crime; person kept against his or her will captive, chain gang member, con, convict, culprit, detainee, hostage, internee, jailbird*, lag*, lifer*, loser*, tough*, yardbird*; concept 412 prissy [adj] particular and fussy epicene, fastidious, nicky, genteel, goody-goody*, goodytwo-shoes*, overnice, pansied, persnickety, picky, precious, prim, prim and proper*, prudish, puritanical, sissied, sissy, squeamish, stickling, strait-laced, stuffy*, tight-laced*, Victorian; concepts 401,404 Ant. informal, unconcerned pristine [adj] clean, pure; primeval earliest, early, rst, immaculate, intact, natural, original, primal, puried, rened, sanitary, snowy, spotless, stainless, sterile, sterilized, taintless, unadulterated, uncorrupted, undebased, unpolluted, unsoiled, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished, untouched, virginal, wholesome; concepts 621,799 privacy [n] solitude, secrecy aloofness, clandestineness, concealment, condentiality, isolation, ones space, penetralia, privateness, quiet, retirement, retreat, seclusion, separateness, separation, sequestration, solitude; concepts 388,631,714 Ant. publicity, publicness, sociableness private [adj1] personal, intimate behind the scenes*, clandestine, closet*, close to ones chest*, condential, discreet, exclusive, hushed, hush-hush*, independent, individual, inside, nonpublic, not open, off the record*, own, particular, privy*, reserved, secret, separate, special, under ones hat*, unofcial; concepts 267,406 Ant. open, public, sociable

private [adj2] hidden, isolated concealed, discreet, quiet, removed, retired, secluded, secret, separate, sequestered, solitary, withdrawn; concepts 576,583 Ant. open, revealed, unconcealed private [n] lowest rank of person enlisted in armed service enlisted person, rst-class*, GI, infantry, private soldier, sailor, second-class*, soldier; concept 358 private eye [n] private detective agent, bird dog*, bloodhound*, cop, dick*, peeper*, P.I.*, private investigator, sleuth, snoop*, tail*; concept 348 privation [n] deprivation destitution, disadvantage, hardship, indigence, lack, necessity, need, neediness, poverty, want; concepts 121,142,709 privilege [n] right, due advantage, allowance, appanage, appurtenance, authority, authorization, benet, birthright, boon, chance, charter, claim, concession, entitlement, event, exemption, favor, franchise, freedom, grant, immunity, liberty, license, opportunity, perquisite, prerogative, right, sanction; concept 376 Ant. detriment, disadvantage privileged [adj1] favored, elite advantaged, entitled, honored, indulged, powerful, ruling, special; concepts 334,574 Ant. disadvantageous, poor, underprivileged privileged [adj2] allowed, exempt authorized, chartered, eligible, empowered, entitled, excused, franchised, free, furnished, granted, immune, kosher*, legit*, licensed, okay*, okayed*, palatine, qualied, sanctioned, special, vested; concept 548 Ant. prevented, unexempt privileged [adj3] condential, secret exceptional, for eyes only*, inside, not for publication, off the record*, on the QT*, privy, special, top secret, under ones hat*; concept 267 Ant. known, open, public privy [adj1] secret buried, concealed, condential, covert, hidden, hush-hush*, obscured, off the record*, personal, private, separate, shrouded, ulterior; concepts 267,576 Ant. known, public, revealed privy [adj2] aware acquainted, apprised, cognizant, conscious, informed, in on*, in the know*, private, privileged, wise; concept 402 Ant. unaware, unknowing prize [adj] best award-winning, champion, choice, cream*, elite, fat*, rst-class*, rstrate*, outstanding, pick, prime, top, topnotch, winning; concept 574 Ant. worst prize [n1] award, winnings accolade, acquirement, acquisition, advantage, blue ribbon*, bonus, bounty, cake*, capture, carrot*, championship, citation, crown, decoration, dividend, feather in cap*, rst place*, gold*, gold star*, gravy*, guerdon, haul, honor, inducement, jackpot, laurel, loot*, medal, meed, payoff, pickings*, pillage, plum*, plunder*, possession, premium, privilege, purse, recompense, requital, reward, scholarship, spoil, spoils, stakes, strokes*, swag*, title, trophy, windfall; concepts 337,710 Ant. blame, punishment prize [n2] goal; best aim, ambition, choice, conquest, cream*, desire, elite, fat, ower*, gain, gold*, hope, pick, pride, prime, top*; concepts 659,709

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prize [v] value highly appreciate, apprize, cherish, count, enshrine, esteem, guard, hold dear, rate, regard highly, set store by*, treasure; concepts 10,32 Ant. despise, dislike, hate, not care probability [n] likelihood of something happening anticipation, chance, chances, conceivability, contingency, credibility, expectation, feasibility, hazard, liability, likeliness, odds, outside chance*, plausibility, possibility, practicability, prayer, presumption, promise, prospect, reasonableness, shot, snowballs chance*, toss-up*; concept 650 Ant. improbability, unlikelihood probable [adj] likely to happen apparent, believable, credible, earthly, feasible, illusory, in the cards*, mortal, most likely, odds-on*, ostensible, plausible, possible, presumable, presumed, rational, reasonable, seeming; concept 552 Ant. improbable, unlikely probably [adv] likely to happen apparently, as likely as not, assumably, as the case may be, believably, dollars to doughnuts*, doubtless, expediently, feasibly, imaginably, in all likelihood, in all probability, like enough, maybe, most likely, no doubt, one can assume, perchance, perhaps, plausibly, possibly, practicably, presumably, presumptively, reasonably, seemingly, to all appearances; concept 552 Ant. improbably, unlikely probation [n] trial period apprenticeship, noviciate, test period, trial; concepts 87,290,291 probe [n] investigation delving, detection, examination, exploration, shing expedition*, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, legwork*, probing, quest, research, scrutiny, study, third degree*; concepts 31,103,216,290 probe [v] explore, investigate ask, catechize, check, check out, check over, check up, delve into, dig, examine, eye, feel around, feel out, go into, inquire, interrogate, look into, look-see, penetrate, pierce, poke, prod, prospect, put out a feeler*, query, quiz, scrutinize, search, sift, sound, sound out, study, test, test the waters*, verify; concepts 31,103,216 probity [n] fairness, honesty equity, delity, goodness, honor, integrity, justice, morality, rectitude, righteousness, rightness, sincerity, trustworthiness, truthfulness, uprightness, virtue, worth; concepts 411,645 Ant. deceit, dishonesty, unfairness problem [n1] difculty; bad situation botheration, box*, can of worms*, complication, count*, crunch*, dilemma, disagreement, dispute, disputed point, doubt, headache*, hitch*, hot water*, issue, mess*, obstacle, pickle*, point at issue*, predicament, quandary, question, scrape*, squeeze*, trouble, worriment; concepts 666,674 Ant. good situation, solution problem [n2] puzzle, question brainteaser*, bugaboo*, cliff-hanger*, conundrum, enigma, example, grabber*, illustration, intricacy, mind-boggler*, mystery, poser*, puzzler, query, riddle, sixty-four thousand dollar question*, stickler, stumper, teaser, twister; concepts 529,532 Ant. solution problematic [adj] open to doubt ambiguous, arguable, chancy, debatable, disputable, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, enigmatic, iffy*,

indecisive, moot, open, precarious, problematical, puzzling, questionable, suspect, tricky, uncertain, unsettled, up for grabs*; concept 529 Ant. certain, xable, settled, solvable, sure procedure [n] process, system for accomplishing something action, agenda, agendum, channels, conduct, course, custom, daily grind*, fashion, form, formula, game plan*, gimmick, grind, idea, layout, line, maneuver, measure, method, mode, modus operandi, move, nuts and bolts*, operation, performance, plan, policy, polity, practice, proceeding, program, red tape*, routine, scheme, setup, step, strategy, style, the book*, the numbers*, transaction; concept 6 proceed [v1] physically or mentally carry on, carry out advance, continue, fare, get, get going, get on with, get under way*, go ahead, go on, hie, journey, make a start, march, move on, move out, pass, press on, progress, push on, repair, set in motion, travel, wend; concepts 43,91 Ant. cease, halt, stop, wait proceed [v2] ow from; originate arise, come, derive, emanate, ensue, extend, follow, head, issue, pass, result, rise, spring, stem; concepts 179,230,676 Ant. return proceeding [n] undertaking, course of action act, action, adventure, casualty, circumstance, come off, deed, exercise, experiment, godown*, goings-on*, happening, incident, maneuver, measure, move, movement, occurrence, operation, performance, procedure, process, step, transaction, venture; concepts 2,3 proceedings [n] account, report of event affairs, annals, archives, business, dealings, documents, doings*, matters, minutes, records, transactions; concept 271 proceeds [n] earnings from business gain, gate, handle, income, interest, lucre, produce, product, prot, receipts, result, returns, revenue, reward, split, take, takings, till, yield; concept 344 Ant. loss process [n] method; series of actions to achieve result action, advance, case, channels*, course, course of action*, development, evolution, fashion, formation, growth, manner, means, measure, mechanism, mode, modus operandi, movement, operation, outgrowth, performance, practice, procedure, proceeding, progress, progression, red tape*, routine, rule, stage, step, suit, system, technique, transaction, trial, unfolding, way, wise, working; concept 6 process [v] subject to series of actions to achieve result alter, concoct, convert, deal with, dispose of, fulll, handle, make ready, prepare, rene, take care of, transform, treat; concept 204 Ant. forget, neglect procession [n] parade, sequence advance, autocade, cavalcade, column, consecution, cortege, course, cycle, le, march, motorcade, movement, order, process, run, series, string, succession, train; concepts 155,727 proclaim [v] advertise, make known afrm, announce, annunciate, blast, blaze, blazon, broadcast, call, circulate, declare, demonstrate, disseminate, enunciate, evidence, evince, exhibit, expound, get on a soapbox*, give out, herald, illustrate, indicate, manifest, mark, ostend, pass the word*, profess, promulgate, publish, shoot off mouth*, shout out, show,

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sound off, spiel*, spout, spread it around*, stump*, trumpet*, utter, vent, ventilate, voice; concepts 49,60 Ant. conceal, hide proclamation [n] advertisement, announcement broadcast, declaration, decree, edict, manifesto, notice, notication, promulgation, pronouncement, pronunciamento*, publication; concepts 271,278 Ant. secret proclivity [n] inclination, tendency bent*, bias, cup of tea*, disposition, druthers, facility, ash*, groove*, inclining, leaning, liableness, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proneness, propensity, thing for*, type, weakness; concepts 20,32,411 Ant. disinclination procrastinate [v] delay, put off doing adjourn, be dilatory, cool*, dally, dawdle, defer, drag, drag ones feet*, give the run around*, goldbrick*, hang re*, hesitate, hold off, lag*, let slide, linger, loiter, pause, play a waiting game*, play for time*, poke*, postpone, prolong, protract, retard, shilly-shally*, stall, stay, suspend, tarry, temporize, wait; concepts 121,237,681 Ant. accelerate, advance, complete, do, nish, go ahead, quicken procreate [v] reproduce beget, breed, conceive, create, engender, father, generate, get, give birth to, hatch, impregnate, make, mother, multiply, originate, parent, produce, progenerate, proliferate, propagate, sire, spawn; concepts 173,251,374 Ant. kill procure [v] acquire, obtain annex, appropriate, bring around, buy, buy out, buy up, come by, compass, cop*, corral, draw, earn, effect, nd, gain, get, get hold of, grab, have, induce, land*, latch on to, lay hands on, make a haul*, manage to get*, persuade, pick up, prevail upon, promote, purchase, score, secure, solicit, wangle, win; concepts 68,120,327 Ant. give away, have, lose prod [v1] poke at crowd, dig, drive, elbow, goose, jab, jog, nudge, press, prick, punch, push, shove; concept 208 prod [v2] urge, incite crowd*, egg on*, excite, exhort, goad, goose*, impel, instigate, jog memory, motivate, move, pique, prick, prompt, propel, provoke, push, remind, rouse, sic*, sound, spark, spur, stimulate, stir up, trigger, turn on; concepts 7,19,22,242 Ant. discourage, dissuade prodigal [adj1] wasteful dissipated, excessive, extravagant, immoderate, improvident, intemperate, lavish, proigate, reckless, spendthrift, squandering, wanton; concepts 401,560 Ant. careful, thrifty prodigal [adj2] luxurious, profuse abundant, bounteous, bountiful, copious, exuberant, lavish, lush, luxuriant, moneyed, municent, opulent, riotous, sumptuous, superabundant, teeming; concepts 334,781 Ant. modest, poor prodigal [n] person who spends a lot big spender*, compulsive shopper*, deep pockets*, dissipator, high roller*, proigate, spender, spendthrift, sport, squanderer, waster, wastrel; concepts 348,412 prodigious [adj1] huge, enormous big, colossal*, fantastic, giant, gigantic, gross, Herculean*, immeasurable, immense, inordinate, jumbo*, king-size*, large, mammoth, massive, mighty, monstrous, monumental,

mortal, stupendous, towering, tremendous, vast; concepts 773,781 Ant. little, small, tiny prodigious [adj2] extraordinary, fabulous abnormal, amazing, astonishing, astounding, bad, exceptional, fab*, fantastic, heavy, impressive, marvelous, miraculous, out-of-this-world*, phenomenal, preternatural, remarkable, spectacular, staggering, startling, state-of-the-art*, striking, stupendous, surprising, unreal, unusual, utmost, wonderful; concepts 567,572,574 Ant. common, insignicant, ordinary, unremarkable prodigy [n] person or thing that is extraordinary brain*, child genius, curiosity, enormity, freak*, genius, intellect, marvel, mastermind, miracle, monster, natural, one in a million*, phenomenon, portent, rare bird*, rarity, sensation, spectacle, stunner, talent, whiz*, whiz kid*, wizard, wonder, wonder child, wunderkind; concepts 416,671,706 produce [n] fruit and vegetables crop, fruitage, goods, greengrocery, harvest, outcome, outgrowth, outturn, production, yield; concepts 426,429,431,457,461 produce [v1] generate, create afford, assemble, author, bear, beget, blossom, breed, bring forth, bring out, build, come through, compose, conceive, construct, contribute, cultivate, deliver, design, develop, devise, effectuate, engender, erect, fabricate, fetch, ower, form, frame, furnish, give, give birth, give forth, imagine, invent, make, manufacture, multiply, offer, originate, parent, present, procreate, propagate, provide, put together, render, reproduce, return, show fruit, supply, turn out, write, yield; concepts 173,205,251,374 Ant. consume, destroy, ruin produce [v2] cause, effect beget, breed, bring about, draw on, engender, generate, get up, give rise to, hatch, induce, make, make for*, muster, occasion, provoke, result in, secure, set off, work up; concept 242 Ant. result produce [v3] demonstrate, show advance, bring forward, bring to light, display, exhibit, offer, present, put forward, set forth, unfold; concept 261 produce [v4] put on a public performance act, come through, direct, do, exhibit, make, mount, percolate, perform, perk, play, present, pull off*, show, stage; concepts 292,324 Ant. act, play product [n] result or goods created aftermath, amount, artifact, blend, brand, brew, by-product, commodity, compound, concoction, confection, consequence, contrivance, creation, crop, decoction, device, effect, emolument, fabrication, fruit, gain, handiwork, invention, issue, legacy, line, manufacture, merchandise, offshoot, outcome, outgrowth, output, preparation, produce, production, prot, realization, result, returns, spinoff, stock, synthetic, upshot, work, yield; concepts 230,338 Ant. cause, resource production [n] creating of goods, result assembly, authoring, bearing, blossoming, construction, creation, direction, elongation, engendering, extention, fabrication, formulation, fructication, generation, giving, lengthening, making, management, manufacture, manufacturing, origination, preparation, presentation, producing, prolongation, protraction, provision,

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rendering, reproduction, return, staging, yielding; concept 205 Ant. destruction, ruin productive [adj] fruitful, creative advantageous, benecial, constructive, dynamic, effective, energetic, fecund, fertile, gainful, generative, gratifying, inventive, plentiful, producing, protable, prolic, rewarding, rich, teeming, useful, valuable, vigorous, worthwhile; concepts 537,542,560 Ant. fruitless, impotent, unfruitful, unproductive productivity [n] output, work rate abundance, capacity, fecundity, fertility, mass production, potency, production, productiveness, richness, yield; concept 630 Ant. idleness, unproductivity profane [adj] immoral, crude, disrespectful of religion abusive, atheistic, blasphemous, coarse, dirty*, lthy*, foul, godless, heathen, idolatrous, impious, impure, indecent, indel, irreligious, irreverent, irreverential, mundane, nasty, obscene, pagan, profanatory, raunchy, sacrilegious, sinful, smutty*, temporal, transient, transitory, unconsecrated, ungodly, unhallowed, unholy, unsanctied, vulgar, wicked, worldly; concepts 267,401,545 Ant. clean, moral, sacred profane [v] dele, desecrate abuse, be evil, befoul, blaspheme, commit sacrilege, commit sin, contaminate, curse, cuss, damn, darn, debase, despoil, do wrong, ame, hoodoo*, misuse, mock, mudsling*, pervert, pollute, prostitute, put double whammy on*, revile, scorn, swear, talk dirty*, tar, trash, vice, violate, vitiate, voodoo*; concepts 44,52,58,63 Ant. cleanse, purify profanity [n] foul language abuse, blasphemy, curse, cursing, cuss, cuss word, dirty language*, dirty name*, dirty word*, execration, four-letter word*, impiety, imprecation, irreverence, malediction, no-no*, obscenity, profaneness, sacrilege, swearing, swearword, taboo; concepts 278,645 Ant. clean language profess [v] declare, assert acknowledge, act as if, admit, afrm, allege, announce, asseverate, aver, avouch, avow, blow hot air*, certify, claim, come out*, confess, conrm, constate, croon, cross heart*, depose, dissemble, fake, feign, get off chest*, get on soapbox*, maintain, make out, open up*, own, own up*, predicate, pretend, proclaim, purport, say so*, sing*, soapbox*, spiel*, spout*, state, stump*, swear on bible*, swear up and down*, talk big*, vouch; concepts 49,63 Ant. conceal, hide profession [n1] line of work requiring academic or practical preparation art, avocation, berth, billet, biz*, business, calling, career, chosen work, concern, craft, dodge*, employment, engagement, eld, game*, handicraft, lifework, line*, line of work*, mtier, occupation, ofce, position, post, pursuit, rat race*, role, service, situation, slot*, specialty, sphere, thing*, trade, undertaking, vocation, walk of life*; concept 360 Ant. avocation, entertainment, fun, hobby profession [n2] declaration acknowledgment, afrmation, assertion, attestation, avowal, claim, confession, pretense, statement, testimony, vow; concept 278 Ant. quiet, silence professional [adj] skilled, trained able, ace, acknowledged, adept, competent, crackerjack*,

efcient, experienced, expert, nished, knowing ones stuff*, known, learned, licensed, on the ball*, polished, practiced, procient, qualied, sharp, skillful, slick*, there*, up to speed*, well-qualied; concepts 326,402,527,528 Ant. amateur, rookie, unprofessional, unskilled, untrained professional [n] person prepared for work by extended study or practice adept, artist, artiste, authority, brain*, egghead*, expert, hotshot*, old hand*, old pro*, old war-horse*, phenom, powerhouse, pro, procient, pundit, shark, specialist, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz*, whiz kid*, wizard; concepts 347,348 Ant. amateur, apprentice, greenhorn, rookie professor [n] person who teaches college courses assistant, brain*, educator, egghead*, faculty member, fellow, instructor, lecturer, pedagogue, principal, prof*, pundit, quant*, rocket scientist*, sage, savant, teacher, tutor; concept 350 Ant. pupil, student proffer [v] suggest, offer extend, gift, give, hand, hit on, hold out, make a pitch*, pose, present, propose, proposition, propound, submit, tender, volunteer; concepts 66,67,75 Ant. discourage, dissuade, take back prociency [n] ability, skillfulness accomplishment, advance, advancement, aptitude, chops, competence, dexterity, efciency, expertise, expertness, facility, formula, green thumb*, headway*, knack*, know-how*, knowledge, learning, makings, mastery, moxie*, oil*, progress, right stuff*, savvy*, skill, stuff, talent, what it takes*; concepts 409,630,706 Ant. clumsiness, inability, incompetence, ineptness procient [adj] able, skilled accomplished, adept, apt, capable, clever, competent, consummate, conversant, crack*, crackerjack*, drilled, effective, effectual, efcient, exercised, experienced, expert, nished, gifted, on the beam*, phenom, pro, qualied, savvy*, sharp, skillful, slick*, talented, trained, up to speed*, versed, whiz*, with it*; concepts 402,527,528 Ant. clumsy, incompetent, inept, unable, unskilled prole [n1] drawing of outline contour, delineation, guration, gure, form, likeness, line, lineament, lineation, portrait, shadow, shape, side view, silhouette, sketch; concepts 259,625 prole [n2] description, characterization analysis, biography, character sketch, chart, diagram, review, sketch, study, survey, thumbnail sketch, vignette, vita; concepts 268,283 prot [n] gain accumulation, acquisition, advancement, advantage, aggrandizement, augmentation, avail, benet, bottom line*, cleanup, earnings, emoluments, gate*, goods*, gravy*, gross, harvest, income, interest, killing, lucre, net, output, outturn, percentage, proceeds, product, production, receipt, receipts, remuneration, return, revenue, saving, skim*, split*, surplus, take*, takings*, turnout, use, value, velvet*, winnings, yield; concepts 332,344,693 Ant. loss prot [v] gain; get or give an advantage aid, avail, benet, be of advantage, better, capitalize on, cash in on, clean up, clear, contribute, earn, exploit, help, improve, learn from, make a haul*, make a killing*, make capital, make good use of*, make it big*, make money, make

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the most of*, pay, pay off, promote, prosper, put to good use*, realize, reap the benet*, recover, score, serve*, stand in good stead*, take advantage of, thrive, turn to advantage, use, utilize, work for; concepts 110,124,330, 693 Ant. lose protable [adj] advantageous; money-making assisting, benecial, commercial, conducive, contributive, cost-effective, effective, effectual, favorable, fruitful, gainful, going*, good, instrumental, in the black*, lucrative, paid off, paying, paying well, practical, pragmatic, productive, remunerative, rewarding, selfsustaining, serviceable, successful, sustaining, sweet*, useful, valuable, well-paying, worthwhile; concepts 334,537,572 Ant. disadvantageous, unprotable proigate [adj1] immoral, corrupt abandoned, debauched, degenerate, depraved, dissipated, dissolute, iniquitous, lax, lewd, libertine, licentious, loose, promiscuous, reprobate, shameless, unprincipled, vicious, vitiated, wanton, wicked, wild; concept 545 Ant. good, moral, nice proigate [adj2] wasteful extravagant, immoderate, improvident, lavish, prodigal, reckless, spendthrift, squandering; concepts 334,401 Ant. careful, saving proigate [n] person who is immoral debauchee, degenerate, dissipater, good-for-nothing*, lecher, libertine, nighthawk*, no-good*, old goat*, operator*, prodigal, rake, reprobate, rou, swinger, waster, wastrel; concept 412 profound [adj1] intellectual, thoughtful abstruse, acroamatic, deep, difcult, discerning, enlightened, erudite, esoteric, heavy*, hermetic, informed, intellectual, intelligent, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, mysterious, occult, Orphic, penetrating, philosophical, recondite, reective, sagacious, sage, scholarly, secret, serious, shrewd, skilled, subtle, thorough, weighty, wise; concepts 402,529 Ant. ignorant, stupid profound [adj2] bottomless abysmal, buried, cavernous, deep, fathomless, subterranean, yawning; concept 777 Ant. shallow, slight profound [adj3] intense; emotional abject, absolute, acute, consummate, deep, deeply felt, deep-seated, exhaustive, extensive, extreme, far-reaching, great, hard, heartfelt, heartrending, hearty, keen, out-and-out*, pronounced, sincere, thorough, total, utter; concepts 403,531,569 Ant. mild, moderate, unemotional profuse [adj] abundant, excessive abounding, alive with*, ample, aplenty, bounteous, bountiful, copious, crawling with*, dime a dozen*, extravagant, extreme, exuberant, fulsome, galore, generous, immoderate, lavish, liberal, lush, luxuriant, no end*, openhanded, opulent, overowing, plentiful, plenty, prodigal, profusive, prolic, riotous, sumptuous, superuous, swarming, teeming, thick with*, unstinting; concepts 762,781 Ant. lacking, sparse, wanting profusion [n] abundance ampleness, copiousness, excess, extravagance, ood, glut, great quantity, opulence, outpouring, overow, plenitude, plenty, prosperity, prosperousness, surplus, wealth; concepts 710,767 progeny [n] offspring begats, breed, children,

descendants, family, get*, issue, kids*, lineage, posterity, progeniture, race, scions, seed, stock, young; concepts 296,414 Ant. parent prognosis [n] forecast cast, diagnosis, expectation, foretelling, guess, prediction, prevision, prognostication, projection, prophecy, speculation, surmise; concepts 274,689 prognosticate [v] predict, foretell adumbrate, augur, betoken, call it*, crystal-ball*, divine, forebode, forecast, foreshadow, harbinger, have a hunch*, herald, make book*, point to, portend, presage, prophesy, read, see coming*, soothsay, vaticinate; concept 70 prognosticator [n] forecaster augur, channeller, diviner, fortune-teller, medium, oracle, prophet, seer, soothsayer, telepathist, visionary; concept 423 program [n1] agenda, list affairs, appointments, arrangements, bill, bulletin, business, calendar, card, catalog, chores, curriculum, details, docket, happenings, index, lineup, listing, meetings, memoranda, necessary acts*, order of business*, order of events*, order of the day*, plan, plans, preparations, record, schedule, series of events, slate, syllabus, things to do*, timetable; concepts 281,283 program [n2] scheme, plan course, design, instructions, line, order, plan of action, policy, polity, procedure, project, sequence; concepts 274,660 program [n3] performance in medium broadcast, presentation, production, show; concept 263 program [v] plan out; supply instructions arrange, bill, book, budget, calculate, compile, compute, design, draft, edit, engage, enter, estimate, feed, gure, formulate, get on line*, itemize, lay on, lay out, line up, list, map out, pencil in*, poll, prearrange, prioritize, process, register, schedule, set, set up, slate, work out; concepts 36,60,84,384 Ant. forget, neglect progress [n] advancement, gain advance, amelioration, anabasis, betterment, boost, break, breakthrough, buildup, course, dash, development, evolution, evolvement, expedition, owering, growth, headway, hike, impetus, improvement, increase, journey, lunge, march, momentum, motion, movement, ongoing, pace, passage, process, procession, prociency, progression, promotion, rate, rise, step forward, stride, tour, unfolding, voyage, way; concepts 704,706 Ant. decline, decrease, deterioration, retreat, retrogression progress [v1] move forward advance, continue, cover ground*, dash, edge, forge ahead, gain ground, get along, get on, go forward, keep going, lunge, make headway*, make strides*, move on, proceed, shoot, speed, travel; concepts 149,159 Ant. back up, decline, retreat, stop progress [v2] improve, advance ameliorate, become better, better, blossom, boost, develop, gain, grow, increase, make rst rate, mature, shape up, straighten up, truck, turn over new leaf*, upgrade; concept 700 Ant. decline, decrease, deteriorate, retrogress progression [n] progress advance, advancement, amelioration, betterment, boost, break, breakthrough, development, evolution,

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evolvement, forward march, furtherance, getting ahead, giant strides, going forward, growth, headway, improvement, promotion, step forward; concepts 704,706 progressive [adj] liberal; growing accelerating, advanced, advancing, avant-garde*, bleeding-heart*, broad, broad-minded, continuing, continuous, developing, dynamic, enlightened, enterprising, escalating, forward-looking, go-ahead*, gradual, graduated, increasing, intensifying, left*, left of center*, lenient, modern, ongoing, onward, open-minded, radical, reformist, revolutionary, tolerant, up-and-coming*, up-to-date, wide; concepts 542,544 Ant. conservative, moderate prohibit [v] make impossible; stop ban, block, bottle up*, box in*, bring to screeching halt*, constrain, cool*, cork*, debar, disallow, enjoin, forbid, forfend, freeze*, gridlock, halt, hamper, hang up*, hinder, hold up, impede, inhibit, interdict, jam up*, keep lid on*, kill, lock up, nix, obstruct, outlaw, pass on*, preclude, prevent, proscribe, put a lock on*, put a stopper in*, put chill on*, put down, put half nelson on*, restrain, restrict, rule out, shut out, spike*, stymie*, taboo*, throw cold water on*, tie up*, veto, zing*; concepts 50,88,121,130,317 Ant. allow, favor, permit, push prohibited [adj] forbidden banned, barred, closed down, contraband, crooked*, illegal, illicit, no-no*, not allowed, not approved, off limits*, out of bounds*, out of line*, proscribed, refused, restricted, shady*, taboo, verboten, vetoed, wildcat*; concepts 554,576 Ant. allowed, permitted prohibition [n] ban, forbiddance bar, constraint, disallowance, dont*, embargo, exclusion, injunction, interdict, interdiction, negation, no-no*, obstruction, off limits*, out of bounds*, prevention, proscription, refusal, repudiation, restriction, taboo, temperance, veto; concepts 121,130,652,691 Ant. allowance, clearance, permission prohibitive [adj] restrictive; beyond ones nancial means conditional, excessive, exorbitant, expensive, extortionate, forbidding, highpriced, limiting, preposterous, preventing, prohibiting, proscriptive, repressive, restraining, sky-high*, steep*, suppressive; concepts 334,554 Ant. reasonable, unlimited, unrestrictive project [n] undertaking, work activity, adventure, affair, aim, assignment, baby*, blueprint*, business, concern, deal, design, enterprise, exploit, feat, game plan, intention, job, matter, occupation, outline, pet*, plan, program, proposal, proposition, scheme, setup, strategy, task, thing*, venture; concepts 324,349,362 project [v1] plan arrange, blueprint, calculate, cast, chart, conceive, contemplate, contrive, delineate, design, devise, diagram, draft, envisage, envision, estimate, extrapolate, feature, forecast, frame, gauge, image, imagine, intend, map out, outline, predetermine, predict, propose, purpose, reckon, scheme, see, think, vision, visualize; concepts 28,36,37,70 project [v2] bulge, hang out be conspicuous, beetle, be prominent, extend, hang over, jut, lengthen, overhang, poke, pop out, pout,

prolong, protrude, protuberate, push out, stand out, stick out, stretch out, thrust out; concept 747 Ant. cave in project [v3] throw, discharge cast, ing, heave, hurl, launch, pitch, propel, shoot, transmit; concepts 179,222 Ant. keep projection [n1] bulge, overhang bump, bunch, eaves, extension, hook, jut, knob, ledge, outthrust, point, prolongation, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, ridge, rim, shelf, sill, spine, spur, step, swelling; concepts 471,509,513 Ant. depression projection [n2] prediction calculation, computation, estimate, estimation, extrapolation, forecast, guess, prognostication, reckoning; concepts 28,278 proletariat [n] working class blue-collar workers, bourgeoisie, commoners, common people, hoi polloi, lower class, peasant, plebians, proletarian, rank and le, working stiff; concepts 413,423 proliferate [v] increase quickly breed, burgeon, engender, escalate, expand, generate, grow rapidly, multiply, mushroom*, procreate, propagate, reproduce, run riot*, snowball*; concept 780 Ant. decline, decrease, fall off prolic [adj] fruitful, productive abounding, abundant, bountiful, breeding, copious, creative, fecund, fertile, generating, generative, luxuriant, profuse, proliferant, rank, reproducing, reproductive, rich, spawning, swarming, teeming, yielding; concepts 485,542 Ant. barren, fruitless, impotent, unfruitful, unproductive prologue [n] preface beginning, exordium, explanation, foreword, introduction, opening, overture, preamble, prelude, proem, prolegomenon; concept 270 prolong [v] extend, draw out carry on, continue, delay, drag ones feet*, drag out*, hold, hold up, increase, lengthen, let it ride*, make longer, pad*, perpetuate, protract, spin out*, stall, stretch, stretch out; concepts 239,250 Ant. abbreviate, shorten prominence [n1] something that sticks out bulge, bump, cliff, conspicuousness, crag, crest, elevation, eminence, headland, height, high point, jutting, markedness, mound, pinnacle, projection, promontory, protrusion, protuberance, rise, spur, swelling, tor; concepts 513,836 Ant. depression prominence [n2] distinction, outstandingness celebrity, eminence, fame, greatness, illustriousness, importance, inuence, kudos*, name, notability, precedence, preeminence, prestige, rank, renown, reputation, salience, specialness, standing, top billing*, weight; concept 668 Ant. obscurity, unimportance prominent [adj1] sticking out; conspicuous arresting, beetling, bulging, easily seen, embossed, extended, extrusive, eye-catching, ashy, hanging out, hilly, in the foreground, jutting, marked, noticeable, obtrusive, obvious, outstanding, projecting, pronounced, protruding, protrusive, protuberant, raised, relieved, remarkable, rough, rugged, salient, shooting out, signal, standing out, striking, to the fore, unmistakable; concepts 485,583,619 Ant. depressed, inconspicuous, invisible, obscured, sunken prominent [adj2] important; famous

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big-league*, big-name*, big-shot*, celebrated, chief, distinguished, eminent, famed, foremost, great, high-prole*, leading, main, notable, noted, notorious, outstanding, popular, preeminent, renowned, respected, top, underlined, VIP*, well-known, well-thought-of, worldclass*; concept 568 Ant. common, obscure, ordinary, unimportant, unknown promiscuous [adj] indiscriminately sexually active abandoned, debauched, dissipated, dissolute, easy*, fast*, immoral, indiscriminate, lax, libertine, licentious, loose*, of easy virtue, oversexed, proigate, pushover, unbridled, unchaste, undiscriminating, unrestricted, wanton, wild; concepts 372,545 Ant. chaste, cold, cool, frigid promise [n1] ones word that something will be done afance, afrmation, agreement, asseveration, assurance, avowal, betrothal, bond, commitment, compact, consent, contract, covenant, earnest, engagement, espousal, guarantee, insurance, marriage, oath, obligation, pact, parole, pawn, pledge, plight, profession, promissory note, sacred word, security, stipulation, swear, swearing, token, troth, undertaking, vow, warrant, warranty, word, word of honor; concepts 71,278 Ant. break, renege promise [n2] hope, possibility ability, aptitude, capability, capacity, encouragement, air, good omen, outlook, potential, talent; concepts 630,650 Ant. hopelessness, impossibility promise [v1] give word that something will be done accede, afance, afrm, agree, answer for, assent, asservate, assure, bargain, betroth, bind, commit, compact, consent, contract, covenant, cross heart*, declare, engage, ensure, espouse, guarantee, hock*, insure, live up to*, mortgage, obligate, pass, pawn*, pledge, plight, profess, say so*, secure, stipulate, string along*, subscribe, swear, swear on bible*, swear up and down*, take an oath, undertake, underwrite, vouch, vow, warrant; concept 71 Ant. break, renege promise [v2] bring hope, possibility augur, bespeak, betoken, bode, denote, encourage, forebode, foreshadow, foretoken, give hope, hint, hold out hope*, hold probability, indicate, lead to expect, like, look, omen, portend, presage, seem likely, show signs of*, suggest; concepts 118,650 Ant. discourage promising [adj] hopeful able, assuring, auspicious, bright, encouraging, favorable, gifted, happy, likely, lucky, propitious, reassuring, rising, roseate, rosy, talented, up-andcoming; concepts 406,548 Ant. hopeless, unpromising promontory [n] headland bluff, cape, cheronese, foreland, jetty, jutty, peninsula, point, ridge; concepts 509,514 promote [v1] help, advance advertise, advocate, aid, assist, avail, back, befriend, benet, bolster, boost, build up*, call attention to, champion, contribute, cooperate, cry*, develop, encourage, endorse, espouse, forward, foster, further, get behind, hype*, improve, nourish, nurture, patronize, plug*, popularize, propagandize, publicize, puff*, push, push for, recommend, sell, serve, speak for, speed, sponsor, stimulate, subsidize, succor, support,

uphold, urge, work for; concepts 49,110,324 Ant. condemn, discredit, dishonor, hurt promote [v2] give a higher position in organization advance, aggrandize, ascend, better, dignify, elevate, ennoble, exalt, favor, graduate, honor, increase, kick upstairs*, magnify, move up, prefer, raise, skip, up*, upgrade; concept 351 Ant. degrade, demote, discredit promoter [n] supporter advertiser, advocate, ally, backer, booster, endorser, follower, organizer, publicist, sponsor; concept 423 promotion [n1] higher position in organization advance, advancement, advocacy, aggrandizement, backing, betterment, boost, break, breakthrough, buildup, bump, elevation, encouragement, ennoblement, exaltation, favoring, furtherance, go-ahead*, hike, honor, improvement, jump, jump up, lift, move up, preference, preferment, prelation, progress, raise, rise, step up, support, upgrade, upgrading; concept 351 Ant. demotion promotion [n2] publicity advertising, advertising campaign, ballyhoo*, blurb*, buildup*, hard sell*, hoopla*, hype*, notice, pitch, pizzazz*, plug*, PR*, press*, press-agentry, promo*, propaganda, publicity, public relations, puff*, puffery*, pushing, squib*; concepts 49,110,271,324 Ant. silence prompt [adj] early, responsive alert, apt, brisk, eager, efcient, expeditious, immediate, instant, instantaneous, on the ball*, on the button*, on the dot*, on the nose*, on time, precise, punctual, quick, rapid, ready, smart, speedy, swift, timely, unhesitating, vigilant, watchful, wideawake, willing; concepts 401,799 Ant. late, negligent, slow, tardy prompt [n] hint cue, help, jog, jolt, mnemonic, prod, reminder, spur, stimulus, twit; concept 274 prompt [v] incite, cue advise, aid, arouse, assist, bring up, call forth, cause, convince, draw, egg on*, elicit, evoke, exhort, get, give rise to, goad, help, help out, hint, impel, imply, indicate, induce, inspire, instigate, jog, mention, motivate, move, occasion, persuade, prick*, prod, propel, propose, provoke, refresh, remind, sic*, spur, stimulate, suggest, talk into, urge, win over; concepts 68,242 Ant. halt, prevent, stop promptly [adv] immediately at once, directly, expeditiously, fast, at-out*, eetly, hastily, in nothing at*, instantly, lickety-split*, like a shot*, now, on the dot*, on the double*, on time, PDQ*, posthaste, pronto, punctually, quickly, rapidly, right away, sharp, speedily, straightaway, swiftly, unhesitatingly; concepts 544,799 Ant. late, negligently promulgate [v] make known advertise, announce, annunciate, broadcast, call, circulate, communicate, declare, decree, disseminate, drum, issue, make public, notify, pass the word*, proclaim, promote, publish, sound, spread, toot, trumpet; concept 60 Ant. conceal, hide prone [adj1] lying down decumbent, face down, at, horizontal, level, procumbent, prostrate, reclining, recumbent, resupine, supine; concept 583 Ant. sitting, straight, upright prone [adj2] liable, likely apt, bent, devoted,

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disposed, exposed, fain, given, inclined, minded, open, predisposed, ready, sensitive, subject, susceptible, tending, willing; concepts 542, 552 Ant. improbably, unlikely pronounce [v1] produce words vocally accent, articulate, enunciate, phonate, say, sound, speak, stress, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voice; concept 47 Ant. mumble pronounce [v2] announce, declare afrm, assert, blast, call, decree, deliver, drum, judge, mouth, proclaim, say, sound off, spread around, trumpet, verbalize; concept 49 Ant. conceal, hide pronounced [adj] distinct, evident arresting, assured, broad, clear, clear-cut, conspicuous, decided, denite, marked, notable, noticeable, obvious, outstanding, striking, strong, unmistakable; concepts 535,576,619 Ant. indistinct, obscure, unpronounced, vague pronouncement [n] declaration, statement advertisement, announcement, broadcast, decree, dictum, edict, judgment, manifesto, notication, proclamation, promulgation, pronunciamento*, publication, report, ukase; concepts 271,274,278 Ant. concealment proof [n1] evidence, authentication afdavit, argument, attestation, averment, case, certication, chapter and verse*, clincher*, clue, conrmation, corroboration, credentials, criterion, cue*, data, demonstration, deposition, documents, establishment, exhibit, facts, goods*, grabber*, grounds, information, lowdown*, nitty-gritty*, paper trail*, picture, reason, reasons, record, scoop*, score*, skinny*, smoking gun*, straight stuff*, substantiation, testament, testimony, trace, validation, verication, warrant, wherefore*, why*, whyfor*, witness; concept 274 Ant. hypothesis, theory proof [n2] photographic print galley, galley proof, impression, page proof, pass, pull, repro, revise, slip, stereo, trial, trial print, trial proof; concept 265 proofread [v] copyedit analyze, blue-pencil*, check, correct, cut, delete, edit, go over, rearrange, rene, remove errors, rephrase, revise, strike out; concepts 79,126,203 prop [n] support aid, assistance, brace, buttress, column, mainstay, post, shore, stanchion, stay, strengthener, strut, truss, underpinning; concepts 440,470 prop [v] hold up or lean against bear up, bolster, brace, buoy, buttress, carry, maintain, rest, set, shore, stand, stay, strengthen, support, sustain, truss, underprop, uphold; concepts 190,201 Ant. drop, fall propaganda [n] information that is designed to mislead or persuade advertising, agitprop, announcement, brainwashing*, disinformation, doctrine, evangelism, handout, hogwash*, hype*, implantation, inculcation, indoctrination, newspeak, promotion, promulgation, proselytism, publication, publicity; concept 278 Ant. truth propagate [v1] breed, reproduce bear, beget, engender, father, fecundate, fertilize, generate, grow, impregnate, increase, inseminate, make pregnant, mother, multiply, originate, procreate, produce, proliferate, raise, sire; concept 374 Ant. destroy, kill

propagate [v2] spread, make known broadcast, circulate, develop, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, proclaim, promulgate, publicize, publish, radiate, scatter, strew, transmit; concepts 60,222 Ant. conceal, hide propel [v] throw; release into air actuate, drive, force, impel, launch, mobilize, move, press, push, send, set going, set in motion, shoot, shove, start, thrust; concepts 208,221, 222 Ant. hinder, hold, keep propensity [n] inclination, weakness ability, aptness, bent*, bias, capacity, competence, disposition, ash, inclining, leaning, liability, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, susceptibility, sweet tooth*, talent, tendency, thing*, tilt*, yen; concepts 20,411,630,709 Ant. antipathy, disinclination, dislike, hate proper [adj1] suitable able, applicable, appropriate, apt, au fait, becoming, betting, capable, competent, convenient, decent, desired, felicitous, t, tting, good, happy, just, legitimate, meet, qualied, right, suited, true, useful; concept 558 Ant. improper, unacceptable, unsuitable proper [adj2] mannerly, decent becoming, betting, by the book*, by the numbers*, comely, comme il faut*, conforming, correct, decorous, demure, de rigueur*, genteel, in line, kosher*, moral, nice, polite, precise, priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, punctilious, puritanical, rened, respectable, right, seemly, solid, square*, stone, straight*, strait-laced*, stuffy*; concepts 401,404 Ant. crass, crude, misbehaving, objectionable proper [adj3] conventional, correct absolute, accepted, accurate, arrant, complete, consummate, customary, decorous, established, exact, formal, free of error, on target*, on the button*, on the nose*, on the right track*, orthodox, out-and-out*, precise, right, unmistaken, usual, utter; concepts 326,533 Ant. incorrect, substandard, unconventional proper [adj4] individual, personal characteristic, distinctive, idiosyncratic, own, particular, peculiar, private, respective, special, specic; concepts 549,557 Ant. general property [n1] possessions, real estate acreage, acres, assets, belongings, buildings, capital, chattels, claim, dominion, effects, equity, estate, farm, freehold, goods, holdings, home, house, inheritance, land, means, ownership, plot, possessorship, premises, proprietary, proprietorship, realty, resources, riches, substance, title, tract, wealth, worth; concepts 446,509,515,710 property [n2] characteristic, feature ability, affection, attribute, character, hallmark, idiosyncrasy, mark, peculiarity, quality, trait, virtue; concepts 411,654 prophecy [n] prediction apocalypse, augury, cast, divination, forecast, foretelling, oracle, presage, prevision, prognosis, prognostication, revelation, second sight, soothsaying, vision; concepts 70,278,689 prophesy [v] predict, warn adumbrate, augur, call*, call the turn*, crystal-ball*, divine, forecast, foresee, foretell, forewarn, have a hunch*, make book*, portend, predict,

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presage, prognosticate, psych it out*, see coming*, soothsay, vaticinate; concept 70 prophet [n] person, thing that predicts future astrologer, augur, auspex, bard, clairvoyant, diviner, druid, evocator, forecaster, fortuneteller, haruspex, horoscopist, magus, medium, meteorologist, oracle, ovate, palmist, predictor, prognosticator, prophesier, reader, seer, seeress, sibyl, soothsayer, sorcerer, tealeaf reader, witch, wizard; concepts 361,423 prophetic [adj] telling of the future apocalyptic, augural, Delphian*, divinatory, fatidic, foreshadowing, mantic, occult, oracular, predictive, presaging, prescient, prognostic, prophetical, pythonic, sibylline, vaticinal, veiled; concept 267 propitious [adj1] full of promise; good, favorable advantageous, auspicious, benecial, benign, brave, bright, dexter, encouraging, favoring, fortunate, happy, hopeful, lucky, opportune, pat*, promising, prosperous, rosy, seasonable, timely, toward, useful, well-timed; concepts 548,560,572 Ant. inauspicious, unfavorable, unpromising propitious [adj2] friendly benevolent, benign, favorably inclined, gracious, kind, nice, welldisposed; concept 401 Ant. cold, cool, unfriendly proponent [n] person who advocates, supports cause advocate, backer, champion, defender, enthusiast, exponent, expounder, friend, partisan, patron, protector, second, seconder, spokesperson, subscriber, supporter, upholder, vindicator; concepts 355,359,423 Ant. enemy, foe, opponent proportion [n1] relative amount, size of part to whole admeasurement, amplitude, apportionment, breadth, bulk, capacity, cut, degree, dimension, distribution, division, equation, expanse, extent, fraction, magnitude, measure, measurement, part, percentage, portion, quota, rate, ratio, relationship, scale, scope, segment, share, volume; concepts 730,783 proportion [n2] balance between parts of whole agreement, congruity, correspondence, harmony, symmetry; concepts 664,717 Ant. disproportion, imbalance, unevenness proportionate/proportional [adj] balanced, corresponding commensurable, commensurate, comparable, comparative, compatible, consistent, contingent, correlative, correspondent, corresponding, dependent, equal, equitable, equivalent, even, in proportion, just, reciprocal, relative, symmetrical, uniform; concepts 480, 563 Ant. disproportionate, imbalanced, irrelevant proportions [n] measurements amount, area, breadth, compass, depth, diameter, dimensions, expanse, extent, height, length, magnitude, range, scope, size, volume, width; concepts 730,792 proposal [n] suggestion, presentation for action angle, bid, big idea*, brain child*, design, feeler*, game plan*, idea, layout, motion, offer, outline, overture, pass, picture, pitch, plan, proffer, program, project, proposition, recommendation, scenario, scheme, setup, tender, terms; concepts 271,324,662 propose [v1] suggest, present for action adduce,

advance, advise, afrm, ask, assert, broach, come up with*, contend, counsel, hit on*, hold out, introduce, invite, kibitz*, lay before*, lay on the line*, make a motion, make a pitch*, move for, name, nominate, offer, pose, prefer, press, proffer, propone, proposition, propound, put forward, put to, put up, recommend, request, set forth, solicit, speak ones piece*, spitball*, state, submit, tender, urge, volunteer; concepts 66,75 Ant. condemn, deny, oppose, refuse, reject propose [v2] intend; have in mind aim, contemplate, design, have every intention, mean, mind, plan, purpose, scheme; concepts 26,36 Ant. disbelieve, repulse propose [v3] ask for hand in marriage ask in marriage, re the question*, get down on one knee*, make a proposal, offer marriage, pop the question*, press ones suit*; concepts 48,297 proposition [n] suggestion; scheme hypothesis, invitation, motion, overture, plan, premise, presentation, proffer, program, project, proposal, recommendation; concepts 384,662 Ant. condemnation, denial, opposition, refusal, rejection proposition [v] make suggestion, often improper accost, approach, ask, pose, prefer, propose, propound, put, solicit, suggest; concepts 48,375 proprietor [n] person who owns something freeholder*, front ofce, holder, land owner, meal ticket*, owner, possessor, proprietary, titleholder; concepts 343,347 Ant. customer propriety [n1] suitableness, appropriateness accordance, advisability, agreeableness, appositeness, aptness, becomingness, compatibility, concord, congruity, consonance, convenience, correctness, correspondence, decorum, ethicality, expedience, tness, harmony, justice, legitimacy, meetness, morality, order, pleasantness, properness, recommendability, rectitude, respectability, rightness, seemliness, suitability; concept 656 Ant. immorality, impropriety, inappropriateness, unsuitableness, wrong propriety [n2] good manners accepted conduct, amenities, breeding, civilities, correctness, courtesy, decency, decorum, delicacy, dignity, etiquette, good behavior, good form, modesty, mores*, niceties, politeness, politesse, protocol, punctilio, rectitude, renement, respectability, rules of conduct, seemliness, social conventions, social grace, the done thing*; concepts 633,644 Ant. bad manners, impropriety, misbehavior, misconduct propulsion [n] force drive, effort, energy, full head of steam*, horsepower, impulse, momentum, muscle, power, pressure, punch, push, speed, steam, strength, stress, tension, thrust, velocity; concepts 641,724 pro rata [adv] in proportion correlatively, proportionately, respectively; concepts 480,563 prosaic [adj] unimaginative actual, banal, blah*, boring, clean, colorless, common, commonplace, dead*, diddly*, drab, dry, dull, everyday, factual, at*, garden-variety*, hackneyed, ho-hum*, humdrum*, irksome, lackluster, lifeless, literal, lowly, lusterless, matter-of- fact, monotonous, mundane, nothing, nowhere, ordinary, pabulum*,

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pedestrian, platitudinous, plebeian, practicable, practical, prose, prosy, routine, square, stale, tame, tedious, trite, uneventful, unexceptional, uninspiring, vanilla*, vapid, workaday, yawn*, zero*; concepts 267,537, 547 Ant. creative, imaginative, interesting, thinking proscribe [v] condemn, exclude ban, banish, blackball*, boycott, censure, damn, denounce, deport, doom*, embargo, excommunicate, exile, expatriate, expel, forbid, interdict, ostracize, outlaw, prohibit, reject, sentence; concepts 25,121,317 Ant. admit, allow, include, praise, welcome prose [n] written, nonrhythmic literature book, composition, essay, exposition, ction, nonction, speech, story, talk, text, tongue*, writing; concepts 268,271 Ant. poem, poetry prosecute [v1] bring action against in court arraign, bring suit, bring to trial, contest, do, haul into court*, indict, involve in litigation, law, litigate, prefer charges, pull up, put away*, put on docket, put on trial, see in court*, seek redress, sue, summon, take to court, try, turn on the heat*; concept 317 Ant. exonerate, free, liberate, pardon prosecute [v2] follow through, persevere carry on, carry through, conduct, continue, direct, discharge, engage in, execute, follow up, manage, perform, persist, practice, pursue, put through, see through, wage, work at; concept 91 Ant. cease, halt, stop proselytize [v] convert, espouse accept, adopt, advocate, alter conviction, approve, be born again*, cause to adopt, change belief, convince, defend, embrace, get into*, persuade, stand behind*, sway, uphold; concepts 10,12,14,35 prospect [n1] outlook for future anticipation, calculation, chance, contemplation, expectancy, expectation, forecast, future, hope, in the cards*, irons in the re*, likelihood, odds, opening, plan, possibility, presumption, probability, promise, proposal, thought; concepts 689,693 prospect [n2] landscape, vista aspect, lookout, outlook, overlook, panorama, perspective, scape, scene, sight, spectacle, view, vision; concepts 509,628 prospect [v] look for; seek delve, dig, explore, go after, go into, inquire, investigate, look, look into, probe, search, sift, survey; concept 216 Ant. miss, overlook prospective [adj] anticipated, potential about to be, approaching, awaited, coming, considered, destined, eventual, expected, forthcoming, future, hoped-for, imminent, impending, intended, likely, looked-for, planned, possible, promised, proposed, soon-to-be, to be*, to come; concepts 548,552 Ant. agreed, concurred prospectus [n] details, outline of event announcement, catalogue, conspectus, design, list, plan, program, scheme, syllabus, synopsis; concept 283 prosper [v] be fortunate; succeed advance, arrive, augment, batten, bear, bear fruit, become rich, become wealthy, be enriched, benet, bloom, blossom, catch on*, do well, do wonders*, fare well, fatten*, feather nest*, ourish, ower, gain, get on*, get there*, go places*, go to town*, grow rich, hit it big, hit the jackpot*,

increase, make a killing*, make good*, make it*, make mark*, make money, make out*, multiply, produce, progress, rise, score*, strike it rich*, thrive, turn out well, yield; concept 706 Ant. fail, lose prosperity [n] afuence, good fortune abundance, accomplishment, advantage, arrival, bed of roses*, benet, boom, clover, do, ease*, easy street*, exorbitance, expansion, ying colors*, fortune, good, good times, gravy train*, growth, high on the hog*, increase, ination, interest, life of luxury*, luxury, opulence, plenteousness, plenty, prosperousness, riches, success, successfulness, the good life*, thriving, velvet, victory, wealth, welfare, well-being; concepts 335,706 Ant. failure, loss, poorness, poverty prosperous [adj1] successful, thriving afuent, blooming, booming, comfortable, doing well, easy, ourishing, fortunate, halcyon, in clover*, in the money*, lousy rich, lucky, main-line*, moneyed, money to burn*, on top of heap*, opulent, palmy, prospering, rich, roaring, robust, sitting pretty*, snug, substantial, upper-class*, uptown, wealthy, well, well-heeled*, well-off, well-to-do; concepts 334,528 Ant. failing, losing, poor, unprosperous, unsuccessful prosperous [adj2] promising, advantageous appropriate, auspicious, bright, convenient, desirable, favorable, felicitous, fortunate, good, happy, lucky, opportune, protable, propitious, seasonable, timely, well-timed; concepts 548,572 Ant. disadvantageous, hopeless, unpromising, unprosperous prostitute [n] person who sells own abilities, talent, or name for inferior purpose betrayer, cheater, deceiver, gigolo, hustler, seducer; concept 412 prostitute [v] to put ones talent to an unworthy use abuse, cheapen, corrupt, debase, debauch, degrade, demean, deprave, devalue, misapply, misemploy, misuse, pervert, profane, vitiate; concepts 156,645 prostrate [adj1] at, horizontal abject, bowed low, procumbent, prone, reclining, recumbent, supine; concept 583 Ant. erect, straight, upright, vertical prostrate [adj2] helpless beaten, defenseless, disarmed, impotent, open, overcome, overpowered, overwhelmed, paralyzed, powerless, reduced, weak; concept 542 Ant. happy, self-sufcient, strong, successful prostrate [adj3] tired, worn crippled, dejected, depressed, disarmed, drained, drowned, exhausted, fagged*, fallen, frazzled*, immobilized, incapacitated, inconsolable, knocked over*, obedient, overcome, paralyzed, pooped*, spent*, submissive, subservient, tuckered*, wearied, worn out; concepts 406,485 Ant. hale, healthy, strong prostrate [v1] fall on knees; submit abase, bow, bow down, cast before, cringe, fall at feet, give in, grovel, kneel, kowtow*, obey, surrender; concept 384 Ant. erect, stand, straighten prostrate [v2] overwhelm; wear out bring low, cripple, debilitate, defeat, destroy, disable, disarm, drain, drown, exhaust, fatigue, fell, oor, frazzle*, immobilize, impair,

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incapacitate, knock over, level, mow*, overcome, overpower, overthrow, overtire, overturn, paralyze, reduce, ruin, sap, tire, tucker out*, weary, whelm, wreck; concepts 95,250,252 Ant. aid, assist, assuage, help, please, soothe protagonist [n] person who takes the lead; central gure of narrative advocate, central character, champion, combatant, exemplar, exponent, hero, idol, lead, lead character, leader, mainstay, prime mover, principal, standard-bearer, warrior; concepts 352,359,423 Ant. antagonist protect [v] take care of; guard from harm assure, bulwark, care for, champion, chaperon, conserve, cover, cover all bases*, cover up, cushion, defend, fend, foster, give refuge, give sanctuary*, go to bat for*, harbor, hedge, insulate, keep, keep safe, look after, preserve, ride shotgun for*, safeguard, save, screen, secure, sentinel, shade, shelter, shield, shotgun*, stand guard, stonewall*, support, take under wing*, watch, watch over; concepts 96,134 Ant. attack, harm, hurt, injure protection [n] care, guardianship aegis, armament, armor, assurance, barrier, buffer, bulwark, camouage, certainty, charge, conservation, cover, custody, defense, x, guard, guarding, insurance, invulnerability, preservation, protecting, reassurance, refuge, safeguard, safekeeping, safety, salvation, screen, security, self-defense, shelter, shield, stability, strength, surety, tutelage, umbrella*, ward, wardship; concepts 712,729 Ant. attack, harm, hurt, injury, threat protective [adj] guarding, securing careful, conservational, conservative, covering, custodial, defensive, emergency, guardian, insulating, jealous, possessive, preservative, protecting, safeguarding, sheltering, shielding, vigilant, warm, watchful; concepts 542,550 Ant. attacking, harmful, hurtful, injurious, threatening protg [n] dependent, pupil apprentice, charge, discovery, star student, student, ward; concepts 348,423 protest [n] complaint, disapproval bellyache*, big stink*, blackball*, challenge, clamor, declaration, demonstration, demur, demurral, difculty, dissent, ak*, formal complaint, grievance, gripe, grouse*, holler*, howl, kick*, knock*, march, moratorium, nix, objection, outcry, protestation, question, rally, remonstrance, remonstration, revolt, riot, stink*, tumult, turmoil; concepts 52,54,300 Ant. acceptance, approval, praise protest [v] complain, disapprove; argue against afrm, assert, asseverate, attest, avouch, avow, back-talk*, be against, be displeased by, blast*, buck, combat, constate, contend, cry out, declare, demonstrate, demur, disagree, except, expostulate, ght, holler, howl, insist, inveigh against, kick*, maintain, make a stink*, object, oppose, predicate, profess, put up a ght*, rebel, remonstrate, resist, revolt, say no*, sound off*, squawk*, take exception*, testify, thumbs down*; concepts 46,52,54,300 Ant. accept, approve, praise protocol [n] rules of conduct, behavior in certain situation agreement, code, compact, concordat, contract, conventions, courtesy, covenant, custom, decorum, etiquette,

formalities, good form, manners, obligation, order, pact, politesse, propriety, ps and qs*, treaty; concepts 684,688 Ant. bad manners, crudeness, impropriety prototype [n] original, example ancestor, antecedent, antecessor, archetype, criterion, rst, forerunner, ideal, mock-up*, model, norm, paradigm, pattern, precedent, precursor, predecessor, standard, type; concept 686 protract [v] extend, draw out continue, cool*, defer, delay, drag on*, drag out*, draw, elongate, hold off, hold up, keep going, lengthen, pad*, postpone, procrastinate, prolong, prolongate, put off, put on hold, spin out*, stall, stretch, stretch out; concepts 237,239, 250 Ant. abbreviate, curtail, shorten protrude [v] stick out beetle, bulge, butt out, come through, distend, extend, extrude, jut, jut out, obtrude, overhang, point, poke, pop, pouch, pout, project, shoot out, stand out, start, stick up, swell; concepts 208,746 Ant. depress, sink protuberance [n] lump, outgrowth bulge, bump, excrescence, jut, jutting, knob, outthrust, process, projection, prominence, protrusion, swelling, tumor; concepts 471,824 Ant. depression, ingrowth, sinkage proud [adj1] pleased, pleasing appreciative, august, content, contented, dignied, eminent, ery, ne, glad, glorious, gorgeous, grand, gratied, gratifying, great, great-hearted, honored, illustrious, imposing, impressive, magnicent, majestic, memorable, noble, red-letter*, rewarding, satised, satisfying, self-respecting, spirited, splendid, stately, sublime, superb, valiant, vigorous, well-pleased; concepts 403,572,574 Ant. sad, sorry proud [adj2] arrogant, self-important bloated, boastful, cavalier, cocky*, conceited, contemptuous, cool*, disdainful, dismissive, domineering, egotistic, egotistical, haughty, high-and-mighty*, high-handed*, huffy*, imperious, insolent, lofty, narcissistic, ostentatious, overbearing, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious, puffed up*, scornful, self-satised, sniffy*, snobbish, snooty*, stuck-up*, supercilious, superior, vain, vainglorious; concepts 401,542 Ant. humble, meek, modest prove [v] establish facts; put to a test add up, afrm, analyze, ascertain, assay, attest, authenticate, back, bear out, certify, check, conrm, convince, corroborate, declare, demonstrate, determine, document, end up, evidence, evince, examine, experiment, explain, nd, x, have a case*, justify, make evident, manifest, pan out*, result, settle, show, show clearly, show once and for all*, substantiate, sustain, test, testify, trial, try, turn out, uphold, validate, verify, warrant, witness; concepts 57,118, 138 Ant. discredit, disprove, hypothesize, theorize proverb [n] saying referring to common fact, knowledge adage, aphorism, apophthegm, axiom, byword, catch phrase, daffodil*, dictum, epigram, folk wisdom, gnome, maxim, moral, motto, platitude, precept, repartee, saw*, text, truism, witticism, word; concepts 275,278 proverbial [adj] conventional, traditional accepted, acknowledged, archetypal, axiomatic, current, customary, famed, familiar, famous,

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general, legendary, notorious, self-evident, time-honored, typical, unquestioned, wellknown; concept 530 Ant. abnormal, atypical, different, unconventional, unknown, untraditional provide [v1] supply, support accommodate, add, administer, afford, arrange, bestow, bring, care, cater, contribute, dispense, equip, favor, feather*, feed, t, t out, x up, x up with, furnish, give, grant, hand over, heel*, impart, implement, indulge, keep, lend, line, look after, maintain, minister, outt, prepare, present, procure, produce, proffer, provision, ration, ready, render, replenish, serve, stake, stock, stock up*, store, sustain, take care of, transfer, turn out, yield; concepts 108,110,136,140 Ant. deprive, remove, take provide [v2] determine, specify condition, lay down, postulate, require, state, stipulate; concepts 18,646 provident [adj] careful, frugal canny, cautious, discreet, economical, expedient, far-sighted, foresighted, judicious, penny-pinching*, politic, prepared, prudent, sagacious, saving, shrewd, sparing, thrifty, tight, unwasteful, vigilant, well-prepared, wise; concepts 334,401 Ant. careless, improvident, spendthrift, wasteful providing/provided [conj] as long as; with the understanding contingent upon, given, if, if and only if, in case, in the case that, in the event, on condition, on the assumption, on these terms, subject to, supposing, with the proviso; concepts 544,546 province [n] area of rule, responsibility arena, bailiwick, business, calling, canton, capacity, champaign, charge, colony, concern, county, demesne, department, dependency, district, division, domain, dominion, duty, employment, eld, function, jurisdiction, line, ofce, orbit, part, post, pursuit, realm, region, role, section, shire, sphere, terrain, territory, tract, walk, work, zone; concepts 198,349,362, 508,532 provincial [adj] countried; limited bigoted, bucolic, country, hidebound, homegrown, homespun, insular, inward-looking, local, narrow, narrow-minded, parochial, pastoral, petty, rude, rural, rustic, sectarian, smallminded, small-town, uninformed, unpolished, unsophisticated; concepts 403,549,589 Ant. citied, liberal, metropolitan, modern provision [n1] supplies, supplying accouterment, arrangement, catering, emergency, equipping, tting out, foundation, furnishing, groundwork, outline, plan, prearrangement, precaution, preparation, procurement, providing, stock, store, supplying; concepts 140,712 Ant. removal, taking provisional [adj] contingent, tentative conditional, dependent, ephemeral, experimental, interim, limited, makeshift, passing, pro tem, provisionary, provisory, qualied, rough-andready*, stopgap*, temporary, test, transient, transitional; concepts 546,554,711 Ant. certain, denite, permanent provision/proviso [n2] stipulation, condition of agreement agreement, catch*, Catch-22*, clause, demand, ne print*, joker*, kicker*, limitation, prerequisite, qualication,

requirement, reservation, restriction, rider, small print*, specication, stipulation, strings*, term, terms; concepts 270,684,711 provocation [n] incitement, stimulus affront, annoyance, bothering, brickbat*, casus belli, cause, challenge, dare, defy, grabber*, grievance, grounds, harassment, incentive, indignity, inducement, injury, instigation, insult, irking, justication, motivation, offense, provoking, reason, taunt, vexation, vexing; concepts 14,240,532 Ant. prevention, repression, suppression provocative [adj1] aggravating annoying, challenging, disturbing, exciting, galling, goading, heady, incensing, inciting, inuential, inspirational, insulting, intoxicating, offensive, outrageous, provoking, pushing, spurring, stimulant, stimulating; concept 529 Ant. repressive, suppressive, unprovocative provocative [adj2] sexually stimulating alluring, arousing, enchanting, erotic, exciting, heady, interesting, intoxicating, intriguing, inviting, seductive, sexy, stimulating, suggestive, tantalizing, tempting; concepts 372, 537 Ant. unexciting, unprovocative, unstimulating provoke [v1] make angry abet, abrade, affront, aggravate, anger, annoy, bother, bug*, chafe, enrage, exasperate, exercise, foment, fret, gall*, get*, get on ones nerves*, get under ones skin*, grate, hit where one lives*, incense, incite, iname, infuriate, insult, irk, irritate, madden, make blood boil*, make waves*, nag, offend, perturb, pique, put out, raise, rile, roil, rufe, set*, set on*, try ones patience*, upset, vex, whip up*, work into lather*, work up*; concepts 7,19 Ant. delight, make happy, please provoke [v2] start, evoke; stimulate animate, arouse, awaken, begin, bestir, bring about, bring down, bring on, bring to ones feet*, build up, call forth, cause, challenge, draw forth, electrify, elicit, enthuse, excite, re, re up*, galvanize, generate, give rise to, incite, induce, iname, innervate, innerve, inspire, instigate, kindle, lead to, make, motivate, move, occasion, pique, precipitate, prime, produce, promote, prompt, quicken, rally, rouse, roust, stir, suscitate, thrill, titillate, titivate, waken, whet; concepts 7,19,22,221,242 Ant. end, halt, prevent, stop prowess [n1] ability, skill accomplishment, address, adeptness, adroitness, aptitude, attainment, command, deftness, dexterity, excellence, expertise, expertness, facility, genius, mastery, readiness, sleight, talent; concept 630 Ant. inability, weakness prowess [n2] bravery backbone*, boldness, courage, daring, dauntlessness, fearlessness, gallantry, grit*, guts*, heart*, heroism, intrepidity, mettle, moxie*, nerve, pluck, right stuff*, spunk, starch*, stomach*, stuff*, true grit*, valiance, valiancy, valor, valorousness, what it takes*; concepts 411,633 Ant. cowardice, weakness prowl [v] move stealthily cruise, hunt, lurk, nose around*, patrol, range, roam, rove, scavenge, skulk, slink, snake, sneak, stalk, steal, stroll, tramp; concept 151 Ant. rush

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prowler [n] thief burglar, crook, housebreaker, lurker, pilferer*, robber, sneakthief*; concept 412 proximity [n] nearness to something adjacency, appropinquity, closeness, concurrence, contiguity, contiguousness, immediacy, juxtaposition, propinquity, togetherness; concept 747 Ant. distance, remoteness proxy [n] agent alternate, ambassador, assignee, attorney, backup, broker, delegate, deputy, emissary, envoy, executor, intermediary, lawyer, mediary, negotiator, representative, stand-in, substitute, surrogate; concept 348 prude [n] prig goody-goody, goody two-shoes*, Mrs. Grundy, old maid, puritan, Victorian; concept 416 prudent [adj] wise, sensible in action and thought advisable, canny, careful, cautious, circumspect, discerning, discreet, economical, far-sighted, frugal, hedging ones bets*, judgmatic, judicious, leery, playing safe*, politic, provident, reasonable, sagacious, sage, sane, sapient, shrewd, sound, sparing, tactical, thinking twice*, thrifty, vigilant, wary; concepts 401,542 Ant. careless, imprudent, incautious, unwise prudish [adj] shy and strict in behavior affected, articial, austere, bigoted, conventional, demure, fastidious, nicky*, genteel, illiberal, mincing, narrow, narrow-minded, ofsh, overexact, overmodest, overnice, precise, pretentious, priggish*, prim, prissy*, proper, puritanical, rigid, rigorous, scrupulous, severe, simpering, square, squeamish*, starchy*, stern, stiff*, stilted, straitlaced, stuffy, uptight*, Victorian*; concept 401 Ant. bold, brave, extroverted, outgoing prune [v] trim; cut short clip, cut back, dock, eliminate, exclude, gut, knock off, lop, pare down, reduce, shape, shave, shear, shorten, skive, snip, thin; concepts 137,176,236,247 prurient [adj] lascivious bawdy, carnal, crude, desirous, erotic, eshly, horny, hot*, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, licentious, lustful, obscene, offensive, orgiastic, pornographic, raunchy*, salacious, sensual, sexual, smutty*, suggestive, unchaste, vulgar; concepts 372, 403 pry [v1] interfere in someone elses business be a busybody*, be all ears*, be curious, be inquisitive, be nosy, bug*, ferret out, gape, gaze, hunt, inquire, intrude, investigate, listen in, meddle, nose, peek, peep, peer, poke, poke nose into*, ransack, reconnoiter, rubberneck*, search, snoop, spy, stare, tap, tune in on*, wiretap; concepts 216,384,623 Ant. leave alone pry [v2] force or break open disengage, disjoin, divide, elevate, elicit, extort, extract, heave, hoist, jimmy, lever, lift, move, pick up, press, prize, pull, push, raise, rear, separate, take up, tear, tilt, turn, turn out, twist, uplift, upraise, uprear, wrest, wring; concepts 196,206,211 Ant. close psalm [n] song of praise canticle, celebration, chant, chorale, eulogy, hymn, paean, shout, verse; concept 595 pseudo [adj] articial, fake bogus, counterfeit, ersatz, false, imitation, mock, not genuine, not kosher*, not legit*, not real, phony, pirate,

pretend, pretended, quasi*, sham*, simulated, spurious, wrong; concept 582 Ant. genuine, real, true pseudonym [n] false name AKA*, alias, ananym, anonym, assumed name, handle*, incognito*, nickname, nom de guerre, nom de plume, pen name, professional name, stage name, summer name*; concepts 268,683 Ant. name psyche [n] innermost self; personality anima, animus, character, ego, lan vital, essential nature, individuality, inner child, inner self, mind, pneuma, self, soul, spirit, spirituality, subconscious, true being; concepts 410,411 Ant. body, physicality psyched [adj] excited animated, aroused, awakened, beside oneself*, charged, delighted, eager, enthusiastic, feverish, red up*, high*, inspired, juiced up*, keyed up*, moved, on re*, passionate, pumped, stimulated, stirred, thrilled, wild, worked up; concepts 401,403 psychedelic [adj] affecting the mind so as to produce vivid visions consciousnessexpanding, crazy*, experimental, freaky*, hallucinatory, hallucinogenic, kaleidoscopic, mind-bending*, mind-blowing*, mindchanging, mind-expanding*, multicolored*, psychoactive, psychotomimetic, psychotropic, trip*; concepts 529,537 Ant. normal psychiatrist [n] person who treats mental disorders analyst, clinician, doctor, psychoanalyst, psychologist, psychotherapist, shrink*, therapist; concept 357 psychic [adj] extrasensory in perception analytic, cerebral, clairvoyant, immaterial, impressible, impressionable, intellective, intellectual, mental, metaphysical, mystic, occult, preternatural, psychal, psychical, psychogenic, psychological, responsive, sensible, sensile, sensitive, sentient, spiritual, supernatural, supersensible, supersensitive, supersensory, supersensual, susceptible, susceptive, telekinetic, telepathic, transmundane, unworldly; concepts 402,403 psychobabble [n] rhetoric using psychological terms argot, buzzword, jargon, patter, pop psych*, psychospeak, self-help; concept 275 psychological [adj] concerning the mind cerebral, cognitive, emotional, experimental, imaginary, intellective, intellectual, in the mind, mental, psychical, subconscious, subjective, unconscious; concepts 403,536 Ant. body, physical psychology [n] study of the mind; emotional and mental constitution attitude, behaviorism, medicine, mental make-up, mental processes, personality study, psych*, science of the mind, therapy, way of thinking*, where head is at*; concepts 349,360,410 psychopath [n] person who is mentally deranged, often prone to hurt others antisocial personality, insane person, lunatic, mad person, maniac, mental case*, nutcase*, psycho*, psychotic, schizoid*, sociopath, unstable personality; concept 412 psychotic [adj] mentally deranged certiable*, crazy, demented, distracted, ipped-out*, insane, lunatic, mad, manic-depressive, mental, non compos mentis, nuts*, off ones rocker*,

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over the edge*, psycho*, psychopathic, schizophrenic, sick, unbalanced, unhinged*; concept 403 pub [n] business where liquor and food are served after-hours joint*, ale house*, bar, barroom, beer joint*, drinkery, drinking establishment, gin mill*, inn, joint*, lounge, public house, roadhouse, saloon, taproom, tavern; concepts 439,448,449 puberty [n] young adulthood adolescence, awkward stage*, boyhood, girlhood, greenness*, high-school years, juvenescence, juvenility, potency, preadolescence, pubescence, spring*, springtide*, springtime*, teenage years, teens, youth, youthfulness; concept 817 Ant. adulthood public [adj1] community, general accessible, city, civic, civil, common, communal, conjoint, conjunct, country, federal, free, free to all, government, governmental, intermutual, metropolitan, municipal, mutual, national, not private, open, open-door, popular, social, state, universal, unrestricted, urban, widespread, without charge; concepts 536,576 Ant. particular, private, specic public [adj2] known, acknowledged exposed, general, in circulation, notorious, obvious, open, overt, patent, plain, popular, prevalent, published, recognized, social, societal, usual, vulgar, widespread; concepts 267,530 Ant. private, unknown public [n] people of community; people interested in something audience, bodies*, buyers, citizens, clientele, commonalty, community, country, electorate, everyone, followers, following, heads, masses, men and women, mob, multitude, nation, patrons, people, populace, population, society, suite, supporters, voters; concepts 379,417 publication [n1] printing of written or visual material advertisement, airing, announcement, appearance, broadcast, broadcasting, communication, declaration, disclosure, discovery, dissemination, divulgation, issuance, issuing, notication, proclamation, promulgation, pronunciamento, publicity, public relations, publishing, reporting, revelation, statement, ventilation, writing; concepts 60,274,292 publication [n2] something printed for reading annual, book, booklet, brochure, handbill, information, issue, leaet, magazine, news, newsletter, newspaper, pamphlet, periodical; concept 280 publicity [n] promotion of something, someone advertising, announcement, announcing, attention, ballyhoo*, big noise*, billing, blurb*, boost*, broadcasting, build-up*, clout*, commercial, currency, distribution, fame, handout, hoopla*, hype*, ink*, limelight*, noise*, notoriety, pitch, plug*, PR*, press, pressagentry, promo*, promulgation, propaganda, public notice, public relations, puff*, puffery*, pushing, rclame, release, report, scratch*, spotlight*, spread, write-up; concepts 274,280, 293 Ant. secret publicize [v] make widely known; promote advance, advertise, announce, bill, billboard, boost*, broadcast, build up*, cry, drum*, extol, hard sell*, headline, hype*, immortalize, make

a pitch for, pitch, play up*, plug*, press-agent, promulgate, propagandize, puff*, push, put on the map*, skywrite*, soft-sell*, splash, spot*, spotlight*, spread, tout, trumpet*, write up; concepts 60,292,324 Ant. conceal, hide, secret publish [v] have printed, issue announce, bring out, broadcast, circulate, communicate, declare, disclose, distribute, divulge, let it be known*, print, proclaim, produce, promulgate, publicize, put in print, put out, report, spotlight; concepts 60,140,292 pucker [n] wrinkle crease, crinkle, crumple, fold, furrow, plait, ruck, ruckle; concept 754 Ant. smoothness pucker [v] draw together; wrinkle cockle, compress, condense, contract, crease, crinkle, crumple, fold, furrow, gather, knit, purse, ruckle, ruck up, rufe, screw up, squeeze, tighten; concepts 185,219 Ant. open, smooth pudgy [adj] slightly fat chubby*, hefty, plump, plumpish, rotund, round, stout, thick-bodied, tubby*; concepts 491,773 Ant. skinny, slight, thin puerile [adj] childish babyish, babylike, callow, foolish, green*, immature, inane, inexperienced, infantile, irresponsible, jejune, juvenile, naive, petty, ridiculous, silly, trivial, unedged, ungrown, weak, young; concepts 401,578,797 Ant. adult, mature puff [n1] blast of air breath, draft, drag, draught, draw, emanation, atus, urry, gust, pull, smoke, waft, whiff, wind, wisp; concepts 437,524 puff [n2] advertisement advertising, blurb*, boost*, buildup*, commendation, favorable mention, good word, hype*, laudation, plug*, praise, press-agentry, promo*, promotion, publicity, puffery*, push*, sales talk, write-up; concepts 69,278,324 puff [v1] inhale or exhale air blow, breathe, distend, drag, draw, enlarge, ll, gasp, gulp, heave, huff, huff and puff*, inate, pant, pull at, pull on, smoke, suck, swell, wheeze, whiff; concepts 163,185,526 puff [v2] publicize admire, advertise, ballyhoo*, blow up*, build, commend, congratulate, cry*, atter, hype*, overpraise, plug*, praise, press-agent*, promote, push; concepts 49,69 Ant. conceal, hide, secret puffy [adj] swollen billowy, bloated, blown, bulgy, distended, distent, enlarged, expanded, full, increased, inamed, inated, puffed up; concept 485 Ant. at, tight, unswollen pugnacious [adj] belligerent aggressive, antagonistic, argumentative, bellicose, brawling, cantankerous, chip on shoulder*, choleric, combative, contentious, deant, disputatious, have a bone to pick*, hottempered, irascible, irritable, itching to ght*, militant, petulant, pushing, pushy*, quarrelsome, ready to ght, rebellious, salty*, scrappy*, self-assertive, truculent, warlike; concepts 401,542 Ant. easy-going, kind, laid-back, nice puke [v] vomit barf*, be sick, bring up, chunder, cough up, do the technicolor yawn*, gag, get sick, heave, hurl*, regurgitate, retch, spew, spit

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up, throw up, toss ones cookies*, upchuck*; concept 179 pulchritude [n] beauty adorableness, allure, allurement, attraction, elegance, exquisiteness, glamor, good looks, handsomeness, loveliness, physical attractiveness, prettiness, shapeliness; concept 718 pull [v1] drawing something with force cull, dislocate, drag, evolve, extract, gather, haul, heave, jerk, lug, paddle, pick, pluck, remove, rend, rip, row, schlepp*, sprain, strain, stretch, take out, tear, tow, trail, truck, tug, twitch, uproot, weed*, wrench, yank; concept 206 Ant. push pull [v2] attract draw, entice, get, lure, magnetize, obtain, pick up, secure, win; concept 11 Ant. deter, repel, repulse pull down [v] destroy; knock over annihilate, bulldoze, decimate, demolish, destruct, dismantle, let down, lower, raze, remove, ruin, take down, tear down, wreck; concept 252 Ant. build, construct pull in [v1] arrest apprehend, bust, collar, detain, nab, nail, pick up, pinch, run in, take into custody; concepts 90,317 Ant. exonerate, free, let go pull in [v2] attract, obtain absorb, bring in, clear, draw, draw in, earn, gain, gross, make, net, pocket, suck, take home*; concept 120 Ant. repel, throw away pull off [v] accomplish achieve, bring off, carry out, manage, score, score a success, secure, succeed, win; concepts 91,706 Ant. fail pull out [v] quit abandon, depart, evacuate, exit, get off, go, leave, retire, retreat, shove off, stop, stop participating, take off, withdraw; concepts 119,121,195 Ant. continue, persevere, start pull through [v] recover come through, get better, get over, improve, rally, ride out*, survive, triumph, weather*; concepts 303, 700,706 Ant. die, fail, lose pull up [v] stop, halt arrive, brake, bring up, come to a halt, come to a stop, draw up, fetch up, get there, haul up, pause, reach a standstill; concepts 119,121,159 Ant. continue, go pulp [adj] cheap, vulgar, especially regarding reading material lurid, mushy, rubbish, sensational, trash, trashy; concept 267 Ant. clean, moral, nice pulp [n] esh of plant, animal batter, curd, dough, grume, jam, marrow, mash, mush, pap, paste, pomace, poultice, sarcocarp, semisolid, soft part, sponge, triturate; concepts 399,428 pulp [v] mash, pulverize bruise, coagulate, crush, gelatinate, macerate, squash, triturate; concepts 208,219 pulpit [n] structure from which sermon is given desk, lectern, platform, podium, rostrum, soapbox*, stage, stump*; concepts 368,443 pulsate/pulse [v] quiver, beat drum, uctuate, hammer, oscillate, palpitate, pound, pump, roar, throb, thrum, thud, thump, tick, vibrate; concepts 147,185 pulse [n] rhythm, beat beating, oscillation, pulsation, stroke, throb, throbbing, vibration; concepts 147,185 pulverize [v1] smash by beating, crushing abrade, atomize, beat, bray, break up, buck,

comminute, contriturate, crumble, crunch, crush, our, fragment, fragmentalize, fragmentize, granulate, grate, grind, levigate, micronize, mill, mull, pestle, pound, powder, shatter, splinter, triturate; concepts 186,219 pulverize [v2] destroy annihilate, crush, decimate, defeat, demolish, destruct, dynamite, atten, rub out*, ruin, shatter, smash, tear down*, vanquish, vaporize, wax, wreck; concept 252 Ant. build, construct, create pummel [v] beat, pommel bash, batter, belt, clout, club, crush, cudgel, og, hammer, hit, knock, lash, let one have it*, lick, mash, maul, pelt, pound, punch, ram, slug, smack, strike, swat, thrash, trounce, wallop, whale, wham, whip; concepts 189,246 pump [v1] draw or push out bail out, blow up, dilate, distend, draft, drain, draw, draw off, drive, drive out, elevate, empty, force, force out, inate, inject, pour, push, send, siphon, supply, swell, tap; concepts 142, 206,208 pump [v2] question relentlessly cross-examine, draw out, give the third degree*, grill, interrogate, probe, query, question, quiz, worm out of*; concepts 48,53 Ant. answer, reply pumped [adj] excited animated, aroused, awakened, beside oneself*, charged, cranked up, delighted, eager, enthusiastic, feverish, red up*, geared up, high*, inspired, juiced up*, keyed up*, moved, on re*, passionate, psyched, rarin to go*, stimulated, stirred, thrilled, wild, worked up; concepts 401,403 pun [n] play on words ambiguity, calembour, conceit, double entendre, double meaning, equivoque, joke, paronomasia, quibble, quip, witticism; concepts 273,278 punch [n1/v1] hit bash, belt, biff, blow, bop, box, buffet, clip, clout, cuff, dig, jab, jog, knock, lollop, nudge, one-two*, plug, plunk*, poke, prod, pummel, rap, shot, slam, slap, slug, smack, smash, sock, strike, stroke, thrust, thump, wallop; concept 189 punch [n2] energy, vigor bite, cogency, drive, effectiveness, force, forcefulness, impact, point, validity, validness, verve; concepts 676,682 Ant. idleness, lethargy, unenthusiasm punch [v2] perforate, prick bore, cut, drill, jab, pierce, poke, puncture, stab, stamp; concept 220 Ant. close punch-drunk [adj] dazed agog, bafed, befuddled, confused, dazzled, dizzy, dumbfounded, dumbstruck, ustered, lost, muddled, perplexed, punchy*, puzzled, rattled, slap-happy, staggered; concepts 402,403 punctilio [n] etiquette ceremony, civility, code, convention, courtesy, customs, decorum, dignity, form, formalities, formality, mores, nicety, politesse, proper behavior, protocol, ps and qs*, renement, rules, social graces; concept 633 punctilious [adj] careful, nicky ceremonious, conscientious, conscionable, conventional, exact, formal, formalistic, fussy, good eye*, heedful, meticulous, nice, observant, overconscientious, overscrupulous, painstaking, particular, persnickety, precise, proper, punctual, right on*, scrupulous, strict; concepts 401,542,557 Ant. careless, easy-going, informal, uncaring

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punctual [adj] on time accurate, careful, conscientious, conscionable, constant, cyclic, dependable, early, exact, expeditious, fussy, heedful, in good time*, meticulous, on schedule, on the button*, on the dot*, on the nose*, painstaking, particular, periodic, precise, prompt, punctilious, quick, ready, recurrent, regular, reliable, scrupulous, seasonable, steady, strict, timely, under the wire*; concepts 544,550,799 Ant. late, tardy punctuate [v] lay stress on accent, accentuate, break, divide, emphasize, interject, interrupt, intersect, intersperse, mark, pepper*, point, point up*, separate, sprinkle, stress, underline; concepts 49,79,98,266 puncture [n] hole, rupture break, cut, damage, at, at tire*, jab, leak, nick, opening, perforation, prick, slit, stab; concepts 309,513,674 puncture [v1] poke hole in bore, cut, cut through, deate, drill, go down, go at, knife, lacerate, lance, nick, open, penetrate, perforate, pierce, prick, punch, riddle, rupture; concepts 137,220 Ant. close, sew puncture [v2] deate someones idea, feelings blow sky high*, discourage, discredit, disillusion, disprove, explode, atten*, humble, knock bottom out*, knock props from under*, poke full of holes*, shoot full of holes*, take down a peg*, take wind out of sails*; concepts 7,19, 54 Ant. build up pundit [n] person who is authority auger, bookworm, brain*, buff, cereb*, cognoscenti, egghead*, expert, intellectual, learned one, philosopher, professor, savant, scholar, solon, teacher, thinker; concept 423 Ant. amateur pungent [adj1] highly avored acid, acrid, aromatic, bitter, efuvious, hot, nosey*, odoriferous, peppery, piquant, poignant, racy, rich, salty, seasoned, sharp, snappy, sour, spicy, stinging, stinking*, strong, tangy, tart, whiffy*, zesty; concept 613 Ant. blah, bland, dull, avorless, tasteless pungent [adj2] sharp, stinging in speech acrimonious, acute, barbed, biting, bitter, caustic, cutting, exciting, hot, incisive, keen, mordant, penetrating, peppery, piercing, poignant, pointed, provocative, racy, salt, salty, sarcastic, scathing, snappy, spicy, stimulating, stringent, telling, trenchant, zesty; concept 267 Ant. dull, mild punish [v] penalize for wrongdoing abuse, attend to, batter, beat, beat up, blacklist, castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, crack down on*, cuff, debar, defrock, discipline, dismiss, do in, execute, exile, expel, ne, og, give a going over*, give the works*, harm, hurt, immure, incarcerate, injure, knock about, lash, lecture, maltreat, misuse, oppress, paddle, rap knuckles*, reprove, rough up, scourge, sentence, slap wrist, spank, switch, teach a lesson, throw the book at*, train, whip; concept 122 Ant. award, exonerate, let go, praise, protect, reward punishment [n] penalty abuse, amercement, beating, castigation, chastening, chastisement, comeuppance, conscation, correction, deprivation, disciplinary action, discipline, forfeit, forfeiture, gallows, hard work, iniction, just desserts*, lumps, maltreatment, mortication, mulct, ostracism, pain, penance, proof, punitive

measures, purgatory, reparation, retribution, rod, rough treatment, sanction, sequestration, short shrift*, slave labor*, suffering, torture, trial, unhappiness, victimization, what for*; concept 123 Ant. encouragement, exoneration, praise, protection, reward punitive [adj] concerning punishment castigating, correctional, disciplinary, in reprisal, in retaliation, penal, punishing, punitory, retaliative, retaliatory, revengeful, vindictive; concept 319 Ant. benecial, rewarding punk [n] hoodlum bully, criminal, delinquent, gangster, goon*, hood, hooligan, mobster, rioter, rowdy, rufan, thug, troublemaker; concept 412 puny [adj] small, insignicant diminutive, feeble, fragile, frail, half-pint*, inconsequential, inferior, inrm, little, measly*, minor, niggling*, nothing, paltry, peanut*, peewee*, petty, picayune, piddling*, pint-sized*, runt, shrimp*, small-fry*, small time*, stunted, tiny, triing, trivial, two-bit*, unconsequential, underfed, undersized, undeveloped, unsound, unsubstantial, weak, weakly, wee*, worthless, zero*, zilch*; concepts 489,575,773 Ant. big, giant, huge, large pupil [n] person who is learning something adherent, attendant, beginner, bookworm*, brain*, catechumen, disciple, rst-year student, follower, graduate student, junior, learner, neophyte, novice, satellite, scholar, schoolboy/ girl, senior, sophomore, student, tenderfoot*, undergraduate; concept 350 Ant. professor, teacher puppet [n] person or toy manipulated by another creature, doll, dupe*, gurehead, gurine, instrument, jerk*, manikin, marionette, moppet, mouthpiece*, patsy*, pawn, pushover, schlemiel*, servant, soft touch*, stooge*, tool*, victim; concepts 423,446 purchase [n] possession obtained with money acquirement, acquisition, asset, bargain, booty*, buy, gain, investment, property, steal; concepts 446,710 Ant. sale, sell purchase [v] buy, obtain achieve, acquire, attain, come by, cop*, deal in, earn, gain, get hold of, go shopping, invest, make a buy, make a purchase, market, patronize, pay for, pick up, procure, realize, redeem, secure, shop, shop for, take, take up, truck*, win; concept 327 Ant. sell pure [adj1] unmixed, genuine authentic, bright, classic, clear, complete, fair, awless, kosher*, limpid, lucid, natural, neat, out-and-out*, pellucid, perfect, plain, plenary, pure and simple, real, simple, straight, total, transparent, true, twenty-four carat*, unadulterated, unalloyed, unclouded, undiluted, unmingled; concept 485 Ant. impure, mixed, ungenuine pure [adj2] clean, uncontaminated disinfected, germ-free, immaculate, intemerate, pasteurized, pristine, puried, rened, sanitary, snowy, spotless, stainless, sterile, sterilized, taintless, unadulterated, unblemished, undebased, unpolluted, unsoiled, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished, wholesome; concept 621 Ant. contaminated, dirty, polluted, tainted pure [adj3] virginal, chaste babe in woods*, blameless, celibate, clean, continent, decent,

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exemplary, fresh, good, guileless, honest, immaculate, inculpable, innocent, inviolate, irreproachable, kid, lily white*, maidenly, modest, pure as driven snow*, righteous, sinless, spotless, stainless, true, unblemished, unblighted, uncorrupted, undeled, unprofaned, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, upright, virgin, virtuous, wet behind ears*, wide-eyed; concept 372 Ant. corrupt, dirty, immodest, indecent, obscene, unchaste, vulgar pure [adj4] absolute, utter blasted*, blessed*, complete, confounded, infernal*, mere, out-andout, sheer, thorough, unmitigated, unqualied; concepts 531,535 Ant. indenite, uncertain pure [adj5] theoretical abstract, academic, philosophical, speculative, tentative, unproved; concept 529 Ant. applied purely [adv] simply, absolutely all, all in all, altogether, barely, completely, entirely, essentially, exactly, exclusively, in toto*, just, merely, only, plainly, quite, solely, totally, utterly, wholly; concepts 531,544 Ant. indenitely purgatory [n] hell Abaddon*, abyss, bottomless pit*, everlasting re*, re and brimstone*, Gehenna, Hades, infernal regions, limbo, lower world, nether world, perdition, pit, place of torment, suffering, underworld; concepts 370,435,674 purge [n] elimination, removal abolition, abstersion, catharsis, clarication, cleaning, cleanup, coup, crushing, disposal, disposition, ejection, eradication, evacuation, excretion,expulsion, expurgation, extermination, extirpation, liquidation, murder, purication, reign of terror*, suppression, witch hunt; concepts 165,211,252 Ant. holding, keeping, maintenance purge [v] rid of; clean out abolish, absolve, clarify, cleanse, clear, depurate, disabuse, dismiss, dispose of, do away with*, eject, eradicate, erase, excrete, exonerate, expel, expiate, expunge, exterminate, forgive, kill, liquidate, oust, pardon, prevent, purify, remove, rout out, shake out*, sweep out, unload, wash, wipe off map*, wipe out; concepts 165,211, 252 Ant. hold, keep, maintain purication [n] freeing, cleansing ablution, absolution, atonement, baptism, bathing, catharsis, depuration, disinfection, distillation, expiation, expurgation, forgiveness, grace, lavation, laving, lustration, purgation, purge, purifying, rarefaction, rebirth, redemption, renement, regeneration, salvation, sanctication, washing; concepts 165,367 Ant. adulteration, corruption, dirtying, pollution purify [v] free; make clean absolve, aerate, aerify, atone, chasten, clarify, clean, cleanse, clear, decontaminate, deodorize, depurate, deterge, disinfect, edulcorate, elutriate, exculpate, exonerate, expiate, lter, fumigate, lustrate, oxygenate, purge, rarify, redeem, rene, remit, sanctify, sanitize, shrive, sublimate, wash; concepts 165,367 Ant. adulterate, corrupt, dirty, pollute puritanical [adj] proper, straitlaced abstinent, austere, conforming, moral, priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, rigid, stern, strict, stuffy; concepts 401,404 purloin [v] steal appropriate, burglarize, cheat, defraud, embezzle, lch, heist, lift*, make off

with*, misappropriate, pilfer, pillage, pinch*, plunder, poach, rip off*, shoplift, snitch, swindle, take, thieve; concept 139 purple [n/adj] blue and red colors mixed together amaranthine, amethyst, bluish red, color, heliotrope, lavender, lilac, magenta, mauve, mulberry, orchid, perse, plum, pomegranate, reddish blue, violaceous, violet, wine; concepts 618,622 purport [n] meaning, implication acceptation, aim, bearing, burden, connotation, core, design, drift, gist, heart, idea, import, intendment, intent, intention, matter, meat, message, nub, object, objective, pith, plan, point, purpose, score, sense, signicance, signicancy, signication, spirit, stuff, substance, tendency, tenor, thrust, understanding, upshot; concepts 20,659,660,689 purport [v] assert, mean allege, betoken, claim, convey, declare, denote, express, imply, import, indicate, intend, maintain, point to, pose as, pretend, proclaim, profess, signify, suggest; concepts 49,682 purpose [n1] intention, meaning, aim ambition, animus, aspiration, big idea*, bourn, calculation, design, desire, destination, determination, direction, dream, drift, end, expectation, function, goal, hope, idea, intendment, intent, mecca, mission, object, objective, plan, point, premeditation, principle, project, proposal, proposition, prospect, reason, resolve, scheme, scope, target, ulterior motive, view, whatfor*, where ones headed*, whole idea*, why and wherefore*, whyfor*, will, wish; concepts 20,659,660,689 purpose [n2] persistence, resolve condence, constancy, determination, faith, rmness, resolution, single-mindedness, steadfastness, tenacity, will; concepts 633,644 purpose [n3] use advantage, avail, benet, duty, effect, function, gain, goal, good, mark, mission, object, objective, outcome, prot, result, return, target, utility; concepts 658,694 purpose [v] intend, set sights on aim, aspire, bid for, commit, conclude, consider, contemplate, decide, design, determine, have a mind to*, have in view, make up ones mind*, mean, meditate, mind, plan, ponder, propose, pursue, resolve, think to, work for, work toward; concepts 18,36,87 purposeful [adj] resolved to do something bent, be out for blood*, bound, calculated, dead set on*, decided, deliberate, determined, rm, xed, intense, intent, mean business*, obstinate, persistent, playing hard ball*, positive, purposive, resolute, settled, single-minded, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, steady, strong-willed, stubborn, telelogical, tenacious, undeviating, unfaltering, unwavering; concepts 326,403, 542 Ant. aimless, thoughtless, undetermined, unplanned, wanton purposeless [adj] useless, insignicant aimless, designless, desultory, drifting, empty, feckless, oundering, fustian, goalless, good-for-nothing*, haphazard, hit-or-miss*, indiscriminate, irregular, meaningless, motiveless, needless, nonsensical, pointless, purportless, random, senseless, uncalled for, undirected, unhelpful, unnecessary, unplanned, unprotable, unpurposed, vacuous,

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wanton, worthless; concepts 544,560 Ant. decided, deliberate, determined, planned, purposeful, signicant, useful purposely [adv] intentionally advisedly, by design, calculatedly, consciously, deliberately, designedly, explicitly, expressly, knowingly, on purpose, prepensely, purposedly, willfully, with intent; concepts 529,544 Ant. impulsively, spontaneously, unintentionally purse [n1] tote for carrying personal items bag, billfold, bursa, carryall, clutch, frame, handbag, hide, leather, lizard, moneybag, pocket, pocketbook, poke, pouch, receptacle, reticule, sack, wallet; concepts 339,446,450,494 purse [n2] award; winnings coffers, exchequer, funds, gift, means, money, present, prize, resources, reward, stake, treasury, wealth, wherewithal; concepts 337,344 Ant. loss purse [v] press together close, cockle, contract, crease, knit, pucker, rufe, tighten, wrinkle; concepts 185,208 Ant. open pursue [v1] chase, follow accompany, attend, badger, bait, bird-dog*, bug, camp on the doorstep of*, chivy, dog*, sh*, give chase, go after, harass, harry, haunt, hound, hunt, hunt down, move behind, nose around*, oppress, persevere, persist, plague, play catch up*, poke around, prowl after, ride, run after, run down, scout out, search for, search high heaven*, search out, seek, shadow, stalk, tag, tail*, take out after*, trace, track, track down, trail; concept 207 Ant. retreat, run away pursue [v2] have as ones goal aim for, aspire to, attempt, desire, go in for, go out for, have a go at, purpose, seek, strive for, try for, work for, work toward; concepts 20,36 Ant. eschew, ignore, shun pursue [v3] persist, persevere adhere, apply oneself, carry on, conduct, continue, cultivate, engage in, hold to, keep on, maintain, perform, ply, practice, proceed, prosecute, see through, tackle, wage, work at; concepts 87,100,239 Ant. discontinue, give up, stop pursue [v4] seek social alliance with address, call, chase, chase after, court, date, go after, go for, pay attention, pay court*, play up to, rush*, spark, sue, sweetheart*, woo; concept 384 Ant. ignore pursuit [n1] chase, search following, going all out, hunt, hunting, inquiry, pursual, pursuance, pursuing, quest, reaching, seeking, stalk, tracking, trail, trailing; concept 207 Ant. retreat, surrender pursuit [n2] occupation, interest of person accomplishing, accomplishment, activity, biz*, business, calling, career, do*, employment, game*, go*, hang*, hobby, job, line*, occupation, pastime, pleasure, racket, thing*, undertaking, venture, vocation, work; concept 349 push [n1] physical force advance, assault, attack, bearing, blow, butt, charge, drive, driving, effort, energy, exerting, exertion, forcing, impact, jolt, lean, mass, nudge, offensive, onset, poke, prod, propulsion, shove, shoving, straining, thrust, thrusting, weight; concepts 200,208,641,724 Ant. pull push [n2] mental determination ambition, drive, dynamism, energy, enterprise, get-up-and-go*, go*, gumption*, guts*, initiative, pep, punch,

snap, spunk, starch, vigor, vitality; concepts 410,411 Ant. discouragement, disinterest push [v1] thrust, press with force accelerate, bear down, budge, bulldoze*, bump, butt, crowd, crush against, depress, dig, drive, elbow, exert, force, gore, high pressure*, hustle, impel, jam, jostle, launch, lie on, make ones way*, move, muscle, nudge, poke, pour it on*, pressure, propel, put the arm on*, railroad*, ram*, rest on, shift, shoulder, shove, squash, squeeze, squish, steamroll*, stir, strain, strongarm*; concepts 200,208,243 Ant. pull push [v2] incite, urge bear down, browbeat, bulldoze*, coerce, constrain, dragoon, egg on*, encourage, exert inuence, expedite, re up*, goad, goose*, go to town on*, hurry, impel, inuence, inspire, jolly, key up*, kid, lean on*, motivate, oblige, overpress, persuade, pour it on*, press, pressure, prod, push around, put the screws to*, put up to*, railroad*, sell on*, speed, speed up, spur, squeeze, steamroll*, strong-arm*, turn on*; concepts 14,68,243 Ant. discourage, dissuade, repress, suppress push [v3] advertise, promote advance, boost, cry up*, hype*, make known, plug*, propagandize, publicize, puff*; concepts 49,324 Ant. conceal, hide push off/push on [v] leave; go to another place beat it*, continue, depart, exit, fare, get away, get lost*, go, go away, hie, hit the road*, journey, keep going, launch, light out, make oneself scarce*, make progress, pass, proceed, process, pull out, quit, repair, shove off, start, take off, travel, wend, withdraw; concepts 195,704 Ant. arrive, come pushover [n] something or someone easily inuenced breeze, childs play*, chump*, cinch, duck soup*, easy game*, easy mark*, easy pickings*, fool, kid stuff*, picnic*, piece of cake*, setup, snap, soft touch*, stooge*, sucker, victim, walkover; concepts 423,693 pushy [adj] aggressive, offensive ambitious, assertive, bold, brash, bumptious, forceful, loud, militant, obnoxious, obtrusive, ofcious, presumptuous, pushful, pushing, self-assertive; concepts 401,404 Ant. modest, quiet, shy, unassuming pussyfoot [v] be cautious avoid, beat around the bush*, be noncommittal, creep, dodge, duck the issues, equivocate, evade, glide, hedge, hem and haw*, lurk, play it close to the vest*, prevaricate, prowl, shufe, sidestep, sit on the fence*, skirt*, skulk, slide, slink, slip, sneak, steal, tergiversate, tergiverse, tiptoe, tread warily, watch ones step*, weasel*; concepts 151,410 Ant. plod put [v1] position bring, concenter, concentrate, deposit, embed, establish, fasten, x, xate, focus, insert, install, invest, lay, nail, park, peg, place, plank, plank down, plant, plop, plunk, plunk down, quarter, repose, rest, rivet, seat, set, settle, situate, stick; concept 201 Ant. remove, take put [v2] propose; express in words advance, air, bring forward, couch, express, formulate, forward, give, offer, phrase, pose, posit, prefer, present, propone, proposition, propound, render, set, set before, state, submit, suggest,

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tender, translate, transpose, turn, utter, vent, ventilate, word; concepts 47,66,67 put [v3] commit, assign condemn, consign, constrain, doom, employ, enjoin, force, impose, induce, inict, levy, make, oblige, require, set, subject, subject to; concepts 14,242 Ant. change, displace, transfer putative [adj] commonly believed accepted, alleged, assumed, conjectural, hypothetical, imputed, presumed, presumptive, reported, reputed, supposed, suppositional, suppositious; concept 529 Ant. proven, real, true put away [v2] incarcerate certify, commit, conne, institutionalize, jail, lock up; concept 317 Ant. free, liberate put away [v3] consume devour, eat up, gobble*, gulp down, polish off*, punish, put down, shift, swill, wolf down*; concept 169 Ant. abstain, refrain put away [v4] kill assassinate, bury, cool*, cut off, destroy, dispatch, do away with, do in*, dust off*, execute, nish, inter, knock off*, liquidate, murder, plant, put down*, put out of its misery*, put to sleep*, slay, tomb; concept 252 Ant. give birth put away/put aside/put by [v1/v] keep in reserve cache, deposit, keep, lay aside, lay away, lay by, lay in, put by, put out of the way, salt away*, save, set aside, squirrel away*, stockpile, store, store away*, stow away; concepts 129,134 Ant. spend, use up, waste put-down [n] nasty commentary cut*, dig*, disparagement, gibe*, humiliation, indignity, insult, jibe*, knock*, pan*, rebuff, sarcasm, slight, sneer*, snub, suppression; concepts 54,278 Ant. attery, praise put down [v1] write into record enter, inscribe, jot down, log, record, set down, take down, transcribe, write down; concept 79 Ant. erase, extract put down [v2] subdue annihilate, crush, defeat, dismiss, extinguish, quash*, quell, reject, repress, silence, squash*, stamp out*, suppress; concepts 95,252 Ant. boost, build up put down [v3] comment negatively belittle, condemn, crush, decry, deate, derogate, discount, dismiss, disparage, downcry, humiliate, minimize, mortify, opprobriate, reject, run down, shame, slight, snub, write off; concept 54 Ant. build up, compliment, atter, praise put off [v] defer, delay adjourn, dally, dawdle, dillydally*, drag ones feet*, hold off, hold over, lag*, lay over, linger, loiter, poke*, postpone, prorogue, put back, reschedule, retard, shelve, stay, suspend, tarry, trail; concepts 121,234 Ant. accomplish, achieve, carry out, do, succeed put on [v1] pretend act, affect, assume, bluff, confound, confuse, counterfeit, deceive, don, fake, feign, make believe, masquerade, playact, pose, pull, put on a front, put on an act, sham, simulate, strike, take on, trick; concept 59 Ant. be truthful put on [v2] stage a performance do, mount, present, produce, show; concept 292 put out [v1] upset, irritate; inconvenience aggravate, anger, annoy, bother, burn, confound,

discomt, discommode, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, disoblige, displease, dissatisfy, disturb, embarrass, exasperate, gall, get*, grate, harass, impose upon, incommode, iname, irk, nettle, perturb, provoke, put on the spot*, rile, roil, trouble, vex; concepts 7,14,19 Ant. assuage, help, please put out [v2] extinguish re blow out, douse, out, quench, smother, snuff out, stamp out; concept 252 Ant. start putrefy [v] rot break down, corrupt, crumble, decay, decompose, deteriorate, disintegrate, go bad*, molder, putresce, spoil, stink, taint, turn; concept 469 putrid [adj] rotten, stinking bad, contaminated, corrupt, decayed, decomposed, fetid, foul, high, malodorous, moldered, nidorous, noisome, off, putreed, rancid, rank, reeking, rotting, smelly, spoiled, strong, tainted, whiffy*; concepts 485,598 Ant. fresh, perfumed, sweet putter [v] dawdle doodle, ddle, fritter, goof around*, loiter, mess, mess around*, niggle, poke*, potter*, puddle*, shufe around, tinker*; concepts 87,210 Ant. execute put up [v1] accommodate guest bestow, billet, board, bunk, domicile, entertain, give lodging, harbor, house, lodge, make welcome, provide, quarter, take in; concepts 324,384 Ant. turn away put up [v2] build, erect construct, fabricate, forge, make, put together, raise, rear, shape, uprear; concept 168 Ant. destroy, ruin puzzle [v1] bafe, confuse addle, amaze, bamboozle*, beat, befog, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, buffalo*, complicate, confound, discombobulate*, disconcert, distract, disturb, dumbfound, abbergast, oor*, ummox, foil, frustrate, get to*, mystify, nonplus, obscure, perplex, pose, profundicate, psych out*, put off, rattle, snow*, stir, stumble, stump, throw; concept 16 Ant. clarify, elucidate, explain, illustrate, unravel puzzle [v2] wonder about ask oneself, brood, cudgel, marvel, mull over, muse, ponder, rack ones brains*, study, think about, think hard; concept 17 Ant. not care puzzled [adj] confused at a loss*, at sea*, bafed, bewildered, bollixed, clueless, come apart, come unzipped*, discombobulated*, dopey*, doubtful, oored*, foggy, fouled up*, hung up*, in a fog*, lost, loused up*, messed up*, mind-blown*, mixed up*, mucked up*, mystied, nonplussed, perplexed, rattled, screwed up*, shook, shook up, spaced out*, stuck, stumped, thrown, unglued*, without a clue; concepts 403,690 Ant. aware, certain, cognizant, sure puzzling [adj] confusing abstruse, ambiguous, bafing, bewildering, beyond one, difcult, enigmatic, hard, incomprehensible, inexplicable, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, misleading, mystifying, obscure, perplexing, surprising, unaccountable, unclear, unfathomable; concept 529 Ant. comprehendible, intelligible, understandable pyramid [n] monument cairn, cenotaph, edice, mastaba, memorial, monolith, obelisk, shrine, tomb, tribute; concepts 259,271,305,470

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quack [adj] counterfeit bum*, dishonest, dissembling, fake, false, fraudulent, phony, pretended, pretentious, pseudo*, sham*, simulated, unprincipled; concept 582 Ant. genuine, original, real quack [n] person who pretends to be an expert actor, bum*, bunco artist, charlatan, cheat, con artist, counterfeit, counterfeiter, fake, faker, imammer*, four-usher*, fraud, hoser*, humbug, impostor, mountebank, phony, playactor, pretender, pseudo*, put-on*, quacksalver*, sham, shammer*, shark*, sharp*, simulator, slicker*, whip*; concept 412 quaff [v] drink down down, gulp, guzzle, imbibe, ingurgitate, partake, sip, sup, swallow, swig, swill, toss; concept 169 Ant. eject quagmire [n1] bad situation box*, corner*, difculty, dilemma, entanglement, x, hole*, imbroglio, impasse, involvement, jam, mire, morass, muddle, pass, perplexity, pickle*, pinch*, plight, predicament, quandary, scrape, trouble; concepts 666,674 Ant. blessing, solution, success quagmire [n2] bog fen, marsh, marshland, mire, morass, moss, quag, quicksand, slough, swamp; concept 509 quail [v] cower, shrink blanch, blench, cringe, droop, faint, falter, inch, have cold feet*, quake, recoil, shake, shudder, start, tremble, wince; concepts 35,149,195 Ant. face, meet quaint [adj1] strange, odd bizarre, curious, droll, eccentric, erratic, fanciful, fantastic, freakish, freaky*, funny, idiosyncratic, laughable, oddball, offbeat, off the beaten track*, original, outlandish, peculiar, queer, singular, special, unusual, weird*, whimsical; concepts 564,589 Ant. common, conventional, regular, usual quaint [adj2] old-fashioned; nostalgically attractive affected, ancient, antiquated, antique, archaic, artful, baroque, captivating, charming, colonial, curious, cute, enchanting, fanciful, Gothic*, ingenious, old-world, picturesque, pleasing, Victorian*, whimsical; concept 578 Ant. current, new, new-fangled, up-to-date quake [n] earthquake aftershock, convulsion, quaker, seism, shake, shock, temblor, tremblor, tremor; concept 526 quake [v] shake, vibrate convulse, cower, uctuate, jar, jitter, move, pulsate, quail, quiver, rock, shiver, shrink, shudder, throb, totter, tremble, tremor, twitter, waver, wobble; concept 152 Ant. be still qualication [n1] ability, aptitude accomplishment, adequacy, attainment, attribute, capability, capacity, competence, eligibility, endowment, experience, tness, goods, makings, might, qualiedness, quality, skill, stuff, suitability, suitableness, what it takes*; concept 630 Ant. disqualication, inability, inaptitude, lack qualication [n2] requirement, restriction allowance, caveat, condition, contingency, criterion, essential, exception, exemption, limitation, modication, need, objection, postulate, prerequisite, provision, proviso, requisite, reservation, stipulation; concepts 646,652

qualied [adj1] able, skillful accomplished, adept, adequate, all around, au fait, capable, catechized, certied, competent, disciplined, efcient, equipped, examined, experienced, expert, t, tted, good, instructed, knowledgeable, licensed, practiced, pro*, procient, proper, proved, quizzed, talented, tested, trained, tried, up to snuff*, up to speed*, vet*, veteran, war-horse*, wicked; concept 527 Ant. incapable, unable, unprocient, unqualied, unskilled, untalented qualied [adj2] limited, restricted bounded, circumscribed, conditional, conned, contingent, denite, determined, equivocal, xed, guarded, modied, partial, provisional, reserved; concept 554 Ant. open, unlimited, unrestricted qualify [v1] make or become ready, prepared authorize, capacitate, certify, check out, come up to snuff*, commission, condition, cut it*, earn ones wings*, empower, enable, endow, entitle, equip, ll the bill*, t, get by*, ground, hack it*, make it*, make the cut*, make the grade*, measure up, meet, pass, pass muster*, permit, ready, sanction, score, sufce, suit, train; concepts 99,630 Ant. be unprepared, disqualify qualify [v2] lessen, restrict abate, adapt, alter, assuage, change, circumscribe, diminish, ease, limit, mitigate, moderate, modify, modulate, reduce, regulate, restrain, soften, temper, vary, weaken; concepts 240,698 Ant. allow, be lenient qualify [v3] characterize, distinguish ascribe, assign, attribute, describe, designate, impute, individualize, individuate, mark, name, predicate, signalize, singularize; concept 411 quality [n1] characteristic, feature affection, afrmation, aspect, attribute, character, condition, constitution, description, element, endowment, essence, factor, genius, individuality, kind, make, mark, name of tune*, nature, nature of beast*, parameter, peculiarity, predication, property, savor, sort, trait, virtue, way of it*; concept 543 quality [n2] value, status arete, caliber, capacity, character, class, condition, distinction, excellence, excellency, footing, grade, group, kind, merit, perfection, place, position, preeminence, rank, repute, standing, state, station, stature, step, superbness, superiority, variety, virtue, worth; concepts 346,378,668 qualm [n] nagging doubt agitation, anxiety, apprehension, compunction, conscience, demur, disquiet, foreboding, hesitation, indecision, insecurity, misdoubt, misgiving, mistrust, nervousness, objection, pang, perturbation, presentiment, regret, reluctance, remonstrance, remorse, scruple, suspicion, twinge, uncertainty, unease, uneasiness; concepts 410,532 Ant. approval, comfort, contentedness quandary [n] delicate situation bewilderment, bind, Catch-22*, clutch, corner*, difculty, dilemma, double trouble*, doubt, embarrassment, hang-up*, impasse, mire, perplexity, pickle*, plight, predicament, puzzle, spot*, strait, uncertainty, up a tree*; concepts 532, 674,690 Ant. advantage, certainty, solution

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quantify [v] measure appraise, assess, calibrate, check, compute, count, determine, estimate, evaluate, gure, gauge, look over, rank, rate, size, specify, value, weigh; concepts 103,197,764 quantity [n] number or amount abundance, aggregate, allotment, amplitude, batch, body, budget, bulk, capacity, deal, expanse, extent, gure, greatness, length, load, lot, magnitude, mass, measure, multitude, part, pile, portion, profusion, quota, size, sum, total, variety, volume; concept 787 quantum leap [n] abrupt change advance, breakthrough, giant strides, jump, leaps and bounds, radical change; concepts 230,260,701 quarantine [n] isolation detention, lazaretto, seclusion, segregation, separation, sequestration; concepts 135,188,388,631 quarantine [v] isolate block off, close off, conne, cordon, detach, insulate, keep apart, remove, restrict, seal off, seclude, segregate, separate, sequester; concepts 188,201 quarrel [n] disagreement affray, altercation, argument, battle royal*, beef*, bickering*, brannigan*, brawl, breach, broil*, catght*, combat, commotion, complaint, contention, controversy, difference, difference of opinion, difculty, disapproval, discord, disputation, dispute, dissension, dissidence, disturbance, dust*, falling-out*, feud, ght, sticuffs*, fracas, fray, fuss, hassle, misunderstanding, objection, rhubarb*, row, ruckus*, run-in, scrap, set-to*, spat, squabble, strife, struggle, tiff, tumult, vendetta, wrangle; concepts 46,106 Ant. agreement, peace quarrel [v] disagree altercate, argue, battle, be at loggerheads*, bicker, brawl, break with, bump, carp, caterwaul, cavil, charge, clash, collide, complain, contend, contest, cross swords*, differ, disapprove, dispute, dissent, divide, embroil, fall out*, feud, ght, nd fault, get tough with*, hassle, have it out*, have words*, lock horns*, mix it up*, object to, row, scrap, set to, spar, spat, squabble, strive, struggle, take exception, take on, tangle, vary, war, wrangle; concepts 46,106 Ant. agree, make peace quarrelsome [adj] being disagreeable argumentative, bad-tempered, bellicose, belligerent, brawling, cantankerous, cat-and-dog*, choleric, churlish, combative, contentious, crabby*, cross, disputatious, dissentious, excitable, ery, fractious, gladiatorial, hasty, have chip on shoulder*, hotheaded*, huffy, impassioned, irascible, irritable, litigious, ornery, passionate, peevish, pettish, petulant, pugnacious, querulous, ructious, snappy, tempestuous, thin-skinned*, touchy, truculent, turbulent, unruly, violent, war; concepts 401,542 Ant. agreeable, forgiving, friendly, good-natured, happy, patient quarry [n] goal aim, chase, game, objective, prey, prize, quest, ravin, victim; concept 659 quarter [n1] one of four equal parts division, farthing, fourth, one-fourth, part, portion, quad, quadrant, quartern, section, semester, span, term, two bits*; concept 835 quarter [n2] area, neighborhood barrio, bearing, direction, district, division, domain, ghetto, inner city, locality, location, neck of the woods*, old town, part, place, point, position,

precinct, province, region, section, sector, side, skid row, slum, spot, station, stomping ground*, territory, turf, zone, zoo*; concepts 508,512 quarter [n3] forgiveness clemency, compassion, favor, grace, leniency, lenity, mercy, pity; concepts 410,633 Ant. disfavor, mercilessness quarter [v1] divide into four equal parts cleave, cut, cut up, dismember, fourth; concept 98 quarter [v2] provide lodging accommodate, billet, board, bunk, canton, domicile, domiciliate, entertain, establish, harbor, house, install, lodge, place, post, put up, settle, shelter, station; concept 140 Ant. turn away quarters [n] place to live or sleep abode, accommodation, apartment, barracks, billet, cabin, cantonment, chambers, condo, cottage, digs*, domicile, dorm, dwelling, at, fraternity, habitat, habitation, home, house, lodge, lodging, place, post, ranch, residence, room, roost*, shelter, sorority, station, tent; concept 516 quash [v1] destroy, defeat annihilate, beat, crush, extinguish, extirpate, overcome, overthrow, put down, quell, quench, repress, scrunch*, snow under*, squash*, squish*, subdue, suppress, trash; concepts 95,252 Ant. aid, assist, help, rebuild quash [v2] nullify, cancel abrogate, annul, black out*, bottle up*, clamp down on, cork up*, crack down on*, declare null and void*, discharge, dissolve, hush up*, invalidate, kill, negate, overrule, overthrow, put damper on*, put the lid on*, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, set aside, shut down, squelch, undo, vacate, veto, vitiate, void, watergate*; concepts 121,234,266 Ant. allow, permit, sanction, start, support quasi [adj] almost; to a certain extent apparent, apparently, fake, mock, near, nominal, partly, pretended, pseudo-*, seeming, seemingly, semi-, sham*, so-called, supposedly, synthetic, virtual, would-be*; concept 582 Ant. entire, total, whole queasy [adj] not feeling well; not comfortable anxious, bilious, concerned, dgety, green around gills*, groggy, ill, ill at ease, indisposed, nauseated, pukish, qualmish, queer, restless, rocky*, sick, sick as a dog*, sickly, squeamish, troubled, uncertain, uncomfortable, under the weather*, uneasy, unwell, upset, worried; concepts 314,403 Ant. comfortable, healthy, satised queer [adj1] odd; abnormal anomalous, atypical, bizarre, crazy, curious, demented, disquieting, doubtful, droll, dubious, eccentric, eerie, erratic, extraordinary, shy*, aky*, y ball*, freaky*, funny, idiosyncratic, irrational, irregular, kinky*, kooky*, mad, mysterious, oddball, off the wall*, outlandish, outr, peculiar, puzzling, quaint, questionable, remarkable, shady, singular, strange, suspicious, touched, unbalanced, uncanny, uncommon, unconventional, unhinged, unnatural, unorthodox, unusual, wacky*, weird; concepts 404,548,564 Ant. normal, regular, typical, usual queer [adj2] not feeling well dizzy, faint, giddy, green*, ill, lightheaded, pukish*, qualmish, qualmy*, queasy*, reeling, sick, squeamish*, uneasy; concept 314 Ant. healthy, well

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quell [v1] defeat, suppress annihilate, conquer, crush, extinguish, hush up*, kill, overcome, overpower, put down, put the lid on*, queer, quench, shut down, silence, sit on, stamp out*, stie, stop, subdue, subjugate, vanquish; concepts 95,121,234 Ant. succeed, win quell [v2] alleviate, calm allay, appease, assuage, check, compose, deaden, dull, ease, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, quiet, reduce, silence, soothe, still; concepts 7,22,110 Ant. aggravate, agitate, disturb, irritate, perturb quench [v1] destroy, extinguish annihilate, check, choke, crush, dampen, decimate, demolish, destruct, dismantle, douse, end, kill, knock down, moisten, put down, put out, quash*, quell, raze, ruin, shatter, smother, snuff out*, stie, suppress, wreck; concepts 234,252 Ant. set, start quench [v2] satisfy, especially thirst allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, content, cool*, glut, gorge, gratify, lighten, mitigate, moisten, relieve, sate, satiate, slake; concepts 136,244 Ant. dissatisfy querulous [adj] grouchy, hard to please bearish, bemoaning, cantankerous, captious, carping, censorious, complaining, critical, cross, crying, deploring, discontented, dissatised, edgy, fault-nding, fretful, grousing, grumbling, grumbly, huffy* irascible, irritable, lamenting, out of sorts* peevish, petulant, plaintive, scrappy, snappy, sour, testy, thinskinned* touchy, uptight, wailing, waspish, waspy, whimpering, whining, whiny; concepts 401,542 Ant. cheerful, easy-going, happy query [n] demand for answers concern, doubt, dubiety, inquiry, interrogation, interrogatory, mistrust, objection, problem, question, questioning, reservation, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainty; concepts 21,48,53,662 Ant. answer, reply query [v] ask catechize, challenge, disbelieve, dispute, distrust, doubt, enquire, examine, hit up, impeach, impugn, inquire, interrogate, knock, mistrust, put out a feeler* question, quiz, suspect, test the waters*; concepts 21,48,53 Ant. answer, reply quest [n] search, exploration adventure, chase, crusade, delving, enterprise, examination, expedition, hunt, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, investigation, journey, mission, pilgrimmage, prey, probe, probing, pursual, pursuit, quarry, research, seeking, voyage; concepts 48,103,216 question [n1] asking for answer catechism, examination, inquest, inquiring, inquiry, inquisition, interrogation, interrogatory, investigation, poll, Q and A*, query, questioning, third degree*, wringer*; concepts 48,53 Ant. answer, reply question [n2] controversy, doubt argument, challenge, confusion, contention, debate, demur, demurral, difculty, dispute, dubiety, enigma, misgiving, mystery, objection, problem, protest, puzzle, query, remonstrance, remonstration, uncertainty; concepts 666,674 Ant. concord, harmony question [n3] issue, point at issue discussion, motion, point, problem, proposal, proposition, subject, theme, topic; concepts 532,690 Ant. agreement

question [v1] ask for answer ask about, catechize, challenge, cross-examine, enquire, examine, give the third degree*, go over, grill, hit*, hit up*, hold out for, inquire, interrogate, interview, investigate, knock*, make inquiry, petition, pick ones brains*, probe, pry, pump, put through the wringer*, put to the question*, query, quest, quiz, raise question, roast*, search, seek, show curiosity, solicit, sound out*, sweat it out of*, work over*; concepts 48,53 Ant. answer, reply question [v2] doubt call into question, cast doubt upon, challenge, controvert, disbelieve, dispute, distrust, hesitate, impeach, impugn, mistrust, oppose, puzzle over, query, suspect, suspicion, wonder about; concept 21 Ant. certainty, doubtlessness, sureness, surety questionable [adj] doubtful, uncertain ambiguous, apocryphal, arguable, contingent, controversial, controvertible, cryptic, debatable, disputable, dubious, dubitable, enigmatic, equivocal, shy*, hard to believe, hypothetical, iffy*, indecisive, indenite, indeterminate, moot, mysterious, obscure, occult, open to doubt, open to question, oracular, paradoxical, problematic, problematical, provisional, shady, suspect, suspicious, unconrmed, undened, under advisement, under examination, unproven, unreliable, unsettled, vague; concepts 529,535 Ant. certain, denite, indisputable, proven, sure, undoubted, unquestionable queue [n] sequence chain, concatenation, echelon, le, line, order, progression, rank, row, series, string, succession, tail, tier, train; concepts 432,727 Ant. disorganization quibble [n] objection, complaint artice, cavil, criticism, dodge, duplicity, equivocation, evasion, hair-splitter*, nicety, niggle*, nit-picker*, pretense, prevarication, protest, quiddity, quirk, shift, sophism, subterfuge, subtlety; concepts 46,52 Ant. agreement, approval, concurrence quibble [v] disagree over minor issues altercate, argue over, argufy, avoid, bicker, blow hot and cold*, carp, catch at straws*, cavil, chicane, criticize, dispute, equivocate, evade, fence*, ip-op*, hassle, have at it*, hem and haw*, hypercriticize*, make a big thing about*, nit-pick*, paralogize, pettifog*, pretend, prevaricate, put up an argument, set to, shift, spar, split hairs*, squabble, talk back, wafe, wrangle; concepts 46,52 Ant. agree, approve, concur quick [adj1] fast, speedy abrupt, accelerated, active, agile, alert, a move on*, animated, ASAP*, breakneck*, brief, brisk, cursory, curt, double time*, energetic, expeditious, expeditive, express, eet, ying, going, harefooted*, hasty, headlong, hurried, immediate, impatient, impetuous, instantaneous, keen, lively, mercurial, move it, nimble, on the double*, perfunctory, posthaste, prompt, pronto*, rapid, snappy, spirited, sprightly, spry, sudden, swift, the lead out*, winged*; concepts 544,588 Ant. lazy, slow, sluggish quick [adj2] smart able, active, acute, adept, adroit, all there, apt, astute, bright, canny, capable, clever, competent, deft, dexterous, discerning, effective, effectual, intelligent, keen, knowing, nimble-witted, on the ball*,

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perceptive, perspicacious, prompt, quick on the draw, quick on the trigger*, quick on the uptake*, quick-witted, ready, receptive, savvy*, sharp, sharp as a tack*, shrewd, skillful, slick, smart as a whip*, vigorous, whiz*, wired*, wise; concept 402 Ant. ignorant, slow, stupid, uneducated quicken [v] make faster; invigorate accelerate, activate, actuate, animate, arouse, awaken, dispatch, energize, excite, expedite, galvanize, goad, grow, hasten, hurry, impel, incite, increase, innervate, innerve, inspire, kindle, liven, make haste, motivate, move, pique, precipitate, promote, refresh, revitalize, revive, rouse, shake up, speed, spring, spur, step up, stimulate, stir, strengthen, urge, vitalize, vivicate, vivify; concepts 7,19,22,250 Ant. dull, retard, slow, weaken quickly [adv] fast apace, briskly, chop-chop*, expeditiously, at-out*, eetly, full tilt*, hastily, hurriedly, immediately, in a ash*, in haste, in nothing at*, in short order*, instantaneously, instantly, lickety-split*, like a bat out of hell*, like a ash*, like a shot*, promptly, pronto, quick, rapidly, speedily, swift, swiftly; concepts 588,799 quick-tempered [adj] easily upset, angered choleric, cranky, cross, excitable, ery, hottempered, impatient, impulsive, inammable, irascible, irritable, passionate, peppery, petulant, quarrelsome, ratty, sensitive, shorttempered, shrewish, splenetic, temperamental, testy, waspish; concepts 401,404 Ant. calm, cool, easy-going, even-tempered, laid-back quick-witted [adj] smart acute, agile, alert, apt, astute, brainy, bright, brilliant, canny, clever, facetious, humorous, intelligent, keen, knowing, nimble-witted, on the ball*, penetrating, penetrative, perceptive, prompt, quick, quick on the draw*, quick on the uptake*, ready, savvy*, sharp, sharp as a tack*, sharp-sighted, sharp-witted, shrewd, slick*, whiz*, wired*, wise, witty; concepts 267,402 Ant. slow, slow-witted, stupid, uneducated quiescent [adj] inactive asleep, at rest, deactivated, dormant, fallow, idle, immobile, in abeyance, inert, inoperative, latent, motionless, passive, quiet, slumbering, stagnant, still; concept 584 Ant. active quiet [adj1] without or with little sound buttoned up*, clammed up*, close, closemouthed, could hear a pin drop*, dumb, hushed, hushful, inaudible, low, low-pitched, mufed, mute, muted, noiseless, not saying boo*, peaceful, quiescent, quieted, reserved, reticent, secretive, silent, soft, soundless, speechless, still, stilled, taciturn, tight-lipped*, uncommunicative, unexpressed, unspeaking, unuttered, whist; concepts 592,594 Ant. boisterous, clamorous, loud, noisy quiet [adj2] calm, peaceful collected, contented, docile, xed, gentle, halcyon, hushed, inactive, isolated, level, meek, mild, motionless, pacic, placid, private, remote, reserved, restful, retired, secluded, secret, sedate, sequestered, serene, shy, smooth, stable, stagnant, still, tranquil, unanxious, undisturbed, unexcited, unfrequented, unrufed, untroubled; concepts 401,583,584,705 Ant. agitated, troubled

quiet [adj3] simple, unobtrusive conservative, homely, inobtrusive, modest, plain, restrained, sober, subdued, tasteful, unassuming, unpretentious; concept 589 Ant. complex, complicated, intricate, obtrusive quiet [n] calmness, silence calm, cessation, dead air*, ease, hush, lull, noiselessness, peace, quietness, quietude, relaxation, repose, rest, serenity, soundlessness, speechlessness, still, stillness, stop, termination, tranquillity; concepts 65,315,592,673,705 Ant. clamor, clangor, loudness, noise quiet [v] make silent, calm allay, ameliorate, appease, assuage, becalm, button ones lip*, calm down, can it, choke, clam up*, compose, console, cool it*, cool out*, dummy up*, x up, gag, gratify, hold it down, hush, ice*, inactivate, lull, moderate, mollify, mufe, muzzle, pacify, palliate, patch things up*, please, quieten, reconcile, relax, satisfy, settle, shush, shut up, silence, slack, smooth, soften, soft-pedal*, soothe, square, squash, squelch, still, stroke, subdue, take the bite out of*, tranquilize; concepts 126,244,266 Ant. turn up quietly [adv1] silently faintly, in a low voice, inaudibly, in a whisper, in low tones, in silence, murmuring, noiselessly, softly, sotto voce, soundlessly, tacitly, under ones breath, weakly; concepts 592,594 Ant. audibly, loudly quietly [adv2] discreetly condentially, conservatively, off the record, privately, secretly, unobtrusively, unofcially; concept 589 Ant. loudly, publicly quietly [adv3] calmly patiently, placidly, serenely, unassumingly; concepts 401,583,584,705 quilt [n] thick bedcovering made of patches batt, bedspread, blanket, comforter, counterpane, cover, coverlet, down, duvet, eiderdown, pad, patchwork, pouf, puff; concepts 445,451,473 quintessence [n] essence, core apotheosis, bottom, distillation, epitome, essentiality, extract, gist, heart, kernel, last word, lifeblood, marrow, pith, quiddity, soul, spirit, stuff, substance, ultimate, virtuality; concepts 682, 826 Ant. extra quip [n] witty communication, often verbal badinage, banter, bon mot, crack, drollery, gag, gibe, insult, jeer, jest, joke, mockery, offense, pleasantry, pun, repartee, retort, riposte, sally, satire, spoof, wisecrack, witticism; concepts 273,278 quirk [n] oddity of personality, way of doing something aberration, caprice, characteristic, conceit, crotchet, eccentricity, equivocation, fancy, fetish, foible, habit, humor, ide xe, idiosyncrasy, irregularity, kink, knack, mannerism, peculiarity, quibble, singularity, subterfuge, trait, turn, twist, vagary, whim, whimsy; concepts 411,644 quirky [adj] eccentric bizarre, far out*, freakish, freaky*, idiosyncratic, in left eld*, kinky*, odd, off-the-wall*, out of the ordinary, outre, peculiar, strange, unconventional, unorthodox, unusual, wacky*, way-out*, weird; concept 401 Ant. conventional quisling [n] traitor back-stabber, betrayer, collaborator, colluder, defector, deserter, double-crosser, double-dealer, Judas, snake in

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the grass*, sympathizer, turncoat, two-timer*; concept 412 quit [v1] abandon, leave abdicate, blow*, book*, bow out, check out, cut out*, decamp, depart, desert, drop, drop out, evacuate, exit, forsake, get off, give up, go, go away from, hang it up*, leave at*, leave hanging*, pull out, push off*, relinquish, renounce, resign, retire, run out on, surrender, take a walk*, take off, throw over*, vacate, walk out on, withdraw, yield; concept 195 Ant. come, remain, stay quit [v2] stop doing something abandon, break off, call it a day*, call it quits*, cease, conclude, cut it out*, desist, discontinue, drop, end, get on the wagon*, give notice, give over*, give up, halt, hang it up*, kick over*, kick the habit*, knock off*, leave, leave off*, pack in*, quit cold, resign, retire, secede, sew up*, surcease, suspend, take the cure*, terminate, wind up*, withdraw, wrap up*; concepts 119,234 Ant. complete, continue, do, nish, persevere quite [adv1] completely absolutely, actually, all, all in all, all told, altogether, considerably, entirely, fully, in all respects, in fact, in reality, in toto, in truth, just, largely, perfectly, positively, precisely, purely, really, thoroughly, totally, truly, utterly, well, wholly, without reservation; concepts 531,582 Ant. incompletely quite [adv2] to a certain extent considerably, fairly, far, moderately, more or less, pretty, rather, reasonably, relatively, signicantly, somewhat, to some degree, very; concept 569 quiver [n] shaking, vibration convulsion, ash, glimmer, glitter, oscillation, palpitation, pulsation, shake, shimmer, shiver, shudder, sparkle, spasm, throb, tic, tremble, tremor, twinkle; concept 152 Ant. quiet, stillness quiver [v] shake, vibrate agitate, beat, convulse, dither, jitter, oscillate, palpitate, pulsate, pulse, quake, quaver, shiver, shudder, thrill, throb, tremble, tremor, twitter; concept 152 Ant. be still quixotic [adj] idealistic chimerical, chivalrous, dreaming, dreamy, foolish, impetuous, impractical, impulsive, romantic, starry-eyed, unrealistic, utopian, visionary; concepts 529,560,582 quiz [n] questioning, often in an organized academic setting blue book*, check, exam, examination, investigation, query, shotgun*, test; concept 290 Ant. answer, reply quiz [v] question ask, catechize, check, crossexamine, examine, give the third degree*, grill*, inquire, interrogate, investigate, pick ones brains*, pump*, query, test; concept 48 Ant. answer, reply quizzical [adj] appearing confused or curious amusing, aporetic, arch, bantering, derisive, disbelieving, eccentric, incredulous, inquiring, inquisitive, mocking, odd, probing, quaint, queer, questioning, sardonic, searching, showme*, skeptical, supercilious, suspicious, teasing, unbelieving, unusual; concepts 267,485 Ant. certain, understanding quota [n] portion allotted to something allocation, allotment, allowance, apportionment, assignment, bite, chunk, cut, division, divvy*, end, lot, measure, meed, part, partage, percentage, piece, piece of action*, proportion, quantum, ration, share, slice, split; concepts 768,835

quotation/quote [n1] repetition of something spoken or written by someone citation, citing, cutting, excerpt, extract, passage, quote, recitation, reference, saying, selection; concepts 274,278 quotation/quote [n2] nancial estimate bid, bid price, charge, cost, current price, gure, market price, price, price named, published price, quote, rate, stated price, tender; concepts 274,332,784 quote [v] repeat something spoken, written by another adduce, attest, cite, detail, excerpt, extract, instance, name, paraphrase, parrot, proclaim, recall, recite, recollect, reference, refer to, retell; concepts 79,171

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rabble [n] mob commonality, commoners, crowd, drove, ock, gang, gathering, herd, hoi polloi, horde, lower class, mass, masses, multitude, pack, proletariat, rank and le, riffraff, ring, riot, scum, throng; concepts 378,417,432 rabid [adj] very angry; maniacal berserk, bigoted, bitten, corybantic, crazed*, crazy, delirious, deranged, enthusiastic, extreme, extremist, fanatical, fervent, ipped*, foaming at the mouth*, frantic, freaked out*, frenetic, frenzied, furious, hot*, infuriated, insane, intemperate, intolerant, irrational, keen, mad, mad-dog*, narrow-minded, nutty*, obsessed, overboard, poisoned, radical, raging, revolutionary, sick*, sizzling, smoking*, steamed up*, ultra, ultraist, violent, virulent, wild, zealous; concept 403 Ant. delighted, happy, pleased race [n1] pursuit; running, speeding chase, clash, clip, competition, contention, contest, course, dash, engagement, event, go, marathon, match, meet, relay, rivalry, run, rush, scurry, sprint, spurt; concept 363 race [n2] ethnic group blood, breed, clan, color, cultural group, culture, family, folk, house, issue, kin, kind, kindred, line, lineage, nation, nationality, offspring, people, progeny, seed, species, stock, strain, tribe, type, variety; concept 380 race [n3] stream, river branch, brook, creek, duct, gill, raceway, rill, rindle, rivulet, run, runnel, sluice, tide; concept 514 race [v] run, speed in competition boil, bolt, bustle, career, chase, compete, contest, course, dart, dash, ing, y, gallop, haste, hasten, hie, hurry, hustle, lash, outstrip, plunge ahead, post, pursue, rush, scamper, scramble, scud, scuttle, shoot, skim, sprint, spurt, swoop, tear, whisk, wing; concepts 150,363 racial [adj] ethnic ancestral, ethnological, folk, genealogical, genetic, hereditary, lineal, national, phyletic, phylogenetic, tribal; concept 549 racism [n] prejudice against an ethnic group apartheid, bias, bigotry, discrimination, illiberality, one-sidedness, partiality, racialism, sectarianism, segregation, unfairness; concept 689 racist [adj] bigoted anti-Semitic, biased, illiberal, intolerant, narrow-minded, opinionated, partial, prejudiced, sectarian, small-minded, xenophobic; concepts 403,555

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racist [n] bigot anti-Semite, black supremacist, chauvinist, diehard, doctrinaire, fanatic, klansperson, opinionated person, prejudiced person, sectarian, segregationist, sexist person, white supremacist, xenophobe; concepts 359, 423 rack [n] frame, framework arbor, bed, box, bracket, counter, furniture, holder, ledge, perch, receptacle, shelf, stand, structure, trestle; concepts 443,479 rack [v] torture; strain afict, agonize, crucify, distress, excruciate, force, harass, harrow, martyr, oppress, pain, persecute, pull, shake, stress, stretch, tear, torment, try, wrench, wring; concepts 7,19 Ant. please, pleasure, soothe racket [n1] commotion; ght agitation, babel, battle, blare, brawl, clamor, clangor, clash, clatter, din, disturbance, fracas, free-for-all*, fuss, hoo-ha*, hubbub*, jangle, noise, outcry, pandemonium, riot, roar, row, ruction, rumpus*, shouting, shufe, squabble, squall, stir, to-do*, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, uproar, vociferation, wrangle; concepts 65,106,230 Ant. harmony, peace racket [n2] criminal activity cheating, condence game, con game, conspiracy, corruption, crime, dirty pool*, dishonesty, dodge, extortion, fraud, game, graft, illegality, illicit scheme, intrigue, lawlessness, lay, plot, push, scheme, shakedown, squeeze*, swindle, swindling, theft, trick, underworld; concept 192 rack up [v] achieve, gain accomplish, acquire, actualize, attain, carry out, do, earn, get done, obtain, produce, reach, realize, score, wind up; concept 706 racy [adj1] energetic, zestful animated, bright, buoyant, clever, distinctive, entertaining, exciting, exhilarating, ery, forceful, forcible, gingery, heady, keen, lively, mettlesome, peppery, piquant, playful, poignant, pungent, rich, salty, saucy*, sharp, snappy, sparkling, spicy, spirited, sportive, sprightly, stimulating, strong, tangy, tart, tasty, vigorous, vivacious, witty, zesty; concepts 401,613 Ant. dull, idle, languid, lazy racy [adj2] risqu, vulgar bawdy, blue*, broad, erotic, immodest, indecent, indelicate, lewd, lurid, naughty, off-color*, purple*, shady*, smutty*, spicy*, suggestive, wicked; concepts 267,545 Ant. clean, modest, moral, upright radar [n] radio detecting and ranging direction nding, scanning system, sonar, tracking system; concept 279 radiance [n1] brightness, luminescence brilliance, effulgence, glare, gleam, glitter, glow, incandescence, light, luminosity, luster, resplendence, shine; concept 620 Ant. cloudiness, dark, dimness, dullness radiance [n2] happiness delight, gaiety, joy, pleasure, rapture, warmth; concept 633 Ant. sadness radiant [adj1] bright, luminous beaming, brilliant, effulgent, gleaming, glittering, glorious, glowing, incandescent, lambent, lucent, lustrous, radiating, refulgent, resplendent, shining, sparkling, sunny; concept 617 Ant. cloudy, dark, dim, dull radiant [adj2] happy in appearance beaming, beatic, blissful, bright, cheerful, cheery,

delighted, ecstatic, gay, glad, glowing, joyful, joyous, rapturous; concept 401 Ant. sad radiate [v] give off; scatter afford, beam, branch out, broadcast, circulate, diffuse, disseminate, distribute, diverge, emanate, emit, expand, give out, gleam, glitter, illumine, irradiate, issue, light up, pour, proliferate, propagate, ramble, ramify, send out, shed, shine, shoot out, spread, spread out, sprinkle, strew, throw out, transmit, yield; concepts 118,217, 620,716 Ant. collect, gather radical [adj1] fundamental, basic basal, bottom, cardinal, constitutional, deep-seated, essential, foundational, inherent, innate, intrinsic, meatand-potatoes*, native, natural, organic, original, primal, primary, primitive, profound, thoroughgoing, underlying, vital; concepts 546,549 Ant. extrinsic, nonessential, supercial radical [adj2] deviating by extremes advanced, anarchistic, complete, entire, excessive, extremist, fanatical, far-out*, freethinking, iconoclastic, immoderate, insubordinate, insurgent, insurrectionary, intransigent, lawless, leftist, militant, mutinous, nihilistic, progressive, rabid, rebellious, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, restive, revolutionary, riotous, seditious, severe, sweeping, thorough, ultra, ultraist, uncompromising, violent, way out*; concepts 403,529,542 Ant. conservative, moderate radical [n] person who advocates signicant, often extreme change agitator, anarchist, avantgarde, extremist, fanatic, rebrand, freethinker, iconoclast, insurgent, insurrectionist, leftist, left-winger, militant, mutineer, nihilist, nonconformist, objector, pacist, progressive, rebel, reformer, renegade, revolter, revolutionary, rioter, secessionist, subversive, ultraist; concept 359 Ant. conservative, moderate radio [n] communication by electronic air waves AM-FM, CB, Marconi, radionics, radiotelegraph, radiotelegraphy, radiotelephone, radiotelephonics, receiver, shortwave, telegraphy, telephony, transmission, Walkman, wireless; concept 279 radius [n] range, sweep ambit, boundary, compass, expanse, extension, extent, interval, limit, orbit, purview, reach, semidiameter, space, span, spoke; concept 651 rafsh [adj] unmindful of social conventions bohemian*, careless, casual, coarse, dashing, devil-may-care*, disreputable, fast*, gay, jaunty, rakish, sporty, tasteless, tawdry, unconventional, uncouth, vulgar, wild; concept 401 Ant. behaved, couth, proper rafe [n] lottery for a prize bet, betting, disposition, draw, drawing, ier*, gambling, game of chance, gaming, long odds*, lots*, numbers*, numbers game*, pool, random shot, speculation, stake, sweep, sweepstake, tossup*, wager, wagering; concepts 363,364 ragamufn [n] person who is poor, tattered beggar, bum*, gamin, guttersnipe*, hobo, loafer, orphan, scarecrow, street person, tatterdemalion*, tramp, urchin, vagabond, vagrant, waif, wastrel; concepts 412,423 Ant. sophisticate rage [n1] extreme anger acerbity, acrimony, agitation, animosity, apoplexy, asperity, bitterness, blowup*, bluster, choler, convulsion,

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dander, eruption, exasperation, excitement, explosion, ferment, ferocity, reworks, frenzy, furor, fury, gall, heat*, hemorrhage, huff*, hysterics, indignation, ire, irritation, madness, mania, obsession, outburst, paroxysm, passion, rampage, raving, resentment, spasm, spleen, squall, storm, tantrum, temper, umbrage, uproar, upset, vehemence, violence, wingding*, wrath; concepts 410,657 Ant. glee, happiness rage [n2] something in vogue; popular notion caprice, chic, conceit, craze, crotchet, cry, dernier cri, enthusiasm, fad, fancy, fashion, freak, furor, happening, hot spot*, in*, in-spot*, in-thing*, last word*, latest*, latest thing*, latest wrinkle*, mania, mode, newest wrinkle*, now*, passion, style, thing*, up to the minute*, vagary, whim; concepts 388,655 rage [v] be angry be beside oneself*, be furious, be uncontrollable, blow a fuse*, blow ones top*, blow up*, boil over*, bristle, chafe, champ at bit*, erupt, y off the handle*, foam at the mouth*, fret, fulminate, fume, go berserk, have a t, have a tantrum, let off steam*, look daggers*, make a fuss over, overow, rail at, rampage, rant, rant and rave*, rave, roar, scold, scream, seethe, snap at, splutter, steam, storm, surge, tear, throw a t*, work oneself into sweat*, yell; concepts 29, 410 Ant. be happy ragged [adj] worn-out; in shreds badly dressed, badly worn, battered, broken, contemptible, crude, desultory, dilapidated, dingy, disorganized, down at the heel*, fragmented, frayed, frazzled, full of holes*, in holes*, in rags, in tatters*, irregular, jagged, mean, moth-eaten, notched, patched, poor, poorly made, rent, rough, rugged, scraggy, seedy, serrated, shabby, shaggy, shoddy, shredded, tacky*, tattered, tatty*, threadbare, torn, uneven, unnished, unkempt, unpressed, worse for wear*; concept 485 Ant. even, kempt, new, smooth raging [adj] violent; mad angry, at boiling point*, bent*, bent out of shape*, beside oneself*, blowing a gasket*, blowing ones top*, blustering, blustery, boiling mad*, boiling over*, enraged, t to be tied*, frenzied, fuming, furious, going ape*, incensed, infuriated, irate, mad as a hornet*, on the warpath*, rabid*, ranting and raving*, raving, raving mad, rough, seeing red*, seething, stormy, tempestuous, throwing a t, turbulent, wild; concepts 403,542 Ant. delighted, giddy, gleeful, happy raid [n] attack, seizure arrest, assault, break-in, bust, capture, descent, foray, forced entrance, hit-and-run*, incursion, inroad, invasion, irruption, onset, onslaught, pull, reconnaissance, roundup, sally*, shootup*, sortie*, surprise attack, sweep, tipover*; concepts 86,317 raid [v] attack, pillage assail, assault, blockade, bomb, bombard, breach, break in, charge, descend on, despoil, devastate, fall upon, re on, forage, foray, harass, harry, heat, inroad, invade, knock off*, knock over*, lean against, lean on, loot, maraud, march on, overrun, pirate, plunder, rake, ransack, rie, rob, sack, sally, sally forth, shell, slough, spoliate, storm, strafe, strike, sweep, swoop, tip over*, torpedo, waste; concept 86 Ant. aid, assist, guard, help, protect

rail [v] criticize harshly abuse, attack, bawl out*, berate, blast, castigate, censure, chew out*, complain, fulminate, fume, inveigh, jaw, objurate, rant, rate, revile, scold, thunder, tongue-lash*, upbraid, vituperate, vociferate, whip; concept 52 Ant. compliment, praise rail/railing [n] post, pole along an edge balustrade, banister, bar, barrier, fence, paling, rails, rest, siding; concepts 443,479 railroad [n] train line elevated railway, line, metro, monorail, rail line, railway, streetcar line, subway, tracks, trolley line, tube, underground railway; concepts 155,503 rain [n] downpour of water or other substance cat-and-dog weather*, cloudburst, condensation, deluge, drencher, drizzle, fall, ood, urry, hail, heavy dew, liquid sunshine*, mist, monsoon, pour, pouring, precip*, precipitation, raindrops, rainfall, rainstorm, sheets, shower, showers, sleet, spate, spit, sprinkle, sprinkling, stream, sun shower*, torrent, volley*, wet stuff*, window washer*; concept 526 Ant. aridity, dryness rain [v] drop water or other substance bestow, bucket, come down in buckets*, deposit, drizzle, fall, hail, lavish, mist, patter, pour, shower, sleet, sprinkle, storm; concept 526 rainbow [n] color spectrum arc, band of color, bow, crescent, curve, prism, variegation; concept 436 raise [n] increase in salary or position accession, accretion, addition, advance, augmentation, boost, bump, hike, hold-up*, increment, jump, jump-up*, leg*, leg-up*, move-up*, promotion, raising, rise, step-up*; concepts 344,351,763 Ant. decrease, drop, reduction raise [v1] lift; build from the ground boost, bring up, construct, elevate, erect, establish, exalt, heave, hoist, hold up, lever, lift, lift up, mount, move up, place up, promote, pry, pull up, put on its end, put up, rear, run up, set up, set upright, shove, stand up, take up, throw up, upcast, upheave, uplift, upraise, uprear; concepts 168,196 Ant. demolish, destroy, drop, lower, raze raise [v2] increase, augment advance, aggravate, amplify, assemble, boost, build up, collect, congregate, congress, dignify, enhance, enlarge, escalate, exaggerate, exalt, fetch up, forgather, form, gather, get, goose*, goose up*, heighten, hike, hike up*, honor, inate, intensify, jack up, jump, jump up, levy, look up, magnify, mass, mobilize, mushroom*, muster, obtain, perk up, pick up, promote, put up, pyramid, rally, recruit, reinforce, rendezvous, run up*, send through the roof*, shoot up, snowball*, strengthen, up; concepts 236,244,245 Ant. decrease, depress, diminish, lessen, lower, reduce raise [v3] start up, motivate; introduce abet, activate, advance, arouse, awaken, bring up, broach, cause, evoke, excite, foment, foster, incite, instigate, kindle, moot, motivate, provoke, put forward, resurrect, set, set on, stir up, suggest, whip up; concepts 75,221 Ant. conclude, nish, stop raise [v4] nurture, care for breed, bring up, cultivate, develop, drag up, fetch up, foster, group, grow, nourish, nurse, plant, produce, propagate, provide, rear, sow, suckle, support,

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train, wean; concepts 253,257,295 Ant. abandon, ignore, neglect, repress, suppress raison detre [n] reason for being basis, justication for existing, rationale, reason for existing, reason why; concept 661 rake [v] scrape up, hoe break up, clean up, clear, clear up, collect, comb, enlade, examine, ne-comb, ne-tooth-comb*, gather, grade, graze, grub, harrow, hunt, ransack, rasp, remove, rummage, scan, scour, scrape, scratch, scrutinize, search, smooth, sweep, weed; concepts 109,165,178,216 rakish [adj] charming and immoral abandoned, chic, dashing, debauched, depraved, devilmay-care*, dissipated, dissolute, fashionable, fast*, ashy, gay, jaunty, lecherous, licentious, loose*, natty, prodigal, proigate, rafsh, saucy, sinful, smart, sporty, wanton, wild; concepts 401,545 Ant. clean, moral, upright rally [n1] celebratory meeting assemblage, assembly, celebration, clambake*, convention, convocation, get-together, mass meeting, meet, pep rally, pow-wow*, session; concept 377 rally [n2] turn for the better comeback, improvement, recovery, recuperation, renewal, resurgence, revival, turning point; concept 700 Ant. regression, remission, weakening rally [v1] reorganize, unite arouse, assemble, awaken, bestir, bond together, bring together, bring to order, call to arms*, challenge, charge, collect, come about, come together, come to order, convene, counterattack, encourage, re, gather, get together, inspirit, kindle, marshal, mobilize, muster, organize, reassemble, redouble, reform, refresh, regroup, rejuvenate, renew, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revive, round up, rouse, summon, surge, urge, wake, waken, whet, wreak havoc*; concepts 7,22,117,320 Ant. disperse, divide, scatter rally [v2] revive; take a turn for the better bounce back, brace up, come along, come around, come from behind, enliven, get act together*, get back in shape*, get better, get second wind*, grow stronger, improve, invigorate, make a comeback, perk up, pick up, pull through, recover, recuperate, refresh, regain strength, shape up, snap out of it, surge, turn around, turn things around*; concept 700 Ant. lose, regress, weaken ram [v] bang into; pack forcibly beat, butt, collide with, cram, crash, crowd, dash, dig, drive, drum, force, hammer, hit, hook, impact, jack, jam-pack, pack, plunge, poke, pound, run, run into, sink, slam, smash, stab, stick, strike, strike head-on, stuff, tamp, thrust, wedge; concepts 189,208,209 Ant. tap ramble [n] aimless walk constitutional, excursion, hike, perambulation, peregrination, roaming, roving, saunter, stroll, tour, traipse, trip, turn; concepts 151,224 ramble [v1] wander about; travel aimlessly amble, bat around*, be all over the map*, branch off, clamber, climb, cruise, depart, digress, divagate, diverge, drift, excurse, extend, fork, gad, gallivant, get sidetracked*, knock about*, knock around*, meander, perambulate, percolate, peregrinate, promenade, range, roam, rove, saunter, scramble, snake, sprangle, sprawl, spread, spread-eagle,

straddle, straggle, stray, stroll, trail, traipse, turn, twist, walk, wind, zigzag; concepts 151, 154,581,692 Ant. be direct, stay ramble [v2] talk aimlessly, endlessly amplify, babble, beat around bush*, be diffuse, blather, chatter, depart, descant, digress, divagate, diverge, drift, drivel, dwell on, enlarge, excurse, expatiate, get off the subject*, go astray, go off on tangent*, go on and on*, gossip, harp on, lose the thread*, maunder, meander, prose, protract, rant and rave*, rattle on*, stray, talk nonsense, talk off top of head*, talk randomly, wander; concept 51 Ant. be direct rambling [adj1] disconnected, wordy circuitous, confused, desultory, diffuse, digressive, discursive, disjointed, incoherent, incongruous, irregular, long-winded, periphrastic, prolix; concept 267 Ant. connected, direct, straightforward rambling [adj2] sprawling, spread out at length, covering, gangling, here and there, irregular, random, scattered, spreading, straggling, strewn, trailing, unplanned; concepts 485,772 Ant. direct, straight rambunctious [adj] loud, energetic boisterous, noisy, raucous, rough, rowdy, rude, termagant, tumultous/tumultuous, turbulent, unruly; concept 542 Ant. introverted, meek, quiet, shy ramication [n] consequence, development bifurcation, branch, branching, breaking, complication, consequence, divarication, division, excrescence, extension, forking, offshoot, outgrowth, partition, radiation, result, sequel, subdividing, subdivision, upshot; concepts 98,230,824 Ant. cause ramp [n] incline access, adit, grade, gradient, hill, inclination, inclined plane, rise, slope; concepts 443,757 rampage [n] storm, violence binge, blowup, boiling point*, destruction, disturbance, ferment, ing, frenzy, fury, mad*, more heat than light*, orgy, rage, ruckus, splurge, spree, tear, tempest, tumult, turmoil, uproar, wingding; concept 86 Ant. calm, harmony, peace rampage [v] go crazy; storm go berserk, rage, run amuck, run riot, run wild, tear; concepts 86,384 Ant. be calm rampant [adj] uncontrolled, out of hand aggressive, blustering, boisterous, clamorous, dominant, epidemic, exceeding bounds, excessive, extravagant, exuberant, fanatical, agrant, furious, growing, impetuous, impulsive, luxuriant, on the rampage, out of control, outrageous, pandemic, predominant, prevalent, profuse, raging, rampaging, rank, rife, riotous, spreading, tumultous/tumultuous, turbulent, unbridled, unchecked, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unrestrained, unruly, vehement, violent, wanton, widespread, wild; concepts 544,554,772 Ant. checked, controlled, limited, restrained rampart [n] fortication, stronghold barricade, barrier, bastion, breastwork, bulwark, defense, earthwork, elevation, embankment, fence, fort, guard, hill, mound, parapet, protection, ridge, security, support, vallation, wall; concepts 321,439,509 ramshackle [adj] falling apart; in poor condition broken-down, crumbling, decrepit, derelict,

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dilapidated, imsy, jerry-built*, rickety, shabby, shaky, tottering, tumble-down, unrm, unsafe, unsteady; concepts 485,488 Ant. good, nice, repaired, stable ranch [n] farm acreage, cattle farm, dairy farm, estate, farmstead, hacienda, homestead, land, plantation; concepts 258,449,517 rancid [adj] rotten, strong-smelling bad, carious, contaminated, curdled, decomposing, disagreeable, disgusting, evil-smelling, feculent, fetid, foul, frowzy, fusty, gamy, high, impure, loathsome, malodorous, moldy, musty, nasty, nidorous, noisome, noxious, off, offensive, olid, polluted, putrefactive, putreed, putrescent, putrid, rank, reeky, repulsive, sharp, smelly, sour, soured, stale, stinking, strong, tainted, turned, unhealthy, whiffy; concepts 462,570,598,613 Ant. perfumed, sweet rancor [n] bitterness, hatefulness acerbity, acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bad blood*, bile*, dudgeon, enmity, grudge, hardness of heart*, harshness, hate, hatred, hostility, ill feeling, ill will, malevolence, malice, malignity, mordacity, pique, resentfulness, resentment, retaliation, revengefulness, ruthlessness, spite, spitefulness, spleen, umbrage, uncharitableness, unfriendliness, variance, vengeance, vengefulness, venom, vindictiveness, virulence; concepts 29,410, 633 Ant. kindness, love, respect, sympathy random [adj] haphazard, chance accidental, adventitious, aimless, arbitrary, casual, contingent, designless, desultory, driftless, uky, fortuitous, hit-or-miss*, incidental, indiscriminate, irregular, objectless, odd, promiscuous, purposeless, slapdash*, spot, stray, unaimed, unconsidered, unplanned, unpremeditated; concepts 535,548,557 Ant. denite, methodical, particular, specic, systematic range [n1] sphere, distance, extent ambit, amplitude, area, bounds, circle, compass, connes, diapason, dimension, dimensions, domain, earshot*, elbowroom*, expanse, extension, extensity, eld, gamut, hearing, ken, latitude, leeway, length, limits, magnitude, matter, neighborhood, orbit, order, panorama, parameters, play, province, purview, radius, reach, realm, run, run of, scope, space, span, spectrum, sphere, spread, stretch, sweep, swing, territory, tune, vicinity, width; concepts 651,743,745, 756,760,960 Ant. extreme range [n2] order, series assortment, chain, class, collection, le, gamut, kind, line, lot, rank, row, selection, sequence, sort, string, tier, variety; concepts 727,769 Ant. part range [v1] order, categorize align, allineate, arrange, array, assort, bias, bracket, catalogue, categorize, class, classify, dispose, draw up, le, grade, group, incline, line, line up, pigeonhole*, predispose, rank; concepts 84,158 Ant. disorder, disorganize range [v2] wander, roam circumambulate, cover, cross, cruise, drift, encompass, explore, oat, follow ones nose*, gallivant, globe-trot*, hit the road*, hit the trail*, make circuit, meander, pass over, ply, prowl, ramble, reach, reconnoiter, rove, scour, search, spread, straggle, stray, stroll, sweep, traipse, tramp, travel, traverse, trek; concepts 151,224 Ant. be direct

range [v3] extend; change within limits differ, diverge from, uctuate, go, reach, run, stretch, vary, vary between; concept 697 Ant. limit, restrict rangy [adj] long and lean gangling, gangly, lanky, leggy, long-legged, long-limbed, reedy, skinny, spindling, spindly, thin, weedy; concept 779 Ant. chubby, dumpy, fat, thick rank [adj1] stinking, foul bad, dank, disagreeable, disgusting, evil-smelling, feculent, fetid, funky*, fusty*, gamy*, graveolent, gross*, high, humid, loathsome, mephitic, moldy, musty, nasty, nauseating, noisome, noxious, obnoxious, off, offensive, olid, pungent, putrescent, putrid, rancid, reeking, repulsive, revolting, smelly, sour, stale, strong, strongsmelling, tainted, turned; concept 598 Ant. aromatic, perfumed, sweet rank [adj2] abundant, luxurious coarse, dense, excessive, extreme, exuberant, fertile, ourishing, fructiferous, grown, high-growing, junglelike, lavish, lush, luxuriant, overabundant, overgrown, productive, profuse, prolic, rampant, rich, semitropical, tropical, vigorous, wild; concept 485 Ant. rare, scarce, sparse rank [adj3] utter, absolute arrant, blatant, capital, complete, conspicuous, consummate, downright, egregious, excessive, extravagant, agrant, glaring, gross, noticeable, outright, outstanding, perfect, positive, rampant, sheer, thorough, total, undisguised, unmitigated; concepts 531,535 Ant. indenite rank [adj4] obscene, vulgar abusive, atrocious, coarse, crass, dirty, lthy, foul, gross, indecent, nasty, outrageous, raunchy, scurrilous, shocking, smutty, wicked; concept 545 Ant. clean, moral rank [n1] standing in a system, often a social one ancestry, authority, birth, blood, cachet, capacity, caste, circumstance, class, classication, condition, consequence, degree, dignity, distinction, division, echelon, estate, esteem, family, footing, grade, hierarchy, level, nobility, note, order, paramountcy, parentage, pecking order, pedigree, place, position, primacy, privilege, quality, reputation, seniority, situation, slot, sort, sovereignty, sphere, state, station, stature, status, stock, stratum, supremacy, type; concepts 296,378,388,744 rank [n2] column, tier of individuals echelon, le, formation, group, hierarchy, line, queue, range, row, series, string; concept 727 rank [v1] line up; classify in system align, arrange, array, assign, assort, button down*, class, dispose, establish, estimate, evaluate, x*, give precedence, grade, include, judge, list, locate, marshal, order, peg, pigeonhole*, place, place in formation, position, put, put away, put down as, put down for, put in line, range, rate, regard, settle, size up, sort, tab, typecast, valuate, value; concepts 37,84,158 Ant. disorder, scatter rank [v2] be worthwhile; have supremacy antecede, be classed, belong, be worth, come rst, count among, forerun, go ahead of, go before, have the advantage, outrank, precede, stand, take the lead; concepts 388,671 rankle [v] annoy, irritate aggravate, anger, bother, chafe, embitter, exasperate, fester,

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fret, gall, get ones goat*, harass, hurt, iname, irk, mortify, nettle, obsess, pain, pester, plague, rile, torment, vex; concepts 7,14,19 Ant. delight, make happy, please ransack [v] turn inside out in search; ravage appropriate, comb, despoil, explore, ferret, lch, go over with a ne-tooth comb*, go through, gut*, hunt, investigate, lay waste, leave no stone unturned*, lift, look all over for*, look high and low*, look into, loot, make off with*, maraud, overhaul, peer, pilfer, pillage, pinch, plunder, poach, probe, pry, purloin, raid, rake, rape, ravish, rie, rob, rummage, rustle, sack, scan, scour, scrutinize, search, seek, seize, shake down*, sound, spoil, spy, steal, strip, take away, thieve; concepts 103, 139,142,216 Ant. care for, clean, neaten, tidy ransom [n] blackmail money paid for return of possession or person bribe, compensation, deliverance, expiation, liberation money, payment, payoff, price, redemption, release, rescue; concept 344 ransom [v] pay blackmail money for return of possession or person buy freedom of, buy out, deliver, emancipate, extricate, free, liberate, manumit, obtain release of, pay for release of, recover, redeem, regain, release, reprise, repurchase, rescue, save, set free, unchain, unfetter; concepts 127,131,341 rant [n] yelling, raving bluster, bombast, diatribe, fustian, harangue, oration, philippic, rhapsody, rhetoric, rodomontade, tirade, vociferation; concepts 44,49,52 Ant. calm, quiet rant [v] yell, rave bellow, bloviate, blow ones top*, bluster, carry on, clamor, cry, declaim, fume, harangue, mouth, objurgate, orate, perorate, rage, rail, roar, scold, shout, sizzle*, soapbox*, sound off*, spiel*, spout*, storm*, stump*, take on*, vociferate; concepts 44,49, 52 Ant. be quiet rap [n1/v1] hit quickly and lightly beat, blow, conk, crack, knock, lick, pat, strike, swat, swipe, tap, whack; concept 189 rap [n2] conversation causerie, chat, chin*, colloquy, confabulation, conference, deliberation, dialogue, discourse, discussion, prose, talk, ventilation, yarn; concepts 56,266 Ant. silence rap [n3] blame; criticism admonishment, admonition, censure, chiding, ak, knock, pan*, punishment, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reproof, responsibility, sentence, swipe; concepts 52, 123,317 Ant. approval, attery, praise rap [v2] talk casually; speak abruptly babble, bark, chat, chatter, chitchat, confabulate, converse, discourse, jabber, palaver, run off at the mouth*, spit, talk; concepts 56,266 rap [v3] criticize blame, castigate, censure, condemn, denounce, denunciate, knock*, pan*, reprehend, reprimand, reprobate, scold, skin, tick off*; concept 52 Ant. praise rapacious [adj] plundering avaricious, ferocious, furious, greedy, marauding, murderous, predatory, preying, ravening, ravenous, savage, voracious; concepts 326,403,406,542 rape [n] delement; a forced sexual assault abduction, abuse, criminal attack, depredation, despoilment, despoliation, forcible violation, maltreatment, molestation, pillage, plunder,

plundering, rapine, spoliation, statutory offense, violation; concepts 192,375 rape [v] sexual assault by force; act of plunder abuse, attack, betray, compromise, corrupt, deceive, despoil, force, loot, molest, pillage, plunder, ransack, ruin, sack, seize, spoliate, violate; concepts 192,375 rapid [adj] very quick accelerated, active, agile, breakneck, brisk, double time, expeditious, expeditive, express, fast, eet, eet of foot*, ying, hasty, hurried, in nothing at*, lightfooted*, like a house on re*, lively, mercurial, nimble, on the double*, precipitate, prompt, quick as a wink*, quickened, ready, really rolling*, screaming*, speedy, spry, swift, winged; concepts 541,588,799 Ant. languishing, leisurely, slack, slow rapidity [n] quickness acceleration, alacrity, bat, briskness, celerity, dispatch, expedition, eetness, gait, haste, hurry, pace, precipitateness, promptitude, promptness, rapidness, rush, speed, speediness, swiftness, velocity; concepts 755,805 Ant. languidity, slowness rapidly [adv] very quickly at speed, briskly, expeditiously, fast, at out*, full tilt*, hastily, hurriedly, immediately, in a hurry, in a rush, in haste, lickety-split*, like a shot*, posthaste, precipitately, promptly, speedily, swiftly, with dispatch; concepts 544,588,799 Ant. leisurely, slowly rapport [n] understanding between people afnity, agreement, bond, compatibility, concord, cotton, empathy, good vibes*, good vibrations, groove, harmony, hitting it off*, interrelationship, link, relationship, same wavelength*, simpatico*, soul, sympathy, the groove*, togetherness, unity; concept 388 Ant. coldness, unfriendliness rapprochement [n] restoration of harmony agreement, cordiality, detente, friendliness, friendship, harmonization, harmony, reconcilement, reconciliation, reunion, softening; concepts 384,388 Ant. disagreement, trouble, upset rapt [adj] absorbed, fascinated absent, absentminded, abstracted, beguiled, bewitched, blissful, busy, captivated, carried away*, caught up in*, charmed, daydreaming, deep*, delighted, dreaming, ecstatic, employed, enamored, engaged, engrossed, enraptured, enthralled, entranced, gripped, happy, held, hung up*, hypnotized, immersed, inattentive, intent, involved, lost, oblivious, occupied, overwhelmed, preoccupied, rapturous, ravished, spellbound, taken*, transported, unconscious, wrapped*, wrapped up*; concept 403 Ant. disenchanted, repulsed, turned off rapture [n] extreme happiness and delight in something at-oneness*, beatitude, bliss, buoyancy, cheer, cloud nine*, communion, contentment, cool*, delectation, ecstasy, elation, elysium, enchantment, enjoyment, enthusiasm, euphoria, exaltation, exhilaration, felicity, gaiety, gladness, glory, good spirits, gratication, heaven, inspiration, joy, jubilation, nirvana, paradise, passion, pleasure, ravishment, rhapsody, satisfaction, seventh heaven*, spell, transport, well-being; concepts 32,410 Ant. dislike, hate, hatred

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rare [adj1] exceptional, infrequent attenuate, attenuated, decient, extraordinary, few, few and far between*, imsy, inconceivable, isolated, light, limited, occasional, out of the ordinary, rareed, recherch, scanty, scarce, scattered, seldom, semioccasional, short, singular, sparse, sporadic, strange, subtile, subtle, tenuous, thin, uncommon, unfrequent, unheard of, unimaginable, unique, unlikely, unthinkable, unusual, unwonted; concepts 530,576 Ant. common, frequent, regular, typical, usual rare [adj2] precious, excellent admirable, choice, dainty, delicate, elegant, exquisite, extreme, ne, great, incomparable, invaluable, matchless, peerless, priceless, recherch, rich, select, superb, superlative, unique; concept 574 Ant. cheap, ordinary, worthless rare [adj3] not fully cooked bloody, halfcooked, half-raw, moderately done, nearly raw, not done, rarely done, red, undercooked, underdone; concept 462 Ant. well-done rareed [adj] exclusive cliquish, elevated, esoteric, exalted, lofty, private, select; concept 554 Ant. commonplace rarely [adv] not often; exceptionally almost never, barely, extra, extraordinarily, extremely, nely, hardly, hardly ever, infrequently, little, notably, now and then, once in a while, once in blue moon*, on rare occasions, remarkably, scarcely ever, seldom, singularly, uncommon, uncommonly, unfrequently, unoften, unusually; concepts 530,541 Ant. frequently, regularly raring [adj] eager champing at the bit*, enthusiastic, itching*, keen, longing, ready, willing; concept 401 Ant. reluctant rascal [n] person who is unprincipled, does not work hard beggar, blackguard, black sheep*, bully, bum, cad, cardsharp*, charlatan, cheat, delinquent, devil, disgrace, felon, fraud, goodfor-nothing*, grafter, hooligan*, hypocrite, idler, imp, liar, loafer, mischief-maker, miscreant, opportunist, pretender, prodigal, proigate, recreant, reprobate, robber, rowdy, rufan, scamp, scoundrel, sinner, skunk*, sneak*, swindler, tough*, tramp, trickster, varmint*, villain, wastrel, wretch; concept 412 rash [adj] careless, impulsive adventurous, audacious, bold, brash, daring, determined, devil-may-care*, ery, foolhardy, frenzied, furious, harebrained, hasty, headlong, headstrong, heedless, hotheaded, ill-advised, illconsidered, immature, impetuous, imprudent, incautious, indiscreet, injudicious, insuppressible, irrational, jumping to conclusions*, madcap, overhasty, passionate, precipitant, precipitate, premature, reckless, thoughtless, unguarded, unthinking, unwary, venturesome, venturous, wild; concept 401 Ant. careful, cautious, planned, thoughtful rash [n] outbreak of disease or condition breakout, epidemic, eruption, ood, hives, pandemic, plague, series, spate, succession, wave; concepts 230,306 rasp [v] grind, rub abrade, bray, excoriate, le, grate, irk, irritate, jar, pound, raze, rub, sand, scour, scrape, scratch, vex, wear; concepts 7,19 raspy [adj] rough cracked, croaky, dry, grating, gravelly, gruff, harsh, hoarse, husky, scratchy, thick, throaty; concept 594

rat [n] informer backstabber, betrayer, blabbermouth*, canary*, deep throat*, double-crosser, nk, informant, sneak, snitch, source, squealer, stoolie, stool pigeon*, tattler, tattletale, turncoat, whistle-blower; concepts 348,354,423 rate [n1] ratio, proportion amount, comparison, degree, estimate, percentage, progression, quota, relation, relationship, relative, scale, standard, weight; concept 768 Ant. whole rate [n2] fee charged for service, privilege, goods allowance, charge, cost, dues, duty, estimate, gure, hire, price, price tag, quotation, tab, tariff, tax, toll, valuation; concepts 329,766 rate [n3] speed, pace clip, dash, ow, gait, gallop, hop, measure, motion, movement, pace, spurt, tempo, time, tread, velocity; concept 755 rate [v1] judge, classify adjudge, admire, appraise, apprise, assay, assess, button down*, calculate, class, consider, count, deem, determine, esteem, estimate, evaluate, x, grade, guess at, measure, peg, pigeonhole*, price, put away, put down as*, put down for*, rank, reckon, redline*, regard, relate to standard, respect, score, set at, size up*, stand in with, survey, tab*, tag, take ones measure, think highly of, typecast*, valuate, value, weigh; concepts 12,37 rate [v2] be entitled to be accepted, be favorite, be welcome, be worthy, deserve, earn, merit, prosper, succeed, triumph; concepts 129,376,388 Ant. disqualify rather [adv1] moderately a bit, a little, averagely, comparatively, enough, fairly, in a certain degree, kind of, more or less, passably, pretty, quite, ratherish, reasonably, relatively, slightly, some, something, somewhat, sort of, so-so*, tolerably, to some degree, to some extent; concepts 544,548 Ant. extremely, violently rather [adv2] signicantly a good bit, considerably, noticeably, quite, somewhat, very, well; concepts 544,772 Ant. insignicantly, little rather [adv3] preferably; instead alternately, alternatively, as a matter of choice, by choice, by preference, rst, in lieu of, in preference, just as soon, more readily, more willingly, much sooner, sooner, willingly; concept 529 ratify [v] afrm, authorize accredit, approve, authenticate, bear out, bind, bless, certify, commission, conrm, consent, corroborate, endorse, establish, give stamp of approval*, go for*, license, okay*, rubber stamp*, sanction, sign, substantiate, uphold, validate; concepts 50,88 Ant. deny, disafrm, disagree, renounce, revoke, veto rating [n] grade appraisal, assessment, category, class, classication, degree, judgment, level, mark, order, rank, score, standard, tier, valuation; concepts 286,378,665,727,744 ratio [n] percentage, relation of part to whole arrangement, correlation, correspondence, equation, fraction, proportion, proportionality, quota, quotient, rate, relationship, scale; concept 768 Ant. whole ration [n] allotment of limited supply allowance, apportionment, assignment, bit, consignment, cut, distribution, division, dole, drag, food, helping, measure, meed, part, piece of action*, portion, provender, provision, quantum, quota, share, store, supply; concept 835 Ant. whole

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ration [v] divide something into portions allocate, allot, apportion, assign, budget, conserve, control, deal, distribute, divvy*, divvy up*, dole, give out, issue, limit, measure out, mete, mete out, parcel, parcel out, proportion, prorate, quota, restrict, save, share; concepts 98,140 Ant. collect, gather rational [adj] realistic; of sound mind all there*, analytical, balanced, calm, cerebral, circumspect, cognitive, collected, cool*, deductive, deliberate, discerning, discriminating, enlightened, far-sighted, impartial, intellectual, intelligent, judicious, knowing, levelheaded, logical, lucid, normal, objective, perspicacious, philosophic, prudent, ratiocinative, reasonable, reasoning, reective, sagacious, sane, sensible, sober, sound, stable, synthetic, thinking, thoughtful, together, well-advised, wise; concept 402 Ant. irrational, ridiculous, unrealistic, unreasonable, unsound rationale [n] logic for belief, action account, excuse, explanation, exposition, grounds, hypothesis, justication, motivation, motive, philosophy, principle, raison dtre, rationalization, reason, reasons, song and dance*, sour grapes*, story*, the big idea*, theory, the whole idea*, whatfor*, why and wherefore*, whyfor*; concept 661 rationalize [v] make excuse; justify account for, apply logic, cop a plea*, cop out*, deliberate, elucidate, excise, excuse, explain away, extenuate, give alibi*, intellectualize, justify, make allowance, reason, reason out, reconcile, resolve, think, think through, vindicate; concept 57 rattle [v1] bang, jiggle bicker, bounce, clack, clatter, drum, jangle, jar, jolt, jounce, knock, shake, shatter, sound, vibrate; concepts 65,152 rattle [v2] talk aimlessly, endlessly babble, cackle, chat, chatter, clack, gab, gabble, gush, jabber, jaw, list, prate, prattle, reel off, run on, run through, yak; concept 51 rattle [v3] disconcert, upset someone abash, addle, bewilder, bother, confound, confuse, discombobulate, discomt, discompose, discountenance, distract, disturb, embarrass, faze, ummox, frighten, get to*, muddle, nonplus, perplex, perturb, psych out*, put off, put out, put out of countenance, rattle ones cage*, scare, shake, throw, unnerve; concept 16 Ant. appease, placate, soothe raucous [adj1] noisy, rough absonant, acute, atonal, blaring, blatant, braying, brusque, cacophonous, discordant, dissonant, dry, earpiercing, grating, grinding, gruff, harsh, hoarse, husky, inharmonious, jarring, loud, piercing, rasping, sharp, squawking, stertorous, strident, thick, unharmonious, unmusical; concepts 592,594 Ant. calm, quiet, soft, subdued raucous [adj2] rowdy boisterous, disorderly, intemperate, rambunctious, tumultous/ tumultuous, turbulent, unruly; concept 401 Ant. calm, quiet, subdued raunchy [adj] lewd, obscene bawdy, dirty, erotic, lthy*, foul-mouthed, gross*, hardcore*, improper, in bad taste, lascivious, lecherous, lustful, naughty, off-color*, pornographic, racy*, risqu, sexually explicit, smutty, suggestive, taboo, vulgar, wicked, X-rated*; concepts 372,542,545

ravage [v] destroy, ransack annihilate, break up, capture, consume, cream*, crush, damage, demolish, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devastate, dismantle, disorganize, disrupt, exterminate, extinguish, forage, foray, gut, harry, impair, lay waste, leave in ruins, loot, overrun, overthrow, overwhelm, pillage, pirate, plunder, prey, prostrate, pull down, raid, rape, raze, rob, ruin, sack, seize, shatter, sink, smash, spoil, spoliate, stamp out, strip, sweep away, total*, trample, trash, waste, wreak havoc, wreck, wrest; concepts 86, 252 Ant. aid, assist, help, protect rave [v1] talk endlessly babble, be delirious, bloviate, blow ones top*, carry on*, come unglued*, declaim, ip ones lid*, freak out*, fume, gabble, go ape*, go bananas*, go crazy, go mad, harangue, jabber, make a to-do*, mouth, orate, perorate, prate, prattle, rage, rail, rant, rattle on, roar, run amuck*, splutter, storm, talk wildly, thunder, wander; concepts 51,54 rave [v2] be very enthusiastic be delighted, be excited, be mad about, be wild about, bubble*, carry on about*, cry up*, effervesce, enthuse, fall all over*, go on about*, gush, make a to-do*, praise, rhapsodize; concepts 49,410 Ant. denounce, discourage ravel [v] come apart; unwind disentangle, free, loosen, make plain, smooth out, unbraid, unravel, unsnarl, untangle, untwine, untwist, unweave, unwind, weave out; concepts 250, 469 Ant. put together, twist ravenous [adj] very hungry; desirous avaricious, could eat a horse*, covetous, devouring, edacious, empty, famished, ferocious, gluttonous, grasping, greedy, insatiable, insatiate, omnivorous, predatory, rapacious, ravening, starved, starved to death*, starving, voracious, wolsh; concept 406 Ant. full, satised ravine [n] gap in earths surface abyss, arroyo, break, canyon, chasm, clove, coulee, crevasse, crevice, cut, dele, ditch, ssure, ume, gorge, gulch, gulf, gully, notch, pass, valley, wash; concepts 509,513 Ant. plain ravish [v1] enchant allure, attract, bewitch, captivate, charm, delight, draw, enrapture, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, hold, hypnotize, magnetize, mesmerize, overjoy, please, spellbind, trance, transport; concept 11 Ant. disenchant, repulse, turn off ravish [v2] sexually assault abduct, abuse, force, rape, violate; concepts 192,375 ravishing [adj] attractive adorable, alluring, appealing, beautiful, bewitching, captivating, charming, dazzling, enchanting, enticing, glamorous, good-looking, gorgeous, handsome, inviting, lovely, luring, pleasing, pretty, radiant, seductive, stunning, tantalizing; concepts 529,579 raw [adj1] not cooked, prepared basic, bloody, callow, coarse, crude, brous, fresh, green, hard, immature, impure, native, natural, organic, rough, rough-hewn, rude, unbaked, uncooked, undercooked, underdone, undressed, unfashioned, unformed, unfried, ungraded, unpasteurized, unprepared, unprocessed, unrened, unripe, unsorted, unstained, untreated; concept 462 Ant. cooked, done, well-done raw [adj2] exposed, tender, referring to skin abraded, au naturel, blistered, bruised, chafed,

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cut, dressed, galled, grazed, naked, nude, open, pared, peeled, scraped, scratched, sensitive, skinned, sore, unclad, unclothed, uncovered, wounded; concepts 406,485 Ant. healed, healthy raw [adj3] inexperienced callow, fresh, green, ignorant, immature, inexperienced, new, unconversant, undisciplined, unpracticed, unseasoned, unskilled, untaught, untrained, untried, unversed, young; concept 527 Ant. experienced, sophisticated raw [adj4] vulgar, nasty coarse, crass, crude, dirty, lthy, foul, gross, indecent, inelegant, low, mean, obscene, pornographic, rank, rough, rude, smutty, uncouth, unrened, unscrupulous; concepts 372,545 Ant. clean, good, moral raw [adj5] harsh, unpleasant, referring to weather biting, bitter, bleak, breezy, chill, chilly, cold, damp, freezing, piercing, wet, wind-swept, windy; concept 525 Ant. clement, pleasant, warm ray [n] beam; indication bar, blaze, blink, emanation, ash, icker, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, hint, incandescence, irradiation, light, moonbeam, patch, pencil, radiance, radiation, scintilla, shaft, shine, spark, sparkle, streak, stream, sunbeam, trace, wave; concepts 624, 628 raze [v] atten, knock down; wipe out batter, blow down, bomb, break down, bulldoze, capsize, cast down, crash, decimate, delete, demolish, destroy, dynamite, efface, erase, expunge, extinguish, extirpate, fell, level, mow down, obliterate, overthrow, overturn, pull down, reduce, remove, rub out*, ruin, scatter, scratch out, smash, spill, strike out, subvert, tear down, tear up, throw down, topple, total, unbuild, undo, unmake, upset, wipe out, wrack, wreck, zap*; concept 252 Ant. build, construct reach [n] extent, range; stretch ability, ambit, capacity, command, compass, distance, extension, gamut, grasp, horizon, inuence, jurisdiction, ken, latitude, magnitude, mastery, orbit, play, power, purview, radius, scope, spread, sweep, swing; concepts 651,756 Ant. limitation reach [v1] arrive at arrive, attain, catch up to, check in, clock in*, come, come to, enter, gain on*, get as far as, get in, get to, hit, hit town*, land, make, make it, make the scene*, overtake, ring in*, roll in, show, show up, sign in, turn up, wind up at; concept 159 Ant. depart, go, leave reach [v2] stretch to; touch approach, attain, buck, carry to, come at, come up to, contact, continue to, encompass, end, equal, extend to, feel for, get a hold of, get hold of, get to, go, go as far as, go on, go to, grasp, hand, hold out, join, lead, lunge, make, make contact with, overtake, pass, pass along, put out, roll on, seize, shake hands, shoot, span, spread, stand, strain, strike; concepts 108,612,756 reach [v3] attain; rise accomplish, achieve, amount to, arrive at, climb to, come to, drop, fall, gain, move, rack up*, realize, score, sink, win; concepts 706,763,780 Ant. fail, lose reach [v4] communicate with affect, approach, contact, get, get in touch, get through, get to,

inuence, keep in contact, keep in touch, maintain, move, sway, touch; concepts 7,19, 22,266 Ant. miss react [v] respond; conduct oneself acknowledge, act, answer, answer back, backre, be affected, behave, boomerang*, bounce back*, counter, echo, feel, function, get back at, give a snappy comeback*, give back, have a funny feeling*, have vibes*, operate, perform, proceed, rebound, reciprocate, recoil, recur, reply, return, revert, take, talk back, turn back, work; concepts 45,633 reaction [n1] response acknowledgment, answer, attitude, backre, backlash, back talk*, boomerang*, comeback, compensation, counteraction, counterbalance, counterpoise, double-take*, echo, feedback, feeling, hit, kick, kickback, knee-jerk*, lip*, opinion, reagency, rebound, reception, receptivity, reciprocation, recoil, reection, reex, rejoinder, repercussion, reply, retort, return, reverberation, revulsion, sass*, snappy comeback*, take*, vibes*, wisecrack; concepts 45,633 Ant. cause, question reaction [n2] political conservativism backlash, backsliding, counterrevolution, obscurantism, regression, relapse, retreat, retrenchment, retrogression, right, right wing, status quo, Toryism, withdrawal; concepts 300,689 reactionary [adj] conservative counterrevolutionary, die-hard*, obscurantist, old-line*, orthodox, regressive, retrogressive, right, rightist*, rigid, standpat*, tory*, traditional, traditionalistic; concepts 529,542 Ant. liberal, progressive, radical reactionary [n] person who is politically conservative bitter-ender*, counterrevolutionary, diehard*, hard hat*, intransigent, obscurantist, reactionist, rightist*, right-winger, royalist, standpatter*, Tory*, traditionalist, ultraconservative; concept 359 Ant. liberal, progressive, radical read [v1] look at and understand written word apprehend, bury oneself in*, comprehend, construe, decipher, dip into*, discover, ip through*, gather, glance, go over, go through, interpret, know, leaf through*, learn, make out*, perceive, peruse, pore over*, refer to, scan, scratch the surface*, see, skim, study, translate, unravel, view; concept 72 Ant. write read [v2] express, state afrm, announce, assert, declaim, deliver, display, explain, expound, hold, indicate, mark, paraphrase, pronounce, recite, record, register, render, restate, say, show, speak, utter; concept 266 readable [adj1] understandable, legible clear, coherent, comprehensible, decipherable, distinct, explicit, owing, uent, graphic, intelligible, lucid, orderly, plain, precise, regular, simple, smooth, straightforward, tidy, unequivocal, unmistakable; concepts 272,529 Ant. illegible, unintelligible, unreadable readable [adj2] pleasurable to peruse absorbing, amusing, appealing, brilliant, clever, easy, eloquent, engaging, engrossing, enjoyable, entertaining, enthralling, exciting, fascinating, gratifying, gripping, ingenious, interesting, inviting, pleasant, pleasing, relaxing, rewarding, satisfying, smooth, stimulating, well-written, worthwhile; concept 272 Ant. disgusting

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readily [adv] quickly; effortlessly at once, at the drop of a hat*, cheerfully, eagerly, easily, facilely, freely, gladly, hands down*, immediately, in a jiffy*, in no time*, lightly, no sweat*, nothing to it*, piece of cake*, promptly, quick as a wink*, right away, slick as whistle*, smoothly, speedily, straight away, swimmingly, unhesitatingly, well, willingly, without delay, without demur, without difculty, without hesitation; concepts 544,820 Ant. unwillingly readiness [n] skill; eagerness address, adroitness, alacrity, aptness, deftness, dexterity, dispatch, ease, eloquence, expedience, expedition, facility, tness, uency, good will, handiness, inclination, keenness, maturity, preparation, preparedness, promptitude, promptness, prowess, quickness, rapidity, ripeness, sleight, volubility, willingness; concepts 630,633,678 Ant. discouragement, unpreparedness reading [n] interpretation of written word account, book-learning, commentary, conception, construction, edication, education, erudition, examination, grasp, impression, inspection, knowledge, learning, lesson, paraphrase, perusal, rendering, rendition, review, scholarship, scrutiny, study, translation, treatment, understanding, version; concepts 72,271,274 Ant. writing ready [adj1] prepared; available accessible, adjusted, all set, all systems go*, anticipating, apt, arranged, at beck and call*, at ngertips*, at hand, at the ready, champing at bit*, close to hand, completed, convenient, covered, equal to, equipped, expectant, t, xed for, handy, in line, in order, in place, in position, in readiness, in the saddle*, near, on call, on hand, on tap*, on the brink*, open to, organized, primed, qualied, ripe, set, waiting, wired*; concepts 560,576,799 Ant. immature, slow, unavailable, unprepared, unready, unripe, unsuitable ready [adj2] willing, inclined agreeable, apt, ardent, disposed, eager, enthusiastic, fain, game, game for, glad, happy, keen, minded, predisposed, prompt, prone, psyched up*, wired*, zealous; concepts 401,542 Ant. disinclined, unprepared, unwilling ready [adj3] skillful, intelligent active, acute, adept, adroit, alert, apt, astute, bright, brilliant, clever, deft, dexterous, dynamic, expert, handy, keen, live, masterly, perceptive, procient, prompt, quick, quick-witted, rapid, resourceful, sharp, skilled, smart; concepts 402,527 Ant. immature, slow, uneducated, unprepared, unskilled, untrained ready [v] prepare arrange, brace, brief, clear the decks*, equip, ll in, t, t out, x, fortify, gear up*, get, get ready, get set, gird, keep posted*, let in on*, make, make ready, make up, order, organize, pave the way*, post, prep, provide, psych up*, put on to*, set, strengthen, warm up, wise up*; concepts 35,60,202 Ant. hold back, retard, slow real [adj] genuine in existence absolute, actual, authentic, bodily, bona de, certain, concrete, corporal, corporeal, de facto, embodied, essential, evident, existent, existing, factual, rm, heartfelt, honest, incarnate, indubitable, in the esh*, intrinsic, irrefutable, legitimate, live, material, original, palpable, perceptible,

physical, positive, present, right, rightful, sensible, sincere, solid, sound, stable, substantial, substantive, tangible, true, unaffected, undeniable, undoubted, unfeigned, valid, veritable; concept 582 Ant. dishonest, fake, false, feigned, imaginary, invalid, untrue realistic [adj1] sensible, matter-of-fact astute, businesslike, commonsense, down-to-earth, earthy, hard, hard-boiled*, levelheaded, practical, pragmatic, pragmatical, prudent, rational, real, reasonable, sane, sensible, shrewd, sober, sound, unfantastic, unidealistic, unromantic, unsentimental, utilitarian; concepts 403,542, 548 Ant. impractical, irrational, unrealistic realistic [adj2] genuine authentic, faithful, graphic, lifelike, natural, original, representational, representative, true, true to life, truthful; concept 582 Ant. fanciful, insincere reality [n] facts of existence absoluteness, actuality, authenticity, being, bottom line*, brass tacks*, certainty, concreteness, corporeality, deed, entity, existence, genuineness, how things are*, like it is*, materiality, matter, name of the game*, nuts and bolts*, object, palpability, perceptibility, phenomenon, presence, realism, realness, real world*, sensibility, solidity, substance, substantiality, substantive, tangibility, truth, validity, verisimilitude, verity, way of it*, whats what*; concepts 689,725 Ant. belief, fantasy, hypothesis, imagination, theory realize [v1] appreciate, become aware of apprehend, be cognizant of, become conscious of, catch, catch on*, comprehend, conceive, discern, envisage, envision, fancy*, feature*, get, get it*, get the idea*, get the picture*, get through ones head*, grasp, image, imagine, know, pick up*, recognize, see daylight*, take in*, think, understand, vision, visualize; concept 15 Ant. ignore, neglect realize [v2] accomplish actualize, bring about, bring off*, bring to fruition, carry out, carry through, complete, consummate, corporealize, do, effect, effectuate, fulll, make concrete, make good*, make happen, materialize, perfect, perform, reify; concept 91 Ant. fail realize [v3] gain, earn accomplish, achieve, acquire, attain, bring in, clear, get, go for*, make, make a prot, net, obtain, produce, rack up*, reach, receive, score*, sell for, take in, win; concepts 120,124,330 Ant. lose really [adv] without a doubt absolutely, actually, admittedly, as a matter of fact, assuredly, authentically, beyond doubt, categorically, certainly, de facto, easily, for real*, genuinely, honestly, in actuality, indeed, indubitably, in effect, in fact, in point of fact, in reality, legitimately, literally, no ifs ands or buts*, nothing else but, of course, positively, precisely, surely, truly, undoubtedly, unmistakably, unquestionably, verily, well; concepts 535, 582 Ant. doubtfully realm [n] area of responsibility or rule branch, compass, country, department, dimension, domain, dominion, empire, expanse, extent, eld, ground, kingdom, land, monarchy, neck of the woods*, neighborhood, orbit, place, principality, province, purview, radius, range, reach, region, scope, sphere, state, stomping

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grounds*, sweep, territory, turf*, world, zone; concepts 349,362,512,651 reap [v] collect, harvest acquire, bring in, come to have, crop, cull, cut, derive, draw, gain, garner, gather, get, get as a result, glean, ingather, mow, obtain, pick, pick up, pluck, procure, produce, prot, realize, receive, recover, retrieve, secure, strip, take in, win; concepts 109,120,124,257 Ant. plant, sow rear [adj] back, end aft, after, astern, backward, behind, dorsal, following, hind, hinder, hindermost, hindmost, last, mizzen, posterior, postern, rearmost, rearward, retral, reverse, stern, tail; concept 583 Ant. beginning, front rear [n] back or end part afterpart, back, back door*, back end, back seat*, backside, behind, bottom, butt, buttocks, end, heel, hind, hind part, hindquarters, posterior, postern, rear end, rear guard, rearward, reverse, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tailpiece, tush*; concepts 825, 827 Ant. beginning, front rear [v1] raise young breed, bring up, care for, cultivate, educate, foster, grow, nurse, nurture, propagate, train; concept 295 Ant. abandon, neglect rear [v2] lift, rise bring up, elevate, hoist, hold up, jump, leap, loom, pick up, raise, set upright, soar, spring up, support, take up, tower, turn up, uphold, uplift, upraise; concepts 194,196,741 Ant. drop, fall rear [v3] build construct, erect, fabricate, put up, raise, set up, uprear; concept 168 Ant. destroy reason [n1] mental analysis acumen, apprehension, argumentation, bounds, brain*, brains*, comprehension, deduction, dialectics, discernment, generalization, induction, inference, intellect, intellection, judgment, limits, logic, lucidity, marbles*, mentality, mind, moderation, propriety, ratiocination, rationalism, rationality, rationalization, reasonableness, reasoning, saneness, sanity, sense, senses*, sensibleness, sound mind, soundness, speculation, understanding, wisdom, wit; concepts 37,409 reason [n2] intention, aim antecedent, argument, basis, cause, consideration, design, determinant, end, goal, grounds, idea, impetus, incentive, inducement, motivation, motive, object, occasion, proof, purpose, rationale, root, spring, target, ulterior motive, warrant, wherefore*, why, why and wherefore*, whyfor*; concept 659 reason [n3] explanation for an action account, apologia, apology, argument, case, cover, defense, excuse, exposition, ground, idea, justication, notion, proof, rationale, rationalization, song and dance*, sour grapes*, the whole idea*, vindication, whatfor*, wherefore*, why*, why and wherefore*, whyfor*; concept 661 reason [v1] mentally analyze adduce, cerebrate, cogitate, conclude, contemplate, decide, deduce, deduct, deliberate, draw conclusion, draw from, examine, gure out, gather, generalize, infer, make out, philosophize, ratiocinate, rationalize, reect, resolve, solve, speculate, study, suppose, syllogize, think, think through, thresh out, work out; concept 37 reason [v2] argue, persuade bring around, contend, debate, demonstrate, discourse, discuss, dispute, dissuade, establish, expostulate, justify,

move, point out, prevail upon, prove, remonstrate, show error of ways*, talk into, talk out of, urge, win over; concepts 46,56,68 Ant. agree, go along reasonable [adj1] moderate, tolerable acceptable, analytical, average, cheap, circumspect, conservative, controlled, discreet, equitable, fair, feasible, t, honest, humane, impartial, inexpensive, judicious, just, justiable, knowing, legit, legitimate, low-cost, low-priced, making sense, modest, objective, okay, plausible, politic, proper, prudent, rational, reective, restrained, right, sane, sapient, sensible, sound, standing to reason*, temperate, understandable, unexcessive, unextreme, valid, within reason; concepts 547,558 Ant. expensive, intolerable, outrageous, unreasonable reasonable [adj2] intelligent, practical advisable, all there*, arguable, believable, cerebral, clear-cut, cognitive, commonsensical, conscious, consequent, consistent, cool*, credible, in ones right mind*, judicious, justiable, levelheaded, logical, perceiving, percipient, plausible, ratiocinative, rational, reasoned, reasoning, reective, sane, sensible, sober, sound, tenable, thoughtful, thought-out, together*, tolerant, unbiased, unprejudiced, well-advised, wise; concept 402 Ant. implausible, impractical, nonsensical, stupid, unreasonable reasoning [n] logic, interpretation acumen, analysis, apriority, argument, case, cogitation, concluding, corollary, deduction, dialectics, exposition, generalization, hypothesis, illation, induction, inference, interpretation, logistics, premise, proof, proposition, ratiocination, rationale, rationalizing, reason, syllogism, syllogization, thinking, thought, train of thought; concepts 37,529 Ant. irrationality, nonsense reassure [v] restore condence to assure, bolster, brace, buoy, cheer, comfort, console, convince, encourage, give a lift*, give condence, guarantee, hearten, inspire, inspirit, perk up, pick up*, put ones mind to rest*, relieve, snap one out of it*; concepts 7,22 Ant. discourage, dishearten, unnerve rebate [n] refund given to purchaser abatement, allowance, bonus, deduction, discount, kickback, payback, reduction, reimbursement, remission, repayment, subtraction; concept 344 rebel [adj] not obeying insubordinate, insurgent, insurrectionary, mutinous, rebellious, revolutionary; concept 401 Ant. complaisant, compliant, obedient rebel [n] person who does not obey agitator, anarchist, antagonist, apostate, demagogue, deserter, disectarian, dissenter, experientialist, experimenter, frondeur, guerrilla, heretic, iconoclast, independent, individualist, innovator, insurgent, insurrectionary, malcontent, mutineer, nihilist, nonconformist, opponent, overthrower, recreant, renegade, resistance, revolter, revolutionary, revolutionist, rioter, schismatic, secessionist, seditionist, separatist, subverter, traitor, turncoat; concepts 359,412,423 rebel [v] refuse to obey be insubordinate, boycott, break with*, censure, combat, come out against*, criticize, defy, denounce, disobey, dissent, drop out*, ght, get out of line*, insurrect, make waves*, mutiny, oppose,

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opt out*, overthrow, overturn, remonstrate, renounce, resist, revolt, riot, rise up*, rock the boat*, run amok*, secede, strike, take up arms, turn against, upset; concepts 106,633 Ant. agree, comply, obey rebellion [n] disobedience; revolt apostasy, deance, disobedience, dissent, heresy, insubordination, insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, nonconformity, revolution, rising, schism, uprising; concepts 106,300, 320,633 Ant. calm, harmony, peace rebellious [adj] disobedient, unmanageable alienated, anarchistic, attacking, bellicose, contumacious, deant, difcult, disaffected, disloyal, disobedient, disorderly, dissident, factious, fractious, iconoclastic, incorrigible, individualistic, insurgent, insurrectionary, intractable, mutinous, obstinate, pugnacious, quarrelsome, radical, rebel, recalcitrant, refractory, resistant, restless, revolutionary, rioting, riotous, sabotaging, seditious, threatening, treasonable, turbulent, ungovernable, unruly, warring; concepts 401,529,542 Ant. compliant, governable, manageable, obedient rebound [v] bounce back; ricochet backre, boomerang, convalesce, get back on ones feet*, get better, get in shape, get well, heal, kick back, make a comeback*, mend, overcome, pick up, pull through, rally, recoil, recuperate, regain ones health, rejuvenate, return, return to form, revive, snap back*, spring back, start anew; concepts 150,194,195,303,700 rebuff [n] turning away; ignoring brushoff*, check, cold shoulder*, cut, defeat, denial, discouragement, go-by*, hard time*, insult, kick in the teeth*, nix*, nothing doing*, opposition, rebuke, refusal, rejection, reprimand, repulse, slight, snub, thumbs down*, turndown; concepts 30,278 Ant. inclusion, welcome rebuff [v] turn away; give the cold shoulder* beat off, brush off, check, chide, cross, cut, decline, deny, disallow, discourage, dismiss, disregard, fend off, hold off, ignore, keep at a distance*, keep at arms length*, keep at bay, lash out at, neglect, not hear of, oppose, pass up, push back, put in ones place*, put off, rebuke, refuse, reject, repel, reprove, repudiate, repulse, resist, send away, slight, snub, spurn, stave off, tell off*, turn down, ward off; concepts 30,54 Ant. hug, include, take in, welcome rebuke [n] reprimand; harsh criticism admonishment, admonition, afiction, bawling-out*, berating, blame, castigation, censure, chewingout*, chiding, comeuppance, condemnation, correction, disapproval, dressing-down*, earful*, expostulation, going-over*, hard time*, kick in the teeth*, lecture, lesson, objurgation, ostracism, punishment, put-down, rap*, rating, rebuff, refusal, remonstrance, reprehension, reproach, reproof, reproval, repulse, row, scolding, slap in the face*, snub, talking-to*, tellingoff*, tongue-lashing*, upbraiding; concepts 44,52,278 Ant. compliment, attery, praise rebuke [v] reprimand; criticize harshly admonish, bawl out*, berate, blame, call on the carpet*, carp on, castigate, censure, chew out*, chide, climb all over*, dress down*, fry*, go after*, jawbone*, jump down ones throat*, jump on*, lay into*, lean on*, lecture, lesson,

monish, oppose, pay, rake, read*, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, rip*, scold, sit on*, sound off*, take to task*, tear apart*, tell off*, tick off*, upbraid, zap*; concepts 44,52 Ant. compliment, atter, praise rebut [v] argue against; prove wrong break, come back at, confound, confute, controvert, cross, defeat, deny, disconrm, disprove, evert, fend off, get back at, hold off, invalidate, keep off, negate, negative, overturn, prove false, quash, refute, repel, repulse, stave off, take on, top, ward off; concepts 46,54 Ant. agree, approve, back down, concede rebuttal [n] counterstatement answer, confutation, counteraccusation, counterargument, countercharge, counterclaim, defense, rejoinder, reply; concepts 274,278 recalcitrant [adj] disobedient, uncontrollable contrary, contumacious, deant, fractious, indomitable, insubmissive, insubordinate, intractable, obstinate, opposing, radical, rebellious, refractory, resistant, resisting, stubborn, undisciplinable, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly, untoward, unwilling, wayward, wild, willful, withstanding; concept 401 Ant. amenable, obedient, passive recall [n1] remembrance anamnesis, memory, recollection, reminiscence; concept 529 Ant. forgetfulness recall [n2] request for return annulment, cancellation, nullication, recision, repeal, rescindment, rescission, retraction, revocation, withdrawal; concepts 662,685 Ant. restoration recall [v1] remember arouse, awaken, bethink, bring to mind, call to mind, call up, cite, come to one, educe, elicit, evoke, extract, ash, ash on*, look back, mind, nail it down*, recollect, reestablish, reinstate, reintroduce, remind, reminisce, renew, retain, retrospect, revive, ring a bell*, rouse, stir, strike a note*, summon, think back*, think of, waken; concept 40 Ant. forget recall [v2] ask for return of offending thing abjure, annul, call back, call in, cancel, countermand, discharge, dismantle, dismiss, disqualify, forswear, lift, nullify, palinode, recant, repeal, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, suspend, take back, unsay, withdraw; concepts 50,88,131, 143 Ant. restore recant [v] take back something said abjure, abnegate, abrogate, annul, apostatize, back down, back off, back out, backtrack*, call back, cancel, contradict, countermand, deny, dial back*, disavow, disclaim, disown, eat ones words*, forswear, go back on ones word*, nullify, recall, renege, renounce, repeal, repudiate, rescind, retract, revoke, take back, unsay, void, weasel out*, welsh*, withdraw, worm out of*; concepts 25,266 Ant. conrm, emphasize, recapitulate recapitulate [v] go over something again epitomize, go over same ground*, go the same round*, outline, paraphrase, recap*, recount, rehash, reiterate, repeat, rephrase, replay, restate, review, reword, run over*, run through again*, summarize, sum up; concept 266 Ant. take back

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recede [v] withdraw; diminish abate, back, close, decline, decrease, depart, die off, diminish, drain away, draw back, drop, dwindle, ebb, fade, fall back, ow back, go away, go back, lessen, reduce, regress, retire, retract, retreat, retrocede, retrograde, retrogress, return, shrink, sink, subside, taper, wane; concepts 195,698, 776 Ant. advance, forge, forward, increase receipt [n1] acknowledgment of delivery cancellation, certicate, chit, counterfoil, declaration, discharge, letter, notice, proof of purchase, quittance, release, sales slip, slip, stub, voucher; concepts 271,332 receipt [n2] delivery of goods acceptance, accession, acquiring, acquisition, admission, admitting, arrival, getting, intaking, receiving, reception, recipience, taking; concept 124 receipts [n] money earned in business venture bottom line*, cash ow, comings in*, earnings, gain, gate, get*, gross, handle*, income, net, proceeds, prot, return, revenue, revenue stream, royalty, take*, take-in*, taking*; concept 344 Ant. loss, losses receive [v1] accept delivery of something accept, acquire, admit, apprehend, appropriate, arrogate, assume, be given, be informed, be in receipt of, be told, catch, collect, come by, come into, cop*, corral*, derive, draw, earn, gain, gather, get, get from, get hands on*, get hold of*, grab, hear, hold, inherit, latch on to*, make, obtain, perceive, pick up, pocket*, procure, pull, pull down*, reap, redeem, secure, seize, snag*, take, take in, take possession, win; concept 124 Ant. deliver, donate, give, offer receive [v2] endure, sustain bear, be subjected to, encounter, experience, go through, meet with, suffer, undergo; concept 23 receive [v3] take in guest or member accept, accommodate, admit, allow entrance, bring in, entertain, greet, host, induct, initiate, install, introduce, invite, let in, let through, make comfortable, make welcome, meet, permit, roll out red carpet*, shake hands*, show in, take in, usher in, welcome; concepts 50,83,88, 140 Ant. turn away recent [adj] current contempo*, contemporary, fresh, hot off the re*, hot off the press*, just out*, late, latter, latter-day, modern, modernistic, neoteric, new, newborn, newfangled, novel, present-day, the latest*, today, up-todate, young; concepts 578,797,820 Ant. earlier, future, old, past recently [adv] currently afresh, anew, freshly, in recent past, in recent times, just a while ago, just now, lately, latterly, new, newly, not long ago, of late, short while ago, the other day; concept 820 Ant. before, later receptacle [n] container for disposal, storage bowl, box, holder, hopper, repository, vessel, wastebasket; concept 494 reception [n1] acceptance; acknowledgment accession, acquisition, admission, disposition, encounter, gathering, greeting, induction, introduction, meeting, reaction, receipt, receiving, recipience, recognition, response, salutation, treatment, welcome; concepts 83,124,384 Ant. disacknowledgment reception [n2] celebratory party buffet, dinner, do*, entertainment, function, gathering, levee,

matinee, soiree, supper, tea; concept 383 receptive [adj] open to new ideas acceptant, acceptive, accessible, alert, amenable, approachable, bright, favorable, friendly, hospitable, inuenceable, interested, observant, open, open-minded, open to suggestions, perceptive, persuadable, pushover*, quick on the uptake*, ready, recipient, responsive, sensitive, suggestible, susceptible, swayable, sympathetic, welcoming, well-disposed; concept 404 Ant. unfriendly, unreceptive recess [n1] niche, corner alcove, ambush, angle, apse, bay, break, carrel, cavity, cell, closet, cove, cranny, crutch, crypt, cubicle, dent, depression, depths, embrasure, fork, heart, hiding place, hole, hollow, indentation, mouth, nook, opening, oriel, penetralia, reaches, retreat, secret place, slot, socket; concepts 440,513 recess [n2] break, interval in action break-off, breather*, breathing spell*, cessation, closure, coffee break*, cutoff, downtime*, halt, happy hour*, hiatus, holiday, interlude, intermission, interregnum, layoff, letup, lull, pause, respite, rest, stop, suspension, ten*, time-out, vacation; concept 807 Ant. continuation recess [v] stop action adjourn, break off*, break up*, call time*, dissolve, drop, drop it, pigeonhole*, prorogate, prorogue, put on hold, rise, shake, sideline*, take a break, take a breather*, take ve*, take ten*, terminate; concepts 119,121 Ant. continue recession [n] reversal of action; reduction of business activity bad times*, bankruptcy, big trouble*, bottom-out*, bust, collapse, decline, deation, depression, downturn, hard times*, ination, rainy days*, shakeout*, slide, slump, stagnation, unemployment; concept 335 Ant. advance, ination recharge [v] revitalize bounce back*, breathe new life into*, bring back to life*, come to life, energize, invigorate, reenergize, refresh, regenerate, rejuvenate, renew, restore, resuscitate, revive; concepts 13,221,469,697 recipe [n] directions, formula compound, ingredients, instructions, method, modus operandi, prescription, procedure, process, program, receipt, technique; concept 274 Ant. ingredient reciprocal [adj] exchanged, alternate changeable, companion, complementary, convertible, coordinate, correlative, corresponding, dependent, double, duplicate, equivalent, exchangeable, fellow, give-and-take*, interchangeable, interdependent, matching, mutual, reciprocative, reciprocatory, twin; concepts 566,577 Ant. independent, singular reciprocate [v] exchange, alternate; equal barter, be equivalent, correspond, feel in return, interchange, make up for*, match, pay ones dues*, recompense, render, repay, reply, requite, respond, retaliate, retort, return, return the compliment*, scratch ones back*, serve out, share, square, swap, swing, tit for tat*, trade, vacillate; concepts 45,104,384 Ant. deny, refuse recital [n] narrative, rendering account, concert, description, detailing, enumeration, fable, musical, musicale, narration, performance, portrayal, presentation, reading, recapitulation,

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recitation, recountal, recounting, rehearsal, relation, repetition, report, statement, story, tale, telling; concepts 263,264 recitation [n] reading to audience address, appeal, declaiming, delivery, discourse, discoursing, discussion, exercise, holding forth, lecture, monologue, narrating, narration, oration, passage, performance, piece, playing, proclamation, recital, recounting, rehearsal, rendering, report, selection, soliloquizing, speaking, talk, telling; concepts 72,263,266 recite [v] read out loud; narrate account for, address, answer, chant, communicate, convey, declaim, delineate, deliver, describe, detail, discourse, dramatize, enact, enlarge, enumerate, expatiate, explain, give an account, give a report, give verbal account, hold forth, impart, interpret, itemize, mention, parrot*, perform, picture, portray, quote, recapitulate, recount, reel off*, rehearse, relate, render, repeat, reply, report, retell, soliloquize, speak, state, tell, utter; concepts 55,57,72,266 reckless [adj] irresponsible in thought, deed adventuresome, adventurous, any which way*, audacious, brash, breakneck, carefree, careless, daredevil, daring, desperate, devil-may-care*, fast and loose*, feckless, foolhardy, harebrained, hasty, headlong, heedless, helter-skelter, hopeless, hotheaded*, ill-advised, imprudent, inattentive, incautious, inconsiderate, indiscreet, kooky*, madcap, mindless, negligent, overventuresome, playing with re*, precipitate, rash, regardless, temerarious, thoughtless, uncareful, venturesome, venturous, wild; concepts 401,542 Ant. careful, cautious, responsible, wary reckon [v1] add up; evaluate account, appraise, approximate, calculate, call, cast, cipher, compute, conjecture, consider, count, count heads*, count noses*, deem, enumerate, esteem, estimate, gure, gure out, foot, gauge, guess, hold, judge, keep tabs*, look upon, number, place, put, rate, regard, run down, square, sum, surmise, take account of, tally, think of, tick off*, tot, total, tote*, tote up*, tot up, view; concepts 37,764 Ant. neglect, subtract reckon [v2] suppose, imagine assume, bank on, bargain for, believe, be of the opinion, build on, conjecture, count on, depend on, expect, fancy, gather, guess, plan on, rely on, surmise, suspect, take, think, trust in, understand; concepts 12,26 Ant. disbelieve reckoning [n] computation, account adding, addition, arithmetic, bad news*, bill, calculation, charge, check, ciphering, cost, count, counting, debt, due, estimate, estimation, fee, guring, grunt*, invoice, IOU*, score, settlement, statement, summation, tab, working; concept 331 recline [v] lie down be recumbent, cant, heel, lay down, lean, lie, list, loll, lounge, repose, rest, slant, slope, sprawl, stretch, stretch out, tilt, tip; concepts 154,201 Ant. sit up, straighten recluse [n] person who does not want social contact anchorite, ascetic, cenobite, eremite, hermit, monk, nun, solitaire, solitary, troglodyte; concept 423 Ant. extrovert recluse/reclusive [adj] hermitlike, unsociable antisocial, ascetic, cloistered, eremetic, hermetic,

isolated, misanthropic, monastic, reserved, retiring, secluded, secluse, seclusive, sequestered, solitary, standofsh, withdrawn; concepts 404, 555 Ant. extroverted, friendly, sociable recognition [n1] identication, acknowledgment acceptance, acknowledging, admission, allowance, apperception, appreciation, apprehending, assimilation, avowal, awareness, cognizance, concession, confession, consciousness, detection, discovery, double take*, high sign*, identifying, memory, notice, noticing, perceiving, perception, realization, recall, recalling, recognizance, recollection, recurrence, remembering, remembrance, respect, salute, sensibility, tumble*, understanding, verifying; concept 38 Ant. forgetfulness, ignorance recognition [n2] appreciation given acceptance, acknowledgment, approval, attention, credit, esteem, gratitude, greeting, honor, notice, pat on back*, pat on head*, plum*, puff*, pufng up*, pumping up*, rave, regard, renown, salute, strokes*; concepts 10,337,689 Ant. abuse, disclaimer, dishonor recognize [v1] identify admit, be familiar, button down*, descry, determinate, diagnose, diagnosticate, distinguish, espy, nger*, ash on*, know, know again, make*, make out, nail*, note, notice, observe, peg*, perceive, pinpoint, place, recall, recollect, remark, remember, ring a bell*, see, sight, spot, tab, tag, verify; concept 38 Ant. miss recognize [v2] acknowledge, understand; approve accept, admit, agree, allow, appreciate, assent, avow, be aware of, comprehend, concede, confess, grant, greet, honor, make, own, perceive, realize, respect, salute, sanction, see; concept 15 Ant. disapprove, misunderstand recoil [v] shrink away backre, balk, blanch, blench, blink, carom, cringe, demur, dodge, draw back, duck, falter, inch, hesitate, jerk, kick, pull back, quail, quake, react, rebound, reel, resile, shake, shirk, shrink, shudder, shy away, spring, start, step back, stick, stickle, swerve, tremble, turn away, waver, wince, withdraw; concepts 150,194,195 Ant. face, meet recollect [v] remember arouse, awaken, bethink, bring to mind, call to mind, cite, come to one, ash, ash on*, look back on, mind, place, recall, recognize, remind, reminisce, retain, retrospect, revive, rouse, stir, summon, waken; concept 40 Ant. forget recommend [v] advise, approve acclaim, advance, advocate, applaud, back, be all for*, be satised with, celebrate, commend, compliment, conrm, counsel, endorse, enjoin, esteem, eulogize, exalt, exhort, extol, favor, front for*, glorify, go on record for*, hold up, justify, laud, magnify, plug*, praise, prescribe, prize, propose, put forward, put in a good word*, put on to*, sanction, second, speak highly of, speak well of, stand by, steer, suggest, think highly of, uphold, urge, value, vouch for; concepts 10,75 Ant. disapprove, discourage, dissuade recommendation [n] advice, approval advocacy, approbation, blessing, certicate, character reference, charge, commendation, counsel, direction, endorsement, esteem, eulogy, favorable mention, good word*,

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guidance, injunction, instruction, judgment, letter of support, order, pass, plug*, praise, proposal, proposition, reference, sanction, steer*, suggestion, support, testimonial, tip, tribute, two cents worth*, urging; concepts 274,278 Ant. condemnation, disapproval, discouragement recompense [n] something returned, paid back amends, atonement, bus fare*, compensation, cue, damages, emolument, expiation, gravy*, indemnication, indemnity, overcompensation, pay, payment, propitiation, quittance, recoupment, recovery, redemption, redress, remuneration, reparation, repayment, requital, restitution, retrieval, retrievement, return, reward, salvo, satisfaction, solatium, sweetener*, tip, wages; concepts 340,344 Ant. take recompense [v] pay back, make restitution ante up*, atone, atone for, balance, comp*, compensate, cough up*, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, do business*, equalize, expiate, x, give satisfaction, grease*, indemnify, make amends, make good*, make up for, offset, overcompensate, pay, pay for, propitiate, put out*, reciprocate, recoup, recover, redress, reimburse, remunerate, repay, requite, retaliate, retrieve, return, reward, satisfy, spring for, square*, sweeten the pot*, swing for*, take care of; concepts 126,341 reconcile [v1] make peace; adjust accommodate, accord, accustom, appease, arbitrate, arrange, assuage, attune, bring together, bring to terms, bury the hatchet*, come together, compose, conciliate, conform, cool*, coordinate, t, x up, get together on, harmonize, integrate, intercede, kiss and make up*, make matters up, make up, mediate, mitigate, pacify, patch things up*, patch up*, placate, propitiate, proportion, reconciliate, rectify, re-establish, regulate, resolve, restore harmony, reunite, settle, suit, tune, win over; concepts 384,697 Ant. disagree, refuse reconcile [v2] resign oneself to something accept, accommodate, get used to*, make the best of*, put up with*, resign, submit, yield; concept 23 Ant. divorce, estrange recondite [adj] mysterious, obscure abstruse, academic, acroamatic, arcane, cabalistic, concealed, cryptic, dark, deep, difcult, esoteric, hard, heavy*, hermetic, hidden, involved, little-known, mystic, mystical, occult, orphic, pedantic, profound, scholarly, secret; concepts 529,576 Ant. obvious, plain, simple, straightforward reconnaissance [n] inspection exploration, investigation, maneuvers, probe, recon, reconnoiter, review, scan, scrutiny, search, surveillance, survey; concepts 103,290 reconsider [v] think about again amend, change ones mind, consider again, correct, emend, go over, have second thoughts*, polish, rearrange, reassess, recheck, reevaluate, reexamine, rehash, replan, rethink, retrace, review, revise, reweigh, rework, run through, see in a new light*, sleep on, take another look, think better of*, think over, think twice*, work over; concept 17 Ant. ignore, refuse reconstruct [v] reorganize, build up copy, deduce, doctor*, do up*, x, x up, make over,

modernize, overhaul, patch, piece together, reassemble, rebuild, recast, recondition, reconstitute, recreate, reestablish, refashion, reform, regenerate, rehabilitate, rejuvenate, remake, remodel, remold, renovate, reorient, repair, replace, reproduce, reshufe, restore, retool, revamp, rework; concepts 84,168,171 Ant. destroy, raze, ruin record [n1] account of event or proceedings almanac, annals, archive, archives, chronicle, comic book*, diary, directory, document, documentation, entry, evidence, le, history, inscription, jacket, journal, legend, log, manuscript, memo, memoir, memorandum, memorial, minutes, monument, note, paper trail*, register, registry, remembrance, report, script, scroll, story, swindle sheet*, testimony, trace, track record*, transcript, transcription, witness, writing, written material; concepts 271,281 record [n2] background, experience accomplishment, administration, career, case history, conduct, curriculum vitae, history, past behavior, performance, reign, studies, track record*, way of life*, work; concept 678 record [n3] achievement ceiling, maximum; concept 706 Ant. loss record [v1] write down; store information book, can*, catalog, chalk up*, chronicle, copy, cut, cut a track*, document, dub*, enroll, enter, enumerate, le, indite, inscribe, insert, jot down, keep account, lay down, list, log, make a recording, mark, mark down, matriculate, note, post, preserve, put down, put in writing, put on le*, put on paper*, put on tape*, register, report, set down, tabulate, take down, tape, tape-record, transcribe, video*, videotape, wax*, write in; concept 125 record [v2] give evidence of contain, designate, explain, indicate, mark, point out, point to, read, register, say, show; concept 261 recount [v] tell a story break a story*, convey, delineate, depict, describe, detail, echo, enumerate, give an account of, itemize, narrate, picture, play back, portray, recap*, recapitulate, recite, rehash, rehearse, relate, repeat, report, run by again*, run down*, run through*, say again, state, tell, track, unload, verbalize; concepts 55,266 Ant. conceal, repress recoup [v] recover, make up for compensate, get back, get out from under*, get well, make good, make redress for, make well, redeem, refund, regain, reimburse, remunerate, repay, repossess, requite, retrieve, satisfy, win back; concepts 124,126,342,700 Ant. downslide, lose, worsen recourse [n] alternative aid, appeal, choice, expediency, expedient, help, makeshift, option, refuge, remedy, resort, resource, shift, stand-by, stopgap, substitute, support, way out; concepts 693,712 recover [v1] nd again balance, bring back, catch up, compensate, get back, make good, obtain again, offset, reacquire, recapture, reclaim, recoup, recruit, redeem, rediscover, regain, reoccupy, repair, replevin, replevy, repossess, rescue, restore, resume, retake, retrieve, salvage, take back, win back; concepts 120,183 Ant. lose, mislay, miss

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recover [v2] improve in health be out of woods*, better, bounce back*, come around, convalesce, feel oneself again*, forge ahead, gain, get back on feet*, get better, get in shape, get out from under*, get over, get well, grow, heal, increase, make a comeback*, mend, overcome, perk up*, pick up, pull through, rally, rebound, recuperate, refresh, regain ones health, regain ones strength, rejuvenate, renew, restore, return to form, revive, snap back*, sober up*, start anew, take turn for better; concepts 303, 700 Ant. decline, deteriorate, wane recreation [n] sports, games, special interests amusement, avocation, ball*, disport, dissipation, distraction, diversion, divertissement, ease, enjoyment, entertainment, exercise, festivity, eld day*, frolic, fun, fun and games*, game, hilarity, hobby, holiday, jollity, laughs*, leisure activity, mirth, pastime, picnic, play, playtime, pleasure, R and R*, rec, refreshment, relaxation, relief, repose, rollick, sport, vacation; concepts 363,364 Ant. labor, profession, work recruit [n] person beginning service apprentice, beginner, convert, draftee, enlisted person, edgling, GI*, greenhorn*, helper, initiate, learner, neophyte, newcomer, new person, novice, novitiate, plebe*, proselyte, rookie, sailor, selectee, serviceperson, soldier, tenderfoot*, trainee, volunteer; concepts 348,358 recruit [v] gather resources augment, better, build up, call to arms, call up, deliver, draft, engage, enlist, enroll, ll up, nd human resources, gain, impress, improve, induct, levy, mobilize, muster, obtain, procure, proselytize, raise, reanimate, recoup, recover, recuperate, refresh, regain, reinforce, renew, repair, replenish, repossess, restore, retrieve, revive, round up, select, sign on, sign up, store up, strengthen, supply, take in, take on, win over; concepts 41,109,120,320 rectify [v] correct a situation; make something right adjust, amend, clean up, clean up act*, debug, dial back*, doctor, emend, x, x up, go over, improve, launder, make good*, make up for*, mend, pay ones dues*, pick up, put right, recalibrate, redress, reform, remedy, repair, revise, right, scrub, shape up, square, straighten out, straighten up, turn things around*; concept 126 Ant. damage, ruin, worsen recumbent [adj] lying down decumbent, at, horizontal, level, procumbent, prostrate, reclining, resupine, sprawling, supine; concept 583 recuperate [v] improve in health ameliorate, be on the mend*, be out of the woods*, bounce back*, convalesce, gain, get back on ones feet*, get better, get well, heal, look up, make a comeback*, mend, perk up*, pick up, pull out of it*, pull through, rally, recover, regain health, snap out of it*, turn the corner*; concepts 303,700 Ant. decline, deteriorate, fail, worsen recur [v] happen again; repeat in ones mind be remembered, be repeated, come again, come and go, come back, crop up again*, haunt thoughts*, iterate, persist, reappear, recrudesce, reiterate, repeat, return, return to mind, revert, run through ones mind*, turn back; concepts 3,242 Ant. halt, stop recurrent [adj] repeating alternate, chain, continued, cyclical, frequent, habitual, intermittent,

isochronal, isochronous, periodic, periodical, recurring, regular, reoccurring, repeated, repetitive, rolling; concepts 541,544 Ant. halted, infrequent, permanent, prevented, stopped recycle [v] reuse convert, reclaim, recover, reprocess, salvage, save; concept 134 red [n/adj] color of blood; shade resembling such a color bittersweet, bloodshot, blooming, blush, brick, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, cerise, cherry, chestnut, claret, copper, coral, crimson, dahlia, aming, orid, ushed, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, glowing, healthy, inamed, infrared, magenta, maroon, pink, puce, rose, roseate, rosy, rubicund, ruby, ruddy, rufescent, russet, rust, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, titian, vermilion, wine; concepts 618,622 redden [v] blush, make rosy bloody, color, crimson, dye, ush, glow, go red, incarnadine, mantle, paint, pink, pinken, rose, rouge, rubify, rubric, rubricate, ruby, ruddle, ruddy, rust, suffuse, tint, turn red; concepts 250,469 Ant. lighten, pale redeem [v1] recover possession buy back, buy off, call in, cash, cash in, change, cover, defray, discharge, exchange, get back, make good, pay off, purchase, ransom, recapture, reclaim, recoup, regain, reinstate, repay, replevin, replevy, repossess, repurchase, restore, retrieve, settle, take in, trade in, win back; concepts 104,131,327 Ant. forfeit, lose redeem [v2] free; buy the freedom of deliver, disenthrall, disimprison, emancipate, extricate, liberate, loose, manumit, pay ransom, ransom, release, rescue, save, set free, unbind, unchain, unfetter; concepts 127,327 Ant. abandon, forfeit redeem [v3] atone for; compensate abide by, absolve, acquit, adhere to, balance, carry out, compensate, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, defray, discharge, fulll, hold to, keep, keep the faith*, make amends, make good, make up for, meet, offset, outweigh, perform, redress, rehabilitate, reinstate, restore, satisfy, save, set off; concepts 91,126 Ant. disregard, ignore redeeming [adj] offsetting compensating, compensatory, extenuating, extenuatory, qualifying, redemptive, saving; concept 537 red herring [n] distraction attention-grabber, bait, commotion, deviation, disturbance, diversion, gimmick, interruption, maneuver, ploy, smoke screen, wild-goose chase*; concepts 293,410,532,690 redneck [n] hick backwoodsman/woman, boor, bumpkin, clodhopper, cornfed*, country boy/girl, country cousin*, countryman/woman, farmer, good old boy*, hayseed*, hillbilly, local yokel*, rube, rural, rustic, yokel*; concept 413 redolent [adj] aromatic; suggestive ambrosial, balmy, evocative, fragrant, odoriferous, perfumed, pungent, remindful, reminiscent, scented, sweet-smelling; concepts 267,529,598 redress [n] help, compensation aid, amendment, amends, assistance, atonement, balancing, change, conciliation, correction, cure, ease, indemnity, justice, offsetting, payment, quittance, recompense, rectication, reestablishment, reformation, rehabilitation, relief, remedy, remission, remodeling, renewal,

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repair, reparation, reprisal, requital, restitution, retribution, return, revision, reward, reworking, satisfaction, vengeance; concepts 344,712 Ant. hurt, injury redress [v] change, rectify adjust, amend, annul, balance, cancel, compensate, correct, counteract, countercheck, dial back*, ease, even out, frustrate, make amends, make reparation, make restitution, make up for, mend, negate, negative, neutralize, pay for, pay ones dues*, put right*, recalibrate, recompense, reform, regulate, relieve, remedy, repair, restore, revise, square, turn around, turn over new leaf*, turn things around*, vindicate; concepts 126,697 Ant. worsen red tape [n] bureaucracy authority, city hall*, government, management, ofcialdom, ofcialism, powers that be*, proper channels, regulatory commission, the Establishment*, the system*; concepts 325,770 reduce [v1] make less; decrease abate, abridge, bankrupt, bant, break, cheapen, chop, clip, contract, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, debase, deate, depreciate, depress, diet, dilute, diminish, discount, drain, dwindle, go on a diet*, impair, impoverish, lessen, lose weight, lower, mark down, moderate, nutshell, pare, pauperize, rebate, recede, roll back, ruin, scale down, shave, shorten, slash, slim, slow down, step down, take off weight, taper, taper off, tone down, trim, truncate, turn down, weaken, wind down; concepts 137,236,240,247,698 Ant. expand, extend, grow, increase, raise, upgrade reduce [v2] defeat bear down, beat down, break, bring, conquer, cripple, crush, disable, drive, enfeeble, force, master, overcome, overpower, ruin, subdue, subjugate, undermine, vanquish, weaken; concept 95 Ant. win reduce [v3] humble, humiliate abase, break, bring low, bump*, bust*, declass, degrade, demerit, demote, disgrade, disrate, downgrade, lower, take down a peg*; concepts 7,19,384 Ant. invigorate, raise, strengthen redundant [adj] excessive; repetitious bombastic, de trop*, diffuse, extra, extravagant, inessential, inordinate, iterating, long-winded*, loquacious, oratorical, padded*, palaverous, periphrastic, pleonastic, prolix, reiterating, spare, supererogatory, superuous, supernumerary, surplus, tautological, unnecessary, unwanted, verbose, wordy; concepts 553,781 Ant. concise, essential, single, singular reef [n] underwater or partially submerged ledge atoll, bank, bar, beach, cay, coral reef, ridge, rock, rock barrier, sand bar, shoal, skerry; concept 509 reek [n] strong odor efuvium, fetor, mephitis, smell, stench, stink; concept 600 reek [v] smell of; be characterized by be permeated by, be redolent of, emit, fume, give off odor, have an odor, smell, smoke, steam, stench, stink; concept 600 reel [v] wobble; spin around bob, careen, falter, feel giddy, go around, lurch, pitch, revolve, rock, roll, shake, stagger, stumble, sway, swim, swing, swirl, teeter, titubate, totter, turn, twirl, waver, weave, wheel, whirl; concepts 151,153 refer [v1] mention accredit, adduce, advert, allude, ascribe, assign, associate, attribute,

bring up, charge, cite, credit, designate, direct attention, excerpt, exemplify, extract, give as example, glance, hint, impute, indicate, insert, instance, interpolate, introduce, invoke, lay, make allusion, make mention of, make reference, name, notice, point, point out, put down to, quote, speak about, speak of, specify, touch on; concept 73 refer [v2] direct, guide commit, consign, deliver, hand in, hand over, introduce, pass on, point, put in touch, recommend, relegate, send, submit, transfer, turn over; concepts 143,187 Ant. hold back refer [v3] concern, apply answer, appertain, be about, be a matter of, bear upon, be directed to, belong, be relevant, connect, correspond with, cover, deal with, encompass, have a bearing on, have reference, have relation, have to do with, hold, include, incorporate, involve, pertain, point, regard, relate, take in, touch; concept 532 refer [v4] seek information advise, apply, commune, confer, consult, go, have recourse, look up, recur, repair, resort, run, turn, turn to; concepts 72,216 referee [n] person who mediates, judges adjudicator, arbiter, arbitrator, conciliator, judge, ref*, umpire; concepts 348,366 referee [v] judge, mediate adjudge, adjudicate, arbitrate, umpire; concept 18 reference [n1] remark, citation advertence, allusion, associating, attributing, bringing up, connecting, hint, implication, indicating, innuendo, insinuation, mention, mentioning, note, plug*, pointing out, quotation, relating, resource, source, stating; concept 278 reference [n2] testimonial of good character certicate, certication, character, credentials, endorsement, good word, recommendation, tribute; concepts 69,274 reference [n3] printed matter with information archives, cyclopedia, dictionary, encyclopedia, evidence, source, thesaurus, writing; concepts 271,280 rene [v1] purify clarify, cleanse, distill, lter, process, rarefy, strain; concept 165 Ant. corrupt, dirty, pollute rene [v2] perfect, polish better, civilize, clarify, cultivate, elevate, explain, hone, improve, make clear, round, sleek, slick, smooth, temper; concept 244 Ant. damage, ruin rened [adj1] cultured, civilized aesthetic, civil, classy*, courteous, courtly, cultivated, delicate, discerning, discriminating, elegant, enlightened, exact, fastidious, ne, nespun, genteel, gracious, high-brow*, high-minded, nice, plush, polished, polite, posh, precise, punctilious, restrained, ritzy*, sensitive, snazzy*, sophisticated, spiffy*, suave, sublime, subtle, swanky*, tasteful, urbane, well-bred, well-mannered; concepts 401,555,589 Ant. uncivilized, uncultured, unrened, unsophisticated rened [adj2] cleaned of impurities aerated, boiled down, claried, clean, cleansed, distilled, drained, expurgated, ltered, processed, pure, puried, rareed, strained, washed; concept 621 Ant. corrupt, dirtied, polluted renement [n1] cleansing clarication, cleaning, depuration, detersion, distillation, draining,

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ltering, processing, purication, rarefaction, rectication; concept 165 Ant. corruption, dirtying, pollution renement [n2] cultivation, civilization affability, civility, courtesy, courtliness, delicacy, dignity, discrimination, elegance, enlightenment, erudition, fastidiousness, neness, ne point*, nesse, ne tuning*, nish, gentility, gentleness, good breeding, good manners, grace, graciousness, knowledge, lore, nicety, nuance, polish, politeness, politesse, precision, sophistication, style, suavity, subtlety, tact, taste, urbanity; concepts 388,633,655 Ant. bad manners, crudeness, rudeness reect [v1] give back cast, catch, copy, echo, emulate, ash, follow, give forth, imitate, match, mirror, rebound, repeat, repercuss, reply, reproduce, resonate, resound, return, reverberate, reverse, revert, shine, take after, throw back; concepts 65,171,624 reect [v2] think about cerebrate, chew*, cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, meditate, mull over, muse, ponder, reason, ruminate, speculate, stew*, study, think, weigh, wonder; concepts 17,24 Ant. disregard, ignore reect [v3] demonstrate, indicate bear out, bespeak, communicate, display, evince, exhibit, express, indicate, manifest, reveal, show; concept 261 reection [n1] thought, thinking absorption, brainwork, cerebration, cogitation, consideration, contemplation, deliberation, idea, imagination, impression, meditation, musing, observation, opinion, pensiveness, pondering, rumination, speculation, study, view; concepts 17,24 reection [n2] mirror image appearance, counterpart, duplicate, echo, idea, image, impression, light, likeness, picture, representation, reproduction, shadow; concept 628 reection [n3] criticism animadversion, aspersion, blame, censure, derogation, discredit, disesteem, imputation, obloquy, reproach, slam, slur, stricture; concept 52 Ant. praise reective [adj] thoughtful cogitating, contemplative, deliberate, meditative, pensive, pondering, reasoning, ruminative, speculative, studious; concept 403 Ant. ignorant, unthoughtful reform [v] correct, rectify ameliorate, amend, better, bring up to code*, change ones ways*, clean up, clean up ones act*, convert, correct, cure, emend, go straight*, improve, make amends, make over, mend, rearrange, rebuild, reclaim, reconstitute, reconstruct, redeem, refashion, regenerate, rehabilitate, remake, remedy, remodel, renew, renovate, reorganize, repair, resolve, restore, revise, revolutionize, rework, shape up, standardize, swear off, transform, turn over a new leaf*, uplift; concepts 35,110,126,202 Ant. hurt, impair, worsen reformatory [n] reform school boot camp*, cooler*, correctional facility, correctional institution, jail, penal institution, penitentiary, prison, training school; concepts 439,449,516 refrain [n] chorus of musical piece burden, melody, music, song, strain, theme, tune, undersong; concepts 264,595 refrain [v] do without; keep from doing abstain,

arrest, avoid, be temperate, cease, check, curb, desist, eschew, forbear, forgo, give up, go on the wagon*, halt, inhibit, interrupt, keep, leave off, not do, pass, pass up, quit, renounce, resist, restrain, sit out*, stop, take the cure*, take the pledge*, withhold; concepts 121,681 Ant. do, go ahead, jump in refresh [v] make like new; give new life brace, breathe new life into, bring around, brush up, cheer, cool, enliven, exhilarate, freshen, inspirit, jog, modernize, prod, prompt, quicken, reanimate, recreate, regain, reinvigorate, rejuvenate, renovate, repair, replenish, restore, resuscitate, revitalize, revive, revivify, stimulate, update, vivify; concepts 35,202,697 Ant. damage, ruin refreshing [adj] new; rejuvenating bracing, cooling, different, energizing, exhilarating, fresh, invigorating, novel, original, restorative, restoring, revitalizing, revivifying, stimulating, thirst-quenching, unique; concepts 564,578, 797 refreshment [n] small amount of food or drink bite, pick-me-up*, snack, spread, tidbit; concept 457 refrigerate [v] chill, usually in storage aircondition, air-cool, cool, freeze, ice, keep cold, make cold; concepts 202,255 Ant. heat, warm refuge [n] place to hide, have privacy ambush, anchorage, asylum, cover, covert, den, escape, exit, expedient, fortress, harbor, harborage, haven, hideaway, hideout, hiding place, hole, home, immunity, ivory tower*, makeshift, opening, outlet, port, preserve, protection, recourse, resort, resource, retreat, safe place, sanctuary, security, shelter, shield, stopgap*, stronghold, way out*; concepts 198,515 refugee [n] person running from something, often oppression alien, boat person*, castaway, defector, derelict, deserter, displaced person, DP*, emigrant, migr, escapee, evacuee, exile, expatriate, expellee, foreigner, foundling, fugitive, homeless person, leper, maroon, outcast, outlaw, prodigal, renegade, runaway, stateless person; concepts 359,413 refund [n] returned money acquittance, allowance, compensation, consolation, discharge, discount, give-back*, give-up*, kickback, money back, payment, rebate, reimbursement, remuneration, repayment, restitution, retribution, return, satisfaction, settlement; concepts 340,344 refund [v] return money; rebate adjust, balance, compensate, give back, honor a claim, indemnify, make amends, make good*, make repayment, make up for, pay back, recompense, recoup, redeem, redress, reimburse, relinquish, remit, remunerate, repay, restore, reward, settle; concept 341 refurbish [v] spruce up clean up, do up*, x up, gussy up*, mend, modernize, overhaul, recondition, redo, reequip, ret, refresh, rehab, rehabilitate, rejuvenate, remodel, renew, renovate, repair, restore, retread, revamp, set to rights, spruce, update; concepts 177, 202 Ant. destroy, ruin refusal [n] denial of responsibility; unwillingness abnegation, ban, choice, cold shoulder*,

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declension, declination, deance, disallowance, disapproval, disavowal, disclaimer, discountenancing, disfavor, dissent, enjoinment, exclusion, forbidding, interdiction, knockback*, negation, nix*, no, nonacceptance, noncompliance, nonconsent, option, pass*, prohibition, proscription, rebuff, refutation, regrets, rejection, renouncement, renunciation, repudiation, repulse, repulsion, reversal, thumbs down*, turndown, veto, withholding, writ; concepts 278,633 Ant. approval, grant, offer, ok, sanction refuse [n] garbage debris, dregs, dross, dump, dust, hogwash*, junk, leavings, litter, muck, offal, rejectamenta*, remains, residue, rubbish, scraps, scum*, sediment, slop*, sweepings, swill, trash, waste, waste matter; concept 260 Ant. assets, possessions, property refuse [v] deny; say no beg off, brush off*, decline, demur, desist, disaccord, disallow, disapprove, dispense with, dissent, dodge, evade, give thumbs down to*, hold back, hold off, hold out, ignore, make excuses, nix*, not budge, not budget, not buy*, not care to*, pass up, protest, rebuff, refuse to receive, regret, reject, repel, reprobate, repudiate, send off*, send regrets*, set aside*, shun, spurn, turn away, turn deaf ear to*, turn down, turn from, turn ones back on*, withdraw, withhold; concepts 30,49,266 Ant. accept, allow, approve, consent, grant, offer, ok, sanction refute [v] prove false; discredit abnegate, argue against, blow sky high*, break, burn, burn down, cancel, cancel out, confute, contend, contradict, contravene, convict, counter, crush, debate, demolish, disclaim, disconrm, dispose of, disprove, dispute, evert, explode, expose, gainsay, give the lie to*, give thumbs down to*, invalidate, negate, oppose, overthrow, parry, quash, rebut, reply to, repudiate, shoot down, shoot full of holes*, show up, silence, squelch, take a stand against, tear down*, top*; concept 54 Ant. endorse, prove, ratify, sanction, support regain [v] get back, get back to achieve, attain, compass, gain, get out from under, get well, make well, reach, reach again, reacquire, reattain, recapture, reclaim, recoup, recover, recruit, redeem, repossess, retake, retrieve, return to, save, take back, win back; concepts 120,124,131 Ant. forfeit, lose regal [adj] t for royalty august, glorious, imposing, kingly, magnicent, majestic, monarchial, monarchical, noble, proud, queenly, resplendent, royal, sovereign, splendid, stately, sublime; concept 589 Ant. common regale [v] throw a party; have fun amuse, delight, divert, entertain, feast, fracture, give a party, grab, gratify, have a get-together, laugh it up, nurture, party, please, ply, refresh, satisfy, serve, toss a party; concepts 292,384 regard [n1] attention, look care, carefulness, cognizance, concern, consciousness, curiosity, gaze, glance, heed, interest, interestedness, mark, mind, note, notice, observance, observation, once-over*, remark, scrutiny, stare, view; concepts 596,623,626,690 Ant. disregard, ignorance, neglect regard [n2] affection, good opinion account,

appreciation, approbation, approval, attachment, care, cherishing, concern, consideration, curiosity, deference, devotion, esteem, estimation, favor, fondness, homage, honor, interest, interestedness, liking, love, note, opinion, prizing, reputation, repute, respect, reverence, satisfaction, store, sympathy, thought, value, valuing, veneration, worship; concepts 10, 532, 689 Ant. dislike, disregard, disrespect, hate regard [n3] feature, detail aspect, bearing, concern, connection, item, matter, particular, point, reference, relation, relevance, respect; concepts 532,644 regard [v1] look at; listen to advertise, attend, beam, behold, contemplate, eye, eyeball*, ash, gaze, get a load of*, give attention, heed, look on, mark, mind, note, notice, observe, overlook, pay attention, pipe*, pore over*, read, remark, respect, scan, scrutinize, see, spy, stare at, take into consideration, take notice of, view, watch, witness; concepts 596,623,626 Ant. disregard, ignore, look away regard [v2] believe, judge account, adjudge, admire, assay, assess, consider, deem, esteem, estimate, look upon, rate, reckon, respect, revere, see, suppose, surmise, think, treat, value, view; concepts 10,12 Ant. disbelieve, disregard regard [v3] have something to do with apply to, bear upon, be relevant to, concern, have a bearing on, have to do with*, interest, pertain to, refer to, relate to; concept 532 regardful [adj] attentive, observant advertent, arrect, aware, careful, considerate, deferential, duteous, dutiful, heedful, intentive, mindful, observative, observing, respectful, thoughtful, watchful; concept 401 Ant. disregarding, ignorant, inattentive, unobservant regardless [adj] indifferent, unconcerned behindhand, blind, careless, coarse, crude, deaf, delinquent, derelict, disregarding, heedless, inadvertent, inattentive, inconsiderate, insensitive, lax, listless, mindless, neglectful, negligent, nonobservant, rash, reckless, remiss, rude, slack, unfeeling, unheeding, uninterested, unmindful; concept 401 Ant. attentive, concerned, heedful regardless [adv] despite everything against, although, anyway, aside from, at any cost, but, come what may, despite, distinct from, for all that, in any case, in spite of everything, leaving aside, nevertheless, no matter what, nonetheless, notwithstanding, without considering, without regard to; concepts 544,548 Ant. irregardless regards [n] best wishes commendations, compliments, deference, devoirs, good wishes, greeting, love, love and kisses*, remembrances, respects, salutation, salutations; concept 278 regenerate [v] breathe new life into change, exhilarate, inspirit, invigorate, produce, raise from the dead*, reanimate, reawaken, reconstruct, recreate, reestablish, refresh, reinvigorate, rejuvenate, renew, renovate, reproduce, restore, revive, revivify, uplift; concepts 7,22,173,202,251 Ant. destroy, kill, ruin regime [n] leadership of organization administration, dynasty, establishment, government,

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incumbency, management, pecking order*, reign, rule, system, tenure; concepts 299,325 regimented [adj] strictly regulated controlled, disciplined, ordered, orderly, organized, strict, systematic, uniform; concepts 94,117 Ant. free, varied region [n] area, domain; scope arena, bailiwick, belt, block, clearing, country, demesne, district, division, domain, dominion, environs, expanse, eld, ghetto, ground, inner city, jungle, land, locale, locality, neck of woods*, neighborhood, part, place, precinct, province, quarter, range, realm, scene, section, sector, shire, sphere, stomping ground*, suburb, terrain, territory, tract, turf*, vicinity, walk, ward, world, zone; concepts 198,508,512 register [n] list, record annals, archives, book, catalog, catalogue, chronicle, diary, entry, le, ledger, log, memorandum, registry, roll, roll call, roster, schedule, scroll; concept 281 register [v1] enter in list, record catalogue, check in, chronicle, enlist, enroll, le, inscribe, join, list, note, record, schedule, set down, sign on, sign up, sign up for, subscribe, take down, weigh in; concepts 79,114,125 Ant. eradicate, erase register [v2] indicate, reveal be shown, bespeak, betray, disclose, display, exhibit, express, manifest, mark, point out, point to, read, record, reect, say, show; concept 261 register [v3] make an impression come home to, dawn on, get through to, have an effect on, impress, sink in, tell; concepts 7,19,22 regress [v] return to earlier way of doing things backslide, degenerate, deteriorate, ebb, fall away, fall back, fall off, go back, lapse, lose ground, recede, relapse, retreat, retrogress, revert, roll back, sink, throw back, turn back; concepts 633,698 Ant. develop, grow, progress regret [n] upset over past action afiction, anguish, annoyance, apologies, apology, bitterness, care, compunction, concern, conscience, contrition, demur, disappointment, discomfort, dissatisfaction, dole, grief, heartache, heartbreak, lamentation, misgiving, nostalgia, pang, penitence, qualm, regretfulness, remorse, repentance, ruefulness, scruple, self-accusation, self-condemnation, self-disgust, self-reproach, sorrow, uneasiness, woe, worry; concepts 21,410 Ant. contentedness, happiness, satisfaction regret [v] be upset about apologize, be disturbed, bemoan, be sorry for, bewail, cry over*, cry over spilled milk*, deplore, deprecate, disapprove, feel remorse, feel sorry, feel uneasy, grieve, have compunctions*, have qualms*, kick oneself*, lament, look back, miss, moan, mourn, repent, repine, rue, weep, weep over; concepts 21,410 Ant. be content, be satised regretful [adj] sad, sorry apologetic, ashamed, attritional, compunctious, contrite, disappointed, mournful, penitent, remorseful, repentant, rueful, sorrowful; concept 403 Ant. content, happy, not guilty, satised regrettable [adj] unfortunate, wrong afictive, calamitous, deplorable, dire, disappointing, distressing, dreadful, grievous, heartbreaking, ill-advised, lamentable, pitiable, pitiful, sad,

shameful, unfavorable, unhappy, woeful; concepts 548,571 Ant. blessed, fortunate, happy, lucky, right regular [adj1] normal, common approved, bona de, classic, commonplace, correct, customary, daily, established, everyday, formal, general, habitual, lawful, legitimate, natural, ofcial, ordinary, orthodox, prevailing, prevalent, proper, routine, run-of-the-mill*, sanctioned, standard, time-honored, traditional, typic, typical, unexceptional, unvarying, usual; concepts 530,533,547 Ant. abnormal, anomalous, eccentric, extraordinary, irregular, rare, uncommon, unusual regular [adj2] orderly, consistent, balanced accordant, alternating, arranged, automatic, classied, congruous, consonant, constant, cyclic, dependable, efcient, established, even, exact, expected, xed, at, formal, harmonious, in order, invariable, level, measured, mechanical, methodical, momentary, ordered, organized, patterned, periodic, precise, probable, punctual, rational, recurrent, regulated, rhythmic, routine, serial, set, smooth, standardized, stated, steady, straight, successive, symmetrical, systematic, uniform; concepts 326,544, 566,585 Ant. changing, disorderly, imbalanced, inconsistent, infrequent, irregular, unsteady, variable regulate [v] manage, organize adapt, adjust, administer, allocate, arrange, balance, classify, conduct, control, coordinate, correct, determine, direct, dispose, t, x, govern, guide, handle, improve, legislate, measure, methodize, moderate, modulate, monitor, order, oversee, pull things together*, put in order, readjust, reconcile, rectify, rule, run, set, settle, shape up*, square, standardize, straighten up, superintend, supervise, systematize, temper, time, true, tune, tune up*; concepts 94,117 Ant. deregulate, disorganize, mismanage regulation [n1] managing, organizing adjustment, administration, arrangement, classication, codication, control, coordination, direction, governance, governing, government, guidance, handling, management, moderation, modulation, reconciliation, regimentation, reorganization, settlement, standardization, superintendence, supervision, systematization, tuning; concepts 94,117 Ant. deregulation, disorganization, mismanagement regulation [n2] rule, requirement bible, book, canon, chapter and verse*, code, commandment, decree, decretum, dictate, direction, edict, law, no-nos*, numbers, order, ordinance, precept, prescript, principle, procedure, reg*, standing order, statute; concepts 318,688 Ant. lawlessness regurgitate [v] vomit be seasick*, be sick, boff*, drive the bus*, dry heave*, eject, emit, expel, gag*, heave*, hurl*, lose ones lunch*, pray to the porcelain god*, puke*, ralph*, retch, spew, spit up, throw up, toss ones cookies*, upchuck*, urp*; concepts 179, 185,308 rehabilitate [v] renovate, adjust change, clear, convert, x up, furbish, improve, make good*, mend, rebuild, reclaim, recondition, reconstitute, reconstruct, recover, redeem, reestablish, reform, refurbish, rehab*, reinstate, reintegrate,

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reinvigorate, rejuvenate, renew, restitute, restore, save; concepts 35,126,134,202 Ant. destroy, hurt, ruin rehash [v] talk over again change, discuss, reiterate, repeat, rephrase, restate, reuse, rework, rewrite, say again, state differently; concept 56 Ant. deny, refuse rehearsal [n] preparation for performance call, description, drill, dry run*, experiment, going-over, practice, practice session, prep*, reading, readying, recital, recitation, recounting, rehearsing, relation, retelling, run-through, shakedown*, test ight*, trial balloon*, trial performance, tryout, workout; concepts 264, 292,363 Ant. cold turkey rehearse [v] prepare for performance act, depict, describe, do over, drill, dry run*, experiment, go over, go through, hold a reading*, hone, iterate, learn ones part, narrate, practice, ready, recapitulate, recite, recount, reenact, reiterate, relate, repeat, review, run lines, run through, study, take from the top*, tell, test, train, try out, tune up, walk through*, warm up, work out; concepts 266,292,363 Ant. go cold turkey reign [n] rule, dominion administration, ascendancy, command, control, dynasty, empire, hegemony, incumbency, inuence, monarchy, power, regime, sovereignty, supremacy, sway, tenure; concepts 198,376 reign [v] have power over; prevail administer, be in power, be in the drivers seat*, be supreme, boss, command, dominate, domineer, govern, head up, helm, hold power, hold sway*, inuence, manage, obtain, occupy, overrule, predominate, preponderate, rule, rule the roost*, run the show*, run things*, sit, superabound, wear the crown*; concepts 117,298 Ant. serve, submit reimburse [v] pay back something owed balance, compensate, indemnify, make reparations, make up for, offset, pay, recompense, recover, refund, remunerate, repay, requite, restore, return, square, square up; concept 341 Ant. take rein [n] restraint, control bit, brake, bridle, check, curb, deterrent, governor, halter, harness, hold, line, restriction, strap; concept 499 rein [v] restrain, control bridle, check, collect, compose, cool, curb, halt, hold, hold back, limit, repress, restrict, simmer down, slow down, smother, suppress; concept 130 Ant. free, let go reinforce [v] strengthen, augment add fuel to re*, add to, back up, beef up*, bolster, boost, build up, buttress, carry, emphasize, energize, enlarge, fortify, harden, heat up, hype, increase, lend a hand, multiply, pick up, pillar, prop, prop up, punch up, shore up, soup up*, stand up for, stiffen, stress, stroke, supplement, support, sustain, toughen, underline; concepts 5,236,245,250 Ant. subtract, take away, undermine, weaken reinstate [v] give back responsibility bring back, put back, put in power again, recall, redeem, reelect, reestablish, rehabilitate, rehire, reintroduce, reinvest, renew, replace, restore, return, revive; concepts 351,384 Ant. re, let go

reiterate [v] say or do again come again, ditto*, double-check, echo, go over again, ingeminate, iterate, play back, recap*, recapitulate, recheck, rehash, renew, repeat, reprise, resay, restate, retell, rewarn, say again; concepts 100,171,266 Ant. take back reject [v] say no to burn*, cashier*, cast aside, cast off, cast out, chuck, decline, deny, despise, disallow, disbelieve, discard, discount, discredit, disdain, dismiss, eliminate, exclude*, give thumbs down to*, jettison, jilt, kill*, nix*, not buy*, pass by, pass on, pass up, put down, rebuff, refuse, renounce, repel, reprobate, repudiate, repulse, scoff, scorn, scout, scrap, second, shed, shoot down*, shun, slough, spurn, throw away, throw out, turn down, veto; concepts 21,30,180 Ant. accept, allow, approve, choose, ratify, sanction rejection [n] denial, refusal bounce, brushoff*, cold shoulder*, disallowance, dismissal, elimination, exclusion, hard time*, kick in teeth*, nix*, no dice*, no go*, nothing doing*, no way*, pass*, rebuff, renunciation, repudiation, slap in the face*, thumbs down*, turndown, veto; concepts 21,30,180 Ant. acceptance, allowance, approval, choice, ratication, sanction rejoice [v] be very happy about something be glad, be overjoyed, celebrate, delight, enjoy, exult, feel happy, glory, joy, jump for joy, make merry, revel, triumph; concept 410 Ant. be sad rejoinder [n] answer, reply comeback, confutation, counteraccusation, counterargument, countercharge, counterclaim, counterstatement, defense, rebuttal, repartee, response, retort, return, wisecrack; concepts 274,278 rejuvenate [v] make new again breathe new life into*, do, do up*, exhilarate, give face lift to*, give new life to, make young again, modernize, reanimate, reclaim, recondition, reconstruct, recover, refresh, refurbish, regenerate, rehab, reinvigorate, renew, renovate, restitute, restore, retread, revitalize, revivify, spruce, spruce up*, update; concepts 35,202 Ant. destroy, kill, ruin relapse [n] deterioration, weakening backsliding, fall, fall from grace*, lapse, loss, recidivism, recurrence, regression, repetition, retrogression, return, reversion, setback, turn for the worse*, worsening; concept 698 Ant. healing, progress, strengthening relapse [v] deteriorate, weaken backslide, be overcome, be overtaken, degenerate, fade, fail, fall, fall back, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, revert, sicken, sink, slide back, slip back, suffer, turn back, worsen; concept 698 Ant. get better, heal, progress, strengthen relate [v1] give an account of break a story*, chronicle, clue one in*, depict, describe, detail, disclose, divulge, express, get off ones chest*, give the word*, impart, itemize, lay it on the line*, let ones hair down*, narrate, particularize, picture, present, recite, recount, rehearse, report, retell, reveal, run down, run through, set forth, shoot the breeze*, sling*, spill, spill the beans*, spin a yarn*, state, tell, track, verbalize; concept 55 Ant. conceal, hide

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relate [v2] correlate, pertain affect, ally, appertain, apply, ascribe, assign, associate, bear upon, be joined with, be relevant to, bracket, combine, compare, concern, conjoin, connect, consociate, coordinate, correspond to, couple, credit, have reference to, have to do with, identify with, impute, interconnect, interdepend, interrelate, join, link, orient, orientate, pertain, refer, tie in with, touch, unite, yoke; concept 532 Ant. dissociate related [adj] connected, accompanying afliated, agnate, akin, alike, allied, analogous, associated, cognate, complementary, concomitant, connate, connatural, consanguine, convertible, correlated, correspondent, dependent, enmeshed, fraternal, germane, incident, interchangeable, interconnected, interdependent, interrelated, intertwined, interwoven, in the same category, in touch with, joint, knit together*, like, linked, mutual, of that ilk, parallel, pertinent, reciprocal, relevant, similar, tied up; concepts 487,573,577 Ant. alien, different, disassociated, disconnected, dissimilar, foreign, unrelated relation [n] connection, family connection afliation, afnity, alliance, association, consanguinity, kin, kindred, kinship, kinsperson, liaison, propinquity, relationship, relative, sibling, similarity; concepts 296,414,421,714 relationship [n] connection; friendship accord, affair, afliation, afnity, alliance, analogy, appositeness, association, bond, communication, conjunction, consanguinity, consociation, contact, contingency, correlation, dependence, dependency, exchange, homogeneity, hookup, interconnection, interrelation, interrelationship, kinship, liaison, likeness, link, marriage, nearness, network, parallel, pertinence, pertinency, proportion, rapport, ratio, relation, relativity, relevance, similarity, tie, tie-in, tie-up; concepts 388,714 relative [adj1] comparative, respective about, allied, analogous, approximate, associated, concerning, conditional, connected, contingent, corresponding, dependent, in regard to, near, parallel, proportionate, reciprocal, referring, related, relating to, reliant, with respect to; concept 563 Ant. disproportionate, irrelevant, irrespective, unequal relative [adj2] pertinent, applicable apposite, appropriate, appurtenant, apropos, contingent, dependent, germane, pertaining, referring, related, relevant; concept 558 Ant. irrelevant, separate, unrelated relative [n] member of a family agnate, aunt, blood, brother-in-law, clansperson, cognate, connection, cousin, father, father-in-law, folk, folks, grandparents, great-grandparents, in-laws, kinsperson, mother, mother-in-law, nephew, niece, relation, sib*, sibling, sisterin-law, stepbrother, stepparent, stepsister, uncle; concept 414 relatively [adv] in or by comparison almost, approximately, comparably, comparatively, nearly, proportionately, rather, somewhat, to some extent; concepts 544,772 relax [v1] be or feel at ease breathe easy*, calm, calm down*, collect oneself, compose oneself, cool off*, ease off, feel at home, hang loose*, knock off*, laze, let oneself go*, lie down,

loosen up, make oneself at home*, put ones feet up*, recline, repose, rest, settle back, simmer down*, sit around, sit back, soften, stop work, take a break*, take a breather*, take it easy*, take ones time*, take ten*, take time out*, tranquilize, unbend, unlax*, unwind; concept 210 Ant. agitate, excite, tense, worry relax [v2] diminish, lessen abate, ease, ease off, ebb, lax, let up, loose, loosen, lose speed, lower, mitigate, moderate, modify, modulate, reduce, relieve, remit, slack, slacken, slow, slow down, untighten, weaken; concepts 240,698 Ant. grow, increase relaxation [n] entertainment; resting or recovering alleviation, amusement, assuagement, diversion, enjoyment, fun, leisure, loosening, mitigation, pleasure, reclining, recreation, refreshment, relief, repose, requiescence, rest; concepts 210,292,363 Ant. intensication, labor, work relay [v] pass on, transmit broadcast, carry, communicate, deliver, hand down, hand on, hand over, send, send forth, spread, transfer, turn over; concept 143 Ant. check, hold on, keep release [n1] delivery; dispensation absolution, acquittal, acquittance, charge, clemency, commute, deliverance, discharge, emancipation, exemption, exoneration, oater, freedom, freeing, let-off*, liberation, liberty, lifeboat, lifesaver, manumission, relief, spring, turnout, walkout; concepts 127,685 Ant. check, collection, gathering, hold release [n2] publication announcement, ash*, handout, issue, leak, news, notice, offering, proclamation, propaganda, publicity, story; concepts 271,280 release [v] let go, let out absolve, acquit, bail out, cast loose, clear, commute, deliver, discharge, disengage, dispense, drop, emancipate, exculpate, excuse, exempt, exonerate, extricate, free, give off, give out, go easy on, issue, leak, let off, let off steam*, let up on*, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, open up, set at large, set free, set loose, spring, surrender, take out, turn loose, turn out, unbind, unchain, undo, unfasten, unfetter, unleash, unloose, unshackle, untie, vent, wipe slate clean*, yield; concepts 50,60, 88, 127,143 Ant. collect, gather, hold, keep, maintain relegate [v1] assign, transfer accredit, charge, commend, commit, conde, consign, credit, delegate, entrust, hand over, pass on, refer, turn over; concepts 41,143 Ant. assume, hold, keep relegate [v2] banish, downgrade demote, deport, dismiss, displace, eject, exile, expatriate, expel, expulse, lag, ostracize, remove, throw out, transport; concepts 30, 121,211 Ant. promote, upgrade relent [v] die down; let up acquiesce, be merciful, capitulate, cave in*, change ones mind, come around, comply, cool it*, cry uncle*, die away, drop, ease, ease off, ease up on*, ebb, fall, fold, forbear, give in, give quarter*, give some slack*, give up, give way, go along with, go easy on*, have mercy, have pity, lay back, let go, let it happen*, lighten up*, mellow out*, melt, moderate, quit, relax, say uncle*, show

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mercy, slacken, slow, soften, subside, wane, weaken, yield; concepts 35,698,776 Ant. build, increase, rise relentless [adj1] cruel, merciless adamant, bound, bound and determined, dead set on*, determined, dogged, ferocious, erce, go for broke*, grim, hang in*, hang-tough*, hard, harsh, implacable, inexorable, inexible, inhuman, mortal, obdurate, pitiless, remorseless, rigid, rigorous, ruthless, single-minded, stiff, stop at nothing, strict, stringent, unappeasable, unbending, uncompromising, undeviating, uninching, unforgiving, unrelenting, unstoppable, unyielding, vindictive; concept 401 Ant. kind, merciful, sympathetic, understanding relentless [adj2] continuous, neverending incessant, nonstop, persistent, pertinacious, punishing, sustained, tenacious, unabated, unbroken, unfaltering, unagging, unrelenting, unrelieved, unremitting, unstoppable; concepts 326,534 Ant. ending, intermittent, stopping relevant [adj] appropriate; to the purpose accordant, admissible, ad rem, allowable, applicable, applicatory, apposite, appurtenant, apt, becoming, cognate, compatible, concerning, conformant, conforming, congruent, congruous, consistent, consonant, correlated, correspondent, t, tting, germane, harmonious, having direct bearing on, having to do with, important, material, on the button*, on the nose*, pat*, pertaining to, pertinent, pointful, proper, referring, related, relative, signicant, suitable, suited, to the point, weighty; concept 558 Ant. inappropriate, irrelevant, unsuitable reliable [adj] trustworthy candid, careful, certain, conscientious, constant, decent, decisive, denite, dependable, determined, devoted, faithful, rm, good, high-principled, honest, honorable, impeccable, incorrupt, loyal, okay, positive, predictable, proved, reputable, respectable, responsible, righteous, safe, sincere, solid, sound, stable, staunch, steadfast, steady, sterling, strong, sure, there, tried, tried-andtrue*, true, true-blue*, true-hearted, trusty, unequivocal, unfailing, unimpeachable, upright, veracious; concepts 535,542,544 Ant. deceptive, irresponsible, unreliable, untrustworthy reliance [n] condence assurance, belief, credence, credit, dependence, faith, hope, interdependence, interdependency, stock, trust; concept 689 Ant. disbelief, independence relic [n] something saved from the past antique, antiquity, archaism, artifact, curio, curiosity, evidence, fragment, heirloom, keepsake, memento, memorial, monument, remains, remembrance, remembrancer, reminder, remnant, residue, ruins, scrap, souvenir, survival, testimonial, token, trace, trophy, vestige; concept 446 relief [n] remedy, aid; relaxation abatement, allayment, alleviation, amelioration, appeasement, assistance, assuagement, balm, break, breather, cheer, comfort, comforting, consolation, contentment, cure, deliverance, diversion, ease, easement, extrication, x, hand, happiness, help, letup, lift, lightening, load off ones mind*, maintenance, mitigation, mollication, palliative, quick x*, refreshment, release, remission, reprieve, respite, rest, restfulness, satisfaction, softening, solace, succor, support,

sustenance; concepts 681,712 Ant. damage, hurt, injury, pain relieve [v1] make less painful; let up on abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, break, brighten, calm, comfort, console, cure, decrease, diminish, divert, dull, ease, free, interrupt, lighten, mitigate, moderate, mollify, palliate, qualify, quiet, relax, salve, slacken, soften, solace, soothe, subdue, take load off ones chest*, take load off ones mind*, temper, vary; concepts 244,700 Ant. harm, hurt, injure, pain relieve [v2] help; give assistance aid, assist, bring aid, give a break*, give a hand*, give a rest, spell, stand in for, substitute for, succor, support, sustain, take over from, take the place of; concept 110 Ant. burden, discourage, hurt, trouble, upset, worry relieve [v3] remove blame, responsibility absolve, deliver, discharge, disembarrass, disencumber, dismiss, dispense, excuse, exempt, force to resign, free, let off, privilege, pull, release, spare, throw out, unburden, yank*; concepts 50,88,351 Ant. accuse, blame, condemn religion [n] belief in divinity; system of beliefs church, communion, creed, cult, denomination, devotion, doctrine, higher power, morality, myth, mythology, observance, orthodoxy, pietism, piety, prayer, preference, religiosity, rites, ritual, sacrice, sanctication, sect, spirituality, spiritual-mindedness, standards, superstition, theology, veneration; concepts 368,689 Ant. agnosticism, atheism, disbelief religious [adj1] concerning belief in divinity believing, born-again*, canonical, churchgoing, churchly, clerical, deistic, devotional, devout, divine, doctrinal, ecclesiastical, god-fearing, godly, holy, ministerial, moral, orthodox, pietistic, pious, pontical, prayerful, priestly, pure, reverent, righteous, sacerdotal, sacred, sacrosanct, saintlike, saintly, scriptural, sectarian, spiritual, supernatural, theistic, theological; concepts 536,545 Ant. agnostic, atheistic, irreligious, ungodly religious [adj2] conscientious, scrupulous exact, faithful, fastidious, meticulous, punctilious, rigid, rigorous, steadfast, unerring, unswerving; concept 538 Ant. careless, erring, indolent, lazy, undetailed relinquish [v] give up, let go abandon, abdicate, abnegate, back down, cast, cast off, cede, cut loose*, desert, discard, ditch*, drop, drop like hot potato*, drop out, dump*, forbear, forgo, forsake, forswear, hand over, kick, kiss goodbye*, lay aside, leave, opt out, quit, quit cold turkey*, release, renounce, repudiate, resign, retire from, sacrice, shed, stand down, surrender, swear off*, take the oath*, take the pledge*, vacate, waive, withdraw, yield; concepts 119,127,234 Ant. hold, keep, take relish [n] great appreciation of something appetite, bias, delectation, diversion, enjoying, enjoyment, fancy, air, avor, fondness, gusto, heart, leaning, liking, love, loving, palate, partiality, penchant, pleasure, predilection, prejudice, propensity, sapidity, sapor, savor, smack, stomach, tang, taste, zest; concepts 20,32 Ant. dislike, hate, hatred

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relish [v] look forward to; appreciate admire, be fond of, cherish, delight in, dig*, enjoy, fancy, go, go for*, like, luxuriate in, mind, prefer, revel in, savor, taste; concept 32 Ant. dislike, hate reluctant [adj] unenthusiastic, unwilling afraid, averse, backward, calculating, cautious, chary, circumspect, demurring, difdent, discouraged, disheartened, disinclined, grudging, hanging back, hesitant, hesitating, indisposed, involuntary, laggard, loath, opposed, queasy, recalcitrant, remiss, shy, slack, slow, squeamish, tardy, uncertain, uneager, wary; concept 401 Ant. anxious, eager, enthusiastic, ready, willing rely [v] have condence in await, bank, be condent of, believe in, be sure of, bet, bet bottom dollar on*, build, calculate, commit, conde, count, depend, entrust, expect, gamble on, have faith in, hope, lay money on*, lean, look, reckon, ride on coattails*, swear by*, trust; concepts 12,26 Ant. be independent, distrust, doubt remain [v] stay, wait abide, be left, bide, bivouac, bunk*, cling, continue, delay, dwell, endure, freeze, go on, halt, hang, hang out, hold over, hold the fort*, hover, inhabit, keep on, last, linger, live, lodge, make camp, nest, outlast, outlive, pause, perch, persist, prevail, put on hold, remain standing, reside, rest, roost, sit out, sit through, sit tight*, sojourn, squat, stand, stay behind, stay in, stay over, stay put, stick around, stop, survive, tarry, visit, wait; concepts 23,239,681,804 Ant. depart, forge, go, leave, move remainder [n] balance, residue bottom of barrel*, butt, carry-over, detritus, dregs, excess, fragment, garbage, hangover*, heel, junk, leavings, leftover, obverse, oddment, odds and ends*, overplus, refuse, relic, remains, remnant, residuum, rest, ruins, salvage, scrap, stump, surplus, trace, vestige, waste, wreck, wreckage; concepts 260,835 Ant. base, core remains [n] remaining part debris, detritus, leavings, leftovers, remainder, remnant, remnants, residue, rest, scraps; concept 260 remark [n] comment, observation acknowledgment, annotation, assertion, attention, back talk, bon mot*, cognizance, comeback, commentary, conclusion, consideration, crack*, declaration, elucidation, exegesis, explanation, explication, exposition, expression, gloss, heed, illustration, interpretation, mention, mind, note, notice, obiter dictum, observance, opinion, point, recognition, reection, regard, saying, statement, talk, thought, two cents worth*, utterance, wisecrack, witticism, word; concepts 51,278 Ant. silence remark [v] notice and comment animadvert, behold, catch, commentate, crack*, declare, descry, espy, heed, make out, mark, mention, mouth off*, note, observe, pass comment, perceive, pick up on, reect, regard, say, see, speak, spot, state, take note, take notice, utter, wisecrack; concepts 38,51,626 Ant. hold back, suppress remarkable [adj] extraordinary, unusual arresting, arrestive, conspicuous, curious, distinguished, exceptional, famous, gilt-edged*, greatest, important, impressive, marked, miraculous, momentous, notable, noteworthy,

noticeable, odd, outstanding, peculiar, phenomenal, preeminent, primo*, prominent, rare, salient, signal, signicant, singular, smashing, solid, splashy*, strange, striking, super, surprising, uncommon, uncustomary, unique, unordinary, unwonted, weighty, wicked*, wonderful, world class*, zero cool*; concept 574 Ant. normal, ordinary, typical, unremarkable, usual remedial [adj] healing, restorative alleviative, antidotal, antiseptic, corrective, curative, curing, healthful, health-giving, invigorating, medicating, medicinal, purifying, recuperative, reformative, remedying, repairing, restitutive, sanative, sanatory, solving, soothing, therapeutic, tonic, treating, vulnerary, wholesome; concept 537 Ant. damaging, harmful, hurtful, injurious remedy [n] cure, solution antidote, assistance, biologic, corrective, counteractant, counteraction, counteractive, counteragent, countermeasure, counterstep, cure-all*, drug, elixir, x, improvement, medicament, medicant, medicine, panacea, pharmaceutical, pharmacon, physic, pill, quick x*, redress, relief, restorative, support, therapy, treatment; concepts 307,311, 693,712 Ant. disease, injury, pain remedy [v] x, cure aid, alleviate, ameliorate, amend, assuage, attend, change, clean up, clean up ones act*, control, correct, debug*, doctor, ease, ddle with, x up, go over, heal, help, launder, make up for, mitigate, palliate, pick up, put right, recalibrate, rectify, redress, reform, relieve, renew, repair, restore, revise, right, scrub, set right, set to rights*, shape up, solve, soothe, square*, square up*, straighten out, treat, upgrade; concepts 126,212,310 Ant. get sick, harm, hurt, injure, worsen remember [v] keep in mind; summon into mind bear in mind, bethink, brood over, call to mind, call up, cite, commemorate, conjure up, dig into the past*, dwell upon, educe, elicit, enshrine, extract, x in the mind, ash on*, get, go back, have memories, hold dear*, keep forever, know by heart*, learn, look back, memorialize, memorize, mind, nail down*, recall, recognize, recollect, refresh memory, relive, remind, reminisce, retain, retrospect, revive, revoke, ring a bell*, strike a note*, summon up, think back, treasure; concept 40 Ant. disregard, forget remembrance [n1] memory, recollection afterthought, anamnesis, ash*, ashback*, hindsight*, mental image, mind, recall, recognition, reconstruction, regard, reminiscence, retrospect, thought; concepts 40,529 Ant. forgotten remembrance [n2] gift, testimonial commemoration, favor, keepsake, memento, memorial, monument, present, relic, remembrancer, reminder, reward, souvenir, token, trophy; concept 337 remind [v] awaken memories of something admonish, advise, bethink, bring back to, bring to mind, call attention, call to mind, call up, caution, cite, emphasize, give a cue*, hint, imply, intimate, jog ones memory*, make one remember, make one think, mention, note, point out, prod, prompt, put in mind, recall, recollect, refresh memory, remember, reminisce, retain, retrospect, revive, stir up, stress, suggest, warn; concepts 7,19,22,40,78 Ant. forget

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reminder [n] warning, notice; keepsake admonition, expression, gesture, hint, indication, intimation, memento, memo, memorandum, memorial, note, relic, remembrance, remembrancer, sign, souvenir, suggestion, token, trinket, trophy; concepts 271,278,529 Ant. forgetfulness reminisce [v] go over in ones memory bethink, call up, cite, hark back, live in the past, look back, mind, muse over, recall, recollect, remember, remind, retain, retrospect, review, revive, think back; concept 17 Ant. forget, repress reminiscent [adj] suggestive of something in the past bringing to mind, evocative, implicative, mnemonic, nostalgic, recollective, redolent, remindful, similar; concept 529 Ant. forgetful, oblivious remiss [adj] careless, thoughtless any old way*, any which way*, asleep at switch*, asleep on job*, behindhand, culpable, daydreaming, defaultant, delinquent, derelict, dilatory, disregardful, fainant, forgetful, heedless, inattentive, indifferent, indolent, lackadaisical, lax, lazy, neglectful, negligent, regardless, slack, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy, slothful, slow, tardy, uninterested, unmindful, woolgathering*; concept 401 Ant. careful, mindful, scrupulous, thorough, thoughtful remission [n1] acquittal, pardon absolution, amnesty, discharge, excuse, exemption, exoneration, forgiveness, indulgence, mercy, release, reprieve; concept 685 Ant. accusation, blame remission [n2] pause; lessening abatement, abeyance, alleviation, amelioration, break, decrease, delay, diminution, ebb, interruption, letup, lull, moderation, reduction, relaxation, release, respite, suspension; concepts 303,698,807 Ant. increase, rise, worsening remit [v1] send, transfer address, consign, dispatch, forward, mail, make payment, pay, post, route, settle, ship, square, transmit; concepts 217,341 Ant. hold, keep remit [v2] stop, postpone abate, absolve, alleviate, amnesty, cancel, condone, decrease, defer, delay, desist, diminish, dwindle, ease up, excuse, exonerate, fall away, forbear, forgive, halt, hold off, hold up, intermit, mitigate, moderate, modify, modulate, pardon, prorogue, put off, reduce, relax, release, repeal, reprieve, rescind, respite, shelve, sink, slack, slacken, soften, stay, suspend, wane, weaken; concepts 234,698 Ant. encourage, forge, forward remnant [n] leftover part balance, bit, dregs, dross, end, end piece, excess, fragment, hangover*, heel, leavings, lees, leftovers, odds and ends*, orts, part, particle, piece, portion, remainder, remains, residual, residue, residuum, rest, rump, scrap, shred, strip, surplus, survival, vestige; concepts 260,835 Ant. whole remodel [v] reconstruct do up*, x, x up, make over, modernize, overhaul, reassemble, rebuild, recast, recondition, recreate, redesign, refurbish, rehabilitate, rejuvenate, remake, renovate, repair, restore, revamp, upgrade; concepts 84,168,171 remonstrate [v] argue against animadvert, blame, censure, challenge, combat, complain, criticize, decry, demur, deprecate, disapprove, disparage, dispute, dissent, except, expostulate,

ght, nd fault, frown upon, inveigh, kick*, nag, object, oppose, pick at, protest, rain, recriminate, resist, scold, sound off*, take exception, take issue, withstand; concepts 46, 52,54 Ant. agree, concede, give in remorse [n] guilty or bad conscience anguish, attrition, compassion, compunction, contriteness, contrition, grief, guilt, pangs of conscience*, penance, penitence, penitency, pity, regret, remorsefulness, repentance, rue, ruefulness, self-reproach, shame, sorrow; concepts 410,728 Ant. good conscience, happiness, remorselessness, satisfaction remorseful [adj] guilty, ashamed apologetic, attritional, chastened, compunctious, consciencestricken, contrite, guilt-ridden, mournful, penitent, penitential, regretful, repentant, rueful, sad, self-reproachful, sorrowful, sorry; concept 401 Ant. callous, merciless, remorseless, ruthless, unashamed, unmerciful remorseless [adj] without guilt in spite of wrongdoing avaricious, barbarous, bloody, callous, cruel, erce, forbidding, greedy, grim, hard, hard-bitten, hardened, hard-hearted, harsh, impenitent, implacable, inexorable, inhuman, inhumane, insensitive, intolerant, merciless, murderous, obdurate, pitiless, relentless, rigorous, ruthless, sanguinary, savage, shameless, sour, tough, tyrannical, uncompassionate, uncontrite, unforgiving, unmerciful, unregenerate, unrelenting, unremitting, unrepenting, unyielding, vindictive; concept 401 Ant. ashamed, guilty, remorseful, sad, sorry remote [adj1] out-of-the-way; in the distance alien, back, backwoods, beyond, boondocks*, devious, distant, far, faraway, far-ung, far-off, foreign, frontier, godforsaken*, god-knowswhere*, in a backwater*, inaccessible, isolated, lonely, lonesome, middle of nowhere*, obscure, off-lying, off the beaten path*, outlandish, outlying, private, removed, retired, secluded, secret, undiscovered, unknown, unsettled, wild; concept 583 Ant. close, convenient, near, nearby remote [adj2] irrelevant, unrelated abstracted, alien, alone, apart, detached, exclusive, extraneous, extrinsic, farfetched, foreign, immaterial, inappropriate, indirect, nongermane, obscure, outside, pointless, removed, strange, unconnected; concepts 564,575 Ant. close, related, relevant remote [adj3] unlikely, improbable doubtful, dubious, faint, implausible, inconsiderable, meager, negligible, off, outside, poor, slender, slight, slim, small; concept 552 Ant. close, likely, possible, probable remote [adj4] cold, detached; unapproachable abstracted, aloof, casual, cool*, disinterested, distant, faraway, icy, incurious, indifferent, introspective, introverted, laid-back*, ofsh, putting on airs, removed, reserved, standofsh, stuck up, uncommunicative, unconcerned, uninterested, uninvolved, uppity, withdrawn; concepts 401,404 Ant. approachable, friendly, gentle, warm remove [v1] lift or move object; take off, away abolish, abstract, amputate, carry away, carry off, cart off, clear away, cut out, delete, depose, detach, dethrone, dig out, discard, discharge,

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dislodge, dismiss, displace, disturb, do away with, doff, efface, eject, eliminate, erase, evacuate, expel, expunge, extract, get rid of, junk*, oust, pull out, purge, raise, relegate, rip out, separate, shed, ship, skim, strike out, take down, take out, tear out, throw out, transfer, transport, unload, unseat, uproot, wipe out*, withdraw; concept 211 Ant. x, place, remain, stay remove [v2] do away with; kill assassinate, blot out*, clear away, dispose of, do in*, drag, drag down, efface, eliminate, eradicate, erase, exclude, execute, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, get rid of, liquidate, murder, obliterate, purge, scratch, sterilize, take down, take out, waste*, wipe out*; concepts 121,252 Ant. give birth, plant, sow remunerate [v] compensate, reward accord, ante up*, award, dish out*, do business*, grant, guerdon, indemnify, pay, pay off, pay up, post, recompense, redress, reimburse, repay, requite, shell out*, spring for*, vouchsafe; concept 341 Ant. charge, seize, take, withhold renaissance [n] rebirth awakening, invigoration, new dawn, reawakening, regeneration, rejuvenation, renascence, renewal, resurgence, revitalization, revival; concepts 119,221 render [v1] contribute cede, deliver, distribute, exchange, furnish, give, give back, give up, hand over, impart, make available, make restitution, minister, part with, pay, pay back, present, provide, relinquish, repay, restore, return, show, submit, supply, surrender, swap, tender, trade, turn over, yield; concepts 108, 140 Ant. remove, take render [v2] show; execute act, administer, administrate, carry out, delineate, depict, display, do, evince, exhibit, give, govern, image, interpret, limn, manifest, perform, picture, play, portray, present, represent; concepts 91,261 Ant. conceal, fail, suppress render [v3] translate, explain construe, deliver, interpret, paraphrase, pass, put, reproduce, restate, reword, state, transcribe, transliterate, transpose, turn; concepts 57,266 Ant. cloud, confuse, obscure rendezvous [n1] get-together affair, appointment, assignation, blind date, date, double date, engagement, heavy date*, matinee, meet, meeting, one night stand*, tte--tte, tryst; concept 384 rendezvous [n2] place for get-together gathering point, hangout*, haunt, love nest*, meeting place, purlieu, resort, spot, stomping ground*, venue, watering hole*; concept 198 rendezvous [v] meet, often secretly assemble, be closeted, be reunited, collect, come together, congregate, congress, converge, forgather, gather, get together, join up, meet behind closed doors*, meet privately, muster, raise, rally; concept 384 rendition [n] explanation; interpretation arrangement, construction, delivery, depiction, execution, interpretation, performance, portrayal, presentation, reading, rendering, transcription, translation, version; concepts 263,278 Ant. obscurity, vagueness renegade [adj] rebellious apostate, backsliding, disloyal, dissident, heterodox, mutinous, outlaw, radical, reactionary, rebel, recreant,

revolutionary, runaway, schismatic, traitorous, unfaithful, untraditional; concepts 401,542 Ant. obedient, passive, submissive renegade [n] person who is rebellious abandoner, apostate, backslider, betrayer, defector, deserter, dissident, double-crosser*, escapee, exile, forsaker, fugitive, heretic, iconoclast, insurgent, mutineer, outlaw, rebel, recreant, refugee, runaway, schismatic, snake*, snake in the grass*, tergiversator, traitor, turnabout, turncoat; concepts 359,412 Ant. adherent, follower, passivist renege [v] go back on ones word break ones promise, cop out*, default, reverse, weasel out*, welsh; concepts 59,63,330 renew [v] start over; refurbish begin again, brace, breathe new life into*, bring up to date*, continue, exhilarate, extend, x up, freshen, gentrify, go over, mend, modernize, overhaul, prolong, reafrm, reawaken, recommence, recondition, recreate, reestablish, ret, refresh, regenerate, rehabilitate, reinvigorate, rejuvenate, remodel, renovate, reopen, repair, repeat, replace, replenish, restate, restock, restore, resume, resuscitate, retread, revitalize, revive, spruce, stimulate, transform; concepts 35,202,221 Ant. nish, halt, kill, stop renounce [v] abandon, reject abdicate, abjure, abnegate, abstain from, apostacize, arrogate, cast off, decline, defect, demit, deny, desert, disavow, discard, disclaim, disown, divorce oneself from*, drop out, dump*, eschew, forgo, forsake, forswear, give up, leave at*, leave off, opt out, quit, rat*, recant, relinquish, repudiate, resign, sell out*, spurn, swear off, take the pledge*, tergiversate, tergiverse, throw off, throw over, toss over, turn, waive, walk out on, wash hands of*; concepts 30,54,195 Ant. allow, approve, condone renovate [v] x up, modernize clean, cleanse, do*, do up*, face-lift*, gussy up*, make over, overhaul, reactivate, recondition, reconstitute, recreate, ret, reform, refresh, refurbish, rehabilitate, rekindle, remake, remodel, renew, repair, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, retread, retrieve, revamp, revitalize, revive, revivify, spruce, spruce up*, update; concepts 168,177, 202 Ant. demolish, destroy, ruin renown [adj] fame acclaim, celebrity, distinction, clat, eminence, glory, honor, illustriousness, kudos, luster, mark, note, notoriety, preeminence, prestige, prominence, prominency, rep*, reputation, repute, stardom; concept 668 Ant. anonymity, obscurity, unimportance renowned [adj] famous acclaimed, celebrated, celebrious, distinguished, eminent, esteemed, extolled, famed, great, illustrious, in the limelight*, lauded, monster*, name*, notable, noted, of note, outstanding, praised, prominent, redoubted, signal, splashy, star, superstar, wellknown; concepts 568,574 Ant. anonymous, obscure, unimportant, unknown rent [n1] fee paid for use, service, or privilege hire, lease, payment, rental, tariff; concept 329 Ant. purchase rent [n2] opening, split breach, break, chink, cleavage, crack, discord, dissension, division, faction, ssure, aw, fracture, gash, hole,

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perforation, rift, rip, rupture, schism, slash, slit, tatter, tear; concepts 513,665 Ant. closed rent [v] pay or charge fee for use, service, or privilege allow the use of, borrow, charter, contract, engage, hire, lease, lend, let, loan, make available, put on loan, sublet, take it; concepts 89,115 Ant. buy, purchase renunciation [n] abandonment, rejection abdication, abjuration, abnegation, abstention, cancellation, denial, disavowal, disclaimer, eschewal, eschewing, forbearing, forswearing, giving up, rebuff, refusal, relinquishment, remission, renouncement, repeal, repudiation, resignation, sacrice, self-abnegation, selfdenial, self-sacrice, spurning, surrender, veto, waiver, yielding; concepts 30,54,195 Ant. allowance, approval, condonement repair [n] restoration, xing adjustment, darn, improvement, mend, new part, overhaul, patch, reconstruction, reformation, rehabilitation, replacement, substitution; concepts 513,700,824 Ant. breaking, damage, destruction, harm, hurt, injury, neglect, wrecking repair [v1] x, restore compensate for, correct, darn, debug*, doctor*, do up*, emend, ddle with, give a face-lift*, heal, improve, make good, make up for, mend, overhaul, patch, patch up, put back together, put in order, put right, rebuild, recondition, recover, rectify, redress, reform, refresh, refurbish, rejuvenate, remedy, renew, renovate, retread, retrieve, revamp, revive, right, settle, sew, square*, touch up; concept 212 Ant. break, damage, destroy, hurt, injure, ruin, spoil, wreck repair [v2] leave; retire apply, betake oneself, fare, go, head for, hie, journey, move, pass, proceed, process, push on, recur, refer, remove, resort, run, set off for, travel, turn, wend, withdraw; concept 195 Ant. maintain, remain, stay reparation [n] compensation, amends adjustment, apology, atonement, damages, dues, emolument, expiation, indemnication, indemnity, making good, payment, penance, propitiation, quittance, recompense, redemption, redress, remuneration, renewal, repair, repayment, reprisal, requital, restitution, retribution, reward, satisfaction, settlement, squaring things*; concepts 337,344,712 Ant. extortion, penalty, theft repartee [n] pleasant conversation answer, badinage, banter, bon mot*, comeback, humor, irony, persiage, pleasantry, quip, raillery, rejoinder, reply, response, retort, riposte, sally, sarcasm, satire, wit, witticism, wittiness, wordplay; concepts 45,56,266 Ant. argument, disagreement, ght repast [n] meal banquet, chow*, eats*, fare, feast, feed, food, grub*, mess, refection, refreshment, snack, spread, victuals; concept 459 repay [v1] give back money or possession accord, award, balance, compensate, indemnify, make amends, make restitution, make up for, offset, pay back, pay dues, rebate, recompense, refund, reimburse, remunerate, requite, restore, return, reward, settle up, square*; concepts 131,341 Ant. deprive, extort, penalize, seize, steal, take repay [v2] get even; obtain restitution for past

injustice avenge, even the score, get back at, get revenge, make reprisal, pay back, reciprocate, requite, retaliate, return, return the compliment*, revenge, settle the score*, square accounts*; concepts 7,19,246,384 Ant. leave alone repeal [n] cancellation abolition, abrogation, annulment, invalidation, nullication, rescinding, rescindment, rescission, revocation, withdrawal; concepts 121,318,685 Ant. approval, enactment, passage, sanction, validation repeal [v] declare null and void abolish, abrogate, annul, back out, backpedal*, blow, call off*, cancel, countermand, dismantle, invalidate, kill*, KO*, lift, nix*, nullify, opt out, recall, renig, rescind, reverse, revoke, scrub, set aside, shoot down, stand down, throw over, vacate, void, wash out, weasel out*, wipe out, withdraw, worm out*, X-out*, zap*; concepts 50,88,121,317 Ant. approve, enact, pass, sanction, validate repeat [n] something done over; duplicate echo, recapitulation, reiteration, repetition, replay, reproduction, rerun, reshowing; concept 695 Ant. original repeat [v] duplicate, do again chime, come again, din, ditto*, drum into*, echo, go over again, hold over, imitate, ingeminate, iterate, make like*, occur again, play back, play over, quote, read back, reappear, recapitulate, recast, reciprocate, recite, reconstruct, recrudesce, recur, redo, refashion, reform, rehash*, rehearse, reissue, reiterate, relate, remake, renew, reoccur, replay, reprise, reproduce, rerun, resay, reshow, restate, retell, return, revert, revolve, rework*, run over, sing same old song*; concepts 91, 111,171 repeatedly [adv] over and over again again, again and again, frequently, many a time, many times, much, oft, often, oftentimes, ofttimes, regularly, time after time, time and again; concept 553 Ant. never repel [v1] push away; repulse beat back, beat off, brush off, buck, cast aside, chase away, check, confront, cool*, cut, decline, dismiss, disown, dispute, drive away, drive back, drive off, duel, fend off, ght, force back, force off, give cold shoulder to*, hold back, hold off, keep at arms length*, keep at bay*, keep off, kick, knock down, oppose, parry, push back, put down, put to ight, rebuff, rebut, refuse, reject, resist, stand up against, stave off, traverse, turn down, ward off, withstand; concepts 30, 208 Ant. attract, draw repel [v2] induce aversion disgust, give a pain in neck*, make sick*, offend, put off*, reluct, repulse, revolt, sicken, turn off*, turn ones stomach*; concepts 7,19,303 Ant. attract, draw repent [v] ask forgiveness apologize, atone, be ashamed, be contrite, be sorry, bewail, deplore, feel remorse, have qualms, lament, reform, regret, relent, reproach oneself, rue, see error of ways*, show penitence, sorrow; concepts 48,410 repentance [n] feeling bad for past action attrition, compunction, conscience, contriteness, contrition, grief, guilt, penitence, penitency, regret, remorse, rue, ruth, self-reproach, sorriness, sorrow; concepts 410,728 Ant. happiness

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repercussion [n] consequence backlash, chain reaction, echo, effect, fallout, feedback, ak*, follow-through*, follow-up, impact, imprint, inuence, kickback*, mark, reaction, rebound, recoil, re-echo, result, reverberation, side effect, spinoff*, waves*; concept 230 Ant. cause repertoire [n] collection range, repertory, repository, reserve, stock, stockpile, store, supply; concepts 263,432,712 repertory [n] collection bit, cache, depot, list, range, rep*, repertoire, repository, routine, schtick*, stock, stockroom, store, storehouse, stunt*, supply; concepts 263,432,712 repetition [n] duplication; doing again alliteration, broken record*, chant, chorus, copy, echo, encore, ingemination, iteracy, iterance, iteration, litany, paraphrase, periodicity, perseveration, practice, reappearance, recapitulation, recital, recurrence, redundancy, rehearsal, reiteration, relation, renewal, reoccurrence, repeat, repetitiousness, replication, report, reproduction, restatement, return, rhythm, rote, tautology; concept 695 Ant. instance repetitious [adj] wordy, tedious alliterative, boring, dull, echoic, iterant, iterative, longwinded, plangent, pleonastic, prolix, recapitulatory, redundant, reiterative, repeating, repetitive, resonant, tautological, verbose, windy; concept 553 Ant. concise, simple rephrase [v] say in another way express differently, paraphrase, put another way, put differently, put in other words, recast, reword; concept 57 replace [v] take the place of; put in place of alter, back up, change, compensate, displace, ll in, follow, front for*, give back, mend, oust, outplace, patch, pinch hit for*, put back, reconstitute, recoup, recover, redeem, redress, reestablish, refund, regain, reimburse, reinstate, repay, restitute, restore, retrieve, ring, ring in, shift, sit in, stand in, stand in lieu of, step into shoes of*, sub*, substitute, succeed, supersede, supplant, supply, swap places, take out, take over, take over from; concepts 104,128,211,697 Ant. leave alone replenish [v] ll, stock furnish, make up, provide, provision, rell, refresh, reload, renew, replace, restock, restore, top; concepts 140,209 Ant. deplete, use up, waste replete [adj] full, well-stocked abounding, abundant, alive, awash, brimful, brimming, charged, chock-full*, complete, crammed, crowded, lled, full up*, glutted, gorged, jammed, jam-packed, lavish, loaded, luxurious, overfed, overowing, packed, plenteous, rife, sated, satiated, stuffed, swarming, teeming, thronged, well-provided; concepts 483,740 Ant. empty, needy, wanting replica [n] duplicate carbon, carbon copy, chip off old block*, clone, copy, ditto*, dupe*, facsimile, imsy*, imitation, likeness, lookalike, mimeo, mimic, miniature, model, photocopy, reduplication, repeat, replication, repro, reproduction, stat, Xerox*; concepts 260,670,686 Ant. original reply [n] answer acknowledgment, antiphon, back talk*, comeback, counter, echo, feedback, knee-jerk reaction*, lip*, reaction, reciprocation, rejoinder, respond, response, retaliation,

retort, return, riposte, sass*, snappy comeback*, vibes*, wisecrack; concept 278 Ant. question, request reply [v] answer acknowledge, be in touch*, come back*, counter, echo, feedback, eld the question*, get back to, react, reciprocate, rejoin, respond, retaliate, retort, return, riposte, shoot back*, squelch*, top*, write back; concept 45 Ant. question, request report [n1] account, story address, announcement, article, blow by blow*, brief, broadcast, cable, chronicle, communication, communique, declaration, description, detail, digest, dispatch, handout, history, hot wire*, information, message, narration, narrative, news, note, opinion, outline, paper, picture, piece, prcis, proclamation, pronouncement, recital, record, relation, release, rsum, rundown, scoop*, statement, summary, tale, telegram, tidings, version, wire, word*, write-up; concepts 274,282,283 report [n2] gossip, talk advice, blow by blow*, buzz*, canard, chat, chatter, chitchat, comment, conversation, cry*, dirt*, earful, grapevine*, hash*, hearsay, intelligence, murmur, news, prating, rumble*, rumor, scandal, scuttlebutt*, small talk*, speech, tattle, the latest*, tidings, whispering, word*; concepts 51,278 report [n3] loud noise bang, blast, boom, crack, crash, detonation, discharge, explosion, reverberation, sound; concept 595 Ant. quiet, silence report [n4] reputation character, esteem, fame, name, regard, rep*, repute; concept 388 report [v1] communicate information, knowledge account for, advise, air, announce, bring word, broadcast, cable, circulate, cover, declare, describe, detail, disclose, document, enunciate, give an account of, give the facts, impart, inform, inscribe, itemize, list, make known, make public, mention, narrate, note, notify, pass on, present, proclaim, promulgate, provide details, publish, recite, record, recount, rehearse, relate, relay, retail, reveal, set forth, spread, state, summarize, telephone, tell, trumpet, wire, write up; concept 60 Ant. conceal, suppress report [v2] present oneself appear, arrive, be at hand, be present, clock in*, come, get to, reach, show, show up, turn up*; concept 159 reporter [n] person who informs anchor, anchorperson, announcer, columnist, correspondent, cub*, editor, ink slinger*, interviewer, journalist, legperson*, newscaster, newshound*, newsperson, newswriter, press person, scribe, scrivener, stringer, writer; concepts 348,356 repose [n] restfulness; calm ease, inaction, inactivity, leisure, peace, quiet, quietness, quietude, refreshment, relaxation, relaxing, renewal, requiescence, respite, rest, restoration, sleep, slumber, stillness, tranquillity; concepts 410,681,720 Ant. agitation, disturbance, upset, worry repose [v] relax; recline deposit, lay down, lie, lie down, loaf, loll, lounge, place, rest, settle, settle down, slant, sleep, slumber, stretch, stretch out, take it easy, tilt; concepts 154,210 Ant. be active, be busy, energize repository [n] warehouse archive, depository, depot, magazine, safe, stockroom, storage

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place, storehouse, store room, vault; concepts 435,439,449 repossess [v] take back get back, obtain again, reacquire, recapture, reclaim, recover, retake, retrieve; concepts 120,183 reprehensible [adj] very bad; shameful amiss, blamable, blameworthy, censurable, condemnable, culpable, delinquent, demeritorious, discreditable, disgraceful, errant, erring, guilty, ignoble, objectionable, opprobrious, remiss, sinful, unholy, unworthy, wicked; concept 571 Ant. creditable, good, kind, respectable represent [v1] present image of; symbolize act as, act as broker, act for, act in place of, appear as, assume the role of, be, be agent for, be attorney for, be proxy for, betoken, body, buy for, copy, correspond to, do business for, emblematize, embody, enact, epitomize, equal, equate, exemplify, exhibit, express, factor, hold ofce, imitate, impersonate, mean, perform, personify, play the part, produce, put on, reproduce, sell for, serve, serve as, show, speak for, stage, stand for, steward, substitute, typify; concepts 87,317,682,716 represent [v2] depict, show body forth, delineate, denote, describe, design, designate, display, draft, enact, evoke, exhibit, express, hint, illustrate, interpret, limn, mirror, narrate, outline, picture, portray, realize, relate, render, reproduce, run down, run through, sketch, suggest, track; concepts 138,261 representative [adj] characteristic, typical adumbrative, archetypal, classic, classical, delineative, depictive, emblematic, evocative, exemplary, ideal, illustrative, model, presentational, prototypal, prototypical, quintessential, rep*, symbolic, symbolical; concepts 487, 573 Ant. atypical, different, uncharacteristic, unrepresentative representative [n1] person who acts in the stead of another agent, assemblyperson, attorney, commissioner, congressperson, councilor, councilperson, counselor, delegate, deputy, lawyer, legislator, member, messenger, proxy, rep*, salesperson, senator, spokesperson; concepts 348,354 representative [n2] typical example archetype, case, case history, embodiment, epitome, exemplar, illustration, instance, personication, sample, sampling, specimen, type; concept 686 Ant. atypical repress [v] keep back, hold in black out*, bottle, chasten, check, collect, compose, control, cool*, cork*, crush, curb, gridlock*, hinder, hold back, inhibit, jam up, keep in, keep in check, keep under wraps*, kill*, lock, master, mufe, overcome, overpower, quash, quelch, quell, rein, restrain, shush, silence, simmer down*, smother, squelch, stie, subdue, subjugate, suppress, swallow, throw cold water on*, tie up*; concepts 121,130 Ant. allow, let go, permit reprieve [n] relief of blame, responsibility abatement, abeyance, absolution, acquittal, alleviation, amnesty, anchor*, clearance, clemency, commute, deferment, freeing, let-up*, lifeboat*, lifesaver*, mitigation, palliation, pardon, postponement, release, remission, respite, spring*, stay, suspension, truce; concepts 318,685

reprieve [v] relieve of blame, responsibility abate, absolve, allay, alleviate, amnesty, excuse, forgive, grant a stay, let go, let off, let off the hook*, let off this time*, let up on*, mitigate, palliate, pardon, postpone, remit, respite; concepts 50,88,317 Ant. accusation, blame reprimand [n] oral punishment admonishment, admonition, bawling out*, blame, calling down*, castigation, censure, chiding, comeuppance, dressing-down*, going over*, grooming, hard time*, lecture, piece of ones mind*, ragging*, rap*, rebuke, reprehension, reproof, scolding, slap on wrist*, talking-to, telling-off, tongue-lashing, what for*; concepts 123,278 Ant. forgiveness, praise, reward reprimand [v] blame, scold admonish, call on the carpet*, castigate, censure, check, chew out*, chide, come down on*, criticize, denounce, dress down*, give piece of ones mind*, give the dickens*, lecture, lesson, light into*, lower the boom*, monish, rap, rebuke, reprehend, reproach, reprove, take to task*, tell off, tick off*, upbraid; concepts 44,52 Ant. exonerate, forgive, reward reprisal [n] revenge avengement, avenging, counterblow, counterstroke, eye for an eye*, paying back, requital, retaliation, retribution, vengeance; concept 384 Ant. kindness, sympathy reproach [n] strong criticism; dishonor abuse, admonishment, admonition, blame, blemish, censure, chiding, condemnation, contempt, disapproval, discredit, disgrace, disrepute, ignominy, indignity, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, rap*, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, scorn, shame, slight, slur, stain, stigma; concepts 44,52,123,388 Ant. approval, honor, praise, respect reproach [v] nd fault with abuse, admonish, blame, call down, call to task*, cavil, censure, chide, condemn, criticize, defame, discredit, disparage, give comeuppance*, give the devil*, jawbone*, lay on*, lesson, rake, ream, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reprove, scold, sit on*, take to task, trim, upbraid; concepts 44,52 Ant. approve, praise reprobate [adj] shameless bad, corrupt, degenerate, foul, immoral, improper, incorrigible, lewd, rude, sinful, unprincipled, vile, wanton, wicked; concepts 401,545 reproduce [v1] make more copies of carbon*, clone, copy, do again, dupe*, duplicate, echo, emulate, engross, follow, imitate, knock off, manifold, match, mimeo*, mimeograph, mirror, parallel, photocopy, photograph, photostat, pirate, portray, print, reawaken, recount, recreate, redo, reduplicate, reenact, reect, relive, remake, repeat, replicate, represent, reprint, restamp, revive, stereotype, transcribe, type, Xerox*; concepts 111,171 Ant. abort, destroy, stop reproduce [v2] make something new; give birth bear, beget, breed, engender, father, fecundate, generate, hatch, impregnate, mother, multiply, procreate, produce young, progenerate, proliferate, propagate, repopulate, sire, spawn; concepts 173,251,374 Ant. abort, kill reproduction [n] something duplicated; duplication breeding, carbon*, carbon copy,

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chip off old block*, clone, copy, ditto*, dupe*, facsimile, fake, imsy, generation, imitation, increase, look-alike, mimeo*, mimeograph, mirror image*, multiplication, offprint, photocopy, photograph, Photostat, pic*, picture, portrayal, print, procreation, proliferation, propagation, recreation, reduplication, reenactment, renewal, replica, replication, reprinting, repro*, revival, stat, transcription, twin, Xerox*, X-ray*; concepts 173,625,670,716 Ant. original reprove [v] rebuke admonish, bawl out*, berate, castigate, censure, chew out*, chide, condemn, jump down ones throat*, lambaste, lay into*, lecture, read the riot act*, reprimand, reproach, scold, take to task*, upbraid; concepts 44,52 repudiate [v] reject; turn ones back on abandon, abjure, apostatize, banish, be against, break with, cast, cast off, cut off, decline, default, defect, demur, deny, desert, disacknowledge, disapprove, disavow, discard, disclaim, dishonor, disinherit, dismiss, disown, dump, ush*, y in the face of*, forsake, nix*, oust, rat*, recant, refuse, renounce, repeal, reprobate, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, spurn, tergiversate, tergiverse, turn, turn down, wash ones hands of*; concepts 13,21,30 Ant. admit, approve repugnant [adj] bad, obnoxious; hostile abhorrent, abominable, adverse, against, alien, antagonistic, antipathetic, averse, conicting, contradictory, counter, creepy*, different, disagreeable, disgusting, distasteful, extraneous, extrinsic, foreign, foul, hateful, horrid, incompatible, inconsistent, inconsonant, inimical, in opposition, invidious, loathsome, nasty, nauseating, noisome, objectionable, odious, offensive, opposed, opposite, repellent, revolting, revulsive, sickening, unconformable, untted, unfriendly, vile; concepts 401,564,571 Ant. friendly, good, nice, pleasant repulse [n] snub; rejection brush-off*, check, cold shoulder*, defeat, disappointment, failure, nix*, nothing doing*, rebuff, refusal, reverse, slap in the face*, spurning, thumbs down*, turndown; concepts 388,674 Ant. attraction, enchantment repulse [v1] push away beat off, brush off*, check, defeat, drive back, fend off, ght off, heave-ho*, hold off, keep off, kick in the teeth*, nix*, overthrow, push back, put down, rebuff, rebut, reject, repel, resist, set back, stave off, throw back, ward off; concepts 96,208 Ant. attract, enchant repulse [v2] make sick disdain, disgust, disregard, give a pain*, rebuff, refuse, reject, reluct, repel, revolt, sicken, snub, spurn, turn down, turn off; concepts 21,410 Ant. please, soothe repulsion [n] hatred, disgust abhorrence, abomination, antipathy, aversion, denial, detestation, disrelish, distaste, hate, horror, loathing, malice, rebuff, refusal, repugnance, repugnancy, resentment, revolt, revulsion, snub; concept 29 Ant. attraction, liking, love repulsive [adj] very disgusting, offensive abhorrent, abominable, animal*, creepy*, disagreeable, distasteful, forbidding, foul, gross, hateful, hideous, horrid, loathsome, nasty, nauseating, noisome, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, off-putting, pugnacious, repellent, revolting,

sickening, sleazy*, ugly, undesirable, unpleasant, unsightly, vile; concepts 529,571,579 Ant. attractive, enchanting, inviting, pleasing reputable [adj] worthy of respect acclaimed, celebrated, conscientious, constant, creditable, dependable, distinguished, eminent, esteemed, estimable, excellent, fair, faithful, famed, famous, favored, good, high-principled, highranking, honest, honorable, honored, illustrious, in high favor, just, legitimate, notable, of good repute, popular, prominent, redoubted, reliable, renowned, respectable, righteous, salt of the earth*, sincere, straightforward, trustworthy, truthful, upright, well-known, well-thought-of; concepts 545,567,574 Ant. disreputable, notorious, unrespected, untrustworthy reputation [n] commonly held opinion of persons character acceptability, account, approval, authority, character, credit, dependability, distinction, clat, eminence, esteem, estimation, fame, favor, honor, inuence, mark*, name*, notoriety, opinion, position, prestige, privilege, prominence, rank, regard, reliability, renown, rep*, report, repute, respectability, standing, stature, trustworthiness, weight; concepts 388,411,689 Ant. disreputableness, ill repute, notoriety reputed [adj] believed accounted, alleged, assumed, conjectural, considered, deemed, estimated, gossiped, held, hypothetical, ostensible, putative, reckoned, regarded, reported, rumored, said, seeming, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious, suppositive, suppository, thought; concept 529 Ant. actual, real, true request [n] question or petition appeal, application, asking, begging, call, commercial, demand, desire, entreaty, inquiry, invitation, offer, prayer, recourse, requisition, solicitation, suit, supplication; concept 662 Ant. answer, reply request [v] ask for appeal, apply, beg, beseech, bespeak, call for, demand, desire, entreat, hit, hit up for*, hold out for*, hustle*, inquire, petition, pray, promote, put in for*, requisition, seek, solicit, sponge*, sue, supplicate, touch; concept 53 Ant. answer, reply requiem [n] hymn, mass canticle, ceremony, chant, death song, dirge, elegy, eulogy, funeral hymn, liturgy, memorial service, monody, psalm, religious song, ritual, sermon, threnody, worship; concepts 262,368,595 require [v1] need, want crave, depend upon, desire, feel necessity for, have need, hurting for, lack, miss, stand in need, wish; concepts 20,646 Ant. dislike, have, not want require [v2] ask, demand; necessitate assert oneself, beg, beseech, bid, call for, call upon, cause, challenge, claim, command, compel, constrain, crave, demand, direct, enjoin, entail, exact, expect, insist upon, instruct, involve, look for, obligate, oblige, order, postulate, push for, request, requisition, solicit, take; concepts 53,646 required/requisite [adj] necessary appropriate, called for, compulsatory, compulsory, condign, demanded, deserved, due, enforced, essential, imperative, imperious, indispensable, just, mandatory, needed, needful, obligatory, prerequisite, prescribed, recommended, right, rightful, set, suitable, unavoidable, vital;

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concept 546 Ant. nonessential, optional, unnecessary requirement/requisite [n] necessity, want claim, compulsion, concern, condition, demand, desideratum, element, engrossment, essential, exaction, exigency, extremity, fulllment, fundamental, imperative, lack, must, need, obligation, obsession, pinch, precondition, preliminary, preoccupation, prepossession, prerequisite, prescription, provision, proviso, qualication, sine qua non, specication, stipulation, terms, urgency, vital part; concepts 646,709 Ant. desire, option, wish requisition [n] demand; application for need appropriation, call, commandeering, occupation, request, seizure, summons, takeover; concept 662 requisition [v] ask for; apply for something needed buy, call for, challenge, claim, demand, exact, order, postulate, put dibs on*, put in for, request, require, solicit; concepts 48,53 Ant. answer, reply requite [v] compensate, give in return indemnify, make, make amends, make good, pay, pay off, quit, reciprocate, recompense, redeem, redress, reimburse, remunerate, repay, respond, restitution, retaliate, return, revenge, reward, satisfy, settle; concepts 126,131,341,384 Ant. dissatisfy, refuse rescind [v] declare null and void abolish, abrogate, annul, back out of, backpedal*, backwater*, call off, cancel, countermand, crawl out of*, dismantle, forget, invalidate, lift, nix*, overturn, pull the plug*, quash, recall, remove, renege, repeal, retract, reverse, revoke, scrub*, set aside, void, wangle out*, weasel out*, X-out*; concepts 121,234,317 Ant. allow, approve, permit rescue [n] saving from danger deliverance, delivery, disembarrassment, disentanglement, emancipation, exploit, extrication, feat, heroics, heroism, liberation, performance, ransom, reclaiming, reclamation, recovering, recovery, redemption, release, relief, salvage, salvation, saving; concept 134 Ant. danger, peril rescue [v] save from danger bail one out*, conserve, deliver, disembarrass, disentangle, emancipate, extricate, free, get off the hook*, get out, get out of hock*, give a break, hold over, keep, liberate, manumit, preserve, protect, pull out of the re*, ransom, recapture, recover, redeem, regain, release, retain, retrieve, safeguard, salvage, save life of, set free, spring*, unleash, unloose; concept 134 Ant. harm, hurt, imperil, injure research [n] examination, study analysis, delving, experimentation, exploration, factnding, shing expedition*, groundwork, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, investigation, legwork*, probe, probing, quest, R and D*, scrutiny; concepts 349,362 Ant. ignorance research [v] examine, study analyze, consult, do tests, experiment, explore, inquire, investigate, look into, look up, play around with*, probe, read up on, scrutinize; concepts 31,103 Ant. ignore, neglect researcher [n] research worker analyst, analyzer, clinician, experimenter, investigator, scientist, tester; concepts 348,357

resemblance [n] correspondence, similarity afnity, alikeness, analogy, birds of a feather*, carbon*, carbon copy, clone, closeness, coincidence, comparability, comparison, conformity, counterpart, double, facsimile, image, kinship, likeness, like of, look-alike, parallel, parity, peas in a pod*, ringer*, sameness, semblance, simile, similitude, spitting image*, two of a kind*, Xerox*; concepts 664,670,716 Ant. contrast, difference, dissimililarity, diversity resemble [v] look or be like appear like, approximate, bear resemblance to, be similar to, be the very picture of*, bring to mind, coincide, come close to, come near, correspond to, double, duplicate, echo, favor, feature, follow, have earmarks of*, have signs of, match, mirror, parallel, pass for, relate, remind one of, seem like, simulate, smack of*, sound like, take after; concepts 664,670,716 Ant. contradict, contrast, deviate, differ, disagree resent [v] be angry about bear a grudge, begrudge, be in a huff*, be insulted, be offended by, be put off by*, be rubbed wrong way*, be vexed, dislike, feel bitter, feel sore*, frown at, get nose out of joint*, grudge, harbor a grudge*, have hard feelings*, object to, take amiss, take as an insult, take exception, take offense, take umbrage; concepts 29,410 Ant. be happy, like, love resentment [n] hate, anger acerbity, acrimony, animosity, animus, annoyance, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, choler, cynicism, displeasure, dudgeon, exacerbation, exasperation, fog, fury, grudge, huff, hurt, ill feeling, ill will, indignation, ire, irritation, malice, malignity, miff, offense, outrage, passion, perturbation, pique, rage, rancor, rise, spite, umbrage, vehemence, vexation, wrath; concepts 29,410 Ant. affection, happiness, liking, love, pleasure reservation [n1] condition, stipulation catch, circumscription, demur, doubt, ne print*, grain of salt*, hesitancy, kicker*, provision, proviso, qualication, restriction, scruple, skepticism, string*, strings*, terms; concepts 646,711 Ant. openness reservation [n2] the act of holding something, or thing held for future use bespeaking, booking, exclusive possession, place, restriction, retaining, retainment, setting aside, withholding; concept 710 reservation [n3] habitat for large group enclave, homeland, preserve, reserve, sanctuary, territory, tract; concepts 512,516 reserve [n1] supply ace in hole*, assets, backlog, cache, capital, drop, emergency fund*, fund, hoard, insurance, inventory, nest egg*, plant, provisions, rainy day fund*, reservoir, resources, savings, stash*, stock, stockpile, store, wealth; concepts 340,710,712 Ant. emptiness, nothing reserve [n2] coolness of manner aloofness, backwardness, calmness, caution, coldness, constraint, coyness, demureness, difdence, formality, inhibition, modesty, quietness, reluctance, repression, reservation, restraint, reticence, secretiveness, self-restraint, shyness, silence, suppression, taciturnity,

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uncommunicativeness, unresponsiveness; concept 633 Ant. friendliness, warmth reserve [v1] keep, hold back conserve, defer, delay, duck*, have, hoard, hold, keep back, keep out, lay up, maintain, plant, possess, postpone, preserve, put away, put by, put off, retain, save, set aside, squirrel*, squirrel away*, stash, stockpile, store, store up, stow away, withhold; concept 129 Ant. distribute, give, let go, offer reserve [v2] hold for future use bespeak, book, contract, engage, prearrange, preengage, retain, schedule, secure; concept 53 Ant. spend, use, waste reserved [adj1] silent, unsociable; constrained aloof, backward, bashful, cautious, ceremonious, close, close-mouthed, cold*, collected, composed, conventional, cool, demure, difdent, distant, eremitic, formal, frigid, gentle, icy*, mild, misanthropic, modest, noncommittal, ofsh, peaceful, placid, prim, quiet, reclusive, restrained, reticent, retiring, secretive, sedate, self-contained, serene, shy, soft-spoken, solitary, standofsh, taciturn, unapproachable, uncommunicative, uncompanionable, undemonstrative, unresponsive, withdrawn; concepts 401,404 Ant. extroverted, friendly, outgoing, sociable reserved [adj2] held for future use appropriated, arrogated, booked, claimed, engaged, kept, laid away, limited, preempted, private, qualied, restricted, retained, roped off, set apart, set aside, spoken for, taken; concepts 576,710 Ant. given, offered, unreserved reservoir [n] accumulation, repository backlog, basin, cistern, container, fund, holder, lake, nest egg*, pond, pool, receptacle, reserve, source, spring, stock, stockpile, storage, store, supply, tank, tarn; concepts 514,712 Ant. nothingness, zilch reside [v] live or exist in abide, be intrinsic to, be vested, bide, consist, continue, crash*, dig*, dwell, endure, hang ones hat*, inhabit, inhere, lie, locate, lodge, nest, occupy, park*, people, perch, populate, remain, rest with, roost, settle, sojourn, squat, stay, take up residence, tenant; concepts 226,407 residence [n] place for living abode, address, apartment, condo, co-op, domicile, dwelling, habitation, hall, headquarters, hole, home, homeplate*, house, household, inhabitancy, inhabitation, living quarters, lodging, manor, mansion, occupancy, occupation, palace, rack*, roof*, roost*, seat, settlement, villa; concept 516 Ant. business, industry, ofce resident [n] person living in a particular place citizen, denizen, dweller, habitant, householder, indweller, inhabitant, inmate, liver, local, lodger, native, occupant, resider, squatter, suburbanite, tenant, urbanite; concept 413 residual [adj] leftover balance, continuing, enduring, extra, lingering, net, remaining, surplus, unconsumed, unused, vestigal; concepts 560,771 Ant. base, core residue [n] leftover part balance, debris, dregs, dross, excess, extra, garbage, heel, junk, leavings, leftovers, orts, parings, remainder, remains, remnant, residual, residuum, rest, scourings, scraps, scum, sewage, shavings, silt, slag, surplus, trash; concepts 260,432 Ant. base, core

resign [v] give up responsibility abandon, abdicate, bail out, bow out, capitulate, cease work, cede, demit, divorce oneself from, drop, drop out, end service, fold, forgo, forsake, give notice, give up the ship*, hand in resignation, hand over, hang it up*, leave, quit, relinquish, renounce, retire, secede, separate oneself from, sign off, stand aside, stand down, step down, surrender, terminate, throw in the towel*, turn over, vacate, waive, walk out, wash hands of*, yield; concepts 119,195,351 Ant. agree, take on resignation [n1] relinquishment of responsibility abandonment, abdication, departure, giving up, leaving, notice, quitting, renunciation, retirement, surrender, tendering, termination, vacating, withdrawal; concepts 119,195,351 Ant. agreement, taking on resignation [n2] endurance, passivity acceptance, acquiescence, compliance, conformity, deference, docility, forbearing, fortitude, humbleness, humility, longanimity, lowliness, meekness, modesty, nonresistance, patience, patientness, resignedness, submission, submissiveness, sufferance; concepts 410,657 Ant. impatience, intolerance, resistance resigned [adj] enduring, passive accommodated, acquiescent, adapted, adjusted, agreeable, amenable, biddable, calm, compliant, cordial, deferential, docile, genial, gentle, long-suffering, manageable, nonresisting, obedient, patient, peaceable, philosophical, pliant, quiescent, quiet, ready, reconciled, relinquishing, renouncing, satised, stoical, subdued, submissive, subservient, tame, tolerant, tractable, unassertive, unprotesting, unresisting, well-disposed, willing, yielding; concepts 401,542 Ant. intolerant resilient [adj] bouncy, exible airy, buoyant, effervescent, elastic, expansive, hardy, irrepressible, plastic, pliable, quick to recover, rebounding, rolling with punches*, rubbery, snapping back, springy, stretchy, strong, supple, tough, volatile; concepts 488,489 Ant. hard, inexible, rigid, stiff resist [v] withstand, oppose abide, abstain from, antagonize, assail, assault, battle, bear, brook, buck, check, combat, confront, contend, continue, counteract, countervail, curb, defy, die hard, dispute, duel, endure, ght back, forbear, forgo, hinder, hold, hold off, hold out against, keep from, leave alone, maintain, persevere, persist, prevent, put up a ght, refrain, refuse, remain, remain rm, repel, stand up to, stay, stonewall*, struggle against, suffer, thwart, traverse, turn down, weather, concepts 23,35, 96,106 Ant. comply, conform, go along resistance [n] ghting, opposition battle, blocking, check, combat, contention, counteraction, cover, deance, detention, ght, friction, halting, hindrance, holding, impedance, impediment, impeding, intransigence, obstruction, parrying, protecting, protection, rebuff, refusal, retardation, safeguard, screen, shield, stand, striking back, struggle, support, warding off, watch, withstanding; concepts 23,96, 106,410 Ant. compliance, conforming, cooperation, submission

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resolute [adj] determined, strong-willed adamant, bold, constant, courageous, dead set on*, decided, dogged, faithful, rm, xed, immutable, inexible, intent upon, intrepid, loyal, meaning business*, obstinate, persevering, persistent, persisting, purposeful, relentless, resolved, serious, set, settled, staunch, steadfast, steady, strong, stubborn, tenacious, true, unbending, unchanging, uncompromising, undaunted, unfaltering, unagging, uninching, unshakable, unshaken, unwavering, unyielding, valiant; concepts 403,542 Ant. afraid, cautious, cowardly, irresolute, weak resolution [n1] determination, strong will aim, boldness, constancy, courage, dauntlessness, decidedness, decision, declaration, dedication, doggedness, earnestness, energy, rmness, xed purpose, fortitude, guts*, heart*, immovability, intent, intention, judgment, mettle, moxie*, obstinacy, perseverance, pluck, purpose, purposefulness, purposiveness, relentlessness, resoluteness, resolve, settlement, sincerity, spirit, spunk, staunchness, staying power, steadfastness, stubbornness, tenacity, verdict, willpower; concepts 410,657 Ant. compliance, indecision, weakness resolution [n2] answer, judgment analysis, assertion, breakdown, call, conclusion, decision, declaration, determination, dissection, elucidation, end, exposition, nding, interpretation, motion, nod, outcome, pay dirt*, presentation, proposal, proposition, quick x*, recitation, recommendation, resolve, settlement, solution, solving, sorting out, ticket*, unravelling, upshot, verdict, working out; concepts 18,230, 274 Ant. problem, question, trouble resolve [n] decision, determination boldness, conclusion, courage, decidedness, design, earnestness, rmness, xed purpose, intention, objective, project, purpose, purposefulness, purposiveness, resoluteness, resolution, steadfastness, undertaking, will, willpower; concepts 410,659,689 Ant. indecision, question, wavering resolve [v] make up ones mind; nd solution agree, analyze, anatomize, answer, break, break down, choose, clear up, clinch*, conclude, deal with, decide, decipher, decree, design, determine, dissect, dissolve, elect, elucidate, fathom, gure, x, intend, iron out*, lick, make a point of, pan out*, pass upon, propose, purpose, puzzle out, remain rm, rule, settle, solve, take a stand, undertake, unfold, unravel, untangle, unzip*, will, work, work out, work through; concepts 15,18,24 Ant. mull, question, waver, wonder resonant [adj] vibrant in sound beating, booming, clangorous, consonant, deep, deep-toned, earsplitting, echoing, electrifying, enhanced, full, heightened, intensied, loud, mellow, noisy, orotund, plangent, powerful, profound, pulsating, pulsing, resounding, reverberant, reverberating, rich, ringing, roaring, round, sonorant, sonorous, stentorian, strident, thrilling, throbbing, thundering, thunderous; concept 594 Ant. faint, quiet resonate [v] resound echo, oscillate, reproduce, reverberate, ring, sound, vibrate; concepts 65,91,171

resort [n1] vacation place camp, fat farm*, hangout, harbor, haunt, haven, hideaway, hideout, holiday spot, hotel, hot spring*, inn, lodge, mineral spring, motel, nest, park, purlieu, refuge, rendezvous, retreat, spa, spot, spring, stomping ground*, tourist center, tourist trap*; concepts 198,516 resort [n2] alternative, recourse chance, course, device, expediency, expedient, hope, makeshift, opportunity, possibility, reference, refuge, relief, resource, shift, stopgap, substitute, surrogate; concepts 693,712 resort [v] have recourse to; make use of address, affect, apply, avail oneself of, benet by, bring into play, devote, direct, employ, exercise, fall back on, frequent, go, go to, haunt, head for, look to, make use of, put to use, recur, recur to, refer to, repair, run, take up, try, turn, turn to, use, utilize, visit; concept 225 Ant. avoid, dodge resound [v] resonate boom, bounce back, echo, reproduce, reverberate, ring, sound, vibrate; concepts 65,91,171 resource [n] supply drawn upon, either material or nonmaterial ability, appliance, artice, assets, capability, capital, cleverness, contraption, contrivance, course, creation, device, expedient, fortune, hoard, ingenuity, initiative, inventiveness, makeshift, means, measure, method, mode, nest egg*, property, quick-wittedness, recourse, refuge, relief, reserve, resourcefulness, riches, shift, source, step, stock, stockpile, store, stratagem, substance, substitute, support, surrogate, system, talent, way, wealth, worth; concepts 340,523, 658,710,712 Ant. product resourceful [adj] imaginative able, active, adventurous, aggressive, bright, capable, clever, creative, enterprising, ingenious, intelligent, inventive, original, quick-witted, sharp, talented, venturesome; concept 402 Ant. dull, uncreative, unimaginative, unresourceful resources [n] money, possessions, natural resources ace in hole*, assets, backing, bankroll, basics, belongings, budget, capital, collateral, effects, funds, holdings, income, kitty*, material goods, means, nest egg*, nut*, property, reserves, revenue, riches, savings, sock*, stuff, supplies, the goods*, ways and means*, wealth, wherewithal*; concepts 340, 446,523,710,712 Ant. debt respect [n1] admiration given by others account, adoration, appreciation, approbation, awe, consideration, courtesy, deference, dignity, esteem, estimation, favor, fear, homage, honor, obeisance, ovation, recognition, regard, repute, reverence, testimonial, tribute, veneration, worship; concept 689 Ant. disdain, dishonor, disrespect respect [n2] way, sense aspect, bearing, character, connection, detail, facet, feature, matter, particular, point, reference, regard, relation; concept 682 respect [v] admire; obey abide by, adhere to, adore, appreciate, attend, be awed by, be kind to, comply with, defer to, esteem, follow, have good opinion of, have high opinion, heed, honor, look up to, note, notice, observe of, pay attention, recognize, regard, revere, reverence,

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set store by, show consideration, show courtesy, spare, take into account, think highly of, uphold, value, venerate; concepts 10,32 Ant. condemn, disobey, disrespect, scorn respectable [adj1] good, honest admirable, appropriate, august, becoming, betting, comely, conforming, correct, creditable, decent, decorous, dignied, done, estimable, fair, honorable, mediocre, moderate, modest, nice, ordinary, passable, presentable, proper, redoubtable, redoubted, reputable, reputed, respected, satisfactory, seemly, sublime, suitable, tolerable, upright, venerable, virtuous, well-thought-of, worthy; concept 572 Ant. bad, corrupt, dishonest, dishonorable, unrespectable, unworthy respectable [adj2] substantial, ample appreciable, considerable, decent, fair, fairly good, good, goodly, presentable, reasonable, sensible, sizable, tidy, tolerable; concept 771 Ant. cheap, inadequate, miserly respectful [adj] courteous, mannerly admiring, appreciative, civil, considerate, courtly, deferential, duteous, dutiful, gracious, humble, obedient, obeisant, polite, recognizing, regardful, regarding, reverent, reverential, self-effacing, solicitous, submissive, upholding, venerating, well-mannered; concept 401 Ant. discourteous, mean, unmannerly respective [adj] particular, specic corresponding, each, individual, own, personal, relevant, separate, several, singular, various; concept 556 Ant. indenite respects [n] good wishes best wishes, compliments, courtesies, deference, devoirs, greetings, kind wishes, regards, salaam*, salutations; concept 278 respite [n] pause, suspension in activity acquittal, adjournment, break, breath*, breather*, breathing space*, cessation, coffee break*, deadlock, deferment, delay, deliverance, discharge, downtime*, ease, exculpation, ve*, forgiveness, halt, hiatus, immunity, intermission, interregnum, interruption, interval, layoff, leisure, letup*, lull, moratorium, pardon, postponement, protraction, recess, relaxation, release, relief, reprieve, rest, stay, stop, ten*, time, time out*, truce; concepts 121,681,807 Ant. continuation resplendent [adj] bright, radiant beaming, blazing, brilliant, dazzling, effulgent, aming, gleaming, glittering, glorious, glossy, glowing, gorgeous, irradiant, luminous, lustrous, magnificent, proud, refulgent, shining, shiny, splendid, splendiferous, splendorous, sublime, superb; concepts 579,589,617 Ant. cloudy, dull, gloomy, withering respond [v] act in answer to something acknowledge, act in response, answer, answer back, behave, be in touch with, come back, come back at, come in, counter, feedback, feel for, eld the question*, get back to*, get in touch, react, reciprocate, rejoin, reply, retort, return, talk back; concepts 45,384 Ant. ask, question, request response [n] answer, reaction acknowledgment, antiphon, back talk*, comeback, counter, double-take*, echo, feedback, hit, kickback*, knee-jerk reaction*, lip*, rejoinder, reply, respond, retort, return, reverberation, riposte,

sass*, snappy comeback*, vibes*, wisecrack; concept 278 Ant. asking, question, request responsibility [n1] accountability, blame albatross*, amenability, answerability, authority, boundness, burden, care, charge, constraint, contract, culpability, duty, encumbrance, engagement, fault, guilt, holding the bag*, importance, incubus, incumbency, liability, obligation, obligatoriness, onus, pledge, power, rap, restraint, subjection, trust; concept 645 Ant. exemption, freedom, immunity, irresponsibility responsibility [n2] maturity, trustworthiness ability, capableness, capacity, competency, conscientiousness, dependability, dependableness, efciency, faithfulness, rmness, honesty, levelheadedness, loyalty, rationality, reliability, sensibleness, soberness, stability, steadfastness, trustiness, uprightness; concepts 411,633 Ant. distrust, immaturity, irresponsibility responsible [adj1] accountable, in charge answerable, at fault, at the helm, authoritative, bonded, bound, bound to, carrying the load, censurable, chargeable, compelled, constrained, contracted, culpable, decision-making, devolving on, duty-bound, engaged, executive, exposed, fettered, guilty, hampered, held, high, important, in authority, in control, incumbent, liable, minding the store*, obligated, obliged, on the hook*, open, pledged, subject, susceptive, sworn to, tied, to blame, under contract, under obligation; concept 545 Ant. excused, exempt, free, immune, irresponsible responsible [adj2] trustworthy, mature able, adult, capable, competent, conscientious, dependable, dutiful, effective, efcient, faithful, rm, levelheaded, loyal, qualied, rational, reliable, self-reliant, sensible, sober, sound, stable, steadfast, steady, tried, trusty, upright; concepts 401,404 Ant. immature, irresponsible, untrustworthy responsive [adj] quick to react acknowledging, active, alive, answering, awake, aware, compassionate, conscious, forthcoming, impressionable, inuenceable, kindhearted, open, passionate, perceptive, persuadable, reactive, receptive, replying, respondent, sensible, sensile, sensitive, sentient, sharp, softhearted, susceptible, susceptive, sympathetic, tender, warm, warmhearted; concepts 401,542 Ant. insensitive, unresponsive, unsusceptible rest [n1] inactivity break, breather*, breathing space*, calm, calmness, cessation, coffee break*, comfort, composure, cutoff, downtime*, doze, dreaminess, ease, forty winks*, halt, holiday, hush, idleness, interlude, intermission, interval, leisure, letup*, lull, motionlessness, nap, pause, peace, quiescence, quiet, quietude, recess, recreation, refreshment, relaxation, relief, repose, respite, siesta, silence, sleep, slumber, somnolence, stand still, stay, stillness, stop, time off, tranquillity, vacation; concepts 315,681,807 Ant. action, activity, energy rest [n2] remainder of something balance, bottom of barrel*, dregs, dross, excess, heel, leavings, leftovers, odds and ends*, orts, others, overplus, remains, remnant, residual, residue, residum, rump, superuity, surplus; concepts 260,835 Ant. base, core

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rest [n3] base, foundation basis, bed, bottom, footing, ground, groundwork, holder, pedestal, pediment, pillar, prop, seat, seating, shelf, stand, stay, support, trestle; concepts 442,825 rest [v1] be calm; sleep be at ease, be comfortable, breathe, compose oneself, doze, dream, drowse, ease off, ease up, idle, laze, lean, let down, let up, lie by, lie down, lie still, loaf, loll, lounge, nap, nod, put feet up*, recline, refresh oneself, relax, repose, sit down, slack, slacken, slack off, slumber, snooze, spell, stretch out, take a break, take a nap, take ve*, take it easy*, take life easy*, take ten*, take time out, unbend, unlax*, unwind, wind down; concepts 210,315,681 Ant. activate, be active, carry out, do, energize rest [v2] lie, recline be quiet, be supported, lay, lean, lie still, loll, lounge, pause, prop, repose, roost, settle, sit, stand, stand still, stretch out; concepts 154,681 Ant. move, stand, walk rest [v3] depend, hinge base, be based, be contingent, be dependent, be founded, be seated on, be supported, be upheld, bottom, count, establish, found, ground, hang, lie, predicate, rely, reside, stay, turn; concept 711 restaurant [n] business establishment serving food and drink bar, caf, cafeteria, canteen, chophouse*, coffee shop, diner, dining room, dive*, doughtnut shop, drive-in, eatery, eating house, eating place, fast-food place, greasy spoon*, grill, hamburger stand, hashery*, hideaway*, hotdog stand, inn, joint*, luncheonette, lunchroom, night club, outlet*, pizzeria, saloon, soda fountain, watering hole*; concepts 439, 448,449 restful [adj] quiet calm, comfortable, contented, hushed, inactive, motionless, pacic, peaceful, placid, relaxed, relaxing, retired, sedate, serene, soothing, still, tranquil, unanxious, unexcited, untroubled; concepts 401,583,705 restitution [n] compensation, repayment amends, dues, indemnication, indemnity, payment, quittance, rebate, recompense, redress, refund, reimbursement, remuneration, reparation, reprisal, requital, restoration, return, satisfaction, squaring things*; concept 344 Ant. dissatisfaction, fee, penalty, taking restive [adj] impatient, nervous agitated, balky, contrary, edgy, dgety, fractious, fretful, froward, ill at ease, jittery, jumpy, nervy, obstinate, on edge, ornery*, perverse, recalcitrant, refractory, restless, stubborn, tense, uneasy, unruly, unyielding, uptight; concepts 401,542 Ant. calm, collected, patient, relaxed restless [adj] not content; moving about active, agitated, antsy*, anxious, bundle of nerves*, bustling, changeable, disturbed, edgy, dgeting, dgety, tful, footloose*, fretful, hurried, ill at ease, inconstant, intermittent, irresolute, itchy*, jumpy, nervous, nomadic, on edge, perturbed, restive, roving, sleepless, spasmodic, strung out*, tossing and turning*, transient, troubled, turbulent, uneasy, unpeaceful, unquiet, unrestful, unruly, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, wandering, worried; concepts 403,542,584 Ant. agitated, jumpy, nervous, restive restlessness [n] constant motion; discontent activity, agitation, ailment, ants*, antsiness*, anxiety, bustle, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance,

edginess, excitability, ferment, tfulness, fretfulness, hurry, inconstancy, inquietude, insomnia, instability, jitters, jumpiness, movement, nervousness, restiveness, transience, turbulence, turmoil, uneasiness, unrest, unsettledness, worriedness; concepts 410,657,748 Ant. calm, contentedness, relaxation, restfulness restore [v1] x, make new bring back, build up, cure, heal, improve, make healthy, make restitution, mend, modernize, reanimate, rebuild, recall, recondition, reconstitute, reconstruct, recover, redeem, reinforce, reerect, reestablish, refresh, refurbish, rehabilitate, reimpose, reinstate, reintroduce, rejuvenate, renew, renovate, repair, replace, rescue, retouch, revitalize, revive, revivify, set to rights, strengthen, touch up, update, win back; concepts 126,212,244 Ant. break, damage, destroy, hurt restore [v2] give back hand back, put back, replace, return, send back; concepts 131,232 restrain [v] keep under control; hold back arrest, bind, bottle up, box up, bridle, chain, check, choke back, circumscribe, conne, constrain, contain, control, cool*, cork*, crack down*, curb, curtail, debar, delimit, detain, deter, direct, fetter, gag, govern, guide, hamper, handicap, harness, hem in, hinder, hogtie*, hold, impound, imprison, inhibit, jail, keep, keep down, keep in line*, kill*, limit, lock up, manacle, muzzle, pinion, prevent, proscribe, pull back, repress, restrict, sit on, stay, subdue, suppress, tie down, tie up; concepts 121,130,191 Ant. free, liberate, release restrained [adj] calm, quiet bottled up, calm and collected, chilled, conservative, controlled, cool, corked up, discreet, in charge, in check, inobtrusive, laid-back*, mild, moderate, muted, on a leash*, plain, reasonable, reticent, retiring, self-controlled, shrinking, soft, steady, subdued, tasteful, temperate, unaffable, undemonstrative, under control, under wraps*, unexcessive, unexpansive, unextreme, unobtrusive, uptight, withdrawn; concepts 401,542 Ant. assured, bold, condent, extroverted, outgoing restraint [n1] self-control abstemiousness, abstinence, caution, coercion, command, compulsion, connes, constraint, control, coolness, curtailment, economy, forbearance, grip, hindrance, hold, inhibition, limitation, moderation, prevention, repression, reserve, restriction, secretiveness, self-denial, self-discipline, selfgovernment, self-possession, self-restraint, silence, suppression, unnaturalness, withholding; concept 633 Ant. agitation, arousal, wildness restraint [n2] limitation; something that holds abridgment, arrest, ban, bar, barrier, bondage, bridle, captivity, chains, check, command, connement, constraint, cramp, curb, decrease, deprivation, detention, determent, deterrence, embargo, fetters, hindrance, impediment, imprisonment, instruction, interdict, limit, manacles, obstacle, obstruction, order, pinions, prohibition, reduction, rein, repression, restriction, rope, stop, stoppage, straitjacket, string*, taboo, weight; concepts 5,666,674 Ant. freedom, liberation restrict [v] conne, limit situation or ability to participate bind, bottle up, bound, chain, check, circumscribe, come down on, constrict, contain,

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contract, cool down, cramp, curb, decrease, dene, delimit, delimitate, demarcate, demark, diminish, encircle, enclose, hamper, handicap, hang up, hem in, hold back, hold down, impede, inclose, inhibit, keep within bounds, keep within limits, moderate, modify, narrow, pin down, prelimit, put away, put on ice*, qualify, reduce, regulate, restrain, send up, shorten, shrink, shut in, surround, temper, tether, tie; concept 130 Ant. enlarge, expand, free, let go, release restriction [n] limit ball and chain*, bounds, brake, catch, check, circumscription, condition, connement, constraint, containment, contraction, control, cramp, curb, custody, demarcation, excess baggage*, ne print*, glitch*, grain of salt*, handicap, hang-up*, inhibition, limitation, limits, lock*, no-no*, qualication, regulation, reservation, restraint, rule, small difculty, stint, stipulation, stricture, string*, stumbling block*; concepts 666,674 Ant. enlargement, expansion, freedom, release result [n] effect brought about by something aftereffect, aftermath, arrangement, backwash*, by-product, close, completion, conclusion, consequence, consummation, corollary, creature, crop, decision, denouement, determination, development, emanation, end, ensual, event, eventuality, execution, nish, fruit*, fruition, harvest, issue, offshoot*, outcome, outcropping, outgrowth, payoff, proceeds, product, production, reaction, repercussion, returns, sequel, sequence, settlement, termination, upshot; concept 230 Ant. cause, source result [v] happen, develop accrue, appear, arise, attend, become of, be due to, come about, come forth, come from, come of, come out, conclude, culminate, derive, effect, emanate, emerge, end, ensue, eventualize, eventuate, nish, ow, follow, fruit, germinate, grow, issue, occur, originate, pan out, proceed, produce, rise, spring, stem, terminate, turn out, wind up, work out; concepts 4,119,242 Ant. cause rsum [n] outline of experience abstract, bio*, biography, curriculum vitae, CV*, digest, epitome, prcis, recapitulation, review, rundown, sum, summary, summation, summing-up, synopsis, vita, work history; concepts 271,283 resume [v] begin again assume again, carry on, come back, continue, go on, go on with, keep on, keep up, occupy again, pick up, proceed, reassume, recapitulate, recommence, recoup, regain, reinstitute, reoccupy, reopen, repossess, restart, retake, return to, take back, take up; concepts 221,239 Ant. nish, halt, stop resurgence [n] revival comeback, reawakening, rebirth, rebound, recovery, rejuvenation, renaissance, renascence, renewal, restoration, resurrection, return, revitalization, triumph; concepts 119,221,706 resurrection [n] awakening from the dead reappearance, reawakening, rebirth, restoration, resurgence, return to life, revival; concept 221 resuscitate [v] revive arouse, awaken, breathe new life into*, bring back to life, bring to*, come to life, energize, enkindle, enliven, give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, invigorate, perform CPR, rejuvenate, renovate, restore, resurrect, revitalize, save, wake up; concepts 13,221,469,697

retain [v1] hold on to physically or mentally absorb, bear in mind, cling to, clutch, contain, detain, enjoy, grasp, hand onto, have, hold, hold fast, husband, keep, keep in mind, keep possession, maintain, memorize, mind, own, possess, preserve, put away, recall, recognize, recollect, remember, reminisce, reserve, restrain, retrospect, save, withhold; concepts 40,190,710 Ant. free, let go, lose, release, spend retain [v2] hire commission, contract, employ, engage, maintain, pay, reserve; concept 351 Ant. re, let go, pass up retaliate [v] get even with someone even the score*, exact retribution, get, get back at, give and take*, make reprisal, pay, pay back, reciprocate, recompense, repay, requite, retrospect, return, return the compliment, revenge, revive, settle, square accounts*, strike back, take an eye for an eye*, take revenge, turn the tables on*, turn upon, wreak vengeance; concepts 126,384 Ant. forgive, pardon, sympathize retard [v] hinder, obstruct arrest, back off, bafe, balk, bog, bog down, brake, bring to screeching halt*, check, choke, choke off, clog, close off, crimp, dawdle, decelerate, decrease, defer, delay, detain, down, encumber, falter, fetter, ag, hamper, handicap, hang up, hesitate, hold back, hold up, impede, lessen, let up, loaf, loiter, mire, poke, postpone, reduce, retardate, set back, shut down, shut off, slacken, slow down, slow up, stall, take down; concepts 121,130,190,240 Ant. advance, help, push reticent [adj] secretive, quiet bashful, clammed up*, close, close-mouthed, dried up*, dummied up*, hesitant, mum, reserved, restrained, shy, silent, taciturn, tight-lipped, uncommunicative, unforthcoming, unspeaking, uptight*; concepts 267,401 Ant. communicative, forward, unrestrained retire [v] leave a place or responsibility absent oneself, decamp, deny oneself, depart, draw back, ebb, exit, fall back, get away, get off, give ground, give up work, give way, go, go away, go to bed, go to ones room*, go to sleep, hand over, hit the sack*, leave service, make vacant, part, pull back, pull out, recede, regress, relinquish, remove, repeal, rescind, resign, retreat, revoke, run along, rusticate, secede, seclude oneself, separate, sever connections, stop working, surrender, take off, turn in, withdraw, yield; concepts 195,234,351 Ant. begin, enter, join retiring [adj] shy, undemonstrative backward, bashful, coy, demure, difdent, humble, meek, modest, nongregarious, not forward, quiet, rabbity, recessive, reclusive, reserved, restrained, reticent, self-effacing, shrinking, timid, timorous, unaffable, unassertive, unassuming, unexpansive, unsociable, withdrawing, withdrawn; concept 401 Ant. demonstrative, extroverted, outgoing, self-condent retort [n] snappy answer antiphon, back answer, back talk, comeback, cooler, counter, crack*, gag*, jape, jest, joke, lip*, parting shot*, quip, rejoinder, repartee, reply, reprisal, respond, response, retaliation, return, revenge, riposte, sally, snappy comeback*, topper*, wisecrack, witticism; concept 278 Ant. question, request

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retort [v] answer answer back, come back at*, counter, crack*, rebut, rejoin, repay, reply, requite, respond, retaliate, return, riposte, sass*, shoot back*, snap back*, squelch*, talk back, top*; concept 45 Ant. question, request retract [v] take back; renege on abjure, back, back down, back off, back out of, call off, cancel, change ones mind, countermand, deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, draw in, eat ones words*, eliminate, exclude, fall back, forget it, forswear, go back on, have change of heart*, nig*, pull back, pull in, recall, recant, recede, reel in*, renege, renounce, repeal, repudiate, rescind, retreat, retrocede, retrograde, reverse, revoke, rule out, sheathe, suspend, take back, take in, unsay, welsh*, withdraw; concepts 25,49,119,697 Ant. corroborate, emphasize, reafrm, repeat retreat [n1] departure ebb, evacuation, ight, retirement, withdrawal; concepts 30,195 Ant. advance, arrival, coming retreat [n2] place one goes for peace adytum, ark, asylum, cell, cloister, convent, cover, covert, defense, den, habitat, harbor, haunt, haven, hermitage, hideaway, hiding place, ivory tower*, port, privacy, refuge, resort, retirement, safe house, safe place, sanctuary, seclusion, security, shelter, solitude; concept 516 retreat [v] pull back, go away abandon, avoid, back, back away, back down, back off, back out, backtrack, beat it, cave in, decamp, depart, disengage, draw back, ebb, elude, escape, evacuate, evade, fall back, fold, give ground, go, go along with, go back, hand over, hide, keep aloof, keep apart, lay down, leave, move back, opt out*, pull out, quail, quit, recede, recoil, reel, regress, relinquish, resign, retire, retrocede, retrograde, reverse, run, seclude oneself, sequester, shrink, start back, turn tail*, vacate, withdraw; concept 195 Ant. advance, face, forge, meet retribution [n] payback for anothers action avengement, avenging, comeuppance, compensation, counterblow, eye for an eye*, just desserts*, justice, punishment, reckoning, recompense, redress, repayment, reprisal, requital, retaliation, revanche, revenge, reward, satisfaction, vengeance, what for*; concepts 123,126,384 Ant. forgiveness, pardon, sympathy retrieve [v] get back bring back, fetch, reacquire, recall, recapture, reclaim, recoup, recover, recruit, redeem, regain, repair, repossess, rescue, restore, salvage, save, win back; concepts 120,131 Ant. give, offer, relinquish retro [adj] from yesteryear dated, evocative, in period style, nostalgic, old-fashioned, old world, out-of-date, passe, period; concept 578 Ant. modern retrospect [n] afterthought hindsight, recollection, reconsideration, reexamination, remembering, remembrance, reminiscence, retrospection, review, revision, survey; concepts 17,40,410 Ant. forethought, prophesy, prospect return [n1] coming again acknowledgment, answer, appearance, arrival, coming, entrance, entry, homecoming, occurrence, reaction, reappearance, rebound, recoil, recoiling, recompense, recompensing, recovery, recrudescence, recurrence, reestablishment, reinstatement,

rejoinder, reoccurrence, replacement, repossession, restitution, restoration, restoring, retreat, reversion, revisitation; concepts 4,695 Ant. departure, leave return [n2] earnings, benet accrual, accruement, advantage, avail, compensation, gain, gate, income, interest, lucre, proceeds, prot, reciprocation, recompense, reimbursement, reparation, repayment, requital, results, retaliation, revenue, reward, take*, takings, yield; concepts 340,710 Ant. debt, payment return [n3] answer antiphon, comeback, rejoinder, reply, respond, response, retort, riposte; concept 278 Ant. question, request return [n4] summary account, form, list, record, report, statement, tabulation; concepts 283,331 return [v1] go back, turn back back up, bounce back, circle back, come again, come back, double back, go again, hark back to, move back, react, reappear, rebound, recoil, reconsider, recrudesce, recur, reel back, reenter, reexamine, reoccur, repair, repeat, retire, retrace steps, retreat, revert, revisit, revolve, rotate, turn, concepts 159,242 Ant. depart, leave return [v2] give back, send back bestow, carry back, convey, give, hand back, make restitution, pay back, put back, react, rebate, reciprocate, recompense, reestablish, refund, reimburse, reinsert, reinstate, remit, render, repay, replace, requite, reseat, restitute, restore, retaliate, roll back, send, take back, thrust back, toss back, transmit; concepts 108,131,217 Ant. keep, take return [v3] earn bring in, cash in on*, clean up*, clear*, make, make a killing*, net, pay, pay dividend, pay off, repay, score, show prot, yield; concept 330 Ant. pay return [v4] answer announce, arrive at, bring in, come back, come in, come to, communicate, declare, deliver, pass, rejoin, render, reply, report, respond, retort, state, submit; concept 45 Ant. ask, request reunion [n] social gathering assembly, gettogether, homecoming, making up*, reconciliation, reuniting; concepts 109,113 revamp [v] renovate clean, do up*, face-lift*, make over, overhaul, recondition, refresh, refurbish, rehabilitate, remake, remodel, renew, repair, restore, resurrect, retread, revitalize, revive, spruce up*, update; concepts 168,177,202 reveal [v1] disclose, tell acknowledge, admit, afrm, announce, avow, betray, break the news*, bring out into open*, bring to light*, broadcast, come out with, communicate, concede, confess, declare, divulge, explain, expose, get out of system*, give away, give out, give the low-down*, impart, inform, leak, let cat out of the bag*, let fall, let on, let out, let slip*, make known, make plain, make public, notify, proclaim, publish, put cards on table*, report, talk, tell, unfold, utter; concept 60 Ant. conceal, hide, suppress reveal [v2] show, uncover bare, disclose, display, exhibit, expose, ash, lay bare, manifest, open, unclothe, unearth, unmask, unveil; concept 138 Ant. cover, hide revel [n] celebration, merrymaking bacchanal, carousal, carouse, debauch, festivity, frolic,

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gaiety, gala, high jinks*, jollication, jollity, merriment, party, reveling, revelment, saturnalia, skylarking*, spree, wassail, whoopee*; concepts 292,377 revel [v] take pleasure; celebrate bask, blow off steam*, carouse, carry on, crow, cut loose*, delight, enjoy, fool around*, frolic, gloat, go on a spree*, indulge, kick up heels*, kid around*, lap up*, lark, let go*, let loose*, live it up*, luxuriate, make merry, paint the town*, rejoice, relish, riot, roister, roll, rollick, run around, savor, step out, thrive, wallow, whoop it up*; concepts 292,377,384 Ant. dislike, hate revelation [n] disclosure, telling adumbration, announcement, apocalypse, betrayal, blow by blow*, break, broadcasting, clue, communication, cue, discovery, display, divination, divulgement, earful, exhibition, expose, exposition, exposure, eye-opener*, ash, foreshadowing, inspiration, leak, lightning bolt*, manifestation, news, oracle, proclamation, prophecy, publication, scoop*, showing, sign, the latest*, tip, uncovering, unearthing, unveiling, vision; concepts 60,274 Ant. secret revelry [n] merrymaking carousal, carouse, celebration, debauch, debauchery, entertainment, festival, festivity, fun, gaiety, high jinks*, jollication, jollity, party, reveling, revelment, saturnalia, spree, whoop-de-do*, whoopla*; concepts 377,384 Ant. mourning, sadness, sobriety revenge [n] retaliation for wrong, grievance animus, attack, avenging, avengment, counterblow, counterinsurgency, counterplay, eye for an eye*, ght, getting even*, ill will, implacability, malevolence, measure for measure, rancor, repayment, reprisal, requital, retribution, return, ruthlessness, satisfaction, sortie, spitefulness, tit for tat*, vengeance, vengefulness, vindictiveness; concepts 86,122,384 Ant. forgiveness, pardon, sympathy revenge [v] retaliate for wrong, grievance avenge, be out for blood*, defend, even the score*, ght back, x, x ones wagon*, get, get back at, get even, give comeuppance, give just desserts*, hit back, justify, kick back, make reprisal, match, pay back, pay back in spades*, pay off, punish, reciprocate, redress, repay, requite, retort, return, return the compliment*, score, settle up, settle with, square, stick it to, take an eye for an eye*, turn the tables on*, venge, vindicate; concepts 86,122,384 Ant. forgive, pardon, sympathize revenue [n] income, prot acquirement, annuity, bottom line*, cash ow, credit, dividend, earnings, emolument, fruits*, fund, gain, gate*, get*, gravy*, handle*, interest, means, net, pay, payoff, perquisite, proceeds, receipt, resources, return, reward, salary, split*, stock, strength, take*, takings*, wages, wealth, yield; concepts 329,332,344 Ant. debt, payment reverberate [v] vibrate in sound echo, react, rebound, recoil, redound, reecho, resound, ring; concept 65 Ant. quieten reverence [n] high opinion of something admiration, adoration, apotheosis, approbation, approval, awe, bow, deference, deication, devotion, devoutness, esteem, fealty, fear, genuection, high esteem, homage, honor,

love, loyalty, obeisance, obsequiousness, piety, praise, prostration, religiousness, respect, veneration, worship; concepts 10,32 Ant. disdain, disregard, disrespect, scorn reverent [adj] respectful admiring, appreciative, deferential, devout, dutiful, gracious, humble, obedient, obeisant, pious, polite, regardful, reverential, solemn, upholding, worshipping; concept 401 revere/reverence [v] have a high opinion of admire, adore, apotheosize, appreciate, be in awe of, cherish, defer to, deify, enjoy, esteem, exalt, hold in awe, honor, look up to*, love, magnify, pay homage, prize, put on pedestal*, regard, respect, think highly of, treasure, value, venerate, worship; concepts 10,32 Ant. despise, disregard reverie [n] daydream absent-mindedness, absorption, abstraction, castle-building*, castles in the air*, contemplation, detachment, dreaminess, dreaming, fantasy, fools paradise*, head trip*, inattention, meditation, mind trip*, muse, musing, pensiveness, phantasy, pipe dream*, preoccupation, study, thought, trance, trip*, woolgathering*; concepts 529,532 Ant. nightmare reversal [n] about-face annulment, backpedaling, cancellation, change in direction, doubleback, repeal, rescinding, retraction, switch, turnabout, turnaround, U-turn, volte-face; concept 697 reverse [n1] opposite about-face, antipode, antipole, antithesis, back, bottom, change of mind, contra, contradiction, contradictory, contrary, converse, counter, counterpole, ip-op*, ip side*, inverse, other side, overturning, rear, regression, retrogression, retroversion, reversal, reversement, reversion, switch, turn, turnabout, turn around, turning, underside, verso, volteface, wrong side; concepts 665,697,738 Ant. identical, same reverse [n2] bad luck; failure adversity, afiction, bath, blow, catastrophe, check, conquering, defeat, disappointment, hardship, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, repulse, reversal, setback, trial, turnabout, vanquishment, vicissitude; concepts 674,679 Ant. good fortune, good luck, progress, success reverse [v1] turn upside down or backwards about-face*, back, backpedal*, backtrack, back up, capsize, double back*, evaginate, evert, exchange, ip-op*, go back, go backwards, interchange, inverse, invert, move backwards, overturn, rearrange, retreat, revert, shift, switch, transfer, transplace, transpose, turn around, turn back, turn over, upend, upset; concepts 158,213,697 reverse [v2] cancel, change alter, annul, backpedal*, backtrack, convert, countermand, declare null and void*, dismantle, double back*, ip-op*, invalidate, lift, modify, negate, nullify, overrule, overset, overthrow, overturn, quash, recall, renege, repeal, rescind, retract, revoke, set aside, turn around, turn the tables*, undo, upset; concepts 13,234,697 Ant. do, enforce, go ahead, meet, reserve revert [v] return to an earlier, less-developed condition about-face*, backslide, change, come back, decline, degenerate, deteriorate, fall off

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the wagon*, ip-op*, go back, hark back, inverse, invert, lapse, react, recrudesce, recur, regress, relapse, resume, retrograde, retrogress, return, take up where left off*, throw back, transpose, turn, turn back; concepts 13,385,698 Ant. develop, grow, progress review [n1] examination, study analysis, another look*, audit, check, checkup, drill, le, fresh look*, inspection, march past*, onceover*, parade, procession, reassessment, recapitulation, reconsideration, reection, report, rethink, retrospect, revision, scan, scrutiny, second look, second thought, survey, view; concepts 24,103 review [n2] critique; summary abstract, analysis, appraisal, article, assessment, blurb, book review, canvass, column, comment, commentary, criticism, discourse, discussion, dissertation, essay, evaluation, exposition, inspection, investigation, journal, judgment, magazine, mention, monograph, notice, organ, outline, pan*, periodical, recapitulation, redraft, reviewal, revision, study, synopsis, theme, thesis, treatise, write-up; concepts 280,283 review [v1] go over again analyze, brush up*, call to mind, check out, check thoroughly, debrief, go over, hash over*, look at again, look back on, polish up, reassess, recall, recap*, recapitulate, recollect, reconsider, reevaluate, reexamine, reect on, rehash*, remember, rethink, revise, revisit, run over, run through, run up agpole*, summon up, take another look, think over; concept 103 Ant. ignore, neglect review [v2] criticize, scrutinize assess, badmouth*, correct, discuss, evaluate, examine, give ones opinion, inspect, judge, knock*, pan*, put down*, rave, read through, reedit, revise, rip, skin alive*, slam*, study, swipe at*, take down*, trash*, weigh, write a critique, zap*; concepts 49,52 Ant. approve, praise reviewer [n] critic analyst, appraiser, commentator, connoisseur, evaluator, expert, interpreter, judge, reporter; concept 348 revile [v] scold abuse, admonish, berate, blame, castigate, censure, chide, criticize, denigrate, denounce, disparage, give a talking to*, lambaste, lay down the law*, lecture, rake over the coals*, ream, reprimand, reproach, reprobate, reprove, scorn, tongue-lash, vilify, vituperate; concepts 44,52,54 revise [v] correct, edit alter, amend, bluepencil*, change, clean up, compare, cut, debug, develop, emend, go over, improve, launder, look over, modify, overhaul, perfect, polish, recalibrate, recast, reconsider, redo, redraft, redraw, reexamine, rehash, reorganize, restyle, revamp, review, rework, rewrite, run through, scan, scrub, scrutinize, study, tighten, update, upgrade; concepts 79,126,244 revision [n] change; rewriting afterlight, alteration, amendment, correction, editing, emendation, homework, improvement, modication, overhauling, polish, recension, reconsideration, rectication, rectifying, redaction, redraft, reediting, reexamination, rescript, restyling, retrospect, retrospection, review, revisal, revise, updating; concepts 79,126,244,700 revival [n] rebirth, reawakening awakening, cheering, consolation, enkindling, freshening,

invigoration, quickening, reanimation, recovery, recrudescence, regeneration, rejuvenation, renaissance, renascence, renewal, restoration, resurgence, resurrection, resuscitation, revitalization, revivication, risorgimento; concepts 119,221 Ant. destruction, killing, suppression revive [v] start again; bring back to life animate, arouse, awaken, bounce back*, breathe new life into*, brighten, bring around*, bring to*, cheer, come around*, come to life, comfort, console, encourage, energize, enkindle, enliven, exhilarate, gladden, inspirit, invigorate, make whole*, overcome, please, quicken, rally, reanimate, recondition, recover, refresh, rejuvenate, rekindle, relieve, renew, renovate, repair, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revitalize, rouse, snap out of it*, solace, spring up*, strengthen, touch up*, wake up; concepts 13,221,469,697 Ant. destroy, kill, suppress revoke [v] take back; cancel abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, back out of, backpedal*, call back, call off, countermand, counterorder, declare null and void*, deny, disclaim, dismantle, dismiss, disown, erase, expunge, forswear, invalidate, lift, negate, nix*, nullify, obliterate, quash*, recall, recant, remove, renounce, repeal, repudiate, rescind, retract, reverse, rub out*, scrub*, set aside, vacate, void, wipe out*, withdraw; concepts 50,88,121,234 Ant. approve, authorize, enforce revolt [n] uprising defection, displeasure, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, rebellion, revolution, rising, sedition; concepts 106,300,320 Ant. calm, harmony, peace revolt [v1] rebel, rise up against arise, boycott, break, defect, defy, drop out, get out of line*, insurrect, make waves*, mutiny, oppose, opt out, overthrow, overturn, renounce, resist, riot, rock the boat*, strike, take up arms, turn against; concepts 106,300,320 Ant. comply, harmonize, obey, submit revolt [v2] disgust, nauseate crawl*, gross out*, make esh crawl*, make sick, offend, pain, reluct, repel, repulse, shock, sicken, turn off*, turn stomach*; concepts 7,19 Ant. delight, make happy, please revolting [adj] disgusting, nauseating abhorrent, abominable, appalling, awful, distasteful, foul, gross, horrible, horrid, loathsome, nasty, nauseous, noisome, obnoxious, obscene, offensive, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, rotten, shocking, sickening, sleazy*, vile; concept 529 Ant. delightful, good, nice, pleasant, pleasing revolution [n1] drastic action or change, often in politics anarchy, bloodshed, cabal, coup, coup dtat, crime, debacle, destruction, disorder, foment, golpe, guerrilla activity, innovation, insubordination, insurgency, metamorphosis, mutiny, outbreak, overthrow, overturn, plot, radical change, rebellion, reformation, reversal, revolt, rising, row, shake-up, shift, strife, strike, subversion, transformation, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, turnover, underground activity, unrest, upheaval, uprising, uproar, upset, violence; concepts 106,300,320,697 Ant. stagnation, submission revolution [n2] circuit around something circle, circumvolution, cycle, gyration, gyre, lap, orbit, pirouette, reel, revolve, revolving,

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roll, rotation, round, spin, swirl, turn, turning, twirl, wheel, whirl; concepts 436,484,738,792 revolutionary [adj1] rebellious anarchistic, deant, disobedient, disorderly, factious, insubordinate, insurgent, mutinous, radical, rebel, rioting, riotous, subversive, warring; concepts 401,529,542 revolutionary [adj2] new, progressive advanced, advancing, avant-garde*, contemporary, cutting edge*, developing, forward-looking, innovative, just out*, latest, left, modern, novel, open-minded, radical, state-of-the-art*, up-andcoming*; concepts 542,544,564,578,797 revolve [v1] turn, circle circumduct, go around, gyrate, gyre, orbit, roll, rotate, spin, turn around, twist, wheel, whirl; concepts 147,738 revolve [v2] think about consider, deliberate, meditate, mull over, muse, ponder, reect, roll, ruminate, study, think over, turn over in mind; concept 17 Ant. ignore, neglect revulsion [n] disgust, hatred abhorrence, abomination, aversion, detestation, dislike, distaste, hate, horror, loathing, recoil, repugnance, repulsion; concept 29 Ant. like, liking, love, loving reward [n] payment, prize accolade, award, benet, bonus, bounty, carrot*, comeuppance, compensation, crown*, cue, dividend, feather in cap*, fringe benet, gain, garland, goodies*, gravy*, grease*, guerdon, honor, just deserts*, meed, merit, perks*, plum*, premium, prot, punishment, recompense, remuneration, repayment, requital, retribution, return, salve, strokes*, sweetener*, tip, wages; concepts 337,344 Ant. penalty, punishment reward [v] pay; give prize compensate, honor, recompense, remunerate, repay, requite, stroke*, sugarcoat*, take care of*, tip; concepts 108,132,341 Ant. penalize, punish, take away rewarding [adj] benecial, pleasing advantageous, edifying, fruitful, fullling, gainful, gratifying, productive, protable, remunerative, satisfying, valuable, worthwhile; concepts 548,572 Ant. troubling, upsetting rhetoric [n] wordiness; long speech address, balderdash*, big talk*, bombast, composition, discourse, elocution, eloquence, owery language, fustian, grandiloquence, hot air*, hyperbole, magniloquence, oration, oratory, pomposity, rant, verbosity; concepts 51,277, 278 Ant. conciseness rhetorical [adj] wordy; owery in speech articulate, aureate, bombastic, declamatory, eloquent, embellished, euphuistic, exaggerated, amboyant, ashy*, orid, uent, glib*, grand, grandiloquent, grandiose, high-own, hyperbolic, imposing, inated, magniloquent, mouthy, oratorical, ornate, ostentatious, overblown, overdone, overwrought, pompous, pretentious, showy, silver-tongued, sonorous, stilted, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid, verbose, vocal, voluble, windy*; concept 267 Ant. concise rhyme [n] poetry in which lines end with like sounds alliteration, beat, cadence, couplet, doggerel, half-rhyme, harmony, iambic pentameter, measure, meter, nursery rhyme, ode, poem, poesy, poetry, rhythm, rune, slant rhyme, song, tune, verse, vowel-chime; concepts 278,595

rhythm [n] beat, accent of sound, music bounce, cadence, cadency, downbeat, ow, lilt, measure, meter, metre, movement, pattern, periodicity, pulse, regularity, rhyme, rise and fall, swing, tempo, time, uniformity; concept 595 ribald [adj] vulgar, obscene base, bawdy, blue*, coarse, devilish, earthy, fast*, lthy*, foulmouthed, gross*, indecent, indecorous, juicy, lascivious, lewd, licentious, low-down and dirty, naughty, off-color, out of line*, purple*, racy, rascally, raunchy, raw*, risqu*, rogue, rough, rude, salacious, salty, scabrous, scurrilous, sly, smutty, spicy*, unbecoming; concepts 267,401 Ant. chaste, clean, decent rich [adj1] having a lot of money afuent, bloated, comfortable, easy, fat, lthy rich*, ush, gilded, in clover*, independent, in the money*, loaded*, made of money*, moneyed, opulent, plush, propertied, prosperous, rolling in it*, swimming, upscale, uptown, wealthy, well-heeled*, well-off*, well provided for*, well-to-do*, worth a million*; concept 334 Ant. poor rich [adj2] abundant, well-supplied abounding, ample, chic, classy, copious, costly, deluxe, elaborate, elegant, embellished, expensive, exquisite, extravagant, exuberant, fancy, fecund, fertile, ne, fruitful, full, gorgeous, grand, high-class, lavish, lush, luxurious, magnicent, ornate, palatial, plenteous, plentiful, plush, posh, precious, priceless, productive, prolic, resplendent, ritzy*, smart, snazzy*, spiffy, splendid, stylish, sumptuous, superb, swank*, swanky*, swell*, valuable, wellendowed; concepts 334,589,771 Ant. depleted, impoverished, needy rich [adj3] avorful creamy, delicious, fatty, full-bodied, heavy, highly avored, juicy, luscious, nourishing, nutritious, oily, satisfying, savory, spicy, succulent, sustaining, sweet, tasty; concept 613 Ant. bland, tasteless rich [adj4] full in color or sound bright, canorous, deep, dulcet, eloquent, expressive, intense, melliuous, mellow, resonant, rotund, signicant, silvery, sonorous, strong, vibrant, vivid, warm; concepts 406,594,618 Ant. low, weak rich [adj5] very funny absurd, amusing, comical, diverting, droll, entertaining, farcical, foolish, hilarious, humorous, incongruous, laughable, ludicrous, odd, preposterous, queer, ridiculous, risible, side-splitting*, slaying*, splitting*, strange; concepts 267,529 Ant. serious rich [n] wealthy people or institutions bountiful, haves*, landed, monied, nouveau riche, old money, upper class, upper crust*, well-to-do*; concept 423 Ant. poor riches [n] money and possessions abundance, afuence, assets, clover, fortune, gold, lap of luxury*, means, opulence, plenty, property, resources, richness, substance, treasure, wealth, worth; concepts 335,340,446,710 Ant. debt rickety [adj] unsound, broken-down broken, decrepit, derelict, dilapidated, feeble, imsy, fragile, frail, imperfect, inrm, insecure, jerry-built*, precarious, ramshackle, rattletrap*, rocky, shaky, tottering, tottery*, tumble-down, unsteady, wavering, weak, wobbly; concept 488 Ant. sound, stable

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ricochet [v] rebound backre, boomerang, bounce back, deect, kick back, recoil, return, snap back*, spring back; concepts 150,194, 195,303,700 rid [v] do away with; free abolish, clear, deliver, disabuse, disburden, disembarrass, disencumber, dump*, eject, eliminate, eradicate, expel, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, re, give the brush*, heave-ho*, junk*, kiss goodbye*, liberate, make free, purge, release, relieve, remove, roust, scrap, send packing*, shake off, shed, throw away, throw out, toss out, unburden, unload, uproot; concepts 180,211 Ant. get riddle [n] brain-teaser bewilderment, braintwister*, charade, closed book*, complexity, complication, confusion, conundrum, cryptogram, dilemma, distraction, doubt, embarrassment, enigma, entanglement, intricacy, knotty question*, labyrinth, maze, mindboggler*, mystery, mystication, perplexity, plight, poser, predicament, problem, puzzle, puzzlement, quandary, question, rebus, sixty-four dollar question*, stickler*, strait, stumper*, teaser, tough nut to crack*, tough proposition, twister*; concept 532 riddle [v] perforate, permeate bore, corrupt, damage, honeycomb*, impair, infest, mar, pepper, pervade, pierce, pit, puncture, spoil; concepts 156,220 ride [n] journey, trip in vehicle airing, commute, drive, excursion, expedition, hitch, jaunt, joyride*, lift, outing, pick up*, run, spin, Sunday drive, tour, transportation, turn, whirl; concept 224 ride [v1] carry or be carried be supported, control, cruise, curb, direct, drift, drive, oat, go, go with, guide, handle, hitch a ride*, hitchhike, journey, manage, motor, move, post, progress, restrain, roll, sit, sit on, thumb a ride*, tool around*, tour, travel; concepts 94,148,224 ride [v2] dominate, oppress afict, annoy, badger, bait, be arbitrary, be autocratic, berate, disparage, domineer, enslave, grip, harass, harry, haunt, hector, hound, override, persecute, rate, reproach, revile, scold, torment, torture, tyrannize, upbraid; concepts 7,14,19 Ant. free, release rider [n1] equestrian; commuter cowboy, driver, gaucho, horseback rider, horseman/woman, passenger, straphanger*, suburbanite, traveler; concept 348 rider [n2] amendment, clause addendum, addition, adjunct, alteration, attachment, clarication, codicil, measure, modication, revision, supplement; concept 270 ridge [n] raised part of solid backbone, chine, corrugation, crease, crinkle, elevation, esker, fold, furrow, hill, hogback, moraine, parapet, plica, pole, range, rib, rim, rimple, rivel, ruck, seam, spine, upland, wrinkle; concepts 471,509,513 Ant. at, plain ridicule [n] contemptuous laughter at someone or something badinage, banter, buffoonery, burlesque, caricature, chaff, comeback, contempt, derision, dig*, disdain, disparagement, farce, foolery, gibe, irony, jab*, jeer, laughter, leer, mockery, mordancy, needling, parody, parting shot*, persiage, putdown*, put-on*, raillery, rally, razz*, rib*, roast*, sarcasm,

sardonicism, satire, scorn, slam*, sneer*, swipe*, taunt, taunting, travesty; concepts 54,59 Ant. attery, praise ridicule [v] make contemptuous fun of something or someone banter, caricature, cartoon, chaff, deate, deride, expose, eer, gibe, haze, humiliate, jape, jeer, jive, jolly, josh*, kid, lampoon, laugh at, make a fool of*, make a game of*, make a laughing-stock*, make fun of, mimic, mock, needle, pan*, parody, poke fun at*, pooh-pooh*, pull ones leg*, put down*, quiz, rag, rail at, rally, raz*, rib*, ride*, roast*, run down*, satirize, scoff, scorn, send up*, show up, sneer, takeoff, taunt, travesty, twit, unmask; concepts 54,59 Ant. atter, praise ridiculous [adj] stupid, funny absurd, antic, bizarre, comic, comical, contemptible, daffy*, derisory, droll, fantastic, farcical, foolheaded*, foolish, gelastic, goofy*, grotesque, harebrained*, hilarious, impossible, incredible, jerky*, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, nutty*, outrageous, preposterous, risible, sappy*, silly, slaphappy*, unbelievable, wacky*; concepts 529,548,552 Ant. believable, reasonable, sensible, serious rife [adj] overowing abounding, abundant, alive, common, current, epidemic, extensive, frequent, general, many, multitudinous, numerous, pandemic, plentiful, popular, prevailing, prevalent, profuse, raging, rampant, regnant, replete, ruling, swarming, teeming, thronged, ubiquitous, universal, widespread; concepts 771,772 Ant. low, scarce riffraff [n] rabble commonality, commoners, dregs of society*, gang, gathering, hoi polloi, lower class, mob, one-percenters, outcast, rank and le, ring, scum, trash, undesirables, vermin; concepts 378,417,432 rie [v] ransack burglarize, burgle, despoil, go through, grab, gut, loot, pillage, plunder, rip, rip off*, rob, rummage, sack, smash and grab*, strip, take, tip over*, trash*, waste*; concept 139 Ant. order, organize rift [n1] break, crack breach, chink, cleavage, cleft, cranny, crevice, fault, ssure, aw, fracture, gap, hiatus, interruption, interval, opening, parting, rent, rima, rime, space, split; concept 513 Ant. closing, closure rift [n2] difference of opinion alienation, breach, break, clash, disagreement, division, estrangement, falling out*, misunderstanding, quarrel, rupture, schism, separation, split; concepts 46,106,388 Ant. agreement, concordance rig [n] equipment accouterments, apparatus, equipage, ttings, xtures, gear, machinery, outt, paraphernalia, tackle; concept 496 rig [v1] outt, supply accouter, appoint, arm, array, attire, clothe, costume, dress, equip, t out, furnish, gear, kit, provision, set up, turn out; concepts 140,167,182 rig [v2] arrange for certain outcome doctor, engineer, fake, falsify, ddle with*, x, gerrymander*, juggle, manipulate, tamper with, trump up*; concepts 202,697 right [adj1] fair, just appropriate, condign, conscientious, deserved, due, equitable, ethical, tting, good, honest, honorable, justiable, lawful, legal, legitimate, merited, moral, proper, requisite, righteous, rightful, scrupulous, stand-

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up*, suitable, true, upright, virtuous; concept 545 Ant. corrupt, immoral, inequitable, unfair, unjust, wrong right [adj2] accurate, precise absolute, admissible, amen, authentic, bona de, complete, correct, exact, factual, faithful, free of error, genuine, immaculate, indubitable, inerrant, infallible, just, nice, on the money*, on the nose*, out-and-out*, perfect, proper, punctilious, real, right as rain*, righteous, right on*, rigorous, satisfactory, solemn, sound, strict, sure, thoroughgoing, true, undistorted, undoubted, unerring, unmistaken, utter, valid, veracious, veridical, veritable, watertight*; concepts 535,557,582 Ant. imprecise, inaccurate, inadmissible, wrong right [adj3] appropriate, tting acceptable, adequate, advantageous, all right, becoming, betting, comely, comme il faut, common, condign, convenient, correct, decent, decorous, deserved, desirable, done*, due, favorable, felicitous, t, good, happy, ideal, merited, nice, opportune, proper, propitious, requisite, rightful, satisfactory, seemly, sufcient, suitable, tolerable; concepts 558,572 Ant. inappropriate, untting, unsuitable, unsuited, wrong right [adj4] sane, healthy all there, balanced, circumspect, compos mentis, discerning, discreet, enlightened, far-sighted, ne, t, hale, in good health*, in the pink*, judicious, lucid, normal, penetrating, rational, reasonable, sound, unimpaired, up to par*, well, wise; concepts 314,403 Ant. insane, mad, unt, unhealthy right [adj5] conservative politically die-hard*, old-line*, orthodox, reactionary, right wing, traditionalistic; concepts 529,689 Ant. left right [adj6] opposite of left clockwise, dexter, dextral, right-handed; concept 581 Ant. left right [adv1] accurately, precisely absolutely, all the way, altogether, bang*, clear, completely, correctly, entirely, exactly, factually, fully, genuinely, just, perfectly, quite, sharp, slap, smack-dab*, square, squarely, thoroughly, totally, truly, utterly, well, wholly; concepts 531,557,582 Ant. inaccurately, incorrectly, wrongly right [adv2] appropriately, suitably acceptably, adequately, amply, aptly, becomingly, bettingly, ttingly, properly, satisfactorily, well; concepts 558,572 Ant. inappropriately, unsuitably, wrongly right [adv3] fairly, justly conscientiously, decently, dispassionately, equitably, ethically, evenly, honestly, honorably, impartially, lawfully, legitimately, morally, objectively, properly, reliably, righteously, sincerely, squarely, virtuously, without bias, without prejudice; concept 545 Ant. unfairly, unjustly, wrongly right [adv4] benecially advantageous, exceedingly, extremely, favorably, for the better, fortunately, highly, notably, perfectly, remarkably, to advantage, very, well; concepts 537,572 Ant. unfairly right [adv5] directly, without delay at once, away, direct, due, rst off, forthwith, immediately, instanter, instantly, now, promptly, quickly, right away, straight, straight away, straightly, undeviatingly; concept 799 Ant. indirectly

right [n1] privilege advantage, appanage, authority, benet, birthright, business, claim, comeuppance, desert, deserving, due, exemption, favor, franchise, freedom, immunity, interest, liberty, license, merit, permission, perquisite, power, preference, prerogative, priority, title; concept 376 right [n2] justice, morality correctness, emancipation, enfranchisement, equity, freedom, good, goodness, honor, independence, integrity, lawfulness, legality, liberty, properness, propriety, reason, rectitude, righteousness, rightness, straight, truth, uprightness, virtue; concept 645 Ant. corruption, immorality, injustice, unfairness, unjustness, wrong right [v] x, correct adjust, amend, balance, clean up, compensate for, debug*, dial back*, doctor*, do justice, emend, ddle with*, x up, go straight, launder, make up for, mend, overhaul, patch, pick up, put in place, put right, recalibrate, recompense, recondition, reconstruct, rectify, redress, repair, restore, reward, scrub, set straight, settle, set upright, shape up, sort out, square, straighten, straighten out, turn around, vindicate; concepts 126,212 Ant. break, upset, wrong righteous [adj] good, honest angelic, blameless, charitable, commendable, conscientious, creditable, deserving, devoted, devout, dutiful, equitable, ethical, exemplary, fair, faithful, godlike, guiltless, holy, honorable, impartial, innocent, irreproachable, just, laudable, lawabiding, matchless, meritorious, moral, noble, peerless, philanthropic, philanthropical, praiseworthy, punctilious, pure, reverent, rightminded, saintly, scrupulous, sinless, spiritual, sterling, trustworthy, upright, virtuous, worthy; concept 545 Ant. bad, corrupt, dishonest, immoral, unfair rightful [adj] legitimate applicable, appropriate, apt, authorized, betting, bona de, canonical, card-carrying*, condign, deserved, due, ethical, fair, t, tting, holding water, honest, just, kosher*, lawful, legal, legit*, merited, moral, moralistic, noble, ofcial, on the level*, on the up and up*, orthodox, permitted, principled, proper, real, requisite, right, right-minded, suitable, true, twenty-four carat*, valid, virtuous; concepts 545,558 Ant. illegal, illegitimate, incorrect, wrongful right stuff [n] essential qualities abilities, bravery, courage, credentials, dependability, drive, experience, guts, knowledge, power, self-condence, skills, talent, what it takes; concept 630 right-wing [adj] conservative politically conservative, conventional, reactionary, rightist, ultra-conservative, unprogressive; concept 542 Ant. left-wing, radical rigid [adj] stiff, strict, severe adamant, adamantine, austere, bullheaded, changeless, chiseled*, dead set*, denite, determined, exact, rm, xed, hard, hard-line*, harsh, incompliant, inelastic, inexorable, inexible, intransigent, invariable, locked in*, obdurate, rigorous, set, set in stone*, single-minded, solid, static, stern, strait-laced*, stringent, tough nut to crack*, unalterable, unbending, unbreakable, unchanging, uncompromising, undeviating, unmoving, unpermissive, unrelenting, unyielding; concepts

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403,534,535 Ant. bending, exible, lenient, limber, pliable, pliant, soft, yielding rigmarole [n] nonsense babble, balderdash*, baloney, blather, bull, bunk*, drivel, foolishness, gibberish, gobbledygook*, hogwash*, hot air*, jargon, jive*, madness, mumbo jumbo*, palaver, poppycock*, prattle, rubbish, senselessness, silliness, trash*; concepts 230, 388,633 rigor [n] strictness, exactness accuracy, afiction, asperity, austerity, conscientiousness, conventionalism, difculty, exactitude, rmness, hardness, hardship, harshness, inclemency, inexibility, intolerance, meticulousness, obduracy, ordeal, preciseness, precision, privation, punctiliousness, rigidity, roughness, severity, sternness, stiffness, stringency, suffering, tenacity, thoroughness, traditionalism, trial, tribulation, vicissitude, visitation; concepts 638,654, 666 Ant. ease, elasticity, exibility, leniency, pliability rigorous [adj] severe; exact accurate, ascetic, austere, bitter, brutal, burdensome, correct, denite, dogmatic, exacting, hard, harsh, inclement, inexible, intemperate, ironhanded, meticulous, nice, onerous, oppressive, precise, proper, punctilious, right, rigid, rugged, scrupulous, stern, stiff, strict, stringent, uncompromising, unpermissive; concepts 535,557,565 Ant. easy, easy-going, lax, lenient, loose, mild rile [v] anger, upset acerbate, aggravate, annoy, bother, bug*, disturb, exasperate, gall, get ones goat*, get under skin*, grate, iname, irk, irritate, nettle, peeve, pique, provoke, put out*, roil, rub one the wrong way*, try ones patience*, vex; concepts 7,19 Ant. make happy, please rim [n] border; top edge band, brim, brink, brow, circumference, conne, curb, end, fringe, hem, ledge, limit, line, lip, margin, outline, perimeter, periphery, ring, skirt, strip, terminus, top, verge; concepts 484,836 Ant. center, middle ring [n1] circle; circular object arena, band, brim, circlet, circuit, circus, enclosure, eye, girdle, halo, hoop, loop, ringlet, rink, round; concepts 436,446 ring [n2] group participating together association, band, bloc, bunch, cabal, camp, cartel, cell, circle, clan, clique, coalition, combination, combine, corner, coterie, crew, crowd, faction, gang, in-group, junta, junto, knot, Maa, mob, monopoly, organization, outt, party, pool, push, racket, syndicate, troop, troupe, trust; concepts 325,381 ring [n3] chime, bell-like noise buzz, call, clangor, clank, jangle, jingle, knell, peal, reverberation, tinkle, toll, vibration; concept 595 ring [v1] encircle begird, belt, circle, circumscribe, compass, conne, enclose, encompass, gird, girdle, hem in, inclose, loop, move around, rim, round, seal off, surround; concept 758 Ant. free ring [v2] chime; make bell-like noise bang, beat, bong, buzz, clang, clap, jangle, jingle, knell, peal, play, pull, punch, resonate, resound, reverberate, sound, strike, tinkle, tintinnabulate, toll, vibrate; concept 65 ringleader [n] leader agitator, boss, brains*, captain, chief, chieftain, commander, general,

head, head honcho*, inciter, instigator, mastermind, orchestrator, president, ruler, skipper, spokesperson, troublemaker; concepts 347,354 rinse [v] wash off, out bathe, clean, cleanse, dip, ush, soak, splash, wash, water, wet; concepts 165,256 riot [n1] uprising, disorder anarchism, anarchy, brannigan*, brawl, burst, commotion, confusion, distemper, disturbance, ap, fray, freefor-all*, fuss, hassle, lawlessness, misrule, mix-up, mob violence, protest, quarrel, racket, row, ruckus, ruction, rumble, rumpus, run-in, scene, shivaree, shower, snarl, stir, storm, street ghting, strife, to-do*, trouble, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, uproar, wingding*; concepts 106,300 Ant. calm, peace riot [n2] very funny happening boisterousness, carousal, confusion, excess, extravaganza, festivity, ourish, frolic, high jinks*, howl*, jollication, lark, merrymaking, panic*, revelry, romp, scream*, sensation, show, sidesplitter*, skylark*, smash*, splash*, tumult, uproar, wow*; concepts 384,386 Ant. seriousness, solemnity riot [v] protest; cause an uproar arise, debauch, dissipate, ght, go on rampage, racket, rampage, rebel, revolt, rise, run riot*, stir up trouble*, take to the streets*; concepts 106,300 Ant. comply, cooperate, make peace riotous [adj] chaotic, wild anarchic, deranged, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, helterskelter*, insurrectionary, lawless, mutinous, out of control, rampageous, rebellious, rowdy, tumultuous, turbid, turbulent, uncontrolled, unruly, violent; concept 548 rip [n] tear, cut cleavage, gash, hole, laceration, rent, slash, slit, split; concepts 309,513 Ant. closure rip [v] tear, cut burst, claw, cleave, fray, frazzle, gash, hack, lacerate, rend, rive, score, shred, slash, slit, split; concept 214 Ant. close, sew ripe [adj1] fully developed; experienced accomplished, adult, aged, completed, conditioned, consummate, enlightened, enriched, lled out, nished, t, full, full-blown, full-edged, fully grown, grown, grown-up, increased, informed, in readiness, judicious, learned, mature, matured, mellow, overdue, perfected, plump, prepared, prime, ready, ripened, sagacious, seasoned, skilled, skillful, sound, timely, usable, versed, well-timed, wise; concepts 462,560,578,797 Ant. immature, inexperienced, undeveloped, unripe ripe [adj2] favorable, ideal auspicious, opportune, right, suitable, timely; concept 558 Ant. inopportune, unfavorable, untimely rip-off [n] trick; robbery cheat, con*, exploitation, fraud, gyp*, larceny, lift*, pinch*, purloining, racket*, steal, stealing, swindle, theft, thievery, thieving; concepts 139,192 Ant. gift, giving, offering rip off [v] rob; trick abuse, appropriate, bleed*, cheat, con*, cop*, defraud, dupe, exploit, lch*, eece*, heist, impose on*, lift*, nab*, pilfer, pinch, plunder, ransack, relieve, rie, skin*, soak*, stick*, swindle, swipe, thieve, use; concepts 139,192 Ant. give, offer ripple [n] wave; wrinkle billow, breaker, crest, curl, fold, furrow, line, rippling, rush, surge,

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swell, tide, undulation, whitecap; concepts 147,436,514 ripple [v] wave coil, curl, ow, uctuate, utter, motion, oscillate, palpitate, pulsate, quiver, splash, stir, surge, sway, swell, swish, undulate, vacillate, vibrate; concepts 74,147,149 rise [n1] increase, improvement acceleration, accession, accretion, addition, advance, advancement, aggrandizement, ascent, augmentation, boost, breakthrough, climb, distention, doubling, enlargement, growth, heightening, hike, increment, ination, intensication, intensifying, multiplication, piling up, progress, promotion, raise, stacking up, step-up, surge, swell, upgrade, upsurge, upswing, upturn, waxing; concepts 700,780 Ant. decline, decrease, drop, fall, slump, worsening rise [n2] movement upward; upward slope acclivity, ascension, ascent, climb, elevation, eminence, highland, hillock, incline, lift, mount, rising, rising ground, soaring, surge, towering, upland, upsurge; concepts 166,738,752 Ant. decline, drop, fall rise [v1] get up; ascend arise, arouse, aspire, awake, be erect, be located, be situated, blast off*, bob up*, climb, come up, get out of bed, get steeper, get to ones feet*, go uphill, grow, have foundation, levitate, lift, mount, move up, pile out*, push up, reach up, rise and shine*, rise up, rocket, roll out*, rouse, scale, sit up, slope upwards, soar, sprout, stand up, straighten up, surface, surge, surmount, sweep upward, tower, turn out, up*, upspring; concepts 154,166,738 Ant. descend, lower rise [v2] increase, grow accelerate, add to, advance, aggravate, arise, ascend, augment, billow, build, bulge, climb, deepen, distend, double, enhance, enlarge, expand, go through the roof*, go up, heighten, improve, inate, intensate, intensify, levitate, lift, magnify, mount, move up, multiply, perk up, pick up, pile up, raise, redouble, rouse, soar, speed up, spread, stack up, swell, take off, upsurge, wax; concepts 700,780 Ant. decline, decrease, lessen, lower, recede rise [v3] progress in business advance, be elevated, be promoted, better oneself, climb the ladder*, ourish, get on, get somewhere*, go places*, progress, prosper, succeed, thrive, work ones way up*; concepts 351,704 Ant. decline, drop, fall, slump rise [v4] become apparent appear, arise, befall, begin, betide, chance, come, crop up, dawn, derive, develop, emanate, emerge, eventuate, fall out*, are up, ow, go, happen, head, issue, loom, occur, originate, proceed, spring, stem, surface, transpire, turn up*; concepts 4,716 Ant. decline, recede, regress rise [v5] rebel insurrect, mount, mutiny, resist, revolt, riot, take up arms; concept 106 Ant. comply, cooperate, give in, go along risk [n] chance taken accident, contingency, danger, exposedness, exposure, yer*, fortuity, fortune, gamble, hazard, header, jeopardy, liability, liableness, luck, openness, opportunity, peril, plunge, possibility, prospect, shot in the dark*, speculation, stab*, uncertainty, venture, wager; concepts 675,693 Ant. certainty, safety, sureness, surety

risk [v] take a chance adventure, beard, be caught short*, brave, chance, compromise, confront, dare, defy, defy danger, encounter, endanger, expose to danger, face, gamble, go out of ones depth*, hang by a thread*, hazard, imperil, jeopardize, jeopardy, leap before looking*, leave to luck*, meet, menace, peril, play with re*, plunge, put in jeopardy, run the chance, run the risk, skate on thin ice*, speculate, tackle, take a yer*, take a header*, take a plunge*, take on*, take the liberty*, venture, wager; concepts 87,100 Ant. be certain risky [adj] dangerous chancy, delicate, dicey*, endangered, fraught with danger*, going for broke*, hairy*, hanging by a thread*, hazardous, iffy*, insecure, jeopardous, long shot*, not a prayer*, off the deep end*, on slippery ground*, on the spot*, on thin ice*, out on a limb*, perilous, playing with re*, precarious, rocky*, sensitive, speculative, ticklish, touchand-go*, touchy, treacherous, tricky, uncertain, unhealthy, unsafe, unsound, venturesome, wicked, wide-open; concept 548 Ant. assured, certain, safe, sure risqu [adj] improper, referring to sex amoral, bawdy*, blue*, breezy, crude, daring, dirty, earthy, erotic, lthy*, foul, gross*, hot*, immodest, immoral, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, indiscreet, inelegant, lewd, lurid, naughty, obscene, off-base*, off-color, offensive, out-ofline, provocative, purple*, racy, raw, ribald, salacious, salty, shady, sizzling, smart, smutty, spicy*, suggestive, unrened, vulgar, wanton, warm, wicked, X-rated*; concepts 267,545,548 Ant. acceptable, decent, moral, proper rite [n] ceremony, tradition act, celebration, ceremonial, communion, custom, form, formality, liturgy, observance, occasion, ordinance, practice, procedure, ritual, sacrament, service, solemnity; concepts 377,386 ritual [n] ceremony, tradition act, ceremonial, communion, convention, custom, form, formality, habit, liturgy, observance, ordinance, practice, prescription, procedure, protocol, red tape*, rite, routine, sacrament, service, solemnity, stereotype, usage; concepts 386,634,688 ritzy [adj] elegant, luxurious aristocratic, chic, choice, classy, cultivated, dignied, elaborate, expensive, exquisite, fancy, ne, grand, grandiose, handsome, lavish, lush, opulent, ornamented, ornate, ostentatious, overdone, plush, posh, rened, rich, snazzy, stately, stuffy, sumptuous, swank; concepts 544,574,579,589 rival [adj] opposing battling, combatant, combating, competing, competitive, conicting, contending, contesting, cutthroat, disputing, emulating, emulous, equal, opposed, striving, vying; concepts 542,564 Ant. assisting, associate, supporting rival [n] person who opposes in competition adversary, antagonist, bandit, buddy, challenger, competition, competitor, contender, contestant, emulator, entrant, equal, equivalent, match, opponent, opposite number, peer; concepts 348,366,423 Ant. associate, cohort, companion rival [v] oppose; be a match for amount, approach, approximate, bear comparison with*, come near to*, come up to*, compare with,

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compete, contend, contest, correspond, emulate, equal, go after, go for, jockey for position*, match, measure up to, meet, near, partake, resemble, rivalize, scramble for, seek to displace, tie, touch, vie with; concepts 92,667 Ant. aid, assist, cooperate, help, support rivalry [n] competition antagonism, athletic event, bout, candidacy, clash, conict, contest, duel, emulation, encounter, engagement, event, ght, game, jealousy, match, matchup, one on one*, opposition, race, sport, strife, struggle, tournament, tug-of-war; concepts 92,363 river [n] waterway beck, branch, brook, course, creek, estuary, rill, rivulet, run, runnel, stream, tributary, watercourse; concept 514 riveting [adj] fascinating, gripping absorbing, alluring, appealing, bewitching, captivating, compelling, enchanting, engaging, engrossing, enthralling, enticing, hypnotic, intriguing, irresistible, magnetic, mesmerizing, seducing, seductive, spellbinding; concept 529 road [n] path upon which travel occurs alley, artery, asphalt, avenue, back street, boulevard, byway, cobblestone, concrete, course, crossroad, direction, drag*, dragway, drive, expressway, highway, lane, line, main drag*, parking lot*, parkway, passage, pathway, pavement, pike, roadway, route, street, subway, terrace, thoroughfare, throughway, thruway, track, trail, turnpike, viaduct, way; concept 501 roam [v] wander about bum*, bum around*, drift, gad, gallivant, hike, hit the road*, knock around*, meander, peregrinate, prowl, ramble, range, rove, saunter, straggle, stray, stroll, struggle along, traipse, tramp, travel, traverse, trek, vagabond, walk; concepts 151,224 roar [n1] growl, howl barrage, bawl, bay, bellow, blast, bluster, boom, clamor, clash, crash, cry, detonation, din, drum, explosion, holler, outcry, reverberation, rumble, shout, thunder, uproar, yell; concepts 77,595 roar [n2/v2] laugh loudly belly laugh, guffaw, hoot, howl, scream; concept 77 roar [v1] growl, howl bark, bawl, bay, bellow, blast, bluster, boom, brawl, bray, clamor, crash, cry, detonate, din, drum, explode, holler, rebound, reecho, repercuss, resound, reverberate, roll, rout, rumble, shout, sound, thunder, trumpet, vociferate, yell; concepts 64,77 rob [v] steal, deprive abscond, appropriate, bereave, break into, burglarize, burgle, cheat, con, cop*, defalcate, defraud, despoil, disinherit, dispossess, divest, do out of*, embezzle, lch*, heist, hijack, hold up*, hustle, liberate, lift*, loot, lose, mug, oust, peculate, pilfer, pillage, pinch, plunder, promote, purloin, raid, ransack, relieve, requisition, rie, rip off*, roll*, sack*, scrounge, snitch*, stick up, strip, strong-arm*, swindle, swipe, take, thieve, withhold; concepts 139,142,192 Ant. give, offer robber [n] person who steals bandit, brigand, buccaneer, burglar, cardsharper*, cat burglar, cattle thief*, cheat*, chiseler*, con artist, corsair, crook, desperado, despoiler, fence, forager, fraud, grafter, hijacker, holdup artist*, housebreaker, looter, marauder, mugger, operator, pickpocket, pilferer, pillager, pirate, plunderer, prowler, punk*, raider, rustler, safecracker, sandbagger*, second-story

operator*, shoplifter, stealer, stickup, swindler, thief, thug; concept 412 robbery [n] stealing break-in, burglary, caper, embezzlement, felony, heist*, hit, holdup*, job, larceny, looting, mortal sin, mugging, purse-snatching, stickup*, theft, thievery, unlawful act, wrongdoing; concept 192 robe [n] gown, often for wearing at home bathrobe, cape, costume, covering, dress, dressing gown, frock, garment, habit, housecoat, kimono, mantle, muumuu, negligee, outt, peignoir, vestment, wrapper; concept 451 robot [n] android, machine automation, bionic person, cyborg, mechanical person; concept 463 robust [adj] healthy, strong able-bodied, athletic, boisterous, booming, brawny, built, concentrated, t, t as ddle*, ourishing, fullbodied, hale, hardy, hearty, hefty, husky, in ne fettle*, in good health, in good shape, in the pink*, live, lusty, muscular, peppy, potent, powerful, powerhouse, prospering, prosperous, roaring, rough, rugged, sinewy, snappy, sound, stout, strapping, sturdy, thriving, tiger*, tough, vigorous, well, wicked*, zappy*, zippy*; concepts 314,489,613 Ant. abby, inrm, soft, unhealthy, weak rock [n1] stone bedrock, boulder, cobblestone, crag, crust, earth, gravel, lava, lodge, mass, metal, mineral, ore, pebble, promontory, quarry, reef, rubble, shelf, slab, slag; concepts 470,474,477,478,508,990 rock [n2] foundation anchor, bulwark, cornerstone, defense, mainstay, protection, Rock of Gibraltar*, strength, support; concepts 442,712 rock [v] move back and forth agitate, billow, careen, concuss, convulse, falter, heave, jiggle, jog, jolt, jounce, lurch, move, oscillate, pitch, push and pull, quake, quaver, quiver, reel, roll, roll about, shake, shock, stagger, sway, swing, toss, totter, tremble, undulate, vibrate, wobble; concepts 147,149 Ant. hold, stabilize rocket [n] projectile booster, rework, guided missile, ICBM, intercontinental ballistic missile, missile, spacecraft, spaceship, torpedo, weapon; concept 500 rocket [v] shoot up ascend, climb, escalate, go through the ceiling, grow, lift, rise, sail, skyrocket, soar, take off*, tower, zoom; concepts 148,150 rock the boat [v] cause trouble complain, disagree, disturb, make a stink*, make waves*, not conform*, object, protest, stir things up*, upset the apple cart*; concepts 46,52,54,300 rocky [adj1] rugged, stony bouldered, craggy, inty, hard, inexible, jagged, lapidarian, lithic, pebbly, petried, petrous, rockbound, rockribbed, rough, solid, stonelike; concepts 485,604 Ant. at, smooth rocky [adj2] unyielding, inexible adamant, bloodless, rm, inty, hard, impassible, insensate, insensible, insensitive, obdurate, pitiless, rocklike, rough, rugged, solid, steady, tough; concept 401 Ant. exible, steady, yielding rocky [adj3] doubtful, undependable dizzy, ill, rickety, shaky, sick, sickly, staggering, ticklish, tottering, tricky, uncertain, unreliable, unstable, unsteady, unwell, weak, wobbly; concepts 314,488,489 Ant. dependable, happy, healthy

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rod [n] bar, pole baton, billet, birch, cane, cylinder, dowel, ingot, mace, pin, rodule, scepter, sceptre, shaft, slab, spike, staff, stave, stick, strip, switch, wand; concepts 436,470,479 rogue [n] person who deceives, swindles bad egg*, bad news*, blackguard*, black sheep*, charlatan, cheat, cheater, con artist, criminal, crook, defrauder, devil, fraud, heel*, hooligan*, lowlife*, mischief, miscreant, monstrosity, neer-do-well*, outlaw, problem*, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, scalawag, scamp, scoundrel, swindler, trickster, villain; concept 412 roguish [adj] deceitful; mischievous beguiling, crafty, crooked, cunning, deceiving, deceptive, devilish, dishonest, fraudulent, impish, knavish, lying, naughty, playful, puckish, rascally, shifty, slick, sly, sneaky, tricky, underhand, underhanded, unprincipled, untruthful; concepts 401,545 role [n1] impersonation of a character act, acting, appearance, aspect, bit, character, clothing, execution, extra, guise, hero, ingenue, lead, look, part, performance, personication, piece, player, portrayal, presentation, representation, seeming, semblance, show, star, stint, super, title, walk-on; concepts 263,716 role [n2] duty, function act, bit, business, capacity, execution, game*, guise, job, ofce, part, piece, pose, position, post, posture, province, stint, task, what one is into*; concepts 362,694 roll [n1] revolving, turning cycle, gyration, reel, revolution, rotation, run, spin, trundling, turn, twirl, undulation, whirl; concepts 147,201 roll [n2] cylindrical object ball, barrel, bobbin, cartouche, coil, cone, convolution, cornucopia, cylinder, fold, reel, rundle, scroll, shell, spiral, spool, trundle, volute, wheel, whorl; concept 436 roll [n3] list, roster annals, catalog, census, chronicle, directory, head count, index, muster, nose count*, register, roll call, schedule, scroll, table; concept 281 roll [n4] growl, reverberation barrage, boom, booming, clangor, drone, drumbeat, drumming, echoing, grumble, quaver, racket, rat-a-tat*, resonance, roar, rumble, rumbling, thunder; concept 595 roll [v1] revolve, turn; proceed smoothly alternate, be in sequence, bowl, circle, circumduct, coil, curve, drape, drive, eddy, elapse, enfold, entwine, envelop, ow, fold, follow, furl, go around, go past, gyrate, gyre, impel, pass, pirouette, pivot, propel, reel, rock, rotate, run, spin, spiral, succeed, swaddle, swathe, swing around, swirl, swivel, trundle, twirl, twist, undulate, wheel, whirl, wind, wrap; concepts 147,201 roll [v2] spread out even, atten, grind, level, press, pulverize, smooth; concepts 137,208,250 Ant. collect, gather, pile roll [v3] thunder, reverberate bombinate, boom, cannonade, drum, echo, growl, grumble, hum, pattern, quaver, rattle, re-echo, resound, roar, rufe, rumble, rustle, sound, trill, whirr; concept 65 roll [v4] rock, sway billow, drift, ow, glide, heave, incline, jibe, lean, lumber, lurch, pitch, ramble, range, reel, roam, rove, run, stagger, stray, surge, swagger, swing, toss, tumble,

undulate, waddle, wallow, wave, welter, yaw; concepts 147,149 Ant. stabilize, steady rollicking [adj] fun-loving, lively antic, boisterous, carefree, cavorting, cheerful, devil-maycare*, exuberant, frisky, frolicsome, glad, happy, hearty, jaunty, jovial, joyful, joyous, lighthearted, merry, playful, rip-roaring*, romping, spirited, sportive, sprightly; concepts 401,548 Ant. serious, solemn roly-poly [adj] pudgy buxom, chubby*, dumpy, fat, hefty, obese, overweight, plump, plumpish, rotund, round, stout, thick-bodied, tubby*; concepts 491,773 romance [n1] love affair affair, affair of the heart*, amour, attachment, courtship, enchantment, fascination, ing, irtation, intrigue, liaison, love, love story, passion, relationship; concepts 375,384 romance [n2] fanciful story or narrative ballad, fairy tale, fantasy, ction, idealization, idyll, legend, love story, lyric, melodrama, novel, story, tale, tear-jerker*; concept 280 romance [n3] adventure, ight of fancy charm, color, excitement, exoticness, fairy tale, fancy, fantasy, fascination, glamour, hazard, idealization, idyll, mystery, nostalgia, risk, sentiment, venture; concept 673 romantic [adj] sentimental, idealistic adventurous, amorous, bathetic, charming, chimerical, chivalrous, colorful, corny*, daring, dreamy, enchanting, erotic, exciting, exotic, extravagant, fairy-tale, fanciful, fantastic, fascinating, fond, glamorous, idyllic, impractical, lovey-dovey*, loving, maudlin, mushy*, mysterious, nostalgic, passionate, picturesque, poetic, quixotic, sloppy*, soppy*, starry-eyed, syrupy, tearjerking*, tender, unrealistic, utopian, visionary, whimsical, wild; concepts 403,542,548 Ant. pragmatic, realistic, unromantic romp [n] fun; caper antic, cakewalk*, cavort, dance, escapade, frisk, frolic, gambol, hop, lark, leap, play, rollick, rout, skip, sport; concepts 292,384 Ant. seriousness romp [v] have fun, enjoy oneself caper, cavort, celebrate, cut capers*, cut up*, fool around*, frisk, frolic, gambol, go on the town*, kid around*, lark, let loose*, make merry, play, prance, revel, roister, rollic, skip, skylark, sport, whoop it up*; concepts 292,384 rookie [n] novice amateur, apprentice, beginner, colt*, cub*, edgling, freshman/woman, greenhorn, neophyte, newcomer, new kid on the block*, tenderfoot*, trainee; concepts 348, 350,423 room [n1] space, range allowance, area, capacity, chance, clearance, compass, elbowroom, expanse, extent, latitude, leeway, license, margin, occasion, opening, opportunity, place, play, range, reach, rein, rope, scope, sway, sweep, territory, vastness, volume; concepts 651,756 room [n2] enclosed section of building designed for specic purpose accommodation, alcove, apartment, cabin, cave*, chamber, cubbyhole, cubicle, den, at, op*, joint*, lodging, niche, ofce, setup*, suite, turf, vault; concept 448 roomy [adj] having ample space ample, broad, capacious, commodious, extensive, generous, large, sizable, spacious, wide; concept 583 Ant. cluttered, cramped, narrow

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root [n] base, core basis, bedrock, beginnings, bottom, cause, center, crux, derivation, essence, essentiality, footing, foundation, fountain, fountainhead, fundamental, germ, ground, groundwork, heart, inception, infrastructure, mainspring, marrow, motive, nub, nucleus, occasion, origin, pith, provenance, provenience, quick, quintessence, radicle, radix, reason, rhizome, rock bottom*, seat, seed, soul, source, starting point, stem, stuff, substance, substratum, tuber, underpinning, well; concepts 442,648,661,826,829 Ant. derivation, derivative, sprout root [v] dig and search burrow, delve, embed, ferret, forage, grub, grub up, hunt, ingrain, lodge, nose, place, poke, pry, rummage; concept 178 Ant. cover rootin-tootin [adj] rowdy boisterous, disorderly, loud, loudmouthed, mischievous, noisy, rambunctious, raucous, unruly, uproarious, vigorous, wild; concept 401 roots [n] ancestry background, birthplace, blood, breed, descent, family history, family tree, genealogy, heritage, kindred, line, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, race; concepts 414,648 rope [n] cord, line braiding, cable, cordage, hawser, lace, lanyard, lariat, lasso, strand, string, tape, thread, twine; concept 475 roster [n] list of items, names agenda, catalog, head count, index, inventory, listing, muster, nose count*, program, record, register, roll, roll call, rota, schedule, scroll, table; concepts 281,283 rosy [adj1] pink, reddish in color aush, blooming, blushing, colored, coral, deep pink, fresh, glowing, healthy-looking, high-colored, incarnadine, pale red, peach, red, red-complexioned, red-faced, roseate, rose-colored, rubicund, ruddy; concept 618 Ant. pale rosy [adj2] cheerful, hopeful alluring, auspicious, bright, encouraging, favorable, glowing, likely, optimistic, pleasing, promising, reassuring, roseate, rose-colored, sunny; concepts 529,548 Ant. depressing, hopeless, sad rot [n1] corrosion, disintegration blight, canker, decay, decomposition, deterioration, mold, putrefaction, putrescence; concepts 469,698 Ant. building, development, growth rot [n2] garbage, nonsense balderdash, bilge, bunk, claptrap, drivel, foolishness, guff, hogwash, hooey*, moonshine*, poppycock, rubbish, silliness, stuff and nonsense*, tommyrot; concepts 278,529 Ant. truth rot [v] corrode, deteriorate break down, corrupt, crumble, debase, debauch, decay, decline, decompose, degenerate, demoralize, deprave, descend, disimprove, disintegrate, fester, go bad*, go downhill*, go to pot*, languish, molder, perish, pervert, putrefy, retrograde, sink, spoil, stain, taint, turn, warp, waste away, wither, worsen; concepts 240,469,698 Ant. build, ourish, grow rotary [adj] turning encircling, gyral, gyratory, revolving, rotating, rotational, rotatory, spinning, vertiginous, vorticular, whirligig, whirling; concepts 581,584 rotate [v1] go around in circle circle, circumduct, circumvolve, gyrate, gyre, move,

pirouette, pivot, reel, revolve, roll, spin, swivel, troll, trundle, turn, twirl, twist, waltz, wheel, whirl, whirligig, whirr; concepts 147,738 rotate [v2] alternate bandy, ensue, exchange, follow, follow in sequence, interchange, relieve, spell, succeed, switch, take turns; concepts 104,697 Ant. stay rotten [adj1] decayed, decaying bad, badsmelling, corroded, corrupt, crumbled, crumbling, decomposed, decomposing, disgusting, disintegrated, disintegrating, fecal, feculent, festering, fetid, foul, gross, infected, loathsome, loud, mephitic, moldering, moldy, noisome, noxious, offensive, overripe, perished, polluted, purulent, pustular, putrescent, putrid, putried, rancid, rank, rotting, smelling, sour, spoiled, stale, stinking, strong, tainted, touched, unsound; concepts 462,485 Ant. fresh, good, new, pleasant, undecayed rotten [adj2] dishonest, immoral bent, bribable, contaminated, corrupt, crooked, debauched, deceitful, deled, degenerate, depraved, dirtied, dishonorable, disloyal, faithless, lthy, agitious, impure, mercenary, nefarious, perdious, perverse, polluted, soiled, sullied, tainted, treacherous, unclean, untrustworthy, venal, vicious, villainous, vitiated; concepts 404,545 Ant. decent, good, honest, moral, trustworthy, uncorrupt rotten [adj3] despicable, inferior, bad amiss, base, below par*, bruised, bum*, contemptible, crummy*, defective, deplorable, dirty, disagreeable, disappointing, diseased, displeasing, dissatisfactory, lthy, impaired, inadequate, injured, lousy*, low-grade, mean, nasty, poor, punk*, regrettable, rough, scurrilous, shaky, sorry, sour, substandard, unacceptable, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky, unpleasant, unsatisfactory, unsound, vile, wasted, wicked, withering, wrong; concepts 570,571,574 Ant. good, kind, nice, superior rotund [adj1] fat beefy*, big, broad, burly, chunky*, dumpy, elephantine, eshy, heavy, heavyset, hefty, husky, obese, overweight, plump, plumpish, portly, pudgy*, roly-poly*, round, solid, stout, tubby*, weighty; concept 491 rotund [adj2] sonorous booming, loud, resonant, resounding; concepts 592,594 rough [adj1] uneven, irregular asperous, bearded, brambly, bristly, broken, bumpy, bushy, chapped, choppy, coarse, cragged, craggy, cross-grained, disheveled, fuzzy, hairy, harsh, jagged, knobby, knotty, nappy, nodular, not smooth, ridged, rocky, rufed, rugged, scabrous, scraggy, shaggy, sharp, stony, tangled, tousled, tufted, unequal, unnished, unlevel, unshaven, unshorn, woolly, wrinkled, wrinkly; concepts 485,606 Ant. even, level, polished, regular, smooth rough [adj2] stormy; not quiet agitated, blustering, blustery, boisterous, buffeting, cacophonous, choppy, coarse, discordant, dry, furious, grating, gruff, harsh, hoarse, husky, inclement, inharmonious, jarring, raging, rasping, raucous, rugged, squally, stridulent, tempestuous, tumultous/tumultuous, turbulent, unmusical, wild; concepts 525,592,594 Ant. calm, mild, moderate, temperate

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rough [adj3] rude, impolite bearish, bluff, blunt, boisterous, boorish, brief, brusque, churlish, coarse, crass, crude, cruel, crusty, curt, discourteous, drastic, extreme, gross*, hairy*, hard, harsh, ill-mannered, improper, inconsiderate, indecorous, indelicate, inelegant, loud, loutish, mean, nasty, raw, rowdy, severe, sharp, short, tough, unceremonious, uncivil, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unfeeling, ungracious, unjust, unmannerly, unpleasant, unpolished, unrened, untutored, violent, vulgar; concepts 267,401 Ant. courteous, nice, polite, rened, sophisticated rough [adj4] basic, incomplete austere, crude, cursory, formless, hard, imperfect, raw, roughand-ready*, roughhewn, rudimentary, shapeless, sketchy, spartan, uncompleted, uncut, undressed, unfashioned, unnished, unformed, unhewn, unpolished, unprocessed, unrened, unwrought; concept 531 Ant. accurate, complete, denite, precise rough [adj5] approximate amorphous, estimated, foggy, general, hazy, imprecise, inexact, proximate, rude, sketchy, uncertain, unprecise, vague; concept 557 Ant. accurate, complete, denite, precise roughly [adv] about approximately, around, in the ball park*, in the neighborhood, more or less, practically, pretty near, somewhere around; concept 583 rough out [v] do preliminary design adumbrate, block out, chalk, characterize, delineate, draft, outline, plan, skeleton, sketch, suggest; concepts 36,79,174 rough up [v] beat up bash, batter, hit, knock about, knock around, maltreat, mishandle, mistreat, roughhouse, slap around, thrash; concepts 189,246 Ant. aid, help, protect round [adj1] ball-shaped; semicircular area annular, arced, arched, arciform, bent, bowed, bulbous, circular, coiled, curled, curved, curvilinear, cylindrical, discoid, disk-shaped, domical, egg-shaped, elliptical, globose, globular, looped, orbed, orbicular, orbiculate, oval, ringed, rotund, rounded, spherical, spheroid, spiral; concept 486 round [adj2] complete accomplished, done, entire, nished, full, rounded, solid, unbroken, undivided, whole; concept 531 Ant. incomplete, lacking, unnished round [adj3] full-bodied, ample in size chubby, expansive, eshy, generous, large, plump, plumpish, pudgy*, roly-poly*, rotund, rounded, tubby; concepts 491,773 Ant. inadequate, small, tiny round [adj4] resonant, rich in sound consonant, full, melliuous, orotund, plangent, resounding, ringing, rotund, sonorous, vibrant; concept 594 Ant. low, soft, weak round [adj5] honest, direct blunt, candid, frank, free, outspoken, plain, straightforward, unmodied, vocal; concept 267 Ant. deceitful, dishonest, indirect round [adv] approximate about, all but, almost, around, as good as, close to, in the neighborhood of, just about, most, near, nearly, practically, roughly; concept 762 Ant. denite, exact, precise round [n1] globe, ball; semicircular area arc,

arch, band, bend, bow, circle, circlet, curvation, curvature, curve, disc, disk, equator, eye, gyre, hoop, loop, orb, orbit, ring, ringlet, sphere, wheel; concept 436 round [n2] cycle, stage ambit, beat, bout, circuit, circulation, circumvolution, compass, course, division, gyration, lap, level, performance, period, revolution, rotation, round trip, routine, schedule, sequence, series, session, succession, tour, turn, wheel, whirl; concepts 364,727,807 round [n3] unit of ammunition bullet, cartridge, charge, discharge, load, shell, shot; concepts 498,500 round [v1] turn; encircle begird, bypass, circle, circulate, circumnavigate, compass, encompass, ank, gird, girdle, go around, gyrate, hem, pivot, revolve, ring, roll, rotate, skirt, spin, surround, wheel, whirl; concepts 147,149,187 round [v2] make curved; remove angles arch, bend, bow, coil, convolute, crook, curl, curve, form, loop, mold, perfect, polish, recurve, rene, shape, sleek, slick, smooth, whorl; concepts 184,202 roundabout [adj] indirect ambiguous, circuitous, circular, circumlocutory, collateral, deviating, devious, discursive, evasive, meandering, oblique, obliquitous, periphrastic, taking the long way*, tortuous; concepts 559,581,584 Ant. direct, honest, straightforward round off [v] nish bring to a close, cap, climax, close, complete, conclude, crown, culminate, nish off, settle, top off; concept 234 Ant. start roundup [n] collection, collation assembly, branding, gathering, herding, marshalling, muster, rally, summary, survey; concepts 257,397 Ant. dispersal, scattering round up [v] collect, gather assemble, bring in, bring together, cluster, drive, group, herd, marshal, muster, rally; concepts 109,257 Ant. disperse, scatter rouse [v1] wake arouse, awake, awaken, call, get up, raise, rise, stir, wake up; concept 250 Ant. nap, sleep rouse [v2] stimulate, excite aggravate, agitate, anger, animate, arouse, ask for it*, awaken, bestir, bug*, challenge, craze, deepen, disturb, enhance, enliven, exhilarate, re up*, foment, galvanize, get going, heighten, incite, iname, innervate, innerve, instigate, intensate, intensify, key up*, kindle, magnify, make waves*, mount, move, needle, pep up*, pique, provoke, quicken, rally, redouble, rile, rise, startle, steam up*, stir, trigger, urge, vivify, wake, waken, wake up, whet, whip up*, work up; concepts 7,22,244 Ant. calm, disenchant, dull rousing [adj] stirring active, alert, animated, astir, bouncy, bright, brisk, buoyant, bustling, busy, buzzing, chirpy, dashing, energetic, enthusiastic, frisky, full of pep*, hyper*, industrious, jumping, lively, peppy*, perky, refreshing, snappy, spirited, spry, stimulating, vigorous, zippy*; concepts 401,542,548 rout [n] overwhelming defeat beating, clobbering*, comedown, confusion, debacle, disaster, drubbing*, embarrassment, ight, hiding, overthrow, retreat, romp, ruin, shambles, shutout, thrashing, trashing*, upset, vanquishment,

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walkover*, washout*, waxing*, whipping; concepts 95,119,363 rout [v] defeat overwhelmingly bash, beat, blow out of water*, bulldoze*, bury*, chase, clean up on*, clobber, conquer, cream*, crush, cut to pieces*, destroy, discomt, dispel, drive off, expel, nish*, hunt, kill*, lambaste*, larrup*, murder*, outmaneuver, overpower, overthrow, put to ight*, repulse, scatter, scuttle, shut out*, skunk*, subdue, subjugate, swamp*, torpedo*, total*, trounce, vanquish, wallop, wax*, whip, wipe off map*, wipe out*, worst, zap*; concept 95 Ant. win route [n] path over which someone or something travels avenue, beat, beeline, byway, circuit, course, detour, digression, direction, divergence, itinerary, journey, line, meandering, passage, pavement, pike, plot, program, rambling, range, road, round, rounds, run, short cut, tack, track, trail, wandering, way; concepts 501,660 route [v] send along a path address, conduct, consign, convey, direct, dispatch, escort, forward, guide, lead, pilot, remit, see, shepherd, ship, show, steer, transmit; concepts 187,217 Ant. hold, keep routine [adj] habitual accepted, accustomed, chronic, conventional, customary, everyday, familiar, general, methodical, normal, ordinary, periodic, plain, quotidian, regular, seasonal, standard, typical, unremarkable, usual, wonted, workaday; concepts 530,547 Ant. breaking, different, original, untraditional, unusual routine [n] habitual activity act, beaten path*, bit, channels, custom, cycle, daily grind*, drill, formula, grind*, groove*, habit, line, method, order, pace, pattern, piece, practice, procedure, program, rat race*, rote, round, rut, schtick*, spiel*, system, tack, technique, treadmill, usage, way, wont; concepts 6,362,770 Ant. break, excitement, unusual row [n1] sequence, series bank, chain, column, consecution, echelon, le, line, order, progression, queue, range, rank, string, succession, tier, train; concepts 432,727,744 row [n2] ght, ruckus affray, altercation, bickering, brawl, castigation, commotion, controversy, dispute, disturbance, falling-out*, fracas, fray, fuss, knock-down-drag-out*, lecture, melee, noise, quarrel, racket, reprimand, reproof, riot, rumpus, run-in*, scrap*, set-to*, shouting match*, squabble, talking-to*, telling-off*, tiff, tongue-lashing*, trouble, tumult, uproar, words*, wrangle; concepts 46,52,106 Ant. agreement, peace row [v1] move boat with paddle drag, oar, paddle, pull, punt, sail, scud, scull, sky an oar, swim*; concept 187 row [v2] argue, ght bawl out, berate, bicker, brawl, call on the carpet*, dispute, jaw, quarrel, ream, scold, scrap, spat, squabble, tiff, tonguelash*, wrangle; concepts 46,106 Ant. agree, concur rowdy [adj] boisterous, noisy disorderly, lawless, loud, loudmouthed, loutish, mischievous, obstreperous, rambunctious, raucous, rebellious, rough, roughhouse, rude, turbulent, unruly, uproarious, wild; concept 401 Ant. calm, moderate, quiet, restrained

rowdy [n] person who is boisterous, noisy brawler, bully, hellion, hooligan, lout, punk, roughneck, rufan, terror*, troublemaker; concept 412 royal [adj] monarchical, grand aristocratic, august, authoritative, baronial, commanding, dignied, elevated, eminent, grandiose, high, highborn, honorable, illustrious, imperial, imposing, impressive, kingly, lofty, magnicent, majestic, noble, queenly, regal, regnant, reigning, renowned, resplendent, ruling, sovereign, splendid, stately, superb, superior, supreme, worthy; concepts 549,574 Ant. common rub [n1] stroke, massage abrasion, attrition, brushing, caress, friction, grinding, kneading, pat, polish, rasping, scouring, scraping, shine, smear, smoothing, stroking, swab, swipe, wear, wipe; concept 215 rub [n2] difculty, problem bar, catch, crimp, dilemma, drawback, hamper, hindrance, hitch, hurdle, impediment, obstacle, predicament, snag, stumbling block*, traverse, trouble; concept 666 Ant. blessing, boon, solution rub [v] stroke, massage abrade, anoint, apply, bark, brush, buff, burnish, caress, chafe, clean, coat, cover, curry, daub, erase, erode, excoriate, le, fray, fret, furbish, glance, glaze, gloss, grate, graze, grind, knead, mop, paint, pat, plaster, polish, put, rasp, scour, scrape, scrub, shine, slather, smear, smooth, spread, swab, triturate, wear, wear down, wipe; concept 215 rubberneck [v] stare eagle eye*, eye, eyeball*, focus, gawk, gaze, glare, goggle*, lay eyes on*, look, ogle, peer, rivet; concept 623 rubbish [n1] garbage debris, dregs, dross, junk, litter, lumber, offal, refuse, rubble, rummage, scrap, sweepings, trash, waste; concept 260 Ant. possessions, property rubbish [n2] nonsense balderdash, bilge*, bunkum, drivel, gibberish, hogwash, hooey*, poppycock, rot*, stuff and nonsense*, tommyrot; concepts 230,278 Ant. sense, truth rubdown [n] massage back rub, chirapsia, kneading, manipulation, stroking; concepts 308,310 rub the wrong way [v] irritate aggravate, anger, annoy, bother, bug*, disturb, drive up the wall*, enrage, get on ones nerves*, get to, get under ones skin*, infuriate, irk, needle*, pester, rattle, rufe ones feathers; concepts 7,19 ruckus [n] disturbance big scene*, big stink*, bother, brawl, brouhaha*, commotion, disorder, disruption, distraction, explosion, sticuffs, fracas, fray, fuss, hubbub*, hullabaloo*, interruption, quarrel, racket, rampage, riot, rumble, rumpus, stink*, stir, turmoil, upheaval, uprising, uproar; concepts 388,410,674,720 ruddy [adj] pinkish, blushing blooming, blowsy, bronzed, crimson, orid, ush, ushed, fresh, full-blooded, glowing, healthy, pink, red, red-complexioned, reddish, roseate, rosy, rubicund, ruby, sanguine, scarlet; concept 618 Ant. pale rude [adj1] disrespectful, rough abrupt, abusive, bad-mannered, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, blunt, boorish, brusque, brutish, cheeky, churlish, coarse, crabbed, crude, curt, discourteous, graceless, gross, gruff, ignorant, illiterate,

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impertinent, impolite, impudent, inconsiderate, insolent, insulting, intrusive, loutish, low, obscene, offhand, peremptory, raw, savage, scurrilous, short, surly, uncivil, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultured, uneducated, ungracious, unmannerly, unpolished, unrened, vulgar, wild; concepts 267,401 Ant. kind, mannerly, nice, polite, respectful rude [adj2] crude, primitive angular, artless, barbarous, callow, coarse, formless, fresh, green, ignorant, inartistic, inelegant, inexperienced, inexpert, makeshift, primal, raw, rough, roughhewn, roughly made, rudimental, rudimentary, shapeless, simple, uncivilized, unconversant, uncultivated, unfashioned, unnished, unformed, unhewn, unpolished, unprocessed, unrened, wild; concepts 490,531 Ant. polished, rened, sophisticated rude [adj3] sudden; approximate abrupt, guessed, harsh, imperfect, imprecise, inexact, in the ballpark*, proximate, rough, sharp, startling, stormy, surmised, turbulent, unpleasant, unprecise, violent; concepts 557,799 Ant. exact, gradual, smooth rudimentary [adj] basic, fundamental abecedarian, basal, beginning, early, elemental, elementary, embryonic, immature, initial, introductory, larval, nuts-and-bolts*, primary, primitive, simple, simplest, uncompleted, undeveloped, vestigial; concepts 546,549 Ant. additional, advanced, derivative, developed, extra, nonessential rudiments [n] fundamentals ABCs*, basics, beginnings, elements, essentials, rst principles, foundation, guts*, heart, nitty-gritty, principles; concepts 668,687,826,829 rue [v] regret apologize, be sorry for, cry over*, deplore, feel remorse, feel sorry, grieve, kick oneself*, lament, mourn, weep over*; concepts 21,410 rueful [adj] regretful apologetic, ashamed, deplorable, lamentable, mournful, remorseful, repentant, sad, sorrowful, sorry; concept 403 rufan [n] hoodlum brute, bully, criminal, delinquent, gangster, goon*, hood, hooligan, mobster, punk, rioter, rowdy, thug, tough guy*, troublemaker; concept 412 rufe [v1] mess up cockle, confuse, crease, crinkle, crumple, crush, derange, disarrange, discompose, dishevel, disorder, pucker, purse, rie, rumple, tangle, tousle, wrinkle; concept 158 Ant. smooth rufe [v2] upset, irritate abrade, agitate, anger, annoy, bluster, bother, browbeat, bully, chafe, confuse, cow*, disconcert, disquiet, disturb, excite, oor*, ummox, urry, uster, fret, fuddle, gall, get to*, harass, intimidate, irk, nettle, peeve, perturb, provoke, put off, put out, rattle, rattle ones cage*, shake up*, stir, stump, throw into tizzy*, torment, trouble, unsettle, vex, wear, worry; concepts 7,14,19 Ant. calm, soothe rug [n1] carpet carpeting, oor covering, mat, matting, runner, shag*, tapestry, throw rug, wall-to-wall carpeting; concept 473 rug [n2] hairpiece false hair, hair extension, hair implant, hair weaving, toupee, wig; concept 392 rugged [adj1] bumpy, weathered asperous, broken, coarse, craggy, difcult, furrowed,

harsh, hilly, irregular, jagged, leathery, lumpy, mountainous, ragged, rocky, rough, roughhewn, scabrous, scraggy, stark, uneven, unlevel, unpolished, unrened, unsmooth, weather-beaten, worn, wrinkled; concepts 490,606 Ant. even, at, level, smooth rugged [adj2] severe, violent bitter, brutal, difcult, hard, harsh, inclement, intemperate, rigorous, rough, stormy, tempestuous, turbulent; concepts 525,537 Ant. calm, gentle, mild, moderate rugged [adj3] uncouth, crude barbarous, blunt, boorish, churlish, graceless, ill-bred, loutish, rude, uncultured, unpolished, unrened; concept 401 Ant. courteous, nice, rened, sophisticated rugged [adj4] difcult, rigorous arduous, demanding, exacting, formidable, hairy*, hard, harsh, heavy*, heavy sledding*, knotty*, laborious, large order*, mean, murder*, no picnic*, operose, rough, stern, strenuous, taxing, tough, trying, uncompromising, uphill*; concepts 538,565 Ant. easy, facile rugged [adj5] big, strong able-bodied, athletic, brawny, energetic, forceful, hale, hardy, healthy, husky, indefatigable, lusty, muscular, robust, sturdy, tough, unagging, vigorous, well-built; concepts 314,489 Ant. small, tiny, weak ruin [n] situation of devastation atrophy, bane, bankruptcy, bath, breakdown, collapse, confusion, crackup, crash, crumbling, damage, decay, defeat, degeneracy, degeneration, demolition, destitution, destruction, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, downgrade, extinction, failure, fall, havoc, insolvency, loss, nemesis, overthrow, ruination, skids*, subversion, the end*, undoing, waste, waterloo, wreck, wreckage; concept 674 Ant. building, construction, creation, development, growth ruin [v] devastate, destroy bankrupt, beggar, botch, break, bring down, bring to ruin, bust, clean out, crush, decimate, deface, defeat, dele, demolish, deplete, deplore, depredate, desecrate, despoil, devour, dilapidate, disgure, do in*, drain, exhaust, eece, impoverish, injure, lay waste, maim, make a mess of, mangle, mar, mutilate, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, pauperize, pillage, rape, ravish, raze, reduce, sack, shatter, smash, spoil, spoilate, total, use up, wipe out*, wrack, wreak havoc on, wreck; concepts 234,246,252 Ant. build, construct, create, develop, grow ruinous [adj] disastrous, devastating annihilative, baleful, baneful, calamitous, cataclysmic, catastrophic, crippling, damaging, deadly, deleterious, depleting, dire, draining, exhausting, extravagant, fatal, fateful, harmful, hurtful, immoderate, impoverishing, injurious, murderous, noxious, pernicious, shattering, suicidal, unfortunate, wasteful, withering, wrackful; concepts 537,548,570 Ant. advantageous, assisting, benecial, helpful ruins [n] buildings that are dilapidated ashes, debris, destruction, detritus, foundation, relics, remains, remnants, residue, rubble, traces, vestiges, wreck, wreckage; concepts 439,733 rule [n1] standard, principle of behavior aphorism, apothegm, assize, axiom, basis, brocard,

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canon, chapter and verse*, command, commandment, criterion, decorum, decree, decretion, dictum, direction, edict, etiquette, formula, fundamental, gnome, guide, guideline, keynote, keystone, law, maxim, model, moral, no-nos*, order, ordinance, precedent, precept, prescription, propriety, regimen, regulation, ruling, statute, tenet, test, the book*, the numbers*, truism; concept 688 rule [n2] leadership of organization administration, ascendancy, authority, command, control, direction, domination, dominion, empire, government, inuence, jurisdiction, power, regime, regnancy, reign, sovereignty, supremacy, sway; concepts 299,376 rule [n3] method, way course, custom, formula, habit, normalcy, normality, order of things, policy, practice, procedure, routine; concepts 6,647 rule [v1] govern, manage administer, be in authority, be in drivers seat*, be in power, bridle, command, conduct, control, crack the whip*, curb, decree, dictate, direct, dominate, domineer, guide, hold sway*, hold the reins*, keep under ones thumb*, lay down the law*, lead, order, overrule, predominate, preponderate, preside, prevail, regulate, reign, restrain, rule the roost*, run, run the show*, sit on top of*, sway, take over; concepts 117,133,298 Ant. serve, submit rule [v2] judge, decide adjudge, adjudicate, conclude, decree, deduce, determine, establish, gure, nd, x, gather, hold, infer, lay down, pass upon, postulate, prescribe, pronounce, resolve, settle, theorize; concepts 18,81 Ant. plead rule out [v] exclude, reject abolish, avert, ban, bate, cancel, count out, debar, deter, dismiss, eliminate, except, forbid, forestall, forfend, leave out, not consider, obviate, preclude, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, recant, revoke, stave off, suspend, ward off; concepts 25,121 Ant. add, include, keep ruler [n1] historically, person who ruled an area baron, baroness, caesar, caliph, contessa, count, countess, crowned head, czar, czarina, dame, duchess, duke, dynast, emperor, empress, gerent, imperator, kaiser, khan, king, lady, lord, magnate, maharajah, maharani, majesty, mikado, mogul, monarch, oligarch, overlord, pasha, potentate, prince, princess, queen, rajah, rani, rex, royal, shah, sovereign, sultan, sultana, tycoon; concept 422 Ant. commoner, subject ruler [n2] tool for measuring or calculating length folding rule, measure, measuring stick, rule, slide rule, straightedge, T-square, yardstick; concept 499 ruling [adj1] dominant, governing cardinal, central, commanding, controlling, leading, overriding, overruling, pivotal, regnant, reigning, sovereign, supreme, upper; concept 574 Ant. inferior, subjective, submissive, yielding ruling [adj2] prevailing, main chief, current, dominant, pivotal, popular, predominant, preeminent, preponderant, prevalent, principal, rampant, rife, widespread; concept 568 Ant. inferior, minor, subordinate ruling [n] judgment, decree adjudication, decision, directive, edict, nding, law, order,

precept, pronouncement, resolution, rule, ukase, verdict; concept 318 Ant. plea rumble [v] growl, thunder boom, grumble, resound, roar, roll; concept 65 ruminate [v] think about seriously brainstorm*, brood, chew over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, excogitate, gure, meditate, mull over, muse, ponder, rack ones brains*, reect, revolve, stew about*, think, turn over, use ones head*, weigh; concept 24 Ant. ignore, neglect rummage [v] ransack, search beat the bushes*, comb, delve, dig out, disarrange, disarray, disorder, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, examine, explore, ferret out, sh, forage, grub, hunt, jumble, leave no stone unturned*, look high and low*, mess up, mix up, poke, rake, root, scour, search high heaven*, seek, shake, shake down, spy, toss, turn inside out*, turn upside down*; concepts 158,216 Ant. order, organize rumor [n] talk about supposed truth back-fence talk*, breeze*, bruit, canard, comment, cry, dispatch, earful*, fabrication, falsehood, fame, ction, gossip, grapevine*, hearsay, hoax, innuendo, intelligence, invention, lie, news, notoriety, report, repute, rumble, scandal, scuttlebutt*, story, suggestion, supposition, tale, tattle, tidings, whisper, wire*, word; concepts 274,277,278 Ant. truth rumor [v] tell a supposed truth bruit, buzz*, circulate, gossip, noise about*, pass around, publish, report, say, talk, tattle, whisper; concepts 49,54 Ant. tell truth rump [n] bottom, posterior of animal or human back, backside, beam, behind, breech, bum*, butt, butt end, buttocks, can*, croup, derrire, duff*, fanny*, haunches, hind end, hindquarters, keister*, moon*, prat, rear, rear end, sacrum, seat, tail*, tail end, tush*; concepts 392,825 rumple [v] crush, wrinkle bedraggle, cockle, crease, crimp, crinkle, crumple, derange, dishevel, disorder, fold, mess up, muss up, pucker, ruck up, rufe, screw up, scrunch, seam, tousle, wreathe; concepts 137,219,250 Ant. atten, iron, smooth rumpus [n] clamor brouhaha*, commotion, discord, disturbance, donnybrook, fracas, fuss, hassle, hubba-hubba*, hubbub, hullabaloo*, noise, outcry, pandemonium, racket, rhubarb, ruckus, tumult, turmoil, upheaval, uproar; concepts 386,595,674 run [n1] fast moving on foot amble, bound, break, canter, dart, dash, drop, escape, fall, ight, gallop, jog, lope, pace, race, rush, scamper, scuttle, spring, sprint, spurt, tear, trot, whisk; concept 150 Ant. standing, walking run [n2] journey drive, excursion, jaunt, joy ride*, lift, outing, ride, round, spin, tour, travel, trip; concept 224 run [n3] sequence, course bearing, chain, continuance, continuation, continuity, current, cycle, drift, duration, endurance, eld, ow, line, motion, movement, passage, path, period, persistence, progress, prolongation, round, route, season, series, spell, streak, stream, stretch, string, succession, swing, tendency, tenor, tide, trend, way; concepts 721,727,738 run [v1] move fast on foot abscond, amble, barrel, beat it*, bolt, bound, bustle, canter, career,

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clear out, course, cut and run*, dart, dash, decamp, depart, dog it*, escape, ee, it, y, gallop, go like lightning*, hasten, hie, hotfoot*, hurry, hustle, jog, leg it*, light out*, lope, make a break*, make off, make tracks*, pace, race, rush, scamper, scoot, scorch, scramble, scud, scurry, shag, shoot, skedaddle*, skip, skitter, smoke*, speed, spring, sprint, spurt, take ight, take off, tear, tear out, travel, trot, whisk; concepts 150,195 Ant. stand, walk run [v2] move rapidly, owingly bleed, cascade, course, deliquesce, diffuse, discharge, dissolve, drop, fall, ow, ux, fuse, glide, go, go soft, gush, issue, leak, leap, liquefy, melt, pass, pour, proceed, roll, sail, scud, skim, slide, spill, spin, spout, spread, stream, thaw, tumble, turn to liquid, whirl, whiz; concept 146 Ant. cease, halt, stop run [v3] operate, drive act, bear, carry, command, control, convey, go, govern, handle, manage, maneuver, move, perform, ply, propel, tick, transport, use, work; concepts 225,680 run [v4] manage, supervise administer, be in charge, be in drivers seat*, be in saddle*, boss, carry on, conduct, control, coordinate, direct, head, head up*, helm*, keep, lead, look after, operate, ordain, oversee, own, pull the strings*, regulate, ride herd on*, superintend, take care of*; concept 117 Ant. obey, serve run [v5] continue, range be current, circulate, cover, encompass, extend, go, go around, go on, last, lie, move past, persevere, proceed, reach, spread, stretch, trail, vary; concepts 651,721 Ant. cease, halt, stop run [v6] attempt to be elected to public ofce be a candidate, challenge, compete, contend, contest, hit the campaign trail*, kiss babies*, oppose, politick, race, ring doorbells*, shake hands*, stand, stump, whistlestop*; concept 300 run-around [n] avoidance come-off, delay, detour, difculty, diversion, elusion, escape, escaping, eschewal, evasion, inertia, postponement, roundabout, shunning; concepts 30,121 Ant. challenge, facing, meeting runaway [adj] out of control delinquent, disorderly, escaped, eeing, fugitive, loose, out of hand*, running, uncontrolled, wild; concept 401 Ant. controlled, stable, staying, steady runaway [n] person who is trying to escape absconder, delinquent, deserter, escapee, escaper, fugitive, lawbreaker, maroon, offender, truant, wanted person; concept 412 run-down [adj] shabby, in bad shape abandoned, beat-up, below par, broken-down, crumbling, debilitated, decrepit, derelict, deserted, desolate, dilapidated, dingy, dogeared*, down-at-the-heel*, drained, enervated, exhausted, fatigued, forsaken, frowzy*, in a bad way*, neglected, old, out of condition, peaked, ramshackle, ratty*, rickety, seedy, tacky, tattered, tired, tumble-down, uncared-for, under the weather*, unhealthy, untended, used up, weak, weary, worn-out; concepts 314,485, 570 Ant. fresh, good, healthy, ok rundown [n] summary brieng, outline, prcis, recap*, recapitulation, report, rsum, review, run-through, sketch, synopsis; concept 283 run down [v] ridicule belittle, criticize, decry,

defame, denigrate, depreciate, derogate, detract, diminish, disparage, dispraise, downcry, knock*, make fun of, opprobriate, revile, speak ill of, vilify; concepts 52,54 Ant. praise rung [n] notch, step bar, board, crossbar, crosspiece, degree, grade, level, rod, round, rundle, stage, tread; concepts 471,744 run-in [n] argument altercation, bickering, brush, confrontation, contretemps, dispute, encounter, falling-out*, ght, hassle, quarrel, row, set-to*, skirmish, tussle; concepts 46, 106 Ant. agreement, harmony, peace run in [v] arrest apprehend, bust, collar, cop*, detain, handcuff, jail, nab, pick up, pinch*, pull in, put the cuffs on*, take into custody, throw in jail*; concepts 298,317 Ant. exonerate, free, let go running [adj] continuous, owing, operating active, alive, constant, cursive, dynamic, easy, effortless, executing, uent, functioning, going, in action, incessant, in operation, in succession, live, moving, operative, perpetual, proceeding, producing, smooth, together, unbroken, unceasing, uninterrupted, working; concept 538, 560,584 Ant. broken, discontinuous, intermittent, occasional running [adv] continually consecutively, continuously, night and day*, successively, together, unintermittedly, uninterruptedly; concepts 482,798 Ant. broken, intermittently, occasionally running [n] management of organization administration, care, charge, conduct, control, coordination, direction, functioning, handling, intendance, leadership, maintenance, operation, organization, oversight, performance, regulation, superintendency, supervision, working; concept 117 run-of-the-mill [adj] average common, commonplace, customary, dime a dozen, everyday, fair, fair to middling*, garden-variety*, humdrum, intermediate, mainstream, mediocre, medium, middle of the road*, middling, ordinary, regular, routine, so-so*, undistinguished, unexceptional, usual; concept 547 run out [v] fail, be exhausted be cleaned out*, be out of, cease, close, come to a close, depart, dissipate, dry up, end, exhaust, expire, nish, give out, go, have no more, have none left, lose, peter out*, stop, terminate, tire, waste, waste away, weaken, wear out; concepts 105,699 Ant. get, have, succeed, supply runt [n] very small person half-pint*, homunculus, Lilliputian, midget, peewee*, punk*, shrimp*; concept 424 run through [v] use up; waste blow, consume, dissipate, exhaust, expend, nish, fritter away, lose, spend, squander, throw away, wash up; concept 156 Ant. hoard, save rupture [n1] break, split breach, burst, cleavage, cleft, crack, division, ssure, fracture, hernia, herniation, parting, rent, schism, tear; concepts 309,513 Ant. closing, closure rupture [n2] disagreement, dissolution altercation, breach, break, break-up, bustup*, clash, contention, detachment, disruption, disunion, division, divorce, divorcement, estrangement, falling-out, feud, hostility, misunderstanding, parting, partition, quarrel,

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rift, schism, separation, split, split-up*; concepts 46,388 Ant. agreement, harmony, peace rupture [v1] break open breach, burst, cleave, crack, disrupt, divide, erupt, fracture, hold, open, part, puncture, rend, rive, separate, sever, shatter, split, sunder, tear; concepts 98,246, 308 Ant. close, join, mend rupture [v2] disagree; dissolve union break off, break up, come between, disjoin, disrupt, dissect, dissever, disunite, divide, divorce, part, separate, split, split up, sunder; concepts 297, 384 Ant. agree, join, marry rural [adj] country, not urban agrarian, agricultural, agronomic, Arcadian, backwoods, bucolic, countried, farm, georgic, idyllic, natural, outland, pastoral, provincial, ranch, rustic, rustical, simple, sylvan, unsophisticated; concept 583 Ant. city, metropolitan, suburban, urban ruse [n] trick, deception angle, artice, blind, booby trap*, curveball*, deceit, device, dodge, feint, gambit, game, game plan*, gimmick, hoax, imposture, jig*, maneuver, ploy, scenario, sham, shenanigans*, shift, stratagem, stunt, subterfuge, switch*, twist*, wile; concepts 59,674 rush [n1] hurry, speed blitz, charge, dash, dispatch, expedition, ood, ow, ux, haste, hastiness, hurriedness, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitation, race, scramble, stream, surge, swiftness, urgency; concepts 145,748,818 Ant. retardation, slowness rush [n2] attack assault, blitz, charge, onslaught, push, storm, surge, violence; concept 86 Ant. guarding, protection rush [v1] hurry, speed accelerate, barrel, bolt, break, career, charge, chase, course, dart, dash, dispatch, expedite, re up*, eet, ing, it, y, get cracking*, get the lead out*, go like lightning*, haste, hasten, hotfoot*, hurry up, hustle, lose no time*, make haste, make short work of*, press, push, quicken, race, roll, run, scramble, scud, scurry, shake a leg*, shoot, speed up, sprint, step on gas*, streak, surge, tear, whiz*, zip*, zoom*; concepts 91,150, 152 Ant. retard, slow rush [v2] charge, attack capture, overcome, storm, surge, take by storm*; concept 86 Ant. guard, protect rust [n] corrosion blight, corruption, decay, decomposition, dilapidation, mold, oxidation, rot, wear; concepts 309,720 rust [v] corrode decay, decline, degenerate, deteriorate, oxidize, stale, tarnish, wither; concept 469 rustic [adj1] country, rural agrarian, agricultural, Arcadian, artless, austere, bucolic, countried, homely, homespun, homey, honest, natural, outland, pastoral, picturesque, plain, primitive, provincial, simple, sylvan, unaffected, unpolished, unrened, unsophisticated, verdant; concepts 583,589 Ant. city, metropolitan, suburban, urban rustic [adj2] crude, uncouth awkward, boorish, churlish, clodhopping, clownish, coarse, countried, dull, foolish, graceless, ignorant, inelegant, loutish, maladroit, rough, rude, stupid, uncultured, uneducated, ungainly, unmannerly, unpolished, unsophisticated; concept 401

Ant. couth, cultured, polished, rened, sophisticated rustic [n] person from the country, with little experience backwoodsperson, boor, country cousin*, countryperson, farmer, hayseed*, hick*, hillbilly, mountaineer, peasant, provincial, redneck*, rural, yokel*; concept 413 Ant. city boy rustle [n] whisper, swish crackle, crepitation, crinkling, friction, noise, patter, ripple, rustling, sound, stir; concept 595 rustle [v] swish, whisper crackle, crepitate, crinkle, hum, murmur, patter, sigh, stir, tap, whir, whish, whoosh; concept 65 rustle up [v] provide accommodate, arrange, assemble, bring, cater, cook, furnish, get ready, give, hand over, indulge, make, prepare, present, produce, put together, ready, render, scrape up, serve, supply, take care of, turn out; concepts 35,108,110,136,140,200 rusty [adj1] corroded decayed, oxidized, rust-covered, rusted; concept 485 rusty [adj2] out of practice; inexperienced decient, impaired, neglected, not what it was*, sluggish, soft, stale, unpracticed, unqualied, weak; concept 527 Ant. experienced, practiced, talented rut [n1] groove, indentation furrow, gouge, hollow, pothole, rabbet, score, track, trench, trough; concept 513 Ant. closing rut [n2] routine of daily life circle, circuit, course, custom, daily grind*, dead end*, grind*, groove, habit, humdrum*, pace, pattern, performance, practice, procedure, rote, round, system, treadmill, usage, wont; concepts 6,647 Ant. break, difference ruthless [adj] mean, heartless adamant, barbarous, brutal, callous, cold, cold-blooded, cruel, cutthroat, dog-eat-dog*, feral, ferocious, erce, grim, hard, hard-hearted, harsh, implacable, inexorable, inhuman, ironsted, killer, malevolent, merciless, mortal, obdurate, pitiless, rancorous, relentless, remorseless, revengeful, sadistic, savage, severe, stern, stony, surly, unappeasable, unfeeling, unforgiving, unmerciful, unrelenting, unsympathetic, unyielding, vicious, vindictive, without pity; concepts 401,404 Ant. compassionate, considerate, gentle, giving, kind, nice, sympathetic

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sabbatical [n] leave break, furlough, holiday, leave of absence, liberty, recess, time off, vacation; concepts 802,807 sable [adj] very dark in color black, dark, dusky, dusty, ebon, ebony, gloomy, inky, jet, jetty, murky, pitch-black, pitch-dark, raven, somber; concept 618 sabotage [n] damage demolition, destruction, disruption, impairment, injury, mischief, overthrow, subversion, subversiveness, treachery, treason, undermining, vandalism, wreckage, wrecking; concepts 86,246,252 Ant. aiding, assistance, x, help sabotage [v] incapacitate, damage attack, block, bollix, break up, cripple, deep six*, destroy, disable, disrupt, do*, do in*, foul up*,

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frustrate, hamper, hinder, louse up*, mess up*, obstruct, put out of action, put out of commission*, screw up*, subvert, take out*, throw a monkey wrench into*, torpedo*, undermine, vandalize, wreck; concepts 86,246,252 Ant. abet, aid, x, help sack [v1] remove from position of responsibility ax*, bounce*, can*, cashier, discharge, dismiss, drop, expel, re, give a pink slip*, give marching orders*, give the boot*, kick out, send packing*, ship, terminate; concept 351 Ant. employ, hire sack [v2] raid, plunder demolish, depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, destroy, devastate, devour, eece, gut, lay waste, loot, maraud, pillage, ravage, rie, rob, ruin, spoil, spoliate, strip, waste; concepts 139,252 Ant. guard, protect, save sacrament [n] rite baptism, celebration, ceremony, communion, confession, conrmation, custom, holy orders, liturgy, marriage, matrimony, oath, observance, practice, ritual, service, vow; concepts 377,386 sacred [adj1] holy, blessed angelic, cherished, consecrated, divine, enshrined, godly, hallowed, numinous, pious, pure, religious, revered, sacramental, saintly, sanctied, solemn, spiritual, unprofane, venerable; concept 574 Ant. irreligious, lay, profane, ungodly, unholy, unsacred sacred [adj2] protected dedicated, defended, guarded, immune, inviolable, inviolate, invulnerable, sacrosanct, secure, shielded, untouchable; concept 587 Ant. open, unprotected, vulnerable sacrice [v] give up, let go cede, drop, endure, eschew, forfeit, forgo, immolate, kiss goodbye*, lose, offer, offer up, part with, renounce, resign oneself to, spare, suffer, surrender, waive, yield; concepts 108,116 Ant. hold, refuse sacrilege [n] irreverence blasphemy, crime, curse, desecration, heresy, impiety, mockery, offense, profanation, profaneness, profanity, sin, violation; concept 645 Ant. piety, respect, reverence sacrilegious [adj] profane atheistic, blasphemous, desecrating, dirty*, lthy*, foul, godless, heathen, impious, indecent, indel, irreligious, irreverent, irreverential, obscene, pagan, sinful, ungodly, unhallowed, unholy, violating; concepts 267,401,545 sacrosanct [adj] sacred blessed, consecrated, divine, godly, hallowed, holy, pious, pure, religious, revered, sacramental, saintly, sanctied, spiritual, unprofane, venerated; concept 574 sad [adj1] unhappy, depressed bereaved, bitter, blue*, cheerless, dejected, despairing, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, distressed, doleful, down, downcast, down in dumps*, down in mouth*, forlorn, gloomy, glum, grief-stricken, grieved, heartbroken, heartsick, heavyhearted, hurting, in doldrums*, in grief, in the dumps*, languishing, low, low-spirited, lugubrious, melancholy, morbid, morose, mournful, out of sorts*, pensive, pessimistic, sick at heart*, somber, sorrowful, sorry, troubled, weeping, wistful, woebegone; concept 403 Ant. cheerful, glad, happy, joyful sad [adj2] unfortunate, distressing bad, calamitous, dark, dejecting, deplorable, depressing,

disastrous, discomposing, discouraging, disheartening, dismal, dispiriting, dreary, funereal, grave, grievous, hapless, heart-rending, joyless, lachrymose, lamentable, lugubrious, melancholic, miserable, moving, oppressive, pathetic, pitiable, pitiful, poignant, regrettable, saddening, serious, shabby, sorry, tearful, tear-jerking*, tragic, unhappy, unsatisfactory, upsetting, wretched; concepts 529,548 Ant. fortunate, great, happy, lucky sadden [v] upset, depress break ones heart*, bring one down*, bum out*, cast down, dampen spirits, dash, deject, deplore, desolate, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, distress, down, drag down*, grieve, make blue*, oppress, press, put a damper on*, put into a funk*, throw cold water on*, turn one off*, weigh down*; concepts 7,19 Ant. cheer, delight, gladden, make happy sadistic [adj] cruel, perverted barbarous, brutal, endish, perverse, ruthless, vicious; concepts 542,545 Ant. humane, kind, merciful sadness [n] unhappiness, depression anguish, blahs*, bleakness, blue devils*, blue funk*, broken heart*, bummer, cheerlessness, dejection, despondency, disconsolateness, dismals*, dispiritedness, distress, dolefulness, dolor, downcastness, downer*, dysphoria, forlornness, funk, gloominess, grief, grieving, heartache, heartbreak, heavy heart*, hopelessness, letdown, listlessness, melancholy, misery, moodiness, mopes*, mournfulness, mourning, poignancy, sorrow, sorrowfulness, the blues*, the dumps*, tribulation, woe; concept 410 Ant. cheer, gladness, happiness, joy safari [n] hunting expedition hunt, journey, quest, trek, trip; concept 224 safe [adj1] free from harm buttoned up*, cherished, free from danger, guarded, homefree*, impervious, impregnable, in safety, intact, inviolable, invulnerable, maintained, okay*, out of danger, out of harms way*, preserved, protected, safe and sound*, safeguarded, secure, sheltered, shielded, sitting pretty*, snug, tended, unassailable, undamaged, under lock and key*, under ones wing*, unharmed, unhurt, uninjured, unmolested, unscathed, unthreatened, vindicated, watched; concept 587 Ant. exposed, unguarded, unprotected, unsafe, vulnerable safe [adj2] not dangerous certain, checked, clear, competent, decontaminated, dependable, harmless, healthy, innocent, innocuous, innoxious, inoffensive, neutralized, nonpoisonous, nontoxic, pure, reliable, risk-free, riskless, secure, sound, tame, trustworthy, uninjurious, unpolluted, wholesome; concepts 314,537,548 Ant. dangerous, harmful, poisonous, unsafe safe [adj3] cautious, conservative calculating, careful, chary, circumspect, competent, considerate, dependable, discreet, gingerly, guarded, on safe side*, prudent, realistic, reliable, sure, tried and true*, trustworthy, unadventurous, wary; concepts 401,542 Ant. incautious, risky, unthoughtful safeguard [n] protection aegis, armament, armor, buffer, bulwark, convoy, defense, escort, guard, screen, security, shield, surety, ward; concept 712 Ant. endangerment, harm, hurt, injury

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safeguard [v] protect assure, bulwark, conserve, cover, defend, ensure, fend, guard, insure, look after, preserve, ride shotgun*, save, screen, secure, shield, watch over; concept 96 Ant. endanger, harm, hurt, injure, lay open safekeeping [n] protection aegis, assurance, care, certainty, cover, custody, guardianship, guarding, insurance, preservation, protecting, reassurance, refuge, safeguard, security, shelter, supervision, trust; concepts 712,729 safety [n] protection from harm assurance, asylum, cover, defense, freedom, immunity, impregnability, inviolability, invulnerability, refuge, safeness, sanctuary, security, shelter; concept 729 Ant. danger, exposure, jeopardy, vulnerability safety net [n] level of economic security guaranteed by government benets, buffer, government aid, insurance, precaution, protective umbrella, safeguard, subsidy; concept 344 sag [n] drop, decline basin, cant, concavity, depression, dip, distortion, downslide*, downswing*, downtrend, downturn, droop, fall, fall-off, hollow, list, settling, sink, sinkage, sinkhole, sinking, slant, slip, slump, tilt; concepts 181,698,776 Ant. increase, rise sag [v] droop bag, bend, bow, bulge, cave in, curve, dangle, decline, dip, drop, drop off, fail, fall, fall away, fall off, ag, ap, op, give way, hang, hang down, languish, lean, settle, sink, slide, slip, slump, swag, wilt; concepts 181,698,776 Ant. bulge, draw up, tighten saga [n] story, often long adventure, chronicle, epic, legend, narrative, soap opera*, tale, yarn; concept 282 sagacious [adj] smart, judicious acute, apt, astucious, astute, cagey, canny, clear-sighted, clever, cool*, discerning, discriminating, farsighted, foxy*, gnostic, heady, hip*, insightful, intelligent, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, perceptive, perspicacious, prudent, rational, sage, sapient, savvy*, sensible, sharp, shrewd, smooth, sophic, wise, witty; concept 402 Ant. careless, foolish, ignorant, stupid sagacity [n] wisdom acumen, astuteness, brains*, clear thinking, common sense, comprehension, discernment, discrimination, enlightenment, experience, foresight, good judgment, insight, intelligence, judgment, knowledge, levelheadedness, perceptiveness, perspicacity, practicality, prudence, sageness, sapience, sense, shrewdness, understanding; concept 409 sage [adj] wise astute, aware, careful, clever, contemplative, cunning, discerning, educated, enlightened, experienced, foresighted, informed, insightful, intelligent, intuitive, judicious, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, perceptive, reective, sagacious, sapient, scholarly, sensible, sharp, shrewd, smart, sound, thoughtful, understanding; concept 402 sage [n] wise person guide, guru, intellect, intellectual, learned person, mahatma, master, mentor, philosopher, pundit, savant, teacher, thinker, wise man/woman; concepts 350,409,416 sail [v] travel through water, air; glide boat, captain, cast anchor, cast off, cross, cruise, dart, drift, embark, it, oat, y, get under way*, leave, make headway, motor, move, navigate,

pilot, put to sea*, reach, run, scud, set sail, shoot, skim, skipper, skirr, soar, steer, sweep, tack, voyage, weigh anchor, wing; concept 224 sailboat [n] a boat propelled with wind by sailcloth bark, brig, brigantine, catamaran, clipper, craft, cutter, dory, gaff-rigged sailboat, galleon, galley, jack, ketch, pinnace, ragboat*, schooner, ship, skiff, sloop, Sunsh, tall ship, vessel, windjammer, wooden boat, yacht, yawl; concept 506 sailor [n] person who travels by sea ablebodied sailor, bluejacket*, boater, cadet, circumnavigator, deck hand, diver, hearty*, jack*, lascar*, marine, mariner, mate, middy, midshipman/woman, navigator, old salt*, pilot, pirate, salt*, sea dog*, seafarer, sea person, shellback*, shipmate, swab, swabber*, swabbie*, tar*, tarpaulin*, water dog*, windjammer*, yachter; concepts 348,358,366 saint [n] holy person angel, gloried soul, good person, holy being, loved one, martyr, pietist; concepts 361,370 saintly [adj] good, righteous angelic, beatic, blameless, blessed, devout, divine, god-fearing, godly, holy, pious, pure, religious, sainted, saintlike, seraph, sinless, upright, upstanding, virtuous, worthy; concept 404 Ant. bad, sinful, unholy, unrighteous, wicked sake [n1] benet, gain account, advantage, behalf, consideration, good, interest, prot, regard, respect, welfare, well-being; concept 693 Ant. detriment, disadvantage sake [n2] reason, objective aim, cause, consequence, end, nal cause, motive, principle, purpose, score; concepts 659,661 Ant. cause salacious [adj] lascivious bawdy, carnal, erotic, fast*, horny, hot*, indecent, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, licentious, lubricious, lustful, nasty, obscene, orgiastic, prurient, raunchy, sensual, smutty*, steamy, suggestive, voluptuous, wanton; concepts 372,403 salad [n] dish of vegetables coleslaw, fruit salad, greens, mixed greens, potato salad, tossed salad, Waldorf salad; concept 431 salary [n] money paid for work done bacon*, bread*, earnings, emolument, fee, hire, income, pay, payroll, recompense, remuneration, scale, stipend, take, take-home*, wage, wages; concept 344 Ant. debt sale [n] exchange of object for money auction, barter, business, buying, clearance, closeout, commerce, consuming, deal, demand, disposal, dumping, enterprise, marketing, negotiation, purchase, purchasing, reduction, selling, trade, transaction, unloading, vending, vendition; concepts 324,345 salesperson [n] salesman/woman businessperson, clerk, dealer, peddler, rep, sales assistant, salesclerk, salesgirl, saleslady, sales rep, sales representative, seller, store clerk, traveling salesperson, vendor; concept 348 salient [adj] noticeable, important arresting, arrestive, conspicuous, famous, impressive, intrusive, jutting, marked, moving, notable, obtrusive, obvious, outstanding, pertinent, projecting, prominent, pronounced, protruding, remarkable, signal, signicant, striking, weighty; concept 567 Ant. inconspicuous, unimportant, unnoticeable

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saliva [n] spit dribble, drool, froth, slaver, slobber, spittle, sputum; concept 467 sallow [adj] pale, unhealthy anemic, ashen, ashy, bilious, colorless, dull, greenish-yellow, jaundiced, muddy, pallid, pasty, wan, waxy, yellowish; concept 618 Ant. colorful, dark, ushed, healthy saloon [n] business establishment that primarily serves liquor alehouse, bar, barroom, beer joint*, cocktail lounge, dive*, drinkery, gin mill*, hangout*, joint*, nightclub, pub, public house, speakeasy, taproom, tavern, watering hole*; concepts 439,448,449 salt away [v] save, store up accumulate, amass, bank, cache, hide, hoard, invest, lay aside, lay away, put away, put by, put in the bank, save for rainy day*, set aside, spare, stash, stockpile; concept 330 Ant. spend, throw away, waste salty [adj1] avored with sodium chloride acrid, alkaline, brackish, briny, highly avored, oversalted, pungent, saliferous, saline, salt, salted, saltish, sour; concepts 462,613 Ant. bland, unsalted, unsalty salty [adj2] spicy, colorful humorous, lively, piquant, pungent, racy, sharp, snappy, tangy, tart, witty, zestful; concepts 401,589 Ant. blah, bland, dull salubrious [adj] health-giving benecial, good, healthful, healthy, hygienic, invigorating, salutary, sanitary, wholesome; concepts 560,572 Ant. insalubrious, unhealthy, unwholesome salutary [adj] healthy aiding, benecial, t, good, healing, healthful, nourishing, nutritious, restorative, salubrious, sound, tonic, well, wholesome; concepts 314,462,537,545 salute [v] greet; honor accost, acknowledge, address, bow, call to, congratulate, hail, pay homage, pay respects, pay tribute, present arms, receive, recognize, snap to attention*, speak, take hat off to*, welcome; concepts 38,69,320 salute/salutation [n] greeting, recognition address, bow, howdy*, kiss, obeisance, tribute, welcome; concept 38 Ant. farewell, goodbye salvage [v] save, rescue deliver, get back, glean, ransom, reclaim, recover, redeem, regain, restore, retrieve, salve; concept 134 Ant. endanger, harm, hurt, injure, lose, waste salvation [n] rescue, saving conservancy, conservation, deliverance, emancipation, escape, exemption, extrication, keeping, liberation, lifeline, pardon, preserval, preservation, redemption, release, reprieve, restoration, safekeeping, sustentation; concept 134 Ant. endangerment, harm, hurt, injury, loss, waste salve [n] ointment for relief of pain or illness aid, balm, cerate, counterirritant, cream, cure, dressing, emolient, help, liniment, lotion, lubricant, medication, medicine, remedy, unction, unguent; concepts 311,466 salve [v] soothe alleviate, ally, assuage, balm, becalm, calm, calm down, cool off*, ease, heal, mollify, pacify, pour oil on*, quiet, relieve, settle, smooth down, soften, still, take the edge off*, take the sting out of*, unburden, untrouble; concepts 7,22,110,384 same [adj1] alike, identical aforementioned, aforesaid, carbon*, carbon-copy*, clone, coequal, comparable, compatible, corresponding,

ditto*, double, dupe*, duplicate, equal, equivalent, indistinguishable, interchangeable, in the same manner, like, likewise, look-alike, related, same difference, selfsame, similar, similarly, synonymous, tantamount, twin, very, Xerox*; concepts 487,566,573 Ant. different, inconsistent, polar, unlike same [adj2] unchanging changeless, consistent, constant, invariable, perpetual, unaltered, unchanged, unfailing, uniform, unvarying; concept 534 Ant. changing, inconsistent, variable, wavering sameness [n] likeness, similarity adequation, alikeness, analogy, equality, equivalency, identicalness, identity, indistinguishability, monotony, no difference, oneness, par, parity, predictability, repetition, resemblance, selfsameness, standardization, tedium, uniformity, unison, unity, unvariedness; concepts 667,670 Ant. difference, dissimilarity, variableness, variety sample [n] example, model bit, bite, case, case history, constituent, cross section, element, exemplication, fragment, illustration, indication, individual, instance, morsel, part, pattern, piece, portion, representative, sampling, segment, sign, specimen, typication, unit; concepts 686,835 sample [v] taste, try examine, experience, experiment, inspect, partake, savor, sip, test; concepts 103,616 sanctify [v] hold in highest esteem absolve, anoint, bless, cleanse, consecrate, dedicate, deify, enshrine, glorify, hallow, purify, set apart, worship; concepts 10,12 Ant. desecrate, dishonor, disrespect sanctimonious [adj] self-righteous bigoted, canting, deceiving, false, goody-goody*, holier-than-thou*, hypocritical, insincere, pharisaical, pietistic, pious, preachy, selfsatised, smug, stuffy, unctuous; concepts 401,404 Ant. humble, meek, modest sanction [n1] authorization acquiescence, allowance, approbation, approval, assent, authority, backing, conrmation, consent, countenance, encouragement, endorsement, at, go-ahead*, green light*, leave, nod, okay*, permission, permit, ratication, recommendation, seal of approval*, stamp of approval*, sufferance, support, word; concept 685 Ant. disapproval, prevention, refusal, veto sanction [n2] embargo, punishment ban, boycott, coercive measure, command, decree, injunction, penalty, punitive measure, sentence, writ; concept 123 Ant. award, honor, reward sanction [v] authorize, conrm accredit, allow, approve, back, bless, certify, commission, countenance, empower, endorse, get behind*, give the go-ahead*, give the green light*, give the nod*, go for*, license, okay*, permit, ratify, support, vouch for, warrant; concepts 50,88 Ant. disapprove, prevent, refuse, veto sanctioned [adj] authorized accepted, accredited, allowed, approved, conrmed, empowered, licensed, okayed, permitted, warranted; concepts 542,798 sanctity [n] holiness asceticism, blessedness, consecration, devotion, devoutness, divineness, divinity, faith, godliness, goodness, grace, hallowedness, inviolability, mercy, piety,

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purity, religiousness, reverence, righteousness, sacredness, saintliness, solemnity, spirituality, venerableness; concepts 368,645 sanctuary [n1] church; holiest room or area in religious building altar, chancel, holy place, sanctorium, sanctum, shrine, temple; concepts 368,439,448 sanctuary [n2] place to hide, be safe asylum, church, convent, cover, covert, defense, den, harbor, harborage, haven, hideaway, hideout, hole, hole-up*, ivory tower*, oasis, port, protection, refuge, resort, retreat, safe house, screen, shelter, shield; concepts 515,516 sanctuary [n3] safe place for wildlife asylum, conservation area, game refuge, harborage, national park, nature preserve, park, preserve, refuge, reserve, retreat, shelter; concept 517 sandwich [n] grinder BLT, club sandwich, Dagwood*, hero*, hoagie, open-faced sandwich, Reuben, sub, submarine sandwich; concepts 457,460,461 sane [adj] mentally sound; reasonable all there*, balanced, both oars in water*, commonsensical, compos mentis, discerning, fairminded, t, having all marbles*, healthy, in ones right mind*, intelligent, judicious, levelheaded, logical, lucid, moderate, normal, of sound mind, oriented, playing with full deck*, prudent, rational, right, right-minded, sagacious, sage, sapient, self-possessed, sensible, sober, sound, steady, together*, well, wise; concepts 314,402,403 Ant. crazy, insane, unreasonable, unsound, unstable sanguine [adj1] happy; optimistic animated, assured, buoyant, cheerful, condent, enthusiastic, expectant, hopeful, lively, positive, secure, self-assured, self-condent, spirited, undoubtful, upbeat; concepts 403,542 Ant. depressed, pessimistic, sad, unhappy sanguine [adj2] reddish; ushed bloody, orid, ush, glowing, red, rubicund, ruddy, scarlet; concept 618 Ant. pale, pallid, sallow sanitary [adj] clean, germ-free healthful, healthy, hygienic, prophylactic, puried, salubrious, sanative, sterile, uncontaminated, uninfected, unpolluted, unsullied, wholesome; concept 621 Ant. dirty, diseased, polluted, unsanitary sanitize [v] sterilize antisepticize, clean, decontaminate, disinfect, freshen, fumigate, make sanitary, purify; concepts 231,250 sanity [n] mental health; soundness of judgment acumen, balance, clear mind, common sense, comprehension, good judgment, healthy mind, intelligence, judiciousness, levelheadedness, lucidity, lucidness, marbles*, normality, prudence, rationality, reason, reasonableness, right mind*, sagacity, saneness, sense, sound mind, soundness, stability, understanding, wit; concepts 409,410 Ant. craziness, insanity, instability, madness, unsoundness sap [n] stupid person chump, dolt, dupe, fool, idiot, jerk, nitwit, patsy*, pigeon*, simpleton, sucker*, weakling; concept 412 sap [v] squeeze out; weaken attenuate, bleed, blunt, cripple, debilitate, deplete, destroy, devitalize, disable, drain, enervate, enfeeble, erode, exhaust, impair, prostrate, rob, ruin, subvert, undermine, vitiate, wear down, wreck;

concepts 142,156,240,246 Ant. build, help, increase, put in, strengthen sapient [adj] sagacious acute, astucious, astute, cagey*, canny, clear-sighted, clever, contemplative, discerning, discriminating, educated, enlightened, experienced, farsighted, foxy*, informed, insightful, intelligent, judicious, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, perceptive, reective, sage, scholarly, sensible, sharp, shrewd, smart, thoughtful, wise; concept 402 sappy [adj] foolish, sentimental absurd, balmy, bathetic, crazy*, drippy*, idiotic, illogical, insane, loony*, maudlin, mushy*, preposterous, silly, slushy*, soppy*, sticky*, stupid; concepts 403,542 Ant. realistic, serious sarcasm [n] mocking remark acrimony, aspersion, banter, bitterness, burlesque, causticness, censure, comeback, contempt, corrosiveness, criticism, cut*, cynicism, derision, dig*, disparagement, outing, invective, irony, lampooning, mockery, mordancy, put-down*, raillery, rancor, ridicule, satire, scofng, scorn, sharpness, sneering, superciliousness, wisecrack; concepts 52,54,277,278 sarcastic [adj] nasty, mocking in speech acerb, acerbic, acid, acrimonious, arrogant, austere, backhanded, biting, bitter, brusque, captious, carping, caustic, chafng, contemptuous, contumelious, corrosive, cussed*, cutting, cynical, derisive, disillusioned, disparaging, disrespectful, evil, hostile, irascible, ironical, mean, mordant, needling, offensive, ornery*, salty, sardonic, satirical, saucy*, scorching, scornful, scurrilous, severe, sharp, smart-alecky*, snarling, sneering, taunting, trenchant, twitting, weisenheiming*; concept 267 Ant. kind, nice sardonic [adj] sarcastic acerbic, arrogant, biting, bitter, carping, caustic, cynical, derisive, disrespectful, evil, irascible, mean, mocking, mordant, nasty, offensive, salty*, satirical, scorching, scornful, sharp, smart-alecky*, sneering, taunting, wise*; concept 267 sass [n] back talk answer, cheek, guff, lip, mouth, nasty reply, retort, sauce; concepts 46 sass [v] talk back answer back, give lip*, mouth off*, wise off*; concept 401 sassy [adj] impudent arrant, audacious, bold, brassy, brazen, cheeky*, discourteous, disrespectful, ip*, ippant, fresh, insolent, mouthy*, overbold, rude, saucy*, smart-alecky*, smartmouthed, wise; concept 401 Satan [n] the Devil Angel of Darkness, Antichrist, Apollyon, archend, Beelzebub, demon, Diabolus, King of Hell, Lucifer, Mephistopheles, Prince of Darkness, the Evil Spirit; concepts 370,412 satanic [adj] demonic crazed, cruel, devilish, diabolic, diabolical, evil, endish, frenetic, hellish, infernal, mad, maniacal, possessed, unhallowed, vicious, wicked; concepts 404,545 satchel [n] small bag attach, backpack, briefcase, carryall, carry-on, duffel bag, garment bag, handbag, haversack, knapsack, overnight bag, pack, pouch, rucksack, saddlebag, suitcase, tote, travel bag; concepts 339,450,494 satiate [v] stuff, satisfy completely or excessively cloy, content, feed to gills*, ll, glut, gorge, gratify, indulge, jade, nauseate, overdose, overll, pall, sate, saturate, slake, surfeit;

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concepts 169,740 Ant. deprive, dissatisfy, leave wanting satire [n] ridicule intended to expose truth banter, burlesque, caricature, causticity, chafng, irony, lampoon, lampoonery, mockery, parody, pasquinade, persiage, play-on, put-on*, raillery, sarcasm, send-up*, skit, spoof, squib*, takeoff*, travesty, wit, witticism; concepts 263,271,280 satirical/satiric [adj] mocking abusive, bantering, biting, bitter, burlesque, caustic, censorious, chafng, cutting, cynical, farcical, incisive, ironical, lampooning, mordant, paradoxical, parodying, pungent, ridiculing, sarcastic, sardonic, spoong, taunting; concept 267 satirize [v] ridicule banter, burlesque, caricature, caricaturize, cartoon, deride, haze, humiliate, jape, jeer, jive, josh, kid, lampoon, laugh at, make a fool of*, make fun of, mimic, mock, needle, pan*, parody, poke fun at*, pull ones leg, raz*, rib*, ride*, roast*, spoof; concept 54 satisfaction [n] giving or enjoying a state of comfort, content achievement, amends, amusement, atonement, bliss, cheerfulness, comfort, compensation, complacency, conciliation, contentedness, contentment, delight, ease, enjoyment, fulllment, gladness, good fortune, gratication, happiness, indemnication, indulgence, joy, justice, peace of mind, pleasure, pride, propitiation, recompense, redress, refreshment, reimbursement, relief, reparation, repletion, resolution, reward, satiety, serenity, settlement, vindication, well-being; concepts 344,410,720 Ant. discontent, dissatisfaction, need, unhappiness, want satisfactory [adj] acceptable, sufcient adequate, all right, ample, A-OK*, appeasing, assuaging, assuasive, average, cogent, comfortable, competent, cool*, decent, delighting, enough, fair, fullling, good, good enough, gratifying, groovy*, passable, peachy*, pleasing, satisfying, solid, sound, sufcing, suitable, tolerable, unexceptional, up to snuff*, valid; concepts 529,558, 560 Ant. inadequate, insufcient, unacceptable, unt, unsatisfactory, unsuitable satisfy [v1] please, content amuse, animate, appease, assuage, befriend, brighten up, captivate, capture, cheer, cloy, comfort, conciliate, delight, do the trick*, elate, enliven, entertain, enthrall, exhilarate, fascinate, ll, ll the bill*, atter, get by, gladden, glut, gorge, gratify, hit the spot*, humor, indulge, make merry, make the grade*, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate, quench, rejoice, sate, satiate, score, sell, sell on, slake, suit, surfeit; concepts 7,22 Ant. anger, disappoint, discontent, dissatisfy, upset satisfy [v2] answer, persuade accomplish, appease, assuage, assure, avail, be adequate, be enough, be sufcient, come up to, complete, comply with, conform to, convince, dispel doubt, do, equip, ll, fulll, furnish, get by, induce, inveigle, keep promise, make good, make the grade*, meet, observe, pass muster*, perform, provide, put mind at ease*, qualify, quiet, reassure, score, sell, serve, serve the purpose*, sufce, tide over*, win over; concepts 108,140,656 Ant. dissuade, fail, frustrate

satisfy [v3] pay, compensate answer, atone, clear up, disburse, discharge, indemnify, liquidate, make good*, make reparation, meet, pay off, quit, recompense, remunerate, repay, requite, reward, settle, square*; concepts 126,341 Ant. dissatisfy, fail satisfying [adj] fullling delightful, enjoyable, favorable, gratifying, hitting the spot, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, refreshing, rewarding, satiating, satisfactory, savory, sweet; concepts 537,572 saturate [v] drench, wet through bathe, douche, douse, imbue, immerse, impregnate, infuse, overll, penetrate, percolate, permeate, pervade, sate, satiate, soak, sop, souse, steep, suffuse, surfeit, transfuse, wash, waterlog; concept 256 Ant. dehydrate, dry saturnine [adj] gloomy blue*, cheerless, dejected, depressed, desolate, despondent, dispirited, dour, down, down in the dumps*, forlorn, glum, grave, hopeless, in low spirits*, in the dumps*, low, melancholy, miserable, moping, morose, sad, solemn, sorrowful, sulky, sullen, unhappy, woebegone, woeful; concept 403 sauce [n] condiment coulis, dip, dressing, avoring, gravy, jus, relish, topping; concept 457 saucy [adj] disrespectful arch, audacious, bold, brash, brazen, cheeky*, combative, contumelious, ip*, ippant, forward, fresh, impertinent, impudent, insolent, intrusive, meddlesome, nervy, obtrusive, pert, presumptuous, rude, sassy, smart, smart-alecky*, smug, snippy*, volatile, weisenheiming*, wise; concepts 267,401 Ant. kind, polite, respectful saunter [n] stroll airing, amble, constitutional, promenade, ramble, turn, walk; concept 151 Ant. run saunter [v] stroll along amble, ankle, dally, drift, linger, loiter, meander, mope*, mosey*, ooze*, percolate, promenade, ramble, roam, rove, sashay, stump, tarry, toddle, traipse, trill, wander; concept 151 Ant. run savage [adj1] wild, untamed aboriginal, ancient, archaic, barbarian, barbaric, bestial, brutal, brute, crude, earliest, feral, ferocious, erce, rst, fundamental, harsh, in a state of nature, lupine, native, natural, nonliterate, original, primary, primeval, primitive, primordial, pristine, rough, rude, rugged, rustic, simple, turbulent, unbroken, uncivilized, uncultivated, uncultured, undomesticated, unmodied, unrestrained, unspoiled, vicious; concepts 401,485 Ant. calm, civilized, domesticated, tame savage [adj2] cruel, vicious atrocious, barbarous, beastly, bestial, bloodthirsty, bloody, brutal, brutish, cold-blooded, crazed, demoniac, destructive, devilish, diabolical, fell, feral, ferine, ferocious, erce, frantic, furious, grim, harsh, heartless, hellish, infernal, inhuman, inhumane, malevolent, malicious, merciless, murderous, pitiless, rabid, raging, rapacious, ravening, relentless, remorseless, ruthless, sadistic, truculent, unrelenting, violent, wolsh; concepts 401,540 Ant. benign, kind, nice savanna/savannah [n] grassland grassy eld, llano, meadow, pasturage, pasture, plain, prairie, steppe, veldt; concept 509 savant [n] scholar academic, bookworm, brain*, egghead*, expert, intellect, intellectual,

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learned person, learner, master, philosopher, pundit, sage, wise person; concept 350 save [v1] rescue bail out, come to rescue, defend, deliver, emancipate, extricate, free, get off the hook*, get out of hock*, give a break, liberate, pull out of re*, ransom, recover, redeem, salvage, save ones neck*, set free, spring, unchain, unshackle; concepts 127,134 Ant. endanger, harm, hurt save [v2] economize; set money aside for later use amass, be frugal, be thrifty, cache, collect, conserve, cut corners*, deposit, feather nest*, gather, hide away, hoard, hold, keep, lay aside, lay away, maintain, make ends meet*, manage, pile up, pinch pennies*, put by, reserve, retrench, roll back*, salt away*, save for rainy day*, scrimp, skimp, sock away*, spare, squirrel*, stash, stockpile, store, stow away, tighten belt*, treasure; concepts 120, 129 Ant. squander, throw away, waste save [v3] guard, protect conserve, defend, keep safe, keep up, look after, maintain, preserve, safeguard, screen, shield, sustain, take care of; concepts 96,117 Ant. endanger, leave open, make vulnerable savings [n] provision for future accumulation, ace in hole*, cache, fund, funds, gleanings, harvest, hoard, investment, kitty*, mattress full*, means, money in the bank, nest egg*, property, provision, provisions, rainy day fund*, reserve, reserves, resources, riches, sock, stake, stockpile, store; concepts 335,340,446,710 Ant. loss savior [n] person who redeems, aids in time of difculty conservator, defender, deliverer, friend in need*, Good Samaritan*, guardian, guardian angel, hero, liberator, preserver, protector, rescuer, salvager, salvation; concepts 370,416 Ant. enemy, foe, satan savor [n1] taste, avor odor, piquancy, relish, salt, sapidity, sapor, scent, smack, smell, spice, tang, tinge, zest; concept 614 savor [n2] distinctive quality affection, attribute, character, characteristic, excitement, feature, avor, interest, mark, property, salt, spice, trait, virtue, zest; concepts 411,543 savor [v] delight in, enjoy appreciate, experience, feel, gloat, know, like, luxuriate in, partake, relish, revel in, sample, sip, smack, smell, taste; concepts 32,616 Ant. dislike, refuse, shun savory [adj] pleasing, delicious in avor agreeable, ambrosial, aperitive, appetizing, aromatic, dainty, decent, delectable, exquisite, fragrant, full-avored, good, luscious, mellow, mouthwatering, palatable, perfumed, piquant, pungent, redolent, relishing, respectable, rich, sapid, savorous, scrumptious, spicy, sweet, tangy, tasty, tempting, toothsome, wholesome; concept 613 Ant. bland, displeasing, distasteful, offensive, tasteless, unappetizing savvy [adj] shrewd acute, astute, brainy*, cagey*, calculating, canny, clever, crafty, cunning, discerning, experienced, farsighted, foxy*, heady*, ingenious, intelligent, in the know*, judicious, keen, knowing, on the ball*, perceptive, sagacious, sensible, sharp, slick*, sly, smart, smooth, streetwise, wise; concepts 401,402

savvy [n] shrewdness acumen, awareness, comprehension, discernment, experience, grasp, grip, insight, intellect, intelligence, judgment, know-how, knowing, knowledge, mastery, perception, perceptiveness, sense, sharpness, smarts*, understanding; concept 409 say [v] make declaration add, afrm, allege, announce, answer, assert, break silence*, claim, come out with, communicate, conjecture, convey, declare, deliver, disclose, divulge, do, estimate, express, ap*, gab*, give voice*, guess, imagine, imply, jaw, judge, lip*, maintain, make known, mention, opine, orate, perform, pronounce, put forth, put into words, rap*, read, recite, rehearse, relate, remark, render, repeat, reply, report, respond, reveal, rumor, speak, spiel*, state, suggest, tell, utter, verbalize, voice, yak*; concepts 51,266 Ant. ask, question, request saying [n] maxim, proverb adage, aphorism, apophthegm, axiom, byword, dictum, epigram, motto, precept, saw, statement, truism; concept 278 scads [n] large quantity, bags*, barrels*, bunches, bundles*, gobs*, heaps*, jillion*, large number, loads, lots, many and then some*, oodles*, piles, plenty, scores, stacks, tons, zillions; concepts 432,787 scale [n1] graduated system calibration, computation, degrees, extent, gamut, gradation, hierarchy, ladder, order, pecking order*, progression, proportion, range, ranking, rate, ratio, reach, register, rule, scope, sequence, series, spectrum, spread, steps, system, way; concepts 651,744,770,788 scale [n2] thin covering, skin lm, ake, incrustation, lamina, layer, plate, scurf; concepts 399,484 scale [v1] ascend, climb clamber, escalade, escalate, go up, mount, surmount; concept 166 Ant. descend scale [v2] measure adjust, balance, calibrate, compare, compute, estimate, gauge, graduate, proportion, prorate, regulate, size; concept 764 scam [n] swindle blackmail, cheating, con, con game, crooked deal*, deceit, deception, dirty pool*, double-cross*, double-dealing*, extortion, fast one*, imam*, fraud, hoax, hosing*, hustle, racket*, rip-off*, shady deal*, shakedown, sham, shell game*, snow job*, sting, sucker game*; concepts 59,139,192 scamp [n] rascal cheat, cheater, delinquent, fraud, hooligan*, liar, mischief-maker, prankster, rapscallion, reprobate, rogue, rowdy, rufan, scalawag, scallywag, scoundrel, shyster, sneak, swindler, trickster, troublemaker, villain, whippersnapper; concept 412 scamper [v] run, dash bolt, dart, ee, y, hasten, hie, hurry, light out, make off, race, romp, rush off, scoot, scurry, scuttle, shoot, skedaddle*, skip, speed, speed away, sprint, tear, trot, whip, zip*; concept 150 Ant. stroll scan [v] look over, scrutinize lightly browse, check, consider, contemplate, dip into*, examine, ash*, ip through, give the once-over*, glance at, glance over, have a look-see*, inquire, investigate, leaf through*, look, look through, look up and down*, overlook, regard, riff, rife, rumble, run over, run through, scour,

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search, size up, skim, study, survey, sweep, take a gander*, take stock of*, thumb through*; concepts 103,623 scandal [n] public embarrassment aspersion, backbiting, backstabbing, belittlement, calumny, crime, defamation, depreciation, detraction, dirty linen*, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disparagement, disrepute, dynamite, eavesdropping, gossip, hearsay, idle rumor, ignominy, infamy, mud, obloquy, opprobrium, reproach, rumor, scorcher, shame, sin, skeleton in closet*, slander, tale, talk, turpitude, wrongdoing; concepts 278,645,674 scandalous [adj] disreputable atrocious, backbiting, calumnious, crying, defamatory, desperate, detracting, detractive, disgraceful, gossiping, heinous, ignominious, infamous, libelous, maligning, monstrous, odious, opprobrious, outrageous, red hot*, scurrilous, shameful, shocking, slanderous, traducing, unseemly, untrue, vilifying; concept 545 Ant. proper, reputable, respected scant/scanty [adj] inadequate bare, barely sufcient, close, decient, exiguous, failing, insufcient, limited, little, meager, minimal, narrow, poor, rare, restricted, scrimpy, short, shy, skimpy, slender, spare, sparing, sparse, stingy, thin, tight, wanting; concepts 766,767, 789 Ant. abundant, adequate, ample, covering, plentiful, substantial, sufcient scapegoat [n] person who takes blame for anothers action boob*, chump, doormat*, dupe, easy mark*, fall guy*, fool, goat*, gull*, mark*, patsy, pigeon*, pushover*, sacrice, sap*, schmuck*, sitting duck*, stooge, sucker, victim, weakling; concept 412 scar [n] blemish from previous injury or illness blister, cicatrice, cicatrix, crater, defect, discoloration, disgurement, aw, hurt, mark, pockmark, scab, track, wound; concept 580 Ant. perfection scar [v] mark, hurt beat, blemish, brand, cut, damage, deface, disgure, aw, injure, maim, mar, pinch, score, scratch, slash, stab, traumatize; concepts 7,19 Ant. perfect, smooth scarce [adj] insufcient, infrequent at a premium, decient, failing, few, few and far between*, in short supply, limited, occasional, rare, scant, scanty, seldom, seldom met with, semioccasional, short, shortened, shy, sparse, sporadic, truncated, uncommon, unusual, wanting; concepts 541,789 Ant. abundant, frequent, plentiful, sufcient scarcely [adv] barely hardly, imperceptibly, infrequently, just, just barely, only just, rarely, scantily, seldom, slightly; concepts 541,789 Ant. adequately, commonly, sufciently scare [n] frightened state alarm, alert, fright, panic, shock, start, terror; concepts 230,410 Ant. calmness, comfort, ease scare [v] frighten someone affright, alarm, awe, chill, daunt, dismay, freeze, give a fright, give a turn*, intimidate, panic, paralyze, petrify, scare silly*, scare stiff*, scare the pants off*, shake up*, shock, spook, startle, strike terror in, terrify, terrorize; concepts 7,19,42 Ant. calm, comfort, reassure, soothe scared [adj] frightened afraid, aghast, anxious, fearful, having cold feet*, panicked, panicky,

panic-stricken, petried, shaken, startled, terried, terror-stricken; concept 403 Ant. condent, encouraged, unafraid scarf [n] mufer ascot, bandanna, boa, kerchief, neckwear, shawl, stole, wrapping; concept 451 scary [adj] frightening, terrifying alarming, bloodcurdling, chilling, creepy, eerie, hair-raising, hairy*, horrendous, horrifying, intimidating, shocking, spine-chilling, spooky, unnerving; concepts 529,548 Ant. calming, encouraging, soothing scathing [adj] nasty, critical in remarks belittling, biting, brutal, burning, caustic, cruel, cutting, harsh, mordacious, mordant, salty, sarcastic, scorching, scornful, searing, severe, sulphurous, trenchant, withering; concept 267 Ant. generous, kind, nice, praising scatter [v] strew, disperse besprinkle, broadcast, cast, derange, diffuse, disband, discard, disject, dispel, disseminate, dissipate, distribute, disunite, diverge, divide, expend, ing, intersperse, litter, migrate, part, pour, put to ight*, run away, scramble, separate, set, set asunder, sever, shatter, shed, shower, sow, spend, split up, spray, spread, sprinkle, sunder, take off in all directions*, throw around, throw out; concepts 179,217,222 Ant. collect, gather scatterbrained [adj] not thinking clearly birdbrained*, careless, dizzy, empty-headed*, featherbrained*, ighty, forgetful, frivolous, giddy, harebrained*, illogical, inattentive, irrational, irresponsible, madcap, silly, slaphappy*, stupid, thoughtless; concept 402 Ant. aware, careful, sensible, thoughtful scenario [n] master plan; sequence of events book, outline, pages, plot, rsum, rundown, scheme, sides, sketch, story line, summary, synopsis; concepts 282,283,660 scene [n1] setting of a performance or event arena, backdrop, background, blackout, display, exhibition, at, ats, landscape, locale, locality, location, mise en scne, outlook, pageant, picture, place, representation, scenery, seascape, set, setting, show, sight, site, spectacle, spot, stage, tableau, theater, view; concepts 263,625,628 scene [n2] part of a dramatic performance act, bit, episode, incident, part, piece, routine, schtick, spot; concept 264 scene [n3] display of emotion carrying-on*, commotion, confrontation, exhibition, t, fuss, performance, row, tantrum, temper tantrum, to-do*, upset; concept 633 Ant. composure scene [n4] eld of interest arena, business, compass, culture, environment, eld, milieu, setting, sphere, world; concept 349 scenery [n] surroundings backdrop, decor, at, ats, furnishings, furniture, landscape, mise en scne, neighborhood, properties, props, prospect, set, setting, spectacle, sphere, stage set, stage setting, terrain, view, vista; concepts 263,628 scenic [adj] beautiful, picturesque breathtaking, dramatic, grand, impressive, panoramic, spectacular, striking; concepts 485,579 Ant. despicable, dreary, gloomy, ugly scent [n] smell, aroma aura, balm, bouquet, essence, fragrance, incense, odor, perfume,

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redolence, spice, tang, track, trail, whiff; concept 599 Ant. odor, stench, stink scent [v] detect, smell be on the track of*, be on the trail of*, discern, get wind of*, nose, nose out*, recognize, sense, sniff; concepts 601,602 scented [adj] fragrant ambrosial, aromal, aromatic, balmy, delectable, odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, perfumy, redolent, smelling, spicy, sweet-smelling; concept 598 schedule [n] plan for ones time agenda, appointments, calendar, catalog, chart, diagram, docket, inventory, itinerary, lineup*, list, order of business, program, record, registry, roll, roster, sked*, table, timetable; concepts 271,283,660 Ant. disorganization schedule [v] plan ones time appoint, arrange, be due, book, card, catalog, engage, get on line*, line up*, list, note, organize, pencil in*, program, record, register, reserve, set, set up, sew up*, slate, time, write in ones book*; concepts 36,125 Ant. disorder, disorganize schematic [adj] diagrammatic delineative, graphic, illustrative, representational, simplied, symbolic; concept 625 scheme [n1] course of action arrangement, blueprint, chart, codication, contrivance, design, device, diagram, disposition, draft, expedient, game plan, layout, order, ordering, outline, pattern, plan, presentation, program, project, proposal, proposition, purpose, schedule, schema, strategy, suggestion, system, tactics, theory; concepts 271,625,660 scheme [n2] plot, maneuver to get result action, angle*, brainchild*, cabal, conspiracy, covin, dodge*, frame-up*, game, game plan*, gimmick, hookup*, hustle, hype*, intrigue, layout, machination, picture*, pitch, ploy, practice, proposition, put-up job*, ruse, scenario, scene, setup*, shift*, story, stratagem, subterfuge, tactics, trick*, twist*; concepts 59,645,660 scheming [adj] deceitful, sly artful, calculating, conniving, crafty, cunning, designing, duplicitous, foxy, slippery, tricky, underhand, wily; concept 542 Ant. aboveboard, honest, open schism [n] separation alienation, break, breakup, difference, disagreement, discord, dissension, disunion, division, divorce, faction, ssure, fracture, gap, parting, rift, rupture, secession, splinter group, split; concepts 135,195,297,388 schlemiel [n] dolt blockhead*, boob*, bungler, dimwit*, dope, dork*, dumbbell*, dunce, fool, goof*, goon*, idiot, ignoramus, jerk, lunkhead*, meathead*, nincompoop*, ninny*, nitwit*, sap*, schmuck, simpleton, stooge*, stupid; concepts 412,423 schlepp [v] lug carry, drag, haul, heave, lift, lurch, pull, tote, tow, tug, yank; concept 206 scholar [n] person who is very involved in education and learning academic, augur, bookish person, bookworm*, brain*, critic, disciple, doctor, egghead*, gnome*, grind*, intellectual, learned person, learner, litterateur, person of letters, philosopher, professor, pupil, sage, savant, schoolchild, scientist, student, teacher, tool, wise person; concept 350 scholarly [adj] academic bookish, cultured, educated, erudite, intellectual, learned, lettered, literate, longhair*, scholastic, schooled, studious,

taught, trained, well-read; concept 402 Ant. uneducated, unscholarly scholarship [n1] knowledge ability, awareness, cognition, comprehension, discernment, education, erudition, expertise, grasp, insight, instruction, intelligence, know-how*, learnedness, learning, lore, philosophy, schooling, wisdom; concepts 274,409,529 scholarship [n2] grant assistance, award, bursary, charity, donation, fellowship, nancial aid, reward; concepts 337,344 school [n1] place, system for educating academy, alma mater, blackboard*, college, department, discipline, establishment, faculty, hall, halls of ivy*, institute, institution, jail*, schoolhouse, seminary, university; concepts 287,289 school [n2] persons receiving education academy, adherents, circle, class, clique, denomination, devotees, disciples, faction, followers, following, group, party, pupils, sect, set; concepts 288,350 school [n3] body of philosophy on subject belief, creed, faith, outlook, persuasion, school of thought, stamp*, way, way of life; concepts 349,689 school [v] teach advance, coach, control, cultivate, direct, discipline, drill, educate, guide, indoctrinate, inform, instruct, lead, manage, prepare, prime, show, train, tutor, verse; concept 285 Ant. learn science [n] methodical study of part of material world art, body of knowledge, branch, discipline, education, erudition, information, learning, lore, scholarship, skill, system, technique, wisdom; concepts 274,349,360 Ant. art scientic [adj] systematic; discovered through experimentation accurate, clear, controlled, deductive, exact, experimental, logical, mathematical, methodical, objective, precise, sound; concept 535 Ant. artistic scientist [n] researcher analyst, chemist, examiner, expert, lab technician, physicist, prober, tester; concepts 349,362 scintilla [n] small bit, trace atom, crumb, dab, dash, drop, ash, hint, iota, particle, pinch, ray, shade, shred, small quantity, smidgen, soupon, sparkle, speck, spot, whiff, whisper; concepts 529,831 scintillating [adj] bright, stimulating animated, brilliant, clever, dazzling, ebullient, exciting, ashing, gleaming, glimmering, glinting, glittering, lively, shining, smart, sparkling, sprightly, twinkling, witty; concepts 401,529, 617 Ant. blah, dull scion [n] offshoot, descendant begotten, branch, brood, child, chip off old block*, graft, heir, heiress, issue, junior, offspring, progeny, seed, shoot, slip, sprout, successor, twig; concepts 414,428 Ant. cause, root, source scoff [v] make fun of; despise belittle, boo*, contemn, deride, dig at*, disbelieve, discount, discredit, disdain, out, gibe, jeer, knock*, laugh at, make light of*, mock, pan*, poke fun at, pooh-pooh*, rag*, rally, reject, revile, ride, ridicule, scorn, show contempt, sneer, tease; concept 54 Ant. be nice, praise scold [v] nd fault with abuse, admonish, asperse, berate, blame, castigate, cavil, censure, chasten, chide, criticize, denounce, disparage,

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dress down*, expostulate, give a talking-to*, jump on*, keep aft*, lay down the law*, lecture, light into*, nag, objurate, preach, put down, rail, rake over the coals*, rate, ream, rebuke, recriminate, reprimand, reproach, reprobate, reprove, revile, take to task*, taunt, tell off*, upbraid, vilify, vituperate; concepts 44,52,54 Ant. compliment, atter, praise scoop [n1] utensil, tool for shovelling bail, dipper, ladle, shovel, spade, spoon, trowel; concepts 493,499 scoop [n2] previously secret information that is suddenly public beat, exclusive, expos, inside story*, news, revelation, sensation; concept 274 scoop [v] dig up; shovel bail, clear away, dig, dig out, dip, empty, excavate, gather, gouge, grub, hollow, lade, ladle, lift, pick up, remove, scrape, spade, sweep away, sweep up, take up; concept 178 scoot [v] hurry accelerate, beeline*, be quick, bolt, clear out, dart, dash, expedite, y, get a move on*, go like lightning, hasten, hurry up, hustle, make haste, make time*, make tracks*, move, move fast, race, run, rush, scamper, scurry, shake a leg*, skedaddle, speed, split, spur, step on it*, vamoose, whiz, zip; concepts 150,234 scope [n] extent or range of something ambit, amplitude, area, breadth, capacity, compass, comprehensiveness, connes, elbow room*, extension, eld, eld of reference, freedom, fullness, latitude, leeway, liberty, margin, opportunity, orbit, outlook, play, purview, radius, reach, room, run, space, span, sphere, wideness; concepts 651,739,788 scorch [v] burn bake, blacken, blister, broil, char, cook, melt, parch, roast, scald, sear, seethe, shrivel, simmer, singe, stale, stew, swelter, wither; concepts 249,255 Ant. freeze score [n1] total, points account, addition, aggregate, amount, average, count, nal count, grade, mark, number, outcome, rate, reckoning, record, result, stock, sum, summary, summation, tab, tally; concepts 364,784 score/scores [n2] large group; a great number army, cloud, crowd, drove, ock, host, hundred, legion, lot, mass, million, multitude, myriad, rout, swarm, throng, very many; concept 432 Ant. none score [n3] musical arrangement charts, composition, music, orchestration, transcript; concept 262 score [n4] obligation; account payable account, amount due, bill, charge, debt, grievance, grudge, injury, injustice, invoice, reckoning, statement, tab, tally, total; concepts 332,645 score [v1] keep count add, calculate, chalk up, count, enumerate, keep tally, rack up*, reckon, record, register, tally, total; concepts 125,764 score [v2] achieve, succeed accomplish, amass, arrive, attain, chalk up*, connect, ourish, gain, gain advantage, get*, hit pay dirt*, impress, luck out*, make a killing*, make an impression*, make the grade*, notch, procure, prosper, pull off*, put over*, rack up*, reach, realize, secure, take the cake*, thrive, triumph, win; concepts 704,706 Ant. fail, lose

score [v3] cut, nick cleave, crosshatch, deface, furrow, gash, gouge, graze, groove, indent, line, mark, mill, notch, scrape, scratch, serrate, slash, slit; concepts 137,176 Ant. mend, smooth score [v4] write a musical arrangement adapt, arrange, compose, orchestrate, set; concepts 79,292 scorn [n] contempt toward something contemptuousness, contumely, derision, despisal, despisement, despite, disdain, disparagement, disregard, jeering, mockery, ridicule, sarcasm, scofng, scornfulness, slight, sneer, sport, taunting, teasing; concepts 29,54 Ant. approval, delight, pleasure scorn [v] hold in contempt; look down on abhor, avoid, be above, confute, consider beneath one*, contemn, defy, deride, despise, disdain, disregard, out, gibe, hate, ignore, make fun of, mock, put down, refuse, refute, reject, renounce, repudiate, ridicule, run down*, scoff at, shun, slight, sneer, spurn, taunt, trash*, turn back on*, turn nose up at*; concepts 21,30,52,54 Ant. admire, approve, like, love scoundrel [n] person who is deceptive and uncaring of others bad egg*, bad news*, blackguard*, black sheep*, caitiff, cheat, creep, crook, dastard, good-for-nothing*, heel, imp, incorrigible, lowlife*, maggot*, mischiefmaker, miscreant, neer-do-well*, rascal, reprobate, scalawag, scamp, thief, vagabond, villain, wretch; concept 412 scour [v1] clean, polish thoroughly abrade, brush, buff, burnish, cleanse, ush, furbish, mop, pumice, purge, rub, sand, scrub, wash, whiten; concept 165 Ant. dirty, rust scour [v2] search thoroughly beat, comb, ferret out, nd, forage, go over with a netooth comb*, grub, hunt, inquire, leave no stone unturned*, look for, look high and low*, look up and down*, rake, ransack, rout, rummage, seek, track down, turn inside out*, turn upside down*; concept 216 Ant. ignore, overlook scourge [n] plague, torment afiction, bane, correction, curse, iniction, misfortune, penalty, pest, pestilence, punishment, terror, visitation; concepts 674,675 Ant. advantage, benet, blessing, boon, delight, happiness scourge [v] beat, punish, often physically afict, belt, cane*, castigate, chastise, curse, discipline, excoriate, ail, og, harass, hit, horsewhip*, lambaste*, lash, penalize, plague, scathe, scorch*, tan*, terrorize, thrash, torment, trounce, wallop*, whale*, whip; concepts 14,52,122, 189 Ant. guard, protect scout [n] person who is searching, investigating advance, adventurer, detective, escort, explorer, guard, lookout, outpost, outrider, patrol, picket, pioneer, precursor, reconnoiterer, recruiter, runner, sleuth, spotter, spy, vanguard; concepts 348,358 Ant. target scout [v] investigate, check out case, examine, explore, ferret, have a look-see*, hunt, inspect, look for, observe, probe, reconnoiter, run reconnaissance, rustle up*, search, seek, set eyes on*, spot, spy, stake out, survey, take in, track down, watch; concepts 103,216,623 Ant. ignore, overlook, shun

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scowl [n] frown black look*, dirty look*, evil eye*, glower, grimace; concepts 185,716 Ant. grin, smile scowl [v] frown disapprove, glare, gloom, glower, grimace, look daggers at*, lour, lower, make a face*; concept 185 Ant. grin, smile scraggly [adj] ragged badly dressed, badly worn, bedraggled, dilapidated, dingy, dirty, disheveled, frayed, frazzled, full of holes*, grubby*, grungy*, in tatters*, messy, motheaten, scruffy, shabby, sloppy, tacky*, tattered, threadbare, torn, unclean, uncombed, ungroomed, unkempt, worse for wear*; concepts 485,621 scram [v] leave quickly beat it*, clear out*, decamp, depart, disappear, get lost*, go away, hightail*, make oneself scarce*, make tracks*, scoot*, skedaddle*, take off, vamoose*; concept 195 Ant. dally, wait scramble [n] mix-up, confusion clutter, commotion, competition, conglomeration, free-for-all*, hash*, hassle, hustle, jumble, jungle, litter, melee, mishmash, muddle, race, rat race*, rush, shufe, struggle, tumble, tussle; concepts 230,388,432 Ant. order, organization scramble [v] race; get into position clumsily clamber, climb, contend, crawl, hasten, jockey for position*, jostle, look alive*, make haste, move, push, run, rush, scrabble, scurry, scuttle, strive, struggle, swarm, trek, vie; concepts 87,150 scrap [n1] tiny bit of something atom, bite, bits and pieces*, butt, castoff, chip, chunk, crumb, cutting, discard, end, fragment, glob, gob, grain, hunk, iota, jot, junk, leaving, leftover*, lump, mite, modicum, morsel, mouthful, odds and ends*, orts, part, particle, piece, portion, remains, shred, slice, sliver, smithereen*, snatch, snippet, speck, stump, trace, waste; concepts 831,835 Ant. load, lot scrap [n2] argument, ght affray, battle, brawl, broil*, disagreement, dispute, fracas, fray, quarrel, row, scufe, set-to*, squabble, tiff*, wrangle; concepts 46,106 Ant. agreement, harmony, peace scrap [v1] abandon; throw away break up, cast, chuck, consign to scrap heap*, demolish, discard, dismiss, dispense with, ditch, do away with*, drop, forsake, get rid of, jettison, junk, put out to pasture*, reject, retire, shed, slough, throw out, toss out, write off; concepts 121, 180 Ant. hoard, keep, save, store scrap [v2] ght, argue battle, bicker, caterwaul, come to blows*, fall out, have shouting match*, have words*, quarrel, row, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle; concepts 46,106 Ant. agree, harmonize, make peace scrape [n] bad or embarrassing situation awkward situation, corner*, difculty, dilemma, discomture, distress, embarrassment, x*, hole*, jam*, mess*, pickle*, plight, predicament, tight spot*, trouble; concept 674 Ant. resolution, solution scrape [v1] scratch, remove outer layer abrade, bark, bray, chafe, clean, erase, le, grate, graze, grind, irritate, pare, peel, rasp, rub, scour, scuff, shave, skin, squeak, thin, triturate; concepts 165,186,215 Ant. smoothe scrape [v2] be very frugal cut it close*, get

along, get by, pinch, save, scrimp, shave, skimp, stint, struggle; concept 330 Ant. spend, squander, waste scratch [n] small cut or mark blemish, claw mark, gash, graze, hurt, laceration, score, scrape; concepts 309,513 Ant. perfection scratch [v1] cut; make a mark on claw, damage, etch, grate, graze, incise, lacerate, mark, prick, rasp, rub, scarify, score, scrape, scrawl, scribble; concepts 79,176 Ant. heal, mend, smooth scratch [v2] cancel annul, delete, eliminate, erase, pull, pull out, strike, withdraw; concept 121 Ant. schedule, set up scrawl [v] write erratically doodle, inscribe, scrabble, scratch, scribble, squiggle; concept 79 scrawny [adj] unhealthily thin angular, bony, gaunt, lank, lanky, lean, rawboned, scraggy, skeletal, skin-and-bones*, skinny, spare, undernourished, underweight; concepts 490,491,773 Ant. chubby, fat, healthy, plump scream [n1] outcry cry, high-pitched shout, holler*, howl, screech, shriek, wail, yell, yelp; concept 595 scream [n2] person or thing that is very funny card*, character*, comedian, comedienne, comic, entertainer, guffaw*, hoot*, howl*, joker, laugh, panic*, riot, sensation, sidesplitter*, wit; concepts 423,529 Ant. seriousness scream [v] cry out bawl, bellow, blare, caterwaul, holler*, howl, jar, roar, screak, screech, shout, shriek, shrill, sing out, squeal, voice, wail, yell, yip, yowl; concept 77 Ant. be quiet screen [n] protection used in or as furniture, motion picture display awning, canopy, cloak, concealment, cover, covering, curtain, divider, envelope, guard, hedge, mantle, mask, net, partition, security, shade, shelter, shield, shroud, veil; concepts 277,440,443,445,473 screen [v1] hide, protect adumbrate, blind, block out, bulwark, bury, cache, camouage, cloak, close, conceal, cover, cover up, defend, disguise, ensconce, fend, guard, mask, obscure, obstruct, safeguard, seclude, secrete, secure, separate, shade, shadow, shelter, shield, shroud, shut off, shut out, shutter, stash, umbrage, veil, wall off; concepts 96,188 Ant. lay open, open, reveal, uncover screen [v2] examine and choose cull, eliminate, evaluate, extract, lter, gauge, grade, pick out, process, riddle, scan, select, separate, sieve, sift, sort, winnow; concept 41 screw [v1] twist in spiral, tighten, turn, twine, wind, work; concepts 85,160 Ant. unscrew, untwist screw [v2] twist, contort contract, crimp, crinkle, crumple, distort, pucker, rimple, ruck up, rumple, scrunch, wrinkle; concept 219 Ant. unscrew, untwist screw [v3] pressure bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, coerce, constrain, defraud, do*, exact, extort, extract, force, hold a knife to*, oppress, pinch*, pressurize, put screws to*, ream*, shake down*, squeeze, wrench, wrest, wring; concepts 14,192 Ant. help screw up [v] make a mess of blow, bobble, bollix*, botch, bungle, confuse, ub*, foul up, goof*, goof up*, louse, make hash of*, mess, mess up, mishandle, mismanage, muck up*,

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muddle, muff, queer, snafu*, spoil; concept 101 Ant. succeed screwy [adj] eccentric abnormal, batty, bizarre, crazy, daft, dotty, far out*, aky, funky*, irregular, kooky, mad, nutty, odd, oddball, offbeat, off-center, off the wall*, out in left eld*, outlandish, peculiar, queer, quirky, strange, uncommon, unconventional, weird; concepts 547,564 scribble [v] write illegibly doodle, jot, scratch, scrawl, squiggle, write badly, write erratically; concept 79 scrimp [v] economize be cheap, be economical, be frugal, be prudent, be sparing, conserve, curtail, cut back, cut corners*, make ends meet*, pinch pennies*, run a tight ship*, save, skimp, stretch a dollar*, tighten ones belt*; concept 330 script [n1] handwriting calligraphy, characters, chirography, st, hand, letters, longhand, penmanship, writing; concepts 79,284 script [n2] story for a performance article, book, copy, dialogue, libretto, lines, manuscript, playbook, scenario, text, typescript, words; concepts 263,271 Scrooge [n] skinint cheapskate, meanie, misanthrope, misanthropist, miser, moneygrubber, niggard, penny-pincher, tightwad; concept 412 scrounge [v] beg, forage for bum, freeload, hunt, sponge, wheedle; concepts 48,216 Ant. give, offer scrub [v1] clean with force abrade, brush, buff, cleanse, mop, polish, rub, scour, wash; concept 165 Ant. dirty scrub [v2] cancel abandon, abolish, abort, call off, delete, discontinue, do away with, drop, forget about, give up; concepts 121,234 Ant. organize, schedule, set up scruffy [adj] rough, bedraggled badly groomed, frowzy*, mangy*, messy, ragged, run-down, seedy, shabby, slovenly, tacky*, tattered, threadbare, ungroomed, unkempt, untidy; concepts 485,589 Ant. kempt, smooth, tidy scrumptious [adj] delicious ambrosial, appetizing, delectable, delightful, exquisite, heavenly, inviting, luscious, lush, magnicent, mouthwatering, rich, succulent, tasty, yummy; concepts 529,613 Ant. unappetizing, untasty scrunch [v] crumple compress, crumple up, crunch, rumple, squash, squeeze; concept 184 scruple [n] misgiving, doubt anxiety, caution, censor, compunction, conscience, demur, difculty, faltering, hesitancy, hesitation, pause, perplexity, qualm, reconsideration, reluctance, reluctancy, second thought*, squeamishness, superego, twinge, uneasiness; concepts 532,690 Ant. ignorance, negligence, unconcern scruple [v] balk, have misgivings be loath, be reluctant, be unwilling, boggle, demur, doubt, falter, fret, gag, have qualms, hesitate, question, shy, stick, stickle, stumble, think twice about*, vacillate, waver, worry; concept 21 Ant. not care scrupulous [adj] extremely careful conscientious, conscionable, critical, exact, fastidious, fussy, heedful, honest, honorable, just, meticulous, minute, moral, nice, painstaking, particular, precise, principled, punctilious, punctual, right, rigorous, strict, thinking twice*, true,

upright; concepts 401,538,542 Ant. careless, negligent, unscrupulous scrutinize [v] examine closely analyze, burn up, candle, canvass, case, check, check out, check over, comb*, consider, contemplate, dig, dissect, explore, eyeball*, get a load of*, go over with a ne-tooth comb*, inquire into, inspect, investigate, look over, overlook, peg*, penetrate, perlustrate, peruse, pierce, pore over, probe, put under a microscope*, scan, scope, scrutinate, search, sift, smoke*, stare, study, survey, take the measure of, view, watch, weigh; concepts 24,103,623 scrutiny [n] close examination analysis, audit, close-up, eagle eye*, exploration, inquiry, inspection, investigation, long hard look*, perlustration, perusal, review, scan, search, sifting, study, surveillance, survey, tab*, the eye*, view; concepts 24,103,623 scufe [n] ght affray, brawl, broil, commotion, disturbance, fracas, fray, fuss*, go*, jump, mixup, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, scrap, set-to*, shufe, strife, tussle, wrangle; concept 106 Ant. agreement, peace scufe [v] ght clash, come to blows, contend, cuff, grapple, jostle, skirmish, struggle, tussle, wrestle; concept 106 Ant. make peace sculpture [v] form a three-dimensional art object carve, cast, chisel, cut, engrave, fashion, hew, model, mold, sculp, sculpt, shape; concepts 137,174,184 scum [n1] supercial impurities, dirt algae, crust, dross, lm, froth, residue, scruff, spume, waste; concept 260 Ant. cleanliness scum [n2] people who are bad, despicable curs*, dregs, lowest, mass, mob, proletariat, rabble, riffraff, rubbish*, scum of the earth*, trash*, unwashed, vermin; concept 412 scurrilous [adj] foul-mouthed, vulgar abusive, coarse, contumelious, defamatory, dirty, lthy, foul, gross, indecent, infamous, insulting, invective, lewd, low, nasty, obscene, offending, offensive, opprobrious, outrageous, raunchy, ribald, salacious, scabrous, scandalous, shameless, slanderous, smutty*, truculent, vituperative, vituperatory, vituperous; concepts 267, 542,545 Ant. clean, polite, upright scurry [v] move along swiftly barrel, bustle, dart, dash, dust, y, hasten, hop along, hurry, race, rip, run, rush, scamper, scoot, scud, scutter, scuttle, shoot, skim, sprint, step along, tear, whirl, whisk, zip*; concept 150 Ant. dawdle, loaf, walk scuttlebutt [n] gossip babble, back-fence talk*, blather, chatter, chitchat, dirty laundry*, grapevine*, hearsay, meddling, prattle, rumor, talk; concepts 274,278 sea [n] large body of water; large mass abundance, blue*, bounding main*, brine, briny*, briny deep*, Davy Joness locker*, deep, drink*, expanse, lake, main, multitude, number, ocean, plethora, pond, profusion, sheet, splash*, surf, swell, waves; concept 514 Ant. land seafarer [n] sailor bluejacket, boater, boatman/ woman, deck hand, mariner, mate, middy, midshipman/woman, old salt*, pirate, sailorman/woman, sea dog*, seaman/woman, swabbie*, yachtsman/woman; concepts 348, 358,366

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seal [n] authentication; stamp allowance, assurance, attestation, authorization, cachet, conrmation, imprimatur, insignia, notication, permission, permit, ratication, signet, sticker, tape, tie; concepts 284,685 Ant. disapproval, refusal seal [v1] make airtight close, cork, enclose, fasten, gum, isolate, paste, plaster, plug, quarantine, secure, segregate, shut, stop, stopper, stop up, waterproof; concepts 85,160 Ant. loosen, open, unseal seal [v2] ensure, nalize assure, attest, authenticate, clinch, conclude, conrm, consummate, establish, ratify, settle, shake hands on*, stamp, validate; concepts 234,324 Ant. delay, put off, refuse seam [n] line where two objects are connected bond, closure, connection, coupling, gore, gusset, hem, joint, junction, juncture, pleat, stitching, suture, tuck, union; concepts 452,471 seaman/woman [n] sailor bluejacket, boater, boatman/woman, deck hand, mariner, mate, middy, midshipman/woman, old salt*, pirate, sailorman/woman, sea dog*, seafarer, swabbie*, yachtsman/woman; concepts 348,358, 366 seamy [adj] corrupt, unwholesome bad, dark, degraded, disagreeable, disappointing, disreputable, disturbing, low, nasty, rough, sordid, squalid, unpleasant; concept 545 Ant. respectable, upright, wholesome sear [v] dry, burn blight, brand, brown, burn up, cauterize, cook, dehydrate, desiccate, dry out, dry up, exsiccate, harden, parch, scorch, seal, shrivel, sizzle, tan, toast, wilt, wither; concepts 170,249 Ant. freeze search [n] seeking to nd something chase, examination, exploration, shing expedition*, frisking*, going-over*, hunt, inquest, inquiry, inspection, investigation, legwork*, perquisition, pursual, pursuance, pursuing, pursuit, quest, research, rummage, scrutiny, shakedown*, wild-goose chase*, witch hunt*; concept 216 Ant. nding search [v] seek to nd something beat, beat about, cast about, chase after, check, comb, examine, explore, ferret, forage, frisk, go in quest of, go over with a ne-tooth comb*, go through, grope, grub, gun for*, hunt, hunt for, inquire, inspect, investigate, leave no stone unturned*, look, look for, look high and low*, look over, poke into, probe, prospect, pry, quest, rake, ransack, rie through, root, rummage, run down, scan, scour, scout, scrutinize, seek, shake down, sift, smell around, study, track down, turn inside out*, turn upside down*; concept 216 Ant. nd searching [adj] probing curious, experimental, exploratory, fact-nding, inquiring, inquisitive, penetrating, seeking, sharp, studious; concept 402 seashore [n] beach bank, coast, littoral, oceanfront, seaboard, seafront, seaside, shingle, shore, strand, waterfront; concepts 509,514 season [n] time of year governed by annual equinoxes autumn, division, fall, interval, juncture, occasion, opportunity, period, spell, spring, summer, term, time, while, winter; concept 814

season [v1] avor food color, enliven, lace, leaven, pep, pepper, salt, spice; concept 170 Ant. cook plain season [v2] acclimatize, prepare acclimate, accustom, anneal, climatize, discipline, t, habituate, harden, inure, mature, qualify, school, steel, temper, toughen, train; concepts 35,202 seasonable [adj] timely, appropriate apropos, apt, auspicious, convenient, favorable, t, opportune, pertinent, propitious, prosperous, providential, relevant, seasonal, suitable, timeous, towardly, welcome, well-timed; concept 558 Ant. inappropriate, inclement, untting, unseasonable, unsuitable, untimely seasoned [adj] experienced accomplished, adept, battle-scarred, been around*, been there*, competent, expert, familiar, hardened, instructed, knowledgeable, matured, old hand*, practiced, prepared, pro, professional, qualied, skillful, tested, toughened, trained, tried, vet, veteran, weathered, wise, worldly, worldly wise*; concepts 402,527 seasoning [n] avoring for food condiment, dressing, gravy, herb, pepper, pungency, relish, salt, sauce, spice, zest; concepts 457,461 seat [n1] furniture for sitting, reclining bench, chair, chaise lounge, chestereld, couch, davenport, lounge, loveseat, pew, recliner, settee, settle, stall, stool, wing chair; concept 443 seat [n2] central location of organization abode, axis, capital, center, cradle, focal point, fulcrum, headquarters, heart, house, hub, location, mansion, nerve center, place, polestar, post, residence, site, situation, source, spot, station; concept 198 Ant. annex, offshoot seat [n3] base, foundation basement, basis, bed, bottom, cause, tting, footing, ground, groundwork, rest, seating, support; concept 442 seat [n4] rear end of animate being backside, behind, bottom, breech, derrire, duff*, fanny*, fundament*, keister*, posterior, rear, rear end, rump, tush*; concepts 392,825,827 seat [v] place in furniture, position accommodate, deposit, establish, x, hold, install, locate, lounge, nestle, perch, plant, put, roost, set, settle, sit, squat, take; concepts 154,201,384 Ant. displace, move, remove secede [v] pull away; split from abdicate, apostatize, break with, disafliate, leave, quit, resign, retire, retract, retreat, separate, withdraw; concepts 119,298,384 Ant. combine, come in, join, unite secession [n] withdrawal breakaway, breakup, defection, disafliation, dissension, disunion, division, exiting, parting, rift, rupture, schism, separation, splinter group, split; concepts 135,195,211,297,388,000 seclude [v] isolate, hide blockade, boycott, cloister, closet, conceal, conne, cover, embargo, enclose, evict, immure, ostracize, quarantine, retire, screen, segregate, separate, sequester, shut off, withdraw; concepts 121,135,188 Ant. join, mingle, socialize secluded [adj] isolated, sheltered abandoned, alone, aloof, beleaguered, blockaded, cloistered, close, closet, condential, covert, cut off, deserted, hermetic, hidden, incommunicado, insular, isolate, lonely, lonesome, off the beaten track*, out-of-the-way*, personal, private,

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quarantined, quiet, reclusive, remote, removed, reserved, retired, screened, secluse, seclusive, secret, segregated, sequestered, shut off, shy, singular, solitary, tucked away*, unapproachable, unfrequented, uninhabited, unsociable, withdrawn; concepts 401,576,583 Ant. joining, mingling, open, public, sociable, socializing seclusion [n] isolation aloneness, aloofness, beleaguerment, blockade, concealment, desolation, detachment, hiding, privacy, privateness, quarantine, reclusion, reclusiveness, remoteness, retirement, retreat, seclusiveness, separateness, separation, sequestration, shelter, solitude, withdrawal; concepts 135,188,388,631 Ant. open, public second [adj] next; subordinate additional, alternative, another, double, duplicate, extra, following, further, inferior, lesser, lower, next in order, other, place, repeated, reproduction, runner-up, secondary, subsequent, succeeding, supporting, twin, unimportant; concepts 575,585 second [n1] shortest interval of time bat of an eye*, ash, instant, jiffy*, moment, nothing at*, sec*, shake*, split second, twinkling*, wink; concepts 803,821 second [n2] support; duplicate assistant, backer, double, exponent, helper, placer, proponent, reproduction, runner-up, supporter, twin; concepts 423,670 second [v] support, advance a suggestion aid, approve, assist, back, back up, encourage, endorse, forward, further, give moral support, go along with, promote, stand by, uphold; concepts 298,324,384 Ant. move secondary [adj1] subordinate; less important accessory, alternate, auxiliary, backup, bushleague*, collateral, consequential, contingent, dependent, dinky*, extra, inconsiderable, inferior, insignicant, lesser, lower, minor, minor-league*, petty, relief, reserve, second, second-rate, small, small-fry*, small-time*, subject, subservient, subsidiary, substract, supporting, tributary, trivial, under, unimportant; concepts 574,575 Ant. rst-class, rst-rate, important, primary, superior secondary [adj2] derivative auxiliary, borrowed, consequent, dependent, derivate, derivational, derived, developed, eventual, indirect, proximate, resultant, resulting, second-hand, subordinate, subsequent, subsidiary, vicarious; concept 549 Ant. causative, primary, source secondhand [adj] used handed down, handme-down, not new, old, pre-owned, previously owned, unnew; concepts 578,797 second-rate/second-class [adj] inferior, cheap cheap and dirty*, common, commonplace, dclass, hack*, low-grade, low-quality, mean, mediocre, poor, shoddy*, substandard, tacky*, tawdry; concepts 334,567,574 Ant. excellent, rst-class, rst-rate, great, superior, wonderful secrecy [n] concealment clandestineness, condence, condentiality, covertness, dark, darkness, furtiveness, hiding, hush, isolation, mystery, privacy, reticence, retirement, seclusion, secretiveness, secretness, silence, solitude, stealth, suppression, surreptitiousness; concept 631 Ant. forthrightness, honesty, openness, publicity, revelation

secret [adj1] hidden, unrevealed abstruse, ambiguous, arcane, backdoor, camouaged, classied, cloak-and-dagger*, close, closet, clouded, conspiratorial, covered, covert, cryptic, dark, deep, disguised, enigmatical, esoteric, furtive, hush-hush*, mysterious, mystic, mystical, obscure, occult, on the QT*, out-ofthe-way*, private, recondite, reticent, retired, secluded, shrouded, strange, undercover, underground, under wraps*, undisclosed, unenlightened, unfrequented, unintelligible, unknown, unpublished, unseen, veiled; concepts 529,576 Ant. clear, dened, explicit, forthright, honest, open, public, revealed, unconcealed secret [adj2] underhand, clandestine backdoor, backstairs, camouaged, classied, close, condential, covert, cryptic, discreet, disguised, dissembled, dissimulated, furtive, hush-hush*, in ambush, incognito, inside, restricted, secretive, sly, sneak, sneaky, stealthy, sub-rosa, surreptitious, top secret, unacknowledged, under false pretense*, underhanded, underthe-table*; concepts 545,576 Ant. aboveboard, known, legal, legitimate, public secret [n] something kept hidden, unrevealed cipher, classied information, code, condence, condential information, enigma, formula, key, magic number*, mystery, occult, oracle, password, privileged information, puzzle, skeleton in cupboard*, unknown; concepts 274,631 Ant. known, public knowledge, revelation secretary [n1] ofce worker assistant, clerk, executive secretary, receptionist, typist, word processor; concept 348 secretary [n2] desk bureau, davenport, escritoire, secretaire, writing desk, writing table; concept 443 secrete [v1] hide bury, cache, conceal, cover, cover up, deposit, disguise, ditch, ensconce, nesse, harbor, hide out, keep quiet, keep secret, keep to oneself, keep under wraps*, palm*, paper, plant, screen, seclude, secure, shroud, squirrel*, stash, stash away, stonewall*, stow, sweep under rug*, veil, whitewash*, withhold; concepts 188,266 Ant. lay bare, reveal, tell, uncover secrete [v2] give off, emit discharge, emanate, excrete, extravasate, extrude, exude, perspire, produce, sweat; concepts 146,179 Ant. ll, pour in secretive [adj] uncommunicative backstairs*, buttoned up*, cagey, clammed up*, close, close-mouthed*, covert, cryptic, enigmatic, feline, furtive, hushed, in chambers*, in privacy*, in private, in the background*, in the dark*, on the QT*, reserved, reticent, silent, taciturn, tight-lipped*, undercover, unforthcoming, withdrawn, zipped*; concepts 267,548 Ant. communicative, forthright, honest, open secretly [adv] in hidden manner behind closed doors*, behind someones back*, by stealth, clandestinely, condentially, covertly, furtively, hush-hush*, in camera*, in condence, in holes and corners*, in secret, insidiously, in strict condence*, intimately, obscurely, on the QT*, on the quiet*, on the sly*, personally, privately, privily, quietly, slyly, stealthily, sub rosa, surreptitiously,

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underhandedly, under the table*, unobserved; concepts 267,548 Ant. openly, publicly sect [n] school of thought camp, church, communion, connection, creed, crew, cult, denomination, division, faction, faith, following, group, order, party, persuasion, religion, school, splinter group, team, wing; concepts 381,382 sectarian [adj] narrow-minded, exclusive bigoted, clannish, cliquish, dissident, doctrinaire, dogmatic, factional, fanatic, fanatical, hidebound, insular, limited, local, nonconforming, nonconformist, parochial, partisan, provincial, rigid, schismatic, skeptical, small-town*, splinter; concept 403 Ant. broad, broad-minded, liberal, nonsectarian sectarian [n] person who is narrow-minded adherent, bigot, cohort, disciple, dissenter, dissident, dogmatist, extremist, fanatic, heretic, maverick, misbeliever, nonconformist, partisan, radical, rebel, revolutionary, satellite, schismatic, separatist, supporter, true believer, zealot; concepts 359,423 Ant. liberal, nonsectarian section [n] division, portion area, belt, bite, branch, category, chunk, classication, component, cross section, cut, department, district, drag, end, eld, fraction, fragment, hunk, installment, locality, lump, member, moiety, parcel, part, passage, piece, precinct, quarter, region, sample, sector, segment, share, slice, slot, sphere, split, subdivision, territory, tier, tract, vicinity, zone; concept 835 Ant. whole sectional [adj] localized, divided exclusive, factional, local, narrow, partial, regional, selfish, separate, separatist; concepts 557,785 Ant. general, universal, widespread sector [n] area, subdivision category, district, division, part, precinct, quarter, region, stratum, zone; concepts 508,835 Ant. whole secular [adj] not spiritual or religious civil, earthly, laic, laical, lay, material, materialistic, nonclerical, nonreligious, of this world*, profane, temporal, unsacred, worldly; concepts 529,549 Ant. godly, holy, religious, spiritual secure [adj1] safe defended, guarded, immune, impregnable, out of harms way, protected, riskless, sheltered, shielded, unassailable, undamaged, unharmed; concept 587 Ant. endangered, insecure, unprotected, unsafe secure [adj2] fastened, stable adjusted, anchored, bound, buttoned down*, fast, rm, xed, fortied, immovable, iron, locked, nailed, safe and sound*, set, solid, solid as a rock*, sound, staunch, steady, strong, sure, tenacious, tight; concept 488 Ant. loose, moving, unfastened, unxed, unsecure, unstable secure [adj3] certain, denite able, absolute, assured, at ease, balanced, carefree, cinch, conclusive, condent, determined, easy, established, rm, hopeful, in the bag*, locked on*, nailed down*, on ice*, reassured, reliable, resolute, sanguine, self-assured, self-condent, settled, shoo-in*, solid, sound, stable, steadfast, steady, strong, sure, sure thing*, tried and true*, unanxious, undoubtful, well-founded; concepts 403,535 Ant. indenite, insecure, uncertain, undecided, unsure secure [v1] obtain access, achieve, acquire, annex, assure, bag*, buy, capture, catch, chalk up*, cinch, come by, ensure, gain, get, get hold

of, grasp, guarantee, have, hook, insure, land, lock, lock up, make sure, pick up, procure, rack up*, take, win; concept 120 Ant. forfeit, give up, lose secure [v2] attach, tie up adjust, anchor, batten down, bind, bolt, button, button down, catch, cement, chain, clamp, clinch, close, fasten, x, hitch, hook on, lash, lock, lock up, make fast, moor, nail, padlock, pinion, rivet, settle, tack, tie, tie down, tighten; concepts 85,160 Ant. let go, loose, loosen, unfasten, untie secure [v3] protect, make safe assure, bulwark, cover, defend, ensure, fend, guarantee, guard, insure, safeguard, screen, shield; concept 96 Ant. endanger, harm, hurt, injure security [n1] safety, protection aegis, agreement, armament, armor, asylum, bail, bond, care, collateral, compact, contract, covenant, cover, custody, defense, earnest, freedom, guarantee, guard, immunity, insurance, pact, pawn, pledge, precaution, preservation, promise, redemption, refuge, retreat, safeguard, safekeeping, safeness, safety measure, salvation, sanctuary, shelter, shield, surety, surveillance, token, ward, warrant; concepts 712,729 Ant. danger, insecurity, peril, trouble security [n2] peace of mind assurance, calm, certainty, condence, conviction, ease, freedom, positiveness, reliance, soundness, sureness, surety; concept 410 Ant. insecurity, uncertainty, worry sedate [adj] calm, collected cold sober*, composed, cool, cool as cucumber*, decorous, deliberate, demure, dignied, dispassionate, earnest, grave, imperturbable, laid-back*, no-nonsense, placid, proper, quiet, seemly, serene, serious, sober, solemn, somber, staid, steady, tranquil, unappable, unrufed; concepts 404,542 Ant. agitated, excitable, excited, lively, upset sedative [adj] soothing allaying, anodyne, calmative, calming, lenitive, relaxing, sleepinducing, soporic, tranquillizing; concept 537 Ant. agitating, excitative, upsetting sedative [n] soothing agent, medicine analgesic, anodyne, barbiturate, calmant, calmative, depressant, dope*, downer, drug, hypnotic, knockout pill, medication, narcotic, nerve medicine, opiate, pacier, pain-killer, pain pill*, quietive, sleeping pill, tranquillizer; concept 307 Ant. antidepressant sedentary [adj] motionless, lazy desk, deskbound, idle, inactive, seated, settled, sitting, sluggish, stationary, torpid; concepts 542, 584 Ant. activated, active, energetic, mobile, moving sediment [n] solid residue from liquid solution debris, deposit, dregs, dross, gook*, grounds, gunk*, lees, matter, powder, precipitate, precipitation, residuum, settling, silt, slag, solids, trash, waste; concept 260 Ant. whole sedition [n] rebellion agitation, deance, disobedience, dissent, insubordination, insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, revolt, revolution, treason, uprising; concepts 106,300,320,633 seditious [adj] rebellious anarchistic, bellicose, deant, disloyal, disobedient, disorderly, dissident, factious, iconoclastic, insurgent,

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insurrectionary, mutinous, radical, rebel, resistant, revolutionary, riotous, subversive, treasonable, warring; concepts 401,529,542 seduce [v1] tempt, ensnare bait, beguile, betray, bribe, coax, deceive, decoy, delude, draw, entice, entrap, hook, induce, inveigle, invite, lead astray*, lead on*, lure, mislead, mousetrap*, persuade, pull, rope in, steer, string along*, sucker*, wheedle; concept 11 Ant. disenchant, turn off seduce [v2] entice sexually allure, attract, beguile, captivate, charm, come on to*, enamour, entrance, sweep off ones feet*, tempt; concept 375 seduction [n] enticement allurement, attraction, cajolery, come-on*, inducement, lure, persuasion, tantalizing, temptation; concepts 7,19, 22,68 seductive [adj] alluring, sexy attracting, attractive, beguiling, bewitching, captivating, charming, come-hither*, desirable, drawing, enchanting, enticing, fascinating, irtatious, inviting, irresistible, magnetic, provocative, ravishing, siren, specious, tempting; concepts 372,579 Ant. distasteful, ugly, unpleasing sedulous [adj] assiduous active, busy, determined, diligent, hard-working, industrious, laborious, persevering, plugging, tireless; concepts 538,542 see [v1] perceive with eyes beam, be apprised of, behold, catch a glimpse of, catch sight of, clock*, contemplate, descry, detect, discern, distinguish, espy, examine, eye, ash, gape, gawk, gaze, get a load of*, glare, glimpse, heed, identify, inspect, lay eyes on*, look, look at, make out, mark, mind, note, notice, observe, pay attention to, peek, peep, peer, peg*, penetrate, pierce, recognize, regard, remark, scan, scope, scrutinize, sight, spot, spy, stare, survey, take notice, view, watch, witness; concepts 590,626 Ant. be blind see [v2] appreciate, comprehend appraise, ascertain, behold, catch, catch on, conceive, descry, determine, discern, discover, distinguish, envisage, envision, espy, experience, fancy, fathom, feature, feel, nd out, follow, get, get the drift*, get the hang of*, grasp, have, hear, imagine, investigate, know, learn, make out, mark, mind, note, notice, observe, perceive, ponder, realize, recognize, remark, study, suffer, sustain, take in, think, tumble, undergo, understand, unearth, view, visualize, weigh; concepts 15,31,43 Ant. ignore, neglect, overlook see [v3] accompany, guide associate with, attend, bear company, call, come by, come over, conduct, consort with, date, direct, drop by, drop in, encounter, escort, go out with, go with, keep company with, lead, look up, meet, pilot, pop in, receive, route, run into, shepherd, show, speak to, steer, stop by, stop in, take out, usher, visit, walk; concepts 187,227,384 Ant. turn loose see [v4] visualize anticipate, conceive, divine, envisage, envision, fancy, feature, foresee, foretell, imagine, picture, realize, think, vision; concept 12 seed [n1] beginning, source berry, bud, cell, conceit, concept, conception, core, corn, ear,

egg, embryo, germ, grain, image, impression, inkling, kernel, notion, nucleus, nut, ovule, ovum, particle, rudiment, semen, spark, sperm, spore, start, suspicion; concepts 393,428,648 Ant. effect, end, ending, result seed [n2] children brood, descendants, heirs, issue, offspring, posterity, progeniture, progeny, race, scions, spawn, successors; concept 414 Ant. ancestor, parent seedy [adj] run-down, dilapidated ailing, beat up, bedraggled, crummy*, decaying, decrepit, dingy, dog-eared*, down-at-the-heel*, drooping, droopy, faded, agging, frowzy, gone to seed*, grubby, in a bad way*, mangy, messy, neglected, old, overgrown, poor, poorly, ragged, ratty, sagging, scruffy, shabby, sickly, sleazy*, slovenly, squalid, tacky, tattered, threadbare, tired, torn, unkempt, untidy, unwell, used up, wilted, wilting, worn; concepts 485, 570 Ant. luxurious, nice, posh seek [v1] look for be after, beat the bushes*, bird-dog*, bob for, cast about, chase, comb, delve, delve for, dig for, dragnet, explore, fan, ferret out, sh, sh for*, follow, go after, gun for*, hunt, inquire, investigate, leave no stone unturned*, look about, look around, look high and low*, mouse*, nose*, prowl, pursue, quest, ransack, root, run after, scout, scratch, search for, search out, sniff out*, track down; concept 216 Ant. nd seek [v2] try, attempt aim, aspire to, assay, endeavor, essay, have a go at*, offer, pursue, strive, struggle, undertake; concept 87 Ant. neglect seek [v3] ask, inquire beg, entreat, nd out, invite, petition, query, request, solicit; concept 48 Ant. answer, reply seem [v] appear; give the impression assume, be suggestive of, convey the impression, create the impression, give the feeling of*, give the idea of*, have the appearance of, have the aspects of, have the earmarks of*, have the features of, have the qualities of, hint, imply, insinuate, intimate, look, look as if, look like, look to be, make a show of, pretend, resemble, show, show every sign of, sound, sound like, strike one as being, suggest; concept 543 Ant. be real seeming [adj] apparent appearing, illusive, illusory, ostensible, outward, professed, quasi-, semblant, specious, surface; concepts 487,573 Ant. real, true seemly [adj] appropriate, suitable becoming, betting, comme il faut, compatible, conforming, congenial, congruous, consistent, consonant, correct, decent, decorous, t, tting, in good taste, meet, nice, pleasing, proper, suited, timely; concept 558 Ant. inappropriate, unseemly, unsuitable seep [v] leak bleed, drain, drip, exude, ow, ooze, percolate, permeate, soak, sweat, transude, trickle, weep, well; concepts 146, 179 Ant. pour seer [n] clairvoyant augur, channeller, crystal ball gazer, diviner, forecaster, fortune-teller, medium, oracle, palm reader, prophet, psychic, soothsayer; concept 423 seethe [v] be very angry be furious, be incensed, be livid, be mad, be on the warpath*, blow

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ones stack*, blow up*, boil, breathe re*, bristle, burn, ferment, are, ip, foam, foam at mouth*, froth, fume, hit the ceiling*, rage, see red*, simmer, smolder, spark, stew*, storm; concepts 29,34 Ant. be happy segment [n] part of something articulation, bit, compartment, cut, division, member, moiety, parcel, piece, portion, section, sector, slice, subdivision, wedge; concept 835 Ant. whole segregate [v] discriminate and separate choose, close off, cut off, disconnect, dissociate, divide, insulate, island, isolate, quarantine, select, sequester, set apart, sever, single out, split up; concepts 21,135,645 Ant. combine, desegregate, gather, join, unite segregation [n] separation apartheid, discrimination, dissociation, disunion, division, exlusion, isolation, partition, seclusion, splitting up; concepts 135,195,297,388 seize [v1] grab, take appropriate, catch, catch hold of, clasp, clench, clinch, clutch, compass, embrace, enclose, enfold, envelope, fasten, grapple, grasp, grip, hang onto, hold fast, lay hands on*, lay hold of*, pinch, pluck, snag, snatch, squeeze, take hold of; concepts 142,164,190 Ant. give, let go, offer, release seize [v2] abduct; take by force ambush, annex, apprehend, appropriate, arrest, arrogate, bag, bust, capture, carry off, catch, claw, clutch, commandeer, conscate, conquer, exact, force, gain, get, grab, grasp, hijack, hook, impound, incorporate, kidnap, lift, nab, nail*, occupy, overcome, overpower, overrun, overwhelm, pick up, pounce, secure, snag, snare, spirit away*, subdue, take, take by storm*, take captive, take over, take possession of, throttle, trap, usurp, wrench; concept 90 Ant. free, liberate, release seizure [n1] convulsive attack access, breakdown, convulsion, t, illness, paroxysm, spasm, spell, stroke, throe, turn; concept 308 seizure [n2] capture, taking abduction, annexation, apprehension, arrest, bust*, collar*, commandeering, conscation, drop, grab, grabbing, hook*, pinch*, seizing, snatch; concept 90 Ant. letting go, liberation, release seldom [adv] infrequently a few times, every now and then, from time to time, hardly, hardly ever, in a few cases, inhabitually, irregularly, little, not often, not very often, occasionally, on and off, once in a blue moon*, once in a while, rarely, scarcely, scarcely ever, semioccasionally, sometimes, sporadically, uncommonly, unoften, unusually, whimsically; concept 541 Ant. frequently, often, usually select [adj] excellent, elite, preferable best, blue-chip*, boss*, choice, chosen, cool*, cream*, culled, delicate, discriminating, eclectic, elect, elegant, exclusive, exquisite, favored, rst-class*, rst-rate*, handpicked, limited, number one*, pick, picked, posh, preferred, prime, privileged, rare, recherch, screened, selected, selective, special, superior, top, topnotch, tops*, weeded*, winner, winnowed, world-class*; concepts 574,653 Ant. inferior, poor, second-rate select [v] pick out, prefer from among choices choose, cull, decide, elect, make, make a choice, make a selection, mark, name, opt,

optate, opt for, peg*, pick, pin down, say so*, single out, slot*, sort out, tab*, tag*, take, tap*, winnow; concept 41 Ant. refuse, reject selection [n] preference from among choices alternative, choice, choosing, collection, culling, draft, druthers*, election, excerpt, option, pick, picking; concept 529 Ant. refusal, rejection selective [adj] discriminating careful, choicy, choosy, discerning, discriminatory, eclectic, fussy, judicious, particular, persnickety*, picky, scrupulous, select; concepts 404,542 Ant. open, uncaring, undiscriminating, unselective self-assured [adj] condent assured, believing, bold, brave, cocksure*, cocky, courageous, expectant, expecting, fearless, overcondent, positive, puffed up*, secure, sure, unafraid; concepts 403,404 self-centered [adj] absorbed with oneself egocentric, egoistic, egomaniacal, egotistic, egotistical, grandstanding, having a swelled head*, independent, inward-looking, know-it-all*, narcissistic, on an ego trip*, self-absorbed, selfindulgent, self-interested, self-involved, selsh, self-seeking, self-serving, self-sufcient, stuck on oneself*, wrapped up with oneself*; concept 404 Ant. benevolent, giving, unselsh self-condent [adj] secure with oneself assured, fearless, hotdog*, hotshot*, knowit-all*, poised, sanguine, self-assured, selfreliant, sure of oneself, undoubtful; concept 404 Ant. humble, insecure, meek, unselfcondent, unsure self-conscious [adj] insecure with oneself affected, anxious, articial, awkward, bashful, difdent, discomted, embarrassed, ill-at-ease, mannered, nervous, out of countenance, shamefaced, sheepish, shy, stiff, stilted, uncertain, uncomfortable, uneasy, unsure; concepts 401,404 Ant. assured, secure, sure, unselfconscious self-control [n] willpower over ones actions abstemiousness, aplomb, balance, constraint, dignity, discipline, discretion, poise, repression, reserve, restraint, reticence, self-constraint, selfdiscipline, self-government, sobriety, stability, stoicism, strength of character; concept 633 Ant. agitation, rashness self-evident/self-explanatory [adj] obvious apparent, axiomatic, clear, comprehensible, incontrovertible, inescapable, manifest, patently true, plain, prima facie, undeniable, understandable, unmistakable, unquestionable, visible; concepts 529,548 Ant. obscure, questionable self-important [adj] conceited arrogant, bigheaded*, cocky, egotistical, full of hot air*, immodest, know-it-all, overbearing, pompous, puffed up*, smug, stuck up*, swollen-headed*, vain, vainglorious; concept 404 selsh [adj] thinking only of oneself egocentric, egoistic, egoistical, egomaniacal, egotistic, egotistical, greedy*, hoggish*, mean, mercenary, miserly, narcissistic, narrow, narrowminded, out for number one*, parsimonious, prejudiced, self-centered, self-indulgent, selfinterested, self-seeking, stingy, ungenerous, wrapped up in oneself*; concepts 404,542 Ant. caring, kind, unselsh

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self-reliant [adj] independent autonomous, on ones own, self-contained, self-governing, self-sufcient, self-supporting, self-sustaining, unaided, unallied; concept 554 self-respect/self-esteem [n] pride in oneself amour-propre, conceit, condence, dignity, egotism, faith in oneself, morale, narcissism, self-assurance, self-content, self-regard, selfsatisfaction, vanity, worth; concepts 411,689 Ant. self-doubt, uncertainty self-righteous [adj] smug affected, canting, complacent, egotistical, goody-goody*, holierthan-thou*, hypocritical, noble, pharisaic, pietistic, pious, preachy, sanctimonious, selfsatised, superior; concepts 401,542 Ant. caring, humble, thoughtful, understanding self-satisfaction [n] pride, contentment complacency, conceit, glow, peace of mind, selfapprobation, self-approval, self-pleasure, smugness; concepts 410,689 Ant. humility, meekness, self-doubt self-satised [adj] proud, content complacent, conceited, egotistic, ushed, pleased, puffed up*, self-congratulatory, smug, vain; concepts 404,542 Ant. humble, meek, unsure self-sufcient [adj] able to take care of oneself arrogant, closed, competent, conceited, condent, doing ones own thing*, efcient, egotistic, haughty, independent, individual, on ones own, out for number one*, self-condent, self-dependent, self-sufcing, self-supported, self-supporting, self-sustained, self-sustaining, smug, unit; concepts 334,404 Ant. incapable, needy, unable sell [v1] exchange an object for money advertise, auction, bargain, barter, be in business*, boost, clinch the deal, close, close the deal, contract, deal in, dispose, drum, dump, exchange, handle, hawk, hustle, market, merchandise, move, peddle, persuade, pitch, plug, puff*, push, put across, put up for sale, retail, retain, snow, soft sell*, soft soap*, spiel*, stock, sweet talk*, trade, trafc, unload, vend, wholesale; concept 345 Ant. buy seller [n] person who gives object in exchange for money agent, auctioneer, businessperson, dealer, marketer, merchant, peddler, representative, retailer, sales help, salesperson, shopkeeper, storekeeper, trader, tradesperson, vendor; concepts 347,348 Ant. buyer sell/sell out [v2] betray beguile, break faith, bunk, cross, deceive, deliver up, delude, disappoint, double-cross*, fail, four-ush*, give away, give up, mislead, play false, rat on*, sell down the river*, stab in the back*, surrender, take in, violate; concepts 14,63 Ant. guard, protect semblance [n] aura, appearance afnity, air, alikeness, analogy, aspect, bearing, comparison, facade, face, false front*, feel, feeling, gure, form, front, guise, image, likeness, mask, mien, mood, pose, pretense, resemblance, seeming, show, showing, similarity, simile, similitude, simulacrum, veil, veneer; concepts 673,716 semester [n] term course, period, quarter, session; concepts 807,822 seminar [n] conference convention, discussion, forum, group discussion, meeting, open discussion, palaver, powwow*, rap session, round

table, symposium, workshop; concepts 56, 324,386 semiotics [n] study of signs as elements of communication langue, parole, pragmatics, semantics, sign systems, symbolism, syntactics; concept 349 send [v1] transmit, transfer through a system accelerate, address, advance, assign, broadcast, cast, circulate, commission, commit, communicate, consign, convey, delegate, deliver, detail, direct, dispatch, drop, emit, expedite, express, re, ing, forward, freight, get under way, give off, grant, hasten, hurl, hurry off, impart, issue, let y, mail, post, propel, put out, radiate, relay, remit, route, rush off, ship, shoot, televise, troll, wire; concepts 217,223 Ant. receive send [v2] please charm, delight, electrify, enrapture, enthrall, enthuse, excite, intoxicate, move, ravish, stir, thrill, titillate, turn on; concepts 7,11,22 Ant. displease senile [adj] failing in physical and mental capabilities due to old age aged, ancient, anile, decrepit, doddering, doting, enfeebled, feeble, imbecile, inrm, in second childhood*, old, senescent, shattered, sick, weak; concepts 314,402,403 Ant. alert, well, young senior [adj] older or of higher rank chief, elder, higher, leading, major, more advanced, next higher, superior; concepts 574,578,585,797 Ant. behind, inferior, junior senior [n] older person ancient, doyen, doyenne, elder, elderly person, rst-born, golden-ager*, grandfather, grandmother, head, matriarch, old folk*, oldster*, old-timer*, patriarch, pensioner, retired person, senior citizen; concepts 414,424 Ant. inferior, junior, younger seniority [n] rank in organization due to length of service advantage, antiquity, eldership, precedence, preference, priority, rank, ranking, standing, station, superiority; concepts 671,727 sensation [n1] feeling, perception awareness, consciousness, emotion, gut reaction*, impression, passion, response, sense, sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity, sentiment, susceptibility, thought, tingle, vibes*; concepts 34,410,529 sensation [n2] something wonderful or aweinspiring agitation, bomb*, bombshell*, commotion, excitement, ash, furor, hit, marvel, miracle, phenomenon, portent, prodigy, scandal, stir, stunner, surprise, thrill, wonder, wow*; concepts 293,529 sensational [adj1] startling, exaggerated amazing, arresting, astounding, breathtaking, coarse, colored, conspicuous, dramatic, electrifying, emotional, excessive, exciting, extravagant, hair-raising, horrifying, juicy*, livid, lurid, marked, melodramatic, noticeable, outstanding, piquant, pointed, prominent, pungent, remarkable, revealing, rough, salient, scandalous, sensationalistic, shocking, signal, spectacular, staggering, stimulating, sultry, tabloid*, thrilling, vulgar, X-rated*; concepts 267,537,545 Ant. ordinary, run-of-the-mill, unexceptional, usual sensational [adj2] excellent, superb agitating, astonishing, breathtaking, cool*, dandy*, divine, dramatic, eloquent, exceptional, exciting,

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fabulous, rst-class*, glorious, impressive, incredible, keen, marvelous, mind-blowing, most*, moving, out of this world*, smashing, spectacular, stirring, surprising, thrilling, zero cool*; concept 574 Ant. bad, inferior, poor sensationalism [n] exaggeration aggrandizement, boasting, excess, fabrication, sh story*, hype, hyperbole, overemphasis, puffery, tabloid journalism, tall story*, whopper*, yellow journalism*; concepts 63,278,663 sense [n1] feeling of animate being faculty, feel, function, hearing, impression, kinesthesia, sensation, sensibility, sensitivity, sight, smell, taste, touch; concept 405 sense [n2] awareness, perception ability, appreciation, atmosphere, aura, brains, capacity, clear-headedness, cleverness, cognizance, common sense, consciousness, discernment, discrimination, feel, feeling, gumption*, imagination, impression, insight, intellect, intelligence, intuition, judgment, knowledge, mentality, mind, premonition, presentiment, prudence, quickness, reason, reasoning, recognition, sagacity, sanity, sentiment, sharpness, smarts*, soul, spirit, tact, thought, understanding, wisdom, wit; concepts 33,409 sense [n3] point, meaning acceptation, advantage, bottom line*, burden, core, denition, denotatiton, drift, gist, good, heart, implication, import, intendment, interpretation, logic, matter, meat*, meat and potatoes*, message, name of the game*, nature of the beast*, nitty-gritty*, nuance, nub, nuts and bolts*, punch line*, purport, purpose, reason, short, signicance, signicancy, signication, stuff, substance, thrust, understanding, upshot, use, value, worth; concepts 668,682 sense [v] become aware of anticipate, apperceive, appreciate, apprehend, believe, be with it, catch, catch on, catch the drift*, consider, credit, deem, dig*, discern, divine, feel, feel in bones*, feel in gut*, get the drift*, get the idea*, get the impression*, get the picture*, get vibes*, grasp, have a feeling*, have a hunch*, hold, know, notice, observe, perceive, pick up, read, realize, savvy*, suspect, take in, think, understand; concept 34 Ant. be numb, be unaware, overlook senseless [adj] silly, meaningless absurd, asinine, batty, crazy, daft, doublespeak*, double talk*, fatuous, aky, foolish, idiotic, illogical, imbecilic, inane, incongruous, inconsistent, insignicant, irrational, ludicrous, mad, mindless, moronic, nonsensical, nutty, pointless, purportless, purposeless, ridiculous, simple, stupid, trivial, unimportant, unintelligent, unmeaning, unreasonable, unsound, unwise, wacky*, without rhyme or reason*; concepts 548,558 Ant. feeling, intelligent, rational, reasonable, sensible, wise sensibility [n] responsiveness; ability to feel affection, appreciation, awareness, discernment, emotion, feeling, gut reaction*, heart*, insight, intuition, judgment, keenness, perceptiveness, rationale, sensation, sense, sensitiveness, sensitivity, sentiment, susceptibility, taste, vibes*; concepts 409,410 Ant. apathy, indifference, insensibility, lethargy sensible [adj] realistic, reasonable all there*,

astute, attentive, au courant, aware, canny, cognizant, commonsensical, conscious, consequent, conversant, cool*, discerning, discreet, discriminating, down-to-earth, far-sighted, having all ones marbles*, informed, in right mind, intelligent, judicious, knowing, logical, matterof-fact, practical, prudent, rational, sagacious, sage, sane, sentient, shrewd, sober, sound, together, well-reasoned, well-thought-out, wise, witting; concepts 402,542 Ant. indiscreet, senseless, unrealistic, unreasonable, unwise sensitive [adj1] impressionable acute, cognizant, conscious, delicate, easily affected, emotionable, emotional, feeling, ne, highstrung, hung up*, hypersensitive, impressible, irritable, keen, knowing, nervous, oversensitive, perceiving, perceptive, precarious, precise, psychic, reactive, receptive, responsive, seeing, sensatory, sensile, sensorial, sensory, sentient, supersensitive, susceptible, tense, ticklish, touchy, touchy feely*, tricky, tuned in*, turned on to*, umbrageous, understanding, unstable, wired*; concept 403 Ant. impassive, insensitive, thick-skinned, unsusceptible sensitive [adj2] easily hurt delicate, easily harmed, painful, sore, tender; concept 406 Ant. heartless, indifferent, insensitive, numb, unfeeling sensitivity [n] responsiveness to stimuli acuteness, affectibility, awareness, consciousness, delicacy, feeling, impressionability, nervousness, reactiveness, reactivity, receptiveness, sensation, sense, sensitiveness, subtlety, susceptibility, sympathy; concepts 405,410 Ant. apathy, impassivity, insensitivity, numbness sensory [adj] affecting animate nerve organs acoustic, afferent, audible, audiovisual, auditory, aural, auricular, clear, discernible, distinct, gustative, gustatory, hearable, lingual, neural, neurological, ocular, olfactive, olfactory, ophthalmic, optic, perceptible, phonic, plain, receptive, sensational, sensatory, sensible, sensual, sonic, tactile, visual; concept 406 sensual [adj] physical, erotic animal, animalistic, arousing, bodily, carnal, debauched, delightful, epicurean, exciting, eshly, heavy*, hedonic, hot*, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, licentious, lustful, moving, pleasing, rough, sensuous, sexual, sexy, sharpened, steamy, stimulating, stirring, tactile, unchaste, unspiritual, voluptuous, X-rated*; concepts 372,401 Ant. abstemious, chaste, mental sensuous [adj] gratifying to senses carnal, epicurean, exciting, eshly, eshy, hedonistic, luscious, lush, luxurious, passionate, physical, pleasurable, pleasure-loving, pleasure-seeking, primrose, rich, self-indulgent, sensory, sensual, sensualistic, sumptuous, sybaritic, voluptuous; concepts 372,537 Ant. despicable, distasteful sentence [n] punishing decree book, censure, clock, condemnation, considered opinion, decision, determination, dictum, doom, edict, fall, getup*, hitch, jolt, judgment, knock, order, penalty, pronouncement, punishment, rap*, ruling, sending up the river*, sleep, stretch, term, time, trick, vacation, verdict; concept 318 Ant. accusation, charge sentence [v] decide punishment adjudge, adjudicate, blame, condemn, conne, convict,

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damn, denounce, devote, doom, impound, imprison, incarcerate, jail, judge, mete out, ordain, pass judgment, penalize, proscribe, punish, put away*, put on ice*, railroad*, rule, send to prison, send up the river*, settle, take the fall*, throw the book at*; concepts 122,317 Ant. accuse, blame, charge sentient [adj] conscious able to recognize, alert, apperceptive, attentive, awake, aware, cognizant, feeling, informed, in on*, in the right mind, knowing, noticing, observing, perceiving, receptive, recognizing, responsive, seeing, sensitive to, understanding, watchful; concepts 402,539 sentiment [n] emotion, belief affect, affectivity, attitude, bias, conception, conviction, disposition, emotionalism, eye, feeling, hearts and owers*, idea, inclination, inclining, judgment, leaning, mind, opinion, overemotionalism, partiality, passion, penchant, persuasion, position, posture, predilection, propensity, romanticism, sensibility, sentimentality, slant, softheartedness, tendency, tender feeling, tenderness, thought, view, way of thinking; concepts 32, 410,689 sentimental [adj] emotional, romantic affected, affectionate, corny*, demonstrative, dewy-eyed, dreamy, effusive, gushing, gushy, idealistic, impressionable, inane, insipid, jejune, languishing, lovey-dovey*, loving, maudlin, moonstruck*, mushy*, nostalgic, overacted, overemotional, passionate, pathetic, rosewater*, saccharine*, sappy*, schmaltzy*, silly, simpering, sloppy*, slushy*, soapy*, soft, softhearted*, sugary*, sweet, syrupy*, tearful, tear-jerking*, tender, touching, vapid, visionary, weepy; concepts 267,401,542 Ant. hard-hearted, indifferent, pragmatic, unemotional, unromantic, unsentimental sentinel [n] sentry guard, keeper, lookout, picket, protector, watchman/woman, watchperson; concept 348 separate [adj1] disconnected abstracted, apart, apportioned, asunder, cut apart, cut in two, detached, disassociated, discrete, disembodied, disjointed, distant, distributed, disunited, divergent, divided, divorced, far between, free, independent, in halves, isolated, loose, marked, parted, partitioned, put asunder, removed, scattered, set apart, set asunder, severed, sovereign, sundered, unattached, unconnected; concept 577 Ant. combined, connected, joined, mixed, together, united separate [adj2] alone, individual apart, autonomous, detached, different, discrete, distinct, distinctive, diverse, free, independent, lone, one, only, particular, peculiar, several, single, sole, solitary, unique, various; concepts 557,564 Ant. associated, together, united separate [v1] remove something from group; keep or set apart break, break off, cleave, come apart, come away, come between, detach, dichotomize, disconnect, disentangle, disjoin, disjoint, dissect, dissever, distribute, divide, divorce, intersect, part, rupture, sever, split, split up, sunder, uncombine, uncouple, undo; concept 135 Ant. combine, join, mix, unite separate [v2] isolate, segregate assign, break up, classify, close off, comb, compartment,

compartmentalize, cut off, discriminate, distribute, draw apart, group, insulate, interval, intervene, island, order, put on one side, rope off, seclude, sequester, sift, single out, sort, space, split up, stand between, winnow; concepts 158,201 Ant. desegregate, join, unite separate [v3] part company in a romantic relationship or marriage alienate, bifurcate, break it off*, break off, break up, dedomicile, depart, discontinue, disunify, disunite, diverge, divorce, drop, estrange, go away, go different ways*, go separate ways*, leave, part, pull out, split up, take leave, uncouple, unlink, untie the knot*; concepts 297,384 Ant. marry separately [adv] alone, individually apart, clearly, denitely, disjointly, distinctly, independently, one at a time, one by one, personally, severally, singly, solely; concepts 544,577 Ant. together separation [n] being apart; break-up break, dedomiciling, departure, detachment, disconnection, disengagement, disjunction, disrelation, dissociation, dissolution, disunion, division, divorce, divorcement, embarkation, estrangement, farewell, gap, leave-taking*, parting, parting of the ways*, partition, pffft*, rift, rupture, segregation, severance, split, split-up*; concepts 135,195,297,388 Ant. togetherness sepulchral [adj] gloomy black, bleak, cheerless, dark, deathly, dismal, dreary, forlorn, funereal, grave, hollow, morbid, mournful, obscure, somber; concepts 525,617,618 sequel [n] follow-up aftereffect, aftermath, alternation, causatum, chain, close, closing, conclusion, consecution, consequence, continuation, development, effect, end, ending, epilogue, eventuality, nish, nishing, issue, order, outcome, part two*, payoff, progression, result, row, sequence, sequent, series, spin-off*, termination, train, upshot; concepts 271,293, 824,832 Ant. original sequence [n] series, order arrangement, array, catenation, chain, classication, concatenation, consecution, consecutiveness, continuance, continuity, continuousness, course, cycle, disposition, distribution, ow, graduation, grouping, ordering, pecking order*, perpetuity, placement, procession, progression, row, run, sequel, skein, streak, string, subsequence, succession, successiveness, track, train; concepts 721,727 sequential [adj] occurring in an order consecutive, constant, continuous, following, incessant, later, next, persistent, regular, sequent, serial, steady, subsequent, subsequential, succedent, succeeding, successive; concepts 482,548,585 Ant. nonsequential sequester [v] isolate, seclude cloister, close off, cut off, draw back, enisle, hide, insulate, island, secrete, segregate, separate, set apart, set off, withdraw; concepts 90,188 Ant. bring out, make public, reveal, uncover serendipity [n] accidental discovery blessing, break*, dumb luck*, uke*, good luck, happenstance, happy chance, luck, lucky break*, stumbling upon, tripping over; concept 693 serene [adj] calm, undisturbed at peace, clear, collected, comfortable, composed, content, cool*, cool as a cucumber*, dispassionate, easy, easygoing, fair, halcyon, imperturbable,

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laid-back*, limpid, patient, peaceful, pellucid, phlegmatic, placid, poised, quiescent, quiet, reconciled, resting, satised, sedate, selfpossessed, smooth, still, stoical, tranquil, unappable, unrufed, untroubled; concepts 401,485 Ant. agitated, disturbed, excited, troubled serenity [n] calm, peacefulness calmness, composure, cool, patience, peace, peace of mind, placidity, quietness, quietude, stillness, tranquillity; concepts 633,673 Ant. agitation, disruption, disturbance, excitement, trouble serf [n] slave bondservant, bondsman/woman, chattel, laborer, peon, servant, vassal, villain, villein; concept 348 serial [adj] in continuing order consecutive, continual, continued, continuing, ensuing, following, going on, sequent, sequential, succedent, succeeding, successional, successive; concepts 482,585 Ant. disordered series [n] order, succession alternation, arrangement, array, category, chain, classication, column, consecution, continuity, course, le, gradation, group, line, list, procession, progression, range, row, run, scale, sequel, sequence, set, skein, streak, string, suit, suite, tier, train; concepts 721,727,769 Ant. disorder, disorganization serious [adj1] somber, humorless austere, bound, bound and determined*, businesslike, cold sober*, contemplative, deadpan*, deliberate, determined, downbeat*, earnest, funereal, genuine, go for broke*, grave, grim, honest, intent, long-faced*, meditative, no-nonsense*, pensive, pokerfaced*, reective, resolute, resolved, sedate, set, severe, sincere, sober, solemn, staid, steady, stern, thoughtful, unhumorous, unsmiling, weighty; concepts 403, 542 Ant. ippant, funny, happy, light serious [adj2] crucial, weighty arduous, dangerous, deep, difcult, far-reaching, fateful, fell, formidable, grave, grievous, grim, hard, heavy, important, laborious, major, meaning business*, meaningful, menacing, momentous, no joke*, no laughing matter*, of consequence, operose, out for blood*, playing hard ball*, pressing, severe, signicant, smoking*, sobering, strenuous, strictly business*, threatening, tough, ugly, unamusing, unhumorous, urgent, worrying; concepts 538,565,568 Ant. light, minor, trivial, unimportant, unserious seriously [adv1] not humorously actively, all joking aside*, cool it*, cut the comedy*, determinedly, down, earnestly, fervently, for real*, gravely, in all conscience, in all seriousness, in earnest, intently, passionately, purposefully, resolutely, sedately, simmer down*, sincerely, soberly, solemnly, sternly, straighten out, thoughtfully, vigorously, with a straight face*, with forethought, with sobriety, zealously; concepts 535,542,544 Ant. funnily, lightly seriously [adv2] dangerously, critically acutely, badly, decidedly, deplorably, distressingly, gravely, grievously, harmfully, intensely, menacingly, perilously, precariously, quite, regrettably, severely, sorely, threateningly, very; concept 544 Ant. casually, minor, trivially seriousness [n1] humorlessness calmness, coolness, earnest, earnestness, gravity, intent-

ness, sedateness, serious-mindedness, sincerity, sober-mindedness, sobriety, solemnity, staidness, sternness, thoughtfulness; concepts 410,657 Ant. funniness, humor, lightness seriousness [n2] danger; criticalness enormity, gravity, importance, moment, signicance, urgency, weight; concepts 668,675 Ant. triviality, unimportance sermon [n] instructive speech with a moral address, advice, discourse, doctrine, exhortation, harangue, homily, lecture, lesson, moralism, pastoral, preach, preaching, preachment, tirade; concepts 278,368 serpentine [adj] winding; sly anfractuous, artful, cagey, circuitous, clever, coiling, convoluted, crafty, cunning, curved, curvy, foxy, indirect, mazy, meandering, meandrous, shrewd, sinuous, slick, slinky, snakelike, snaky*, subtle, supple, twisting, twisting and turning*, wily; concepts 401,542,581 serrated [adj] jagged denticulate, indented, notched, ragged, sawlike, sawtooth, sawtoothed, scored, serrate, serried, serriform, serrulate, toothed; concept 486 Ant. smooth servant [n] person who waits on another assistant, attendant, cleaning person, dependent, domestic, drudge, help, helper, hireling, live-in, menial, minion, retainer, serf, server, slave; concept 348 Ant. master serve [v1] aid, help; supply arrange, assist, attend to, be of assistance, be of use, care for, deal, deliver, dish up*, distribute, do for, give, handle, hit, minister to, nurse, oblige, play, present, provide, provision, set out, succor, wait on, work for; concepts 110,136,140 Ant. receive, take serve [v2] act, do accept, agree, attend, be employed by, carry on, complete, discharge, follow, fulll, function, go through, hearken, labor, obey, observe, ofciate, pass, perform, subserve, toil, work; concept 91 Ant. refrain, refuse serve [v3] sufce; do the work of advantage, answer, answer the purpose, apply, avail, be acceptable, be adequate, be good enough, benet, be of use, be useful, content, do, do duty as, ll the bill*, t, function, make, prot, satisfy, service, suit, work, work for; concepts 656,658 service [n1] aid, help account, advantage, applicability, appropriateness, assistance, avail, benet, business, check, courtesy, dispensation, duty, employ, employment, favor, tness, indulgence, kindness, labor, maintenance, ministration, ofce, overhaul, relevance, serviceability, servicing, supply, use, usefulness, utility, value, work; concepts 110,324,658 Ant. damage, disservice, hurt, injury service [n2] rite of a church ceremonial, ceremony, formality, function, liturgy, observance, ritual, sermon, worship; concept 368 service [n3] time in military operation action, active duty, combat, duty, ghting, sting; concepts 320,321 serviceable [adj] useful, functional advantageous, aiding, assistive, benecial, convenient, dependable, durable, efcient, handy, hardwearing, helpful, invaluable, operative, practical, protable, usable, utile, utilitarian, valuable;

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concept 560 Ant. unhelpful, unprotable, unserviceable, useless, weak, worthless servile [adj] grovelling, subservient abject, base, beggarly, bootlicking, craven, cringing, despicable, eating crow*, eating humble pie*, fawning, humble, ignoble, low, mean, obedient, obeisant, obsequious, passive, slavish, submissive, sycophantic, toadying, unctuous, unresisting; concepts 401,404 Ant. aggressive, dominant servitude [n] slavery bondage, bonds, chains, connement, enslavement, obedience, peonage, serfdom, serfhood, subjection, subjugation, thrall, thralldom, vassalage, yoke; concepts 388,410 Ant. mastery session [n] meeting, gathering affair, assembly, concourse, conference, discussion, get-together, hearing, huddle, jam session*, meet, period, showdown, sitting, term; concepts 114,324 set [adj1] decided agreed, appointed, arranged, bent, certain, concluded, conrmed, customary, dead set on*, decisive, denite, determined, entrenched, established, rm, xed, hanging tough*, immovable, intent, inveterate, ironclad, locked in*, obstinate, pat, pigheaded*, prearranged, predetermined, prescribed, regular, resolute, resolved, rigid, rooted, scheduled, set in stone*, settled, solid as a rock*, specied, stated, steadfast, stiff-necked, stipulated, stubborn, unappable, usual, well-set; concepts 535,542 Ant. indenite, undecided, unxed set [adj2] rm, hardened; inexible entrenched, xed, hard and fast, hidebound, immovable, jelled, located, placed, positioned, rigid, settled, sited, situate, situated, solid, stable, stiff, strict, stubborn, unyielding; concept 488 Ant. exible, movable, soft, unxed set [n1] physical bearing address, air, attitude, carriage, comportment, demeanor, deportment, t, hang, inclination, mien, port, position, posture, presence, turn; concept 757 set [n2] stage setting ats, mise en scne, scene, scenery, setting, stage set; concept 263 set [n3] group, assortment array, assemblage, band, batch, body, bunch, bundle, camp, circle, clan, class, clique, clump, cluster, clutch, collection, company, compendium, coterie, crew, crowd, faction, gaggle, gang, kit, lot, mob, organization, outt, pack, push, rat pack*, sect, series; concepts 417,432,769 Ant. individual, single set [v1] position, place afx, aim, anchor, apply, arrange, bestow, cast, deposit, direct, embed, ensconce, establish, fasten, x, head, insert, install, introduce, lay, level, locate, lock, lodge, make fast, make ready, mount, park, plank, plant, plop, plunk, point, post, prepare, put, rest, seat, settle, situate, spread, station, stick, train, turn, wedge, zero in*; concepts 201,202 Ant. displace, remove set [v2] decide upon agree upon, allocate, allot, appoint, arrange, assign, conclude, decree, designate, determine, dictate, direct, establish, estimate, x, x price, impose, instruct, lay down, make, name, ordain, prescribe, price, rate, regulate, resolve, schedule, settle, specify, stipulate, value; concept 18 set [v3] harden become rm, cake, clot, coagulate, condense, congeal, crystallize, x, gel, gelate, gelatinize, jell, jellify, jelly,

solidify, stiffen, thicken; concept 250 Ant. liquefy, soften set [v4] decline descend, dip, disappear, drop, go down, sink, subside, vanish; concept 181 Ant. ascend, go up, rise set [v5] start, incite abet, begin, commence, foment, initiate, instigate, provoke, put in motion, raise, set on*, stir up*, whip up*; concept 221 Ant. discourage, dissuade, end, nish, halt, hinder setback [n] disappointment about-face*, backset, bath*, blow, bottom, check, comedown, defeat, delay, difculty, drawing board*, ipop*, hindrance, hitch*, hold-up, impediment, misfortune, obstacle, rebuff, regress, regression, reversal, reversal of fortune, reverse, slowdown, stumbling block*, trouble, upset, whole new ballgame*; concepts 388,674,679 Ant. achievement, advance, blessing, boon, boost, success set back [v] delay, hinder bog down*, decelerate, defeat, detain, embog, hang up*, hold up, impede, mire, retard, reverse, slow, slow down, slow up; concept 130 Ant. advance, forward setting [n] scene, background ambience, backdrop, context, distance, environment, frame, framework, horizon, jungle, locale, location, mise en scne, mounting, perspective, set, shade, shadow, site, stage set, stage setting, surroundings; concepts 198,263 settle [v1] straighten out, resolve achieve, adjudicate, adjust, appoint, arrange, call the shots*, choose, cinch, clean up, clear, clear up, clinch, come to a conclusion, come to a decision, come to an agreement, complete, concert, conclude, conrm, decide, determine, discharge, dispose, end, establish, gure, x, form judgment, judge, make a decision, make certain, mediate, nail down*, negotiate, order, pay, put an end to, put into order, reconcile, regulate, rule, satisfy, seal, set to rights, square, verify, work out; concepts 18,126,341 Ant. confuse, mix up, unsettle settle [v2] calm, relieve allay, assure, becalm, compose, lull, pacify, quell, quiet, quieten, reassure, relax, sedate, soothe, still, tranquilize; concepts 7,22,469 Ant. confuse, trouble, upset, worry settle [v3] come to rest; fall alight, bed down, decline, descend, op, immerse, land, lay, light, lodge, perch, place, plop, plunge, put, repose, roost, seat, set down, settle down, sink, sit, submerge, submerse, subside, touch down; concept 181 Ant. move settle [v4] make ones home abide, colonize, dwell, establish, hang up ones hat*, inhabit, keep house, live, locate, lodge, move to, park, put down roots*, reside, set up home, squat, take root*, take up residence; concept 226 Ant. depart, leave, move settlement [n1] decision, conclusion adjustment, agreement, arrangement, clearance, compact, compensation, completion, conclusion, conrmation, contract, covenant, deal, defrayal, determination, discharge, disposition, establishment, happy medium*, liquidation, pay, payment, payoff, quietus, reimbursement, remuneration, resolution, satisfaction, showdown, termination, trade-off, working out; concepts 230,684 Ant. confusion, indecision

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settlement [n2] community colonization, colony, encampment, establishment, foundation, habitation, hamlet, inhabitancy, occupancy, occupation, outpost, plantation, principality, residence; concepts 512,515 set up [v] start arrange, assemble, back, begin, build, build up, compose, constitute, construct, create, elevate, erect, establish, excite, exhilarate, found, inaugurate, initiate, inspire, install, institute, introduce, launch, make provision for, open, organize, originate, prearrange, prepare, put together, put up, raise, rear, stimulate, strengthen, subsidize, usher in; concept 221 Ant. conclude, end, nish sever [v1] cut apart bisect, carve, cleave, cut, cut in two, detach, disconnect, disjoin, dissect, dissever, dissociate, disunite, divide, part, rend, rive, separate, slice, split, sunder; concepts 98,176 Ant. combine, join, unite sever [v2] dissociate abandon, break off, disjoint, dissolve, divide, divorce, put an end to, separate, terminate; concepts 297,384 Ant. associate, unite several [adj] assorted, various a few, a lot, any, certain, considerable, denite, different, disparate, distinct, divers, diverse, handful, hardly any, indenite, individual, infrequent, manifold, many, not many, numerous, only a few, particular, personal, plural, proportionate, quite a few, rare, respective, scant, scanty, scarce, scarcely any, separate, single, small number, some, sparse, special, specic, sundry; concepts 564,762 Ant. individual, none, one, single severe [adj1] uncompromising, stern astringent, austere, biting, caustic, close, cold, cruel, cutting, disapproving, dour, earnest, rm, inty, forbidding, grave, grim, hard, hardnosed*, harsh, inconsiderate, inexorable, inexible, iron-handed, obdurate, oppressive, peremptory, pitiless, relentless, resolute, resolved, rigid, satirical, scathing, serious, sober, stern, stiff*, strait-laced*, strict, tight-lipped*, unalterable, unbending, unchanging, unfeeling, unrelenting, unsmiling, unsparing; concepts 401,534,542 Ant. amenable, compromising, easy-going, friendly, willing severe [adj2] difcult, harsh acute, arduous, ascetic, austere, bitter, bleak, consequential, critical, dangerous, dear, demanding, despotic, distressing, domineering, drastic, effortful, exacting, extreme, erce, forbidding, grave, grim, grinding, hard, heavy, hefty, implacable, inclement, intemperate, intense, mordant, oppressive, overbearing, pitiless, punishing, rigorous, rugged, serious, sharp, sore, strenuous, stringent, taxing, toilsome, tough, tyrannical, unpleasant, unrelenting, violent, weighty, wicked; concepts 565,569 Ant. calm, easy, facile, mild, temperate severely [adv] harshly acutely, badly, critically, dangerously, extremely, rmly, gravely, hard, hardly, intensely, markedly, painfully, rigorously, roughly, seriously, sharply, sorely, sternly, strictly, with an iron hand; concept 569 Ant. compassionately, lightly sew [v] prepare fabric for clothing, covering baste, bind, embroider, fasten, piece, seam, stitch, tack, tailor, work; concept 218 Ant. rip, tear

sewage [n] waste discharge, excess, excrement, garbage, junk, leavings, rubbish, runoff, slop, trash; concept 260 sex [n1] male or female gender femininity, manhood, manliness, masculinity, sexuality, womanhood, womanliness; concept 648 sex [n2] intercourse between animate beings birds and the bees*, coition, coitus, copulation, facts of life*, fornication, generation, intimacy, lovemaking, magnetism, procreation, relations, reproduction, sensuality, sexuality; concept 375 Ant. abstention, chastity sex appeal [n] magnetism allure, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, charisma, charm, drawing power, enchantment, glamour, it*, lure, pull, seductiveness; concepts 411,676 sexism [n] sex discrimination bias, bigotry, chauvinism, inequality, inequity, partiality, prejudice; concepts 29,689 sexual [adj] concerning reproduction, intercourse animal, animalistic, bestial, carnal, erotic, eshly, generative, genital, genitive, intimate, loving, passionate, procreative, reproductive, sensual, sharing, venereal, voluptuous, wanton; concept 372 Ant. asexual, nonsexual sexual assault [n] violation date rape, grope, molestation, rape, ravishment, sex crime, sexual abuse; concepts 192,375 sexual harassment [n] unwanted sexual advances inappropriate behavior, sexual abuse, sexual pressure, suggestive comments, unprofessional behavior, victimization; concept 246 sexually transmitted disease [n] STD acquired immune deciency syndrome, AIDS, chancroid, chlamydia, crab louse, crabs, genital herpes, genital warts, gonorrhea, herpes, herpes simplex, HIV, scabies, SIDA, social disease, syphilis, tabes dorsalis, VD, venereal disease; concept 306 sexy [adj] being erotically attractive to another arousing, come-hither*, cuddly, irtatious, hot*, inviting, kissable, libidinous, mature, provocative, provoking, racy, risqu, seductive, sensual, sensuous, slinky*, spicy*, steamy*, suggestive, titillating, voluptuous; concept 372 Ant. disgusting, unattractive, unsexy shabby [adj1] broken-down; in poor shape bare, bedraggled, crummy, decayed, decaying, decrepit, degenerated, desolate, deteriorated, deteriorating, dilapidated, dingy, disgured, disreputable, dog-eared*, faded, frayed, gone to seed*, mangy, meager, mean, miserable, moth-eaten, neglected, pitiful, poor, povertystricken, ragged, ramshackle, ratty, rickety, ruined, ruinous, run-down, scrubby, scruffy, seedy, shoddy, sleazy, slipshod, squalid, tacky, tattered, threadbare, tired, worn, worn-out, worse for wear*, wretched; concept 485 Ant. good, nice shabby [adj2] despicable beggarly, cheap, contemptible, despisable, dirty, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, ignoble, ignominious, inconsiderate, inglorious, low, low-down, mean, mercenary, miserly, rotten, scummy, selsh, shady, shameful, shoddy, sordid, sorry, stingy, thoughtless, unkind, unworthy; concepts 401,404 Ant. honorable, respectable shack [n] shanty cabin, camp, cottage, hut,

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lean-to, shed, shelter, small house, tiny house; concept 516 shackle [n] restraint bracelet, chain, cuff, electronic ankle bracelet, fetter, handcuff, irons, leg-iron, manacle, rope, trammel; concepts 130,191,500 shackle [v] restrain bind, chain, conne, cuff, fetter, handcuff, hog-tie*, hold, hold captive, manacle, put a straitjacket on*, secure, tie up, trammel; concepts 130,191 shade [n1] dimness adumbration, blackness, coolness, cover, darkness, dusk, gloominess, obscuration, obscurity, penumbra, screen, semidarkness, shadiness, shadow, shadows, umbra, umbrage; concept 620 Ant. brightness, light shade [n2] blind, shield awning, canopy, cover, covering, curtain, screen, veil; concept 445 shade [n3] color, hue brilliance, cast, saturation, stain, tinge, tint, tone; concepts 620,622 shade [n4] slight difference amount, cast, dash, degree, distinction, gradation, hint, nuance, proposal, semblance, soupon, spice, streak, suggestion, suspicion, tincture, tinge, trace, variation, variety; concept 665 Ant. gap shade [n5] ghost apparition, bogey, haunt, manes, phantasm, phantom, revenant, shadow, specter, spirit, umbra, wraith; concept 370 shade [v] shut out the light adumbrate, be overcast, blacken, cast a shadow, cloud, cloud over, cloud up, conceal, cover, darken, deepen, dim, eclipse, gray, hide, inumbrate, mute, obscure, overshadow, protect, screen, shadow, shelter, shield, shutter, tone down, umbrage, veil; concepts 250,526 Ant. open shadow [n1] darkness adumbration, cover, dark, dimness, dusk, gloom, obscuration, obscurity, penumbra, protection, shade, shelter, umbra, umbrage; concepts 620,622 Ant. brightness, light shadow [n2] hint, suggestion breath, intimation, memento, relic, smack, suspicion, tincture, tinge, touch, trace, vestige; concept 278 Ant. information shadow [v1] make dark adumbrate, becloud, bedim, cast a shadow, cloud, darken, dim, gray, haze, inumbrate, obscure, overcast, overcloud, overhang, overshadow, screen, shade, shelter, shield, umbrage, veil; concept 250 Ant. brighten, lighten shadow [v2] follow secretly dog, keep in sight, pursue, spy on, stalk, tag, tail, trail, watch; concept 207 shady [adj1] dark, covered adumbral, bosky, cloudy, cool, dim, dusky, indistinct, leafy, out of the sun*, screened, shaded, shadowed, shadowy, sheltered, umbrageous, umbrous, under a cloud, vague; concepts 485,617 Ant. bright, light, open shady [adj2] disreputable, suspicious crooked, disgraceful, dishonest, dishonorable, dubious, shy, ignominious, infamous, inglorious, notorious, questionable, scandalous, shabby, shameful, shifty, shoddy, slippery, suspect, underhanded, unethical, unrespectable, unscrupulous, untrustworthy; concept 545 Ant. aboveboard, honorable, reputable, respectable shaggy [adj] hairy, unkempt furry, hirsute, long-haired, ragged, rough, rufed, rugged,

uncombed, unshorn; concept 485 Ant. kempt, shaven, smooth shake [v1] quiver, tremble agitate, brandish, bump, chatter, churn, commove, concuss, convulse, discompose, disquiet, disturb, dither, dodder, ap, icker, it, itter, ourish, uctuate, utter, jar, jerk, jog, joggle, jolt, jounce, move, oscillate, palpitate, perturb, quail, quake, quaver, rattle, reel, rock, roil, rufe, set in motion, shimmer, shimmy, shiver, shudder, stagger, stir up, succuss, sway, swing, totter, tremor, twitter, upset, vibrate, waggle, water, wave, whip, wobble; concepts 150,152 shake [v2] upset deeply appall, bother, consternate, daunt, discompose, dismay, distress, disturb, frighten, horrify, impair, intimidate, jar, knock props out*, make waves*, move, rattle, throw, throw a curve*, undermine, unnerve, unsettle, unstring, upset, weaken, worry; concepts 7,19 Ant. calm, placate, soothe shake off [v] lose by getting away clear, dislodge, drop, elude, get away from, get rid of, give the slip*, leave behind, remove, rid oneself of, throw off, unburden; concepts 102,195 Ant. appear, present shake up [v] upset, unsettle agitate, break with past*, cause revolution*, churn up*, clean out, clean up, clear out, disturb, liquidate, make a clean sweep*, mix, overturn, purge, remove, reorganize, rid, shock, stir up, turn upside down*; concepts 14,324 Ant. calm, placate, soothe shaky [adj1] trembling all aquiver*, aquake, aquiver, ashake, faltering, uctuant, inrm, insecure, jellylike, jerry-built*, jittery, nervous, not set, precarious, quaking, quivery, rattletrap, rickety, rocky, rootless, shaking, tottering, tottery, tremorous, tremulous, tumbledown, unrm, unsettled, unsound, unstable, unsteady, unsure, vacillating, wavering, weak, wobbly, yielding; concept 488 Ant. rm, steady, unshaky, unwavering shaky [adj2] doubtful dubious, indecisive, not dependable, not reliable, precarious, problematic, questionable, suspect, uncertain, unclear, undependable, unreliable, unsettled, unsound, unsteady, unsupported, unsure; concept 535 Ant. certain, rm, indubious, sure shallow [adj1] not deep cursory, depthless, empty, at, hollow, inconsiderable, sand bar, shelf, shoal, slight, supercial, surface, triing, trivial, unsound; concepts 737,777 Ant. deep shallow [adj2] unintelligent, ignorant cursory, empty, empty-headed, farcical, featherbrained, ighty, imsy, foolish, frivolous, frothy, halfbaked*, hollow, idle, inane, lightweight, meaningless, paltry, petty, piddling, puerile, simple, sketchy, skin-deep*, slight, supercial, surface, triing, trivial, uncritical, unthinking, vain, wishy-washy*; concept 402 Ant. aware, considered, deep, intelligent, thoughtful sham [adj] articial, counterfeit adulterated, affected, assumed, bogus*, dummy, ersatz*, fake, false, feigned, ctitious, forged, fraudulent, imitation, lying, make-believe, misleading, mock, phony, plaster*, pretend, pretended, pseudo*, simulated, so-called, spurious, substitute, synthetic, untrue; concept 582 Ant. real, true sham [n] hoax, trick burlesque, cant, caricature,

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cheat, counterfeit, cover-up, deceit, deception, facade, fake, fakery, false front, farce, feint, imam*, forgery, fraud, hypocrisy, hypocriticalness, imitation, impostor, imposture, jive*, mock, mockery, pharisaism, phoniness, pretend, pretense, pretext, pseudo*, put-on, sell, smoke*, snow job*, spoof, travesty, whitewash; concepts 59,192 sham [v] trick; pull a hoax act, affect, ape, assume, bluff, copy, counterfeit, create, do a number*, fake, fake it, feign, imitate, invent, lie, make like, mislead, mock, play possum*, pretend, put on, put up a front*, shuck and jive*, simulate, sucker*; concepts 59,111, 171 Ant. tell truth shaman [n] religious specialist healer, medicine man, priest, sorcerer, witch doctor; concept 361 shambles [n] a mess anarchy, babel, bedlam, botch, chaos, confusion, disarray, disorder, disorganization, hash, havoc, hodge-podge, madhouse, maelstrom, mess-up, mix-up, muddle; concepts 230,674 Ant. order, organization shame [n] disgrace, embarrassment abashment, bad conscience*, blot, chagrin, compunction, confusion, contempt, contrition, degradation, derision, discomposure, discredit, disesteem, dishonor, disrepute, guilt, humiliation, ignominy, ill repute, infamy, irritation, loss of face*, mortication, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, pang, pudency, remorse, reproach, scandal, self-disgust, self-reproach, self-reproof, shamefacedness, skeleton in the cupboard*, smear, stigma, stupefaction, treachery; concepts 388,410 Ant. honor, pride, respect shame [v] disgrace, embarrass abash, blot, confound, cut down to size*, debase, dele, degrade, disconcert, discredit, dishonor, give a black eye*, humble, humiliate, mortify, reproach, ridicule, shoot down*, smear, stain, take down*, take down a peg*; concepts 7,14,19 Ant. be proud, honor, regard, respect shamefaced [adj] embarrassed abashed, chagrined, disgraced, guilty, humble, humbled, humiliated, mortied, regretful, shamed, sorry; concept 550 shameful [adj] atrocious; disreputable base, carnal, contemptible, corrupt, dastardly, debauched, degrading, diabolical, disgraceful, dishonorable, drunken, embarrassing, agrant, heinous, humiliating, ignominious, immodest, immoral, impure, indecent, infamous, intemperate, lewd, low, mean, mortifying, notorious, obscene, opprobrious, outrageous, proigate, reprehensible, reprobate, ribald, scandalous, shaming, shocking, sinful, unbecoming, unclean, unworthy, vile, villainous, vulgar, wicked; concepts 401,545,571 Ant. good, reputable, respectable shameless [adj] corrupt, indecent abandoned, arrant, audacious, barefaced, bold, brash, brassy, brazen, cheeky*, depraved, dissolute, agrant, forward, hardened, high-handed*, immodest, immoral, improper, impudent, incorrigible, insolent, lewd, outrageous, overbold, presumptuous, proigate, reprobate, rude, unabashed, unashamed, unblushing, unchaste, unprincipled, wanton; concepts 401,545 Ant. decent, good, moral

shanghai [v] kidnap abduct, capture, carry away, carry off, grab, hijack, hold for ransom, pirate, run away with, seize, skyjack, snatch; concepts 90,139 Shangri-la [n] utopia Arcadia, bliss, Eden, Elysian Fields*, Erewhon*, Garden of Eden, heaven, paradise, promised land*, seventh heaven, Xanadu; concepts 370,689 shanty [n] shack cabin, camp, cottage, hut, lean-to, shed, shelter, small house, tiny house; concept 516 shape [n1] form, structure appearance, architecture, aspect, body, build, cast, chassis, circumscription, conguration, conformation, constitution, construction, contour, cut, embodiment, gure, format, frame, guise, likeness, lineation, lines, look, make, metamorphosis, model, mold, outline, pattern, prole, semblance, shadow, silhouette, simulacrum, stamp, symmetry; concepts 436,754,757 shape [n2] condition, health case, estate, fettle, tness, kilter, order, repair, state, trim, whack*; concepts 316,720 shape [v1] form, create assemble, block out, bring together, build, carve, cast, chisel, construct, crystallize, cut, embody, fabricate, fashion, forge, frame, hew, knead, make, mint, model, mold, pat, pattern, produce, roughhew, sculpture, sketch, stamp, streamline, throw together*, trim, whittle; concepts 137,184 Ant. deform, destroy shape [v2] devise, plan accommodate, adapt, become, dene, develop, form, frame, grow, guide, modify, prepare, regulate, remodel, tailor, take form, work up; concept 36 Ant. neglect shapeless [adj] formless abnormal, amorphic, amorphous, anomalous, assymetrical, baggy, deformed, disgured, embryonic, ill-formed, inchoate, indenite, indeterminate, indistinct, invisible, irregular, malformed, misshapen, mutilated, nebulous, undeveloped, unformed, ungraceful, unmade, unshapely, unstructured, unsymmetrical, vague, without character, without form; concepts 486,589 Ant. formed, proportioned, shapely, symmetrical shapely [adj] well-proportioned balanced, beautiful, built, comely, curvaceous, elegant, full-gured, graceful, neat, pleasing, proportioned, regular, rounded, sightly, statuesque, sylphlike, symmetrical, trim, well-formed, well-turned; concepts 406,490 Ant. deformed, disgured, disproportioned, formless, shapeless, unshapely share [n] portion, allotment allowance, apportionment, bite, chunk, claim, commission, contribution, cut, cut in, cut up, divide, dividend, division, divvy*, dose, drag*, due, end, ftyfty*, fraction, fragment, halver, helping, heritage, interest, lagniappe, lot, measure, meed, parcel, part, partage, percentage, piece, pittance, plum, points, proportion, quantum, quota, quotient, quotum, rake-off*, ration, segment, serving, slice, split, stake, taste, whack*; concepts 710,835 Ant. whole share [v] use in common with others accord, administer, allot, apportion, assign, be a party to, bestow, cut the pie*, deal, dispense, distribute, divide, divide with, divvy*, divvy up*,

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dole out, experience, give and take, give out, go Dutch*, go fty-fty*, go halves*, go in with, have a hand in, have a portion of, mete out, parcel out, part, partake, participate, partition, pay half, piece up, prorate, quota, ration, receive, shift, slice, slice up, split, split up, take a part of, yield; concepts 98,100,384 Ant. be selsh, hold, keep sharp [adj1] knifelike, cutting aciculate, acuate, acuminate, acuminous, acute, apical, barbed, briery, cuspate, cuspidate, edged, ne, ground ne, honed, horned, jagged, keen, keen-edged, knife-edged, needlelike, needle-pointed, peaked, pointed, pointy, prickly, pronged, razor-sharp, salient, serrated, sharp-edged, sharpened, spiked, spiky, spiny, splintery, stinging, tapered, tapering, thorny, tined, tipped, unblunted, whetted; concept 486 Ant. blunt, dull sharp [adj2] sudden abrupt, distinct, extreme, intense, marked; concepts 581,799 Ant. lazy, slow sharp [adj3] perceptive, quick-witted acute, adroit, alert, apt, astute, brainy, bright, brilliant, canny, clever, critical, cute, discerning, discriminating, fast, foxy*, having smarts*, ingenious, intelligent, keen, knowing, nimble, nobodys fool*, not born yesterday*, observant, on the ball*, original, penetrating, penetrative, quick, quick on the trigger*, quick on the uptake*, ready, resourceful, savvy*, sensitive, slick, smart, smart as a tack*, subtle, wise; concept 402 Ant. ignorant, stupid, unintelligent sharp [adj4] dishonest, deceitful artful, bent, crafty, cunning, designing, ornery, salty, shady, shrewd, slick, slippery, sly, smart, snaky, twofaced*, underhand, unethical, unscrupulous, wily; concept 545 Ant. aboveboard, forthright, frank, honest sharp [adj5] severe, intense acute, agonizing, biting, cutting, distinct, distressing, drilling, excruciating, erce, keen, knifelike, painful, paralyzing, penetrating, piercing, shooting, smart, sore, stabbing, stinging, violent; concepts 537,569 Ant. calm, mild, moderate sharp [adj6] distinct, well-dened audible, clear, clear-cut, crisp, denite, explicit, obvious, visible; concept 535 Ant. indenite, indistinct, undened sharp [adj7] stylish chic, classy, dashing, distinctive, dressy, excellent, fashionable, ne, rst-class*, y*, in style, smart, snappy*, swank*, tony*, trendy; concept 589 Ant. boring, old-fashioned, unstylish sharp [adj8] hurtful, bitter in speech acrimonious, angry, barbed, biting, caustic, cutting, double-edged, harsh, incisive, inconsiderate, penetrating, peppery, piercing, pointed, pungent, sarcastic, sardonic, scathing, severe, short, stabbing, stinging, tart, thoughtless, trenchant, unceremonious, ungracious, virulent, vitriolic; concept 267 Ant. benevolent, kind, nice sharp [adj9] having strong affect on animate senses acerbic, acid, acrid, active, astringent, austere, bitter, brisk, burning, harsh, hot, lively, odorous, piquant, pungent, sour, strongsmelling, suffocating, tart, vigorous, vinegary; concepts 537,598,613 Ant. bland, calm, dull, at, low, mild, moderate, tasteless sharp [adv] on time abruptly, accurately, bang,

exactly, just, on the button*, on the dot*, precisely, promptly, punctually, right, smack-dab*, square, squarely, suddenly; concept 799 Ant. late sharpen [v] make knifelike acuminate, dress, edge, le, grind, hone, make acute, make sharp, put an edge on, put a point on, sharp, stroke, strop, taper, whet; concepts 137,250 Ant. blunt, dull sharp-tongued [adj] critical belittling, biting, carping, censuring, condemning, cursing, cutting, cynical, demeaning, derogatory, harsh, hypercritical, mean, nasty, sarcastic, satirical; concept 267 shatter [v1] break into small pieces blast, blight, burst, crack, crash, crunch, crush, dash, demolish, destroy, disable, exhaust, explode, fracture, fragment, fragmentalize, fragmentize, impair, implode, overturn, pulverize, rend, rive, ruin, scrunch, shiver, smash, smash to smithereens*, smatter, snap, splinter, splinterize*, split, torpedo*, total*, wrack up*, wreck; concepts 246,252 Ant. x, mend shatter [v2] hurt someone badly break a heart*, crush, destroy, devastate, dumbfound, rattle, ruin, upset; concepts 7,19 Ant. aid, assist, help shave [v] cut outer covering off barber, brush, clip, crop, cut, cut back, cut down, decorticate, graze, kiss, make bare, pare, peel, plane, prune, shear, shingle, shred, skim, skin, slash, slice thin, sliver, strip, touch, trim; concepts 137, 162,176,202 shear [v] clip, cut crop, cut back, eece, groom, mow, pare, prune, shave, shorten, snip, trim; concepts 137,176 shed [v] cast off afford, beam, cashier, cast, diffuse, disburden, discard, doff, drop, emit, exude, exuviate, give, give forth, jettison, junk, let fall, molt, pour forth, radiate, reject, scatter, scrap, send forth, shower, slip, slough, spill, sprinkle, take off, throw, throw away, throw out, yield; concepts 179,180,181,211 Ant. put on sheen [n] brightness, shine burnish, nish, glaze, gleam, glint, gloss, luster, patina, polish, shimmer, shininess, wax; concept 620 Ant. darkness, dullness sheepish [adj] shy, embarrassed abashed, ashamed, chagrined, difdent, docile, foolish, guilty, mortied, retiring, self-conscious, shamefaced, silly, tame, timid, timorous, uncomfortable; concept 401 Ant. aggressive, bold, unashamed, unembarrassed sheer [adj1] abrupt, steep arduous, erect, headlong, perpendicular, precipitate, precipitous, sideling, upright; concepts 490,581 Ant. moderate, slow sheer [adj2] utter, absolute altogether, arrant, blasted, blessed, complete, confounded, downright, gross, infernal, out-and-out*, outright, perfect, pure, quite, rank, simple, single, thoroughgoing, total, unadulterated, unalloyed, undiluted, unmitigated, unmixed, unqualied; concepts 531,535,544 Ant. indenite, uncertain sheer [adj3] see-through, thin airy, chiffon, clear, cobwebby, delicate, diaphanous, lmy, ne, imsy, fragile, gauzy, gossamer, lacy,

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limpid, lucid, pellucid, pure, slight, smooth, soft, tiffany, translucent, transparent; concept 606 Ant. heavy, impermeable, thick sheet [n] coating, covering; page area, blanket, coat, expanse, lm, foil, folio, lamina, layer, leaf, membrane, overlay, pane, panel, piece, plate, ply, slab, stratum, stretch, surface, sweep, veneer; concepts 172,270,475,484 shelf [n] jutting, at area or piece bank, bracket, console, counter, cupboard, ledge, mantelpiece, mantle, rack, reef, ridge, rock, shallow, shoal; concepts 445,509,513 shell [n] structure; covering carapace, case, chassis, crust, frame, framework, hull, husk, integument, nut, pericarp, plastron, pod, scale, shard, shuck, skeleton, skin; concepts 399,428, 484 Ant. center, inside, interior, middle shell out [v] give ante up, disburse, expend, fork over*, hand over, lay out, outlay, pay, pay for, pay out, spend; concept 341 Ant. receive, take shelter [n] protection, habitat apartment, asylum, cave, condo, co-op, cover, covert, crib*, defense, den, digs*, dwelling, guard, guardian, harbor, harborage, haven, hermitage, hide, hideaway, hideout, hole in the wall*, home, homeplate*, house, housing, hut, joint*, lodging, pad*, pen, port, preserve, protector, quarterage, rack, refuge, retirement, retreat, roof, roof over head*, roost*, safety, sanctuary, screen, security, shack, shade, shadow, shed, shield, tent, tower, turf, umbrella; concepts 515,712 shelter [v] provide safety, cover chamber, conceal, cover, cover up, defend, enclose, guard, harbor, haven, hide, house, lodge, preserve, protect, roof, safeguard, screen, secure, shield, surround, take care of, take in, ward, watch over; concepts 134,188 Ant. turn away shelve [v] defer, postpone delay, dismiss, drop, freeze*, give up, hang up, hold, hold off, hold over, hold up, lay aside, mothball*, pigeonhole*, prolong, prorogue, put aside, put off, put on back burner*, put on hold, put on ice*, scrub*, sideline, slow up, stay, suspend, table, tie up, waive; concept 121 Ant. carry out, do, go ahead shenanigans [n] mischief antics, capers, dirty trick*, fooling around, frolicsomeness, funny business*, gag, hanky-panky*, high jinks*, horseplay, horsing around, misbehavior, mischievousness, monkey business*, naughtiness, nonsense, prank, trouble, vandalism; concepts 192,633,645 shield [n] protection absorber, aegis, armament, armor, buckler, buffer, bulwark, bumper, cover, defense, escutcheon, guard, mail, rampart, safeguard, screen, security, shelter, ward; concepts 712,729 shield [v] protect bulwark, chamber, conceal, cover, cover all bases*, cover up, defend, fend, give cover, give shelter, go to bat for*, guard, harbor, haven, house, ride shotgun*, roof, safeguard, screen, secure, shelter, shotgun*, stonewall*, take under ones wing*, ward off; concepts 96,134 Ant. endanger, lay bare, open, uncover shift [n1] switch, uctuation about-face*, alteration, bend, change, changeover, conversion, deection, deviation, displacement, double,

fault, modication, move, passage, permutation, rearrangement, removal, shifting, substitution, tack, transfer, transference,transformation, transit, translocation, turn, variation, veering, yaw; concepts 213,697 Ant. deactivation, maintenance, stagnation shift [n2] trick, stratagem artice, contrivance, craft, device, dodge, equivocation, evasion, expediency, expedient, gambit, hoax, makeshift, maneuver, move, ploy, recourse, refuge, resort, resource, ruse, stopgap*, strategy, substitute, subterfuge, wile; concepts 59,660 shift [n3] time served doing work bout, go, period, spell, stint, time, tour, trick, turn, working time; concept 802 shift [v] switch, uctuate about-face*, alter, blow hot and cold*, bottom out*, budge, change, change gears, cook*, deviate, dial back*, dislocate, displace, disturb, do up*, drift, exchange, fault, ip-op*, hem and haw*, move, move around, move over, rearrange, recalibrate, relocate, remove, replace, reposition, ship, shufe, slip, stir, substitute, swap places, swerve, switch over, tack, transfer, transmogrify, transpose, turn, turn around, turn the corner*, turn the tables*, vacillate, vary, veer, wafe, yo-yo*; concepts 213,232,697 Ant. deactivate, remain, stagnate shiftless [adj] lazy apathetic, dallying, directionless, good-for-nothing, idle, inattentive, incompetent, indolent, lackadaisical, laggard, lagging, lethargic, lifeless, loang, procrastinating, slack, slothful, unambitious, unenergetic, unindustrious, unmotivated; concepts 401,404 shifty [adj] deceitful, untrustworthy cagey, collusive, conniving, contriving, crafty, crooked, cunning, devious, dishonest, dodging, duplicitous, elusive, equivocating, evasive, yby-night*, foxy, fraudulent, furtive, insidious, lying, mendacious, prevaricative, prevaricatory, roguish, scheming, shady, shrewd, shufing, slick, slimy*, slippery, sly, sneaky, treacherous, tricky, underhand, unhonest, unprincipled, untruthful, wily; concepts 401,404 Ant. forthright, frank, honest, trustworthy shimmer [n] gleam blinking, coruscation, diffused light, ash, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, gloss, glow, incandescence, iridescence, luster, phosphorescence, scintillation, sheen, spangle, spark, sparkle, twinkle; concepts 620,624 Ant. dullness shimmer [v] glisten blaze, coruscate, dance, are, ash, gleam, glint, glow, jiggle, phosphoresce, scintillate, shimmy, shine, sparkle, twinkle; concept 624 shindig [n] party affair, ball, banquet, barbecue, bash*, blowout*, celebration, dance, dinner, feast, festivity, function, gala, get-together, reception, shindy, social gathering; concept 383 shine [n] brightness; polish ash, glare, glaze, gleam, glint, glitz, gloss, lambency, light, luminosity, luster, patina, radiance, rub, sheen, shimmer, show, sparkle; concept 620 Ant. darkness, dullness shine [v1] give off or reect light beam, bedazzle, blaze, blink, burn, dazzle, deect, emit light, are, ash, icker, give light, glare, gleam, glimmer, glisten, glitter, glow, illuminate, illumine, incandesce, irradiate, luminesce,

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mirror, radiate, scintillate, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle; concept 624 Ant. dull shine [v2] polish, burnish brush, buff, buff up, nish, furbish, give a sheen, glance, glaze, gloss, make brilliant, put a nish on, put a gloss on, rub, scour, sleek, wax; concept 202 Ant. dull shiny [adj] bright, glistening agleam, burnished, clear, gleaming, glossy, lustrous, polished, satiny, sheeny, slick, sparkling, sunny; concept 617 Ant. dark, dull ship [v] send, transport address, consign, direct, dispatch, drop, embark, export, forward, freight, go aboard, haul, move, put on board, remit, route, shift, ship out, smuggle, transfer, transmit; concepts 148,217 Ant. hold, keep shipshape [adj] tidy businesslike, chipper, clean, in good shape, in tip-top condition, neat, ordered, orderly, spick-and-span*, trim, uncluttered, well-groomed, well-kept; concepts 485,585,621 shirk [v] avoid, get out of responsibility bypass, cheat, creep, dodge, dog*, duck, elude, eschew, evade, fence, get around, goldbrick*, lie down on job*, lurk, malinger, parry, pussyfoot*, quit, shufe off, shun, sidestep, skulk, slack, slink, slip, slough off, snake, sneak, steal; concepts 30,59,681 Ant. do, face, meet shirker [n] slacker avoider, bum, deadbeat*, goldbrick, good-for-nothing, goof-off*, idler, loafer, quitter, slouch; concepts 412,423 shiver [v1] shake, tremble be cold, dither, utter, freeze, have the quivers, have the shakes, palpitate, quake, quaver, quiver, shudder, tremor, twitter, vibrate, wave; concepts 152,185 Ant. steady shiver [v2] shatter; break into small pieces burst, crack, fragment, fragmentalize, pash, rive, smash, smash to smithereens*, smatter, splinter, splinterize*; concepts 246,252 Ant. x, mend shock [n] complete surprise; blow awe, bombshell*, breakdown, bump, clash, collapse, collision, concussion, confusion, consternation, crash, distress, disturbance, double whammy*, earthquake, encounter, excitement, eyeopener*, hysteria, impact, injury, jarring, jolt, percussion, prostration, ram, scare, start, stroke, stupefaction, stupor, trauma, traumatism, turn, upset, whammy*, wreck; concepts 33,309,529 Ant. expectation shock [v] completely surprise abash, agitate, anger, antagonize, appall, astound, awe, bowl over*, daze, disgust, dismay, displease, disquiet, disturb, electrify, abbergast, ood, oor*, give a turn*, hit like ton of bricks*, horrify, insult, jar, jolt, knock out*, nauseate, numb, offend, outrage, overcome, overwhelm, paralyze, revolt, rock, scandalize, shake, shake up, sicken, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, throw a curve*, traumatize, unsettle; concept 42 shocking [adj] outrageous; very surprising abominable, appalling, atrocious, awful, burning, crying, desperate, detestable, direful, disgraceful, disgusting, disquieting, distressing, dreadful, fearful, formidable, foul, frightful, ghastly, glaring, hateful, heinous, hideous, horrible, horric, horrifying, loathsome, monstrous, nauseating, odious, offensive, repulsive,

revolting, scandalous, shameful, sickening, stupefying, terrible, ugly, unspeakable; concepts 548,571 Ant. calming, comforting, soothing shoddy [adj] in bad shape base, broken-down, cheap, cheesy*, common, dilapidated, dingy, discreditable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, gaudy, ignominious, inferior, inglorious, junky, makeshift, mean, not up to snuff*, paltry, plastic, poor, pretentious, run-down, scruffy*, second-rate*, seedy, shabby, shady, shameful, sleazy*, slipshod, tacky*, tawdry, trashy, unrespectable; concepts 485,571 Ant. ne, good, nice shoe [n] footwear basketball shoe, boat shoe, boot, cleat, clog, cowboy boot, ip-ops*, footgear, golf shoe, high heels, hightops*, loafer, moccasin, penny loafer, platform shoe, pump, running shoe, sandals, slipper, sneaker, tennis shoe, wing-tip, work shoe; concept 451 shoot [v1] discharge a projectile, often to injure or kill bag*, barrage, blast, bombard, bring down, catapult, dispatch, drop the hammer*, emit, execute, expel, explode, re, ing, gun, hit, hurl, ignite, kill, launch, let y, let go with, loose, murder, open re*, open up*, pick off*, plug, pop*, project, propel, pull the trigger, pump*, set off, throw lead*, torpedo, trigger, zap*; concepts 179,246,252 Ant. backre shoot [v2] dash boil, bolt, charge, chase, dart, ash, ing, y, gallop, hotfoot*, hurry, hurtle, lash, pass, race, reach, run, rush, scoot, skirr, speed, spring, spurt, streak, tear, whisk, whiz; concepts 150,152 Ant. walk shoot the breeze [v] chat, converse BS*, chatter, chew the fat*, gab*, palaver, prate, prattle*, run off at the mouth*, schmooze*, shoot the bull*, yack*, yap*; concept 266 shop [n] place of retail business boutique, chain, deli, department store, emporium, ve-and-dime, market, mill, outlet, showroom, stand, store, supermarket; concepts 439,441,448,449 shop [v] look for merchandise to buy buy, go shopping, hunt for, look for, market, purchase, try to buy; concepts 327,330 Ant. sell shopkeeper [n] merchant businessperson, dealer, entrepreneur, proprietor, retailer, salesperson, seller, storekeeper, store owner, vendor, wholesaler; concept 347 shoplift [v] steal burglarize, carry off, defraud, embezzle, heist, hold up, lift*, loot, make off with*, pilfer, pillage, pinch*, rip off*, run off with*, snatch*, stick up*, swipe, take, walk off with*; concept 139 shopper [n] customer browser, buyer, client, clientele, consumer, patron, prospect, purchaser, window-shopper; concept 348 shopping [n] buying browsing, e-commerce, electronic commerce, purchasing, spending; concept 327 shopping center [n] concentrated area for shopping agora, arcade, bazaar, emporium, fair, ea market, galleria, mall, marketplace, mart, piazza, shopping complex, shopping mall, shopping plaza, strip mall; concept 333 shore [n] waterside bank, beach, border, brim, brink, coast, coastland, embankment, lakeshore, lakeside, littoral, margin, riverbank, riverside, sand, sands, seaboard, seacoast,

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seashore, shingle, strand, waterfront; concept 509 Ant. inland shore [v] reinforce bear up, bolster, brace, bulwark, buttress, carry, hold, prop, strengthen, support, sustain, underpin, upbear, uphold; concept 110Ant. discourage, dissuade, ruin short [adj1] abridged abbreviate, abbreviated, aphoristic, bare, boiled down, breviloquent, brief, compendiary, compendious, compressed, concise, condensed, curtailed, curtate, cut short, cut to the bone*, decreased, decurtate, diminished, epigrammatic, eeting, in a nutshell*, laconic, lessened, little, momentary, not protracted, pithy, pointed, precise, sententious, short and sweet*, shortened, short-lived, short-term, succinct, summarized, summary, terse, undersized, unprolonged, unsustained; concepts 267,272,798 Ant. large, lengthy, long, unabridged short [adj2] not tall abbreviated, chunky, close to the ground, compact, diminutive, little, low, not long, petite, pint-sized*, pocket, pocketsized*, runty, sawed-off*, skimpy, slight, small, squat, squatty, stocky, stubby, stunted, thick, thickset, tiny, undersized, wee; concepts 773,779,782 Ant. high, lengthy, long, tall short [adj3] insufcient decient, exiguous, failing, inadequate, lacking, limited, low on, meager, needing, niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, short-handed*, shy, skimpy, slender, slim, sparse, tight, wanting; concepts 527, 560,762 Ant. adequate, enough, sufcient short [adj4] abrupt, discourteous bad-tempered, blunt, breviloquent, brief, brusque, curt, direct, gruff, impolite, inconsiderate, irascible, offhand, rude, sharp, short-spoken, short-tempered, snappy*, snippety*, snippy*, straight, terse, testy, thoughtless, unceremonious, uncivil, ungracious; concepts 267,401 Ant. courteous, kind, polite short [adj5] crumbly brittle, crisp, crunchy, delicate, fragile, friable; concept 462 Ant. thick short [adv] abruptly aback, by surprise, forthwith, sudden, suddenly, unanticipatedly, unaware, unawares, unexpectedly, without delay, without hesitation, without warning; concept 799 Ant. long shortage [n] deciency curtailment, dearth, defalcation, decit, failure, inadequacy, insufciency, lack, lapse, leanness, paucity, pinch, poverty, scantiness, scarcity, shortfall, tightness, underage, want, weakness; concepts 646,709,767 Ant. abundance, ample, enough, sufciency shortchange [v] cheat bamboozle*, bilk, deceive, defraud, double-deal, dupe, nagle, eece, imam, gyp*, hose, mislead, rip off*, rook*, sandbag, scam, screw, shaft, stiff, swindle, take, trick; concepts 59,139,192 shortcoming [n] weak point bug*, catch*, defect, deciency, demerit, drawback, failing, fault, aw, frailty, imperfection, inrmity, lack, lapse, sin, weakness; concepts 411,666,674, 679 Ant. advantage, strong point, success shorten [v] diminish, decrease abbreviate, abridge, blue pencil*, bob, boil down*, chop, clip, compress, condense, contract, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, cut to the bone*, dock, edit, elide, excerpt, lessen, lop, make a long story

short*, minimize, put in a nutshell*, reduce, retrench, shrink, slash, snip, trim; concepts 137,236,240,247 Ant. amplify, elongate, enlarge, grow, increase, lengthen shortfall [n] decit; imperfection arrears, default, defectiveness, deciency, aw, inadequacy, incompleteness, insufcience, insufciency, in the hole*, in the red, lack, loss, red ink*, shortage, shortcoming, underage; concepts 230,335,646,671,718 short-lived [adj] temporary brief, ephemeral, evanescent, eeting, fugacious, fugitive, impermanent, momentary, passing, short, short-haul*, short-run, short-term, transient, transitory; concept 798 Ant. enduring, ethereal, lasting, lengthy, long-lived, permanent shortly [adv] right away anon, any minute now, before long, by and by, in a little while, presently, proximately, quickly, soon; concept 820 Ant. later shortsighted [adj] unmindful of future consequences astigmatic, blind, careless, foolish, headlong, ill-advised, ill-considered, imperceptive, impolitic, impractical, improvident, imprudent, injudicious, myopic, nearsighted, rash, stupid, unsagacious, unwary; concepts 401,542 Ant. careful, longsighted, prudent, thoughtful, wise shot [n1] try, chance attempt, break, conjecture, effort, endeavor, ing*, go*, guess, occasion, opening, opportunity, pop*, show, slap*, stab*, surmise, time, turn, whack*, whirl*; concept 693 shot [n2] discharge; ammunition ball, buckshot, bullet, dart, lead, lob, missile, pellet, projectile, slug, throw; concept 498 Ant. backre shoulder [v1] be responsible for accept, assume, bear, carry, take on, take upon oneself; concept 23 Ant. deny, refuse shoulder [v2] push, jostle bulldoze*, elbow, hustle, nudge, press, push aside, shove, thrust; concept 208 shout [n] loud outcry bark, bawl, bellow, call, cheer, clamor, cry, howl, hue, roar, salvo, scream, screech, shriek, squall, squawk, tumult, vociferation, whoop*, yammer*, yap*, yawp*, yell; concepts 77,595 Ant. whimper shout [v] cry out loudly bawl, bay, bellow, call out, cheer, clamor, exclaim, holler*, raise voice, roar, scream, screech, shriek, squall, squawk, vociferate, whoop*, yammer*, yap*, yawp*, yell; concept 77 Ant. whimper shove [v] push without gentleness boost, buck, bulldoze*, cram, crowd, dig, drive, elbow, hustle, impel, jab, jam, jostle, nudge, poke, press, prod, propel, shoulder, thrust; concept 208 Ant. pull shove off [v] leave quickly blow, clear out, depart, exit, get off, go, go away, pull out, push off, quit, run along, start out, take off, vamoose*; concept 195 Ant. arrive, come show [n1] demonstration, exhibition appearance, array, display, expo*, exposition, fair, fanfare, reworks, grandstand, manifestation, occurrence, pageant, pageantry, panoply, parade, pomp, presentation, program, representation, shine*, showboat*, showing, sight, spectacle, splash*, view; concept 261 Ant. concealment, hiding

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show [n2] entertainment event act, appearance, burlesque, carnival, cinema, comedy, drama, entertainment, lm, ick*, motion picture, movie, pageant, picture, play, presentation, production, showing, spectacle; concepts 263,293 show [n3] false front; appearance given affectation, air, display, effect, face*, front, grandstand play*, guise, illusion, impression, likeness, make-believe*, ostentation, parade, pose, pretense, pretext, profession, seeming, semblance, sham, shine*, showboat*, showing, simulacrum, splash*; concepts 633,716 Ant. reality, truth show [v1] actively exhibit something afford, air, arrive, attend, bare, blazon, brandish, deal in, demonstrate, display, disport, exhibit, expose, ash, aunt, ourish, lay bare, lay out, mount, offer, parade, present, produce, proffer, put on, reveal, sell, set out, showcase, show off, sport, spread, stage, streak, submit, supply, trot out, unfold, unfurl, unveil, vaunt, wave; concept 138 Ant. conceal, hide show [v2] passively exhibit something appear, arrive, assert, be visible, blow in, clarify, come, demonstrate, determine, disclose, discover, display, divulge, elucidate, emerge, establish, evidence, evince, explain, get, get in, illustrate, indicate, instruct, lay out, loom, make known, make out, make the scene*, manifest, mark, materialize, note, ostend, point, present, proclaim, project, prove, put in appearance, reach, register, reveal, show ones face*, show up, teach, testify to, turn up, unveil; concept 261 Ant. conceal, hide show [v3] grant accord, act with, bestow, confer, dispense, give; concept 108 Ant. deny, refuse, veto show [v4] accompany attend, conduct, direct, escort, guide, lead, pilot, route, see, shepherd, steer; concepts 187,384 Ant. abandon, leave alone show business [n] entertainment industry Broadway, Hollywood, motion picture industry, movie industry, show biz, the stage, the theater; concepts 383,384,386,388 showdown [n] confrontation breaking point, clash, climax, crisis, culmination, expos, moment of truth, unfolding; concepts 388,674 Ant. agreement, peacemaking shower [n] precipitation cloudburst, deluge, downpour, drizzle, ood, hail, rain, rainstorm, sleet, storm, thunderstorm; concepts 524, 526 shower [v1] rain come down in buckets*, downpour, drench, drizzle, fall, hail, mist, patter, pour, sleet, spray, sprinkle, storm; concept 526 shower [v2] lavish be generous, deluge, give, pamper; concepts 110,327,341 showoff [n] person who brags about him- or herself boaster, braggadocio, braggart, egotist, exhibitionist, swaggerer, vulgarian; concept 412 Ant. introvert show off [v] aunt; brag advertise, boast, brandish, demonstrate, display, disport, exhibit, expose, ash*, hand a line*, make a spectacle of, parade, spread out, swagger, trot out*; concepts 49,261 Ant. be modest, cower, shy away showpiece [n] exhibit display, masterpiece, model, work of art; concepts 259,261

show up [v1] arrive, attend appear, be conspicuous, be visible, blow in*, come, get, get in, make an appearance, put in appearance, reach, show, stand out, turn up; concept 159 Ant. be absent, depart, leave, miss show up [v2] expose, embarrass belittle, convict, debunk, defeat, discover, discredit, highlight, invalidate, lay bare, let down, mortify, pinpoint, put spotlight on*, put to shame*, reveal, shame, show in bad light*, uncloak, undress, unmask, unshroud, worst; concepts 54,60 Ant. conceal, hide, secrete showy [adj] amboyant, ashy classy, dashing, ash, garish, gaudy, glaring, histrionic, jazzy*, loud, luxurious, meretricious, opulent, ornate, ostentatious, overdone, overwrought, peacocky, pompous, pretentious, resplendent, screaming, sensational, snazzy*, splashy, splendiferous, sumptuous, swank*, tawdry, tinsel*, tony*; concept 589 Ant. dismal, drab, gloomy, moderate, restrained shred [n] tiny piece atom, bit, cantlet, crumb, fragment, grain, iota, jot, modicum, ounce, part, particle, rag, ray, ribbon, scintilla, scrap, shadow, sliver, smidgen, snippet, speck, stitch, tatter, trace, whit; concept 831 Ant. lot shred [v] cut into ribbons cut, fray, frazzle, make ragged, reduce, shave, sliver, strip, tatter, tear; concept 176 Ant. mend, sew shrewd [adj] clever, intelligent acute, argute, artful, astucious, astute, brainy*, cagey, calculating, canny, crafty, cunning, cutting*, deep*, discerning, discriminating, farsighted, foxy*, heady*, ingenious, inside, in the know*, judicious, keen, knowing, on the inside*, on top of*, penetrating, perceptive, perspicacious, piercing, probing, profound, prudent, quickwitted, sagacious, savvy*, sensible, shark, sharp, slick*, slippery*, sly, smart, smooth, streetwise, tricky, underhand, up on*, wily, wise, wised up*; concepts 401,402 Ant. foolish, frivolous, naive, stupid, unthinking shriek [n/v] high-pitched scream blare, cry, howl, screech, shout, shrill, squawk, squeal, wail, whoop, yell; concepts 77,595 Ant. peep shrill [adj] high-pitched, harsh in sound acute, argute, blaring, blatant, cacophonous, clanging, clangorous, deafening, discordant, ear-piercing, earsplitting, high, metallic, noisy, penetrating, piercing, piping, raucous, screeching, sharp, strident, thin, treble; concepts 592,594 Ant. low, soft shrine [n] tribute to a god, idol, or spirit altar, chapel, church, enshrinement, grave, hallowed place, holy place, mausoleum, reliquary, sacred place, sanctorium, sanctuary, sanctum, sepulcher, temple; concepts 368,439,448 shrink [v1] become smaller compress, concentrate, condense, constrict, contract, decrease, deate, diminish, drop off, dwindle, fail, fall off, fall short, grow smaller, lessen, narrow, reduce, shorten, shrivel, wane, waste, waste away, weaken, wither, wrinkle; concepts 137,698,776 Ant. develop, enlarge, expand, grow, stretch shrink [v2] recoil, shy away blench, boggle, contract, cower, cringe, crouch, demur, draw back, inch, hang back, huddle, quail, recede, refuse, retire, retreat, scruple, shudder, slink,

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wince, withdraw; concepts 188,195 Ant. face, meet, take on shrivel [v] dehydrate, dry up burn, contract, desiccate, dwindle, fossilize, mummify, mummy, parch, scorch, sear, shrink, stale, welter, wilt, wither, wizen, wrinkle; concepts 137,250,255 Ant. enlarge, expand, grow, unwrinkle shudder [v] shake, quiver convulse, dither, gyrate, jitter, quake, shimmy, shiver, tremble, tremor, twitter, wave; concepts 34,150,152 Ant. steady shufe [v1] move along lazily drag, limp, muddle, pad, scrape, scuff, scufe, shamble, straggle, stumble, trail; concept 151 Ant. run shufe [v2] rearrange, mix up break the deck*, change, change the order, confuse, disarrange, disarray, discompose, dislocate, disorder, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, intermix, jumble, mess up*, shift; concepts 158,363 Ant. arrange, order, organize shun [v] avoid, ignore bilk, cold-shoulder*, cut, decline, despise, disdain, ditch*, dodge, double, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, get around, give a wide berth*, give the runaround*, have no part of*, have nothing to do with*, hide out, keep away from, keep clear of, neglect, palm off*, pass up, refuse, reject, scorn, shake, shake off, shy, snub, stall, stand aloof from, stay shy of, steer clear of*, turn back on*; concepts 30,384 Ant. accept, face, meet shut [v] close bar, batten down*, cage, close down, close up, conne, draw, drop the curtain*, enclose, exclude, fasten, fold, fold up, imprison, lock, push, put to, seal, secure, shut down, slam, wall off; concepts 85,121,160,206,208,304 Ant. open shut off/shut out [v] exclude; screen bar, beleaguer, blockade, block out, close, conceal, cover, debar, discontinue, evict, fence off, hide, keep out, lock out, mask, obstruct, ostracize, refuse, seclude, shroud, veil; concepts 25,121, 188 Ant. include, welcome shuttle [n] space shuttle airplane, plane, shuttle bus, spacecraft, spaceport, train, transporter; concept 504 shuttle [v] travel back and forth commute, drive back and forth, go back and forth, transport to and fro, travel; concept 224 shut up [v] be or make quiet bottle up*, choke, dry up*, dummy up*, fall silent, gag, hold tongue*, hush, keep trap shut*, muzzle, pipe down*, quiet, quieten, quit chattering, shush*, silence, soft-pedal*, still, stop talking; concept 77 Ant. speak, talk shy [adj1] quiet and self-conscious afraid, apprehensive, averse, backward, bashful, cautious, chary, circumspect, conscious, coy, demure, difdent, disinclined, distrustful, fearful, hesitant, humble, indisposed, introvert, introverted, loath, loner, modest, nervous, recessive, reluctant, reserved, reticent, retiring, self-effacing, shamefaced, sheepish, shrinking, skittish, suspicious, timid, unassertive, unassured, uneager, uneffusive, unresponsive, unsocial, unwilling, wary; concepts 401,404 Ant. condent, extroverted, unashamed, unreserved, unshy shy [adj2] lacking, failing decient, inadequate, insufcient, scant, scanty, scarce, short, unsuf-

cient, wanting; concepts 546,762,789 Ant. adequate, enough, sufcient shyster [n] unscrupulous lawyer; swindler ambulance chaser, cheater, chiseler, crooked lawyer, mouthpiece*, pettifogger, scammer, trickster, unethical lawyer; concept 412 sick [adj1] not healthy, not feeling well ailing, bedridden, broken down, conned, debilitated, declining, defective, delicate, diseased, disordered, down, feeble, feverish, frail, funny*, green*, hospitalized, ill, impaired, imperfect, in a bad way*, incurable, indisposed, infected, inrm, in poor health, invalid, laid-up, lousy, mean, nauseated, not so hot*, peaked, poorly, qualmish, queasy, rickety, rocky, rotten, run down, sick as a dog*, suffering, tottering, under medication, under the weather*, unhealthy, unwell, weak, wobbly; concept 314 Ant. healthy, undiseased, well sick [adj2] morbid, gross black, ghoulish, macabre, morose, sadistic, sickly; concepts 537,571 Ant. clean, gentle, moral, nice sick [adj3] fed up, displeased blas, bored, disgusted, jaded, revolted, satiated, tired, up to here with*, weary; concept 403 Ant. content, happy, pleased, satised sicken [v] revolt, make ill affect, afict, derange, disgust, disorder, gross out*, nauseate, offend, reluct, repel, repulse, turn, turn ones stomach*, unhinge, unsettle, upset; concepts 14,246 Ant. cure, heal, help, make well, mend sickening [adj] disgusting, awful diseased, distasteful, foul, gross*, icky*, loathsome, nasty, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, offensive, putrid, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, stinking, stomach-turning, tainted; concepts 529,571 Ant. delightful, mild, nice, pleasing sickly [adj1] not healthy ailing, below par, bilious, cranky, delicate, diseased, down, dragging, faint, feeble, indisposed, inrm, in poor health, lackluster, laid-low, languid, low, mean, off-color*, out of action*, out of shape*, pallid, peaked, peaky, pining, poorly, rocky, run-down, seedy, sickish, unhealthy, wan, weak; concept 314 Ant. ne, healthy, hearty, well, wholesome sickly [adj2] revolting bilious, cloying, insalubrious, mawkish, morbid, morose, nauseating, noisome, noxious, sick, unwholesome; concepts 537,571 Ant. gentle, nice sickness [n] ill or abnormal condition affection, afiction, ailment, bug*, complaint, condition, disease, diseasedness, disorder, ill, ill health, illness, indisposition, inrmity, malady, nausea, queasiness, syndrome, unhealth, unhealthfulness, unwellness; concept 306 Ant. good health, health, wholesomeness side [adj] minor; anking ancillary, incidental, indirect, lateral, lesser, marginal, not the main, oblique, off-center, postern, roundabout, secondary, sidelong, sideward, sideways, sidewise, skirting, subordinate, subsidiary, supercial; concept 575 Ant. important, major, serious side [n1] edge, exteriority of object aspect, attitude, border, bottom, boundary, direction, disposition, division, elevation, face, facet, ank, front, hand, haunch, jamb, lee, limit, loin, margin, part, perimeter, periphery,

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posture, quarter, rear, rim, sector, stance, stand, surface, top, verge, view, wing; concepts 513,835 Ant. extremity, inside, middle, torso side [n2] point of view angle, appearance, aspect, belief, direction, facet, hand, light, opinion, outlook, phase, position, slant, stand, standpoint, viewpoint; concept 689 side [n3] opposing person or view behalf, belligerent, camp, cause, combatant, competition, contestant, crew, enemy, faction, foe, interest, part, party, rival, sect, team; concepts 301,365 sidekick [n] companion accompaniment, accomplice, aide, ally, amigo, assistant, associate, buddy, chum, cohort, colleague, comrade, consort, coworker, crony, friend, pal, partner, playmate; concept 423 sideline [n] secondary occupation distraction, diversion, hobby, leisure activity, leisure pursuit, moonlighting, recreation, second job, side job, side project, subsidiary; concept 360 sidesplitting [adj] extremely funny amusing, entertaining, farcical, good-humored, hilarious, hysterical, joking, knee-slapper*, silly, slapstick, uproarious, witty; concepts 267,529,537 sidestep [v] dodge avoid, bypass, dance around*, ditch, duck, elude, escape, evade, fudge*, get around, get out of, give the slip*, go around, juke, pussyfoot*, put the move on*, shake, shake off*, shirk, skip out on*, skirt, weasel*; concepts 59,102 sidetrack [v] divert alter, avert, change, deect, digress, redirect, swerve, switch, veer; concepts 187,213 sideways [adv] to the edge, exteriority alongside, aside, aslant, aslope, athwart, broadside, crabwise, edgeways, indirectly, laterally, obliquely, side by side, sidelong, sidewards, slanting, slantingly, slantwise, sloping, to the side; concepts 581,583 sift [v] take out residue; remove impurities analyze, clean, colander, comb, delve into, dig into, drain, evaluate, examine, explore, fathom, lter, go into, go through, grade, inquire, investigate, look into, pan, part, pore over, probe, prospect, purify, riddle, screen, scrutinize, search, separate, sieve, size, sort, strain, winnow; concepts 103,165 Ant. put in sigh [v1] breathe out heavily blow, complain, cry, exhale, gasp, grieve, groan, howl, lament, moan, murmur, pant, respire, roar, sob, sorrow, sough, suspire, wheeze, whine, whisper, whistle; concept 163 sigh [v2] long for ache, crave, dream, hanker, hunger, languish, lust, mourn, pine, suspire, thirst, yearn; concept 20 Ant. dislike, hate sight [n1] ability to perceive with eyes afterimage, appearance, apperception, apprehension, eye, eyes, eyeshot, eyesight, eld of vision, ken, perception, range of vision, seeing, view, viewing, visibility, vision; concept 629 Ant. blindness sight [n2] spectacle display, exhibit, exhibition, outlook, pageant, parade, point of interest, scene, show, view, vista; concepts 261,293 sight [n3] horrifying person or thing blot, eyesore, fright, mess, monstrosity, ogre, ogress, scarecrow, slob, spectacle, tramp; concepts 412,513 Ant. beauty

sight [v] see behold, discern, distinguish, eyeball*, make out*, observe, perceive, spot, view, witness; concept 626 Ant. be blind sign [n1] indication, evidence assurance, augury, auspice, badge, beacon, bell, caution, clue, divination, ag, ash, foreboding, foreknowledge, foreshadowing, foretoken, forewarning, gesture, giveaway, handwriting on wall*, harbinger, herald, high sign*, hint, light, manifestation, mark, nod, note, omen, portent, precursor, prediction, premonition, presage, presentiment, prognostic, proof, signal, suggestion, symbol, symptom, token, trace, vestige, warning, wave, whistle, wink; concepts 274, 529,673,689 sign [n2] document with information; symbol badge, board, character, cipher, crest, device, emblem, ensign, guidepost, insignia, logo, mark, notice, placard, proof, representation, signboard, signpost, symbolization, token, type, warning; concepts 271,284 sign [v1] write name acknowledge, authorize, autograph, conrm, endorse, initial, ink, inscribe, put John Hancock on*, put John Henry on*, rubber-stamp*, set ones hand to*, signature, subscribe, witness; concept 79 sign [v2] motion to another beckon, express, ag, gesticulate, gesture, indicate, motion, signal, signalize, signify, use sign language, wave; concept 74 signal [adj] extraordinary, outstanding arresting, arrestive, characteristic, conspicuous, distinctive, distinguished, eminent, exceptional, eye-catching, famous, illustrious, individual, marked, memorable, momentous, notable, noteworthy, noticeable, peculiar, prominent, pronounced, remarkable, renowned, salient, signicant, striking; concepts 568,574 Ant. insignicant, unexceptional, unimpressive, unnoteworthy signal [n] indication; authorization alarm, alert, beacon, bleep, blinker, cue, ag, are, gesture, go-ahead*, green light*, high sign*, indicator, mark, Mayday*, movement, nod, okay*, omen, sign, SOS*, tocsin, token, wink; concepts 74,284,529,685 signal [v] indicate; give a sign to beckon, communicate, ag, ash, gesticulate, gesture, motion, nod, semaphore, sign, signalize, warn, wave, wink; concept 74 signicance [n1] meaning acceptation, bottom line*, connotation, drift, force, heart, implication, import, intendment, kicker*, meat*, message, name of the game*, nature of the beast*, nitty-gritty*, nub, nuts and bolts*, point, punch line*, purport, score, sense, signicancy, signication, stuff, understanding; concept 682 Ant. insignicance, meaninglessness, unimportance signicance [n2] importance authority, consequence, consideration, credit, excellence, gravity, import, impressiveness, inuence, magnitude, matter, merit, moment, momentousness, perfection, pith, prestige, relevance, signication, virtue, weight, weightiness; concept 668 Ant. insignicance, triviality, unimportance signicant [adj1] telling, meaningful cogent, compelling, convincing, denoting, eloquent, expressing, expressive, facund, forceful, heavy,

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important, indicative, knowing, meaning, momentous, powerful, pregnant, representative, rich, sententious, serious, sound, suggestive, symbolic, valid, weighty; concepts 267,567 Ant. insignicant, meaningless, unimportant signicant [adj2] important, critical big, carrying a lot of weight*, consequential, considerable, heavy, material, meaningful, momentous, notable, noteworthy, serious, substantial, vital, weighty; concept 568 Ant. minor, trivial, unimportant signify [v1] mean, indicate add up to, announce, bear, be a sign of, bespeak, betoken, carry, communicate, connote, convey, denote, disclose, evidence, evince, exhibit, express, ash, imply, import, insinuate, intend, intimate, manifest, matter, portend, proclaim, purport, represent, show, sign, spell, stand for, suggest, symbolize, talk, tell, wink; concepts 55,266,682 signify [v2] be of importance be of consequence, be of signicance, carry weight, count, import, matter, mean, weigh; concept 668 silence [n] absence of sound, speech blackout, calm, censorship, dead air, death, dumbness, hush, hush-hush*, inarticulateness, iron curtain*, laconism, lull, muteness, noiselessness, peace, quiescence, quiet, quietness, quietude, quietus, reserve, reticence, saturninity, secrecy, sleep, speechlessness, still, stillness, sulk, sullenness, taciturnity, uncommunicativeness; concept 65 Ant. clamor, communication, noise, talk silence [v] make or be quiet choke off*, clam, clam up*, close up, cool it*, cut off, cut short, dampen, deaden, decrease the volume, dry up*, dull, dumb, dummy up*, extinguish, gag, hold ones tongue*, hush, hush-hush*, hush ones mouth*, keep it down*, lull, mufe, mute, muzzle, overawe, pipe down*, quash, quell, quiet, quiet down, quieten, say nothing, shush*, shut up, sit on*, soft-pedal*, squelch, stie, still, strike dumb*, subdue, suppress, tonguetie*; concept 266 Ant. be noisy, communicate, talk silent [adj1] quiet; speechless bashful, buttoned up*, checked, clammed up*, close, closed up, closemouthed, curbed, dumb, dummied up*, faint, hush, hushed, iced*, inarticulate, incoherent, inconversable, indistinct, inhibited, laconic, mousy, mum, mute, muted, noiseless, nonvocal, not talkative, reserved, restrained, reticent, shy, silentious, soundless, still, struck dumb, taciturn, tongue-tied, unclear, uncommunicative, unheard, unsociable, unspeaking, voiceless, wordless, zipped*; concept 594 Ant. clamorous, communicative, noisy, talkative silent [adj2] understood, implied aphonic, implicit, indescribable, inexpressible, nameless, tacit, unexpressed, unpronounced, unspoken, unuttered, unvoiced, wordless; concept 267 Ant. explicit, tangible silhouette [n] outline contour, delineation, etching, guration, form, likeness, line, lineament, lineation, portrait, prole, shade, shadow, shape; concepts 259,625 Ant. body silky [adj] very smooth; like satin cottony, delicate, glossy, like silk, luxurious, plush, satiny, silk, silken, sleek, soft, tender, velvety; concept 606 Ant. rough

silly [adj] absurd, giddy, foolish asinine, balmy, brainless, childish, crazy, dippy*, dizzy*, empty, empty-headed*, fatuous, featherbrained*, ighty, foolhardy, frivolous, harebrained*, idiotic, ignorant, illogical, immature, imprudent, inane, inappropriate, inconsistent, irrational, irresponsible, ludicrous, meaningless, muddle-headed*, nitwitted, nonsensical, pointless, preposterous, puerile, ridiculous, senseless, sheepheaded*, simple, simpleminded, stupid, unintelligent, unreasonable, unwise, vacuous, witless; concepts 401,403,542 Ant. mature, mundane, practical, sensible, serious, wise silver [adj] shiny gray in color argent, argentate, bright, lustrous, pale, pearly, plated, resplendent, silvered, silvery, sterling, white; concept 618 similar [adj] very much alike agnate, akin, allied, analogous, coincident, coincidental, coinciding, collateral, companion, comparable, complementary, congruent, congruous, consonant, consubstantial, correlative, corresponding, homogeneous, identical, in agreement, kin, kindred, like, matching, much the same, parallel, reciprocal, related, resembling, same, twin, uniform; concepts 487,573 Ant. alien, different, dissimilar, opposite, unalike, unlike similarity [n] likeness, correspondence afnity, agreement, alikeness, analogy, approximation, association, closeness, coincidence, collation, community, comparability, comparison, concordance, concurrence, conformity, congruence, congruity, connection, correlation, dead ringer*, harmony, homogeneity, identity, interrelation, kinship, likes of, look-alike, parallel, parallelism, parity, peas in a pod*, proportion, reciprocity, relation, relationship, resemblance, sameness, semblance, simile, similitude, synonymity, two of a kind*; concept 670 Ant. difference, dissimilarity, opposition, unlikeness simmer [v] boil, smolder be agitated, be angry, be tense, be uptight*, bubble, burn, churn, cook, effervesce, ferment, zz, fret, fricassee, fume, parboil, rage, seethe, smart, sparkle, stew, stir, warm; concepts 35,170,410 Ant. freeze simple [adj1] clear, understandable; easy childs play*, cinch*, clean, easy as pie*, effortless, elementary, facile, incomplex, intelligible, light, lucid, manageable, mild, no problem*, no sweat*, not difcult, picnic*, piece of cake*, plain, quiet, self-explanatory, simple as ABC*, smooth, snap*, straightforward, transparent, uncomplicated, uninvolved, unmistakable, untroublesome, walkover*; concept 529 Ant. complex, complicated, convoluted, difcult, exacting, intricate, unclear, unintelligible simple [adj2] uncluttered, natural absolute, austere, classic, clean, discreet, elementary, folksy, homely, homey, humble, inelaborate, lowly, mere, modest, not complex, open and shut*, plain, pure, pure and simple*, rustic, sheer, single, Spartan, unadorned, unadulterated, unaffected, unalloyed, unblended, uncombined, uncomplicated, uncompounded, undecorated, unelaborate, unembellished, unfussy, unmitigated, unmixed, unornamented, unostentatious, unpretentious, unqualied, vanilla*; concepts 562,589 Ant. cluttered, decorated, embellished, jumbled, ornate

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simple [adj3] childlike, innocent amateur, artless, bald, basic, childish, direct, frank, green, guileless, honest, ingenuous, naive, naked, natural, plain, sincere, square, stark, trusting, unaffected, unarticial, undeniable, unexperienced, unpretentious, unschooled, unsophisticated, unstudied, unvarnished; concepts 267,401,542 Ant. mature, older, sophisticated simple [adj4] feeble-minded; not intelligent amateur, asinine, backward, brainless, credulous, dense, dimwitted, dull, dumb, fat, feeble, foolish, green*, gullible, half-witted, idiotic, ignorant, illiterate, imbecile, inane, inexperienced, inexpert, insensate, mindless, moronic, nitwitted, obtuse, senseless, shallow, silly, simpleminded, slow, soft, soft-headed*, stupid, thick, uneducated, unintelligent, witless; concept 402 Ant. aware, intelligent, on-the-ball, smart simpleminded [adj] unsophisticated brainless, childlike, clueless, crude, dumb, feeble-minded, idiotic, ignorant, moronic, naive, slow, stupid, uncomplicated, unschooled, unstudied, untutored, unworldly; concepts 401,548,562 simpleton [n] fool birdbrain*, blockhead*, bonehead*, boob*, buffoon, clod*, clown, dimwit*, dolt*, dope*, dunce, dunderhead*, fathead*, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, jerk*, lamebrain*, lunkhead*, moron, nitwit, numskull*, oaf, stooge*; concepts 412,423 simplicity [n] absence of complication, sophistication artlessness, candor, chastity, clarity, classicality, clean lines, clearness, directness, ease, easiness, elementariness, guilelessness, homogeneity, ingenuousness, innocence, integrity, lack of adornment, modesty, monotony, naivet, naturalness, obviousness, openness, plainness, primitiveness, purity, restraint, severity, singleness, straightforwardness, uniformity, unity; concepts 633,655,663 Ant. complexity, complication, difcultness, difculty simplify [v] make easy, intelligible abridge, analyze, boil down, break down, break it down, chasten, clarify, clean it up*, clean up, clear up, cut down, cut the frills*, decipher, disentangle, disinvolve, draw a picture*, elucidate, explain, facilitate, get down to basics*, get to the meat*, hit the high spots*, interpret, lay out, let daylight in*, let sunlight in*, make clear, make perfectly clear, make plain, order, put in a nutshell*, put one straight*, reduce, shorten, spell out, streamline, unscramble; concepts 57,110,261 Ant. complicate, confuse, make difcult simply [adv1] plainly, clearly artlessly, candidly, commonly, directly, easily, frankly, guilelessly, honestly, ingenuously, intelligibly, matter-of-factly, modestly, naturally, openly, ordinarily, quietly, sincerely, straightforwardly, unaffectedly, unpretentiously, without any elaboration; concepts 544,562 Ant. difcultly simply [adv2] merely barely, but, just, only, purely, solely, utterly; concepts 544,557 simply [adv3] absolutely, completely in fact, altogether, really, totally, unreservedly, utterly, wholly; concept 531Ant. incompletely, indenitely simulate [v] pretend, imitate act, act like, affect, ape, assume, bluff, borrow, cheat, concoct, copy, counterfeit, crib*, deceive, disguise,

dissemble, do, do a take-off*, do like*, equivocate, exaggerate, fabricate, fake, favor, feature, feign, fence, gloss over, invent, knock off*, lie, lift, make believe, mimic, mirror, misrepresent, phony, pirate, play, playact, pose, prevaricate, put on*, put on an act*, replicate, reproduce, resemble, steal; concepts 59,63,111,171 Ant. be real simulation [n] imitation carbon copy, clone, copy, counterfeit, duplicate, duplication, facsimile, fake, image, likeness, match, mirroring, paralleling, reection, replica, reproduction, sham; concepts 171,260,716 simultaneous [adj] happening at about the same time accompanying, agreeing, at the same time, coetaneous, coeval, coexistent, coexisting, coincident, coinciding, concurrent, concurring, contemporaneous, contemporary, dead heat*, in sync*, synchronal, synchronic, synchronous, with the beat*; concepts 548,799 Ant. asynchronous, different, divided, following, preceding, separate sin [n] illegal or immoral action anger, covetousness, crime, damnation, debt, deciency, demerit, disobedience, envy, error, evil, evil-doing, fault, gluttony, guilt, immorality, imperfection, iniquity, lust, misdeed, offense, peccability, peccadillo, peccancy, pride, shortcoming, sinfulness, sloth, tort, transgression, trespass, ungodliness, unrighteousness, veniality, vice, violation, wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing, wrongness; concepts 101,645 Ant. behavior, goodness, morality sin [v] commit illegal or immoral action backslide*, break commandment, break law, cheat, commit crime, deviate, do wrong, err, fall, fall from grace*, go astray*, lapse, live in sin, misbehave, misconduct, offend, sow wild oats*, stray, take the primrose path*, transgress, trespass, wallow in the mire*, wander; concepts 101,375,645 Ant. behave, comply, obey sincere [adj] straightforward, honest aboveboard, actual, artless, bona de, candid, dead-level*, dear, devout, earnest, faithful, forthright, frank, genuine, guileless, heartfelt, honest to God*, like it is*, meant, natural, no fooling*, no-nonsense*, on the level*, on the line*, on up and up*, open, outspoken, plain, pretensionless, real, regular, righteous, saintly, serious, square*, sure enough, true, true-blue*, trustworthy, twenty-four carat*, unaffected, undesigning, undissembled, unfeigned, unpretentious, up-front*, wholehearted; concepts 267,401,542 Ant. dishonest, insincere, tricky, untrustworthy sincerely [adv] seriously, honestly aboveboard, candidly, deeply, earnestly, frankly, from bottom of heart, genuinely, in all conscience, in all sincerity, ingenuously, in good faith, naturally, profoundly, really, truly, truthfully, wholeheartedly, without equivocation; concepts 267,582 Ant. dishonestly, untruthfully sincerity [n] straightforwardness, honesty artlessness, bona des, candor, earnestness, frankness, genuineness, good faith, goodwill, guilelessness, heart, honor, impartiality, innocence, justice, openness, probity, reliability, seriousness, sincereness, singleness, trustworthiness, truth, truthfulness, veracity, whole-

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heartedness; concepts 633,657 Ant. dishonesty, insincerity, untrustworthiness sinewy [adj] stringy, tough athletic, brawny, brous, rm, hard, leathery, muscular, powerful, strong, sturdy, vigorous; concepts 314, 485,489,490 sinful [adj] immoral, criminal amiss, bad, base, blamable, blameful, blameworthy, censurable, corrupt, culpable, damnable, demeritorious, depraved, disgraceful, erring, evil, guilty, iniquitous, irreligious, low, morally wrong, reprehensible, reprobate, shameful, ungodly, unholy, unregenerate, unrighteous, vicious, vile, wicked, wrong; concepts 545,548 Ant. honest, moral, righteous, upright sing [v1] carry a tune with ones voice belt out*, burst into song*, buzz*, canary*, cantillate, carol, chant, chirp, choir, croon, descant, duet, groan*, harmonize, hum, hymn, intone, lift up a voice*, line out*, lullaby, make melody*, mouth, pipe, purr*, resound, roar, serenade, shout, singsong, solo, trill, troll, tune, vocalize, wait, warble, whine, whistle, yodel; concepts 47,77,292 Ant. be quiet sing [v2] tattle on someone betray, blow the whistle*, nk*, inform, peach*, rat*, snitch*, spill the beans*, talk, turn in; concepts 60,317 Ant. conceal singe [v] burn blacken, blaze, brand, brown, cauterize, char, cook, ame, ignite, incinerate, parch, scald, scorch, sear, toast, torch; concept 249 singer [n] person who can carry a tune accompanist, artist, artiste, chanter, chanteuse, choralist, chorister, crooner, diva, intoner, melodist, minstrel, musician, nightingale, serenader, soloist, songbird, songster, troubadour, vocalist, voice, warbler, yodeler; concept 352 single [adj1] alone, distinct distinguished, especial, exceptional, exclusive, individual, indivisible, isolated, lone, loner, not general, not public, odd, one, only, original, particular, peerless, personal, private, rare, restricted, secluded, separate, separated, simple, singledout, singular, sole, solitary, special, specic, strange, unalloyed, unblended, uncommon, uncompounded, undivided, unique, unitary, unmixed, unrivaled, unshared, unusual, without equal; concepts 564,577,762 Ant. combined, double, mixed, together, united single [adj2] not married bachelor, companionless, divorced, eligible, free, living alone, loner, separated, sole, solo, spouseless, unattached, unfettered, unmarried, unwed; concept 555 Ant. married, together, united, wed, wedded single-handed [adj] unassisted alone, by oneself, independent, on ones own, solitary, solo, unaided; concepts 577,583 singles bar [n] dating bar bar, club, cocktail lounge, lounge, meat market*, nightclub, pickup joint*, pub; concepts 325,439 singly [adv] individually apart, independently, one at a time, one by one, particularly, respectively, separately, severally; concept 577 Ant. together singular [adj1] unique, odd atypical, avantgarde, bizarre, breaking new ground*, conspicuous, cool*, curious, eccentric, eminent, exceptional, extraordinary, loner, noteworthy,

original, outlandish, out-of-the-way, outstanding, peculiar, prodigious, puzzling, queer, rare, remarkable, special, strange, uncommon, unimaginable, unordinary, unparalleled, unprecedented, unthinkable, unusual, unwonted, weird; concept 564 Ant. normal, ordinary, regular, usual singular [adj2] alone, separate certain, denite, discrete, exclusive, individual, one, only, particular, respective, single, sole, solitary, solo, unique, unrepeatable; concept 577 Ant. attached, combined, mixed, together sinister [adj] nasty, menacing adverse, apocalyptic, bad, baleful, baneful, blackhearted, corrupt, deleterious, dire, disastrous, dishonest, disquieting, doomful, evil, foreboding, harmful, hurtful, ill-boding, inauspicious, injurious, lowering, malec, malevolent, malign, malignant, mischievous, obnoxious, ominous, pernicious, perverse, poisonous, portentous, threatening, unfavorable, unfortunate, unlucky, unpropitious, woeful; concepts 401,548,571 Ant. benevolent, kind, nice sink [v1] fall in, go under bore, bring down, capsize, cast down, cave in, couch, decline, demit, depress, descend, dig, dip, disappear, drill, drive, droop, drop, drown, ebb, engulf, excavate, fall, ounder, force down, founder, go down, go to the bottom, immerse, lay, let down, lower, overturn, overwhelm, plummet, plunge, put down, ram, regress, run, sag, scuttle, set, settle, shipwreck, slope, slump, stab, stick, stoop, submerge, subside, swamp, thrust, tip over, touch bottom, wreck; concepts 181,213 Ant. oat, rise sink [v2] fall, decrease abate, collapse, diminish, drop, lapse, lessen, relapse, retrogress, slip, slump, subside, wane; concepts 698,776 Ant. grow, increase, rise sink [v3] deteriorate decay, decline, decrease, degenerate, depreciate, descend, die, diminish, disimprove, disintegrate, dwindle, fade, fail, ag, go downhill*, lessen, retrograde, rot, spoil, waste, weaken, worsen; concepts 469, 698 Ant. increase, rise, strengthen sink [v4] be humble or humbled abase, bemean, be reduced to, cast down, debase, degrade, demean, humiliate, lower, stoop, succumb; concepts 7,19,35 Ant. brave, ght sinuous [adj] winding, twisting anfractuous, circuitous, coiling, convoluted, crooked, curved, curvy, deviative, devious, exuous, indirect, meandering, meandrous, serpentine, snaky*, supple, tortuous, twisting and turning*, undulating, vagrant; concept 581 Ant. straight, untwisted, unwinding sip [v] drink slowly drink in, extract, imbibe, partake, quaff, sample, savor, sup, swallow, taste, toss; concept 169 Ant. down, slurp sissy [n] weakling baby, chicken*, coward, cream puff*, crybaby, daisy*, jellysh*, milksop, mommas boy*, namby-pamby, pansy, pantywaist*, pushover, wimp*, wuss*, yellow belly*; concepts 412,423 sister [n] female sibling blood sister, kin, kinsperson, relation, relative, twin; concepts 414,415 sit [v1] rest on ones behind bear on, be seated, cover, ensconce, give feet a rest*, grab a chair*,

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have a place, have a seat, hunker*, install, lie, park*, perch*, plop down*, pose, posture, put it there*, relax, remain, rest, seat, seat oneself, settle, squat, take a load off*, take a place, take a seat; concepts 154,201 Ant. stand sit [v2] hold a meeting assemble, be in session, come together, convene, deliberate, hold an assembly, meet, ofciate, open, preside; concepts 324,384 Ant. cancel site [n] place of activity x, ground, habitat, hangout, haunt, home, lay, layout, locale, locality, location, locus, mise en scne, plot, point, position, post, range, scene, section, situation, slot, spot, station, wherever, X marks the spot*; concept 198 sit-in [n] protest complaint, demonstration, fast, grievance, love-in*, march, peace march, rally, revolt, riot, strike, walkout; concepts 52,54, 261,300 sit tight [v] be patient, wait anticipate, bide ones time*, cool it*, ll time, hang around*, hang out, hold on, hold the phone*, keep your shirt on*, lie in wait*, lie low*, linger, mark time*, put on hold*, stall, stand by, stay put*, stick around*; concepts 210,681 situate [v] locate establish, x, park, place, position, put, put in place, set, settle, stand; concept 226 situated [adj] located established, xed, occupying, parked, placed, planted, positioned, set, settled, stationed; concept 488 situation [n1] place of activity bearings, direction, footing, latitude, locale, locality, location, locus, longitude, position, post, seat, setting, site, spot, stage, station, where, whereabouts; concept 198 situation [n2] circumstances, status ballgame*, bargain, capacity, case, character, condition, footing*, how things stack up*, like it is*, mode, picture, place, plight, position, posture, rank, scene, size of it*, sphere, stage, standing, standpoint, state, state of affairs, station, status quo*; concepts 388,696 situation [n3] employment status appointment, berth, billet, capacity, connection, employment, engagement, hire, job, ofce, place, placement, position, post, profession, spot, trade; concepts 351,360,668 sixth sense [n] intuition clairvoyance, divination, ESP*, extrasensory perception, feeling, foreknowledge, gut feeling*, instinct, perception, premonition, second sight*, vibes; concepts 409,689 sizable [adj] considerable, large ample, big, burly, capacious, comprehensive, decent, decent-sized, extensive, good, goodly, great, gross, hefty, husky, jumbo*, largish, major, massive, ponderous, respectable, sensible, spacious, strapping, substantial, tidy, voluminous, whopping*; concept 781 Ant. inadequate, inconsiderable, insufcient, little, short, small, tiny size [n] extent or bulk of some dimension admeasurement, amount, amplitude, area, bigness, body, breadth, caliber, capaciousness, capacity, content, diameter, dimensions, enormity, extension, extent, greatness, height, highness, hugeness, immensity, intensity, largeness, length, magnitude, mass, measurement, proportion, proportions, range, scope, spread, stature,

stretch, substance, substantiality, tonnage, vastness, volume, voluminosity, width; concepts 730,792 sizzle [v] hiss, fry broil, brown, buzz, cook, crackle, zz, zzle, frizzle, grill, roast, sear, sibilate, spit, sputter, swish, wheeze, whisper, whiz; concepts 65,170 skate [v] slide coast, ow, glide, glissade, ice skate, roller skate, sail along, skim; concepts 150,152 skedaddle [v] ee blow*, bolt, clear out, dart, dash, decamp, expedite, y, y the coop*, get a move on*, go like lightning, hasten, hightail it*, hurry, hurry up, hustle, leave, make haste, make oneself scarce*, make time*, make tracks*, move, move fast, race, run, rush, scamper, scat, scoot, scurry, shake a leg*, speed, split, spur, step on it*, take off, vamoose, whiz, zip; concepts 102,150,195, 234 skeleton [n] structure of bones in animate being or supports in an object bones, bony structure, cage, design, draft, frame, framework, osteology, outline, scaffolding, sketch, support; concepts 393,733 Ant. carcass skeptic [n] person who is leery, unbelieving agnostic, apostate, atheist, cynic, disbeliever, dissenter, doubter, doubting Thomas*, freethinker, heathen, heretic, indel, materialist, misanthrope, misbeliever, nihilist, pagan, pessimist, profaner, questioner, rationalist, scoffer, unbeliever; concepts 361,423 Ant. believer, devotee, disciple skeptical [adj] disbelieving, leery agnostic, aporetic, cynical, dissenting, doubtful, doubting, dubious, freethinking, hesitating, incredulous, mistrustful, questioning, quizzical, scofng, show-me*, suspicious, unbelieving, unconvinced; concept 403 Ant. believing, devoted, undoubting skepticism [n] doubt agnosticism, apprehension, disbelief, distrust, dubiety, dubiousness, faithlessness, hesitation, indecision, lack of condence, leeriness, questioning, reluctance, suspicion, uncertainty; concepts 21,410,689, 690 sketch [n] drawing, outline account, adumbration, aperu, blueprint, cartoon, chart, compendium, conguration, copy, delineation, depiction, description, design, diagram, digest, doodle, draft, guration, gure, form, illustration, likeness, monograph, painting, picture, piece, plan, portrayal, prcis, report, representation, rough, shape, skeleton, summary, survey, syllabus, version, vignette; concepts 268, 283,625 sketch [v] draw, outline adumbrate, block out*, blueprint*, chalk, characterize, chart, delineate, depict, describe, design, detail, develop, diagram, doodle, draft, lay out*, line, map out, paint, plan, plot, portray, represent, rough out*, skeleton, skeletonize, trace; concepts 36,174 sketchy [adj] rough, incomplete coarse, crude, cursory, defective, depthless, faulty, imperfect, inadequate, insufcient, introductory, outline, perfunctory, preliminary, scrappy, shallow, skimpy, slight, supercial, uncritical, unnished, vague; concept 531 Ant. complete, detailed, nished, full

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skew [v] distort alter, bend, bias, change, color, contort, curve, doctor*, fake, falsify, fudge*, misrepresent, misshape, slant, throw off balance, twist, warp; concepts 63,137,232,250 skid [v] slide against will drift, glide, go into skid, move, sheer, skew, slip, slue, swerve, veer; concept 152 skill [n] ability, talent to do something accomplishment, address, adroitness, aptitude, art, artistry, cleverness, clout, command, competence, craft, cunning, deftness, dexterity, dodge*, ease, experience, expertise, expertism, expertness, facility, nesse, goods*, handiness, ingenuity, intelligence, job, knack*, knowhow*, line, makings, moxie*, ones thing*, profession, prociency, prowess, quickness, readiness, right stuff*, savvy*, skillfulness, sleight, smarts*, stuff*, technique, trade, what it takes*; concepts 409,630 Ant. ignorance, inability, incapability, incapacity, inexperience skillful [adj] able, talented accomplished, adept, adroit, a hand at*, apt, brainy, clever, competent, cool*, crack*, crackerjack*, dexterous, experienced, expert, good, handy, into*, learned, old*, on the ball*, practical, practiced, prepared, pretty, primed, pro*, professional, procient, quick, ready, really into*, savvy*, seasoned, sharp, skilled, smart, smooth, there*, trained, tuned in*, versant, versed, vet*, veteran, well-versed, whiz, wicked*, wised up*; concepts 402,527 Ant. green, ignorant, incapable, incapacitated, inexperienced, unable, unskilled, unskillful, untalented skim [v1] remove the top part brush, cream, dip, get the cream, glance, graze, ladle, ream, scoop, separate, shave, top; concept 211 Ant. pour skim [v2] glide over quickly, lightly brush, carom, coast, dart, oat, y, graze, kiss, ricochet, sail, scud, shoot, skate, skip, skirr, skitter, smooth along, soar, trip; concepts 150,152 Ant. pour skim [v3] look through cursorily browse, brush over, dip, examine, ip through, get the cream*, give the once-over*, glance, glance over, go once over lightly*, hit the high spots*, leaf through*, read, read swiftly, riff, rife, run eye over*, scan, skip, thumb through*, turn the pages*; concepts 72,103,623 Ant. pour skimp [v] be cheap or frugal about be mean with, be sparing, cut corners*, make ends meet*, pinch, pinch pennies*, roll back, save, scamp, scant, scrape, screw, scrimp, slight, spare, stint, tighten ones belt*, withhold; concept 330 Ant. spend, use, waste skimpy [adj] sparse, inadequate decient, exiguous, failing, insufcient, meager, miserly, niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, scrimp, scrimpy, short, shy, spare, stingy, thin, tight, unsufcient, wanting; concepts 334,762,789 Ant. adequate, enough, generous, sufcient skin [n] outer covering, especially of animate being bark, carapace, case, casing, coating, crust, cutis, derma, dermis, epidermis, fell, lm, fur, hide, hull, husk, integument, jacket, membrane, outside, parchment, peel, pelt, rind, sheath, sheathing, shell, shuck, slough, surface, tegument, vellum; concepts 392,428,484 Ant. body, core, interior, middle skin [v] remove outer covering abrade, bare,

bark, cast, cut off, decorticate, excoriate, exuviate, ay, gall, graze, hull, husk, lay bare, pare, peel, pull off, remove, rind, scale, scalp, scrape, shave, shed, shuck, slough, strip, trim; concepts 176,211 Ant. cover skin-deep [adj] supercial apparent, casual, cursory, empty, imsy, meaningless, onedimensional, on the surface, shallow, trivial; concepts 557,777 skinint [n] cheapskate hoarder, miser, moneygrubber*, penny-pincher*, pinchst*, pinchpenny*, Scrooge*, tightwad; concepts 348,412,423 skinny [adj] very thin angular, bony, emaciated, gaunt, lank, lanky, lean, like a rail*, malnourished, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, skeletal, skin-and-bone*, slender, spare, twiggy, undernourished, underweight; concepts 490,491 Ant. chubby, fat, heavy, large, overweight, plump, thick skip [v1] bounce or jump over bob, bolt, bound, buck, canter, caper, carom, cavort, dance, ee, it, y, frisk, gambol, glance, graze, hippety-hop*, hop, leap, lope, make off, prance, ricochet, run, scamper, scoot, skedaddle*, skim, skirr, skitter, spring, step, tiptoe, trip; concepts 150,194 skip [v2] avoid, miss cut, desert, disregard, escape, eschew, ee, leave out, miss out, neglect, omit, pass over, pass up, play hooky*, run away, skim over, split; concepts 30,681 Ant. face, meet, take on skirmish [n] ght altercation, argument, battle, bout, brawl, brush, clash, combat, conict, confrontation, disagreement, dispute, encounter, engagement, feud, sticuffs*, fracas, fray, melee, quarrel, row, ruckus, rumble, run-in*, scrap*, scufe, strife, tiff, tussle, war; concept 106 skirmish [v] ght altercate, argue, battle, bicker, brawl, clash, combat, conict, cross swords, dispute, do battle, engage, feud, go to war, grapple, mix it up*, quarrel, scrap, scufe, spar, struggle, tussle, wage war, war, wrangle, wrestle; concept 106 skirt [n1] border, edge brim, brink, fringe, hem, margin, outskirts, perimeter, periphery, purlieus, rim, skirting, verge; concepts 484,825 Ant. center, inside, interior, middle skirt [n2] ladies garment that hangs from waist culottes, dirndl, dress, hoop, kilt, midi, mini, pannier, petticoat, sarong, tutu; concept 451 skirt [v1] border; be on the edge bound, dene, edge, ank, fringe, hem, lie along, lie alongside, margin, rim, surround, verge; concept 751 Ant. center skirt [v2] avoid; get around burke, bypass, circumnavigate, circumvent, detour, dodge, duck, elude, equivocate, escape, evade, hedge, ignore, sidestep, skip, steer clear of; concepts 30,102,147 Ant. face, meet, take on skit [n] sketch act, parody, performance, play, satire, spoof, takeoff; concept 263 skittish [adj] very nervous agitable, alarmable, capricious, changeable, combustible, dizzy*, edgy, excitable, excited, fearful, ckle, dgety, ighty, frivolous, giddy, harebrained, highstrung*, irresponsible, jumpy, lightheaded, lively, peppy, playful, restive, scatterbrained*, sensitive, spirited, undependable, unreliable,

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volative, whimsical, zippy*; concept 401 Ant. calm, collected, easy-going, laid-back, unworried skulk [v] lurk; shirk avoid, bypass, conceal oneself, creep, crouch, dodge, elude, evade, hide, lie in wait, prowl, pussyfoot*, sidestep, slack, slink, snake, sneak, snoop, steal; concepts 30,59,151,188,681 sky [n] Earths atmosphere azure, celestial sphere, empyrean, rmament, heavens, lid*, the blue*, upper atmosphere, vault, vault of heaven*, welkin, wild blue yonder*; concept 437 Ant. earth skyrocket [v] soar arise, ascend, catapult, escalate, go through the ceiling*, go through the roof*, lift, rise, rocket, shoot, shoot up, take off, tower, vault up, zoom; concepts 148,150 skyscraper [n] tall building high-rise, highrise building, superstructure, tower; concepts 439,441 slab [n] chunk of solid object bar, billet, bit, board, boulder, chip, cut, cutting, hunk, ingot, lump, muck, piece, plate, portion, rod, slice, stave, stick, stone, strip, wedge; concepts 471,835 slack [adj1] loose, baggy; inactive dull, easy, feeble, abby, accid, exible, imsy, inert, inrm, laggard, lax, leisurely, limp, not taut, passive, quaggy, quiet, relaxed, sloppy, slow, slow-moving, sluggish, soft, supine, unsteady, weak; concepts 485,584,589 Ant. rigid, stiff, taut, tight slack [adj2] lazy, negligent asleep on the job*, behindhand, careless, delinquent, derelict, dilatory, disregardful, dormant, dull, easygoing, faineant, idle, inactive, inattentive, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, lax, lethargic, neglectful, not busy, permissive, quiescent, quiet, regardless, remiss, slothful, slow, slowmoving, sluggish, stagnant, tardy; concept 538 Ant. active, alert, disciplined slack [n] looseness, excess give, leeway, play, room, slackening, slowdown, slow-up; concepts 513,807 Ant. rigidity, stiffness, tautness, tightness slacker [n] shirker avoider, bum, deadbeat*, goldbrick, good-for-nothing, goof-off*, idler, loafer, quitter, slouch; concepts 412,423 slack/slacken [v] do little or nothing; loosen abate, decrease, diminish, dodge, drop off, dwindle, ease, ease off, featherbed*, ag, goldbrick*, goof off*, idle, lax, lay back, lessen, let up, lie down on job*, loose, moderate, neglect, reduce, relax, release, shirk, slack off, slow down, taper, tire, untighten, wane; concepts 210,681,698 Ant. stiffen, tighten slam [n1] loud noise from impact bang, bash, blast, blow, boom, burst, clap, crack, crash, ding, pound, smack, smash, whack, wham; concepts 189,595 slam [n2] harsh criticism animadversion, aspersion, jab, obloquy, potshot*, slap*, slur*, stricture, swipe*; concepts 52,278 Ant. compliment, attery, praise slam [v1] throw or push very hard bang, bat, batter, beat, belt, blast, clobber, close, crash, cudgel, dash, ing, hammer, hit, hurl, knock, pound, shut, slap, slug, smash, strike, swat, thump, thwack, wallop; concepts 189,208,222

slam [v2] criticize very harshly attack, castigate, damn, excoriate, ay, lambaste*, lash into*, pan, scathe, scourge, shoot down, slap, slash, vilify; concepts 52,54 Ant. atter, praise slander [n] scandalous remark aspersion, backbiting*, backstabbing*, belittlement, black eye*, calumny, defamation, depreciation, detraction, dirt*, dirty linen*, disparagement, hit*, libel, lie, misrepresentation, muckraking, mud*, mud-slinging*, obloquy, rap*, scandal, slam*, slime*, smear*, tale; concepts 54,192,278 Ant. glorication, nicety, praise slander [v] make a scandalous remark asperse, assail, attack, backbite*, bad-mouth*, belie, belittle, besmirch, blacken name*, blaspheme, blister, blot, calumniate, cast a slur on, curse, damage, decry, defame, dele, denigrate, depreciate, derogate, detract, dishonor, disparage, give a bad name*, hit*, hurt, injure, libel, malign, muckrake, pan*, plaster, revile, roast*, run smear campaign*, scandalize, scorch, slam*, sling mud*, slur, smear, smirch, sneer, strumpet, sully, tarnish, tear down, traduce, vilify; concepts 54,192 Ant. atter, glorify, praise slang [n] casual dialect argot, cant, colloquialism, informal speech, jargon, lingo, neologism, patois, patter, pidgin, shoptalk, slanguage* street talk, vernacular, vulgarism, vulgarity; concept 276 Ant. standard slant [n1] angle, slope camber, cant, declination, diagonal, grade, gradient, inclination, incline, lean, leaning, pitch, rake, ramp, tilt; concept 738 Ant. evenness, level slant [n2] particular opinion angle, attitude, bias, direction, emphasis, judgment, leaning, one-sidedness, outlook, point of view, predilection, predisposition, prejudice, prepossession, sentiment, side, standpoint, view, viewpoint; concept 689 slant [v1] angle off, slope aim, bank, beam, bend, bevel, cant, decline, descend, deviate, direct, diverge, grade, heel, incline, lean, level, lie obliquely, list, point, skew, splay, swerve, tilt, tip, train, veer; concepts 201,738 Ant. even, level slant [v2] change to suit; distort aim, angle, bias, color, concentrate, direct, focus, inuence, orient, point, prejudice, train, twist, warp, weight; concepts 63,266 Ant. leave alone, maintain slap [n/v] hard hit, often with hand bang, bash, blip, blow, box, buffet, bust, chop, clap, clout, crack, cuff, pat, percuss, poke, potch, punch, slam, smack, sock, spank, strike, swat, wallop, whack, wham; concept 189 slapdash [adj] careless clumsy, haphazard, hasty, heedless, improvident, irresponsible, lackadaisical, lax, messy, negligent, nonchalant, reckless, slipshod, sloppy; concept 542 slaphappy [adj] dazed befuddled, bewildered, dazzled, gaga*, giddy, groggy*, hazy, punchdrunk*, punchy*, puzzled, senile, silly, staggered, staggering, tipsy, unsteady, weak in the knees*, weak-kneed*, wobbly, woozy; concepts 314,480 slash [v1] cut carve, chop, gash, hack, incise, injure, lacerate, open up, pierce, rend, rip, score, sever, slice, slit, wound; concepts 137, 176 Ant. x, mend, sew

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slash [v2] reduce greatly abbreviate, abridge, clip, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, drop, hack, lower, mark down, pare, retrench, shave, shorten; concepts 236,240,247 Ant. increase, raise slaughter [n] killing annihilation, bloodbath, bloodshed, butchery, carnage, destruction, extermination, liquidation, massacre, murder, slaying; concept 252 Ant. birth slaughter [v] kill butcher, crush, decimate, defeat, destroy, do in* exterminate, nish, liquidate, maim, mangle, massacre, murder, mutilate, overwhelm, rout, slay, stick, thrash, torture, total* trounce, vanquish, waste, wipe out*; concept 252 Ant. bear, create, give birth slave [n] person who serves, often under duress bondservant, captive, chattel, drudge, help, laborer, menial, peon, retainer, serf, servant, skivvy, subservient, thrall, toiler, vassal, victim, worker, workhorse; concept 348 Ant. master slave [v] work very hard be servile, drudge, grind, grovel, grub, muck, plod, skivvy, slog, toil, work ngers to bone*; concept 87 Ant. be lazy slavery [n] state of working under duress or without freedom bondage, bullwork, captivity, chains* constraint, drudge, drudgery, enslavement, enthrallment, feudalism, grind, helotry, indenture, labor, menial labor, moil, peonage, restraint, serfdom, serfhood, servitude, subjection, subjugation, thrall, thralldom, toil, vassalage, work; concepts 324,388 Ant. mastery slay [v] kill annihilate, assassinate, butcher, cut off, destroy, dispatch, do*, do away with, do in*, down*, eliminate, erase, execute, exterminate, nish, hit, knock off*, liquidate, massacre, murder, neutralize, put away*, rub out*, slaughter, snuff*, waste*; concept 252 Ant. bear, create, give birth sleazebag [n] creep crud*, degenerate, deviant, dip*, dirtbag*, dirtball*, pervert, pig*, scum*, scumbag*, scuzzbag*, sleaze*, sleazeball*, slimebag*, slimeball*, slimebucket*, slob*, weirdo*; concept 412 sleazy [adj] disreputable base, broken-down, cheap, common, dilapidated, imsy, limp, low, mean, paltry, poor, run-down, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sordid, squalid, tacky*, trashy, unsubstantial; concepts 334,485,589 Ant. ne, good, nice, reputable, respectable sled [n] sleigh bobsled, dogsled, horse sleigh, luge, sledge, toboggan; concepts 187,217 sleek [adj] smooth, glossy glassy, glistening, lustrous, polished, satin, shiny, silken, silky; concept 606 Ant. dull, raised, rough, ungroomed, unkempt sleep [n] suspension of consciousness bedtime, catnap, coma, dormancy, doze, dream, dullness, few zs*, forty winks*, hibernation, lethargy, nap, nod, repose, rest, sack time*, sandman*, shuteye*, siesta, slumber, slumberland*, snooze, torpidity, torpor, trance; concept 315 Ant. awakening, consciousness, wakefulness sleep [v] suspend consciousness bed down*, bunk*, catch a wink*, catch forty winks*, catnap, conk out*, cop some zs*, crash*, doze, dream, drop off*, drowse, fall asleep, fall out*, op*, hibernate, hit the hay*, hit the sack*, languish, nap, nod, nod off, oversleep, relax,

repose, rest, retire, sack out*, saw wood*, slumber, snooze, snore, take a nap, turn in*, yawn, zonk out*, zzz*; concept 315 Ant. wake, waken sleepless [adj] insomniac, restless active, alert, antsy*, anxious, bustling, edgy, dgeting, dgety, jumpy, nervous, on edge, strung out*, tossing and turning*, troubled, unsettled, wakeful, wide-awake, wired*, worried; concepts 403,542,584 sleepy [adj] tired, dull asleep, blah*, comatose, dopey*, dozy, draggy, drowsy, heavy, hypnotic, inactive, lethargic, listless, out*, out of it*, quiet, sleeping, sleepyhead*, slow, sluggish, slumberous, slumbersome, snoozy*, somnolent, soporic, torpid, yawning; concepts 315,539 Ant. animated, awake, energetic, unsleepy sleigh [n] sled bobsled, dogsled, horse sleigh, luge, sledge, toboggan; concepts 187,217 slender/slim [adj1] thin, not heavy attenuate, beanpole*, beanstalk*, ne, insubstantial, lean, lithe, narrow, reedy, skeleton, skinny, slight, spare, stalky, stick, svelte, sylphlike, tenuous, threadlike, trim, twiggy, willowy; concepts 490,491 Ant. chubby, fat, heavy, overweight, plump, thick slender/slim [adj2] inadequate, imsy bare, decient, faint, feeble, fragile, inconsiderable, insufcient, little, meager, poor, remote, scant, scanty, scarce, short, shy, slight, small, spare, tenuous, thin, wanting, weak; concepts 552,771 Ant. adequate, reasonable, sensible, sufcient sleuth [n] detective agent, bloodhound*, cop, dick*, eavesdropper, atfoot*, gumshoe*, investigator, P.I.*, police ofcer, private detective, private eye, private investigator, sleuthhound, spy, tail*, tracker; concept 348 slice [n] piece; share allotment, allowance, bite, chop, cut, helping, lot, part, piece of pie*, portion, quota, segment, sliver, thin piece, triangle, wedge; concept 835 Ant. whole slice [v] cut into portions, shares carve, chiv, cleave, dissect, dissever, divide, gash, hack, incise, pierce, segment, sever, shave, shred, slash, slit, split, strip, subdivide, sunder; concepts 98,137,176 Ant. combine, unite slick [adj1] smooth, polished glossy, greasy, icy, lubricious, oily, oleaginous, shiny, sleek, sleeky, slippery, slithery, soapy; concept 606 Ant. coarse, rough, unpolished slick [adj2] smart, clever adroit, cagey, canny, deft, dextrous, foxy, glib, knowing, meretricious, plausible, professional, quick, sharp, shrewd, skillful, sly, smooth, smooth-spoken, sophisticated, specious, streetwise*, unctuous, urbane, wise; concepts 401,402 Ant. amateurish, clumsy, stupid, unclever, unintelligent slide [v] move smoothly; move down accelerate, coast, drift, drive, drop, fall, fall off, ow, glide, glissade, launch, move, move along, move over, propel, sag, scooch*, shift, shove, skate, skid, skim, slip, slither, slump, smooth along, spill, stream, thrust, toboggan, tumble, veer; concepts 150,152 slight [adj1] insignicant, small fat, feeble, inconsiderable, insubstantial, meager, minor, modest, negligible, off, outside, paltry, petty, piddling, remote, scanty, slender, slim, sparse,

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supercial, triing, trivial, unessential, unimportant, weak; concepts 575,762,789 Ant. big, great, important, large, signicant slight [adj2] thin, small in build attenuate, broomstick*, dainty, delicate, feeble, imsy, fragile, frail, light, reedy, shadow, skeleton, skinny, slender, slim, spare, stick, twiggy; concepts 490,491 Ant. chubby, fat, large, tall, thick slight [n] insult, disrespect affront, brush-off, call-down, cold shoulder*, contempt, cut, discourtesy, disdain, disregard, inattention, indifference, kick, neglect, put-down*, rebuff, rejection, slap in the face*, snub; concepts 30,384,529 Ant. compliment, praise, respect slight [v] offend, insult affront, blink at, brush off, chill, contemn, cool*, cut*, despise, discount, disdain, disparage, disregard, fail, out, forget, give the brush*, give the cold shoulder to*, ignore, make light of, neglect, not give time of day*, omit, overlook, pooh-pooh*, reject, scoff, scorn, show disrespect, shrug off, skip, slur, sneeze at*, snub, treat with contempt, turn deaf ear to*, upstage; concepts 7,19,30,384 Ant. compliment, atter, praise slightly [adv] a little hardly, hardly at all, hardly noticeable, imperceptibly, inappreciably, inconsiderably, insignicantly, kind of, lightly, marginally, more or less, on a small scale, pretty, scarcely any, somewhat, to some degree, to some extent; concepts 544,772 Ant. a lot, considerably, greatly slim [v] lose weight diet, reduce, slenderize; concept 202 Ant. gain slime [n] muck, gelled waste fungus, glop*, goo*, gunk*, mire, mucus, mud, ooze, scum, sludge; concept 260 slimy [adj] oozy, gooey clammy, glutinous, miry, mucky, mucous, muculent, muddy, scummy, viscous, yukky*; concepts 485,621 Ant. dry sling [v] throw or hang over bung, cast, catapult, chuck, dangle, re, ing, heave, hoist, hurl, launch, lob, peg, pitch, raise, send, shoot, suspend, swing, toss, weight; concepts 181,222 slink/slither [v] creep by coast, cower, glide, glissade, go stealthily, gumshoe*, lurk, meander, pass quietly, prowl, pussyfoot*, shirk, sidle, skitter, skulk, slick, slide, slip, snake, sneak, steal, undulate; concept 151 slip [n1] error, goof blooper*, blunder, bungle, failure, fault, ub*, uff*, foul-up*, gaff, howler*, imprudence, indiscretion, lapse, misdeed, misstep, mistake, muff*, omission, oversight, screw-up*, slip of the tongue*, slip-up*, trip; concept 101 Ant. correction, perfection, success slip [n2] piece of paper label, leaf, page, sheet, sliver, strip, tag, ticket; concepts 270,475 slip [v1] fall; glide drop, glissade, lose balance, lose footing, lurch, move, shift, skate, skid, slick, slide, slither, smooth along, totter, trip; concepts 150,152 slip [v2] err blunder, drop the ball*, ub*, uff*, goof*, go wrong, make a mistake, miscalculate, misjudge, mistake, muff*, put foot in mouth*, slip up, stumble, trip; concept 101 Ant. correct, perfect slippery [adj1] smooth, slick glac, glassy, glazed, glistening, greasy, icy, like a skating

rink*, lubricious, lustrous, perilous, polished, satiny, silky, sleek, slimy, soapy, unctuous, unsafe, unstable, unsteady, waxy, wet; concept 606 Ant. dry, unslippery slippery [adj2] uncertain, unreliable cagey, changeable, crafty, cunning, devious, dishonest, duplicitous, elusive, evasive, false, y-bynight*, foxy, inconstant, insecure, mutable, shifty, slick, slithery, smooth, sneaky, treacherous, tricky, two-faced*, unpredictable, unsafe, unstable, unsteady, untrustworthy, variable; concepts 401,534,535 Ant. certain, denite, reliable, stable slipshod [adj] careless; not well done bedraggled, botched*, disheveled, faulty, yby-night*, fouled-up*, haphazard, imperfect, inaccurate, inexact, junky*, loose, messedup, messy, neglected, negligent, raunchy, screwed-up*, scrubby*, scruffy*, shabby*, shoddy*, slapdash*, sloppy, slovenly, tacky*, tattered, threadbare, unkempt, unmeticulous, unsystematic, unthorough, untidy; concepts 485,570,589 Ant. careful, neat, polished, rened, well-done slipup [n] error blooper, blunder, boner*, boo-boo*, bungle, faux pas, aw, glitch, goof*, lapse, miscalculation, miscue, misjudgment, misstep, mistake, misunderstanding, oversight, screwup, slight, stumble, transgression; concepts 101,230,674,699 slit [n] small opening, cut aperture, breach, cleavage, cleft, crack, crevice, ssure, gash, hole, incision, rent, split, tear; concept 513 Ant. closure slit [v] cut open gash, incise, knife, lance, pierce, rip, sever, slash, slice, slot, split open, tear; concept 176 Ant. close, mend, sew slither [v] slide coast, crawl, glide, glissade, move, skate, skid, slink, slip, snake*, sneak, wriggle; concepts 150,152 sliver [n] tiny piece, usually of wood or metal bit, ake, fragment, paring, shaving, shred, slice, slip, snip, snippet, splinter, thorn; concepts 471,831 slobber [v] drool dribble, drip, drivel, froth, salivate, slabber, slaver, water at the mouth; concept 185 slog [v] plod bear down*, buckle down*, drag, drudge, ounder, grind, labor, lumber*, plough through*, plug, schlepp*, slave, stomp, sweat*, toil, tramp, trample, trudge; concepts 87,151 slogan [n] motto byword, catchphrase, catchword, expression, idiom, jingle, phrase, proverb, rallying cry*, saying, shibboleth*, trademark*, war cry*, watchword; concept 278 slop [v] splash; make a mess dash, drip, ounder, let run out, let run over, overow, slosh, smear, smudge, spatter, spill, splatter, spray, wallow; concept 250 Ant. clean up slope [n] slant, tilt abruptness, bank, bend, bevel, bias, cant, declination, declivity, deection, descent, deviation, diagonal, downgrade, gradient, hill, inclination, incline, lean, leaning, obliqueness, obliquity, pitch, ramp, rise, rising ground, shelf, skew, steepness, swag, sway, tip; concepts 738,757 Ant. evenness, level slope [v] slant, tilt angle, ascend, bank, bevel, cant, descend, dip, drop, drop away, fall, heel, incline, lean, list, pitch, rake, recline, rise,

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shelve, skew, splay, tip; concepts 201,738 Ant. even, level sloppy [adj] messy awkward, bedraggled, botched, careless, clumsy, dingy, dirty, disheveled, inattentive, mediocre, muddy, not clean, poor, slapdash, slipshod, slovenly, sludgy*, slushy*, splashy*, tacky*, unkempt, unthorough, untidy, watery, wet; concepts 531,603,621 Ant. clean, neat, orderly, tidy slot [n] opening, place aperture, channel, cut, groove, hole, niche, position, recess, slit, socket, space, time, vacancy; concept 513 sloth [n] laziness do-nothingness, idleness, inactivity, indolence, inertia, lackadaisicalness, languidness, laxness, lethargy, listlessness, slackness, slothfulness, slowness, sluggishness, supineness; concepts 411,633 slothful [adj] lazy comatose, dallying, dull, idle, inactive, inattentive, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, laggard, lagging, languid, lethargic, lifeless, listless, loang, passive, procrastinating, slack, slow, sluggish, snoozy*, supine, tired, unenergetic; concepts 401,404 slouch [v] slump over be lazy, bend, bow, crouch, droop, lean, loaf, loll, lounge, sag, stoop, wilt; concepts 154,201 Ant. straighten slovenly [adj] dirty, disordered bedraggled, botched, careless, dingy, disheveled, disorderly, dowdy, down-at-the-heel*, frowzy*, frumpy*, grody*, grubby, grungy*, heedless, icky*, loose, messed up*, messy, mussy, negligent, pigpen*, raunchy, seedy, slack, slapdash, sleazy*, slipshod, sloppy, tacky, topsy-turvy, unfastidious, unkempt, unthorough, untidy; concepts 485,621 Ant. clean, ordered, organized slow [adj1] unhurried, lazy apathetic, crawling, creeping, dawdling, delaying, deliberate, dilatory, disinclined, dreamy, drowsy, easy, gradual, heavy, idle, imperceptible, inactive, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, laggard, lagging, leaden, leisurely, lethargic, listless, loitering, measured, moderate, negligent, passive, phlegmatic, plodding, ponderous, postponing, procrastinating, quiet, reluctant, remiss, slack, sleepy, slothful, slow-moving, sluggish, snaillike, stagnant, supine, tardy, torpid, tortoiselike; concepts 538,584,588 Ant. active, busy, fast, hurried, quick, rapid slow [adj2] behind, late backward, behindhand, belated, conservative, dead, delayed, detained, dilatory, down, draggy*, dull, gradual, hindered, impeded, inactive, lingering, long-delayed, long-drawn-out*, low, moderate, off, overdue, prolonged, protracted, reduced, slack, sleepy, sluggish, stagnant, stiff, tame, tardy, tedious, time-consuming, uneventful, unproductive, unprogressive, unpunctual; concepts 529,537, 548 Ant. on cue, on time, ready, waiting slow [adj3] unintelligent backward, dense, dim, dimwitted, dull, dumb, dunce, imbecile, limited, moronic, obtuse, simple, slow on the uptake*, stupid, thick, unresponsive; concept 402 Ant. cognizant, intelligent, smart slow [v] delay, restrict abate, anchor it, backwater*, bog down, brake, check, choke, curb, curtail, cut back, cut down, decelerate, decrease, detain, diminish, ease off, ease up, embog, handicap, hinder, hit the brakes*, hold back, hold up, impede, keep waiting, lag, lessen, let

down aps*, loiter, lose speed, lose steam*, mire, moderate, postpone, procrastinate, qualify, quiet, reduce, reduce speed, reef, regulate, rein in, relax, retard, retardate, set back, slacken, stall, stunt, temper, wind down; concepts 130,234,250 Ant. advance, forward, push slowdown [n] slacking off; gradual decrease arrest, deceleration, decline, delay, downtrend, downturn, drop, drop-off, falloff, freeze, inactivity, retardation, slack, slackening, slow-up, stagnation, stoppage, strike; concepts 121,130 Ant. breakthrough, increase, rise, speed-up slowpoke [n] laggard dawdler, dilly-dallyer, idler, plodder, procrastinator, slug, sluggard, snail, straggler; concepts 121,237,681 sludge [n] mud glop*, goo*, goop*, grease, gunk*, mire, muck, oil, ooze, scum, sediment, silt, slime, slop; concept 260 slug [v] hit bang, bash, bat, batter, beat, belt, box*, bump, clobber, clock*, clout, club, crack, ail, og, hammer*, jab, knock, KO*, lambaste, let have it*, nail*, pelt, pop, pound, punch, slam, slap, smack, sock, swat, thrash, thwack, wallop, whack*, whale; concepts 189,200 slugfest [n] ght altercation, argument, battle, battle royal*, bout, brawl, clash, conict, dispute, dogght, donnybrook, engagement, feud, sticuffs*, fracas, fray, free-for-all*, melee, riot, ruckus, rumble, struggle, tussle, war; concept 106 sluggish [adj] dull, slow-moving apathetic, blah*, comatose, dopey*, down, dragging, draggy*, drippy*, heavy, hebetudinous, inactive, indolent, inert, laid-back*, languid, languorous, leaden, lethargic, lifeless, listless, lumpish, mooney*, off, phlegmatic, pokey*, slack, sleepyheaded*, slothful, slow, sluggard, slumberous, stagnant, stiff, sullen, torpid, unresponsive; concepts 401,584 Ant. active, alert, energetic, fast, lively, spirited slum [n] ghetto blighted area, public squalor, run-down neighborhood, shanty town, skid row, tenement housing; concepts 335,709 slumber [n] sleep coma, dormancy, doze, drowse, forty winks*, inactivity, languor, lethargy, nap, repose, rest, sack time*, shuteye*, snooze, stupor, torpor; concept 315 Ant. awakening, consciousness, wakefulness slump [n] decline, failure bad period, bad times, blight, blue devils*, blue funk*, bottom, bust, collapse, crash, depreciation, depression, descent, dip, downer*, downslide*, downswing*, downtrend, downturn, drop, dumps*, fall, falling-off*, funk, hard times*, letdown*, low, rainy days*, recession, reverse, rut, sag, slide, slip, stagnation, the skids*, trough; concepts 335,410,674 Ant. blessing, boon, increase, success slump [v] decline, sink bend, blight, cave in, collapse, crash, decay, deteriorate, droop, drop, fall, fall off*, go down, go downhill*, go to ruin*, hunch, keel over, loll, pitch, plummet, plunge, reach new low*, sag, slide, slip, slouch, topple, tumble; concepts 181,698,699,763 Ant. ascend, increase, rise slur [n] insult accusation, affront, animadversion, aspersion, bar sinister*, black eye*, blemish, blot, blur, brand, brickbat*, calumny, dirty dig*, discredit, disgrace, dump, expose, hit,

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innuendo, insinuation, knock, obloquy, odium, onus, put-down*, rap*, reection, reproach, slam, smear, stain, stigma, stricture, zinger*; concepts 44,54,278 Ant. compliment, attery, praise slur [v1] insult blacken, blemish, blister, blot, blow off*, brand, calumniate, cap, chop*, cut to the quick*, cut up*, defame, denigrate, detract, discredit, disgrace, dump on*, give a black eye*, hit where one lives*, insinuate, kick in the teeth*, libel, malign, miff, offend, push, put down*, reproach, roast*, scorch*, skin alive*, slander, slap in the face*, slight, smear*, snub, spatter, stain, tear down, traduce, vilify, zing*; concepts 7,19,44,54 Ant. compliment, atter, praise slur [v2] mumble words garble, mispronounce, miss, skip, stutter; concept 47 Ant. enunciate, pronounce sly [adj] clever, devious arch, artful, astute, blufng, cagey, calculating, canny, captious, conniving, covert, crafty, crooked, cunning, deceitful, deceptive, delusive, designing, dishonest, dishonorable, dissembling, doubledealing, elusive, foxy, furtive, guileful, illusory, impish, ingenious, insidious, intriguing, mean, mischievous, plotting, roguish, scheming, secret, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick, smart, smooth, sneaking, stealthy, subtle, traitorous, treacherous, tricky, underhand, unscrupulous, wily; concepts 401,542 Ant. honest, open, simple, straight, straightforward, unclever smack [adv] directly, exactly accurately, bang*, clearly, just, plumb, point-blank*, precisely, right, sharp, square, squarely, straight; concept 557 Ant. indirectly, inexactly, off smack [n/v] strike, often with hand bang, blip, blow, box, buffet, chop, clap, clout, crack, cuff, hit, pat, punch, slap, snap, sock, spank, tap; concept 189 small [adj1] tiny in size, quantity baby, bantam, bitty*, cramped, diminutive, humble, immature, inadequate, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insufcient, limited, little, meager, microscopic, mini*, miniature, minuscule, minute, modest, narrow, paltry, petite, petty, picayune, piddling*, pint-sized*, pitiful, pocket-sized*, poor, puny*, runty*, scanty, scrubby, short, shrimp*, slight, small-scale, stunted, teensy*, teeny, toy, triing, trivial, undersized, unpretentious, wee*, young; concepts 773,789 Ant. big, enormous, generous, huge, immense, large small [adj2] unimportant bush-league*, inadequate, inconsiderable, ineffectual, inferior, insignicant, lesser, light, limited, lower, mean, minor, minor-league*, minute, narrow, negligible, paltry, petty, secondary, set, small-fry*, small-time*, triing, trivial, unessential; concept 575 Ant. distinguished, excellent, famous, ne, important, untrivial small [adj3] narrow-minded, nasty base, grudging, ignoble, illiberal, limited, little, mean, narrow, petty, selsh, set, vulgar; concept 401 Ant. benevolent, broad-minded, considerate, giving, kind small-minded [adj] narrow-minded biased, bigoted, conservative, illiberal, intolerant, opinionated, petty, prejudiced, selsh, shortsighted; concepts 403,542

small talk [n] casual conversation babble, blab*, blather, chatter, chitchat*, gossip, idle chatter, idle talk, jabber*, prattle, yakking*; concepts 274,278 small-time [adj] minor bush-league*, dinky*, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignicant, low, petty, piddling, secondary, second-string*, trivial, two-bit*, unimportant; concepts 575, 773,789 smart [adj1] intelligent acute, adept, agile, alert, apt, astute, bold, brainy*, bright, brilliant, brisk, canny, clever, crafty, effective, eggheaded*, fresh, genius, good, impertinent, ingenious, keen, knowing, long-haired*, nervy, nimble, on the ball*, pert, pointed, quick, quick-witted, ready, resourceful, sassy, sharp, shrewd, skull, slick*, whiz*, wise; concept 402 Ant. dull, stupid, unintelligent smart [adj2] stylish, fashionable chic, dapper, dashing, dressed to kill*, elegant, exclusive, ne, y*, in fashion, last word*, latest thing*, modish, natty, neat, snappy, spruce, swank, trendy, trim, well turned-out, with it*; concept 589 Ant. dowdy, old, unfashionable, unstylish, worn smart [adj3] brisk, lively active, bold, brazen, cracking, energetic, forward, good, jaunty, nervy, pert, quick, saucy, scintillating, spanking, spirited, sprightly, vigorous; concepts 401,542 Ant. apathetic, lethargic, slow smart [v] hurt, pain ache, be painful, bite, burn, prick, prickle, sting, suffer, throb, tingle; concepts 246,728 Ant. assuage, help, soothe smart-aleck [n] wise guy bigmouth*, know-itall*, smart ass*, smarty-pants*, wiseacre, wiseass, wisenheimer; concept 412 smarts [n] intelligence acuity, acumen, alertness, aptitude, brainpower, brains*, brightness, brilliance, cleverness, competence, comprehension, gray matter*, intellect, IQ*, judgment, know-how, mind, perception, perspicacity, precocity, reason, savvy, sense, the right stuff*, understanding, what it takes*; concept 409 smash [n1] collision; defeat accident, bang, bash, blast, blow, boom, breakdown, breaking, breakup, burst, clap, collapse, crack, crack-up, crash, debacle, destruction, disaster, downfall, failure, pile-up, ruin, shattering, slam, smashup, sock, wallop, welt, whack, wham, wreck; concepts 674,675 smash [n2] great success hit, knockout, sensation, wow*; concept 706 Ant. failure, loss smash [v1] break into pieces bang, belt, blast, break to smithereens*, burst, clobber, collide, crack, crash, crush, demolish, disintegrate, fracture, fragment, hit, make mincemeat of*, pound, powder, pulverize, rive, scrunch, shatter, shiver, slam, slug, splinter, squash, squish, trash, wallop; concepts 246,252 Ant. x, mend smash [v2] defeat, destroy annihilate, break up, decimate, demolish, destruct, disrupt, lay in ruins*, lay waste*, overthrow, overturn, put out of action*, put out of commission*, raze, ruin, shatter, tear down, topple, trash, tumble, wreck; concepts 95,252 Ant. fail, lose smashup [n] wreck accident, collision, crack-up*, crash, fender bender, impact, jolt, mess, pile-up*, rear-ender*, sideswipe, total, wreckage; concepts 189,260,674

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smattering [n] small amount basics, bit, elements, little, modicum, rudiments, smidge*, smidgen*, soupon, tad*; concept 831 smear [v1] rub on, spread over apply, bedaub, besmirch, blur, coat, cover, dab, daub, dele, dirty, discolor, overlay, overspread, patch, plaster, slop, smudge, soil, spatter, spray, sprinkle, stain, sully, taint, tar, tarnish; concepts 172, 202,215 smear [v2] tarnish a reputation asperse, badmouth*, befoul, besmirch, blacken, blackguard*, blister, calumniate, defame, dele, denigrate, discolor, drag through mud*, give a black eye*, hit*, libel, malign, pan*, poormouth*, rap*, rip up*, scorch*, slam*, slander, sling mud*, slur, sully, taint, traduce, vilify; concepts 54,63 Ant. honor, laud, upgrade smear campaign [n] mudslinging character assassination, defamation of character, dragging ones name through the mud*, slander, whispering campaign; concepts 54,192,278 smell [n] odor aroma, bouquet, emanation, essence, avor, fragrance, incense, perfume, redolence, savor, scent, spice, stench, stink, tang, trace, trail, whiff; concepts 590,599 smell [v1] perceive with the nose breathe, detect, discover, nd, get a whiff*, identify, inhale, nose, scent, sniff, snuff; concepts 590,601,602 smell [v2] have an odor be malodorous, funk*, reek, smell to high heaven*, stench, stink, whiff; concept 600 smelly [adj] having a bad odor evil-smelling, fetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky*, high, malodorous, mephitic, noisome, olid, putrid, rancid, rank, reeking, stinking, strong, strongsmelling, whiffy*; concept 598 Ant. goodsmelling, perfumed smidgen [n] tiny amount atom, chicken feed*, crumb, dab, dash, drop, fraction, fragment, grain, iota, little bit, mite, morsel, particle, pinch, scintilla, scrap, shard, shaving, shred, sliver, small amount, small bit, small quantity, speck, tad, taste, trace, wee bit*, whiff, whisper; concepts 529,831,835 smile [v] put on a happy expression beam, be gracious, express friendliness, express tenderness, grin, laugh, look amused, look delighted, look happy, look pleased, simper, smirk; concept 185 Ant. frown, glower smirk [n] sly smile beam, grin, leer, simper, smug look, sneer; concept 185 smog [n] air pollution acid rain, carbon dioxide, fog, haze, smoke, soot; concept 720 smoke [n] fume; cigarette butt*, cig*, exhaust, fog, gas, mist, pollution, smog, soot, vapor; concept 720 smoke detector [n] smoke alarm danger signal, emergency alarm, re alarm, re bell, heat sensor, siren; concepts 269,463 smoky [adj] hazy, sooty begrimed, black, burning, caliginous, dingy, fumy, gray, grimy, messy, murky, reeking, silvery, smoke-colored, smoldering, thick, vaporous; concepts 485,618 Ant. clean, clear, unpolluted smolder [v] burn, simmer boil, bubble, churn, consume, erupt, explode, ferment, fester, fulminate, fume, seethe, smoke, steam, stir; concepts 35,249 Ant. freeze

smooch [v] kiss buttery*, French*, greet, lip*, make out*, mush*, neck*, park*, peck, pucker up*, smack; concepts 185,375 smooth [adj1] level, unwrinkled; owing bland, continuous, creamy, easy, effortless, equable, even, at, uent, uid, ush, frictionless, gentle, glassy, glossy, hairless, horizontal, invariable, lustrous, mild, mirrorlike, monotonous, peaceful, plain, planate, plane, polished, quiet, regular, rhythmic, rippleless, serene, shaven, shiny, silky, sleek, soft, soothing, stable, steady, still, tranquil, unbroken, undeviating, undisturbed, uneventful, uniform, uninterrupted, unrufed, untroubled, unvarying, velvety; concepts 406,480,606 Ant. broken, coarse, intermittent, irregular, rough, uneven, wrinkled smooth [adj2] suave in behavior agreeable, bland, civilized, courteous, courtly, facile, genial, glib, ingratiating, mellow, mild, persuasive, pleasant, polite, slick, smarmy*, unctuous, urbane; concept 401 Ant. coarse, rough, uncool smooth [v1] make level burnish, clear, even, atten, ush, glaze, gloss, grade, iron, lay, level, make uniform, perfect, plane, polish, press, rene, round, sand, sleek, slick, varnish; concepts 137,250 Ant. coarsen, roughen, wrinkle smooth [v2] make peace allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, calm, comfort, cool*, ease, extenuate, facilitate, iron out, mellow, mitigate, mollify, palliate, pat, pave the way*, soften, stroke, take the edge off*, take the sting out*; concepts 7,22 Ant. aggravate, agitate, incite, irritate, upset smother [v] extinguish; cover, hide asphyxiate, choke, collect, compose, conceal, control, cool, cork, douse, envelop, heap, hush up*, inundate, keep back, kill, mufe, overwhelm, quash, quell, quench, rein, repress, restrain, shower, shroud, simmer down, snuff, squelch, stamp out, stie, strangle, suffocate, suppress, surround, throttle; concepts 130,172,188,234 Ant. light, start, uncover smudge [n] dirt smear blemish, blot, blur, macule, smut, smutch, soiled spot, spot; concept 723 Ant. cleanliness smudge [v] smear, dirty begrime, blacken, blotch, blur, daub, dele, foul, grime, mark, plaster, slop, smirch, soil, spatter, sully, taint, tarnish; concept 254 Ant. clean smug [adj] pleased with oneself complacent, conceited, egoistic, egotistical, holier-thanthou*, hotshot*, pompous, priggish, puffed-up*, self-contented, self-righteous, self-satised, snobbish, stuck on oneself*, stuck-up*, stuffy, superior, vainglorious; concepts 404,542 Ant. modest, unhappy, unself-condent, unsure smuggle [v] transfer illegal goods bootleg, deal, export, hide, moonshine*, pirate, push, run, run contraband*, run rum*, snake in*; concept 192 smut [n] pornography adult material, adult movie, bawdiness, dirt, dirty movie, erotica, lth, girlie magazine, hard-core pornography, indecency, indecent material, obscene materials, obscenity, porn, porno, porno lm, sexploitation, sexually explicit material, skin ick, smut, soft-core pornography, stag lm, X-rated material, X-rated movie; concepts 267,372,545

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smutty [adj] obscene, vulgar bawdy, blue*, coarse, crude, dirty, lthy, foul, immoral, improper, indecent, indelicate, lewd, nasty, offcolor, pornographic, prurient, racy, raunchy, raw, risqu, rough, salacious, salty, scatological, suggestive, X-rated*; concepts 267,372,545 Ant. clean, decent, moral snack [n] tiny meal bite, bite to eat*, break, eats*, goodies*, grub*, light meal, lunch, luncheon, midnight snack, morsel, munch*, nibble, nosh*, pickings, piece, refreshment, tea, tidbit; concepts 457,459 Ant. meal snafu [n] mistake blooper*, blunder, bungle, confusion, error, false step, faux pas, ub*, foul-up, goof-up, mess, miscalculation, misjudgment, misunderstanding, mix-up, oversight, screwup*, slip, slipup*; concepts 101,230,410 snag [n] complication in situation bar, barrier, blockade, brake, bug*, catch, Catch-22, clog, crimp, cropper, crunch, curb, difculty, disadvantage, drag*, drawback, x*, glitch, hamper, hitch, holdup*, hole*, hurdle, impediment, inconvenience, knot, obstacle, obstruction, pickle*, problem, puzzler, scrape, spot, stumbling block, the rub*, tight spot*; concepts 666,674 Ant. advantage, convenience snag [v] catch on something hole, nail, rip, run into, tear; concept 214 snaky [adj1] winding anfractuous, convoluted, entwined, exuous, indirect, meandering, meandrous, serpentine, sinuous, tortuous, twisted, twisting, writhing, zigzag; concept 581 Ant. straight, unwinding snaky [adj2] devious, sly crafty, insidious, lurking, perdious, slinking, sneaky, subtle, treacherous, venomous, vipery, virulent; concept 401 Ant. forthright, honest, upfront snap [n] easy thing to accomplish breeze*, childs play*, cinch, duck soup*, ease, easy as pie*, kid stuff*, no problem, picnic*, pie*, smooth sailing*, soft touch*, walkover*; concept 693 Ant. difculty snap [v1] separate, break click, come apart, crack, crackle, fracture, give way, pop; concepts 98,246 Ant. combine, x snap [v2] bite, seize bite at, catch, clutch, grab, grasp, grip, jerk, lurch, nip, snatch, twitch, yank; concepts 90,191 Ant. free, liberate, loose snap [v3] speak sharply bark, are, ash, y off the handle*, get angry, growl, grumble, grunt, jump down throat*, lash out, retort, roar, snarl, snort, take it out on*, vent, yell; concept 54 snappy [adj1] nasty, irritable cross, disagreeable, edgy, fractious, hasty, huffy, petulant, quick-tempered, snappish, tart, testy, touchy, waspish; concepts 267,401 Ant. happy, nice, pleasant snappy [adj2] fashionable chic, classy, dapper, dashing, y*, in good taste, modish, natty, sharp, smart, stylish, swank*, tony*, trendy, upto-the-minute, with style; concept 589 Ant. old, old-fashioned, outdated, unfashionable snappy [adj3] fast abrupt, breakneck, expeditious, eet, harefooted, hasty, immediate, instant, on-the-spot, quick, rapid, speedy, sudden, swift, unpremeditated; concepts 588,799 Ant. delayed, slow, sluggish snare [n] trap allurement, bait, booby trap*, catch, come-on*, deception, decoy, enticement,

entrapment, inveiglement, lure, net, noose, pitfall, quicksand, seducement, temptation, trick, wire*; concepts 529,674 Ant. freedom, liberation snare [v] catch, trap arrest, bag*, corral*, decoy, enmesh, entangle, entrap, get hands on*, involve, land, lure, net, pull in, round up, seduce, seize, tempt, wire*; concepts 11,90 Ant. free, let go, liberate, loosen snarl [n] complication, mess chaos, clutter, complexity, confusion, disarray, disorder, entanglement, intricacy, intricateness, jam, jungle, knot, labyrinth, maze, mishmash, morass, muddle, muss, skein, swarm, tangle, web; concepts 663,666,674 Ant. ease, order, organization, simplication snarl [v1] grumble abuse, bark, bluster, bully, complain, fulminate, gnarl, gnash teeth, growl, mumble, murmur, mutter, quarrel, show teeth, snap, threaten, thunder, yelp; concept 77 Ant. laugh snarl [v2] complicate, mess up confuse, embroil, enmesh, ensnarl, entangle, entwine, involve, muck, muddle, perplex, ravel, tangle; concepts 16,158 Ant. x, simplify, uncomplicate snatch [n] small part bit, fragment, piece, smattering, snippet, spell; concepts 264,832 Ant. whole snatch [v] grab away abduct, catch, clap hands on, clutch, collar*, gain, get ngers on*, grapple, grasp, grip, jerk, jump, kidnap, make off with, nab, nail*, pluck, pull, rescue, seize, snag, spirit away, steal, take, win, wrench, wrest, yank; concepts 90,191 Ant. give, receive snazzy [adj] stylish attractive, beautiful, chic, chichi*, classy, dapper, dashing, dressed to kill*, dressy, fashionable, ashy, in vogue, jazzy, nifty, now*, ritzy, sharp, slick*, smart, snappy, sophisticated, swank*, trendy, upscale, uptown, voguish; concepts 579,589 sneak [n] person who is very dishonest cheater, con artist, coward, cur, dastard, heel*, informer, louse, rascal, reptile, scoundrel, skunk*, slink*, snake*, snake in grass*, toad*, weasel*, wretch; concept 412 sneak [v] move stealthily ambush, case, cheat, cower, crawl, creep, deceive, delude, evade, glide, gumshoe*, hide, lurk, mooch, move secretly, ooze, pad, pass, prowl, pussyfoot*, secrete, shirk, sidle, skulk, slide, slink, slip, slither, sly, smuggle, snake, snook, spirit, steal, worm; concepts 151,188 sneaker [n] running shoe basketball shoe, cleat, footgear, footwear, gym shoe, hightop*, rubber-soled shoe, shoe, sneak, tennis shoe; concept 451 sneaky [adj] underhanded, dishonest base, contemptible, cowardly, deceitful, devious, disingenuous, double-dealing*, duplicitous, furtive, guileful, indirect, low, malicious, mean, nasty, recreant, secretive, shifty, slippery, sly, sneaking, snide, stealthy, surreptitious, tricky, underhand, unreliable, unscrupulous, untrustworthy, yellow*; concepts 267,401, 542 Ant. aboveboard, candid, forthright, frank, honest sneer [v] mock, condemn affront, belittle, burlesque, caricature, crack, curl ones lip at*, decry, deride, detract, disdain, disparage, dump,

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eer, out, gibe, gird, give Bronx cheer, grin, hold in contempt*, hold up to ridicule*, insult, jeer, jest, lampoon, laugh at, leer, look down on, put down, quip at, rally, rank out, ridicule, satirize, scoff, scorn, slam, slight, smile, sneeze at*, sniff at*, snigger, swipe, taunt, travesty, turn up ones nose*, twit, underrate; concepts 30,52,54 Ant. compliment, praise sneeze at [v] disregard blink at*, brush aside, brush away, brush off, discount, have no use for*, laugh off*, let pass*, look the other way*, overlook, pass over, pay no attention to, pay no heed to, pay no mind*, shut eyes to*, slight, snub, take lightly, take no notice of, turn a blind eye*, turn a deaf ear*; concept 30 snicker/snigger/sniggle [v] laugh at mockingly chortle, chuckle, giggle, guffaw, hee-haw, smirk, sneer, teehee, titter; concept 77 snide [adj] hateful, nasty base, cynical, disparaging, hurtful, insinuating, malicious, mean, sarcastic, scornful, sneering, spiteful, unkind; concept 401 Ant. gentle, kind, lovable, loving, nice sniff [v] breathe in detect, inhale, inspire, nose, scent, smell, snift, snuff, snufe; concepts 601,602 Ant. hold nose snippy [adj] curt abrupt, blunt, brief, brusque, churlish, gruff, impertinent, rude, sharp, sharptongued, snappish, snippety; concept 267 snitch [n] informer betrayer, blabbermouth*, canary*, deep throat*, double-crosser, nk*, informant, narc*, nark*, rat*, sneak, snitcher, source, squealer*, stoolie*, stool pigeon*, tattler, tattletale, tipster*, turncoat, weasel*, whistle-blower; concepts 348,354,423 snitch [v1] steal burglarize, carry off, defraud, embezzle, heist, hold up, keep, lift*, loot, make off with*, pickpocket, pilfer, pillage, pinch*, plunder, poach, remove, rip off*, shoplift, swipe, take, walk off with*; concept 139 snitch [v2] inform betray, blab*, confess, give away, leak, rat on*, squeal, tattle, tell, tell on, tip, turn in; concept 60 snob [n] person who looks down on others braggart, highbrow, name-dropper, parvenu, pretender, smarty pants*, stiff neck*, upstart; concept 423 snobbish [adj] stuck-up, conceited aloof, arrogant, condescending, egotistic, haughty, high-and-mighty*, high-own*, high-hat*, ostentatious, overbearing, patronizing, persnickety*, pompous, pretentious, putting on airs*, remote, sniffy*, snippy*, snooty*, snotty*, supercilious, superior, swanky, tony*, uppish, uppity*; concept 401 Ant. accepting, benevolent, friendly, generous, sociable, welcoming snoop [n] person who noses around busybody, butt-in*, detective, eavesdropper, ferret, gumshoe*, meddler, peeping Tom*, pragmatist, pry, pryer, quidnunc, rubberneck*, scout, sleuth, snooper; concepts 348,423 snoop [v] nose around busybody*, interfere, intrude, meddle, mess with, mouse*, nose, peek, peep, peer, poke, poke nose in*, pry, snook, spy, stare; concepts 216,384,623 Ant. ignore, neglect snooty [adj] haughty arrogant, cavalier*, conceited, condescending, egotistic, egotistical,

high and mighty*, hoity-toity, la-di-da*, lofty, on a high horse*, pompous, pretentious, snobbish, snotty*, stuck-up*, superior, uppity*; concept 401 snooze [n] light sleep catnap, doze, forty winks*, nap, siesta, slumber; concept 315 Ant. awakening, consciousness, wakefulness snooze [v] sleep lightly catnap, doze, drop off, drowse, nap, nod off*, siesta, slumber, take forty winks*; concepts 210,315 Ant. awaken, wake up snore [v] make sounds when sleeping breathe heavily, saw logs*, saw wood*, sleep, snort, snufe, wheeze; concepts 77,315 snotty [adj] arrogant cheeky, cocky, conceited, fresh, haughty, high and mighty*, highfalutin*, impertinent, know-it-all*, la-de-da*, pompous, pretentious, puffed up*, sassy, self-important, smart-alecky, smug, snippy*, snobby, snooty, stuck-up*, uppity; concepts 401,404 snub [v] give someone the cold shoulder act cool*, boycott, brush off*, burr, censure, chill, cool, cut, cut dead*, disdain, disregard, duck, give the brush*, humble, humiliate, ice*, ice out*, ignore, look coldly upon, look right through*, mortify, neglect, not give time of day*, offend, ostracize, pass up, put down, put the chill on*, rebuff, scold, scorn, scratch, shame, shun, slight, slur, snob, swank, upstage; concepts 30,54,384 Ant. be friendly, include, socialize, welcome snug [adj] cozy, warm close, comfortable, comfy, compact, convenient, cushy, easeful, easy, homelike, homely, intimate, neat, restful, sheltered, snug as a bug in a rug*, soft, substantial, tight, trim, well-off; concept 485 Ant. cold, cool, uncomfortable, uncozy snuggle [v] cuddle bundle, burrow, curl up, grasp, huddle, hug, nestle, nuzzle, snug, spoon; concepts 190,201 Ant. separate, stay away soak [v] drench, wet absorb, assimilate, bathe, damp, dip, drink, drown, dunk, ood, imbrue, immerge, immerse, impregnate, inltrate, infuse, macerate, marinate, merge, moisten, penetrate, percolate, permeate, pour into, pour on, saturate, seethe, soften, sop, souse, steep, submerge, take in, wash, water, waterlog; concept 256 Ant. dehydrate, dry soaked [adj] saturated dank, drenched, dripping, drowned, soaking, sodden, soggy, sopping, soppy, soused, water-logged, wet, wringing-wet; concept 603 soar [v] climb, y arise, ascend, aspire, escalate, glide, lift, mount, rise, rocket, sail, shoot, shoot up, skyrocket, top, tower, up, uprear, wing; concepts 148,150 Ant. land soaring [adj] high aerial, ascending, climbing, elevated, ying, going through the ceiling*, going through the roof*, high-reaching, lofty, sky-high, steep, towering; concepts 779,782 sob [v] cry hard bawl, blub, blubber, boohoo*, break down, cry a river*, cry convulsively, cry eyes out*, howl, lament, shed tears, snivel, turn on waterworks*, wail, weep, whimper; concepts 185,410 sober [adj1] not partaking of alcohol abstaining, abstemious, abstinent, ascetic, calm, clear-headed, cold sober*, continent, controlled, dry, moderate, nonindulgent, not drunk, on

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the wagon*, restrained, sedate, self-possessed, serious, steady, temperate, took the pledge*; concept 401 Ant. drunk, inebriated sober [adj2] calm, peaceful; dull abnegating, abstaining, clear-headed, cold, collected, composed, constrained, cool, dark, disciplined, dispassionate, down-to-earth*, drab, earnest, eschewing, forgoing, grave, hard-boiled*, imperturbable, inhibited, levelheaded, low-key, lucid, no-nonsense, pacic, plain, practical, quiet, rational, realistic, reasonable, reserved, restrained, sedate, serene, serious, severe, soft, solemn, somber, sound, staid, steady, subdued, toned down, unexcited, unimpassioned, unrufed; concepts 401,542 Ant. excited, immoderate, irrational sobriety [n] abstinence abstaining, abstemiousness, continence, moderation, refraining, selfrestraint, soberness, teetotalism, temperance; concept 633 sobriquet [n] nickname AKA*, alias, anonym, appellation, assumed name, byname, handle*, label, moniker, nom de guerre, nom de plume, nomenclature, pen name, pet name*, professional name, pseudonym, tag*; concept 268 so-called [adj] supposed alleged, allegedly, commonly named, formal, nominal, ostensible, pretended, professed, purported, self-named, self-styled, soi-disant, itular, wrongly named; concept 552 sociable [adj] friendly, outgoing accessible, affable, approachable, close, clubby*, companionable, conversable, convivial, cordial, familiar, genial, good-natured, gregarious, intimate, neighborly, regular, social, warm; concepts 401,555 Ant. introverted, snobbish, unfriendly, unkind, unsociable social [adj] public, friendly amusing, civil, collective, common, communal, communicative, community, companionable, convivial, cordial, diverting, entertaining, familiar, general, gracious, gregarious, group, hospitable, informative, mannerly, neighborly, nice, organized, pleasant, pleasurable, polished, polite, popular, sociable, societal; concepts 536,555 Ant. hermetical, private, secluded, unfriendly, unsocial socialism [n] socialist government Bolshevism, collective ownership, collectivism, communism, Fabianism, Leninism, Maoism, Marxism, state ownerhsip; concept 301 socialite [n] aristocrat blueblood, Brahmin, deb*, debutante, gentleperson, lace curtain*, member of the upper class, noble, patrician, silk stocking, upper cruster; concept 423 socialize [v] be friendly at gatherings associate, chum with*, club*, consort, entertain, fraternize, get about, get around, get together, go out, hang around with*, hang out, hobnob, join, keep company, league, make advances, make the rounds*, mingle, mix, pal around*, run with*, tie up with*; concept 384 Ant. exclude, shun society [n1] humankind, people association, camaraderie, civilization, commonality, commonwealth, community, companionship, company, comradeship, culture, friendship, general public, humanity, jungle*, nation, population, public, rat race*, social order, world, zoo*; concepts 379,417

society [n2] organization, institution alliance, association, circle, clan, clique, club, companionship, comradeship, corporation, coterie, gang, group, guild, hookup, institute, league, network, order, outt, ring, sodality, syndicate, tie-in*, tie-up*, union; concepts 381,387 society [n3] upper class of people aristocracy, beau monde*, beautiful people*, country set*, elite, ower*, gentry, glitterati*, haut monde, high society, jet set*, main line, patriciate, polite society, quality, smart set*, top drawer*, upper crust*, whos who*; concepts 387,388,417 sociopath [n] psychopath antisocial personality, crazy person, deranged person, insane person, lunatic, mad person, maniac, psycho*, psychotic, schizoid*; concept 412 sock [n/v] hit hard beat, belt, bop, buffet, chop, clout, cuff, ding, nail, paste, punch, slap, smack, smash, soak, whack; concept 189 Ant. tap sofa [n] couch chaise longue, chestereld, convertible couch, davenport, daybed, divan, futon, love seat, ottoman, settee, sofa bed, window seat; concept 443 soft [adj1] cushioned, squishy bendable, comfortable, comfy, cottony, cozy, creamy, cushiony, cushy, delicate, doughy, downy, ductile, easeful, easy, elastic, feathery, ne, abby, eecy, eshy, exible, imsy, occulent, owing, uffy, uid, formless, furry, gelatinous, impressible, limp, malleable, moldable, mushy, pappy, pithy, plastic, pliable, pulpy, quaggy, rounded, satiny, silken, silky, smooth, snug, spongy, squashy, supple, thin, velvety, yielding; concepts 488,606 Ant. hard, rigid, unyielding soft [adj2] faint, temperate ashen, balmy, bland, caressing, comfortable, cool, cushy, delicate, diffuse, dim, dimmed, dulcet, dull, dusky, gentle, hazy, lenient, light, low, low-key, melliuous, mellow, melodious, mild, misty, murmured, muted, pale, pallid, pastel, pleasing, quiet, restful, shaded, smooth, sober, soothing, subdued, sweet, tinted, toned down, twilight, understated, wan, whispered; concepts 525,537,592,618 Ant. harsh, loud, rough, severe soft [adj3] compassionate affectionate, amiable, benign, courteous, easy, easy-going, effortless, gentle, gracious, indulgent, kind, kindly, lax, lenient, liberal, manageable, overindulgent, permissive, pitying, sensitive, sentimental, simple, spineless, sympathetic, tender, tender-hearted, undemanding, weak; concept 401 Ant. callous, severe, stern, strict, uncompassionate soft [adj4] out of condition doughy, fat, abby, accid, eshy, formless, gone to seed*, limp, out of shape*, overindulged, pampered, untrained, weak; concepts 314,485 Ant. rm, healthy, strong, well soft [adj5] stupid daft, fatuous, feeble-minded, foolish, silly, simple, witless; concept 402 Ant. intelligent, smart soften [v] calm, soothe abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, become tender, bend, cushion, diminish, disintegrate, dissolve, ease, enfeeble, give, knead, lessen, lighten, lower, mash, mellow, melt, mitigate, moderate, modify, moisten, mollify, palliate, qualify,

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quell, relax, relent, still, subdue, temper, tenderize, thaw, tone down, turn down, weaken, yield; concept 250 Ant. irritate, trouble, upset, worry softhearted [adj] tender all heart*, benevolent, big-hearted, bleeding-heart*, caring, charitable, compassionate, considerate, emotional, forgiving, generous, gentle, kind, lenient, merciful, moving, sensitive, sentimental, soft, sympathetic, tenderhearted, warm, warmhearted; concepts 401,542 softly [adv] lightly agilely, airily, breezily, carelessly, daintily, delicately, faintly, gently, gingerly, gradually, nimbly, quietly, smoothly, tenderly; concepts 538,544,584 soft-spoken [adj] quiet close-mouthed, gentle, hushed, hushful, low, low-keyed, low-pitched, mild, mufed, peaceful, reserved, silent, soft, still; concepts 592,594 software [n] computer program application software, bundled software, courseware, le management system, freeware, groupware, operating system, presentation software, productivity software, program, shareware, spreadsheet, systems software, vaporware; concepts 269,463 soggy [adj] damp or soaking clammy, dank, dripping, heavy, humid, moist, mucky, muggy, mushy, pasty, pulpy, saturated, soaked, sodden, soft, sopping, spongy, sticky, sultry, waterlogged; concept 603 Ant. dehydrated, dry soil [n1] earth, dirt clay, dry land, dust, grime, ground, land, loam, soot, terra rma; concept 509 soil [n2] land where one lives country, home, homeland, homestead, region, spread, terra rma; concepts 198,510,511 soil [v] make dirty bedraggle, befoul, begrime, besmirch, contaminate, crumb, debase, dele, degrade, dirty, discolor, disgrace, foul, grime, maculate, mess, mess up, muck*, muck up*, muddy, muss*, muss up*, pollute, shame, smear, smudge, spatter, spoil, spot, stain, sully, taint, tar, tarnish; concept 254 Ant. clean sojourn [n] brief travel; visit layover, residence, rest, stay, stop, stopover, tarriance, vacation; concepts 224,226,227 sojourn [v] travel briey; visit abide, dwell, inhabit, linger, lodge, nest, perch, reside, rest, roost, squat, stay, stay over, stop, tarry, vacation; concepts 224,226,227 solace [n] comfort, peace alleviation, assuagement, condolement, condolence, consolation, pity, relief; concepts 7,22,410 Ant. discord, disharmony solace [v] give comfort, peace allay, alleviate, buck up, cheer, comfort, condole with, console, mitigate, soften, soothe, upraise; concepts 7,22 Ant. trouble, upset, worry soldier [n] person serving in military airforce member, cadet, cavalryperson, commando, conscript, draftee, enlisted person, ghter, GI*, Green Beret, guard, guerrilla, gunner, infantry, infantryperson, marine, mercenary, military person, musketeer, ofcer, paratrooper, pilot, private, rank, recruit, scout, selectee, serviceperson, soldier, soldier-at-arms, trooper, veteran, volunteer, warmonger, warrior; concept 358 sole [adj] alone, singular ace, exclusive, indi-

vidual, lone, one, one and only, onliest, only, only one, particular, remaining, separate, single, solitary, solo, unique, unshared; concepts 555, 564,577 Ant. shared, together solely [adv] only, alone barely, but, completely, entirely, exclusively, individually, merely, onliest, purely, simply, single-handedly, singly, singularly, totally, undividedly, wholly; concepts 544,577 Ant. shared, together solemn [adj1] quiet, serious austere, brooding, cold sober*, deliberate, dignied, downbeat, earnest, funereal, glum, grave, heavy, intense, matter of life and death*, moody, no fooling*, no-nonsense*, pensive, portentous, reective, sedate, sober, somber, staid, stern, thoughtful, weighty; concepts 403,542 Ant. frivolous, funny, laughing, light solemn [adj2] impressive, sacred august, awe-inspiring, ceremonial, ceremonious, conventional, devotional, dignied, divine, formal, full, grand, grave, hallowed, holy, imposing, magnicent, majestic, momentous, ostentatious, overwhelming, plenary, religious, reverential, ritual, sanctied, stately, venerable; concept 574 Ant. insignicant, ordinary, unimpressive, unsacred, usual solicit [v] plead for; try to sell accost, apply, approach, ask, beg, beseech, bespeak, bum, cadge, call, canvass, challenge, claim, come on to*, crave, demand, desire, drum*, drum up*, entreat, exact, go, hawk, hit on*, hit up*, hustle, implore, importune, inquire, mooch, panhandle, pass the hat*, peddle, petition, postulate, pray, promote, proposition, query, question, refer, request, require, requisition, resort, seduce, seek, sponge, steer, sue for, supplicate, touch, tout, turn, whistle for*; concept 345 Ant. disapprove, refuse, reject solicitous [adj] worried anxious, appetent, apprehensive, ardent, athirst, attentive, avid, beside oneself, careful, caring, concerned, devoted, eager, earnest, heedful, impatient, keen, loving, mindful, raring, regardful, tender, thirsty, troubled, uneasy, worried sick*, worried stiff*, zealous; concept 403 Ant. easygoing, laid-back, unafraid, unworried solicitude [n] worry, anxiety attention, attentiveness, care, compunction, concern, concernment, considerateness, consideration, disquiet, disquietude, heed, presentiment, qualm, regard, scruple, tender loving care*, TLC*, unease, uneasiness, watchfulness; concept 410 Ant. calm, contentedness, ease, peacefulness solid [adj1] hard, dimensional brick wall*, close, compact, compacted, concentrated, concrete, consolidated, dense, rm, xed, heavy, hefty, hulk, hunk, husky, massed, material, physical, rock, rocklike, rooted, secure, set, sound, stable, strong, sturdy, substantial, thick, tight, unshakable; concepts 483,604 Ant. uid, gaseous, insubstantial, liquid, soft, vaporous solid [adj2] continuous, complete agreed, brick wall*, consecutive, consentient, continued, rm, like a rock, regular, set in stone*, stable, steady, unalloyed, unanimous, unbroken, undivided, uninterrupted, united, unmixed; concepts 482, 488,531 Ant. broken, divided, incomplete, incontinuous, intermittent

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solid [adj3] dependable, reliable cogent, constant, decent, estimable, genuine, good, law-abiding, levelheaded, pure, real, satisfactory, satisfying, sensible, serious, sober, sound, stalwart, steadfast, trustworthy, trusty, upright, upstanding, valid, worthy; concepts 401,534 Ant. tenuous, undependable, unreliable, untrustworthy, vulnerable solidarity [n] unity accord, agreement, alliance, comradeship, confederation, consensus, federation, fellowship, harmony, indivisibility, oneness, sameness, support, teamwork, unanimity, undividedness, unication, uniformity, union; concepts 664,714,837 solidify [v] harden amalgamate, anneal, bake, cake, cement, clot, coagulate, cohere, congeal, crystallize, densify, dry, rm, freeze, jell, petrify, set, stiffen, strengthen, thicken; concepts 250,469 solitary [adj] alone, single; unsociable aloof, antisocial, cloistered, companionless, deserted, desolate, distant, eremetic, forsaken, friendless, hermitical, hidden, individual, introverted, isolated, lone, lonely, lonesome, lorn, misanthropic, ofsh, only, out-of-the-way*, particular, reclusive, remote, reserved, retired, secluded, separate, sequestered, singular, sole, solo, stag, standofsh, unaccompanied, unapproachable, unattended, uncompanionable, unfrequented, unique, unsocial, withdrawn; concepts 555, 577,583 Ant. accompanied, combined, sociable, together solitude [n] aloneness connement, desert, detachment, emptiness, isolation, loneliness, loneness, lonesomeness, peace and quiet*, privacy, quarantine, reclusiveness, retirement, seclusion, separateness, silence, solitariness, waste, wasteland, wilderness, withdrawal; concepts 388,673,714 Ant. companionship, friendship, togetherness solo [adj] alone by oneself, companionless, friendless, individual, in solitary*, me and my shadow*, me myself and I*, on ones own, single, solitary, stag, unaccompanied, unaided, unassisted, unescorted, unmarried; concepts 577,583 solution [n1] answer, resolution Band-Aid*, clarication, elucidation, explanation, explication, key, pay dirt*, quick x*, result, solving, the ticket*, unfolding, unraveling, unravelment; concepts 230,661,712 Ant. doubt, problem, quandary, question, trouble solution [n2] mixture of liquid and another substance blend, compound, dissolvent, elixir, emulsion, extract, uid, juice, mix, sap, solvent, suspension; concepts 260,467 Ant. chemical, element solve [v] answer, resolve break*, clarify, clear up, construe, crack*, deal with, decide, decipher, decode, determine, disentangle, divine, do, elucidate, enlighten, explain, expound, fathom, gure out, nd out, x, get, get right, get to the bottom*, have, hit, hit upon*, illuminate, interpret, iron out*, lick*, make a dent*, make out*, pan out*, put two and two together*, puzzle, reason, settle, think out, unfold, unlock, unravel, unriddle, untangle, work, work out; concepts 15,18,37 Ant. pose, question, search, wonder solvent [adj] nancially sound able to pay,

nancially stable, rm, t, in the pink*, out of the red*, solid, stable; concepts 314,488 somber [adj] sad, depressing black, bleak, blue*, caliginous, cloudy, dark, depressive, dim, dingy, dire, dismal, dispiriting, doleful, down, drab, dragged, dreary, dull, dusky, earnest, funereal, gloomy, grave, grim, hurting, joyless, lugubrious, melancholy, mournful, murky, no-nonsense, obscure, sedate, sepulchral, serious, shadowy, shady, sober, solemn, sourpuss, staid, tenebrous, weighty; concepts 403,485,529 Ant. cheerful, happy, joyful somebody [n] person of fame, importance celebrity, dignitary, heavyweight*, household name*, luminary, name*, notable, one, personage, person of note, public gure, so-and-so*, someone*, some person*, star, superstar, VIP*, whoever*; concept 423 Ant. nobody someday [adv] eventually after a while, anytime, at a future time, nally, in a time to come, on a day, one day, one ne day*, one of these days, one time, one time or another, sometime, sooner or later, subsequently, ultimately, yet; concepts 548,820 Ant. never somehow [adv] by some means after a fashion, anyhow, anyway, anywise, by hook or crook*, come what may*, in one way or another, in some such way, in some way, one way or another, somehow or another, somehow or other; concept 544 Ant. no way something [n] entity article, being, commodity, existence, existent, individual, object, substance, thing; concept 433 Ant. nothing sometimes [adv] every now and then at intervals, at times, consistently, constantly, ever and again, every so often, frequently, from time to time, here and there, intermittently, now and again, now and then, occasionally, off and on, once in a blue moon*, once in a while, on occasion, periodically, recurrently; concept 805 Ant. never somewhat [adv] to some extent adequately, a little, bearably, considerably, fairly, far, incompletely, in part, insignicantly, kind of, moderately, more or less, not much, partially, pretty, quite, rather, ratherish, signicantly, slightly, some, something, sort of, to a degree, tolerably, well; concepts 548,569,772 Ant. not at all somewhere [adv] in, or at some place about, any old place, around, around somewhere, elsewhere, here and there, in one place or another, kicking around*, parts unknown*, scattered, someplace, someplace or another, someplace or other, somewheres; concept 583 Ant. nowhere somnolent [adj] sleepy asleep, dozy, drowsy, listless, nodding off, out of it*, sleeping, snoozy*, soporic, tired; concepts 315,539 song [n] melody sung or played with musical instrument air, anthem, aria, ballad, canticle, carol, chant, chorale, chorus, ditty, expression, golden oldie*, hymn, lay, lullaby, lyric, melody, number, oldie*, opera, piece, poem, psalm, refrain, rock, rock and roll, round, shanty, strain, tune, verse, vocal; concept 262 sonorous [adj] resonant booming, full-voiced, loud, loud-voiced, powerful, resounding, reverberating, rich, ringing, rotund, thundering; concepts 592,594

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soon [adv] in the near future anon, any minute now, before long, betimes, by and by, coming down the pike*, directly, early, ere long, expeditiously, fast, eetly, forthwith, hastily, in a little while, in a minute, in a second, in a short time, in due time, in short order, instantly, in time, lickety-split*, on time, posthaste, presently, promptly, pronto, quick, quickly, rapidly, short, shortly, speedily; concepts 548,798,820 Ant. distant, far, later, never soothe [v] calm, ease allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, balm, becalm, butter up*, calm down, cheer, compose, console, cool, cool off*, dulcify, help, hush, lighten, lull, make nice*, make up, mitigate, mollify, pacify, patch things up*, play up to*, pour oil on*, quiet, quieten, relieve, settle, smooth down, soften, square, still, stroke, subdue, take the edge off*, take the sting out*, tranquilize, unburden, untrouble; concepts 7,22,110,384 Ant. agitate, distress, upset, worry soothing [adj] comforting alleviating, calming, consolatory, consoling, easing, mollifying, pacifying, palliative, reassuring, relaxing, relieving, remedying, softening, tranquilizing, warming; concept 529 soothsayer [n] seer augur, channeller, clairvoyant, crystal ball gazer, diviner, forecaster, fortune-teller, medium, oracle, palm reader, prophet, psychic, soothsayer; concept 423 sophisticated [adj1] cosmopolitan, cultured adult, articial, been around, blas, bored, citied, cool*, couth, cultivated, cynical, disenchanted, disillusioned, experienced, in, in the know*, into*, jaded, jet-set*, knowing, laidback*, mature, mondaine, on to*, practical, practiced, rened, schooled, seasoned, sharp, skeptical, smooth, stagy*, streetwise, studied, suave, svelte, switched on*, uptown*, urbane, well-bred, wised up*, wise to*, with it*, worldly, worldly wise, world-weary; concepts 401,404,589 Ant. naive, uncultivated, uncultured, unrened, unsophisticated sophisticated [adj2] complex, advanced complicated, delicate, elaborate, highly developed, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, modern, multifaceted, rened, subtle; concept 562 Ant. easy, simple, slow, unsophisticated sophistication [n] culture, style composure, elegance, nesse, poise, renement, savoir faire, savoir vivre, social grace, tact, urbanity, worldliness, worldly wisdom; concepts 388,633,655 Ant. ingenuousness, naivet, simplicity sophomoric [adj] inexperienced brash, foolish, naive, reckless, young; concept 401 Ant. experienced, expert, knowledgeable, professional soporic [adj] sleepy; sleep-inducing anesthetic, balmy, calming, deadening, dozy*, drowsy, dull, hypnotic, mesmerizing, narcotic, nodding, numbing, opiate, quietening, sedative, slumberous, snoozy*, somniferous, somnolent, soothing, tranquilizing; concepts 537,539 Ant. awake, conscious, exciting, invigorating, stimulating sopping [adj] wet dank, drenched, dripping, drowned, saturated, soaked, soaking, sodden, soggy, soppy, soused, water-logged, wringingwet; concept 603

sorcerer [n] wizard alchemist, augurer, charmer, clairvoyant, conjurer, diviner, enchanter, fortune-teller, magician, medium, necromancer, occultist, seer, shaman, soothsayer, sorceress, thaumaturge, warlock, witch; concept 361 sorcery [n] black magic, witchcraft abracadabra*, alchemy, bewitchment, black art, charm, conjuring, devilry, divination, enchantment, evil eye, hocus-pocus*, hoodoo*, incantation, jinx, magic, mumbo jumbo*, necromancy, spell, thaumaturgy, voodoo, witchery, witching, wizardry; concepts 370,689 Ant. reality sordid [adj] dirty, bad, low abject, avaricious, base, black, calculated, corrupt, covetous, debauched, degenerate, degraded, despicable, disreputable, dowdy, lthy, foul, grasping, grubby, ignoble, impure, low-down, mean, mercenary, miserable, miserly, nasty, poor, scurvy, seedy, selsh, self-seeking, servile, shabby, shameful, sleazy, slovenly, slum, slummy, small, small-minded, squalid, unclean, uncleanly, ungenerous, venal, vicious, vile, wretched; concepts 334,545,571 Ant. good, honorable, reputable, wonderful sore [adj1] hurt physically abscessed, aching, acute, aficted, annoying, bruised, burned, burning, chafed, critical, distressing, extreme, hurtful, hurting, inamed, irritated, pained, painful, raw, reddened, sensitive, severe, sharp, smarting, tender, ulcerated, uncomfortable, unpleasant, vexatious; concept 314 Ant. good, well sore [adj2] angry; hurt mentally aficted, aggrieved, annoyed, annoying, critical, distressing, grieved, grieving, indignant, irked, irritated, pained, peeved, pressing, resentful, sensitive, smarting, stung, troubled, upset, urgent, vexed, weighty; concept 403 Ant. delighted, happy, pleased sorrow [n] extreme upset, grief afiction, agony, anguish, bad news*, big trouble*, blow, blues*, care, catastrophe, dejection, depression, distress, dolor, grieving, hardship, heartache, heartbreak, lamenting, melancholy, misery, misfortune, mourning, pain, rain*, regret, remorse, repentance, rue, sadness, suffering, trial, tribulation, trouble, unhappiness, weeping, woe, worry, wretchedness; concept 410 Ant. happiness, joy, relief sorrow [v] be very upset, grieved agonize, bemoan, be sad, bewail, carry on, cry a river*, deplore, eat heart out*, grieve, groan, hang crepe*, lament, moan, mourn, regret, sing the blues*, sob, take on*, weep; concepts 34,410 Ant. be happy, be joyful, delight, relieve sorrowful [adj] very upset; grieving affecting, aficted, dejected, depressed, disconsolate, distressing, doleful, dolent, full of sorrow, grievous, heartbroken, heartrending, heavyhearted, hurting, in mourning, in pain, in sorrow, lamentable, lugubrious, melancholy, miserable, mournful, painful, piteous, plaintive, rueful, ruthful, sad, sick at heart*, singing the blues*, sorry, tearful, tear-jerking*, unhappy, woebegone, woeful, wretched; concept 403 Ant. delighted, happy, joyful sorry [adj1] remorseful, regretful apologetic, attritional, compunctious, conscience-stricken, contrite, guilt-ridden, melted, penitent, penitential, repentant, self-accusing, self-condemnatory,

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self-reproachful, shamefaced, softened, touched; concepts 403,545 Ant. glad, happy, unremorseful, unsorry sorry [adj2] sad, heartbroken bad, disconsolate, distressed, grieved, heavyhearted, melancholy, mournful, pitiful, rueful, saddened, sorrowful, unhappy; concept 403 Ant. happy, heartened, joyful sorry [adj3] despicable, pathetic abject, base, beggarly, cheap, contemptible, deplorable, despisable, disgraceful, dismal, distressing, inadequate, insignicant, mean, miserable, paltry, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, sad, scruffy*, scummy*, scurvy, shabby, shoddy, small, triing, trivial, unimportant, vile, worthless, wretched; concepts 485,529 Ant. good, hopeful, nice sort [n] type, variety array, batch, battery, body, brand, breed, category, character, class, clutch, denomination, description, family, genus, group, ilk, kind, likes, likes of*, lot, make, nature, number, order, parcel, quality, race, set, species, stamp, stripe, style, suite; concept 378 sort [v] place in order arrange, assort, button down*, catalogue, categorize, choose, class, classify, comb, cull, distribute, divide, le, grade, group, order, peg, pick, pigeonhole*, put down as, put down for, put in order, put in shape, put to rights*, rank, riddle, screen, select, separate, sift, size up, systematize, tab, typecast, winnow; concepts 84,158 Ant. disorder, disorganize sortie [n] armed attack assault, charge, invasion, mission, offense, raid, rush, sally*, strike; concepts 86,317 so-so [adj] adequate, passable average, enough, fair, fairish, fair to middling*, indifferent, mediocre, medium, middling*, moderate, not bad*, okay*, ordinary, respectable, run-of-themill*, tolerable, undistinguished; concepts 533,575 Ant. different, distinguished, excellent, exceptional soul [n1] psyche, inspiration, energy anima, animating principle, animation, animus, ardor, bosom, bottom, breast, breath of life, cause, conscience, courage, disposition, ego, elan vital, essence, feeling, fervor, force, genius, heart, individuality, intellect, intelligence, life, marrow, mind, nobility, noumenon, personality, pith, pneuma, principle, quintessence, reason, recesses of heart*, secret self*, spirit, spiritual being, stuff, substance, thought, vital force, vitality, vivacity; concepts 409,410,411 Ant. body soul [n2] being body, character, creature, ghost, human being, individual, living soul*, man, mortal, person, personage, phantom, shadow, spirit, umbra, woman; concept 389 soulful [adj] emotional ardent, deep, expressive, feeling, fervent, fervid, ery, impassioned, meaningful, moving, passionate, stirred, stirring, tender, touching; concepts 403,542 soul-searching [n] introspection contemplation, deep thought, heart-searching, meditation, reection, rumination, self-analysis, self-examination, self-questioning; concepts 24,410 sound [adj1] complete, healthy alive and kicking*, effectual, entire, rm, t, awless, hale, hearty, intact, in the pink*, perfect, right, right

as rain*, robust, safe, sane, solid, stable, sturdy, substantial, thorough, total, unblemished, undamaged, undecayed, unhurt, unimpaired, uninjured, up to snuff*, vibrant, vigorous, vital, well, well-constructed, whole, wholesome, wrapped tight*; concepts 314,488 Ant. incomplete, inrm, unt, unhealthy, unsound sound [adj2] logical, reasonable accurate, advisable, all there*, cogent, commonsensical, consequent, convincing, cool*, correct, deep, exact, fair, faultless, awless, got it together*, impeccable, intellectual, judicious, just, levelheaded, orthodox, precise, profound, proper, prudent, rational, reliable, responsible, right, right-minded, right-thinking, satisfactory, satisfying, sensible, sober, solid, telling, thoughtful, together*, true, trustworthy, valid, well-advised, well-founded, well-grounded, wise; concepts 403,529,558 Ant. illogical, unbelievable, unfathomable, unreasonable, unsound sound [adj3] accepted, established all there*, authoritative, canonical, dependable, fair, faithful, y*, go*, hanging together*, holding together*, holding up*, holding up in wash*, holding water*, kosher*, legal, legit*, loyal, orthodox, proper, proven, received, recognized, reliable, reputable, safe, sanctioned, secure, signicant, solid, solvent, stable, standing up*, tried-and-true*, true, valid, washing; concepts 535,552,582 Ant. distrusted, refused, rejected sound [n] something heard or audible accent, din, harmony, intonation, loudness, melody, modulation, music, noise, note, pitch, racket, report, resonance, reverberation, ringing, softness, sonance, sonancy, sonority, sonorousness, static, tenor, tonality, tone, vibration, voice; concept 595 Ant. silence sound [v1] produce noise babble, bang, bark, blare, blow, boom, burst, buzz, cackle, chatter, clack, clang, clank, clap, clatter, clink, crash, creak, detonate, echo, emit, explode, hum, jabber, jangle, jar, moan, murmur, patter, play, rattle, reect, resonate, resound, reverberate, ring, roar, rumble, shout, shriek, shrill, sing, slam, smash, snort, squawk, thud, thump, thunder, toot, trumpet, vibrate, whine, whisper; concept 65 Ant. quiet sound [v2] give the impression appear, appear to be, look, seem, strike as being; concepts 543,716 sound bite [n] very brief broadcast statement blurb*, buzzword, clip, excerpt, fteen minutes of fame*, newsbreak, news item, notation, note, one-liner, outtake, passage, photo opportunity, piece, quotation, quote, saying, selection, slogan, snippet, spot news; concept 277 soundproof [adj] silent hushed, insulated, noiseless, quiet, soundless; concept 594 soupon [n] small amount atom, crumb, dab, dash, drop, ash, hint, iota, particle, pinch, ray, scintilla, shade, shred, small bit, small quantity, smidgen, sparkle, speck, spot, suggestion, tinge, trace, whiff, whisper; concepts 529,831 sour [adj1] bad-tasting; gone bad acerb, acetic, acetose, acetous, acid, acidic, acidulated, acrid, astringent, bad, biting, bitter, briny, caustic, curdled, cutting, dry, fermented, green, keen, musty, peppery, piquant, pungent, rancid, salty, sharp, soured, sourish, stinging, tart, turned,

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unpleasant, unripe, unsavory, unwholesome, vinegary, with a kick*; concepts 462,613 Ant. good, pleasant, sweet, tasty sour [adj2] in a bad mood acid, acrid, acrimonious, bitter, churlish, crabby, cynical, disagreeable, discontented, displeasing, embittered, grouchy, grudging, ill-natured, ill-tempered, irritable, jaundiced, on edge*, peevish, rotten, tart, ungenerous, unhappy, unpleasant, waspish; concepts 403,542 Ant. cheerful, cordial, friendly, happy sour [v] alienate acidify, curdle, disenchant, embitter, envenom, exacerbate, exasperate, make sour, spoil, turn, turn off; concepts 14,250 Ant. encourage, excite, incite source [n] beginning; point of supply antecedent, author, authority, authorship, begetter, birthplace, cause, commencement, connection, dawn, dawning, derivation, determinant, expert, father, fount, fountain, fountainhead, horses mouth*, inception, informant, maternity, mother, onset, opening, origin, origination, originator, parent, paternity, provenance, provenience, rise, rising, root, specialist, spring, start, starting point, wellspring; concept 648 Ant. effect, end, result sourpuss [n] grouch bellyacher*, crab, crank, crosspatch, curmudgeon, faultnder, griper, growler, grumbler, grump*, killjoy, moaner, sorehead*, sulker, whiner; concepts 412,423 souse [v] make very wet brine, deluge, dip, douse, drench, drown, duck, dunk, immerse, impregnate, marinate, pickle, preserve, seethe, soak, sop, steep, submerge, submerse, waterlog, wet; concept 256 Ant. dehydrate, dry soused [adj] drunk bashed, boozed up*, buzzed*, crocked*, feeling no pain*, ushed*, ying*, groggy, high*, inebriated, intoxicated, juiced*, laced*, liquored up*, lit*, plastered*, potted*, seeing double*, sloshed*, smashed*, stewed*, stoned*, tanked*, three sheets to the wind*, tipsy, totaled*, under the inuence, under the table*, wasted*; concepts 314,545 souvenir [n] keepsake from event gift, memento, memorial, relic, remembrance, remembrancer, reminder, token, trophy; concepts 337,446 sovereign [adj] dominant, effective absolute, ascendant, autonomous, chief, commanding, directing, effectual, efcacious, excellent, guiding, highest, imperial, independent, lofty, majestic, monarchal, monarchial, overbearing, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, prevalent, principal, regal, regnant, reigning, royal, ruling, self-governed, supreme, unlimited; concepts 536,568 Ant. inferior, submissive, subservient sovereign [n] supreme ruler autocrat, chief, czar, emperor, empress, king, leader, majesty, monarch, potentate, prince, princess, queen, ruler; concept 354 Ant. servant sovereignty [n] domination ascendancy, ascendant, dominance, dominion, jurisdiction, preeminence, prepotence, prepotency, primacy, supremacy, supreme power, sway; concept 299 Ant. submission sow [v] plant broadcast, disject, disseminate, drill, ing, grow, implant, inseminate, lodge, pitch, propagate, put in, raise, scatter, seed,

strew, toss; concepts 253,257 Ant. dig, harvest, reap spa [n] resort day spa, fat farm*, health club, health facility, holiday spot, hotel, hot spring*, lodge, mineral spring resort, sanitarium, sauna, whirlpool; concepts 198,516 space [n1] room, scope amplitude, area, arena, blank, breadth, capacity, compass, distance, elbowroom, expanse, expansion, extension, extent, eld, gap, headroom, headway, innity, interval, lacuna, leeway, location, margin, omission, play, range, reach, slot, spaciousness, sphere, spot, spread, stretch, territory, tract, turf, volume, zone; concepts 739,746,756 space [n2] time interval bit, duration, period, season, span, spell, stretch, term, time, while; concept 807 spacecraft [n] spaceship ying saucer, rocket, rocket ship, satellite, shuttle, space capsule, space probe, space shuttle, UFO, unidentied ying object; concept 504 spacey/spacy [adj] eccentric beat*, bizarre, crazy, dizzy, erratic, far out*, aky, ighty, freakish, kooky, nutty, odd, oddball, offbeat, off-center, off the wall*, out in left eld, out to lunch*, peculiar, quirky, spaced out*, strange, way out*, weird; concepts 547,564 spacious [adj] extensive, expansive ample, big, boundless, broad, capacious, cavernous, comfortable, commodious, endless, enormous, extended, generous, great, huge, immense, innite, large, limitless, roomy, sizable, uncrowded, vast, voluminous, wide, widespread; concepts 481,482,774 Ant. cramped, crowded, small span [n] distance, duration amount, compass, extent, interval, length, measure, period, reach, space, spell, spread, stretch, term, time; concepts 756,807,822 Ant. extreme span [v] stretch over arch, bridge, connect, cover, cross, extend, ford, go across, link, pass over, range, reach, traverse, vault; concept 756 Ant. compress, concentrate, condense, shorten spank [v] slap, usually on bottom belt, blip, box, buffet, cane, chastise, clobber, clout, cuff, ax, og, hide, larrup*, lash, lather*, leather*, lick, paddle, punch, punish, put over ones knee*, smack, sock, tan*, tan ones hide*, thrash, trim, wallop, welt, whip, whup*; concept 189 spare [adj1] extra, reserve additional, backup, de trop, emergency, free, in excess, in reserve, in store, lagniappe, leftover, more than enough*, odd, option, over, supererogatory, superuous, supernumerary, surplus, unoccupied, unused, unwanted; concepts 771,824 Ant. necessary spare [adj2] thin; sparse angular, bony, economical, exiguous, frugal, gaunt, lank, lanky, lean, meager, modest, poor, rangy, rawboned, scant, scanty, scraggy, scrawny, shadow, skimpy, skinny, slender, slight, slim, sparing, stick, stilt, stingy, wiry; concepts 490,491,771 Ant. fat, thick spare [v1] do or manage without afford, allow, bestow, dispense with, give, grant, part with, pinch, provide, put by, relinquish, salt away*, save, scrape, scrimp, short, skimp, stint, supply; concept 129 Ant. need

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spare [v2] forgive; have mercy upon absolve, bail out, be lenient, be merciful, discharge, dispense, excuse, exempt, forbear, get off the hook*, get out of hock*, give a break*, give quarter to, go easy on*, leave, let go, let off*, pardon, pity, privilege from, pull out of the re*, refrain from, release, relent, relieve from, save bacon*, save from, save neck*, spring; concepts 50,88,134 sparing [adj] careful, economical avaricious, canny, chary, close, cost-conscious, frugal, humane, mean, money-conscious, parsimonious, provident, prudent, saving, stewardly, stingy, thrifty, tight, tight-sted, tolerant, ungiving, unwasteful, wary; concepts 334,401 Ant. careless, lavish, spendthrift, uncareful spark [n] ash, trace atom, beam, re, are, icker, gleam, glint, glitter, glow, hint, jot, nucleus, ray, scintilla, scintillation, scrap, sparkle, spit, vestige; concepts 519,624,828 spark [v] start, inspire animate, excite, kindle, precipitate, provoke, set in motion, set off, stimulate, stir, touch off, trigger; concept 221 Ant. cease, halt, stop sparkle [n] glitter, shine animation, brilliance, coruscation, dash, dazzle, lan, ash, icker, gaiety, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitz, glow, life, panache, radiance, scintillation, shimmer, show, spark, spirit, twinkle, vim, vitality, vivacity, zap*, zip*; concepts 411,624,628 Ant. dullness sparkle [v] glitter, shine beam, bubble, coruscate, dance, effervesce, zz, zzle, ash, icker, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glow, scintillate, shimmer, spark, twinkle, wink; concept 624 Ant. darken, dull sparse [adj] very few and scattered dispersed, exiguous, few and far between, inadequate, infrequent, meager, occasional, poor, rare, scant, scanty, scarce, scrimpy, skimpy, spare, sporadic, thin, uncommon; concepts 762,789 Ant. full, lush, plentiful spasm [n] twitch, t access, attack, burst, contraction, convulsion, eruption, frenzy, jerk, outburst, pain, paroxysm, seizure, throe, yank; concepts 185,728 spasmodic [adj] twitching, erratic bits and pieces*, changeable, choppy, convulsive, desultory, tful, ts and starts*, intermittent, irregular, jerky, on-again-off-again*, periodic, shaky, spastic, sporadic, spotty, spurtive, uncertain; concepts 482,530,541 Ant. resting, uninterrupted spat [n] dispute, quarrel altercation, argument, beef*, bickering, brouhaha, conict, difference of opinion, disagreement, discord, dissension, embroilment, falling-out, feud, are-up, fracas, friction, fuss, hubbub, miff*, misunderstanding, row, rumpus*, run-in*, squabble, strife, tiff, words; concepts 46,106,278 spate [n] series deluge, ood, urry, outpouring, run, rush, string, succession, torrent, wave; concept 6 spatter [v] splash, sprinkle bespatter, bestrew, broadcast, dash, daub, dirty, discharge, disperse, dot, douse, dribble, mottle, polka-dot, scatter, shower, slop, smudge, soil, spangle, speck, speckle, splutter, spot, spray, sputter, stipple, strew, swash, wet; concepts 172,179,256

spawn [v] produce bring forth, create, father, generate, give rise to, hatch, issue, make, mother, originate, parent, procreate, reproduce, sire; concepts 173,251,374 Ant. destroy speak [v1] talk allege, articulate, assert, aver, blab*, break silence, chat, chew*, communicate, converse, convey, declare, deliver, descant, discourse, drawl, enunciate, expatiate, express, gab*, gas*, go*, jaw*, lip*, make known, make public, modulate, mouth, mumble, murmur, mutter, open ones mouth, perorate, pop off*, pronounce, put into words, rap*, say, shout, sound, speak ones piece*, spiel*, spill, state, tell, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voice, whisper, yak*, yakkety-yak*, yammer; concepts 47,266 Ant. be quiet, listen speak [v2] address; give a lecture argue, declaim, descant, discourse, get across, harangue, hold forth, orate, pitch, plead, prelect, recite, sermonize, spiel*, spout*, stump, talk; concepts 60,285 Ant. listen speaker [n] talker after-dinner speaker, announcer, elocutionist, keynoter, lecturer, mouthpiece, orator, public speaker, rhetorician, speechmaker, spokesperson; concept 348 speak out/speak up [v] make ones position known assert, come out with, declare, have ones say*, insist, let voice be heard*, make oneself heard, make plain, say loud and clear*, sound off*, speak loudly, speak ones mind*, stand up for; concepts 49,57 Ant. be quiet, shut up spearhead [v] lead, start bring, bring on, cause, direct, get the jump on*, go out in front*, guide, head, helm, inuence, initiate, introduce, launch, motivate, move, originate, persuade, pioneer, produce, prompt, quarterback*, run things*, shepherd, spur, trail-blaze*; concepts 68,117,221 special [adj] distinguished, distinctive; important in own way appropriate, best, certain, characteristic, chief, choice, dened, denite, designated, determinate, different, earmarked, especial, exceptional, exclusive, express, extraordinary, festive, rst, gala, individual, limited, main, major, marked, memorable, momentous, out of the ordinary, particular, peculiar, personal, primary, proper, rare, red-letter*, reserved, restricted, select, set, signicant, smashing*, sole, specialized, specic, uncommon, unique, unreal*, unusual; concepts 557,564,567 Ant. common, commonplace, indistinctive, normal, ordinary, undistinguished, unimportant, usual specialist [n] person who is an expert in a eld ace, adept, authority, connoisseur, consultant, devotee, doctor, guru*, old hand*, old pro*, pro*, professional, pundit, sage, savant, scholar, technician, veteran, virtuoso; concepts 347,357 Ant. general practitioner specialize [v] concentrate on specic area be into, develop oneself in, do ones thing*, go in for, have a weakness for*, limit oneself to, practice, practice exclusively, pursue, study intensively, train, work in; concepts 91,324 Ant. broaden specially [adv] particularly distinctively, especially, expressly, in specie, specically, uniquely; concept 557 Ant. broadly

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specialty [n] distinctive feature; concentration career, claim to fame, cup of tea*, distinguishing feature, eld of concentration, forte, game*, hobby, job, long suit*, magnum opus, major, masterpiece, minor, number, object of attention, object of study, occupation, pice de rsistance*, practice, profession, pursuit, racket*, special, speciality, special project, thing*, vocation, weakness, work; concept 349 Ant. generalization species [n] class, variety breed, category, collection, description, division, group, kind, likes*, lot, nature, number, order, sort, stripe*, type; concept 378 specic [adj] particular, distinguishing bulls eye*, categorical, characteristic, clean-cut, clear-cut, cut ne*, dead on*, denite, denitive, different, distinct, downright, drawn ne, especial, exact, explicit, express, at out*, hit nail on head*, individual, limited, on target, outright, peculiar, precise, reserved, restricted, right on, set, sole, special, specialized, straightout, unambiguous, unequivocal, unique; concepts 535,557,564 Ant. general, indenite, uncertain, vague specically [adv] expressly, particularly accurately, categorically, characteristically, clearly, concretely, correctly, denitely, distinctively, especially, exactly, explicitly, in detail, indicatively, individually, in specie, minutely, peculiarly, pointedly, precisely, respectively, specially; concepts 557,564 Ant. broadly, generally specication [n] requirement, qualication blueprint, condition, designation, detail, item, particular, particularization, spec*, stipulation, term; concepts 270,646 Ant. generalization, uncertainty, vagueness specify [v] designate; decide denitely be specic, blueprint*, button down*, cite, come to the point, condition, dene, detail, determine, draw a picture*, enumerate, establish, nger*, x, get down to brass tacks*, get to the point*, go into detail, indicate, individualize, instance, inventory, itemize, lay out, limit, list, make, mention, name, particularize, peg, pin down, point out, precise, put down, put nger on*, set, settle, show clearly, slot, specialize, specicate, specicize, spell out, stipulate, tab, tag, tick off; concepts 18,57 Ant. generalize specimen [n] example, sample case, case history, copy, cross section, embodiment, exemplar, exemplication, exhibit, illustration, individual, instance, model, part, pattern, proof, representation, representative, sampling, sort, species, type, unit, variety; concepts 686,831 specious [adj] misleading apparent, apparently right, beguiling, captious, casuistic, colorable, credible, deceptive, delusive, empty, erroneous, fallacious, false, attering, hollow, idle, illogical, inaccurate, incorrect, likely, nugatory, ostensible, ostentatious, plausible, presumable, presumptive, pretentious, probable, seeming, sophistic, sophistical, sophisticated, spurious, unsound, untrue, vain, wrong; concepts 552,582 Ant. real, true, valid speck [n] tiny bit atom, blemish, blot, crumb, defect, dot, fault, aw, eck, yspeck, grain, iota, jot, mark, mite, modicum, molecule, mote,

particle, point, shred, smidgen, speckle, splotch, spot, stain, trace, whit; concept 831 Ant. lot speckled [adj] dotted brindled, dappled, aked, ecked, freckled, mosaic, motley, mottled, particolored, patchy, peppered, punctate, spotted, spotty, sprinkled, stippled, studded, variegated; concepts 485,618 Ant. plain, unspeckled spectacle [n] something showy; exhibition comedy, curiosity, demonstration, display, drama, event, exposition, extravaganza, marvel, movie, pageant, parade, performance, phenomenon, play, production, representation, scene, show, sight, spectacular, tableau, view, wonder; concept 529 Ant. normality, ordinariness spectacles [n] eyeglasses bifocals, blinkers*, contact lenses, contacts, glasses, goggles, lorgnette, monocle, pair of glasses, pince-nez, reading glasses, shades*, specs*, sunglasses, trifocals; concept 446 spectacular [adj] wonderful, impressive amazing, astonishing, astounding, breathtaking, daring, dazzling, dramatic, eye-catching, fabulous, fantastic, grand, histrionic, magnicent, marked, marvelous, miraculous, prodigious, razzle-dazzle*, remarkable, sensational, splendid, staggering, striking, stunning, stupendous, theatrical, thrilling, wondrous; concepts 529, 537,574 Ant. normal, ordinary, regular, unspectacular, usual spectator [n] person who watches event beholder, bystander, clapper, eyewitness, fan, gaper*, gazer, kibitzer*, looker, looker-on, moviegoer, observer, onlooker, perceiver, playgoer, seer, showgoer, sports fan, standee, stander-by, theatergoer, viewer, watcher, witness; concepts 366,423 Ant. participant specter [n] ghost apparition, appearance, demon, doppelganger, phantasm, phantom, poltergeist, presence, shadow, spirit, spook, vision; concept 370 spectral [adj] ghostly apparitional, eerie, haunted, illusory, phantasmal, phantom, scary, shadowy, spiritual, spooky, supernatural; concepts 485,537 speculate [v1] think about deeply and theorize beat ones brains*, brainstorm*, build castles in air*, call it, call the turn, cerebrate, chew over*, cogitate, conjecture, consider, contemplate, deliberate, dope*, dope out*, excogitate, gure, gure out*, guess, guesstimate*, have a hunch*, hazard a guess, head trip*, hypothesize, kick around*, meditate, muse, pipedream*, psych out*, read, read between lines*, reason, reect, review, ruminate, run it up agpole*, scheme, size up, study, suppose, surmise, suspect, weigh, wonder; concepts 17,24,28,37 Ant. ignore, neglect speculate [v2] gamble, risk dare, hazard, make book*, margin up*, play, play the market*, plunge, pour money into*, spec*, stick neck out*, take a chance, take a ier*, take a ing*, venture, wildcat; concepts 28,330,363 Ant. abstain speculation [n1] theory, guess belief, brainwork*, cerebration, cogitation, conjecture, consideration, contemplation, deliberation, excogitation, guesstimate*, guesswork, hunch, hypothesis, meditation, opinion, reection, review, shot, shot in the dark*, sneaking

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suspicion*, stab, stab in the dark*, studying, supposition, surmise, thinking, thought, weighing; concepts 24,28,529,689 Ant. fact, information, reality, truth speculation [n2] risk, gamble backing, ier*, utter, gambling, hazard, hunch, piece, plunge, right money*, risky business*, risky venture, shot, shot in the dark*, smart money*, spec*, speculative enterprise, stab*, venture, wager; concepts 192,330,363 Ant. abstention speculative [adj] theoretical abstract, analytical, assumed, conceptive, dangerous, dicey, experimental, formularized, hairy, hazardous, hypothetical, ideal, idealized, ideological, iffy, intellectual, in theory, logical, notional, philosophical, presumed, risky, uncertain, unproved, unproven, unsubstantiated; concept 529 speech [n1] talk accent, articulation, communication, conversation, dialect, dialogue, diction, discussion, doublespeak*, double talk*, elocution, enunciation, expressing, expression, idiom, intercourse, jargon, language, lingo, locution, mother tongue, native tongue, oral communication, palaver, parlance, prattle, pronunciation, prose, speaking, spiel, tone, tongue, utterance, verbalization, vernacular, vocal expression, vocalization, vocalizing, voice, voicing; concepts 47,266,266 Ant. listening, quiet, silence speech [n2] formal talk to audience address, allocution, appeal, bombast, chalk talk*, commentary, debate, declamation, diatribe, discourse, disquisition, dissertation, eulogy, exhortation, harangue, homily, invocation, keynote, lecture, opus, oration, oratory, panegyric, paper, parlance, parley, pep talk*, pitch, prelection, recitation, rhetoric, salutation, sermon, spiel*, stump*, tirade, valedictory; concepts 60,285 Ant. listening speechless [adj] without ability to talk aghast, amazed, aphonic, astounded, buttoned up*, clammed up*, close-mouthed, cool*, cool as cucumber*, dazed, dumb, dumbfounded, dumbstruck, inarticulate, mum, mute, not saying boo*, reserved, shocked, silent, taciturn, thunderstruck*, tight-lipped*, tongue-tied*, uncommunicative, unappable, voiceless, wordless; concept 267 Ant. articulate, communicative, responsive speed [n] rate of motion, often a high rate acceleration, activity, agility, alacrity, breeze, briskness, celerity, clip, dispatch, eagerness, expedition, eetness, gait, haste, headway, hurry, hustle, legerity, lick, liveliness, momentum, pace, precipitancy, precipitation, promptitude, promptness, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, readiness, rush, rustle, snap, steam, swiftness, urgency, velocity; concept 755 speed [v] move along quickly advance, aid, assist, barrel, belt, bomb, boost, bowl over, career, cover ground*, cut along, dispatch, expedite, facilitate, ash, y, further, gallop, gather momentum, gear up*, get a move on*, get moving, get under way, go all out*, go fast, go like the wind*, hasten, help, hightail*, hurry, impel, lose no time*, make haste, open up throttle*, press on, promote, quicken, race, ride, run, rush, sail, spring, step on it*, tear, urge, whiz, zoom; concepts 110,150,152 Ant. delay, halt, slow speedy [adj] fast, quick accelerated, agile,

alacritous, breakneck, brisk, expeditious, express, eet, harefooted, hasty, headlong, hurried, immediate, lissome, lively, nimble, precipitate, prompt, quick-re, rapid, rapid-re, ready, snappy, summary, supersonic, swift, ultrasonic, winged; concepts 548,584,588 Ant. delayed, halted, slowed, tardy spell [n1] interval, period bit, bout, course, go, hitch, interlude, intermission, patch, relay, season, shift, space, stint, streak, stretch, term, time, tour, tour of duty, trick, turn, while; concepts 807,817,822 spell [n2] magical aura over an entity abracadabra*, allure, amulet, bewitching, bewitchment, charm, conjuration, enchanting, enchantment, exorcism, fascination, glamour, hex, hexing, hocus-pocus*, incantation, jinx, magic, mumbo jumbo*, rune, sorcery, talisman, trance, voodoo*, whack*, whammy*, witchery; concepts 370,673,689 spell [n3] seizure access, attack, t, illness, jag, paroxysm, spasm, stroke, throe, turn; concepts 306,308 spell [v1] mean, imply add up to, amount to, augur, connote, denote, express, herald, import, indicate, intend, point to, portend, presage, promise, signify, suggest; concepts 55,74,75 spell [v2] give rest, relief allow, breathe, free, lay off, lie by, release, relieve, stand in for, take over, take the place of; concepts 83,110 Ant. abuse, run ragged, use spellbound [adj] enchanted, fascinated agape, amazed, bemused, bewildered, bewitched, breathless, captivated, caught up, charmed, enthralled, gripped, held, hooked, mesmerized, open-mouthed, petried, possessed, rapt, transxed, transported, under a spell; concept 403 Ant. disenchanted, disinterested spell out [v] clarify, explain break down, brief, clear up, clue in, decipher, decode, dene, describe, diagram, draw a map*, expound, ll someone in*, get across*, go into detail, illustrate, interpret, justify, make plain*, point out, put across, put in plain English*, teach, tell, throw light upon*, translate, unfold, unravel, untangle; concept 57 spend [v1] give, pay out absorb, allocate, ante up*, apply, bestow, blow*, cast away, come across, come through, concentrate, confer, consume, contribute, cough up*, defray, deplete, disburse, dispense, dissipate, donate, drain, drop, employ, empty, evote, exhaust, expend, foot the bill*, fritter, give, hand out, invest, lavish, lay out, liquidate, misspend, outlay, pay down, pay up, put in, run through, settle, shell out*, spring for*, squander, throw away, use, use up, waste; concepts 156,169,225,341 Ant. earn, get, receive spend [v2] use time; occupy consume, devote, drift, employ, ll, fool around*, fritter, go, idle, kill, laze, let pass, misuse, pass, put in, squander, waste, while away*; concept 100 Ant. be lazy spendthrift [n] person careless with money big spender*, dissipater, high-roller*, improvident, imprudent, prodigal, proigate, spender, sport, squanderer, waster, wastrel; concepts 348,353, 423 Ant. miser, saver spent [adj] used up, gone; tired out all in*,

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bleary, blown, burnt-out*, bushed, consumed, dead*, debilitated, depleted, disbursed, dissipated, dog-tired*, done-in*, down the drain*, drained, effete, enervated, exhausted, expended, fagged, far-gone*, nished, had it*, limp, lost, played-out*, prostrate, ready to drop*, shattered, shot, thrown away, used, washed-up*, wasted, weakened, wearied, weary, worn out; concepts 314,560,771 Ant. hoarded, retained, saved spew [v] spit out belch, bring up, cascade, disgorge, eject, eruct, erupt, expel, ood, gush, heave, irrupt, puke*, regurgitate, scatter, spit, spit up, spread, spritz, throw up, urp*, vomit; concepts 179,308 sphere [n1] globular object apple*, ball, big blue marble*, circle, Earth, globe, globule, orb, pellet, pill, planet, rondure, round; concepts 436,511 sphere [n2] domain of inuence bailiwick, capacity, champaign, circle, class, compass, demesne, department, dominion, employment, eld, function, ground, jungle, jurisdiction, level, neck of the woods*, orbit, pale, position, precinct, province, range, rank, realm, scope, station, stomping ground*, stratum, terrain, territory, turf*, walk of life, zone; concepts 349,388,687 spice [n] avor, zest aroma, color, excitement, fragrance, gusto, guts*, kick, pep, piquancy, pungency, relish, salt, savor, scent, seasoning, tang, zap*, zip*; concepts 614,673 Ant. blandness, dullness spick-and-span [adj] spotless clean, fresh, gleaming, hygienic, immaculate, neat, polished, pure, sanitary, shining, shipshape, tidy, unsoiled, unstained, untarnished, very clean; concepts 404,621 spicy [adj1] pungent, avorful ambrosial, appetizing, aromal, aromatic, distinctive, ery, avorsome, fragrant, fresh, herbaceous, highly seasoned, hot, keen, odoriferous, peppery, perfumed, piquant, poignant, racy, redolent, savory, scented, seasoned, snappy, spirited, sweet, tangy, tasty, zesty, zippy*; concept 613 Ant. bland, dull, avorless, tasteless spicy [adj2] off-color, vulgar breezy, broad, erotic, hot*, indelicate, racy, red hot*, ribald, risqu, salty*, scandalous, sensational, sophisticated, suggestive, titillating, unseemly, wicked, X-rated*; concepts 267,372,545 Ant. clean, decent, moral spiel [n] patter, sales pitch chatter, empty talk, jabber*, jive*, line*, pitch*, sales talk, song and dance*; concepts 276,278 spiffy [adj] stylish a la mode*, beautiful, chic, chichi*, classy, dandy, dapper, dashing, dressed to kill*, fashionable, high-class*, in fashion, in vogue, jazzy*, mod*, now*, ritzy, sharp, showy, sleek, slick*, smart, snappy*, snazzy*, stunning, swank*, upscale, uptown, voguish; concepts 579,589 spike [v] pierce fasten, impale, lance, make fast, nail, pin, prick, skewer, spear, spit, stick, transx; concept 220 spill [v1] slop, drop discharge, disgorge, dribble, drip, empty, ow, lose, overll, overow, overrun, overturn, pour, run, run out, run over, scatter, shed, spill over, splash, splatter, spray, sprinkle, spurt, squirt, stream, throw off, upset,

well over; concepts 179,181 Ant. clean up, pick up spill [v2] reveal betray, blab, blow, disclose, divulge, give away, inform, let the cat out of the bag*, mouth, squeal, tattle, tell; concept 60 Ant. conceal, hide spin [n] circular motion circuit, gyration, revolution, roll, rotation, spiral, turn, twist, whirl; concept 748 Ant. immobility, inaction, inactivity spin [v] go around, make go around gyrate, gyre, oscillate, pendulate, pirouette, purl, reel, revolve, rotate, spiral, swim, turn, twirl, twist, wheel, whirl; concepts 150,152,218 Ant. stand, steady spine [n] backbone back, bone, chine, rachis, ridge, spinal column, vertebrae, vertebral column; concepts 393,420 spineless [adj] cowardly amoebalike*, fainthearted, fearful, feeble, forceless, frightened, gutless*, impotent, inadequate, ineffective, ineffectual, invertebrate, irresolute, lily-livered*, nerveless, pithless, soft, spiritless, squeamish, submissive, timid, vacillating, weak, weakkneed, weak-willed, yellow*, yellow-bellied*; concepts 401,542 Ant. bold, brave, strong spin-off [n] offshoot adjunct, branch, by-product, derivative, descendant, division, offspring, outgrowth, sequel; concepts 260,824 spiral [adj] curling, winding circling, circular, circumvoluted, cochlear, coiled, corkscrew, curled, helical, helicoid, radial, rolled, screwshaped, scrolled, tendrillar, tortile, voluted, whorled, wound; concept 486 Ant. straight, uncurling, unwinding spiral [n] curled shape coil, corkscrew, curlicue, ourish, gyration, gyre, helix, quirk, screw, volute, whorl; concept 436 spirit [n1] soul, attitude air, animation, ardor, backbone*, boldness, breath, character, complexion, courage, dauntlessness, disposition, earnestness, energy, enterprise, enthusiasm, essence, re, force, frame of mind, gameness, grit*, guts*, heart, humor, jazz*, life, life force, liveliness, mettle, mood, morale, motivation, nerve, oomph*, outlook, psyche, quality, resolution, resolve, sparkle, spunk*, stoutheartedness, substance, temper, temperament, tenor, vigor, vitality, vital spark, warmth, will, willpower, zest; concepts 407,411 spirit [n2] atmosphere, essence feeling, genius, gist, humor, intent, intention, meaning, purport, purpose, quality, sense, substance, temper, tenor, timbre, tone; concepts 673,682 spirit [n3] ghost apparition, eidolon, phantasm, phantom, poltergeist, shade, shadow, soul, specter, spook, sprite, supernatural being, umbra, vision, wraith; concept 370 Ant. being, reality spirited [adj] lively, vivacious active, alert, animate, animated, ardent, audacious, avid, bold, bouncy, brave, bright, burning, chirpy, courageous, dauntless, eager, effervescent, energetic, enthusiastic, fearless, ery, full of life, game, gingery*, gritty, gutsy*, highspirited, hot, hyper*, intrepid, jumping, keen, mettlesome, nervy, passionate, peppery, peppy, plucky, resolute, rocking, sharp, snappy, sparkling, sprightly, spunky, vigorous, zappy*,

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zealous, zesty, zingy*, zippy*; concepts 404,542 Ant. apathetic, depressed, dispirited, lazy, lethargic, unhappy, unlively spiritless [adj] depressed apathetic, blah*, blue*, broken, cast down, dejected, despondent, disconsolate, dispirited, dopey*, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the dumps*, down in the mouth*, draggy, drippy, droopy, dull, enervated, at*, at tire*, inanimate, indifferent, lackadaisical, lackluster, languid, languishing, languorous, lifeless, limp, listless, low, melancholic, melancholy, mopy, slothful, subdued, submissive, tame, torpid, unconcerned, unenthusiastic, unmoved, zero*; concept 403, Ant. energetic, happy, lively, spirited, uplifted spiritual [adj] religious, otherworldly airy, asomatous, devotional, discarnate, disembodied, divine, ethereal, extramundane, ghostly, holy, immaterial, incorporeal, intangible, metaphysical, nonmaterial, nonphysical, platonic, pure, rareed, rened, sacred, supernal, uneshly, unphysical; concepts 536,582 Ant. bodily, irreligious, irreverent, physical, unspiritual spit [n] saliva discharge, dribble, drool, slaver, spittle, sputum, water; concept 467 spit [v] eject saliva or substance discharge, drool, expectorate, hawk, hiss, sibilate, sizz, slobber, spatter, spew, splutter, spritz, sputter, throw out; concepts 179,185 Ant. swallow spite [n] hateful feeling animosity, antipathy, bad blood*, contempt, despite, enmity, gall, grudge, harsh feeling, hate, hatred, ill will, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignity, peeve, pique, rancor, resentment, revenge, spitefulness, spleen, umbrage, vengeance, vengefulness, venom, vindictiveness; concept 29 Ant. liking, love, loving spite [v] offend, hurt annoy, begrudge, beset, crab*, cramp style*, discomt, gall, get even*, grudge, hang up*, harass, harm, injure, louse up*, needle, nettle, persecute, pique, provoke, put out*, upset the apple cart*, vex; concepts 7,19,121 Ant. forgive, help, love, please spiteful [adj] hurtful, nasty accidentally on purpose*, angry, barbed, catty*, cruel, cussed*, despiteful, dirty, evil, hateful, ill-disposed, illnatured, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, ornery*, rancorous, snide, spleenful, splenetic, venomous, vicious, vindictive, waspish, wicked; concepts 401,542 Ant. affectionate, forgiving, helpful, loving, pleasing spitting image [n] look-alike carbon copy, clone, double, duplicate, exact likeness, likeness, match, replica, ringer*, twin, very image; concepts 414,664,670 splash [n] spattering, impact burst, dash, display, effect, patch, sensation, splurge, stir, touch; concept 676 splash [v] throw liquid bathe, bespatter, broadcast, dabble, dash, douse, drench, drown, get wet, moisten, paddle, plash, plunge, shower, slop, slosh, soak, sop, spatter, splatter, spray, spread, sprinkle, squirt, strew, throw, wade, wallow, wet; concepts 222,256 splatter [v] splash bespatter, douse, drench, drown, get wet, moisten, plunge, shower, slosh, soak, sop, spatter, spray, sprinkle, squirt, wet; concepts 222,256 splendid [adj1] luxurious, expensive baroque,

beaming, beautiful, bright, brilliant, costly, dazzling, elegant, fab*, fat*, amboyant, glittering, glowing, gorgeous, grand, grandiose, imposing, impressive, lavish, lustrous, mad*, magnicent, magnico, marvelous, ornate, plush, posh, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, rich, solid gold*, splashy, splendiferous, splendrous, sumptuous, superb, swanky*; concepts 334,485,589 Ant. drab, poor, shabby, shoddy splendid [adj2] excellent, illustrious admirable, brilliant, celebrated, distinguished, divine, eminent, exceptional, exquisite, fantastic, ne, rst-class, glorious, gorgeous, grand, great, heroic, impressive, magnicent, marvelous, matchless, outstanding, peerless, premium, proud, rare, remarkable, renowned, resplendent, royal, splendiferous, splendorous, sterling, sublime, superb, superlative, supreme, transcendent, unparalleled, unsurpassed, very good, wonderful; concepts 568,574 Ant. humble, insignicant, ordinary, regular, usual splendor [n] radiance, glory brightness, brilliance, ceremony, dazzle, display, effulgence, gorgeousness, grandeur, luster, magnicence, majesty, pageant, pomp, refulgence, renown, resplendence, richness, show, solemnity, spectacle, stateliness, sumptuousness; concepts 620,655,673 Ant. dullness, insignicance, ordinariness, poorness splice [v] join, interweave braid, entwine, graft, hitch, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, knit, marry, mate, mesh, plait, tie, unite, weave, wed, yoke; concept 193 Ant. divide, separate, sever splinter [n] thin piece of solid bit, chip, ake, fragment, needle, paring, shaving, sliver, wood; concepts 471,479,831 splinter [v] break into thin, small pieces break to smithereens*, burst, disintegrate, fracture, fragment, pash, rive, shatter, shiver, smash, split; concept 246 Ant. combine, x, mend split [n1] opening breach, chasm, chink, cleavage, cleft, crack, damage, division, ssure, gap, rent, rift, rima, rimation, rime, rip, rupture, separation, slash, slit, tear; concept 513 Ant. closing, closure split [n2] difference, disunion alienation, breach, break, break-up, discord, disruption, dissension, divergence, division, estrangement, ssure, fracture, partition, rent, rift, rupture, schism; concept 388 Ant. juncture, marriage, union split [v1] break up, pull apart bifurcate, branch, break, burst, cleave, come apart, come undone, crack, dichotomize, disband, disjoin, dissever, disunite, diverge, divide, divorce, fork, gape, give way, go separate ways, hack, isolate, open, part, part company, put asunder, rend, rip, rive, separate, sever, slash, slit, snap, splinter, sunder, tear, whack; concepts 135,176,297 Ant. combine, join, pull together split [v2] divide into parts allocate, allot, apportion, carve up, distribute, divide, divvy*, divvy up*, dole, go even-steven*, go ftyfty*, halve, mete out, parcel out, partition, share, slice, slice the pie*, slice up; concept 98 Ant. combine, join split up [v] keep apart; segregate; separate break off, break up, come apart, detach, disband, disconnect, divide, divorce, go separate

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ways, group, part, part company, rope off, seclude, sever, sort, stand between, undo; concepts 135,158,201,297,384 splurge [v] spend lavishly be extravagant, binge, celebrate, ing, give a party*, rampage, spread; concepts 327,377 Ant. hoard, save spoil [v1] ruin, hurt blemish, damage, debase, deface, dele, demolish, depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, destroy, devastate, disgure, disgrace, harm, impair, injure, make useless, mar, mess up*, muck up*, pillage, plunder, prejudice, ravage, sack, smash, spoliate, squash, take apart, tarnish, trash*, undo, upset, vitiate, waste, wreck; concepts 246,252 Ant. help spoil [v2] baby, indulge accommodate, cater to, coddle, cosset, favor, humor, kill with kindness*, mollycoddle*, oblige, overindulge, pamper, spoon-feed*; concepts 14,136 Ant. be indifferent, ignore, neglect spoil [v3] decay, turn bad addle, become tainted, become useless, break down, crumble, curdle, decompose, deteriorate, disintegrate, go bad, go off, mildew, molder, putrefy, rot, taint, turn; concepts 456,469 Ant. grow spoils [n] possessions stolen or gained booty*, cut*, gain, goods, graft, hot goods*, loot, make*, pickings, pillage, plunder, prey, prize, squeeze, swag, take; concepts 337,710 spoken [adj] by word of mouth announced, articulate, communicated, expressed, lingual, mentioned, oral, phonetic, phonic, put into words, said, sonant, told, traditional, unwritten, uttered, verbal, viva voce, voiced; concept 267 Ant. heard, written spokesperson [n] person who communicates for another agent, champion, delegate, deputy, mediator, mouth, mouthpiece*, prolocutor, prophet, protagonist, representative, speaker, stand-in, substitute, talker; concepts 348,354 sponge [n] moocher bum*, cadger, deadbeat*, freeloader*, hanger-on, leech*, panhandler, parasite, scrounger; concepts 412,423 sponge [v] mooch beg, bum*, cadge, chisel*, freeload*, hit up*, hustle, live off of, panhandle, scrounge; concept 53 spongy [adj] cushioned, absorbent absorptive, cushiony, elastic, light, mushy, pappy, porous, pulpous, pulpy, resilient, rubbery, soft, springy, squishy, yielding; concept 606 Ant. hard, impermeable, inexible sponsor [n] person who helps, promotes another adherent, advocate, angel*, backer, benefactor, godparent, grubstaker, guarantor, mainstay, patron, promoter, supporter, surety, sustainer, underwriter; concepts 348,423 sponsor [v] help, promote answer for, back, bankroll, be responsible for, nance, fund, grubstake, guarantee, patronize, put up money, stake, subsidize, vouch for; concepts 110,341 Ant. disapprove, discourage, hurt spontaneous [adj] impulsive, willing ad-lib*, automatic, break loose, casual, down, extemporaneous, extempore, free, free spirited, from the hip*, impetuous, impromptu, improvised, inevitable, instinctive, involuntary, irresistible, natural, offhand, off-the-cuff*, off top of head*, simple, unartful, unavoidable, unbidden, uncompelled, unconscious, unconstrained, uncontrived, uncontrolled, unforced, uninten-

tional, unplanned, unpremediated, unprompted, unsophisticated, unstudied, up front, voluntary; concepts 401,542,548 Ant. deliberate, intended, planned, premeditated spoof [n] trick, mockery bluff, bon mot, burlesque, caricature, cheat, deceit, deception, fake, im-am*, game, hoax, imposture, jest, joke, lampoon, parody, phony, prank, put-on, quip, satire, sell, send-up*, sham, take-off, travesty, trickery, wisecrack; concepts 59,273 spook [v] frighten, scare alarm, curdle the blood*, discomfort, horrify, make ones blood run cold*, make ones teeth chatter*, panic, petrify, scare away, scare stiff*, scare the pants off of*, scare to death*, startle, strike terror into*, terrify, unnerve; concepts 7,14,19,42 spooky [adj] frightening chilling, creepy, eerie, ghostly, mysterious, ominous, scary, spinechilling, supernatural, uncanny, unearthly, weird; concepts 529,537 Ant. natural, unfrightening spoon-feed [v] pamper baby, cater to, coddle, give in, indulge, mollycoddle*, overindulge, spoil, spoil rotten*; concepts 136,295 sporadic [adj] on and off bits and pieces*, desultory, few, tful, ts and starts*, hit-ormiss*, infrequent, intermittent, irregular, isolated, occasional, on-again-off-again*, random, rare, scarce, scattered, seldom, semioccasional, spasmodic, spotty, uncommon, unfrequent; concept 541 Ant. constant, continuous, dependable sport [n1] recreational activity; entertainment action, amusement, athletics, ball, disport, diversion, exercise, frolic, fun, fun and games*, gaiety, game, games, pastime, physical activity, picnic, play, pleasure, recreation; concept 363 Ant. vocation, work sport [n2] fun, joking badinage, banter, derision, drollery, escapade, frolic, horseplay, jest, jesting, joke, jollication, jollity, kidding, laughter, merriment, mirth, mockery, mummery, nonsense, pleasantry, practical joke, raillery, scorn, teasing, tomfoolery, triing; concepts 59,273 Ant. seriousness sport [n3] person who takes kidding buffoon, butt, jestee, joke, laughingstock, mock, mockery, object of derision, object of ridicule, plaything, target; concept 423 sport [v] display, wear be dressed in, don, exhibit, have on, model, show off; concepts 167,261 sporting/sportive [adj] playful and fair antic, coltish, considerate, devil-may-care*, frisky, frolicsome, full of fun*, game, gamesome, gay, generous, impish, jaunty, joyous, larkish, lively, merry, mischievous, reasonable, roguish, rollicking, sportspersonlike, sprightly, square, wild; concept 401 Ant. unfair, unplayful, unsporting sportsmanship [n] integrity fairness, forthrightness, gamesmanship, goodness, honesty, honor, honorableness, principle, righteousness, sincerity, virtue; concept 411 sporty [adj] casual; ashy brazen, amboyant, aunting, gaudy, glittering, glittery, glitzy, informal, jazzy*, loud, natty, ornate, showy, snazzy; concepts 401,542,589 spot [n1] mark, stain atom, blemish, blot, blotch, daub, discoloration, dollop, dram, drop,

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aw, iota, jot, little bit, mite, molecule, mote, nip, particle, pimple, pinch, shot, smidgen, smudge, snort, speck, taint, whit; concepts 284,831 Ant. plainness spot [n2] location hangout*, hole*, joint*, layout, locality, locus, ofce, pad, place, plant, point, position, post, roof, scene, seat, section, sector, site, situation, slot, station, wherever*, X*, X marks the spot*; concept 198 spot [n3] bad situation box*, corner*, difculty, dilemma, x, hole*, jam, mess, pickle*, plight, predicament, quandary, scrape, trouble; concept 666 Ant. benet, boon, success spot [n4] position in organization appointment, berth, billet, connection, job, ofce, place, post, responsibility, situation, station, work; concepts 351,362 spot [v1] mark, stain besmirch, bespatter, blot, blotch, dapple, dirty, dot, eck, maculate, marble, mottle, pepper, pimple, soil, spatter, speck, speckle, splash, splotch, stipple, streak, stripe, stud, sully, taint, tarnish; concepts 79,179 Ant. clean, unspot spot [v2] see, recognize catch, catch sight of, descry, detect, determinate, diagnose, discern, discover, distinguish, encounter, espy, ferret out, nd, identify, locate, make out, meet with, observe, pick out, pinpoint, place, point out, sight, trace, track, turn up; concepts 38,183,626 Ant. overlook spotless [adj] very clean; innocent above reproach, blameless, chaste, clean, decent, faultless, awless, gleaming, hygienic, immaculate, irreproachable, modest, pure, sanitary, shining, snowy, stainless, unblemished, undeled, unimpeachable, unsoiled, unstained, unsullied, untarnished; concepts 404,621 Ant. dirty, soiled, spotted, stained spotlight [n] attention; bright beam of light center stage, fame, ashlight, oodlight, interest, light, limelight, notoriety, public attention, public eye, publicity; concepts 388,624,668 Ant. obscurity spotlight [v] focus attention on accentuate, draw attention, feature, oodlight*, give prominence, highlight, illuminate, limelight*, point up, publicize, put on center stage*; concepts 261,292 Ant. turn aside spotted [adj] speckled blotched, dappled, dotted, aked, ecked, freckled, mosaic, motley, patchy, pied, spotty, sprinkled; concepts 485, 618 spotty [adj] blotchy, irregular desultory, erratic, ickering, uctuating, not uniform, on-againoff-again*, patchy, pimply, spasmodic, sporadic, unequal, uneven; concept 534 Ant. constant, regular, unbroken spouse [n] one of a married couple better half*, bride, companion, groom, helpmate, husband, man, mate, partner, roommate, wife, woman; concept 414 spout [v1] spurt, emit cascade, discharge, eject, erupt, expel, exude, gush, jet, pour, roll, shoot, spill, spray, squirt, stream, surge; concept 179 Ant. drain spout [v2] talk forcefully boast, brag, chatter, declaim, expatiate, go on, gush, harangue, hold forth, orate, ponticate, ramble, rant, sermonize, shoot off ones mouth*, speechify, spellbind,

spiel, vapor, yell; concepts 49,51 Ant. be quiet sprawl [v] sit or lie spread out drape, extend, op, lie, lie spread-eagle*, loll, lounge, ramble, recline, sit, slouch, slump, spread, straddle, straggle, stretch, trail; concept 201 Ant. straighten spray [n] ne mist aerosol, atomizer, drizzle, droplets, duster, fog, froth, moisture, spindrift, splash, sprayer, sprinkler, vaporizer; concepts 514,680 spray [v] sprinkle, diffuse atomize, drizzle, dust, scatter, shoot, shower, smear, spatter, splash, spritz, squirt, throw around; concepts 179,256 Ant. collect, gather spread [n1] expansion, development; extent advance, advancement, compass, diffusion, dispersion, dissemination, enlargement, escalation, expanse, extension, increase, period, profusion, proliferation, radiation, ramication, range, reach, scope, span, spreading, stretch, suffusion, sweep, term, transfusion, transmission; concepts 651,704,721,788 Ant. stagnation, suppression spread [n2] outlay of food, meal array, banquet, blowout, dinner, feast, lunch, regale, repast; concept 459 spread [v1] open or fan out arrange, array, be displayed, be distributed, bloat, branch off, broaden, cast, circulate, coat, cover, daub, develop, diffuse, dilate, disperse, diverge, enlarge, escalate, even out, expand, extend, atten, ow, gloss, increase, lay, lengthen, level, lie, multiply, mushroom, open, outstretch, overlay, paint, pervade, prepare, proliferate, radiate, reach, roll out, set, settle, smear, sprawl, spray, stretch, strew, suffuse, swell, uncoil, unfold, unfurl, unroll, untwist, unwind, widen; concepts 158,172,201 Ant. close, collect, compress, gather spread [v2] publicize advertise, blazon, broadcast, cast, circulate, declare, diffuse, disseminate, distribute, make known, make public, proclaim, promulgate, propagate, publish, radiate, scatter, shed, sow, strew, transmit; concept 60 Ant. conceal, hide spree [n] wild activity bacchanalia, ball, bash, binge, caper, carousal, carouse, carousing, celebration, eld day*, ing, frolic, high jinks*, high time*, jag, jamboree, junket, lark, merrygo-round*, orgy, party, rampage, revel, rip*, spending expedition, splurge, tear*; concepts 327,377,384 Ant. care, thriftiness sprightly [adj] fun, vivacious active, agile, airy, alert, animate, animated, blithe, bouncy, breezy, bright, brisk, cheerful, cheery, chipper, chirpy, clever, dapper, dashing, energetic, fairylike, frolicsome, gay, good, grooving, hyper, jaunty, jolly, joyous, jumping, keen, keen-witted, light, lively, nimble, peppy, perky, playful, quick, quick-witted, saucy, scintillating, smart, snappy, spirited, sportive, spry, swinging, zappy*, zingy*, zippy*; concepts 401,404,542 Ant. dull, inactive, lazy, lethargic spring [n1] jump, skip bounce, bounciness, bound, buck, buoyancy, elasticity, exibility, give, hop, leap, recoil, resilience, saltation, springiness, vault; concepts 194,731 spring [n2] season following winter blackberry

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winter*, budding, budtime, owering, prime, seedtime, springtide, springtime, vernal equinox, vernal season; concept 814 spring [n3] origin beginning, cause, consideration, fount, fountain, fountainhead, impetus, motive, root, source, stimulus, well, wellspring, whence; concepts 648,661 Ant. end, result spring [n4] body of rushing waters artesian well, baths, fountain, geyser, hot spring, hydrolysate, spa, thermal spring, watering place, wells; concept 514 spring [v1] jump, skip bolt, bounce, bound, hippety hop*, hop, hurdle, leap, lop, lope, rebound, recoil, skitter, start, startle, trip, vault; concept 194 spring [v2] originate, emerge appear, arise, arrive, be derived, be descended, begin, birth, burgeon, come, come into being, come into existence, come out, commence, derive, descend, develop, emanate, ow, grow, hatch, head, issue, loom, mushroom, proceed, rise, shoot up, start, stem, upspring; concepts 105,302,373 springy [adj] elastic adaptable, bouncy, exible, limber, malleable, pliable, pliant, resilient, rubberlike, rubbery, stretchable, stretchy; concepts 490,606 sprinkle [v] scatter, disseminate baptize, christen, dampen, dot, dredge, dust, freckle, mist, moisten, pepper, powder, rain, shake, shower, smear, speck, speckle, spit, spot, spray, spritz, squirt, strew, stud; concepts 179,222,256 Ant. collect, gather sprinkling [n] hint, dash admixture, dust, dusting, few, handful, lick, mixture, powdering, scattering, several, smattering, sprinkle, strain, taste, tinge, touch, trace; concept 831 Ant. lot sprint [v] run very fast dart, dash, go at top speed, hotfoot*, race, rush, scamper, scoot, scurry, shoot, tear, whiz; concept 150 Ant. walk sprout [v] develop bud, burgeon, germinate, grow, push, shoot, shoot up, spring, take root, vegetate; concept 257 Ant. die, shrink, shrivel spruce [adj] stylish, neat classy, clean, dainty, dapper, elegant, prim, smart, tidy, trim, wellgroomed; concept 589 Ant. unkempt, unstylish, untidy spruce up [v] make neat, well-groomed brush, deck out*, dress up, x up, groom, prim, primp, sleek, slick, smarten, tidy, titivate, wash; concepts 162,167,202 Ant. dirty, mess up spry [adj] active, vivacious agile, alert, brisk, energetic, eet, full of pep, healthy, in full swing*, lithe, nimble, on the go*, prompt, quick, quick on the draw*, ready, robust, rocking, sound, spirited, sprightly, supple, vigorous; concept 401 Ant. inactive, lethargic, old, unaware, unenergetic spunk [n] courage, nerve backbone, determination, doggedness, fortitude, gameness, grit*, gumption*, guts*, intestinal fortitude*, mettle, moxie*, pluck, resolution, spirit, toughness, true grit*; concepts 411,633 Ant. cowardice spunky [adj] spirited active, alert, animated, bold, bouncy, brave, chirpy, courageous, eager, energetic, enthusiastic, fearless, ery, full of life, full of spirit, game, gritty, gutsy*, high-

spirited, peppy, plucky, snappy, sprightly, tough, vigorous, zesty, zippy*; concepts 404,542 spur [n] incitement, stimulus activation, actuation, catalyst, excitant, goad, goose*, impetus, impulse, incentive, incitation, inducement, motivation, motive, needle*, prick, stimulant, trigger, turn-on*, urge; concept 661 Ant. curb, hindrance spur [v] incite, prompt animate, arouse, awaken, countenance, drive, egg on*, exhort, favor, re up*, goad, goose*, impel, instigate, key up, press, prick, prod, propel, push, put up to, rally, rouse, sic*, spark, stimulate, stir, trigger, turn on, urge, work up; concepts 14,68 Ant. disapprove, discourage, dissuade spurious [adj] counterfeit, fake affected, apocryphal, articial, assumed, bastard*, bent, bogus, bum, contrived, deceitful, deceptive, dummy*, ersatz, faked, false, feigned, forged, framed, illegitimate, imitation, makebelieve, mock, phony, pirate, pretend, pretended, pseudo*, put-on*, sham*, simulated, specious, substitute, unauthentic, ungenuine, unreal; concept 582 Ant. authentic, genuine, real, true spurn [v] turn away; ignore air, contemn, cut, decline, despise, disapprove, disdain, dismiss, disregard, drop, dump, out, ush*, give the cold shoulder*, hold in contempt, look down on*, nix*, not hear of*, pass by, rebuff, refuse, reject, reprobate, repudiate, repulse, scoff, scorn, slight, sneer, sneeze at*, snub, steer clear*, turn down, turn nose up at*; concepts 21,30,384 Ant. embrace, want, welcome spurt [n] burst of activity access, commotion, discharge, eruption, explosion, t, jet, outburst, rush, spate, spritz, squirt, stream, surge; concepts 1,119,179 Ant. continuity spurt [v] erupt burst, emerge, ow, ow out, gush, issue, jet, ooze, pour out, shoot, spew, spout, spritz, squirt, stream, surge, well; concept 179 spy [n] person who secretly nds out about anothers business agent, detective, double agent, emissary, espionage agent, foreign agent, informer, inside agent, intelligencer, investigator, lookout, mole*, observer, operative, patrol, picket, plant*, scout, secret agent, secret service, sleeper, sleuth, snoop, spook, spotter, undercover agent, watcher; concepts 348,412 spy [v] secretly follow, watch anothers actions case, catch sight of, discover, examine, eyeball*, sh out*, get a load of*, glimpse, keep under surveillance, look for, meddle, notice, observe, peep, pry, recon*, reconnoiter, scout, scrutinize, search, set eyes on, shadow, sleuth, snoop, spot, stag, stake out, tail, take in, take note, trail, view, watch; concepts 103,623 squabble [n] argument altercation, bickering, controversy, difference, difference of opinion, disagreement, dispute, feud, ght, ap*, fuss*, hassle, quarrel, row*, scene*, scrap*, set-to*, spat*, tiff*, words*, wrangle; concept 46 Ant. agreement, concurrence squabble [v] argue argufy, bicker, brawl, clash, disagree, dispute, encounter, fall out*, ght, hassle, have words*, quarrel, quibble, row, scrap, spat, tiff*, wrangle; concept 46 Ant. agree, concur

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squad [n] team, crew band, battalion, company, division, force, gang, group, regiment, squadron, troop; concepts 322,365,417 squalid [adj] poor, run-down abominable, base, broken-down, decayed, despicable, dingy, dirty, disgusting, disheveled, fetid, lthy, foul, grimy, gruesome, horrible, horrid, ignoble, impure, low, mean, miry, moldy, muddy, musty, nasty, odorous, offensive, poverty-stricken, ramshackle, reeking, repellent, repulsive, scurvy, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sloppy, slovenly, soiled, sordid, ugly, unclean, unkempt, vile, wretched; concepts 334,485, 570 Ant. clean, good, kept-up, rich squalor [n] lth, poverty decay, destitution, dirtiness, foulness, grunginess, impoverishment, indigence, poorness, seediness, starvation, wretchedness; concepts 335,709 squander [v] fritter away, use up be prodigal with, be wasteful, blow*, cash out*, consume, dissipate, expend, frivol, frivol away, go through, lavish, misspend, misuse, prodigalize, put out*, run through, scatter, spend, spend like water*, spring for*, throw away, throw money around*, trie, waste; concepts 156,225,327 Ant. hoard, save, set aside square [adj1] honest, genuine aboveboard, decent, equal, equitable, ethical, even, fair, fair-and-square, impartial, impersonal, just, nonpartisan, objective, on-the-level, sporting, sportspersonlike, straight, straightforward, unbiased, unprejudiced, upright; concepts 267,542 Ant. deceiving, dishonest, fake square [adj2] four-sided boxlike, boxy, equalsided, equilateral, foursquare, orthogonal, quadrate, quadratic, quadratical, rectangular, rectilinear, right-angled, squared, squarish; concept 486 square [adj3] old-fashioned, conventional behind the times, bourgeois, button-down*, conservative, dated, orthodox, out-of-date, straight*, strait-laced*, stuffy*; concepts 401,404 Ant. current, in vogue, new, popular, stylish square [n1] person who is old-fashioned, conventional antediluvian, conservative, diehard*, fuddy-duddy*, reactionary, stickin-the-mud*, traditionalist; concept 423 square [n2] municipal park area, center, circle, common, green, plaza, space, village green; concept 509 square [v1] correspond, agree accord, balance, check out, coincide, conform, dovetail*, t, t in, gee, harmonize, jibe, match, reconcile, tally; concept 664 Ant. disagree square [v2] pay off, satisfy balance, bribe, buy, buy off, clear, clear off, clear up, corrupt, discharge, x, have, liquidate, make even, pay, pay up, quit, rig, settle, tamper with; concept 341 Ant. owe square [v3] adapt, regulate accommodate, adjust, align, conform, even up, t, level, quadrate, reconcile, suit, tailor, tailor-make*, true; concepts 126,202 squash [v] compress annihilate, bear, bruise, crowd, crush, distort, extinguish, atten, jam, kill, macerate, mash, pound, press, pulp, push, put down, quash, quell, scrunch, shut down, sit on, smash, squeeze, squish, stamp on,

suppress, trample, triturate; concepts 121,208, 219 Ant. fan, open, uncompress squat [adj] short and stocky broad, chunky, dumpy*, fat, heavy, heavyset, splay, thick, thick-bodied, thickset; concepts 491,773,779 Ant. lanky, skinny, slender, tall, thin squat [v] lower body by bending knees bow, cower, crouch, hunch, hunker down, perch, roost, settle, sit, stoop; concept 201 Ant. straighten, stretch squawk [v1] make high-pitched, animal-like sound cackle, caw, crow, cry, hoot, screech, yap, yawp, yelp; concepts 64,77 squawk [v2] gripe bellyache*, complain, kick up a fuss*, protest, raise Cain*, squeal, yammer; concepts 52,54 Ant. compliment, praise squeak [v] make sharp, high-pitched sound cheep, creak, cry, grate, peep, pipe, scream, screech, scritch, shrill, sing, sound, squeal, talk, whine, yelp; concepts 64,65 squeal [n/v1] yell in a loud and high-pitched manner bleat, cheep, creak, grate, howl, peep, rasp, scream, scream bloody murder*, screech, shout, shriek, shrill, squawk, wail, yelp, yip, yowl; concepts 64,77 squeal [v2] inform on betray, blab*, complain, protest, rat on*, sell down the river*, sing*, snitch*, squawk*, talk, tattle, tattletale*, tell; concepts 54,60 Ant. conceal, hide squeamish [adj] nauseated; nicky annoyed, captious, delicate, disgusted, dizzy, exacting, fastidious, fussy, hypercritical, mincing, particular, prim, prudish, puritanical, qualmish, queasy, queer, scrupulous, shaky, sick, sickly, sick to ones stomach*, strait-laced, unsettled, upset, vertiginous; concepts 314,401,404 Ant. ready, unpicky, willing squeeze [n] pressure, crushing clasp, clutch, congestion, crowd, crunch, crush, embrace, force, handclasp, hold, hug, inuence, jam, press, restraint, squash; concepts 219,674,687 Ant. opening squeeze [v1] exert pressure on sides, parts of something bear, choke, clasp, clip, clutch, compress, contract, cram, crowd, crush, cuddle, embrace, enfold, force, grip, hold tight, hug, jam, jostle, nip, pack, pinch, press, quash, ram, scrunch, squash, squish, strangle, stuff, throttle, thrust, wedge, wring; concept 219 Ant. expand, uncompress squeeze [v2] try to get money out of bleed*, bring pressure to bear, eke out, extort, extract, lean on*, milk*, oppress, pinch*, pressure, pressurize*, put screws to*, shake down*, wrench, wring; concepts 53,192,342 Ant. donate, give squelch [v] suppress, restrain black out, censure, crush, extinguish, kill, mufe, oppress, quelch, quench, repress, settle, shush, sit on, smother, squash, stie, strangle, thwart; concept 130 Ant. allow, release squint [v] scrunch up eyes when viewing cock the eye, look, look askance, look cross-eyed, peek, peep, screw up eyes, squinch*; concepts 185,623 Ant. open squire [v] accompany assist, attend, chaperon, companion, date, escort, serve; concepts 384,714 Ant. abandon, leave squirm [v] wiggle, dget agonize, ounder,

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shift, skew, squiggle, toss, twist, wind, worm, wriggle, writhe; concept 213 Ant. sit still squirt [v] squeeze out liquid eject, emit, ow, jet, pour, spatter, spit, splash, splur, spray, sprinkle, spritz, spurt, stream, surge; concepts 179,256 squish [v] squash crush, atten, jam, mash, pound, press, scrunch, sit on, smash, squeeze, stamp on, trample; concepts 121,208,219 stab [n1] piercing cut ache, blow, gash, hurt, incision, jab, jag, pang, piercing, prick, puncture, rent, stick, thrust, transxion, twinge, wound; concept 309 stab [n2] attempt crack*, endeavor, essay, ing*, go*, ones best*, shot*, try, venture, whack*, whirl*; concept 87 stab [v] puncture, pierce with sharp, pointed object bayonet, brand, carve, chop, cleave, clip, cut, drive, gore, hit, hurt, injure, jab, jag, knife, open up, penetrate, pierce, plow, plunge, prick, prong, punch, ram, run through, saber, shank, sink, slice, spear, stick, thrust, transx, wound; concept 220 stability [n] resistance of some degree adherence, aplomb, assurance, backbone, balance, cohesion, constancy, dependability, determination, durability, endurance, establishment, rmness, immobility, immovability, maturity, permanence, perseverance, resoluteness, security, solidity, solidness, soundness, stableness, steadfastness, steadiness, strength, substantiality, support, toughness; concepts 411,731 Ant. insecurity, instability, unsteadiness, variability, wavering stabilize [v] make or keep in steady state; make resistant to change balance, ballast, bolt, brace, buttress, counterbalance, counterpoise, equalize, fasten, rm, rm up*, x, freeze*, maintain, ossify, poise, preserve, prop, secure, set, settle, stabilitate, steady, stiffen, support, sustain, uphold; concepts 110,250 Ant. change, shake, vary, weaken, wobble stab in the back [v] betray abandon, be disloyal, be unfaithful, break promise, commit treason, cross, deceive, double-cross, nger*, go back on, inform on, play Judas*, sell down the river*, sell out, trick, turn in, turn informer, turn traitor; concept 384 stable [adj] constant, xed; resistant abiding, anchored, balanced, brick-wall*, calm, deeprooted, durable, enduring, equable, established, even, fast, rm, immutable, invariable, lasting, nailed, perdurable, permanent, poised, reliable, resolute, safe, secure, set, set in stone*, solid, solid as a rock*, sound, stabile, stalwart, stationary, staunch, staying put, steadfast, steady, stout, strong, sturdy, substantial, sure, together, tough, unalterable, unchangeable, unuctuating, uniform, unvarying, unwavering, well-built, well-founded; concepts 404,488 Ant. inconstant, shaky, unxed, unstable, wobbly stack [n] pile assemblage, bank, bundle, cock, drift, heap, hill, hoard, load, mass, mound, mountain, pack, pyramid, sheaf; concepts 432,440,509 stack [v] pile up accumulate, amass, bank up, cock, drift, heap, hill, load, mound, pile, rick, stockpile; concepts 109,158 Ant. unstack

stadium [n] arena for recreation or spectating amphitheater, athletic eld, bowl, coliseum, diamond, eld, garden, gridiron, gymnasium, pit, ring, stade, strand; concept 438 staff [n1] employees of organization agents, assistants, cadre, cast, crew, deputies, faculty, force, help, ofcers, operatives, organization, personnel, servants, shop, teachers, team, workers, work force; concept 325 staff [n2] stick, usually for walking cane, club, pikestaff, pole, prop, rod, stave, walking stick, wand; concepts 311,479 stage [n1] level, period within structure or system date, degree, division, footing, grade, juncture, lap, leg, length, moment, node, notch, phase, plane, point, point in time, rung, standing, status, step; concepts 727, 744,816 stage [n2] theater platform; theater life arena, boards*, Broadway, dais, drama, footlights, frame, legit*, limelight*, mise-en-scne, offBroadway, play, scaffold, scaffolding, scene, scenery, set, setting, show biz*, show business, spotlight, stage set, staging, theater; concepts 263,349,438,439,448 stage [v] arrange, produce bring out, do, engineer, execute, give, mount, open, orchestrate, organize, perform, play, present, put on, show; concepts 94,292 Ant. close stagger [v1] walk falteringly alternate, careen, dither, falter, halt, hesitate, lurch, overlap, pitch, reel, shake, stammer, step, sway, swing, teeter, titubate, topple, totter, vacillate, waver, wheel, whife, wobble, zigzag; concept 151 stagger [v2] astound, shock amaze, astonish, boggle, bowl over*, confound, consternate, devastate, dumbfound, abbergast, oor*, give a shock, nonplus, overpower, overwhelm, paralyze, perplex, puzzle, shake, shatter, startle, strike dumb*, stump, stun, stupefy, surprise, take aback, take breath away*, throw off balance*; concepts 7,19,42 staggering [adj] overwhelming amazing, astonishing, astounding, distressing, mindblowing, mind-boggling, shocking, stunning; concepts 548,571 stagnant [adj] motionless, dirty brackish, dead, dormant, lthy, foul, idle, immobile, inactive, inert, lifeless, listless, passive, putrid, quiet, sluggish, stale, standing, static, stationary, still, unmoving; concepts 584,621 Ant. moving stagnate [v] deteriorate by lack of action constipate, decay, decline, fester, go to seed*, hibernate, idle, languish, lie fallow, not move, putrefy, rot, rust, stall, stand, stand still, stie, stultify, trammel, vegetate; concepts 698,748 Ant. grow, strengthen staid [adj] restrained, set calm, cold sober*, collected, composed, cool, decorous, demure, dignied, earnest, formal, grave, no-nonsense*, quiet, sedate, self-restrained, serious, settled, sober, solemn, somber, starchy, steady, stuffy, weighty; concepts 401,404 Ant. adventurous, frivolous, fun, sporting, willing stain [n] spot of dirt, blot, bar black eye*, blemish, blotch, blur, brand, color, discoloration, disgrace, dishonor, drip, dye, infamy, ink spot, mottle, odium, onus, reproach, shame, sinister*, slur, smirch, smudge, spatter, speck, splotch,

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spot, stigma, tint; concepts 230,622 Ant. blank, cleanliness stain [v] dirty, taint animalize, bastardize, besmirch, bestialize, blacken, blemish, blot, brutalize, color, contaminate, corrupt, daub, debase, debauch, dele, demoralize, deprave, discolor, disgrace, drag through the mud*, dye, mark, pervert, smear, smudge, soil, spot, sully, tar, tarnish, tinge, tint; concepts 54,250,254 Ant. clean stake [n1] pole pale, paling, picket, post, rod, spike, stave, stick; concepts 471,479 stake [n2] bet, wager ante, chance, hazard, peril, pledge, pot, risk, venture; concept 329 stake [n3] share, investment award, claim, concern, interest, involvement, prize, purse; concepts 344,710,835 Ant. whole stake [v] bet, wager back, bankroll*, capitalize, chance, nance, gamble, game, grubstake*, hazard, imperil, jeopardize, lay, play, pledge, put, put on, risk, set, stake down, venture; concepts 330,363 stale [adj1] old, decayed dried, dry, faded, fetid, at, fusty, hard, insipid, malodorous, musty, noisome, parched, rank, reeking, smelly, sour, spoiled, stagnant, stenchy, stinking, tasteless, watery, weak, zestless; concepts 462,485,598 Ant. fresh, new stale [adj2] overused, out-of-date antiquated, banal, bent, clich, clichd, clich-ridden, common, commonplace, corny*, dead, drab, dull, dusty, effete, at, fusty, hackneyed, insipid, like a dinosaur*, mawkish, moth-eaten*, out*, pass, past, platitudinous, repetitious, shopworn, stereotyped, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, unoriginal, well-worn, worn-out, yesterdays*, zestless; concepts 267,578,589,797 Ant. current, fresh, new, underused stalemate [n] deadlock arrest, Catch-22*, check, delay, draw, gridlock, impasse, pause, standoff, standstill, tie; concepts 230,807,832 Ant. headway, progress stalk [n] stem of plant axis, bent, helm, pedicel, pedicle, reed, shaft, spike, spire, support, trunk, twig, upright; concept 428 stalk [v] follow, creep up on ambush, approach, chase, drive, ush out, haunt, hunt, pace, pursue, shadow, striddle, stride, tail, track, trail, walk up to; concepts 149,159,749 stall [v] delay for own purposes arrest, avoid the issue*, beat around the bush*, brake, check, die, drag ones feet*, equivocate, fence, libuster, halt, hamper, hedge, hinder, hold off, interrupt, not move, play for time*, postpone, prevaricate, put off, quibble, shut down, slow, slow down, stand, stand off, stand still, stay, still, stonewall*, stop, suspend, take ones time*, tarry, temporize; concepts 121,234 Ant. advance, allow, further, help stalwart [adj] strong, valiant athletic, bold, bound, bound and determined*, brave, brawny, brick-wall*, courageous, daring, dauntless, dead set on*, dependable, fearless, forceful, gutsy*, hanging tough*, hefty, husky, indomitable, intrepid, lusty, muscular, nervy*, powerhouse*, redoubtable, robust, rugged, sinewy, solid, spunky*, staunch, steamroller*, stout, stouthearted, strapping, sturdy, substantial, tenacious, tough, unafraid, undaunted,

valorous, vigorous; concepts 404,489 Ant. cowardly, meek, weak stamina [n] strength, vigor backbone*, endurance, energy, force, fortitude, grit*, guts*, gutsiness, heart, indefatigability, intestinal fortitude*, legs*, lustiness, moxie*, power, power of endurance, resilience, resistance, starch*, staying power, tolerance, toleration, vim, vitality, zip*; concepts 411,732 Ant. apathy, lack, laziness, lethargy, weakness stammer [v] stutter in speech falter, halt, hammer, hem and haw*, hesitate, jabber, lurch, pause, repeat, splutter, sputter, stop, stumble, wobble; concepts 47,266 Ant. enunciate, pronounce stamp [n1] impression, symbol, seal brand, cast, earmark, emblem, hallmark, impress, imprint, indentation, mark, mold, print, signature, sticker; concepts 259,284 stamp [n2] character breed, cast, cut, description, fashion, form, ilk, kind, lot, mold, sort, stripe, type; concept 411 stamp [v1] step on hard beat, clomp, clump, crush, stomp, stump, tramp, trample, tromp; concept 149 stamp [v2] imprint; press mark on brand, cast, drive, engrave, etch, x, grave, hammer, impress, inx, inscribe, letter, mark, mold, offset, pound, print; concepts 79,174 stampede [n] rush of animals charge, chase, crash, dash, ight, ing, hurry, panic, rout, run, scattering, shoot, smash, tear; concept 152 stamp out [v] extinguish abolish, blot out*, crush, destroy, eliminate, end, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, kill, put down, quell, snuff out, suppress, wipe out*; concepts 95,252 stance [n] position, posture attitude, bearing, carriage, color, deportment, posture, say-so*, slant, stand, standpoint, viewpoint; concepts 689,757 stand [n1] position, opinion angle, attitude, belief, carriage, determination, notion, poise, pose, sentiment, slant, sound, stance, standpoint, twist, two cents worth*, view; concept 689 stand [n2] base, stage board, booth, bracket, counter, dais, frame, gantry, grandstand, place, platform, rack, rank, staging, stall, station, support, table; concepts 442,443 stand [v1] be or get upright be erect, be on feet, be vertical, cock, dispose, erect, jump up, locate, mount, place, poise, position, put, rank, rise, set, settle; concept 201 Ant. lay, lie, sit stand [v3] be in force, exist be located, belong, be situated, be valid, continue, endure, ll, halt, hold, last, obtain, occupy, pause, prevail, remain, rest, stay, stop, take up; concept 407 Ant. refuse, reject, veto standard [adj] regular, approved accepted, authoritative, average, basic, boilerplate*, canonical, classic, common, customary, denitive, established, everyday, garden variety*, general, normal, ofcial, orthodox, popular, prevailing, recognized, regulation, run-of-the-mill*, set, staple, stock, typical, usual, vanilla*; concept 533 Ant. abnormal, different, irregular, unusual standard [n1] guideline, principle archetype, average, axiom, barometer, beau ideal, belief, benchmark, canon, code, criterion, ethics,

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example, exemplar, fundamental, gauge, grade, guide, ideal, ideals, law, mean, measure, median, mirror, model, morals, norm, par, paradigm, pattern, requirement, rule, rule of thumb*, sample, specication, test, touchstone, type, yardstick; concept 688 standard [n2] ag banderole, banner, bannerol, color, colors, emblem, ensign, gure, insignia, jack, pennant, streamer, symbol; concept 475 standardize [v] make regular, similar assimilate, bring into line, homogenize, institute, institutionalize, mass produce, normalize, order, regiment, stereotype, systematize; concept 126 Ant. change, differ, differentiate, vary, waver standby [n] substitute assistant, backup, deputy, double, ll-in, pinch-hitter*, relief, replacement, reserve, stalwart, stand-in, sub*, successor, temp*, temporary, understudy; concepts 423,712 stand for [v] signify, mean answer for, appear for, betoken, denote, exemplify, imply, indicate, represent, suggest, symbol, symbolize; concept 682 standing [adj] permanent continuing, existing, xed, perpetual, regular, repeated; concept 551 Ant. eeting, impermanent, temporary standing [n] position, rank cachet, capacity, character, condition, consequence, credit, dignity, eminence, estimation, footing, place, prestige, reputation, repute, scene, situation, slot, state, station, stature, status, term; concepts 388,727 standoff [n] draw, tie dead heat*, deadlock, drawn battle*, even game, impasse, level, Mexican standoff*, stalemate, toss-up, wash; concepts 364,667 standofsh [adj] cold, distant aloof, antisocial, cool, eremitic, haughty, indifferent, misanthropic, reclusive, remote, reserved, solitary, unapproachable, uncompanionable, unsociable, withdrawn; concepts 401,404 Ant. friendly, sociable, warm stand out [v] be conspicuous, prominent attract attention, be distinct, beetle, be highlighted, be striking, bulge, bulk, catch the eye, emerge, jut, loom, overhang, poke, pouch, project, protrude, stick out; concept 716 Ant. obscure standpoint [n] belief, position angle, attitude, judgment, opinion, outlook, point of view, stance, stand, view, viewpoint; concept 689 stand/stand for [v2] endure, bear abide, allow, bear with, brook, cope, countenance, experience, handle, hang on, hold, last, live with, put up with, resign oneself to, stay the course*, stomach*, submit, suffer, support, sustain, swallow, take, tolerate, undergo, wear, weather, withstand; concept 23 Ant. disobey, forget, overlook standstill [n] stop arrest, cessation, check, checkmate, corner*, dead end*, deadlock, dead stop*, delay, gridlock, halt, hole, impasse, inaction, pause, stalemate, standoff, wait; concepts 119,832 Ant. advance, progress staple [adj] necessary, basic chief, essential, fundamental, important, in demand, key, main, popular, predominant, primary, principal, standard; concept 546 Ant. auxiliary, extra, minor, secondary, unnecessary star [adj] famous, illustrious brilliant, capital,

celebrated, chief, dominant, leading, main, major, outstanding, paramount, predominant, preeminent, principal, prominent, talented, well-known; concept 568 Ant. minor, unimportant, unknown star [n] person who is famous celebrity, draw*, favorite, headliner, hero, idol, lead, leading role, luminary, name, starlet, superstar, topliner*; concepts 352,366 Ant. commoner starchy [adj] formal, stiff ceremonious, conventional, inexible, mannered, prim, reserved, rigid, starched*, stilted, strait-laced, strict, stuffy*; concept 401 star-crossed [adj] doomed catastrophic, cursed, damned, disastrous, ill-fated, illomened, ill-starred, jinxed, luckless, misfortunate, unfortunate, unlucky; concepts 537,548 stardom [n] fame acclaim, celebrity, distinction, clat, eminence, esteem, glory, greatness, honor, illustriousness, immortality, nobility, notoriety, popularity, preeminence, prestige, prominence, public esteem, recognition, renown, standing; concepts 388,668 stare [v] gape, watch beam*, bore*, eagle eye*, eye, eyeball*, x, focus, gawk, gaze, glare, glim*, goggle*, lay eyes on*, look, look xedly, ogle, peer, rivet, rubberneck*, take in; concept 623 Ant. ignore stark [adj1] utter, absolute abrupt, arrant, bald, bare, blasted, blessed, blunt, complete, confounded, consummate, downright, entire, rm, agrant, gross, infernal, out-and-out*, outright, palpable, patent, pure, rank, severe, sheer, simple, stiff, unalloyed, unmitigated; concepts 531,569 Ant. indenite stark [adj2] bare, unadorned au naturel, austere, bald, barren, bleak, chaste, clear, cold, depressing, desolate, dreary, empty, forsaken, grim, harsh, naked, nude, plain, raw, severe, solitary, stripped, unclad, unclothed, uncovered, undraped, vacant, vacuous, void; concept 485 Ant. clothed, covered starry-eyed [adj] unrealistic dreaming, half-baked*, hoping, impossible, improbable, ivory-tower*, nonrealistic, not sensible, on cloud nine*, optimistic, romantic, silly; concepts 552,560 start [n1] beginning alpha*, birth, bow, commencement, countdown, dawn, dawning, day one*, derivation, embarkation, exit, rst step, ying start*, foundation, inauguration, inception, initiation, jump-off, kickoff*, leaving, onset, opening, origin, outset, running start, setting out, source, spring, square one*, start-off, takeoff; concepts 648,832 Ant. completion, conclusion, death, end, ending, nish, stop start [n2] advantage allowance, backing, break, bulge, chance, draw, edge, handicap, head start, helping hand, introduction, lead, odds, opening, opportunity, sponsorship, vantage; concept 693 Ant. disadvantage start [n3] inch convulsion, jar, jump, scare, shock, spasm, turn, twitch; concepts 150,194 start [v1] begin; come into existence activate, appear, arise, arouse, come into being, commence, create, depart, embark, engender, enter upon, establish, found, get going, get under way*, go ahead, hit the road*, inaugurate, incite, initiate, instigate, institute, introduce,

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issue, launch, lay foundation, leave, light, make a beginning, open, originate, pioneer, rise, rouse, sally forth, see light, set in motion, set out, set up, spring, take rst step*, take the plunge*, turn on; concepts 221,241 Ant. complete, conclude, die, end, nish, stop start [v2] inch blanch, blench, bolt, bounce, bound, buck, dart, draw back, jerk, jump, jump the gun*, leap, quail, recoil, shrink, shy, spring, squinch, startle, twitch, wince; concepts 150,194 Ant. ignore startle [v] frighten, surprise affright, agitate, alarm, amaze, astonish, astound, awe, bolt, consternate, oor, fright, give a turn*, jump, make jump, rock, scare, scare to death*, shake up, shock, spook, spring, spring something on*, stagger, start, stun, take aback, terrify, terrorize; concepts 7,19,42 Ant. calm, comfort, compose, expect starving/starved [adj] deprived of food could eat a horse*, craving, dehydrated, drawn, dying, emaciated, empty, faint, famished, haggard, hungering, hungry, malnourished, peaked, peckish, perishing, pinched, ravenous, skinny, thin, underfed, undernourished, weakened; concepts 406,546 Ant. fed, full, satised state [n1] condition or mode of being accompaniment, attitude, capacity, case, category, chances, character, circumstance, circumstances, contingency, element, environment, essential, estate, event, eventuality, x, footing, form, frame of mind, humor, imperative, juncture, limitation, mood, nature, occasion, occurrence, outlook, pass, phase, plight, position, posture, predicament, prerequisite, proviso, reputation, requirement, shape, situation, spirits, stand, standing, state of affairs, station, status, stipulation, time, welfare; concepts 410,639,696, 701,720 state [n2] dignity, grandeur cachet, ceremony, consequence, display, glory, majesty, pomp, position, prestige, rank, splendor, standing, stature, status, style; concept 388 state [n3] government, country body politic, commonwealth, community, federation, land, nation, republic, sovereignty, territory, union; concepts 508,510 state [v] declare, assert afrm, air, articulate, asseverate, aver, bring out, chime in*, come out with, deliver, describe, elucidate, enounce, enumerate, enunciate, explain, expound, express, give, give blow-by-blow*, give rundown*, interpret, narrate, pitch, present, pronounce, propound, put, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report, say, set forth, speak, specify, spiel*, tell, throw out*, utter, vent, ventilate, voice; concepts 49,51,55 Ant. ask, question stately [adj] dignied, impressive august, ceremonial, ceremonious, conventional, courtly, deliberate, elegant, elevated, formal, gallant, gracious, grand, grandiose, haughty, high, highfaluting*, high-minded*, imperial, imperious, imposing, kingly, large, lofty, luxurious, magnicent, majestic, massive, measured, monumental, noble, opulent, palatial, pompous, portly, proud, queenly, regal, royal, solemn, stiff, sumptuous, superb, towering; concepts 401,574,589 Ant. common, ignoble, informal, undignied, unimpressive, unstately

statement [n1] declaration, assertion ABCs*, account, acknowledgment, afdavit, afrmation, allegation, announcement, articulation, aside, asseveration, assurance, averment, avowal, blow-by-blow*, charge, comment, communication, communiqu, description, dictum, ejaculation, explanation, make*, manifesto, mention, narrative, observation, picture, presentation, presentment, proclamation, profession, protestation, recital, recitation, relation, remark, report, rundown, testimony, utterance, ventilation, verbalization, vocalization, voice, word; concepts 271,274,278 Ant. question, request statement [n2] account of nances afdavit, audit, bill, budget, charge, invoice, reckoning, record, report, score, tab; concept 331 state-of-the-art [adj] up-to-date advanced, all the rage*, au courant, avant-garde, brand-new, contemporary, cutting edge*, fashionable, in, in-thing*, leading edge, modernistic, new, newest, newfangled, red-hot*, stylish, trendsetting, trendy, ultramodern, up-to-the-minute; concepts 578,589,797,799 static [adj] motionless, changeless at a standstill, constant, deadlocked, xed, format, gridlocked, immobile, immovable, inactive, inert, latent, passive, rigid, stabile, stable, stagnant, stalled, standing still, stationary, sticky, still, stopped, stuck, unchanging, unuctuating, unmoving, unvarying; concepts 534,584 Ant. active, changeable, continuous, mobile, moving, variable station [n1] headquarters, base base of operations, depot, home ofce, house, location, locus, main ofce, place, position, post, seat, site, situation, spot, stop, terminal, whereabouts; concept 198 station [n2] social or occupational status appointment, business, calling, capacity, caste, character, class, duty, employment, estate, footing, grade, level, occupation, order, place, position, post, rank, service, situation, sphere, standing, state, stratum; concepts 349,376,388 station [v] place at a location allot, appoint, assign, base, commission, establish, x, garrison, install, lodge, park, plant, post, put, set; concepts 50,88,201,320,351 Ant. displace, move, remove stationary [adj] not moving; xed anchored, at a standstill, immobile, inert, moored, motionless, nailed*, nailed down*, parked*, pat*, permanent, stable, stagnant, standing, static, stock-still, unmoving; concepts 488,551 Ant. mobile, moving, restless, unxed, unsteady stationery [n] writing materials envelopes, letterhead, ofce supplies, pen and paper, writing paper; concepts 260,475 statue [n] trophy or memorial bronze, bust, cast, efgy, gure, icon, image, ivory, likeness, marble, piece, representation, sculpture, simulacrum, statuary, statuette, torso; concept 259 statuesque [adj] tall and dignifed beautiful, graceful, grand, imposing, majestic, regal, shapely, stately, trim, well-proportioned; concepts 579,589,779 Ant. short, small stature [n] importance ability, cachet, caliber, capacity, competence, consequence, development, dignity, elevation, eminence, growth,

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merit, position, prestige, prominence, qualication, quality, rank, size, standing, state, station, status, tallness, value, virtue, worth; concepts 668,741 Ant. insignicance, unimportance status [n] rank cachet, caliber, capacity, character, condition, consequence, degree, dignity, distinction, eminence, footing, grade, merit, mode, place, position, prestige, prominence, quality, rating, renown, situation, stage, standing, state, station, stature, worth; concepts 388,668 status quo [n] existing conditions circumstances, how things stand, no change, state, state of affairs; concepts 410,639,696,701,720 statute [n] rule, law act, assize, bill, canon, decree, decretum, edict, enactment, measure, ordinance, precept, regulation; concept 318 staunch [adj] resolute, dependable allegiant, ardent, constant, faithful, fast, rm, inexible, liege, loyal, reliable, secure, sound, stable, stalwart, steadfast, stiff, stout, strong, sure, tough, tried-and-true, true, true-blue, trustworthy, trusty; concepts 401,534,542 Ant. irresolute, undependable, unreliable, weak stay [n1] visit break, halt, holiday, sojourn, stop, stopover, vacation; concept 227 stay [n2] hold, delay deferment, halt, pause, postponement, remission, reprieve, standstill, stop, stopping, suspension; concepts 121,832 Ant. abet, advance, assist, go, help, leave stay [n3] support, underpinning brace, buttress, column, hold, prop, reinforcement, shore, shoring, stanchion, truss, underpropping; concepts 440,445 stay [v1] wait abide, bide, bunk, continue, dally, delay, endure, establish oneself, halt, hang, hang about, hang around, hang in, hang out, hold the fort*, hover, lag, last, linger, loiter, nest, outstay, pause, perch, procrastinate, put down roots*, remain, reprieve, reside, respite, roost*, settle, sit tight*, sojourn, squat, stand, stay out, stay put, stick around*, stop, sweat*, sweat it out*, tarry; concepts 210,681 Ant. advance, go, leave stay [v2] visit be accommodated, bide, dwell, live, lodge, put up, sojourn, stop, stop over, tarry; concepts 226,227 stay [v3] hold in abeyance adjourn, arrest, check, curb, defer, delay, detain, discontinue, halt, hinder, hold, hold over, impede, intermit, interrupt, obstruct, postpone, prevent, prorogue, put off, shelve, stall, stop, suspend, ward off; concept 121 staying power [n] stamina backbone*, endurance, fortitude, grit*, guts*, gutsiness, heart, intestinal fortitude*, legs*, power of endurance, resilience, tolerance, vitality; concepts 411,732 steadfast [adj] loyal, steady abiding, adamant, allegiant, ardent, bound, changeless, constant, dedicated, dependable, enduring, established, faithful, fast, rm, xed, immobile, immovable, inexorable, inexible, intense, intent, liege, never-failing, obdurate, persevering, relentless, reliable, resolute, rigid, single-minded, stable, staunch, stubborn, sure, tried-and-true*, true, true-blue*, unbending, unfaltering, uninching, unmovable, unqualied, unquestioning, unswerving, unwavering, unyielding, wholehearted; concepts 401,534,542 Ant. disloyal, unreliable, untrustworthy

steady [adj1] stable, xed abiding, brick-wall*, certain, changeless, constant, durable, enduring, equable, even, rm, immovable, never-failing, patterned, regular, reliable, safe, set, set in stone*, solid, solid as a rock*, stabile, steadfast, steady-going, substantial, sure, unchangeable, unchanging, unfaltering, unuctuating, uniform, unqualied, unquestioning, unshaken, unvarying, unwavering; concepts 488,534 Ant. unxed, unstable, unsteady, weak, wobbly steady [adj2] continuing ceaseless, conrmed, consistent, constant, continuous, equable, eternal, even, faithful, habitual, incessant, neverending, nonstop, persistent, regular, rhythmic, stabile, stable, steady-going, unbroken, unfaltering, unuctuating, uniform, uninterrupted, unremitting, unvarying, unwavering; concept 798 Ant. broken, discontinuous, intermittent steady [adj3] balanced, faithful in mind allegiant, ardent, calm, constant, cool, dependable, equable, fast, imperturbable, intense, levelheaded, liege, loyal, poised, reliable, reserved, resolute, sedate, self-possessed, sensible, serene, serious-minded, settled, single-minded, sober, staid, staunch, steadfast, unswerving, unwavering, wholehearted; concepts 403,542 Ant. imbalanced, unfaithful, untrustworthy steal [v1] take something without permission abduct, appropriate, blackmail, burglarize, carry off, cheat, cozen, defraud, despoil, divert, embezzle, heist, hold for ransom, hold up, housebreak*, keep, kidnap, lift*, loot, make off with*, misappropriate, peculate, pilfer, pillage, pinch*, pirate, plagiarize, plunder, poach, purloin, ransack, remove, rie, rip off*, run off with*, sack*, shoplift, snitch*, spirit away*, stick up*, strip, swindle, swipe, take, take possession of, thieve, walk off with*, withdraw; concept 139 Ant. give, receive steal [v2] sneak around creep, it, glide, go stealthily, insinuate, lurk, pass quietly, skulk, slide, slink, slip, snake, tiptoe; concepts 151,207 stealthy [adj] quiet and secretive catlike, catty*, clandestine, covert, crafty, cunning, enigmatic, feline, furtive, hush-hush*, noiseless, private, secret, shifty, silent, skulking, slinking, sly, sneak, sneaking, sneaky, subrosa*, surreptitious, undercover, underhand, under wraps*, wily; concepts 401,576 Ant. open, public steam [n] energy beef, force, might, muscle, potency, power, puissance, sinew, strength, vigor, vim; concept 633 steel [v] prepare oneself animate, brace, buck up*, cheer, embolden, encourage, fortify, gird, grit teeth*, harden, hearten, inspirit, make up ones mind*, prepare, rally, ready, reinforce, strengthen; concept 35 Ant. fail, weaken steep [adj1] extreme in direction, course abrupt, arduous, breakneck, declivitous, elevated, erect, headlong, high, hilly, lifted, lofty, perpendicular, precipitate, precipitous, prerupt, raised, sharp, sheer, straight-up; concept 581 Ant. gentle, mild, moderate steep [adj2] very expensive dizzying, excessive, exorbitant, extortionate, extreme, high, immoderate, inordinate, overpriced, stiff, towering,

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uncalled-for, undue, unmeasurable, unreasonable; concepts 334,762 Ant. cheap, inexpensive, moderate steep [v] let soak bathe, damp, drench, ll, imbue, immerse, impregnate, infuse, ingrain, invest, macerate, marinate, moisten, permeate, pervade, saturate, soak, sodden, sop, souse, submerge, suffuse, waterlog; concept 256 Ant. dehydrate, dry steer [v] guide, direct on a course beacon, be in the drivers seat*, captain, conduct, control, drive, escort, govern, head for, helm, herd, lead, pilot, point, route, run, run things, see, shepherd, show, skipper*, take over, take the helm, take the reins; concepts 94,187 stem [n] stalk of plant axis, branch, pedicel, pedicle, peduncle, petiole, shoot, stock, trunk; concept 428 Ant. root stem [v1] come from arise, be bred, be brought about, be caused, be generated, derive, develop, emanate, ow, head, issue, originate, proceed, rise, spring; concept 648 Ant. cause stem [v2] prevent, stop arrest, bring to a standstill, check, contain, control, curb, dam, hinder, hold back, oppose, resist, restrain, stay, withstand; concept 121 Ant. abet, aid, encourage, help stench [n] foul odor fetor, funk*, malodor, mephitis, noisomeness, redolence, smell, stink*; concepts 599,600 Ant. perfume, sweetness step [n1] pace of feet in walking footfall, footprint, footstep, gait, impression, mark, print, spoor, stepping, stride, trace, track, trail, tread, vestige, walk; concept 149 step [n2] action, move act, advance, advancement, deed, degree, expedient, gradation, grade, level, maneuver, means, measure, motion, notch, phase, point, procedure, proceeding, process, progression, rank, remove, rung, stage, start; concepts 1,832 step [n3] one level of stairs doorstep, gradation, notch, rest, round, run, rung, stair, tread; concepts 440,445 step [v] move foot to walk advance, ambulate, ascend, dance, descend, go backward, go down, go forward, go up, hoof, mince, move backward, move forward, pace, prance, skip, stride, tiptoe, traipse, tread, trip, troop, walk; concept 149 step down [v] resign abandon, abdicate, bow out, cease work, drop out, give notice, hand in resignation, hang it up*, leave, quit, retire, sign off, terminate, throw in the towel*, walk out; concepts 119,195,351 step in [v] become involved arrive, be invited, chip in*, come, enter, intercede, interfere, intermediate, interpose, intervene, lend a hand*, mediate, negotiate, take action; concepts 100, 324,384 Ant. abandon, leave, wash hands step up [v] accelerate augment, boost, escalate, hasten, hurry, improve, increase, intensify, lift, quicken, raise, shake up, speed, speed up, up; concepts 236,244,245 Ant. decelerate, halt, hinder, slow stereotype [n] idea held as standard, example average, boilerplate*, convention, custom, fashion, formula, institution, mold, pattern, received idea; concept 686 Ant. difference stereotype [v] categorize as being example,

standard catalogue, conventionalize, dene, dub, institutionalize, methodize, normalize, pigeonhole*, regulate, standardize, systematize, take to be, typecast*; concepts 38,49 Ant. differentiate, dissimilate stereotyped [adj] standard, conventional banal, clichd, clich-ridden, commonplace, corny*, dull, hackneyed, mass-produced, ordinary, overused, platitudinous, played out*, stale, standardized, stock, threadbare*, tired*, trite, unoriginal, well-worn, worn-out, worn thin; concept 530 Ant. different, dissimilar, unconventional, unlike sterile [adj] unproductive, clean antiseptic, arid, aseptic, bare, barren, bleak, dead, decontaminated, desert, desolate, disinfected, dry, effete, empty, fallow, fruitless, futile, gaunt, germ-free, hygienic, impotent, infecund, infertile, pasteurized, sanitary, septic, sterilized, unfruitful, uninfected, unprotable, unprolic, vain, waste, without issue; concepts 485,621 Ant. dirty, fruitful, productive sterilize [v] make clean or unproductive alter, antisepticize, autoclave, castrate, change, clean, decontaminate, desexualize, disinfect, emasculate, x, fumigate, incapacitate, make sterile, neuter, pasteurize, purify, sanitize, spay; concepts 231,250 Ant. dirty sterling [adj] high-quality admirable, choice, excellent, exquisite, ne, rst-rate, grand, magnicent, marvelous, outstanding, pure, splendid, stunning, superior, the best, very best; concept 574 stern [adj] serious, authoritarian ascetic, astringent, austere, bitter, bullheaded, by the book*, cruel, disciplinary, dyed-in-the-wool*, inty, forbidding, frowning, grim, hang-tough*, hard, hard-boiled*, hard-core*, hardheaded*, hard-line*, hard-nosed*, hard-shell*, harsh, implacable, inexorable, inexible, mortied, mulish, relentless, rigid, rigorous, rough, severe, steely, stiff-necked*, strict, stubborn, tough, unrelenting, unsparing, unyielding; concepts 401,542 Ant. cheerful, funny, lenient, light, smiling, tolerant stew [n1] mixture, miscellany brew, goulash*, hash, jumble, medley, mlange, mishmash, mulligan*, olio*, pasticcio*, pie*, potpourri, salmagundi*, soup; concepts 432,457,460,461 Ant. element stew [n2] commotion; mental upset agitation, confusion, dither, ap, fretting, fuming, fuss, lather, pother, snit, sweat, tizzy, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, worry; concept 410 Ant. calm, control, ease, happiness stew [v] worry; steam boil, chafe, cook, fret, fume, fuss, pother, seethe, simmer; concept 35 Ant. not care stick [n] pole, often wooden bar, bat, baton, billet, birch, bludgeon, board, branch, cane, club, cudgel, drumstick, ferrule, ingot, mast, rod, rule, ruler, shoot, slab, slat, staff, stake, stalk, stave, stem, strip, switch, timber, twig, wand, wedge; concepts 470,479 stick [v1] adhere, afx attach, be bogged down, become embedded, become immobilized, bind, bond, braze, catch, cement, clasp, cleave, cling, cling like ivy*, clog, cohere, fasten, x, freeze to, fuse, glue, hold, hold fast, hold on, hug, jam,

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join, linger, lodge, paste, persist, remain, snag, solder, stay, stay put, stick like barnacle*, stick together, unite, weld; concepts 85,160 Ant. loosen, unfasten, unx, unstick stick [v2] poke with pointed object dig, drive, gore, impale, insert, jab, penetrate, pierce, pin, plunge, prod, puncture, ram, run, sink, spear, stab, thrust, transx; concept 220 stick [v3] position, lay deposit, drop, establish, x, install, place, plant, plonk, plunk, put, set, settle, store, stuff; concept 201 Ant. displace, remove stick [v4] endure abide, bear, bear up under, brook, get on with, go, grin and bear it*, last, persist, put up with, see through, stand, stay, stomach*, suffer, support, take, take it, tolerate, weather; concept 23 Ant. disobey, forget, refuse stick-in-the-mud [n] person set in ways antediluvian, conservative, diehard*, fossil*, mossback*, old fogy*, reactionary; concept 423 Ant. adventurer stick out [v] bulge beetle, come through, extend, extrude, jut, obtrude, outthrust, overhang, poke, pouch, pout, project, protend, protrude, push, show, stand out; concept 751 Ant. depress stickup [n] holdup armed robbery, burglary, crime, mugging, robbery, stealing, theft; concept 192 sticky [adj1] gummy, adhesive agglutinative, clinging, gluey, glutinous, ropy, syrupy, tacky, tenacious, viscid, viscous; concept 606 Ant. dry, smooth, unsticky sticky [adj2] humid and hot clammy, close, dank, mucky, muggy, oppressive, soggy, sultry, sweltering; concept 525 Ant. cool, dry sticky [adj3] difcult, embarrassing awkward, delicate, discomforting, formidable, hairy*, hard, heavy*, knotty, laborious, nasty, operose, painful, rough, rugged, strenuous, thorny, tricky, unpleasant; concept 565 Ant. easy, facile, pleasant stiff [adj1] hard, inexible annealed, arthritic, benumbed, brittle, buckram, cemented, chilled, congealed, contracted, creaky, rm, xed, frozen, graceless, hardened, immalleable, impliable, incompliant, indurate, inelastic, jelled, mechanical, numbed, ossied, petried, refractory, resistant, rheumatic, rigid, set, solid, solidied, starched, starchy, stark, steely, stiff as a board*, stony, taut, tense, thick, thickened, tight, unbending, unexible, ungraceful, unsupple, unyielding, wooden; concept 604 Ant. exible, pliable, pliant, soft stiff [adj2] formal, standofsh angular, articial, austere, ceremonious, cold, constrained, forced, hardheaded, headstrong, inexible, intractable, labored, mannered, obstinate, pertinacious, pompous, priggish, prim, punctilious, relentless, starchy, stilted, strong, stubborn, uneasy, ungainly, ungraceful, unnatural, unrelaxed, unrelenting, wooden; concept 401 Ant. casual, graceful, informal stiff [adj3] difcult arduous, exacting, fatiguing, formidable, hard, laborious, tough, trying, uphill; concept 565 Ant. easy stiff [adj4] extreme, severe austere, brisk, cruel, drastic, exact, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, great, hard, harsh, heavy, immoderate,

inexorable, inordinate, oppressive, pitiless, potent, powerful, rigorous, sharp, steep, strict, stringent, strong, towering, unconscionable, undue, vigorous; concepts 540,569 Ant. calm, moderate, normal stiffen [v] make or become harder anneal, benumb, brace, cake, candy, cement, chill, clot, coagulate, condense, congeal, crystallize, curdle, rm, x, freeze, gel, harden, inate, inspissate, jell, jelly, ossify, petrify, precipitate, prop, reinforce, set, solidify, stabilize, starch, steady, strengthen, tauten, tense, thicken; concepts 137,250,469 Ant. liquefy, loosen, melt stie [v] prevent, restrain asphyxiate, black out, bring to screeching halt*, burke, check, choke, choke back, clamp down*, clam up*, constipate, cork, cover up, crack down*, curb, dry up*, extinguish, gag, hold it down, hush, hush up, kill*, mufe, muzzle, put the lid on*, repress, shut up, silence, sit on*, smother, spike, squash, squelch, stagnate, stop, strangle, stultify, suffocate, suppress, torpedo*, trammel; concepts 121,130,191 Ant. encourage, help, persuade stigma [n] shame bar sinister*, besmirchment, black mark*, blame, blemish, blot, brand, disgurement, disgrace, dishonor, imputation, lost face*, mark, odium, onus, reproach, scar, slur, spot, stain, taint; concepts 230,388,689 Ant. credit, pride stigmatize [v] brand, label characterize, class, classify, defame, denounce, designate, disgrace, mark, stamp, tag; concepts 62,79 still [adj] calm, motionless, quiet at rest, buttoned up*, clammed up*, closed, closemouthed, deathlike, deathly, deathly quiet, deathly still, xed, halcyon, hushed, hushful, inert, lifeless, noiseless, pacic, peaceful, placid, restful, sealed, serene, silent, smooth, soundless, stable, stagnant, static, stationary, stock-still, tranquil, undisturbed, unrufed, unstirring, untroubled, whist; concepts 584,594 Ant. agitated, moving, stirred, unquiet still [conj] however after all, besides, but, even, for all that, furthermore, howbeit, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, still and all, though, withal, yet; concept 544 still [n] quiet hush, noiselessness, peace, quietness, quietude, silence, soundlessness, stillness, tranquillity; concepts 65,748 Ant. commotion, disturbance, noise still [v] make quiet, motionless, calm allay, alleviate, appease, arrest, balm, becalm, calm, choke, compose, decrease volume, x, gag, hush, lull, mufe, muzzle, pacify, quiet, quieten, settle, shush*, shut down, shut up, silence, slack, smooth, smooth over, soothe, squash, squelch, stall, stop, subdue, tranquilize; concepts 7,22,65,121 Ant. agitate, disturb, irritate, move stillness [n] silence calm, calmness, hush, inaction, inactivity, lull, noiselessness, peace, placidity, quiet, quietness, quietude, serenity, still, tranquility; concepts 65,388,411,720 stilted [adj] articial, pretentious affected, angular, aureate, bombastic, constrained, decorous, egotistic, euphuistic, owery, forced, formal, genteel, grandiloquent, high-own,

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high-sounding, inated, labored, magniloquent, mincing, overblown, pedantic, pompous, prim, rhetorical, sonorous, stiff, unnatural, wooden; concepts 267,401 Ant. genuine, honest, true stimulant [n] substance that invigorates analeptic, bracer, catalyst, drug, energizer, excitant, goad, impetus, impulse, incentive, incitation, incitement, motivation, motive, pick-me-up*, restorative, reviver, shot in the arm*, spark plug*, spur, stimulus, tonic, upper; concepts 240,307,661 Ant. depressant stimulate [v] excite, provoke activate, animate, arouse, build a re under*, commove, dynamize, elate, encourage, energize, enliven, exhilarate, fan, re, re up*, foment, foster, galvanize, get one going*, get one started*, goad, grab, hook, impel, incite, iname, innervate, innerve, inspire, instigate, jazz*, juice*, key up*, motivate, move, perk, pique, prod, prompt, quicken, rouse, send, set up, spark, spirit, spur, steam up*, stir up*, support, trigger, turn on*, urge, vitalize, vivify, wake up*, whet, work up*; concepts 14,242 Ant. calm, depress, discourage stimulating [adj] exciting adrenalizing, appealing, arousing, bracing, breathtaking, challenging, electrifying, energizing, exhilarating, gripping, hair-raising*, hectic, inspiring, interesting, invigorating, lively, moving, provocative, rousing, spine-tingling*, stirring, thought-provoking, thrilling, titillating; concepts 529,542,548 stimulus [n] provocation bang*, boost, catalyst, cause, charge, encouragement, eye-opener*, llip, reworks*, ash*, goad, impetus, impulse, incentive, incitation, incitement, inducement, instigation, invitation, kick*, motivation, motive, piquing, propellant, push, shot in the arm*, spur, stimulant, stimulation, sting*, turn-on*, urging; concepts 240,307,661 Ant. discouragement, hindrance, tranquilizer sting [v] prick, pain bite, burn, electrify, hurt, injure, inspire, needle, pique, poke, prickle, smart, tingle, wound; concepts 220,246,313, 728 stingy [adj] penny-pinching, averse to spending money acquisitive, avaricious, chary, cheap, chintzy*, churlish, close, close-sted, costive, covetous, curmudgeonly, economical, extortionate, frugal, grasping, greedy, grudging, ignoble, illiberal, ironsted, mean, miserly, narrow, near, parsimonious, pennywise*, penurious, petty, pinchpenny*, rapacious, saving, scrimping, scurvy, selsh, skimping, sordid, sparing, thrifty, tightsted, uncharitable, ungenerous, ungiving; concepts 326,334,401 Ant. generous, spendthrift, wasteful stink [n] bad smell fetor, foulness, foul odor, malodor, noisomeness, offensive smell, stench; concepts 599,600 Ant. perfume, sweetness stink [v1] smell badly be offensive, be rotten, funk*, have an odor, offend, reek*, smell up, stink to high heaven*; concept 600 Ant. perfume stink [v2] be lousy, bad be abhorrent, be detestable, be held in disrepute, be no good, be offensive, be rotten, have a bad name*, smell; concepts 230,388 Ant. be excellent, be good

stinking [adj] smelly fetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky*, malodorous, mephitic, noisome, odiferous, offensive, putrid, rancid, rank, reeking, stenchy, strong-smelling; concept 598 stint [n] period of responsibility assignment, bit, chore, consignment, duty, job, participation, quota, share, shift, spell, stretch, task, term, time, tour, turn, work; concepts 362,807,822 stint [v] economize; hold back be frugal, begrudge, be parsimonious, be sparing, be stingy, conne, cut corners*, dene, go easy on, grudge, limit, make ends meet*, penny-pinch*, pinch, restrain, roll back*, save, save for rainy day*, scrape, scrimp, skimp on*, sock away*, spare, squirrel*, stash, tighten belt*, withhold; concept 330 Ant. spend stipend [n] payment for services allowance, award, consideration, emolument, fee, gratuity, hire, pay, pension, salary, take, wage; concept 344 stipulate [v] decide on conditions agree, arrange, bargain, condition, contract, covenant, designate, detail, engage, guarantee, impose, insist upon, lay down, lay nger on, make, make a point, name, particularize, pin down, pledge, postulate, promise, provide, put down for, require, settle, slot, specicate, specicize, specify, spell out, state; concepts 8,18,60 Ant. imply, wish stipulation [n] condition of agreement agreement, arrangement, circumscription, clause, contract, designation, engagement, ne print*, limit, obligation, precondition, prerequisite, provision, proviso, qualication, requirement, reservation, restriction, settlement, sine qua non, small print*, specication, string attached*, term, terms; concepts 270,318,684 Ant. implication, request, wish stir [n] commotion, excitement activity, ado, agitation, backwash*, bustle, din, disorder, disquiet, disturbance, ferment, ap*, urry, furor, fuss, movement, pandemonium, pother, racket, row, scene, to-do*, tumult, turmoil, uproar, whirl, whirlwind; concepts 230,388 Ant. calm, calmness, moderation, peace stir [v1] mix up, agitate beat, blend, disturb, utter, mix, move, move about, quiver, rustle, shake, toss, tremble, whip, whisk; concepts 158,170 Ant. leave alone stir [v2] incite, stimulate abet, actuate, add fuel to re*, adjy*, affect, agitate, animate, arouse, awaken, bestir, challenge, craze, drive, electrify, energize, excite, feed the re*, foment, galvanize, impel, iname, inspire, kindle, make waves*, motivate, move, prompt, provoke, psych*, quicken, raise, rally, rile, rouse, roust, rout, set, spark, spook*, spur, stir embers*, stir up, switch on, thrill, touch, trigger, urge, vitalize, wake, waken, whet, whip up*, work up*; concepts 14,221 Ant. calm, discourage stir [v3] get up and going awake, awaken, bestir, be up and about, budge, exert, get a move on*, get moving, hasten, look alive, make an effort, mill about, move, rouse, shake a leg*, wake, waken; concept 149 Ant. laze, rest, wait stirring [adj] moving, rousing arousing, awakening, dynamic, electrifying, emotional, exhilarating, gripping, heartbreaking, heartrending,

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inspirational, inspiring, motivating, provoking, stimulating, touching; concepts 529,537 stock [adj] commonplace banal, basic, common, conventional, customary, dull, established, formal, hackneyed, normal, ordinary, overused, regular, routine, run-of-the-mill*, set, standard, staple, stereotyped, traditional, trite, typical, usual, worn-out; concepts 530,547 Ant. different, original, unusual stock [n1] merchandise accumulation, array, articles, assets, assortment, backlog, cache, choice, commodities, fund, goods, hoard, inventory, nest egg*, produce, range, reserve, reservoir, selection, stockpile, store, supply, variety, wares; concept 338 stock [n2] animals raised on a farm animals, beasts, cattle, cows, domestic, farm animals, ock, fowl, herd, hogs, horses, livestock, pigs, sheep, swine; concepts 394,397 stock [n3] ancestry background, breed, clan, descent, extraction, family, folk, forebears, house, kin, kindred, line, lineage, line of descent, parentage, pedigree, race, species, strain, tribe, type, variety; concepts 296,378 stock [n4] investment in company assets, blue chips, bonds, capital, convertible, funds, over-the-counter*, paper, property, share; concept 332 stock [n5] estimation, faith appraisal, appraisement, assessment, condence, count, dependence, estimate, evaluation, gure, hope, inventory, judgment, reliance, review, trust; concepts 37,689,764 Ant. fact, truth stock [v] supply with merchandise accumulate, amass, carry, deal in, equip, ll, furnish, gather, handle, have, hoard, keep, keep on hand, lay in, provide, provision, put away, reserve, save, sell, stockpile, store, stow away, trade in; concepts 140,182,324 Ant. deplete, use up, waste stockade [n] enclosure; jail barrier, cage, camp, can*, cell, clink*, cooler*, coop, corral, detention camp, dungeon, fence, jailhouse, joint*, pen, penal institution, penitentiary, pound, prison, protection, slammer*, sty; concepts 439,448,449,513,516 stock market [n] stock exchange American Stock Exchange, AMEX, Big Board, Chicago Board of Trade, commodities exchange, Dow Jones, futures exchange, NASDAQ, National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations, New York Stock Exchange, Wall Street; concepts 323,333,449 stockpile [n] supply accumulation, buildup, cache, hoard, inventory, nest egg, reserve, source, stash, stock, store, surplus; concept 712 stockpile [v] stock accumulate, amass, build up, gather, hoard, keep on hand, put away, reserve, save, squirrel away, stash, stock up, store, stow away; concepts 140,182,324 stocky [adj] short and overweight; short and muscular chunky, corpulent, fat, heavyset, plump, solid, squat, stout, stubby, sturdy, thick, thickset; concepts 491,773 Ant. lanky, skinny, tall, thin, underweight stodgy [adj] dull, stuffy banausic, boring, dim, dreary, formal, heavy, labored, monotonous, pedantic, pedestrian, plodding, ponderous, staid, tedious, turgid, unexciting, unimaginative, uninspired, uninteresting, weighty; concepts

401,404 Ant. adventurous, exciting, ready, willing stoic/stoical [adj] philosophic, calm aloof, apathetic, cool, cool as cucumber*, detached, dispassionate, dry, enduring, impassive, imperturbable, indifferent, indomitable, longsuffering, matter-of-fact, patient, phlegmatic, resigned, rolling with punches*, self-controlled, sober, stolid, unconcerned, unemotional, unappable, unmoved; concepts 401,404 Ant. anxious, depressed, stressed, upset stolid [adj] apathetic, stupid blunt, bovine, dense, doltish, dry, dull, dumb, heavy, impassive, inactive, indifferent, inert, lumpish, matter-of-fact, obtuse, passive, phlegmatic, slow, stoic, supine, unemotional, unexcitable, wooden; concepts 401,402 Ant. aware, intelligent, interested stomach [n1] digestive organ of animate being; exterior abdomen, abdominal region, belly, below the belt*, breadbasket*, gut, inside, insides, maw*, paunch, pot*, potbelly*, solar plexus, spare tire*, tummy*; concepts 393,420 stomach [n2] appetite appetence, desire, inclination, mind, relish, taste, tooth; concept 20 stomach [v] endure, tolerate abide, bear, bear with, bite the bullet*, brook, digest, grin and bear it*, live with*, put up with, reconcile oneself, resign oneself, stand, submit to, suffer, swallow, sweat, take, tolerate; concept 23 Ant. refuse, reject stone [n] hard piece of earths surface boulder, crag, crystal, gem, grain, gravel, jewel, metal, mineral, ore, pebble, rock; concepts 474,477 stoned [adj] high on alcohol or drugs baked*, bombed*, boozed up*, buzzed*, doped, drugged, drunk, feeling no pain*, ying*, fried, inebriated, intoxicated, loaded, on a trip*, plastered, ripped*, sloshed*, smashed*, spaced out*, stewed*, strung out*, tanked*, tipsy, totaled*, tripping*, wasted*; concept 314 stony [adj] hard, icy in appearance, response adamant, blank, callous, chilly, cold, coldblooded, coldhearted, cruel, expressionless, rm, frigid, hard-boiled*, hardened, heartless, hostile, indifferent, inexorable, inexible, merciless, obdurate, pitiless, rough, tough, uncompassionate, unfeeling, unforgiving, unrelenting, unresponsive, unsympathetic; concepts 401,485 Ant. friendly, smiling, soft, warm stooge [n] dupe chump*, easy mark*, fall guy, unky, fool, lackey, patsy*, pawn, pigeon*, puppet, pushover*, sap*, sucker, victim; concept 423 stool pigeon [n] informer betrayer, blabbermouth*, canary*, decoy, deep throat*, doublecrosser, nk*, informant, narc*, nark*, rat*, sneak, snitch, snitcher, source, squealer*, stoolie*, tattler, tattletale, tipster*, turncoat, weasel*, whistle-blower; concepts 348,354,423 stoop [n] slouched posture droop, round shoulders, sag, slouch, slump; concept 757 Ant. straightening stoop [v1] bow down be bowed, bend, be servile, bow, cringe, crouch, descend, dip, duck, hunch, incline, kneel, lean, relax, sink, slant, squat; concepts 181,201 Ant. straighten

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stoop [v2] condescend; lower oneself to another accommodate, act beneath oneself, concede, debase oneself, deign, demean oneself, descend, favor, oblige, patronize, relax, resort, sink, thaw, unbend, vouchsafe; concepts 35, 384 Ant. rise above stop [n1] end, halt; impediment bar, barricade, blank wall*, block, blockade, break, break off, brick wall*, cease, cessation, check, close, closing, conclusion, control, cutoff, desistance, discontinuation, ending, fence, nish, freeze*, grinding halt*, hindrance, layoff, letup, lull, pause, plug, roadblock*, screeching halt*, standstill, stay, stoppage, termination, wall; concepts 240,832 Ant. beginning, continuation, go, start stop [n2] visit; place of rest break, depot, destination, halt, rest, sojourn, stage, station, stay, stopover, termination, terminus; concepts 198,227 stop [v1] bring or come to a halt or end be over, blow off*, break, break off, call it a day*, cease, close, cold turkey*, come to a standstill*, conclude, cool it*, cut out*, cut short, desist, discontinue, draw up, drop, end, nish, halt, hang it up*, hold, kill, pause, pull up, put an end to, quit, quit cold*, refrain, run its course*, scrub*, shut down, sign off*, stall, stand, stay, tarry, terminate, wind up*, wrap up*; concepts 119,234,237 Ant. advance, begin, continue, go, start stop [v2] prevent, hold back arrest, avoid, bar, block, bottle, break, check, choke, choke off, clog, close, congest, cut off, disrupt, ll, x, forestall, frustrate, gag, hinder, hush, impede, intercept, interrupt, muzzle, obstruct, occlude, plug, put a stop to, rein in, repress, restrain, seal, shut down, shut off, shut out, silence, stall, staunch, stay, stem, still, stopper, suspend, throw over, turn off, ward off; concept 121 Ant. allow, continue, encourage stopgap [adj] temporarily helping Band-Aid*, emergency, expedient, impromptu, improvised, makeshift, practical, provisional, rough-andready*, rough-and-tumble*, substitute, temp, temporary, throwaway*; concepts 551,560 Ant. completed, nished, permanent, solved stopgap [n] temporary help Band-Aid*, expediency, expedient, improvisation, makeshift, pis aller*, recourse, refuge, resort, resource, shift, substitute, temporary expedient; concept 712 Ant. permanency, permanent, solution stoppage [n] halt, curtailment abeyance, arrest, blockage, check, close, closure, cutoff, deduction, discontinuance, down, downtime*, hindrance, interruption, layoff, lockout, obstruction, occlusion, shutdown, sit-down, standstill, stopping, walkout; concept 832 Ant. beginning, continuation, go, start store [n1] collection, supply abundance, accumulation, backlog, cache, fount, fountain, fund, hoard, inventory, lode, lot, mine, nest egg*, plenty, plethora, provision, quantity, reserve, reservoir, savings, spring, stock, stockpile, treasure, wares, wealth, well; concepts 432, 710 Ant. debt, need store [n2] place for keeping supply arsenal, bank, barn, box, cache, conservatory, depository, depot, magazine, pantry, repository, reservoir,

stable, storehouse, storeroom, tank, treasury, vault, warehouse; concepts 439,441, 448,494 store [n3] business establishment that sells goods boutique, chain store, convenience store, deli, department store, discount house, discount store, drugstore, emporium, ve-and-dime*, ve-and-ten*, grocery store, market, mart, outlet, repository, shop, shopping center, showroom, specialty shop, stand, storehouse, super*, superette*, supermarket; concepts 325,439, 448,449 store [v] collect and put aside accumulate, amass, bank, bin, bottle, bury, cache, can, cumulate, deposit, freeze, garner, hide, hive, hoard, hutch, keep, keep in reserve, lay away, lay up*, lock away, lock up, mothball*, pack, pack away, park, plant, put, put away, put by, put in storage, reserve, roll up, salt away*, save, save for rainy day*, sock away*, squirrel*, stash, stock, stockpile, treasure, victual, warehouse; concepts 109,129 Ant. squander, use, waste storekeeper [n] shopkeeper businessperson, dealer, entrepreneur, grocer, merchant, proprietor, retailer, salesperson, seller, store owner, vendor, wholesaler; concept 347 storeroom [n] repository archive, arsenal, cellar, depository, depot, granary, magazine, safe, silo, stockroom, storage place, storehouse, vault, warehouse; concepts 435,439,449 storm [n1] strong weather blast, blizzard, blow, cloudburst, cyclone, disturbance, downpour, gale, gust, hurricane, monsoon, precip*, precipitation, raining cats and dogs*, snowstorm, squall, tempest, tornado, twister, whirlwind, windstorm; concept 526 Ant. calm, clearness storm [n2] commotion, turmoil agitation, anger, annoyance, assault, attack, barrage, blitz, blitzkrieg, bluster, bomb, bombardment, broadside, burst, bustle, cannonade, clamor, clatter, convulsion, disturbance, drumre, furor, fury, fusillade, hail, hassle, hysteria, offensive, onset, onslaught, outbreak, outburst, outcry, passion, perturbation, pother, rabidity, racket, rage, rampancy, roar, row, ruction, rumpus, rush, salvo, squall, stir, strife, temper, tumult, upheaval, violence, volley; concepts 86,230, 674 Ant. calm, peace storm [v] attack, rush aggress, assail, assault, beset, blow violently, bluster, breathe re*, burn up, carry on*, charge, come at*, complain, drizzle, drop, y, fume, go on, howl, pour, rage, rain, rant, rave, rip, roar, scold, set in, sizzle, sound off, spit, squall, stalk, steam up*, stomp, strike, take by storm*, take on*, tear, thunder*; concepts 52,86,150,526 stormy [adj] rough (referring to weather) bitter, blowy, blustering, blustery, boisterous, cold, coming down*, damp, dirty, foul, frigid, furious, gusty, howling, menacing, murky, pouring, raging, raining cats and dogs*, rainy, riproaring*, roaring, savage, squally, stormful, storming, tempestuous, threatening, torrid, turbulent, violent, wet, wild, windy; concept 525 Ant. calm, clear, clement story [n1] account, news adventure, allegory, anecdote, apologue, article, autobiography, beat, biography, book, chronicle, cliffhanger*,

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comedy, conte, description, drama, epic, fable, fairy tale, fantasy, feature, ction, folktale, gag, history, information, legend, long and short of it*, memoir, myth, narration, narrative, news item, nonction, novel, old saw*, parable, potboiler*, recital, record, relation, report, romance, saga, scoop*, sequel, serial, spiel*, tale, tragedy, version, yarn*; concepts 270, 274,282 story [n2] lie canard, cock-and-bull story*, fabrication, falsehood, falsity, b, ction, misrepresentation, prevarication, tale, untruism, untruth, white lie*; concepts 278,282 Ant. truth stout [adj1] overweight big, bulky, burly, corpulent, fat, eshy, heavy, obese, plenitudinous, plump, porcine, portly, rotund, substantial, thick-bodied, tubby, upholstered, weighty, zaftig*; concepts 491,773 Ant. skinny, thin, underweight stout [adj2] strong, brawny able-bodied, athletic, hard, hardy, hulking, husky, indomitable, invincible, lusty, muscular, robust, stable, stalwart, staunch, strapping, sturdy, substantial, tenacious, tough, vigorous; concepts 489,490 Ant. weak stout [adj3] courageous bold, brave, dauntless, fearless, gallant, heroic, intrepid, lionhearted, plucky, resolute, stalwart, undaunted, valiant, valorous; concepts 403,542 Ant. afraid, timid, weak stouthearted [adj] brave, courageous adventurous, bold, daring, dashing, fearless, gallant, game, gritty, gutsy, hardy, heroic, lionhearted, plucky, spunky, stalwart, unafraid, undaunted, unfearful, valiant; concept 401 stove [n] range; furnace boiler, convection oven, cooker, electric stove, heater, kiln, microwave, oven, toaster oven, warmer, wood stove; concept 463 stow [v] reserve, store bundle, deposit, load, pack, pack like sardines*, put away, secrete, stash, stuff, top off, tuck, warehouse*; concept 209 Ant. throw overboard, use, waste straggle [v] wander, stray be late, dawdle, drift, lag, loiter, maunder, meander, poke, poke around, ramble, range, roam, rove, scramble, spread, straddle, string out, tail, trail; concept 151 Ant. hurry, run, rush straight [adj1] aligned; not curved beeline*, collinear, consecutive, continuous, direct, erect, even, horizontal, in a line, in a row, inexible, in line, invariable, level, like an arrow*, lineal, linear, near, nonstop, perpendicular, plumb, precipitous, rectilineal, rectilinear, right, running, sheer, short, smooth, solid, square, straightforward, successive, through, true, unbent, unbroken, uncurled, undeviating, undistorted, uninterrupted, unrelieved, unswerving, upright, vertical; concepts 482,486,581 Ant. curved, indirect, twisted straight [adj2] honest, fair aboveboard, accurate, authentic, bald, blunt, candid, categorical, decent, equitable, fair and square*, forthright, frank, good, honorable, just, law-abiding, moral, outright, plain, point-blank*, reliable, respectable, straightforward, summary, trustworthy, unqualied, upright; concepts 267, 542 Ant. corrupt, dishonest, unfair, unjust straight [adj3] orderly arranged, correct, exact,

in order, neat, organized, put to rights, right, shipshape*, sorted, tidy; concepts 535,585 Ant. disordered, disorderly, disorganized straight [adj4] unmixed concentrated, neat, outand-out*, plain, pure, strong, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, undiluted, unmodied, unqualied; concepts 462,621 Ant. diluted, mixed straight [adj5] conventional, square bourgeois, buttoned-down*, conservative, orthodox, traditional; concept 404 Ant. different, unconventional, untraditional straight [adv1] immediately, directly as the crow ies*, at once, away, dead*, direct, due, exactly, rst off, forthwith, in direct line, instanter, instantly, lineally, now, point-blank*, right, right away, straightaway, straightforwardly, straightly, undeviatingly; concepts 581,820 Ant. later straight [adv2] honestly candidly, frankly, in plain English*, no holds barred*, no punches*, point-blank*; concepts 267,544 Ant. dishonestly, indirectly straighten [v] put in neat or aligned order align, arrange, compose, correct, even, level, make plumb, make straight, neaten, order, put in order, put perpendicular, put straight, put to rights, put upright, put vertical, rectify, set to rights, smarten up*, spruce up*, tidy, unbend, uncoil, uncurl, unfold, unravel, unsnarl, untwist; concepts 158,202,231 Ant. bend, curve, move, twist straightforward [adj1] honest aboveboard, barefaced*, candid, direct, forthright, frank, genuine, guileless, honorable, just, laid on the line*, level, like it is*, mellow*, open, outspoken, plain, plain-dealing*, pretenseless, right-on*, sincere, square-shooting*, straight, straight-arrow*, talking turkey*, truthful, unconcealed, undisguised, undissembled, undissembling, unequivocal, unvarnished, up front*, upright, upstanding, veracious; concept 267 Ant. deceitful, devious, dishonest straightforward [adj2] simple, easy apparent, clear, clear-cut, direct, distinct, elementary, evident, manifest, palpable, patent, plain, routine, straight, through, unambiguous, uncomplicated, undemanding, unequivocal, uninterrupted; concepts 535,538 Ant. complicated, difcult, hard, indirect, involved strain [n1] pain, due to exertion ache, anxiety, bruise, brunt, burden, constriction, effort, endeavor, exertion, force, injury, jerk, pressure, pull, sprain, stress, stretch, struggle, tautness, tension, tensity, twist, wrench; concept 728 Ant. health, wellness strain [n2] ancestry blood, breed, descent, extraction, family, lineage, pedigree, race, species, stock; concepts 296,380 strain [n3] suggestion, hint humor, manner, mind, shade, soupon, spirit, streak, style, suspicion, temper, tendency, tinge, tone, touch, trace, trait, vein, way; concepts 410,529,682 strain [n4] melody air, descant, diapason, lay, measure, song, tune, warble; concepts 262,595 strain [v1] stretch, often to limit constrict, distend, distort, draw tight, drive, exert, extend, fatigue, injure, overexert, overtax, overwork, pull, push, push to the limit, rack, sprain, task, tauten, tax, tear, tighten, tire, twist, weaken,

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wrench; concepts 156,206,208,313 Ant. compress, concentrate strain [v2] work very hard bear down, endeavor, exert, go all out*, go for broke*, grind, hammer, hustle, labor, moil, peg away*, plug, push, strive, struggle, sweat, toll, try; concept 87 Ant. idle, laze, rest strain [v3] lter exude, percolate, purify, rene, riddle, screen, seep, separate, sieve, sift; concepts 135,202 strain [v4] cause mental stress distress, harass, hassle, irk, pain, pick at, push, stress, trouble, try; concepts 7,19 Ant. calm, placate, soothe strained [adj] forced, pretended articial, at end of rope*, awkward, choked, constrained, difcult, embarrassed, false, farfetched, hard put*, in a state*, labored, nervous wreck*, put, self-conscious, stiff, strung out*, taut, tense, tight, uncomfortable, uneasy, unglued, unnatural, unrelaxed, uptight, wired*, wreck*; concepts 267,401 Ant. genuine, unforced strait [n1] crisis, difculty bewilderment, bind, bottleneck*, choke point*, contingency, crossroad, dilemma, distress, embarrassment, emergency, exigency, extremity, hardship, hole*, mess*, mystication, pass, perplexity, pinch*, plight, predicament, rigor, squeeze*, turning point*, vicissitude, zero hour*; concept 674 Ant. advantage, solution, success strait [n2] water channel inlet, narrows, sound; concept 514 strait-laced [adj] prudish old-maidish, priggish*, prim, prissy*, proper, puritanical, rigid, square, starchy, stiff*, strict, stuffy, uptight*, Victorian*; concept 401 strand [n] ne thread ber, lament, length, lock, rope, string, tress; concepts 392,452,475 Ant. hunk stranded [adj] marooned, abandoned aground, ashore, beached, cast away, godforsaken*, grounded, helpless, high and dry*, homeless, left at the altar*, left in the lurch*, on the rocks*, out in left eld*, passed up, penniless, run aground, shipwrecked, sidelined, sidetracked*, wrecked; concept 577 Ant. found strange [adj1] deviating, unfamiliar aberrant, abnormal, astonishing, astounding, atypical, bizarre, curious, different, eccentric, erratic, exceptional, extraordinary, fantastic, far-out*, funny, idiosyncratic, ignorant, inexperienced, irregular, marvelous, mystifying, new, newfangled*, odd, oddball*, off, offbeat*, outlandish, out-of-the-way*, peculiar, perplexing, quaint, queer, rare, remarkable, singular, unaccountable, unaccustomed, uncanny, uncommon, unheard of, unseasoned, unusual, weird, wonderful; concept 564 Ant. common, familiar, normal, regular, standard, usual strange [adj2] exotic, foreign alien, apart, awkward, detached, external, faraway, irrelevant, isolated, lost, new, novel, out of place, outside, remote, romanesque, romantic, unexplored, unfamiliar, unknown, unrelated, untried; concepts 549,576 Ant. common, native stranger [n] person who is unfamiliar alien, drifter, foreign body, foreigner, guest, immigrant, incomer, interloper, intruder, itinerant person, migrant, migratory worker, new arrival, newcomer, outcomer, outlander, out-

of-stater*, outsider, party crasher*, perfect stranger*, squatter*, transient, uninvited person, unknown, unknown person, visitor, wanderer; concepts 413,423 Ant. acquaintance, friend, local, native strangle [v] choke, stie asphyxiate, gag, garrote/garrotte, inhibit, kill, mufe, quelch, repress, restrain, shush, smother, squelch, strangulate, subdue, suffocate, suppress, throttle; concepts 130,191,252 Ant. free, let go, loose strap [n] long piece of material band, belt, harness, leash, strop, switch, thong, tie, whip; concepts 471,475 strapped [adj] destitute beggared, broke*, dirt poor*, at*, fortuneless, impoverished, out of money, penniless, penurious, poor, stonebroke*; concept 334 Ant. rich, wealthy strapping [adj] big and strong brawny, burly, hefty, hulk, hulking, hunk, husky, ox, powerful, powerhouse, robust, stalwart, stout, sturdy, tall, vigorous, well-built; concepts 489,773 Ant. attenuated, skinny, slight, small, thin strategem [n] trick action, angle, artice, bit*, booby trap*, brainchild*, con, deception, device, dodge, feint, gambit, game, game plan*, gimmick, grift, intrigue, layout, maneuver, method, pitch, plan, play, plot, ploy, pretext, proposition, racket, ruse, scenario, scene, scheme, setup, shift, slant, stall, story, subterfuge, switch, twist, wile; concepts 59,660 strategic [adj1] crucial cardinal, critical, decisive, imperative, important, key, necessary, vital; concepts 546,567 Ant. unimportant, unnecessary strategic [adj2] clever, calculated cunning, deliberate, diplomatic, dishonest, planned, politic, tricky; concept 544 Ant. loose, unplanned strategy [n] plan of action action, angle, approach, artice, blueprint*, brainchild*, craft, cunning, design, game, game plan*, gimmick, grand design, layout, maneuvering, method, plan, planning, policy, procedure, program, project, proposition, racket*, scenario, scene, scheme, setup, slant, story, subtlety, system, tactics; concept 660 stratum [n] layer bed, gradation, grade, lamina, level, lode, seam, sheet, stratication, thickness, vein; concept 744 stray [adj] abandoned, wandering devious, erratic, homeless, lost, roaming, roving, vagrant; concept 583 stray [v1] deviate, err circumlocute, depart, digress, divagate, diverge, do wrong, excurse, get off the subject*, get off the track*, get sidetracked*, go off on a tangent*, ramble, sin, wander; concepts 101,266 Ant. remain, stay stray [v2] wander; get lost be abandoned, be lost, deviate, drift, err, gad*, gallivant, go all over the map*, go amiss, go astray, lose ones way, meander, ramble, range, roam, rove, straggle, swerve, traipse, turn, wander away, wander off; concept 149 Ant. go direct streak [n] vein, line; small part band, bar, beam, dash, element, hint, intimation, layer, ray, ridge, rule, shade, slash, smear, strain, stream, strip, stripe, stroke, suggestion, suspicion, touch, trace; concepts 436,628,657,727 streak [v] make a line on band, dapple, daub,

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eck, marble, slash, smear, spot, strake, striate, stripe, variegate, vein; concept 250 stream [n] small river beck, branch, brook, burn, course, creek, current, drift, ood, ow, freshet, race, rill, rindle, rivulet, run, runnel, rush, spate, spritz, surge, tide, torrent, tributary, watercourse; concept 514 stream [v] ow from cascade, continue, course, emerge, emit, ood, glide, gush, issue, move past, pour, roll, run, shed, sluice, spill, spout, spritz, spurt, surge; concepts 146,179 Ant. ow into street [n] path upon which travel occurs artery, avenue, back alley*, boulevard, byway, court, dead end*, drag*, drive, highway, lane, parkway, passage, pavement, place, road, roadway, route, row, stroll, terrace, thoroughfare, track, trail, turf*, way; concept 501 street person [n] homeless person bag lady, beggar, bum, derelict, drifter, hobo, vagabond, vagrant, wino; concept 539 street smart [adj] shrewd artful, astute, cagey, calculating, canny, clever, crafty, cunning, experienced, foxy*, ingenious, intelligent, perceptive, quick-witted, savvy*, seasoned, sharp, slick*, sly, smart, smooth, streetwise, wily, wise; concepts 401,402 strength [n1] stamina, mental or physical backbone, body, brawn, brawniness, brute force*, clout, courage, durability, energy, rmness, force, fortitude, hardiness, health, healthiness, lustiness, might, muscle, nerve, physique, pith, potency, pow*, power, powerhouse*, robustness, security, sinew, sock*, soundness, stability, stableness, stalwartness, steadiness, steamroller, stoutness, strong arm*, sturdiness, substance, tenacity, toughness, verdure, vigor, vim, vitality, zip*; concepts 410,732 Ant. lack, weakness strength [n2] intensity clout, cogency, concentration, depth, effectiveness, efcacy, energy, extremity, fervor, force, juice*, kick*, potency, power, resolution, spirit, vehemence, vigor, virtue; concept 669 Ant. enervation, lethargy, weakness strength [n3] advantage, substance anchor, asset, body, burden, connection, core, gist, guts, in, intestinal fortitude, license, mainstay, meat, pith, purport, security, sense, strong point, succor, upper hand, weight, wire; concepts 682,693 Ant. disadvantage, weakness strengthen [v1] make more forceful, powerful add, add fuel to re*, anneal, ascend, bolster, brace, build up, buttress, conrm, corroborate, empower, enhance, enlarge, establish, extend, fortify, harden, heighten, increase, intensify, invigorate, justify, make rm, mount, multiply, regenerate, reinforce, rejuvenate, renew, restore, rise, set up, sinew*, steel, step up, substantiate, support, sustain, temper, tone, tone up, toughen, wax*; concepts 244,250 Ant. break down, hurt, weaken strengthen [v2] encourage, hearten animate, back, back up, bear out, bloom, brace, brace up, burgeon, carry weight, cheer, consolidate, embolden, enhearten, enliven, ourish, ower, fortify, gather resources, gird, give weight, harden, inspirit, invigorate, nerve, nourish, prepare, prosper, rally, ready, refresh, rejuvenate,

restore, steel, substantiate, temper, thrive, toughen, uphold; concepts 7,22,35 Ant. discourage, dishearten, dissuade, weaken strenuous [adj1] difcult; requiring hard work arduous, demanding, effortful, energy-consuming, exhausting, hard, Herculean, laborious, mean, operose, taxing, toilful, toilsome, tough, tough going*, uphill*, wicked; concept 538 Ant. easy, effortless, facile strenuous [adj2] energetic, zealous active, aggressive, ardent, bold, determined, dynamic, eager, earnest, lusty, persistent, red-blooded, resolute, spirited, strong, tireless, vigorous, vital; concepts 401,542 Ant. apathetic, enervated, lethargic, unenthusiastic stress [n1] emphasis accent, accentuation, beat, force, import, importance, signicance, urgency, weight; concepts 65,668 Ant. ignorance, unimportance stress [n2] physical or mental pressure afiction, agony, alarm, albatross*, anxiety, apprehensiveness, burden, clutch, crunch, disquiet, disquietude, distention, draw, dread, expectancy, extension, fear, fearfulness, ferment, utter, force, hardship, hassle, heat, impatience, intensity, misgiving, mistrust, nervousness, nervous tension, oppression, overextension, passion, protraction, pull, restlessness, spring, strain, stretch, tautness, tenseness, tension, tensity, tightness, traction, trauma, trepidation, trial, urgency, worry; concepts 410,720,728 Ant. indifference, relaxation stress [v1] accentuate, emphasize accent, belabor, dwell on, feature, harp on*, headline*, italicize*, lay emphasis on, make emphatic, play up, point up, repeat, rub in*, spot, spotlight*, underline*, underscore*; concepts 49,68 Ant. attenuate, reduce, relax stress [v2] put under physical or mental pressure afict, burden, crunch, distend, force, fret, hassle, overdo, overextend, pull, put in traction*, put on trial*, spring, strain, stretch, tense, tense up*, traumatize, worry; concepts 7,19,246,313 stretch [n1] expanse amplitude, area, branch, breadth, bridge, compass, dimension, distance, expansion, extension, extent, gamut, length, orbit, proliferation, purview, radius, range, reach, region, scope, space, span, spread, sweep, tract, wing; concepts 651,721,746 stretch [n2] period of time bit, continuance, duration, extent, length, run, space, span, spell, stint, term, time, while; concepts 807,822 stretch [v] extend, elongate amplify, branch out, bridge, burst forth, cover, crane, develop, distend, drag out, draw, draw out, expand, ll, go, grow, inate, lengthen, lie out, magnify, make, make taut, make tense, open, overlap, pad, prolong, prolongate, protract, pull, pull out, pyramid, rack, range, reach, recline, repose, run, shoot up, span, spin out, spread, spread out, spring up, strain, string out, swell, tauten, tighten, unfold, unroll, widen; concepts 137,250 Ant. compress, concentrate strict [adj1] authoritarian austere, dead set*, disciplinary, dour, draconian*, exacting, rm, forbidding, grim, hard, hard-boiled*, harsh, iron-sted*, no-nonsense*, oppressive, picky, prudish, punctilious, puritanical, rigid, rigorous,

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scrupulous, set, severe, square, stern, stickling, straight, strait-laced*, stringent, stuffy*, tough, unpermissive, unsparing, uptight*; concepts 401,542 Ant. amenable, easy-going, exible, lenient, tolerant, tractable, yielding strict [adj2] accurate, absolute close, complete, exact, faithful, just, meticulous, particular, perfect, precise, religious, right, scrupulous, total, true, undistorted, utter, veracious, veridical; concepts 535,557 Ant. inaccurate, indenite, uncertain stride [v] walk purposefully clump, drill, march, pace, parade, pound, stalk, stamp, stomp, striddle, stump, traipse, tramp, tromp; concept 149 strident [adj] harsh, shrill blatant, boisterous, clamorous, clashing, discordant, grating, hoarse, jangling, jarring, loud, noisy, obstreperous, rasping, raucous, screeching, squawky, squeaky, stentorian, stertorous, stridulant, stridulous, unmusical, vociferant, vociferous; concepts 592,594 Ant. low, mild, moderate, soft strife [n] struggle, battle affray, altercation, animosity, argument, bickering, blowup, brawl, clash, combat, competition, conict, contention, contest, controversy, difference, disagreement, discord, dispute, dissension, dissent, dissidence, disunity, emulation, faction, factionalism, ghting, friction, fuss, hassle, quarrel, rivalry, spat, squabble, squabbling, static, striving, tug of war*, variance, warfare, words*, wrangle, wrangling; concepts 46,106,674 Ant. success, victory strike [v1] hit hard bang, bash, beat, boff, bonk, box, buffet, bump into, chastise, clash, clobber, clout, collide, conk*, crash, cuff*, drive, force, hammer, impel, knock, percuss, plant*, pop*, pound, pummel, punch, punish, run into, slap, slug, smack, smash into, sock, swat, thrust, thump, touch, wallop, whop*; concept 189 Ant. tap strike [v2] make an impact affect, be plausible, carry, come to mind*, dawn on*, get*, have semblance, hit*, impress, inuence, inspire, look, move, occur to, reach, register*, seem, sway, touch; concepts 7,19,22,716 strike [v3] nd, discover achieve, arrive at, attain, catch, chance upon*, come across, come upon, dig up*, effect, encounter, happen upon*, hit upon*, lay bare*, light upon, open up, reach, seize, stumble across*, take, turn up*, uncover, unearth; concepts 120,183 Ant. lose, miss strike [v4] devastate, affect afict, aggress, assail, assault, attack, beset, deal a blow, excruciate, fall upon, harrow, hit, invade, martyr, rack, set upon, smite, storm, torment, torture, try, wring; concepts 7,19 Ant. not touch, pass up strike [v5] walk out of job in protest arbitrate, be on strike, boycott, go on strike, hit the bricks*, hold out, mediate, mutiny, negotiate, picket, quit, refuse to work, resist, revolt, sit down*, sit in*, slow down, stick out, stop, tie up; concept 351 strike out [v] leave to begin new venture bear, begin, get under way*, head, initiate, light out*, make, set out, start, start out, take off*; concept 195 Ant. remain, stay striking [adj] extraordinary; beautiful arresting, arrestive, astonishing, attractive, bizarre, charming, cogent, commanding, compelling,

confounding, conspicuous, dazzling, distinguished, dynamite, electrifying, eye-catching, fascinating, forceful, forcible, handsome, impressive, jazzy*, lofty, marked, memorable, noteworthy, noticeable, out of the ordinary*, outstanding, powerful, prominent, remarkable, salient, showy, signal, singular, staggering, startling, stunning, surprising, telling, unusual, wonderful, wondrous; concepts 574,579 Ant. homely, horrifying, ugly, unimpressive string [n1] long ber cord, rope, strand, twine, twist; concept 475 string [n2] succession, series chain, consecution, echelon, le, line, order, procession, queue, rank, row, sequel, sequence, strand, tier, train; concepts 727,769 Ant. individual string along [v] play with; keep dangling bluff, coquet, dally, deceive, dupe, irt, fool, hoax, lead on*, put one over on*, take for a ride*, toy, trie, wanton; concept 59 Ant. let go, release stringent [adj] rigid, tight acrimonious, binding, brick-wall*, by the book*, by the numbers*, compelling, conning, convincing, dead set on*, demanding, draconian, drawing, dyedin-the-wool*, exacting, forceful, hard, hardnosed*, harsh, inexible, ironclad, iron-sted, picky, poignant, powerful, rigorous, rough, set, severe, stiff, strict, tough, unpermissive, valid; concepts 401,535,569 Ant. exible, inexact, tolerant stringy [adj] long, thin brous, gangling, gristly, lank, lanky, muscular, reedy, ropy, sinewy, spindling, spindly, threadlike, tough, wiry; concept 490 strip [n] thin piece of material band, banding, bar, belt, billet, bit, llet, ingot, layer, ribbon, rod, section, segment, shred, slab, slip, stick, stripe, swathe, tape, tongue; concepts 471,834 Ant. whole strip [v] bare, uncover decorticate, denude, deprive, despoil, dismantle, displace, disrobe, divest, empty, excorticate, expose, gut, hull, husk, lay bare, lift, peel, pillage, plunder, ransack, ravage, remove, rob, scale, shave, shed, shuck, skin, slip out of, spoil, take off, tear, unclothe, undress, withdraw; concept 211 Ant. clothe, cover stripe [n] line, strip band, banding, bar, border, decoration, division, llet, layer, ribbon, rule, streak, striation, stroke; concepts 284,622 strive [v] try for, exert oneself aim, assay, attempt, bear down, bend over backward*, break ones neck*, compete, contend, do ones best*, do ones utmost*, drive, endeavor, essay, ght, go after, go all out*, go for broke*, go for the jugular*, go the limit*, hassle, jockey*, knock oneself out*, labor, leave no stone unturned*, make every effort, moil, offer, push, scramble, seek, shoot for*, strain, struggle, sweat, tackle, take on, toil, try hard, tug*, work; concept 87 Ant. forget, skip stroke [n1] accomplishment achievement, blow*, feat, ourish, hit*, move, movement; concept 706 Ant. failure, loss stroke [n2] seizure apoplexy, attack, collapse, convulsion, t, shock; concepts 33,308 stroke [v] pat lengthwise brush, caress, chuck, comfort, fondle, pet, rub, smooth, soothe, tickle; concept 612

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stroll [n] lazy walk airing, breath of fresh air*, constitutional, cruise, excursion, promenade, ramble, saunter, turn; concept 151 Ant. run stroll [v] walk along lazily amble, cruise, drift, gallivant, linger, make ones way*, mope*, mosey*, promenade, ramble, roam, rove, sashay*, saunter, toddle, traipse, tramp, wander; concept 151 Ant. run strong [adj1] healthy, powerful able, ablebodied, active, athletic, big, capable, durable, enduring, energetic, rm, xed, forceful, forcible, hale, hard as nails*, hardy, hearty, heavy, heavy-duty*, in ne feather*, mighty, muscular, reinforced, robust, rugged, secure, sinewy, solid, sound, stable, stalwart, stark, staunch, steady, stout, strapping, sturdy, substantial, tenacious, tough, unyielding, vigorous, well-built, well-founded, well-made; concepts 314,489,540 Ant. feeble, inrm, unhealthy, unpowerful, weak strong [adj2] determined, resolute aggressive, brave, clear, cogent, courageous, dedicated, deep, eager, fervent, fervid, erce, rm, forceful, gutsy*, handful*, hard-nosed*, independent, intelligent, intense, iron-willed, keen, mean, perceptive, plucky, potent, pushy, resilient, resourceful, sagacious, self-assertive, severe, staunch, steadfast, take charge*, tenacious, tough, unbending, uncompromising, unyielding, vehement, violent, wicked*, zealous; concepts 403,542 Ant. agreeable, complacent, easygoing, irresolute, laid-back, uncaring, weak strong [adj3] distinct, unmistakable clear, clearcut, cogent, compelling, convincing, effective, fast, rm, forceful, formidable, great, hard, inuential, marked, mighty, overpowering, persuasive, potent, powerful, redoubtable, secure, sharp, sound, stiff, stimulating, telling, trenchant, urgent, weighty, well-established, well-founded; concepts 535,537 Ant. indistinct, mistakable, obscure, vague strong [adj4] extreme acute, draconian, drastic, forceful, intense, keen, severe, sharp, strict; concept 569 Ant. mild, moderate strong [adj5] forceful on the senses biting, bold, bright, brilliant, concentrated, dazzling, effective, fetid, full-bodied, glaring, hard, heady, high, highly avored, highly seasoned, hot, inebriating, intoxicating, loud, malodorous, noisome, piquant, potent, powerful, pungent, pure, rancid, rank, rich, robust, sharp, spicy, stark, stimulating, stinking, straight, strong-avored, undiluted, unmixed; concepts 462,598,618 Ant. delicate, low, mild, moderate, pale, soft stronghold [n] refuge bastion, bulwark, castle, citadel, fastness, fort, fortication, fortress, garrison, keep, presidio, redoubt; concepts 439,712 structure [n1] makeup, form anatomy, architecture, arrangement, build, complex, conguration, conformation, construction, design, fabric, fabrication, format, formation, frame, framework, interrelation, make, morphology, network, order, organization, skeleton, system, texture; concept 733 structure [n2] building cage, construction, edice, erection, fabric, house, pile, pile of bricks*, rockpile, skyscraper; concept 439 struggle [n] hard try; ght to win attempt,

battle, brush, clash, combat, conict, contest, effort, encounter, endeavor, essay, exertion, free-for-all*, grind, hassle, jam, jump, labor, long haul*, pains*, roughhouse*, row, scramble, set-to*, skirmish, strife, striving, toil, trial, tussle, undertaking, work, wrangle; concepts 87,106,674 Ant. giving in struggle [v1] labor, work assay, attempt, bend over backwards*, break ones back*, break ones neck*, cope, dig, endeavor, exert oneself, give it ones best shot*, give the old college try*, go all out*, grind, hassle, have ones nose to grindstone*, hustle, make every effort*, offer, plug, plug away*, scratch, seek, slave, strain, strive, sweat, tackle, take a crack*, take a stab*, take on, toil, try, try ones hardest*, undertake, work like a dog*; concept 87 Ant. idle, laze, rest struggle [v2] ght, wrestle battle, brawl, buck, bump heads*, compete, contend, contest, cross swords*, go up against*, grapple, hassle, lock horns*, put up a ght*, romp, rough-house*, row, scrap, scufe, shufe, slug, smack, tangle; concept 106 Ant. surrender, yield strumpet [n] prostitute call girl*, harlot, hooker, hussy, lady of the evening*, slut, streetwalker, whore, woman of the street*; concept 412 strut [v] walk pompously aunt, ounce, grandstand*, mince, parade, peacock*, play to audience, prance, put on airs*, sashay*, show off, stalk, stride, swagger, swank, sweep; concepts 149,261 stub [n] stumpy end butt, counterfoil, dock, remainder, remnant, root, short end*, snag, stump, tag, tail, tail end*; concepts 825,827 stubborn [adj] obstinate, unyielding adamant, balky, bullheaded, cantankerous, contumacious, cussed*, determined, dogged, rm, xed, hardheaded, headstrong, inexorable, inexible, insubordinate, intractable, mulish, obdurate, opinionated, ornery*, persevering, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded*, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, relentless, rigid, selfwilled, set in ones ways*, single-minded, steadfast, stiff-necked*, tenacious, tough, unbending, unmanageable, unreasonable, unshakable, untoward, willful; concepts 401,404 Ant. broad-minded, complacent, compliant, giving, willing, yielding stubby [adj] short and thick fat, heavyset, squat, stocky, stout, stumpy, thick-bodied, thickset; concepts 491,773,779 Ant. lanky, long, thin stuck-up [adj] snobbish arrogant, big-headed, cocky, conceited, condescending, egotistic, haughty, high-and-mighty*, hoity-toity, nose in the air*, ostentatious, patronizing, pompous, pretentious, puffed up, snippy*, snooty*, snotty*, too big for ones britches*, uppity*, vain; concept 401 student [n] person actively learning apprentice, disciple, docent, rst-year student, grad, graduate, junior, learner, novice, observer, pupil, registrant, scholar, schoolchild, skill, sophomore, undergrad*, undergraduate; concept 350 Ant. professor, teacher studied [adj] intentional advised, affected, aforethought, calculated, conscious, considered,

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deliberate, designed, examined, gone into, investigated, planned, plotted, premeditated, prepared, prepense, purposeful, reviewed, studious, thought-about, thoughtful, thoughtout, thought-through, voluntary, well-considered, willful, willing; concepts 538,548 Ant. natural, spontaneous, unintentional, unplanned studious [adj] scholarly, attentive academic, assiduous, bookish*, bookworm*, busy, careful, contemplative, diligent, eager, earnest, grubbing, hard-working, industrious, intellectual, learned, lettered, meditative, reective, sedulous, serious, thoughtful, well-informed, well-read; concepts 402,538 Ant. ignorant, inattentive, lazy, unscholarly study [n] learning, analysis abstraction, academic work, analyzing, application, attention, class, cogitation, comparison, concentration, consideration, contemplation, course, cramming, debate, deliberation, examination, exercise, inquiry, inspection, investigation, lesson, meditation, memorizing, muse, musing, pondering, questioning, reading, reasoning, reection, research, reverie, review, rumination, schoolwork, scrutiny, subject, survey, thought, trance, weighing; concepts 31,103 study [v1] contemplate, learn apply oneself, bone up*, brood over, burn midnight oil*, bury oneself in*, coach, cogitate, consider, crack the books*, cram, dig*, dive into*, examine, excogitate, go into, go over, grind*, hit the books*, inquire, learn, learn the ropes*, lucubrate, meditate, mind, mull over, perpend, peruse, plug*, plunge, polish up*, ponder, pore over*, read, read up, refresh, think, think out, think over, tutor, weigh; concept 31 Ant. forget, ignore, neglect study [v2] examine, analyze brainstorm*, canvass, case, check out, check over, check up, compare, deliberate, do research, gure, give the eagle eye*, inspect, investigate, keep tabs*, look into, peruse, read, research, scope, scrutinize, sort out, survey, view; concept 103 stuff [n1] personal belongings being, effects, equipment, gear, goods, impedimenta, individual, junk*, kit, luggage, objects, paraphernalia, possessions, substance, tackle, things, trappings; concepts 432,446 stuff [n2] essence, substance bottom, bottom line*, essentiality, heart, marrow*, matter, meat*, nitty-gritty*, nuts and bolts*, pith, principle, quintessence, soul, staple, virtuality; concepts 668,682 stuff [n3] fabric cloth, material, raw material, textile, woven material; concept 167 stuff [v] load with choke up, clog up, compress, congest, cram, crowd, ll, ll to overowing, ll to the brim, force, glut, gobble, gorge, gormandize, guzzle, jam, jam-pack*, overll, overindulge, overstuff, pack, pad, push, ram, sate, satiate, shove, squeeze, stow, wad, wedge; concepts 169,209 Ant. unload, unstuff stuffed [adj] crammed bursting, crowded, lled, full, glutted, gorged, jammed, jampacked*, loaded, overowing, packed, packed like sardines*, running over, satised, saturated, tight; concepts 481,483,773,774,786 stuffy [adj1] close, oppressive airless, breathless, conned, fetid, heavy, humid, muggy,

stagnant, stale, stiing, suffocating, sultry, thick, unventilated; concept 525 Ant. airy, breezy, open, ventilated stuffy [adj2] old-fashioned, prim arrogant, bloated, conventional, dreary, dull, fusty, genteel, humorless, important, magisterial, musty, narrow-minded, pompous, priggish, prim and proper*, prissy, prudish, puffy, puritanical, self-important, staid, stilted, stodgy, straitlaced*, uninteresting, Victorian*; concepts 401,404 Ant. current, informal, modern, new stumble [v1] slip, stagger blunder, bumble, careen, err, fall, fall down, falter, ounder, hesitate, limp, lose balance, lumber, lurch, muddle, pitch, reel, shufe, stammer, swing, tilt, topple, totter, trip, wallow, waver, wobble; concepts 101,181 stumble [v2] happen upon blunder upon*, bump, chance, chance upon*, come across, come up against, discover, encounter, fall upon, nd, hit, light, light upon*, luck*, meet, run across, stub toe on*, tumble, turn up; concepts 183,693 Ant. lose, overlook stumbling block [n] impediment barricade, barrier, blockage, catch*, Catch-22*, clog, delay, difculty, drag*, drawback, handicap, hindrance, holdup, hurdle, obstacle, obstruction, road block*, setback, snag; concept 666 stump [n] end piece butt, end, projection, stub, tail end, tip; concepts 825,827 stump [v1] confuse, bewilder bafe, bring up short, confound, dumbfound, foil, mystify, nonplus, outwit, perplex, puzzle, stagger, stick, stop, stymie; concept 16 Ant. explain, explicate, help stump [v2] walk with deliberation barge, clomp, clump, galumph, lumber, plod, stamp, stomp, stumble, trudge; concept 149 stunned [adj] dazed aghast, amazed, astonished, astounded, bewildered, blown away*, bowled over*, breathless, confounded, confused, dismayed, dumbfounded, abbergasted, oored, frozen, numb, overcome, overwhelmed, shocked, speechless, startled, stumped, stupeed, surprised, taken aback; concept 403 stunning [adj] beautiful, marvelous beauteous, bonny, brilliant, comely, dazzling, devastating, excellent, fair, famous, ne, rst-class*, rstrate*, gorgeous, great, handsome, heavenly, impressive, lovely, number one*, out of this world*, pretty, ravishing, remarkable, royal, sensational, smashing, spectacular, striking, superior, top, wonderful; concepts 574,579 Ant. homely, ugly stun/stupefy [v] amaze, shock astonish, astound, bemuse, bewilder, blow away*, bowl over*, confound, confuse, daze, dumbfound, abbergast, oor*, fog*, give a turn*, hit like ton of bricks*, knock out*, knock over*, knock unconscious, muddle, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, paralyze, petrify, rock*, shake up*, stagger, strike dumb*, surprise, take breath away*, throw a curve*; concept 42 Ant. expect stunt [n] deed, trick achievement, act, antic, caper, exploit, feat, feature, performance, sketch, skit, tour de force; concepts 264,384

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stunted [adj] kept from growing bantam, diminutive, dwarf, dwarfed, dwarsh, halfpint*, little, measly, mite, peanut*, peewee*, pint-sized*, runted, runtish, runty, scrub, short, shot, shrimp*, small, small fry*, tiny, undergrown, undersized, wee*, yea big*, yea high*; concepts 773,779 Ant. developing, growing stupeed [adj] dazed amazed, astonished, astounded, bewildered, blown away*, bowled over*, breathless, confounded, confused, dismayed, dumbfounded, abbergasted, oored, frozen, numb, overcome, overwhelmed, puzzled, shocked, speechless, startled, stumped, stunned, surprised, taken aback; concept 403 stupendous [adj] wonderful, amazing astonishing, astounding, breathtaking, colossal, dynamite, enormous, fab*, fabulous, fantastic, fat*, gigantic, great, huge, marvelous, mind-blowing*, mind-boggling*, miraculous, monster, monumental, overwhelming, phenomenal, prodigious, radical*, smashing, spectacular, staggering, stunning, super, superb, surprising, terric, titantic, too much*, tremendous, unreal*, utmost*, vast, wondrous; concepts 574,781 Ant. terrible, unimportant, unimpressive stupid [adj] not intelligent; irresponsible brainless, dazed, decient, dense, dim, doltish, dopey*, dull, dumb, dummy*, foolish, futile, gullible, half-baked*, half-witted*, idiotic, illadvised, imbecilic, inane, indiscreet, insensate, irrelevant, laughable, loser*, ludicrous, meaningless, mindless, moronic, naive, nonsensical, obtuse, out to lunch*, pointless, puerile, rash, senseless, shortsighted, simple, simpleminded, slow, sluggish, stolid, stupeed, thick, thickheaded*, trivial, unintelligent, unthinking, witless; concepts 402,548 Ant. cognizant, intelligent, responsible, smart stupor [n] daze, unconsciousness amazement, anesthesia, apathy, asphyxia, bewilderment, coma, dullness, fainting, hebetude, hypnosis, inertia, inertness, insensibility, languor, lassitude, lethargy, narcosis, numbness, petrifaction, sleep, slumber, somnolence, sopor, stupefaction, suspended animation, swoon, swooning, torpor, trance; concepts 315,316 Ant. consciousness, sensibility sturdy [adj] solid, durable athletic, built to last*, bulky, determined, rm, ourishing, hardy, hearty, hefty, hulking, husky, lusty, muscular, powerful, powerhouse*, resolute, robust, rugged, secure, sound, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, stiff, stout, stouthearted, strapping, strong, strong-arm*, substantial, tenacious, tough, unyielding, vigorous, well-built, wellmade; concepts 314,488,489 Ant. unstable, weak, wobbly stutter [v] speak haltingly dribble, falter, hesitate, splutter, sputter, stammer, stumble; concept 77 Ant. continue style [n1] fashion, manner appearance, approach, bearing, behavior, carriage, characteristic, cup of tea*, custom, cut*, description, design, druthers*, ash*, form, genre, groove*, habit, hand, idiosyncrasy, kind, method, mode, number, pattern, peculiarity, rage*, sort, spirit, strain, technique, tenor, thing*, tone, trait, trend, type, variety, vein, vogue, way; concept 411

style [n2] fashionableness chichi*, comfort, cosmopolitanism, craze, dash, delicacy, dernier cri, dressiness, ease, lan, elegance, fad, air, grace, grandeur, luxury, mode, panache, polish, rage, renement, savoir-faire, smartness, sophistication, stylishness, taste, thing*, urbanity, vogue; concepts 655,668 Ant. unstylishness style [n3] way of speaking, writing, expressing oneself diction, expression, mode of expression, phraseology, phrasing, treatment, turn of phrase*, vein, wording; concept 276 style [v] name, title address, baptize, call, christen, denominate, designate, dub, entitle, label, term; concept 62 stylish [adj] fashionable a la mode*, beautiful, chic, chichi*, classy, dap, dapper, dashing, dressed to kill*, dressed to the teeth*, dressy, y*, groovy*, high-class*, in, in fashion, in the mainstream*, in vogue, jazzy*, latest, mod*, modernistic, new, nifty, now*, ostentatious, polished, pretentious, rakish, ritzy, sassy*, sharp, showy, sleek, slick*, smart, snappy*, snazzy*, swank*, swell, tony*, trendy, upscale, up-to-date, uptown, urbane, voguish; concepts 579,589 Ant. old-fashioned, unfashionable, unstylish stymie [v] frustrate, hinder balk, block, choke off, confound, corner, crab*, cramp, cramp ones style*, crimp, cut off, dead-end*, defeat, foil, give the run around*, hang re*, hang up*, hold off, hold up, impede, mystify, nonplus, obstruct, pigeonhole*, prevent, put on back burner*, put on hold, puzzle, shelve, snooker*, stall, stonewall*, stump, throw a monkey wrench into*, thwart; concepts 121,130 Ant. aid, assist, encourage, help suave [adj] charming, smooth affable, agreeable, bland, civilized, cordial, courteous, courtly, cultivated, cultured, diplomatic, distingu, fulsome, genial, glib, gracious, ingratiating, obliging, oily*, pleasant, pleasing, polished, polite, politic, rened, smooth-tongued*, sociable, soft*, soft-spoken, sophisticated, unctuous, urbane, well-bred, worldly; concepts 401,404 Ant. awkward, clumsy, unpolished, unsophisticated subconscious [adj] innermost in thought hidden, inmost, inner, intuitive, latent, mental, repressed, subliminal, suppressed, unconscious; concept 529 Ant. conscious, outer subconscious [n] inner thoughts essence, mind, psyche, soul, subconsciousness, subliminal, subliminal self, submerged mind, underconsciousness, undersense; concept 410 Ant. conscious, consciousness subdivision [n] smaller entity of whole class, community, development, group, lower group, minor group, subclass, subsidiary, tract; concepts 513,835 Ant. whole subdue [v] keep under control; moderate bear down, beat down, break, break in, check, conquer, control, crush, defeat, discipline, dominate, drop, extinguish, gentle, get the better of*, get the upper hand*, get under control, humble, mellow, overcome, overpower, overrun, put down, quash, quell, quench, quiet, quieten, reduce, repress, restrain, shut down, soften, squelch, subjugate, suppress, tame, temper, tone down, trample, triumph over, vanquish;

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concepts 121,130,252 Ant. arouse, incite, release, rouse, start subdued [adj] quiet, controlled chastened, crestfallen, dejected, dim, domestic, domesticated, downcast, down in the mouth*, grave, hushed, inobtrusive, low-key*, mellow*, moderated, muted, neutral, out of spirits*, repentant, repressed, restrained, sad, serious, shaded, sober, soft, softened, solemn, submissive, subtle, tasteful, tempered, toned down, unobtrusive; concepts 401,403,594 Ant. aroused, boisterous, communicative, excited, roused, talkative, uncontrolled subject [adj] at the mercy of; answerable accountable, apt, at ones feet*, bound by, captive, collateral, conditional, contingent, controlled, dependent, directed, disposed, enslaved, exposed, governed, in danger of, inferior, liable, likely, obedient, open, prone, provisional, ruled, satellite, secondary, sensitive, servile, slavish, sub*, subaltern, subjugated, submissive, subordinate, subservient, substract, susceptible, tentative, tributary, under, vulnerable; concepts 552,575 Ant. master subject [n1] issue, matter affair, argument, business, case, chapter, class, core, course, discussion, eld of reference, gist, head, idea, item, material, matter at hand, meat*, motif, motion, motive, object, point, principal object, problem, proposal, question, resolution, study, subject matter, substance, text, theme, theorem, thesis, thought, topic; concepts 529,532,689 subject [n2] one under authority of another case, client, customer, dependent, guinea pig*, liege, national, patient, serf, subordinate, vassal; concepts 413,423 Ant. master subjective [adj] emotional; based on inner experience rather than fact abstract, biased, fanciful, idiosyncratic, illusory, individual, instinctive, introspective, introverted, intuitive, nonobjective, nonrepresentative, personal, prejudiced, unobjective; concepts 529,542 Ant. objective, unbiased, unemotional, unprejudiced subjugate [v] overpower, defeat bear down, beat down, bring to heel*, bring to knees*, coerce, compel, conquer, crush, enslave, enthrall, force, hold sway, keep under thumb*, kick around*, overcome, overthrow, put down, quell, reduce, reel back in*, rule, rule over, subdue, suppress, tame, triumph, vanquish; concepts 95,117,133 Ant. free, liberate sublime [adj] great, magnicent abstract, august, divine, dynamite, elevated, eminent, exalted, glorious, gorgeous, grand, heavenly, high, holy, ideal, imposing, lofty, majestic, noble, outrageous, proud, resplendent, sacred, spiritual, splendiferous, splendorous, stately, super, superb, the most*, too much*, transcendent, transcendental; concept 574 Ant. lowly, poor, secondary, second-rate submarine [n1] sub nuclear submarine, submersible, U-boat, underwater craft, underwater robot; concept 506 submarine [n2] sandwich grinder, hero, hoagie, sub*, torpedo; concepts 457,460,461 submerge [v] dunk in liquid deluge, descend, dip, douse, drench, drown, duck, engulf, ood, go down, go under, immerse, impregnate, inundate, overow, overwhelm, plunge, sink,

sound, souse, submerse, subside, swamp, whelm; concepts 181,256 Ant. dry, surface submission [n] compliance acquiescence, appeasement, assent, backing down, bowing, capitulation, cringing, defeatism, deference, docility, giving in, humbleness, humility, malleability, meekness, nonresistance, obedience, passivism, passivity, pliabilty, prostration, recreancy, resignation, servility, subjection, submissiveness, submitting, surrender, tractability, unassertiveness, yielding; concept 633 Ant. ght, resistance submissive [adj] compliant abject, accommodating, acquiescent, amenable, bowing down, comformable, complying, deferential, docile, domesticated, dutiful, giving-in*, humble, ingratiating, lowly, malleable, meek, menial, nonresistant, nonresisting, obedient, obeisant, obeying, obsequious, passive, patient, pliable, pliant, resigned, servile, slavish, subdued, tame, tractable, uncomplaining, unresisting, yes*, yielding; concept 401 Ant. disobedient, ghting, intractable, resistant, unyielding submit [v1] comply, endure abide, accede, acknowledge, acquiesce, agree, appease, bend, be submissive, bow, buckle, capitulate, cave, cede, concede, defer, eat crow*, fold, give away, give ground, give in, give way, go with the ow*, grin and bear it*, humor, indulge, knuckle, knuckle under*, kowtow*, lay down arms, obey, put up with, quit, relent, relinquish, resign oneself, say uncle*, stoop, succumb, surrender, throw in the towel*, toe the line*, tolerate, truckle, withstand, yield; concept 23 Ant. disobey, ght, resist submit [v2] present, offer; argue for advance, advise, afrm, argue, assert, claim, commit, contend, hand in, make a pitch*, move, proffer, propose, proposition, propound, put, put forward, refer, state, suggest, table, tender, theorize, urge, volunteer; concept 66 Ant. conceal, dissuade, hide subordinate [adj] lesser, supplementary accessory, adjuvant, ancillary, auxiliary, baser, below par, collateral, contributory, dependent, inferior, insignicant, junior, low, lower, minor, paltry, satellite, secondary, second-ddle*, secondstring*, smaller, sub, subaltern, subalternate, subject, submissive, subnormal, subservient, subsidiary, substract, tributary, under, underaverage, unequal; concept 575 Ant. chief, important, major, necessary, superior, vital subordinate [n] person that serves another aide, assistant, attendant, dependent, deputy, unky*, gofer*, helper, inferior, junior, peon, poor relation*, scrub*, second, second ddle*, second string*, serf, servant, slave, subaltern, third string*, underling; concepts 348,423 Ant. boss, chief, leader, major, manager, master, superior subpoena [n] writ command, court order, decree, mandate, summons, warrant, written order; concept 318 subpoena [v] issue a writ cite, order to testify, serve a court order, serve notice, summon; concept 318 subscribe [v1] pay for use; contribute advocate, ante up*, buy, chip in*, come through*, consent, donate, do ones part*, endorse, enroll,

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give, grant, ink*, make a deal*, offer, pitch in*, pledge, promise, put up*, register, second, set, sign, signature, sign up*, support; concepts 129,341 subscribe [v2] agree accede, acquiesce, advocate, approve, assent, autograph*, back, bless, boost, consent, cosign, countenance, ditto*, endorse, favor, get behind*, give stamp of approval* give the go-ahead*, go along with*, hold with*, ink*, obey, okay*, put John Hancock on*, rubber-stamp*, sanction, sign, signature, support, take, undersign, underwrite, yes*; concepts 10,50,88 Ant. disagree subsequent [adj] after consecutive, consequent, consequential, ensuing, following, later, next, posterior, postliminary, proximate, resultant, resulting, sequent, sequential, serial, subsequential, succeeding, successional, successive; concepts 585,820 Ant. anteceent, earlier, former, previous, prior subsequently [adv] afterward after, afterwards, after while, at a later date, behind, by and by, consequently, nally, infra, in the aftermath, in the end, later, latterly, next; concepts 585,820 Ant. earlier, former, prior subservient [adj1] extremely compliant abject, acquiescent, a slave to*, at ones beck and call*, at ones mercy*, bootlicking, cowering, cringing, dancing, deferential, docile, fawning, ignoble, inferior, in ones clutches*, in ones pocket*, in ones power*, mean, menial, obeisant, obsequious, resigned, servile, slavish, subject, submissive, sycophantic, under ones thumb*; concepts 401,404 Ant. controlling, domineering subservient [adj2] secondary, useful accessory, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant, auxiliary, bush-league*, collateral, conducive, contributory, unky, helpful, inferior, instrumental, minor, serviceable, subordinate, subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary; concepts 560,575 Ant. unhelpful, unnecessary, useless subside [v] die down; decrease abate, cave in, collapse, decline, de-escalate, descend, die away, diminish, drop, dwindle, ease, ease off, ebb, fall, let up, level off, lower, lull, melt, moderate, peter out*, quieten, recede, settle, sink, slacken, taper, wane; concepts 181,698,776 Ant. grow, increase, rise subsidiary [adj] secondary, helpful accessory, adjuvant, aiding, ancillary, appurtenant, assistant, assisting, auxiliary, backup, branch, collateral, contributory, cooperative, lesser, minor, serviceable, subject, subordinate, subservient, supplemental, supplementary, tributory, useful; concepts 560,575 Ant. chief, important, necessary subsidize [v] give money to get started angel*, back, bankroll*, contribute, endow, nance, fund, grubstake*, help, juice*, pick up the check*, pick up the tab*, prime the pump*, promote, put up the money for, sponsor, stake, support, underwrite; concepts 110,341 subsidy [n] money given to help another aid, alimony, allowance, appropriation, assistance, bequest, bonus, bounty, contribution, endowment, fellowship, nancial aid, gift, grant, gratuity, help, honorarium, indemnity, payment, pension, premium, reward, scholarship,

subsidization, subvention, support, tribute; concepts 337,344 subsist [v] keep going, living barely exist*, be, breathe, continue, eke out a living*, eke out an existence*, endure, exist, get along*, get by*, hang in*, hang on*, hang tough*, just make it*, last, live, make ends meet*, make it*, manage, move, remain, remain alive, ride out*, scrape by*, stay alive, stick it out*, stick with it*, survive, sustain; concepts 23,330,407 subsistence [n] provisions for survival afuence, aliment, alimentation, bread*, bread and butter*, capital, circumstances, competence, earnings, existence, food, fortune, gratuity, income, independence, keep, legacy, livelihood, living, maintenance, means, money, necessities, nurture, pension, property, provision, ration, resources, riches, salary, salt*, substance, support, sustenance, upkeep, victuals, wages, wealth, wherewithal; concepts 446, 457,646,710 substance [n1] entity, element actuality, animal, being, body, bulk, concreteness, core, corpus, fabric, force, hunk, individual, item, mass, material, matter, object, person, phenomenon, reality, something, staple, stuff, texture, thing; concepts 433,478,523 substance [n2] essence, meaning ABCs*, amount, basis, body, bottom, bottom line*, brass tacks*, burden, center, core, corpus, crux, drift, effect, essentiality, focus, general meaning, gist, gravamen, guts*, heart, import, innards, kernel, marrow, mass, matter, meat*, name of the game*, nitty-gritty*, nub, nuts and bolts*, pith, point, purport, quintessence, sense, signicance, soul, staple, strength, stuff, subject, sum total*, tenor, theme, thrust, upshot, virtuality, way of it*; concepts 682,689 substance [n3] wealth afuence, assets, estate, fortune, means, property, resources, riches, worth; concept 335 Ant. poverty substance abuse [n] chemical abuse addiction, alcoholic addiction, alcoholism, drug abuse, drug dependence, habit; concepts 20,316,709 substandard [adj] inferior bad, base, below average, below par, below standard, cheap, inadequate, junk*, lemon*, lousy, low-grade, poor, second-rate, shoddy, subpar, unacceptable; concept 574 substantial [adj1] important, ample abundant, big, big-deal*, bulky, consequential, considerable, durable, extraordinary, rm, generous, goodly, heavy, heavyweight, hefty, key, large, major-league*, massive, material, meaningful, momentous, plentiful, principal, serious, signicant, sizable, solid, sound, stable, steady, stout, strong, sturdy, superabundant, tidy, valuable, vast, weighty, well-built, worthwhile; concepts 568,773,781 Ant. insignicant, little, minor, small, unimportant, unsubstantial substantial [adj2] material, real actual, cardcarrying*, concrete, corporeal, existent, for real*, honest-to-god*, legit*, objective, phenomenal, physical, positive, righteous, sensible, solid, sure enough*, tangible, true, twentyfour-carat*, valid, visible, weighty; concept 582 Ant. ethereal, mental, spiritual substantial [adj3] rich afuent, comfortable, easy, opulent, prosperous, snug, solid, solvent,

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wealthy, well, well-heeled, well-off, well-to-do; concept 334 Ant. impoverished, poor substantially [adv] to a large extent considerably, essentially, extensively, heavily, in essence, in fact, in reality, in substance, in the main, largely, mainly, materially, much, really; concepts 569,772 Ant. insignicantly, slightly substantiate [v] back up a statement, idea actualize, afrm, approve, attest to, authenticate, bear out, check out, check up, complete, conrm, corroborate, debunk, demonstrate, establish, incarnate, justify, manifest, materialize, objectify, personify, prove, ratify, realize, reify, support, test, try, try on, try out, validate, verify; concepts 49,138,317 Ant. break, disprove substitute [adj] alternative acting, additional, alternate, another, articial, backup, counterfeit, dummy, ersatz*, experimental, false, imitation, makeshift, mock, near, other, provisional, proxy, pseudo*, replacement, representative, reserve, second, sham, simulated, spurious, stopgap*, substitutive, supplemental, supplementary, supposititious, surrogate, symbolic, temporary, tentative, vicarial, vicarious; concepts 560,575 substitute [n] someone or something that takes the place of another agent, alternate, assistant, auxiliary, backup, changeling, delegate, deputy, dernier ressort*, double, dummy, equivalent, expediency, expedient, ll-in, ghost, ghost writer, locum, locum tenens, makeshift, pinchhitter*, procurator, proxy, recourse, refuge, relay, relief, replacement, representative, reserve, resort, resource, standby, stand-in, stopgap*, sub*, succedaneum, successor, supplanter, supply, surrogate, symbol, temp*, temporary, temporary expedient, understudy, vicar; concepts 423,712 Ant. permanent substitute [v] interchange, exchange act for, alternate, answer for, back up, be in place of, change, commute, cover for, deputize, displace, do the work of, double for, ll in for, ll ones position, go as, proxy, relieve, replace, serve in ones stead, spell, stand for, stand in for, sub*, supersede, supplant, swap, swap places with*, switch, take anothers place, take over; concepts 87,104 subterranean [adj] hidden, underground below ground, buried, covered, covert, hushhush*, on the QT*, private, secret, subterrestrial, subversive, sunken, underfoot, under wraps*; concept 583 subtle [adj1] nice, quiet, delicate attenuate, attenuated, deep, discriminating, ethereal, exquisite, faint, ne, nespun, hairline, hairsplitting, illusive, implied, inconspicuous, indirect, indistinct, inferred, ingenious, insinuated, mental, penetrating, profound, rened, slight, sophisticated, suggestive, tenuous, thin, understated; concepts 537,544 Ant. hard, harsh, noisy, unsubtle subtle [adj2] clever, cunning analytic, analytical, artful, astute, complex, crafty, deep, designing, detailed, devious, dexterous, exacting, foxy, guileful, insidious, intriguing, keen, penetrating, perceptive, precise, ratiocinative, scheming, shrewd, skillful, sly, wily; concept 402 Ant. forthright, honest, open

subtract [v] take away decrease, deduct, detract, diminish, discount, draw back, knock off, remove, take, take from, take off, take out, withdraw, withhold; concepts 211,764 Ant. add suburb [n] neighborhood outside of but reliant on nearby large city bedroom community*, burb*, country, countryside, environs, fringe, hamlet, hinterland, outlying area, outpost, outskirts, precinct, purlieu, residential area, slub, suburbia, village; concepts 508,512 Ant. center, metropolis subversive [adj] rebellious, destructive incendiary, inammatory, insurgent, insurrectionary, overthrowing, perversive, riotous, ruinous, seditious, treasonous, underground, undermining; concept 401 Ant. loyal, obedient subvert [v] rebel, destroy capsize, contaminate, corrupt, debase, defeat, demolish, deprave, depress, extinguish, invalidate, invert, level, overthrow, overturn, pervert, poison, pull down, raze, reverse, ruin, sabotage, supersede, supplant, suppress, topple, tumble, undermine, upset, vitiate, wreck; concepts 86,95,252 Ant. be loyal, comply, obey, uphold succeed [v1] attain good outcome accomplish, achieve, acquire, arrive, avail, benet, be successful, carry off*, come off*, conquer, distance, do all right*, do the trick*, earn, ourish, fulll, gain, get, get to the top*, grow famous, hit*, make a fortune*, make good*, make it*, make out*, obtain, outdistance, outwit, overcome, possess, prevail, prot, prosper, pull off*, realize, reap, receive, recover, retrieve, score, secure, surmount, thrive, triumph, turn out*, vanquish, win, work, worst; concepts 141,706 Ant. fail succeed [v2] come after; take the place of accede, assume, be subsequent, come into, come into possession, come next, displace, ensue, enter upon, follow, follow after, follow in order, go next, inherit, postdate, replace, result, supersede, supervene, supplant, take over; concepts 727,749,813 Ant. precede succeeding/successive [adj] following alternating, consecutive, ensuing, following after, in a row, in line, next, next in line for, next in order, next off, next up, rotating, sequent, sequential, serial, seriate, subsequent, subsequential, succedent, successional; concepts 585,811,812,818,820 Ant. antecedent, antedating, preceding, previous success [n] favorable outcome accomplishment, achievement, advance, arrival, ascendancy, attainment, bed of roses*, benet, big hit*, boom*, clover*, consummation, do well, Easy Street*, clat, eminence, fame, ying colors*, fortune, fruition, gain, good luck*, good times*, grand slam*, gravy train*, happiness, happy days*, hit, killing, lap of luxury*, laugher*, maturation, prot, progress, prosperity, realization, reward, savvy, sensation, snap, strike, successfulness, triumph, victory, walkaway*, walkover*, win; concepts 693,706 Ant. failure, loss successful [adj] favorable, protable acknowledged, advantageous, ahead of the game*, at the top*, at top of ladder*, auspicious, bestselling, blooming, blossoming, booming,

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champion, crowned, efcacious, extraordinary, ourishing, fortuitous, fortunate, fruitful, happy, lucky, lucrative, moneymaking, notable, noteworthy, on track*, out in front*, outstanding, paying, prosperous, rewarding, rolling, strong, thriving, top, triumphant, unbeaten, undefeated, victorious, wealthy; concept 528 Ant. forfeiting, losing, unfavorable, unprofitable, unsuccessful successor [n] heir beneciary, descendant, follower, heritor, inheritor, next in line, replacement, scion; concepts 355,414 succinct [adj] brief, to the point blunt, boiled down*, breviloquent, brusque, compact, compendiary, compendious, concise, condensed, curt, cut to the bone*, in a nutshell*, in few words*, laconic, pithy, short, summary, terse; concept 267 Ant. lengthy, long-winded, wordy succulent [adj] juicy, delicious divine, heavenly, luscious, lush, mellow, moist, mouthwatering, pulpy, rich, sappy, tasty, yummy*; concepts 462,613 Ant. dry, unjuicy succumb [v] die or surrender accede, bow, break down, buckle, capitulate, cave, cave in*, cease, collapse, croak, decease, defer, demise, depart, drop, eat crow*, expire, fall, fall victim to, ake out*, fold, give in, give in to, give out, give up the ghost*, give way, go, go down, go under, knuckle, knuckle under*, meet waterloo*, pack it in*, pass, pass away, perish, quit, show white ag*, submit, take the count*, throw in the towel*, wilt, yield; concepts 35, 105,385 Ant. conquer, create, overcome, win such [adv/pron] aforementioned, specic aforesaid, akin, alike, analogous, comparable, corresponding, equivalent, like, parallel, said, similar, such a one, such a person, such a thing, suchlike, that, the like, this; concept 557 sudden [adj] unexpected; happening quickly abrupt, accelerated, acute, expeditious, fast, ash, eet, hasty, headlong, hurried, immediate, impetuous, impromptu, impulsive, out of the blue*, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, quick, quickened, rapid, rash, rushing, spasmodic, speeded, subito, swift, unforeseen, unusual; concept 799 Ant. expected, slow suddenly [adv] unexpectedly aback, abruptly, all at once, all of a sudden, asudden, forthwith, on spur of moment*, quickly, short, sudden, swiftly, unanticipatedly, unaware, unawares, without warning; concept 799 Ant. expectedly, slowly sue [v] bring legal charges against accuse, appeal, beg, beseech, bring an action, charge, claim, claim damages, contest, demand, drag into court, enter a plea, entreat, le, le a claim, le suit, follow up, haul into court, have the law on, have up, indict, institute legal proceedings, litigate, petition, plead, prefer charges against, prosecute, pull up, put away, see in court, solicit, summon, supplicate, take out after, take to court; concept 317 suffer [v1] be in pain ache, agonize, ail, be affected, be at disadvantage, be convulsed, be handicapped, be impaired, be racked, be wounded, brave, complain of, deteriorate, droop, endure, experience, fall off, feel wretched, ag, get, go through, grieve, have

a bad time*, hurt, languish, pain, sicken, smart, undergo, writhe; concepts 308,313 Ant. aid, alleviate, assist, comfort, help, relieve suffer [v2] endure, permit abide, accept, acquiesce, admit, allow, bear, bear with, bleed, bow, brave, brook, carry the torch*, concede, countenance, encounter, experience, feel, go through, have, hurt, indulge, know, let, license, live with, put up with, receive, sanction, see, sit and take it, stand, stomach*, submit, support, sustain, swallow*, sweat*, take*, take it*, tolerate, undergo, wait out, yield; concepts 23,83 Ant. disallow, ght, refuse, reject suffering [n] pain, agony adversity, afiction, anguish, difculty, discomfort, distress, dolor, hardship, martyrdom, misery, misfortune, ordeal, passion, torment, torture; concept 728 Ant. happiness, health, joy sufce [v] be adequate, enough answer, avail, be good enough, be sufcient, be the ticket*, content, do, do the trick*, ll the bill*, get by, go over big*, hack it*, hit the spot*, make a hit*, make the grade*, meet, meet requirement, satisfy, serve, suit; concept 713 Ant. dissatisfy sufcient [adj] enough, adequate acceptable, agreeable, all right*, ample, aplenty, appreciate, comfortable, commensurable, commensurate, common, competent, copious, decent, due, galore, pleasing, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, proportionate, satisfactory, sufcing, tolerable, unexceptionable, unexceptional, unobjectionable; concepts 558,560,771 Ant. decient, inadequate, insufcient, lacking, poor, wanting suffocate [v] choke asphyxiate, drown, smother, stie, strangle; concepts 163,246 Ant. free, let go, loose sugarcoat [v] sweeten add sugar, add sweetening, alleviate, candy-coat, make more appealing, make sweet, mollify, pacify, soften up, soothe; concepts 7,22,170 suggest [v1] convey advice, plan, desire advance, advise, advocate, broach, commend, conjecture, exhort, give a tip*, move, offer, plug*, pose, prefer, propone, propose, proposition, propound, put, put forward, put in two cents*, put on to something*, recommend, steer, submit, theorize, tip, tip off*, tout; concept 75 Ant. declare, demand, order, tell suggest [v2] imply; bring to mind adumbrate, advert, allude, be a sign of, connote, cross the mind, denote, evoke, hint, indicate, infer, insinuate, intimate, lead to believe, occur, point, point in direction of, promise, put in mind of, refer, represent, shadow, signify, symbolize, typify; concepts 74,682 suggestion [n1] advice, plan advancement, angle, approach, bid, big idea*, bit*, brainchild*, charge, commendation, exhortation, game plan*, gimmick, hot lead*, idea, injunction, instruction, invitation, lead, motion, opinion, outline, pitch, presentation, proffer, proposal, proposition, recommendation, reminder, resolution, scheme, setup, sneaking suspicion*, steer*, submission, telltale, tender, testimonial, thesis, tip, tip-off*; concepts 278, 689 Ant. declaration, demand, order, telling

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suggestion [n2] hint, implication allusion, association, autosuggestion, breath, clue, connotation, cue, indication, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, notion, overtone, reminder, self-suggestion, shade, signication, smack, soupon, strain, suspicion, symbol, symbolism, symbolization, symbology, telltale, thought, tinge, trace, undertone, vein, whisper, wind; concept 529 suggestive [adj1] signifying evocative, evocatory, expressive, giving an inkling*, indicative, intriguing, pregnant, redolent, remindful, reminiscent, signicative, symbolic, symptomatic; concepts 267,529 Ant. meaningless, simple suggestive [adj2] dirty, vulgar bawdy, blue*, broad, erotic, immodest, improper, indecent, indelicate, obscene, off-color*, provocative, prurient, racy, ribald, risqu, rude, seductive, sexy, shady, tempting, titillating, unseemly, wicked; concepts 372,545 Ant. clean, moral, unprovocative suit [n1] matching top and bottom clothing clothing, costume, dress, ensemble, getup*, gray annel*, habit, livery, outt, threads*, tuxedo, uniform, wardrobe; concept 451 suit [n2] legal action case, cause, lawsuit, litigation, proceeding, prosecution, trial; concept 318 suit [n3] appeal, request address, application, asking, attention, court, courtship, entreaty, imploration, imprecation, invocation, petition, plea, prayer, requesting, solicitation, soliciting, supplication, wooing; concept 662 Ant. demand, order suit [v1] be acceptable, appropriate accord, agree, answer, answer a need, become, bet, benet, be proper for, beseem, be seemly, check, check out, conform, correspond, cut the mustard*, do, enhance, ll the bill*, t, t in, atter, fulll, get by, go, go together, go with, gratify, harmonize, make the grade*, match, pass muster*, please, satisfy, serve, square, sufce, tally; concept 656 Ant. disagree, displease, dissatisfy suit [v2] adapt, tailor accommodate, adjust, amuse, change, conform, entertain, fashion, ll, t, t in, gratify, modify, please, proportion, quadrate, readjust, reconcile, revise, satisfy, tailor-make*, toe the mark*; concepts 126,697 Ant. refuse, reject suitable [adj] appropriate, acceptable advisable, applicable, apposite, apt, becoming, betting, commodious, condign, convenient, copacetic, correct, cut out for*, deserved, due, expedient, felicitous, t, tting, good, good enough*, handy, happy, in character, in keeping*, just, kosher*, legit*, meet, merited, nice, okay*, opportune, peachy, pertinent, politic, presentable, proper, reasonable, relevant, requisite, right, righteous, rightful, satisfactory, seemly, sufcient, suited, swell, up to snuff*, useful, user friendly; concept 558 Ant. improper, inappropriate, irrelevant, unacceptable, untting, unsuitable suite [n1] set of rooms or furniture apartment, array, batch, body, chambers, collection, at, group, lodging, lot, parcel, rental, series, set, tenement; concepts 441,516 suite [n2] entourage of people array, attendants,

batch, body, clutch, cortege, court, escort, faculty, followers, group, lot, retainers, retinue, servants, set, staff, train; concept 417 suite [n3] series chain, concatenation, consecution, line, order, progression, row, scale, sequel, sequence, string, succession, train; concept 727 suitor [n] person who desires another admirer, beau, boyfriend, cavalier*, courter, date, follower, girlfriend, lover, man, paramour, supplicant, swain, woman, wooer; concept 423 sulk [v] pout be down in the mouth*, be in a huff*, be morose, be out of sorts*, be silent, brood, frown, gloom, glower, gripe, grouse, grump*, look sullen, lower, moon*, mope*, scowl, take on; concepts 35,52 Ant. be happy, grin, smile sulky [adj] sullen brooding, cheerless, crabby*, depressed, dismal, dour, fretful, frowning, gloomy, glum, gruff, grumpy*, ill-humored, irritable, mean, moody, moping, morose, obstinate, ornery*, pouting, pouty, sour, sourpussed*, sulking, withdrawn; concept 403 sullen [adj] brooding, upset bad-tempered, cheerless, churlish, crabbed*, crabby*, cross, cynical, dismal, dour, dull, fretful, frowning, gloomy, glowering, glum, gruff, grumpy*, heavy, hostile, ill-humored, inert, irritable, malevolent, malicious, malign, mean, moody, morose, obstinate, ornery*, out of sorts*, peevish, perverse, pessimistic, petulant, pouting, pouty, querulous, saturnine, silent, somber, sour, sourpussed*, stubborn, sulking, sulky, surly, tenebric, tenebrous, ugly, unsociable, uptight*; concept 403 Ant. bright, cheerful, grinning, happy sully [v] soil, stain besmirch, blacken, blot, contaminate, corrupt, debase, debauch, dele, dirty, discolor, disgrace, dishonor, drag through the mud*, make unclean, mark, smear, smudge, spot, taint, tar, tarnish; concepts 54,250,254 sultry [adj1] hot and humid baking, broiling, burning, close, hot, mucky, muggy, oppressive, red-hot*, scorching, sizzling, smothering, soggy, sticky, stiing, stuffy, suffocating, sweltering, sweltry, torrid, wet; concepts 525, 605 Ant. cool, dry sultry [adj2] sensuous desirable, erotic, heavy*, hot*, lurid, passionate, provocative, seductive, sexy, steamy*, voluptuous, X-rated*; concept 372 Ant. cold, cool, frigid, ugly, unappealing sum [n] total aggregate, all, amount, body, bulk, entirety, entity, epitome, gross, integral, mass, quantity, reckoning, rsum, score, structure, summary, summation, sum total*, synopsis, system, tally, totality, value, whole, works*, worth; concepts 432,784,787 Ant. fraction, part summarily [adv] without delay arbitrarily, at short notice, expeditiously, forthwith, immediately, on the spot, peremptorily, promptly, readily, speedily, swiftly, without waste; concepts 544,799 Ant. slowly summarize [v] give a rundown abridge, abstract, boil down*, cipher, compile, condense, cut, cut back, cut down, digest, encapsulate, epitomize, get to meat*, give main points, inventory, outline, pare, prcis, prune*, put in a nutshell*, recap*, recapitulate, rehash*, retrograde, review, run down*, run through*, shorten, skim, snip, sum, summate, sum up,

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synopsize, trim; concepts 55,236,247 Ant. break down summary [adj] concise, to the point arbitrary, boiled down*, breviloquent, brief, compact, compacted, compendiary, compendious, condensed, cursory, curt, hasty, in a nutshell*, laconic, perfunctory, pithy*, recapped, rehashed, run-down, run-through, short, short and sweet*, succinct, terse; concepts 267,272 Ant. lengthy, long, long-winded, unabridged, wordy summary [n] short statement of main points abbreviation, abridgment, abstract, analysis, aperu, brief, capitulation, case, compendium, condensation, conspectus, core, digest, epitome, essence, extract, inventory, long and short of it*, nutshell*, outline, pandect, prcis, prospectus, recap*, recapitulation, reduction, rehash*, report, rsum, review, roundup, rundown, run-through, sense, skeleton*, sketch, sum and substance*, summing-up*, survey, syllabus, synopsis, version, wrap-up*; concept 283 Ant. detail, dissertation, thesis summer [n] hot season of the year daylight savings time*, dog days*, heat, midsummer, picnic days*, riot time*, summer solstice, summertide, summertime, sunny season, vacation; concept 814 Ant. winter summit [n] top, crowning point acme, apex, apogee, capstone, climax, crest, crown, culmination, head, height, max, meridian, most, peak, pinnacle, roof, vertex, zenith; concept 836 Ant. base, bottom, nadir summon [v] call to a place arouse, ask, assemble, beckon, beep, bid, call, call back, call for, call forth, call in, call into action, call together, call upon, charge, cite, command, conjure, convene, convoke, direct, draft, draw on, enjoin, gather, hail, invite, invoke, mobilize, motion, muster, order, petition, rally, recall, request, ring, rouse, send for, sign, signal, subpoena, toll; concept 53 Ant. dismiss, send away sumptuous [adj] luxurious, splendid awe-inspiring, beautiful, costly, dear, deluxe, elegant, expensive, extravagant, gorgeous, grand, grandiose, imposing, impressive, lavish, luscious, luxuriant, magnicent, opulent, out of this world, palatial, plush, pompous, posh, prodigal, profuse, rich, ritzy*, splendiferous, superb, swank*, ultra*, upholstered; concepts 334,485,574 Ant. mean, poor, wanting sum up [v] form an opinion of; summarize close, conclude, condense, digest, epitomize, estimate, examine, get the measure of, inventory, put in a nutshell*, recapitulate, review, size up, sum, synopsize, total; concept 55 sunder [v] separate, sever break, break apart, break off, come apart, cut in two, detach, disconnect, disjoin, divide, part, rend, slice, split, split up, uncouple, undo, wedge apart; concept 135 sundry [adj] miscellaneous assorted, different, divers, manifold, many, quite a few, several, some, varied, various; concepts 564,772 Ant. dissimilar, individual, single, singular sunken [adj] depressed, hollowed; submerged buried, caved-in, concave, fallen-in, immersed, indented, recessed; concept 490 sunny [adj1] bright, clear (referring to weather) brilliant, clarion, cloudless, ne, light, luminous,

pleasant, radiant, rainless, shining, shiny, summery, sunlit, sunshiny, unclouded, undarkened; concepts 525,617 Ant. cloudy, gloomy, rainy, stormy sunny [adj2] happy beaming, blithe, buoyant, cheerful, cheery, chirpy, genial, joyful, lighthearted, lightsome, optimistic, pleasant, smiling, sunbeamy; concepts 401,542 Ant. gloomy, sorrowful, sullen, unhappy, upset sunrise [n] rise of sun above horizon aurora, break of day*, bright, cockcrow*, dawn, dawning, daybreak, daylight, early bright*, light, morn, morning, sunup; concept 810 Ant. sunset sunscreen [n] sunblock skin protection, sunblocker, sun cream, suntan lotion; concepts 466,467,468 sunset [n] fall of sun below horizon close of day, crepusular light, dusk, eve, evening, eventide, gloaming, nightfall, sundown, twilight; concept 810 Ant. sunrise super [adj] excellent cool*, divine, glorious, great, groovy*, hot*, incomparable, keen, magnicent, marvelous, matchless, neat, outstanding, peerless, sensational, smashing*, superb, terric, topnotch, wonderful; concept 574 Ant. bad, inferior, poor, second-rate superabundance [n] overabundance excess, glut, great quantity, more than enough, overow, overmuch, oversupply, plenty, plethora, superuity, surfeit, surplus, too much*; concepts 767,787 superb [adj] excellent, rst-rate admirable, august, best, breathtaking, choice, elegant, elevated, exalted, exquisite, ne, glorious, gorgeous, grand, great, lofty, magnicent, majestic, marvelous, matchless, noble, optimal, optimum, outstanding, peerless, prime, proud, resplendent, solid, splendid, splendiferous, splendorous, standout, state-of-the-art*, stunning, sublime, super, superior, superlative, unrivaled, very best; concept 574 Ant. bad, inferior, poor, second-rate supercilious [adj] arrogant, stuck-up bossy, cavalier, cocky*, condescending, contemptuous, disdainful, egotistic, haughty, high-andmighty*, imperious, insolent, lofty, nervy*, overbearing, patronizing, proud, putting on airs*, scornful, snobby, superior, uppity*, vainglorious; concept 401 Ant. humble, modest supercial [adj] without depth, detail apparent, casual, cosmetic, cursory, depthless, desultory, empty, evident, exterior, external, ash, imsy, frivolous, general, glib, half-baked*, hasty, hurried, ignorant, inattentive, lightweight, nodding, one-dimensional*, on the surface*, ostensible, outward, partial, passing, perfunctory, peripheral, quick-x*, seeming, shallow, shoal, silly, sketchy, skin-deep*, slapdash*, slight, smattery, summary, surface, tip of the iceberg*, trivial, uncritical, warped; concepts 557,777 Ant. analytical, careful, deep, detailed, genuine, thorough supercially [adv] lightly; without care apparently, at rst glance, carelessly, casually, externally, extraneously, imsily, frivolously, hastily, ignorantly, not profoundly, not thoroughly, once over lightly*, on the surface*, ostensibly, outwardly, partially, skim, to the

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casual eye*; concepts 531,544 Ant. carefully, deeply, thoroughly superuous [adj] extra, unnecessary abounding, de trop, dispensable, excess, excessive, exorbitant, expendable, extravagant, extreme, gratuitous, inessential, in excess, inordinate, lavish, leftover, needless, nonessential, overowing, overmuch, pleonastic, profuse, redundant, remaining, residuary, spare, superabundant, supererogatory, superuent, supernumerary, surplus, unasked, uncalled-for, unneeded, unrequired, unwanted, useless; concepts 546,560 Ant. important, necessary, needed superintendent [n] person who oversees organization administrator, boss, caretaker, chief, conductor, controller, curator, custodian, director, foreperson, governor, head, head person, inspector, manager, overseer, sitter, slave driver*, straw boss*, super*, supervisor, zookeeper*; concept 347 superior [adj1] better, greater, higher; excellent above, a cut above*, admirable, capital, choice, dandy, deluxe, distinguished, exceeding, exceptional, exclusive, expert, famous, ne, ner, rst-class, rst-rate, rst-string*, ve-star*, good, good quality, grander, high-caliber, highclass, major, more advanced, more skillful, noteworthy, of higher rank, over, overlying, paramount, predominant, preferable, preferred, premium, prevailing, primary, remarkable, senior, superhuman, superincumbent, surpassing, unrivalled; concept 574 Ant. bad, below, inferior, lower, minor, poor superior [adj2] arrogant, haughty airy, bossy, cavalier, cocky*, condescending, cool, disdainful, high-and-mighty*, high-hat*, insolent, lofty, overbearing, patronizing, pretentious, proud, snobbish, stuck-up*, supercilious, uppity*, upstage*, wiseguy*; concept 401 Ant. humble, meek superior [n] person higher or highest in rank boss, brass*, CEO*, chief, chieftain, director, elder, exec*, executive, head, head honcho*, heavyweight*, higher-up*, key player*, leader, manager, principal, ruler, senior, supervisor, VIP*; concept 347 Ant. inferior, servant superiority [n] advantage, predominance ahead, ascendancy, authority, better, bulge, dominance, edge, eminence, excellence, inuence, lead, meliority, nobility, perfection, position, power, predomination, preeminence, preponderance, prestige, prevalence, pull, rank, spark, supremacy, top, transcendence, upper hand*, vantage, victory, whip hand*; concept 671 Ant. disadvantage, inferiority, subservience superlative [adj] excellent, rst-class A-1*, accomplished, all-time*, best, capital, consummate, crack, effusive, exaggerated, excessive, extreme, nished, gilt-edge*, greatest, highest, hundred-proof*, inated, magnicent, matchless, of highest order*, optimum, outstanding, peerless, standout*, superb, supreme, surpassing, tops*, transcendent, unexcelled, unparalleled, unrivaled, unsurpassed, winning, world-class*; concept 574 Ant. low, lowest, poor, second-class supernal [adj] celestial angelic, astral, elevated, empyreal, empyrean, ethereal, heavenly, lofty,

otherworldly, seraphic, uplifted; concepts 536,673 supernatural [adj] mysterious, not of this world abnormal, celestial, concealed, dark, fabulous, fairy, ghostly, heavenly, hidden, impenetrable, invisible, legendary, metaphysical, miraculous, mystic, mythical, mythological, numinous, obscure, occult, paranormal, phantom, phenomenal, preternatural, psychic, rare, secret, spectral, superhuman, superior, supermundane, superordinary, supranatural, transcendental, uncanny, uncomprehensible, unearthly, unfathomable, unintelligible, unknowable, unknown, unnatural, unrevealed, unusual; concept 582 Ant. earthly, existent, genuine, natural, real, true supersede [v] take the place of; override abandon, annul, desert, discard, displace, forsake, oust, outmode, outplace, overrule, reject, remove, replace, repudiate, set aside, succeed, supplant, supplement, suspend, take over, usurp; concepts 128,141 Ant. accept, lower, submit superstition [n] belief in sign of things to come false belief, fear, irrationality, notion, shibboleth*, unfounded fear; concept 689 Ant. fact, reality, truth supervise [v] manage people, project administer, be in charge*, be in drivers seat*, be in the saddle, be on duty, be responsible for, boss, call the play*, call the shots*, chaperon, conduct, control, crack the whip*, deal with, direct, handle, inspect, keep an eye on*, look after, overlook, oversee, preside over, quarterback*, ride herd on*, run, run the show*, run things*, sit on top of*, superintend, survey, take care of; concept 117 Ant. serve supervision [n] management of people, project administration, auspices, care, charge, conduct, control, direction, guidance, handling, instruction, intendance, oversight, running, superintendence, superintendency, surveillance; concept 117 Ant. serve, work supervisor [n] person who manages people, project administrator, boss, brass hat*, caretaker, chief, curator, custodian, director, executive, foreperson, head, inspector, manager, overseer, slave driver*, straw boss*, super*, superintendent, zookeeper*; concept 347 Ant. employee, worker supine [adj1] lying down decumbent, at, at on ones back, horizontal, level, procumbent, prone, prostrate, reclining, recumbent, stretched out; concept 583 supine [adj2] inactive do-nothing*, dormant, dull, idle, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, lax, lazy, lethargic, listless, motionless, passive, quiet, sedentary, slack, sleepy, slothful, sluggish, unoccupied, unresponsive; concepts 401,560,584 supplant [v] displace, replace back up, bounce, cast out, crowd, cut out, eject, expel, ll in, force, force out, front for, oust, outplace, overthrow, remove, ring, ring in, sit in, stand in, substitute, succeed, supersede, swap places with, take out, take over, take the place of, transfer, undermine, unseat, usurp; concept 128 supple [adj] bendable adaptable, agile, bending, ductile, elastic, exible, graceful, limber, lissome, lithe, lithesome, malleable, moldable,

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plastic, pliable, pliant, resilient, rubber, springy, stretch, stretchy, svelte, willowy, wiry, yielding; concepts 488,604 Ant. hard, rigid, stiff, unexible supplement [n] something added added feature*, addendum, addition, additive, appendix, bell*, bells and whistles*, codicil, complement, continuation, extra, insert, option, postscript, pullout, rider, sequel, spin-off*, subsidiary; concepts 270,824 Ant. base, core supplement [v] add to add fuel to re*, augment, beef up*, build up, buttress, complement, complete, enhance, enrich, extend, ll out, ll up, fortify, heat up*, improve, increase, jazz up*, pad*, punch up*, reinforce, step up, strengthen, subsidize, supply, top; concepts 236,244,245 Ant. subtract supplementary [adj] additional accompanying, added, ancillary, appended, augmenting, auxiliary, extra, increased, more; concept 771 supplicate [v] ask for, pray for appeal, beg, beseech, desire, petition, pray, put in for*, seek, solicit; concept 53 supplies [n] equipment, provisions food, foodstuffs, items, material, materials, necessities, provender, rations, raw materials, replenishments, stock, store, stores; concepts 446, 451,457 supply [n] reserve of goods accumulation, amount, backlog, cache, fund, hoard, inventory, number, quantity, reservoir, source, stock, stockpile, store, surplus; concept 712 Ant. debt, lack supply [v] furnish, provide, give a resource afford, cater, cater to, come across with*, come through*, come up with, contribute, deliver, dispense, drop, endow, equip, feed, ll, nd, x up, fulll, give with, grant, hand, hand over, heel*, kick in*, minister, outt, pony up*, produce, provision, purvey, put out, put up, replenish, satisfy, stake, stock, store, transfer, turn over, victual, yield; concepts 107,140 Ant. seize, take support [n1] something that holds up structure abutment, agency, back, backing, base, bed, bedding, block, brace, buttress, collar, column, cornerstone, device, otation, foothold, footing, foundation, fulcrum, groundwork, guide, hold, lining, means, medium, pillar, platform, pole, post, prop, rampart, reinforcement, rest, rib, rod, shore, stake, stanchion, stave, stay, stiffener, stilt, substratum, substructure, sustentation, timber, underpinning; concepts 440,442, 445,471 support [n2] help, approval aid, assist, assistance, backing, blessing, championship, comfort, encouragement, friendship, furtherance, hand, lift, loyalty, moral support, patronage, protection, relief, succor, sustenance; concepts 10,110,388,712 Ant. block, disapproval, discouragement, frustration, opposition, stop support [n3] food, money, possessions for staying alive alimentation, alimony, allowance, care, keep, livelihood, living, maintenance, necessities, nutriment, payment, provision, relief, responsibility, stock, stores, subsidy, subsistence, sustenance, upkeep, victuals; concepts 340,446,457,712 support/supporter [n4] person who helps

another adherent, advocate, ally, angel*, apologist, backbone, backer, benefactor, champion, cohort, comforter, confederate, coworker, defender, disciple, endorser, espouser, exponent, expounder, fan, follower, friend, helper, mainstay, maintainer, partisan, patron, pillar, preserver, prop, proponent, satellite*, second, sponsor, stalwart, stay, subscriber, supporter, sustainer, tower of strength*, upholder, wellwisher*; concept 423 Ant. enemy, foe support [v1] hold up base, be a foundation for, bear, bed, bolster, bottom, brace, buttress, carry, cradle, crutch, embed, found, ground, hold, keep from falling, keep up, mainstay, poise, prop, reinforce, shore, shore up, shoulder, stand, stay, strut, sustain, undergird, upbear, uphold; concept 190 Ant. let down, let go, release support [v2] take care of, provide for angel*, attend to, back, bankroll*, be a source of strength*, bring up, buoy up, care for, chaperon, cherish, earn ones keep, encourage, feed, nance, fortify, foster, fund, give a leg up*, guard, keep, keep an eye on*, look after, maintain, make a living, nourish, nurse, pay expenses of, pay for, pick up the check*, prop, put up money for*, raise, set up, sponsor, stake, stiffen, strengthen, stroke, subsidize, succor, sustain, underwrite, uphold; concepts 7,19, 22,140,295,341 Ant. let go, neglect, refuse, reject support [v3] defend, advocate belief abet, advance, agree with, aid, approve, assist, back, bear out, bolster, boost, boost morale, carry, champion, cheer, comfort, countenance, endorse, establish, forward, foster, get behind*, go along with, go to bat for*, help, hold, justify, keep up, maintain, plead for, promote, pull for, put forward, rally round, second, side with, stand behind, stand up for, stay, stick by*, stick up for*, substantiate, sustain, take ones side*, take the part of*, throw in ones lot with*, throw in with*, uphold, verify; concepts 10,49,110 Ant. contradict, disapprove, oppose support [v4] endure abide, bear, bear with, brook, carry on, continue, countenance, go, go through, handle, keep up, live with*, maintain, put up with*, stand, stand for*, stay the course*, stick it out*, stomach*, submit, suffer, swallow*, sweat out*, take, tolerate, undergo, wait out; concept 23 Ant. refuse, reject suppose [v1] assume, guess accept, admit, brainstorm, calculate, conjecture, cook up*, dare-say*, deem, divine, dream, estimate, expect, gure, go out on a limb*, grant, guesstimate*, hazard a guess*, hypothesize, imagine, infer, judge, opine, posit, predicate, presume, presuppose, pretend, spark, speculate, surmise, suspect, take, take for granted, theorize, think, understand; concept 28 Ant. calculate, know, measure suppose [v2] believe assume, be afraid, conceive, conclude, conjecture, consider, deem, dream, expect, fancy, feel, gather, have a hunch*, have sneaking suspicion*, hypothesize, imagine, judge, postulate, pretend, reckon, regard, suspect, swear by, take, take as gospel truth*, take stock in*, think, understand, view; concept 12 Ant. disbelieve, know

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supposition [n] guess, belief apriorism, assumption, condition, conjecture, doubt, guessing, guesstimate*, guesswork, hunch, hypothesis, idea, likelihood, notion, opinion, posit, postulate, postulation, premise, presumption, presupposition, rough guess*, shot in the dark*, sneaking suspicion*, speculation, stab in the dark*, suppose, surmise, suspicion, theory, thesis, view; concept 689 Ant. fact, knowledge, proof, reality suppress [v] restrain, hold in check abolish, annihilate, beat down, bottle, bring to naught, burke, censor, check, clamp, conceal, conquer, contain, cover up, crack down on, crush, curb, cut off, extinguish, hold back, hold down, hold in, interrupt, keep in, keep secret, mufe, muzzle, overcome, overpower, overthrow, put an end to, put down, put kibosh on*, put lid on*, quash, quell, quench, repress, shush*, silence, sit on*, smother, snuff out*, spike, squash*, stamp out*, stie, stop, subdue, trample, withhold; concepts 121,130,252 Ant. encourage, let go, release supremacy [n] total domination absolute rule, ascendancy, authority, command, control, dominance, dominion, drivers seat*, paramountcy, power, predominance, preeminence, preponderance, prepotence, primacy, principality, sovereignty, superiority, supreme authority, sway, transcendence; concepts 133,376 Ant. subservience supreme [adj] greatest, principal absolute, best, cardinal, chief, closing, crowning, culminating, excellent, extreme, nal, rst, foremost, head, highest, incomparable, last, leading, marvelous, matchless, maximum, paramount, peerless, perfect, predominant, preeminent, prevailing, prime, sovereign, superb, superlative, surpassing, terminal, top, top-drawer*, towering, transcendent, ultimate, unequaled, unmatched, unparalleled, unsurpassable, unsurpassed, utmost; concepts 568,574 Ant. inferior, least, littlest, lowly, minor, poor, serving surcharge [n] fee additional charge, cost, expense, extra, overcharge, overload, payment, price, surtax, tax; concepts 329,344 sure [adj1] certain, denite abiding, assured, changeless, clear, condent, constant, convinced, convincing, decided, doubtless, enduring, rm, xed, for a fact, free from doubt*, genuine, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, never-failing, persuaded, positive, real, satised, set, steadfast, steady, telling, unchangeable, unchanging, uncompromising, undeniable, unequivocal, unfailing, unfaltering, unqualied, unquestionable, unquestioning, unshakable, unshaken, unvarying, unwavering, valid; concept 535 Ant. doubtful, dubious, indenite, uncertain, unsure, variable, wavering sure [adj2] physically stable fast, rm, xed, safe, secure, solid, staunch, steady, strong; concept 488 Ant. swerving, unsteady, unsure, wavering, wobbly sure [adj3] inevitable assured, bound, certain, guaranteed, indisputable, ineluctable, inerrant, inescapable, infallible, irrevocable, surere, unavoidable, unerring, unfailing; concept 548 Ant. doubted, doubtful, dubious, unsure

sure [adj4] self-condent arrogant, assured, certain, composed, condent, decided, decisive, positive, self-assured, self-possessed; concept 401 Ant. humbled, uncertain, uncondent, unself-condent, unsure surely [adv] without doubt absolutely, admittedly, assuredly, beyond doubt, beyond shadow of doubt*, certainly, clearly, come what may*, conclusively, decidedly, denitely, distinctly, doubtlessly, evidently, explicitly, xedly, for certain, for real, indeed, indubitably, inevitably, inexorably, infallibly, irrefutably, manifestly, nothing else but, plainly, positively, rain or shine*, to be sure, undoubtedly, unequivocally, unerringly, unfailingly, unmistakably, unquestionably, unshakably, with certainty, without fail; concept 535 Ant. doubtfully, questionably, uncertain sure thing [n] certainty all sewn up*, belief, cinch, deniteness, foregone conclusion, lock*, open and shut case*, positiveness, rain or shine*, safe bet, shoo-in*, small risk, sure bet*, surere*, surety; concepts 638,725 surface [adj] external apparent, covering, depthless, exterior, facial, outer, outside, outward, shallow, shoal, supercial, top; concepts 485,583 Ant. central, core, inside, interior, middle surface [n] external part of something area, cover, covering, expanse, exterior, exteriority, externality, facade, face, facet, level, obverse, outside, peel, periphery, plane, rind, side, skin, stretch, superciality, supercies, top, veneer; concept 484 Ant. core, inside, interior, middle surface [v] come to the top of appear, arise, come to light, come up, crop up, emerge, are up, materialize, rise, transpire; concepts 166,716 Ant. dive, drop, fall, sink, submerge surfeit [n] excess bellyful*, glut*, overabundance, overow, overfullness, overindulgence, overkill, overmuch, overplus, plenitude, plethora, profusion, remainder, repletion, satiety, satisfaction, saturation, superabundance, superuity, surplus, up to here*; concept 740 Ant. base, core, lack, main, necessity, need, want surfeit [v] overll cloy, cram, eat, ll, glut, gorge, jade, overfeed, overindulge, pall, sate, satiate, satisfy, stuff; concepts 209,740 Ant. deplete, use up surge [n] rush, usually of liquid billow, breaker, deluge, efux, ood, ow, growth, gush, intensication, outpouring, rise, roll, surf, swell, upsurge, wave; concepts 432,467,787 surge [v] rush, usually in liquid form arise, billow, climb, deluge, eddy, ow, grow, gush, heave, mount, pour, ripple, rise, roll, sluice, stream, swell, swirl, tower, undulate, well forth; concepts 146,179 surly [adj] gruff, bearish boorish, brusque, churlish, cross, crusty, curmudgeonly, discourteous, dour, fractious, glum, grouchy, ill-mannered, ill-natured, irritable, morose, perverse, rude, saturnine, sulky, sullen, testy, ugly, uncivil, ungracious; concept 401 Ant. gentle, pleasant surmise [n] guess, conclusion assumption, attempt, conjecture, deduction, guesstimate*,

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guesswork, hunch, hypothesis, idea, inference, notion, opinion, possibility, presumption, sneaking suspicion*, speculation, supposition, suspicion, theory, thought; concepts 529,689 Ant. calculation, knowledge, measurement surmise [v] come to a conclusion assume, conclude, conjecture, consider, deduce, fancy, guess, guesstimate*, hazard a guess*, hypothesize, imagine, infer, opine, presume, pretend, regard, risk assuming, speculate, suppose, suspect, take a shot*, take a stab*, theorize, think, venture a guess; concepts 18,28 Ant. question, wonder surmount [v] overcome, triumph over best, better, cap, clear, conquer, crest, crown, defeat, down, exceed, hurdle, leap, lick*, negotiate, outdo, outstrip, over, overpower, overtop, pass, prevail over, rise above, subdue, surpass, throw*, top*, vanquish, vault; concepts 95, 141 Ant. give in, surrender, yield surname [n] family name cognomen, last name, matronymic, metronymic, patronymic; concepts 268,683 surpass [v] outdo something or someone beat, best, better, cap, eclipse, exceed, excel, go beyond, go one better*, improve upon, outdistance, outgo, outmatch, outpace, outperform, outrank, outrival, outrun, outshine, outstep, outstrip, outweigh, override, overshadow, overstep, pass, put to shame*, rank*, surmount, top, tower, tower above*, transcend, trump*; concept 141 Ant. fail, fall behind, lose surplus [adj] extra de trop, excess, in excess, leftover, odd*, over, remaining, spare, superuent, superuous, supernumerary, too much, unused; concepts 560,781,824 Ant. essential, lacking, necessary, needing, wanting surplus [n] extra material balance, excess, overage, overow, overkill, overmuch, overrun, overstock, oversupply, plethora, plus, remainder, residue, something extra, superabundance, superuity, surfeit, surplusage, the limit, too much; concepts 260,658,824 Ant. lack, necessity, need, want surprise [n] something amazing; state of amazement abruptness, amazement, astonishment, astoundment, attack, awe, bewilderment, bombshell*, consternation, curiosity, curveball*, disappointment, disillusion, eye-opener*, fortune, godsend*, incredulity, jolt*, kick*, marvel, miracle, miscalculation, phenomenon, portent, precipitance, precipitation, precipitousness, prodigy, rarity, revelation, shock, start, stupefaction, suddenness, thunderbolt*, unexpected, unforeseen, whammy*, wonder, wonderment; concepts 410,529 Ant. expectation surprise [v1] astonish; cause amazement amaze, astound, awe, bewilder, blow away*, bowl over*, cause wonder, confound, confuse, consternate, daze, dazzle, discomt, disconcert, dismay, dumbfound, electrify, abbergast, oor, jar, jolt, leave aghast, leave openmouthed, nonplus, overwhelm, perplex, petrify, rattle, rock, shake up, shock, spring something on, stagger, startle, strike dumb*, strike with awe, stun, stupefy, take aback, take ones breath away*, throw a curve*, unsettle; concept 42 Ant. expect surprise [v2] sneak up on; catch ambush, burst

in on, bushwhack*, capture, catch in the act*, catch off-balance*, catch off-guard*, catch red-handed*, catch unawares*, come down on, discover, drop in on, grab, grasp, lay for, lie in wait*, nab, seize, spring on, startle, take, take by surprise, waylay; concepts 42,86 Ant. expect surprising [adj] unexpected accidental, amazing, astonishing, chance, electrifying, extraordinary, fortuitous, from left eld*, impulsive, out of the blue*, remarkable, shocking, startling, stunning, sudden, unanticipated, unforeseen, unpredictable, unpredicted, without warning, wonderful; concepts 544,548 surrender [n] giving up; resignation abandonment, abdication, acquiescence, appeasement, capitulation, cessation, dedition, delivery, giving way, relenting, relinquishment, renunciation, submission, succumbing, white ag*, yielding; concepts 67,108,119,320 Ant. ght, ghting, victory, win surrender [v] give up; resign abandon, buckle under*, capitulate, cave in*, cede, commit, concede, consign, cry uncle*, deliver up, eat crow*, eat humble pie*, entrust, fall, fold, forego, give in, go along with, go down, go under, hand over, knuckle, knuckle under*, leave, let go, pack it in*, part with, play dead*, put up white ag*, quit, relinquish, renounce, roll over*, submit, succumb, throw in the towel*, toss it in*, waive, yield; concepts 67,108,119 Ant. conquer, ght, surpass, win surreptitious [adj] sneaky, secret clandestine, covert, fraudulent, furtive, hidden, hole-andcorner*, hush-hush*, on the QT*, on the sly*, private, skulking, slinking, sly, sneaking, stealthy, sub-rosa, unauthorized, undercover, underhand, under-the-table*, under wraps*, veiled; concept 548 Ant. aboveboard, authorized, honest, open surrogate [n] person or thing that acts as substitute agent, alternate, backup, delegate, deputy, expediency, expedient, ll-in, makeshift, pinch hitter*, proxy, recourse, refuge, replacement, representative, resort, resource, stand-in, stopgap*, sub*; concepts 348,414,423 Ant. real surround [v] enclose, encircle something beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, border, bound, box in, circle, circumscribe, circumvent, close around, close in, close in on, compass, conne, edge, enclave, encompass, envelop, environ, fence in, fringe, gird, girdle, go around, hem in, inundate, invest, lay siege to, limit, loop, margin, outline, rim, ring, round, shut in, skirt, verge; concept 758 Ant. free, let go, release surroundings [n] environment ambience, atmosphere, background, climate, community, environs, home, location, medium, milieu, neighborhood, setting, vicinity; concepts 198, 673 surveillance [n] close observation, following body mike*, bug*, bugging*, care, control, direction, eagle eye*, examination, eye, inspection, lookout, peeled eye*, scrutiny, spying, stakeout, superintendence, supervision, surveyance, tab*, tail*, tap*, track*, vigil, vigilance, watch, wiretap; concepts 103,298, 749 Ant. indifference, unobservance

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survey [n] scrutiny, examination analysis, aperu, audit, check, compendium, critique, digest, inquiry, inspection, outline, overview, pandect, perlustration, perusal, prcis, review, sample, scan, sketch, study, syllabus, view; concepts 37,103,197,271,291 Ant. ignorance, neglect, negligence survey [v] scrutinize, take stock of appraise, assay, assess, canvass, case, check, check out, check over, check up, contemplate, estimate, evaluate, examine, give the once over*, inspect, look over, look upon, measure, observe, overlook, oversee, plan, plot, prospect, rate, read, reconnoiter, research, review, scan, scope, set at, size, size up, stake out, study, summarize, superintend, supervise, test the waters*, valuate, value, view; concepts 37,48,103,197, 291 Ant. ignore, neglect survive [v] continue to live bear, be extant, be left, carry on, carry through, come through, cut it, endure, exist, get on, get through, go all the way*, go the limit*, handle, hold out, keep, keep aoat, last, live, live down, live on, live out, live through, make a comeback*, make the cut*, outlast, outlive, outwear, persevere, persist, pull out of it*, pull through, recover, remain, remain alive, revive, ride out*, see through, stand up, subsist, suffer, sustain, tough it out*, weather, withstand; concepts 23,239,407 Ant. cease, die susceptible [adj] exposed, naive affected, aroused, be taken in, disposed, easily moved, easy, fall for, given, gullible, impressed, impressible, impressionable, inclined, inuenced, liable, mark, movable, nonresistant, obnoxious, open, out on a limb*, persuadable, predisposed, prone, pushover, ready, receptive, responsive, roused, sensible, sensile, sensitive, sentient, sitting duck*, soft, stirred, subject, sucker*, suggestible, susceptive, swallow, swayed, tender, touched, tumble for*, vulnerable, wide open; concepts 403,542 Ant. resistant, resisting, unsusceptible suspect [adj] doubtful doubtable, dubious, shy*, incredible, open, problematic, pseudo*, questionable, ridiculous, shaky*, suspected, suspicious, thick*, thin*, unbelievable, uncertain, unclear, unlikely, unsure; concepts 529,582 Ant. innocent, known, trusted, trustworthy suspect [v] distrust; guess assume, be afraid, believe, conceive, conclude, conjecture, consider, disbelieve, doubt, expect, feel, gather, harbor suspicion*, have a hunch*, have doubt, have sneaking suspicion*, hazard a guess*, hold, imagine, mistrust, presume, reckon, smell a rat*, speculate, suppose, surmise, think, think probable, understand, wonder; concepts 21,28 Ant. know, trust suspend [v1] hang from above append, attach, be pendent, dangle, depend, hang down, hang up, hook up, sling, swing, wave; concepts 181,190 Ant. rise suspend [v2] delay, hold off adjourn, arrest, bar, break up, can, cease, check, count out, cut short, debar, defer, discontinue, eject, eliminate, exclude, le, halt, hang, hang re*, hang up, hold up, inactivate, intermit, interrupt, lay aside, lay off, lay on the table*, lay over, omit, pigeonhole*, pink-slip*, postpone,

procrastinate, prorogue, protract, put an end to, put a stop to, put off, put on back burner*, put on hold, put on ice*, put on the shelf*, reject, retard, rule out, shelve, stave off, stay, waive, withhold; concepts 119,121,130,351 Ant. complete, continue, nish, go, persist, sustain suspense [n] anticipation anxiety, apprehension, chiller*, cliff-hanger*, cloak and dagger*, confusion, dilemma, doubt, eagerness, expectancy, expectation, grabber*, hesitancy, hesitation, impatience, indecision, indecisiveness, insecurity, irresolution, page-turner*, perplexity, potboiler*, tension, thriller*, uncertainty, wavering; concepts 410,679 Ant. knowledge suspension [n] delay abeyance, abeyancy, adjournment, break, breather*, breathing spell*, cessation, coffee break*, concluding, conclusion, cutoff, deferment, disbarment, discontinuation, discontinuing, doldrums, dormancy, downtime*, end, ending, nish, ve*, freeze, halt, heave-ho*, intermission, interruption, latency, layoff, letup, moratorium, pause, period, postponement, quiescence, quiescency, remission, respite, stay, stoppage, suspense, ten*, termination, time-out; concepts 119,807,832 Ant. completion, continuation, nish, persistence suspicion [n1] doubt bad vibes*, chariness, conjecture, cynicism, distrust, dubiety, dubiosity, funny feeling*, guess, guesswork, gut feeling*, hunch, idea, impression, incertitude, incredulity, jealousy, lack of condence, misgiving, mistrust, nonbelief, notion, qualm, skepticism, sneaking suspicion*, supposition, surmise, uncertainty, wariness, wonder; concepts 532,689,690 Ant. trust suspicion [n2] hint, trace cast, glimmer, intimation, shade, shadow, smell, soupon, strain, streak, suggestion, tinge, touch, whiff; concepts 529,831 Ant. information, knowledge suspicious [adj1] distrustful apprehensive, cagey, careful, cautious, doubtful, green-eyed*, incredulous, in doubt, jealous, leery, mistrustful, not born yesterday* on the lookout*, questioning, quizzical, skeptical, suspect, suspecting, unbelieving, uptight*, wary, watchful, without belief, without faith, wondering; concepts 403,542 Ant. innocent, trustworthy, trusty suspicious [adj2] doubtful, shy borderline, debatable, different, disputable, doubtable, dubious, equivocal, farfetched, funny*, irregular, not kosher*, open, open to doubt, open to question, out of line*, overt, peculiar, phony, problematic, queer, questionable, reaching, rings untrue*, shady, shaky*, suspect, too much*, uncertain, uncommon, unsure, unusual, wont wash*; concepts 529,564 Ant. believable, indubious, palpable, undoubted, unquestionable sustain [v1] keep up, maintain aid, approve, assist, back, bankroll, bear, befriend, bolster, brace, buoy, buttress, carry, comfort, conrm, continue, convey, defend, endorse, favor, feed, foster, go for, help, keep alive, keep from falling, keep going, lend a hand*, lug, nourish, nurse, nurture, pack, preserve, prolong, prop, protract, provide for, ratify, relieve, save, shore up, stand by, stick up for, supply, support, tote, transfer, transport, uphold, validate, verify;

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concepts 110,140,190 Ant. discontinue, halt, stop sustain [v2] endure, experience abide, bear, bear up under, bear with, brook, digest, encounter, feel, go, hang in, have, know, live with*, put up with*, see, stand*, stand up to, stomach*, suffer, take it, tolerate, undergo, withstand; concepts 23,678 Ant. abstain, discontinue, stop sustenance [n] necessities for existence aid, aliment, bacon*, bread*, bread and butter*, comestible, daily bread*, eatables, edibles, food, keep, livelihood, maintenance, nourishment, nutrition, pap*, provender, provision, ration, refreshment, salt*, subsistence, support, victual, wherewithal; concepts 340,446,457,709 Ant. extras svelte [adj] thin and well-built graceful, lean, lissom, lithe, slender, slinky, smooth, sylphlike, willowy; concepts 490,491 Ant. chubby, corpulent, fat, thick swagger [v] show off; walk pompously bluster, boast, brag, brandish, bully, cock, ourish, gasconade, gloat, grandstand*, hector, look big*, lord, parade, parade ones wares*, peacock*, play to the crowd*, ponticate, prance, put on, put on airs*, sashay*, saunter, strut, swank*, swashbuckle*, sway, sweep, swell; concepts 49,149,716 swallow [v1] consume absorb, belt*, bolt*, chugalug*, devour, dispatch, dispose, down, drink, drop, eat, gobble, gulp, imbibe, ingest, ingurgitate, inhale, put away, quaff, sip, slurp, swig, swill, take, toss, wash down*, wolf; concept 169 Ant. expel, regurgitate, spit out swallow [v2] believe without much thought accept, be naive, buy, fall for; concept 12 Ant. disbelieve, doubt swami [n] religious teacher guiding light*, guru, master, mentor, mystic, sage, teacher, yogi; concept 350 swamp [n] wet land covered with vegetation bog, bottoms, everglade, fen, glade, holm, marsh, marshland, mire, moor, morass, mud, muskeg, peat bog, polder, quag, quagmire, slough, swale, swampland; concept 509 swamp [v] overwhelm, ood beset, besiege, crowd, drench, drown, engulf, inundate, overcrowd, overow, overload, satiate, saturate, sink, snow*, submerge, submerse, surfeit, swallow up, upset, wash, waterlog, whelm; concepts 146,179,641 Ant. pass up, underwhelm swank/swanky [adj] plush, stylish chichi*, classy, deluxe, exclusive, expensive, fancy, fashionable, amboyant, ashy, glamorous, grand, lavish, luxurious, ostentatious, peacocky, plushy*, posh, pretentious, rich, ritzy*, sharp, showy, smart, snappy, splashy, sumptuous, tony*, trendy, with-it*; concept 589 Ant. modest, poor swan song [n] nal appearance or performance adieu, climax, closer*, conclusion, crowning achievement, crowning glory*, culmination, end piece, nis, goodbye, last act, last hurrah, peroration, windup*; concept 832 swap/swop [v] exchange bandy, bargain, barter, change, interchange, substitute, switch, trade, trafc, truck; concept 104 Ant. keep, maintain

swarm [n] large, moving group army, bevy, blowout, concourse, covey, crowd, crush, drove, ock, herd, horde, host, jam, mass, mob, multitude, myriad, pack, press, push, school, shoal, throng, troop, turnout; concepts 397,417,432 swarm [v] move forward as a group abound, be alive, be numerous, cluster, congregate, crawl, crowd, ock, ow, gather, gather like bees*, jam, mass, mob, move in a crowd, overrun, pullulate, rush together, stream, teem, throng; concepts 113,114,159 Ant. retreat swarthy [adj] dark-complexioned black, brown, brunet, dark, dark-hued, darkish, dark-skinned, dusky, swart, tan, tawny; concept 618 Ant. blonde, fair, light, pale swat [v] hit beat, belt, biff, box, buffet, clobber, clout, cuff, ding, knock, slap, slug, smack, smash, sock, strike, wallop, whack; concept 189 sway [n] strong inuence amplitude, authority, clout, command, control, dominion, empire, expanse, government, jurisdiction, mastery, might, power, predominance, range, reach, regime, reign, rule, run, scope, sovereignty, spread, stretch, sweep; concepts 376,687 sway [v1] move back and forth bend, blow hot and cold*, careen, uctuate, hem and haw*, incline, lean, lurch, oscillate, pendulate, pulsate, rock, roll, stagger, swagger, swing, undulate, vibrate, wave, waver, weave, wobble, yo-yo*; concepts 13,145,151 Ant. stay, steady sway [v2] inuence, affect bias, brainwash, carry, conduct, control, crack*, direct, dispose, dominate, get*, govern, guide, hold sway over, hook, impact on, impress, incline, induce, inspire, lead by the nose*, manage, move, overrule, persuade, predispose, prevail on, put across, reign, rule, rule over, sell*, soften up*, strike, suck in*, touch, turn ones head*, twist ones arm*, whitewash*, win over, work on; concepts 14,68,117 Ant. leave alone swear [v1] declare under oath afrm, assert, attest, avow, covenant, cross ones heart*, depend on, depose, give ones word*, give witness, have condence in, maintain, make an afdavit, pledge oneself, plight, promise, rely on, say so*, state, state under oath, swear by, swear to God*, swear up and down*, take an oath, testify, trust, vouch, vow, warrant; concept 49 swear [v2] speak profanely; be vulgar bedamn, be foul-mouthed, blaspheme, curse, cuss*, execrate, ame*, imprecate, take name in vain*, talk dirty*, use bad language*, utter profanity; concepts 52,54 swear by [v] be certain, recommend advocate, back, bank on, believe in, be satised with, compliment, depend on it, endorse, go on the record for*, have faith in, plug*, praise, put in a good word*, speak highly of, speak well of, stand by, suggest, think highly of, vouch for; concepts 10,75 swearing [n] foul language bad language*, blasphemy, cursing, cuss*, cussing*, dirty language*, dirty name*, dirty talk*, dirty word*, execration, expletives, four-letter word*, imprecation, malediction, no-no*, profanity, swearword; concepts 54,276,278

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sweat [n1] bodys perspiring diaphoresis, excretion, exudation, perspiration, steam, transudation; concepts 185,467 sweat [n2] hard work backbreaker*, chore, drudgery, effort, grind, labor, moil, slavery, task, toil, travail, work; concepts 362,677 Ant. entertainment, recreation sweat [v1] perspire break out in a sweat, drip, eject, exude, glow, ooze, secrete, seep, spout, swelter, transude, wilt; concept 185 sweat [v2] worry about; bear abide, agonize, be on pins and needles*, be on tenterhooks*, brook, chafe, endure, exert, fret, go, labor, lose sleep over*, stand, stay the course*, stick it out*, stomach*, suffer, take, toil, tolerate, torture, work hard; concepts 23,35 Ant. be calm, ignore sweaty [adj] damp with perspiration bathed, clammy, covered with sweat, drenched, dripping, drippy, glowing, hot, moist, perspiring, perspiry, soaked, sticky, stinky, sweating, wet; concept 406 Ant. dry sweep [n1] range, extent ambit, breadth, compass, extension, latitude, length, orbit, purview, radius, reach, region, scope, span, stretch, vista; concepts 651,756,788 sweep [n2] movement arc, bend, course, curve, gesture, move, play, progress, stroke, swing; concepts 145,748 sweep [v1] brush off, away broom, brush, brush up, clean, clear, clear up, mop, ready, remove, scrub, tidy, vacuum; concept 165 sweep [v2] y, glide career, eet, it, ounce, glance, hurtle, pass, sail, scud, skim, tear, wing, zoom; concepts 150,152 sweeping [adj] wide-ranging across-the-board, all-around, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, all-out, birds-eye*, blanket, broad, complete, comprehensive, exaggerated, exhaustive, extensive, full, general, global, inclusive, indiscriminate, out-and-out*, overall, overdrawn, overstated, radical, thorough, thorough-going, unqualied, vast, wall-towall*, whole-hog*, wholesale*, wide; concepts 531,772 Ant. exclusive, narrow sweet [adj1] sugary candied, candy-coated, cloying, delicious, honeyed, like candy, like honey, luscious, nectarous, saccharine, sugarcoated, sugared, sweetened, syrupy, toothsome; concept 462 Ant. acid, bitter, salty, sour sweet [adj2] friendly, kind affectionate, agreeable, amiable, angelic, appealing, attractive, beautiful, beloved, charming, cherished, companionable, considerate, darling, dear, dearest, delectable, delicious, delightful, dulcet, engaging, fair, generous, gentle, good-humored, goodnatured, heavenly, lovable, loving, luscious, mild, mushy, patient, pet, pleasant, pleasing, precious, reasonable, saccharine, sweet-tempered, sympathetic, taking, tender, thoughtful, treasured, unselsh, winning, winsome; concepts 401,404,542 Ant. mean, unfriendly, unpleasant sweet [adj3] nice-smelling ambrosial, aromal, aromatic, balmy, clean, fragrant, fresh, new, perfumed, perfumy, pure, redolent, savory, scented, spicy, sweet-smelling, wholesome; concept 598 Ant. malodorous, stinking, stinky, unpleasant

sweet [adj4] nice-sounding dulcet, euphonic, euphonious, harmonious, melliuous, mellow, melodic, melodious, musical, orotund, rich, rotund, silver-tongued, silvery, smooth, soft, sonorous, soothing, sweet-sounding, tuneful; concept 594 Ant. cacophonous, discordant, ugly sweet [n] sugary food bonbon, candy, chocolate, confection, confectionery, conture, delight, dessert, enjoyment, nal course, gratication, joy, pleasure, pudding, snack, sugarplum, sweetmeat; concepts 457,461 sweeten [v1] add sugar add sweetening, candy, candy-coat, honey, make sweet, make toothsome, mull, sugar, sugar-coat; concept 170 Ant. salt, sour sweeten [v2] make happy; appease alleviate, assuage, conciliate, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate, soften up, soothe; concepts 7,22 Ant. displease, disrupt, trouble, worry sweetheart [n] person whom another loves admirer, beau, beloved, boyfriend, companion, darling, dear, dear one, ame, girlfriend, heartthrob, honey*, inamorata, inamorato, love, lovebird*, lover, one and only*, paramour, pet, signicant other, steady*, suitor, swain, sweet, treasure*, truelove, valentine; concepts 414,423 Ant. enemy, foe swell [adj] wonderful awesome, cool*, dandy*, deluxe, desirable, excellent, exclusive, fashionable, ne, y*, grand, groovy*, keen, marvelous, neat, nifty, plush, posh, ritzy*, smart, stylish, super, terric; concepts 548, 574 Ant. bad, horrible, shabby swell [n] large increase, ow billow, crescendo, growth, ripple, rise, seat, surf, surge, undulation, uprise, wave; concept 780 Ant. decline, decrease swell [v] become larger accumulate, add to, aggravate, amplify, augment, balloon, become bloated, become distended, become swollen, be inated, belly, billow, blister, bloat, bulge, dilate, distend, enhance, enlarge, expand, extend, fatten, ll out, grow, grow larger, heighten, increase, intensity, mount, plump, pouch, pout, protrude, puff, puff up, rise, round out, surge, tumefy, uprise, well up; concepts 236,245,780 Ant. compress, concentrate, contract, shrink swelling [n] physical growth; lump abscess, blister, boil, bruise, bulge, bump, bunion, carbuncle, contusion, corn, dilation, distention, enlargement, hump, increase, inammation, injury, knob, knurl, node, nodule, pimple, pock, protuberance, puff, pufness, pustule, ridge, sore, tumescence, tumor, wale, wart, weal, welt; concepts 306,309 Ant. depression sweltering [adj] very hot airless, baking, broiling, burning, close, ery, humid, oppressive, perspiring, scorching, sizzling, stewing, sticky, stiing, stuffy, sultry, sweaty, sweltry, torrid; concept 605 Ant. cold, cool, freezing swerve [v] turn aside, often to avoid collision bend, deect, depart, depart from, deviate, dip, diverge, err, get off course, go off course, incline, lurch, move, sheer, sheer off, shift, sideslip, sidestep, skew, skid, slue, stray, swing, tack, train off, turn, veer, wander, waver, wind; concepts 150,195,201 Ant. straighten

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swift [adj] very fast abrupt, alacritous, barrelling, breakneck, cracking*, double-quick*, expeditious, express, eet, eet-footed*, ying, hasty, headlong, hurried, in nothing at*, like crazy*, like mad*, nimble, on the double*, precipitate, prompt, pronto, quick, rapid, ready, screaming, shaking a leg*, short, short-lived, snappy*, spanking*, speedball*, speedy, sudden, supersonic, unexpected, winged; concepts 588,799 Ant. delayed, slow, sluggish swiftly/swift [adv] very fast apace, doublequick*, expeditiously, at-out*, eetly, full tilt*, hastily, hurriedly, in no time*, posthaste, promptly, quick, quickly, rapidly, speedily, without losing time*, without warning*; concepts 588,799 Ant. slowly, sluggishly swim [v] make way through water using arms, legs bathe, breast-stroke, crawl, dive, dogpaddle, oat, freestyle, glide, go for a swim, go swimming, go wading, high-dive, move, paddle, practice, race, skinny-dip*, slip, stroke, submerge, take a dip, wade; concept 363 swimmingly [adv] very well as planned, cosily, easily, effectively, effortlessly, favorably, fortunately, happily, like a dream*, like clockwork*, prosperously, quickly, satisfyingly, smoothly, successfully, well, with ying colors*, with no trouble, without a hitch*; concepts 528,544 Ant. lousy swimsuit [n] bathing suit bathing costume, beach costume, beachwear, bikini, jams, maillot, one-piece, swimwear, thong, trunks, two-piece; concept 451 swindle [n] cheating, stealing blackmail, cheat, con, crooked deal*, deceit, deception, dirty pool*, double cross*, double-dealing*, extortion, fake, fast one*, fast shufe*, frame-up, fraud, hoax, hustle, imposition, imposture, knavery, racket*, rip-off*, scam, sell, shady deal*, shakedown, sham, sharp practice*, shell game*, sting, trick, trickery; concepts 59,139,192 Ant. benevolence, donation, gift swindle [v] cheat, steal bamboozle, beat*, bilk, clip*, con*, cozen, deceive, defraud, diddle*, do*, dupe, extort, eece*, imam*, fool, frame*, fudge*, gouge*, gull*, hoodwink, overcharge, pluck, pull a fast one*, put one over on*, rip off*, rook, run a game on*, sandbag, scam, sell a bill of goods*, set up, shaft, stiff*, sting*, sucker, take for a ride*, take to the cleaners*, trick, trim*, victimize; concepts 59,139,192 Ant. donate, give swindler [n] person who cheats another absconder, charlatan, cheat, cheater, chiseler, clip, con artist, condence artist, counterfeiter, crook, deceiver, defrauder, dodger, doubledealer, falsier, forger, four-usher*, fraud, gouger, grifter, impostor, mechanic, mountebank, operator, rascal, rook, scammer, scoundrel, shark, sharp, sharper, slicker, thief, trickster; concept 412 Ant. philanthropist swing [n] moving back and forth beat, cadence, cadency, uctuation, lilt, measure, meter, motion, oscillation, rhythm, stroke, sway, swaying, tempo, undulation, vibration; concepts 65,748 swing [v] move back and forth; be suspended avert, away, be pendent, curve, dangle, deect, divert, ap, uctuate, hang, lurch, oscillate, palpitate, pendulate, pitch, pivot, reel, revolve,

rock, roll, rotate, sheer, shunt, suspend, sway, swerve, swivel, turn, turn about, turn on an axis, twirl, undulate, vary, veer, vibrate, volte-face, wag, waggle, wave, wheel, whirl, wiggle, wobble; concept 145 swipe [n/v1] hit bash, blow, clip, clout, clump, cuff, knock, lash out, lick, rap, slap, smack, sock, strike, swat, wallop, wipe; concept 189 swipe [v2] steal appropriate, cop, lch, heist, hook, lift, make off with, nab, nick, pilfer, pinch, purloin, sneak, snitch; concept 139 swirl [v] spin around agitate, boil, churn, coil, crimp, crisp, curl, eddy, purl, roil, roll, snake, surge, swoosh*, twirl, whirl, whirlpool, whorl, wriggle; concepts 145,738 swish [adj] fashionable, elegant classy, deluxe, exclusive, grand, in, plush, posh, ritzy*, smart, stylish, sumptuous, swank, swell, tony*, trendy, with-it*; concept 589 Ant. inelegant, unfashionable, unstylish switch [n] change, exchange about-face, alteration, change of direction, reversal, shift, substitution, swap, transformation; concept 697 Ant. inactivity, stagnation switch [v] change, exchange change course, convert, deect, deviate, divert, interchange, rearrange, replace, shift, shunt, sidetrack, substitute, swap, trade, turn, turnabout, turn aside, veer; concepts 104,232,697 swivel [v] spin around axis hinge, pirouette, pivot, revolve, rotate, swing around, turn, whirl; concept 145 swollen [adj] enlarged bloated, bulgy, distended, distent, inamed, inated, puffed, puffy, tumescent, tumid; concept 485 Ant. compressed, contracted, shrunken swoon [v] faint become unconscious, be overcome, black out, collapse, drop, feel giddy, feel lightheaded, go out like a light*, keel over, lose consciousness, pass out, weaken; concepts 303,308 swoop [v] descend quickly dive, fall, plummet, plunge, pounce, rush, slide, stoop, sweep; concepts 150,181 Ant. ascend sycophant [n] person who caters to another adulator, backscratcher*, backslapper*, bootlicker*, brownnoser*, doormat*, fan, fawner, atterer, unky*, groupie*, groveler, handshaker*, hanger-on*, lackey, minion, parasite, politician, puppet, slave; concept 423 syllabus [n] summary aperu, capitulation, conspectus, curriculum, outline, program, review, rundown, schedule, sketch, synopsis; concept 283 symbol [n] letter, character, sign of written communication attribute, badge, denotation, design, device, emblem, gure, image, indication, logo, mark, motif, note, numeral, pattern, regalia, representation, stamp, token, type; concept 284 symbolic [adj] representative allegorical, characteristic, denotative, emblematic, gurative, indicative, indicatory, signicant, suggestive, symptomatic, token, typical; concept 267 symbolize [v] represent; stand for betoken, body forth, connote, denote, emblematize, embody, epitomize, exemplify, express, illustrate, indicate, mean, mirror, personify,

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show, signify, suggest, symbol, typify; concepts 74,138,682 symmetrical [adj] well-proportioned balanced, commensurable, commensurate, equal, in proportion, proportional, regular, shapely, well-formed; concepts 480,485,579 Ant. asymmetrical, different, disproportioned, irregular, uneven, unsymmetrical symmetry [n] proportion agreement, arrangement, balance, centrality, conformity, correspondence, equality, equilibrium, equipoise, equivalence, evenness, nish, form, harmony, order, proportionality, regularity, rhythm, shapeliness, similarity; concepts 716,717 Ant. asymmetry, difference, disproportion, imbalance, irregularity, unevenness sympathetic [adj1] concerned, feeling affectionate, all heart*, appreciating, benign, benignant, caring, commiserating, compassionate, comprehending, condoling, considerate, having heart in right place*, interested, kind, kindhearted, kindly, loving, pitying, responsive, sensitive, soft, softhearted, supportive, sympathizing, tender, thoughtful, understanding, vicarious, warm, warmhearted; concept 542 Ant. callous, merciless, uncaring, unconcerned, unfeeling, unsympathetic sympathetic [adj2] agreeable, friendly amenable, appreciative, approving, companionable, compatible, congenial, congruous, consistent, consonant, cool, down, encouraging, favorably disposed, having a heart*, in sympathy with, like-minded, on same wavelength*, open, open-minded, pro*, receptive, responsive, simpatico, tuned in*, vicarious, well-disposed, well-intentioned; concepts 401,542,563 Ant. cold, cool, disagreeable, unfriendly, unsociable, unsympathetic sympathize [v] feel for, be compassionate ache, agree, appreciate, be in accord, be in sympathy, be kind to, be there for*, be understanding, bleed for*, comfort, commiserate, compassionate, comprehend, condole, emphathize, feel heart go out to*, go along with, grieve with, have compassion, identify with, love, offer consolation, pick up on, pity, relate to*, share anothers sorrow, show kindliness, show mercy, show tenderness, side with*, tune in*, understand; concepts 34,110 Ant. disapprove, disregard, ignore sympathy [n1] shared feeling accord, afnity, agreement, alliance, attraction, benignancy, close relation, commiseration, compassion, concord, congeniality, connection, correspondence, empathy, feelings, fellow feeling, harmony, heart, kindliness, kindness, mutual attraction, mutual fondness, rapport, responsiveness, sensitivity, tenderness, understanding, union, unity, warmheartedness, warmth; concepts 388,410,664 Ant. disdain, incompatibility, indifference sympathy [n2] pity aid, cheer, comfort, commiseration, compassion, condolence, consolation, empathy, encouragement, reassurance, rue, ruth, solace, tenderness, thoughtfulness, understanding; concepts 410,633 Ant. callousness, indifference, mercilessness symposium [n] conference colloquium, convention, discussion, discussion group, forum,

gabfest*, huddle, meeting, panel discussion, parley, powwow, rap session, round table, seminar, talk; concepts 56,324,386 symptom [n] sign of illness or problem evidence, expression, index, indication, indicia, manifestation, mark, note, signicant, syndrome, token, warning; concepts 306,316 symptomatic [adj] indicative associated, characteristic, demonstrative, denotative, denotive, designative, emblematic, evidential, indicating, pointing to, signicant, suggestive, symbolic; concept 267 synagogue [n] church abbey, cathedral, chapel, house of God, house of prayer, house of worship, mosque, parish, shrine, shul, tabernacle, temple; concepts 368,449 synchronize [v] coordinate adjust, agree, atune, harmonize, integrate, keep time with, match, mesh, organize, pool, proportion, pull together, put in sync*, set; concepts 36,84,158 syndicate [n] group of business entities association, board, bunch, cabinet, cartel, chain, chamber, combine, committee, company, conglomerate, council, crew, gang, group, megacorp*, mob, multinational*, organization, outt, partnership, pool, ring, trust, union; concepts 323,325 syndrome [n] disease, condition affection, ailment, complaint, complex, diagnostics, disorder, inrmity, malady, problem, prognostics, sickness, sign, symptoms; concepts 306,674 synergy [n] collaboration, cooperation alliance, coaction, combined effort, harmony, symbiosis, synergism, team effort, teaming, teamwork, union, unity, working together; concepts 110,112,388,677 synonymous [adj] equivalent alike, apposite, coincident, compatible, convertible, correspondent, corresponding, equal, identical, identied, interchangeable, like, one and the same, same, similar, synonymic, tantamount; concepts 487,573 Ant. different, dissimilar, opposite, polar, unequal synopsis [n] digest, summary abridgment, abstract, aperu, breviary, brief, capsule, compendium, condensation, conspectus, epitome, outline, prcis, recap*, rsum, review, rundown, run-through, sketch; concept 283 synthesis [n] combining; combination amalgam, amalgamation, blend, building a whole, coalescence, composite, compound, constructing, construction, entirety, forming, fusion, integrating, integration, making one, organism, organization, structure, unication, union, unit, welding, whole; concepts 113,837 Ant. division, separation synthesize [v] combine; make whole amalgamate, arrange, blend, harmonize, incorporate, integrate, manufacture, orchestrate, symphonize, unify; concepts 113,205 Ant. divide, separate synthetic [adj] articial constructed, counterfeit, ersatz*, fabricated, factitious, fake, false, hokey*, made, makeshift, manufactured, mock, phony, plastic, unnatural; concepts 485,582 Ant. genuine, natural, real system [n1] order, whole arrangement, classication, combination, complex, conformity, coordination, entity, xed order, frame of

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reference, ideology, integral, integrate, logical order, orderliness, organization, philosophy, red tape*, regularity, rule, scheme, setup, structure, sum, theory, totality; concepts 770, 837 Ant. cog, part system [n2] method, plan arrangement, artice, course of action, custom, denite plan, fashion, logical process, manner, methodicalness, methodology, mode, modus, modus operandi, operation, orderliness, orderly process, pattern, policy, practice, procedure, proceeding, process, regularity, routine, scheme, strategy, structure, systematic process, systematization, tactics, technique, theory, usage, way, wise; concept 6 Ant. disorder, disorganization systematic [adj] orderly analytical, arranged, businesslike, complete, efcient, logical, methodic, methodical, ordered, organized, out-and-out*, precise, regular, standardized, systematized, thoroughgoing, well-ordered; concept 557 Ant. chaotic, confused, disorderly, mixed up, unmethodical, unsystematic systematize [v] put in order arrange, array, contrive, design, devise, dispose, establish, frame, get act together, institute, make uniform, marshal, methodize, order, organize, plan, project, pull together, rationalize, regulate, schematize, shape up, standardize, straighten up, systemize, tighten up; concepts 84,94 Ant. confuse, disorder, disorganize, mix up

T
tab [n1] ticket, label bookmark, clip, ag, ap, holder, logo, loop, marker, slip, sticker, stop, strip, tag; concepts 270,475 tab [n2] bill for service account, charge, check, cost, invoice, price, price tag, rate, reckoning, score, statement, tariff; concept 329 table [n1] furniture upon which to work, eat bar, bench, board, buffet, bureau, console, counter, desk, dining table, dinner table, dresser, lectern, pulpit, sideboard, sink, slab, stand, wagon; concept 443 table [n2] meal bill of fare, board, cuisine, diet, fare, food, meat and drink, menu, spread, victuals; concept 459 table [n3] atland at, mesa, plain, plateau, tableland, upland; concept 509 table [n4] diagram with columns of information agenda, appendix, canon, catalogue, chart, compendium, digest, graph, illustration, index, inventory, list, plan, record, register, roll, schedule, statistics, summary, synopsis, table of contents, tabulation; concepts 283,625 table [v] postpone a proposition cool*, defer, delay, enter, hang*, hold off, hold up, move, pigeonhole*, propose, put aside, put forward, put off, put on back burner*, put on hold*, put on ice*, put on the shelf*, shelve, submit, suggest; concepts 121,324 Ant. decide, vote tableau [n] scene, often painted illustration, picture, representation, spectacle, view; concepts 625,716 tablet [n1] sheaf of papers that are connected book, folder, memo pad, notebook, pad, quire, ream, scratch, scratch pad, sheets; concept 475 tablet [n2] encapsulated medicine cake, cap-

sule, dose, lozenge, medicine, pellet, pill, square, troche; concept 307 tableware [n] atware dishes, forks, glasses, glassware, knives, silverware, spoons, utensils; concepts 433,499 tabloid [n] newspaper paper, rag*, scandal sheet*, sheet; concepts 279,280 taboo [adj] not allowed, permitted anathema, banned, beyond the pale*, disapproved, forbidden, frowned on*, illegal, off limits*, outlawed, out of bounds*, prohibited, proscribed, reserved, restricted, ruled out, unacceptable, unmentionable, unthinkable; concept 548 Ant. acceptable, allowed, mentionable, ok taboo [n] something not allowed, permitted anathema, ban, disapproval, dont*, forbiddance, inhibition, interdict, law, limitation, no-no*, prohibition, proscription, regulation, religious convention, reservation, restraint, restriction, sanction, social convention, stricture, superstition, thou-shalt-not*; concepts 532,688 Ant. allowance, mentionable tabulate [v] gure, classify alphabetize, arrange, catalogue, categorize, chart, codify, digest, enumerate, formulate, grade, index, list, methodize, order, range, register, systematize, tabularize; concepts 84,764 Ant. estimate, guess tacit [adj] taken for granted; not said aloud alluded to, allusive, assumed, hinted at, implicit, implied, inarticulate, indirect, inferred, intimated, silent, suggested, undeclared, understood, unexpressed, unsaid, unspoken, unstated, unvoiced, wordless; concepts 529, 548 Ant. explicit, express taciturn [adj] uncommunicative aloof, antisocial, brooding, clammed up*, close, closemouthed*, cold, curt, distant, dour, dried-up*, dumb, laconic, mum, mute, quiet, reserved, reticent, sententious, silent, sparing, speechless, tight-lipped*, unexpressive, unforthcoming, withdrawn; concepts 267,401 Ant. communicative, uent, talkative, wordy tack [n1] course of movement aim, alteration, approach, bearing, bend, deection, deviation, digression, direction, double, echelon, heading, line, method, oblique course, path, plan, point of sail, procedure, set, shift, siding, sidling, sweep, swerve, switch, tactic, tangent, turn, variation, way, yaw, zigzag; concepts 692,738 tack [n2] short pin for attaching brad, nail, point, pushpin, staple, thumbtack; concept 475 tack [v] attach add, afx, annex, append, baste, fasten, x, hem, mount, nail, paste, pin, sew, staple, stitch, tag, tie; concepts 85,160,218 Ant. detach, separate, unfasten, untack tackle [n] equipment for activity accouterment, apparatus, appliance, gear, goods, habiliments, hook, impedimenta, implements, line, machinery, materiel, outt, paraphernalia, rig, rigging, tools, trappings; concept 496 tackle [v1] make an effort accept, apply oneself, attack, attempt, bang away at*, begin, come to grips with*, deal with, devote oneself to, embark upon, engage in, essay, give a try*, give a whirl*, go for it*, launch, make a run at*, pitch into, set about, square off*, start the ball rolling*, take a shot at*, take in hand*, take on, take up, try, try on for size*, turn ones

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hand to*, turn to, undertake, work on; concepts 87,100 Ant. avoid, dodge, forget, idle, neglect tackle [v2] jump on and grab attack, block, bring down, bring to the ground*, catch, challenge, clutch, confront, down, grapple, grasp, halt, intercept, nail, put the freeze on*, sack, seize, smear, stop, take, take hold of, throw, throw down, upset; concepts 90,164, 191 Ant. avoid, dodge tacky [adj] cheap, tasteless broken-down, crude, dilapidated, dingy, dowdy, down-atheel*, faded, frumpy*, gaudy, inelegant, mangy*, messy, nasty*, outmoded, out-ofdate, poky*, ratty, run-down, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy*, sloppy*, slovenly, stodgy, threadbare, unbecoming, unkempt, unstylish, unsuitable, untidy, vulgar; concepts 485,589 Ant. classy, expensive, tasteful tact [n] nesse, thoughtfulness acumen, acuteness, address, adroitness, amenity, aptness, care, common sense, consideration, control, courtesy, delicacy, delicatesse, diplomacy, discernment, discretion, discrimination, gallantry, good taste, head, horse sense*, intelligence, judgment, penetration, perception, perspicacity, poise, policy, politicness, presence, prudence, renement, repose, savoir faire, sensitivity, skill, smoothness, suavity, subtlety, tactfulness, understanding, urbanity; concept 633 Ant. carelessness, indiscretion, tactlessness, thoughtlessness tactful [adj] thoughtful, careful adroit, aware, cautious, civil, considerate, courteous, deft, delicate, diplomatic, discreet, gentle, judicious, observant, perceptive, poised, polished, polite, politic, prudent, sensitive, skilled, skillful, suave, subtle, sympathetic, tactical, understanding, urbane, wise; concept 401 Ant. careless, indiscreet, tactless, unthoughtful tactical [adj] strategic calculated, clever, cunning, deliberate, diplomatic, planned, politic, prudent, skillful, smart, well-planned; concept 544 tactics [n] strategy approach, campaign, channels, course, defense, device, disposition, generalship, line, maneuver, maneuvering, means, method, move, plan, plan of attack, ploy, policy, procedure, red tape*, scheme, stratagem, system, tack, technique, trick, way; concept 660 tactile [adj] touchable material, palpable, physical, solid, tactual, tangible; concepts 529,582 tactless [adj] unthinking, careless awkward, blundering, boorish, brash, bungling, clumsy, crude, discourteous, gauche, gruff, harsh, hasty, impolite, impolitic, imprudent, inconsiderate, indelicate, indiscreet, inept, injudicious, insensitive, maladroit, misunderstanding, rash, rough, rude, sharp, stupid, thoughtless, uncivil, unconsiderate, undiplomatic, unfeeling, unkind, unperceptive, unpolished, unsubtle, unsympathetic, untactful, vulgar; concept 401 Ant. careful, discreet, tactful, thoughtful tag [n] label, ticket badge, button, card, check, chip, docket, emblem, ap, ID*, identication, inscription, insignia, logo, mark, marker, motto, note, pin, slip, stamp, sticker, stub, tab, tally, trademark, voucher; concepts 270,284,475 tag [v1] label; attach label add, adjoin, afx, annex, append, call, check, christen, designate, docket, dub, earmark, fasten, hold, identify,

mark, name, nickname, style, tack, tally, tap, term, ticket, title, touch; concepts 62,85,160 tag [v2] follow accompany, attend, bedog, chase, dog, heel, hunt, pursue, shadow, tail, trace, track, track down, trail; concept 207 Ant. run away tail [n] end piece, part appendage, behind, butt*, buttocks, caudal appendage, conclusion, empennage, end, extremity, fag end*, hind end, hindmost part, hind part, last part, posterior, rear, rear end, reverse, rudder, rump*, stub, tag, tag end, tailpiece, train, tush*, wagger*; concepts 392,825,827 Ant. front, head tail [v] follow bedog, dog, eye*, hound, keep an eye on, pursue, shadow, stalk, tag, track, trail; concept 207 Ant. run away tailor [n] person who sews clothing clothier, costumier, couturier, dressmaker, garment maker, needle worker*, outtter, suit maker; concept 348 tailor [v] make to t; adjust accommodate, adapt, alter, conform, convert, custom-make, cut, cut to t, dovetail*, fashion, t, make to order, modify, mold, quadrate, reconcile, shape, shape up, square, style, suit, tailormake*; concepts 126,202,218 tailor-made [adj] custom-made comfortable, custom-built, custom-t, tted, made-tomeasure, made to order, perfect, snug, suitable, suited, tailored; concept 558 taint [n] contamination, corruption black mark, blemish, blot, contagion, defect, disgrace, dishonor, fault, aw, infection, pollution, shame, smear, spot, stain, stigma; concepts 230,388 Ant. cleanliness, perfection taint [v] dirty, contaminate; ruin adulterate, besmirch, blacken, blemish, blight, blot, blur, brand, break down, cast a slur, cloud, cook, corrupt, crud up*, crumble, cut, damage, debase, decay, decompose, dele, deprave, discolor, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disintegrate, doctor, foul, give a bad name*, harm, hurt, infect, muddy, poison, pollute, putrefy, rot, shame, smear, soil, spike, spoil, stain, stigmatize, sully, tar, tarnish, trash*, turn, water, water down; concepts 246,254,384 Ant. clean, right take [n] prot booty*, catch, catching, cut, gate, haul*, holding, part, proceeds, receipts, return, returns, revenue, share, takings, yield; concept 344 Ant. debt, loss take [v1] get; help oneself to abduct, accept, acquire, arrest, attain, capture, carry off, carve out, catch, clasp, clutch, collar*, collect, earn, ensnare, entrap, gain possession, gather up, get hold of, grab, grasp, grip, handle, haul in, have, hold, lay hold of, obtain, overtake, pick up, prehend, pull in, reach, reap, receive, secure, seize, snag, snatch, strike, take hold of, take in, win; concepts 120,142 Ant. give, receive take [v2] steal abduct, abstract, accroach, annex, appropriate, arrogate, borrow, carry off, commandeer, conscate, expropriate, lch*, haul in, liberate, lift*, misappropriate, nab*, nail*, nip*, pick up, pinch*, pluck, pocket*, preempt, pull in, purloin, rip off*, run off with*, salvage, seize, sequester, snag, snare, snatch*, snitch*, swipe*, take in; concept 139 Ant. give, offer

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take [v3] buy; reserve book, borrow, charter, choose, cull, decide on, derive, draw, elect, engage, gain, get, hire, lease, mark, obtain, optate, opt for, pay for, pick, prefer, procure, purchase, rent, select, single out; concepts 41,327 Ant. refuse, reject take [v4] endure abide, accept, accommodate, bear, bear with, brave, brook, contain, give access, go, go through, grin and bear it*, hack*, hang in*, hang on*, hang tough*, hold, let in, live with, put up with, receive, ride out*, stand, stand for, stick it out*, stomach, submit to, suffer, swallow, take it, take it lying down*, take it on the chin*, tolerate, undergo, weather, welcome, withstand; concept 23 Ant. avoid, discontinue, dodge, refuse, reject, stop take [v5] consume devour, down, drink, eat, feed, feed on, imbibe, ingest, inhale, meal, partake of, swallow; concept 169 Ant. abstain take [v6] accept, adopt; use accommodate, admit, appropriate, assume, be aware of, behave, bring, deal with, delight in, do, effect, enjoy, enter upon, execute, exercise, exert, experience, function, give access, have, include, let in, like, luxuriate in, make, observe, operate, perform, play, practice, put in practice, react, receive, relish, sense, serve, take in, treat, undertake, utilize, welcome, work; concepts 100,124,225 Ant. disallow, refuse, reject take [v7] understand accept, apprehend, assume, be aware of, believe, catch, compass, comprehend, consider, deem, expect, experience, feel, follow, gather, grasp, hold, imagine, interpret as, know, look upon, observe, perceive, presume, receive, reckon*, regard, see, see as, sense, suppose, suspect, take in, think, think of as; concept 15 Ant. misconceive, misunderstand take [v8] win; be successful beat, be efcacious, do the trick, have effect, operate, prevail, succeed, triumph, work; concept 706 Ant. fail, lose take [v9] carry, transport; accompany attend, back, bear, bring, buck, cart, conduct, convey, convoy, drive, escort, ferry, fetch, go with, guide, gun, haul, heel, jag, journey, lead, lug, move, pack, piggyback*, pilot, ride, schlepp*, shoulder, steer, tote, tour, trek, truck, usher; concepts 114,187 Ant. hold, keep, maintain take [v10] captivate, enchant allure, attract, become popular, bewitch, charm, delight, draw, entertain, fascinate, magnetize, overwhelm, please, wile, win favor; concept 11 Ant. disenchant, repulse take [v11] require ask, call for, crave, demand, necessitate, need; concept 646 take [v12] subtract deduct, discount, draw back, eliminate, knock off, remove, take away, take off, take out; concepts 211,236, 247 Ant. add take [v13] cheat, deceive bamboozle*, beat*, bilk, con, cozen, defraud, do*, dupe, ddle, imam*, gull, hoodwink, pull a fast one*, swindle, take for a ride*, trick; concepts 59, 192 Ant. be honest take [v14] contract, catch be seized, come down with*, derive, draw, get, sicken with, take sick with; concept 308 Ant. be immune take a crack at [v] try attempt, do ones best*, drive for, give a go*, give a whirl*, go after, go

all out*, go for, have a crack*, have a go*, have a rip*, have a shot*, have a stab*, have a whack*, make an attempt, make an effort, make a pass at*, make a stab*, risk, shoot for*, tackle, undertake, vie for; concept 87 take after [v] emulate act like, be like, copy, ditto*, do like*, follow, follow in the footsteps of*, follow suit*, follow the example of*, imitate, inherit, look like, make like*, mimic, mirror, pattern after*, rival; concepts 87,171 take back [v] retract abjure, back down, backpedal, call off, cancel, change ones mind, eat ones words*, forget it, go back on, have change of heart*, recall, recant, reclaim, renege, repeal, repossess, repudiate, rescind, revoke, withdraw; concepts 25,49,119,697 take down [v1] write down inscribe, jot down, make a note of, minute, note, note down, put on record, record, set down, transcribe; concept 125 take down [v2] humble deate, humiliate, let down, lower, mortify, pull down, put down, take apart; concepts 7,19,52 Ant. build up take in [v1] deceive, fool beguile, betray, bilk, bluff, cheat, con, defraud, delude, do*, doublecross*, dupe, imam*, four-ush*, gull, hoodwink, lie, mislead, pull wool over eyes*, swindle, trick; concept 59 take in [v2] understand absorb, assimilate, comprehend, digest, get, grasp, perceive, receive, savvy, see, soak up, take; concept 15 Ant. misconceive, misunderstand take it [v] accept, endure acknowledge, agree, bear with, bite the bullet, capitulate, dont make waves*, dont rock the boat*, face the music*, go along with, grin and bear it*, hang tough, live with, play the game*, put up with, sit still for*, stand for, stick it out, stomach, submit to, suffer, swallow, take, take ones lumps*, take ones medicine*, tolerate; concept 23 takeoff [n1] leaving ascent, climb, departure, hop, jump, launch, liftoff, rise, upward ight; concept 148 Ant. arrival, coming, landing takeoff [n2] mockery, satire burlesque, caricature, cartoon, comedy, imitation, lampoon, mocking, parody, ridicule, send-up, spoof, travesty; concepts 111,263,292 take off [v1] leave; leave the ground ascend, bear, beat it, become airborne, begone, blast off, blow*, clear out*, decamp, depart, disappear, exit, get off, get out, go, go away, head, hightail*, hit the road*, hit the trail*, lift off, light out*, make*, pull out, quit, scram*, set out*, shove off*, soar, split, take to the air*, vamoose*, withdraw; concepts 148,195,224 Ant. arrive, come, stay take off [v2] mock, satirize ape, burlesque, caricature, imitate, lampoon, mimic, parody, ridicule, send up, spoof, travesty; concepts 111,273,292 take on [v1] assume, accept acquire, add, address oneself to, adopt, agree to do, annex, append, attempt, become, begin, come to have, commence, develop, embrace, employ, endeavor, engage, enlist, enroll, espouse, handle, have a go at*, hire, launch, put on, retain, set about, tackle, take in hand*, take up, take upon oneself*, try, turn, undertake, venture; concepts 87,221 Ant. refuse, reject

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take on [v2] compete attack, battle, contend, contest, encounter, engage, face, ght, match, meet, oppose, pit, vie; concept 92 take on [v3] challenge, oppose brave, buck*, call out, confront, dare, defy, denounce, dispute, face off, go eyeball to eyeball with*, go one on one with*, go toe to toe with*, go up against, hang in*, insist upon, investigate, invite competition, make a stand, object to, question, stand up to, throw down the gauntlet*; concept 53 take up [v] begin or start again adopt, assume, become involved in, carry on, commence, continue, embrace, engage in, enter, espouse, follow through, get off, go on, initiate, kick off, open, pick up, proceed, recommence, renew, reopen, restart, resume, set to, start, tackle, take on, tee off, undertake; concepts 221,239 Ant. complete, conclude, end, nish tale [n1] story account, anecdote, fable, fairy tale, ction, folk tale, legend, myth, narration, narrative, novel, relation, report, romance, saga, short story, yarn; concept 282 tale [n2] made-up story canard, chestnut*, clothesline*, cock-and-bull story*, defamation, detraction, exaggeration, fabrication, falsehood, falsity, b, ction, lie, misrepresentation, prevarication, rigmarole*, rumor, scandal, slander, spiel*, tall story*, untruism, untruth, yarn*; concepts 278,282 Ant. non-ction talent [n] ability aptitude, aptness, art, a way with*, bent*, capability, capacity, craft, endowment, expertise, facility, faculty, air, forte, genius, gift, green thumb*, head*, inventiveness, knack*, know-how*, nose*, power, savvy*, set, skill, smarts*, the formula*, the goods*, the right stuff*, thing*, turn*, what it takes*; concept 630 Ant. inability, incapacity, lack, weakness talented [adj] gifted able, accomplished, adept, adroit, artistic, brilliant, capable, clever, cut out for, endowed, expert, having a knack*, ingenious, intelligent, masterly, procient, shining at*, skilled, smart; concepts 402,527,528 talisman [n] charm fetish, good-luck piece, juju, lucky piece, phylactery, rabbits foot; concepts 260,284,446 talk [n1] speech, address to group allocution, chalk talk*, declamation, descant, discourse, disquisition, dissertation, epilogue, exhortation, expatiation, harangue, homily, lecture, monologue, oration, peroration, prelection, recitation, screed, sermon, spiel*; concepts 60,285 Ant. listening talk [n2] gossip allusion, badinage, banter, blather*, bombast, bunk*, buzz*, cant, chat, chatter, chitchat, conversation, cry, gab, grapevine*, hearsay, hint, hot air*, idle talk, innuendo, insinuation, jaw*, jive*, lip*, noise, nonsense*, palaver, persiage, prose, racket*, raillery, report, rot*, rubbish*, rumble*, rumor, scuttlebutt*, small talk, tte--tte, trash*, yarn*; concepts 51,278 talk [n3] discussion argument, colloquy, conclave, confabulation, conference, consultation, conversation, deliberation, dialogue, earful, encounter, eyeball-to-eyeball*, huddle*, interlocution, interview, meeting, negotiation, palaver, parlance, parley, powwow*, seminar,

spiel*, straight talk, symposium, ventilation, visit; concept 56 Ant. silence talk [n4] communication with language argot, chatter, dialect, discourse, jargon, lingo, locution, parlance, patois, slang, speaking, speech, utterance, verbalization, vocalization, words; concepts 47,65 Ant. silence talk [v1] produce words; inform articulate, babble, broach, chant, chat, chatter, comment on, communicate, confess, converse, describe, divulge, drawl, drone, express, ap ones tongue*, gab, gabble*, give voice to, gossip, inuence, intone, notify, palaver, parley, patter, persuade, prate, prattle, pronounce, reveal, rhapsodize, run on*, say, sing*, soliloquize, speak, spill the beans*, spout, squeak*, squeal*, talk ones leg off*, tell, tell all*, use, utter, ventriloquize, verbalize, voice, yak*; concepts 60,266 Ant. listen talk [v2] discuss with another argue, be in contact, canvass, carry on conversation, chew*, collogue, commune, confabulate, confer, conde, consult, contact, deliberate, dialogue, engage in conversation, exchange, go into a huddle*, groupthink*, have a meet*, hold discussion, huddle*, interact, interface, interview, join in conversation, keep in touch*, negotiate, network*, palaver, parley, reach out, reason, relate, thrash out*, touch*, touch base*, vent, visit; concept 56 Ant. refrain, refuse talk [v3] address group accost, deliver a speech, discourse, give a talk, give speech, harangue, hold forth, induce, inuence, lecture, orate, persuade, pitch, prelect, sermonize, speak, spiel*, spout*, stump*, sway*; concepts 60,285 Ant. listen talkative [adj] excessively communicative articulate, big-mouthed*, chattering, chatty*, effusive, eloquent, uent, full of hot air*, gabby*, garrulous, glib, gossipy, long-winded*, loose-lipped*, loquacious, loudmouthed*, mouthy*, multiloquent, prolix, rattling, slick*, smooth*, talky, verbal, verbose, vocal, voluble, windy*, wordy; concept 267 Ant. quiet, reserved, silent, uncommunicative tall [adj1] high in stature, length alpine, altitudinous, beanstalk*, big, elevated, giant, great, high-reaching, lank, lanky, lofty, rangy, sizable, sky-high, skyscraping, soaring, statuesque, towering; concepts 779,782 Ant. little, low, short, small tall [adj2] exaggerated, unreasonable absurd, demanding, difcult, embellished, exorbitant, farfetched, hard, implausible, impossible, outlandish, overblown, preposterous, steep, unbelievable; concepts 529,565 Ant. believable, reasonable, sensible tally [n] count, record account, mark, poll, reckoning, running total, score, summation, tab, total; concepts 283,787 tally [v] add up; count, record catalog, compute, enumerate, inventory, itemize, keep score, mark, mark down, number, numerate, reckon, register, sum, tale, tell, total, write down; concepts 125,764 Ant. subtract tame [adj1] domesticated, compliant acclimatized, amenable, biddable, bridled, broken, busted, civilized, cultivated, disciplined, docile, domestic, fearless, gentle, gentle as a lamb*,

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habituated, harmless, harnessed, housebroken, kindly, manageable, meek, mild, muzzled, obedient, overcome, pliable, pliant, subdued, submissive, tractable, trained, unafraid, unresisting, yoked*; concept 401 Ant. unmanageable, untamed, violent, wild tame [adj2] dull, uninteresting bland, bloodless, boiled down*, boring, conventional, diluted, feeble, at*, halfhearted, humdrum*, insipid, lifeless, limp, mild, monotonous, prosaic, routine, spiritless, tedious, unexciting, uninspiring, vapid, weak, wearisome, white-bread*, without punch*; concepts 529,542,548 Ant. bright, exciting, interesting tame [v] domesticate, make compliant break, break in, break the spirit*, bridle, bring to heel*, bust, check, conquer, curb, discipline, domesticize, domiciliate, enslave, gentle, housebreak, house-train, humble, mitigate, mute, pacify, repress, restrain, soften, subdue, subjugate, suppress, temper, tone down, train, vanquish, water down*; concepts 14,250 tamper [v1] interfere, alter busybody*, butt in*, change, cook, cut, damage, destroy, diversify, doctor, ddle with*, fool, horn in*, interlope, interpose, intrude, irrigate, manipulate, meddle, mess around with*, monkey around*, muck about*, phony up*, plant*, poke nose into*, spike*, tinker, vary, water*; concept 232 Ant. leave alone tamper [v2] bribe buy, buy off, corrupt, x, get to, have, inuence, lubricate, manipulate, reach, rig, square*; concept 192 tan [n/adj] light brown beige, biscuit, bronze, brown, brownish, buff, cream, drab, ecru, gold, khaki, leather-colored, natural, olive, olivebrown, saddle, sand, suntan, tawny, umber, yellowish; concepts 618,622 tan [v] og, whip baste, beat, belt, cane, dust someones britches*, ay, hide, hit, lambaste, lash, leather, paddle, paddlewhack, punish, spank, strap, strike, switch, tan ones hide*, thrash, warm someones seat*, wax, whack, whale*, whomp*; concept 189 tang [n] biting taste or odor aroma, bite, avor, guts*, kick*, nip, piquancy, pungency, reek, relish, sapidity, sapor, savor, scent, smack*, smell, spiciness, tanginess, thrill, twang, zest, zip*; concepts 599,600,614 Ant. blandness, dullness tangible [adj] real, concrete actual, appreciable, corporeal, denite, detectable, discernible, distinct, embodied, evident, factual, gross, incarnated, manifest, material, objective, observable, obvious, palpable, patent, perceivable, perceptible, phenomenal, physical, plain, positive, sensible, solid, stable, substantial, tactile, touchable, veriable, visible, well-grounded; concepts 529,582 Ant. abstract, conceptual, imperceptible, intangible, unreal tangle [n] knot, confusion coil, complication, entanglement, jam, jungle, labyrinth, mass, mat, maze, mesh, mess, mix-up, morass, muddle, rummage, skein, snag, snarl, twist, web; concepts 230,674,720 Ant. line, order, peace tangle [v] knot, complicate catch, coil, confuse, derange, discompose, disorganize, drag into, embroil, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, foul up*, hamper, implicate, interlace, interlock,

intertwist, interweave, involve, jam, kink, make a party to*, mat, mesh, mess up*, mix up*, muck up*, obstruct, perplex, ravel, snarl, tie up, trap, twist, unbalance, upset; concepts 112,190 Ant. straighten, uncomplicate, untangle, untwist tangy [adj] sharp, spicy appetizing, aromatic, biting, bitter, ery, avorful, avorsome, harsh, highly seasoned, hot, peppery, piquant, pungent, salty, seasoned, sweet, tart, tasty, vinegary, zesty, zippy*; concepts 537,598,613 tantalize [v] provoke, tease annoy, badger, bafe, bait, bedevil, beleaguer, charm, entice, fascinate, frustrate, gnaw, harass, harry, keep hanging*, lead on, make mouth water*, pester, plague, taunt, thwart, titillate, torment, torture, worry; concepts 7,11,19,22 Ant. disenchant, repulse, turn off tantamount [adj] same alike, as good as, commensurate, duplicate, equal, equivalent, identical, indistinguishable, like, parallel, same as, selfsame, synonymous, uniform, very; concepts 487,573 Ant. different, opposite, polar, reverse tantrum [n] t anger, animosity, conniption, dander*, are-up, hemorrhage*, huff*, hysterics, outburst, storm*, temper, temper tantrum, wax; concepts 306,384 Ant. calm, contentment, peace tap [n] faucet bibcock, cock, egress, hydrant, nozzle, petcock, spigot, spout, stopcock, valve; concepts 445,464 tap [v1] hit lightly beat, bob, dab, drum, knock, palpate, pat, percuss, rap, strike, tag, thud, thump, tip, touch; concept 189 tap [v2] pierce to drain bleed, bore, broach, draft, drain, draw, draw forth, draw off, draw out, drill, empty, lance, milk, mine, open, penetrate, perforate, pump, riddle, siphon, spear, spike, stab, unplug, unstopper, use, utilize; concepts 142,220 tape [n] ribbon of material band, braid, edging, line, rope, strip; concept 475 tape [v1] stick together with material bandage, bind, bond, fasten, hold together, rope, seal, secure, support, swathe, tie, tie up, truss, wire, wrap; concepts 85,160 Ant. loosen, unfasten, unglue, unstick, untape tape [v2] record sounds, sights audiotape, make a tape, register, tape-record, video, videotape; concepts 125,292 taper/taper off [v] decrease to a point abate, bate, close, come to a point, die away, die out, diminish, drain, dwindle, fade, lessen, narrow, recede, reduce, rescind, subside, thin, thin out, wane, weaken, wind down; concepts 137,698, 776 Ant. go up, increase, rise tardy [adj] late backward, behindhand, belated, dawdling, delayed, delinquent, detained, dilatory, held up, hung up*, in a bind, jammed, laggard, loitering, not arrived, not done, overdue, procrastinating, retarded, slack, slow, sluggish, strapped for time*, too late, unpunctual; concepts 542,548,799 Ant. early, on time, prompt, punctual, ready target [n1] aim, goal ambition, bulls-eye*, destination, duty, end, function, ground zero*, intention, mark, object, objective, point, purpose, spot, use; concept 659

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target [n2] person as object of ridicule butt*, byword, game, mark*, pigeon*, prey, quarry, scapegoat*, scorn, sitting duck*, sport, victim; concept 423 tariff [n] tax or fee assessment, charge, cost, duty, excise, impost, levy, price, price tag, rate, tab, tax, toll; concept 329 tarnish [v] dirty, corrupt befoul, begrime, blacken, blemish, blot, contaminate, damage, darken, defame, dele, dim, discolor, disgrace, dull, embarrass, grime, harm, hurt, impair, injure, lose luster, lose shine, mar, muddy, pale, pollute, rust, slander, smear, smudge, soil, spoil, spot, stain, sully, taint, tar, vitiate; concept 246 Ant. clean, x, polish, uncorrupt tarry [v] dawdle, delay abide, bide, dally, drag, drag ones feet*, dwell, libuster, get no place fast*, goof around*, hang around*, hold the phone*, lag, linger, lodge, loiter, lose time, pause, poke, procrastinate, put off, remain, rest, sojourn, stall, stay, stick around, stop, stop over, tail, take ones time*, temporize, tool*, trail, visit, wait, warm a chair*; concepts 35, 151 Ant. carry on, complete, nish, go tart [adj] bitter, sour in taste or effect acerb, acerbic, acetose, acid, acidulous, acrimonious, astringent, barbed, biting, caustic, cutting, dry, harsh, nasty, piquant, pungent, scathing, sharp, short, snappish, snappy, snippy, tangy, testy, trenchant, vinegary, wounding; concepts 267,613 Ant. sweet tart [n] pastry bun, Danish, eclair, fruit tart, pie, popover, roll, turnover; concept 457 task [n] job or chore, often assigned assignment, bother, burden, business, calling, charge, daily grind*, deadweight*, duty, effort, employment, enterprise, errand, exercise, fun and games*, function, gig*, grind*, grindstone*, headache*, labor, load, long row to hoe*, millstone*, mission, nuisance, occupation, ofce, onus, pain, project, province, responsibility, stint, strain, tax, toil, trouble, undertaking, vocation, work; concepts 362,666 Ant. entertainment, fun, pastime task [v] assign, burden charge, encumber, entrust, exhaust, lade, load, oppress, overload, push, saddle, strain, tax, test, weary, weigh, weight; concepts 14,112,666 Ant. unburden taskmaster [n] slave driver boss, director, disciplinarian, dominator, employer, foreperson, head honcho*, manager, overseer, owner, person in charge, supervisor, taskperson, tyrant; concept 347 taste [n1] avor of some quality aftertaste, aroma, bang*, bitter, drive, ginger, jolt, kick*, oomph*, palatableness, piquancy, punch*, relish, salt, sapidity, sapor, savor, savoriness, smack, sour, sting*, suggestion, sweet, tang*, wallop, zest, zing*, zip*; concept 614 taste [n2] tiny sample appetizer, bit, bite, canap, chaw, dash, delicacy, drop, fragment, hint, hors doeuvre, morsel, mouthful, nip, sampling, sip, soupon, spoonful, sprinkling, suggestion, swallow, tidbit, tincture, tinge, titbit, touch, trie, whiff*, wink*; concepts 458,835 Ant. lot taste [n3] inclination, preference affection, appetence, appetite, attachment, bent*, comprehension, cup of tea*, desire, disposition,

druthers*, fancy, fondness, gusto, heart, leaning, liking, palate, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, prepossession, relish, soft spot*, stomach*, tendency, thing*, type, understanding, weakness, zest; concepts 20,32,529,659 Ant. disinclination, dislike, hate, hatred taste [n4] capacity to sense avor appetence, appetite, gout, gustation, palate, stomach, taste buds, tongue; concepts 590,615 taste [n5] judgment, propriety acumen, acuteness, aestheticism, appreciation, correctness, cultivation, culture, decorum, delicacy, discernment, discretion, discrimination, distinction, elegance, feeling, nesse, good taste, grace, nicety, penetration, perception, polish, politeness, renement, restraint, style, susceptibility, tact, tactfulness, tastefulness; concepts 388,411 taste [v1] judge, try assay, bite, chew, criticize, differentiate, discern, distinguish, eat, enjoy, lick, nibble, partake, perceive, relish, sample, savor, sense, sip, test, touch, try the avor of; concepts 169,616 Ant. abstain taste [v2] experience appreciate, be exposed to, come up against, encounter, feel, have knowledge of, know, meet with, partake of, perceive, run up against, savor, undergo; concept 678 Ant. abstain, refrain tasteful [adj] nice, rened aesthetically pleasing, artistic, beautiful, charming, chaste, classical, classy, cultivated, cultured, delectable, delicate, discriminating, elegant, esthetic, exquisite, fastidious, ne, graceful, gratifying, handsome, harmonious, in good taste, pleasing, plush, polished, posh, precise, pure, quiet, restrained, rich, savory, smart, snazzy*, spiffy*, splendiferous, stylish, subdued, swank*, tasty, unaffected, unobtrusive, uptown*; concepts 529,574,589 Ant. tasteless, unrened, unsophisticated, unstylish tasteless [adj1] without avor big zero*, blah*, bland, boring, distasteful, dull, at, avorless, insipid, mild, nowhere*, pabulum*, plain, plain vanilla*, savorless, stale, tame, thin, unappetizing, uninspired, uninteresting, unpalatable, unpleasurable, unsavory, unseasoned, vanilla*, vapid, watered-down, watery, weak, without spice, zero*; concept 613 Ant. appetizing, avorful, savory, tasty tasteless [adj2] cheap, vulgar articial, barbaric, barbarous, coarse, crass, crude, ashy, foolish, garish, gaudy, graceless, hideous, impolite, improper, indecorous, indelicate, indiscreet, inelegant, loud, low, low-down, low-down-and-dirty*, makeshift*, off-color*, ornate, ostentatious, outlandish, pretentious, raunchy*, rough, rude, showy, stupid, tacky, tactless, tawdry, trivial, uncouth, unlovely, unpolished, unrened, unseemly, unsightly, useless, wild; concepts 401,570, 589 Ant. couth, moral, nice, tasteful tasty [adj] delicious appetizing, delectable, delish*, divine, avorful, avorsome, avory, full-avored, good-tasting, heavenly, luscious, mellow, palatable, piquant, pungent, sapid, savory, scrumptious, spicy, sugar-coated, sweetened, tasteful, toothsome, toothy, yummy, zestful; concept 613 Ant. tasteless, unappetizing

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tattered [adj] shredded badly dressed, badly worn, battered, broken, dilapidated, frayed, frazzled, full of holes*, in rags, in shreds, in tatters*, moth-eaten, poorly made, ripped, rugged, scraggy, seedy, shabby, shaggy, shoddy, threadbare, torn, torn to pieces, unkempt; concept 485 tattle [v] gossip; tell rumor babble, blab*, chat, chatter, give away, give the show away*, gossip, have a big mouth*, jabber, leak, noise, prate, prattle*, rumor, snitch, spill, spill the beans*, spread rumor*, squeal, talk, talk idly, tell on, tell tale*, yak*; concepts 54,60 Ant. conceal, hide tattletale/tattler [n] person who gossips, tells rumors bigmouth*, blabberer, blabbermouth*, busybody, canary*, fat mouth*, nk*, gossip, informer, rat*, rumormonger, scandalmonger, snitch*, squealer*, stool pigeon*, talebearer, taleteller, telltale*, tipster, troublemaker, whistleblower, windbag*; concepts 412,423 taunt [n] provocation; teasing backhanded compliment*, barb, brickbat*, censure, comeback, crack, cut, derision, dig, dirty dig*, dump, gibe, insult, jab, jeer, mockery, outrage, parting shot*, put-down*, reproach, ridicule, sarcasm, slam*, slap*, snappy comeback*, swipe*; concepts 7,19,266 Ant. compliment, praise, respect taunt [v] provoke, reproach; tease affront, bother, deride, dig*, disdain, dump on*, out, insult, jab*, jeer, lout, mock, offend, outrage, put down, quiz, rally, revile, ridicule, scoff at, scorn, scout, slam*, slap*, sneer, swipe at, tantalize, torment, twitter, upbraid; concepts 7,19,54 Ant. compliment, praise, respect taut [adj] rigid, tight close, rm, exed, snug, stiff, strained, stressed, stretched, tense, tightly drawn, trim, unyielding; concepts 488,604 Ant. droopy, abby, loose, slack tavern [n] business establishment for serving drink, food alehouse, bar, barroom, beer joint*, dive*, drinkery, gin mill*, grog shop*, honky tonk*, hostelry, hotel, inn, joint*, lodge, lounge, night spot, nineteenth hole*, pub, public house, roadhouse, saloon, speakeasy*, suds*, taphouse*, taproom, watering hole*; concepts 439,448,449 tawdry [adj] cheap, tasteless blatant, brazen, chintzy*, common, crude, dirty, aring, ashy, aunting, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, glaring, glittering, glitzy, jazzy, junky*, loud, meretricious, obtrusive, offensive, plastic, poor, rafsh, screaming, showy, sleazy*, sporty, tacky*, tinsel, vulgar; concepts 334,589 Ant. nice, sophisticated, tasteful tax [n1] charge levied by government on property, income assessment, bite*, brokerage, capitation, contribution, cost, custom, dues, duty, excise, expense, ne, giveaway*, imposition, impost, levy, obligation, pork barrel*, price, rate, salvage, tariff, tithe, toll, towage, tribute; concept 329 tax [n2] burden albatross*, charge, deadweight*, demand, difculty, drain, duty, imposition, load, millstone*, onus, pressure, strain, task, weight; concepts 362,666 tax [v1] levy charge on property, income assess, charge, charge duty, demand, demand toll,

enact, exact, exact tribute, extract, impose, lay an impost, rate, require contribution, tithe; concept 298 tax [v2] burden charge, cumber, drain, encumber, enervate, exhaust, lade, load, make demands on, oppress, overburden, overtax, overuse, overwork, press hard on, pressure, prey on, push, put pressure on, saddle, sap, strain, stress, stretch, task, tire, try, weaken, wear out, weary, weigh, weigh down, weigh heavily on, weight; concepts 14,208,240 Ant. unburden tax [v3] accuse arraign, blame, censure, charge, criminate, impeach, impugn, impute, incriminate, inculpate, indict, reproach, reprove; concept 44 Ant. exonerate, release taxing [adj] burdensome demanding, difcult, disturbing, enervating, exacting, exigent, grievous, heavy, onerous, oppressive, punishing, sapping, stressful, tedious, tiring, tough, troublesome, trying, wearing, wearisome, weighty; concept 565 Ant. easy, untroubling teach [v] educate; instill knowledge advise, brainwash*, break in*, brief, catechize, coach, communicate, cram, demonstrate, develop, direct, discipline, drill, edify, enlighten, exercise, explain, expound, t, form, give instruction, give lessons, give the facts, ground, guide, illustrate, imbue, impart, implant, improve mind, inculcate, indoctrinate, inform, initiate, instruct, interpret, lecture, nurture, open eyes*, polish up*, pound into*, prepare, profess, rear, school, sharpen, show, show the ropes*, train, tutor; concept 285 Ant. learn teacher [n] person who educates abecedary, adviser, assistant, coach, disciplinarian, educator, faculty member, guide, instructor, lecturer, mentor, pedagogue, preceptor, professor, pundit, scholar, schoolteacher, supervisor, teach*, trainer, tutor; concept 350 Ant. pupil, student teaching [n] education apprenticeship, book learning*, coaching, cultivation, culture, discipline, drilling, enlightenment, guidance, instruction, learning, reading, schooling, training, tutelage, tutoring; concepts 285,287,409 team [n] group, crew aggregation, band, body, bunch, club, company, contingent, duo, faction, foursome, gang, lineup, organization, outt, pair, partners, party, rig, sect, set, side, span, squad, stable, string, tandem, trio, troop, troupe, unit, workers, yoke; concepts 365,397,417 Ant. individual, teammate teamwork [n] collaboration, cooperation alliance, assistance, coalition, combined effort, confederacy, confederation, doing business with, esprit de corps, federation, harmony, help, joint effort, partisanship, partnership, pulling together, symbiosis, synergism, synergy, team effort, teaming, union, unity, working together; concepts 110,112,388,677 tear [n1] rip, cut breach, break, crack, damage, ssure, gash, hole, imperfection, laceration, mutilation, rent, run, rupture, scratch, split, tatter; concept 513 Ant. perfection tear/tears [n2] droplets from eyes, often caused by emotion blubbering*, crying, discharge, distress, drops, grieving, lachryma, lamentation, lamenting, moisture, mourning, pain, regret,

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sadness, sob, sob act*, sobbing, sorrow, teardrop, wailing, water, waterworks*, weep, weeping, weeps*, whimpering, woe; concepts 185,467 tear [n3] wild action bender, binge, bust, carousal, carouse, drunk, spree, wassail; concepts 383,384 tear [v1] cut, rip an object break, claw, cleave, crack, damage, divide, evulse, extract, fray, frazzle, gash, grab, impair, incise, injure, lacerate, mangle, mutilate, pluck, pull, pull apart, rend, ribbon, rift, rive, run, rupture, scratch, seize, separate, sever, shred, slash, slit, snatch, split, sunder, wrench, wrest, yank; concepts 206,214 Ant. x, mend, sew tear [v2] move very fast boil, bolt, career, charge, chase, course, dart, dash, ing, y, gallop, hurry, lash, race, run, rush, shoot, speed, spring, zoom; concepts 150,152 Ant. idle, wait tear down [v] demolish, raze annihilate, bulldoze, crush, decimate, devastate, devour, dilapidate, disassemble, dismantle, atten, knock down, level, obliterate, pulverize, ruin, smash, take apart, total*, trash*, wipe off the map*, wreck; concepts 169,252 tearful [adj] crying, very upset bawling*, blubbering*, blubbery*, distressed, dolorous, in tears, lachrymose, lamentable, lamenting, moist, mournful, pathetic, pitiable, pitiful, poignant, sad, sniveling*, sobbing, sorrowful, teary, watery, weeping, weepy, wet, whimpering, woeful; concepts 401,403 Ant. cheerful, happy tease [v] aggravate, provoke annoy, badger, bait, banter, be at, bedevil, beleaguer, bother, chaff, devil, disturb, dog*, gibe, give a hard time*, gnaw, goad, harass, harry, hector, importune, jive*, josh, lead on*, mock, needle*, nudge, pester, pick on*, plague, put down*, rag*, rally, razz*, rib*, ride, ridicule, roast*, send up*, slam, snap, sound, spoof, swipe at, tantalize, taunt, torment, vex, worry; concepts 7,11,19,22 technical [adj] concerning details, mechanics abstruse, high-tech*, industrial, mechanical, methodological, occupational, professional, restricted, scholarly, scientic, special, specialized, technological, vocational; concept 536 Ant. unmechanical, untechnical technicality [n] loophole; minor detail escape clause, formality, minor point, nothing to speak of, nothing to write home about; concept 633 technique [n] method address, approach, art, artistry, capability, capacity, course, craft, delivery, execution, facility, fashion, knack*, know-how*, manner, means, mode, modus, modus operandi, performance, procedure, prociency, routine, skill, style, system, tactics,technic, touch, usage, way, wise; concepts 6,630 technology [n] electronics, science applied science, automation, computers, electronic components, high tech*, hi tech*, industrial science, machinery, mechanics, mechanization, robotics, scientic know-how, scientic knowledge, technical knowledge, telecommunications; concepts 463,499 tedious [adj] dull, monotonous annoying, arid, banal, boring, bromidic, drab, dragging,

draggy*, dreary, drudging, dry, dull as dishwater*, dusty*, endless, enervating, exhausting, fatiguing, ho-hum*, humdrum, insipid, irksome, laborious, lifeless, longdrawn-out*, mortal, pabulum*, poky*, prosaic, prosy, slow, snooze*, soporic, tiresome, tiring, unexciting, uninteresting, vapid, weariful, wearisome; concepts 529, 548 Ant. entertaining, exciting, interesting tedium [n] dullness, monotony banality, boredom, deadness*, doldrums, drabness, dreariness, ennui, irksomeness, lack of interest, lifelessness, routine, sameness, tediousness, tiresomeness, wearisomeness, yawn*; concepts 388,410,668 Ant. diversion, entertainment, excitement teem [v] be abundant, full abound, bear, be crawling with, be full of, be numerous, be plentiful, be prolic, brim, bristle, burst, burst at seams*, bustle, crawl, crowd, ow, grow, jam, overow, overrun, pack, pour, pour out, produce, prosper, pullulate, rain, roll in, shower, superabound, swarm, swell, swim in, wallow in; concepts 146,179,740 Ant. lack, need, want teeming [adj] abundant, full alive, brimful, brimming, bristling, bursting, chock-full, crammed, crawling, lled, fruitful, multitudinous, numerous, overowing, packed, plentiful, populous, pregnant, replete, rife, swarming, thick, thronged; concepts 481,483,774 Ant. empty, lacking, needing, wanting teenager [n] adolescent juvenile, minor, stripling, sweet sixteen*, teen, teenybopper*, youngster, youth; concept 424 teeny/teensy [adj] very small diminutive, Lilliputian, microscopic, miniature, minuscule, minute, teensy-weensy*, teeny-weeny*, tiny, wee, weeny*; concepts 773,789 Ant. big, enormous, huge, large teeter [v] wobble back and forth balance, dangle, falter, utter, lurch, pivot, quiver, reel, rock, seesaw, stagger, stammer, stumble, sway, teeter-totter*, topple, totter, tremble, tremble precariously, waver, weave, wiggle; concept 145 Ant. stabilize, steady telecast [n] broadcast air time, newscast, program, show, simulcast, transmission; concepts 274,293 telegram [n] message sent by coded radio signals buzzer, cable, cablegram, call, coded message, ash, radiogram, report, signal, summons, telegraph, telegraphic message, teletype, telex, wire; concepts 269,271 telepathy [n] ability to know anothers thoughts clairvoyance, ESP*, extrasensory perception, insight, mind-reading, parapsychology, premonition, presentiment, second sight*, sixth sense*, spiritualism, telepathic transmission, telesthesia, thought transference; concepts 410,630 telephone [v] communicate through telephone system buzz*, call, call up, contact, dial, get back to*, get on the horn*, get on the line*, give a call, give a jingle*, give a ring*, make a call, phone, pick up*, put a call through*, ring, ring up, touch base with*; concepts 225, 266,269 televise [v] broadcast air, announce, beam,

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be on the air, communicate, go on the air, go on the airwaves, put on television, put on the air, show, simulcast, transmit; concepts 60,292 television [n] visual and audio entertainment transmitted via radio waves audio, baby-sitter*, boob tube*, box*, eye*, idiot box*, receiver, small screen, station, telly*, tube, TV, TV set, vid*, video; concepts 277,279,293,463 tell [v1] communicate acquaint, advise, announce, apprise, authorize, bid, break the news*, call upon, clue in*, command, confess, declare, direct, disclose, divulge, enjoin, explain, express, ll in*, give facts, give out, impart, inform, instruct, keep posted*, lay open*, leak, leave word, let in on*, let know, let slip*, level, make known, mention, notify, open up, order, proclaim, put before, recite, reel off*, report, represent, require, reveal, say, speak, spit it out*, state, summon, utter; concept 266 Ant. listen tell [v2] narrate, describe chronicle, depict, express, give an account of, portray, recount, rehearse, relate, report, set forth, speak, state; concept 55 Ant. listen tell [v3] understand, discern ascertain, be sure, clinch, comprehend, deduce, determine, differentiate, discover, discriminate, distinguish, divine, nd out, identify, know, know for certain, learn, make out, perceive, recognize, see; concept 15 Ant. misunderstand tell [v4] carry weight count, have effect, have force, make presence felt, make presence known, militate, register, take effect, take its toll*, weigh; concept 676 tell [v5] calculate compute, count, count one by one, enumerate, number, numerate, reckon, tale, tally; concept 764 Ant. estimate, gure, guess telling [adj] effective, signicant cogent, considerable, conspicuous, convincing, crucial, decisive, devastating, effectual, forceful, forcible, important, impressive, inuential, marked, operative, potent, powerful, satisfactory, satisfying, solid, sound, striking, trenchant, valid, weighty; concepts 537 567 Ant. ineffective, insignicant, secondary, unimportant tell off [v] reprimand; criticize harshly berate, censure, chide, give piece of ones mind*, give tongue-lashing*, lecture, rail, rake over the coals*, rebuke, reproach, reprove, revile, scold, take to task*, tick off*, upbraid, vituperate; concepts 44,52 Ant. compliment, praise telltale [adj] revealing disclosing, evidential, giveaway, indicatory, informative, meaningful, pointing to, prognostic, signicant, signicatory, suggestive; concept 267 temerity [n] nerve, audacity assurance, boldness, brass*, carelessness, daring, effrontery, foolhardiness, forwardness, gall, hardihood, hastiness, heedlessness, impertinence, impetuosity, imprudence, impudence, impulsiveness, indiscretion, intrepidity, intrusiveness, overcondence, pluck, precipitancy, precipitateness, precipitation, presumption, rashness, recklessness, rudeness, thoughtlessness, venturesomeness; concepts 411,633 Ant. care, caution, cowardice, forethought, hesitation temper [n1] state of mind atmosphere, attitude, attribute, aura, character, climate, complexion,

condition, constitution, disposition, drift, frame of mind, humor, individualism, individuality, leaning, makeup, mind, mood, nature, orientation, outlook, peculiarity, personality, posture, property, quality, scene, soul, spirit, state, strain, style, temperament, tendency, tenor, thing*, timbre, tone, trend, type, vein, way; concepts 410,411 temper [n2] angriness; bad mood acerbity, anger, annoyance, bad humor, cantankerousness, crossness, dander*, excitability, t, fretfulness, furor, fury, grouchiness, heat*, hotheadedness, hufness, ill-humor, impatience, irascibility, ire, irritability, irritation, miff, outburst, passion, peevishness, petulance, pugnacity, rage, resentment, sensitivity, short fuse*, slow burn*, snit, sourness, stew*, sullenness, surliness, tantrum, tartness, tear*, tiff, tizzy*, touchiness, wax; concepts 29, 410 Ant. happiness temper [n3] calmness calm, composure, cool, coolness, equanimity, good humor, moderation, poise, self-control, tranquility; concepts 32, 410 Ant. upset, wrath temper [v1] calm, moderate abate, adjust, admix, allay, alleviate, assuage, chill out*, cool, cool out*, curb, dilute, ease, ne tune, lessen, make reasonable, mitigate, modulate, mollify, monkey around with*, pacify, palliate, relieve, restrain, revamp, soften, soft-pedal*, soothe, switch, take the bite out of*, take the edge off*, take the sting out of*, tone down, transmogrify, weaken; concepts 7,22,110,126 Ant. aggravate, agitate, excite, infuriate, upset temper [v2] harden anneal, bake, braze, cement, chill, congeal, dry, indurate, mold, petrify, set, solidify, starch, steel, stiffen, strengthen, toughen, toughen up; concepts 250,726 Ant. bend, ex, soften temperament [n] disposition, personality attitude, bent, capacity, cast, character, complexion, constitution, distinctiveness, ego, emotions, frame of mind, humor, idiosyncrasy, inclination, individualism, individuality, inner nature, intellect, kind, makeup, mentality, mettle, mood, nature, outlook, peculiarity, quality, soul, spirit, stamp, structure, susceptibility, temperament, tendency, turn, type, way; concepts 410,411 temperamental [adj] angry most of the time; moody capricious, changeable, cussed*, easily upset, emotional, erratic, excitable, explosive, ckle, ery, froward, headstrong, high-strung*, hotheaded*, hyper*, hypersensitive, impatient, in bad mood, inconsistent, irritable, mean, mercurial, neurotic, ornery, passionate, petulant, sensitive, thin-skinned*, ticklish, touchy, uncertain, undependable, unpredictable, unreliable, unstable, variable, volatile, willful; concept 403 Ant. easygoing, happy, laid-back, peaceful, pleased temperance [n] self-restraint; abstinence abnegation, abstemiousness, asceticism, astringency, austerity, conservatism, constraint, continence, control, discretion, eschewal, forbearance, forgoing, frugality, golden mean*, happy medium*, measure, moderateness, moderation, moderatism, mortication, prohibition, prudence, reasonableness, refrainment, restraint,

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sacrice, self-control, self-denial, selfdeprivation, self-discipline, soberness, sobriety, stoicism, teetotalism, uninebriation, unintoxication; concepts 410,633 Ant. excess, intemperance, wildness temperate [adj1] calm, moderate agreeable, balmy, checked, clement, collected, composed, conservative, constant, cool, curbed, discreet, dispassionate, equable, even, even-tempered, fair, gentle, levelheaded, medium, mild, modest, pleasant, reasonable, regulated, restrained, self-controlled, self-restrained, sensible, sober, soft, stable, steady, unexcessive, unextreme, unimpassioned, warm; concepts 525,542,547 Ant. immoderate, stormy, violent temperate [adj2] controlled, sober abstemious, abstentious, abstinent, continent, moderate, restrained, self-restraining; concept 401 Ant. drunk, excessive, inebriated, uncontrolled temperature [n] hotness, coldness of some degree body heat, calefaction, climate, cold, condition, degrees, febricity, feverishness, heat, incalescence, pyrexia, thermal reading, warmth; concept 610 tempest [n] wild storm; commotion blizzard, bluster, chaos, convulsion, cyclone, disturbance, ferment, furor, gale, hurricane, squall, tornado, tumult, typhoon, upheaval, uproar, wildness, windstorm; concepts 230,526 Ant. calm tempestuous [adj] wild, stormy agitated, blustering, blustery, boisterous, breezy, coarse, emotional, excited, feverish, furious, gusty, heated, hysterical, impassioned, intense, passionate, raging, rough, rugged, squally, storming, tumultous/tumultuous, turbulent, unbridled, uncontrolled, unrestrained, violent, windy; concepts 401,525,542 Ant. calm, gentle, mild, moderate temple [n] house of worship cathedral, chapel, church, holy place, house, house of God*, house of prayer*, mosque, pagoda, pantheon, place of worship, sanctuary, shrine, synagogue, tabernacle; concepts 368,439 tempo [n] beat, rhythm bounce, cadence, downbeat, measure, meter, momentum, pace, pulse, rate, speed, time, velocity; concept 65 temporal [adj1] material, worldly banausic, carnal, civil, earthly, earthy, eshly, lay, materialistic, mortal, mundane, nonsacred, nonspiritual, physical, profane, secular, sensual, subcelestial, sublunary, terrestrial, unhallowed, unsacred, unsanctied, unspiritual; concept 582 Ant. mental, otherworldly, spiritual temporal [adj2] momentary chronological, ephemeral, evanescent, eeting, fugacious, fugitive, impermanent, of time, passing, short-lived, temporary, transient, transitory; concept 799 Ant. endless, lasting, permanent, perpetual, persistent temporary [adj] lasting only a short while acting, ad hoc, ad interim, alternate, BandAid*, brief, changeable, ephemeral, evanescent, eeting, for the time being*, fugacious, fugitive, impermanent, interim, limited, make-do*, makeshift*, momentary, mortal, overnight, passing, perishable, pro tem, pro tempore, provisional, provisory, shifting, short, shortlived, slapdash*, stopgap*, substitute, summary,

supply, temp*, transient, transitory, unxed, unstable, volatile; concepts 551,798 tempt [v] lure, entice allure, appeal to, attract, bait, butter up*, captivate, charm, coax, court, dare, decoy, draw, draw out, entrap, fascinate, honey*, hook*, incite, induce, inuence, instigate, intrigue, inveigle, invite, lead on, make mouth water*, motivate, mousetrap*, move, oil, persuade, play up to, promote, provoke, risk, rouse, seduce, solicit, stimulate, tantalize, test, train, try, turn ones head*, wheedle, whet, woo*; concepts 11,68 Ant. discourage, repulse, turn off temptation [n] lure, attraction allurement, appeal, attractiveness, bait, blandishment, coaxing, come-on*, decoy, draw, enticement, fancy, fascination, hankering, inducement, inveiglement, invitation, provocation, pull, seducement, seduction, snare, tantalization, trap*, yen; concepts 20,529,532,690,709 Ant. discouragement, dislike, repulsion tempting [adj] alluring, inviting appetizing, attractive, charming, divine, enticing, fascinating, fetching, heavenly, intriguing, luring, magnetic, mouth-watering*, provoking, rousing, scrumptious, seductive, tantalizing, yummy*; concepts 462,529 Ant. disenchanting, repulsive, revolting, unattractive tenable [adj] reasonable arguable, believable, condonable, credible, defendable, defensible, excusable, impregnable, justiable, maintainable, plausible, rational, reliable, secure, sound, strong, trustworthy, viable, vindicable, warrantable; concepts 552,558 Ant. irrational, unbelievable, unjustiable, unreasonable, untenable tenacious [adj1] strong, unyielding adamant, bound, clinging, coherent, cohesive, determined, dogged, fast, rm, forceful, inexible, intransigent, iron, meaning business*, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, persevering, persistent, persisting, pertinacious, possessive, purposeful, relentless, resolute, retentive, set, solid, spunky, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, stout, strongwilled, stubborn, sturdy, sure, tight, tough, true, unforgetful, unshakable, unswerving; concepts 326,401,489,542 Ant. surrendering, weak, yielding tenacious [adj2] sticky adhesive, clinging, clingy, fast, rm, xed, glutinous, gummy, inseparable, mucilaginous, resisting, retentive, secure, set, tacky, tight, viscid, viscose, viscous, waxy; concepts 488,606 Ant. loose, slack, unattached tenacity [n] diligence, stubbornness application, backbone, chutzpah*, clock*, courage, determination, doggedness, rmness, grit, guts*, gutsiness*, guttiness*, heart*, inexibility, intestinal fortitude*, intransigence, moxie*, nerve, obduracy, obstinacy, perseverance, persistence, pertinacity, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, spunk, starch*, staunchness, steadfastness, stick-to-itiveness*, stomach*, strength of purpose, true grit*, what it takes*, willfulness; concepts 411,657 Ant. indifference, irresolution, slackness, weakness tenant [n] person who leases a place addressee, boarder, dweller, holder, householder, indweller, inhabitant, leaseholder, lessee, lodger, occupant,

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occupier, possessor, renter, rent payer, resident, roomer; concepts 348,423 Ant. landlord tend [v1] be apt, likely aim, bear, be biased, be conducive, be disposed, be inclined, be in the habit of, be liable, bend, be predisposed, be prejudiced, conduce, contribute, dispose, drift, favor, go, gravitate, have an inclination, have a tendency, head, impel, incline, inuence, lead, lean, look, make for, move, move toward, point, redound, result in, serve to, trend, turn, verge on; concepts 411,650 tend [v2] care for accomplish, administer, attend, baby-sit, cater to, cherish, control, corral, cultivate, defend, direct, do, do for, feed, foster, guard, handle, keep, keep an eye on*, keep tabs on*, look after, maintain, manage, mind, minister to, nurse, nurture, oversee, perform, protect, ride herd on*, safeguard, see after, see to, serve, shepherd, shield, sit, superintend, supervise, take care of, take under wing*, wait on, watch, watch out for, watch over; concepts 136,257, 295 Ant. abandon, ignore, neglect tendency [n1] inclination to think or do in a certain way addiction, affection, bent*, bias, current, custom, disposition, drift, habit, impulse, inclining, leaning, liability, mind, mindset*, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, readiness, run, set, shift, slant, susceptibility, temperament, thing*, trend, turn, type, usage, way*, weakness; concept 657 tendency [n2] direction of movement aim, bearing, bent, bias, course, current, curve, drift, drive, heading, inclination, leaning, movement, purport, run, shift, tenor, trend, turn, turning, way; concepts 692,738 tender [adj1] fragile, soft breakable, dainty, delicate, effete, feeble, frail, supple, weak; concepts 604,606 Ant. hard, rough, tough tender [adj2] young, inexperienced callow, childish, childlike, green*, immature, impressionable, new, raw*, rookie*, sensitive, unripe, vernal, vulnerable, wet behind the ears*, youthful; concepts 578,797 Ant. experienced, mature, older tender [adj3] affectionate, loving all heart*, amorous, benevolent, bleeding-heart*, caring, charitable, commiserative, compassionate, considerate, demonstrative, emotional, evocative, fond, forgiving, gentle, humane, kind, lenient, lovey-dovey*, merciful, mild, moving, mushy*, poignant, responsive, romantic, sensitive, sentimental, soft, softhearted, solicitous, sympathetic, tenderhearted, thoughtful, ticklish, tolerant, touching, touchy, warm, warmhearted, yielding; concepts 401,542 Ant. callous, uncaring, unfeeling, unloving tender [adj4] painful, sore aching, acute, bruised, delicate, hypersensitive, inamed, irritated, oversensitive, raw, sensitive, smarting, thin-skinned, ticklish, touchy; concepts 314,403,548 Ant. healthy, ok, unpained tenderfoot [n] newcomer amateur, beginner, colt*, greenhorn*, Johnny-come-lately*, neophyte, new kid on the block*, novice, novitiate, rookie, tyro; concepts 413,423 tenderhearted [adj] tender affectionate, all heart*, benevolent, bleeding heart*, caring, charitable, compassionate, considerate,

emotional, forgiving, gentle, humane, kind, kindhearted, lenient, loving, merciful, mushy*, sensitive, sentimental, soft, softhearted, sweet, sympathetic, thoughtful, understanding, warm, warmhearted; concepts 401,542 tenebrous [adj] dark, ominous ambiguous, amphibological, caliginous, dim, dingy, dusk, dusky, equivocal, gloomy, lightless, murky, obscure, shadowy, shady, somber, sunless, uncertain, unclear, unexplicit, unilluminated, unintelligible, unlit, vague; concepts 535,617 Ant. inviting, light tenement [n] apartment house apartment complex, boarding house, coop, cooperative, den*, digs*, dump*, at, high-rise, high-rise apartment building, living quarters, pad*, project housing, rental, slum; concepts 448,516 tenet [n] belief, principle article of faith, assumption, canon, conception, conviction, credo, creed, doctrine, dogma, faith, impression, maxim, opinion, persuasion, position, precept, presumption, profession, rule, selfconviction, system, teaching, thesis, trust, view; concepts 688,689 tenor [n1] meaning, intent aim, body, burden, core, course, course of thought, current, direction, drift, evolution, gist, inclination, meat, mood, path, pith, purport, purpose, run, sense, stuff, substance, tendency, theme, tone, trend, way; concepts 529,682 tenor [n2] high male voice alto, countertenor, falsetto; concept 65 Ant. bass tense [adj1] tight, stretched close, rm, rigid, stiff, strained, taut; concepts 485,604 Ant. limp, limpid, loose, relaxed, slack tense [adj2] under stress, pressure agitated, anxious, apprehensive, beside oneself*, bundle of nerves*, choked, clutched, concerned, edgy, excited, dgety, uttery, high-strung*, hung up*, hyper*, in a tizzy*, jittery, jumpy, keyed up*, moved, moving, nerve-racking, nervous, nervous wreck*, on edge, overanxious, overwrought, queasy, restive, restless, shaky, shot*, shot to pieces*, strained, stressful, strung out*, uneasy, unnerved, unquiet, up the wall*, uptight*, white knuckled*, wired*, worried, worrying, wound up*, wreck*; concepts 401,403,548 Ant. calm, easy-going, laidback, relaxed, uncaring tension [n1] tightness astriction, balance, constriction, force, pressure, rigidity, stiffness, strain, straining, stress, stretching, tautness, tenseness, tensity; concepts 723,726 Ant. limpness, looseness, relaxation, slack tension [n2] mental stress agitation, antsiness*, ants in pants*, anxiety, apprehension, bad feeling*, brunt, concern, discomfort, disquiet, edginess, hostility, jitters*, jumps*, nail-biting*, nerves, nervousness, pins and needles*, pressure, restlessness, shakes*, strain, suspense, unease, uneasiness, worriment, worry; concept 410 Ant. calmness, contentedness, ease, peace, relaxation tent [n] portable canvas shelter big top*, canvas, pavilion, tabernacle, tepee, tupik, wigwam, yurt; concepts 515,712 tentative [adj1] conditional, experimental acting, ad interim, conjectural, contingent, dependent, iffy*, indenite, makeshift, not

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nal, not settled, on trial, open for consideration, probationary, provisional, provisionary, provisory, speculative, subject to change, temporary, test, trial, unconrmed, undecided, unsettled; concepts 551,552 Ant. certain, decisive, denite, nal, sure tentative [adj2] indenite, uncertain backward, cautious, difdent, disinclined, doubtful, faltering, halting, hesitant, irresolute, reluctant, timid, undecided, unsure, vacillating, vacillatory, wobbly; concepts 534,535,542 Ant. certain, conclusive, denite, sure tenuous [adj] weak, thin aerial, airy, attenuate, attenuated, delicate, doubtful, dubious, ethereal, ne, imsy, gossamer, insignicant, insubstantial, light, narrow, nebulous, questionable, rare, rareed, reedy, shaky, sketchy, slender, slight, slim, subtle, twiggy; concepts 489,491,575 Ant. healthy, signicant, stable, strong, substantial, thick tenure [n] time in position of responsibility administration, clamp, clasp, clench, clinch, clutch, dynasty, grasp, grip, hold, holding, incumbency, occupancy, occupation, ownership, possession, proprietorship, regime, reign, residence, security, tenancy, term; concepts 287,816 tepid [adj] lukewarm apathetic, cool, disinterested, dull, halfhearted, indifferent, languid, lifeless, mild, milk-warm, moderate, slightly warm, spiritless, temperate, unenthusiastic, unlively, warm, warmish; concepts 542,605 Ant. cold, hot term [n1] description of a concept appellation, article, caption, denomination, designation, expression, head, indication, language, locution, moniker*, name, nomenclature, phrase, style, terminology, title, vocable, word; concepts 275,683 term [n2] time period course, cycle, duration, go*, hitch*, interval, phase, quarter, season, semester, session, space, span, spell, standing, stretch, time, tour, turn, while; concepts 807,822 term [n3] limit bound, boundary, close, conclusion, conne, connes, culmination, end, nish, fruition, limitation, terminus; concepts 745,832 term [v] name something baptize, call, christen, denominate, describe, designate, dub, entitle, label, style, subtitle, tag, title; concept 62 terminal [adj] nal, deadly bounding, check out*, closing, concluding, eventual, extreme, fatal, hindmost, incurable, killing, lag, last, latest, latter, lethal, limiting, mortal, on way out*, period, ultimate, utmost; concepts 314, 548 Ant. beginning, initial, opening, reviving, starting terminal [n1] end of road; limit boundary, depot, end, end of the line, extremity, station, termination, terminus; concepts 198,745 terminal [n2] computer screen, computer input/output device cathode ray tube, CRT*, display, input device, monitor, screen, VDT*, video display; concept 463 terminate [v] stop, nish abolish, abort, achieve, adjourn, annul, bounce, bound, bring to an end, cancel, cease, close, come to an end, complete, conclude, conne, cut off, dene,

desist, determine, discharge, discontinue, dismiss, dissolve, drop, eliminate, end, expire, extinguish, re, halt, issue, lapse, limit, perfect, prorogate, prorogue, put an end to, recess, restrict, result, run out, sack, scratch, scrub*, tether, ultimate, wind down, wind up*, wrap*, wrap up*; concepts 119,121,234 Ant. begin, initiate, open, start termination [n] end abortion, ballgame*, cease, cessation, close, completion, conclusion, consequence, curtains*, cut-off*, desistance, discontinuation, effect, ending, end of the line*, expiry, nale, nis, nish, issue, kiss-off*, outcome, payoff*, period, result, stop, terminus, windup*, wrap-up*; concepts 119,832 Ant. beginning, initiation, opening, start terminology [n] wording choice of words, diction, jargon, language, lingo, locution, nomenclature, onomastics, phraseology, phrasing, turn of phrase, vocabulary, wordage, words; concepts 278,682 terms [n1] conditions, agreement charge, circumstances, conclusion, condition, details, fee, ne print*, items, nitty-gritty*, particulars, payment, points, premise, premises, price, provision, provisions, proviso, provisos, qualications, rate, reservation, size of it*, small print*, specications, stipulation, stipulations, strings*, treaty, understanding, what it is*; concepts 270,318,684 terms [n2] status of relationship balance, equality, equivalence, footing, par, parity, position, relations, relationship, standing; concept 388 terrain [n] landscape area, bailiwick, contour, country, domain, dominion, eld, form, ground, land, prole, province, region, shape, soil, sphere, territory, topography, turf; concepts 508,509 Ant. sky terrestrial [adj] earthly earthbound, earthlike, earthy, global, mundane, physical, profane, prosaic, secular, sublunary, subsolar, telluric, temporal, terrene, uncelestial, unspiritual, worldly; concept 536 Ant. cosmic, heavenly, otherworldly terrible [adj] bad, horrible abhorrent, appalling, atrocious, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, beastly, dangerous, desperate, dire, disastrous, disturbing, dread, dreaded, dreadful, extreme, fearful, frightful, ghastly, gruesome, harrowing, hateful, hideous, horrendous, horrid, horrifying, inconvenient, loathsome, monstrous, obnoxious, odious, offensive, petrifying, poor, repulsive, revolting, rotten, serious, severe, shocking, unfortunate, unnerving, unpleasant, unwelcome, vile; concept 571 Ant. good, great, nice, wonderful terribly [adv] very awfully, badly, decidedly, desperately, discouragingly, disturbingly, drastically, dreadfully, exceedingly, extremely, fearfully, frightfully, gravely, greatly, highly, horribly, intensely, markedly, mightily, much, notoriously, remarkably, seriously, staggeringly, thoroughly, unbelievably, unfortunately, unhappily; concepts 569,570 Ant. little terric [adj1] intense agitating, appalling, awesome, awful, deafening, disquieting, dreadful, enormous, excessive, extreme, fearful, erce, formidable, frightful, gigantic, great, harsh, horrible, horric, huge, immense, large,

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monstrous, severe, shocking, terrible, terrorizing, thunderous, tremendous, upsetting; concept 569 Ant. calm, moderate terric [adj2] wonderful ace*, amazing, breathtaking, divine, excellent, fabulous, fantastic, ne, glorious, great, groovy*, hot*, keen*, magnicent, marvelous, outstanding, sensational, smashing*, stupendous, super, superb, swell, very good; concept 572 Ant. bad, inferior, low, nasty, poor terrify [v] scare alarm, appall, awe, chill, dismay, freeze, fright, frighten, horrify, intimidate, paralyze, petrify, scare stiff*, scare the pants off of*, scare to death*, shock, spook, startle, strike fear into*, stun, stupefy, terrorize; concepts 7,19,42 Ant. calm, delight, please territory [n] domain, region area, belt, block, boundary, colony, commonwealth, country, district, dominion, empire, enclave, exclave, expanse, extent, eld, land, mandate, nation, neck of the woods*, neighborhood, province, quarter, section, sector, sphere, state, stomping grounds*, street, terrain, terrene, township, tract, turf*, walk, zone; concepts 198,349,508 terror [n] intense fear alarm, anxiety, awe, consternation, dismay, dread, fearfulness, fright, horror, intimidation, panic, shock, trepidation, trepidity; concepts 27,690 Ant. cheer, glee, happiness, joy terrorize [v] upset, threaten alarm, appall, awe, bludgeon, browbeat, bulldoze*, bully, coerce, cow, dismay, dragoon, fright, frighten, hector, horrify, intimidate, menace, oppress, petrify, scare, scare to death*, shock, spook, startle, strike terror into*, strong-arm*, terrify; concept 7 Ant. assuage, calm, help, please terse [adj] brief, short abrupt, aphoristic, boiled down*, breviloquent, brusque, clear-cut, clipped, close, compact, compendiary, compendious, concise, condensed, crisp, cryptic, curt, cut to the bone*, elliptical, epigrammatic, exact, gnomic, in a nutshell*, incisive, laconic, lean, neat, pithy, pointed, precise, sententious, short and sweet*, snappy, succinct, summary, taut, to the point, trenchant; concepts 267,272 Ant. lengthy, long-winded, prolix, wordy test [n] examination, quiz analysis, approval, assessment, attempt, blue book*, catechism, check, comp*, conrmation, corroboration, countdown, criterion, dry run*, elimination, essay, evaluation, exam, experiment, nal, ing*, go*, inquest, inquiry, inspection, investigation, lick*, oral*, ordeal, pop quiz, preliminary, probation, probing, proof, questionnaire, scrutiny, search, shibboleth, standard, substantiation, touchstone*, trial, trial and error*, trial run, try, tryout, verication, yardstick*; concepts 5,290 test [v] examine, quiz analyze, assay, assess, check, conrm, demonstrate, experiment, experimentalize, give a tryout, inquire, investigate, look into, make a trial run, match up, prove, prove out, put to the test*, question, run idea by someone*, run it up a agpole*, see how it ies*, see how wind blows*, send up a balloon*, shake down*, stack up, substantiate, try, try on, try on for size*, try out, validate, verify; concepts 5,103,291 testament [n] tribute; last wishes attestation,

colloquy, conrmation, covenant, demonstration, earnest, evidence, exemplication, instrument, proof, testimonial, testimony, will, witness; concept 318 tested [adj] proven approved, certied, creditworthy, dependable, loyal, proved, reliable, safe, tried-and-true*, trustworthy, trusty; concept 535 testify [v] vouch for; give testimony afrm, announce, argue, assert, attest, bear witness, bespeak, betoken, certify, corroborate, cross ones heart*, declare, demonstrate, depone, depose, evince, give evidence, give facts, give ones word*, indicate, make evident, mount, point to, prove, say so*, show, sing*, stand up for, state, swear, swear to, swear up and down*, token, warrant, witness; concepts 49,317 testimonial [n] tribute afdavit, appreciation, attestation, certicate, character, commemoration, commendation, conrmation, credential, degree, endorsement, evidence, homage, honor, indication, manifestation, memorial, memorialization, monument, ovation, plug*, proof, recommendation, reference, remembrance, salute, salvo, say-so*, show, sign, symbol, testament, testimony, token, voucher, witness; concepts 49,278,318 testimony [n] declaration about truth; proof afdavit, afrmation, attestation, avowal, conrmation, corroboration, data, demonstration, deposition, documentation, evidence, facts, grounds, illustration, indication, information, manifestation, profession, statement, submission, substantiation, support, testament, verication, witness; concepts 49,278,318 testy [adj] irritable, touchy annoyed, badtempered, cantankerous, captious, choleric, crabbed, cranky*, cross, crotchety, edgy, exasperated, fretful, grouchy, grumpy*, impatient, irascible, mean, ornery*, out of sorts, peevish, peppery, petulant, quarrelsome, quick-tempered, short-tempered, snappy*, splenetic, sullen, thin-skinned*, uptight*, waspish; concepts 401,403,542 Ant. happy, pleasant tte--tte [n] conversation chat, colloquy, confabulation, condential discussion, consultation, cozy chat, dialogue, discussion, exchange, face-to-face talk, reside chat, friendly chat, heart-to-heart talk, intimate discussion, one-on-one talk, pillow talk*, powwow*, talk; concept 266 tether [n] fastening binding, bond, chain, cord, fetter, halter, harness, lead, leash, picket, restraint, rope, shackle; concept 475 tether [v] fasten batten, bind, chain, fetter, leash, manacle, moor, picket, restrain, rope, secure, shackle, tie; concepts 85,160 Ant. unchain, unfasten, unshackle text [n1] subject matter of document argument, body, consideration, content, contents, context, document, extract, fundamentals, head, idea, issue, line, lines, main body, matter, motify, motive, paragraph, passage, point, quotation, sentence, stanza, subject, theme, thesis, topic, verse, vocabulary, wording, words; concepts 270,682 text [n2] book used in education assignment, class book, course book, handbook, manual,

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reader, reference, reference book, required reading, schoolbook, source, syllabus, textbook, workbook; concepts 280,287 textbook [n] text assigned text, class book, course book, primer, reader, required reading, schoolbook, workbook; concepts 280,287 texture [n] charactertistics of a surface arrangement, balance, being, character, coarseness, composition, consistency, constitution, disposition, essence, essentiality, fabric, feel, feeling, ber, neness, exibility, form, framework, grain, intermixture, make, makeup, nap, nature, organization, pattern, quality, roughness, scheme, sense, smoothness, stiffness, strategy, structure, surface, taste, tissue, touch, warp, weave, web, woof; concepts 611,673, 682 thank [v] express gratitude acknowledge, be grateful, be indebted, be obligated, be obliged, bless, bow down*, give thanks, kiss*, praise, say thank you, show appreciation, show courtesy, show gratitude, smile on*; concepts 60, 69,76 thankful [adj] appreciative beholden, content, contented, grateful, gratied, indebted, much obliged, obliged, overwhelmed, pleased, relieved, satised; concepts 401,403 Ant. critical, thankless, unappreciative, ungrateful, unthankful thankless [adj1] unappreciated barren, disagreeable, distasteful, fruitless, futile, miserable, not worth it*, ungrateful, unpleasant, unprotable, unrecognized, unrequited, unreturned, unrewarding, useless, vain, wretched; concepts 538,548 Ant. appreciated, contented, grateful, rewarded, satised, thankful thankless [adj2] unappreciative, inconsiderate (in behavior) careless, cruel, heedless, inappreciative, rude, self-centered, thoughtless, ungracious, ungrateful, unmindful, unthankful; concept 401 Ant. appreciative, considerate, grateful, thankful thanks [n] spoken or written appreciation acknowledgment, benediction, blessing, credit, grace, gramercy, gratefulness, gratitude, praise, recognition, thankfulness, thanksgiving, thank you note; concepts 60,69,278 Ant. criticism thaw [v] unfreeze, warm become liquid, become soft, defrost, deliquesce, dissolve, ow, ux, fuse, liquefy, loosen, melt, mollify, open up, relax, relent, run, soften, unbend, warm up; concepts 13,255,469 Ant. freeze theater/theatre [n] stage, building for performance amphitheater, arena, assembly hall, auditorium, barn, boards*, cinema, coliseum, concert hall, deck, drama, drive-in, footlights, hall, hippodrome, house, locale, movie, movie house, oak*, odeum, opera house, playhouse, room, scene, show hall, site; concepts 263,293,439,448 theatrical [adj] dramatic affected, amateur, articial, campy*, ceremonious, comic, dramaturgic, exaggerated, ham*, hammy*, histrionic, legitimate, mannered, melodramatic, meretricious, operatic, ostentatious, pompous, schmaltzy*, show, showy, staged, stilted, supercial, theatric, thespian, tragic, unnatural, unreal, vaudeville; concepts 401,536 Ant. comedic, real, undramatic, untheatrical theft [n] stealing annexation, appropriation,

break-in, burglary, caper, cheating, crime, defrauding, deprivation, embezzlement, extortion, lch, eece*, fraud, grab*, heist, holdup, hustle*, job*, larceny, lift*, looting, mugging, peculation, pilferage, pilfering, pillage, pinch*, piracy, plunder, purloining, racket*, rapacity, rip-off*, robbery, robbing, score*, shoplifting, snatch*, snitch*, steal, stickup, swindle, swindling, swiping*, thievery, thieving, touch*, vandalism; concepts 139,192 Ant. return theme [n1] idea, subject matter affair, argument, burden, business, case, head, keynote, leitmotif, line, matter, matter in hand, motif, motive, point, point at issue, problem, proposition, question, stuff, subject, text, thesis, thought, topic; concepts 278,682,689 theme [n2] written composition article, description, dissertation, essay, exercise, exposition, manuscript, paper, report, statement, thesis; concept 271 then [adv1] before; at another time again, all at once, anon, at that instant, at that moment, at that point, at that time, before long, formerly, later, next, on that occasion, soon after, suddenly, thereupon, when, years ago; concept 799 then [adv2] therefore accordingly, consequently, ergo, from that time, from then on, from there on, hence, so, thence, thenceforth, thereupon, thus, whence; concept 548 theological [adj] religious, concerning a god-centered philosophy apostolic, canonical, churchly, deistic, divine, doctrinal, ecclesiastical, metaphysical, scriptural, theistic; concept 536 Ant. irreligious theorem [n] explanation based on hypothesis and experiments assumption, axiom, belief, deduction, dictum, doctrine, formula, fundamental, law, postulate, principium, principle, proposition, rule, statement, theory, thesis; concepts 529,688,689 Ant. fact, proof theoretical [adj] hypothetical abstract, academic, analytical, as a premise, assumed, codied, conjectural, contingent, formalistic, formularized, general, ideal, idealized, ideational, ideological, imaginative, impractical, instanced, intellectual, in the abstract, in theory, logical, metaphysical, notional, on paper*, pedantic, philosophical, postulated, presumed, problematical, pure, quixotic, speculative, suppositional, tentative, transcendent, transcendental, unearthly, unproved, unsubstantiated, vague; concept 529 Ant. certain, denite, factual, proven, real theorize [v] hypothesize conjecture, formulate, guess, project, propound, speculate, submit, suggest, suppose, think; concept 43 Ant. prove theory [n] hypothesis, belief approach, argument, assumption, base, basis, code, codication, concept, conditions, conjecture, doctrine, dogma, feeling, formularization, foundation, grounds, guess, guesswork, hunch, idea, ideology, impression, method, outlook, philosophy, plan, position, postulate, premise, presentiment, presumption, proposal, provision, rationale, scheme, shot*, speculation, stab*, supposal, suppose, supposition, surmise,

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suspicion, system, systemization, theorem, thesis, understanding; concepts 529,689 Ant. certainty, fact, proof, reality therapeutic [adj] healing ameliorative, analeptic, benecial, corrective, curative, good, remedial, restorative, salubrious, salutary, sanative; concept 537 Ant. damaging, harmful, hurtful, injurious, untherapeutic therapist [n] counselor adviser, analyst, clinician, doctor, physician, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, psychologist, psychotherapist, shrink*; concept 357 therapy [n] healing treatment analysis, cure, healing, medicine, remedial treatment, remedy, therapeutics; concept 310 Ant. damage, harm, hurt, injury thereabout [adv] about there almost, approximately, around, close at hand, in the neighborhood, in the vicinity, just about, near, nearby, nearly, roughly; concepts 581,586 thereafter [adv] from that time forward after that, consequently, following, forever after, from that day forward, from that day on, from there on, hereafter, thenceforth, thenceforward; concept 799 therefore [adv] as a result; for that reason accordingly, and so, consequently, ergo, for, forasmuch as, for this reason, hence, inasmuch as, in consequence, in that event, on account of, on the grounds, since, so, then, thence, therefrom, thereupon, thus, to that end, whence, wherefore; concepts 230,676 thermal [adj] warm heated, hot, lukewarm, melting, roasting, scorching, sizzling, snug, summery, sweltering, thermic, toasty; concept 605 thesaurus [n] dictionary of synonyms and antonyms glossary, language reference book, lexicon, onomasticon, reference book, sourcebook, storehouse of words, terminology, treasury of words, vocabulary, word list; concept 280 thesis [n1] belief, assumption to be tested apriorism, contention, contestation, hypothesis, idea, line, opinion, point, posit, position, postulate, postulation, premise, presumption, presupposition, principle, proposal, proposition, sentiment, statement, supposition, surmise, theory, view; concepts 529,689 Ant. certainty, fact, proof, reality thesis [n2] written dissertation argument, argumentation, composition, discourse, disquisition, essay, exposition, memoir, monograph, monography, paper, research, theme, tractate, treatise; concepts 271,287 thespian [n] actor, actress artist, bit player, character, entertainer, extra, ham*, headliner, idol, lead, performer, play-actor, player, star, straight person, thesp*, understudy; concept 352 thick [adj1] deep, bulky blubbery, broad, burly, chunky, compact, concrete, consolidated, fat, rm, hard, heavy, high, husky, massive, obese, pudgy, solid, squat, stocky, stubby, stumpy, substantial, thickset, wide; concepts 491,773 Ant. attenuated, slight, thin thick [adj2] concentrated, dense caked, clabbered, close, clotted, coagulated, compact, compressed, concrete, condensed, congealed,

consolidated, crowded, curdled, deep, rm, xed, gelatinous, gloppy*, gooey, gummous, gummy, gunky*, heavy, impenetrable, impervious, jelled, jellied, opaque, ossied, ropy, set, sloppy, solid, solidied, stiff, syrupy, thickened, turbid, viscid, viscous, vitried; concepts 483,606 Ant. diluted, loose, thin, watery thick [adj3] crowded, packed abundant, brimming, bristling, bursting, chock-full*, close, compact, compressed, concentrated, condensed, considerable, covered, crammed, crawling with*, dense, frequent, full, great, heaped, impenetrable, impervious, inspissated, like sardines*, localized, multitudinous, numerous, populated, populous, profuse, rank, replete, several, solid, swarming, teeming, tight; concept 771 Ant. thin, uncrowded thick [adj4] stupid blockheaded, boneheaded, brainless, dense, dim-witted, doltish, dopey*, dull, dumb, ignorant, insensitive, moronic, numbskulled, obtuse, slow, slow-witted, thickheaded; concept 402 Ant. intelligent, smart thick [adj5] dense (referring to weather) cloudy, dull, foggy, heavy, impenetrable, indistinct, muddy, obscure, soupy*, turbid; concept 525 Ant. clear thick [adj6] friendly chummy*, close, condential, cordial, devoted, familiar, hand in glove*, inseparable, intimate, on good terms; concept 555 Ant. unfriendly, unsociable thick [adj7] unreasonable excessive, imsy*, implausible, improbable, inconceivable, incredible, thin*, too much*, unbelievable, unconvincing, unfair, unjust, unsubstantial; concepts 529,548 Ant. reasonable, sensible, wise thicken [v] set; make more dense add, buttress, cake, clabber, clot, coagulate, condense, congeal, curdle, deepen, enlarge, expand, freeze, gel, grow thick, harden, inspissate, jell, jelly, ossify, petrify, reinforce, solidify, stiffen, swell, widen; concepts 137,250,469 Ant. dilute, liquefy, melt, thin, water down thick-skinned [adj] hardened benumbed, callous, coldhearted*, hard-as-nails*, hardhearted*, insensitive, seasoned, tough, toughened, unbending, unfeeling; concepts 404,542 thief [n] person who steals bandit, burglar, cat burglar, cheat, clip*, criminal, crook, defalcator, embezzler, heister*, highway robber, hijacker, holdup artist, housebreaker, kleptomaniac, larcener, larcenist, lifter*, moonlighter*, mugger, owl*, pickpocket, pilferer, pirate, plunderer, porch climber*, prowler, punk*, purloiner, robber, scrounger, shoplifter, sniper, spider*, stealer, stickup artist*, swindler; concept 412 thieving/thievish [adj] criminal crooked, cunning, dishonest, fraudulent, furtive, kleptomaniacal*, larcenous, light-ngered*, pilfering, piratic*, plunderous, predatory, rapacious, secretive, sly, spoliative, stealthy, stickyngered*; concept 401 Ant. benevolent, philanthropic thin [adj1] ne, light, slender attenuate, attenuated, beanpole*, beanstalk*, bony*, cadaverous, delicate, emaciated, ethereal, featherweight, fragile, gangling, gangly, gaunt, haggard, lank, lanky, lean, lightweight, meager, narrow, peaked, pinched, pole*, puny*, rangy, rareed, rawboned, reedy, rickety, scraggy*,

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scrawny, shadow, shriveled, skeletal, skinny, slight, slim, slinky, small, spare, spindly, stalky*, starved, stick*, stilt*, subtle, threadlike, twiggy*, twiglike, undernourished, underweight, wan, wasted, wizened; concept 491 Ant. dense, fat, heavy, inated, obese, thick thin [adj2] transparent, ne attenuate, attenuated, delicate, diaphanous, lmy, imsy, gossamer, paper-thin, permeable, rare, rareed, rened, see-through, sheer, slight, slim, subtile, subtle, tenuous, translucent, unsubstantial, wafer-thin, wispy; concept 606 Ant. dense, solid, thick thin [adj3] decient, weak diluted, feeble*, at*, imsy*, implausible, improbable, inadequate, inconceivable, incredible, insubstantial, insufcient, lame, meager, poor, questionable, scant, scanty, scarce, scattered, shallow, sketchy, skimpy*, slight, sparse, stretched, supercial, thick*, transparent, unbelievable, unconvincing, unpersuasive, unsubstantial, untenable, vapid, weak-kneed*; concept 771 Ant. efcient, solid, strong thin [adj4] diluted diffuse, dilute, dispersed, ne, light, rareed, rened, runny, subtle, watery, weak, wishy-washy*; concept 485 Ant. concentrated, thick, undiluted thin [v] make diluted or less dense attenuate, cook, cut, cut back, decrease, delete, diminish, disperse, doctor, edit, emaciate, expand, extenuate, irrigate, lace*, needle*, prune, rarefy, reduce, rene, shave, spike, trim, water, water down, weaken, weed out; concepts 137,250 Ant. beef up, thicken thing [n1] something felt, seen, perceived affair, anything, apparatus, article, being, body, business, circumstance, commodity, concept, concern, conguration, contrivance, corporeality, creature, device, element, entity, everything, existence, existent, fact, gure, form, gadget, goods, implement, individual, information, instrument, item, machine, material, materiality, matter, means, mechanism, object, part, person, phenomenon, piece, point, portion, shape, situation, stuff, subject, substance, tool, word; concept 433 thing [n2] act accomplishment, action, circumstance, deed, doing, duty, episode, event, eventuality, exploit, feat, happening, incident, job, movement, obligation, occasion, occurrence, phenomenon, proceeding, stunt, task, work; concept 3 thing [n3] aspect, characteristic article, attribute, detail, element, facet, factor, feature, item, particular, point, property, quality, statement, thought, trait; concepts 411,657,834 thing [n4] idea, obsession attitude, bee in bonnet*, craze, fad, fetish, xation, hang-up*, ide xe, impression, mania, notion, opinion, phobia, preoccupation, quirk, style, thought; concept 529 Ant. dislike, hate, hatred thing/things [n5] personal possessions apparel, attire, baggage, belongings, chattels, clothes, clothing, duds*, effects, equipment, gear, goods, habiliments, impedimenta, luggage, odds and ends*, paraphernalia, personal effects, personals*, property, raiment, stuff, trappings, tricks; concepts 446,451 think [v1] believe; anticipate assume, be

convinced, comprehend, conceive, conclude, consider, credit, deem, determine, envisage, envision, esteem, estimate, expect, fancy, feature, feel, foresee, gather, guess, hold, image, imagine, judge, plan for, presume, project, realize, reckon, regard, see, sense, suppose, surmise, suspect, take, understand, vision, visualize; concepts 12,26 Ant. disbelieve, disregard, excogitate think [v2] contemplate analyze, appraise, appreciate, brood, cerebrate, cogitate, comprehend, conceive, consider, deduce, deliberate, estimate, evaluate, examine, gure out, have in mind, ideate, imagine, infer, intellectualize, judge, logicalize, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, rack ones brains*, rationalize, reason, reect, resolve, revolve, ruminate, sort out, speculate, stew*, stop to consider, study, take under consideration, turn over, use ones head*, weigh; concepts 17,33,43 Ant. forget, ignore, neglect think [v3] remember call to mind, recall, recollect, reminisce; concept 40 Ant. forget thinkable [adj] believable, feasible cogitable, comprehendible, comprehensible, conceivable, convincing, imaginable, likely, possible, practicable, practical, presumable, reasonable, supposable, within realm of possibility*, within the limits; concept 529 Ant. impossible, inconceivable, unbelievable, unfeasible, unlikely, unthinkable thin-skinned [adj] sensitive delicate, easily hurt, hypersensitive, oversensitive, soft, touchy, vulnerable; concept 406 third world [n] underdeveloped countries developing countries, developing nations, economically developing countries, economically developing nations, emergent nations, underdeveloped nations; concepts 378,391 thirst [n] craving (especially for liquid) appetite, aridity, desire, drought, dryness, eagerness, hankering, hunger, keenness, longing, lust, passion, thirstiness, yearning, yen; concepts 20,709 thirsty [adj] dry, desirous (especially for liquid) agog*, anxious, appetent, ardent, arid, athirst, avid, bone-dry*, breathless, burning, cottonmouthed*, craving, crazy for*, dehydrated, droughty, dry as dust*, dying for*, eager, greedy, hankering, hungry, impatient, inclined, itching for*, juiceless, keen, longing, lusting, parched, partial to, sapless, thirsting, waterless, wild for*, yearning; concepts 403,603 Ant. moist, quenched, satised, wet thorny [adj1] sharp, pointed barbed, briery, bristling, bristly, prickly, spiked, spiky, spinous, spiny, stinging, thistly; concept 485 Ant. dull, smooth, unpointed thorny [adj2] difcult, problematic awkward, bafing, bothersome, formidable, harassing, hard, irksome, nettlesome, perplexing, prickly, severe, sticky, ticklish, tough, tricky, troublesome, trying, unpleasant, upsetting, vexatious, worrying; concept 565 Ant. easy, solvable, untroublesome thoroughbred [adj] pure, unmixed blood, full-blooded, graded, papered, pedigree, pedigreed, pure-blooded, purebred; concept 549 Ant. half-breed, impure, mixed

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thoroughly [adv1] exhaustively all, assiduously, carefully, completely, comprehensively, conscientiously, earnestly, efciently, exceedingly, exceptionally, extremely, at out*, from A to Z*, from top to bottom*, fully, hard, highly, hugely, in and out*, in detail, inside out*, intensely, intensively, meticulously, notably, painstakingly, remarkably, scrupulously, strikingly, sweepingly, through and through*, throughout, unremittingly, up and down*, very, whole hog*, wholly; concepts 531,538 Ant. incompletely, inexhaustively, partially, supercially thoroughly [adv2] utterly absolutely, altogether, completely, downright, entirely, fully, perfectly, plumb, quite, totally, to the full, well, wholly, without reservation; concepts 531, 535,557 Ant. deciently, inadequately thorough/thoroughgoing [adj1] exhaustive absolute, all-embracing, all-inclusive, all-out*, all the way*, assiduous, blow-by-blow*, careful, circumstantial, clocklike, complete, comprehensive, conscientious, detailed, efcient, exact, from A to Z*, full, full-dress*, indepth, intensive, itemized, meticulous, minute, painstaking, particular, particularized, plenty, royal, scrupulous, slam-bang*, soup to nuts*, sweeping, tough, whole-hog*; concepts 531,538 Ant. incomplete, inexhaustive, partial, supercial, unnished thorough/thoroughgoing [adj2] absolute, utter arrant, complete, consummate, downright, entire, out-and-out*, outright, perfect, pure, rank, sheer, straight-out*, total, unmitigated, unqualied; concepts 531,535,557 Ant. decient, imperfect, inadequate though [adv] however after all, all the same, for all that, howbeit, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, still, still and all, withal, yet; concept 544 though [conj] while albeit, allowing, although, but, despite, despite the fact, even if, even supposing, even though, granted, howbeit, if, much as, notwithstanding, when, whereas; concept 544 thought [n1] formation of mental objects anticipation, apprehending, attention, brainwork, cerebration, cogitation, cognition, concluding, consideration, considering, contemplation, deducing, deduction, deliberation, deriving, discerning, heed, hope, ideation, inducing, inferring, introspection, intuition, judging, knowing, logic, meditation, musing, perceiving, rationalization, rationalizing, realizing, reasoning, reection, regard, rumination, scrutiny, seeing, speculation, study, theorization, thinking, understanding; concepts 17,43,409,410 Ant. vacancy, vacuity thought [n2] idea, concept aim, anxiety, appreciation, aspiration, assessment, assumption, attentiveness, belief, brainchild*, brainstorm*, caring, compassion, conception, concern, conclusion, conjecture, conviction, design, dream, drift, estimation, expectation, fancy, feeling, guess, hope, hypothesis, image, inference, intention, intuition, judgment, kindness, knowledge, notion, object, opinion, plan, premise, prospect, purpose, regard, reverie, solicitude, supposition, sympathy, theory, thinking,

understanding, view, worry; concept 529 Ant. concrete, thing thoughtful [adj1] caring, mindful anxious, astute, attentive, aware, benign, canny, careful, cautious, charitable, chivalrous, circumspect, civil, concerned, considerate, cooperative, courteous, deliberate, diplomatic, discreet, friendly, gallant, gracious, heedful, helpful, indulgent, kind, kindly, neighborly, obliging, observant, observative, observing, polite, prudent, regardful, responsive, sensitive, social, solicitous, tactful, unselsh, wary, well-bred, well thought-out; concepts 401,555 Ant. careless, heedless, inattentive, inconsiderate, uncaring, unmindful, unthoughtful thoughtful [adj2] contemplative, introspective absorbed, analytical, attentive, brainy*, calculating, cerebral, cogitative, deep, deliberative, discerning, earnest, engrossed, farsighted, grave, intellectual, intent, keen, levelheaded, logical, lost in thought*, meditative, melancholy, museful, musing, pensive, philosophic, pondering, preoccupied, rapt, rational, reasonable, reasoning, reecting, reective, retrospective, ruminative, serious, sober, studious, subjective, thinking, wise, wistful; concepts 402,403,542 Ant. idiotic, negligent, obtuse, remiss, stupid, thoughtless thoughtless [adj1] inconsiderate antisocial, apathetic, asocial, blind, boorish, brash, deaf, discourteous, egocentric, hasty, heedless, hot-headed, impolite, inattentive, incautious, indelicate, indifferent, indiscreet, insensitive, listless, madcap, neglectful, negligent, primitive, rash, reckless, rude, self-centered, selsh, sharp, short, tactless, uncaring, unceremonious, unconcerned, undiplomatic, ungracious, unheeding, unkind, unmindful, unrened; concepts 401,555 Ant. considerate, kind, thinking, thoughtful, unselsh thoughtless [adj2] absent-minded, unobservant bovine, careless, confused, doltish, dull, emptyheaded, ighty, foolish, heedless, ill-advised, ill-considered, imprudent, inadvertent, inane, inattentive, incomprehensible, inept, injudicious, irrational, irreective, lamebrained*, loony*, mindless, neglectful, negligent, obtuse, puerile, rash, reckless, regardless, remiss, senseless, silly, stupid, undiscerning, unheeding, unmindful, unreasonable, unreasoning, unreective, unthinking, vacuous, witless; concepts 402, 403,542 Ant. attentive, heeding, mindful, observant, thoughtful thought-provoking [adj] stimulating absorbing, captivating, exciting, fascinating, gripping, inspirational, interesting, intriguing, inviting, provocative, refreshing, riveting, stirring; concepts 372,529,537,572 thrash [v] ail about; beat batter, beat up, belabor, belt, birch, buffet, bury, cane, chasten, chastise, clobber, crush, defeat, agellate, og, jerk, kill, lambaste*, lick, maul, murder, overwhelm, paste, pelt, pitch, pound, pummel, punish, rout, rush, scourge, seesaw, slaughter, spank, stir, strike, surge, tan, tan ones hide*, thresh, toss, toss and turn*, trash, trim, trounce, wallop, wax*, whip, work over*, writhe; concepts 95,189 Ant. be still threadbare [adj1] worn, frayed beat up*,

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damaged, dilapidated, dingy, dog-eared, downat-the-heel*, faded, frowzy*, impaired, injured, old, ragged, ratty*, run-down, scruffy, seedy, shabby, shopworn, tacky, tattered, timeworn, used, used-up, worn-out, worse for wear*; concepts 485,606 Ant. fresh, new, unused threadbare [adj2] trite, corny banal, bathetic, clich, clichd, clich-ridden, common, commonplace, conventional, dull, everyday, familiar, hackneyed, imitative, moth-eaten*, musty, overused, poor, set, stale, stereotyped, stock, tedious, tired, uncreative, well-worn, worn-out; concept 267 Ant. fresh, unused, unworn threads [n] clothes, clothing accouterment, apparel, attire, civvies*, costume, dress, duds*, nery, garb, garments, gear, habiliment, outt, personal attire, rags*, raiment, Sunday best*, wardrobe, weeds*; concept 451 threat [n] warning; danger blackmail, bluff, commination, x, foreboding, foreshadowing, fulmination, hazard, impendence, intimidation, menace, omen, peril, portent, presage, risk, thunder, writing on the wall*; concept 278 threaten [v1] warn, pressure abuse, admonish, augur, blackmail, bluster, browbeat, bully, caution, comminate, cow, enforce, ex muscles*, forebode, forewarn, fulminate, growl, intimidate, look daggers*, make threat, menace, portend, presage, pressurize, push around*, scare, scowl, shake st at*, snarl, spook, terrorize, torment, walk heavy*; concepts 7,19,78 Ant. alleviate, help, protect, relieve threaten [v2] endanger advance, approach, be dangerous, be gathering, be imminent, be in the air*, be in the ofng*, be on the horizon*, brewing, come on, forebode, foreshadow, frighten, hang over*, impend, imperil, jeopardize, loom, overhang, portend, presage, put at risk, put in jeopardy, warn; concepts 231,407 Ant. guard, protect, save threatening [adj] menacing, ominous aggressive, alarming, apocalyptic, at hand, baleful, baneful, black, bullying, cautionary, close, comminatory, dangerous, dire, fateful, forthcoming, grim, ill-boding, imminent, impendent, impending, inauspicious, intimidatory, looming, loury, lowering, lowery, minacious, minatory, near, overhanging, portending, portentous, scowling, sinister, terrorizing, ugly, unlucky, unpropitious, unsafe, upcoming, warning; concepts 525,548,570 Ant. nice, pleasant threshold [n] opening; beginning brink, dawn, door, doorstep, doorway, edge, entrance, gate, inception, origin, outset, point, point of departure, sill, start, starting point, verge, vestibule; concepts 440,513,648,832 thrift [n] economy austerity, carefulness, economizing, frugality, parsimony, providence, prudence, saving, stinginess, thriftiness; concept 335 Ant. extravagance, spending, waste thrifty [adj] economical canny, careful, chary, cheap, chintzy*, close*, close-sted, conserving, frugal, mean, parsimonious, penny-pinching, preserving, provident, prudent, saving, scrimpy*, sparing, steal, stingy*, tight*, unwasteful; concepts 334,401 Ant. extravagant, spendthrift, uneconomical, wasteful thrill [n] sudden excitement adventure, bang*, blast, charge*, circus, reworks, ash*, ush*,

fun, good feeling, inspiration, kicks*, lift*, pleasure, refreshment, response, sensation, stimulation, tingle*, titillation, turn-on*, twitter*, upper*, wallop*; concepts 32,529 Ant. calm, depression thrill [v] excite, stimulate animate, arouse, blow away*, delight, electrify, enchant, enthuse, re up*, ush, utter, galvanize, glow, go over big*, grab*, inspire, juice*, key up*, knock ones socks off*, move, palpitate, quicken, quiver, race ones motor*, rally, rouse, score, send, stir, stir up, tickle*, tingle*, titillate, tremble, turn on*, wow*; concepts 7,22 Ant. bring down, depress, discourage, dishearten thrilling [adj] exciting blood-tingling*, boss*, breathtaking, electrifying, enchanting, exquisite, fab*, fabulous, frantic, gripping, hair-raising*, large, mad, magnicent, mindbending*, mind-blowing*, miraculous, overwhelming, rip-roaring*, riveting, rousing, sensational, shivering, stimulating, stirring, swinging, trembling, wild, wondrous, zero cool*; concepts 548,572 Ant. depressing, discouraging, upsetting thrive [v] do well advance, arrive, batten, bear fruit, bloom, blossom, boom, burgeon, develop, ourish, get ahead*, get fat*, get on*, get places*, get there*, grow, grow rich, increase, make a go*, mushroom*, progress, prosper, radiate, rise, score*, shine, shoot up, succeed, turn out well, wax; concepts 704,706 Ant. decline, fail, languish, lose thriving [adj] successful advancing, arrived, blooming, booming, burgeoning, cooking*, developing, doing well, ourishing, going strong*, growing, have it made*, have the wherewithal*, healthy, home free*, on top of heap*, progressing, prolic, prospering, prosperous, rich, roaring, robust, rolling*, sitting pretty*, wealthy; concepts 334,528 Ant. declining, failing, languishing, losing throb [v] pulsate, beat utter, palpitate, pitpat, pound, pulse, resonate, thrill, thump, tingle, tremble, twitter, vibrate; concepts 152,185 throng [n] large crowd assemblage, assembly, bunch, collection, concourse, congregation, crush, drove, everybody, ock, gathering, horde, host, jam, mass, mob, multitude, pack, press, push, sellout, swarm; concepts 417,432 throttle [v] choke burke, control, gag, inhibit, silence, smother, stie, strangle, strangulate, suppress; concept 191 Ant. free, release through [adj1] done buttoned up*, complete, completed, concluded, ended, nis*, nished, in the bag*, over, terminated, wound up*, wrapped up*; concepts 531,548 Ant. incomplete, unnished through [adj2] direct constant, free, nonstop, one-way, opened, rapid, regular, straight, straightforward, unbroken, unhindered, uninterrupted; concepts 482,581 Ant. indirect, stopping through [prep1] by way of as a consequence, as a result, at the hand of, because of, by, by dint of, by means of, by reason, by the agency of, by virtue of, for, in consequence of, in virtue of, per, through the medium of, using, via, with, with the help of; concept 544 through [prep2] between, during about, by,

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clear, for the period, from beginning to end, in, in and out, in the middle, into, past, round, straight, throughout, within; concepts 583, 798 Ant. around throughout [adj] during the whole of all over, all the time, all through, around, at full length, completely, during, every bit, everyplace, everywhere, far and near, far and wide, for the duration, from beginning to end, from end to end, from one end to the other, from start to nish, from the start, from the word go*, high and low, in all respects, in every place, in everything, inside and out, on all accounts*, over, overall, right through, round, the whole time, through the whole of, to the end, up and down; concepts 482,531,798 throw [v1] propel something through the air bandy, barrage, bombard, buck, bunt, butt, cant, cast, catapult, chuck, dash, deliver, discharge, dislodge, drive, fell, re, ick, ing, ing off, ip, oor, force, heave, hurl, impel, lapidate, launch, let y*, let go, lift, lob, overturn, overwhelm, peg, pellet, pelt, pepper, pitch, precipitate, project, push, put, scatter, send, shove, shower, shy, sling, splatter, spray, sprinkle, start, stone, strew, thrust, toss, tumble, unhorse, unseat, upset, volley, waft; concept 222 Ant. catch, receive throw [v2] confuse addle, astonish, bafe, befuddle, bewilder, confound, disconcert, distract, disturb, dizzy, dumbfound, uster, mix up*, throw off*, unsettle, upset; concept 16 Ant. explain, help throw away [v1] dispose of abandon, cast, cast off, chase, clear, discard, dismiss, dispense with, ditch*, drop*, dump*, eject, eliminate, evict, extrude, free oneself of, get rid of, jettison, junk*, lose, refuse, reject, rid oneself of, scrap*, shake off*, shed, shuck, slip, throw off, throw out, turn down, unburden; concept 180 Ant. hold, keep throw away [v2] waste be wasteful, blow, consume, dissipate, fail to exploit, fritter, lose, refuse, reject, squander, trie, turn down; concept 156 Ant. hoard, save throw off [v] elude, escape abuse, deceive, evade, get away from, give the slip*, leave behind, lose, outdistance, outrun, shake off, trick; concept 102 Ant. face, meet throw out [v] comment bring forward, bring to light*, bring up, chime in*, come out with, declare, deliver, produce, reveal, say, state, suggest, tell, utter; concept 51 Ant. be quiet throw over [v] abandon, leave break up with, break with, desert, discard, drop, eighty-six*, nish with, forsake, jilt*, quit, renounce, split up with, walk out on*; concepts 195,384 Ant. accompany, join, take on, unite throw up [v1] vomit, be nauseous be sick, bring up, disgorge, heave, puke*, regurgitate, retch, spew, spit up, upchuck*; concepts 179,308 throw up [v2] build quickly build overnight*, jerrybuild*, knock together*, patch, put together, roughcast, roughhew, run up*, slap together*, throw together; concept 168 Ant. destroy, raze, tear down thrust [n1] point of communication burden, core, effect, gist, meaning, meat*, pith*,

purport, sense, short, substance, upshot; concept 682 thrust [n2] forward movement advance, blitz, boost, drive, impetus, impulsion, jump, lunge, momentum, onset, onslaught, poke, pressure, prod, propulsion, punch, push, shove, stab, whack, wham; concepts 208,222 Ant. pull thrust [v] push hard advance, assail, assault, attack, bear down, boost, buck, butt, chuck, chunk, clip, clout, crowd, cut, dig, drive, elbow*, embed, re, force, heave, hump, impale, impel, interject, jab, jam, jostle, lob, lunge, nick, nudge, peg, pierce, pitch, plunge, poke, pour it on*, press, prod, propel, punch, push forward, put, railroad*, ram, run, shove, sink, sling, smack, stab*, stick, toss, transx, urge, wham*; concepts 208,222 Ant. pull thud/thump [n/v] dull crash; dull sound bang, beat, blow, clonk, clout, clump, clunk, fall, utter, hammer, hit, knock, plop, poke, pound, pounding, pulse, rap, slap, smack, strike, throb, thunk*, thwack*, wallop*, whack*; concepts 65,181,189 thug [n] hoodlum assassin, bandit, bully, criminal, delinquent, gang member, gangster, goon*, gorilla*, gunman, hired killer, hood, hooligan, killer, mobster, murderer, professional killer, punk, rioter, rowdy, rufan, troublemaker; concept 412 thumbnail [adj] condensed abbreviated, abridged, brief, compact, concise, contracted, curtailed, epigrammatic, short, short and sweet*, succinct, summary, to the point, truncated; concept 773 thunder [n] crashing sound barrage, blast, boom, booming, cannonade, clap, cracking, crash, crashing, detonation, discharge, drumre, explosion, fulmination, outburst, peal, pealing, roar, rumble, rumbling, thunderbolt, thundercrack, uproar; concepts 524,595 thunder [v1] boom, crash blast, clamor, clap, crack, deafen, detonate, drum, explode, peal, resound, reverberate, roar, rumble, storm; concepts 65,521,526 thunder [v2] yell at bark, bellow, curse, declaim, denounce, fulminate, gnarl, growl, rail, roar, shout, snarl, threaten, utter threat; concepts 52,54 thunderstruck [adj] amazed, astonished agape, aghast, astounded, awestruck, bowled over*, confounded, dazed, dismayed, dumbfounded, abbergasted, oored, overwhelmed, petried, shocked, staggered, startled, stunned; concepts 403,690 thus [adv1] in this manner along these lines, as follows, hence, in kind, in such a way, in this fashion, in this way, just like that, like so, like this, so, thus and so, thus and thus, thusly, to such a degree; concept 544 thus [adv2] accordingly consequently, ergo, for this reason, hence, on that account, so, then, therefore, thereupon; concept 544 thwart [v] stop, hinder bafe, balk, beat, bilk, check, circumvent, confuse, counter, crab*, cramp, crimp, cross, curb, dash, defeat, disappoint, ditch, dodge, double-cross*, duck, foil, foul up*, frustrate, give the slip*, hold up, impede, louse up*, match, obstruct, oppose, outwit, pit, play off, prevent, queer*, restrain,

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ruin, scotch*, skin, snafu*, stymie, take down, take wind out of*, trammel, upset, upset ones apple cart*; concepts 121,130 Ant. aid, assist, encourage, forward, help tiara [n] crown chaplet, circlet, coronal, coronet, crown jewels, diadem, garland, headband, headdress, miter, royal crown, wreath; concept 452 tic [n] spasm contraction, t, jerk, twitch; concept 308 tick [n1] clicking sound; one beat beat, blow, clack, click, clicking, ash, instant, metallic sound, minute, moment, pulsation, pulse, rap, second, shake, tap, tapping, throb, ticktock, twinkling, wink; concepts 595,808,810 tick [n2] checkmark check, cross, dash, ick, indication, line, mark, stroke, X*; concept 284 tick [v] click beat, clack, pulsate, tap, thump, ticktock; concepts 65,189 ticket [n] authorization on paper admission, badge, board, card, certicate, check, chit, coupon, credential, docket, document, invite, key, label, license, marker, note, notice, open sesame, paper, pass, passage, passport, password, permit, raincheck, receipt, record, slip, sticker, stub, tab, tag, token, voucher; concepts 271,685 tickle [v] make laugh amuse, brush, caress, convulse, delight, divert, enchant, entertain, excite, gratify, itch, pat, pet, please, stimulate, stroke, thrill, tingle, titillate, touch, vellicate; concepts 7,22,612 ticklish [adj] difcult, tricky awkward, capricious, chancy, changeable, critical, dangerous, delicate, ckle, inconstant, mercurial, nice, precarious, risky, rocky, sensitive, temperamental, thorny, touchy, trying, uncertain, unstable, unsteady, variable, volatile; concepts 548,565 Ant. easy, straightforward, unproblematic tidbit [n] tiny portion bit, bite, delicacy, goody*, morsel, mouthful, snack, soupon, titbit, treat; concepts 458,835 Ant. lot tide [n] ow, current course, direction, drag, drift, ebb, eddy, ood, ux, movement, race, run, rush, sluice, spate, stream, tendency, torrent, trend, undercurrent, undertow, vortex, wave, whirlpool; concept 514 tide over [v] help along aid, assist, bridge the gap*, keep head above water*, keep one going, see through; concept 110 Ant. hinder, hurt tidings [n] greetings, news advice, bulletin, communication, dirt, information, intelligence, message, report, word; concept 274 tidy [adj1] clean, neat apple-pie order*, businesslike, chipper*, cleanly, in good shape, methodical, neat as a pin*, ordered, orderly, shipshape*, sleek, snug, spick-and-span*, spruce, systematic, to rights*, trim, uncluttered, well-groomed, well-kept, well-ordered; concepts 485,585,621 Ant. chaotic, dirty, disordered, disorganized, littered, messy, sloppy, slovenly, unclean, untidy tidy [adj2] considerable ample, fair, generous, good, goodly, handsome, healthy, large, largish, respectable, sizable, substantial, vast; concepts 762,781 Ant. inconsequential, inconsiderable, little, small, unsubstantial tidy [v] make neat and orderly clean, clear the decks*, x up, frame*, get act together*,

groom, neaten, order, police, pull together, put in good shape, put in order, put in shape, put to rights*, shape up, spruce, spruce up*, straighten, straighten up, tauten, whip into shape*; concept 250 Ant. dirty, dishevel, disorder, disorganize, jumble, litter tie [n1] fastening attachment, band, bandage, bond, brace, connection, cord, fastener, fetter, gag, hookup, joint, knot, ligament, ligature, link, network, nexus, outt, rope, strap, string, tackle, tie-in, tie-up, yoke, zipper; concept 680 tie [n2] deadlock dead heat*, draw, drawn battle*, equivalence, even game, level, photo nish*, push, stalemate, standoff; concepts 364,667 Ant. loss, win tie [n3] relationship afliation, allegiance, association, bond, commitment, connection, duty, hookup, kinship, liaison, network, obligation, outt, tie-in; concept 388 Ant. break, divorce tie [v1] connect, interlace anchor, attach, band, bind, cinch, clinch, do up, fasten, gird, join, knot, lash, link, make a bow, make a hitch, make a knot, make fast, marry, moor, rivet, rope, secure, splice, tether, tie up, tighten, truss, unite, wed; concepts 85,160,193 Ant. detach, disconnect, loose, loosen, unfasten, unlace, untie tie [v2] equal balance, be even, be neck and neck*, be on a par, break even*, deadlock*, draw, even up, keep up with, match, measure up, meet, parallel, rival, touch; concepts 92,667 Ant. fail, fall behind, go ahead, lose, succeed, surpass tie/tie up [v3] hamper, hinder bind, clog, conne, curb, delay, entrammel, fetter, hog-tie*, hold, leash, limit, lock up, obstruct, restrain, restrict, shackle, stop, tie ones hands*, trammel; concept 130 Ant. aid, assist, encourage, free, help tier [n] level bank, category, class, course, echelon, le, grade, group, grouping, layer, league, line, order, pigeonhole*, queue, range, rank, row, series, story, stratum, string; concepts 378,727,744 tiff [n] argument altercation, bad mood, bickering, difference, disagreement, dispute, fallingout*, t, huff*, miff*, pet, quarrel, row*, run-in*, scrap, spat, squabble, sulk, tantrum, temper, words*, wrangle; concepts 46,674 Ant. agreement, harmony tight [adj1] close, snug bound, clasped, closetting, compact, constricted, contracted, cramped, crowded, dense, drawn, enduring, established, fast, rm, xed, hidebound, inexible, invulnerable, narrow, quick, rigid, secure, set, skintight, solid, stable, steady, stiff, strained, stretched, strong, sturdy, taut, tenacious, tense, thick, tightened, unbending, unyielding; concepts 483,485 Ant. comfortable, free, loose, open, slack tight [adj2] sealed airtight, blind, blocked, bolted, choking, clumped, cramping, crushing, cutting, fast, fastened, rm, xed, hermetic, hermetically sealed, impenetrable, impermeable, impervious, locked, nailed, obstructed, padlocked, pinching, plugged, proof, secure, short, shrunken, shut, skintight, slammed, smothering, snapped, sound, stopped up, tied,

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tied up, uncomfortable, watertight; concepts 489,576 Ant. loose, open, unsealed, wide tight [adj3] stingy cheap, close, grasping, mean, miserly, parsimonious, penny-pinching*, penurious, sparing, tightsted; concepts 334, 401 Ant. free, giving tight [adj4] difcult, troublesome arduous, close, critical, dangerous, distressing, disturbing, exacting, hazardous, near, perilous, precarious, punishing, rough, sticky, tense, ticklish, tough, tricky, trying, upsetting, worrisome; concepts 548,565 Ant. easy, untroubled tight [adj5] intoxicated boozy*, buzzed*, drunk, drunken, high*, inebriated, loaded*, pickled*, plastered*, smashed*, stewed*, stoned*, tipsy, under the inuence; concepts 401,406 Ant. sober tighten [v] constrict bind, clench, close, compress, condense, congeal, contract, cramp, crush, fasten, x, grip, harden, narrow, pinch, pressure, rigidify, screw, secure, squeeze, stiffen, strain, strangle, stretch, tauten, tense, toughen; concepts 250,469,697 Ant. free, let go, loose, loosen, relax, release tightsted [adj] cheap chintzy*, closested, economical, frugal, greedy, mean, mingy, miserly, money-conscious, parsimonious, penny-pinching, pennywise*, penurious, pinchpenny*, saving, scrimping, stingy, thrifty, tight*, tightwad*, ungenerous; concepts 326, 332,334,401 tight-lipped [adj] silent buttoned up*, clammed up*, closemouthed, dumb, hushed, mum, mute, muted, not talkative, quiet, reserved, restrained, reticent, secretive, taciturn, tongue-tied, zipped; concept 594 tightwad [n] miser cheapskate*, churl, hoarder, moneygrubber*, penny-pincher*, pinchst*, pinchpenny*, Scrooge*, skinint, stiff; concepts 348,412,423 till [n] cash box box, cash drawer, cash register, kitty*, money box, safe, tray, treasury, vault; concept 339 till [v] cultivate land dig, dress, farm, grow, harrow, hoe, labor, mulch, plant, plough, plow, prepare, raise crops, sow, tend, turn, turn over, work; concepts 253,257 Ant. plant, sow tilt [n1] lean, slope angle, cant, dip, drop, fall, grade, gradient, inclination, incline, leaning, list, pitch, rake, slant, slide; concept 738 tilt [n2] ght attack, bout, clash, collision, combat, conict, contest, duel, encounter, fracas, joust, meet, scrimmage, scufe, set-to, skirmish, struggle, tournament, tourney, tussle; concept 106 Ant. agreement, surrender tilt [v1] lean, slant bend, cant, careen, dip, heel, incline, list, lurch, pitch, rake, recline, seesaw, set at an angle, shift, slope, slouch, swag, sway, tip, turn, yaw; concept 147 Ant. straighten tilt [v2] attack, ght break, charge, clash, combat, contend, cross swords*, duel, encounter, joust, overthrow, spar, thrust; concept 106 Ant. surrender, yield timber [n] trees, wood balk, beam, board, boom, club, forest, frame, girder, grove, hardwood, log, mast, plank, pole, rafter, rib, stake, timberland, weald, woodland, woodlot, woods; concepts 430,479 time [n1] temporal length of event or entitys

existence, period age, allotment, bit, bout, chronology, clock, continuance, date, day, duration, epoch, era, eternity, extent, future, generation, go*, hour, innity, instance, instant, interval, juncture, lastingness, life, life span, lifetime, many a moon*, moment, month, occasion, pace, past, point, present, season, second, shift, space, span, spell, stage, stint, stretch, tempo, term, tide, tour, turn, week, while, year; concepts 801,806,809,819,823 time [n2] opportunity break, chance, heyday, look-in*, occasion, opening, peak, shot, show, squeak*; concept 693 time-honored [adj] traditional accustomed, ancestral, classic, classical, conventional, customary, xed, folk, historic, long-established, old, popular, regular, rooted, standard, taken for granted, universal, usual, vintage, widespread; concepts 530,533,547 timeless [adj] eternal abiding, ageless, always, amaranthine, constant, continual, continued, dateless, deathless, endless, enduring, everlasting, forever, illimitable, immemorial, immortal, indenite, innite, lasting, never-ending, perennial, permanent, perpetual, persistent, undying, unending, without end; concepts 482,798 timely [adj] at the right time appropriate, auspicious, convenient, favorable, t, tting, in good time*, in the nick of time*, judicious, likely, meet, modern, now, opportune, pat, promising, prompt, proper, propitious, prosperous, punctual, seasonable, suitable, timeous, towardly, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute, well-timed, with it*; concepts 558,799 Ant. inappropriate, inopportune, unsuitable, untimely timetable [n] schedule agenda, appointments, calendar, chart, chronology, docket, itinerary, list, order of business, plan, program, record; concepts 271,283,660 timid [adj] shy afraid, ambivalent, apprehensive, badgered, bashful, browbeaten, bullied, capricious, cowardly, cowed, cowering, coy, daunted, demure, difdent, fainthearted, fearful, feeble, frightened, gentle, having cold feet*, humble, intimidated, irresolute, milquetoast, modest, mousy, nervous, pusillanimous, retiring, shaky, shrinking, soft, spineless, spiritless, submissive, timid, timorous, trembling, unassertive, unassured, unnerved, vacillating, wavering, weak, yellow*; concept 401 Ant. bold, brave, daring, extroverted, fearless tinge [n1] color cast, colorant, coloration, coloring, dye, dyestuff, hue, nib, pigment, shade, stain, tincture, tint, tone, wash; concept 622 Ant. white tinge [n2] hint bit, dash, drop, intimation, nib, pinch, shade, smack, smattering, soupon, sprinkling, strain, streak, suggestion, tincture, touch, trace; concepts 529,831 Ant. information tinge [v] color complexion, dye, imbue, impregnate, inltrate, saturate, shade, stain, streak, suffuse, tincture, tint; concept 250 Ant. pale, whiten tingle [v] feel tickled, itchy creep, get excited, have goose bumps*, itch, prickle, shiver, sting, thrill, throb, tickle, twitter; concept 612 tinker [v] ddle with dabble, doodle*, x, mess*, mess with*, monkey*, muck about*,

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niggle*, play, play with, puddle, putter, repair, take apart, toy, trie with; concepts 87,212 Ant. leave alone tinkle [v] jingle, ring chime, chink, chinkle, clink, ding, jangle, make bell sound, plink, sound, ting, tingle, tintinnabulate; concept 65 tint [n] shade of color cast, chroma, color, coloration, complexion, dash, dye, ush, glow, hint, hue, luminosity, pigmentation, rinse, stain, suggestion, taint, tinct, tincture, tinge, tone, touch, trace, wash; concept 622 Ant. white tint [v] color with a certain shade affect, complexion, dye, inuence, rinse, shade, stain, taint, tincture, tinge, touch, wash; concept 250 Ant. pale, whiten tiny [adj] very small bitsy*, bitty, diminutive, innitesimal, insignicant, itsy-bitsy*, ittybitty*, Lilliputian, little, microscopic, midget, mini*, miniature, minikin, minimum, minuscular, minuscule, minute, negligible, pee-wee*, petite, pint-sized*, pocket, pocket-size*, puny, slight, teensy*, teensy-weensy*, teeny*, triing, wee, yea big*; concepts 762,773,789 Ant. big, enormous, gigantic, great, huge, large, vast tip/tipoff [n1] inside information bang*, bug*, buzz*, clue, cue, dope*, forecast, hint, in*, information, inkling, inside wire, knowledge, news, point, pointer, prediction, prompt, secret information, steer*, suggestion, two cents worth*, warning, whisper, word, word of advice, word to the wise*; concept 274 Ant. silence tip [n2] very top apex, cap, crown, cusp, edge, end, extremity, head, nip, peak, point, stub, summit, tiptop, vertex; concept 836 Ant. bottom, nadir tip [n3] gratuity paid compensation, cue, fee, gift, handout, lagniappe, money, one-way*, perk, perquisite, pourboire, reward, small change, something*, sweetener; concept 344 tip [v1] knock over; cause to lean bend, cant, capsize, careen, dump, empty, heel, incline, lean, list, overset, overturn, pour, recline, shift, slant, slope, spill, tilt, topple, topple over, turn over, unload, upend, upset, upturn; concepts 189,201,208 Ant. straighten tip [v2] give inside information advise, caution, clue, cue, forewarn, give a clue, give a hint, give the low-down*, hint, prompt, steer, suggest, tip off, warn; concept 60 Ant. conceal, hide tipsy [adj] inebriated addled, dazed, drunk, drunken, fuddled, happy, high*, intoxicated, irrigated*, lit*, loaded*, mellow, merry, stewed*, tight, unsteady, woozy; concepts 401,406 Ant. sober tirade [n] abuse, outburst anger, berating, censure, condemnation, denunciation, diatribe, dispute, fulmination, harangue, invective, jeremiad*, lecture, malediction, philippic*, ranting, revilement, screed, sermon, tonguelashing*, vituperation; concepts 44,54,278 Ant. calm, harmony, peace tire [v] exhaust, weary annoy, bore, burn out*, bush*, collapse, crawl, debilitate, deject, depress, disgust, dishearten, dispirit, displease, distress, drain, droop, drop, enervate, ennui, exasperate, fag, fail, faint, fatigue, ag, fold,

give out, go stale, grow weary, harass, irk, irritate, jade, nauseate, overburden, overstrain, overtax, overwork, pain, pall, peter out*, poop out*, prostrate, put to sleep, sap, sicken, sink, strain, tax, vex, weaken, wear, wear down, wear out, wilt, worry, yawn*; concepts 13, 14,469 Ant. activate, energize, re up, invigorate, refresh tired [adj] exhausted, weary all in*, annoyed, asleep, beat*, bored, broken-down, burned out*, collapsing, consumed, dead on ones feet*, distressed, dog-tired*, done for*, done in*, drained, drooping, droopy, drowsy, empty, enervated, exasperated, fagged, faint, fatigued, fed up*, nished, agging, haggard, irked, irritated, jaded, narcoleptic, overtaxed, overworked, petered out*, played out*, pooped*, prostrated, run-down, sick of, sleepy, spent, stale, tuckered out*, wasted, worn, worn out; concepts 314,403,406 Ant. activated, active, energized, red up, fresh, invigorated, refreshed, rested tireless [adj] determined active, ball of re*, eager, energetic, enthusiastic, grind, hardworking*, hyper*, incessant, indefatigable, industrious, jumping, on the go*, perky, persevering, resolute, steadfast, strenuous, unagging, untiring, unwearied, unwearying, vigorous; concepts 538,542 Ant. beat, tired, unenthusiastic, weary, worn out tiresome [adj] irritating, exasperating a bit much*, annoying, arduous, boresome, boring, burdensome, demanding, difcult, drag, dragging, drudging, dull, enervative, exacting, exhausting, fatiguing, at, hard, heavy, hefty, ho-hum*, humdrum, irksome, jading, laborious, monotonous, nowhere, onerous, oppressive, strenuous, tedious, tired, tiring, too much*, tough, trying, uncool*, uninteresting, unrelieved, vexatious, wearing, wearisome, wearying, yawn*; concepts 529,537,538 Ant. easy, facile, fun, nice, stimulating titanic [adj] gigantic, very large Brobdingnagian*, colossal, elephantine, enormous, epic, gargantuan, giant, Herculean*, huge, immense, jumbo*, larger-than-life, mammoth, massive, monstrous, monumental, titan, towering, tremendous, vast; concepts 491,773,779,781 titillate [v] excite, stimulate amuse, arouse, entertain, grab, grapple, hook, interest, palpate, provoke, switch on, tantalize, tease, thrill, tickle, tickle pink*, turn on; concepts 7,11,22 Ant. disenchant, repulse, turn off title [n1] heading, label appellation, banner, caption, close, description, head, headline, inscription, legend, name, rubric, salutation, sign, streamer, style, subtitle; concept 283 title [n2] name appellation, appellative, brand, cognomen, denomination, designation, epithet, handle*, honoric, label, moniker*, nom de plume, nomen, pseudonym, sobriquet, style, tab*, tag*, term; concept 683 title [n3] possession, laurel authority, championship, claim, commission, crest, crown, decoration, deed, degree, desert, dibs*, due, entitlement, holding, justication, license, medal, merit, ownership, power, prerogative, pretense, pretension, privilege, proof, ribbon, right; concepts 376,710

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title [v] name baptize, call, christen, denominate, designate, dub, entitle, label, style, term; concept 62 toady [n] sycophant adulator, apple polisher, ass-kisser*, backscratcher*, backslapper*, bootlicker*, brownnoser*, doormat, doter, fan, fawner, atterer, unky, groupie*, hanger-on*, kiss-up*, lackey, minion, teachers pet, yesperson*; concept 423 toady [v] fawn apple-polish*, be servile, bootlick*, brownnose*, butter up*, cajole, fall all over, fall on ones knees*, atter, honey up*, kiss ones feet*, kiss-up*, kowtow*, lay it on*, lick boots*, massage*, oil*, pay court*, play up to*, scratch ones back*, stroke*, suck up to*, truckle, woo*; concepts 110,384 toast [n] salutation when drinking alcohol acknowledgment, celebration, ceremony, commemoration, compliment, down, drink, health, honor, pledge, proposal, salute, sentiment, shingle, thanksgiving, tribute; concept 278 toast [v] brown with heat cook, crisp, dry, grill, heat, parch, roast, warm; concept 170 toddler [n] baby child, infant, kid, little one*, preschooler, rug rat*, tot, youngster; concepts 414,424 to-do [n] commotion, excitement agitation, bother, brouhaha*, bustle, clamor, disorder, disturbance, ap*, furor, fuss, hassle, hoo-ha*, hoopla*, hubbub*, hurly-burly*, hurrah, performance, pother, quarrel, racket, ruction, rumpus, stir, tumult, turmoil, unrest, uproar, whirl; concepts 230,674 Ant. peace, rest together [adj] composed calm, cool*, in sync*, stable, well-adjusted, well-balanced, wellorganized; concept 542 Ant. imbalanced, unstable, upset, worried together [adv1] as a group; all at once all together, as one, at one fell swoop*, closely, coincidentally, collectively, combined, commonly, concertedly, concomitantly, concurrently, conjointly, contemporaneously, en masse, hand in glove*, hand in hand*, in a body, in concert, in cooperation, in one breath*, in sync*, in unison, jointly, mutually, on the beat*, side by side, simultaneously, synchronically, unanimously, unitedly, with one accord, with one voice, with the beat; concepts 538,544, 548 Ant. apart, individually, separately together [adv2] in a row consecutively, continually, continuously, in succession, night and day, one after the other, on end, running, successively, unintermittedly, without a break, without interruption; concepts 482, 585 Ant. separately toil [n] hard work application, drudgery, effort, exertion, industry, labor, moil, nine-to-ve*, occupation, pains*, sweat, travail; concepts 100,362,677 Ant. entertainment, fun, pastime toil [v] work hard drive, drudge, grind, knock oneself out*, labor, moil, peg away*, plod, plug, push oneself, slave, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, tug, work, work like a dog*; concepts 100,677 Ant. idle, laze, neglect toilsome [adj] laborious arduous, backbreaking, burdensome, demanding, difcult, exhausting, hard, labored, onerous, operose, rough, strenuous, taxing, tiresome, uphill*; concept 538

token [n] indication, remembrance badge, clue, demonstration, earnest, evidence, expression, favor, gift, index, indicia, keepsake, manifestation, mark, memento, memorial, note, omen, pawn, pledge, presage, proof, relic, reminder, representation, sample, security, sign, signicant, souvenir, symbol, symptom, trophy, warning, warrant; concepts 284,337,529 tolerable [adj] acceptable, good enough adequate, allowable, all right, average, bearable, better than nothing*, common, decent, endurable, fair, fairly good, fair to middling*, goodish*, indifferent, livable, mediocre, middling*, not bad*, okay*, ordinary, passable, presentable, respectable, run-of-the-mill*, satisfactory, so-so*, sufferable, sufcient, supportable, sustainable, tidy, unexceptionable, unexceptional, unimpeachable; concepts 529,548 Ant. bad, intolerable, unacceptable, unbearable tolerance [n1] open-mindedness altruism, benevolence, broad-mindedness, charity, clemency, compassion, concession, endurance, forbearance, freedom, good will, grace, humanity, indulgence, kindness, lenience, leniency, lenity, liberalism, liberality, liberalness, license, magnanimity, mercifulness, mercy, patience, permission, permissiveness, sensitivity, sufferance, sympathy, toleration, understanding; concepts 410,657 Ant. bias, disapproval, intolerance, narrow-mindedness, prejudice tolerance [n2] fortitude, grit endurance, guts*, hardiness, hardness, opposition, patience, resilience, resistance, stamina, staying power*, steadfastness, steadiness, strength, sufferance, toughness, vigor; concept 732 Ant. intolerance, weakness tolerant [adj] open-minded, easygoing advanced, benevolent, big, broad, broad-minded, catholic, charitable, clement, complaisant, condoning, easy on, easy with, excusing, fair, forbearing, forgiving, free and easy*, humane, indulgent, kindhearted*, lax, lenient, liberal, long-suffering*, magnanimous, merciful, patient, permissive, progressive, radical, receptive, soft, sophisticated, sympathetic, understanding, unprejudiced, wide; concepts 403,542 Ant. biased, disapproving, intolerant, narrow-minded, prejudiced tolerate [v] allow, indulge abide, accept, admit, authorize, bear, bear with, blink at*, brook, condone, consent to, countenance, endure, go, go along with, have, hear, humor, live with, permit, pocket, put up with, receive, sanction, sit and take it*, sit still for*, stand, stand for, stay the course*, stomach*, string along, submit to, suffer, sustain, swallow*, take, tough out*, undergo, wink at*; concepts 23,83 Ant. check, disallow, disapprove, halt, stop, veto toll [n1] fee assessment, charge, cost, customs, demand, duty, exaction, expense, impost, levy, payment, price, rate, tariff, tax, tribute; concept 329 toll [n2] damage, deaths casualties, cost, expense, inroad, loss, losses, penalty, price; concept 230 toll [v] ring out announce, bell, bong, call, chime, clang, knell, peal, signal, sound, strike, summon, warn; concept 65

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tomb [n] burial place box, burial, burial chamber, catacomb, cofn, crypt, grave, mausoleum, monument, pit, sepulcher, trough, vault; concept 305 tome [n] large, scholarly book classic, great work, magnum opus, novel, opus, publication, reference book, schoolbook, textbook, title, tradebook, volume, work, writing; concept 280 tomfoolery [n] nonsense absurdity, antics, bunk, carrying-on*, clowning, craziness, folly, foolery, fooling around, foolishness, fun, funny business, giddiness, high jinks, horseplay, insanity, irresponsibility, joking, kidding around, ludicrousness, lunacy, madness, ridiculousness, senselessness, shenanigans*, silliness; concepts 230,388,633 tone [n1] pitch, volume accent, emphasis, force, inection, intonation, modulation, resonance, strength, stress, timbre, tonality; concept 65 tone [n2] attitude, spirit air, approach, aspect, character, condition, current, drift, effect, expression, fashion, feel, frame, grain, habit, humor, manner, mind, mode, mood, movement, nature, note, quality, state of things, strain, style, temper, tenor, trend, vein; concepts 655, 673,682 tone [n3] color blend, cast, coloration, hue, shade, tinge, tint, value; concept 622 tone [n4] condition of the body elasticity, health, healthiness, resiliency, strength, tonicity, tonus, vigor; concept 316 tone down [v] moderate chill out*, cloud, dampen, darken, deepen, dim, mitigate, modulate, play down, reduce, restrain, shade, sober, soften, soft-pedal*, subdue, temper; concept 240 Ant. aggravate, increase, raise tongue [n] language argot, articulation, dialect, discourse, expression, idiom, lingo, parlance, patois, speech, talk, utterance, vernacular, voice; concept 276 tongue-in-cheek [adj] facetious amusing, blithe, clever, comic, comical, dry, farcical, ip*, ippant, funny, humorous, in fun, in jest, ironic, ironical, irreverent, jesting, jocular, joking, joshing, laughable, not serious, playful, pulling ones leg*, putting one on*, sarcastic, satirical, smart, whimsical, wisecracking, witty; concept 267 tongue-tied [adj] speechless aghast, amazed, astounded, at a loss for words, bashful, choked up, dazed, dumbfounded, dumbstruck, inarticulate, mum, mute, shocked, shy, silent, stammering, uncommunicative, voiceless; concept 267 tonic [n] restorative drink, medicine analeptic, boost, bracer, conditioner, cordial, drug, llip, invigorator, livener, pick-me-up*, pickup, refresher, restorative, roborant, shot in the arm*, stimulant, strengthener; concept 307 too [adv1] also additionally, along, as well, besides, further, furthermore, in addition, into the bargain, likewise, more, moreover, to boot, withal; concepts 544,771 too [adv2] excessively awfully, beyond, ever, exceptionally, exorbitantly, extremely, greatly, highly, immensely, immoderately, in excess, inordinately, notably, over, over and above, overly, overmuch, remarkably, strikingly, unconscionably, unduly, unreasonably, very; concepts 569,772 Ant. little

tool [n1] instrument used to shape, form, nish apparatus, appliance, contraption, contrivance, device, engine, gadget, gizmo*, implement, job, machine, means, mechanism, utensil, weapon, whatchamacallit*; concept 499 tool [n2] person who allows himself to be used accessory, accomplice, agent, auxiliary, chump*, creature, dupe, easy mark*, gurehead, unky*, go-between, greenhorn*, hireling, idiot, intermediary, jackal, lackey, mark*, medium, messenger, minion, patsy*, pawn, peon, puppet, stooge, stool pigeon*, sucker*; concepts 348,412,423 toothsome [adj] delicious adorable, ambrosial, appetizing, delectable, delightful, divine, avorful, good, heavenly, luscious, lush, mouthwatering, nectarous, nice, palatable, pleasant, pleasing, rich, savory, scrumptious, sweet, tasteful, tasty, titillating, yummy*; concepts 572,613 top [adj] best, most important; highest apical, capital, chief, crack, crowning, culminating, dominant, elite, excellent, ne, nest, rst, rst-class, rst-rate, ve-star*, foremost, greatest, head, lead, leading, loftiest, maximal, maximum, outside, paramount, preeminent, primary, prime, principal, ruling, sovereign, superior, supreme, tiptop*, top-drawer*, topmost, top-notch, upper, uppermost; concepts 567,574,583 Ant. least, low, lower, lowest, second-rate, unimportant top [n1] highest point acme, apex, apogee, cap, capital, ceiling, climax, cork, cover, crest, crown, culmination, cusp, face, fastigium, nial, head, height, high point, lid, limit, maximum, meridian, peak, pinnacle, point, roof, spire, stopper, summit, supercies, surface, tip, utmost, vertex, zenith; concept 836 Ant. base, bottom, foot, lowest, nadir top [n2] highest rank best, captain, chief, choice, cream, elite, rst place, ower, head, lead, leader, pick, pride, prime, prize, utmost; concept 668 Ant. bottom, lowest top [v1] place on or reach highest part ascend, cap, climb, cloak, clothe, cover, crest, crown, face, nish, garnish, piggyback*, protect, reinforce, roof, scale, spread over, superimpose, surmount, tip; concepts 172,201,750 Ant. descend, drop, fall, lower top [v2] surpass bash, beat, be rst, best, better, blow away*, clobber*, eclipse, exceed, excel, fake out*, nagle*, fox*, go beyond, goose*, outdo, outfox, outshine, outstrip, overrun, run circles around*, shut out*, total*, transcend; concepts 95,141 Ant. fall behind, lose top [v3] remove the upper part amputate, cream, crop, curtail, cut off, decapitate, detruncate, dock, le off, lop off, pare, pollard, prune, ream, scrape off, shave off, shear, shorten, skim, trim, truncate; concept 211 Ant. add, replace topic [n] subject matter affair, argument, business, case, division, eld, head, issue, material, matter, matter in hand, moot point, motif, motion, motive, point, point in question, problem, proposition, question, resolution, subject, text, theme, theorem, thesis; concept 532 topical [adj1] current contemporary, modern, newsworthy, nominal, popular, subjective,

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thematic, up-to-date; concept 820 Ant. irrelevant, old, past topical [adj2] restricted, local conned, insular, limited, parochial, particular, regional, sectional; concepts 557,583 Ant. general, unrestricted top-level [adj] high-ranking, important aristocratic, distinguished, esteemed, famous, rst-class*, foremost, four-star*, front-page*, grand, high-level, high-prole, high-up, honored, illustrious, leading, majestic, majorleague*, noble, notable, noted, noteworthy, powerful, preeminent, prominent, top-drawer*, top-notch*, upper-class, VIP*, well-known; concepts 555,574 top-notch [adj] rst-rate A-1, ace, blue-chip*, choice, excellent, ne, rst-class, rst-string*, ve-star, highest quality, in a class all by itself*, prime*, sound, superior, supreme, tiptop*, top-level, uppermost, very best, very good; concept 574 topple [v] fall or knock over; overthrow bring down, capsize, collapse, do a pratfall*, fall, falter, founder, go belly up*, go down, hit the dirt*, keel over, knock down, land, lose it*, lurch, nose-dive, oust, overbalance, overturn, pitch, plunge, slump, stagger, stumble, take a header*, teeter, tip over, totter, tumble, turn over, unhorse, unseat, upset; concepts 95,147,181,208 Ant. place, put, straighten topsy-turvy [adj] mixed-up chaotic, cluttered, cockeyed, confused, disarranged, disheveled, disjointed, dislocated, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, downside-up*, inside-out, inverted, jumbled, littered, messy, muddled, overturned, pell-mell*, riotous, tangled, tumultous/tumultuous, unhinged, untidy, upended, upside-down, upturned; concepts 485,548,585 Ant. ordered, organized, straight torment [n] severe mental distress afiction, agony, anguish, annoyance, bane, bother, excruciation, harassment, hell, irritation, misery, nag, nagging, nuisance, pain, pain in the neck*, persecution, pest, plague, provocation, rack, scourge, suffering, torture, trouble, vexation, worry; concepts 410,728 Ant. contentment, glee, happiness, joy torment [v] be or make very upset abuse, afict, agonize, annoy, bait, bedevil, bone, bother, break, crucify, devil, distress, drive bananas*, drive up the wall*, excruciate, give a hard time*, harass, harrow, harry, heckle, hound, hurt, irritate, mistreat, molest, nag, pain, persecute, pester, plague, play cat and mouse*, provoke, punish, put through wringer*, rack, rub salt in wound*, smite, tease, torture, trouble, try, vex, worry, wring; concepts 7,19, 313 Ant. delight, make happy, please torn [adj1] cut open broken, burst, cleaved, cracked, damaged, divided, fractured, gashed, impaired, lacerated, mangled, ragged, rent, ripped, ruptured, severed, shabby, slashed, sliced, slit, snapped, split, wrenched; concept 485 Ant. xed, healed, mended, perfect torn [adj2] undecided divided, irresolute, of two minds*, split, uncertain, unsure, vacillating, wavering; concepts 403,542 Ant. certain, decided, resolute, sure torpid [adj] lazy, slow apathetic, benumbed, comatose, dopey*, dormant, drowsy, dull,

faineant, heavy, hebetudinous, idle, inactive, indifferent, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, languid, languorous, latent, leaden, lethargic, listless, lymphatic, motionless, numb, paralyzed, passive, slothful, slow-moving, sluggish, slumberous, sodden, somnolent, stagnant, static, stupid, stuporous; concepts 401,538 Ant. active, energetic, lively, moving, quick torpor [n] lethargy apathy, disinterest, dormancy, drowsiness, dullness, idleness, impassivity, inaction, inactivity, languor, laziness, lifelessness, listlessness, passiveness, sleepiness, sloth, slowness, sluggishness, slumber, stupor, torpidity, torpidness; concepts 315,410,633,748 torrent [n] heavy ow cascade, cataclysm, cataract, cloudburst, deluge, downpour, effusion, ood, ooding, ux, gush, inundation, niagara, outburst, overow, pour, rush, shower, spate, stream, tide, waterfall; concepts 146, 179,526 Ant. drip torrid [adj1] very hot arid, austral, blazing, blistering, boiling, broiling, burning, dried, dry, ery, heated, parched, parching, red-hot*, scalding, scorched, scorching, sizzling, stiing, sultry, sweltering, tropic, tropical; concept 605 Ant. arctic, cold, freezing torrid [adj2] sensuous ardent, blazing, burning, erotic, fervent, aming, hot*, hot-blooded*, impassioned, intense, passionate, red-hot*, sexy, steamy*, sultry, white-hot*; concept 372 Ant. cold, cool, frigid, unsensual tortuous [adj1] very twisted anfractuous, bent, circuitous, convoluted, crooked, curved, exuous, indirect, involute, labyrinthine, mazy, meandering, meandrous, roundabout, serpentine, sinuous, snaky, twisting, vermiculate, winding, zigzag; concept 581 Ant. direct, straight, untwisted tortuous [adj2] complicated ambiguous, convoluted, cunning, deceptive, devious, indirect, involute, involved, misleading, perverse, roundabout, tricky; concept 562 Ant. easy, straightforward, uncomplicated, uninvolved torture [n] severe mental or physical pain ache, afiction, agony, anguish, cruciation, crucixion, distress, dolor, excruciation, impalement, laceration, martyrdom, misery, pang, persecution, rack, suffering, third degree*, torment, tribulation, twinge; concepts 410,728 Ant. alleviation, contentment, happiness, relief torture [v] upset or hurt severely abuse, afict, agonize, annoy, beat, bother, crucify, distress, disturb, excruciate, grill, harrow, impale, injure, irritate, lacerate, maim, mangle, martyr, martyrize, mistreat, mutilate, oppress, pain, persecute, rack, smite, torment, try, whip, wound, wring, wrong; concepts 7,19,246,313 Ant. alleviate, make happy, please, relieve toss [n/v1] throw bung, cast, chuck, chunk, re, ing, ip, heave, hurl, launch, lob, peg, pitch, project, propel, sling, twirl, wing; concept 222 Ant. catch toss [v2] move back and forth agitate, agonize, bob, buffet, disturb, ounder, heave, jiggle, joggle, jolt, labor, lurch, move restlessly, oscillate, pitch, rise and fall, rock, roll, seesaw,

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shake, squirm, stir, sway, swing, thrash, tumble, undulate, wallow, wave, wobble, wriggle, writhe; concept 147 Ant. lie still total [adj] complete, thorough absolute, all-out, comprehensive, consummate, downright, entire, every, full, full-blown, full-scale, gross, inclusive, integral, out-and-out, outright, overall, perfect, plenary, positive, sheer, sweeping, thoroughgoing, totalitarian, unconditional, undisputed, undivided, unlimited, unmitigated, unqualied, unreserved, unrestricted, utter, whole; concepts 531,762 Ant. incomplete, partial, unnished total [n] whole aggregate, all, amount, body, budget, bulk, entirety, at out*, full amount, gross, jackpot*, mass, quantity, quantum, result, sum, sum total*, tale, the works*, totality; concepts 787,837 Ant. part total [v] add up add, aggregate, amount to, calculate, cast, come, come to, comprise, consist of, equal, gure, foot, mount up to, number, pile up, reach, reckon, result in, ring up*, run into, run to, stack up, summate, sum up, totalize, tote*, yield; concept 764 Ant. subtract, take away totalitarian [adj] dictatorial absolute, authoritarian, autocratic, communist*, despotic, fascistic, monolithic, Nazi*, one-party, oppressive, total, totalistic, tyrannical, undemocratic; concept 536 Ant. democratic totally [adv] completely absolutely, all, all in all, altogether, comprehensively, consummately, entirely, exactly, exclusively, at out*, full blast*, fully, in toto*, just, perfectly, quite, thoroughly, top to bottom*, unconditionally, unmitigatedly, utterly, wholeheartedly, wholly; concept 531 Ant. incompletely, partially totter [v] move falteringly blunder, careen, dodder, falter, ounder, hesitate, lurch, quake, quiver, reel, rock, roll, seesaw, shake, shimmy, slide, slip, stagger, stammer, stumble, sway, teeter, topple, tremble, trip, walk unsteadily, waver, weave, wheel, wobble, zigzag; concept 151 touch [n1] physical contact blow, brush, caress, collision, communication, contact, contingence, crash, cuddling, embrace, feel, feeling, fondling, graze, grope, handling, hit, hug, impact, junction, kiss, lick, manipulation, nudge, palpation, pat, peck, perception, percussion, petting, push, rub, rubbing, scratch, shock, stroke, stroking, tactility, taction, tap, taste, touching; concepts 590,608,612 touch [n2] tiny amount bit, dash, detail, drop, hint, inkling, intimation, jot, pinch, scent, shade, smack, small amount, smattering, soupon, speck, spot, streak, suggestion, suspicion, taste, tincture, tinge, trace, whiff; concepts 529,831,832 Ant. lot touch [n3] manner, method ability, acquaintance, adeptness, adroitness, approach, art, artistry, awareness, characteristic, command, communication, contact, deftness, direction, effect, facility, faculty, familiarity, nish, air, hand, handiwork, inuence, knack, mastery, skill, style, talent, technique, trademark, understanding, virtuosity, way; concepts 6,630,655 touch [v1] make physical contact abut, adjoin, be in contact, border, brush, butt on, caress,

come together, communicate, contact, converge, dab, examine, feel, feel up*, nger, fondle, frisk, glance, graze, grope, handle, hit, impinge upon, inspect, join, kiss, lay a nger on*, lick, line, manipulate, march, massage, meet, neighbor, osculate, palm, palpate, partake, pat, paw, percuss, pet, probe, push, reach, rub, scrutinize, sip, smooth, strike, stroke, suck, sweep, tag, tap, taste, thumb, tickle, tip, toy, verge; concept 612 Ant. cower, shrink, shy away touch [v2] have an effect on affect, arouse, carry, disturb, excite, feel out, get through to*, get to*, grab, impress, inuence, inspire, make an impression*, mark, melt, move, quicken, soften, stimulate, stir, strike, strike a chord*, stroke, sway, tug at the heart*, upset; concepts 7,19,22 touch [v3] have to do with; regard affect, be a party to, bear on, bear upon, be associated with, belong to, center upon, concern, concern oneself with, consume, deal with, drink, eat, get involved in, handle, interest, involve, partake of, pertain to, refer to, use, utilize; concept 532 touch [v4] make mention allude to, bring in, cover, deal with, discuss, go over, mention, note, refer to, speak of, treat; concept 51 Ant. secrete touch [v5] compare with; correspond to amount, approach, be a match for*, be in the same league*, be on a par*, come near, come to, come up to, equal, hold a candle to*, match, measure up, meet, parallel, partake of, rival, tie, verge on; concept 561 touched [adj1] deeply moved emotionally affected, disturbed, grabbed*, impressed, melted*, softened, stirred, swayed, turned on by*, turned on to*, upset; concepts 403,542 Ant. unemotional, unmoved, untouched touched [adj2] crazy batty*, bizarre, bonkers*, cuckoo*, daft, eccentric, fanatic, ighty, insane, neurotic, not all there*, not right*, nuts*, nutty*, obsessed, out of ones mind*, peculiar, pixilated, queer, unhinged; concepts 402,403 Ant. ok, sane, well touching [adj1] affecting, moving emotionally compassionate, emotive, heartbreaking, heartrending, impressive, melting, mind-blowing*, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poignant, responsive, sad, stirring, stunning, sympathetic, tear-jerking, tender, wistful; concepts 529,537 Ant. unaffecting, unmoving touch up [v] x up; improve amend, brush up, do up, enhance, nish off, give a face-lift*, gloss, make improvements, modify, patch up, perfect, polish, put nishing touches on*, remodel, renew, renovate, repair, retouch, revamp, rework, round off, tease*; concepts 212,244 Ant. break, damage, harm, hurt touchy [adj] easily offended bad-tempered, bundle of nerves*, cantankerous, captious, choleric, crabbed, cranky, cross, delicate, dicey*, grouchy, grumpy, hazardous, hypersensitive, irascible, irritable, jumpy*, mean, ornery*, oversensitive, peevish, perturbable, pettish, petulant, precarious, querulous, quicktempered, risky, sensitive, splenetic, surly, temperamental, testy, thin-skinned*, ticklish*,

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tricky, unpredictable, unsafe, uptight*, volatile, wired up*, wound up*; concepts 401,542,548 Ant. calm, easygoing, laid-back, unappable tough [adj1] sturdy, strong brawny, cohesive, conditioned, dense, durable, brous, rm, t, inty, hard, hard as nails*, hard-bitten*, hardened, hardy, healthy, indigestible, inexible, leathery, lusty, mighty, molded, resilient, resistant, rigid, robust, rugged, seasoned, sinewy, solid, stalwart, steeled, stiff, stout, strapping, tenacious, tight, tough as nails*, unbreakable, unyielding, vigorous, withstanding; concepts 314,489 Ant. delicate, fragile, unstable, vulnerable, weak, wobbly tough [adj2] obstinate, rough adamant, arbitrary, callous, conrmed, cruel, desperate, drastic, exacting, ferocious, erce, rm, xed, hard, hard-bitten*, hard-boiled*, hard-line*, hard-nosed*, hard-shelled*, harsh, headstrong, immutable, inexible, intractable, merciless, narrow, obdurate, pugnacious, refractory, resolute, rufanly, ruthless, savage, severe, stern, stiff, strict, stubborn, taut, terrible, unalterable, unbending, uncompromising, uncontrollable, unforgiving, unmanageable, unyielding, vicious, violent; concepts 403,542 Ant. gentle, kind, nice, tender tough [adj3] difcult, laborious arduous, backbreaking*, bafing, burdensome, demanding, effortful, exacting, exhausting, exigent, grievous, hairy*, handful*, hard, heavy, intractable, intricate, irksome, knotty*, labored, mean, no piece of cake*, onerous, oppressive, perplexing, puzzling, resisting, severe, stiff, strenuous, taxing, thorny, toilsome, troublesome, trying, unyielding, uphill*, weighty*, wicked; concepts 538,565 Ant. controllable, easy, facile tough [n] person who is rowdy, mean bruiser, brute, bully, criminal, gangster, goon*, hood*, hoodlum, hooligan, punk*, rough*, roughneck, rowdy, rufan, thug, villain; concept 412 toughen [v] harden acclimate, acclimatize, anneal, brutalize, climatize, develop, inure, make difcult, season, strengthen, temper; concepts 202,250 Ant. ex, soften, tenderize toupee [n] wig false hair, hair extension, hair implant, hairpiece, hair weaving, periwig, peruke, postiche, rug*; concept 392 tour [n] journey; stint bout*, circle tour*, circuit, course, cruise, excursion, expedition, getaway*, go*, hitch*, hop*, jaunt*, junket, outing, overnight*, peregrination, progress, road, round*, roundabout*, round trip, run, shift, spell, stretch, stump*, swing*, time, travel, trek, trick*, trip, turn, voyage, weekend, whistle-stop*; concepts 81,224,807 tour [v] visit, journey barnstorm*, cruise, explore, globe-trot*, go on the road*, holiday*, hop*, jaunt, jet, junket, peregrinate, sightsee, stump*, swing*, take a trip, travel, vacation, voyage; concepts 224,227 tour de force [n] great achievement accomplishment, attainment, conquest, deed, exploit, masterpiece, performance, stroke of genius, success, triumph, victory; concepts 1,706 tourist [n] person who visits a place daytripper, excursionist, globetrotter, jet-setter, journeyer, rubberneck*, sightseer, stranger, traveler, tripper*, vacationist, visitor, voyager,

wayfarer; concept 423 Ant. inhabitant, local, native tournament [n] sporting competition clash, contest, duel, event, ght, games, joust, match, meet, meeting, series, sport, test, tilt, tourney; concept 363 tousled [adj] disarrayed beat-up*, dirty, disarranged, disheveled, disordered, grubby*, messed-up*, messy, mussed-up*, rufed, rumpled, sloppy, tangled, uncombed, unkempt; concepts 485,589 Ant. kempt, neat, ordered tout [v] brag about, show off acclaim, ballyhoo*, boost, give a boost*, herald, laud, plug*, praise, proclaim, promote, publicize, push, steer, tip, tip off*, trumpet; concepts 69,138 Ant. conceal, hide tow [v] pull along drag, draw, ferry, haul, lug, propel, push, trail, trawl, tug, yank; concept 206 Ant. push toward/towards [prep1] on the way to; near against, almost, approaching, close to, coming up, contra, en route, facing, for, fronting, headed for, in relation to, in the direction of, in the vicinity, just before, moving, nearing, nearly, not quite, on the road to, over against, pointing to, proceeding, shortly before, to, via, vis--vis; concept 586 toward/towards [prep2] concerning about, against, anent, apropos, as for, as to, for, in re, re, regarding, with regard to, with respect to; concept 532 tower [n] very high building or building part belfry, castle, citadel, cloud buster*, column, fort, fortication, fortress, high rise*, keep, lookout, mast, minaret, monolith, obelisk, pillar, refuge, skyscraper, spire, steeple, stronghold, turret; concepts 439,440 tower [v] rise above ascend, be above, dominate, exceed, extend above, look down, look over, loom, mount, overlook, overtop, rear, soar, surmount, surpass, top, transcend; concepts 141,752 towering [adj] huge, excessive aerial, airy, colossal, elevated, extraordinary, extravagant, extreme, fantastic, gigantic, great, high, immoderate, imperial, imposing, impressive, inordinate, intense, lofty, magnicent, massive, mighty, monumental, outstanding, paramount, preeminent, prodigious, skyscraping, soaring, spiring, stately, stupendous, sublime, superior, supreme, surpassing, tall, towery, transcendent, tremendous, ultimate, undue, unmatchable, unmeasurable; concepts 567,779 Ant. dwarfed, little, minor, short, small, tiny town [n] incorporated community apple*, boondocks, borough, burg*, city, hamlet, metropolis, municipality, seat, sticks*, township, whistle-stop*; concepts 507,508 toxic [adj] poisonous baneful, deadly, harmful, lethal, mephitic, noxious, pernicious, pestilential, poison, septic, toxicant, venomous, virulent; concept 537 Ant. harmless, nonpoisonous toxin [n] poison blight, cancer, contagion, contamination, germ, infection, noxious substance, poisonous substance, toxicant, toxoid, venom, virus; concepts 307,475,674,675 toy [n] entertainment article bauble, curio, doll, game, knickknack, novelty, plaything, trie, trinket; concept 446

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toy [v] play with amuse oneself, coquet, cosset, dally, dandle, ddle, irt, fool, fool around*, jest, lead on, mess around*, pet, play, play around, play games, sport, string along*, tease, trie, wanton; concept 384 Ant. work trace [n] evidence; small bit breath, crumb, dab, dash, drop, element, footmark, footprint, fragment, hint, indication, intimation, iota, jot, mark, memento, minimum, nib, nuance, particle, pinch, proof, record, relic, remains, remnant, scintilla, shade, shadow, shred, sign, slot, smell, smidgen, snippet, soupon, speck, spoor, spot, sprinkling, strain, streak, suggestion, survival, suspicion, taste, tincture, tinge, tittle, token, touch, track, trail, tread, trie, vestige, whiff, whisper; concepts 529,831 Ant. lot trace [v1] seek, follow ascertain, detect, determine, discern, discover, ferret out, nd, hunt, perceive, pursue, run down, search for, shadow, smell out, spoor, spot, stalk, track, trail, unearth; concepts 207,216 Ant. ignore, run away trace [v2] draw around chart, copy, delineate, depict, duplicate, map, mark out, outline, record, reproduce, show, sketch; concepts 79,174 track [n1] mark, print made by something clue, footmark, footprint, footstep, groove, impress, impression, imprint, indication, memorial, monument, path, print, record, remains, remnant, rut, scent, sign, slot, spoor, step, symbol, token, trace, tract, trail, tread, vestige, wake; concepts 513,628 track [n2] path, way alley, artery, avenue, beaten path*, boulevard, clearing, course, cut*, drag*, footpath, highway, lane, line, orbit, passage, pathway, rail, rails, road, roadway, route, street, thoroughfare, trackway, trail, trajectory, walk; concept 501 track/track down [v] follow, pursue apprehend, beat the bushes*, be hot on the trail*, bird-dog*, bring to light*, capture, catch, chase, cover, dig up, discover, do, dog*, dog footsteps of*, draw an inference, expose, ferret out, nd, go after, hunt, piece together, put together, run down, scout, shadow, smell out*, sniff out*, stalk, stick to, tail, trace, trail, travel, traverse, unearth; concepts 183,207, 216 Ant. run away tract [n] area, lot amplitude, belt, district, estate, expanse, extent, eld, parcel, part, piece, plat, plot, portion, quarter, region, section, sector, spread, stretch, zone; concepts 508,513 tractable [adj] manageable acquiescent, amenable, biddable, complaisant, compliant, controllable, docile, ductile, facile, exible, game, going along with*, governable, hanging loose*, malleable, meek, obedient, persuadable, plastic, pliable, pliant, putty in hands*, rolling with punches*, subdued, submissive, tame, tractile, willing, workable, yielding; concepts 401,488,542 Ant. intractable, obstinate, stubborn, uncontrollable, unmanageable, unruly traction [n] physical resistance, friction absorption, adherence, adhesion, constriction, contraction, drag, draught, drawing, grip, haulage, pull, pulling, purchase, resorption, strain, stress, stretch, suck, suction, towage; concepts 731, 748 Ant. slipperiness

trade [n1] buying and selling barter, business, clientele, commerce, contract, custom, customers, deal, dealing, enterprise, exchange, industry, interchange, market, merchantry, patronage, public, sales, swap, trafc, transaction, truck; concepts 324,327,330,345 trade [n2] profession, work art, avocation, business, calling, craft, employment, game, handicraft, job, line, line of work, mtier, nine-to-ve*, occupation, position, pursuit, skill, thing*, vocation; concepts 349,360 Ant. entertainment, fun, pastime trademark [n] logo, symbol brand, brand name, identication, initials, label, logotype, mark, stamp, tag; concepts 259,284 tradition [n] established practice attitude, belief, birthright, conclusion, convention, culture, custom, customs, ethic, ethics, fable, folklore, form, habit, heritage, idea, inheritance, institution, law, legend, lore, mores, myth, mythology, mythos, opinion, practice, praxis, ritual, unwritten law, usage, wisdom; concept 688 traditional [adj] usual, established acceptable, accustomed, acknowledged, ancestral, classic, classical, common, conventional, customary, doctrinal, xed, folk, habitual, historic, immemorial, long-established, old, oral, popular, prescribed, regular, rooted, sanctioned, taken for granted, time-honored, transmitted, universal, unwritten, widely used, widespread; concepts 530,533 Ant. fresh, new, unestablished, unxed, untraditional, unusual trafc [n1] coming and going cartage, ux, freight, gridlock, inux, jam, movement, parking lot*, passage, passengers, rush hour, service, shipment, transfer, transit, transport, transportation, travel, truckage, vehicles; concepts 224,505,770 trafc [n2] buying and selling barter, business, closeness, commerce, communication, communion, connection, custom, dealing, dealings*, doings*, exchange, familiarity, industry, interchange, intercourse, intimacy, merchantry, patronage, peddling, relations, relationship, soliciting, trade, transactions, truck*; concepts 330,335 trafc [v] buy and sell; do business bargain, barter, black-market*, bootleg*, connect with, contact, deal, deal in*, dicker, exchange, fence, handle, have dealings, have transaction, horse trade*, interact, interface, make a deal, market, moonshine*, negotiate, network, peddle, push, reach out, relate, shove, swap, touch, touch base*, trade, truck*, work out; concepts 324, 327,330,345 tragedy [n] disaster adversity, afiction, bad fortune, bad luck, blight, blow, calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, contretemps, curse, curtains*, dole, dolor, doom, downer*, failure, hard knocks*, hardship, humiliation, lot, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, reverse, shock, struggle, the worst*, unluckiness, waterloo*, woe, wreck; concepts 674, 675 Ant. advantage, blessing, boon, success, victory tragic [adj] catastrophic, very bad adverse, anguished, appalling, awful, calamitous, cataclysmic, crushing, deadly, deathly, deplorable, desolate, destructive, dire, disastrous, doleful,

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dreadful, fatal, fateful, forlorn, grievous, grim, hapless, harrowing, heartbreaking, heart-rending, ill-fated, ill-starred, lamentable, miserable, mournful, painful, pathetic, pitiable, pitiful, ruinous, sad, shocking, sorrowful, terrible, unfortunate, unhappy, woeful, wretched; concepts 548,571 Ant. advantageous, blessed, good, happy, successful trail [n] path, track aisle, beaten track*, byway, footpath, footprints, footsteps, groove*, mark, marks, pathway, road, route, rut, scent, spoor, stream, stroll, tail, trace, train, wake, way; concept 501 trail [v] lag behind, follow bedog, bring up the rear*, chase, dally, dangle, dawdle, delay, dog*, drag, draggle, draw, droop, drop back, extend, fall back, fall behind, falter, ag, follow a scent*, halt, hang, hang back, hang down, haul, hunt, lag, linger, loiter, nose out*, plod, poke, poke along*, procrastinate, pull, pursue, shadow, shag, spook*, spoor, stalk, straggle, stream, string along*, tag along*, tail, take out after, tarry, tow, trace, track, traipse, trudge; concepts 207,727,753 Ant. lead train [n] series alternation, appendage, caravan, chain, column, concatenation, consecution, convoy, cortege, course, court, entourage, le, following, gradation, line, order, procession, progression, retinue, row, run, scale, sequel, sequence, set, string, succession, suite, tail, thread, tier, track, trail, wake; concepts 432, 727 train [v1] prepare accustom, brainwash*, break in, care for, coach, cultivate, develop, discipline, drill, drum into, dry run*, educate, enlighten, equip, exercise, get a workout, get in shape, ground, grow strong, guide, habituate, harden, hone, improve, instruct, inure, make ready, mold, prime, qualify, rear, rehearse, run through, school, season, shape, sharpen, show the ropes*, study, tame, teach, tutor, update, warm up*, whip into shape*, wise up*, work out; concepts 35,202,285 Ant. forget, neglect train [v2] aim at beam, bring to bear, cast, cock, direct, draw a bead*, focus, get in ones sights*, head, incline, lay, level, line up, point, slant, turn, zero in*; concept 201 trainee [n] beginner abecedarian, amateur, apprentice, buckwheater*, cadet, colt*, greenhorn, learner, neophyte, newcomer, new kid on the block*, novice, novitiate, pupil, recruit, rookie, starter, student, tenderfoot*, tyro; concepts 423,424 trainer [n] instructor, teacher adviser, breeder, coach, demonstrator, drill sergeant, guide, handler, lecturer, mentor, professor, tutor; concept 350 training [n] preparation background, basics, buildup, chalk talk*, coaching, cultivation, discipline, domestication, drill, education, exercise, foundation, grounding, groundwork, guidance, indoctrination, instruction, practice, preliminaries, principles, readying, schooling, seasoning, sharpening, teaching, tuition, tuneup*, tutelage, upbringing, warm-up*, workout*; concepts 202,285,678 traipse [v] walk amble, ambulate, gad, go on foot*, hike, knock about*, lumber, march,

meander, pace, parade, plod, prance, promenade, roam, rove, shufe, step, stride, stroll, strut, take a walk, tour, travel on foot, traverse, trek, troop, trudge, wander; concept 149 trait [n] characteristic affection, attribute, birthmark, cast, character, custom, denominator, feature, habit, idiosyncrasy, lineament, manner, mannerism, mark, nature of the beast*, oddity, peculiarity, point, property, quality, quirk, savor, thing*, trick, virtue; concepts 411,644,834 traitor [n] person who is disloyal apostate, backslider*, back-stabber*, Benedict Arnold*, betrayer, conspirator, deceiver, defector, deserter, double-crosser*, nk*, hypocrite, impostor, informer, intriguer, Judas*, miscreant, quisling, rebel, renegade, snake*, sneak*, snitch*, snitcher*, spy, squealer*, stool pigeon*, tattletale, traducer, treasonist, turncoat, two-timer*, whistle-blower*, wolf*; concept 412 Ant. loyalist traitorous [adj] disloyal apostate, betraying, double-crossing, faithless, perdious, recreant, subversive, treacherous, treasonable, treasonous, two-faced*, two-timing, undutiful, unfaithful, unpatriotic, untrue, wormlike; concept 401 trajectory [n] course curve, direction, ight, ow, line, movement, orbit, path, range, route, track, trail; concepts 501,514 tramp [n1] person who is poor, desperate beggar, bum, derelict, down-and-out*, drifter, oater, hitchhiker, hobo, homeless person, loafer, outcast, panhandler, vagabond, vagrant, wanderer; concept 412 tramp [n2] heavy walk cruise, excursion, expedition, footfall, footstep, hike, jaunt, march, ramble, saunter, slog, stomp, stroll, tour, traipse, tread, trek, turn, walking trip; concepts 151,224 Ant. tiptoeing tramp [v] walk heavily crush, footslog, gallop, hike, hop, march, navigate, plod, pound, ramble, range, roam, rove, slog, stamp, stodge, stomp, stroll, stump, thud, toil, tour, traipse, trample, tread, trek, trip, tromp, trudge, walk over; concepts 151,224 Ant. tiptoe trample [v] walk forcibly over bruise, crush, encroach, atten, grind, hurt, infringe, injure, override, overwhelm, pound, ride roughshod over*, run over, squash, stamp, step on, stomp, tramp, tread, tromp, violate; concepts 137,208 trance [n] hypnotic state abstraction, coma, daze, dream, ecstasy, glaze, insensibility, muse, petrifaction, rapture, reverie, spell, study, stupor, transxion, transxture, unconsciousness; concept 410 Ant. consciousness tranquil [adj] quiet, peaceful agreeable, amicable, at ease, at peace, balmy, calm, collected, comforting, composed, cool, easy, easygoing, even, even-tempered, gentle, halcyon, hushed, lenient, low, measured, mild, moderate, murmuring, pacic, paradisiacal, pastoral, patient, placid, pleasing, poised, possessed, reasonable, restful, sedate, sedative, serene, smooth, sober, soft, soothing, stable, still, tame, temperate, undisturbed, unexcitable, unexcited, unperturbed, unrufed, untroubled, whispering; concepts 525,542,594 Ant. chaotic, loud, noisy, turbulent, unpeaceful, violent, wild

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tranquility [n] peace, quiet ataraxia, calm, calmness, composure, coolness, equanimity, hush, imperturbability, imperturbation, law and order, order, peacefulness, placidity, quietness, quietude, repose, rest, restfulness, sedateness, serenity, stillness; concepts 65,673 Ant. chaos, disturbance, loudness, noise, turbulence, violence, wildness tranquilize [v] make calm, quiet balm, calm, calm down, compose, hush, lull, pacify, put at rest, quell, quiet, quieten, relax, sedate, settle ones nerves*, soothe, still, subdue, unrufe; concepts 7,22,310 Ant. aggravate, agitate, incite, stir up, upset transact [v] do business, carry out accomplish, button down*, button up*, buy, carry on, clinch, close, conclude, conduct, discharge, do*, effectuate, enact, execute, nish, handle, jell, manage, move, negotiate, operate, perform, prosecute, pull off, run with the ball*, see to, sell, settle, sew up*, take care of, TCB*, work out a deal*, wrap up*; concepts 91,223,324,330,706 Ant. deny, refuse transaction [n] business dealing; undertaking act, action, activity, affair, agreement, bargain, bond, business, buying, compact, contract, convention, coup, covenant, deal, deed, disposal, doings*, enterprise, event, execution, goings-on*, happening, intercourse, matter, negotiation, occurrence, pact, performance, play, proceeding, purchase, purchasing, sale, selling, step; concepts 223,324,330,684 Ant. denial, refusal, rejection transcend [v] go beyond; surpass beat, best, be superior, better, eclipse, exceed, excel, go above, leave behind, leave in the dust*, outdo, outrival, outshine, outstrip, outvie, overstep, overtop, rise above, top, transform; concept 141 Ant. fail, lose transcendent/transcendental [adj] extraordinary, superior absolute, abstract, accomplished, beyond grasp, boundless, consummate, entire, eternal, exceeding, fantastic, nished, hypothetical, ideal, incomparable, innite, innate, intact, intellectual, intuitive, matchless, obscure, original, otherworldly, peerless, perfect, preeminent, primordial, second to none*, sublime, supernatural, supreme, surpassing, theoretical, towering, transcending, transmundane, ultimate, unequalable, unequalled, unique, unparalleled, unrivalled, whole; concept 574 Ant. inferior, ordinary, simple transcribe [v] transfer to another medium copy out, decipher, duplicate, engross, interpret, note, record, render, reprint, reproduce, rewrite, set out, take down, tape, tape-record, transfer, translate, transliterate, write out; concepts 79, 125,171 transcript [n] copy carbon copy*, ditto*, duplicate, facsimile, hard copy, imprint, manuscript, mimeograph, minutes, notes, print, record, recorded material, recording, reprint, reproduction, transcription, translation; concepts 269,667,716 transfer [n] change of possession alteration, assignment, conduction, convection, deportation, displacement, move, relegation, relocation, removal, shift, substitution, transference, translation, transmission, transmittal, transposition,

variation; concepts 108,143,217,223 Ant. hold, keeping transfer [v] pass possession to assign, bear, bring, carry, cart, cede, change, consign, convert, convey, deed, delegate, deliver, dislocate, dispatch, dispense, displace, disturb, express, feed, ferry, nd, forward, give, hand, hand over, haul, lug, mail, make over, metamorphose, move, pass on, pass the buck*, post, provide, relegate, relocate, remove, sell, send, shift, ship, shoulder, sign over, supply, taxi, tote, transgure, translate, transmit, transmogrify, transmute, transplant, transport, transpose, turn over; concepts 108,143,217,223 Ant. hold, keep transx [v1] hold ones attention bewitch, captivate, enchant, engross, fascinate, hold, hypnotize, mesmerize, palsy, paralyze, petrify, rivet, root, spellbind, stop in ones tracks*, stop one dead*, stun; concepts 11,14 Ant. bore, look away transx [v2] pierce x, impale, lance, nail down, penetrate, pin down, puncture, run through, skewer, skiver, spear, spike, spit, stick, transpierce; concept 220 transform [v] change completely alter, commute, convert, cook, denature, doctor, make over, metamorphose, mold, mutate, reconstruct, remodel, renew, revamp, revolutionize, shift gears*, sing different tune*, switch, switch over, transfer, transgure, translate, transmogrify, transmute, transpose, turn around, turn over new leaf*, turn the corner*, turn the tables*; concepts 232,697 Ant. leave alone, preserve, stagnate transformation [n] complete change aboutface*, alteration, changeover, conversion, ip-op*, metamorphosis, radical change, renewal, revolution, shift, switch, transguration, transmogrication, transmutation; concept 697 Ant. preservation, sameness, stagnation transgression [n] violation, misbehavior breach, breaking of the law, contravention, crime, deance, disobedience, encroachment, erring, error, fault, infraction, infringement, iniquity, lapse, misdeed, misdemeanor, offense, overstepping, sin, slip, trespass, vice, wrong, wrongdoing; concepts 101,192,645 Ant. behavior, good manners, obedience, right transient/transitory [adj] temporary, brief changeable, deciduous, emigrating, ephemeral, evanescent, ash, eeting, itting, y-bynight*, ying, fugacious, fugitive, going by, impermanent, insubstantial, migrating, momentary, moving, passing, provisional, short, shortlived, short-term, temporal, transmigratory, unstable, vacating, volatile; concept 798 Ant. enduring, incessant, lasting, longlasting, neverending, permanent, persistent, undying transit [n] transportation alteration, carriage, carrying, conveyance, crossing, inltration, motion, movement, osmosis, passage, penetration, permeation, portage, shift, shipment, transfer, transference, transport, transporting, travel, traverse; concepts 155,224 transition [n] change, often major alteration, changeover, conversion, development, evolution, ux, growth, metamorphosis, metastasis, passage, passing, progress, progression,

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realignment, shift, transformation, transit, transmutation, turn, turning point, upheaval; concept 697 Ant. beginning, conclusion, end, nish, introduction, sameness, stagnation, start translate [v1] interpret, explain construe, convert, decipher, decode, do into, elucidate, explicate, gloss, make clear, metaphrase, paraphrase, put, render, reword, simplify, spell out, transcribe, transliterate, transpose, turn; concepts 55,57 translate [v2] change alter, commute, convert, metamorphose, transgure, transform, transmogrify, transmute, transpose, turn; concept 232 Ant. stagnate translation [n] rewording; interpretation adaptation, construction, crib*, decoding, elucidation, explanation, gloss, key, metaphrase, paraphrase, reading, rendering, rendition, rephrasing, restatement, simplication, transcription, transliteration, version; concepts 268,277,278 translator [n] interpreter adapter, cryptographer, cryptologist, decoder, dragoman, explainer, glossator, linguist, polyglot; concepts 57,292 translucent [adj] clear clear-cut, crystal, crystalline, diaphanous, glassy, limpid, lucent, lucid, luminous, pellucid, see-through, semiopaque, semitransparent, translucid, unblurred; concept 618 Ant. blocked, cloudy, opaque transmit [v] communicate, send address, bear, bequeath, break, broadcast, carry, channel, conduct, consign, convey, diffuse, dispatch, disseminate, drop a line*, drop a note*, forward, funnel, give a call*, give a ring*, hand down, hand on, impart, instill, issue, mail, pass on, pipe, put on the air*, radio, relay, remit, route, send out, ship, siphon, spread, take, traject, transfer, transfuse, translate, transport; concepts 217,266,292 Ant. get, receive, take transparent [adj1] see-through cellophane, clear, crystal-clear, crystalline, diaphanous, lmy, gauzy, glassy, gossamer, hyaline, limpid, lucent, lucid, pellucid, permeable, plain, sheer, thin, tiffany, translucent, transpicuous, vitreous; concepts 606,618 Ant. blocked, cloudy, dark, opaque transparent [adj2] obvious, understandable apparent, articulate, artless, candid, clear-cut, direct, distinct, distinguishable, easily seen, easy, evident, explicit, forthright, frank, guileless, honest, ingenuous, manifest, open, patent, perspicuous, plain, plain-spoken, recognizable, self-explanatory, sincere, straight, straightforward, unambiguous, undisguised, unequivocal, unmistakable, unsophisticated, visible; concept 267 Ant. cloudy, questionable, unclear, unintelligible, vague transpire [v1] occur, happen arise, befall, betide, chance, come about, come to pass, develop, ensue, eventuate, fall out*, gel, go, result, shake, take place, turn up; concept 3 transpire [v2] become known be disclosed, be discovered, be made public, break, come out, come to light, emerge, get out, leak; concepts 261,266 transplant [v] relocate displace, emigrate, graft, immigrate, move, readapt, recondition, remove, reorient, reset, resettle, revamp, shift,

transfer, transpose, uproot; concepts 213,310 Ant. preserve, save transport [n1] move, transfer carriage, carrier, carrying, carting, conveyance, conveying, conveyor, freightage, hauling, lift, movement, mover, moving, passage, removal, shipment, shipping, transference, transferring, transit, transportation, transporting, transshipment, truckage, vehicle; concepts 155,503 Ant. idle, remain, stay transport [n2] delight ardor, bliss, cloud nine*, ecstasy, enchantment, enthusiasm, euphoria, fervor, happiness, heaven, passion, rapture, ravishment, rhapsody, seventh heaven*; concepts 32,410 Ant. boredom, dislike, indifference transport [v1] move, transfer back, bear, bring, carry, conduct, convey, ferry, fetch, haul, heel*, jag, lug, pack, piggyback*, remove, ride, run, schlepp*, ship, shoulder, take, tote, truck; concepts 147,187,217 Ant. hold, keep transport [v2] exile banish, cast out, deport, displace, expel, expulse, oust, relegate, sentence; concepts 211,317 Ant. remain transport [v3] captivate, delight agitate, carry away, electrify, elevate, enchant, enrapture, entrance, excite, iname, move, provoke, quicken, ravish, send, slay, spellbind, stimulate, stir, thrill, trance, uplight, wow; concepts 7,22 Ant. disenchant, repulse, turn off transpose [v] swap, switch alter, backtrack*, change, commute, convert, double back, exchange, ip-op*, interchange, inverse, invert, metamorphose, move, put, rearrange, relocate, render, reorder, reverse, revert, shift, substitute, transfer, transgure, transform, translate, transmogrify, transmute, turn, turn the tables*; concepts 104,232,697 Ant. leave alone trap [n] snare, trick allurement, ambuscade, ambush, artice, bait, booby trap*, come-on*, conspiracy, deception, decoy, device, dragnet, enticement, feint, gambit, hook*, intrigue, inveiglement, lasso*, lure, machination, maneuver, net, noose, pitfall, plot, ploy, prank, quagmire, quicksand, ruse, seducement, snag*, stratagem, subterfuge, temptation, wile; concept 674 trap [v] catch, snare; trick ambuscade, ambush, beguile, box in*, circumvent, collar*, corner*, corral*, deceive, decoy, dupe, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, fool, grab, hook, inveigle, land*, mousetrap*, nab, nail*, net, overtake, rope in*, seduce, snag, suck in*, surprise, take, tangle, trammel, trip up*; concepts 59,90 Ant. let go, release trappings [n] paraphernalia, equipment accouterment, adornment, apparel, appointment, decoration, dress, embellishment, nery, tting, xture, furnishing, gear, livery, ornament, panoply, personal effects, raiment, rigging, things, trimming; concepts 446,451,496 trash [n1] garbage debris, dregs, droppings, dross, excess, lth, fragments, junk, leavings, litter, oddments, odds and ends*, offal, pieces, refuse, residue, rubbish, rubble, rummage, scourings, scrap, scraps, scum*, sediment, shavings, sweepings, waste; concepts 260, 834 Ant. assets, possessions, valuables trash [n2] ridiculous communication balderdash, bilge*, drivel, foolish talk, hogwash, inanity, malarkey*, nonsense, rot, rubbish,

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tripe, twaddle; concept 278 Ant. information, sense trashy [adj] worthless abandoned, barren, bogus, cheap, cheesy, crappy*, cruddy*, crummy*, despicable, empty, imsy, garbage, good-for-nothing*, grungy, inferior, junky, lousy, low in quality, no-good*, ratty, raunchy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy, tawdry, useless, valueless; concepts 560,570,575,589 trauma [n] severe mental or physical pain agony, anguish, blow, collapse, confusion, damage, derangement, disturbance, hurt, injury, jolt, ordeal, outburst, shock, strain, stress, suffering, torture, traumatization, upheaval, upset, wound; concept 728 Ant. alleviation, healing, help, relief travel [n] journey biking, commutation, cruising, drive, driving, excursion, expedition, ying, globe-trotting*, hop*, junket, movement, navigation, overnight, passage, peregrination, ramble, ride, riding, sailing, seafaring, sightseeing, swing, tour, touring, transit, trek, trekking, trip, voyage, voyaging, walk, wandering, wanderlust, wayfaring, weekend; concept 224 travel [v] journey on a trip or tour adventure, carry, cover, cover ground, cross, cruise, drive, explore, y, get through, go, go abroad, go camping, go into orbit*, go riding, hop*, jaunt, jet*, junket*, knock around, make a journey, make ones way, migrate, motor, move, overnight*, proceed, progress, ramble, roam, rove, sail, scour, set forth, set out, sightsee, take a boat, take a plane, take a train, take a trip, tour, transmit, traverse, trek, vacation, visit, voyage, walk, wander, weekend*, wend; concept 224 Ant. remain, stay traveler [n] person who journeys adventurer, barnstormer*, bum*, commuter, displaced person, drifter, excursionist, expeditionist, explorer, oater, gadabout*, globetrotter, gypsy, haj, hiker, hobo, itinerant, jet-setter, journeyer, junketer, migrant, navigator, nomad, passenger, peddler, pilgrim, rambler, roamer, rover, sailor, seafarer, sightseer, tourist, tramp, transmigrant, trekker, tripper, trouper, truant, vagabond, vagrant, voyager, wanderer, wayfarer; concepts 348,423 traverse [v1] cross over; travel bisect, bridge, cover, crisscross, cross, cut across, decussate, do, go across, go over, intersect, move over, negotiate, pace, pass over, pass through, perambulate, peregrinate, ply, quarter, range, roam, span, track, transverse, travel over, tread, walk, wander; concepts 147,201,692,750 traverse [v2] resist, contradict balk, buck, check, combat, contest, contravene, counter, counteract, cross, deny, disafrm, dispute, duel, ght, frustrate, gainsay, go against, hinder, impede, impugn, negate, negative, obstruct, oppose, repel, thwart, withstand; concepts 54,121 Ant. back up, conrm travesty [n] spoof, ridicule burlesque, caricature, distortion, exaggeration, farce, lampoon, lampoonery, mimicry, mock, mockery, parody, perversion, play, put-on*, roast*, satire, sendup*, sham*, takeoff*; concepts 273,292 Ant. seriousness, solemnity travesty [v] ridicule, spoof ape, burlesque, caricature, deride, distort, imitate, lampoon,

make a mockery of, make fun of, mimic, mock, parody, pervert, play on*, put on*, satirize, send up*, sham*, take off*; concepts 273,292 Ant. be serious treacherous [adj1] dishonest, disloyal betraying, catchy, deceitful, deceptive, doublecrossing*, double-dealing*, duplicitous, faithless, false, false-hearted, y-by-night*, insidious, misleading, perdious, recreant, shifty*, slick*, slippery*, snake in the grass*, traitorous, treasonable, tricky, two-faced*, two-timing*, undependable, unfaithful, unloyal, unreliable, untrue, untrustworthy; concepts 401,404 Ant. forthright, honest, loyal, true treacherous [adj2] dangerous alarming, chancy, deceptive, difcult, dissembled, faulty, hairy*, hazardous, icy*, insecure, jeopardous, menacing, misleading, ominous, perilous, precarious, risky, shaky, slippery, ticklish, tricky, undependable, unhealthy, unreliable, unsafe, unsound, unstable, wicked; concepts 565,587 Ant. harmless, untreacherous treachery [n] disloyalty, dishonesty betrayal, bunco, corruption, dirty dealing*, dirty pool*, dirty trick*, dirty work*, disaffection, dodge, double-cross*, double-dealing*, duplicity, faithlessness, fake, falseness, fast shufe*, imam*, grift, gyp*, indelity, perdiousness, perdy, put-on*, racket*, recreancy, scam*, sellout, shell game*, skin game*, spoof, stab in the back*, sweet talk*, treacherousness, treason, two-timing*, whitewash*; concepts 633,645 Ant. constancy, devotion, faithfulness, delity, honesty, love, loyalty tread [n] walk footstep, footsteps, gait, march, pace, step, stride, trace, track, tramp; concepts 149,284 tread [v] walk; bear down ambulate, crush, foot, hike, hoof, march, oppress, pace, plod, quell, repress, squash, stamp, stamp on, step, step on, stride, subdue, subjugate, suppress, traipse, tramp, trample, troop, trudge; concept 149 treason [n] disloyalty breach of faith, crime, deceit, deceitfulness, deception, disaffection, dishonesty, duplicity, faithlessness, lsemajest, mutiny, perdy, revolt, revolutionary, sedition, seditious act, seditiousness, subversion, traitorousness, treachery; concepts 192,645 Ant. allegiance, devotion, faithfulness, delity, loyalty treasonous [adj] disloyal apostate, betraying, double-crossing, faithless, insubordinate, mutinous, perdious, recreant, subversive, traitorous, treacherous, treasonable, two-faced*, two-timing, undutiful, unfaithful, unpatriotic, untrue, wormlike; concept 401 treasure [n] prized possession or entity abundance, apple of ones eye*, cache, capital, cash, catch*, darling, nd, fortune, funds, gem, gold, hoard, jewel, money, nest egg*, nonpareil, paragon, pearl*, pile*, plum*, pride and joy*, prize, reserve, riches, richness, store, treasure trove, valuable, wealth; concepts 332,337, 446,710 treasure [v] hold dear adore, appreciate, apprize, cherish, conserve, dote on, esteem, guard, idiolize, love, preserve, prize, revere, reverence, save, value, venerate, worship; concept 32 Ant. dislike, disparage, hate

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treasury [n] place where money, valuables are kept archive, bank, bursar, bursary, cache, chest, coffer, damper, depository, exchange, exchequer, Fort Knox*, gallery, hoard, museum, register, repository, safe, storage, store, storehouse, strongbox, treasure house, vault; concepts 339,439,449 treat [n] pleasing entity or occurrence amusement, banquet, celebration, dainty, delicacy, delight, enjoyment, entertainment, feast, fun, gift, goody*, gratication, joy, party, pleasure, refreshment, satisfaction, surprise, sweet, thrill, tidbit; concepts 457,529,693 Ant. bad fortune treat [v1] act, behave towards account, act with regard to, appraise, conduct, conduct oneself toward, consider, deal with*, employ, estimate, evaluate, handle, have business with*, have recourse to*, have to do with*, hold, look upon, manage, negotiate, play, rate, react toward, regard, respect, serve, take, use, value, wield; concept 633 treat [v2] doctor, medicate administer, apply treatment, attend, care for, cure, dose, dress, heal, medicament, minister to, nurse, operate, prescribe; concept 310 Ant. harm, hurt, injure treat [v3] pay the bill for someone else amuse, blow, buy for, divert, entertain, escort, feast, foot the bill*, give, indulge, pay for, pick up the check*, pick up the tab*, play host*, provide, regale, satisfy, set up, spring for*, stake, stand*, take out, wine and dine*; concepts 327,384 treat [v4] be concerned with; discuss advise, approach, arrange, comment, confabulate, confer, consider, consult, contain, criticize, deal with, deliberate, discourse on, enlarge upon, explain, go into, interpret, manipulate, reason, review, speak about, study, tackle, talk about, think, touch upon, weigh, write about; concepts 17,56 Ant. ignore, neglect treatise [n] written study of a subject argument, book, commentary, composition, discourse, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, essay, exposition, memoir, monograph, pamphlet, paper, review, script, thesis, tract, tractate, work, writing; concepts 271,280 treatment [n1] medical care analysis, cure, diet, doctoring, healing, hospitalization, medication, medicine, operation, prescription, regimen, remedy, surgery, therapeutics, therapy; concept 310 Ant. harm, hurt, injury treatment [n2] handling of entity, situation action towards, angle, approach, behavior towards, conduct, custom, dealing, employment, execution, habit, line, management, manipulation, manner, method, mode, modus operandi, practice, procedure, proceeding, processing, reception, strategy, usage, way; concepts 117,633 treaty [n] agreement, contract accord, alliance, arrangement, bargain, bond, cartel, charter, compact, concord, concordat, convention, covenant, deal, entente, league, negotiation, pact, reconciliation, sanction, settlement, understanding; concepts 684,685 Ant. disagreement tree [n] large plant enclosed in bark and shedding leaves forest, hardwood, pulp,

sapling, seedling, shrub, softwood, stock, timber, wood, woods; concept 430 trek [n] long journey expedition, footslog, hegira, hike, long haul, march, odyssey, peregrination, slog, tramp, travel, trip; concept 224 trek [v] journey be on the move*, be on the trail*, foot, hike, hit the road*, march, migrate, plod, range, roam, rove, slog, traipse, tramp, travel, trudge, walk; concept 224 Ant. stay tremble [v] shake, vibrate utter, have the shakes*, jar, jitter, oscillate, palpitate, quake, quaver, quiver, rock, shiver, shudder, teeter, throb, totter, tremor, wobble; concept 152 Ant. be calm, calm, steady tremendous [adj] huge, overwhelming amazing, appalling, astounding, awesome, awful, blimp, colossal, cracking, deafening, dreadful, enormous, excellent, exceptional, extraordinary, fabulous, fantastic, fearful, formidable, frightful, gargantuan, gigantic, great, great big*, humongous, immense, incredible, jumbo*, large, mammoth, marvelous, massive, mondo*, monstrous, monumental, prodigious, stupendous, super, terrible, terric, titanic, towering, vast, whale*, whopper, whopping, wonderful; concepts 574,773,781 Ant. insignicant, little, small, tiny, underwhelming, unimportant tremor [n] shaking, shock agitation, earthquake, utter, quake, quaking, quaver, quiver, quivering, ripple, shake, shiver, shivering, tremble, trembling, trepidation, upheaval, vibration, wobble; concepts 145,526 Ant. stillness trench [n] ditch, channel dug in earth arroyo, canal, cut, depression, dike, drain, drill, dugout, earthwork, entrenchment, excavation, fosse, foxhole, furrow, gorge, gulch, gully, gutter, hollow, main, moat, pit, rut, sink, trough, tube, waterway; concepts 509,513 trenchant [adj] sarcastic, scathing acerbic, acid, acidulous, acute, astringent, biting, caustic, clear, clear-cut, crisp, critical, crushing, cutting, distinct, driving, dynamic, effective, effectual, emphatic, energetic, explicit, forceful, forcible, graphic, hurtful, impressive, incisive, intense, keen, mordant, penetrating, piquant, pointed, potent, powerful, pungent, razorsharp*, salient, salty*, sardonic, sententious, severe, sharp, signicant, strong, tart, to the point, unequivocal, unsparing, vigorous, weighty, well-dened; concepts 267,537 Ant. frivolous, gentle, impotent, kind, nice, weak trend [n1] ow, current aim, bearing, bent, bias, course, direction, drift, inclination, leaning, movement, orientation, progression, run, swing, tendency, tenor, wind; concepts 230,657,738 trend [n2] style, fashion that is in favor craze, cry, fad, furor, in-thing*, latest thing*, look, mode, newest wrinkle*, rage, thing*, vogue; concept 655 trendy [adj] in fashion, style la mode*, contemporary, fashionable, y*, in, in vogue, latest, modish*, now*, popular, stylish, swank*, tony*, up-to-the-minute, voguish, with-it*; concept 589 Ant. old-fashioned, unfashionable, unstylish trepidation [n] anxiety, worry agitation, alarm, apprehension, blue funk*, butteries*, cold

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feet*, cold sweat*, consternation, creeps*, dismay, disquiet, disturbance, dread, emotion, excitement, fear, fright, goose bumps*, horror, jitters, nervousness, palpitation, panic, perturbation, shock, terror, trepidity, uneasiness, worriment; concept 27 Ant. calm, contentment, happiness trespass [n] invasion, offense breach, contravention, crime, delinquency, encroachment, entrenchment, error, evildoing, fault, infraction, infringement, iniquity, injury, intrusion, misbehavior, misconduct, misdeed, misdemeanor, obtrusion, poaching, sin, transgression, unlawful entry, violation, wrongdoing, wrongful entry; concepts 101,192,645,691 Ant. retreat trespass [v] infringe, offend butt in*, chisel in*, crash, crash the gates*, deviate, displease, do wrong by, encroach, entrench, err, horn in*, interlope, intrude, invade, kibitz*, lapse, meddle, misbehave, mix in, muscle in*, nose in*, obtrude, overstep, penetrate, poach, poke, sin, stick nose in*, transgress, violate, wrong; concepts 101,159,192,384 Ant. retreat trial [adj] experimental balloon, exploratory, pilot, preliminary, probationary, provisional, tentative, test, testing; concepts 548,560 Ant. denite, known, proven trial [n1] test analysis, assay, attempt, audition, check, crack*, dry run*, effort, endeavor, essay, examination, experience, experiment, experimentation, ing*, go*, hassle*, investigation, lick*, probation, proof, R and D*, research and development, shakedown*, shot*, showcase*, stab*, striving, struggle, testing, test run, trial and error*, trial run, try, try on*, tryout, undertaking, venture, whack*, workout; concepts 87,290,291 trial [n2] legal proceeding action, arraignment, case, citation, claim, contest, counterclaim, court action, court martial, cross-examination, habeas corpus, hearing, impeachment, indictment, lawsuit, litigation, prosecution, rap*, seizure, suit, tribunal; concepts 317,691 trial [n3] trouble, big problem adversity, afiction, albatross*, anguish, annoyance, bane, blow, bother, burden, calvary, care, complication, cross to bear*, crucible*, difculty, distress, drag*, grief, hardship, hard time*, hassle*, heartbreak, inconvenience, irritation, load, misery, misfortune, nightmare, nuisance, ordeal, pain, pain in the neck*, pest, plague, rigor, severe test, sorrow, suffering, thorn, tribulation, trying time*, unhappiness, vexation, vicissitude, visitation, woe, wretchedness; concepts 674,728 Ant. happiness, peace tribe [n] ethnic group; family association, blood, caste, clan, class, division, dynasty, horde, house, ilk, kin, kind, kindred, lineage, people, race, seed, society, sort, stock, type; concepts 296,380,421 tribulation [n] pain, unhappiness adversity, afiction, albatross*, bad luck*, blow*, bummer*, burden, care, cross to bear*, crucible*, curse, difculty, distress, double whammy*, downer*, drag*, grief, hard knock*, hard time*, headache*, heartache*, misery, misfortune, oppression, ordeal, persecution, rainy day*, reverse, sorrow, suffering, trial, trouble, vexation, visitation, woe, worry, wretchedness,

wronging; concepts 666,728 Ant. calm, comfort, happiness, peace tribunal [n] court bar, bench, board, committee, council, court of justice, forum, judge, judiciary, justice, law court, magistrate, seat of judgment; concepts 299,318 tributary [adj] secondary; branch accessory, dependent, feeding, minor, satellite, shoot, side, sub, subject, subordinate, under; concept 560 Ant. original, primary, source tribute [n] testimonial, praise accolade, acknowledgment, applause, appreciation, citation, commendation, compliment, encomium, esteem, eulogy, gift, gratitude, honor, laudation, memorial, offering, panegyric, recognition, recommendation, respect, salutation, salvo; concepts 69,278 Ant. accusation, blame, criticism trick [n1] deceit ambush, artice, blind, bluff, casuistry, cheat, chicanery, circumvention, con*, concealment, conspiracy, conundrum, cover, deception, decoy, delusion, device, disguise, distortion, dodge*, double-dealing, duplicity, equivocation, evasion, fabrication, fake, falsehood, feint, forgery, fraud, game, gimmick, hoax, illusion, imposition, imposture, intrigue, invention, machination, maneuver, perjury, plot, ploy, pretense, ruse, snare, stratagem, subterfuge, swindle, trap, treachery, wile; concept 645 Ant. frankness, honesty trick [n2] prank, joke accomplishment, antic, caper, catch, device, escapade, feat, frolic, funny business, gag*, gambol, jape, jest, lark, monkeyshine*, practical joke, put-on*, shenanigan*, sleight of hand, sport, stunt, tomfoolery; concepts 59,273,384 Ant. seriousness trick [n3] expertise, know-how ability, art, command, craft, device, facility, gift, hang, knack, method, secret, skill, swing, technique; concept 630 Ant. ignorance, misunderstanding trick [n4] characteristic, habit crotchet, custom, foible, habitude, idiosyncrasy, manner, mannerism, peculiarity, practice, praxis, quirk, trait, usage, use, way, wont; concepts 411,657 trick [n5] time working at something bout, go*, hitch, shift, spell, stint, tour, turn; concept 807 trick [v] fool; play joke on bamboozle, catch*, cheat, con, deceive, defraud, delude, disinform, double deal*, dupe, fake, imam*, gull, hoax, hocus-pocus*, hoodwink, impose upon, jive*, mislead, outwit, play for a fool*, pull wool over*, put one over on*, rook*, screw*, set up*, swindle, take for a ride*, take in*, throw, trap, victimize; concept 59 Ant. be serious trickery [n] deception, joke bait and switch*, cheat, cheating, chicane, chicanery, con, deceit, dishonesty, dodge, double-cross*, double-dealing*, dupery, fast shufe*, imam*, fourberie, fraud, funny business*, guile, hoax, imposture, pretense, quackery, razzle-dazzle*, scam, sharp practice, shell game*, shenanigans*, snow job*, sting*, stunt, swindling, underhandedness; concepts 59,645 trickle [v] run out crawl, creep, distill, dribble, drip, drop, exude, ow, issue, leak, ooze, percolate, seep, stream, trill, weep; concepts 146, 179 Ant. ow tricky [adj1] complicated, difcult catchy, complex, critical, delicate, intricate, involved,

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knotty*, perplexing, precarious, problematic, quirky, risky, rocky, sensitive, sticky, thorny, ticklish, touch-and-go*, touchy, undependable, unstable; concept 562 Ant. easy, uncomplicated tricky [adj2] deceptive, sly artful, astute, cagey, catchy, clever, crafty, cunning, deceitful, deep, delusive, delusory, devious, dishonest, foxy, greasy*, guileful, insidious, intelligent, keen, misleading, scheming, shady, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick*, slippery*, smooth, streetwise*, subtle, treacherous, wily, witted, wry; concept 401 Ant. aboveboard, frank, honest tried [adj] reliable approved, certied, constant, demonstrated, dependable, faithful, proved, secure, staunch, steadfast, tested, tried-andtrue*, true-blue*, trustworthy, trusty, used; concept 535 Ant. unreliable, untried tried-and-true [adj] tested approved, certied, creditworthy, dependable, loyal, proved, proven, reliable, safe, tried, trustworthy, trusty; concept 535 trie [n1] novelty item bagatelle, bauble, bibelot, curio, gewgaw*, knickknack, nothing*, novelty, objet dart, plaything, toy, trinket, triviality, whatnot*; concept 446 trie [n2] very small amout bit, dash, diddly*, drop, eyelash*, y speck*, fraction, hint, jot, little, no big deal*, particle, picayune*, piece, pinch, shade, smack, soupon, speck, spice, spot, squat, suggestion, suspicion, touch, trace; concepts 668,831 Ant. lot trie [v] toy with; mess around amuse oneself, be insincere, coquet, dabble, dally, dawdle, dilly-dally*, doodle, dget, irt, fool, fool around*, fool with*, fribble*, fritter, futz around*, horse around*, idle, indulge in, lead on, loiter, lollygag*, lounge, mess with*, misuse, monkey, monkey with*, palter, philander, play, play games with*, play with, potter, putter, squander, string along*, toy, twiddle, use up, wanton, waste, waste time, wink at*; concepts 210,292,363 triing [adj] insignicant, worthless banal, dinky*, empty, forget it*, frivolous, hollow, idle, idling, inane, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insipid, jejune, loitering, measly, minuscule, negligible, niggling*, no big deal*, no big thing*, nugatory, paltry, petty, picayune, piddling, puny, shallow, silly, slight, small, tiny, trivial, unimportant, vain, valueless, vapid; concepts 575,789 Ant. important, signicant, useful, worthwhile trigger [v] cause to happen activate, bring about, cause, elicit, generate, give rise to, produce, prompt, provoke, set in motion, set off, spark, start; concept 242 Ant. block, check, halt, stop trim [adj1] neat, orderly apple-pie order*, clean, clean-cut, compact, dapper, t, in good shape, neat as a pin*, nice, shipshape*, slick, smart, snug, spick-and-span*, spruce, streamlined, symmetrical, tidy, to rights*, uncluttered, well-groomed; concepts 485,621 Ant. disorderly, rough, sloppy, unkempt trim [adj2] shapely beautiful, clean, comely, t, graceful, in ne fettle*, in good shape, sleek, slender, slick, slim, statuesque, streamlined, svelte, well-balanced, well-proportioned,

willowy; concepts 314,490,491 Ant. chubby, fat, overweight trim [n1] decoration adornment, border, edging, embellishment, frill, fringe, garnish, gingerbread*, ornamentation, piping, trimming; concepts 475,824 trim [n2] condition, health commission, fettle*, tness, form, kilter*, order, repair, shape, situation, state, whack*; concept 316 trim [v1] cut shorter abbreviate, barber, blue pencil*, bob, boil down*, clip, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, dock, edit, even up, lop, mow, pare, pare down, plane, prune, put in a nutshell*, shave, shear, shorten, slice off, snip, tidy, truncate, whittle down*; concepts 176,236,247 Ant. develop, let grow trim [v2] decorate adorn, array, beautify, bedeck, beribbon, deck, dress, dress up, embellish, emblazon, embroider, garnish, ornament, prank, pretty up*, prink*, spangle, spruce up*; concepts 162,177 trim [v3] beat, defeat clobber, drub, lambaste, lick, smother, thrash, trounce, wax*, whip; concept 95 Ant. lose trimmings [n] accessories, extras accent, accompaniments, additions, clippings, decorations, xings, frills, garnish, ornaments, supplements, trappings; concept 834 trinket [n] knickknack bagatelle, bauble, bead, bibelot, curio, doodad*, gadget, gewgaw*, gimcrack*, glass*, hardware, jewel, jewelry, junk, nothing*, novelty, objet dart, ornament, plaything, rock*, sparkler*, stone, toy, trie, whatnot*; concept 446 trio/triple [n] three of something leash, set of three, ternion, threesome, trey, triad, triangle, trilogy, trine, trinity, triplet, triplicate, triptych, triumvirate, triune, troika; concepts 784,787 trip [n1] journey, excursion cruise, errand, expedition, foray, hop*, jaunt, junket, outing, overnight, peregrination, ramble*, run, swing*, tour, travel, trek, voyage, weekend; concept 224 trip [n2] error, blunder bungle, fall, false move, false step, faux pas*, indiscretion, lapse, misstep, mistake, slip, stumble; concepts 101,230 Ant. correction, x trip [v] fall, err buck, canter, confuse, disconcert, fall over, founder, frolic, go headlong*, go wrong, hop, lapse, lope, lose balance, lose footing, lurch, make a faux pas*, miscalculate, misstep, pitch, play, plunge, skip, slide, slip, slip on, slip up, sprawl, spring, stumble, throw off, topple, tumble, unsettle; concepts 101,149 Ant. correct, x tripe [n] nonsense, rubbish balderdash, baloney*, bilge, bosh, BS*, bull*, bunk*, drivel, garbage, gibberish, hogwash, hooey*, hot air*, poppycock, trash; concepts 230,278 trite [adj] silly, commonplace banal, bathetic, bromidic, chain, clich, clichd, common, cornball*, corny*, drained, dull, exhausted, familiar tune*, at, hackneyed, hokey*, jejune, mildewed*, moth-eaten*, musty*, old hat*, ordinary, pedestrian, platitudinous, prosaic, ready-made, routine, run-of-the-mill*, set, shopworn, stale, stereotyped, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, uninspired, unoriginal, usedup, vapid, warmed-over*, well-worn, worn,

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worn-out; concepts 267,530 Ant. desirable, important, impressive, original, pertinent, relevant, uncommon triumph [n1] extreme happiness celebration, elation, exultance, exultation, festivity, joy, jubilance, jubilation, jubilee, merriment, pride, rejoicing, reveling; concept 410 Ant. sadness, sorrow, unhappiness triumph [n2] victory, achievement accomplishment, ascendancy, attainment, big hit*, big win*, cinch, clean sweep*, conquest, coup, feat, feather in cap*, gain, grand slam*, hit, hole in one*, homer*, pushover*, riot, score, sell, sensation, shoo-in*, smash-hit*, splash, success, sure bet*, sure thing*, surmounting, takeover, the gold*, tour de force*, vanquishing, vanquishment, walkover*, win; concept 706 Ant. disaster, failure, forfeit, loss triumph [v1] be very happy celebrate, crow, delight, exult, gloat, glory, jubilate, rejoice, revel, swagger; concept 32 Ant. be sad triumph [v2] achieve, succeed beat the game*, beat the system*, best, blow away*, carry the day*, come out on top*, conquer, dominate, ourish, get last laugh*, overcome, overwhelm, prevail, prosper, sink, strike it big*, subdue, sweep, take it all*, take the cake*, thrive, trounce, vanquish, win, win hands down*, win out*; concepts 95,141,706 Ant. fail, forfeit, lose triumphant [adj] successful boastful, celebratory, champion, conquering, dominant, elated, exultant, glorious, happy, in the lead*, jubilant, looking good, lucky, on top, out front*, prizewinning, proud, rejoicing, swaggering, triumphal, unbeaten, undefeated, victorious, winning; concept 528 Ant. defeated, failing, losing, unsuccessful trivia [n] details ne points, memorabilia, minutiae, tries, trivialities; concepts 274,543 Ant. generality, importance, signicance, weight trivial [adj] not important atomic, beside the point*, commonplace, diminutive, evanescent, everyday, imsy, frivolous, immaterial, inappreciable, incidental, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignicant, irrelevant, little, meager, mean, meaningless, microscopic, minor, minute, momentary, negligible, nonessential, nugatory, of no account, paltry, petty, piddling*, puny, scanty, skin-deep*, slight, small, supercial, triing, trite, unimportant, valueless, vanishing, worthless; concept 575 Ant. consequential, important, signicant, useful, valuable, weighty, worthwhile troll [n] elf demon, dwarf, giant, gnome, goblin, hobgoblin, kobold, leprechaun, monster, mythical creature, ogre; concept 412 troop/troops [n] group, often military armed forces, army, assemblage, assembly, band, body, bunch, collection, combatants, company, contingent, corps, crew, crowd, delegation, drove, ghting forces, ock, forces, gang, gathering, herd, horde, host, legion, military, multitude, number, outt, pack, party, personnel, service personnel, soldiers, soldiery, squad, swarm, team, throng, troopers, troupe, unit; concepts 322,417 trophy [n] physical award blue ribbon*, booty,

citation, crown, cup, decoration, gold*, gold star*, guerdon, keepsake, laurels, medal, memento, memorial, palm, prize, reminder, ribbon, souvenir, spoils*, token; concept 337 tropical [adj] warm and humid close, equatorial, hot, lush, steamy, sticky, stiing, sultry, sweaty, sweltering, torrid, tropic; concepts 525,605 Ant. arctic, freezing, frigid, polar trot [v] move along briskly amble, canter, go, hurry, jog, lope, pad, rack, ride, run, scamper, step lively; concept 150 trot out [v] bring forward brandish, bring up, come out with, display, disport, drag up, exhibit, expose, ash, aunt, parade, recite, rehearse, reiterate, relate, repeat, represent, show, show off; concept 138 Ant. conceal, hide troubadour [n] singer accompanist, artist, balladeer, bard, crooner, jongleur, minnesinger, minstrel, musician, poet, serenader, songster, songwriter, trouveur, vocalist; concept 352 trouble [n1] annoyance, worry agitation, anxiety, bad news*, bind, bother, commotion, concern, danger, difculty, dilemma, dire straits, discontent, discord, disorder, disquiet, dissatisfaction, distress, disturbance, grief, hang-up*, heartache, hindrance, hot water*, inconvenience, irritation, mess, misfortune, nuisance, pain, pest, pickle*, predicament, problem, puzzle, row, scrape, sorrow, spot, strain, stress, strife, struggle, suffering, task, torment, tribulation, tumult, unrest, vexation, woe; concepts 532,674,675,690,728 Ant. contentment, happiness, peace trouble [n2] something requiring great effort ado, attention, bother, bustle, care, concern, difculty, effort, exertion, urry, fuss, hardship, inconvenience, labor, pains, pother, rigor, strain, stress, struggle, thought, trial, while, work, worry; concepts 666,677 Ant. advantage, aid, assistance, blessing, help trouble [n3] bad health afiction, ailment, complaint, curse, defect, disability, disease, disorder, failure, illness, malady, malfunction, upset; concept 316 Ant. tness, good health trouble [v1] bother, worry afict, agitate, ail, annoy, bug*, burden, burn up*, concern, discommode, discompose, disconcert, disoblige, disquiet, distress, disturb, drive up the wall*, ip out*, fret, get to, give a bad time*, give a hard time*, grieve, harass, harry, impose on, inconvenience, irk, irritate, make a fuss*, make a scene*, make waves*, pain, perplex, perturb, pester, plague, psych*, put out*, sadden, spook*, stir up, strain, stress, torment, try, upset, vex; concepts 7,19 Ant. be content, be happy trouble [v2] make an effort be concerned with, exert, go to the effort of, take pains*, take the time*; concept 100 Ant. aid, assist, help troublemaker [n] person who causes a problem agent provocateur, agitator, bad actor*, rebrand*, gremlin*, heel*, hellion, incendiary, inciter, inamer, instigator, loose cannon*, meddler, mischief-maker, nuisance, phony*, punk*, rabble-rouser*, rascal, recreant, smart aleck*, snake*, stormy petrel*, weasel*; concept 412 Ant. peacemaker troubleshooter [n] xer, repair person maintenance person, mender, Mr. Fixit*, service person, technician; concepts 126,212

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troublesome [adj] bothersome, worrisome alarming, annoying, arduous, burdensome, damaging, dangerous, demanding, difcult, disquieting, harassing, hard, heavy, importunate, inconvenient, infestive, intractable, irksome, irritating, laborious, mean, messy, murder, oppressive, painful, pesky, pestiferous, pestilential, problematic, refractory, repressive, rough, taxing, tiresome, tough, tricky, troublous, trying, ugly, ungovernable, unruly, uphill, upsetting, vexatious, vexing, wearisome, wicked, worrying; concepts 529,565 Ant. easy, helpful, nice, useful trough [n] gutter, depression canal, channel, crib, cup, dike, dip, ditch, duct, ume, furrow, gully, hollow, manger, moat, trench, watercourse; concepts 509,513 trounce [v] defeat overwhelmingly bash, beat, blank, bury, bust*, cap, clobber, conquer, cook ones goose*, crush, drub, dust*, x ones wagon*, og, hammer*, lambaste*, lather*, lick*, make mincemeat of*, murder, overcome, overwhelm, paste*, pommel*, put away*, rout, swamp, thrash*, total*, trash*, walk over*, wallop*, waste*, wax*, whip, win, wipe off the mat*; concept 95 Ant. fail, forfeit, lose troupe [n] company acting company, actors, association, band, cast, crew, ensemble, gang*, group, party, performers, repertory company, stock company, team, troop; concept 417 trousers [n] pants bloomers, blue jeans, breeches, britches*, chaps*, chinos, cords*, corduroys, denims, dungarees, jeans, knickers, overalls, pantaloons, rompers, slacks; concept 451 truant [adj] absent absent without leave, astray, away, AWOL*, cutting class*, gone, hooky*, missing, no-show*, not present, playing hooky*, skipping school*; concept 583 truant [n] absentee delinquent, deserter, draft dodger, hooky player, malingerer, no-show*, runaway, shirker; concepts 358,412,423 truce [n] peaceful solution accord, agreement, amnesty, armistice, break, breather*, ceasere, cessation, de-escalation, detente, halt, intermission, interval, letup, lull, moratorium, olive branch*, pause, peace, reconciliation, reprieve, respite, rest, stay, suspension, temporary peace, terms, treaty, white ag*, wind-down*; concepts 230,298,684 Ant. disagreement, ght, war truck [n1] commerce, merchandise barter, business, buying and selling, commercial goods, commodities, communication, communion, connection, contact, dealings, exchange, goods*, intercourse, relations, stock, stuff*, trade, trafc, wares*; concepts 324,330,338 truck [n2] wheeled vehicle for hauling buggy*, car, carryall, crate*, dump, eighteen-wheeler*, four by eight*, four by four*, four-wheel drive*, freighter, jeep, lorry, pickup, rig*, semi*, van, wagon, wheels*; concept 505 truck [v] buy and sell bargain, barter, deal, deal in*, do business, exchange, handle, have dealings, negotiate, peddle, retail, swap, trade, trafc, transact, wholesale*; concepts 324,327 truckle [v] fawn apple-polish*, be servile, bootlick*, brownnose*, butter up*, cajole, fall all over, fall on ones knees*, atter, grovel,

honey up*, kiss ones feet*, kiss-up*, kowtow*, lay it on*, lick boots*, massage*, oil*, pay court*, play up to*, scratch ones back*, stroke*, suck up to*, toady, woo*; concepts 110,384 truculent [adj] belligerent, hateful abusive, aggressive, antagonistic, bad-tempered, barbarous, bellicose, browbeating, brutal, bullying, caustic, combative, contentious, contumelious, cowing, cross, deant, ferocious, erce, frightening, harsh, hostile, inhuman, inhumane, intimidating, invective, mean, militant, mordacious, mordant, obstreperous, opprobrious, ornery*, pugnacious, quarrelsome, rude, savage, scathing, scrappy, scurrilous, sharp, sullen, terrifying, terrorizing, trenchant, violent, vituperative, vituperous; concepts 267, 401 Ant. cooperative, gentle, mild, nice, tame trudge [v] walk heavily clump, drag oneself*, footslog, hike, lumber, march, plod, plug along*, schlepp*, slog, step, stumble, stump, traipse, tramp, tread, trek, wade; concept 151 Ant. tiptoe true [adj1] real, valid; concordant with facts accurate, actual, appropriate, authentic, authoritative, bona de, correct, dependable, direct, exact, factual, tting, genuine, honest, indubitable, kosher*, lawful, legal, legitimate, natural, normal, on target*, perfect, precise, proper, pure, regular, right, rightful, sincere, straight, sure-enough*, trustworthy, truthful, typical, undeniable, undesigning, undoubted, unerring, unfaked, unfeigned, unquestionable, veracious, veridical, veritable, very, wash*; concepts 267,535,582 Ant. corrupt, counterfeit, deceitful, false, fraudulent, invalid, unreal true [adj2] loyal allegiant, ardent, conrmed, conscientious, constant, creditable, dedicated, dependable, devoted, dutiful, estimable, faithful, fast, rm, high-principled, honest, honorable, just, liege, no lie*, on the up and up*, pure, reliable, resolute, right, right-minded, scrupulous, sincere, square, staunch, steadfast, steady, straight, strict, sure, true-blue*, truehearted, trustworthy, trusty, unaffected, undistorted, unfeigned, unswerving, up front*, upright, veracious, veridical, wholehearted, worthy; concepts 267,401,542 Ant. cheating, dishonest, disloyal, evil, faithless, hateful, untrustworthy true [adv] honestly, accurately correctly, on target, perfectly, precisely, properly, rightly, truthfully, unerringly, veraciously, veritably; concepts 267,535,544 Ant. dishonestly, inaccurately, wrongly true-blue [adj] faithful, loyal allegiant, ardent, behind one, dedicated, dependable, devoted, die-hard, dutiful, rm, genuine, hard-core*, honorable, patriotic, staunch, steadfast, sure, tried, tried-and-true*, trustworthy, truthful, upright; concepts 401,545 truly [adv] really, doubtlessly absolutely, accurately, actually, authentically, beyond doubt, beyond question, conrmedly, constantly, correctly, de facto, denitely, devotedly, exactly, factually, faithfully, rmly, genuinely, honestly, honorably, in actuality, in fact, in reality, in truth, legitimately, loyally, positively, precisely, reliably, righteously, rightly, sincerely,

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staunchly, steadily, surely, truthfully, unequivocally, veraciously, veritably, very, with all ones heart*, with devotion, without a doubt; concepts 267,535,582 Ant. doubtfully, dubiously, indenite trumped up [adj] false bogus, concocted, cooked-up*, deceitful, dishonest, fabricated, fake, falsied, ctitious, shy, framed, fraudulent, imaginary, incorrect, invalid, invented, lying, made up, misleading, phony, sham, unfounded, unsound, untrue; concepts 267,570,582 truncate [v] shorten abbreviate, abridge, clip, crop, curtail, cut, cut off, cut short, lop, pare, prune, shear, top, trim; concepts 137,236,247 Ant. elongate, expand, lengthen, stretch trunk [n1] body, core block, bole, butt, column, log, soma, stalk, stem, stock, thorax, torso; concepts 392,428,826 Ant. extremities trunk [n2] long nose of animal beak, proboscis, prow, snoot*, snout; concept 399 trunk [n3] container, box bag, baggage, bin, case, chest, coffer, cofn, crate, foot locker, locker, luggage, portmanteau, suitcase, wardrobe; concepts 494,502 trust [n1] belief in something as true, trustworthy assurance, certainty, certitude, condence, conviction, credence, credit, dependence, entrustment, expectation, faith, gospel truth*, hope, positiveness, reliance, stock, store, sureness; concept 689 Ant. disbelief, distrust, mistrust trust [n2] responsibility, custody account, care, charge, duty, guard, guardianship, keeping, liability, moment, obligation, protection, safekeeping, trusteeship, ward; concepts 376,645 trust [n3] large company bunch, business, cartel, chain, combine, conglomerate, corporation, crew, crowd, gang, group, institution, megacorp*, mob, monopoly, multinational organization, outt, pool, ring, syndicate; concepts 323,325 trust [v1] believe, place condence in accredit, assume, bank on, be convinced, bet bottom dollar on*, bet on, build on, calculate on, conde in, count on, depend on, expect, gamble on, have faith in, hope, imagine, lay money on*, lean on, look to, place condence in, place trust in, presume, reckon on, rely upon, suppose, surmise, swear by, take, take at face value*, think likely; concept 12 Ant. disbelieve, distrust, mistrust trust [v2] give to for safekeeping advance, aid, assign, command, commission, commit, confer, conde, consign, delegate, entrust, give over, grant, lend, let, let out, loan, make trustee, patronize, put into hands of, sign over, store, transfer, turn over; concept 115 Ant. hold, keep trustee [n] administrator agent, custodian, executor, executrix, duciary, guardian, keeper, warden; concepts 414,423 trusting [adj] trustful believing, conding, credulous, gullible, innocent, naive, undoubting, unquestioning, unsuspecting, unsuspicious; concepts 401,542,678 trustworthy/trusty [adj] reliable, believable accurate, always there*, authentic, authoritative, convincing, credible, dependable, ethical, exact, honest, honorable, kosher*, levelheaded,

mature, on the level*, on up and up*, open, plausible, principled, realistic, responsible, righteous, rock solid*, saintly, secure, sensible, solid, square, steadfast, straight, there*, to be trusted, tried, tried-and-true*, true, true-blue*, trustable, truthful, unfailing, up-front*, upright, valid, veracious; concepts 267,404,535 Ant. corrupt, unbelievable, undependable, unreliable, untrustworthy truth [n1] reality, validity accuracy, actuality, authenticity, axiom, case, certainty, correctness, dope*, exactitude, exactness, fact, facts, factualism, factuality, factualness, genuineness, gospel*, gospel truth*, honest truth*, infallibility, inside track*, legitimacy, maxim, naked truth*, nitty-gritty*, perfection, picture, plain talk, precision, principle, rectitude, rightness, scoop, score, trueness, truism, truthfulness, unvarnished truth, veracity, verisimilitude, verity, whole story*; concepts 278,638,725 Ant. falsehood, invention, untruth truth [n2] honesty, loyalty authenticity, candor, constancy, dedication, devotion, dutifulness, faith, faithfulness, delity, frankness, integrity, openness, realism, revelation, sincerity, uprightness, veridicality, verity; concept 657 Ant. dishonesty, disloyalty, falsehood, lie, misrepresentation truthful [adj] accurate, honest believable, candid, correct, exact, factual, faithful, forthright, frank, guileless, ingenuous, just, kosher*, legit*, like it is*, literal, on the level*, on the up and up*, open, outspoken, plainspoken, precise, real, realistic, reliable, righteous, scrupulous, sincere, square, straight, straightforward, true, true-blue*, trustworthy, truth-telling, unfeigned, unreserved, veracious, veritable; concepts 267,542 Ant. dishonest, hypocritical, inaccurate, lying, untruthful try [n] attempt all ones got*, best shot*, bid, crack*, dab, effort, endeavor, essay, ing*, go*, jab*, pop*, shot*, slap*, stab*, striving, struggle, trial, undertaking, whack*, whirl*; concepts 87,677 Ant. abstention try [v1] attempt aim, aspire, attack, bear down, chip away at*, compete, contend, contest, do ones best*, drive for, endeavor, essay, exert oneself, go after, go all out*, go for, have a crack*, have a go*, have a shot*, have a stab*, have a whack*, knock oneself out*, labor, lift a nger*, make a bid, make an attempt, make an effort, make a pass at*, propose, put oneself out*, risk, seek, shoot for*, speculate, strive, struggle, tackle, undertake, venture, vie for, work, wrangle; concept 87 Ant. abstain try [v2] experiment, test appraise, assay, check, check out, evaluate, examine, inspect, investigate, judge, prove, put to the proof*, put to the test*, sample, scrutinize, taste, try out, weigh; concepts 103,291 Ant. abstain try [v3] bother, afict agonize, annoy, crucify, distress, excruciate, harass, inconvenience, irk, irritate, martyr, pain, plague, rack, strain, stress, tax, tire, torment, torture, trouble, upset, vex, weary, wring; concept 7 Ant. delight, please try [v4] bring before a judge adjudge, adjudicate, arbitrate, decide, examine, give a hearing, hear, judge, referee, sit in judgment; concept 317

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trying [adj] difcult, bothersome aggravating, annoying, arduous, demanding, exacting, exasperating, exigent, fatiguing, hard, irksome, irritating, onerous, oppressive, pestilent, provocative, rough, severe, sticky, strenuous, stressful, taxing, tight, tiresome, tough, tricky, troublesome, upsetting, vexing, wearisome, weighty; concepts 548,565 Ant. easy, facile, mild, moderate, unstressful try on/try out [v] evaluate, test appraise, audition, check out, demonstrate, experiment, t, give a try, have a dry run*, have a tting*, inspect, practice, probe, prove, put into practice, put to the test, sample, scrutinize, taste, try for size, wear; concepts 103,167 Ant. abstain tryst [n] meeting during a love affair appointment, assignation, date, engagement, meet, meeting, rendezvous, union; concepts 375,384 tubby [adj] fat beefy*, big, brawny, broad, bulging, bulky, burly, chubby*, chunky*, dumpy, elephantine, eshy, gargantuan, gross, heavy, heavyset*, hefty, husky, large, obese, oversize, overweight, plump, portly, potbellied, pudgy*, roly-poly*, stout, weighty; concept 491 tuck [v] fold together constrict, contract, draw together, enfold, gather, hem, insert, make snug, pinch, plait, pleat, push, put in, seam, squeeze in, swaddle, wrap; concepts 193,218 tuckered out [adj] tired asleep, beat*, burned out*, collapsing, dead on ones feet*, dogtired*, done for*, done in*, drained, drooping, droopy, drowsy, enervated, exasperated, exhausted, fatigued, nished, overworked, played out*, pooped*, run-down, sleepy, spent, wasted, weary, worn out; concepts 314, 403 tuft [n] clump of strands of something bunch, cluster, collection, cowlick, feathers, group, knot, plumage, ruff, shock, topknot, tussock; concepts 392,432,471 tug [n/v] quick pull drag, draw, haul, heave, jerk, lug, strain, toil, tow, traction, wrench, yank; concept 206 Ant. push tuition [n] education; education costs charge, expenditure, fee, instruction, lessons, price, schooling, teaching, training, tutelage, tutoring; concept 287 tumble [v] fall or make fall awkwardly bowl down, bring down, descend, dip, disarrange, disarray, disorder, disturb, do a pratfall, down, drop, fall headlong*, atten, oor, op, go belly up*, go down, hit the dirt*, jumble, keel, keel over, knock down, knock over, level, lose footing, lose it*, mess up, nose-dive, pitch, plummet, plunge, roll, sag, skid, slip, slump, spill, stumble, take a header*, tip over, topple, toss, trip, unsettle, upset; concepts 147,149,181 tumescent [adj] swollen bloated, bulging, bulgy, bursting, distended, distent, enlarged, expanding, inated, puffed, puffy, tumid; concept 485 tummy [n] stomach abdomen, belly, below the belt*, breadbasket*, gut, insides, paunch, pot*, solar plexus, spare tire*; concepts 393,420 tumor [n] abnormal growth in animate being bump, cancer, carcinoma, cyst, lump, neoplasm, sarcoma, swelling, tumefaction; concept 316 tumult [n] uproar, confusion ado, affray, agitation, altercation, babel, bedlam, brawl, clamor,

commotion, convulsion, din, disorder, disturbance, dither, excitement, ferment, ght, fracas, fuss, hassle*, jangle, lather*, maelstrom, noise, outbreak, outcry, pandemonium, paroxysm, pother, quarrel, racket, riot, row, ruction, seething, stir, strife, turbulence, turmoil, unrest, unsettlement, upheaval, upturn, wildness; concept 674 Ant. calmness, order, peace tumultous/tumultuous [adj] confused; in an uproar agitated, boisterous, clamorous, disorderly, disturbed, excited, erce, hectic, irregular, lawless, noisy, obstreperous, passionate, raging, rambunctious, raucous, restless, riotous, rowdy, rowdydowdy, rumbunctious, stormy, termagant, turbulent, unrestrained, unruly, uproarious, violent, vociferous, wild; concept 548 Ant. calm, orderly, peaceful tundra [n] plain expanse, eld, at, atland, open country, plateau, prairie, steppe, wasteland; concept 509 tune [n1] melody, harmony air, aria, carol, chorus, composition, concert, consonance, descant, diapason, ditty*, harmony, jingle, lay, measure, melodia, motif, number, piece, song, strain, theme, warble; concepts 264, 595 Ant. silence tune [n2] agreement accord, chime, chorus, concert, concord, concordance, consonance, euphony, harmony, pitch, sympathy, unison; concepts 670,714 Ant. disagreement tuneful [adj] melodic, melodious canorous, catchy*, dulcet, euphonic, euphonious, harmonic, harmonious, in tune, musical, pleasing, pleasing to the ear, resonant, songful, sonorous, sweet-sounding, symphonic, symphonious, tuned, well-tuned; concept 594 tune/tune up [v] bring into harmony accommodate, adapt, adjust, attune, conform, coordinate, dial, x, harmonize, integrate, modulate, pitch, proportion, reconcile, regulate, set, string, tighten; concepts 65,126 Ant. break, destroy, harm, hurt tunnel [n] covered passageway adit, burrow, channel, crawl space, crawlway, crosscut, drift, hole, hole in the wall*, mine, passage, pit, shaft, subway, tube, underpass; concepts 509,513 tunnel [v] dig a passage through burrow, excavate, mine, penetrate, sap, scoop out, undermine; concept 178 turbulent [adj1] unsettled, raging (referring to weather) agitated, bitter, blustering, blustery, boiling, bumpy, choppy, coarse, confused, destructive, disordered, disturbed, erce, foaming, furious, howling, inclement, moiling, noisy, restless, riotous, roaring, rough, rufed, rugged, stirred up, stormful, storming, stormy, swirling, tempestuous, thunderous, tremulous, tumultous/ tumultuous, unstable, violent, wild; concept 525 Ant. calm, mild, moderate, settled turbulent [adj2] rebellious, unmanageable agitated, anarchic, angry, bitter, boisterous, chaotic, demonstrative, destructive, disorderly, excited, erce, ery, foaming, insubordinate, lawless, mutinous, obstreperous, passionate, perturbed, quarrelsome, rabid, rambunctious, rampant, raucous, refractory, riotous, rough, roughhouse*, rowdy, rude, seditious, shaking, stern, storming, termagant, tumultous/tumultuous, unbridled, uncontrolled, undisciplined,

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ungovernable, unruly, untamed, uproarious, vehement, violent, vociferous, wild; concept 401 Ant. calm, manageable, moderate, obedient, stable turmoil [n] chaos agitation, ailment, anxiety, anxiousness, bedlam, bustle, commotion, confusion, disorder, disquiet, disquietude, distress, disturbance, dither, ferment, ap*, urry, freefor-all*, fuss, hassle*, hectic, hubbub*, lather*, mix-up, noise, pandemonium, pother, restiveness, restlessness, riot, row, ruckus, stir, strife, to-do*, topsy-turvy, trouble, tumult, turbulence, unrest, uproar, violence, whirl; concepts 230,674 Ant. calm, harmony, order, peace turn [n1] revolution, curving about-face, angle, bend, bias, bow, branch, change, changeabout, circle, circuit, circulation, circumvolution, corner, curve, cycle, departure, detour, deviation, direction, drift, ection, exure, fork, gyration, gyre, heading, hook, pirouette, pivot, quirk, retroversion, reversal, reverse, reversion, right-about, roll, rotation, round, shift, spin, spiral, swing, tack, tendency, trend, turnabout, turning, twist, twisting, wheel, whirl, wind, winding, yaw; concepts 198,738,754 turn [n2] sudden change alteration, bend, branch, crotch, deection, departure, detour, deviation, digression, distortion, divarication, double, fork, modication, mutation, shift, tack, twist, variation, warp, yaw; concept 697 Ant. stagnation turn [n3] chance, opportunity accomplishment, act, action, bit, bout, crack*, deed, favor, ing*, gesture, go*, go around*, move, period, round, routine, say*, service, shift, shot*, spell, stint, succession, time, tour, trick, try; concept 693 Ant. failure, miss turn [n4] walk, outing airing, circuit, constitutional, drive, excursion, jaunt, promenade, ramble, ride, saunter, spin, stroll; concepts 147,224,363 turn [n5] aptitude, knack afnity, aptness, bent, bias, bump, disposition, faculty, air, genius, gift, head, inclination, leaning, predisposition, propensity, talent; concepts 411,630 Ant. inability turn [n6] scare attack, blow, t, fright, jolt, seizure, shock, spell, start, surprise; concepts 230,410 turn [v1] revolve, curve arc, bend, circle, circulate, circumduct, come around, corner, cut, eddy, go around, go round, ground, gyrate, gyre, hang a left*, hang a right*, incline, loop, make a left, make a right, move in a circle, negotiate, orbit, oscillate, pass, pass around, pirouette, pivot, roll, rotate, round, spin, sway, swing, swivel, take a bend*, twirl, twist, vibrate, weave, wheel, whirl, wind, yaw; concepts 147, 201,738,748 turn [v2] reverse; change course about-face, aim, alter, alternate, backslide, call off, capsize, change, change position, convert, curve, depart, detour, detract, deviate, digress, direct, diverge, double back, face about, go back, incline, inverse, invert, loop, move, pivot, rechannel, recoil, redirect, regress, relapse, retrace, return, revert, sheer, shift, shunt, shy away, sidetrack, subvert, sway, swerve, swing, swirl, switch, tack, transform, twist, upset, vary, veer, volte-

face, wheel, whip, whirl, zigzag; concepts 195,198,213 turn [v3] adapt, t alter, become, change, change into, come, convert, divert, fashion, form, get, go, grow into, metamorphose, modify, mold, mutate, pass into, put, refashion, remake, remodel, render, run, shape, transgure, transform, translate, transmute, transpose, vary, wax; concepts 232,697 turn [v4] become sour or tainted acidify, become rancid, break down, crumble, curdle, decay, decompose, disintegrate, dull, ferment, go bad, molder, putrefy, rot, sour, spoil, taint; concepts 456,469 turn [v5] use; resort to address, appeal, apply, approach, bend, be predisposed to, devote, direct, employ, favor, give, go, have recourse, incline, lend, look, prefer, recur, repair, run, tend, throw, turn ones energies to*, turn ones hand to*, undertake, utilize; concepts 100,225 turn [v6] sicken derange, discompose, disgust, disorder, make one sick*, nauseate, revolt, unbalance, undo, unhinge*, unsettle, upset; concepts 7,19,250 Ant. make well turn [v7] change ones mind; defect apostatize, bring round, change sides, desert, go over, inuence, persuade, prejudice, prevail upon, rat*, renege, renounce, repudiate, retract, talk into, tergiversate, tergiverse; concepts 21,41,54 turn [v8] twist a body part bruise, crick, dislocate, hurt, sprain, strain, wrench; concept 246 turnabout [n] about-face changeabout, change of direction, doubleback, ip-op, reversal, reverse, shift, turnaround, U-turn, volte-face; concept 697 turncoat [n] traitor apostate, back-stabber*, Benedict Arnold*, betrayer, conspirator, deceiver, defector, deserter, double-crosser*, nk*, informer, Judas*, quisling, rat*, rebel, renegade, snake*, sneak*, snitch*, spy, squealer*, stool pigeon*, tattletale, tergiversator, treasonist, two-timer*, whistle-blower*; concept 412 turn down [v] reject decline, disapprove, dismiss, rebuff, refuse, reprobate, repudiate, say no, scorn, spurn, throw out; concepts 18, 54 Ant. accept, ok, take turn in [v] go to bed bed, catch some zs*, op*, go to sleep, hit the hay*, hit the sack*, lie down, nap, pile in, rest, retire, roll in; concept 210 Ant. awaken, get up, wake turning point [n] crucial occurrence axis, change, climacteric, climax, contingency, crisis, critical moment, critical period, crossing, crossroads, crux, culmination, decisive moment, development, emergency, exigency, hinge, juncture, moment of truth*, pass, peak, pinch, pivot, shift, strait, transition, twist, zero hour*; concepts 679,832 turn off [v1] disgust alienate, bore, disenchant, disinterest, displease, irritate, lose ones interest, make one sick*, nauseate, offend, put off, repel, sicken; concepts 7,19 Ant. appeal, cheer, delight, enchant, fascinate turn off [v2] stop from operating close, cut, cut out, douse, extinguish, halt, hit the switch*, kill*, log off, put out, shut, shut down, shut off, switch off, turn out, unplug; concepts 121,234 Ant. begin, open, start, turn on

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turn on [v1] excite, please arouse, attract, captivate, enchant, get started, initiate, introduce, show, stimulate, stir up, thrill, titillate, work up; concept 11 Ant. disenchant, disgust, displease, turn off turn on [v2] start the operation of activate, begin, energize, get started, ignite, initiate, introduce, log on, put in gear, put on, set in motion, start up, switch on; concept 221 Ant. close, end, nish, shut down, turn off turnout [n1] group assembling for event assemblage, assembly, attendance, audience, congregation, crowd, gate, gathering, number, throng; concept 417 turnout [n2] amount produced aggregate, output, outturn, product, production, productivity, quota, turnover, volume, yield; concepts 338,787 Ant. origin, resource, source turn out [v1] equip; produce accouter, appoint, arm, bear, bring out, build, clothe, dress, fabricate, nish, t, t out*, furnish, make, manufacture, outt, process, put out, rig*, rig out*, yield; concepts 167,205,234 turn out [v2] get out of bed appear, arise, come, emerge, get up, pile out*, rise, rise and shine*, roll out*, show up, uprise, wake, wake up; concept 159 Ant. nap, sleep turn over [v1] give, transfer assign, come across with, commend, commit, confer, conde, consign, convey, delegate, deliver, entrust, feed, nd, furnish, give over, give up, hand, hand over, pass on, provide, relegate, relinquish, render, supply, surrender, yield; concepts 108, 143 Ant. receive, take turn over [v2] think about seriously consider, contemplate, deliberate, give thought to, meditate, mull over, muse, ponder, reect on, revolve, roll, ruminate, think over, wonder about; concepts 17,24 Ant. ignore turnpike [n] highway expressway, four-lane*, freeway, interstate, parkway, pike*, roadway, state highway, superhighway, toll road; concept 501 turn up [v1] come, arrive appear, attend, blow in*, come in, enter, get, get in, make an appearance*, materialize, pop in*, punch in*, put in an appearance*, reach, roll in*, show, show up*, weigh in*; concept 159 Ant. abandon, go, leave turn up [v2] discover or be discovered become known, be found, bring to light*, catch, come across, come to light*, come to pass, crop up, descry, detect, dig up*, disclose, encounter, espy, expose, nd, hit upon*, learn, meet, meet with*, pop up*, reveal, see, spot, track, track down*, transpire, uncover, unearth; concepts 31,183 Ant. lose, miss turpitude [n] depravity baseness, corruption, criminality, debasement, debauchery, degradation, evil, immorality, improbity, lewdness, licentiousness, perversion, sinfulness, vice, viciousness, vileness, wickedness; concept 645 tussle [n] struggle battle, brawl, brush, clash, combat, conict, contest, donnybrook, encounter, ght, fray, free-for-all*, grind, hassle, jam, roughhouse, row, rumble*, scramble, scrap*, scufe, skirmish, strife, undertaking; concepts 87,106,674 tussle [v] struggle battle, box, brawl, bump

heads*, conict, contest, ght, go up against*, grapple, hassle, lock horns*, put up a ght*, romp, rough-house*, row, scrap, scufe, tangle, wrestle; concept 106 tutelage [n] guardianship; teaching apprenticeship, care, coaching, custody, drilling, education, guidance, instruction, lesson, preparation, protection, schooling, supervision, training, tutoring; concepts 274,285 tutor [n] person who teaches another privately coach, educator, governor, grind, guardian, guide, instructor, lecturer, mentor, preceptor, private teacher, prof*, teach*, teacher; concept 350 Ant. pupil, student tutor [v] teach someone privately clue, coach, direct, discipline, drill, drum into*, edify, educate, guide, instruct, lay it out for*, lecture, let in on*, ready, school, train, update; concept 285 Ant. learn TV [n] visual and audio entertainment transmitted via radio waves audio, baby-sitter*, boob tube*, box*, eye*, idiot box*, receiver, small screen, station, television set, telly*, tube, TV set, vid*, video; concepts 277,279,293,463 twaddle [n] nonsense babble, balderdash*, baloney*, BS*, bull, bunk*, chatter, crap*, drivel, foolishness, gibberish, hogwash*, hooey*, hot air*, idle talk, jive*, mumbo jumbo*, palaver, poppycock*, prattle, rubbish, silliness, trash*, tripe; concepts 230,388,633 twilight [n] onset of darkness at end of day afterglow, afterlight, crepuscular light, decline, dimness, dusk, early evening, ebb, end, evening, eventide, gloaming, half-light, last phase*, lateafternoon, night, nightfall, sundown, sunset; concepts 810,832 Ant. daybreak, sunrise twin [adj] duplicate, similar accompanying, bifold, binary, copied, corresponding, coupled, double, dual, duplicating, geminate, identical, joint, like, matched, matching, paired, parallel, same, second, selfsame, twofold, very same; concepts 487,563,573 Ant. dissimilar, individual, singular, unlike twin [n] something exactly like another clone, companion, coordinate, corollary, counterpart, doppelganger, double, duplicate, fraternal twin, identical twin, likeness, look-alike, match, mate, reciprocal, ringer*, Siamese twin; concept 414 twine [n] rope, cord braid, coil, convolution, cordage, knot, snarl, string, tangle, thread, twist, whorl, yarn; concept 475 twine [v] coil, twist together bend, braid, corkscrew, curl, encircle, enmesh, entangle, entwine, interlace, interweave, knit, loop, meander, plait, spiral, splice, surround, tangle, twist, undulate, weave, wind, wrap, wreathe; concepts 147,201,742 Ant. straighten, untwist twinge [n] sharp pain ache, bite, gripe, lancination, misery, pang, pinch, prick, shiver, smart, spasm, stab, stitch, throb, throe, tic, tweak, twist, twitch; concept 728 twinkle [v] glimmer, shine blink, coruscate, ash, icker, gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, glow, illuminate, light, light up, scintillate, shimmer, sparkle, wink; concept 624 twirl [v] turn around circularly gyrate, gyre, pirouette, pivot, purl, revolve, rotate, spin, turn, twist, wheel, whirl, whirligig, wind; concepts 150,152 Ant. straight, untwirl, untwist

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twist [n1] curl, spin arc, bend, braid, coil, convolution, curlicue, curve, ourish, hank, helix, jerk, meander, plug, ply, pull, roll, spiral, swivel, torsion, turn, twine, undulation, warp, wind, wrench, yank, zigzag; concepts 738,754 twist [n2] sudden development; oddity aberration, bent, change, characteristic, confusion, crotchet, eccentricity, entanglement, foible, idiosyncrasy, kink, knot, mess, mix-up, peculiarity, proclivity, quirk, revelation, screw-up*, slant, snarl, surprise, tangle, trait, turn, variation; concepts 411,832 twist [v1] curl, spin coil, contort, corkscrew, encircle, entwine, intertwine, rick, screw, spiral, sprain, squirm, swivel, turn, turn around, twine, twirl, warp, weave, wiggle, wind, wrap, wrap around, wreathe, wrench, wriggle, wring, writhe, zigzag; concepts 80,147,184,201,206, 704 Ant. straighten, uncurl, untwist twist [v2] misrepresent alter, belie, change, color, contort, distort, falsify, garble, misquote, misstate, pervert, warp; concept 63 Ant. explain, explicate twitch [v] have a spasm beat, blink, clasp, clutch, utter, grab, grasp, grip, jerk, jiggle, jump, kick, lug, lurch, nip, pain, palpitate, pluck, pull, seize, shiver, shudder, snap, snatch, squirm, tic, tremble, tug, twinge, vellicate, yank; concepts 185,206 two-bit [adj] cheap, worth very little base, catchpenny, cheesy, crappy*, cruddy, garbage, gaudy, inferior, junky*, lousy, no good, piddling, poor, ratty, rinky-dink*, second-rate, shoddy, sleazy, small-time*, tatty, trashy, valueless, worthless; concept 589 two-faced [adj] deceitful artful, backstabbing, beguiling, crafty, cunning, deceiving, deceptive, dishonest, double-dealing, foxy, fraudulent, guileful, hypocritical, insincere, knavish, lying, misleading, shifty, sly, sneaky, tricky, underhanded, untruthful; concept 401 two-time [v] deceive backstab, be dishonest, be disloyal, betray, be unfaithful, burn, cheat, con, defraud, double-cross, dupe, mislead, take advantage of, trick, victimize; concepts 7,19,59 tycoon [n] person who has a lot of money, power administrator, big shot*, boss, business person, capitalist, captain of industry*, director, entrepreneur, executive, fat cat*, nancier, industrialist, investor, magnate, mogul, wealthy person; concept 347 Ant. pauper type [n1] class, kind blazon, brand, breed, cast, category, character, classication, cut, description, feather, form, genre, group, ilk, likes, lot, mold, nature, number, order, persuasion, rubric, sample, sort, species, specimen, stamp, standard, strain, subdivision, variety, way; concepts 378, 411 type [n2] example, model archetype, epitome, essence, exemplar, original, paradigm, pattern, personication, prototype, quintessence, representative, sample, specimen, standard; concept 686 type [n3] printed characters case, emblem, face, gure, font, point size, print, printing, sign, symbol; concepts 79,284 type [v1] classify arrange, button down*, categorize, class, peg, pigeonhole*, put away, put

down as, sort, standardize, stereotype, tab*, typecast; concepts 18,84 type [v2] hit keys on machine to print document copy, dash off*, enter data, hunt-and-peck*, teletype, touch, touch-type, transcribe, typewrite, write; concepts 79,199,203 typical [adj] usual, conventional archetypal, archetypical, average, characteristic, classic, classical, common, commonplace, emblematic, essential, everyday, exemplary, expected, general, habitual, ideal, illustrative, in character*, indicative, in keeping, matter-of-course*, model, natural, normal, old hat*, ordinary, orthodox, paradigmatic, patterned, prevalent, prototypal, prototypical, quintessential, regular, representative, standard, standardized, stock, suggestive, symbolic, typic, unexceptional; concepts 530,533,547 Ant. atypical, different, rare, unconventional, unorthodox, unusual typify [v] represent, characterize body forth, describe, emblematize, embody, epitomize, exemplify, feature, illustrate, incarnate, mean, mirror, model, personify, stand for, sum up, symbolize; concepts 55,261,682 tyrannical [adj] despotic, oppressive authoritarian, autocratic, brutal, cruel, demanding, dictatorial, domineering, harsh, heavy-handed*, ironhanded*, mean, overbearing, repressive, ruthless, totalitarian, tough, unjust; concepts 537,548 tyranny [n] dictatorship absolutism, authoritarianism, autocracy, coercion, cruelty, despotism, domination, fascism, high-handedness, imperiousness, monocracy, oligarchy, oppression, peremptoriness, reign of terror*, severity, terrorism, totalitarianism, totality, unreasonableness; concepts 299,301 Ant. democracy tyrant [n] person who dictates, oppresses absolute ruler, absolutist, authoritarian, autocrat, bully, despot, dictator, Hitler*, inquisitor, martinet, oppressor, slave driver*, Stalin*; concepts 354,412 Ant. democrat tyro [n] beginner abecedarian, amateur, apprentice, buckwheater*, cadet, colt*, greenhorn, learner, neophyte, newcomer, new kid on the block*, novice, novitiate, pupil, recruit, rookie, starter, student, tenderfoot*, trainee; concepts 423,424

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ubiquitous [adj] ever-present all-over, everywhere, omnipresent, pervasive, ubiquitary, universal, wall-to-wall*; concept 530 Ant. rare, scarce UFO [n] unidentied ying object extraterrestrial spacecraft, ying saucer, rocket, rocketship, spaceship; concept 504 ugly [adj1] unattractive animal, appalling, awful, bad-looking, beastly, deformed, disgured, foul, frightful, grisly, gross, grotesque, hard-featured, hideous, homely, horrid, illfavored, loathsome, misshapen, monstrous, not much to look at*, plain, repelling, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, unbeautiful, uncomely, uninviting, unlovely, unprepossessing, unseemly, unsightly; concept 579 Ant. attractive, beautiful, lovely, pleasing ugly [adj2] unpleasant, disagreeable base,

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despicable, dirty, disgusting, distasteful, lthy, foul, frightful, hideous, horrid, ignoble, low, low-down, mean, messy, monstrous, nasty, nauseous, noisome, objectionable, odious, offensive, pesky, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, scandalous, servile, shocking, sickening, sordid, sorry, terrible, troublesome, troublous, vexatious, vile, wicked, wretched; concepts 403,571 Ant. agreeable, good, kind, nice, pleasant, pleasing ugly [adj3] dangerous, threatening angry, bellicose, black, cantankerous, crabbed, crabby, dark, disagreeable, dour, evil, fell, forbidding, formidable, gloomy, glum, grave, grievous, major, malevolent, menacing, morose, nasty, obnoxious, ominous, pugnacious, quarrelsome, rough, saturnine, scowling, serious, sinister, spiteful, sullen, surly, treacherous, truculent, vicious, violent, wicked; concepts 401,548 Ant. delicate, gentle, safe ulterior [adj] secret; pertaining to a hidden goal ambiguous, buried, concealed, covert, cryptic, dark, enigmatic, equivocal, guarded, hidden, implied, obscure, obscured, personal, privy, remote, secondary, selsh, shrouded, under cover, under wraps*, undisclosed, undivulged, unexpressed, unsaid; concepts 544,576 Ant. expressed, known, overt, public ultimate [adj1] last, nal capping, chips down*, closing, concluding, conclusive, decisive, end, eventual, extreme, far out*, farthermost, farthest, nal curtain*, furthermost, furthest, hindmost, latest, latter, lattermost, most distant, terminal; concepts 799,820 Ant. beginning, rst, introductory, opening ultimate [adj2] best, greatest extreme, highest, incomparable, max*, maxi*, maximum, most, paramount, preeminent, signicant, superlative, supreme, surpassing, the most, topmost, towering, transcendent, unequalable, unmatchable, unsurpassable, utmost; concepts 568,574 Ant. least, lowest, worst ultimate [adj3] fundamental absolute, basic, categorical, elemental, empyreal, empyrean, primary, radical, sublime, transcendental; concepts 535,546 Ant. auxiliary, extra, inessential, secondary, unnecessary ultimately [adv] eventually after all, after a while, as a conclusion, at last, at long last, at the close, basically, by and by, climactically, conclusively, nally, fundamentally, hereafter, in conclusion, in consummation, in due time, in future, in the end, in the sequel, presently, sequentially, someday, sometime, somewhere, sooner or later, yet; concept 820 Ant. never ultimatum [n] nal offer conditions, demand, nal notice, nal proposal, nal terms, nal warning, nal word, last chance, last offer, last word, sticking point, warning; concept 662 ultra [adj] extreme all out*, drastic, excessive, extremist, fanatical, far-out*, gone*, immoderate, outlandish, out of bounds*, outr, rabid*, radical, revolutionary, too much*; concepts 562,569 Ant. middle, moderate ultramodern [adj] up-to-date advanced, ahead of its time, avant-garde, contemporary, current, cutting-edge*, fresh, futuristic, latest, leadingedge*, modernistic, modish, new, new-fashioned, nontraditional, now, present-day,

revolutionary, state-of-the-art*, stylish, today, twenty-rst century*, up-to-the-minute; concepts 168,177,202 umbrage [n] personal displeasure anger, annoyance, chagrin, exasperation, fury, grudge, high dudgeon*, huff, indignation, injury, ire, irking, irritation, miff*, nettling*, offense, pique, provoking, rage, resentment, sense of injury, vexation, wrath; concepts 29,410 Ant. happiness, like, love, pleasure umpire [n] person who settles dispute adjudicator, arbiter, arbitrator, assessor, compromiser, inspector, judge, justice, mediator, moderator, negotiator, peacemaker, proprietor, ref*, referee, settler, ump*; concepts 348,366,423 unable [adj] not having talent, skill cant cut it*, cant hack it*, cant make the grade*, clumsy, helpless, hog-tied*, impotent, impuissant, inadequate, incapable, incapacitated, incompetent, ineffectual, inefcacious, inefcient, inept, inoperative, no can do*, no good*, not able, not cut out for*, not equal to*, not up to*, out of commission*, powerless, sidelined*, unt, untted, unqualied, unskilled, weak; concept 527 Ant. able, adequate, capable, competent, t, qualied, skillful, talented unabridged [adj] not shortened complete, entire, full-length, intact, total, unabbreviated, uncondensed, uncut, unexpurgated, unshortened, whole; concepts 267,531 Ant. abridged, condensed, incomplete, part, partial, shortened, unnished unacceptable [adj] not suitable or satisfactory below par*, damaged, disagreeable, displeasing, distasteful, exceptionable, half-baked*, ill-favored, improper, inadmissible, insupportable, lousy*, not up to snuff*, objectionable, obnoxious, offensive, reject, repugnant, unappealing, undesirable, uninviting, unpleasant, unsatisfactory, unwanted, unwelcome, wont do*; concepts 529,558 Ant. acceptable, desirable, ok, satisfactory, suitable unaccompanied [adj] alone abandoned, a cappella*, apart, by oneself, deserted, detached, hermit, individual, isolate, isolated, lone, loner, odd, on ones own, removed, single, solitary, solo, stag, traveling light*, unattended, unescorted; concepts 555,577 Ant. accompanied, together unaccountable [adj] not explainable; mysterious arcane, astonishing, bafing, extraordinary, impenetrable, incomprehensible, inexplicable, inscrutable, mystic, odd, peculiar, puzzling, strange, uncommon, unexplainable, unfathomable, unheard-of, unintelligible, unknowable, unusual, unwonted; concepts 529,564 Ant. accountable, comprehensible, explainable, responsible unaccustomed [adj1] not prepared, ready; new ignorant, incompetent, inexperienced, newcome, not given to*, not used to, novice, too green*, unacquainted, unfamiliar with, uninformed, uninstructed, unpracticed, unseasoned, unskilled, untaught, untrained, unused to, unversed in; concepts 527,678 Ant. accustomed, prepared, ready unaccustomed [adj2] new, strange alien, altered, bizarre, different, eccentric, exceptional, exotic, foreign, imported, novel,

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outlandish, out of the ordinary, quaint, remarkable, singular, special, surprising, uncommon, unconventional, uncustomary, unexpected, unfamiliar, unknown, unorthodox, unprecedented, unusual, unwonted, variant; concepts 547,564 Ant. customary, normal, usual unadorned [adj] plain, simple austere, bare, basic, modest, stark, stripped down, undecorated, unembellished; concepts 485,589 unadulterated [adj] clean, pure; unmixed immaculate, puried, rened, sanitary, spotless, stainless, sterile, sterilized, unblemished, uncontaminated, uncorrupted, undebased, undeled, undiluted, unpolluted, unsoiled, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished, untouched, wholesome; concept 621 unadvised [adj] not smart; careless brash, hasty, heedless, hot-headed, ignorant, illadvised, imprudent, inadvisable, incautious, inconsiderate, indiscreet, injudicious, in the dark*, rash, reckless, thoughtless, unaware, unconsidered, uninformed, unknowing, unsuspecting, unwarned, unwary, unwise; concepts 403,548 Ant. advised, wise unaffected [adj1] honest, unsophisticated artless, candid, direct, folksy*, forthright, frank, genuine, guileless, homey*, ingenuous, modest, naive, natural, plain, simple, sincere, single, spontaneous, straightforward, true, unarticial, unassuming, unpretentious, unschooled, unspoilt, unstudied, up front*; concepts 401,404 Ant. rened, sophisticated, unnatural unaffected [adj2] unchanged, unmoved aloof, callous, calm, casual, cold sh*, cool, easygoing, hard-boiled*, hard-hearted*, impassive, impervious, laid-back*, not inuenced, proof, steady, thick-skinned*, unaltered, unconcerned, unexcited, unimpressed, uninuenced, unresponsive, unrufed, unstirred, untouched; concepts 542,548 Ant. affected, changed, moved, unnatural unafraid [adj] fearless assured, ballsy*, bold, brassy, brave, cheeky, cocky, condent, courageous, daring, dashing, dauntless, gallant, game, gritty, gutsy, having nerves of steel*, heroic, nervy, plucky, spunky, sure, undaunted, unfearing, unfrightened, unscared, unshakable, valiant; concept 401 unanimous [adj] in agreement; uncontested accepted, accordant, agreed, agreeing, as one, assenting, collective, combined, common, communal, concerted, concordant, concurrent, consensual, consentient, consistent, consonant, harmonious, homogeneous, in complete accord, like-minded, of one mind, popular, public, shared, single, solid, undisputed, undivided, unied, united, universal, unquestioned, with one voice*; concepts 8,267,563 Ant. split unappetizing [adj] distasteful at, avorless, grody*, gross, icky*, insipid, savorless, stinky, tasteless, unappealing, unattractive, uninteresting, uninviting, unpalatable, unpleasant, unsavory, vapid, yucky*; concepts 462,529 Ant. appetizing, attractive, delicious, savory, tasty unapproachable [adj1] unfriendly aloof, chilly*, cold, cool, distant, frigid, hesitant, inaccessible, remote, reserved, standofsh, uncommunicative, unsociable, withdrawn;

concepts 404,555 Ant. approachable, friendly unapproachable [adj2] difcult to get to inaccessible, out of reach, out-of-the-way, remote, unattainable, unobtainable, unreachable; concept 576 Ant. approachable, easy unarmed [adj] disarmed exposed, hands tied*, helpless, indefensible, like a sitting duck*, naked*, open, powerless, unguarded, unprotected, unshielded, vulnerable, weaponless, wide open*; concepts 555,576 unasked [adj] voluntary arrogant, gratuitous, impudent, not asked, of ones own accord, overbearing, presumptuous, spontaneous, supererogatory, unbidden, uncalled-for, undemanded, undesired, uninvited, unprompted, unrequested, unsought, unwanted, unwelcome, voluntarily, willing, without prompting; concepts 401,558 Ant. asked, invited, involuntary, solicited unassuming [adj] shy backward, bashful, difdent, humble, lowly, meek, modest, mousy*, plain, prim, quiet, reserved, retiring, self-effacing, simple, unambitious, unassertive, unobtrusive, unostentatious, unpretending, unpretentious; concepts 401,404 Ant. bold, brave, condent, presumptuous unattached [adj] disconnected, free apart, at liberty, autonomous, available, detached, fancyfree*, footloose*, independent, off the hook*, on ones own*, separate, single, unafliated, uncommited, unconnected, uninvolved, unmarried; concepts 267,401,482,542 unattractive [adj] ugly bad-looking, beastly, deformed, disgured, disgusting, frightful, gross, grotesque, hideous, homely, horrid, monstrous, not much to look at*, plain, repelling, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, unalluring, unappealing, unsightly; concept 579 unauthorized [adj] not sanctioned, permitted crooked*, dirty*, illegal, illegitimate, no-no*, off base*, out of bounds*, out of line*, over the line*, pirated, shady*, unapproved, unconstitutional, under the table*, unjustied, unlawful, unofcial, unsanctioned, unwarranted, wildcat*, wrongful; concepts 319,548 Ant. allowable, authorized, ofcial, permitted unavailing [adj] futile barren, empty, exhausted, fruitless, idle, impractical, ineffective, ineffectual, in vain, on a treadmill*, save ones breath*, to no avail*, to no effect*, to no purpose*, triing, trivial, unproductive, unprotable, unsuccessful, useless, vain, valueless, worthless; concepts 528,548,560 unavoidable [adj] bound to happen certain, compulsory, fated, impending, ineluctable, ineludible, inescapable, inevasible, inevitable, inexorable, locked up*, necessary, obligatory, open and shut*, set, sure, unescapable; concept 535 Ant. avoidable, escapable unaware [adj] ignorant blind, careless, caught napping*, daydreaming, deaf, deaf to*, doped*, forgetful, heedless, in a daze*, inattentive, incognizant, inconversant,insensible, mooning, negligent, nescient, not all there*, not cognizant, oblivious, out cold*, out of it*, out to lunch*, spacey*, unacquainted, unconcerned, unconscious, unenlightened, unfamiliar, uninformed, uninstructed, unknowing, unmindful,

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unsuspecting, unwitting; concept 402 Ant. aware, cognizant, informed, knowing, suspicious unawares [adv] without warning; suddenly aback, abruptly, accidentally, by accident, by mistake, by surprise, carelessly, ignorantly, inadvertently, mistakenly, off guard, short, sudden, surprisingly, unconsciously, unexpectedly, unintentionally, unknowingly, unprepared, unready, unwittingly, concepts 544,548,799 Ant. consciously, knowingly unbalanced [adj1] not even, stable asymmetric, asymmetrical, disproportionate, irregular, lopsided, not balanced, off-balance, shaky, top-heavy, treacherous, unequal, uneven, unstable, unsteady, unsymmetrical, wobbly; concept 480 Ant. balanced, even, fair, just, sound, stable unbalanced [adj2] crazy; mentally disturbed batty*, daft, demented, deranged, eccentric, erratic, aky*, freaky*, insane, irrational, kinky*, kooky*, lunatic, mad, nobody home*, non compos mentis*, not all there*, nutty*, out to lunch*, psychotic, touched, troubled, unglued*, unhinged*, unscrewed*, unsound, unstable; concept 403 Ant. balanced, sane, well unbearable [adj] very bad; too much a bit much*, enough, heavy-handed*, inadmissible, insufferable, insupportable, intolerable, last straw*, oppressive, unacceptable, unendurable, unsurpassable; concepts 537,571 Ant. acceptable, bearable, good, tolerable unbecoming [adj] improper, unsuitable awkward, clumsy, discreditable, gauche, ill-suited, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, inept, maladroit, malapropos, offensive, rough, salacious, tacky*, tasteless, unattractive, unbetting, uncomely, undue, unfair, unt, untting, unattering, ungodly, unhandsome, unlovely, unseasonable, unseemly, unsightly, unsuited, untimely, untoward, unworthy; concepts 558,579,589 Ant. acceptable, becoming, tting, proper, seemly, suitable unbelievable [adj] beyond the imagination astonishing, beyond belief, cockamamie*, cockeyed*, doubtful, dubious, far-fetched, shy*, aky*, imsy*, for the birds*, full of holes*, harebrained*, implausible, impossible, improbable, incogitable, inconceivable, incredible, kooky*, lamebrained*, open to doubt, outlandish, past belief, phony, preposterous, questionable, reaching, scatterbrained*, screwy*, staggering, suspect, thick*, thin*, too much*, unconvincing, unimaginable, unsubstantial, unthinkable, weak, wont hold water*, wont wash*; concepts 529,548 Ant. believable, credible, plausible, real unbelieving [adj] skeptical agnostic, cynical, disbelieving, distrustful, doubtful, doubting, dubious, freethinking, leery, mistrustful, nonbelieving, not born yesterday*, questioning, show-me*, suspicious, unconvinced; concept 403 unbending [adj] rigid, tough aloof, crisp, distant, do or die*, dug in*, rm, formal, hard as nails*, hard-line*, hold ones ground*, hold the fort*, hold the line*, incompliant, inelastic,

inexorable, inexible, intractable, locked in*, obdurate, obstinate, relentless, reserved, resolute, set in stone*, severe, single-minded, standing ones ground*, standing pat*, sticking to ones guns*, stiff, strict, stubborn, uncompromising, unexible, unrelenting, unswayable, unyielding, uptight; concepts 401,534,604 Ant. bending, exible, pliable, pliant, relaxed, soft unbiased [adj] not prejudiced aloof, cold, disinterested, dispassionate, equal, equitable, even-handed, fair, honest, impartial, just, neutral, nondiscriminatory, nonpartisan, objective, on the fence*, open-minded, straight, unbigoted, uncolored, uninterested, unprejudiced; concept 542 Ant. biased, fair, just, prejudiced, subjective unblemished [adj] not awed chaste, clean, decent, faultless, awless, immaculate, intact, modest, perfect, pure, sound, spotless, stainless, undamaged, undeled, unawed, unhurt, unimpaired, uninjured, unmarked, unmarred, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untarnished, whole; concepts 485,621 Ant. blemished, awed, imperfect unbreakable [adj] strong, tough adamantine, armored, brass-bound, durable, everlasting, rm, incorruptible, indestructible, infrangible, invulnerable, lasting, nonbreakable, perdurable, resistant, rugged, shatterproof, solid, tight, toughened, unshakable, unyielding; concept 488 Ant. breakable, delicate, fragile, weak unbridled [adj] unrestrained berserk, chaotic, crazed, crazy, enthusiastic, hysterical, madcap, noisy, rabid, riotous, turbulent, unchecked, unconstrained, uncontrolled, uncurbed, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmanageable, violent, wild; concept 401 unbroken [v] continuous, whole ceaseless, constant, deep, endless, entire, even, fast, incessant, intact, perfect, perpetual, profound, progressive, regular, solid, sound, successive, total, undisturbed, unimpaired, uninterrupted, unremitting, unrufed, untroubled; concepts 482,485,798 Ant. broken, discontinuous, inconstant, intermittent, partial unburden [adj] get rid of clear, confess, conde, disburden, discharge, disclose, disencumber, dispose of, divulge, dump, ease, empty, get off ones chest*, lay bare*, let hair down*, lighten, lose, out with it*, own, relieve, relinquish, reveal, shake, shake off*, tell all*, throw off, unbosom, unload; concepts 60,211,244 Ant. conceal, hide uncalled-for [adj] unnecessary accidental, avoidable, fortuitous, futile, inappropriate, inessential, needless, nonessential, not required, optional, unessential, uninvited, unneeded, unrequired, unwanted, unwarranted, unwelcome, useless; concept 546 uncanny [adj] very strange, unusual astonishing, astounding, creepy, devilish, eerie, exceptional, extraordinary, fantastic, ghostly, ghoulish, incredible, inexplainable, inspired, magical, miraculous, mysterious, mystifying, preternatural, prodigious, queer, remarkable, scary, secret, singular, spooky, superhuman, supernatural, supernormal, supranormal, unearthly, unheard-of, unnatural, weird; concepts 537,564 Ant. common, earthly, natural, usual

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uncaring [adj] indifferent aloof, blas, callous, cold, cool, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, heartless, impervious, listless, nonchalant, passionless, unaroused, unconcerned, unemotional, uninvolved, unmoved, unsympathetic; concepts 403,542 unceasing [adj] incessant ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, day-and-night*, endless, eternal, everlasting, lasting, never-ending, nonstop, permanent, perpetual, persistent, relentless, round-the-clock*, steady, unending, uninterrupted, unyielding; concepts 534,798 uncertain [adj] doubtful, changeable ambiguous, ambivalent, chancy, conjectural, dubious, erratic, tful, hanging by a thread*, hazy, hesitant, iffy*, incalculable, inconstant, indenite, indeterminate, indistinct, insecure, irregular, irresolute, on thin ice*, precarious, questionable, risky, speculative, touch and go*, unclear, unconrmed, undecided, undetermined, unxed, unforeseeable, unpredictable, unreliable, unresolved, unsettled, unsure, up for grabs*, up in the air*, vacillating, vague, variable, wavering; concepts 529,534,535 Ant. certain, clear, denite, determined, foreseeable, secure, sure, unchanging uncertainty [n] doubt, changeableness ambiguity, ambivalence, anxiety, bewilderment, concern, confusion, conjecture, contingency, dilemma, disquiet, distrust, doubtfulness, dubiety, guesswork, hesitancy, hesitation, incertitude, inconclusiveness, indecision, irresolution, lack of condence, misgiving, mistrust, mystication, oscillation, perplexity, puzzle, puzzlement, qualm, quandary, query, questionableness, reserve, scruple, skepticism, suspicion, trouble, uneasiness, unpredictability, vagueness, wonder, worry; concepts 388, 410,696 Ant. certainty, deniteness, security, sureness unchangeable [adj] constant, steadfast changeless, continuing, rm, xed, immovable, immutable, inalterable, inevitable, inexible, invariable, irreversible, permanent, resolute, stable, strong, unalterable, unmodiable, unmovable; concept 534 Ant. changeable, changing, inconstant, intermittent, temporary unchanging [adj] constant, permanent abiding, changeless, consistent, continuing, enduring, equable, eternal, even, xed, immutable, imperishable, invariable, lasting, perpetual, rigid, same, stabile, static, unchanged, unfading, unfailing, unuctuating, uniform, unvarying; concepts 534,551,649 Ant. changeable, changing, inconstant, intermittent, temporary uncharted [adj] unknown alien, concealed, distant, exotic, faraway, far-off, foreign, hidden, little known, remote, undiscovered, unexplored, unheard-of, unidentied, unmapped, unnamed; concept 576 uncivil [adj] rude abrupt, bad-mannered, barbaric, blunt, boorish, coarse, curt, discourteous, gross, gruff, ill-mannered, impolite, inconsiderate, insulting, mannerless, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultured, unfriendly, ungentlemanly, unmannerly, unpolished, unrened, vulgar; concepts 267,401 uncivilized [adj] wild, uncultured barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, boorish, brutish, churlish,

coarse, crass, crude, discourteous, disrespectful, gross, ill-bred, impertinent, impolite, loutish, mannerless, outrageous, philistine, primitive, rude, rugged, savage, unconscionable, uncontrolled, uncouth, uncultivated, uneducated, ungodly, unholy, unmannered, unpolished, unrened, unsophisticated, vulgar, wicked; concept 401 Ant. civilized, cultured, domesticated, polished, rened, sophisticated unclean [adj] dirty bedraggled, befouled, besmirched, black, blurred, common, contaminated, corrupt, decayed, deled, desecrated, dusty, evil, feculent, fetid, lthy, foul, grimy, impure, messy, muddy, nasty, polluted, profaned, putrescent, putrid, rancid, rank, rotten, sloppy, slovenly, smeared, smudged, soiled, sooty, sordid, spotted, squalid, stable, stained, stale, stinking, sullied, tainted, tarnished, unhealthful, vile; concept 621 Ant. clean, hygienic, uncontaminated, unpolluted uncomfortable [adj1] painful, rough afictive, agonizing, annoying, awkward, bitter, cramped, difcult, disagreeable, distressing, dolorous, excruciating, galling, grievous, hard, harsh, ill-tting, incommodious, irritating, thorny, torturing, troublesome, vexatious, wearisome; concepts 529,537,583 Ant. comfortable, easy, painless uncomfortable [adj2] distressed, upset aching, angry, anguished, annoyed, awkward, chafed, cheerless, comfortless, confused, discomted, discomposed, disquieted, disturbed, embarrassed, exhausted, fatigued, galled, harsh, hurt, ill at ease, in pain, miserable, nervous, pained, restless, self-conscious, smarting, sore, stiff, strained, suffering, tired, troubled, uneasy, vexed, weary, worn, wracked, wretched; concept 403 Ant. comfortable, content, happy uncommitted [adj] free; not involved cut loose*, dont care*, fence-sitting*, oating, free-spirited, laid-back*, middle ground*, middle of the road*, neutral, nonaligned, nonpartisan, on the fence*, restrained, unafliated, unattached, uninvolved, unpledged; concepts 403,542 Ant. aligned, attached, committed, involved, united uncommon [adj1] very different aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, arcane, bizarre, curious, eccentric, egregious, exceptional, exotic, extraordinary, extreme, fantastic, few, freakish, infrequent, irregular, nondescript, noteworthy, novel, odd, original, out of the ordinary, out of the way*, outr, peculiar, prodigious, queer, rare, remarkable, scarce, seldom, singular, sporadic, startling, strange, surprising, unaccustomed, unconventional, uncustomary, unfamiliar, unheard of, unique, unorthodox, unusual, weird; concept 564 Ant. common, familiar, normal, regular, usual uncommon [adj2] wonderful, exceptional distinctive, extraordinary, incomparable, inimitable, notable, noteworthy, outstanding, rare, remarkable, singular, special, superior, unimaginable, unique, unparalleled, unprecedented, unthinkable, unwonted; concept 574 Ant. bad, imperfect, poor uncommonly [adv] infrequently exceptionally, extra, extremely, hardly ever, in few instances, irregularly, not often, now and then, occasion-

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ally, oddly, on occasion, particularly, peculiarly, rarely, remarkably, scarcely ever, seldom, sporadically, strangely, unusually, very; concept 541 Ant. commonly, frequently uncommunicative [adj] shy, silent aloof, buttoned up*, clammed up*, close, closemouthed*, curt, distant, dried up*, evasive, guarded, hush-hush*, ofsh*, on the QT*, quiet, reserved, reticent, retiring, secretive, short, standofsh, taciturn, tight-lipped*, unapproachable, unresponsive, unsociable; concept 267 Ant. communicative, condent, extroverted, responsive uncomplicated [adj] easy apparent, basic, childs play*, cinch, clear, easily done, effortless, elementary, evident, manageable, no bother*, no problem*, no sweat*, not burdensome, not difcult, nothing to it*, no trouble, obvious, painless, piece of cake*, simple, simple as ABC*, snap, straightforward, uninvolved; concept 565 uncompromising [adj] stubborn brick-wall*, decided, determined, rm, hard-core*, hardline*, inexorable, inexible, intransigent, locked, obdurate, obstinate, pigheaded*, relentless, resolute, rigid, set in stone*, single-minded, steadfast, stiff-necked*, strict, strong, tough, unbending; concepts 401,542 Ant. compromising, cooperative, exible, open, willing unconcerned [adj] carefree; apathetic aloof, blind, blithe, callous, careless, cold, cool, deaf, detached, dispassionate, distant, easy, feckless, forgetful, hardened, hard-hearted, heedless, impassive, inattentive, incurious, indifferent, insensible, insensitive, insouciant, lackadaisical, lukewarm, negligent, neutral, nonchalant, oblivious, phlegmatic, relaxed, reserved, selfcentered, serene, stony, supine, unbothered, uninterested, uninvolved, unmoved, unperturbed, unrufed, unsympathetic, untroubled, unworried; concepts 403,542 Ant. caring, concerned, curious, interested unconditional [adj] absolute, total actual, all out, assured, categorical, certain, clear, complete, decisive, denite, determinate, downright, entire, explicit, nal, at out, full, genuine, indubitable, no catch*, no ne print*, no holds barred*, no ifs ands or buts*, no kicker*, no strings*, open, out-and-out*, outright, plenary, positive, straight out, thorough, thoroughgoing, unconstrained, unequivocal, unlimited, unmistakable, unmitigated, unqualied, unquestionable, unreserved, unrestricted, utter, whole, wide; concepts 531,535,544 Ant. conditional, incomplete, limited, qualied, unnished unconscionable [adj] immoral, immoderate amoral, barbarous, conscienceless, criminal, dishonest, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, inordinate, knavish, outrageous, preposterous, sneaky, too much*, uncivilized, undue, unethical, unfair, ungodly, unholy, unjust, unprincipled, unreasonable, unscrupulous, wanton, wicked; concepts 545,569 Ant. decent, good, moral, principled unconscious [adj1] not awake; out cold benumbed, blacked out*, bombed*, cold*, comatose, dead to the world*, drowsy, entranced, feeling no pain*, attened*, inanimate, in a

trance, inert, insensate, insensible, knocked*, lethargic, numb, on the canvas*, out, out like a light*, palsied, paralyzed, passed out*, put away*, raving, senseless, stunned, stupeed, swooning, torpid, tranced, zonked*; concepts 314,539 Ant. awake, aware, conscious unconscious [adj2] ignorant; automatic accidental, gut*, inadvertent, inattentive, inherent, innate, instinctive, involuntary, latent, lost, reex, repressed, subconscious, subliminal, suppressed, unaware, uncalculated, undeliberate, unheeding, unintended, unintentional, unmindful, unpremeditated, unrealized, unwitting; concepts 542,544 Ant. aware, conscious, decided, intended, intentional, knowing unconstitutional [adj] illegal against the law, banned, criminal, felonious, forbidden, illegitimate, illicit, lawless, not legal, outlawed, prohibited, prosecutable, unauthorized, unlawful, violating, wrongful; concepts 319,545 uncontrollable [adj] wild; carried away beside oneself, disorderly, excited, fractious, frantic, freaked, furious, headstrong, indocile, indomitable, insuppressible, insurgent, intractable, irrepressible, irresistible, lawless, like a loose cannon*, mad, obdurate, obstinate, recalcitrant, strong, stubborn, uncontainable, undisciplinable, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmanageable, unrestrainable, unruly, violent; concept 401 Ant. controllable, controlled, manageable, mild, moderate unconventional [adj] very different; odd anarchistic, atypical, avant-garde, beat, bizarre, crazy, eccentric, far-out*, freakish, freaky, free and easy*, idiosyncratic, individual, individualistic, informal, irregular, kinky*, kooky*, nonconformist, oddball*, offbeat, off the beaten track*, off the wall*, original, out in left eld*, out of the ordinary, unceremonious, uncommon, uncustomary, unique, unorthodox, unusual, way-out*, weirdo*; concept 564 Ant. conventional, formal, normal, standard, usual uncoordinated [adj] awkward, clumsy all thumbs*, bumbling, bungling, butterngered*, gawkish, gawky, graceless, heavy-handed, klutzy*, like a bull in a china shop*, lumbering, not agile, stumbling, unadept, ungainly, ungraceful, unhandy, unskillful; concepts 401,402,584 uncouth [adj] clumsy, uncultivated awkward, barbaric, boorish, cheap, clownish, coarse, crass, crude, discourteous, disgracious, gawky, graceless, gross, heavy-handed, ill-bred, illmannered, impertinent, impolite, inelegant, loud, loud-mouthed, loutish, oash, raunchy, raw, rough, rude, rustic, strange, tacky*, uncalled-for*, uncivil, uncivilized, ungainly, ungenteel, ungentlemanly, unpolished, unrened, unseemly, vulgar; concept 401 Ant. agile, couth, cultivated, polished, rened, sophisticated uncover [v] reveal, disclose bare, betray, break, bring to light*, crack, denude, dig up*, discover, display, divulge, expose, give away, hit upon, lay bare, lay open, leak, make known, open, open up, show, strike, strip, stumble on, subject, tap, tell, tip ones hand*, unclothe, unearth, unmask, unveil,

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unwrap; concepts 60,183,261 Ant. conceal, cover, hide, suppress uncovered [adj] exposed bare, brought to light*, caught, disclosed, discovered, divulged, dug up*, found out, laid bare*, made public, naked, nude, on display, on view, revealed, shown, solved, stripped, unconcealed, unmasked, unprotected, unveiled, visible, vulnerable, weakened; concept 576 uncritical [adj] casual, unfussy careless, cursory, easily pleased, imperceptive, imprecise, imprudent, inaccurate, indiscriminate, offhand, perfunctory, shallow, slipshod, supercial, undiscerning, undiscriminating, unexacting, uninformed, unperceptive, unselective, unthinking; concept 542 Ant. critical, discriminating, formal, fussy, important undaunted [adj] brave, bold audacious, coming on strong*, courageous, dauntless, fearless, re-eating*, gallant, icy*, indomitable, intrepid, not discouraged, not put off*, resolute, spunky, steadfast, unafraid, unalarmed, unapprehensive, undeterred, undiscouraged, undismayed, unfaltering, uninching, unshrinking, valiant, valorous; concept 401 Ant. cowardly, shrinking undecided [adj] not sure, not denite ambivalent, betwixt and between*, blowing hot and cold*, borderline, debatable, dithering*, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, hemming and hawing*, hesitant, iffy*, indecisive, indenite, in the middle*, irresolute, moot, of two minds*, on the fence*, open, pendent, pending, running hot and cold*, tentative, torn, uncertain, unclear, uncommitted, undetermined, unnished, unsettled, unsure, up in the air*, vague, wafing, wavering, wishy-washy*; concepts 403,529 Ant. certain, decided, denite, determined, settled, sure, undoubted undeniable [adj] denite, proven actual, beyond doubt, beyond question, binding, certain, clear, compulsory, evident, for sure*, inarguable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, irrefutable, manifest, necessary, no ifs and or buts*, obligatory, obvious, open and shut*, patent, positive, real, sound, sure, sure thing*, true, unanswerable, unassailable, undoubted, unquestionable; concept 535 Ant. contestable, disputable, doubted, indenite, unproven undependable [adj] irresponsible bum, capricious, careless, changeable, dubious, erratic, ckle, y-by-night*, inconsistent, inconstant, indenite, indeterminate, loose*, no bargain*, no-good*, treacherous, trick, tricky, trustless, unassured, uncertain, unpredictable, unreliable, unsafe, unsound, unstable, unsure, untrustworthy, variable; concepts 401,535 Ant. dependable, reliable, responsible, trustworthy under [adv1/prep1] below beneath, bottom, concealed by, covered by, down, downward, held down, inferior, lower, nether, on the bottom, on the nether side, on the underside, pinned, pressed down, supporting, to the bottom, underneath; concepts 586,735,793 Ant. above, higher, more, over, up, upward under [adv2/prep2] secondary amenable, belonging, collateral, consequent, corollary, dependent, directed, following, governed,

included, inferior, in the power of, junior, lesser, low, lower, obedient, obeying, reporting, sub, subject, subjugated, subordinate, subsequent, subservient, subsidiary, substract, subsumed; concepts 560,575,577 Ant. major, primary undercover [adj] secret, spy clandestine, concealed, condential, covert, creep, furtive, hidden, hole-and-corner*, hush-hush*, incognito*, intelligence, on the QT*, private, stealth, stealthy, sub-rosa*, surreptitious, underground, underhand, underneath, under wraps*; concepts 544,576 Ant. known, open, public undercurrent [n] drift, pull atmosphere, aura, crosscurrent, direction, eddy, feeling, avor, hint, inclination, indication, insinuation, intimation, murmur, overtone, propensity, riptide, sense, suggestion, tendency, tenor, tinge, trace, trend, underow, undertone, undertow, vibes*, vibrations; concepts 673,738 underdog [n] unlikely winner in a contest or struggle bottom dog, dark horse, longshot, out-of-towner; concepts 366,423 Ant. favorite underestimate [v] minimize; rate too low belittle, deprecate, depreciate, disesteem, disparage, make light of*, miscalculate, miscarry, not do justice*, put down*, sell short*, slight, think too little of*, underrate, undervalue; concepts 12,54,764 Ant. exaggerate, maximize, overestimate undergo [v] be subjected to abide, bear, bear up, bow, defer, encounter, endure, experience, feel, go through, have, know, meet with, put up with, see, share, stand, submit to, suffer, support, sustain, tolerate, weather, withstand, yield; concept 23 Ant. commit, do, execute underground [adj1] below the surface below ground, buried, covered, in the recesses, subterranean, subterrestrial, sunken, underfoot; concept 583 Ant. aboveground, ground, sky underground [adj2] secret, subversive alternative, avant-garde, clandestine, concealed, covert, experimental, hidden, hush-hush*, on the QT*, on the sly*, private, radical, resistant, resistive, revolutionary, surreptitious, unbowed, unconventional, undercover, under wraps*, unusual; concepts 564,576 Ant. authorized, condoned, known, legal, public underhand [adj] deceitful clandestine, concealed, crafty, crooked, cunning, deceptive, devious, dirty-dealing*, dishonest, dishonorable, double-crossing*, duplicitous, fraudulent, furtive, guileful, hush-hush*, indirect, insidious, oblique, on the QT*, on the quiet*, secret, secretive, shady, shifty, slippery*, sly*, sneaking, sneaky, stealthy, sub-rosa, surreptitious, treacherous, tricky, two-faced*, two-timing*, undercover, underhanded, under wraps*, unethical, unfair, unjust, unscrupulous, wily; concepts 401,544 Ant. aboveboard, forthright, frank, honest underline [v] emphasize; mark accentuate, bracket, call attention to, caption, check off, draw attention to, feature, give emphasis, highlight, indicate, interlineate, italicize, play up, point to, point up, rule, stress, underscore; concepts 49,79 underling [n] subordinate aide, assistant, attendant, deputy, unky*, gofer*, helper, inferior,

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lackey*, minion, peon, scrub*, second, second ddle*, second stringer*, serf, servant, slave; concepts 348,423 underlying [adj] fundamental, latent basal, basic, bottom, bottom-line*, cardinal, concealed, critical, crucial, elemental, elementary, essential, hidden, indispensable, intrinsic, lurking, necessary, needful, nitty-gritty*, nub, primary, prime, primitive, radical, root, substratal, veiled, vital; concepts 546,549 Ant. secondary undermine [v] weaken attenuate, blunt, clip ones wings*, corrode, cripple, debilitate, dig, dig out*, disable, eat away*, enfeeble, erode, excavate, foil, frustrate, hollow out, hurt, impair, knock the bottom out of*, mine, poke full of holes*, ruin, sabotage, sandbag*, sap, soften, subvert, threaten, thwart, torpedo*, tunnel, undercut, wear, whittle away, wreck; concepts 14,240 Ant. strengthen underneath [adv/prep] below beneath, bottom, covered, lower, neath, nether, under; concepts 586,735 Ant. above, over, up underprivileged [adj] poor badly off*, depressed, deprived, destitute, disadvantaged, down and out*, handicapped, hapless, hard up*, have-not*, ill-fated, ill-starred, impoverished, indigent, in dire straits, in need, in want, needy, unfortunate, unlucky; concept 334 Ant. privileged, rich, wealthy underscore [v] underline, emphasize accent, accentuate, call attention to, caption, draw attention to, feature, give emphasis, highlight, indicate, italicize, mark, point to, stress; concepts 49,79 understand [v1] appreciate, comprehend accept, apprehend, be aware, be conscious of, be with it*, catch, catch on, conceive, deduce, discern, distinguish, explain, fathom, gure out, nd out, follow, get*, get the hang of*, get the idea*, get the picture*, get the point*, grasp, have knowledge of, identify with, infer, interpret, ken*, know, learn, make out*, make sense of, master, note, penetrate, perceive, possess, read, realize, recognize, register, savvy*, see, seize, sense, sympathize, take in*, take meaning, tolerate; concept 15 Ant. misinterpret, misunderstand understand [v2] think, believe accept, assume, be informed, concede, conceive, conclude, conjecture, consider, count on, deduce, expect, fancy, feel for, gather, guess, hear, imagine, infer, learn, presume, reckon, suppose, surmise, suspect, take for granted, take it; concept 12 Ant. disbelieve, mistake understanding [adj] accepting, tolerant compassionate, considerate, discerning, empathetic, forbearing, forgiving, generous, kind, kindly, patient, perceptive, responsive, sensitive, sympathetic; concepts 401,542 Ant. intolerant, unaccepting understanding [n1] comprehension, appreciation acumen, apperception, apprehension, assimilation, awareness, decipherment, discernment, discrimination, grasp, grip, insight, intellect, intelligence, intuition, judgment, ken, knowing, knowledge, mastery, penetration, perception, perceptiveness, perceptivity, percipience, perspicacity, prehension, realization, reason, recognition, savvy, sense, sharpness,

wit; concept 409 Ant. misinterpretation, misunderstanding understanding [n2] belief acceptation, conception, conclusion, estimation, idea, import, impression, inkling, intendment, interpretation, judgment, knowledge, meaning, message, notion, opinion, perception, purport, sense, signicance, signicancy, signication, sympathy, view, viewpoint; concepts 682,689 Ant. disbelief, mistake understanding [n3] informal agreement accord, common view, concord, deal, handshake*, harmony, meeting of minds*, pact; concept 684 Ant. disagreement understood [adj] assumed, implicit accepted, appreciated, axiomatic, down pat*, implied, inferential, inferred, known, on to*, pat, presumed, roger*, tacit, taken for granted, undeclared, unexpressed, unsaid, unspoken, unstated, wise to, wordless; concept 529 Ant. explained, explicit, spoken, written understudy [n] substitute alternate, backup, double, ll-in, pinch hitter*, replacement, reserve, stand-by, stand-in, sub*, successor; concepts 423,712 undertake [v] attempt, engage in address oneself, agree, answer for, bargain, begin, commence, commit, commit oneself, contract, covenant, devote, embark, endeavor, enter upon, fall into, go about, go for, go in for, go into, guarantee, have a hand in*, have a try, hazard, initiate, launch, make a run at*, move, offer, pitch in, pledge, promise, set about, set in motion, set out, shoulder, stake, stipulate, tackle, take on, take the plunge*, take upon oneself, try, try out, venture, volunteer; concepts 87,100 Ant. abstain, forego, forget undertaker [n] funeral director embalmer, grave digger, mortician; concept 304 undertaking [n] endeavor, attempt adventure, affair, business, deal, effort, engagement, enterprise, essay, experiment, game, happening, hassle, hazard, job, move, operation, outt, play, project, proposition, pursuit, shop, striving, struggle, task, thing*, trial, try, venture, what one is into*, work; concepts 87,324,349,362 Ant. abstention undertone [n] suggestion, whisper association, atmosphere, buzz, connotation, feeling, avor, hint, hum, implication, low tone, mumble, murmur, mutter, overtone, rumor, tinge, touch, trace, undercurrent; concepts 65,682 underwater [adj] under the waters surface immersed, subaquatic, subaqueous, submarine, submerged, sunken, undersea; concepts 467, 514,603 underwear [n] clothing worn under outerwear bikini, boxers*, boxer shorts, bra, briefs, BVDs*, corset, drawers*, intimate things, jockeys, jockey shorts, lingerie, long johns, panties, shorts, skivvies*, smallclothes, underclothes, underclothing, undergarment, underpants, undershirt, underthings, undies; concept 451 underweight [adj] thin angular, anorectic, bony, gangly, malnourished, puny, scrawny, shadow, skeleton*, skin and bones*, skinny, starved, stringbean*, undernourished, undersized; concept 491 Ant. chubby, fat, overweight, plump, thick

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underworld [n] criminal activity, element abyss, Cosa Nostra, criminals, felonry, gangland, gangsters, Maa, mob*, organized crime, racket*, riffraff*, syndicate; concepts 412,645 underwrite [v] endorse, insure accede, agree to, angel*, approve, back, bankroll*, collateral, consent, countersign, endow, nance, oat, fund, guarantee, help, initial, okay*, pay, provide, provide nancing, sanction, seal, secure, sign, sponsor, stake, subscribe, subsidize, support; concepts 50,88,110,341 Ant. disapprove, invalidate, refuse, reject undesirable [adj] offensive, unacceptable abominable, annoying, bothersome, defective, disagreeable, disliked, displeasing, distasteful, dreaded, icky, inadmissible, incommodious, inconvenient, inexpedient, insufferable, loathed, loathsome, objectionable, obnoxiou